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** ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]:'' Ataru [[Casanova Wannabe|constantly chases all girls other than Lum.]] Yet whenever Lum disappears from his life, he'll instantly drop his perverted maneuvers and go to great lengths to get her back. That doesn't stop him from [[Status Quo Is God|immediately resuming his lecherous ways]] the moment she's safely back.
** ''[[Ranma ½]]'' has Ranma and Shampoo. Ranma and Ukyo. Ranma and Akane.
** Pretty much the same example as the above for [[Inuyasha]] and Kagome. All they ever do is fight, mostly leading to Kagome storming off after a massive sit. However, anytime they're seperated for too long, all Kagome can think about is [[Inuyasha]], while [[Inuyasha]] will be unbearable to be around until Kagome's back. And in any fight, they will put themselves in any kind of danger to save the other (which more than half the fight is of [[Inuyasha]] taking all those moutain busters to keep everyone else safe).
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''. Kaname Chidori spends every waking moment berating Sousuke for whatever screw-up he made. The second he is redeployed and out of her life for good, she suffers bouts of depression, paranoia, and a horrible sense of insecurity. Of course, she was being marked for death at the time, which makes this a ''literal'' case of "Can't live without him."
** Every ''third'' waking moment. She spends a similar mount of time trying to prevent and/or renumerate his messups. The remaining time is spent dreading what will happen next.
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* Jellal and Erza, from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', who spend their focus arc trying to kill one another. When anything bad ''actually'' happens to one the other does not take it well.
** Likewise Natsu and Gray, they pretty much complain and fight but do admit to themselves they respect the other. Heck in the Galua Island arc when Gray twice tries to use Ice Shell, a spell that will turn the user into ice to trap their opponents. Natsu stops him both times spelling out that he doesn't want Gray to die.
* [[The Messiah|Yuu]][[Unlucky Everydude|ri]] and [[Royal Brat|Wolf]][[Tsundere|ram]] in ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!]]''. Yuuri spends the first two seasons trying to back out in an [[Accidental Marriage|engagement that he accidentally caused]] in the second episode when Yuuri first enters the other word. Both of them hate the idea at first but Wolfram accepts his role as he constantly tries to get Yuuri to accept his as his husband. Yuuri constantly plots breaking the marriage on multiple occasions but always fails because Yuuri simply doesn't understand the demon world. However, the small things that piss Yuuri off at the beginning of the series, which range from Wolfram calling him "Wimp" (this was originally his [[Berserk Button]] at the beginning when the two argued each other) and Wolfram going everywhere declaring himself the spouse of Yuuri and [[Mistaken for Cheating|accusing him of Yuuri cheating on him with every girl he meets.]] However, as the series goes on, the small things that annoyed Yuuri at the beginning is met with indifference as he slowly gives up on trying to break up the engagement. However, once season 3 hits and Wolfram [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies|calls the engagement off]], this actually shocks Yuuri to the point where he works to get Wolfram back and then finally declares that he's not allowed to break it off. This is a sign that Yuuri is still confused with his feelings for Wolfram but won't let him design things on his own. Shortly after though, they fall right back into the roll.
* In ''[[Wild Fangs|Wild Rose]]'', Kiri and Mikhail don't get along initially and like to anger the other. Since Kiri literally can't live without Mikhail because he otherwise loses his sanity around humans, they are stuck together. Over time they both come to appreciate each other in spite of their differences and in the end [[Emotionless Boy|Mikhail]] hesitantly admits "You are necessary to me" in response to Kiri's [[Love Confession]].
* This sometimes comes up in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' with Bulma and Vegeta. When they do talk to each other on screen all they'll do is argue. However, while Vegeta can be unbearable to be around sometimes. They always reconcile pretty quickly.
* In ''Robotech'', Lisa Hayes ''despises'' cadet pilot Rick Hunter, and he returns her contempt...yet when she thinks for a moment he was killed in a Veritech hit, she panics, and later when she's threatened by a Zentraedi, Rick berserks. When Cadet Hunter becomes Lt. Hunter and then begins to rise up the ranks, the tension gets worse because they're always encountering each other...and discovering to their dismay that they work well together. Pretty much everybody that knew them saw what was happening before they did, though.
* Tomoe and Nanami from ''[[Kamisama Kiss]].'' Tomoe is a [[Kitsune]] that has been forced to serve Nanami against his will and is typically very rude and condescending towards her. Nanami thinks he's a [[Jerkass]] in return. However, should anything happen to Nanami he freaks and should another man take interest in her [[Green-Eyed Epiphany|watch out]]. Meanwhile, Nanami hasn't bothered to hide the fact that she has developed feelings for Tomoe.
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== Music ==
* [[
* The song "That's a Woman" is sung by Ryan Kelly and Paul Byrom of the group Celtic Thunder and is about a misogynist who finally falls for one of the women he so greatly disdains.
* Celine Dion's "I Hate You Then I Love You." The title should be self-explanatory.
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== Webcomics ==
* Pretty much the longest running plotline in ''[[
* Also a long running plotline in ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]''. Mike and Lucy spend most of their time agonizing over this fact.
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Gwynn tends to flirt with this trope a lot in regards to the rest of the main characters.
** So did Zoe to some extent. The boys drove her nuts, but when she moved back home, she found she missed them, and ended up getting a job consisting entirely of recounting their crazy antics over the radio.
* ''[[Looking for Group]]'' looked like it was going for a joke like this after [[The Hero|Cale'Anon]] had gotten into an argument with his girlfriend, but the trope is ultimately (and naturally) subverted because the man who almost invoked the trope is a wee little bit worse than the common chauvinist...
{{quote|'''[[Heroic Sociopath|Richard]]''': Women.
'''Cale''': Yeah.
'''[[Chaotic Evil|Richard]]''': Why are any of them still alive?
([[Beat Panel|beat]])
'''Cale''': That's a little bit extreme.
'''[[Card-Carrying Villain|Richard]]''': You may be right... [[Crosses the Line Twice|What are your thoughts on]] [[Refuge in Audacity|penning them up to use for mating]] [[Eats Babies|and the creation of snacks?]] }}
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* The early ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' short "The Lonesome Mouse" has Tom getting evicted from the house. Jerry is initially delighted, but comes to realize that he's bored stiff without his adversary, and schemes to get him back in Mammy Two Shoes' good graces.
** Tom and Jerry are pretty much like this by default.
* In ''[[
* There was a ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' episode where Dexter 'fires' Dee Dee and joyously works in his lab without her interference. After a montage of repeatedly doing the same thing, his energetic joy fades until he's depressed and starts looking for a new annoying sister. Eventually, Dee Dee is rehired at the end of the episode.
* In the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Squidville" Squidward is tired of [[SpongeBob]] and Patrick bothering him and ruining his day, the last straw for him is when they accidentally destroy his house he sees an ad on TV for Squidville which is full of Squidpeople like him. At first he finds it relaxing and comfortable but after a while he gets bored of it. Later he pines for [[SpongeBob]] and Patrick to come back and cause a little chaos. When they don't, he starts causing the chaos and eventually gets kicked out of the town.
* One of the unfinished episodes of ''[[Invader Zim]]'', called "Mopiness of Doom", has something like this. Dib decides to drop paranormal investigation and pursue "real science." Zim, finally being free of the one person that constantly ruins his plans, enjoys his newfound freedom for a while, but soon becomes unmotivated to continue coming up with new evil plans without someone trying to stop him. Meanwhile, Dib has a hard time concentrating on "real science" since he still loves para-science and eventually gives that up and goes back to hunting Zim. Zim is confronted by Dib again and is overjoyed that he's back. The episode concludes with the two happily slinging insults at each other.
* This is what defines Larry and Tuddrussell's relationship in ''[[Time Squad]]''.
* Helga and Arnold of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' technically have a one-sided version of this. At ''least'' [[Once an Episode]], we see Helga slip off into private to deliver a [[Tastes Like Diabetes|flowery, romantic poetic rant about her yearning for her one true love]], usually following a statement to the tune of "What a twerp, what a loser, what a football-headed dweeb. How I hate him. [[Here We Go Again|And yet...]]"
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