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* In ''[[Torchwood]]'', Ianto accused Captain Jack of being a [[Complete Monster]] after the Captain killed Ianto's Cyberman-girlfriend in defense (long story). However, Ianto goes back to shagging Jack by a few episodes with no significant on-screen development.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' In S7 Ep 11, "Paralells" Worf is sent multiverse-hopping, and he briefly winds up in a world where he and Troi are very [[Happily Married]]. While he had never considered this before he decided to give it a try when he got back. This was the starting point of the writers developing a bizarre obsession with hooking them up despite the two never having any kind of romantic chemistry before despite Troi serving as a mother figure to Worf's son, Alexander, as well as Troi having a long standing [[Will They or Won't They?]] with Riker. In what's probably a an [[Author's Saving Throw]], none of the TNG films have any mention of the relationship, despite the Series' finale including a possible future where Worf and Riker are at odds over Troi even after her death.
** Johnathan Frakes (Riker) and Marina Sirtis (Troi) apparently disliked the idea as well, and were quite happy to have their characters get married in [[Star Trek: Nemesis|their last film]]. Michael Dorn (Worf), on the other hand, refused to forget it, and, when given a line about how Riker and Troi were always made for each other, subtexted it like mad.
* Foreman and Thirteen on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', who went from "awkward conversations in the locker room" to "awkward kiss in a conference room" to "willing to commit career suicide for this person" in the span of about two weeks. Which, in fairness, is lampshaded by Thirteen herself at one point.
* Kevin and Molly's affair from ''[[Coronation Street]]'' really seemed like just an excuse to have an affair storyline because they hadn't had one in a while. The attraction suddenly developed when the two of them started going running and after about three weeks they were ready to hop in the sack. Bear in mind Kevin was [[Happily Married]] with two kids and Molly was also [[Happily Married]] and a key part of her character was how much she valued trust in a relationship. Also there was about a 15 year age gap between them and it apparently developed into true love so much that when Kevin called off the affair because his wife had Cancer Molly couldn't understand why...
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** Subverted in ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'', where he quotes the 'Lovers-for-life' verbatim... then shrugs and admits "[[The Casanova|I just thought we might get a good thing going]]." Sue proceeds to pretty much voice the above argument with "[[Genre Savvy|For God's sake Johnny, you've known her for an hour!]]"
* Gwen and Kevin in ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' -- The ship is dropped on the viewer with absolutely no set-up, no basis, no rationality ''in the very first episode''. Kevin almost wrecking his precious car to tell Ben not to be rude to Gwen could be attributed to his [[Badass Decay]], but "I'll follow you anywhere"? Were the writers afraid that if they took the time for some actual development, the show might be canceled before their new favorite couple actually got together?
* This is the case with earlier [[Disney Animated Canon]] movies, particularly ones like ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]'', ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' and ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]''. Justified, as it can be chalked up to Disney trying to keep to the source material, which in those cases were mostly fairy tales meant to teach morality and not build a believable love story. Later movies fix this, by giving the couples more interaction and personalities beyond "She's the girl of my dreams!"
* [[Green Lantern|John Stewart]] and [[Vixen (comics)|Vixen]] in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''. Vixen had previously only made a handful of silent cameo appearances, but without any buildup or reference to it, she and John are already in a serious relationship by her first speaking role.
** That at least has the implied offscreen developments ''after'' his prior relationship ended. [[Supergirl]] and {{spoiler|Braniac 5}} found true love within minutes, despite her trying to kill him on initial contact, and she permanently abandons everyone she's ever known to stay with him.
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