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{{quote|"Are you in love with her? Because it's that level of stupid."
|'''Emerson Cod''', ''[[Pushing Daisies]]''}}
[[Love Hurts|Being in love is dangerous for a character.]] Occasionally, a 'main' character who more or less pulled his weight at the start of the series starts to feel affection for another, and the writers like the idea. Suddenly, his own personal plot starts to become [[Satellite Character|almost
This can send someone on the edge of [[Can't Catch Up]] straight into a ditch and relegate him to the side lines of a story, especially if it's fairly clear that the writers haven't used the character for a while because they don't know what to do with him.
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Granted, Dumb might be better than [[Love Makes You Crazy|the]] [[Love Makes You Evil|alternatives.]]
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* Miyagi, Sakuragi, Aouta and Haruko in ''[[Slam Dunk]]''. The mention and/or sight of their crushes can make them reach varying stages of ditziness, no matter where they are. Of course, according to fangirls, [[Double Standard|in the boy's cases it's sweet and funny, and in Haruko's case is an horrible sin]].
* Ohgi of ''[[Code Geass]]'' was the voice of reason of the Black Knights, until he encountered and fell for Villetta. Needless to say, he became one-track minded soon after and made some incredibly rash decisions.
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* From the strange and supernatural manga, ''[[Manga/Sex Pistols|Sex Pistols]]'', [[Loads and Loads of Characters|one part-time protagonist]] Seth decides, after his boyfriend tries to break up with him, to knock-out said boyfriend, kidnap him, take him ''half-way across the world'' into a ''war zone'' in ''Saudi Arabia'', lock him up, and then forget to tell him that the reason ''why'' he's locking him up is that as soon as he entered the country an entire faction of Seth's family have been trying to '''''kill him!''''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Nice one, Seth]]. And no, he wasn't aiming for an [[If I Can't Have You]] ideology either. Probably.
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* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' plays with this trope. Granted, [[Idiot Hero|the titular character is already kind of dumb]] but one can also see this trope in Knives Chau.▼
* Monkey Khan in Archie's ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', he gave up the Power Ring he uses to make sure that Eggman or the Iron Queen can't control him due to his mostly cybernetic body. {{spoiler|He lets himself be controlled by Eggman just so Mecha Sally won't die, despite the fact that Mecha Sally has no remorse or inhibitions and will happily kill him despite the brief relationship Sally and Khan had.}}▼
▲* [[Scott Pilgrim]] plays with this trope. Granted, [[Idiot Hero|the titular character is already kind of dumb]] but one can also see this trope in Knives Chau.
* [[Bodyguard Babes|Chakra]] in ''[[Les
▲* Monkey Khan in Archie's [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]], he gave up the Power Ring he uses to make sure that Eggman or the Iron Queen can't control him due to his mostly cybernetic body. {{spoiler|He lets himself be controlled by Eggman just so Mecha Sally won't die, despite the fact that Mecha Sally has no remorse or inhibitions and will happily kill him despite the brief relationship Sally and Khan had.}}
▲* [[Bodyguard Babes|Chakra]] in [[Les Legendaires]]: [[Origins Episode|Origines]] combines this with [[Love Makes You Evil]]. She has a [[Bodyguard Crush]] on her hirer [[Royal Brat|Prince Halan]], but [[All Love Is Unrequited|he only has eyes for]] [[Badass Princess|Princess Jadina]]. So what does she do ? Well, she helps [[Big Bad]] [[Sorcerous Overlord|Darkhell]] to kidnap Jadina. Also, she contacts him through his [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|Lizard-looking]] [[The Dragon|Dragon]]. And even worst, when he offers her meeting ''at night, alone, far from the castle'', [[Too Dumb to Live|she accepts without taking any measure to ensure her security]]. So there aren't much surprise when, after she handed over the informations, said Dragon lampshade this trope before having her [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves]].
== Film ==
* ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]'': Oh, Abe Sapien. [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]], [[Hostage for Macguffin]], [[The President's Daughter|The Villain's Sister,]] [[Cosmic Keystone]], and here you were making a fool of yourself for love.
* The titular character in ''[[Roadside Romeo]]''. His love interest tells him that if he truly loves her, he'll have to sing on stage with her at a club. When he gets there, his friends desperately tell him not to because he'll make the [[Big Bad]] furious [[Green-Eyed Monster|and bring out his jealousy]]. Romeo has to decide to walk away from the dog and find someone else, or risk his life for someone he's only met twice, and has only known for about three minutes. [[Too Dumb to Live|Guess what happens.]]
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* In the [[Dragonlance]] novels, Laurana's love for Tanis Half-Elven causes her to make the incredibly stupid decision {{spoiler|to trust her [[Arch Enemy]] Kitiara.}}
* Invoked in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' when Ce'Nedra asks Garion what's wrong with his friend Lelldorin. Lelldorin comes from the Arendish culture, known for [[Honor Before Reason]], and Ce'Nedra comments that he's "so Arendish, he's practically incapacitated." Garion replies that Lelldorin is in love, and being in love makes some people's brains seem to leak out of their heads. [[Tsundere|Ce'Nedra]], who just recently realized ''she's'' in love with Garion, is ''NOT'' pleased.
* Lazarus Long, in ''[[Time Enough for Love]]'', has [[Time Travel|traveled back in time]] over two thousand years to visit his original family in 1917. What he doesn't count on is that, in doing so, he [[Parental Incest|falls in love with his mother]]. This causes him to enlist in [[World War
* In the story "The Warlock's Hairy Heart", seen in [[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]], a fairy tale book for [[Harry Potter|wizards and witches]], the warlock believes that Love Makes You Dumb, so he performs dark magic to prevent this from happening to himself. It didn't end well.
* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''The Song of the Cardinal'', the young cardinal believes this even while envying the already mated birds.
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{{quote|'''Tarvek''': ''Hee.'' You weren't ''playing'' the idiot with ''her'', were you? }}
** Later, as Gil is [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110727 fighting] [[Super Soldier|Captain Vole]].
{{quote|'''Tarvek''': Is this going to be some kind of [[Macho Masochism|macho exercise]] where you insist on battling a potentially superior opponent [[I Work Alone|alone]] in some misguided attempt to "prove" your intrinsic worth?
'''Gil''': No, ''no!'' I'm only ''that'' stupid in front of [[Hot Scientist|Agatha]]!
'''Tarvek''': ''[[Love Triangle|Drat]].'' }}
*** Tarvek [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190731 predicts] acute symptoms. And [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200522 relies] on this effect (too much, as the next page shows).
** Tarvek himself [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110907 doesn't] fare much better:
{{quote|'''Violetta''': You are ''joking!'' I ''really'' have to ''explain'' this to you? You ''[[Magnificent Bastard|live]]'' for this stuff! ''Argh!'' It ''must'' be love.}}
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== Western Animation ==
* Snap from ''[[
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
{{quote|'''Billy''': Hang on; how did [[Took a Level
'''Grim''': He's driven by the [[Power of Love]].
'''Billy''': Really?
'''Grim''': Love makes people do all sorts of stupid things.
'''Billy''': I love ''everything.''
'''Grim''': [[Deadpan Snarker|That explains a lot.]] }}
* Referenced in ''[[Futurama]]'', although the circumstances and Fry's general level of intelligence stop it being an example.
{{quote|'''[[It Makes Sense in Context|The Worm King]]''': He's bluffing! No creature would willingly make an idiot out of itself!
'''Fry''': Obviously you've never been in love! }}
* Shang in ''[[Mulan]]'' is a mild form of this trope. He is a competent and professional soldier, not even letting his father's death [[The Stoic|distract him from the task at hand.]] But when he tries to thank Mulan after saving him from Shan Yu and when he later visits Mulan's house, he stammers and generally has no idea how to act around Mulan now that he knows she's a girl.
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== Real Life ==
* [[Truth in Television]], maybe? [https://web.archive.org/web/20131109183253/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6132718/Men-lose-their-minds-speaking-to-pretty-women.html This article] claims it is.
* Everyone in this ''[[Cracked.com]]'' article: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18922_the-6-biggest-over-achievements-in-history-marriage.html "The 6 Biggest Over-Achievements in the History of Marriage"]. From entry #6:
{{quote|Why was [the Earl of Snowdon] so full of himself that he took marrying a princess for granted? Some say ego, some blame Margaret, but his prep school classmates probably have the real answer here: He had a monster dong. And that lets you get away with anything.}}
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