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The [[Green-Eyed Monster|jealousy-spurred]] [[Love Epiphany]] of a character who's in love with someone else, but has been [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|in denial about this]] up until now.
 
Before the crisis, the character is perfectly fine being [[Just Friends]] or [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|totally platonic]] [[Slap Slap Kiss|bickering partners]] with another. But then, that other character gets romantically involved with an interloper, causing their [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|not-at-all]] love interest to [[Can't Live Withwith Them Can't Live Without Them|suddenly feel the sting of their absence]]. Once they finally admit to themselves their feelings, the [[Romantic False Lead]]'s got hell to pay.
 
In some works, this is the cue for a [[Relationship Upgrade]]. In other works where [[Status Quo Is God]], the envious one will stubbornly refuse to come clean and revert back to her "friend" self once the romantic complication is out of the picture. It's a [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|Aw Look She Really Does Love Him]] moment -- but a hidden one. This arc is especially common when the jealous one is a [[Tsundere]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In [[Itazura Nana Kiss]] {{spoiler|[[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Naoki Irie]] finally comes to terms with his true feelings for [[Plucky Girl|Kotoko Aihara]] after he hears that her longtime friend [[The Idiot From Osaka|Kinnosuke]] [[Hopeless Suitor|proposed to her]]. He confronts her and tells her that [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|he doesn't want her loving anyone else]]. The pair share their first honest kiss and get their [[Relationship Upgrade]]. }} It only gets better from there.
* Tomari in ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'' admits her feelings for Hazumu only after she catches her kissing with another girl, Yasuna.
* ''[[Ranma One Half]]'': Multiple times, both ways, between Ranma and Akane, Ranma and Ukyo, and Ranma and Shampoo.
* In ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'', Polly constantly denied her feelings for Speedy, insisting they were "[[Just Friends]]" -- even though she constantly got jealous of the time he spent with Lucielle. She even said she didn't like him, he was too goofy in the final episode. It took him almost dying trying to destroy a comet that she finally realized her denial and that she, in fact, loved him. They get together in the end.
* In the anime version of ''[[Angelic Layer]]'', Tamayo treats Kotaro only as a close friend until he develops obvious feelings for protagonist Misaki.
* In the ''[[Lovely Complex]]'' manga and anime, [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|Otani]] has never been able to see Risa as anything other than a [[Just Friends|friend]]...until she's suddenly swooning over Maity-sensei.
{{quote| '''Otani:''' You're always saying "Maity this, Maity that"!! That's why I'm so annoyed!!<br />
'''Riza:''' ...Why should you be annoyed?<br />
'''Otani:''' How should I know? Annoying things will, of course, annoy me!! Don't ever mention his name again!! }}
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Happens in both directions between Inu-Yasha and Kagome, with Koga as Kagome's [[Romantic False Lead]] and Kikyo as Inuyasha's [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]] [[Resurrected Romance|back from the dead]].
* ''[[Kenichi: theThe Mightiest Disciple]]'': Miu constantly denies that she has any interest until Kensei Ma's daughter Renka shows interest.
* Tomoe from ''[[Kamisama Kiss (Manga)|Kamisama Kiss]]'' is a regular ass to the heroine Nanami 95% of the time but should another man so much as even talk to her watch out.
 
 
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== Film ==
* This trope is essentially the plot of ''[[My Best FriendsFriend's Wedding]]''. When [[Julia Roberts]]' [[Just Friends]] buddy of a decade announces he's tying the knot, she secretly tries to break up said wedding so that the groom will marry her instead.
 
 
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** Later in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince|The Half-Blood Prince]]'', Harry realizes he has feelings for Ginny when he sees her kissing Dean.
* ''[[Emma]]'': The titular heroine's best friend Harriet confesses she is in love with Mr. Knightley. It instantly comes over Emma like a thunderclap that ''she'' is in love with Mr. Knightley!
* ''[[The Princess Bride (Literaturenovel)|The Princess Bride]]'': The attraction that sparks off the jealousy is one-sided, but Buttercup first realizes that she's in love with Westley when the Countess Rugen starts ogling him.
* J.R. Ward's [[Black Dagger Brotherhood]] series uses this trope in ''Lover Awakened.'' {{spoiler|Zsadist is forced to realize he's bonded with Bella when his brother-in-arms Vishous provokes him. Basically, Vishous acts like he's going to go after her, at which point Z tackles him in a jealous rage, and Vishous explains to Z that he's invoking this trope ''while being strangled.''}}
* At the start of the [[Dragonlance]] Chronicles, [[The Hero|Tanis Half-Elven]] dumps his childhood sweetheart, [[Rebellious Princess|the elven princess Laurana]] and tells her he is in love with another woman, [[Dark Action Girl|Kitiara]]. It is only after [[Good Shepherd|Elistan]] starts sniffing around Laurana that Tanis realizes he does still have feelings for the elf maid.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[General Hospital]]'', for geeky Spinelli and fashionista Maxie, it took the arrival of similarly geeky Winifred for Maxie to realize her feelings for Spinelli. And then she slept with Johnny. Hey, it's a [[Soap Opera]].
* Subverted in ''[[Better Off Ted (TV)|Better Off Ted]]''. Linda tried to induce this by introducing Ted to her ex-boyfriend... but he and Ted hit it off and become friends. Then Ted pretends to hate him when he realizes Linda was only trying to make him jealous.
* ''[[Smallville (TV)|Smallville]]'': Clark and Lois did this with each other often, until they ''finally'' hooked up in Season 9.
* ''[[Castle (TV)|Castle]]'': This trope is the bread and butter of the show.
* In ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'', Basil and Sybil appear to have nothing but contempt for each other; however, Sybil gets very upset, when she thinks that Basil is pursuing a guest in "The Psychiatrist", and Basil frantically tries to prove that he isn't.
* ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'': Although Brita constantly insists she has no feelings for Jeff, she ends coming to terms with her feelings when Slater attempts to renew her relationship with him.
** This is also [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when Annie attempts to get [[Parody Sue|Rich]] to join their study group. Jeff is seemingly jealous because of his feelings for Annie, but it's later revealed that he was being apprehensive simply because he hates how perfect Rich is, and once to learn how to manipulate others with similar perfection.
* ''[[ICarly (TV)|I Carly]]'': Sam, [[Ship Tease|''if'']] her actions at the end of "iSpeed Date" were meant to indicate her feelings for Freddie. Carly might end up doing the same in a future episode.
* Teased a few times with Josh and Donna on ''[[The West Wing]]'', but hammered home on Donna's part when Josh starts dating Amy Gardner.
* In the series ''Eva & Adam'', about middle-schoolers in love in Stockholm, Eva only realises she likes the new boy Adam when her best friend seems to say she may be interested in Adam.
* ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]'': In the oft teased Tony and Ziva relationship, the two will usually deny any romantic feelings for eachother but will frequently show jealousy when the other person is in a relationship, i.e. when Ziva was with Micheal, Ray etc. or when Tony became involved with E.J. and Jeanne.
* In ''[[Suits (TV)|Suits]]'', Rachel kisses Mike after finding out he has started a relationship with Jenny.
* In ''[[Raising the Bar]]'', Bobbi gets jealous when Jerry is attracted to a professor he has brought in as an expert witness. He calls her out, and she finally wisens and acts on her feelings for him after [[Will They or Won't They?|pushing him away a few times.]]
* In ''[[Leverage (TV)|Leverage]]'', Paker shows pretty much no interest in Hardison, in fact most of the time she is rarely focused on anything rather then her next theft. That is until Hardison shows an attraction to a client who is also a hacker, to which she starts to show clear jealousy towards this relationship.
* Played straight and then averted in ''[[That 70s Show (TV)|That 70s Show]]''. Hyde realizes he has feelings for {{spoiler|Jackie, who has been pursuing him and trying to make him jealous. They then go on a date and realize there's not actually any chemistry between them. (...Then later they hook up out of boredom and become a couple for a time, until Hyde runs off to Vegas and drunkenly marries a stripper.)}}
* Caroline has one in the 3rd season premiere of ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' after seeing Tyler with a date during Elena's birthday party. Being what she is, she {{spoiler|mind controls the girl to go away and makes her feelings for Tyler pretty clear. Cue [[Relationship Upgrade]].}}
 
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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'': Sarah isn't in denial, but Elliot is, and he's dating Nanase. When Sarah finds this out, she runs off crying. Who steps up to the plate and fixes things? ''Nanase'', of course, by dumping Elliot so she can move on and he can be with Sarah. It helps that {{spoiler|Nanase's a lesbian and realizes later that this is why she never felt sexually attracted to Elliot.}}
* Margaret from ''[[College Roomies From Hell (Webcomic)|College Roomies Fromfrom Hell]]'' only starts to return Dave's affections when he finally starts to return Blue's.
* ''[[Skin Horse]]'': Marcie has started 'dating' [[Chick Magnet]]/[[Wholesome Crossdresser]] Tip. {{spoiler|Slightly less effeminate Chris (who is begrudgingly forced to admit that he understands why Marcie is attracted to [[Even the Guys Want Him|Tip]] [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|a little too well]]) won in the end when his jealousy forced him to make a move for Marcie... which ''may'' have been Tip's [[The Plan|intention all along.]] For the record, Tip's reaction to being dumped was essentually "K. Can we still have sex?"}}
* ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]'': {{spoiler|LUCY. Oh dear god, ''Lucy.'' After nearly a decade of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] with [[Nice Guy]] Mike, she finally realizes she's in love with him - almost a year after he gets back together with Sandy! [[It Got Worse|To add insult to injury]] Lucy's [[Vitriolic Best Buds|constant teasing]] has pushed Mike to the point where he wants nothing to do with her. Can you say [[Broken Bird|"heartbreak?"]]}}
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