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So, Bob has finally worked up the courage [[Anguished Declaration of Love|to tell Alice how he feels]]. Oh! There she is, and he finally manages to [[Cannot Spit It Out|spit it out]]... Only to find out that's not Alice, that's Carol!
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* Alice just saw what happened and is likely to not be pleased.
In the worst case,
Usually played for comedy, but occasionally for drama. Compare: [[Love Letter Lunacy]] (which is mainly a specific variant caused by problems with the postal service), [[Accidental Marriage]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[School Rumble]]'': This is how [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Harima and Eri]] start off their relationship, as Harima mistakenly confesses to Eri instead of Tenma. Although Eri hadn't had any feelings for him ''before'' that, his heartfelt
* ''Potemayo'' also has an example, when one of [[Those Two Guys]] "practices" confessing to one of the [[Moe Blob
* How Ataru of ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' ended up with Lum. Also a case of [[Accidental Marriage]].
* And a similar thing happened in ''[[To
* ''[[Ranma ½]]''{{'}}s Ryoga ''finally'' worked up the nerve to tell Akane how he felt and why he'd used a [[Love Potion|love-inducing artifact]] -- he'd meant it for her, and hit Ranma instead. But his declaration was ''also'' accidentally given to Ranma, who didn't take it well.
** In one arc, Ranma and Nabiki become engaged, instead of Ranma and Akane. After Ranma finds out that Nabiki's been playing him this whole time for a profit by saying she loved him, he wants revenge. So, he decides he'll make her feel weirded out by pretending to be in love with her. He invites her on a date, and eventually, Nabiki ends up being chased by Ranma in a maze. Ranma's determined to see it through, so he pulls her through a hedge and screams that he loves her. To his great distress, it turns out to be [[Love Interest|Akane]], not Nabiki, in his arms. Cue major freak out. (This example is possibly inverted in that he wanted to tell the non-love interest, not the love interest, that he loved her.)
== Fairy Tales ==
* In ''[[Swan Lake]]'' and its ballet adaptation, {{spoiler|Siegfried is tricked into doing this by Rothbart when he disguises his daughter Odile as Odette, his true love. Having thus broken his vow of love to Odette, she no longer has a chance to escape the curse that forces her to live her daylight existence as a swan. Worse, Odette (in swan form) helplessly watches this from outside the castle. In the animated version ''[[The Swan Princess]]'', this is enough to nearly kill her.}}
== Film ==
* A deleted scene of ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' depicted Kirk apologizing to an Orion woman about getting her in trouble, only to find that he's talking to a different Orion woman.
== Literature ==
* In Jill Mansell's novel ''[[Millie's Fling]]'' this occurs. Hugh decides to tell Millie he loves her, however, when he proposes to "her" she is dressed in her gorilla suit and it turns out to be her best friend - because the stripper was too busy to fill in for Millie and the history teacher wouldn't fit in the costume. It turns out Millie is in London watching her friend the recently divorced novelist have sex with her arch-enemy in a toilet cubicle. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. However, the best friend is uninterested in Hugh and is evilly amused - and then proceeds to tell everyone she knows.
* [[P. G.
== Live Action TV ==
* An episode from a later season of ''[[Coupling]]'' reveals that {{spoiler|Patrick actually wanted to get ''Sally's'' number and ask ''her'' out, ''not'' Susan, Sally's best friend, whom he winds up dating}} until the very first episode of the season.
* On ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' Serena gives her mask to Jenny at the Masquerade, causing Nate to confess his love for
* In ''[[Friends]]'', during Ross's wedding to Emily, he mistakenly says "I take ''Rachel''" as his bride instead of Emily's name. She wasn't very happy.
== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Wario Ware Smooth Moves]]'', a football player works up the courage to admit his love to Mona (who passes by him... twice) only to explode on a stray cheerleader.
== Web Comics ==
* Lampshaded and averted in ''[[
== Western Animation ==
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