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Modern beliefs in equal gender rights make the good old [[Rescue Romance]] trope somewhat difficult to play straight. However, there's a question in the air... what if "that male" is either ''hired or honor-bound'' to protect "that female"? That wouldn't be chauvinist at all - not only is the guy getting rewarded or paid (whether in money, benefits, rank raises, etc.) by his bosses or upperclassmen for taking care of the girl's safety, with his reputation ''as a whole'' depends heavily on how well he guards and shields her, but it fulfills residual [[Knight in Shining Armor]] imagery without causing eyebrow raising among the fandom.
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Sweet deal... or is it? Because this often conflicts with [[Honor Before Reason|the protector's sense of professionalism]], especially if they're a [[Battle Butler]] or a [[Ninja Maid]]. And let's not even talk of what happens if bodyguard and the liege's relationship goes bad, if the conflicts get the protector distracted, or if plans and orders coming from the bosses change...
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Variants include the protected having his/her crush for the bodyguard first, and the bodyguard being picked for the job because one of them has a crush.
See also [[Subordinate Excuse]], [[Poisonous Friend]]. Contrast [[A Match Made in Stockholm]].
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▲== Anime/Manga ==
* Pretty much a foregone conclusion with Athrun and Cagalli in the first part of ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' as they were both interested in each other well before he became her bodyguard. Many cute moments ensue.
** Though, arguably, he became her bodyguard ''because'' of the fact that they were interested in one another.
* Sagara Sousuke is the militarily placed protector of modern schoolgirl [[Tsundere|Chidori Kaname]] in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''. Raised by the KGB, he has [[No Social Skills]]. Nonetheless, he means well. ''Nothing'' on Earth had better threaten Chidori, be it a gang of [[Delinquents]], a [[Psycho for Hire]], or a majorly armed nation, ''[[Determinator|for he will take it down]]''.
* ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'': Itsuki and Mikuru in the home-made movie. Interestingly subverted in that it's Mikuru who's supposed to be guarding Koizumi. Subverted in that Mikuru doesn't look like a believable body guard, being ten inches shorter than Itsuki. Subverted in that Mikuru also ISN'T an effective body guard, being a klutz who's scared of her own shadow.
* In ''[[Samurai 7]]'', Kirara is given to this, though the person turns out to be the least expected. Her sister falls for this trope as well...
** {{spoiler|It ends badly for both sisters--Kirara's crush is forever unrequited, and while Komachi's is ''possibly [[
* Inverted in ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', Fuu seemed to feel this way towards ''both'' her bodyguards Mugen and Jin.
** Although it's [[Ship Tease|debatable]], Mugen also seems to feel this way towards Fuu, given the number of times he's [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|gone out of his way to rescue her]] when he could have easily abandoned her.
* The entire plot of parody series ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' is based on this trope, and it's [[Inverted Trope|inverted]] (the real crush is the one the girl has for the guard) and [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] (she thinks he has a crush on her, which is how she developed ''her'' crush in the first place) as many ways and as long as humanly possible.
* Also the entire plot of comedy manga ''Sweet Ninja Girl Azuki''. [[Gender
* [[Gender
** Lan Fan, the female bodyguard of Prince Ling Yao of Xing, has a very similar relationship with her lord.
* Subverted brutally in ''Dragon's Reign'', where the [[Big Bad]] is revealed to be the princess, who has gone through a succession of Bodyguard Romances, each time convincing her new protector that the previous one was a villain who kept her imprisoned and took advantage of her. The hero even figures this out, but is still all but powerless against her [[Magnificent Bastard]] charms.
* Nadie's feelings for Ellis in ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]'' fit this trope, although it is {{spoiler|Ellis who takes the initiative}}.
* The titular heroine of ''[[Madlax]]'' appears to have romantic feelings for her client, although she later has no problems to {{spoiler|hit the road with the woman who kills her}}.
* [[Gender
** There's even an odd twist on it in the second episode, where Relena protects Heero in spite of the fact that he was about to shoot her; this might even mark the point where he starts feeling something for her. Making it odder still, the attacker is fellow Gundam Pilot Duo Maxwell, who shot Heero to save Relena and is greatly confused when she chews him out and bandages the guy who was about to shoot her: "Man, when did I become the bad guy in all this?"
* Shizuru Viola's feelings towards Natsuki Kruger in ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' definitely fall under this (she works as both her bodyguard and assistant, ''and'' they share living quarters on campus), though she tries not to let it interfere ''too'' much with her sense of professionalism. (And she's also kinda fond of [[Chivalrous Pervert|flirting with other girls, sometimes]].)
** [[Gender
*** Akira's family never said anything about protecting Takumi. Her gender was hidden so that no one would find out that she's a HiME. She actually almost killed Takumi when he found out, but actually saved his life in the end when he started having an attack. She protects Takumi because he's important to her, not because her family asked her to.
*** Takumi and Akira are in the same sort of situation in ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', where Takumi is the prince of Zipang and Akira is his bodyguard.
* [[Gender
** Ironically, during that same season, Lelouch's own feelings for Kallen evolve to the point where he begins seeing Kallen as the one HE should be protecting rather than the other way around, after seeing her as little more than a pawn in season 1. This leads him to... {{spoiler|[[Honor Before Reason|abandon a mission]] that he himself says is the key to challenging [[The Empire]], and to [[Always Save the Girl|place his entire army in peril by attempting to rescue her]]; [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies|to push her away from the line of fire when she says she is willing to die with him after he is betrayed by the Black Knights]], and [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|excluding her from his final plan altogether in order to spare her the price she would have paid for taking part in it]].}}
*** Oh, if Lelouch told her what the plan was, she would ''never'' have accepted to help {{spoiler|Lelouch being killed.}}
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** Kanon for Schneizel is suggested. Especially when you ask yourself why Schneizel has a [[The Beard|''lesbian'' on his side for ceremonies]].
* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', Seiya is honor-bound to protect Saori, who's the reincarnation of Athena. He quickly develops feelings for her, but their relationship barely evolves at all... until the quite recent ''Tenkai-Hen'' movie.
** Let's also add Unicorn Jabu in the TV series, as well as Siegfried (towards Hilda) and Hagen (towards Freya) from the Ansgard saga. {{spoiler|May also be subverted with Artemis and Touma from the Tenkai Hen movie, even when Tenkai-Hen is now [[Canon
* Inverted in ''[[Slayers]]'' : during the NEXT season, {{spoiler|when Gourry is taken away from her}}, Lina suddenly realizes she's fallen in love with her bodyguard and companion Gourry, much to her initial surprise and dismay. Gourry has feelings for her too, but he's a lot more comfortable with them than the volatile sorceress. In fact, Gourry is the one who makes the first move, {{spoiler|when he lectures Lina after she fakes her death without telling him. He first calls her "unsensitive", then asks if she knows what he's come to feel for her, which makes [[Tsundere|Lina]] ''very'' flustered.}}
* The entire first season of ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' is driven by a gender-inverted version of this trope. Of course, since Shana is possibly the biggest [[Tsundere]] of all time, she doesn't admit it until the final episode. And Yuji doesn't even hear it, so the writers get to keep running with this trope well into season 2!
* Haji from ''[[Blood
* All of the girls from ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'' qualify to the extreme (they're brainwashed to have no other thought than their handler's safety, and this always manifests in some sort of love, often obsessive)
* In [[Speed Grapher]], Tatsumi Saiga comes to feel this way towards Kagura, the girl he decided to protect after [[I Owe You My Life|she saves him from a bloody and messy death]] through a [[Kiss of Life]].
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* Played with in ''[[Kure-nai]]'', where 7-year-old Murasaki seems to develop a puppy-love crush on her hired bodyguard/protector, Shinkurou. The relationship develops into the affectionate sort one might expect between a little sister and a caring older brother, {{spoiler|quite unlike her [[Brother-Sister Incest|REAL]] older brother...}}.
* In ''[[Corrector Yui]]'', it's hinted that {{spoiler|the Corrector Synchro}} developed some feelings for the titular [[Magical Girl]] {{spoiler|after he was turned into an antagonist [[Big Badass Wolf]] and she helped him BIG time to recover his memories and have his [[Heel Face Turn]].}}
* In ''[[Turn
* ''[[Basilisk]]'' has two characters behaving like this: Chikuma Koushirou for the Iga Tsubagakure, Kagerou for the Kouga Manjidani. Both of them have feelings for their leaders, Princess Iga-no-Oboro and Koga Gennosuke respectively.
* [[Ninja Maid|Hungary]] towards [[Meganekko|Austria]] in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. She worked as his maid and later as his advisor before they got married, yet she also was quite happy to try get [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"his vital regions"]] back, [[Blade on a Stick|spear]] in hand and supported by her legions...
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* This seems to happen between the female guard/firewall Dita and the male charge/database Zima at the end of the ''[[Chobits]]'' anime. Seemingly caused by Chii {{spoiler|granting all persocoms the ability to feel emotions}}.
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* [[The Atoner|Kakihito]] {{spoiler|the Hiiragi}} from the manga ''[[Basara]]'' cares a lot about Ginko.
* Ayano's father in ''[[Kaze no Stigma]]'' tries to [[Invoked Trope|use this trope]] on Kazuma to quietly set him up with his daughter, but Kazuma is actually smart enough to realize, a great rarity in this media [[Idiot Hero|for a main character]].
* ''[[
* The dog Rino of ''[[Inumimi]]'' was taken in by Yuichiro's father before the events of the story. As an antisocial doberman, she served as the family security system for quite some time. It's implied throughout the series that after she became a [[Petting Zoo People|Petting Zoo Person]] she started having feelings for him.
* This is the basis of ''Shinobi Life''. Kagetora is a ninja assigned to protect the princess of feudal Japan, and falls in love with her. Then he gets warped to the future by accident and ends up falling in love with the princess' descendant. [[Honor Before Reason]] abounds.
* In Emura's manga ''Grand Sun'', Asahi becomes Kisaragi Sakuya's bodyguard. Guess what happens.
* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' gives us the [[Highly-Visible Ninja]] Kasuga, who was sent to assassinate Uesugi Kenshin but ended up defecting and becoming Kenshin's devoted scout and bodyguard instead. And boy, [[Luminescent Blush|does]] [[Foot Popping|she]] [[Looks Like She Is Enjoying It|love]] [[Immodest Orgasm|him]]...
* In ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', Chrono harbors an obvious
** There's also hints that [[Ninja Maid|Fiore]] has strong feelings for her ward, Joshua, particularly in the manga.
* In ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', Martin initially dislikes Eva, who he is supposed to protect, but later develops feelings for her just before {{spoiler|she is about to be finished off. Martin then tells her to meet him at a train station, but he [[Heroic Sacrifice|doesn't make it]].}}
** [[Brain Bleach]]-inducing version: Roberto seems to be far, far too attached [[Ho Yay|to his boss Johan.]]
* [[Gender
* In ''[[Brigadoon Marin and Melan]]'', Melan initially protects Marin simply because it is his duty. As time goes on, the pair begin to have feelings for one another, though their personalities (Marin is warm and loving towards many people, and Melan is gentle and soft-spoken) make it a little hard to pinpoint exactly ''when'' they start seeing each other in this light. In any case, the result is that Melan grows to love Marin so much that he continues to protect her even when {{spoiler|it turns out she's not the person he was supposed to protect in the first place.}}
** Shortly after meeting for the first time [[Generation Xerox|Kitano's parents]] try to pull this too. Turns out Kitano's dad [[The Juggernaut|does not really need the help]].
* At least one Seishi will fall in love with the Miko in the ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' verse. Rarely is it not reciprocated...
** And [[Star-Crossed Lovers|rarely can it be consummated]]. Damn [[Your Universe or Mine?]] and [[Virgin Power]]. {{spoiler|Poor, poor Suzuno/Byakko no Miko and Tatara, who had to wait for ''decades'' (and apparently ''centuries'', in Tatara's case) to be [[Together in Death]].}}
* Rin Asano from ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]'' shows signs of interest in her immortal bodyguard almost right away; [[Green-Eyed Monster|showing jealousy of his interest in a prostitute]], [[Letting Her Hair Down|later directly asking if he finds her appealing]], [[Luminescent Blush|turning red when she's suggested to be his lover]], and pretty much [[Always Save the Girl|willfully sacrificing the lives of strangers]] to save him. Later in the manga, she even kisses him while he sleeps, and apparently does so again offscreen, after they've been reunited after a looooooong separation. Even later, Rin flat out offers her body to Manji, so the "crush" at this point has become a full-blown declaration of love. In the same scene, Manji, who originally said that he [[Like Brother and Sister|thought Rin looked too much like his sister]] says that he's mostly forgotten what the latter looked like, and that his feelings for Rin have become something different, finally playing this trope straight.
** Notably, aforementioned prostitute is actually [[Action Girl|Makie Otono-Tachibana]], who later becomes [[Big Bad|Kagehisa Anotsu]]'s [[The Dragon|dragon]] and [[Bodyguard Babes|bodyguard]] after having come to terms with the fact that he will never love her as a person, but [[In Love with Your Carnage|only as a weapon]]. {{spoiler|Eventually he actually does warm up to her and starts to genuinely care for her... Shortly after that it's revealed [[Too Powerful to Live|that Makie has]] [[Incurable Cough of Death|tubercolosis.]] It would seem the universe, for some unfathomable reason, simply doesn't want this woman to lead a happy life.}}
* ''[[Hellsing]]'''s [[Heroic Sociopath|Alucard]] is intensely devoted to his Master and Countess [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask|Integra Hellsing]] to the point of any insult done towards her in his presence triggers a [[Berserk Button]]. He's referred as her lapdog and bodyguard a couple of times, so fits this role.
* Possibly Akise Aru from ''[[Mirai Nikki]]''. He's clearly stated himself that he's [[Ho Yay|in love with Yukiteru]] and in chapter 50 tells him that {{spoiler|he is no longer interested in changing the future and just wants to protect Yukiteru, especially since he suspects that Yuno, who's very much a [[Yandere]] for Yukiteru, is actually trying to kill Yukiteru. When she shows up Akise tries to kill Yuno and destroys her diary. However, she reveals that she had another diary and she stabs Akise}}. Also, Yuno for Yukiteru.
* ''[[Black Butler]]'': Agni towards Prince Soma might count. Their relationship really does come across as a
** A more recent example from ''[[Black Butler|Black Butler II]]'' would be Claude towards Alois. His catchphrase can even be interpreted roughly as "I want nothing but to deeply desire my master." Cue fangirl squee.
*** {{spoiler|Horrifyingly subverted when Claude cruelly kills Alois himself, giving the psychotic kiddo an [[Alas, Poor Villain]] demise.}}
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* In ''Hime-sama Goyojin'', Adron, a hired assassin sent to steal Himeko's crown, masquerades as her bodyguard in order to get closer to her and kill her. Things get complicated when Adron develops a crush on her, and everytime he tries to murder her, he freezes up completely.
* Klaus from ''[[Hyakujitsu no Bara]]'' has a relationship with Taki can be seen as this. Klaus often bows down to Taki, and has expressed his desire to serve him and protect the country with him.
* Juudai and Yubel from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' have a variation on this, since she was transformed into a dragon in order to protect him, and he pledged his eternal love to her after that.
* The whole premise of ''[[Katanagatari]]'' is that Togame wants her bodyguard and human sword Shichika to fall in love with her so that he will develop [[Undying Loyalty]] for their quest. Shichika agrees, and the feeling eventually becomes mutual.
* [[Negima]]'s Setsuna's duty is to protect Konoka, who is only too glad for the excuse to be with her [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|not-girlfriend all the time]]. To her embarrasement [[Everyone Can See It]].
* Ash's Charizard in ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', as seen in the episode ''Great Bowls of Fire'', is this with Liza's Charizard Charla, the same Charizard who has easily [[Curb Stomp Battle|thrashed him]] in their first meeting. But now he has wooed her and is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130929043216/http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:
* Arguably, Gokudera to [[Ho Yay|Tsuna]] in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''.
** Also, Gamma to Uni.
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* Hak from ''[[Akatsuki no Yona]]'' is a classic example for Yona. Some of the dragons are shaping up to be this to her too.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'' Agent 355 is attracted to both Allison Mann and Yorick, the two people she's charged with bodyguarding. {{spoiler|For much of the series 355 assumes her feelings for Yorick are simply a desire to protect him, until Allison points out that's actually why 355 slept with ''her,'' and that she's always realised that 355 was in love with Yorick.}}
* For a while in the ''[[Batman]]'' comics, Bruce Wayne had a bodyguard named Sasha Bordeaux who fell in love with him and fell even deeper when she found out that he was Batman.
* Zauriel, from ''[[Justice League of America]]'', was a ''guardian angel'' who had a
* Given the size of [[Iron Man|Tony Stark's]] ego, we could count him and his "body guard".
** And then there's Bethany Cabe, Tony Stark's corporate bodyguard and love interest for a while.
* Nakia from ''[[Black Panther]]'' was this [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]. There's a reason she started calling herself [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Malice]]. It's arguably a [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstruction]] that shows what happens when the
== Film ==▼
▲== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Terminator]]'' features Kyle Reese, sent to protect the unborn John Connor, future leader of the Human Resistance, by protecting his mother Sarah Connor, who, in a case of predestination paradox, ultimately creates him.
* ''[[The Bodyguard]],'' starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.
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* In ''[[King of New York]]'', the title character's relationship with his [[Bodyguard Babes]] goes well beyond the "crush" stage in the first five minutes.
* ''[[Princess Diaries]]'', surprisingly, has this trope. The Queen falls in love with the guy who is introduced as the chauffer, but nearer to the end of the movie, and especially in the sequel, it's obvious that he's also a bodyguard.
* Fanon likes to think that, in the movie ''[[9
* Mathilda has one of these on Léon in ''[[Léon: The Professional]]''
* Anakin and Padme in ''[[Star Wars]] [[Attack of the Clones]]''.
* ''[[Bodyguard From Beijing]]'' starring [[Jet Li]] has this happen between the protagonist, the titular soldier from China, and his charge, a [[Hong Kong]] lady. The latter was the one who made the first moves, but the former tried to be professional distanced himself from her. He [[Did Not Get the Girl]], as he was shown going back to China ([[Anvilicious|posing right in front of the Chinese flag]]) while the lady stays behind. It's pretty obvious her feelings were reciprocated, however.
* ''Bodyguard'', the shared name of a Malayalam film and its [[Bollywood]] remake starring [[Salman Khan]], has a combination of this trope, [[Playing Cyrano]] and [[Matchmaker Crush]] as its plot. The titular bodyguard is assigned to the daughter of a politician, and he follows her so closely that the woman, tired of the over protection, schemes with a friend to create a fake admirer to make him fall for her and distract him of his work. The plan works, but then the woman falls in love with the bodyguard for real...
== [[Literature]] ==
* Very explicit between Sparhawk and Ehlana in David Eddings' ''Elenium'' series.
* In Laurel K. Hamilton's ''Meredith Gentry'' series, the royal bodyguards pretty much also serve as sex slaves to Queen Andais, Princess Meredith, and Prince Cel.
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** Sandor Clegane is Prince Joffrey's sworn shield, but is more often seen protecting Joffrey's betrothed, Sansa Stark, leading to a [[Beast and Beauty]] pairing. Sansa's thoughts seem to be conflicted. She's frightened of Sandor, but he seems to spring to her mind every time sex or kissing is mentioned, and she canonically fabricates a memory of kissing him.
** Two members of Renly's Rainbow Guard have the hots for him: Brienne, a large and ugly [[Action Girl]], and Loras, his gay lover.
** Jorah Mormont is hopelessly in love with Daenerys Targaryen, whom he serves as part of her Queensguard. She's aware of the situation and repeatedly rebuffs him.
** Arys Oakheart, a member of the Kingsguard sent to Dorne with Princess Myrcella, falls in love with Arianne Martell despite his vows. {{spoiler|He needlessly dies defending her and their companions at the Greenblood after being forced to yield by the Dornish captain of the guards, Areo Hotah.}}
* ''[[Prince Roger]]''. The 'March/Prince Roger' saga has the spoilt misunderstood brat Prince, Roger Ramius Sergei Alexander Chiang McClintock (whew, [[Overly Long Name|what a mouthful!]]) and his [[Action Girl]] bodyguard, Nimashet Despreaux, agonize endlessly before finally hooking up in the second book, ''March to the Sea.''
** Complicated further by the part where ''after'' they finally decided to hook up, Roger went from third to first in the line of
** And then Nimashet was given a ''direct order'' (twice) by her superiors to ''reinstate'' the relationship and become the eventual Empress Nimashet. Even though they know it's a bad idea to fraternize inside the chain of command, they need Nimashet to steady Roger because he'd either deliberately let himself be deposed so he could be with Nimashet again or else try to rule the Empire alone and end up as Emperor Roger the Mad. (Nimashet is pretty much the only person around who can hold Roger back from massacre once his [[Berserk Button]] is pushed, and Roger on some level ''knows'' this.)
*** Bad idea? I'd say they wanted Roger to have at least some form of prosthetic conscience. Fraternization regs went out of the window looong ago, ain't it right, {{spoiler|Sergeant Kosutic, oh, and you, Julian}}?
* In [[Honor Harrington]], Honor and Abigail Hearns are officially required by Grayson law to have bodyguards even when under military duty in accordance with their status as high nobles. Like many such things the legislators had not thought about future circumstances they could not have predicted. That is the law was made in a patriarchal society which had not previously imagined the inconvenience of female nobles taking a bodyguard on a military campaign. Nor the diplomatic stir caused by walking around amid allies who would think having a [[Battle Butler]] following one was pretentious. In both cases their guards have a platonic crush.
* ''[[Kushiel's Legacy]]'' subverts this at first. [[Chaste Hero|Joscelin]] denies himself any attraction, romantic or otherwise, to Phedre, saying that he can't both be her bodyguard (servant of Cassiel) and her lover, because it goes against his vows. Granted, in Kushiel's Dart he and Phedre, ah...[[Unusual Euphemism|paid homage to Namaah]]. Later in the series, they develop a proper relationship as the Comtesse Phedre no Delaunay de Montreve and her consort (read: practically husband) Joscelin.
* ''[[The Faerie Queene]]'': The Red Cross Knight and Princess Una in the first book; Red Cross is [[Easily Forgiven]] for abysmally failing the "bodyguard" part at first, abandoning his charge thanks to a [[Not What It Looks Like]] scenario courtesy of the [[Master of Illusion]].
* In the second book of the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Coruscant Nights]]'' trilogy, we find that Padme's eyepatched bodyguard Typho was in [[All Love Is Unrequited|love]] with her, and at her funeral, having seen the autopsy, comes to the conclusion that she was killed by use of the Force. Anakin Skywalker was supposed to be bodyguarding her in Typho's absence. Thus he decided to track down Skywalker; later he assumes that Vader killed them both, so he has to kill Vader. [[Foregone Conclusion|You can imagine how that went.]]
** In the [[Jedi Academy Trilogy]] General Wedge Antilles is set to bodyguarding Qwi Xux, an ex-Imperial scientist who had worked on the Death Star, the [[Dark Empire|World Devastators]], and the Sun Crusher, cheerfully oblivious to what these projects would be used for. Yes, a general serving as bodyguard to a scientist. They fall for each other, and in ''I, Jedi'' this development dismays Corran, since he [[Shipper on Deck|ships his boss with one of his friends]] (Who Wedge did end up with in a later novel after breaking up with Qwi).
* In Moira Moore's ''Heroes'' series there are two kinds of magic users, Sources and Shields, who get permanently paired up. The Source deflects natural disasters while the Shield protects the Source from some kind of backlash that occurs. First person narrator and Shield Dunleavy really likes her Source Shintaro and protects him not only while working magic but tends to protectiveness also in more mundane situations. He in turn makes no attempt to hide that he lusts after her.
* [[Artemis Fowl|Juliet and Artemis]], though Juliet's not ''technically'' his bodyguard, and canon says it's flipped.
* In the ''[[Gemma Doyle]]'' trilogy apparently it was once pretty common for the Rakshana and the members of the Order they guarded to be lovers. Named examples include Gemma and Kartik (eventually), and Miss McCleethy and Hugo Fowlson. It may or may not be worth noting that neither pairing ends well, but then, what pairing in this series does?
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* The Rakshana and the Order in the ''[[Gemma Doyle]]'' trilogy often are lovers. Named examples in the books include {{spoiler|1=Gemma and Kartik and McCleethy and Fowlson}}.
* In ''[[Cerberon]]'', Margaret becomes attracted to George after he volunteers to be her escort for her journey to America. He is [[Oblivious to Love|oblivious to her attraction]] until she mentions she wouldn't mind his intimate attention.
* Ivan and Tej in [[Vorkosigan Saga|Captain Vorpatril's Alliance]] is an odd one because Ivan is not a professional bodyguard and Tej is on the run and her official bodyguard is dead (and replaced by her sister). Ivan is a normal military officer asked by a local spy to take her on a date while an abduction is supposed to be going down to reinforce the spy's cover (it's complicated), while Tej was a rich [[Mafia Princess]] whose family enemies were looking for her in the aftermath of a clan war. In the course of this the two fell in love.
**Simon gets a crush on Alys. This is an indirect version. His primary job is to guard the Emperor. But a subsidiary job to that is to guard anyone attending him and Alys is his master of ceremonies, which places her in the line of fire of anyone who gets regicidal ideas.
== [[Live
* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', this
** The fact that the actors portraying the two got involved surely contributed to the shipping and tension. Hayden's young age (relatively) added some risque' spice, as well.
▲* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', this APPEARED to be the case for Peter and Claire. This was squashed immediately upon the reveal that they're actually each others long lost uncle and niece. Of course this didn't actually stop the shipping or the sexual tension between them.
▲** The fact that the actors portraying the two got involved surely contributed to the shipping and tension. Hayden's young age (relatively) added some risque' spice, as well.
* In ''[[Charmed]]'', the [[Powers That Be]] mandate a strict law against Whitelighters falling in love with their wiccan charges. But naturally, this was dealt with [[Second Hand Storytelling|offscreen]] and waived in the case of Piper (main character), who married Leo and later on in the series even got to have a child.
** And even with Piper's mom and Sam, another whitelighter, having an affair and ended up with Paige.
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* In ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'' fandom, DG/Cain plays out like this most of the time. DG is {{spoiler|Princess of Oz, named for her ancestor, Dorothy Gale}}. Cain is a [[Badass Normal]] by Ozian standards, a commoner, and a law enforcement man/soldier by trade. Sweetening the deal is that, in the first part of the series, Cain's former boss forced him into a promise to "not leave her side at any cost."
* In an episode of ''[[The Equalizer]]'' Robert McCall chews out Mickey Kostmeyer for sleeping with a Swedish foreign student he was supposed to be guarding, pointing out that if the killers had chosen to strike at that moment they both would have been killed.
* ''[[Babylon 5]]''. G'Kar may have been trying to invoke this trope when he insisted that the rogue telepaths leaving B5 have Narn bodyguards. Given G'Kar's attempt in the premiere episode to get telepathic genetic material for the Narm race via the old-fashioned mating method, one wonders if he wasn't trying to set up a few [[Interspecies Romance
** Lennier isn't a bodyguard per se, but he does have a crush on Delenn and he does consider himself honor-bound to protect her.
* As Echo's {{spoiler|fourth}} official handler in ''[[Dollhouse]]'', love interest Paul Ballard has one of these. To be fair the crush began long before he actually started work as a bodyguard.
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* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Angel was originally supposed to act as a secret protector for Buffy - but, while watching over her, fell in love.
* Inverted in season 5 of ''[[24]]'', with First Lady Martha Logan, fully disgusted with her husband's actions, falling for Secret Service agent Aaron Pierce. {{spoiler|Season 6 finds the Logans separated (divorced?) and Pierce retired from the Secret Service and romantically involved with Martha.}}
* Because [[Stalking Is Love]], the ''[[Smallville]]'' episode "Trespass".
* The ''[[NCIS]] episode "Defiance" had a character of the day fall in love with McGee.
** She then used this to catch him off guard in order to stage her own abduction, and the episode leaves open whether or not she was acting the entire time, making this a potential subversion.
* [[Starsky and Hutch|Hutch]] gets into one of these with a visiting Russian ballerina who's received death threats.
== Mythology and Folklore ==
* King Arthur's wife Guinevere and her bodyguard Lancelot share an ill-fated romance.
* It definitely doesn't take much stretching of the imagination to see a bit of this between Leela and Romana in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off audio series ''[[Gallifrey]]''
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* Kunoichi's crush towards her lord Yukimura, hinted merely in ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'', became the main focus of her Musou mode in the 3rd installation of the game.
* [[Gender
▲* It definitely doesn't take much stretching of the imagination to see a bit of this between Leela and Romana in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off audio series ''[[Gallifrey]]'' -- interestingly enough, though, the balance of power in the relationship itself is just a touch inverted, with the higher-status Romana seeming to display more emotional investment in the relationship.
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▲* Kunoichi's crush towards her lord Yukimura, hinted merely in ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'', became the main focus of her Musou mode in the 3rd installation of the game.
▲* [[Gender Inverted Trope|Gender inverted]]: ''[[Suikoden V]]'' has a non-professional relationship of ''some'' kind between Prince Freyjadour and his bodyguard Lyon, especially if he gathers all [[108]] stars.
** Given that Lyon was raised by Frey's parents, there's also a [[Not Blood Siblings]] element.
** Let's not forget [[Les Yay|Lelei and Lucretia.]] It's a rather strange relationship, since the woman Lelei is guarding is definitely the [[Onee-Sama]], ''and'' it's very ambiguous whether she returns Lelei's feelings.
*** Lucretia's own preferences, at least, seem to match up, as Cathari mentions that she and Lucretia were once "more than friends." Lucretia's relationship with Lelei is made rather less ambiguous (or, alternately, given a [[Relationship Reveal]]) when, on the night before a big battle, Lucretia suggests that she and Lelei get some rest, and Lelei asks if Lucretia wouldn't mind staying up just a little longer - after which the screen fades to black. After the war, {{spoiler|the two of them vanish, presumably together}}. On a side note, if you have Oboro dig into Lelei's past, he comes up with the following:
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**** [[Gender Inverted Example]] #2: [[Non-Action Guy|Thomas]] and [[Cute Bruiser|Cecile]] in Suikoden 3, with Cecile all but publicly confessing her crush for Thomas (including [[Fire-Breathing Diner|making meatballs]] [[Lethal Chef|for his lunch]])
* Sothe and Micaiah in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Radiant Dawn''. The creepy part is that they refer to each other as family (and [[Like Brother and Sister|Brother/Sister]]) regularly.
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** In fact, this is one of ''[[Fire Emblem]]'s'' favorite tropes. Pick any Fire Emblem game and there will be at least one character (if not more) infatuated with their liege.
*** First and third games: Both Camus and Hardin to Nyna ({{spoiler|however both fall victim to [[Ship Sinking]]}}) and Samson/Sheema (role inverted, liege infatuated with bodyguard)
*** Fourth and fifth game: Mideel/Aideen, Levin/Fury ([{{[[[Gender
*** Sixth game: Saul/Dorothy ([[Gender
*** Seventh game: Kent/Lyndis, Rath/Lyndis, Erk/Priscilla, Erk/Serra and [[Les Yay|Florina/Lyndis]]. [[Player Character|Tactician]]/[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Lyndis]] (also inverted, or [[Les Yay]]) can be implied from the early chapters, though this doesn't really hold out past Chapter 3 or so;
*** Eighth game: Seth/Eirika, Vanessa/Innes ([[Gender
* Part of the premise of first person shooter ''[[Red Steel]]'', between the protagonist and the (quickly kidnapped) girl in distress. The relationship had progressed to the point where the two had gotten engaged, and the kidnapped happens when introducing the future husband to her father to ask permission to marry.
* In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', it's [[Implied Love Interest|implied]] that this is the case between Anise and Ion, as well as Arietta and Ion.
* ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' has this type of relationship between Adell and Rozalin. After mistakenly summoning her and binding her to follow him around, Adell swears he'll protect Rozalin with his life. Rozalin swears she'll kill him for the indignity he's caused her. They become attracted to each other. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
** Taro also feels this way about Rozalin, to the point that he practically became Rozalin's servant just so he could fit this trope.
* [[Fanon]] has a tendency to attribute one of these to Double H from ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]],'' over the heroine, Jade. The fact that she [[Rescue Romance|rescued him]] from an [[Electric Torture|alien torture chamber]] doesn't help... Nor does the fact that he [[Knight in Shining Armor|wears shining armor...]] And he [[Take My Hand|selflessly dives to catch her when she falls]], spouting a line in a sappy voice... And let's not forget his sudden attempt to [[Smooch of Victory|kiss her.]] His [[All There in the Manual|official description]] even states that he's "selflessly devoted to her."
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* Inverted in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', where Locke apparently pledges to bodyguard any girl he gets a crush on.
* And subverted at the same time hilariously by the fact that during the course of the game, one of the girl he pledges to protect is the mightiest soldier of [[The Empire]]'s army, and the other is a [[Person of Mass Destruction|walking nuke]] and [[Tear Jerker|very sadly]] by the fact that Locke's pledges are the product of the guilt he feels from failing to protect his first love, twice.
* Happens in ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]''. Zidane both has feelings for Garnet.
* It is quite possible to argue that Basch displays subtle hints towards Ashe in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', although he interacts [[Team Dad|much more directly with Vaan and Penelo]], and often appears indifferent toward Princess Ashe. Basch may be more emotionally attached to the fate of Ashe's kingdom than to Ashe herself, but hints of 'something' undefined are there in the subtext. Given the purposeful lack of romance in FFXII, interpretation of what that 'something' happens to be is open to debate.
* ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' has a few teasing here and there. There's Firion teasing the Onion Knight over his protectiveness of Terra, a slight ship tease between Vaan protecting Terra, and the closeness between the Warrior of Light and the goddess Cosmos, {{spoiler|especially as the former is revealed to be a Manikin of Cid of the Lufaine and the former is revealed to be a Manikin of Cid's wife.}}
* [[Neverwinter Nights|Nathyrra and Valen]] are totally there as combat support. Totally. *insincere smile*
** In the same vein, in KotOR I: Did the Jedi Council really have to assign Carth, Bastila, and/or Juhani (as appropriate to PC gender/preference) to help you? Granted, each has legit reasons to help even without orders ''or'' romantic entanglements - but [[Wild Mass Guessing|it's much more fun]] [[Epileptic Trees|when you consider the possibilities]].
*** Inverted somewhat in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' if you're playing a female. Even though you are a VERY powerful Force-user and {{spoiler|the mind-wiped ex-Dark Lord of the Sith}}, Carth is still very protective, and insists "Let me protect you; from yourself, from the Sith. You HAVE to let me try." Never mind you could probably have wiped the floor with him six levels ago... {{spoiler|Ditto with Juhani, albeit in a much subtler manner}}.
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* In ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' and Mask of the Betrayer, both of the romance options for male characters that made the final cut began watching over the hero to keep him safe.
* Apparent inversion (liege seemingly in love with bodyguard, although that may be a matter of interpretation) in ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky]]'', with Celebi (technically a gender-neutral Pokémon, but it acts feminine (and kinda [[Tsundere]]) and has the "Shiny" pink coloration instead of its normal green) for Grovyle.
* Some fans see this between [[Mega Man Zero|Zero and Ciel]], some don't.
** It's certanly an inversion, as Ciel quite clearly has a crush on Zero, and he doesn't show any feelings for her or at least recognition of her feelings. It's even directly addressed in the 4th game where Neige and Craft were once in a relationship, and she seems to show that she can relate to Ciel in the ending, as both Zero and Craft were reploids and thus the situation is similar.
* Touka in ''[[Utawarerumono]]''. Apparently, when her clan becomes someone's bodyguard, they're supposed to bear their child (assuming they're female) which makes her... eagerness... to be his bodyguard make a little more sense, no?
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* Played straight and flipped a few times in ''[[Half Life]] 2'' and Episodes. Alyx Vance is sometimes escorted by Gordon, and when Gordon loses his weapons, she becomes the bodyguard. And she has an obvious hero worship and geekette attraction to Gordon. Which her father openly encourages.
* ''[[Legend of Mana]]'': Jumi always come in pairs as a Guardian and a Knight, and they are expected to be devoted to one another in ways that blur the boundaries between duty and love. And gender doesn't matter, either.
* At the end of ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' Ashley asks if Leon wants to go to "her place" for some ''overtime''. He declines.
** Manuela seems to really like Leon too.
* ''[[Grandia II]]'', Ryudo towards Elena. "Don't like women", huh? ''Right''....
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In [[Dubious Company]], [[Church Militant|Leeroy]] starts as [[The Chosen One|Sal]]'s rival and [[Childhood Friend Romance|friend]]. He is later appointed as her bodyguard.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130212062619/http://www.webtoonlive.com/webtoon/Welcome%20to%20the%20Convenience%20Store/ch68/ This] page/chapter of ''[[Welcome to
* Inverted in ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Violetta [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080926 makes it clear] she would kill Tarvek as soon as his life is no longer her responsibility. Hilariously, von Zinzer points they are fighting [[Like an Old Married Couple]]. Note that she is actually his cousin, and a [[Shipper on Deck]] for Tarvek/agatha.
** All other bodyguards in this series avert this trope just by being the same gender as the one they protect. Actually, Gil and Agatha have their bodyguards paired ''together''.
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
* ''[[Tech Infantry]]'' has Miro Creed, bodyguard for [[Idol Singer]] [[Priscilla Savant]], and the romance between them.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' subverts this to hell and back - Myra Brandish, Dr. Venture's former bodyguard and the mother of the titular brothers. In the present, though, she's clearly insane and [[Stalker with a Crush|breaks out of her asylum once every couple years to kidnap her sons.]]
** This is to say nothing of the people who misinterpret [[Ho Yay|current bodyguard Brock Samson and Dr. Venture's relationship.]] Referenced in the pilot episode, "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay," when Pete White argues to Billy Quizboy that "you can't tell me there's nothing going on there." Also played with in the season 1 finale, "Return to Spider-Skull Island;" when Brock {{spoiler|isn't allowed to go with Dr. Venture to the operation room and argues, the doctor}} assumes they're "partners."
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** Played with again in the intro to the season 3 episode "What Goes Down, Must Come Up."
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'''Brock:''' I can't help it, it's stiff, Doc, maybe I should lube this thing up before we take it down there.
''' Doc:''' It'll be fine, it's not built for speed, it's built for deep penetration! }}
* Finn has a crush on Princess Bubblegum, who he's rescued on countless occasions, in ''[[Adventure Time]]''.
* ''[[Zig and Sharko]]'': Marina's bodyguard Sharko is in love with her but unfortunately for him Marina has a crush on the villain, Zig, instead.
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' young King Lion-O has an obvious crush on the (slightly [[Likes Older Women|older]]) Cheetara, the [[Sole Survivor]] of his [[Church Militant]] [[Praetorian Guard]]. Complicating matters are her necessary roles towards him as [[Good Shepherd]] and [[The Champion]], as well as the fact that Lion-O's [[Sibling Triangle|older brother]] Tygra is ''also'' [[Hot for Preacher]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Daniel Ducruet and [[Rebellious Princess]] Stéphanie of [[
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