History Main / LoveRevelationEpiphany

* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': After Angie admits she did love Oscar before he let his success go to his head, Oscar spends the rest of the night depressed. When Lola mockingly asks Oscar if even has feelings for Angie, Oscar realizes that he does indeed love Angie and he dumps Lola. Unfortunately for him however, Lola did [[NotGoodWithRejection NOT take it well at all]]. Let's just say poor Oscar [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown got the worst, most humiliating beating of his life.]]...

* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' fic "[[http://www.ralst.com/MinisterofLies1.HTM Minister of Lies]]" opens when a talk with Odo leads to Kira learning that Odo was once in love but the woman broke his heart. When she tries to talk with Quark about it, Quark's comments lead to Kira realising that Odo is in love with ''her'', which prompts her to take a fresh look at her relationship with Odo despite her current romantic relationship with Shakaar, [[spoiler:culminating in her realising that Odo is the one she truly loves]].

* In ''Fanfic/AAMLDiamondAndPearlVersion'', Ash has this regarding his feelings for Misty early on in the story (Although Brock has to spell it out for him).

* In ''Fanfic/AuburnStrandsAndRedThreads'', inadvertently overhearing [[{{Manga/Inuyasha}} Inuyasha's]] true feelings for her starts [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Orihime]] on a journey of her reconciling own feelings for him.

* ''[[Fanfic/BoundHowToTrainYourDragon Bound]]'' has a partial example of this; when Hiccup states his belief that Astrid has never wanted to be betrothed to him, Astrid realises that while she's never liked the implications of marriage and isn't ready for it yet, Hiccup is the only person her age in the village she can see herself marrying, as he would never try and make her something she's not and she actually does find him attractive.

* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': In Chapter 5 Jessika often teases Asuka about her liking Shinji. At the beginning, Asuka denies it vehemently and refuses to admit it to herself, but due to her friend's prolonged teasing, she starts to second-guess herself and realizes she really likes Shinji.

** Luna realises that she’s been attracted to Harry since she met him as Ginny helps teach her how to masturbate after they explain the situation to her.
** Initially just volunteering herself as part of the ritual because she can't imagine life without Harry, Hermione becomes aware that she’s subconsciously thought of Harry as attractive for years before they finally admit that they love each other in Chapter 14.

* This happens in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' when Olaf reunites with Anna after she realizes her love for Hans wasn't true love. When she says she doesn't know what love is, Olaf says Kristoff loves her, which makes Anna realize her feelings for him.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'': After Helga gives Arnold a second LoveConfession (her first attempt in [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie the previous film]] failed), Arnold has a private talk with her about her flaws and noble qualities, as well as how the latter led to him [[spoiler:finding his parents]]. All culminating in their first romantic, mutual kiss. If we can pinpoint it to a precise ''moment'', it's when they're [[https://i.imgur.com/FtBZf5v.jpg hanging from the cliff and they look over at each other]] - and it's obvious Arnold is finally really ''looking'' at her for the first time. (They exchange the exact same gaze - and we ''know'' Helga loves Arnold.)

* In ''Fanfic/CalamityJaneMeetsDoctorIsles'', Jane and Maura experience subtle awareness of their attraction to each other at first, 'simply' acknowledging the other as a good friend, but Maura only explicitly tells Jane that she loves her when Jane is preparing to leave Hollow Creek after Hoyt’s death, which gives Jane the kick to realise the depth of her own feelings for Maura.

* In ''Fanfic/AuburnStrandsAndRedThreads'', inadvertently overhearing [[{{Manga/Inuyasha}} Inuyasha's]] true feelings for her starts [[{{Manga/Bleach}} Orihime]] on a journey of her reconciling own feelings for him.

* In ''Fanfic/CalamityJaneMeetsDoctorIsles'', Jane and Maura experience subtle awareness of their attraction to each other at first, ‘simply’ acknowledging the other as a good friend, but Maura only explicitly tells Jane that she loves her when Jane is preparing to leave Hollow Creek after Hoyt’s death, which gives Jane the kick to realise the depth of her own feelings for Maura.

* In the ''Series/HannahMontana'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5572500/1/Higher-Power Higher Power]]", while Miley and Lilly have known about the other's secret superpowers for over a year (Miley has telekinesis and Lilly can alter her density to either phase through objects or gain superstrength), Miley has been completely unaware that Lilly is in love with her even though Jackson at least suspects it before asking Lilly about her feelings. However, after Miley's powers 'evolve' to include telepathy, she learns about Lilly's deeper feelings and starts to analyse everything Lilly has done for her in the past year in this new context, culminating in a BigDamnKiss that helps Miley acknowledge her own feelings for Lilly in turn.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13716489/1/LOST LOST]]" doesn't show the exact moment when Webby realised how she felt about Dewey, but after they shared a passionate kiss under the mistletoe and Dewey never came home after Christmas, over the next three years with Dewey living away from the rest, Webby not only realises that Dewey was in love with her, but also realises that she's missing him so much because she loved him too.

* In the ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5098298/1/Secrets-Revealed Secrets Revealed]]", after a personal project to find out her family's secrets prompts Alex to cast a truth spell on Harper to find out the subject of her current crush, Alex is shocked to learn that Harper's alleged crush on Justin was actually a cover for Harper's ''real'' crush on Alex herself. When Theresa talks with Alex about why she was so determined to find out the identity of Harper's current crush, she helps Alex realise that she wanted to be sure Harper had found someone who would be good for her because she has similar feelings for Harper herself.

* In the post-series ''Series/HannahMontana'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6827895/1/Stars-Don-t-Stand-Still-in-the-Sky Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky]]", Miley and Lilly attempted to start separate lives after they graduated college, Miley going on tour and Lilly taking a teaching job in Sacramento. However, they end up missing each other so much that they try to visit the other at the same time, and by the time they coordinate for a meeting, the moment they're face-to-face their initial embrace turns into a passionate kiss that leads to them both having sex; Lily in particular reflects that she isn't sure who kissed who first, but realises that what she feels for Miley is what you feel for the one person you need to have in your life all the time. With their reunion established, Lily takes a job as Miley's manager to justify them staying together.

* The ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' fic “[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13686887/1/What-Happens-In-Vegas What Happens in Vegas]]” sees Jane and Maura get married while attending a medical conference in Vegas after getting extremely drunk. While Jane is initially in favour of getting the marriage annulled as quickly as possible, when both of them take time to question their relationship, they ultimately realises that they genuinely love the other as more than just a friend or family member, and are willing to explore the dynamic further

* In ''Fanfic/AuburnStrandsAndRedThreads'', inadvertently overhearing [[{{Manga/Inuyasha}} Inuyasha's]] true feelings for her, starts [[{{Manga/Bleach}} Orihime]] on a journey of her reconciling own feelings for him.

* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': After Angie admits she did love Oscar before he let his success go to his head, Oscar spends the rest of the night depressed. When Lola mockingly asks Oscar if even has feelings for Angie, Oscar realizes that he does indeed love Angie and he dumps Lola. Unfortunately for him however, Lola did [[NotGoodWithRejection NOT take it well at all]]. Let's just say poor Oscar got [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown got the worst beating in his life.]]...

* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': After Angie admits she did love Oscar before he let his success go to his head, Oscar spends the rest of the night depressed. When Lola mockingly asks Oscar if even has feelings for Angie, Oscar realizes that he does indeed love Angie and he dumps Lola. Unfortunately for him however, Lola did [[NotGoodWithRejection NOT take it well at all]]. Let's just say poor Oscar got [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown got the worst beating in his whole life.]]...

* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': After Angie admits she did love Oscar before he let his success go to his head, Oscar spends the rest of the night depressed. When Lola mockingly asks Oscar if even has feelings for Angie, Oscar realizes that he does indeed love Angie and he dumps Lola. Unfortunately for him however, Lola did [[NotGoodWithRejection NOT take it well at all.]] and her response was [[NoBarsHoldBeatDown quite violent and very painful to say the least.]] Poor Oscar...

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie The Jungle Movie]]'': After Helga gives Arnold a second LoveConfession (her first attempt in [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie the previous film]] failed), Arnold has a private talk with her about her flaws and noble qualities, as well as how the latter led to him [[spoiler:finding his parents]]. All culminating in their first romantic, mutual kiss. If we can pinpoint it to a precise ''moment'', it's when they're [[https://i.imgur.com/FtBZf5v.jpg hanging from the cliff and they look over at each other]] - and it's obvious Arnold is finally really ''looking'' at her for the first time. (They exchange the exact same gaze - and we ''know'' Helga loves Arnold.)

** In ''LightNovel/ShikamaruHidenACloudDriftingInSilentDarkness'', Shikamaru realizes that he loves and wants to protect [[spoiler:Temari]], which helps him resist Gengo's charm and find the strength to fight against him.

* ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'':

* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa]]'': When Gloria discovers the true depths of Melman's feelings for her (as he tells her current suitor Moto about how lucky he is to have her, complete with LovingDetails), she soon realizes she feels the same way.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' episode "Puppy Love", when [[spoiler:Craig]] sees [[spoiler:Wildernessa's]] text about wanting to meet him alone, he realizes that they haven't really spoken since the Capture the Flag game, which then makes him recall the [[DyingDeclarationOfLove last thing she said]] after [[TakingTheBullet stopping him from getting tagged out]]. Despite her getting [[InterruptedDeclarationOfLove interrupted]] by [[HarmlessFreezing becoming frozen]], he still realizes how that sentence was likely going to end, he immediately becomes nervous about what'll happen once they meet up.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' episode "Puppy Love" When [[spoiler:Craig]] sees [[spoiler:Wildernessa's]] text about wanting to meet him alone, he realizes that they haven't really spoken since the Capture the Flag game, which then makes him recall the [[DyingDeclarationOfLove last thing she said]] after [[TakingTheBullet stopping him from getting tagged out]]. Despite her getting [[InterruptedDeclarationOfLove interrupted]] by [[HarmlessFreezing becoming frozen]], he still realizes how that sentence was likely going to end, he immediately becomes nervous about what'll happen once they meet up.

* PlayedForLaughs on ''Series/TheOffice'' when Kelly temporarily thinks she likes Andy after he gives her a more romantic Valentine’s Day card than he intended to.

* In ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'', Asuka finally figured out what Shinji liked her when Touji and Hikari explained it to her (slowly and in detail).

* Music/BonnieRaitt's "Something to Talk About," though in a twist on the trope, it was the town's speculation that they were too close to be JustFriends that caused her to notice that he had feelings for her, and then realize she had feelings for him.

* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': Melani only starts developing feelings for Bambang after rejecting his love confession. It took several episodes before Melani realize it, precisely when Bambang tells her that he still wants to make Melani happy after all his angst, and make her own confession.

* PlayedForLaughs on Series/TheOffice when Kelly temporarily thinks she likes Andy after he gives her a more romantic Valentine’s Day card than he intended to.

'''Ron:''' Out there...''in here''...\\

* In the post-series ''Series/HannahMontana'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6827895/1/Stars-Don-t-Stand-Still-in-the-Sky Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky]]", Miley and Lilly attempted to start separate lives after they graduated college, Miley going on tour and Lilly taking a teaching job in Sacramento, but when they both attempt to pay a surprise visit to the other a few months later, by the time they catch each other they have finally accepted that they love each other, Lilly taking a job as Miley's manager to justify them staying together.