History Main / LoveAtFirstPunch

* Subverted by poor Makoto of ''Manga/SailorMoon'' fame, whose horrid luck with love persisted despite [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon her ability to wail on any and all bullies]]. She fared better in the live-action adaptation, but this trope was irrelevant in the relationship.

** While [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Phoebus]] seemed attracted to Esmeralda at the beginning of the movie, he openly admires her spirit and cunning as she fights off himself and the rest of the soldiers. "What a woman!"

** This is part of why Spike likes Joyce so much sa the first time they met she hit him with an axe and threatened him (with Spike later saying that she impressed him). The other reason being that she treats him with a modicum of respect (which none of the others do)

** This might also explain why Spike likes Joyce so much: the first time they met, she hit him with an axe.

* In ''BowlingKing'', the bratty, rich HandsomeLech Jen Ni falls for Tz'zun for real (having only been superficially attracted to her before) after she violently refused his advances. "I know, she's playing hard to get!" This, of course, is him being a moron; Nobody else in the world would interpret a GroinAttack as anything but "no."

** ''WreckItRalph'': Felix and Calhoun meet when she kicks him to the ground and aims a gun at him. He's clearly smitten from then on.

* Pictured above: ''{{Ookami-san}}'' applies this trope to the Cinderella story. Instead of seeing whom does the shoe fits, the prince asks to kick him with said shoe, as the only thing his love did was kicking him unconscious. Unlike all competitors who made sensible kicks, his beloved used WaifFu.
* Once pictured above: Domyouji Tsukasa, the leader of the snobbish clique in ''HanaYoriDango'', falls for Makino Tsukushi, the PluckyGirl, who isn't afraid to slam her foot into his face and dress him down as a {{Jerkass}}. She's the first person outside of his family (the original one being his sister Tsubaki) to ever do so.

** ''{{Mulan}}'' is all about this. Mulan manages to first win Shang's respect after beating his challenge, then he falls for her after finding out [[SweetOnPollyOliver she's actually a girl]]. She literally punches him at one point during the [[EarWorm training montage]], which gets a smile from him.

** In ''{{Pocahontas}}'', John Smith starts falling for Pocahontas after she outright chews him out for his automatically assumed European superiority and racist attitude against the naives - although she, of course, did it through song.

* ''Anime/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'': Mikoto started liking ([[{{Tsundere}} in her own way]]) Touma after he first blocked her electricity while she was zapping some delinquents.

* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' (and by extension, ''Anime/{{Robotech}}''): Max Sterling and Miriya Parino. First they try to shoot each other down in a aerial dogfight. Then she tries to stab him to death inside Macross City. Then they get married. Seriously.

* ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'': Max Sterling and Miriya Parino. First they try to shoot each other down in a aerial dogfight. Then she tries to stab him to death inside Macross City. Then they get married. Seriously.

* ''{{Berserk}}'': Though their [[spoiler:[[TheyDo consummation]]]] didn't come until volume 9, Guts and Casca's relationship started as a sword fight as enemies (though he only engaged her because [[SamusIsAGirl he thought Casca was a man]]). After that, [[BelligerentSexualTension a very interesting timeline developed between them]] over the span of four years...

* Sokka in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' doesn't initially take Suki's AmazonBrigade seriously. After she shows him why he should, he swallows his pride and asks to be trained by them, impressing her.

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Nate the insurance investigator is protecting a painting, when he sees Sophie the thief/Grifter trying to take it. Their eyes meet, a quick smile, then they shoot each other.

* In {{Batman}} this is pretty much what Joker says happened when he first met Bats in several versions.

* This is how Mauricea expresses her affection for Todd on ''WaysideSchool''. Her love, however, rapidly became onesided.

* Happens in [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Transformers Prime]] with Breakdown towards Airachnid. We're not given an exact indicator of how much it's reciprocal. Also doubles as BileFascination.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': [[HumanAliens Starfire]] comes to earth, she bashes [[BadassNormal Robin]] in the face, she kisses Robin on the lips. It takes [[WillTheyOrWontThey five seasons and a movie]] before they kiss again, but [[EveryoneCanSeeIt everyone saw it coming]].
** To be fair, the first kiss was so she could learn the language due to the Tamaranean ability to absorb languages through physical contact, she just likes doing it by kissing because it's fun.

* [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn]] developed his crush on Flame Princess after she smacked him in the face with her ([[PlayingWithFire burning]]) hand and nearly destroyed his house with her fire powers.

* ''Anime/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'': Mikoto started liking ([[{{Tsundere}} in her own way]]) Touma after he first blocked her electricity while she was zapping some delinquents

* ''Anime/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' Mikoto started liking (in her own way) Touma after he first blocked her electricity while she was zapping some delinquents
* Though their [[spoiler: [[TheyDo consummation]] ]] didn't come until volume 9, [[{{Berserk}} Guts and Casca's]] relationship started as a sword fight as enemies (though he only engaged her because [[SamusIsAGirl he thought Casca was man]].). After that, [[BelligerentSexualTension a very interesting timeline developed between them]] over the span of four years...

* ToyShip version of sorts: In ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'', Roberto seems to have a slight crush on Laura... the girl who called him out on his JerkAss behavior.

* [[FlameOfRecca Kurei]] only starts [[DefrostingIceQueen warming up and opening himself]] when Kurenai gave him a slap, her being the first woman to ever slap him on the face. Then... horrible shit happens.

* [[Manga/AirMaster Sakamoto Julietta:]] "...that kick... gave me the biggest shock I've ever felt in my life... AND PIERCED MY HEART!!"

* ''GoneWithTheWind'' has Rhett Butler falling head over heels in love with Scarlett after witnessing her not-so-ladylike behavior and being on the receiving end of her insults. Likewise, Scarlett probably fell in love with ''him'' because of his sexy boorishness and his refreshingly brutal frankness in a world where no one ever calls anything by its right name. (And just note how ga-ga she goes over him after he [[RapeIsLove drunkenly grabs her and whisks her away upstairs to bed.]])

* BerniceSummerfield: when her son, [[HalfHumanHybrid Peter]] first met [[spoiler: Antonio, Antonio]] made the mistake of treating Peter like a puppy (complete with cutesy noises). Peter [[BerserkButton did not]] [[GroinAttack take this well]]. A few lines later [[spoiler: Antonio]] was still calling Peter cute but in a different way.

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