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Related to [[Disposable Love Interest]].
If you were looking for [[Monster of the Week]], [[Well, This Is Not That Trope]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr]].'' featured several Girls of the Week. Brisco got kissed by many beautiful women, but his heart always belonged to Dixie Cousins.
* Most early seasons of ''[[Frasier]]'' rarely had Frasier Crane with a girlfriend who stayed around longer than an episode; sometimes they didn't even break up, she simply wasn't there any more an episode later. In later seasons, the girlfriend might stay for a mini-arc but would likely be gone after. Often a focus of [[Lampshade Hanging]] as Frasier obsessed about his inability to commit. In one memorable episode, most of the former love interests made a cameo in a [[Dream Sequence]] on the subject.
* All of the main male characters of the ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' spinoffs (even including ''[[
** Lies! Chekov once got a girl. She didn't even die.
** Scotty once got a girl too. Really, the only regular male character on TOS who ''never'' got a [[Girl of the Week]] was Sulu.
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* Likewise, ''[[Stargate SG 1]]'' had its fair share, including one episode where O'Neill {{spoiler|accidentally marries}} a woman who is never seen again.
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|How I Met Your Mother]]''. How many candidates have we had for the mother, now? A few dozen? And let's not even get into Barney's numerous conquests.
* ''[[
* Fans of ''[[Forever Knight (TV)|Forever Knight]]'' referred to this phenomenon as "Neck of the Week."
* In ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]'', Big Pete had several Girls Of The Week, especially in the last season.
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