History Main / BoyfriendBluff

* GenderFlipped in ''LegallyBlonde'', where [[HelloAttorney Elle]] pretends [[{{Geek}} a boy at her college]] broke her heart, in order to [[AManIsNotAVirgin make him seem cooler]] and get TheLibbies to stop haranguing him.

* Subverted in [[ToAruKagakuNoRailgun Railgun]], where Touma attempts to do this with [[{{Tsundere}} Mikoto]]. The jig is up before it even begins.

* In the book, ''Son of the Mob'', this is how the titular mob boss's son meets and eventually starts dating the daughter of an FBI agent.

* ''Mr. and Mrs. Smith'': it's how they met. They actually managed to avoid the ''military'' this way: they were looking for an American traveling alone.
* ''Black Widow'' (1987). Alexandra Barnes and Catharine Petersen are taking a scuba diving class. An unattractive woman with a cold asks to be Catherine's partner, but Alexandra intervenes and says that she and Catharine had already agreed to be partners, much to Catharine's relief. This example fits the trope because there was considerable subsequent LesYay between Alexandra and Catharine, including two kisses.

* In "Little Children" , Brad and Sarah [[YourCheatingHeart (who are married, but not to each other)]] hug and kiss once to freak out the yuppies at the playground. [[UnresolvedSexualTension It works.]]
* {{Hitch}} pretended to be the boyfriend of a woman at a bar to get rid of a guy she obviously was not interested in.
* In UnderTheTuscanSun, Frances grabs Marcello and pretends to be his girlfriend to escape from the men following her. This is an interesting case in that unlike many other such stories, [[spoiler: this one doesn't work out in the end.]]
* In ''Film Geek'', Niko simultaneously wards off and puts down Brandon by telling him Scotty, whom Brandon called "a spaz," is her boyfriend, and pulls him in for a kiss for good measure. Brandon is not fooled, but leaves her alone.

* Orson does this for Susan in DesperateHousewives.

* Kyo does a more aggressive version of this in ''FruitsBasket'' for Tohru; instead of claiming to be her boyfriend, he just slams his fist into the wall above her, hovers near her protectively, and gives the boys that are hassling her a menacing glare. They back off pretty quickly.

** Also, magic.

* Kyo does this in ''FruitsBasket'' for Tohru, although with a bit of a twist--instead of claiming to be her boyfriend, he just slams his fist into the wall above her, hovers near her protectively, and gives the boys that are hassling her a menacing glare. They back off pretty quickly.

* ''Mr. and Mrs. Smith'': it's how they met.

* ''Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist'', although didn't the girl actually request this?
** Yep. "Be my boyfriend for five minutes."

* Orson does this for Gabby in DesperateHousewives.

* ''Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist'', although dind't the girl actually request this?

* In ''Film Geek'', Niko simultaneously wards off and puts down Brandon by telling him Scotty, whom Brandon called "a spaz," is her boyfriend, and pulling him in for a kiss for good measure. Brandon is not fooled, but leaves her alone.

* In ''On A Clear Day You Can See Forever'', Edward sends off some ne'er-do-wells by pretending to be Melinda's brother, and singing an entire song about not going about that kind of thing (in public).

* In John Green's ''PaperTowns'', Q goes out pranking with Margo at the beginning of the book. Someone hits on her and makes a comment about her "little brother," ie, Q. She tells the clerk, "Actually, he's my cousin." * grabs ass* "And my lover."

* In the game Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, in order to get a pushy woman away from him, [[BrilliantButLazy Fayt]] pretends that his friend [[LikeBrotherandSister Sophia]] is his girlfriend. At first she's [[InaneBlabbering left very shocked]], but quickly catches on and goes along with it. After this all, she states [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean that she didn't really mind being considered his girlfriend]].

* In the game Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, in order to get a pushy woman away from him, [[BrilliantButLazy Fayt]] pretends that his friend [[LikeBrotherandSister Sohpia]] is his girlfriend. At first she's [[InaneBlabbering left very shocked]], but quickly catches on and goes along with it. After this all, she states [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean that she didn't really mind being considered his girlfriend]].

* In UnderTheTuscanSun, Francis grabs Marcello and pretends to be his girlfriend to escape from the men following her. This is an interesting case in that unlike many other such stories, [[spoiler: this one doesn't work out in the end.]]

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* At this troper's high school, the crueler girls would try to fluster nerdy/shy boys by showing them unwanted attention and inappropriately touching them. At prom, their only female friend ended up dancing with all of them to keep those girls away.

--> Aladdin: Come on sis, time to go see the doctor.
--> Jasmine: * to camel* Oh hello doctor, how are you?