I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship: Difference between revisions

 

Compare/contrast [[Better as Friends]] or [[Stupid Sexy Friend]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In ''[[Sasameki Koto]]'', this is Sumika's attitude to her relationship with Ushio for a loooong time. And later {{spoiler|vice versa.}}

* ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' has a self-inflicted example, where Relena's [[Image Song]]s have her admit that she's in love with Heero, but won't make a move because of this trope, and so is okay with her feelings staying "[[Title Drop|Always a Secret]]".

 

* At the end of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E11 The Lodger|The Lodger]]", Craig and Sophie decide to resolve their [[UST]] and ruin their friendship ''properly''. Cue the [[Sexy Discretion Shot]].

** Similarly, in a flashback, we see that Rory didn't act on his feelings for Amy because of this. He thought it was a mutual decision. [[Mistaken for Gay|She thought he was gay.]]

* On ''[[Big Bang Theory]]'', {{spoiler|Raj}} has this reply when {{spoiler|Penny}} says the line ... "You can't ruin friendship with sex. That's like trying to ruin ice cream with chocolate sprinkles!"

* [[Bones]]' Brennan does this to Booth, although it appears to have only been a temporary setback.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* If a female Shepard starts to romance Garrus in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', this is what she'll say if she breaks it off.

 

== [[Visual Novels]] ==

* Henrietta Irving gives this as a reason as to why she hasn't confessed her love to Bram Stoker in ''[[Shikkoku no Sharnoth]]''. It's subverted soon after {{spoiler|but doesn't end well.}}

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* In [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1845 this] ''[[Questionable Content]]'' strip, this is literally the first thing a newly-introduced character says.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* Brutally deconstructed in ''[[The Onion]]'': [http://www.theonion.com/articles/but-if-we-started-dating-it-would-ruin-our-friends,11473/ "But If We Started Dating It Would Ruin Our Friendship Where I Ask You To Do Things And You Do Them."]

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', Freakazoid bemoans how pretty girls always tell nerdy guys "Let's not spoil our special friendship!"

* ''[[Kim Possible]]''. The main reason why Ron Stoppable doesn't get together with Kim before the [[Relationship Upgrade]] the two undergo is because of their strong friendship since childhood. Kim's reason is partially due to this, but also because "the food chain" in social conventions and doubts about Ron's maturity. In Ron's case, it ''almost'' leads into [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] during ''[[The Movie|So The Drama]]'', where Ron decides against telling Kim how he really feels, leaving her to attend the prom with [[Romantic False Lead|Eric]] whilst he doesn't go and instead sits in Bueno Nacho feeling sorry for himself... where he learns that Dr. Drakken is using Bueno Nacho as part of his new plan, leading to the reveal that Eric is a synthodrone and allowing Ron the chance to confess to Kim, who returns his affection.

 

== Real Life ==