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* Lucy from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' has to deal with this trope a number of times. People have mistakenly hooked her up with Natsu, Gray, Loki/Leo, and Ren from Blue Pegasus.

** Happy is the one of the most frequent offenders, declaring that Lucy and Loki are just the perfect couple.

** This occurs with Elfman and Evergreen as well during the S-Class Trial Arc.

** When they were younger, Gray would constantly follow Erza around and challenge her to fights. His peers teased him for this and asked if the real reason was because he was in love with her. He got embarrassed and denied it.

** Also, in the anime, after Edward passes the state alchemy exam and writes to Winry to tell her so, Nina says that "Winry is a pretty name" and asks if she is his girlfriend, at which point, he has flips out to a comparable degree of his height [[Berserk Button]].

** And then, in the manga, Ed's spectacular [[Spit Take]] at Hawkeye's suggestion that he loves Winry nearly drowns poor Hayate.

* Second episode of ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', as Masaru and Yoshino are arguing:

{{quote|'''Chika:''' Stop arguing [[Like an Old Married Couple]].

** That being said, they don't end up romantically involved—which is probably a good thing as Masaru [[Shotacon|is way too young for her]].

** But... wait, how many parents would let a 18-years young woman share a room with her 14-years old boy. If it's not an extreme case of [[Open-Minded Parent]], it's a big [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] [[Ship Tease]] instead.

* Makoto and Sekai in ''School Days'' do this constantly, even after {{spoiler|they start sleeping together}}

* Rina Touin from ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' starts out saying this about Masahiro Hamasaki, especially in the manga (his anime incarnation gets off a little lighter, mostly because he's introduced at about the same time as Nagisa and he and Hanon need all the help they can get).

** Sometimes, however, when some other man is after Akane, Ranma doesn't deny it. He actually brings it up and says that she's his fiancée. It's one of his [[Crazy Jealous Guy]] habits.

* [[Rumiko Takahashi]] [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|seems to like this trope]], as it appears in ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' and ''[[Inuyasha]]'' as well.

* ''[[Skip Beat!]]'' opens with Sho stating this about Kyoko, his [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|childhood friend]] [[Like Brother and Sister|who his parents raised]], who he was essentially using as a maid. Of course, {{spoiler|after he says it enough times and she [[Beautiful All Along|successfully enters show business]], he realizes that it's not true - by which time she has stopped seeking his affections and is [[Oblivious to Love|completely oblivious to the fact that he is now actually seeking hers]].}} Sho and Kyoko continue to deny that they are or ever have been dating, even after {{spoiler|he states that she BELONGS TO HIM and attempts to drive off his romantic rivals.}}

* A variation of this is found in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' with S?suke about Kaname. During a dance party on the ''Tuatha De Dannan'', Kurz mentions to S?suke that Kaname is very pretty, cute, and has a nice sense of style. ''Any'' man would fall for her in an instant. S?suke coldly and cuttingly replies that he wouldn't know, since he isn't interested. This is ''very'' interesting, considering that this might be one of the few instances where S?suke acts like a [[Tsundere]] (breaking from his usual [[The Stoic|stoic]] manner).

* Kanna and Motoki from ''[[Koe de Oshigoto!]]'' have this reaction to the suggestion that they're a couple, with the same [[Speech Bubble]], no less.

* ''[[Trigun]]''. When a couple bodyguards assume she's fighting with her "boyfriend", the Broom Boy (a.k.a. Vash the Stampede), Meryl Stryfe is very quick to inform them that not only is he ''not'' her boyfriend, but she doesn't even like him! Whatever she has to tell herself to get through the job.

* Often said by Yusuke in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' about Keiko.

* In ''[[Bakuman｡]]'', Fukuda volunteers to help Aoki with her manga illustrations, but is keen to make it clear to his editor, who asks why he is helping a rival mangaka, that he has no interest her. It ultimately turns out that {{spoiler|he really doesn't have any apparent feelings for her, since she ends up with Hiramaru without him being at all displeased about it}}, and it proves his commitment to "Team Fukuda" changing Jump.

{{quote|'''Fukuda:''' And just for the record, I don't have feelings for her or anything. I actually kind of hate her.

* Gohan towards Videl in ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z''. He continually denies that anything is going on between him and Videl, even when [[Everyone Can See It]].

 

* ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'': Yorick frequently has to inform people that his bodyguard Agent 355 is not his girlfriend. Ironically 355 often pretends Yorick is her transsexual girlfriend in order to hide that he's the last man on Earth.

* In the ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'' comics from the [[Nintendo Comics System]], Princess Lana acknowledges to Samus Aran that Kevin is Not Her Boyfriend. The result is your classic [[Betty and Veronica]] [[Love Triangle]].

 

* When Hermione is forcing Draco to take back his insults in ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'', Ron chimes in with this:

{{quote|'''Ron:''' And that stuff about Hermione being my girlfriend, that's not even a little bit true!}}

{{quote|'''Melvin:''' If you're done fighting with your girlfriend, we have a card game to finish!

'''Florence:''' [[Blatant Lies|He's not my girlfriend!]]

'''Marik:''' [[I Resemble That Remark|You tell him, honey!]] }}

* [[Naruto]] uses this phrase in response to Jiraiya implying that Hinata is his girlfriend in ''[[Team 8]]''.

* In ''[[Assumptions]]'': The first sentence out of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Rainbow Dash's]] mouth when Caramel introduces her to his siblings is clarifying that they aren't an item. His family exchanges bemused expressions, but they drop it when they decide to let the two figure it out on their own.

* In ''[[Reconciliation]]'', a ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' fanfic that takes place after Hanako's bad ending, Hanako says this about Sho, her publicist and the closest thing she has to a friend as of the start of the fic. {{spoiler|They eventually become a couple}}.

 

{{quote|'''BEN:''' Awww, isn't that sweet? I find old-fashioned romance so touching, don't you? How about drinks for the happy couple?

'''Doppler:''' Ooo, uh- No. Thank you. We don't drink, and, uh- and, uh, we're not a couple. }}

* ''[[Mirror Mask]]'', when Helena insists to her mother that Valentine is ''not'' her boyfriend.

* Joked about in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''. "People will say we're in love." Also a reference to...

'''Cindy Lou:''' I didn't ask you that.

'''Martha May:''' Oh. Right. }}

* ''[[Ghostbusters]]''. Peter Venkman denies that a ghost-possessed Dana is his girlfriend:

{{quote|"She's not my girlfriend. I find her interesting because she's a client and because she sleeps above her covers. Four ''feet'' above her covers."}}

* ''[[Friends with Benefits (film)|Friends With Benefits]]'': Dylan and Jamie both say this for each other, but Dylan more strongly and harshly when pressed by his sister. [[Exact Eavesdropping|Jamie of course overhears.]]

 

* [[Platonic Life Partners]] example in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'': Harry says this about Hermione to a worried Viktor Krum in ''The Goblet of Fire'' and has to keep on telling that to half of Hogwarts because of Rita Skeeter's meddling. Poor Hermione is even attacked by Harry's [[Estrogen Brigade|rabid fangirls]] and has Molly giving her the cold shoulder for a while.

** In ''Deathly Hallows'', Harry even has to say this to ''Ron'' at one point.

* ''[[The War Against the Chtorr]]''. In "A Matter for Men" McCarthy's [[Jerkass]] co-worker Ted deliberately lets an annoying officer think they're gay lovers to piss him off. McCarthy spends the rest of the novel denying that he and Ted are boyfriends, "or any other kind of friends."

{{quote|'''Gaspode:''' Your girlfriend...

'''Victor:''' She's not my girlfriend!

* In book two of ''The [[Codex Alera]]'' features a simultaneous "S/he is not my mate!" from Tavi and Kitai.

* In book four of ''[[The Underland Chronicles]]'', ''Gregor and the Marks of Secret'', Gregor and Luxa are going to investigate the Nibbler's situation, but since no one can know about it, they pretend that they are going on a picnic. Or course, Howard shows up and offers to join them, so Gregor, looking for an excuse, tells him that they're going on a date. Even when Howard finds out that Gregor was lying, he still chews him out because seeing as Luxa's a princess and Gregor's not even an Underlander, they couldn't possibly be married. Gregor states several times that he and Luxa aren't like that and marriage is thinking ''way'' to far ahead, but then Howard asks Gregor why he thought Howard might believe it in the first place, rendering all his arguments useless.

* Pops up several different times in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' between Harry and different characters. Harry isn't good with relationships. His mysterious ex Elaine and police officer friend Murphy have each mistaken the other for his current girlfriend. Also, people mistook Harry for being in a relationship with Susan Rodriguez before he actually would go so far as to call it that, since he's the chivalric type.

** Later in the series, used [[Mistaken for Gay|between Harry and Thomas Raith]]. Thomas is intentionally acting flamboyantly gay. Harry is very open with and trusting of Thomas even though Thomas is a vampire, but he can't tell anyone the real reason: {{spoiler|they're half-brothers}}. Not knowing the real reason, most people jump to the conclusion that Thomas is Harry's lover. At one point Harry deliberately plays that role, and some minor characters continue to give him a hard time about it.

* Played with and lampshaded in [[Ryk E. Spoor]] and [[Eric Flint]]'s novel, ''[[Boundary]]''. A.J. and Jackie are two scientists who work together and are friends; they also bicker a lot. As such, Jackie always gets ribbed by the other people in their team about her "boyfriend" A.J. She vehemently denies these accusations to the knowing reaction of the others. Of course, when A.J. ends up with his real love interest—another scientist named Helen, which was [[Ship Tease|teased]] earlier in the novel—Jackie smugly declares to everyone within hearing distance, "I ''told'' you he wasn't my boyfriend."

* In ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians|The Battle of the Labyrinth]]'', Percy makes it clear to his mother that his planned afternoon at the movies with Annabeth is ''not'' a date. Sally Jackson is unconvinced. One gets the distinct impression that neither is Percy.

* In the first book of Terry Goodkind's ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, Zedd is introduced to Kahlan by Richard... but not before Zedd calls out Richard for being rude by not introducing him to his "girlfriend." Richard calmly denies this, only for Zedd to joke about Richard, therefore, denying that Kahlan is a girl.

* In ''[[Ravenscliff]]'', Cecile inverts it saying "He's not my ''brother''", meaning to her cheerleader friend she has an option on her new [[Flirty Stepsiblings|stepbrother]].

 

* Joan in ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'' insists this regarding Adam about [[Once an Episode]], until they [[Relationship Upgrade|finally kiss for the first time]].

{{quote|'''Colonel Potter:''' Major Frank Burns.

* Happened repeatedly to The Doctor and Rose in the first two seasons of the 2005 revival of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', apparently just because the writers were running out of ways to broadcast that the new show had romantic subtext.

** Likewise, the Doctor and Donna Noble seem to do this bit about once an episode. In a shocking twist, it's actually true.

'''The Doctor''': Ah...nothing; she's just a friend.

'''Rory''': I think he's talking about the possible alien incursion? }}

* Parodied in ''[[Spaced]]'', when Tim reacts indignantly in this fashion to a (sarcastic) suggestion from Daisy that his "boyfriend" Mike is on the phone for him... only to purr "Hi, babe." in a seductive tone as soon as he picks up the phone.

*** The DVD commentary puts this down to them ''forgetting'' they'd already done the joke in ''Spaced'', Shaun's pained expression after saying it being Simon remembering during filming.

* ''[[Monk]]'': Both of Monk's assistants, Sharona and Natalie, have been asked if they're Monk's girlfriend. They tend to find the suggestion extremely funny.

'''Dianne Brooks:''' Ahh... Oh, so you two aren't... ''[she points between Monk and Natalie]''

'''Natalie Teeger:''' No. ''[smirks]'' }}

* Big Pete of ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]'' spells it out: "Look, you're a girl, and you're a friend -- but you're not a girlfriend!"

* [[Ho Yay|A frequent refrain]] of the two boys of ''[[Psych]]''.

* ''[[Phil of the Future]]'', in the episode in which Phil gets tired of being carted around doing "girl stuff" with Keely:

{{quote|'''Phil:''' I don't wanna be your ''girlfriend'', I wanna be your ''boyfriend''!... I mean, your friend, who's a boy. A guy. A guy friend.}}

{{quote|'''Keely:''' Phil, you can tell me anything. I'm your ''girlfriend''... I-I-I mean your friend who's a girl. A gal. A gal friend.}}

* A version appears on ''[[Friends]]'' after Chandler and Monica first had sex in secret.

{{quote|'''Joey:''' Have you seen Monica?

'''Clark:''' Lois? She's bossy. She's rude, she's conceited. I can't stand her!

'''Lana:''' The best ones always start that way. }}

* Ted's [[Girl of the Week]] in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' assumes that Robin and Barney are going out.

{{quote|'''Robin:''' No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Barney and I are not together, no, no.

'''Barney:''' Really? Sixteen no's? Really? }}

* ''[[The X-Files]]'': If it happened once, it happened a thousand times to Mulder and Scully, most notably in "The Rain King". Basically guaranteed to happen starting about mid-season four onward.

** It even happens in the [[The X-Files: I Want to Believe|2008 movie]], though in reference to being married.

'''Hyde:''' I'm not her boyfriend. They just don't get it.

'''Jackie:''' No. Why would they? Let's go, baby. }}

* ''[[The West Wing]]'': Josh denies a relationship between himself and Donna at least twice, once to Amy Gardner (who becomes his girlfriend after it's cleared up), and once to Lt. Commander Jack Reese (who dates Donna after confirming he's not getting in the way).

{{quote|'''Josh:''' ''(into the phone)'' No, I don't have Donna!}}

* ''[[iCarly]]'': In "iGo to Japan", the check-in clerk at a hotel mistakes the 15-year-old pair for a honeymoon couple. Freddie gives Carly an eyebrow raise and gets slap across the face for his stupidity. In "iLike Jake", Carly gives Freddie a kiss on the nose for helping her to fix Jake's terrible singing voice, and Jake mistakes their kiss for them being together.

* In the ''[[Royal Pains]]'' episode "Am I Blue?", Evan's new just-friend is under the persistent impression that Divya is his girlfriend:

{{quote|'''Glory:''' ''(about Spike)'' He wakes up; tell your boyfriend to watch his mouth.

'''Buffy:''' He is ''NOT'' my boyfriend. }}

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' [Anya did] something very stupid.

'''Xander:''' With your boyfriend.

'''Buffy:''' He is not my boyfriend. }}

{{quote|'''Ms. Kroger:''' Um, Miss Summers, if you and your boyfriend would like to--

'''Buffy:''' He is NOT-- ''(Spike looks over with a scowl; Buffy clears throat)'' ... not my, my boyfriend, he's, um, just... a... ''(Spike waits to hear what she'll say)'' Spike ... this nice woman is, uh, ''(meaningfully)'' from Social Services? }}

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' What are you guys talking about?

'''Oz:''' Oddly enough, your boyfriend - again.

'''Buffy:''' He's not my boyfriend. Really, truly, he's... I don't know. }}

* ''[[Andromeda]]'': This happens to Dylan and Rommie at least once in the first season.

** And a very good thing, too, as we see later in the season what happens when an AI avatar gets too close to her captain.

'''Beckett:''' ''(glare)'' }}

* ''[[NCIS]]'': Tony and Ziva. Almost a [[Running Gag]].

* A variation on ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]''. Lance Dior accuses Howard of being Vince's wife. Howard bursts out with "''I'm not his wife am I! I don't know where he is at all times!''" Since [[Everyone Can See It]], Lance is '''Not''' convinced.

** Usually averted. [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Vince]] is mistaken for Howard's wife/girlfriend in ''many'' episodes, and instead of denying it - like you would expect two supposedly straight male friends to do - they just look slightly pained. Seemingly it happens so often they just gave up trying to protest.

* Bret and Jemaine from ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'' are sometimes mistaken for a couple, specifically by Brahbrah, a woman they were both trying to impress. It was a fair assumption to make, given that they're two thirty-something guys who share a bedroom, and they spent quite a bit of the episode wrestling each other.

* [[Inspector Lynley]] and his partner Sergeant Havers. ''His own wife'' half-seriously suspects him of having an affair with her! And she's not the only one. They're not together... [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|yet]].

 

* "I'm Not Your Boyfriend" by 3OH3.

* 10cc, "I'm Not In Love".

 

 

* [[Mitch Hedberg]]: "I don't have a girlfriend, I just know a girl who would get really angry if she heard me say that."

 

* In ''[[The Pajama Game]]'', Babe, in denial that she's attracted to Sid, sings "I'm Not At All In Love," a claim which is met with smirking derision from the girls:

{{quote|''It's easy to see that her daffy grin

* Many examples in musical theatre of people singing ''you'' are not my boyfriend/girlfriend. Of course, whether they mean it or not, they'll certainly be in love with that person by the end of the show (sometimes the end of the song) :

** "Make Believe" from ''Show Boat'' ("might as well make believe I love you... for to tell the truth, I do!").

** "Don't Like You" from ''The Beautiful Game'' (a.k.a. ''The Boys in the Photograph'') by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Ben Elton]].

 

* In ''[[Pokémon]] Heart Gold''/''Soul Silver'', the grandmother of the opposite gender friend of the player character (can be either gender) suggests that the characters are boyfriend and girlfriend, and one of the characters immediately denies it.

* In ''Higurashi Daybreak'', the ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' fighting game, when you're playing Story Mode as a Keiichi-Rena team, most of the adults will ask if you're a couple. Rena is delighted at the notion, but Keiichi protests. This actually becomes the stakes for the last two battles, thanks to a [[Love Triangle]] with Mion at her most [[Tsundere]].

{{quote|'''Adell:''' We're not married! Just because [[Innocent Cohabitation|we live under the same roof]]...

'''Rozalin:''' Adell! This is not the time to mention that! }}

* Played with in ''[[Devil Survivor]]''. When first speaking to Gin, he asks who the player is. The player can either say their name or "[[The Chick|Yuzu]]'s boyfriend". If the player chooses the "other" option, Yuzu [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|gets very shocked]].

** She has a similar reaction later, when [[The Lancer|Atsuro]] jokes that Haru might be her competition for the protagonist's affections.

* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', EDI and Joker strenuously deny they've been flirting. The entire crew of the ''Normandy'' aren't convinced.

 

 

* Mike and Lucy in ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]'', during the old series.

* ''[[Dragon Tails]]''.No matter how upset he gets when he learns that she's taken quite a liking to a French gargoyle named Jacques, Lemuel stubbornly insists that his penpal Firewing is not his girlfriend.

** Inverted earlier on, when she's pretending to be someone's girlfriend, and has to stop herself from giving it away. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030620 "I NEVER! He's nnn-" "...'nnn'? As in NNNOT your boyfriend?" ".... as in 'nice.' He's really nice."]

** Abner starts to say this, but is [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050117 corrected] by Pix with a smooch.

** Violetta learns the dangers of it [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091021 here].

** Airman Axel Higgs steadfastly denies that he cares about Zeetha.

* Issac and Joy in ''[[Namir Deiter]]'', though it's only by mutual agreement (and a boatload of issues) that they're not.

** Except they've recently been upgraded to Beta/Tertiary couple, after an argument while on a double-date (with different people).

{{quote|'''Hector:''' Looks like your girlfriend's coming to the party.

'''Shadehawk:''' Ugh. You are such a depraved monster. Insinuating that she's my girlfriend, I mean. }}

* Boris, the robotic spider in ''Bugs'', has shouted more than once that a real spider with a keen interest in him is not his girlfriend.

* Zoe from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' invokes this trope after several of her friends [https://web.archive.org/web/20090101114907/http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=080930 hold an intervention] for her because they think she's dating Torg.

* Kitti and Sky in ''[[Divided Sky]]'' are both in denial of their feelings for each other, despite everyone else picking it up.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313024600/http://shapequest.net/?id=113 Lance says this about Silvia] in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180114204936/http://shapequest.net/ Shape Quest]''.

* ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' give us Art and Kat's reaction to the suggestion they are [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=404 a couple]. The next strip [[Female Gaze|shows more]].

* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=741 Zimmy] offhandedly refers to Jack as Antimony's boyfriend after she {{spoiler|restores his sanity}} and explains what happened leading up to it. Antimony thanks her, but adds "Also; not my boyfriend." This sets up the latter [[Ship Tease]] in [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=797 this strip]. Maybe because after [[Journey to the Center of the Mind|this adventure]] Two Strange Girls already knew [[Rescue Romance|his attitude]].

** However, in the short term at least, this turns out to be true. Jack has a crush on Zimmy of all people, and Annie, at the time of making the aforementioned statement, held a hidden grudge against Jack. They're likely in for more teasing of that sort now, though, considering that as far as their classmates are concerned [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=694 Jack publicly gave Annie a note] and some of them saw them amiably chatting then going off on their own for a night. Of course, there's a nonromantic explnation for those, but others don't know that.

* Liu Wong and Fang Lin in ''[[How I Killed Your Master]]''.

* ''[[General Protection Fault]]'' has Patty [http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive.php?d=20101011 laying it on a bit too thick] about her not-boyfriend:

{{quote|'''Dwayne''': That was quite an adventure you guys had. How's Dexter?

* Justin of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' insists vehemently that Elliot is not his boyfriend. [[Subverted Trope|He's telling the truth]]—Elliot is already taken and it [[Incompatible Orientation|wouldn't work out anyway]].

* The eponymous ''[[Sarab]]'' say this about Karin. In front of her. She does not take it well.

* In ''[[Ears for Elves]]'', Donny sees Tanna walking arm-in-arm with Rolan. Donny infers that Rolan must be her boyfriend, and finds this disgusting; Tanna [https://web.archive.org/web/20150121074251/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/490 protests madly]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120815091118/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/528 A while later], Donny tells Tanna that her new boyfriend isn't so bad after all; her reaction is to say that Rolan is not her boyfriend.

 

* In ''[[The Guild]]'', Codex insists that "there is no circumstance under which [she and Zaboo] are together in any shape or form". [[Stalker with a Crush|Zaboo]] feels differently.

* Simon from ''[[Shadow of the Templar]]'' takes this to new heights when he tells Jeremy that he's not even his friend despite them being familiar with each other in the horizontal position. {{spoiler|He ''does'' answer "maybe" instead of denying the possibility outright when the criminal who kidnapped Jeremy asks him if he's his boyfriend, but goes right back to denying it soon after.}} ''Then'' when he finally overcomes enough (but not all) of his [[Oblivious to Love|Selective Obliviousness]] and [[Tsundere]] issues to call Jeremy a friend, Sandra scoffs and says that they're "special friends" at the very least, to his chagrin.

 

* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Sam and Danny frequently insist "We're not lovebirds", even though they end up [[Relationship Upgrade|becoming just that]] in the [[Grand Finale]].

** Also counts as ironic [[Book Ends]]- In the beginning of the first episode, they're protesting vehemently that they do not have a relationship. At the end of the last, they finally kiss.

** Don't forget Wallabee and Kuki (Numbah Four and Numbah Three).

{{quote|'''Numbah Two and Numbah Five''': Wally and Kuki, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!

* ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'': Obi-Wan's response to Anakin concerning Satine.

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':

'''Zuko:''' ''([[Spit Take|spit-takes]])'' She's not my girlfriend!

'''Katara:''' ''(simultaneously)'' I'm not his girlfriend! }}

{{quote|'''Sokka:''' ''(referring to Aang)'' We're going to save your boyfriend.

'''Katara:''' He's not my...

'''Sokka:''' Whatever. }}

{{quote|'''Katara:''' He's not my boyfriend.

'''Sokka:''' Not yet. }}

{{quote|'''Toph:''' Was this guy your boyfriend or something?

'''Katara:''' ''What?!'' [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|NO!]]

* The sentence on its own isn't even enough for Jenny in Sheldon's first appearance on ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'':

{{quote|'''Jenny:''' Okay... listen up, because I'm only gonna say this once: Sheldon is '''''not''''' my boyfriend! I don't even know him! He's just some crazy, loser, stalker geek! He's not my boyfriend, he's not my friend, he's not my ''anything''!}}

* Said by Mac in the first episode of ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' featuring Goo. This was done not only due to Mac being eight years old and embarrassed, but also because it was true, and Goo was being a real pest to everyone. Naturally, no one believes him.

** Goo, who was [[Cloudcuckoolander|living in her own little world]] at the time, probably never even suspected that anyone (let alone ''everyone'') thought she was Mac's girlfriend.

** Oddly, most likely due to serialized series and a tendency to be aired "out of order", it's his response to her in the first aired episode as well.

** Even more strangely, at the end of the series Chowder is married to her. {{spoiler|Or so Panini would lead the audience to believe.}}

* Tommy from ''[[Robotboy]]'' doesn't like it when people call Lola his girlfriend.

** Happens earlier in the series, too, in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", though not as drawn-out. Gwen lets Ben and Kevin climb into her room through the window, and her father asks if he's her boyfriend. They both quickly reply "No!" and Gwen blushes.

** In another episode, Ben simply asks her ''where Kevin is'', and Gwen launches into a full-blown rant about how he isn't her boyfriend.

** Yumi manages to ''invert'', then play the trope straight, in just one line :

{{quote|'''Yumi:''' Yeah? Well, it's not the same thing. I'm Ulrich's [[Freudian Slip|girlfriend]]! I mean, I'm--I'm his good friend. }}

{{quote|'''Bart:''' You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half!}}

{{quote|'''Lisa:''' I dream of a world without guns. Don't we all, William?

'''Bart:''' Lisa has a dead boyfriend!

'''Lisa:''' He's not my dead boyfriend! He's a dead boy that happens to be my friend. }}

{{quote|'''Bart:''' Hey dad! Have fun with your boyfriend!

'''Homer:''' HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND! }}

* Courtney and Duncan on ''[[Total Drama Island]]''.

{{quote|'''Billy:''' ''(talking to Grim)'' '''She's not my girlfriend!''' I mean, she just happens to be a girl, who just happens to be my friend, just like I happen to be a boy, and you happen to be a ''skeleton''.}}

* [[Batman]], in one of his ''very'' rare moments of flusteredness in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', insists that his relationship with [[Wonder Woman]] is purely professional. It is then that he realizes that she's [[Right Behind Me|right behind him.]]

* An episode of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' had a group of aliens mistaking Vicky for Timmy's girlfriend. Naturally, Timmy is repulsed by the idea.

* Done in the first episode of season 3 in ''[[Atomic Betty]].'' When Betty finds out her best friend Noah has been kidnapped, Sparky makes a quip about going to save her "boyfriend," which prompts her to respond with this trope. Also comes with the obligatory [[Ship Tease]] during the rescue of someone they think is Noah (but is actually a disguised infiltrator).

'''Ren:''' Anyway, it's not like that! [[Just Friends|Stimpy is my friend.]] [[Blatant Lies|Just a friend!]] }}

* Oddly averted in ''[[Futurama]]'': Leela wakes up from a dream about Fry (after the latter died), to find his jacket draped over her shoulders. She triumphantly yells "He's alive! HE'S ALIVE!", prompting her neighbor to yell through the wall "Shut up! My boyfriend's alive too!" Although Leela has been rejecting Fry's advances (and in obvious denial) for over two seasons by now, at the moment she's too ecstatic to remember that he's not supposed to be her boyfriend.

* The [[Western Animation]] series of ''[[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]'' is an odd aversion of this, where the titular mutated annelid insists that the [[Action Girl]] Princess Whats-Her-Name (a [[Cute Monster Girl]] who is basically an alien bug) is his girlfriend, even though nobody else around seems to think they're together. This includes the Princess herself.

** Jim laughs at this.

* On ''[[Daria]],'' the title character kept saying this about her [[Guy of the Week]], [[Homeschooled Kids|Ted]].

 

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