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'''Gerald''': ''"Just my heart, sir. Just my heart."''|''[[Concerned]]''}}

 

 

Being in a romantic relationship can help humanize the characters, as either one will act heroically when the other is in danger - or, variantly, we get to see how evil they really are when one dies or is seriously wounded and the other doesn't. This might prompt the villain equivalent of a [[Freak-Out]] in the ignored "lover" (at least for a while...) or, if the writers are really trying to showcase how soulless the baddies really are, even the injured party never expected any true intimacy. At that point, there's really no hope for redemption of ''any'' black hats you'll be seeing for a while. In the more humanized case, a truly evil [[Big Bad]] might torment one just to piss off the other. If one gets killed off, the other will usually devolve into an obsessive nut, but sometimes will reform in memory of the other's death.

 

May sometimes intersect with [[Subordinate Excuse]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Possibly the epitome of this trope can be found in ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', in where Mummymon is deeply in love with fellow evil minion Archnemon ([[Dogged Nice Guy|despite her poor treatment of him]]). Mummymon understandably flips out {{spoiler|1=when BelialVamdemon brutally kills Archnemon in cold blood shortly after his resurrection; he fails to avenge her death, and is destroyed in turn in similarly vicious fashion. [[Tear Jerker|Even the Chosen Children, who've been harassed by the two for so long, are appalled and saddened by the spectacle.]]}}

* [[Girls Love|Mimi and Sheshe]] of ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''.

** In the ''Gaining Groudon'' and ''Scuffle of Legends'' episodes, the leaders of team Aqua/Magma have ''very'' caring administrators.

* In ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star|Pretty Cure Splash Star]]'', the last two members of Dark Fall's [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] were the fitness-obsessive [[Worthy Opponent]] Kintolesky, and Shitataare, the flamboyant [[Femme Fatale]] with a penchant for a good [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]. {{spoiler|Forced to work together to defeat the Cures in the final episodes, they start off quite despising of each other, Kintolesky believing her to be more concerned with her looks than her duty, and Shitataare accusing him to be an unrefined oaf. But, as they fight together, the two of them end up developing mutual respect... and finally, they even get to die together as Kintolesky confesses his love for her. Shitataare looking in his eyes as they are disappearing suggests that she held the same feelings as him. [[Alas, Poor Villain]] and [[Tear Jerker]] indeed... Note, however, that this isn't a case of [[Redemption Equals Death]]. Neither of the two were repentant for their evil actions.}}

** Keep in mind though that the original maker of Putata is on Deviantart, and she pairs Putata and Mekeke. So it can be somewhat canon although it is not revealed in the anime. Not revealing it doesn't make it less true by the way.

* In [[MAR]], Gido and Ian. Partly subverted in that Gido isn't killed, [[Body Horror|mutated horribly]]. Ian then becomes one of the top rank enemies out of anger, and eventually pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] when Ginta convinces him that he's not the enemy. Ian eventually finds the real enemy and manages to break the curse. They're shown living together later.

 

 

 

== Film ==

** Making it something of an [[Alas, Poor Villain]] moment.

** Bambi and Thumper seemed to be a couple in [[The Film of the Book|the movie version.]]

 

== Literature ==

** Same thing for Jarrod and Camille in ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'', but in this case, Jarrod had been the [[Demonic Possession|vessel]] for the [[Big Bad]]!

* ''[[Supernatural]]'' had two demons (Casey and the priest) in love (or at least strongly suggested to be engaging in carnal relations) for "Sin City".

 

 

== Video Games ==

** Fans also like to pair Larxene up with her "partner", Marlurxia, while Axel is often paired with [[Ho Yay|his close friend Roxas.]]

*** ''358/2 Days'' now has given Axel/Saix shippers more fodder, as {{spoiler|they used to be best friends.}}

** [[Xem Sai]] is also a fairly popular pairing despite the [[Ship Sinking]] attempt in Days, due to a [[Relationship Writing Fumble|certain cutscene]] towards the end of the second game.

* Beauty and Dandy in ''[[Ghost Trick]]'', although it's debatable whether Beauty is outright rejecting Dandy's affections or they just have some weird D/S thing going on.

** Same goes for Exdeath and the Cloud of Darkness, due to their shared obsession with nothingness.

 

 

== Webcomics ==

* [[Brother-Sister Incest|Hansel and Gretel]] of [[Fey Winds]], if the way they drape themselves over each other is any indication.

* [[Girl Genius]] is chock full of this. [[The Igor|Minions]] abound, and whenever their masters are busy with A-plot nonsense, there's always some kind of [[Ship Tease]] from the Foglios. Most prominent are [[Hot Amazon|Zeetha]] and [[Implacable Man|The Unstoppable Higgs,]] who are all but [[Official Couple|official]] at this point. Also in the mix is [[Action Survivor|Moloch von Zinzer,]] who has a crush on [[Rose-Haired Girl|Sanaa Wilhelm,]] but has won the [[Clingy Jealous Girl|adoration]] of [[Yandere|Fraulein Snaug]] and, [[Love Dodecahedron|possibly,]] [[McNinja|Violetta.]] The recent confirmation of a relationship between {{spoiler|1=Sleipnir O'Hara and Theo DuMedd}} may count as well. {{spoiler|Bangladesh Dupree and Vole}} are another example, since the former is attracted to the latter's [[Ax Crazy]] nature.

* Penny Arcade brings us [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/02/01 this.]

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Transformers]]'' loves this trope.

** Snowcat and Demolishor of ''[[Transformers Energon]]'' had this habit of clinging to each other and were rarely seen by themselves. They even got prison cells together.

** Also in ''Animated'', human supervillains Nanosec and Slo-Mo fall hard for each other when the latter forms a [[Legion of Doom]].

** In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', Breakdown develops an interest in Airachnid after getting into a fight with her, although fans much prefer to pair him up with his partner, Knock Out.

*** Not that it matters any more, now that {{spoiler|Airachnid has brutally murdered Breakdown}}.

 

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