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{{trope}}
[[File:helga-punch-arnold-rotae-dreamwidth-org_3951org 3951.png|link=Hey Arnold!|rightframe|[[Tough Love|You always hurt...]]]]
[[File:Arnold__Helga_together_8074Arnold Helga together 8074.jpg|link=Hey Arnold!|rightframe|[[Tsundere|...the ones you love.]]]]
 
When someone bullies someone else because they like them. This is usually because they aren't sure how to convey their feelings properly. Often the bully'''Loving Bully''' is a Type Atsuntsun-type [[Tsundere]]. The target of the bullying will often be under the impression that the bully is simply a jerk and [[Oblivious to Love|clueless of the bully's intentions]].
 
This is generally [[Played for Laughs]] and will not normally get into serious violence unless the target is [[Made of Iron]]. [[Romanticized Abuse]] is the less innocent [[Sister Trope]], and [[Bastard Boyfriend]] is the [[Darker and Edgier]] one. [[Domestic Abuser]] is when it becomes ''very'' [[Dude, Not Funny]]
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== [[Anime]] &and [[Manga]] ==
* Itta towards Fuuka in ''[[Girl X Girl X Boy (Manga)|Girl X Girl X Boy]].''
* In one FAQ of ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' Rukia says that ''someone'' was a schmuck towards her in the Shinigami school because he couldn't tell her his feelings. Unsurprisingly, chapter -17 (a bonus chapter) seems to indicate that that someone was Renji.
** A more disturbing variation later on, this is what many theorize to be the reason Nnoitra hates Neliel so much.
* The unnamed couple in [[Natsuneko]]'s one-shot manga ''Her Desire'', with a twist that the bullied girl actually likes it that way.
* Yuki Katsura in ''[[OkusamaOku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo (Anime)|Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo]]'', the leader of the two bullies at school, is really just acting on an immature crush, but he learns to show it a little better later on. Ultimately, {{spoiler|he pretty much saves Wonderland by confessing to Cruje}}.
* [[Deconstructed]] in ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'': {{spoiler|Habara}} was a feared [[Bully]] known as "[[Red Baron|Archdemon]]" who terrorized every boy in her neighborhood, but especially Toshiyuki Karasawa, her next door neighbor, eventually giving him ''several'' large [[Scars Are Forever|scars that would never go away]]. Fast forward eight years, and it becomes clear that she harbors a small crush on Karasawa, who, unfortunately for her, is traumatized by her bullying to the point where he can barely interact with her normally.
* In ''[[Onihime VS (Manga)|Onihime VS]]'', Arima and her girl posse relentlessly bully and molest poor Setsuna...because Arima is in love with him. It's exactly as messed up as it sounds.
* Winry throws a wrench at Edward early on in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', but her laugh afterwards is nothing short of adorable. And she’s not laughing at him, either.
 
== [[Film]] ==
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* Buttercup to the Farm Boy in ''[[The Princess Bride]]''.
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'': There's a girl in Richie's class who bullies him because she likes him.
* [[Armored Closet Gay|Karofsky]] of ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]'' [[Ho Yay|towards Kurt]]. He even gives him a [[Forceful Kiss]] in the episode "Never Been Kissed".
* On ''[[Malcolm in Thethe Middle]]'' Reese tries this with a girl in school that he has a crush on, and then doesn't understand why she hates him as a result and cries in his room after things go badly. Malcolm then tries to help by telling him to do things to her that wouldn't make her cry.
 
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes (Comic Strip)|Calvin and Hobbes]]'': Calvin does this to Susie from time to time. Hobbes calls him on it but Calvin claims he really does hate her.
* Linus in ''[[Peanuts]]'' once told Charlie Brown about meeting a cute girl once. He claimed that he was so nervous around her that he couldn't think of anything to say. . . so he opted to hit her instead.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* A quest on ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (Video Game)|The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' involves scarring off a girl who's beating up a boy. When you go talk to her you discover that "If he just kissed me, I wouldn't beat him up."
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', Grace suspects Tony is trying to hide "his obvious attraction to [Tedd]".
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In episode 55 of [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series]], Kaiba claims that he is this to his little brother.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Helga towards Arnold in ''[[Hey Arnold (Animation)|Hey Arnold!]]''.
** A flashback reveals that {{spoiler|Arnold's grandparents were this in their youth as well. His grandmother was the bully.}}
* Chuckie once had a suitor like this in ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]''.
* An episode of ''[[Recess]]'' had a boy who was harassing Gretchen admit he was this trope after being confronted (the other half of the episode had him acting as a [[Dogged Nice Guy]]/[[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]).
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]'': in a [[Precocious Crush]] example, Buford does this to Candace when he can get away with it.
{{quote| '''Buford:''' I saved your life. That means you're my servant now. It's the Bully Code.<br />
'''Candace:''' [different episode] Buford? How did his number get [in my phone]? }}
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'': when Bart develops a crush on a girl Nelson gives him advice which amounts to "bully her to win her love." Nelson gives Bart a piece of gum to stick in her hair, then adds an additional piece of gum. "Who knows, you may get lucky."
 
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