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Compare: [[Derailing Love Interests]], [[Girl of the Week]]. See also [[Toilet Seat Divorce]].

 

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== Literature ==

* In the Nathaniel Hawthorne short story ''[http://www.online-literature.com/hawthorne/125/ The Birth-Mark]'', the [[Mad Scientist]] protagonist Aylmer obsesses over a tiny [[wikipedia:Port-wine stain|port-wine stain]] on his wife's cheek and eventually attempts to remove it with science. {{spoiler|This is by Hawthorne, so [[Science Is Bad|you can probably guess what happens]].}}

{{quote|'''Ron:''' I'd rather go alone than with -- Eloise Midgen, say.

'''Hermione:''' Her acne's loads better lately -- and she's really nice!