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[[File:hyd091.jpg|link=Hana Yori Dango|frame|People say "[[Love Hurts]]"...]]
{{quote|"Yusa Chiemi! That spin kick you gave me... Hit me in the right spot! Go out with me, please!"
[[Love At First Sight]], only a whole lot more violent.
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{{examples}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Hiei of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has this late in the series with {{spoiler|Mukuro}}. She sets him against an old acquaintance who slices him into pieces; after he's healed from this, she fights and defeats him in a tournament. Finally when he annoys her too much, she punches through his stomach and throws him out... and he not only doesn't hold it against her, but he arranges a really, er, nice gift for her.
** Chu also has this with {{spoiler|Natsumi}} in the Demon World Tournament arc.
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** In the manga, the "Hentai Horde," as fanon dubs it, actually comes back together and resumes its original purpose of ambushing Akane and trying to knock her out cold in order to claim the right to date her when Akane gives her status as Ranma's fiancée to her elder sister.
** The trope is actually [[Best Her to Bed Her|codified into the law of the Chinese Amazons]] and thus effectively defines Shampoo's relationship with Ranma: ever since he defeated her while in his male form, she genuinely considers him her husband.
** Hell,
* Pictured above: Domyouji Tsukasa, the leader of the snobbish clique in ''[[Hana Yori Dango]]'', falls for Makino Tsukushi, the [[Plucky Girl]], who isn't afraid to slam her foot into his face and dress him down as a [[Jerkass]]. She's the first person outside of his family (the original one being his sister Tsubaki) to ever do so.
* Military nut Giroro on ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' fell for Natsumi after she navigated his booby traps, dodged his missile fire, and smacked him out the window with her school bag. He declares his love just before he loses consciousness.
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* This is how Miyoshi and Akito start dating in ''[[Bakuman｡]]'': she finds out he had talked to her just to know about Azuki and relay the information to Mashiro. She (who's trained in karate and boxing and, according to Shujin, "packs a punch like three men together") then decks him in the face. ''Four times''. [[Mood Whiplash|Then she tends to him.]]
* In ''[[Blue Drop]]'', Hagino tries to strangle Mari when they first meet in the dorms. It is needless to say that their relationship is a tad strained for a while after that, although they keep hanging out with each other.
* In ''[[Jun'ai Tokkou Taichou]]'' the school's most troublesome delinquent, Hirata, asks out the main character Chiemi after she punishes him for causing trouble.
* Arguably, Ukyō from ''[[Samurai 7]]'' only became ''more'' obsessed with Kirara after she refused to become part of his harem.
* One of the myriad reasons [[Hot-Blooded]] Shizuma Kusanagi is attracted to [[The Hero]] Ryoko Mitsurugi in ''[[Real Bout High School]]'' is because she's the only one who can beat him in a fight.
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* Patrick Colasawar fell for his colonel Kati Mannequin this way in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''. He was an incorrigible [[Casanova]] and [[The Ace|Ace]] until Kati punched him for being late. Now, [[The Strategist]] can't get the [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] off her back. {{spoiler|And they end up [[Happily Married]] in the [[Grand Finale]].}}
** In ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'', Jerid Mesa falls for his commander Lyla after she hits him. In fact, Kati and Patrick are like a more sympathetic version of this {{spoiler|and both live unlike their ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Zeta Gundam]]'' counterparts}}, as both are nominally on the bad guy side, and {{spoiler|Kati is for a time a member of the A-LAWS, the Gundam00 [[Expy]] of the Titans}}
* ''[[Flame of Recca
* Nanjiroh Echizen was a popular tennis player and a [[Handsome Lech]]. Rinko Takeuchi was a law student and Type B [[Tsundere]]. She was the first girl [[Slap Slap Kiss|who didn't tolerate]] his [[Handsome Lech]] traits, he [[Hands-On Approach|groped]] and teased her [[A-Cup Angst|for being flat-chested]]... but after an incident where [[Rescue Romance|he rescued her]] from a [[Jerkass]] tennis coach, they got hitched up, married and had a son named Ryoma, the lead character in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''.
* In the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga, Mrs. Bradley tells Ed and Al that her first meeting with Fuhrer Bradley ended with her slapping him. {{spoiler|Though Fuhrer Bradley is actually the [[Artificial Human|homunculus]] [[The Dragon|Wrath]], and his entire life story is a lie...he makes it clear that he personally chose his wife, so it counts as a straight example.}}
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** It doesn't work for Hideki.
* ''[[Toradora!]]'' Ryuuji's first encounter with Taiga swiftly ends with a SHORYUKEN!
* ''[[
* Though their {{spoiler|[[They Do|consummation]] }} didn't come until volume 9, [[Berserk|Guts and Casca's]] relationship started as a sword fight as enemies (though he only engaged her because [[Samus Is a Girl|he thought Casca was man]].). After that, [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|a very interesting timeline developed between them]] over the span of four years...
* Although there are other less volatile, events that create the initial meeting, one of the things Hinagiku does to Hayate in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' is jump from a tree branch to 'accidentally' land with her foot in his face.
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==
* In ''[[Batman]]'' this is pretty much what Joker says happened when he first met Bats in several versions.
** In the case of Robin (Tim Drake), it was love at first 'brick' with {{spoiler|Stephanie Brown}}. After their first encounter, Tim couldn't get her out of his head and proceeded to stalk her civilian identity.
* In ''Bowling King'', the bratty, rich [[Handsome Lech]] Jen Ni falls for Tz'zun for real (having only been superficially attracted to her before) after she violently refused his advances. "I know, she's playing hard to get!" This, of course, is him being a moron; Nobody else in the world would interpret a [[Groin Attack]] as anything but "no."
* In ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]'', Rev. Jesse Custer's parents met when his mother ran up to his Marine father, spat in his face, and called him a "baby-killer". Later she found him and apologized, explaining that she felt pressured into her actions by the hippies she traveled with.
* Knuckles and Julie-Su ended up meeting this way in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Archie Sonic comics]]. Granted, Julie-Su ''was'' his [[Capulet Counterpart]] at the time (and still is, in a sense,) but still...
** Additionally, Rob O The Hedge the Hedgehog and Mari-Ann the echidna instantly developed feelings for one another, after Mari-ann kicked his ass - such big feelings that in the same story, she leaves her family to stay with him. Later on in the comic's history, they would be seen married and with a son.
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* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' has Rhett Butler falling head over heels in love with Scarlett after witnessing her not-so-ladylike behavior and being on the receiving end of her insults. Likewise, Scarlett probably fell in love with ''him'' because of his sexy boorishness and his refreshingly brutal frankness in a world where no one ever calls anything by its right name. (And just note how ga-ga she goes over him after he [[Rape Is Love|drunkenly grabs her and whisks her away upstairs to bed.]])
* In ''[[Just Married]]'', the main couple meet when the guy accidentally hits the girl with a football.
* One variant was Kate in ''[[The Cutting Edge]]''. She fell in love with Douglas after a whole movie full of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], because he was the only man who could keep up with her as a figure-skating partner. Note that her training involved [[Training from Hell|years of splattering into the ice]], sometimes [[Breast Attack|breast first]] before she could look like an angel when ice dancing in front of an audience. Skating [[Technician Versus Performer|was not fun for her, it was war.]] Naturally the man tough enough to partner her was a [[Pastimes Prove Personality|hockey player]] looking for a new job.
**Kate was a bit of a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] and had gone through partners faster then [[Henry VIII]] through wives. What makes you forgive her bullying ways is the knowledge that she was coming back on the ice [[Determinator|again and again]] after all this time and was something of a [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]].
== Literature ==
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* [[Dragaera|Vladimir Taltos's]] first encounter with his eventual wife consisted of her trying to assassinate him for a rival crime boss (she technically succeeded, but coming back from the dead isn't impossible in this setting).
* In ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'', Gilbert fell in love with Anne after she smashes his slate over his head, retribution for calling her "Carrots". Anne is a little [[Berserk Button|sensitive]] about her red hair.
* In ''[[
** Discworld trolls as well. At least one couple got their start after a rock being thrown at a head.
*** This is a traditional method of flirting amongst trolls. For reasons of romance it is often insisted that it be a ''pretty'' rock.
* ''The Legend of Phoenix Mountain'' has the main character's grandfather, who fell in love with the main character's grandmother after she slammed her fist into his right eye.
* There is a [[P. G.
* The [[Dragaera]] book ''Five Hundred Years After'' mentions a gender inversion (which makes sense since most female Dragaeran characters are Action Girls). Rollondar e'Drien, who was the Warlord (commander of all military forces) fell in love with his wife after she defeated him in combat. It's noted that he receives a lot of ribbing in the barracks because of this.
* Somewhat implied with Malta Vestrit in [[Robin Hobb]]'s ''[[Realm of the Elderlings|Liveship Traders]]'' cycle, with her subconscious view of herself and Reyn showing an ancient kidnapping marriage.
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== Live
* In ''[[Clarissa Explains It All]]'', Clarissa stands up to a bully to stop him from picking on her brother. Before she can even land the first blow, he starts serenading her. A later episode has her resolve this issue, but before the end he's crooning to her again.
* Jackie's sudden crush on Hyde after she breaks up with Kelso on ''[[That '70s Show]]''. Textbook example—Hyde never actually changes his relationship to her, mostly consisting of unremitting cruel snark, even after they actually begin dating.
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* In [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', Petrucchio finds Katherine's shrewishness, wit, and stubbornness not only impressively equal to his own but a sporting challenge to overcome.
* Beatrice and Benedict from ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' get a double dose of this: They're equally matched masters of wit who save their best efforts for each other; their constant volleying of insults has lasted for years. This makes them dear friends at the start of the play—each one genuinely enjoys the wordplay and battle of wits—and by the end of the play they've realized that they're actually in love, and get engaged. None of this stops them from zinging each other.
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== Web Comics ==
* This is how Amir and Nat first hooked up in ''[[Questionable Content]]''. She kicked him in the face in a moshpit and kept the tooth he lost on her nightstand. [
* Amber and Mike from ''[[Shortpacked]]!'' - are they [http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1166 fighting] or [http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1167 making up]?.. Note that these two have already been sharing a bed for weeks.
* [[Super Soldier|Jägermonstern]] in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' are [[Boisterous Bruiser|like]] [[The Masochism Tango|that]]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031105 Their ideal] is VonPinn—a violent construct who easily tears apart constructs very strong even by [[Super Soldier|Jägers]]' standards. Maxim noticed and appreciated [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100609 at the first knockdown] ''de pretty gurl'' whom he completely ignored before this. [[Mad Scientist|Sparks]] suffer this too, but they also often have an inclination toward [[Grand Romantic Gesture]]s, and [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080827 sometimes] do
* ''[[
* In ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' [http://yafgc.net/comic/0862-manly-yes-and-they-like-it-too/ Lady Adwen] and Sir Catianus [http://yafgc.net/comic/0885-bonkers/
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'': [[Just Friends|Yumi and Ulrich]] first met as sparring partners in a martial arts class.
* This is how Mauricea expresses her affection for Todd on ''[[Wayside School]]''. Her love, however, rapidly became onesided.
* When Van Helsing (in his younger years) from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** Unfortunately, she falls for Dracula instead, which is why Van Helsing wants to [[Murder the Hypotenuse|kill him]].
* Sokka in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' doesn't initially take Suki's [[Amazon Brigade]] seriously. After she shows him why he should, he swallows his pride and asks to be trained by them, impressing her.
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[[Category:Romance Arc]]
[[Category:Love Tropes]]
[[Category:Stock Aesops]]
[[Category:Romance Novel Plots]]
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