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* Except that it never seems to be played as anything final, Kaoru of ''HayateTheCombatButler'' does this while he and Yukiji are visiting Italy during Golden Week. He starts confessing, and then decides that he just can't do it, so he changes the end of the sentance to be about her little sisters' relationship status. Yukiji seems to realize this, but uses her {{Bottle Fairy}} personality to play with his mind a little and continue the conversation as it was playing out, asking him what he likes about her sister.

* NoahsArc: In the movie, [[spoiler:Brandon challenges Ricky to confess his love for Noah. Ricky goes up to him, but can't get out the words]].

* ''TheProfessionals''. Bodie and Doyle are driving a NewOldFlame of their boss George Cowley to the airport after she's survived an assassination attempt, and she begins to say, "Tell George I..." before being drowned out by a police siren. She doesn't repeat herself, and the two debate afterwards what they should tell Cowley. They decide not to mention the comment.

* A variation of this happens between Arthur and Guinevere in ''{{Series/Merlin}}''. In a second season episode, Guinevere is kidnapped by a warlord and held for ransom, mistakeningly believed to be King Uther's ward. Arthur goes through hell to get to her, only to find that Lancelot got there first. He'd already admitted his feelings for Guinevere to Merlin on the trip there, and it was fairly obvious that he was planning to share them with Guinevere on rescuing her, only to be silenced at the sight of Gwen and Lancelot being rather chummy with each other.

* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'''s Haley ([[MemeticMutation OF]] [[TropeExampleLaws COURSE!]]) has one in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0184.html this comic]].

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* Scott of ''FinalFantasyII'' considers having the heroes relay a message to Hilda about how he feels, but orders them not to, saying that she would be pained to hear him confess his love while dying.

* In ''{{Naruto}}''[==]'s Kakashi Gaiden, [[spoiler:Obito's]] dying thoughts are that he never told [[spoiler:Rin]] that he loves her, and his reasons for not confessing are never explained. [[spoiler:Kakashi]] reveals this to [[spoiler:Rin]] just after [[spoiler:Obito]] dies.

* In the ''{{Bleach}}'' pilot, Orihime (who [[DeathByFallingOver died from falling down the stairs]]) considers confessing to Ichigo just before leaving for the Soul Society, but the spirit of her father advises against it, as it would only make Ichigo suffer.
* In a bonus chapter of the ''YuYuHakusho'' manga, Kurama's classmate Maya confesses to him, and he notes that telling her how he really feels would be too dangerous. When he and Hiei save her from a demon named Eight-Hands, Kurama uses a dream flower on her to erase her memories of the incident and make her forget her feelings for him.
* In ''{{Berserk}}'', the dying Judeau can only tell Casca that she cries a lot, and dies regretting that he couldn't confess how he really felt about her.

* ''TheSimpsons'' referenced it with Smithers. Turns out, "The Boat House was the time!".

Typically an aversion of DyingDeclarationOfLove and AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, with the characters usually acknowledging this being their last opportunity and deciding not to, often explaining their reasons in thought. Unlike CannotSpitItOut, this is typically final. Often a result of IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy

* ''OrderOfTheStick'''s Haley ([[MemeticMutation OF]] [[TropeExampleLaws COURSE!]]) has one in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0184.html this comic]].

* In the ''Bleach'' pilot, Orihime (who [[DeathByFallingOver died from falling down the stairs]]) considers confessing to Ichigo just before leaving for the Soul Society, but the spirit of her father advises against it, as it would only make Ichigo suffer.

* In ''Radio Free Roscoe'', Lily missed her opportunity to date her best friend Ray, who liked her but moved on to be with a different girl when he didn't think Lily would want to be with him. Unfortunately, Lily does want to be with him now, and decides to try to win him back. She writes a song about convincing a guy to leave his girlfriend, called "You Belong to Me", but before she goes onstage to play it, she sees that Ray is actually happy with the new girl, and the song actually played is called "You Belong to Someone Else," and is about a girl that likes a guy with a girlfriend, but isn't going to interfere. It doesn't take, and [[spoiler:Lily/Ray ends the series as an Official Couple]].

* The unnamed protagonist in Lewis Carroll's ''The Willow Tree'' leaves her love to discover her feelings in a rather unconventional way.

* Hammer in ''Angels2200'' has feelings for Kid, but her position as leader of the Icebreakers prevents them from getting closer. When she volunteers to stay behind to allow the Icebreakers to escape from the Ellie Arroway, she considers telling her how she feels, but decides that doing so would be inappropriate for the situation and unprofessional, and ends up saying she "loves" her hair. [[spoiler:While she seemingly dies, she is actually still alive and a prisoner of the rebels, and may yet get another chance in Angels 2.0]].

* ''The Simpsons'' referenced it with Smithers. Turns out, "The Boat House was the time!".

* Except that it never seems to be played as anything final, Kaoru of {{Hayate no Gotoku}} does this while he and Yukiji are visiting Italy during Golden Week. He starts confessing, and then decides that he just can't do it, so he changes the end of the sentance to be about her little sisters' relationship status. Yukiji seems to realize this, but uses her {{Bottle Fairy}} personality to play with his mind a little and continue the conversation as it was playing out, asking him what he likes about her sister.

* In the ending of ''PaperMario : The Thousand Year Door'', Vivian, while seeing Mario off, almost confesses her love to him, but suggests that he and Peach would be a good couple.

* In ''{{Ratatouille}}'' Linguini gives one of these to Colette.
--> '''Linguini ''': I would follow your advice to the ends of the Earth because I love you...r advice.

--> '''Bhuvan''': ''(In Hindi)'' Ma'am, I don't speak English.

* A variation of this happens between Arthur and Guinevere in ''{{Merlin}}''. In a second season episode, Guinevere is kidnapped by a warlord and held for ransom, mistakeningly believed to be King Uther's ward. Arthur goes through hell to get to her, only to find that Lancelot got there first. He'd already admitted his feelings for Guinevere to Merlin on the trip there, and it was fairly obvious that he was planning to share them with Guinevere on rescuing her, only to be silenced at the sight of Gwen and Lancelot being rather chummy with each other.

Typically an aversion of DyingDeclarationOfLove and AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, with the characters usually acknowledging this being their last opportunity and deciding not to, often explaining their reasons in thought. Unlike CannotSpitItOut, this is typically final.

-->'''Spike:''' ...No you don't. But thanks for saying it.

* In ''NewMutants'' (original series), Dani 'Mirage' Moonstar is comforting gal-pal Rahne 'Wolfsbane' Sinclair on a clifftop in Scotland; '-he's an old man, filled up with hate; without you those peope would be dead. You're not alone. Moira loves you; and I-' 'I know' says Rahne. '-but that doesn't make me ache any the less.' A follow-up twenty years later is also aborted by a simple interruption.

** [[WholesomeCrossdresser Vivian]] [[DroppedABridgetOnHim is]] [[{{Bishounen}} a]] [[HoYay he]].
*** That [[ShesAManInJapan depends]].

** Apparently not implied at all in the Japanese version. According to Zelda Wiki, [[spoiler:her last words in Japanese were "リンク?ま?またな?", which translates to "Link...s...see you."]] Which, as you can see, only includes the IronicEcho.

Alice is about to be separated from her beloved Bob forever, and has [[GoingDownWithTheShip one last chance to say how she truly feels]].

Typically an aversion of GoingDownWithTheShip and AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, with the characters usually acknowledging this being their last opportunity and deciding not to, often explaining their reasons in thought. Unlike CannotSpitItOut, this is typically final.