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This might involve a [[Cannot Stand Them Cannot Live Without Them]] situation, or even [[Domestic Abuse]] (but usually [[Played for Laughs]]). Such tension is also often a component of [[Screwball Comedy]].
This trope is [[Older Than Steam]], [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|occurring as early as]] ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'', and has varying degrees of popularity at different times. ([[Alternate Character Interpretation]] often makes it [[Older Than Dirt]], by way of ''[[The Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' and other [[Mesopotamian Mythology]].) In anime-centered
Note that "belligerent" need not necessarily mean "[[Hot-Blooded]]" — the trope is just as valid if one or both of the pair is a [[Deadpan Snarker]] who enjoys taking potshots at the other with their rapier wit, specifically to get a rise out of them.
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* [[Strangled by the Red String]].
May lead to [[Destructo-Nookie]] or [[Literally Falling in Love]]. Either [[Slap Slap Kiss]] or [[Kiss Kiss Slap]] tends to be involved at some point. If the [[
Given how entertaining they are, expect this couple to be popular with the fandom.
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* As mentioned above, this trope is quite prominent in [[Rumiko Takahashi]]'s work:
** ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]''. Male Lead: Ataru is a [[Casanova Wannabe]], [[Unlucky Everydude]], [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]. Female Lead: Whichever one you think counts doesn't matter, because both Lum and Shinobu are [[Tsundere]]. [[Will They or Won't They?]] goes on forever, and is never resolved—although this may be due to a crossfire of [[Ship Sinking]] and [[Executive Meddling]], since the author and the fans disagreed about who should be the [[Official Couple]]. In the end, the [[Reset Button]] was hit, rather than let Ataru and Lum progress to "official" [[Official Couple]].
** ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]''. Male Lead: Godai, is an [[Unlucky Everydude]], usually a nice guy, to the point where he doesn't fit the [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] stereotype so much as he's a lazy, cowardly, wishy-washy person who's rather immature and unable to say "no" to anybody, be it an unwanted girlfriend or a drunken flat-mate. (His progression from loser trying to get into college to responsible adult is one of the primary [[Character Development]] aspects of the work.) Much less of a jerk than other characters in Takahashi's work. Notably, his rival fits this mold a little better (as a conceited rich boy) and has similar character development. Female Lead: Kyoko is a repressed [[Tsundere]]. Changed into a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] by the death of her first husband, her developing relationship with Godai brings the [[Tsundere]] back out. [[Will They or Won't They?]] is finally resolved after
** ''[[Ranma ½]]'' in the image above. Ranma: [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]. Akane: [[Tsundere]]. Her type varies: the manga makes her more deredere,
*** The [[Trope Codifier]]s: Many a fan-theory exists as to why they're so unable or unwilling to admit the obvious (a combination of Ranma's ultra-macho [[Raised by Wolves]] upbringing and Akane's [[Does Not Like Men|Kuno-induced misandry]] being the most popular). Takahashi couldn't even bring herself to put them officially together in the manga's final issues. This may have also been due to the fact that no couple could really go anywhere [[Pillars of Moral Character|without horribly dishonoring most of the rest of them]]. Plus, they are still in high school so perhaps a lack of progress is understandable. At least some (minor) hints of progress are scattered throughout the series: they hold hands a couple of times, and Ranma screams out that he loves Akane (though it's left purposefully vague as to whether he does this out loud or only in his head) when he thinks Akane has been killed in the second last story of the manga.
** ''[[Inuyasha]]''. Inu-Yasha: [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]. Kagome Higurashi: deredere-type [[Tsundere]]. Inu-Yasha and Kagome are a variant: They clearly have come to an understanding as to their mutual feelings, so tend to have moments of [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]] occasionally sprinkled into the denials, fighting, and plot-stretching bouts of [[Cannot Spit It Out]]. They actually do become an [[Official Couple]] towards the end of the manga (and appropriately enough, their romance then receives much ''less attention'' until the end). Not to mention, thanks to [[Character Development]], Kagome warms up to Inu-Yasha quite faster than the standard Takahashi [[Tsundere]], and Inu-Yasha is slightly less prone to verbal abuse than the standard Takahashi [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]].
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