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* In ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'', Shinn and Lunamaria who up to then had been [[Just Friends]] get together right after he has apparently ''[[You Kill It, You Bought It|killed]]'' her previous love interest and her little sister. It can be argued that Lunamaria was suffering of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and neither she nor Shinn were thinking straight, but... even their ''fans'' dislike how they hooked up. Making this somewhat more prickly is the [[Word of God]] statement from director Mitsuo Fukuda that their relationship was the only pure one in the whole series, which fans of the other couples took as a giant middle finger.
** Since [[Kenichi Suzumura]] and [[Maaya Sakamoto]] (Shinn and Lunamaria's VAs, respectively) got married in real life in 2011, this became ''both'' [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Hilarious]] and [[Heartwarming in Hindsight]].
* Sora and Yamato in ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]''. Up until the (in)famous [[Christmas Episode]], Sora and Yamato didn't really have much of a connection... or even spoke much to each other, for that matter. The hook-up just... happened, without a reasonable explanation. In fact, [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Sora and Taichi]] had always seemed like the more plausible couple. Ken and Miyako don't fare much better. Yes, she [[Abhorrent Admirer|expressed interest in him earlier]], but for the rest of the season until the [[Distant Finale]] (where the two are married with kids) there wasn't much development between the two. And he never seemed the least bit interested in her, either.
** Lampshaded by the Japanese voice actors for Sora and Mimi, who in the interview for the DVD of Digimon Adventure, pointed out that they had no idea why she ended up with Yamato, as they expected her to end up with Taichi. Gabumon's own voice actor also stated that she should of ended up with Taichi. Go figure.
** To be fair, in the original Japanese series (and many of the dubs directly derived of it save the American one) there are more hints on that Sora and Yamato are suitable to each other, at least according with the writer of the first two seasons. Unfortunately, those rely in the subtleness of Japanese romance tropes and are not easily translatable, and even Japanese viewers could have ignored it on passing. Sora and Taichi, however, have a more common [[Childhood Friends]] dynamic that can be easily twisted into a [[Childhood Friend Romance]], and there it at least one dub where the director just downplayed all Sora/Yamato interactions and added romantic undertones on Sora/Taichi ones, further mudding the issue.
* The manga version of ''[[Sorcerer Hunters]]'' does this with the Carrot/Tira pairing. While it's made clear how Tira feels about Carrot, Carrot's own feelings are rarely brought into question, and even the few moments where he ''does'' seem to notice her as more than a sister figure seem to fall short of convincing anyone this hook-up happened for any other reason other than that they were [[Because Destiny Says So|destined all along]].
* Adette and Gouly from ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' are both leaders of their respective squads but do not talk much and never have a romantic moment until the final two episodes. Adette kisses Gouly to awaken him from being [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] and the next episode sees her holding him and flirting with him. The only setup is the fact that Adette loves strong men, and Gouly is a badass ninja. Apparently, the Banpresto developers did not like the handling of the Adette/Gouly pairing; in ''[[Super Robot Wars K]]'', this ship is [[Ship Sinking|unceremoniously sunk]] when Adette gets back with her previous love interest after the Overdevil's defeat.
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** Being fair, the predominantly abusive character is Bender to Claire, who does everything from shoving his head between her legs to verbally abusing her. Andy clearly is interested in Allison from the second they get dispatched to go get some drinks, and whilst she's primarily, naturally on the defensive toward him (and anyone), they do connect more than Claire and Bender do, whose kiss seems genuinely out of left field at the film's end.
* ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]'' (2003): There is never any indication that Selene feels any real emotion toward Michael; they don't actually have any sort of conversation with each other about anything apart from vampires and werewolves, and they have known each other for a total of about two days. [[Word of God]] says this was the way it was supposed to be; special Features on the DVD reveal that the two characters were not supposed to actually be "in love," but rather attracted to each other based on lust, confused feelings, and being forced together.
* In ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation]]'' the situation is not that bad as [[The Nostalgia Critic]] puts it. In universe, Liu Khag and Kitana have known each other for about a two (admittedly quite intense) weeks, and their actors do have some chemistry on screen. They still qualify for this trope, trough, as their visible interactions doesn't justify the moment of [[The Dulcinea Effect|Dulcinea Effect]] quoted above.
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