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The [[Chick Magnet]] and [[Hello, Nurse!]] make ''everyone'' they meet crazy.

 

 

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* Gendo in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' is a [[Magnificent Bastard]] who wants to [[A God Am I|become a god]]. It all boils down to his entire life being miserable until he met his wife Yui. Then she died, and Gendo snapped.

* Three years of [[False Start]] after [[False Start]] when she tries to approach Sakaki have left poor Kaorin of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' with more neuroses than a [[Woody Allen]] film festival. She's fine when she's thinking about something else, but once she sees Sakaki... or thinks about Sakaki... or has a dream about Sakaki... et cetera... she becomes an odd combination of [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] and [[Cannot Spit It Out]].

* ''[[One Piece]]'': Boa Hancock badly misinterprets innocuous actions as signs that Luffy reciprocates her love for him. This would seem cute and innocent and so not creepy if she didn't happen to be [[Christmas Cake|pushing thirty]]. Her behavior has a uncomfortable resemblance to a certain [[Real Life]] psychological disorder. (Then again, given [[Freudian Excuse|all the crap she had been through early in life]], her screws may not have been put in quite tight enough before she met him anyway...)

** It may also be [[Fridge Brilliance]], if you see Boa Hancock/Luffy [[Ship Tease]] [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|as a parallel to]] [[All Amazons Want Hercules|Hippolyta's attraction to Heracles]], which ended rather badly, or Circe's unrequited love for Odysseus, despite him being the only one to resist her charms.

* One of the creepiest examples comes from Minoru Murao's ''[[Knights]]'' manga. Of all people, {{spoiler|Nina, the cute little girl of the cast}} goes nuts when she assumes that the object of her affection Mist is physically involved with his [[Ms. Fanservice]] companion Euphemia. Her response is to {{spoiler|lead a supernatural agent of the [[Corrupt Church]] (the same Church that nearly ''burned her at the stake after accusing her of being a witch'') to kill him. She even shoots him in the leg with a crossbow. Her motivation? To ''send his soul to Hell'', where it will be "purified", then ''join him in death so they can be together for all eternity''}}. Keep in mind that this guy ''saved her life'' in the first few chapters, which is why [[Rescue Romance|she's so hung up on him in the first place]]. This is borderline [[Love Makes You Evil]]. To her credit, she does eventually realize just how utterly screwed up she was, and works to undo her actions.

* In ''[[Basilisk]]'', [[Action Girl]] Hotarubi is... well, not exactly "there" when something bad happens to her husband, Yashamaru. {{spoiler|And she ends up ''dead'' because of it.}}

** Not to overlook Kagerou, who gets insanely jealous of Oboro {{spoiler|enough to even attempt killing Gennosuke}}. Oboro's choices may also be love-crazy, depending on your perspective.

** Although it's hinted that she was already insane long before she fell in love with him.

* Lucy's love for {{spoiler|Khota}} in ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' drives her to go insane and {{spoiler|murder his dad and little sister}}. She was partially insane before that anyway though. {{spoiler|With her dog being murdered before her eyes, and all.}}

** Well he was there to save her and not anyone else, so when he transformed...

* {{spoiler|Seimei}} from ''[[Loveless]]'' is known to have {{spoiler|faked his own death, killed, manipulated and [[Mind Rape|mind raped]] countless people, abandoned his family, tricked everyone with his seemingly polite nature, and basically controlled Ritsuka's (the main character) life. All because, according to him, he is insecure and wanted to test Ritsuka's love for him.}} [[Shotacon|Have we mentioned that Ritsuka is only twelve years old?]] [[Brother-Sister Incest|And that he's his brother]]?

* Gunter from ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!|Kyo Kara Maoh]]''. At first, Gunter seems a little like an idiot, or perhaps more like a teenage girl in love. He tends to be rather overprotective of Yuuri, fussing over every little thing and freaking out whenever he goes missing. Supposedly (at least in the manga), Gunter was actually quite the organized, professional man before he met Yuuri.

** And in Wolfram's case, at least where Yuuri is involved, love makes you very ''very'' '''''very''''' [[Crazy Jealous Guy|protective and clingy]].

* The ultimate cause of ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'', as both motivation of the villain Fei Wong (who wants to resurrect the technically-not-dead {{spoiler|Yuuko Ichihara}} and also at one point the motivation of the hero (it's crazy due to what they are both willing to ''do''- it's [[Love Makes You Evil|evil]], yes, but also completely fucking bonkers). At a specific point in the backstory the hero, in the madness of love, chose to turn back time so he could save the girl he was in love with. This act ''borked the entire time-space continuum.''

** Since the two series are connected ( {{spoiler|as are their heroes}}), this means that love driving people nutso is also the source of ''[[×××HOLiC]]''. It is, in fact, the source of the main character, since {{spoiler|he is a duplicate of the Tsubasa hero created when time was fucked up}}.

* Inverted<ref>without actually being [[Love Redeems]]</ref> in the ''[[Wild Series]]''. When they have a master, manbeasts will not lose their minds and attack humans, and that bond is based around love ([[Love At First Sight|whether they want it]] [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|or not]]). So basically, love makes you sane in this case.

* In ''[[Virgin Love]]'', Kaoru believes this based on his [[Abusive Mom|mother's]] behaviour and shuns all emotional relationships for that reason. When it finally happens to him too, his lover is willing to accept the [[Crazy Jealous Guy]] side of him and persuades him to stay together.

* ''[[Koharu no Hibi]]'': Koharu in regards to Akira. She stalks him, obsesses over him, and devotes her whole life to him. In chapter 21 she even told him she would die if he asked her to.

* ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'' has Guy, who is so in love with Riki, not only does he {{spoiler|give Riki a penectomy to remove the pet ring that was on his penis upon being told that as long as Riki wears Iason's pet ring he'll never be free of him, but he also blows up an entire fortress in an attempt to kill Iason}}. Second example is Iason, who, like Guy, becomes extremely obsessed with Riki. It's not touched upon in the old OVA, but the novel and audio drama have scenes where Riki slept with a female pet, and he was subsequently brutally tortured by Iason. Not to mention the number of times Iason forces Riki into having sex with him.

 

== Comic Books ==

* In an issue of ''[[Swamp Thing]]'', "My Blue Heaven" (written by [[Alan Moore]]) has Alec trapped on an alien world all alone. He uses his plant-controlling powers to create clones of himself... and then, in a moment of temptation, creates his love Abby. After spending another day creating an entire populated world, he accidentally creates a [[John Constantine]] who warns him how crazy he's become. It doesn't help that Alec can't ignore the fact he can't get Abby's smile just right, and he goes mad when his Abby-self responds "All love... is madness."

 

* ''[[Hercules (1997 film)||Hercules]]'':

{{quote|'''Megara:''' People always do crazy things when they're in love.}}

* In the classic play and film ''[[The Dybbuk]],'' Khonnen, a poor student, and Leye, a rich merchant's daughter, fall in love. But her father makes her marry a rich man's son. So Khonnen studies the Kabbala, and—using what is effectively black magic—dies and becomes a spirit who takes over Leye. (At the wedding, he makes her shout to the groom, "You are not my bridegroom!")

* Evelyn Draper in ''[[Play Misty for Me]]''.

* Esther in ''[[Orphan]]''.

* Anakin Skywalker in the [[Star Wars|''Star Wars'' prequel films]] turns to the dark side in order save Padme from dying.

 

== Literature ==

* In the [[Dresden Files]] several characters suspect love was the underlying reason behind The Summer Lady's Aurora actions. Also the Winter Lady Maeve and the new Summer Lady Lily suspect that The Queen of Winter's Mab actions are motivated by love. And they are visibly disturbed by the notion. Maeve in particular implies that it is very dangerous for powerful magical beings of the Never Never to be in love. It twists their worldview and throws them completely out of their comfort zone.

 

* A main theme of ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' seems to be "love makes you batshit".

* In ''[[Farscape]]'' John tells Aeryn she's the reason he's crazy. Of course, all that [[Mind Rape]] by evil guys might have something to do with it.

* Chris Keller in ''[[Oz]]'' for Beecher. And Ryan for Dr. Nathan. Also overlaps with [[Love Makes You Evil]].

* Shane Walsh in ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''.

 

== Music ==

* [[The Police]]'s "Next to You". Love makes you sell your possessions and contemplate theft, apparently.

 

* Many of [[Randy Savage]]'s angles that involve Miss Elizabeth invoke this trope.

 

* Polonius is initially convinced that [[Hamlet]]'s recent wacky behavior is caused by his love for Ophelia. His attempt to set up a sting operation to prove his theory ends with an apparently-deranged Hamlet ranting that he'd never loved Ophelia, and that she'd best go be a nun [[Get Thee to a Nunnery|(or a whore, depending on your interpretation)]]. So much for that idea.

* In ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', Helena is aware that her passion for Demetrius is wacked out even before she betrays Hermia and Lysander to him.

''Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.'' }}

* ''Othello'' insists that his flaw is that he "loved not wisely, but too well." Of course, being a [[Horrible Judge of Character]] doesn't help either.

 

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[City of Heroes]]'', the [[Brain In a Jar|Clockwork King]] is hopelessly in love with Penelope Yin, a young [[Psychic Powers|psychic]]. His love for her manifests in the [[Clockwork Creature|Clockwork Army]] which he uses to [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|keep her safe from heroes]] and other boys.

** His [[Mirror Universe|Praetorian counterpart]] [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Metronome]] has the same feelings for his world's Penelope. {{spoiler|He wants to [[Unwanted Rescue|rescue]] her from Mother Mayhem's mental hospital by transferring her soul into a [[Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids|Praetorian Clockwork]] body.}}

* In ''[[Lux-Pain]]'', {{spoiler|this happens to Yui after Mako dies. She eventually tries to kill Tanaka as revenge for Mako's death.}}

* ''[[Rule of Rose]]'': {{spoiler|Gregory loves his son Joshua. Therefore, after Joshua dies of unspecified illness, he becomes a crazed serial killer. Wendy loves Jennifer deeply. Therefore it's completely unacceptable for her that Jennifer could love anything even nearly as much as her, so she kills her beloved dog - for starters.}}

* Happens to Kirby in the ''Kirby 64'' good ending, where Ribbon kisses Kirby. Cue the hearts that float into the sky.

** Isn't that more [[Post-Kiss Catatonia|Post-Kiss Catatonia?]]

 

* Denny, Professor Capek and {{spoiler|Charlotte}} in ''[[Shikkoku no Sharnoth]]''.

* ''[[Tsukihime]]'' has Roa. Arcueid is so beautiful! How can I make her like me? Oh I know, I'll make her turn me into a Dead Apostle so I gain immortality, steal some of her power, turn her against every other being like her and then turn up in random towns for the next eight hundred years so she has to come find me and kill me! Man I'm smart, this is sure to work.

** Arcueid actually has the same trouble telling how she feels towards Shiki. She doesn't know why she gets all emotional around him, upset if he breaks a promise and spends so much time thinking about him. The idea is raised that maybe Arcueid hates him or something but that's [[Official Couple|obviously not the case.]]

* {{spoiler|Caster}} in ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', who at one of her more sympathetic moments in UBW is extremely stressed over the actions she's been taking. They're horrible things she never would have done in life on top of her not believing her plan will actually work, but she's desperately struggling nonetheless. It would help if it was easier to read what {{spoiler|Kuzuki}} was really thinking. It's not even entirely clear to the reader whether her affections are reciprocated.

 

== Web Animation ==

* In ''[[Draw With Me]]'', the boy {{spoiler|tries to get through the unbreakable (instantly repairing) glass and loses his hand for it. And then the girl cuts off her own hand to give to him to use to draw. ([[It Makes Sense in Context]].)}}

 

== Web Comics ==

 

== Web Original ==

* [[Todd in the Shadows]]' [[Stalker with a Crush|love]] for [[Obscurus Lupa]] reaches this.

{{quote|[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/nash/wtfiwwy/32368-this-is-all-your-fault-electric-boogaloo I've had my car stereo] rigged to play "Making Love" out of nothing at all. I've received more drunk dialing more than anyone who ever dated [[Charlie Sheen]]. And I've had live bunnies airdropped into my house.}}

** In return, [[The Nostalgia Chick]] keeps going further into insanity (and she wasn't exactly all there anyway) for Todd. On facebook, she's even willing to have sex with his corpse.

* For a less violent and more sad example, at one point in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic "Dawn of a New Day", Twilight Sparkle becomes ''so'' pent up over her [[Cannot Spit It Out|inability to confess her feelings to Rainbow Dash]] that she enters a delusional state and spends several hours believing that she has and they are dating. She snaps out of it later, though.

 

== Western Animation ==

** In "Hello, Dollface", his beloved [[Cargo Ship|Ms. Perky doll]] gets a voice chip, and he does ''everything'' she says... to the point of {{spoiler|becoming a hippie}}, much to Skipper's horror.

* ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'' gives us Jackie... aptly nicknamed "Wacky Jackie" by many of the characters on the show.

 

== Real Life ==

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Madness Tropes]]

[[Category:Love Tropes]]

[[Category:Cynicism Tropes]]

[[Category:Depressing Tropes]]

[[Category:Love Is a Crapshoot]]