Operation: Jealousy: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Hermione''': ''"I've just escaped--I mean, I've just left Cormac under the mistletoe."''

'''Harry''': ''"Serves you right for coming with him!"''

A specific type of [[Zany Scheme]]: Two characters, [[Alice and Bob]], are an [[Official Couple]]... or they would be, if Bob wasn't [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|so mired in the river of denial]] that he insists that the water flowing all around him is solid ground. Alice, who is not in denial and ''very'' aware of Bob's feelings, gets fed up with his refusal to [[Cannot Spit It Out|spit them out]] and takes matters into her own hands. Confronting him directly with the [[Subtext|evidence]] might cause him to run for the hills, so Alice gets into a faked or temporary relationship with [[The Beard|Convenient Charley]], to make Bob insanely [[Green-Eyed Monster|jealous]] enough to come clean first.

Very unlikely to be [[Truth in Television]] for anyone with serious feelings, as most people who believe they are in love try to ''avoid'' upsetting the people they think they're in love with. Also using people is a mean thing to do especially when the person doesn't know. Then again....

* [[Marmalade Boy|Ginta and Arimi]] attempted to pull this on Yuu and Miki. Considering the series that they're in, [[Pair the Spares|the results were inevitable]].

* It was also done in ''[[Sailor Moon Abridged]]'':

* Played with in the ''[[Firefly]]''/''[[Doctor Who]]'' crossover [[The Man with No Name (fanfic)|The Man With No Name]]. Kaylee pretends to like the Doctor in order to make Simon jealous, but it's only to screw with his head. Well, that and she's quite happy to [[Covert Pervert|stare at his butt]] [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|on general principles]].

* The first appearance of "Bowsette" (a fanmade [[Distaff Counterpart]] of Bowser) was inspired by the end of ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', where both Bowser and Mario try to woo Peach, only for her to reject them both. The comic [https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/09/24/bowsette-nintendo-mario-comic-that-started-it-all/ (shown here)] suggests Bowser becomes Bowsette using the Super Crown as part of a ploy with Mario to make Peach jealous.