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-->-- ''Series/ICarly'', "i{{Pilot}}"[[note]][[AllLoveIsUnrequited Though truthfully]] he's [[HopeIsScary trying to avoid pain]].[[/note]]

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' Harry and Hermione were confirmed both within the text and via WordOfGod ("I dropped anvil-sized hints!") to be PlatonicLifePartners. The relationship was never intended to be seen romantically, and in the books, Harry never saw Hermione as anything other than [[LikeBrotherAndSister a sister]]. However, people who saw the films first saw Creator/EmmaWatson blossoming much earlier and more fully than Hermione's ugly duckling did in the book, and many couldn't imagine that Harry could ''not'' be interested in her. Those who read the books with that bias wound up bemoaning the sinking of the Harry/Hermione ship and vilifying Rowling for carrying on relationships that had been well-established in the books.
* Literature/GirlFifteenCharmingButInsane: Jess and Fred.

** At the end of ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', the possibility at becoming more is hinted at rather strongly [[spoiler:until Harry's apparent death.]]
** And then ''Literature/ColdDays'': [[spoiler: Harry returns to Chicago alive and the two finally share TheBigDamnKiss during a heated battle. And while they ''still'' aren't together by the end of the book, as Murphy feels that the Winter Knight's mantle has changed Harry too much, she does acknowledge that they've been past the point of truly being just friends for a long time and that someday they might both be ready for an actual relationship. More than that, she makes it clear that whether or not they ever become lovers, she will always be at his side, no matter what. By this point, they seem to be less of "Just Friends" and more "Just Two People Who Love Each Other Platonically, and Hope To Become More Some Day, However Unlikely".]]
** ''Literature/SkinGame'' [[spoiler: ends with a pretty direct statement that they're going to try some sort of romantic relationship.]]

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': [[spoiler: Katniss and Gale.]]

* StupidSexyFriend: Even when they agree they ''should'' just be friends, one (or each) can't get rid of his/her sexual thoughts about the other.

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Carol and Harry, who insist that they're this while [[EveryoneCanSeeIt most everyone, from characters]] - including characters, even outright villains, who've only seen them together for a couple of moments - to [[FanPreferredCouple fans,]] is either shipping them or completely disbelieves the 'Just Friends' claims of either. The truth turns out to be a bit more complicated. By chapter 35 of the sequel, Harry wouldn't be averse to a RelationshipUpgrade, but emphasises that he's her friend first and foremost because she's had a number of bad experiences with guys befriending her just to try to get into her pants - something made all the more distressing since [[YoungerThanTheyLook she's only 14/15 at the start of the story]] - and just wants a friend. He also points out that psychologically, he's not exactly in the best place to be starting any kind of relationship. By around the same time, Carol, who'd admitted that she was a) attracted to him, b) loved him in a more-than-platonic sense, notes that she's interested in the idea, but she's got issues of her own (some mentioned, others not). [[spoiler: In chapter 46 of the sequel, after they've both grown up a bit and got over enough of their respective issues, they choose a RelationshipUpgrade. And it is adorable]].

* ''Series/ReadyOrNot'': Busy has a crush on her friend Jamie, but he likes someone else--her best friend, Amanda. The episode is aptly titled "Just Friends."

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** The romances between Male Shepard and Tali, and the romance between a Female Shepard and Garrus are much like this, as they were not romance options in the first game. Tali herself says she wants to be "more than just friends", whilst the romance arc with Garrus is about overcoming his initial doubts, and hoping to make their strong friendship into something more. It was established later that this was also the case between [[GayOption Male Shepard]] and Kaidan; Kaidan's love confession in that scenario is about how he wanted something deeper with someone he was already friends with.
** In ''[[VideoGame/MassEffect2 ME 2]]'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehXpPl7iW2w there is]] a turian male and a quarian female talking to one another at a bar. If you listen in to their conversations, the quarian is complaining about breaking up with her human boyfriend. It becomes clear over the series of conversations that the turian is clearly infatuated with her. At one point, he asks if she wants to watch a movie that "won awards for portraying turian and quarian relationships". The quarian is [[ObliviousToLove completely oblivious to his advances]].
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' a female Shepard can hit on Joker, who declines, saying he never really thought of it. He then declines because of the 'chain of command', his crush on EDI, and possibly due to the chance that between Shepard's cybernetic enhancements and his brittle bone disease, [[OutWithABang Shepard could accidentally kill him]].

* This apparently cheeses off a MadScientist in the intro to ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'':
-->'''Scientist:''' Friends? ''Friends?!'' We've only gone out together three times, and already you're telling me you just want to be friends?!
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield have never shown any overt romantic interest in each other, but are ''always'' together on missions.
* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', Sophia only ever saw Krelian as a friend. Krelian accepted this state of affairs and managed to be friendly with her true love Lacan despite his hidden jealousy. So friendly, in fact, that [[spoiler: 500 years later Krelian and Lacan are still -more or less- working together to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt avenge Sophia]] in the [[DisproportionateRetribution most destructive way possible]] .]]
* In ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' Rena actually invokes this trope regarding her relationship with Claude a number of times, despite Claude's interest. Later in the game, she stops being so vocal about it. It's possible for them to end up together, and the obscure sequel establishes that they do. Rena also explicitly says this about [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend Dias]], and says that she actually thinks of him as [[LikeBrotherAndSister her big brother.]] But it's still possible for them to [[RelationshipUpgrade end up together in the ending]], although subsequent games [[CuttingOffTheBranches confirm that she ended up with Claude while Dias ended up with Chisato]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Tifa says this to Aerith about her and Cloud. After [[spoiler: Aerith's murder at the hands of Sephiroth]], and depending on RelationshipValues, Cloud and Tifa can potentially get a RelationshipUpgrade during their "moment" under the Highwind. Of course, all subsequent supplemental materials never really confirm either way if such an "upgrade" ever happened.

* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'':
** Naturally, Rin and Riki, who have been childhood friends since they were little. Unusually, though, even though multiple characters either think they're together or assume they will get together eventually, they actually don't seem to get any real romantic feelings for each other until ''after'' they start going out in Rin's route (Rin asked him out apparently just because she thought it seemed like a good idea and Riki agreed for the same) - in all other routes, they're PlatonicLifePartners right alongside the other Little Busters.
** Compare with Riki and Kyousuke: Riki is often distracted by his appearance and is very eager to please him, and multiple characters joke that they probably have crushes on each other. In one scene, Riki even admits that he does have feelings for him, but doesn't want to ruin their friendship, at which point Kyousuke suddenly starts giving off some ''very'' [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage mixed messages]] about whether or not he feels the same. But because this is a [[BishoujoSeries bishoujo game]], Kyousuke doesn't even merit so much as a mini-route, and though [[spoiler:their relationship is central to the true route in Refrain]], their romantic tension never explicitly goes anywhere.

* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', Kensou is Athena's DoggedNiceGuy and very openly in love with her (and some of his fellow fighters [[ShipperOnDeck seem to encourage him]]). Athena cares for him greatly but said feelings are all ''but'' romantic, and views their relationship as this since [[JusticeWillPrevail she has other priorities]]. Also, Kensou's awkward advances on her are...awkward.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{X}}-Universe'' backstory and novels, Majors Kyle Brennan[[note]]PlayerCharacter of ''VideoGame/XBeyondTheFrontier'' and ''X-Tension''[[/note]] and Elena Kho had this relationship, verging on PlatonicLifePartners except there actually ''was'' some sexual attraction there. Their coworkers in the United Space Command jokingly nicknamed them "the lovebirds." They did end up sleeping together once (they were trapped in a disabled starship on a desolate moon for nine weeks, [[PreClimaxClimax so why not?]]), but didn't want to complicate their relationship. They ''did'', however, get some amusement out of {{troll}}ing the {{shipper|OnDeck}}s.

%%* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'': This is currently the relationship between Banjo and Kazooie.
%%Why? This is zero-context as written.

** Ran and Shinichi often say they're just friends. [[BelligerentSexualTension Yeah]], [[ChildhoodFriendRomance right]]. Though Shinichi is a bit more open to admitting that he has feelings for her, it took over 1000 chapters for Ran (and about 250 chapters after Shinichi's confession) to be open with her feelings.
* In the first episode of ''Manga/DNAngel'', Daisuke is looking forward to finally confessing his feelings to his longtime crush Risa. Only for just right before he can say anything, she thanks Daisuke for being such a good '''friend''' to her, heavily emphasizing the word friend. The look on Daisuke's face made it look like it would have hurt less if he was just kicked between the legs.

* Played with in ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret''. The story starts with Asahi Kuromine going to confess his feelings to his mysterious and beautiful classmate Youko Shiragami, only to discover that she's a [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire vampire]] and promised her father that she'd leave school if anyone found out. Not wanting to miss his chance, Asahi pleads with her to stay so they can be friends and promises to be her SecretKeeper. Nobody believes him at first because he CanNotTellALie and thus his crush on her was a case of EveryoneCanSeeIt, and in the meantime, he's trying to work up the nerve to confess. It's played straight for Youko; she starts the story ObliviousToLove and later on when the thought finally crosses her mind, she dismisses it since [[InsecureLoveInterest she (wrongly) thinks she causes Asahi too much trouble and he's just too nice to say anything about it]]. Eventually she does realize her own feelings for him, and they end up getting together.

** On the other hand, he and Botan are ''really'' just friends.

* The ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'' series has the title character, Virgil Hawkins, and Frieda having this type of relationship throughout the run. Although admittedly, Virgil was initially attracted to Frieda, but she wanted to keep their relationship at this level.
** However, Frieda became somewhat jealous once Virgil began dating a girl named Madison. Even Virgil's ex-girlfriend Daisy made mention that Frieda was never that way when Virgil was with her. Frieda's response? She didn't view Daisy as an actual romantic rival.

* ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'': Padeen seems to be stuck in one of these in regards to Clarissa.
** In the later books, [[spoiler: Stephen and Christine Wood]].

* ''Series/ANTFarm'': Chyna and Fletcher. The former however seems to be acknowledging the latter's behavior but has returned the feelings ''too late'' in the second to last episode. They did go on a date in "[=SignificANT=] Other", however.
** Same show, different pairing: Paisley and Fletcher. Paisley likes him in an "Adorable kid" way. Neither is returning the feelings.

** And it got a lot more complicated with the end of season 6 and Brennan becoming pregnant with Booth's baby.
*** And they're together.

* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'':
** Carson and Mrs Hughes, due to the many years they had spent working together, until Season 5 Christmas Special when Carson proposed to her. However, it is hinted even in Season 1 that Carson had a crush on her which became overt in Season 3.

* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'': Marty towards Rory in the later college seasons. The pairing got sunk, he got written out in exchange for the rich, bad boy Logan, and he came back a season later as a huge {{jerkass}}.

** Not to mention [[{{WillTheyOrWontThey}} Luke and Lorelai]] who are incredibly close, knew each other for years before the series started, and hang out together, on average, three times a day. Anyone brings it up and it's instantly denied.

* ''Series/GossipGirl'': Vanessa and Dan. A strange version where they both apparently had some feelings for each other when they were younger, but it became PlatonicLifePartners until they had a drunken threesome with Dan's current girlfriend. That threesome revealed previously hidden (even to the audience) feelings for Dan towards Vanessa. They got together shortly afterward, but being a drama/soapy show, it hasn't been straightforward.

** Freddie has had a crush on Carly for his entire adolescent life, being in LoveAtFirstSight. Carly initially wants to stay as just friends. Freddie grows up physically and emotionally in Seasons 2 and 3, into a mature and sensitive young man, and it appears Carly is beginning to realize her feelings for him. Also an example of an OfficialCouple (Albeit temporarily).
** In Season 4 this ship gets frozen, not given any closure, and the focus of the romance on the show shifts to the SlapSlapKiss-styled Sam/Freddie pairing. But since that arc's over, this has yet to return.
** In the show's finale episode "iGoodbye", they finally get their RelationshipUpgrade. Carly comes up to Freddie in the studio and gives him a LastMinuteKiss. He returns the kiss then celebrates.

** Played straighter in the more traditional WillTheyOrWontThey couple of Rollins and Carisi. Carisi is initially TheFriendNobodyLikes, but he develops a friendship with Amanda and eventually steps in as ParentalSubstitute when she finds coping as a single mother difficult. While the show initially played this much the same as Benson and Stabler, it JumpedTheShark by having Carisi nearly confess his feelings while they are out of town on a case. Rollins' feelings were always played more ambiguously, with her LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces and insisting to others (including her ''therapist,'' since she's discussed Carisi in sessions) that they are this trope. Her feelings aren't 100% clear until their RelationshipUpgrade, though considering this was preceded by a hard LoveEpiphany, it's implied this is more UnknowinglyInLove than ObliviousToLove. However, in season 23, Carisi reveals he's been in love with Amanda since before the birth of her six-year-old, giving this trope a bittersweet edge to it.

* ''Series/MysteriousWays'' has a just friends triangle-type thing going on. Declan can be shipped with either his brilliant grad student Miranda or his psychiatrist friend Peggy as both spend plenty of time with him on cases. It is implied that both Peggy and Miranda have feelings for Declan, but there is never any evidence that he is interested in either of them.
** In one episode, the idea of "not being able to shake" your soul mate is posited. After Peggy and Miranda have called Declan's girlfriend's cell phone for the umpteenth time trying to reach him, said girlfriend says "Seems like you can't shake either one of them." That's about the strongest ship tease you get, though.

* ''Series/NewGirl'': Nick and Jess.
** Nick in his freshman year of college with Amelia.
* WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' claims that she and Prince Phillip are this, while Phillip's LoveInterest [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Aurora]] doesn't quite buy it and [[WordOfGod statements from the writers]] seem to confirm her suspicions.
** And now Mulan and ''Aurora'' have a version of [[IncompatibleOrientation this]] after the reveal that Mulan is now harboring feelings for her instead.

** ''Series/StargateSG1'' had this with Carter and O'Neill, going so far as to have the characters admit that they do have feelings for each other, but never letting them get together ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_evV0kDWa5E well...]])

** ''Series/StargateUniverse'': Eli and Chloe. Poor Eli...
*** Kinda sucks for him considering the guy on the other side of the triangle is pretty much his best friend on the ship (they have something of a [[Series/StargateAtlantis Shep and McKay]] vibe at times). And the three of them got marooned together after missing the ship.
---->'''Eli:''' Talk about your third wheel.
*** As of "Incursion", it's made perfectly clear that she isn't ObliviousToLove at all. She also drops some major friend zone bombs on Eli, and in a way tells him off for acting like her friendship is "SecondPrize".
*** And poor Volker. It's like the scientists on the ship can't catch a break, with all the hot soldiers taking the chicks.

* ''Series/{{Zoey 101}}'': Zoey and Chase.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': The romances between Male Shepard and Tali, and the romance between a Female Shepard and Garrus are much like this, as they were not romance options in the first game. Tali herself says she wants to be "more than just friends", whilst the romance arc with Garrus is about overcoming his initial doubts, and hoping to make their strong friendship into something more. It was established later that this was also the case between [[GayOption Male Shepard]] and Kaidan; Kaidan's love confession in that scenario is about how he wanted something deeper with someone he was already friends with.

* Averted by ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings''. The game assumes that any two characters of the opposite sex who are friends are actually lovers.
** The sequel changes this as part of its general overhaul of personal relationships in general; "Lovers" is now a separate relationship modifier, meaning that two people of the opposite sex can have a platonic friendship.

* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', Sophia only ever saw Krelian as a friend. Krelian accepted this state of affairs and managed to be friendly with her true love Lacan despite his hidden jealousy.
** So friendly, in fact, that [[spoiler: 500 years later Krelian and Lacan are still -more or less- working together to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt avenge Sophia]] in the [[DisproportionateRetribution most destructive way possible]] .]]
* In ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' Rena actually invokes this trope regarding her relationship with Claude a number of times, despite Claude's interest. Later in the game, she stops being so vocal about it. It's possible for them to end up together, and the obscure sequel establishes that they do.
** Rena also explicitly says this about [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend Dias]], and says that she actually thinks of him as [[LikeBrotherAndSister her big brother.]] But it's still possible for them to [[RelationshipUpgrade end up together in the ending]], although subsequent games [[CuttingOffTheBranches confirm that she ended up with Claude while Dias ended up with Chisato]].

* Naturally, Rin and Riki in ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', who have been childhood friends since they were little. Unusually, though, even though multiple characters either think they're together or assume they will get together eventually, they actually don't seem to get any real romantic feelings for each other until ''after'' they start going out in Rin's route (Rin asked him out apparently just because she thought it seemed like a good idea and Riki agreed for the same) - in all other routes, they're PlatonicLifePartners right alongside the other Little Busters.

* In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonSunshineIslands'', Harvest Goddess devotee Alisa has heart events just like the other normal marriage candidates even though her heart color is invisible, making it seem like she is a secret marriage candidate like the Witch Princess. But when you propose to her after all prerequisites have been met, you get a proposal scene similarly titled with that of the other candidates'... that ends with you two agreeing to remain friends after her declaring with {{Brutal Honesty}} that she ultimately cannot abandon her faith to the Goddess, even though the thought of marrying you did cross her mind. However, this is not the case in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTaleOfTwoTowns'', where Alisa is marriageable with GuideDangIt requirements, which includes having to wish for the Harvest Goddess to tell Alisa that's she okay with her getting married.

* In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', Warren is firmly in Max's friend zone. When we first meet him, he goes in for the hug, only for Max to hand him his flash drive back. Later, Chloe comments "That guy is so fucking in love with you", to which Max replies "I know" while face-palming herself.
** On the other side to this, Brooke is in Warren's friend zone; even when [[spoiler: Max changes the past and ends up in an alternate timeline]], Warren hooks up with [[spoiler: Stella]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', Franchise/{{Batman}} insists that he and Franchise/WonderWoman are just friends. No one really buys it, including Wonder Woman herself, since she wants a RelationshipUpgrade.
-->'''Zatanna:''' No, you and I are "just good friends". There's something more between you and Diana.
** Whilst the feelings might be there, nothing ever comes of it. [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Bruce grows old alone.]] Nothing is seen or heard of Wonder Woman in the ''Batman Beyond'' series, and only in the expansion comics do we find out what happened to her. In short, there was some more to do with the Justice Lords universe, and in the end, she [[IChooseToStay stayed behind]] because she and Lord!Batman had found each other.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' episode "The Spirit of Competition," the SiblingTriangle of Bolin, Mako, and Korra articulate their feelings towards each other in various ways. After resulting interpersonal tensions nearly cost them their place in the finals, the three settle back into a mutually friendly dynamic, with the larger underlying LoveDodecahedron unresolved.
** [[spoiler: The season ends with Mako realizing he is in love with Korra, and Korra reciprocating his feelings. Bolin, by his own admission, has gotten over his crush on Korra and holds no ill will towards his brother's new relationship. It's also implied that Asami, who had been dating Mako, settles into something like this after he apologizes for kissing Korra behind her back and trying to cover it up.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': At the beginning of the story Asuka insists she and Shinji are just friends, even if she describes Shinji as “one of my dearest friends” in chapter 2. Nobody believes her, though.

* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': During a school dance, a girl asks Asuka if Shinji and she are together. Asuka replies that they're just friends. However, when the girl hints that she wants to get him all for herself, Asuka warns her away rather... ''pointedly''.

* "Series/OneTreeHill": Lucas and Peyton. The two spend the entire season 3 and part of season 4 repeatedly saying they’re just friends. Come to halfway through season 4 they officially become a couple as they’ve both realized they love each other (despite being in a WillTheyOrWontThey since season 1) and then they get married and have a daughter after the 4-year TimeJump.

* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Harm and Mac are forced into {{UST}} through just friends under the excuse of avoiding fraternization rules. ''workplace'' fraternization amongst peers is generally discouraged as a rule. It didn't help early on that Mac was a dead ringer for Harm's [[IdenticalStranger murdered ex-girlfriend.]]

** At the end of ''Changes'', the possibility at becoming more is hinted at rather strongly [[spoiler:until Harry's apparent death.]]

* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Harm and Mac are forced into {{UST}} through just friends under the excuse of avoiding fraternization rules. ''workplace'' fraternization amongst peers is generally discouraged as a rule. It didn't help early on that Mac was a [[JustForPun dead ringer]] for Harm's [[IdenticalStranger murdered ex-girlfriend.]]

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Harry and Murphy fluctuate between this and something more. Both characters clearly care about each other a great deal, to the point where they discuss the potential of a relationship more than once, but so far nothing has come of it, mostly because Murphy is afraid of changing the nature of their friendship and what will happen if it fails. However, Thomas at least has a serious case of ShipperOnDeck.

** Another, more unfortunate subversion of this is in the teacher/student relationship between Harry and Molly. Harry met her when she was still a kid and cares about her a lot, but really wants to maintain a purely platonic relationship and seems to think that's the case. After several years, a number of people finally point out to him that she is obviously still carrying a huge torch for him. He isn't happy about it.
*** ''And Literature/ColdDays'' throws a huge wrench in this as well with Molly [[spoiler:now the Winter Lady]]

* [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Bob develops unrequited feelings towards Alice]], that she [[ObliviousToLove may or may not be aware of]], but she will never return his feelings. If he tries to push the issue, this often leads to a crushing DownerEnding and ShipSinking moment for Bob, often to the point where they never show up again, especially if they are a recurring character who isn't essential to the series.

* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'': Fiona and Imogen are a LesYay example with Fiona being Imogen's ClosetKey.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': After a tumultuous on-again, off-again relationship, Spider-Man and the ComicBook/BlackCat settled into this. It lasted from the '90s to the mid-2000s before ComicBook/BrandNewDay reset them back to sexual partners with Felicia not knowing Peter's identity and then had her become an antagonist as a result of the events of ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan. [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer Nick Spencer's run]] has seen them reconcile as friends.

* After a tumultuous on-again, off-again relationship Franchise/SpiderMan and the ComicBook/BlackCat settled into this. It lasted from the '90s to the mid-2000s before ComicBook/BrandNewDay reset them back to sexual partners with Felicia not knowing Peter's identity and then had her become an antagonist as a result of the events of ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan. [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer Nick Spencer's run]] has seen them reconcile as friends.

* ''Anime/DragonBall'': Goku and Bulma have been friends for years and whether or not she saw him romantically is up for debate.

* ''Remote'': Randy invokes this about Judy to Jamaal when it’s suggested that Randy and Judy are romantically interested in each other.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': All of Ash's companions are this to him and he is oblivious to the majority of them whom have feelings for him.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokémon}}'': All of Ash's companions are this to him and he is oblivious to the majority of them whom have feelings for him.

* ''Franchise/Pokémon'': All of Ash's companions are this to him and he is oblivious to the majority of them whom have feelings for him.

* ''Anime/Pokémon'': All of Ash's companions are this to him and he is oblivious to the majority of them whom have feelings for him.