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Also see [[Romantic False Lead]], [[Insecure Love Interest]].
Contrast [[Murder the Hypotenuse]], [[Green
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* In [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] 2.22, {{spoiler|Asuka}}, who had spent most of the movie being jealous over Shinji and {{spoiler|Rei's relationship, gives up on Shinji after she becomes aware that her rival really loves Shinji in a very selfless way. It is notable that her giving up on him did not only allow Shinji to be happy with the other girl, but also enabled said other girl to carry out her plan to bring Shinji and his estranged father together.}}
** And then it all goes to hell afterward, since {{spoiler|Asuka is not only nearly killed due to this trope, but Shinji is so angry about her supposed death that his feelings about the incident is what sets up the ending of the movie.}} Kind of a gloomy example.
* One example that's both [[Crowning Moment of Funny|humorous]] and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heart-warming]] is Peorth from ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah! My Goddess]]''. She comes down to Earth to grant Keiichi's deepest desires, and realizes that she can't separate Keiichi from Belldandy, another wish-granting goddess (who, incidentally have had a [[Innocent Cohabitation|rather chaste relationship together]]). She continues to throw herself at Keiichi and prove her superiority over Belldandy, and, when all else fails, comes out and says she loves Keiichi, which causes Keiichi to ask Peorth to grant his deepest desires... and then [[Hilarity Ensues]] when Keiichi and Belldandy try to distance themselves from a now libido-charged Peorth. When Belldandy finally confesses her love for Keiichi, however, Peorth considers it a wish granted, and she returns to Heaven, occasionally returning to Earth [[Shipper On Deck|to help bring the two together]].
* In ''[[Berserk]]'', when Judeau sees feelings start to develop between Guts and Casca, he tries {{spoiler|and succeeds}} to help them start a relationship together despite his own feelings for Casca. {{spoiler|In his final moments during the Eclipse he tries to tell her how he feels but is unable to, saying instead "I'm glad to see you cry," before dying, regretting that she only ever saw him as useful}}. And then [[It Got Worse]].
* [[Catgirl|Merle]] sort-of does this in ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]''. Though the [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] for the first half of the series, she eventually seems to come to terms with her destiny as the [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] and stops trying to interfere in Van and Hitomi's budding affections. Her [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her|ticked-off behavior]] towards [[Ordinary High School Student|Hitomi]] afterwards stems from how Hitomi's [[Love Triangle|inability to choose between Allen and Van]] is hurting Van.
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* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', the Yuki Fan Club is rebuked for not wanting this, especially since their non-reciporated love would only make him loathe them. {{spoiler|In the manga, their leader Motoko gives up on Yuki.}}
* In ''[[S-Cry-ed]]'', {{spoiler|Scheris' last moments can be considered part this, part [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. She knows damn well that Ryuhou loves Mimori, not her, but she can't stand to let him die, even if that means losing her own life and another woman getting him.}} Possibly subverted in that {{spoiler|Ryuhou later cites her death as an example of [[Its Not You Its My Enemies|why it's a bad idea to love him]], when he tells Mimori that starting a relationship won't be happening.}}
* Played with and then [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarmingly]] averted in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. [[Snark Knight|Yue]] starts out [[The Matchmaker|supporting a relationship between Negi and Nodoka]], but ends up [[Matchmaker Crush|developing feelings for Negi herself]]. Since Yue's a chronic bookworm, she's read enough Japanese literature to know that [[Love Triangle|Love Triangles]] ''never'' end well and goes through a [[Heroic BSOD]], eventually deciding that she would rather "[[Driven to Suicide|disappear]]" and clear the way for her best friend rather than pursue him herself and risk disaster. When Nodoka gets wind of this, however, she chases Yue down, [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|slaps her back to her senses]], and declares that ''nobody'' would be happy if Yue disappeared, least of all Nodoka herself. The girls wind up choosing to preserve their friendship and pursue Negi independently (at least until Nodoka comes up with an [[Tenchi Solution|alternate]] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v18/c165/8.html solution...]).
* Similar to the ''Negima'' version, in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', Hinagiku chooses not to pursue Hayate because she has befriended Nishizawa who was interested first. She has so far made certain that Hayate returns Valentine's Day chocolate to Nishisawa; and has dressed up as a Power Ranger to stick her arms in frogs and [[I Have the High Ground|stand on a tall building]] despite being afraid of heights.
** Hina even 'forces' Nishizawa to go deliver the correct chocolates to him to convey her feelings (Ayumu had given him 'obligation' chocolates, and then run away, but had intended on giving him 'romantic' chocolates).
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** Nishizawa works for Hinagiku's favor as early as Hina admits that she likes Hayate. Ayumu manages to convince Hayate to walk her home, and their conversation is about how Hayate feels about Hinagiku, which then gets related back to her. Almost as if both girls are frustrating the other's attempts to work this trope.
** Miki also seems to be working this angle. Having stated pretty clearly that she likes Hinagiku, she plays out [[Batman Gambit|Batman Gambits]] that seem to be pointing Hinagiku into a relationship with Hayate.
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' in regards to the [[Love Triangle]] between [[One
** {{spoiler|'''However''', he also completely destroyed the emotionally-fragile Shiori (after having very likely taken her virginity, which surely wasn't necessary for his plans) and arguably crossed the line when he ''sexually assaulted'' Juri. Good intentions or not, he could have made her hate him ''without'' pinning her up against the wall, stealing a kiss, and possibly groping her in a very uncomfortable and squicky scene.}}
* During the ending chapters of the manga version of ''[[Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl]]'' {{spoiler|[[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Yasuna]] says she only wishes for [[Gender Bender|Hazumu]] to be happy, and thus she does not mind if Hazumu chose [[Tsundere|Tom]][[Yandere|ari]] instead of her. That she ends this dialogue in tears might undermine her words, however. }}
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** Also, there is another instance towards the end of the manga {{spoiler|where Max, [[The Ojou|Eri Sawachika's]] [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|childhood friend]] who invokes this trope when he convinces Harima to stop Eri's arranged marriage.}}
* Played with in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]''. Rena has a very obvious crush on Keiichi, but Mion has an even more obvious one. Rena says she was perfectly fine with Keiichi giving Mion {{spoiler|the doll}}. Then again, Rena is pretty nice.
* In ''[[G Gundam]]'', Rain attempts this after two consecutive discoveries (namely, that Allenby is also in love with him and {{spoiler|her own father sold Dr. Kasshu out to the Neo-Japanese government out of jealousy, and is thus partially responsible for pretty much ''everything'' wrong in Domon's life right now}}) which [[
** It should be noted that Allenby herself does this successfully, telling Domon how to express his feelings to Rain. And if the look on her face afterward is anything to go by, she truly ''is'' happy that they're happy.
* For Shi Ryuuki in ''[[Saiunkoku Monogatari]]'', wanting his beloved to be happy means bootstrapping his country's progress toward gender equality ahead about a century, making it possible for women to serve as government officials so that Shuurei can fulfill her lifelong dream of doing just that. Conveniently, this also turns out pretty well for Saiunkoku as a whole.
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* The Blonde in [[Gunjo]] kills a man among other things to make the woman she loves happy.
* In the manga ''[[Corsair (Light Novel)|Corsair]]'', [[The Messiah|Sesaam]] takes in [[Raised By Orcs|Canale]] who is an [[Career Killer|assassin]] assigned to kill him. He protects Canale and loves him dearly, and Canale eventually falls in love with him. However, Canale still feels he has no choice but to kill him, and after being stabbed Sesaam reassures Canale that he doesn't blame him, and tells him how to escape through [[Crazy Prepared|the trapdoor under his bed]], and tells him it's okay to move on after his death. 8 years later, Canale returns and finds out Sesaam survived but can [[Love Hurts|no longer use his leg]]. He tries to seduce Canale again, but a [[Wrong Name Outburst]] leads to Canale sobbingly confessing that he found someone else. Sesaam accepts it, and says he stands by his former words. He then still tries to protect him and help him out after this.
* A [[Romantic Two
* In ''[[Sakende Yaruze]]'', Misao pulls a form of this when she leaves Shino after she gets pregnant to not get in the way of his potential career. Nakaya, their son, does the same thing 17 years later when, after coming to live with Shino for a while, he decides to move out to make way for Tenryuu, his father's [[Love Interest]].
* In ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', the normally [[Plucky Girl|cheerful]] [[Ninja]] Koyuki once wished [[I Just Want to Be Normal|to be an ordinary high schooler]]. Without her ninja skills, however, she was no longer able to see her friend Dororo. Still, Dororo was perfectly willing to let her live an ordinary life, even if it meant she'd never notice him again.
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** Appears to be the case in ''Towards Zero'' with {{spoiler|Neville Strange, who pretended to run away with another woman after his wife Audrey left him so that Audrey would keep all public sympathy in the divorce}}. However, it is subverted when it turns out {{spoiler|Neville only took the blame for the divorce because his pride wouldn't let him admit to the world that Audrey had left him. He spent the next several years plotting Audrey's murder}}.
* In ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (Literature)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', when Miss Angorian, the pretty teacher that Howl was courting, was kidnapped by the Witch of the Waste, despite her jealousy of her, Sophie goes to rescue her. {{spoiler|It turns out that Miss Angorian is the Witch of the Waste's fire demon and faked her kidnapping so that Sophie, Howl's true [[Love Interest]], would fall for it.}}
* ''Forever Amber'' has a particularly demented version of this trope. Queen Catherine, depressed at the realization that she likely won't be able to give King Charles II an heir, falls sick and wishes to die, since if she does, Charles can marry Frances Stewart and get the legitimate heir he's always wanted. When she tells this to Charles on her deathbed, he is [[My God, What Have I Done?|horrified]] to realize that she's [[Driven to Suicide|driven herself to suicide]] on his part, and begs her to live. He does not, however, give up his extramarital affairs which were probably what mentally damaged Catherine so badly in the first place.
* In the original ''[[Tarzan]]'', Tarzan and Jane are separated (seemingly for good) when Jane chooses to honor her obligations and stay with Clayton. Later, Tarzan ([[MST3K Mantra|somehow]]) receives word that he's Lord Greystoke, thus the title and wealth Clayton claims are his by right. Rather than using this newfound status to go fight for Jane, he chooses to go back to Africa, reasoning Jane would be happier in her world without having to try and make him fit. Naturally, the adaptations that don't completely ignore this (see: the movies and the Disney version) flip the genders on the trope and have Tarzan return to the jungle with Jane's blessing.
** In the second book, Clayton pulls this as well before he dies, having found out long ago who Tarzan is and why he denied it; his guilt over concealing it from Jane is what causes him to postpone their wedding.
* In ''The Iron Hand of Mars'' [[Marcus Didius Falco]] discovers that his patrician [[Love Interest]] Helena Justina is being courted by the Emperor's son Titus. Falco knows that she doesn't love Titus, but out of a belated sense of patriotism -- and feeling that he can't stand in the way of her getting such a tremendous social advancement -- urges Helena to accept. Helena calmly responds that she's already turned Titus down.
* In one of the sidestories of the [[Shared Universe]] that is the ''[[
{{quote| '''Franz (thursting his crippled hand at her face) :''' Because of this! Because I am crippled! I cannot hope for you or anyone to marry me. Your family would not allow it. I cannot support you. I cannot provide for a family, when all I can do is translate for one person here today, another person there on Thursday, or write two letters for someone next Monday. I cannot give you what you deserve, a husband sound in mind ''and body''. I cannot protect you from the ridicule that people will heap on you for marrying a cripple! I love you more than my life, Marla, and because of that I cannot do this!}}
* One of [[Alexander Pushkin (Creator)|Alexander Pushkin]]'s most famous love poems ends with lines meaning "I loved you as sincerely and tenderly as I wish you would be loved by another man".
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** This is worse for the audience than for Jack, though, since he doesn't remember that before he was [[It Makes Sense in Context|sent back in time]] he and Alison were married and expecting a baby, and that this is an alternate future.
* Between Wesley and Angel it's all over the ''Angel'' episode "Couplet"
* In ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', Rose Tyler and her boyfriend Mickey both go through this, when they realise that Rose's love for the Doctor makes their relationship impossible. Rose wants to be fine with Mickey dating other women, and Mickey wants to be fine with Rose's feelings for the Doctor, but it's hard on both of them. Eventually, The Doctor himself {{spoiler|breaks off all ties with Rose, since he doesn't want her to have to experience a painful [[Mayfly
** The Doctor does this in a non-romantic sense whenever a companion leaves the TARDIS (or whenever he leaves a companion behind). It generally doesn't work, though: Sarah Jane, Jo and Jack were all deeply hurt by him leaving them. He ''eventually'' apologises to them all after ''decades''.
* For the first two seasons of ''[[The Office]]'' (American), Jim tries to be this with Pam, but ultimately fails due to [[Romantic False Lead|Roy's]] poor treatment of Pam (i.e. he'd probably be happy that she's happy, except she isn't happy).
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* ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' does this with the Mary-Matthew-Lavinia triangle. Initially, Mary supports Matthew's relationship with Lavinia for this reason, despite still being in love with him. At the end of series two, after {{spoiler|seeing Matthew and Mary kiss and hearing that Violet asked Matthew to marry Mary}}, Lavinia tries to convince him to go back to Mary in the belief he'll be happier that way. {{spoiler|Then she [[Death of the Hypotenuse|dies of Spanish flu]] before he can argue with her.}}
* Ted does this in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' when he falls in love with his new friend Zoey, a married woman, and noticing their mutual chemistry, tries to ensure he won't accidentally ruin her marriage by pretending to hate her, hoping she'll break off their friendship. However, he is unaware that Zoey is in fact getting divorced, so he doesn't have to do it at all.
** Ted also did it earlier for Stella, the woman who [[Runaway Bride|left him at the altar,]] when he has an opportunity to confront her and imagines delivering a devastating [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to her for breaking his heart. However, when he sees her greet the man she dumped him for, his anger dissapates and he leaves them be, noting that "It was the perfect end to a perfect love story. It just wasn't mine." And several months later, he even ''gets the two of them back together'' (on Stella's request!) when they temporarily break up over the guilt about what they did to him. Talk about [[Up to Eleven]].
** Way back in season 2, Lily did this for Marshall while they were broken up. After making a fool out of herself in front of Marshall and his date, she apologizes, promises she'll stay away from him from now on, and tells him to go after the girl, but Marshall ([[Foregone Conclusion|of course]]) picks Lily in the end.
** Ted and Robin's breakup basically boiled down to a mutual case of this: they were both still in love with each other, but realized that to fulfill their dreams the other would have to sacrifice theirs, so they decided to part amicably instead.
** Robin does it in season seven with regards to Barney (who she is desperately but secretly in love with), even [[Playing Cyrano]] for Barney and his crush Nora.
** After their roles are reversed in mid-season seven, Barney does it for Robin, saying that even though her choosing Kevin over him made him mad, she's his bro and if she's happy, he's happy, regardless of who she is with.
*** ''And'' Ted does it back to Barney in the same conversation, encouraging Barney to go after Robin after he realizes what happened between them that caused the aforementioned role-reversal even though Ted himself had been in the middle of asking Robin to consider getting back together with himself, until Barney insists that Robin's not in love with him, so if she's happy with Ted, he'd be fine with it. When Robin rejects him, he quite calmly assumes it's because of Barney, and doesn't seem to believe her denial, possibly setting him up for this trope again given that Robin and Barney are set on a [[Will They or Won't They?]] track. Seriously, this entire group is so concerned about making each other happy to the detriment of their personal desires they seem to keep accidentally screwing up each other's lives due to [[Poor Communication Kills]].
**** They really are. In the season 7 finale {{spoiler|Robin tells Barney that she really is happy for him after he and Quinn announce their engagement. Between Barney joking about this being their last chance to run away together and the flashforward to Robin being the bride at his future wedding, it seems like they're both taking the [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] route because they're under the impression that [[All Love Is Unrequited]] when really they're just postponing their inevitable reunion.}}
* In the Chinese drama ''Sword and Fairy'' [[Action Girl|Yue Ru]] settles for this after realizing there's no way in hell the hero is going to abandon his [[First Girl Wins|true love]] for her.
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* Both Bianca and Nera in [[Dragon Quest V]] do this with the main character when he chooses either of them, or Deborah.
* This is probably the reason [[Handsome Lech|Zelos Wilder]] is so intent on hooking [[The Hero|Lloyd Irving]] and [[Action Girl|Sheena Fujibayashi]] up in ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]''.
** While not quite the same, [[The Chick|Colette]] cares so much about [[The Hero|Lloyd]], that's she's willing to {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice|give up her life]] so that the world will be Regenerated, so that he'll be able to live happily in a peaceful world. [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|Doesn't work:]] Because [[Light Is Not Good]], meaning what the [[Big Bad]] [[Evil Plan|wanted would happen]], and her [[And I Must Scream|"death"]] would hurt Lloyd more than anything- [[What the Hell, Hero?|so he stops the salvation of the world]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|by killing an Angel]], [[Heel Face Turn|fighting a former ally]], however, his luck runs out against the [[Big Bad]]. Until [[Turncoat|Yuan]]'s [[La Résistance|organization]] interferes.}} After she's restored to her former self, she never considers doing that again.
* Vincent Valentine does this in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' to everyone on the planet's lasting regret.
** To be fair, {{spoiler|it probably wouldn't have mattered. We're talking about [[Mad Scientist|Hojo]] here. If Vincent hadn't given Lucretcia the [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] speech, the only difference would be that [[
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', Locke's beloved Rachel returns to life just long enough to release him and tell him to be happy with his new love, Celes.
* Snake's jealousy of {{spoiler|Naomi for her relationship with his best friend}} is quite clear in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'', but at the same time he becomes {{spoiler|furious with her when she breaks his heart}}.
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* ''[[Sabrina Online (Webcomic)|Sabrina Online]]'': Zig Zag isn't so much in love with the title character as she's infatuated with her. And she knows it. There's also the fact that Sabrina is straight, a tad prudish, and is rather [[Squick|Squicked]] by Zig Zag's [[Anything That Moves]] attitude. Zig would settle for getting Sabrina to come out her shell and enjoy life.
* In ''[[General Protection Fault]]'', {{spoiler|Nega-Ki}} is shown developing some feelings for Nick, having been repulsed by Nega-Nick's cruelty, and after {{spoiler|charging him to distract him and [[Redemption Equals Death|getting mortally wounded]] in the process}}, tells her counterpart to love him and promise her they will be happy together. Trudy also has this mindset for Nick, combined with being [[The Atoner]], in the To Thine Own Self arc.
* In ''[[Order of the Stick]],'' [[Half
* Happens twice in [[Something Positive]] - Davan lets Branwen leave to go to Canada, even though they are very much in love, because he knows that she really wants the journalism job she was offered. [[Pee Jee]] actively helps Jhim go to D.C., lending him $1,000, despite the fact that it's tearing her up to watch him go. In the second case, however, [[Incompatible Orientation|Jhim is gay]], and [[Unrequited Love|oblivious to PeeJee's feelings]].
* It happens often in ''[[Sonichu]]'' where Chris-Chan and some other characters say that.
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{{quote| '''Darkstar:''' Goose! Why are you letting us go? I don't understand...<br />
'''Shane:''' I know, Darkstar. I know you don't. Take care of yourself, Darkstar. Take real good care of yourself...and take care of him, too... }}
* Mocked at the very end of season 4 of [[The Venture Brothers]]. When The Outrider tells Dean "you should be happy as long as she's happy", he curses him back with a [[Precision F
* ''Almost'' occurs during ''[[Kim Possible]]: [[The Movie|So The Drama]]''. Ron Stoppable becomes increasingly jealous of Kim's new crush, [[Romantic False Lead|Eric]], leading him to the realisation that he was in love with her... and had been [[Childhood Friend Romance|for some time]]. On the night of the junior prom he decides to tell Kim how he really feels... before realising that if she did not feel the same way and wanted Eric instead, it [[I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship|could potentially ruin their friendship]]. The next we see of him, he is visiting Bueno Nacho... apparently having decided not to go through with telling Kim, leaving her to attend the prom with Eric and feeling sorry for himself. However, whilst there, he uncovers Dr. Drakken's latest scheme, leading to the revelation that Eric is a [[Artificial Human|synthodrone]], designed for the sole purpose of luring Kim into a trap and thus giving Ron his chance to confess to Kim. She returns his affections, and marks the [[Relationship Upgrade]] between the two.
** Then we have Yori, basically a Japanese version of Kim. She was really keen on Ron, who was oblivious to her affections. When Kim tells him he is blown away by the revelation, then after he and Kim are a couple Ron tries to tell Yori, who stoically accepts this. Kim does a better job of explaining, and Yori is perfectly happy for them.
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