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[[File:200_5164.jpg|frame|Oh, wow. [[Sarcasm Mode|He hates her soooooooo much]] in canon. Yeeeeeeeah.]]

 

* Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen/Prince Endymion of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is ''definitely'' Relena's [[Spear Counterpart]] in regards to this. The guy is consistently portrayed throughout every part of the Sailor Moon franchise as [[Official Couple|Usagi's love interest]], but the final series, ''Sailor Stars'', introduced Seiya Kou as a surrogate love interest while Mamoru was absent and fans, seeing a het-ish alternative to Mamoru ("ish" because Seiya is a [[Gender Bender]] in the anime and a [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] in the manga), proceeded to take this opportunity to express their anger at Mamoru. Said anger stems mostly from a plot arc in the ''R'' season, where Mamoru [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies|broke up with Usagi]] after receiving disturbing dreams that their relationship would lead to [[The End of the World as We Know It]]. It really didn't help that the whole arc reeked of [[Idiot Plot]] in general and the entire situation came off as [[Wall Banger|very contrived]] and [[Narm|melodramatic]]. But what people tend to forget though is that after that issue was finally resolved, Usagi did forgive Mamoru and he generally went back to being a serious and overall devoted and well-meaning boyfriend. But [[Never Live It Down]] is in effect here, as some Seiya/Usagi shippers will practically bend over backwards to color Mamoru up as this heartless asshole who ''hates'' her.

* It was once popular, during the English dub's heyday, to portray Haruka as a [[Psycho Lesbian]] who either perverted or abused Michiru, all to ensure that a [[Relationship Sue|Relationship Gary Stu]] could enter the picture and rescue her from the sin of homosexuality. A subversion occurred on a once-infamous website that posited the reverse - that Haruka was a shy, gentle heterosexual woman and Michiru forced her to be a manly lesbian. These days, now that [[Ho Yay]] is ''far'' more popular, they're one of the series' most popular pairings.