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* Captain von Trapp and Maria in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. |
* Captain von Trapp and Maria in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. |
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* ''[[The Great Race]]''. The Great Leslie - charming male chauvinist. Maggie DuBois - militant women's libber. How can they '''not''' fall in love? |
* ''[[The Great Race]]''. The Great Leslie - charming male chauvinist. Maggie DuBois - militant women's libber. How can they '''not''' fall in love? |
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* ''[[Enchanted]]'': Giselle the cheery optimist, and Robert the sarcastic pessimist. |
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* ''[[Tangled]]'' gives us the jaded, worldly-wise thief and the spirited, innocent princess. |
* ''[[Tangled]]'' gives us the jaded, worldly-wise thief and the spirited, innocent princess. |
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* ''[[WALL-E]]'' has [[The Woobie]] Wall-E and [[Action Girl]] EVE. Both were built for a similar purpose, however. |
* ''[[WALL-E]]'' has [[The Woobie]] Wall-E and [[Action Girl]] EVE. Both were built for a similar purpose, however. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]] and [[Expanded Universe|Mara Jade]]. Mara even ''says'' it, for crying out loud! |
* [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]] and [[Expanded Universe|Mara Jade]]. Mara even ''says'' it, for crying out loud! |
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* Brainy ambitious women regularly find [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s [[Upper Class Twit]] [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Bertie Wooster]] romantically irresistible. |
* Brainy ambitious women regularly find [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s [[Upper Class Twit]] [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Bertie Wooster]] romantically irresistible. |
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* Kenneth Oppel's [[Airborn]] series has Matt Cruse, poor cabin boy, and Kate de Vries, rich wanna-be scientist... cue angsting about how they [[Star-Crossed Lovers|can never be together...]] |
* Kenneth Oppel's ''[[Airborn]]'' series has Matt Cruse, poor cabin boy, and Kate de Vries, rich wanna-be scientist... cue angsting about how they [[Star-Crossed Lovers|can never be together...]] |
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* This seems to be the driving force behind Zavahl's and Ailie's relationship in the [[Shadowleague]] books- he has the personality of a bad rainstorm, whereas she is never seen to frown. |
* This seems to be the driving force behind Zavahl's and Ailie's relationship in the [[Shadowleague]] books- he has the personality of a bad rainstorm, whereas she is never seen to frown. |
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* From ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', Mat is a Farmboy turned [[Four-Star Badass]] raised in a [[Arcadia]], Tuon is a [[The Empire|Empress]] and Chessmaster who was raised in a [[Deadly Decadent Court]]. They're married. |
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* ''[[The 39 Clues]]''. Ian is a [[Handsome Devil]], [[Upper Class Wit|mega-rich]], [[Evil Brit|an Evil Brit]], and a [[Momma's Boy]]. Amy is a [[Shrinking Violet]], [[Smart Girl|pretty smart]], poor, and [[Heartwarming Orphan|an orphan]]. She apparently always found him attractive, but [[I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me|when he actually started flirting with her]], it was, of course, [[I Was Only Pretending to Like You|a trick]]. And then came [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo|a whole new]] [[My Beloved Smother|set of complications]]. |
* ''[[The 39 Clues]]''. Ian is a [[Handsome Devil]], [[Upper Class Wit|mega-rich]], [[Evil Brit|an Evil Brit]], and a [[Momma's Boy]]. Amy is a [[Shrinking Violet]], [[Smart Girl|pretty smart]], poor, and [[Heartwarming Orphan|an orphan]]. She apparently always found him attractive, but [[I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me|when he actually started flirting with her]], it was, of course, [[I Was Only Pretending to Like You|a trick]]. And then came [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo|a whole new]] [[My Beloved Smother|set of complications]]. |
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** Also, [[The Big Guy|Hamilton]] and [[Teen Genius|Sinead]] was hinted a bit in Book 10. |
** Also, [[The Big Guy|Hamilton]] and [[Teen Genius|Sinead]] was hinted a bit in Book 10. |