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{{quote|''"Unresolved sexual tension. It's the engine that makes television run."''|'''Michael Weatherly''', in an ''[[NCIS]]'' episode commentary}}

Not to be confused with the Utah State Theatre, the University of Santo Tomás (in the Philippines), or the infamous ''Universidad Santo Tomás'' in [[Chile]], or the University of St. Thomas (Missouri, Texas, OR''or'' Minnesota).<ref>[[Bilingual Bonus|Santo Tomás refers to St. Thomas.]]</ref>

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

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': Kouji and Sayaka wereas thea couple defined [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]. In spite of being attracted to each other, fierce competitiveness and pride issues on both sides prevent them from reaching an understanding and being together. It was not so bad in the original manga, though. And in another manga version, they kissed when they thought Kouji was going to die. He survived, but Kouji avoided Sayaka for a while because he was still too afraid and unsecure.

** ''[[Great Mazinger]]'': Tetsuya and Jun. You would think the issue of them being adoptive siblings would be the main issue, but it is not. Tetsuya is an [[Oblivious to Love]] [[Idiot Hero]] FULL of issues - he is the [[Trope Maker]] for [[Broken Ace]], [[Jerkass Woobie]] and [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]] in [[Humongous Mecha]] anime -, and he is obsessed with piloting Great Mazinger and fighting the Mykene Empire because he thinks if he does not, his life will be worthless and his adoptive father will love him no longer. Hence, he is unable to notice Jun's ''very'' obvious advances and flirting. And Jun is a [[Tsundere]] with plenty issues herself and little tolerance for oblivious fools. So they keep their [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] throughout the entire series.

* ''[[Ah! My Goddess|Oh My Goddess!]]'' has this in spades, diamonds, clubs, and [[Hurricane of Puns|especially hearts]] between Keiichi and Belldandy. They're not only the [[Official Couple]], they practically live like a married couple, look like one to everyone else whenever they leave home, they have several [[Shipper on Deck|'shippers on deck]], and it's obvious to viewers/readers they want a [[Relationship Upgrade]]. Then why hasn't their relationship moved past kindergarten-level? Keiichi is extremely shy, and Belldandy has stated that she is not ready to fulfill his desires; not to mention she appears to be oblivious to all things sexual. Still, with all the [[Crowning Moments of Heartwarming]] they've shared, resolving the tension seems like a [[Foregone Conclusion]].

** There's also Peorth, Belldandy's [[The Rival|rival in the wish-granting biz]], who's ''also'' in love with Keiichi. [[I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy|Fortunately, she puts her USTUnresolved Sexual Tension to good use]]: Because romantic (both literal and as a euphemism) wishes are her specialty, [[Shipper on Deck|she makes efforts to bring Keiichi and Belldandy together]].

* ''[[Kaze no Stigma]]'' has Ayano who does not realize what she wants, she calls Kazuma a jerk, but tries to hold his hand at an amusement park, blushes all the time and flies into a towering rage if Kazuma makes a move on her or if she sees him with another woman .

* ''[[Code Geass]]''. The shippers probably went ballistic over the romance of this series: three valid pairings for the male lead alone, and enough done by one side or the other to establish the attraction as canon. The relationship between the two [[Tsundere|Tsunderes]]s, Kallen and Lelouch, was especially frustrating because practically all the moments they had were interrupted by a character or an event, that is until {{spoiler|she stole a kiss from him near the end, only to get completely ignored by him, for a good reason.}}. The other two love interests were [[Naive Everygirl|Shirley]] {{spoiler|who spent most of the series with a crush on Lelouch and then died one episode after [[Relationship Upgrade|Lelouch finally come to actually notice and acknowledge the girl's feelings]]}} and [[Kuudere|C.C.]] {{spoiler|who spent most of the series helping Lelouch just so she could pass her curse of immortality onto him in the end and die}}. There was also that fact that [[Relationship Writing Fumble|she]] ''[[Relationship Writing Fumble|kissed]]'' [[Relationship Writing Fumble|him a lot]].<br /><br />And there's Kaguya, who's certain that the Unresolved Sexual Tension between Zero and his Number Two and Red Queen has been [[Tenchi Solution|resolved, as it were]]. ("We are Zero's three court ladies~!") She then plots to get in on the action, in-line with her actual romantic aspirations, and suspected dubious sexuality. Too bad she doesn't get that much screentime.

* ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru]]'' introduces massive amounts of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] between [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|students of an all-girl high school]].

* [[Troperiffic|Of course]], the ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' series features this between Mikuru and Kyon, although this tends to [[Die for Our Ship|depend on your camp]] and [[Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu/WMG|which theories you may subscribe to]]. Unfortunately for them, [[Reality Warper|Haruhi]] isn't about to allow that come hell or high water due to her own USTUnresolved Sexual Tension with him (as exemplified by {{spoiler|how Kyon saved the world from being remade by stealing a kiss from Haruhi, and the ending of "Someday in the Rain"}}), and on top of that it's also forbidden for Mikuru by [[Time Travel|time traveller]]ler-rules. Her {{spoiler|Her future self tells him she's glad to see him again, which strongly implies that nothing ever came of it – or, at least, nothing that Mikuru|Big doesn't regret.}}

* Sango and Miroku from ''[[Inuyasha]]''! The USTUnresolved Sexual Tension is so obvious that their grope-slap exchange becomes a running gag throughout the series.

* [[Transformers Cybertron|Lori/Coby]], [[Toy Ship|despite being 12 and 13 respectively]], have enough USTUnresolved Sexual Tension to sink <s> Tidal Wave</s> <s> [[Inconsistent Dub|Shockwave]]</s> Tidal Wave. Finally resolved in the distant finale where they are shown to have gotten married.

* Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' combine this with both [[Bodyguard Crush]] and [[Subordinate Excuse]]. It's especially present in the manga and the ''Brotherhood'' anime, which also feature increasing USTUnresolved Sexual Tension between Ed and [[Wrench Wench|Winry]]. The latter USTUnresolved Sexual Tension does eventually get a resolution. The [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Royai]] [[USTUnresolved Sexual Tension]] is actually acknowledged by Riza in-series and used for [[Tricking the Shapeshifter|her own ends]], [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)/Awesome|very awesomely.]]

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', [[Tsundere|Kaname]] and [[The Stoic|Sôsuke]] --— namely the anime. At the end of the third season, ''just'' when it looks like they're finally at ''least'' going to hug, they're [[Moment Killer|interrupted]]. Also, [[Cool Big Sis|Mao]] and [[Chivalrous Pervert|Kurz]] have a ''lot'' of USTUnresolved Sexual Tension {{spoiler|which is eventually resolved in the [[Light Novel|Light Novels]]s}}.

* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' also has a lot of this, essentially the upshot of every single girl in the class being in love with the teacher. He is almost pathologically resistant to their affections (ethical concerns aside), but is painfully aware of the USTUnresolved Sexual Tension, which is why he has stopped resisting Tsunetsuki's stalking as doing so only spurs her to more extreme behavior. The class exists in a kind of equilibrium where the USTUnresolved Sexual Tension never quite boils over, at least until somebody or something kicks over the anthill, such as Nozomu's arranged marriage in season 1, his flirtatious body-double in Zan, and an out-of-left-field love-confession from a random student in the same season.

* In ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', once {{spoiler|Fakir}} finds out about Ahiru's secret there starts to be a ''lot'' of USTUnresolved Sexual Tension between the two, normally centered around {{spoiler|Fakir}} accidentally being around when Ahiru turns from a duck into a (naked) girl.

* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' is chock full of USTUnresolved Sexual Tension for a bunch of pairings, but particularly Rosette and Chrono. In the manga, Chrono accidentally [[Shower of Awkward|walks in on Rosette when she's taking a shower]], and in the anime at one point Rosette shakes her rear end in Chrono's face in an attempt to get a favor out of him. In both versions they later become the [[Official Couple]].

* Kirihara from ''[[Darker than Black]]'' had a few potential love interests that never went anywhere. Most of the tension is with the protagonist Hei (despite the fact that she's trying to catch him), who she seems to have developed a crush on in his [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] [[Nice Guy]] persona, while he mostly doesn't seem to notice. Another is her second-in-command, a man too shy to admit it who later professes his love for her-- unfortunatelyher—unfortunately for him, [[Reset Button|both of them lost their memory of the incident afterward]] and it was one-sided. Her interactions with Jack Simon/November 11 could potentially be seen this way as well.

* Rito from ''[[To Love LOVE-Ru]]'' is practically made of this trope, towards Lala and Haruna especially. He'd had a crush on Haruna that was at least a year old by the start of the story, and all of there interaction is chock full of USTUnresolved Sexual Tension. It's little better with Lala, who he refuses to admit to even the possibility for 100 chapters.

** Let's not even get started on the USTUnresolved Sexual Tension [[Harem|the girls]] have towards him either, which include one girl sneaking into his bed and another freaking out over sending him a text message. In fact it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to declare ''[[To Love LOVE-Ru]]'' one big pile of [[USTUnresolved Sexual Tension]].

* ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' is a very shounen manga and all, but, I mean.. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100722003252/http://www.onemanga.com/Hajime_no_Ippo/749/14/ This] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100722003257/http://www.onemanga.com/Hajime_no_Ippo/749/15/ this] I mean, come on!

** Soul constantly uses Maka's [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|lack of sex appeal]] as the reason for everything from why they don't get along earlier on in the manga to why no one has requested her as a partner in the more recent chapters. The chapter of Lust, however, would suggest he's lying, although [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on who, exactly, Soul and Maka look like when genderbent. Maka also complains that he doesn't refer to her as being like an angel, despite Ox referring to Kim the same way. Doesn't quite work out when you consider the fact that Ox and Kim are ''[[Official Couple|boyfriend and girlfriend]]'', not partners. Soul does eventually give in and call her an angel during their fight with [[Yandere (disambiguation)|Gopher]], although [[The Lancer|he]] might just be being [[Sarcasm Mode|sarcastic]].

== ComicsComic Books ==

* [[Superman]] and [[Wonder Woman]]. Supes has always had Lois, but Diana has gone for long stretches without a steady boyfriend (poor Steve Trevor kept getting written in and out of continuity). [[Elseworlds]] stories sometimes depict them getting together after Lois and Steve have died, since Clark and Diana may be [[The Ageless|ageless.]] (And then there's ''[[Project A-ko]]''...)

** Superman and Lois had a good 5560+ year run of this in the comics (although, their Earth 2 counterparts tied the knot decades ago, they got together in the movies, and they had even started dating in the comics current continuity about 6 years prior). Superman was either too Super for an earth woman or too alien or he had to stay dedicated to his mission. [[Post-Crisis]], it was more that he wanted Lois to love him as Clark since he considered that to be his [[True Self]].

* [[Empowered]] and Thugboy are the official couple, but there is mutual USTUnresolved Sexual Tension between [[OT3One True Threesome|both of them and Ninjette]]. And [[The Imp|the Caged Demonwolf]] likes to [[Lampshade|point it out]].

* The [[Scott Pilgrim]] series has a ''massive'' amount of USTUnresolved Sexual Tension between Scott and his [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] Lisa.

* ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' fanfiction ''[[Thawing Permafrost]]'' had 34 chapters of the stuff between {{spoiler|the two leads, student Dan and teacher Mizore}}, before their awkward [[Relationship Upgrade]] in chapter 35.

* ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The 1998 ''Avengers'' 1998film]]'', between Steed and Mrs. Peel. They flirt throughout the movie, but can't get together because (as in the original series) Mrs. Peel's husband is missing (and presumed dead), so he could show up at any time.

* ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home|Star Trek IV]]'', between Kirk and Dr. Gillian Taylor (Catherine Hicks). "Like they say in your century, I don't even have your telephone number."

* The tension between [[The Stoic|Elphaba]] and [[The Cutie|Glinda]], from ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'', was rather obvious, especially after {{spoiler|Dillmond's death, to their travels to Emerald City.}} They also share ''two'' farewell kisses.<br /><br />The musical seems to play this up, due to the fact many of the actresses who play them act rather... [[Have a Gay Old Time|Gay]]. They exchange many ''long'' glances, and often hold hands.

* In [[Margaret Mahy]]'s ''[[Maddigan's Quest]]'', and its TV remake, teen protagonists Garland and Timon are ridiculously shippable, despite never flirting outright. At the end of the series, {{spoiler|as Timon, Eden and Jewel return to their own time}}, the pair tell each other that they'll 'always know you'.

* ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]''. Oh, dear Guntera, [[The Inheritance Cycle|those books]]. The most fun thing is that {{spoiler|even AFTER''after'' the last book is over, the sexual tension between Arya/Eragon and Murtagh/Nasuada is STILL''still'' unresolved and will likely remain so.}} Ah, well... that's what [[Fanfic]] is for.

* Everywhere in ''[[Bones]]''. The season four finale shows how Brennan and Booth would be if they got married -- itmarried—it's really boring without the UST. And now [[Word of God]] states that Booth remembers the fantasy. Booth's present feelings might be the result of ''brain damage'' and everyone from Angela's psychic to ''his own [[Badass Grandpa]]'' is telling him to hook up with Brennan. And now {{spoiler|episode 100 reveals that ''they were attracted to each other a year before the series started'' but then had a very bad falling out. Back in the present they finally open up to each other on camera, but Bones tearfully admits she can't get rid of her doubts about relationships and Booth is tired of waiting for her to change.}}

* ''[[CSI]]'': Grissom and Sara. "Pin me," anyone? Still present even though they've gotten together, although now it's more like "Repressed Sexual Tension" since two members of the same shift aren't supposed to date. Plus, Grissom's her supervisor. Again when Sara leaves, then returns as a guest during season 9 with an undertone of the relationship maybe falling apart.<br /><br />Ultimately [[Sealed with a Kiss]] when William Peterson followed Jorja Fox in leaving the show - only the second kiss they ever have on-screen. The first was in ''Goodbye and Good Luck''.<br /><br />Now that Sara's back and Grissom is gone, though,[[Lab Rat|Lab Rats]]s Hodges and Wendy became the main UST couple. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in a Season 9 episode when one of their co-workers says what the rest are thinking and asks why they don't just admit to each other how they feel. {{spoiler|They do, in the "[[Take That]], [[Darker and Edgier]] {{Series/[[Battlestar [[Galactica Reimagined]](2004 TV series) ''Battlestar Galactica'' Remakes}}]]!" episode. Hodges then transfers to another shift to ensure they don't get fired, and if they've hooked up since then I haven't seen it.}}<br /><br /> {{spoiler|Wendy finally plants a big one on Hodges in the "Field Mice" episode. Whether or not it means they will be together remains to be seen.}}<br /><br />{{spoiler|But then Wendy leaves the series.}}<br /><br />UST is also present with Warrick and Catherine

* ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' between Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson; the [[Elephant in the Living Room]] until the episode "Fault". Neal Baer, head writer for the show, has also said that Olivia has UST with [[Les Yay|Assistant DA Alexandra Cabot]]. This makes sense of "Loss", where the stoic, [[One of the Boys]] [[Action Girl]] weeps over her.<br /><br />Also Elliot and recurring character Dr. Rebecca Hendrix. Even Olivia mentions it.

* And in the [[Law and Order UK|UK version]], it's strongly implied that DS Matt Devlin and CP James Steel have feelings for CP Alesha Philips. It actually becomes fairly obvious in each man's separate, but similar reactions to the video of her rape--Jamesrape—James seems thoroughly sickened by it and can barely stand to watch it, while Matt can't watch it at all, but is clearly just as sickened by what he can still hear.

* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': O'Neill and Carter are the epitome of this. Behind-the-scenes forces make any romantic feelings between them ''genuinely'' appear and disappear at apparent random (as opposed to [[Will They or Won't They?]]). Nonetheless, it showed up least once a season. It's so obvious it hurts. Them being married in at least one AU doesn't help. And kissing.<br /><br />[[Word of God]] votes in favor of the romance. The producer stated in an interview that while it was never presented officially on the show, "in my mind, they got together [after O'Neill retired] and have been together ever since."<br /><br />After O'Neill left the show, Daniel and Vala took over the job of teasing the audience about the potential of their relationship, though it was less heavy-handed in that case. Well, at least until {{spoiler|they got together in a timeline that ended up being reset}}.

** It starts with the pilot, when a freaked-out Scully bangs on Mulder's door in the middle of the night, enters his room, and peels off her shirt so he can inspect the unusual marks she just noticed on her back. Granted, the moment is a little out of character (from that point on, Scully was noticeably more collected and level-headed, and also more modest), but still. And their teen-hormonal fits of lust and jealousy in "Syzygy"?!

* Many fans commented on a particular, serious case with [[Real Life]] actors Selena Gomez and David Henrie, who play Alex Russo and Justin Russo, from ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''. The case is serious due to the actors' strong chemistry that turned the recent{{when}} film's heartwarming, brother-sister scenes into almost romantic, flirtatious moments. And because it's a [[Disney]] production.

* ''[[Queer as Folk]]'' positively runs on the [[Buffy-Speak|unresolvedness]] of Stuart and Vince's relationship. They are best friends from childhood, and Vince at least has been madly in love with Stuart for years, and as the series progresses, Stuart seems to reciprocate [[Jerkass Woobie|in his own way]]. They kiss, dance together, hold hands, and at one point even make it as far as the bedroom before stopping the situation from progressing any further. This hesitation is implied to actually ''stem'' from their intense feelings for each other, as they both seem to feel that actually having sex would reduce their relationship to the same level as Stuart's constant one-night-stands. As of the finale {{spoiler|they appear to be in a contented quasi-romantic relationship, but whether they have actually done the deed is left ambiguous.}}

* This was the whole premise of ''[[Moonlighting]]'', a romantic [[Dramedy]] series starring [[Bruce Willis]] and Cybil Sheppard as private detectives.<br /><br />The whole show [[Jump the Shark|jumped the shark]] in the fifth season when they finally consummated their relationship; the tension was simply gone and it become yet another sitcom. Lampshaded in the series finale, a great example of the show's frequent [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]. The two detectives come back to the office to find it being dismantled by people working for ABC; an ABC network executive tells them that viewers had enjoyed watching them fall in love, but after they'd already fallen they lost interest. <ref>In reality the downfall of ''Moonlighting'' had a lot of other causes as well. Mostly it was the result of tons of behind-the-scenes problems that plagued the show for the duration of its run, ranging from script and episode delays to a writer's strike that struck mid-season to the declining quality of scripts to (infamously combative) lead actors who simply didn't want to continue working on the show. Bruce Willis launched his film career with ''[[Die Hard]]'' between the third and fourth seasons and Cybil Sheppard, reportedly never pleased with the long working hours, wanted more time off to spend time with her growing family.</ref>

* Niles and Daphne on ''[[Frasier]]'', in one of the most drawn-out examples, with some absolutely brutal [[Moment Killer|Moment Killers]]s and a plethora of [[Romantic False Lead|Paolos]]. Opinion is mixed on the effect of them getting together on the last seasons of the show. It ran for four more years thereafter, and even after they did get together, it took them almost an entire season to consummate. Of the four seasons, they were married for two.

* Sue Thomas and Jack Hudson on ''[[Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye]]''. A few episodes plays with this, e.g. "The Newlywed Game" where the pair goes undercover as a [[Undercover As Lovers|married couple]], and "The Kiss" where Jack fakes having a affair with Sue to maintain their cover at a law office they infiltrated.

* Tony and Angela from ''[[WhosWho's theThe Boss?]]'' -- to—to the point where their Dance of Denial annoyed even the secondary characters.

* Shawn and Juliet from ''[[Psych]]'' are definitely showing what looks like some UST, granted it's not the premise around which the show is built (thank God). There was a moment in season 2 where {{spoiler|Shawn and Jules ''almost'' kissed but Jules wound up rebuking him}} and in season 3 {{spoiler|Shawn was turned down for a date with the girl from the aquarium because she didn't want to ''get in the way''.}}<br /><br />Shawn himself has a high school potential sweetheart "The one who got away" named Abigail. They met again at their high school reunion which led to resolving a lot of their UST. But just when Abigail seemed interested in pursuing a new relationship, Juliet was in Shawn's line of sight and he clumsily but politely backs out of it. Several episodes later he decides to go for it with Abigail and just as he gets popcorn for her, Juliet tries to resolve their UST.

** Shawn and Jules FINALLY''finally'' givegave into their feeling for each other in season 5, and startstarted dating.

** "Cloak": The scene where Ziva and Tony are fighting the Marines is a perfect example of how she has feelings for him. Ziva hears a gun go off, [[Berserk Button|she turns to see Tony on the floor]] -- and—and [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|and she starts to tear through the leathernecks]] in a manner that [[Firefly|River Tam would have been impressed with.]]

** Gibbs and Director Shepard used to go out--andout—and more--andmore—and there's still an odd sort of flirty banter going on between them. While they still seem to have feelings, they don't bother to pursue them. Possibly because she's his boss.

* Barrels of it between Jack and Renee on the new{{when}} season of ''~[[24~]]''. [[Word of God]] confirms that the two will hook up in season eight. {{spoiler|[[Death by Sex|With sexy results.]]}}

** And of course, Tony and Dr. Melfi, who knows him ''emotionally'' perhaps better than any other woman in the series--beingseries—being his therapist and all.

* Jack and Gwen on ''[[Torchwood]]''. Whoever else Jack might be shagging, it's those two who've gotten the longing gazes and a certain nearly incendiary shooting lesson.<br /><br />It is pretty much gone by ''Children of Earth'', probably to {{spoiler|emphasize the [[Tear Jerker|tragic love story]] between Jack and Ianto, as well as the happy-ending love story between Gwen and Rhys}}. Although, in commentary, John Barrowman did refer to this in reference to the scene where {{spoiler|Jack learns of Gwen's pregnancy before Rhys does}}.

* Howard Moon and Vince Noir on ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' have this in spades. Vince is a bisexual and Howard has no luck with women, and there's an enormous amount of sexual tension between them. After several [[Almost Kiss|Almost Kisses]]es, they finally did hook up in 'Party', but only in a [[Fake-Out Make-Out]], and the show has ended without the two getting together, [[Hooked Up Afterwards|on screen, at least]]

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]](2004 TV series)|The 2004 reimagined ''Battlestar (2003)Galactica'']]: Starbuck and Apollo have unresolved sexual tension {{spoiler|even after having sex}}. There was a whole episode with an A-plot about it, aptly named "Unfinished Business".

* [[The Nineties]] breakfast show ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' was powered by UST when Johnny Vaugn and Denise Van Outen were the two co-hosts. Even the advertising trails [[Ship Tease|hinted at it]] when they were rehired.

* ''[[The West Wing]]'' had Josh Lyman and Donna Moss. They eventually did resolve it, but they dragged it out over ''six and a half seasons,'' which made the resolution feel weird, like you expected it for so long that you stopped expecting it. A well-done case of [[Will They or Won't They?]].<br /><br />Also, Sam Seaborn and about half a dozen women over the course of the series. The writers would introduce them, let Sam have four or five episodes of UST with them, and then make them disappear without any explanation whatsoever. They did this with Mallory, Ainsley Hayes, Connie Tate...<br /><br />Josh and Donna's relationship is alluded to and quasi-[[Lampshaded]] repeatedly. A few of dozens of examples:

* ''[[Primeval]]'' had multiple UST's going on at any point during the shows run. The most prominent being Jenny (or Claudia depending on which series you're watching) and Cutter...this is never resolved. No worries though, because Connor and Abby picked up right where they left off in series 3, just in time for the show to be canceled. Looks like the show may be [[Uncancelled]] though -- atthough—at least two new seasons have been confirmed, starting to air in 2011, so it looks like something might well come of Connor and Abby's UST after all. Especially when you consider the two of them are effectively trapped alone with only each other for company, as of the Series 3 finale.

* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' has enough of this between John &and Cameron to lift a blimp. {{spoiler|Semi-resolved during a scene in the final episode where John checks her power source, inside her body. It is played as losing their virginities, complete with nervousness, awkwardness, instructions ("take your hand and put it here") and reassurances ("that's good, John") and that it doesn't hurt. This charged scene is open to interpretation. It is possible Cameron is deliberately resolving the sexual tension, especially when she asks John how it feels in there and he has to reply., "Cold."}}

* ''[[Dollhouse]]'' Head Adelle Dewitt and her [[Number Two|head of security]] Laurence Dominic ooze UST during their morally grey [[Power Walk|power walks]]. At least, until: {{spoiler|he was revealed to be a spy. She sounds a ''lot'' like a jilted lover when chewing him out.}}<br /><br />Also Topher and Dr. Saunders, at least until the arrival of Bennett.

* ''[[Warehouse 13]]'': Aggressively averted with Pete and Myka, winked at with an earlier Warehouse pairing, a lot like our two agents, who actually did fall in love. To elaborate, Myka was under the effects of an artifact that forced her to act on her suppressed desires. You'd expect this would lead to her kissing Pete. She punched him instead.<br /><br />In "Duped," Pete finally discovers that the Myka he's with is a fake when [[Fake-Out Make-Out|she kisses him]].

{{quote|Pete: The real Myka would ''never'' kiss me – not if her life depended on it!}}

{{quote|'''HG:''' How do you say goodbye to the one person who knows you better than anyone else?

'''Myka:''' (holding back tears) I wish i knew. }}

** And it was FINALLY''finally'' resolved in "Original Songs." {{spoiler|[[They Do]], [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|BITCHES]].}}

{{quote|'''Abed:''' To be blunt, Jeff and Britta is no [[Friends|Ross and Rachel]]. Your sexual tension and lack of chemistry are putting us all on edge. Which is why, ironically - and hear this on every level - [[Incredibly Lame Pun|you're keeping us from being]] ''[[Friends]]''.<br />

'''Britta:''' Jeff and I do not have sexual tension. We just argue all the time.<br />

* ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'' had this between Lynley and Havers - to such a degree that, in the [[PBS]] introduction to the first series' last episode,<ref>"Missing Joseph", specifically</ref>, host [[Diana Rigg]] explained quite emphatically that Lynley and Havers [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Couldn't Possibly Feel That Way About Each Other No Way No How]]. The sexual tension could have crushed your average linebacker, and it had only just started to heat up at that point! One wonders how she would have explained away certain scenes in "A Traitor to Memory",<ref>that one scene at the end by the bonfire, where she puts her hand on his chest to stop him leaving and the tension is so thick you couldn't cut it even with an [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]</ref>, or "In Divine Proportion",<ref>the infamous [[Cry Into Chest]] that is so far beyond platonic the line isn't even visible any more</ref>, or "One Guilty Deed",<ref>when they dance around each other while she is in pyjamas and he is in a ''towel'', and you wonder which one of them subconsciously wants to jump the other more</ref>, or "Word Of God"<ref>the even-more-infamous-than-the-[[Cry Into Chest]] scene in her apartment where they realise they are each other's ''reason to get up in the morning!''</ref>... [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]], indeed!

* ''[[Cheers]]'' had UST as a strong teaser between Sam and Diane. Resolved, but repeated. and averted.

* ''[[The Thick of It]]'' has a lot between [[Magnificent Bastard|Malcolm Tucker]] and Niccola Murray. Her poor relationship with her husband is alluded to frequently, whereas he sees her ''a lot'' to deal with the latest PR disaster, and shifts between giving [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|her truly Olympian bollockings]] for some of them and showing [[Pet the Dog|an uncharacteristic level of sympathy for others.]]

* In [[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s ''[[KOOZA]]'', sparks fly between the Trickster and trapeze artist. In some shows however, it is reported that they did kiss.

* Mario (and possibly Luigi) with Peach in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]].'' games. Of course, the very nature of their relationship itself is very vague because of Nintendo's policies and Peach usually just reward Mario with a kiss on the cheek. Surprisingly this issue is pretty much directly addressed in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' when Luvbi asks the characters if Mario and Peach are an item. If the player has Mario out he [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|shakes his head in denial]], or if Luigi is out instead he will say that it is "kinda hard to say" but that he wouldn't call her Mario's girlfriend. Luvbi concludes it as a one-sided crush.

** It seems that all Zelda games in the Adult Timeline (''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]'', the latter half of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]''), all have a love interest between Link and Zelda, most notably Spirit Tracks, wherein it is clued several times: When Link and Zelda first meet, Link blushes, then at the end of the game {{spoiler|immediately after Zelda reclaims her body, she gives Link a hug, causing Link to blush}}, which seems innocent enough, until {{spoiler|after the final boss, Link and Zelda hold hands, which is much less innocent than it sounds. UST is restored at the game's conclusion, though, as Link returns to his engineering, becomes a warrior trainee, or just departs from Zelda's life depending on the choice the player makes near the end.}}

** In ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'', there's an implied kiss behind a curtain at the end. Also in the linked ''Oracle'' games, where Zelda gives Link a [[Smooch of Victory]] and causes hearts to erupt around his head. However, we've got "[[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|How about a kiss? For luck?]]" "[[All Love Is Unrequited|You've got to be kidding me.]]"

** Before ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|MGS4]]'' was released David Hayter gave an interview in which he said "Otacon definitely loves Snake; you know, [[Sarcasm Mode|in a platonic way]]..."

* Quite blatant in two of the three routes in ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'', especially the second. The third route would be this, only they resolve it rather early on.

* In ''[[Its WalkyWalkyverse|It's Walky!]]'', to such an extent between Joyce and Walky that when it was finally resolved, it nicely mimicked the effects of a small thermonuclear device. The collateral damages were... significant.

* ''[[Ansem Retort]]'', of all things, has a bit of possibly-unintended tension between Zexion and Namine. When Zexion sold territory to Mexico for a sexy new name, Namine was impressed, Zexion knew immediately who had swapped his cyanide pills with Mentos, he detoured from his booty call with Belle to brag to Namine, and most recently, Namine has developed a psychic "Zexion-sense" alerting her that he was in trouble ([[Tsundere|though she didn't feel the need to DO anything about it]]). They [[Foe Yay|claim to hate each other but spend a lot of time together anyway]], and it's been noted that Zexion likes his whores "blonde, dumb, and not totally dead inside"-- Namine—Namine fits two out of three (after Zexion, she's probably the smartest cast member). It probably won't go anywhere because of her age, but...

* ''[[The Angry Joe Show|Angry Joe's]] Hotel Awesome'' series suggests that there's some of this between him and [[The Nostalgia Chick]].

* ''[[Thalia's Musings]]'' has this between Thalia, the Muse of Comedy, and Apollo, Governor of the Muses.

* Sasha Hunter and Hashimoto Daichi from ''[[Greek Ninja]]''.

** [[Green Lantern]] and Hawkgirl from . It starts off as [[Subtext]], with them alternately [[Slap Slap Kiss|bickering]] and rushing to each other's rescue. It grows to the point that the [[Genre Savvy]] Joker, watching Hawkgirl and Green Lantern deal with one of his booby-traps, feels the need to [[Lampshade Hanging|comment]] on it. And then tries to blow them up. Joker "Will Green Lantern ever admit to his feelings? Will Hawkgirl ever stop sublimating her passions with that big honking mace? Will true love conquer all? Not on my show." *Boom*<br /><br />The episode ends this with blatant obviousness for a cartoon. After the UST is resolved, we hear an offscreen voice say "It's about time!" -- and—and then a cut to a woman winning the jackpot at a slot machine. Hmm...<br /><br />The resurgent UST between Green Lantern and Hawkgirl, and between Green Lantern and Vixen <ref> whowhom Lantern started seeing while Hawkgirl had secluded herself in the aftermath of her [[Heel Face Turn]] in ''Starcrossed''</ref> was [[Left Hanging]] at the end of the series. However, it's confirmed in a trip to the future that they eventually have a son together, Warhawk.

* Spoofed in an episode of ''[[American Dad]]'', where Haley says that Stan and Roger's rivalry over who's the "big dog" is due to UST and that they should just fuck already and resolve it. At the end of the episode, they end up trying to out-act each other in a play, taking a simple kiss scene and getting arrested for public indecency.<ref>they were still just acting though</ref>. As they cheerfully compliment each other's acting skills, Haley tells her mother "[[I Told You So|I told you they just needed to fuck.]]"

* On ''[[Curious George]]'' it's pretty obvious there's something going on between The Man With The Yellow Hat and [[Hot Scientist]] Dr. Wiseman, but sadly they're in a children's educational cartoon so they can't act upon their feelings.

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