History Main / LoveMakesYouCrazy

* OlderThanDirt: ''Literature/TheIliad'' is about the Trojan War, which was started because Paris saw Helen of Troy, the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman, and had to have her. Unfortunately for him, she already had a husband, Menelaus of Sparta, and when he found out what happened, he rallied the city-states of Greece to make war on Troy. Total survivors? [[KillEmAll a handful]]: Menelaus and Helen made it back with an unstated number of followers, as did Odysseus (after he had his own GaidenGame, ''Literature/TheOdyssey''), but ''literally everyone else died'': all the Achaeans on the thousand ships, and everyone in Troy as well. (And, keep in mind, "LoveMakesYouCrazy" is the ''flattering'' interpretation of Paris's actions; "Sex Makes You Crazy" would be just as applicable.)

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': [[{{Yandere}} Yubel]], [[StalkerWithACrush Yubel]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Yubel]]. Boy has an overprotective guardian spirit. Boy sends the spirit away hoping to pacify it. Spirit instead runs afoul of the very force it was supposed to protect the boy from and suffers 10 years of torture. Spirit can't understand why the boy they love ''so much'' would let them suffer like this. Driven mad by the pain, spirit can only conclude that love and suffering must actually the same thing, that way it can dismiss its torment as just the boy's way of showing them love. Now spirit is back and wants to return the favour, which it does with all the dedication of someone genuinely and completely in love.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Boa Hancock badly misinterprets innocuous actions as signs that Luffy reciprocates her love for him. This would seem cute and innocent and so not creepy if she didn't happen to be [[ChristmasCake pushing thirty]]. Her behavior has an uncomfortable resemblance to a certain RealLife psychological disorder. (Then again, given [[FreudianExcuse all the crap she had been through early in life]], her screws may not have been put in quite tight enough before she met him anyway...)

** Oboro was clever enough to actually recognize this trope and [[spoiler: temporarily blind herself]] to NOT invoke it on her own clansmen.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': [[{{Yandere}} Yubel]], [[StalkerWithACrush Yubel]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Yubel]]. Boy has overprotective guardian spirit. Boy sends spirit away hoping to pacify it. Spirit runs afoul of the very force it was supposed to protect him from and suffers 10 years of torture. Spirit can't understand why the boy they love ''so much'' would let them suffer like this. Driven mad by the pain, spirit can only conclude that love and suffering are actually the same thing, that way its torment is just the boy's way of showing them love. Now spirit is back and wants to return the favour, which it does with all the dedication of someone truely in love.

* Gendo in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is a MagnificentBastard who takes the phrase 'you're worth the world to me' to its (insanely) logical conclusion. [[spoiler:He tries to bring about the apocalypse, in fervent belief that this will reunite his mind and soul with that of his wife, Yui. The manga adaptation plays it even straighter, [[AdaptationalVillainy portraying him like more of a megalomaniacal madman]] [[AGodAmI whose ultimate goal is to become God]].]]

* Godot ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWright'' was rational and was passionate about justice before he [[spoiler:woke up from a poisoning-induced coma to find that Mia Fey, his apprentice who he was in love with, had been murdered. After that, his psyche became a messy ball of anger, self-loathing, and obsession, reshaped for the sole purpose of getting revenge against Phoenix Wright, who he blamed for her death but actually had nothing to do with it; in fact, he's the one who put away the guy who actually ''did'' kill her. Even Mia's directly telling him that he's being ridiculous does nothing to halt his crusade.]]

* The ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWright'' character Diego was rational and even heroic before he [[spoiler:woke up from a coma]] to find that his lover had been murdered. After that, his psyche became a messy ball of anger, self-loathing, and obsession, reshaped for the sole purpose of getting revenge against a guy who had nothing to do with the murder. Even his lover's spirit directly telling him that he's being ridiculous does nothing to halt his crusade.

* ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront'' has Aligura, the Queen of Monomania. In Episode 5, we're formally introduced to her tearing her way through the streets of New York in a ''MASSIVE'' monster truck, looking for her ex-boyfriend, Deldro Brody. She's eventually revealed to have ''extracted Deldro's blood'' and put it inside the resident hot guy Dog/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Doug]] Hummer because she didn't think Deldro was hot enough. (Don't worry, though. [[TheSymbiote Deldro's]] [[TwoBeingsOneBody fine.]])

%%* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Tamama practically ''embodies'' this trope, but Giroro has his moments too.

* ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront'' has Aligura, the Queen of Monomania. In Episode 5, we're formally introduced to her tearing her way through the streets of New York in a ''MASSIVE'' monster truck, looking for her ex-boyfriend, Deldro Brody. She's eventually revealed to have ''extracted Deldro's blood'' and put it inside the resident hot guy Dog/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Doug]] Hummer because she didn't think Deldro was hot enough. (Don't worry, though. Deldro's fine.)

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': [[{{Yandere}} Yubel]], [[StalkerWithACrush Yubel]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Yubel]]. Boy has overprotective guardian spirit. Boy sends spirit away hoping to pacify it. Spirit runs afoul of the very force it was supposed to protect him from and suffers 10 years of torture. Spirit can't understand why the boy they love ''so much'' would let them suffer like this. Mad with pain, spirit can only conclude that love and suffering are actually the same thing, that way its torment is really just the boy's way of showing them love. Now spirit is back and wants to return the favour, which it does with all the dedication of someone truely in love.

* Parodied in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and the Legionary'', where Obelix starts acting extremely strange because he's in love with Panacea, which is soon diagnosed by the other villagers. Later, after their terrible behavior has caused a centurion to become extremely overstressed and prone to collapsing sobbing onto other soldiers, he assumes he's in love. This seems at first to be Obelix's {{Cloudcuckoolander}} personality, but it becomes a RunningGag with every other character who witnesses his freak-outs assuming the same thing.

* ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''... for the love of GOD, do these two girls go axe-crazy over this guy-to the point that they'd happily murder each other in broad daylight, with witnesses, just to be rid of the competition?!

** Dr. Hell can be a subversion because he was already quite unstable and troubled before... but when he was in college and fell in love with a cute Japanese exchange student he started behaving obsessively (getting angry if someone dared to spend time with her) and erratically (his grades started slipping because he was too obsessed to study). And when he found out she was in love with another person, he flipped out completely and tried to MurderTheHypotenuse (and even stormed into the campus with a shotgun!).

* ''Manga/{{Zetsuai 1989}}'' is all about this trope. Let's see: when Izumi was five, his mother discovered his father was cheating on her and murdered him in front of Izumi so that she could "possess him completely". Then there's the {{Yandere}} fan Eri, who [[spoiler: tries to murder Kouji at his farewell concert]]. And that's without even mentioning the multiple examples of Kouji being driven to despair, self-mutilation, or generally self-destructive behaviour because of his love for Izumi -- who is understandably a bit freaked out by all this. At first. After a while, he starts to join in...

* In ''Franchise/DotHack'' series, Harald's obsession toward Emma Wielant (even after his death) was what caused him to create the beta version of ''The World'', ''Fragment'', both of which are actually [[spoiler:an attempt to create the ultimate AI by studying millions of players]]. And guess the source of the network crisis that happen throughout the series...

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', [[spoiler:this is revealed to be the true nature of the Uchiha Clan's curse, crossed over with LoveMakesYouEvil. They do not ''lack'' love; '''''they love too much'''''. And when they witness the death of a loved one, it activates the sharingan, literally born out of the hate that was born out of that loss. The deeper they delve into that hatred, the stronger their eyes get, but as a side effect they become hateful, bitter, cynical, and as Sasuke, Tobi, and to a lesser extent, Madara, has shown us, downright insane. This is why Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, considered them a "cursed clan".]]

** Crazy Lysa Arryn is largely motivated by her love for Littlefinger, [[MagnificentBastard who uses this to his advantage]]. And as implied by his actions (ie, [[spoiler: kicking off a continent-wide war]]), Littlefinger himself has been left [[{{Yandere}} mentally unstable]] by his [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited love]] for Lysa's sister, Catelyn Stark.
** Ser Loras Tyrell completely loses his mind after he discovers [[spoiler:that his lover King Renly Baratheon had been murdered]].

* Chris Keller in ''Series/{{Oz}}'' for Beecher. And Ryan for Dr. Nathan. Also overlaps with LoveMakesYouEvil.

* In ''WebAnimation/DrawWithMe'', the boy [[spoiler: tries to get through the unbreakable (instantly repairing) glass and loses his hand for it. And then the girl cuts off her own hand to give to him to use to draw.]]

* [[spoiler:Seimei]] from ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'' is known to have [[spoiler:faked his own death, killed, manipulated and [[MindRape mind raped]] countless people, abandoned his family, tricked everyone with his seemingly polite nature, and basically controlled Ritsuka's (the main character) life. All because, according to him, he is insecure and wanted to test Ritsuka's love for him.]] [[PaedoHunt Have we mentioned that Ritsuka is only twelve years old?]] [[BrotherSisterIncest And that he's his brother]]?

* Belarus from ''WebComic/AxisPowersHetalia'' is described as being relatively cool-headed. That is before she [[StalkerWithACrush fell in love.]] She cornered Russia in a closet, made him cry, and carries knives in her dress to threaten people who get too close to him. Not to mention, [[{{Squick}} he's her brother]].

* Anime/{{K}}'s Fushimi Saruhiko is the most insane character in the whole show ([[spoiler: aside from the Colorless King]]) and all just because he wants [[spoiler: Yata Misaki]] to notice him. It goes so far that he does everything to make [[spoiler: Misaki]] hate him just so he wouldn't be ignored. When he is with SCEPTER 4 he's just a [[DeadpanSnarker very snarky]] and rather cold young man but once [[spoiler: Misaki]] pops up he goes into [[AxCrazy crazy]] [[{{Yandere}} obsessive]] [[AttentionWhore "just notice me"]] mode.

* Smilkov's motivation to create ghosts in ''ComicBook/{{Spook}}'' was his love his daughter and his desire to see her again, causing him to gradually lose touch with reality.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': [[{{Yandere}} Yubel]], [[StalkerWithACrush Yubel]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Yubel]]. Boy has overprotective guardian spirit. Boy sends spirit away hoping to pacify it. Spirit runs afoul of the very force they were supposed to protect him from and suffers 10 years of torture. Spirit can't understand why the boy they love ''so much'' would let them suffer like this. Mad with pain, spirit can only conclude that love and suffering are actually the same thing, so that way its torment is really just the boy's way of showing them love. Now spirit is back and wants to return the favour, which it does with all the dedication of someone truely in love.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': [[{{Yandere}} Yubel]], [[StalkerWithACrush Yubel]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Yubel]]. Boy has overprotective guardian spirit. Boy sends spirit away hoping to pacify it. Spirit runs afoul of the very force they were supposed to protect him from and suffers 10 years of torture. Spirit can't understand why the boy they love ''so much'' would let them suffer like this. Mad with pain, spirit can only conclude that love and suffering are actually the same thing, so its torment is really just the boy's way of showing them love. Now spirit is back and wants to return the favour, which it does with all the dedication of someone truely in love.

* Velma from ''Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace'' insists this is [[http://lesbianspacepirates.com/index.php?id=371 a good thing.]]

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': [[{{Yandere}} Yubel]], [[StalkerWithACrush Yubel]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Yubel]]. Boy has overprotective guardian spirit. Boy sends spirit away hoping to pacify it. Spirit runs afoul of the very force they were supposed to protect him from and suffers 10 years of torture. Spirit can't understand why the boy they love ''so much'' would let them suffer like this. Mad with pain, spirit can only conclude that love and suffering are actually the same thing, so its torment is really just the boy's way of showing them love. Now spirit is back and wants to return the favour with all the dedication of someone truely in love.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': [[{{Yandere}} Yubel]], [[StalkerWithACrush Yubel]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Yubel]]. Boy has overprotective guardian spirit. Boy sends spirit away hoping to pacify it. Spirit runs afoul of the very force they were supposed to protect him from and suffers years of agony. Spirit can't understand why the boy they love ''so much'' would let them suffer like this. Mad with pain, spirit can only conclude that love and suffering are actually the same thing, and its torment is just the boy's way of showing them love. Now spirit is back and wants to return the favour.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': [[ClingyJealousGirl Yubel]], [[StalkerWithACrush Yubel]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Yubel]]. Boy has overprotective guardian spirit. Boy sends spirit away hoping to pacify it. Spirit runs afoul of the very force they were supposed to protect him from and suffers years of agony. Spirit can't understand why the boy they love ''so much'' would let them suffer like this. Mad with pain, spirit can only conclude that love and suffering are actually the same thing, and its torment is just the boy's way of showing them love. Now spirit is back and wants to return the favour.