She Is Not My Girlfriend: Difference between revisions

** 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.

* ''[[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.

* 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}}.

 

* ''[[Treasure Planet]]'': Doppler reacts this way when BEN thinks he and Amelia are a couple because he's carrying her. It's said with less denial and more tenderness than usually found in other examples, but that's because the film is hinting at their growing fondness for each other.

{{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. }}

* ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' has an entire song sequence of this trope. The Muses are telling Meg she's in love with Hercules, and she sings "I won't say I'm in love".

* ''[[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...

* In ''[[On the Jellicoe Road]]'', Taylor denies being Jonah Griggs' girlfriend even though she is secretly in love with him (and they get together at the end anyway).

* ''[[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!

'''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.

** A similar joke appears in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', once again an [[Actor Allusion]] between the characters played by [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Simon Pegg (Tim/Shaun) and Nick Frost (Mike/Ed)]].

'''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.

* [[Bones]] and Booth do this many, many times. Until they get married.

* ''[[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!}}

* In the 1990's Australian series ''[[Police Rescue]]'' the two main characters, Micky and Georgia, are going to interview a witness, who asks Micky: "Is this your girlfriend?" Micky responds truthfully that no, she's his (police) partner. He later gets snarked over this by Georgia, as while it's technically true, there's always been an obvious vibe between them.

* ''[[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.

{{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.

* 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]].

 

== [[Music]] ==

* 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. }}

'''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! }}

* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]'':

{{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.]]

** And in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', he acts the same way towards [[Dating Catwoman|Catwoman]]. "My interest in her is solely about [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?|rehabilitation]]." By the end of the battle, she's slipped him her phone number.

* ''[[The Owl House]]'' defies this with Amity. [[Cannot Spit It Out|After several false starts]], once she is finally able to admit her feelings for Luz (coming to terms with the fact that [[Bi The Way| she's bi]] in the process), she is ''happy'' to admit she's her girlfriend. [[The Aesop]], of course is, "admitting the truth will set you free".

* LGBT example in ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'', where both Harley ''and'' Ivy continually deny they have true feelings for each other, although it's obvious to everyone that they are in denial.

 

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