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* In ''VisualNovel/CollarXMalice'', in Sasazuka's route, early on he pretends to be Ichika's boyfriend as an excuse for him to come to her house during dinner so he could meet Kazuki's friend Akito, who is suspected to be part of the terrorist group Adonis.
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' Loid and Yor start a fake relationship for their own reasons: Loid wants to get his daughter Anya into an elite school and will look more legitimate with a wife, and Yor wants to escape the scrutiny cast on unwed women in the ultra-paranoid UsefulNotes/ColdWar-esque climate of their country. The twist is Loid - aka the elite spy <Twilight> - wants to get his "daughter" (who he recently adopted for the mission) into the school to get close to his mark, while Yor - aka the deadly assassin <Thorn Princess> - wants to avoid suspicion so as not to interfere with her job. Further complicating things are the fact that Anya is a telepath (who knows her "parents'" real jobs) and they then get a dog who can predict the future who do what they can to uphold the charade.
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' Loid and Yor start a fake relationship for their own reasons: Loid wants to get his daughter Anya into an elite school and will look more legitimate with a wife, and Yor wants to escape the scrutiny cast on unwed women in the ultra-paranoid UsefulNotes/ColdWar-esque climate of their country. The twist is Loid - aka the elite spy <Twilight> - wants to get his "daughter" (who he recently adopted for the mission) into the school to get close to his mark, while Yor - aka the deadly assassin <Thorn Princess> - wants to avoid suspicion so as not to interfere with her job. Further complicating things are the fact that Anya is a telepath (who knows her "parents'" real jobs) jobs), and she and the dog they then get a dog who later obtain(who can predict the future who future) both do what they can to uphold the charade.charade because they want to keep their family.
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* Discussed by Wrestling/TripleH, he mentioned the fake romance angle he and Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon did during the Attitude Era as the [=McMahon-Helmsley=] regime[[note]]Which began when Trips, in kayfabe, kidnapped Steph prior to her marriage to Wrestling/{{Test}}, and ended with Steph [[MoreThanMindControl being on it all the time]], and the families being fused into an empire[[/note]] as the "dry run" that allowed them to have [[HeartwarmingInHindsight a happy marriage in real life]], several years later.
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* Discussed by Wrestling/TripleH, he mentioned the fake romance angle he and Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon did during the Attitude Era as the [=McMahon-Helmsley=] regime[[note]]Which began when Trips, in kayfabe, kidnapped Steph prior to her marriage to Wrestling/{{Test}}, and ended with Steph [[MoreThanMindControl being on it all the time]], and the families being fused into an empire[[/note]] as the "dry run" that allowed them to have [[HeartwarmingInHindsight a happy marriage in real life]], several years later.
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* In ''Literature/{{Dark Olympus}}'', Hades and Persephone fake being in a relationship after her fake abduction, to detter Zeus from his plans to marry her, since he only marries virgins.
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* In 'Literature/{{Dark Olympus}}'', Hades and Persephone fake being in a relationship after her fake abduction, to detter Zeus from his plans to marry her, since he only marries virgins.
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Contrast SecretRelationship. See also FakeOutMakeOut, MarriageBeforeRomance (when the fake relationship becomes real) and MarriageOfConvenience. Compare the one-sided IntentionalHeartbreaker.
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Compare TrialPeriodDating, when two characters date (with genuine romantic interest on the part of one of the two) on the condition that the relationship lasts for a finite period of time. Contrast SecretRelationship. See also FakeOutMakeOut, MarriageBeforeRomance (when the fake relationship becomes real) and MarriageOfConvenience. Compare the one-sided IntentionalHeartbreaker.
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* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'': Mizuki does this when her boyfriend, Shirai, dumps her only days before she was to going to introduce him to her middle-school friends and prove she wasn't [[GirlfriendInCanada just making him up]]. Desperate to save face, she decides to recruit the best looking guy that will humor her request to pose as Shirai for the duration of the date. Unfortunately for her, the boy she ended up recruiting was [[NoSocialSkills Sousuke]], and things go very, very badly
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' Loid and Yor start a fake relationship for their own reasons: Loid wants to get his daughter Anya into an elite school and will look more legitimate with a wife, and Yor wants to escape the scrutiny cast on unwed women in the ultra-paranoid UsefulNotes/ColdWar-esque climate of their country. The twist is Loid - aka the elite spy <Twilight> - wants to get his "daughter" (who he recently adopted for the mission) into the school to get close to his mark, while Yor - aka the deadly assassin <Thorn Princess> - wants to avoid suspicion so as not to interfere with her job.
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' Loid and Yor start a fake relationship for their own reasons: Loid wants to get his daughter Anya into an elite school and will look more legitimate with a wife, and Yor wants to escape the scrutiny cast on unwed women in the ultra-paranoid UsefulNotes/ColdWar-esque climate of their country. The twist is Loid - aka the elite spy <Twilight> - wants to get his "daughter" (who he recently adopted for the mission) into the school to get close to his mark, while Yor - aka the deadly assassin <Thorn Princess> - wants to avoid suspicion so as not to interfere with her job. Further complicating things are the fact that Anya is a telepath (who knows her "parents'" real jobs) and they then get a dog who can predict the future who do what they can to uphold the charade.
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* The ''Series/StargateSG!'' "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3962297/1/A-Pretense-of-Romance-Mature-Version A Pretense of Romance]]" sees Daniel suggest that he pretend to date Sam to inspire Jack O'Neill to ask her out after she's been discharged from the Air Force and SG-1 but allowed to remain in the SGC (Sam resigned as she refused to obey the orders of General Bauer- "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E15ChainReaction Chain Reaction]]"- and was unable to re-enlist as certain parties argued that she might disagree with other orders). The plan was to get Jack jealous to acknowledge his feelings for Sam and then she and Daniel would amicably break it off, [[spoiler:but things take a different turn when Daniel finds himself developing genuine feelings for Sam]].
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* The ''Series/StargateSG!'' ''Series/StargateSG1'' "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3962297/1/A-Pretense-of-Romance-Mature-Version A Pretense of Romance]]" sees Daniel suggest that he pretend to date Sam to inspire Jack O'Neill to ask her out after she's been discharged from the Air Force and SG-1 but allowed to remain in the SGC (Sam resigned as she refused to obey the orders of General Bauer- "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E15ChainReaction Chain Reaction]]"- and was unable to re-enlist as certain parties argued that she might disagree with other orders).orders in future). The plan was to get Jack jealous to acknowledge his feelings for Sam and then she and Daniel would amicably break it off, [[spoiler:but things take a different turn when Daniel finds himself developing genuine feelings for Sam]].
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* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', after Lancelot breaks things off with Gwen when he realises that she has come to develop deeper feelings for Arthur, Kenzi suggests that he fake being in a relationship with ''her'' so that Arthur and Gwen don't feel awkward about being happy while he's miserable. [[spoiler:Naturally Kenzi soon finds herself falling for Lancelot for real]].
* The ''Series/StargateSG!'' "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3962297/1/A-Pretense-of-Romance-Mature-Version A Pretense of Romance]]" sees Daniel suggest that he pretend to date Sam to inspire Jack O'Neill to ask her out after she's been discharged from the Air Force and SG-1 but allowed to remain in the SGC (Sam resigned as she refused to obey the orders of General Bauer- "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E15ChainReaction Chain Reaction]]"- and was unable to re-enlist as certain parties argued that she might disagree with other orders). The plan was to get Jack jealous to acknowledge his feelings for Sam and then she and Daniel would amicably break it off, [[spoiler:but things take a different turn when Daniel finds himself developing genuine feelings for Sam]].
* The ''Series/StargateSG!'' "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3962297/1/A-Pretense-of-Romance-Mature-Version A Pretense of Romance]]" sees Daniel suggest that he pretend to date Sam to inspire Jack O'Neill to ask her out after she's been discharged from the Air Force and SG-1 but allowed to remain in the SGC (Sam resigned as she refused to obey the orders of General Bauer- "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E15ChainReaction Chain Reaction]]"- and was unable to re-enlist as certain parties argued that she might disagree with other orders). The plan was to get Jack jealous to acknowledge his feelings for Sam and then she and Daniel would amicably break it off, [[spoiler:but things take a different turn when Daniel finds himself developing genuine feelings for Sam]].
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So, this technically does not violate Examples Are Not Recent, since "over x fics" is always going to be a correct statement, even as the number increases. But because I'm a nitpicker, I keep updating the number, and now I'm finally sick of it, and changing it to just "a lot.". Also, I was the one who added the original example with a hard number.
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* Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn has over [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works 35,000 fics]] with the tag "Fake/Pretend Relationship".
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* Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn has over [[https://archiveofourown.a '''[[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works 35,000 fics]] lot]]''' of fics with the tag "Fake/Pretend Relationship".
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* Seigi pretends to be Richard's boyfriend (against Richard's wishes!) in ''LightNovel/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'' so he can pretend to marry Richard and save him from a will. They don't actually get married.
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* Seigi pretends to be Richard's boyfriend (against Richard's wishes!) in ''LightNovel/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'' ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'' so he can pretend to marry Richard and save him from a will. They don't actually get married.
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* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': This was Arlo's original plan in seducing Spark. His plan is that getting with her coworker will prompt Candela to try to win him back as part of an OperationJealousy. Suffice to say, it [[SlashFic didn't go as planned]].
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* ''Series/{{Hacks}}'': Kayla lied that she and Jimmy were married so they could get a luxury honeymoon suite in Vegas.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Innocent}}'': After [[spoiler:Rita Skeeter accuses Remus of having an affair with Fleur Delacour]], Harry persuades Fleur into a pretense that they're dating, both to distract the public and provide an alibi for her presence. She's not thrilled by the idea, but agrees to it long enough to achieve their goals before publicly breaking up.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Innocent}}'': ''Fanfic/InnocentMarauderLover7'': After [[spoiler:Rita Skeeter accuses Remus of having an affair with Fleur Delacour]], Harry persuades Fleur into a pretense that they're dating, both to distract the public and provide an alibi for her presence. She's not thrilled by the idea, but agrees to it long enough to achieve their goals before publicly breaking up.
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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': While Lily is broken up from Marshall, she is looking for a place to live and persuades [[TheCasanova Barney]] to let her stay with him for a few days. He is at first reluctant, but after one of his one-night stands refuses to leave Lily manages to scare her away after the girl sees her and assumes she's Barney's wife. They spend the next few weeks pretending to be married. Their arrangement falls apart once Barney realizes even pretending to be married is too close to actually being married and he kicks Lily out.
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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': While Lily is broken up from Marshall, she is looking for a place to live and persuades [[TheCasanova Barney]] to let her stay with him for a few days. He is at first reluctant, but after one of his one-night stands refuses to leave leave, Lily manages to scare her away after the girl sees her and assumes she's Barney's wife. They spend the next few weeks pretending to be married. Their arrangement falls apart once Barney realizes even pretending to be married is too close to actually being married and he kicks Lily out.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Innocent}}'': After [[spoiler:Rita Skeeter accuses Remus of having an affair with Fleur Delacour]], Harry persuades Fleur into a pretense that they're dating, both to distract the public and provide an alibi for her presence. She's not thrilled by the idea, but agrees to it long enough to achieve their goals before publicly breaking up.
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' Loid and Yor start a fake relationship for their own reasons: Loid wants to get his daughter Anya into an elite school and will look more legitimate with a wife, and Yor wants to escape the scrutiny cast on unwed women in the ultra-paranoid UsefulNotes/ColdWar-esque climate of their country. The twist is Loid - aka the elite spy <Twilight> - wants to get his "daughter" into the school to get close to his mark, while Yor is trying to avoid unwanted suspicions because she's actually the deadly assassin <Thorn Princess>.
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' Loid and Yor start a fake relationship for their own reasons: Loid wants to get his daughter Anya into an elite school and will look more legitimate with a wife, and Yor wants to escape the scrutiny cast on unwed women in the ultra-paranoid UsefulNotes/ColdWar-esque climate of their country. The twist is Loid - aka the elite spy <Twilight> - wants to get his "daughter" (who he recently adopted for the mission) into the school to get close to his mark, while Yor is trying to avoid unwanted suspicions because she's actually - aka the deadly assassin <Thorn Princess>.Princess> - wants to avoid suspicion so as not to interfere with her job.
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* ItMeantSomethingToMe: A member of the ruse falls for the other.
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TheBeard: When it's done to perpetuate a deception, such as to hide one party's sexuality.
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BoyfriendBluff: A usually temporary version done to stave off harassment and/or unwanted attention.
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CitizenshipMarriage: They get married so one party can legally immigrate.
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OperationJealousy: When the relationship is faked to get the attention of one party's actual object of interest and make them envious.
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RomanticFakeRealTurn: When they develop real feelings while pretending to be in a fake relationship.
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** Zigzagged with Yikyung and Yeonhee. She initially spreads rumors that she and Yikyung are a thing to get him to talk to her, then tries to call it off. But then Yikyung's father tries to drag him into an arranged marriage, he tells her that since everyone thinks they are dating anyway, he may as well use it to try and get out of said arranged marriage.
** Discussed when Yikyung proposes more formally fake dating her: she derides contract relationships as a fantasy.
** Zigzagged with Yikyung and Yeonhee. She initially spreads rumors that she and Yikyung are a thing to get him to talk to her, then tries to call it off. But then Yikyung's father tries to drag him into an arranged marriage, he tells her that since everyone thinks they are dating anyway, he may as well use it to try and get out of said arranged marriage.
** Discussed when Yikyung proposes more formally fake dating her: she derides contract relationships as a fantasy.
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In the episode "Tweek x Craig," Tweek and Craig pretend to date to satisfy the school's Yaoi artists. They stage a fake breakup, making the entire town fall into depression. They get back together and realize they have feelings for each other. After this episode, Tweek and Craig stay together the rest of the series.
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** In the episode "Tweek x Craig," Tweek and Craig pretend to date to satisfy the school's Yaoi artists. They stage a fake breakup, making the entire town fall into depression. They get back together and realize they have feelings for each other. After this episode, Tweek and Craig stay together the rest of the series.
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* Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn has over [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works 32,000 fics]] with the tag "Fake/Pretend Relationship".
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