History Main / OperationJealousy

* ''Manga/CaseClosed'': In one case, the culprit turned out to be a woman trying to murder her friend [[MurderTheHypotenuse for getting engaged to her previous boyfriend]] but saying she really never loved him in the first place. After [[spoiler:the murder attempted turned out to fail and [[InterruptedSuicide Conan prevents the attacker from killing herself]]]], it turns out the engagement was just one huge OperationJealousy for the boyfriend GoneHorriblyRight. [[spoiler:The friend, however, [[EasilyForgiven forgave her]] and gave deliberately wrong eye witness report so her friend wouldn't be arrested.]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': A complicated non-romantic version in "Recap/AsterixAndTheRomanAgent". After the titular Roman agent is dealt with (who has an inherent ability to make people turn on each other, leading to almost every male Gaul declaring himlf the ''real'' chief of the village), Asterix decides to make sure the others have learned their lesson and starts going around being carried on a shield by Asterix. When Vitalstatistix venomously asks what he thinks he's doing, Asterix cheerfully replies he's testing out the shield he intends to give Vitalstatistix for his birthday.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': In order get his nephew from the future, Bart Allen AKA Impulse, to take his legacy as the Flash seriously, ComicBook/WallyWest gave the Flash legacy to Jesse Chambers, the semi-related speedster known as Jesse Quick. Unlike the example with Batman and Robin detailed below, it ''worked'' and Impulse ''did'' take things more seriously, though when he and Jesse found out ''why'' Wally did this, they were ''pissed''. This ''was'' somewhat justified as unlike Batman, Wally was ''desperate''; he believed he was dying but had seen the future and saw that shortly after his 'death', Linda Park, his girlfriend, was killed by Kobra, and he wanted to make sure his successor was ready to take over and save her. And also unlike Batman, Wally realised what a dick move this was and apologised for it after, and made peace with them both.
* Non-romantic example, but quite infamously done in ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'': after Tim Drake resigns from the role, Batman gives the mantle to Stephanie Brown, Tim's girlfriend who was also the vigilante known as Spoiler. Part of the reason why Steph took the mantle was because she thought Tim was cheating on her and wanted to make him jealous... but Batman was ''explicitly'' and ''only'' taking her on to annoy Tim. Batman's treatment of Stephanie was ''bad'', rife with emotional abuse; he held her to a far higher standard than any of his previous Robins while refusing to trust her with even a ''fraction'' of what he had the others. Steph became so desperate to earn his approval that she instigated one of his back-up plans, one that (thanks to him withholding information from her that even his ''enemies'' knew) triggered a gang war that ultimately led to her apparent death.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

** Numerous people, ranging from Jimmy's fan club to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} herself, pulled this trick on Lucy Lane in ''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen''. Lucy, being a dog-in-the-manger, would fall for it... and then go directly back to resenting Jimmy's attentions as soon as the story was over.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Firra suggests that Renno pay more attention to her than ComicBook/WonderGirl at a dance to make Wonder Girl jealous, but the mermaid had rather underestimated how much her friend had already annoyed Wonder Girl.

* The film version of ''Film/{{Grease}}'':

* In ''Film/WaynesWorld'', Wayne's ex-girlfriend Stacy at first doesn't seem to understand that they have broken up, and once she does, she drags a random guy up to the roof of a club to make out where Wayne can see them. Wayne, however, is up there with his new {{love interest}} Cassandra, and honestly couldn't care less. He and Cassandra discuss the situation (in Chinese).

* Kitty tries this on Jack in Creator/GeorgetteHeyer's ''Literature/{{Cotillion}}''. A subversion, in fact, since [[spoiler:it works, to a point, but by that point Kitty's in love with Freddy.]]

* In ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'', Richard's former girlfriend didn't like their relationship developing too slowly. So, she let him catch her screwing his brother and '''invited him to join'''. Got a blank stare, and that was it.

** In the first of her TookALevelInJerkass moments in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E1WhenSheWasBad}} When She Was Bad]]", Buffy does the MatingDance with Xander while Angel is watching (as well as Willow, who was attracted to Xander at the time). After getting Xander worked up, she then [[TheTease walks out on him too]]. [[AlphaBitch Cordelia]] ([[EveryoneHasStandards of all people]]) is disgusted.
** Spike on a couple of occasions when Buffy rejects his advances. PlayedForLaughs when the girl Spike chats up turns out to be a RobotGirl who responds by [[DestinationDefenestration throwing Spike through a window]]. Played straight in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E16HellsBells}} Hell's Bells]]" when Spike brings a {{Goth}} girlfriend to Anya's wedding after Buffy dumps him. Buffy acknowledges that she is hurt and Spike, no longer angry at her, just leaves quietly.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. In "Bury the Lede", Reese goes on a date with a workaholic IntrepidReporter as a means of secretly protecting her. Finch is PlayingCyrano back in MissionControl, so when Reese is stuffing up he goes to Plan B and has Zoe Morgan come up and flirt with him, in the belief that Reese appearing to be attractive to other women makes him more desirable. It seems to work (it doesn't hurt that Zoe is FamedInStory) despite [[ShipTease Zoe using the opportunity to pat Reese's behind]]. At the end of the episode though the reporter decides to break up with Reese, assuming from their {{UST}} that Reese is still pining over his "ex-girlfriend".

* In the song "Don't Lose Ur Head" in ''Theatre/{{Six}}'', Anne Boleyn claims that her alleged infidelities were a ploy to make Henry VIII jealous that [[GoneHorriblyRight Went Horribly Right]].

* In ''VideoGame/YoakeMaeYoriRuriiroNa'', this is what the [[spoiler:[[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest Natsuki]]]] Bonus Scenario "[[spoiler:Mary's Love]]" turned out to be about: [[spoiler:Tatsuya and Natsuki are now in a love relationship, but haven't told it to their classmates yet, due to [[{{Tsundere}} Natsuki]] being locked into CannotSpitItOut mode. So Tatsuya and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Midori]] played along to trigger [[GreenEyedMonster Natsuki's jealousy]] to the point she would inadvertantly blurt out her feelings in front of the whole class. It works.]]

* ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'': In Diamond World, the heroine wanted to get noticed romantically by her childhoodfriend Toma because she's been crushing on him for years. She talks with Ikki about how to achieve this, and he suggests that she not contact Toma for a few months, with the intent that not seeing her for a while will result in him seeing her in a completely different light when they meet up again. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Toma misunderstood the entire thing and thought she had started dating Ikki, she was getting harassed by his fangirls, and his own feelings [[ICantBelieveAGirlLikeYouWouldNoticeMe that he thought would never be requited]] led to his {{yandere}} side being triggered.]]
* ''VisualNovel/Canvas2'' has a {{Downplayed}} version: rather than dating Yanagi, Kiri simply praises and compliments him in front of Hiroki in an effort to make him jealous. Later on, however, she plays this straight by [[spoiler:agreeing to ''marry'' Yanagi'' if Hiroki doesn't come in first at the Concours]].

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': Shion openly and shamelessly flirts with Keiichi in front of Mion, to try and goad the latter into admitting her feelings for Keiichi (to the boy himself). [[spoiler:In some arcs, however, it's implied she uses this tactic to ''hurt'' Mion's feelings, rather than help her along with admitting them]].

* In [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/250 this strip]] from ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'', Carla ''thinks'' this is what's going on.
* In ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', Peggy executes one of these schemes on behalf of Sonya, with a degree of skill and judgement that's unusual for both the trope and [[ZanyScheme this comic]], under the name ''Operation "Hey, Jealous Zii."'' Unfortunately, she's running on flawed prior intelligence, [[spoiler:but her plan works incredibly well even so, especially from her point of view]]. Funnily enough, she mostly just wants to improve Sonya's love life enough that Sonya stops having loud soap-operatic dreams, because they're currently platonically sharing a bed, and Sonya is keeping Peggy awake. Switching Sonya's bass guitar for a snow shovel, pulling off a NakedApron show, and baking high-quality cupcakes, are all far less zany elements of the scheme than they sound. [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/hey-jealous-zii The story starts here;]] note that some of the strips are somewhat [[NakedApron NSFW]]. Phase 1 culminates [[spoiler:[[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/not-that-i-care here.]]]]

** The first time Stewie fell in love with a girl at day care and then held hands with another girl when he thought she was seeing someone else.

** The second time Brian wanted Jillian to notice him and Lauren Conrad suggests that he remind his ex how much she misses him. [[WholesomeCrossdresser Stewie]] says the best way is by going on a date with a beautiful woman.

* A variation on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents:'' Timmy pulls a FreakyFridayFlip with Vicky's dog Doidle, and Doidle refuses to allow the wish to be unwished since he likes being human. Wanda poofs into a poodle and flirts with Timmy until Doidle gets jealous enough to unwish the wish.

* We get a double dose in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9858809/15/Pyrrha-c-victory Pyrrha(c) Victory]]'' in the aptly titled chapters "Jealousy I and II". At this point in the story, Pyrrha knows that Jaune likes her, but Jaune won't do anything because [[InsecureLoveInterest he believes that she can do better than him]], so she decides to ask [[spoiler:Sun]], who is in on the plan, to the [[HighSchoolDance Beacon Dance]] to make Jaune jealous. [[spoiler:Blake]], angry that the guy she was going to ask is being used like this, decides to ask Jaune to the the dance to both make [[spoiler:Sun]] jealous and give Pyrrha [[ATasteOftheirOwnMedicine A Taste Of Her Own Medicine]].

* ''Fanfic/NiceGuyAdrien'': Adrien attempts this in ''Bewitched and Bewildered'', briefly dating [[ManipulativeBitch Lila]] in an attempt to get Marinette's attention. It doesn't work, and the relationship swiftly falls apart.

* In the song "Don't Lose Ur Head" in ''Theatre/{{Six}}'', Anne Boleyn claims that her alleged infidelities were a ploy to make Henry VIII jealous that [[GoneHorriblyRight Went Horribly Right.]]

* ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'': In Diamond World, the heroine wanted to get noticed romantically by her childhoodfriend Toma because she's been crushing on him for years. She talks with Ikki about how to achieve this, and he suggests that she not contact Toma for a few months, with the intent that not seeing her for a while will result in him seeing her in a completely different light when they meet up again. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Toma misunderstood the entire thing and thought she had started dating Ikki, she was getting harassed by his fangirls, and his own feelings [[ICantBelieveAGirlLikeYouWouldNoticeMe that he thought would never be requited]] led to his {{yandere}} side being triggered.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', when Tamara catches the protagonist and Johanna fooling around, she dates Dennis to make the protagonist jealous. It works.
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': Shion openly and shamelessly flirts with Keiichi in front of Mion, to try and goad the latter into admitting her feelings for Keiichi (to the boy himself). [[spoiler:In some arcs, however, it's implied she uses this tactic to ''hurt'' Mion's feelings, rather than help her along with admitting them]].

* In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', you can meet an attractive young woman who's upset with the ''lack'' of drama in her relationship with her boyfriend, so she wants [[PlayerCharacter the Nameless One]] to pretend to be a jealous suitor and challenge her boyfriend to a fight. Said boyfriend takes one look at the Nameless One (who's six feet tall and so heavily scarred that his normal skin tone is impossible to see) and says he is ''not'' willing to fight him. The Nameless One can then reveal that he was only hired to try and stir up drama and suggest that the boyfriend try turning the tables on his fiance and give her a taste of her own medicine, thus [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor providing the girl]] with [[GoneHorriblyRight the drama she thought she wanted]].
* In ''VideoGame/YoakeMaeYoriRuriiroNa'', this is what the [[spoiler: [[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest Natsuki]]]] Bonus Scenario "[[spoiler:Mary's Love]]" turned to be about: [[spoiler: Tatsuya and Natsuki are now in a love relationship, but haven't told it to their classmates yet, due to [[{{Tsundere}} Natsuki]] being locked into CannotSpitItOut mode. So Tatsuya and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Midori]] played along to trigger [[GreenEyedMonster Natsuki's jealousy]] to the point she would inadvertantly blurt out her feelings in front of the whole class. It works.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Insecticomics}}'', Thrust tries to talk Dreadmoon into dating someone else to make Starscream jealous. When Thrust suggests he be the Convenient Clancey, it becomes rather obvious that the ZanyScheme is at least half a plot to hook up with Dreadmoon himself.
* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' Chapter 86, Jerrick ([[spoiler: actually Loup]]) announces to Antimony that Lana is his girlfriend, then straight-out says "I hope you're not too jealous". Annie rather bemusedly, and completely honestly, says she isn't at all jealous and is very happy for them. Jerrick does not take this well, and takes it out on Lana. (Ironically, ''Lana'' had been jealous of the time he was spending with Annie, which is what gave him the idea.)

-->'''Serena:''' Hey, Melvin. If I go on a date with you, Darian will get jealous… well, maybe not "jealous"…

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', Kitty possesses [[RichBitch Paulina]] and dates the main hero who has a crush on her, all in order to make her on/off boyfriend Johnny 13 jealous.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' was the victim of this twice in the first season. Once by an [[TalkingAnimal antelope]].
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'':
** The episode "Pet Rocky" has Beezy using ButtMonkey Samy as a pet in order to get his real pet Rocky away from Jimmy.
** The episode "Heloise's Secret Admirer" has Heloise date local pickpocket and dumpster diver Peep to make Jimmy jealous.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "The Magnificent Steven", Roger enlists Hayley to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to make the girl at the liquor store, who he has a crush on, jealous. It horribly backfires when he falls in love with Hayley instead. In the end, it all turns out to be an elaborate plot to [[spoiler:win a T-shirt]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'', [[ClingyJealousGirl Courtney]] attempts to make her former love interest [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Duncan]] jealous by flirting with [[TheChewToy Tyler]], then [[ManipulativeBastard Alejandro]]. It doesn't work.

* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', [[StalkerWithACrush Marie]] attempts this with Eddy after seeing Double D dancing with Nazz. Of course, she has to get his attention first, so [[GrievousHarmWithABody she slams Eddy into Nazz like a mace.]]
-->'''Marie''': Quick, he's looking! Make like an octopus and suck face!
* Done in ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' with Dijonay dating Duke to make Sticky feel jealous after he refused to kiss her on "Hip Hop Helicopter." It was all Penny's idea so she'd stop chasing Sticky and not embarrass herself.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', Sheldon Lee pays Pteresa to date him in a ploy to make Jenny jealous. And it actually ''works'', as Jenny starts to miss his company and even considers a RelationshipUpgrade. [[StatusQuoIsGod Unfortunately, her hearing is busted throughout the episode, and at the end she misinterprets an]] AnguishedDeclarationOfLove [[StatusQuoIsGod from Sheldon as him saying he's too good for her, and she flies off in a huff.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode "[[Recap/DariaS3E05 Daria Dance Party]]," [[DumbJock Kevin]] and [[DumbBlonde Brittany]] have a temporary break-up and each want to date another cheerleader/football player to make the other jealous. TheBroCode (and its female counterpart) prevents this, until Brittany asks out [[NiceGuy Robert]], a football player who was out of town and doesn't know what's going on.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}}'', Lo bribes Reef into entering a fake relationship with her in order to make an old ex-boyfriend (who is currently dating Fin) jealous and want her back. It turns out about as well as you’d expect. [[spoiler: However, true to trope, Lo and Reef start dating a few episodes later.]]
** As a twist at the end of said episode, it turns out that Lo's ex was just dating Fin to make Lo jealous all along and get revenge on her for dumping him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AngryBeavers'', Treeflower starts dating Truckee, and Norbert attempts to win her back by making her jealous with another girlfriend, using a puppet Daggett makes for him out of a bunch of junk.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' when Fry became obsessed with cloning his dead dog, his jealous best friend Bender tried to pull this with a RobotDog.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'' has Puma Loco pull one on his grandson Manny by taking a rookie villain called the Cactus Kid as his apprentice and spending more time with him instead of Manny.
* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheThreeCaballeros'' Daisy does this to Donald with, Dapper Duck, who as his name implies, is a handsome and charming doppleganger of Donald's. Donald at the time, has more pressing matters at hand, so he brushes it off. Jose and Panchito are quick to point out that he doesn't like him though.
* A variation on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents:'' Timmy pulls a FreakyFridayFlip with Vicky's dog Doidle, and Doidle refuses to allow the wish to be unwished since he likes being human. Wanda poofs into a poodle and flirts with Timmy until Doidle gets jealous enough to unwish the wish.
* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'': Hal Jordan's AbhorrentAdmirer Carol Ferris gets a perfect new boyfriend, causing a role reversal where Hal is desperate to get her back. After enough hijinks have happened, Carol reveals that she was using this trope to win Hal back and smugly dumps her new boyfriend... who reveals he was doing the ''exact same thing.'' He's Sinestro in disguise and was trying to get Hal back as his best friend.

--->'''Ned:''' Mmm, dinner was delicious, Edna. But I can't shake the feeling that you're just using me to make Principal Skinner jealous.
--->'''Edna:''' Oh, please, I don't care what Mr. "Engaged-to-be-Engaged" thinks. (''turns to phone, which is off hook'') Hear that, Seymour?
--->'''Skinner:''' (''on phone'') Edna, this is childish.
--->'''Edna:''' Fine, then hang up.
--->'''Skinner:''' [[NoYouHangUpFirst I will hang up when]] ''[[NoYouHangUpFirst he]]'' [[NoYouHangUpFirst leaves]].
--->'''Ned:''' (''sighs'')

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
** In "Love Hurts And So Does Art", Connie does this to Bobby when she tells him that since Bobby doesn't want to go to the school dance, she's going with someone else. In the end, when Bobby makes it to the dance, Connie admits that she went alone and was hoping to make him jealous.
** In "Naked Ambition", [[AccidentalPervert Connie catches Bobby and Joseph seemingly spying on her while she was changing her clothes]], when in reality, Joseph was trying to spy on Luanne while she was showering and Bobby was trying to stop him. So, she decides to go on a date with Chane Wassanasong out of spite towards Bobby. Afterwards, she admits to her parents that she doesn't actually like Chane, and when Bobby comes over and explains what actually happened, she forgives him.
* Very quickly in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Cat Noir has been very vocal about his crush on Ladybug, who always rejects his advances. At one point, he announces he has a girlfriend, but when Ladybug expresses her happiness for him, he immediately admits he was attempting to invoke this. Averted when both Adrien/Cat Noir and Marinette/Ladybug begin dating Kagami and Luka respectively. Rather than attempting to garner their actual crushes' interest, they're genuinely attempting to get over their feelings by exploring a new relationship.

* In ''Literature/ConfessionsOfGeorgiaNicolson'', Dave the laug is the "red-herring" Of Georgia ( for make jealous Robbie) in the book "It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers"

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Hermione dates [[JerkJock Cormac McLaggen]] in ''Half-Blood Prince'' solely to make Ron jealous, and immediately regrets it -- Cormac spends their entire time talking about himself. She later tells Harry that she purposely chose the person who would annoy Ron the most (it certainly worked) and even considered a Slytherin.
** Also in ''Half-Blood Prince'', Ron dates Lavender Brown for the same reason as Hermione, ''towards'' Hermione. He doesn't actually like Lavender much, but she drives Hermione up the wall, which he greatly appreciates after finding out that Hermione snogged Krum during their brief relationship. He also grows to regret this.
** In ''Pottermore'', Tonks made some casual remarks to Lupin about Sirius -- who is [[KissingCousins her cousin]] -- being not-so-bad-looking. Lupin got annoyed that she seemingly fancied Sirius, and she replied that he knew perfectly well that it wasn't Sirius whom she actually fancied.
* In Creator/PGWodehouse' books, [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Bertie Wooster]] would often use this technique to speed up marriages, although they were never meant to be his own. He himself would play TheBeard, usually without asking anyone's permission first.

-->''"Tom fled home at noon. His conscience could not endure any more of Amy's grateful happiness, and his jealousy could bear no more of the other distress. Becky resumed her picture inspections with Alfred, but as the minutes dragged along and no Tom came to suffer, her triumph began to cloud and she lost interest; gravity and absentmindedness followed, and then melancholy; two or three times she pricked up her ear at a footstep, but it was a false hope; no Tom came."''

* In ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'', Richard's former girlfriend didn't like their relationship developing too slowly. So, she let him catch her screwing his brother and '''invited him to join'''. Got a blank stare, and that was it.

* The Creator/AgathaChristie character [[Literature/ParkerPyneInvestigates Mr. Parker Pyne]], who runs a business which advertises with the simple question "Are you happy?" and aims to solve any problem this might bring to him, has a male and female employee on staff who are experts at this. However, the trope never gets played quite straight in the published stories; the closest is "The Case of the Discontented Husband", where it goes horribly wrong (the husband falls for the "girlfriend" for real, she wants nothing to do with him).

* Thoroughly {{deconstructed|Trope}} in ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath''. Timmon likes Jame, and Jame kind of likes Timmon too. But she likes someone else more, and Timmon can be a dick sometimes, so she's not really interested in getting together with him. So Timmon launches Operation Jealousy and gets with Narsa. It actually ''does'' work--Jame, much to her annoyance, ''is'' a little jealous. But she's not jealous enough to actually ''do'' anything about it, and she's annoyed at Timmon for pulling this. Meanwhile, it turns out Narsa is a ClingyJealousGirl, and furious and heartbroken over her role in all of this. She tries to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Jame]], and later, [[spoiler:after Timmon gets her pregnant, [[DrivenToSuicide kills herself]].]]
* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'', it's implied that [[spoiler:Abigail Brown only got together with Rowley]] to make her ex jealous. It works.
* In the YA Thriller ''People Like Us'' by Dana Mele, the main character Kay has a crush on her roommate, Brie, and tries to pull this by flirting with a boy at a party. Brie doesn't seem to notice at all, and she ends up dating the boy for real. [[spoiler: Except, she later finds out, Brie ''was'' interested, and definitely noticed, but seeing Kay flirting with a boy combined with an off-the-cuff homophobic insult Kay flung to fit in convinced Brie she had no chance and should look elsewhere.]]
* In ''[[Literature/TheBerenstainBears The Berenstain Bears Gotta Dance!]]'', Bonnie Brown spreads a rumor that she invited Too-Tall Grizzly to the upcoming [[HighSchoolDance school dance]] in the hopes that this would make Brother Bear jealous enough that he would learn how to dance so she could invite him instead.
* In ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', Porthos pretends to know a rich noblewoman (Milady de Winter) in a church where his lover, Madame Coquenard, attends mass. This is just because Madame Coquenard has been distant with him recently and because he wants to make her jealous to extort money from her. It works.
* In ''Literature/LifeAndDeathTwilightReimagined'', Beau gets tired of Taylor hitting on him, to the moment where she told everyone they're going to prom together despite him never saying yes. He solves this by [[InvokedTrope accusing]] Taylor of flirting with him to try to get the attention of another boy, Logan.
%%* Basically the entire plot of ''Literature/{{Toradora}}''.

%% Needs Context * Used by Connie a few times on [[ObliviousToLove Phillip Boynton]] in ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', to varying effect.
* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Chloe does this a few times to Clark with a few {{Temporary Love Interest}}s. The straightest example is in ''Heat'' (an episode after they broke up) when she talked about this cute guy from Metropolis [[spoiler:who she lost her virginity to]] but was disappointed, thanks to Clark's, to quote the trope description, "awareness of a brick". She is later involved again with [[spoiler:Jimmy and ends up marrying him]], but sometime in the middle she [[spoiler:admitted to Jor-El that she still loves Clark]]. Despite that Clark's constant refrain of SheIsNotMyGirlfriend, he always had the knack of looking ''mightily'' jealous whether Chloe is involved with another guy. And a priceless expression whenever she actually kisses them (happened at least three times, with [[spoiler:Justin, Ian and Jimmy]]; although for the last occasion [[spoiler:it turned out to be Bizarro]]). Lana with [[spoiler:Lex Luthor]] too.
* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh:''

* Miss Piggy tries this on the Avery Schreiber episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. It seems to work, except that Scooter spills the beans.
* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'':
** April convinces Andy that if she puts several hickeys on his neck, it will make Ann jealous and want to get back together with him. Which totally has nothing to do with any feelings April has for him...
** April tries to use Operation Jealousy AGAINST Andy too, by flirting with Jean-Ralphio, and later with her new boyfriend Eduardo. The first fails because Jean-Ralphio is a [[CasanovaWannabe douche]], the second because Eduardo and Andy actually get along really well.
* A platonic version happened in the Series/{{Bunkd}} episode "The S'more, The S'merrier". Destiny learned that Matteo invited Finn to Thanksgiving the previous year without telling her. To make them jealous, she found two boys that somewhat resembled Finn and Matteo to hang out with. The boys played this game as well and found a girl who looked like Destiny to hang out with. It worked on both sides leading them all to talk out their issues.
* In ''Series/{{Seacht}}'', after Eithne slept with Mã­cheãl, his girlfriend, Paddy, came to the show and shagged Pete, who was Eithne's boyfriend at the time. Drama ensued. Oh, and to make matters worse, Eithne and Paddy are sisters.
* On an episode of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', Blanche tries this to make her boyfriend Floyd (who just stood her up) jealous, TheBeard being Rose's foreign cousin Sven. At first, it seems like Sven is taking this wrong and falling for Blanche (being rather naïve) but as it turns out, he knew what she was up to - he himself wanted to scare his fiancé away. (It's an ArrangedMarriage, and he's ''very'' nervous about it.)

* On ''Series/GossipGirl'' Blair brings home a British lord from her vacation in Europe to make Chuck jealous. Later on Chuck and Vanessa team up to make Blair and Nate jealous.
* Maddie on ''Series/JonathanCreek'' tried this to make Jonathan jealous; unfortunately, she was going on a blind date based on a photo which did not entirely match the goods, so to speak, and the guy ended up being several decades older than his photo and, personality-wise, "the bastard son of Film/ForrestGump." Needless to say, Jonathan not only clocked exactly what she was doing (and that it had gone badly wrong) but enjoyed himself enormously at her expense.
* In ''Series/HannahMontana'', Miley attempts this on Jake to get him to break up with his girlfriend. It later turns out that the "girlfriend" was just Jake using an Operation Jealousy on Miley (and succeeding).
* A complicated version in ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Monica and Chandler have a FriendsWithBenefits relationship that's clearly bordering on more, but Monica gets asked out. She intended to get out of it but Chandler misunderstands and claims they were just "goofing around" to protect himself. This prompts a hurt Monica to say yes to the date and and flaunt the guy in front of him. Thankfully Chandler talks to her, explains his feeling, she calls the scheme off, and they ultimately enter a real relationship.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'':
** After Marshall confesses that a coworker jumped him at work, Lily thinks he's just trying to invoke this trope and doesn't believe him. However, when the coworker drops by to apologize to Lily and confirms that it did happen, Lily beats the snot out of her in a jealous fury.
** Barney takes this to rather [[BatmanGambit spectacular levels]] in his [[WackyMarriageProposal proposal]] [[spoiler:to Robin]]. He asks Patrice to pretend to be his girlfriend to make Robin realize how she feels, even spreading the rumor that he was going to propose to her.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** In the first of her TookALevelInJerkass moments in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E1WhenSheWasBad}} When She Was Bad]]", Buffy does the MatingDance with Xander while Angel is watching (as well as Willow, who was attracted to Xander at the time). After getting Xander worked up, she then [[TheTease walks out on him too]]. [[AlphaBitch Cordelia]] ([[EveryoneHasStandards of all people]]) is disgusted.
** Spike on a couple of occasions when Buffy rejects his advances. PlayedForLaughs when the girl Spike chats up turns out to be a RobotGirl who responds by [[DestinationDefenestration throwing Spike through a window]]. Played straight in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E16HellsBells}} Hell's Bells]]" when Spike brings a {{Goth}} girlfriend to Anya's wedding after Buffy dumps him. Buffy acknowledges that she is hurt and Spike, no longer angry at her, just leaves quietly.
** Lampshaded in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E14FirstDate}} First Date]]". Xander has been invited out by a girl [[RunningGag who as usual]] [[FatalAttractor turns out to be a demon eager to do something nasty to Xander]]. This doesn't stop his former fiancee from venting over the situation.
--->'''Anya:''' I think this is part of a plan to make me jealous.
--->'''Buffy:''' Well, it's not working.
--->'''Anya:''' Are you nuts? Of course it's working! Observe my bitter ranting! Hear the shrill edge of hysteria in my voice!
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Sheldon tries to ask Penny out in an attempt to make Amy jealous. Penny sees right through it and convinces him to just go tell Amy how he feels.
* On ''Series/{{Psych}}'' Lassiter finds himself the roped into this when his date Mindy uses him to try and make an old flame jealous at Shawn's high school reunion. The next step is for him to make out with her target's wife to break them up, something Lassy steadfastly refuses to do. Things turn around when she forgets her purse and he finds a stash of illegal prescription pills, which means he gets to make an arrest.
-->'''Lassiter:''' I'm having fun. It's the best date I've been on in a long time.
* PlayedForDrama on ''Series/SwitchedAtBirth'': Daphne flirts and makes plans with Travis, who she knows has a thing for her, but she only does it in order to attract her much older boss.
* Happens three times on ''Series/HouseOfAnubis''.

* ''Series/{{Cracker}}''. Fitz finally convinces DS Penhaligon to go out with him, only to take her to the same restaurant his estranged wife has taken her date in order to show her up. While the two are arguing, Penhaligon can be heard asking the waiter for a jug of water, which she [[FoodSlap calmly pours over Fitz's head]] before walking out.
-->'''Fitz:''' (dripping wet) Anglo-Saxon foreplay.
* On ''Series/Chef1993'', Savannah makes up an [[GirlfriendInCanada imaginary boyfriend]] to try to get Gareth's attention, but he quickly realizes that the bills for all the bouquets she's receiving are made out to her.
* ''[[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]] (US)'': In the episode "Pool Party", Erin flirts with Dwight to try and make Andy jealous. Dwight doesn't reciprocate until Erin explains the scheme, at which point they both throw themselves into the roles of an over-the-top lovey-dovey couple.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Jeff and Britta want to break up Annie and Vaughn because Annie is a vulnerable cutie and Vaughn is a lame douchebag (they think). They know that Annie has been in love with Troy, so they tell Vaughn that Annie is only dating him to make Troy jealous. He believes them but it's not actually true as Annie's interest in him is sincere.
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. In "Bury the Lede", Reese goes on a date with a workaholic IntrepidReporter as a means of secretly protecting her. Finch is PlayingCyrano back in MissionControl, so when Reese is stuffing up he goes to Plan B and has Zoe Morgan come up and flirt with him, in the belief that Reese appearing to be attractive to other women makes him more desirable. It seems to work (it doesn't hurt that Zoe is FamedInStory) despite [[ShipTease Zoe using the opportunity to pat Reese's behind]]. At the end of the episode though the reporter decides to break up with Reese, assuming from their {{UST}} that Reese is still pining over his "ex-girlfriend".

--> '''Natalie''': Well, just have fun, and call me when you're done!

* On ''Series/GLOW2017'', Rhonda's sex life with Bash has dried up, so she hires a gigolo to pose as a handyman that she can flirt with to make Bash jealous. Her plan takes an unexpected turn and they end up having a three-way.
* One episode of ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' has Barney accidentally getting himself and Andy stuck with two 'fun girls' from out of town just before a big dance. Thelma Lou and Helen get jealous and decide to go to the dance with Gomer and Goober instead. By the end of the night, the couples are back together and Gomer and Goober are dancing with the fun girls.

* In the ''Series/OpenAllHours'' episode "The Housekeeper Caper", Arkwright launches an ambitious plan to make Nurse Gladys jealous using an advert for a live-in housekeeper; banking on the thought of another woman under his roof making her want to rush him to the altar. Unfortunately Nurse Gladys can not only read him like a book, but also quite likes watching his schemes fall apart.
* In an early episode of ''Series/TheWonderYears'', Kevin briefly dates a girl named Becky Slater in an attempt to make Winnie jealous. This blows up in his face spectacularly when she finds out the truth. [[WomanScorned She ends up punching him (several times), and later tells everyone what he said about them behind their backs,]] leaving everyone, particularly Winnie and Paul angry with him for several episodes.
* In the ''Series/HereComeTheBrides'' episode "Lovers and Wanderers," Big Swede has an argument with Miss Essie and then tries to win her back by flirting with some of the imported women. His plan backfires, and Miss Essie stops talking to him. Heartbroken, Big Swede leaves town, and Miss Essie starts flirting with Jason in the hopes of making Big Swede jealous when he returns. This backfires even worse - the other lumberjacks think Jason fired Big Swede to steal his woman, and they all protest by going on strike.

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': Sam tries doing this with Rebecca and her sister Susan, having learned that Susan apparently seduces any man Rebecca looks at, in order to annoy Rebecca into going out with him. Things go a little wrong for Sam when Susan shows up early, and Rebecca walks in, before drawing a gun on her sister. [[spoiler:Turns out they saw through Sam's attempt, and with the help of the rest of the bar set him up to be humiliated.]]
* ''Series/{{Blackish}}'': In one episode, Zoe advises Junior on how to get with a popular girl using a [[PlayingCyrano bluetooth headset]]. When Junior starts to fumble, she suggests he glance at another girl who's passing by. This causes the popular girl to get jealous and ask Junior on a date. It's later subverted when [[spoiler: it's revealed the popular girl was only dated Junior so he would edit a video for her.]]
* In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}},'' Elaine and her boyfriend David Puddy break up in the cab to the airport after a month in Europe and manage to commence this while they're on the plane ride home, with Elaine waking up her sleeping seatmate and getting cozy and Puddy immediately striking back:
-->'''Elaine:''' What are you doing?
-->'''Puddy:''' It's a long flight, Elaine, I had to get on with my life.
-->'''Elaine:''' By making time with some floozy across the aisle?
-->'''Puddy:''' Yeah, that's right. What's going on with you and uh...Vegetable Lasagna?
-->'''Elaine:''' This guy? Oh, he's an idiot. He doesn't mean anything to me.
-->'''"Vegetable Lasagna":''' [[ImStandingRightHere I can hear you]].
* The B-plot of the ''Series/CityGuys'' episode "Jamal Got His Gun" has a [[GirlOfTheWeek guy of the week]] hitting it off with Cassidy, only to reveal near the end that he intends to have Cassidy along with him to make his ex-girlfriend jealous. Cassidy, upon realizing his intention, responds by [[AgonyOfTheFeet stomping on his foot]] before storming off. When Dawn asks him what he'd like, he asks Dawn to pretend to be Cassidy to enable him to carry out his plan. [[AgonyOfTheFeet Dawn promptly follows Cassidy's lead.]]
* ''Series/JandaKembang'': Defied in episode 10. Malik considers pretending to be in relationship with Wulan to make Salmah jealous, but Wulan shoots the idea down since it's more likely that Salmah will go away instead.

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder":
-->Well, I don't wear Doc Martens and I don't wear flannel\\
And I don't boycott the music video channel\\
And I just can't compete with all that money and fame\\
But I know two can play at this kinda game\\
So let's just see how jealous she'll get\\
When I start stalking Music/AlanisMorissette!

* "Judy's Turn to Cry", the SequelSong to "It's My Party", by Music/LesleyGore. The motivation to get Johnny back from Judy is as follows:
-->Oh, one night I saw them kissing at a party\\
So I kissed some other guy\\
Johnny jumped up and he hit him\\
'Cause he still loves me, that's why

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* In the ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' story "Double Dummy", Sabrina's boyfriend Harvey refuses to pay to see a movie with her, so Sabrina goes out with [[ComicBook/ArchieComics Reggie Mantle]] instead. Harvey gets upset, saying, "I'll bet she wouldn't act that way if I told her I was going with another girl to a drive-in!" This inspires him to buy an inflatable doll and dress it up in his mother's clothes and wig. At the drive-in, Sabrina sees Harvey with the doll and gets upset. She slings her purse at him, but hits the doll instead, causing its head to explode. As Harvey's punishment for deceiving her, Sabrina brings the doll to life and makes it chase after him.
-->'''Reggie:''' Tell me I'm not seeing what I think I see!\\
'''Sabrina:''' I don't know what you're talking about!
* Non-romantic example, but quite infamously done in ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' after Tim Drake resigns from the role, and Batman instead gives the mantle to Stephanie Brown, Tim's girlfriend the vigilante known as Spoiler. Steph herself is in-part taking the mantle because she thought Tim was cheating on her and wanted to make him jealous, but Batman was ''explicitly'' and ''only'' taking her on to annoy Tim. Batman's treatment of Steph was ''bad'' and rife with emotional abuse, holding her to a much higher standard than any other Robin beforehand while not trusting her even to a fraction of what he did the others, which ultimately lead her to become so desperate for his approval she instigated a back-up plan of his that (thanks to him never informing her of key information that even his enemies knew) resulted in starting a gang war that ultimately lead to her apparent death.
* A similar, though far less extreme case happened previously in ''Franchise/TheFlash''; to get his nephew from the future, Bart Allen AKA Impulse, to take his legacy as the Flash seriously, ComicBook/WallyWest gave the Flash legacy to Jesse Chambers, the semi-related speedster known as Jesse Quick. Unlike Batman and Robin, it ''worked'' and Impulse ''did'' take things more seriously, though when he and Jesse found out ''why'' Wally did this, they were ''pissed''. This ''was'' somewhat justified as unlike Batman, Wally was ''desperate''; he believed he was dying but had seen the future and saw that shortly after his 'death', Linda Park, his girlfriend, was killed by Kobra, and he wanted to make sure his successor was ready to take over and save her. And also, unlike Batman, Wally realised what a dick move this was and apologised for it after, and made peace with them both.

* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': A complicated non-romantic version in "Recap/AsterixAndTheRomanAgent". After the titular Roman agent is dealt with (who has an inherent ability to make people turn on each other, leading to almost every male Gaul declaring himlf the ''real'' chief of the village), Asterix decides to make sure the others have learned their lesson and starts going around being carried on a shield by Asterix. When Vitalstatistix venomously asks what he thinks he's doing, Asterix cheerfully replies he's testing out the shield he intends to give Vitalstatistix for his birthday.

* ''Sora and the Princess of Power'': After seeing how much fun Bow and Perfuma are having together while at the Princess Prom, Glimmer forcibly takes Sora as her date and tries to make the both of them the LifeOfTheParty to make Bow jealous.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Legend of Korra}}'' fanfic ''Chaos Theories'', Ghazan and P'li try to do this to make Zaheer jealous. It works, eventually, but Zaheer is convinced that Ghazan is doing it to make Ming-Hua jealous.
* From the LDD-fanfiction ''Fanfic/BridgeToTerabithia2TheLastTime'', with the second chapter being in a University setting. Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke are now dating each other, but Jess suddenly develops feelings for Amelia Edmunds, niece of his old music teacher and former crush Julia Edmunds who happens to be in the same class with him. When Jess ends up kissing Amelia after a bet gone wrong, a rather jealous Leslie convinces Amelia (whom she is also friends with, but is oblivious that Jess and Leslie are romantically involved) to go on a date with Jess. It ends up with Amelia pressuring Jess to have sex with her, causing him to suffer a mental breakdown and decide to go back to Leslie.
* Seen in ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'', when {{original character}}s Jim and Rory write fanfic about their teachers and submit it for a grade. Nothing of the sort ever actually happens in the series proper; but in their StoryWithinAStory, [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Dorian]] persuades his friend Evvy to go on a date with another man in an effort to make Cullen jealous. The teachers read it out loud in the staff lounge and are basically in hysterics the entire time.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2009364/1/A-Scheming-Severus A Scheming Severus]],'' Snape gets Harry to admit his feelings by having Draco pretend-flirt with Snape.
* ''Fanfic/TheSmeetSeries'': PlayedForLaughs in ''Vindictive'', when Zim and Masouri execute a ''very'' poorly conceived one of these on Echo to try and invoke a GreenEyedEpiphany in her, with Zim dressing up as a girl and badly flirting with Masouri. Needless to say, it doesn't work.
* In ''Fanfic/LettersFromTomorrow'', Juliet mentions the same "cunning plan" she had in the game: Flirt with Logan to make her boyfriend Zach jealous after he sexted someone else. Unlike the game, she tells this plan to Chloe, who expresses doubt that it will work. Juliet just says "I know my man." After Chloe convinces Juliet that Logan is too much a sleaze for this operation and [[LesYay just helps her herself]], Juliet is proven right; she's back together with Zach less than ten minutes later.
* ''Fanfic/JulekaVsTheForcesOfTheUniverse'': After Luka asks Marinette out, Alya [[IRejectYourReality refuses to accept]] that Marinette might actually be ''happy'' with him, reminding the rest of the GirlPosse of a previously discarded ZanyScheme that revolved around making Adrien jealous by making Marinette ''pretend'' that she was dating somebody else. [[OnlySaneMan Juleka]] is sickened to realize that Alya is willing to go so far in order to [[ShipperOnDeck force her ship to sail]].

** Alya accuses Marinette of attempting this, claiming that she only started dating Luka in order to make Adrien jealous. [[WrongGenreSavvy She's completely wrong]]; she just wants to believe otherwise because [[ShipperOnDeck she's been pushing really hard to hook Marinette up with Adrien]], and refuses to accept that her 'bestie' has moved on.
** Later, Alya attempts to invoke this herself. Convinced that Marinette only dislikes [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] because [[YoureJustJealous she's secretly envious]], Alya tries to arrange for Adrien and Lila to go out, believing this will make Marinette dump Luka and start chasing after Adrien again. Notably, she doesn't clear this idea with Lila first, assuming that such a NiceGirl [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter will be more than happy to help]], and only has second thoughts when she misreads Adrien's hesitance and reluctance as a sign that he's got a crush on ''Lila''.
* ''[[Fanfic/PoniesOfOlympus Atlas Strongest Tournament]]'': [[TheRival Ran Biao]] seduces Spike just to hurt Rarity [[spoiler: who she used to, and still-sorta-does, have feelings for]].
* Yahiko in ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' tries to do this for Nagato and Konan. He fails because Nagato is willing to step out of the way for Yahiko, and Konan is too afraid of breaking up the group to reject Yahiko.
* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': Arlo initially plans this in his relationship with Spark, under the principle that Candela seeing him with someone else will drive her to win him back, combined with him dating her coworker making it impossible to avoid and Spark being a man leading Candela to fear that she was his LastHetRomance and try even harder to win him back upon fear that she "turned him gay". None of this goes as planned.

* In Chapter 1 of ''Fanfic/BackForGood'', Professor Professor plans on needing a fake date for Professor Bichitaru's funeral in order to make Doctor Doctor envious. Chapter 2 reveals Doctor Doctor had the same idea.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10411917/1/Kissing-Starfire Kissing Starfire]]'', Starfire and Beast Boy attempt one involving Robin walking on them kissing for allegedly language assimilation purposes. The attempt fails, after which Raven decides to help Star instead, and also make Beast Boy jealous as well. The result is the boys seeing "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot a sight that left two with nosebleeds on the floor, and one stuck in a software freeze]]".
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10951944/1/A-Night-to-Remember A Night to Remember]]'' has Starfire attempting to make Robin jealous by dating someone she met during a social event. The problem is, the other guy is [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle Richard Grayson]].
* ''Fanfic/ChangeOfPlans'' begins with an AlternateUniverse take on "The Ex-Files" where Courtney tries this trope with Cody instead of Tyler. Ultimately this results in Cody and Courtney actually getting together.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15848712/chapters/36912453 Love is a Battlefield]]'' Snape and Sirius have a pretend relationship to make Harry jealous. Harry, deciding that he isn't going to stand in the way of their apparent happiness, leaves Hogwarts when his teaching contract is up for renewal.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Bart Wants What It Wants", Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter Greta develops a crush on Bart, but he's ObliviousToLove, so she tries to date Milhouse to make him jealous.

* In ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', Layla started a fake relationship with JerkWithAHeartOfGold Warren Peace in order to annoy Will. Warren, who thought Will was a prick, was happy to oblige, but ended up getting sick of Layla clinging to him and talking Will into asking her out.

* In Chapter 1 of ''Fanfic/BackForGood'', Professor Professor plans on needing a fake date for Bichitaru's funeral in order to make Doctor Doctor envious. Chapter 2 reveals Doctor Doctor had the same idea.

[[folder:Film]]

!!Example subpages:
[[index]]
* OperationJealousy/AnimeAndManga
* OperationJealousy/FanWorks
* OperationJealousy/{{Film}}
* OperationJealousy/{{Literature}}
* OperationJealousy/LiveActionTV
* OperationJealousy/WesternAnimation
[[/index]]

!!Other examples:

[[folder:Music]]
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder":
-->Well, I don't wear Doc Martens and I don't wear flannel\\
And I don't boycott the music video channel\\
And I just can't compete with all that money and fame\\
But I know two can play at this kinda game\\
So let's just see how jealous she'll get\\
When I start stalking Music/AlanisMorissette!
* "Hot Dog, That Made Him Mad" by Wanda Jackson:
-->I've got a guy, I like him fine\\
But he takes me granted all of the time\\
To teach him a lesson and make him mad\\
I went out on a date with the best friend he had\\
That made him mad, boy\\
Hot dog, that made him mad\\
And he hugged me and he kissed me\\
And he asked me not to do it again
* "Judy's Turn to Cry", the SequelSong to "It's My Party", by Music/LesleyGore. The motivation to get Johnny back from Judy is as follows:
-->Oh, one night I saw them kissing at a party\\
So I kissed some other guy\\
Johnny jumped up and he hit him\\
'Cause he still loves me, that's why

[[folder:Theatre]]
* In ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic'', Charlotte decides to throw herself at Fredrik at Mme. Armfeldt's dinner, with the intention of making her own husband Carl-Magnus jealous enough to give up Desirée as his mistress. She lets Fredrik's young wife, Anne, in on the plan since Fredrik is also pursuing Desirée. The plan seems to fail at first, as Carl-Magnus can see that Desirée remains the actual object of Fredrik's desires. However, Carl-Magnus's jealousy is abruptly aroused when he later spies Fredrik and Charlotte sitting on a garden bench together. A round of RussianRoulette ensues.
* In ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'', popular girl Vanessa decides to sleep with the dorky Joey, who's long harbored a crush on her, in order to make her ex-boyfriend Rick jealous.
* In the song "Don't Lose Ur Head" in ''Theatre/{{Six}}'', Anne Boleyn claims that her alleged infidelities were a ploy to make Henry VIII jealous that [[GoneHorriblyRight Went Horribly Right.]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* Part of Creator/BioWare's trimming of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Amy's]] [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] [[ClingyJealousGirl desire for Sonic]] involves this. In ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'', [[GirlfriendInCanada Dexter]] is an imaginary boyfriend she invented to inspire jealousy in Sonic, but deep down she still cares about the Blue Blur - if Sonic is nice to her throughout the game, she tells all before the Nocturne invasion. If you're paying a fair amount of attention (and selecting the right conversation options), you can see this coming from fairly early on.
* In ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand'' this is the main reason why Krystal joined with Star Wolf and began a relationship with Panther, after Fox kicked her off Star Fox ([[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies out of concern for her safety]]). Judging from his reactions to her in the story... it worked.
* In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', you can meet an attractive young woman who's upset with the ''lack'' of drama in her relationship with her boyfriend, so she wants [[PlayerCharacter the Nameless One]] to pretend to be a jealous suitor and challenge her boyfriend to a fight. Said boyfriend takes one look at the Nameless One (who's six feet tall and so heavily scarred that his normal skin tone is impossible to see) and says he is ''not'' willing to fight him. The Nameless One can then reveal that he was only hired to try and stir up drama and suggest that the boyfriend try turning the tables on his fiance and give her a taste of her own medicine, thus [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor providing the girl]] with [[GoneHorriblyRight the drama she thought she wanted]].

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'': In Diamond World, the heroine wanted to get noticed romantically by her childhoodfriend Toma because she's been crushing on him for years. She talks with Ikki about how to achieve this, and he suggests that she not contact Toma for a few months, with the intent that not seeing her for a while will result in him seeing her in a completely different light when they meet up again. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Toma misunderstood the entire thing and thought she had started dating Ikki, she was getting harassed by his fangirls, and his own feelings [[ICantBelieveAGirlLikeYouWouldNoticeMe that he thought would never be requited]] led to his {{yandere}} side being triggered.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', when Tamara catches the protagonist and Johanna fooling around, she dates Dennis to make the protagonist jealous. It works.
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': Shion openly and shamelessly flirts with Keiichi in front of Mion, to try and goad the latter into admitting her feelings for Keiichi (to the boy himself). [[spoiler:In some arcs, however, it's implied she uses this tactic to ''hurt'' Mion's feelings, rather than help her along with admitting them]].
* In ''VideoGame/YoakeMaeYoriRuriiroNa'', this is what the [[spoiler: [[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest Natsuki]]]] Bonus Scenario "[[spoiler:Mary's Love]]" turned to be about: [[spoiler: Tatsuya and Natsuki are now in a love relationship, but haven't told it to their classmates yet, due to [[{{Tsundere}} Natsuki]] being locked into CannotSpitItOut mode. So Tatsuya and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Midori]] played along to trigger [[GreenEyedMonster Natsuki's jealousy]] to the point she would inadvertantly blurt out her feelings in front of the whole class. It works.]]

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* In [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/250 this strip]] from ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'', Carla ''thinks'' this is what's going on.
* In ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', Peggy executes one of these schemes on behalf of Sonya, with a degree of skill and judgement that's unusual for both the trope and [[ZanyScheme this comic]], under the name ''Operation "Hey, Jealous Zii."'' Unfortunately, she's running on flawed prior intelligence, [[spoiler:but her plan works incredibly well even so, especially from her point of view]]. Funnily enough, she mostly just wants to improve Sonya's love life enough that Sonya stops having loud soap-operatic dreams, because they're currently platonically sharing a bed, and Sonya is keeping Peggy awake. Switching Sonya's bass guitar for a snow shovel, pulling off a NakedApron show, and baking high-quality cupcakes, are all far less zany elements of the scheme than they sound. [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/hey-jealous-zii The story starts here;]] note that some of the strips are somewhat [[NakedApron NSFW]]. Phase 1 culminates [[spoiler:[[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/not-that-i-care here.]]]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'':
** James and Cassiel use this tactic to try and break up their exes, Ash and Rumisel and reclaim them. Thanks to the main plot of the comic (Ash is a boy who was GenderBender'd by cosmic screw-up and Rumisel's just pretending to date "her" to keep other guys away), it was never likely to succeed.
** For extra fun, Ash ''did'' want to break the pair up, but only because Cassiel is quite literally a devil[[note]]and related to '''the''' Devil[[/note]] and Ash is concerned about James' well-being. But then Eponine, a mutual friend, convinced Ash to let it be because it seemed to be making Cassiel happy. Of course, she's ''not'' happy about Ash's indifference:
--->'''"BE ANGRY AT ME, DAMMIT!"'''
* In ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'', Sandra tries to use Aaina as her fake lesbian lover as a way to regain Cammi’s interest after Cammi has taken up with Ingrid. This is rather petty of her, as she can only act on her lesbian attraction to Cammi when she's drunk, and she has a boyfriend to whom she's supposedly faithful, while Aaina has a genuine crush on Sandra and is likely to end up hurt by this.
* Deeply subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' by Ken's attempt to get Malaya jealous at him by asking out the drop-dead gorgeous Conquest. Not only does Malaya have no positive feelings for her DoggedNiceGuy, but Conquest accepts and [[EthicalSlut intends to take the date all the way]]. In the end, Ken starts looking at other girls, and while she doesn't develop feelings for him, Malaya does get a little bummed at the lack of ego-reinforcing attention.
* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': In "The Isle of Dr. Steve -- A Spooky Kind of Love", Gwynn contemplates dating Torg to get Riff interested in her again. She talks about it out loud, and Zoë sardonically points out "the jealousy ploy is just plain evil," and Gwynn isn't too keen on having to go out on a date with Torg either, until he drives into the yard with a Corvette (which she stole to escape after the MadScientist [[ItMakesSenseInContext who owned it blew up]]). Torg agrees to go out with Gwynn because he doesn't think it's a date at first, and the date kind of establishes the BelligerentSexualTension between Torg and Gwynn. Riff does become jealous... but it fizzles out because when he goes to confront Torg, it turns out Torg just bought a [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]]. After playing video games frantically, Torg and Riff both agree they don't want to date Gwynn.
* In ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', Angel [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/sticky-dilly-buns/i-am-not-jealous attempts to provoke Jerzy to jealousy here.]] Jerzy demonstrates how an OnlySaneMan counters the move. Incidentally, this takes place during a crossover with ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', during which the Operation Jealousy plotline from that comic (see above) is also still running; so the trope is active twice, simultaneously, in the same club.
* In ''Webcomic/TreadingGround'', WrongGenreSavvy Rose attempts this sort of thing before her friend can explain why it was a mistake. It sinks her wrecked relationship even deeper.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Insecticomics}}'', Thrust tries to talk Dreadmoon into dating someone else to make Starscream jealous. When Thrust suggests he be the Convenient Clancey, it becomes rather obvious that the ZanyScheme is at least half a plot to hook up with Dreadmoon himself.
* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' Chapter 86, Jerrick ([[spoiler: actually Loup]]) announces to Antimony that Lana is his girlfriend, then straight-out says "I hope you're not too jealous". Annie rather bemusedly, and completely honestly, says she isn't at all jealous and is very happy for them. Jerrick does not take this well, and takes it out on Lana. (Ironically, ''Lana'' had been jealous of the time he was spending with Annie, which is what gave him the idea.)

[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''WebVideo/ResidentEvilAbridged'': Chris shifts between pretending not to notice Wesker's obvious man-crush on him, or [[IncompatibleOrientation simply ignoring it altogether.]] So, as a last resort, Wesker tries to make Chris jealous by revealing the Tyrant to be his girlfriend. Chris finds it funny, but still doesn't care.
* It was done in ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'':
-->'''Serena:''' Hey, Melvin. If I go on a date with you, Darian will get jealous… well, maybe not "jealous"…

[[folder:Real Life]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_choice_copying Mate-choice copying]] is the principle that females of certain species, including humans, are more inclined to find a potential mate desirable if they see that others do. There are multitudes of anecdotes about men who typically struggle to receive female attention finding plenty after having already obtained a partner, and as a result of this, some men will deliberately attempt to invoke this by wearing fake wedding rings to bars or other social settings.
* A pair of Golden Lion tamarins (a very endangered species of primate from South America) at a zoo had ceased mating. The Zookeepers felt it was because the male of the pair had ceased making mating calls to the female. The zookeepers rigged a stereo near their enclosure to play pre-recorded mating calls of other male tamarins. The male of the pair, upon hearing other males, started making mating calls himself to warn them off and the two tamarins started mating again.
* [[https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1287092499740327936 This twitter thread]] (saved [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1284534352840466438.html here]]) explains how a fictional character helped start a romance and then showed up at the couple's wedding.
* 17th-century French [[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]] and author [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninon_de_l%27Enclos Ninon de l'Enclos]] allegedly masterminded an instance of this trope with the Marquis de Sévigné. After admonishing him for being a DoggedNiceGuy towards a countess he was interested in, she instructed him to create distance and act nonchalant with her before showing up to gatherings with a beautiful young woman in his arms. It worked brilliantly until the marquis went right back to his old ways, shattering the illusion.

Hopefully, the operation succeeds. Hopefully, Charlie isn't ''too'' insufferable or bland and doesn't drive Alice insane first. Hopefully, he won't be [[WomanScorned heartbroken and furious]] when he finds out Alice was just using him. Hopefully, Bob doesn't take this as a sign that he doesn't have a chance with Alice. Hopefully, Bob doesn't [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy just want his beloved to be happy]]. Hopefully, Bob doesn't fail to notice because he has [[ObliviousToLove the awareness of a brick]]. Hopefully, Bob doesn't fall for it so thoroughly that he pulls a CounterZany that Alice thoroughly falls for! And hopefully, Alice doesn't [[BecomingTheMask actually fall for Charlie...]]

* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': In "The Isle of Dr. Steve -- A Spooky Kind of Love", Gwynn contemplates dating Torg to get Riff interested in her again. She talks about it out loud, and Zoë sardonically points out "the jealousy ploy is just plain evil," and Gwynn isn't too keen on having to go out on a date with Torg either, until he drives into the yard with a Corvette (which she stole to escape after the MadScientist [[ItMakesSenseInContext who owned it blew up]]). Torg agrees to go out with Gwynn because he doesn't think it's a date at first, and the date kind of establishes the BelligerentSexualTension between Torg and Gwynn. Riff does become jealous... but it fizzles because when he goes to confront Torg, it turns out Torg just bought a [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]]. After playing video games frantically, Torg and Riff both agree they don't want to date Gwynn.

* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': In "The Isle of Dr. Steve -- A Spooky Kind of Love", Gwynn contemplates dating Torg to get Riff interested in her again. She talks about it out loud, and Zoë sardonically points out "the jealousy ploy is just plain evil," and Gwynn isn't too keen on having to go out on a date with Torg either, until he drives into the yard with a Corvette (which she stole to escape after the MadScientist [[ItMakesSenseInContext who owned it blew up]]). Torg agrees to go out with Gwynn because he doesn't think it's a date at first, and the date kind of establishes the BelligerentSexualTension between Torg and Gwynn. Riff does become jealous... but it fizzles because when he goes to confront Torg, it turns out Torg just bought a [[usefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]]. After playing video games frantically, Torg and Riff both agree they don't want to date Gwynn.

* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': In "The Isle of Dr. Steve -- A Spooky Kind of Love", Gwynn contemplates dating Torg to get Riff interested in her again. She talks about it out loud, and Zoë sardonically points out "the jealousy ploy is just plain evil," and Gwynn isn't too keen on having to go out on a date with Torg either, until he drives into the yard with a Corvette (which she stole to escape after the MadScientist [[ItMakesSenseInContext who owned it blew up]]). Torg agrees to go out with Gwynn because he doesn't think it's a date at first, and the date kind of establishes the BelligerentSexualTension between Torg and Gwynn. Riff does become jealous... but it fizzles because when he goes to confront Torg, it turns out Torg just bought a Dreamcast. After playing video games frantically Torg and Riff both agree they don't want to date Gwynn.

* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': In "The Isle of Dr. Steve -- A Spooky Kind of Love", Gwynn contemplates dating Torg to get Riff interested in her again. She talks about it out loud, and Zoë sardonically points out "the jealousy ploy is just plain evil," and Gwynn isn't too keen on having to go out on a date with Torg either, until he drives into the yard with a Corvette (which she stole to escape after the MadScientist who owned it blew up). Torg agrees to go out with Gwynn because he doesn't think it's a date at first, and the date kind of establishes the BelligerentSexualTension between Torg and Gwynn, though it ends in disaster. Riff does become jealous... but it fizzles because when he goes to confront Torg, it turns out Torg just bought a Dreamcast. After playing video games frantically Torg and Riff both agree they don't want to date Gwynn.

* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' Chapter 86, Jerrick ([[spoiler: actually Loup]]) announces to Antimony that Lana is his girlfriend, then straight-out says "I hope you're not too jealous". Annie rather bemusedly, and completely honestly, says she isn't at all jealous and is very happy for them. Jerrick does not take this well.

* In ''Webcomic/GunnkerkriggCourt'' Chapter 86, Jerrick ([[spoiler: actually Loup]]) announces to Antimony that Lana is his girlfriend, then straight-out says "I hope you're not too jealous". Annie rather bemusedly, and completely honestly, says she isn't at all jealous and is very happy for them. Jerrick does not take this well.

[[folder:Fan Works]]
* From the LDD-fanfiction ''Fanfic/BridgeToTerabithia2TheLastTime'', with the second chapter being in a University setting. Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke are now dating each other, but Jess suddenly develops feelings for Amelia Edmunds, niece of his old music teacher and former crush Julia Edmunds who happens to be in the same class with him. When Jess ends up kissing Amelia after a bet gone wrong, a rather jealous Leslie convinces Amelia (whom she is also friends with, but is oblivious that Jess and Leslie are romantically involved) to go on a date with Jess. It ends up with Amelia pressuring Jess to have sex with her, causing him to suffer a mental breakdown and decide to go back to Leslie.
* ''Fanfic/ChangeOfPlans,'' a ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic, begins with an AlternateUniverse take on "The Ex-Files" where Courtney tries this trope with Cody instead of Tyler. Ultimately this results in Cody and Courtney actually getting together.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Legend of Korra}}'' fanfic ''Chaos Theories'', Ghazan and P'li try to do this to make Zaheer jealous. It works, eventually, but Zaheer is convinced that Ghazan is doing it to make Ming-Hua jealous.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'': In chapter 4 Asuka sees her crush Kaji flirting with Misato and clung to Shinji to make Kaji jealous. Kaji did not even notice her antics, goading her to try harder. Her ploy failed and anyway she eventually fell for Shinji.
* In ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'', after having a fight with Calamity, Velvet Remedy flirted with Littlepip to get back at him. However, Littlepip was wise to her plan and put a stop to it.
* Yahiko in ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' tries to do this for Nagato and Konan. He fails because Nagato is willing to step out of the way for Yahiko, and Konan is too afraid of breaking up the group to reject Yahiko.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10411917/1/Kissing-Starfire Kissing Starfire]]'', Starfire and Beast Boy attempt one involving Robin walking on them kissing for allegedly language assimilation purposes. The attempt fails, after which Raven decides to help Star instead, and also make Beast Boy jealous as well. The result is the boys seeing "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot a sight that left two with nosebleeds on the floor, and one stuck in a software freeze]]".
* In the ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' fanfic ''Fanfic/LettersFromTomorrow'', Juliet mentions the same "cunning plan" she had in the game: Flirt with Logan to make her boyfriend Zach jealous after he sexted someone else. Unlike the game, she tells this plan to Chloe, who expresses doubt that it will work. Juliet just says "I know my man." After Chloe convinces Juliet that Logan is too much a sleaze for this operation and [[LesYay just helps her herself]], Juliet is proven right; she's back together with Zach less than ten minutes later.
* Played with in the ''Series/{{Firefly}}''[=/=]''Series/DoctorWho'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheManWithNoName''. Kaylee pretends to like the Doctor in order to make Simon jealous, but it's only to screw with his head. Well, that and she's quite happy to [[CovertPervert stare at his butt]] [[MrFanservice on general principles]].
* ''Fanfic/MaybeTheLastArchieStory'': Double subversion. [[ComicBook/ArchieComics Jason Blossom]] tries to persuade Betty Cooper to date with him, arguing that maybe Archie will get jealous and dump Veronica for Betty if he sees them together. Betty replies she does not do that kind of schemes anymore... but she is free tonight, so he can take her out for dinner.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10951944/1/A-Night-to-Remember A Night to Remember]]'' has [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Starfire]] attempting to make Robin jealous by dating someone she met during a social event. The problem is, the other guy is [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle Richard Grayson]].
* Alya accuses Marinette of this in ''FanFic/TheOneToMakeItStay'', claiming that she only started dating Luka in order to make Adrien jealous. She's completely wrong; she just wants to believe otherwise because [[ShipperOnDeck she's been pushing really hard to hook her up with Adrien]].
** Later, she attempts to invoke this herself. Convinced that Marinette only dislikes [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] because [[YoureJustJealous she's secretly jealous]], Alya tries to arrange for Adrien and Lila to go out, believing this will get Mari to dump Luka and start pursuing her old crush again. Note that she doesn't clear this with Lila first, assuming that such a NiceGirl will be more than happy to help, and only has second thoughts when she misreads Adrien's hesitance and reluctance as a sign that he's got a crush on ''Lila''.
* ''[[Fanfic/PoniesOfOlympus Atlas Strongest Tournament]]'': [[TheRival Ran Biao]] seduces Spike just to hurt Rarity [[spoiler: who she used to, and still-sorta-does, have feelings for]].
* We get a double dose in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9858809/15/Pyrrha-c-victory Pyrrha(c) Victory]]'' in the aptly titled chapters "Jealousy I and II". At this point in the story, Pyrrha knows that Jaune likes her, but Jaune won't do anything because [[InsecureLoveInterest he believes that she can do better than him]], so she decides to ask [[spoiler:Sun]], who is in on the plan, to the [[HighSchoolDance Beacon Dance]] to make Jaune jealous. [[spoiler:Blake]], angry that the guy she was going to ask is being used like this, decides to ask Jaune to the the dance to both make [[spoiler:Sun]] jealous and give Pyrrha [[ATasteOftheirOwnMedicine A Taste Of Her Own Medicine]].
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2009364/1/A-Scheming-Severus A Scheming Severus]],'' Snape gets Harry to admit his feelings by having Draco pretend-flirt with Snape.
* Seen in ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'', when {{original character}}s Jim and Rory write fanfic about their teachers and submit it for a grade. Nothing of the sort ever actually happens in the series proper; but in their StoryWithinAStory, [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Dorian]] persuades his friend Evvy to go on a date with another man in an effort to make Cullen jealous. The teachers read it out loud in the staff lounge and are basically in hysterics the entire time.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13141582/12/Sora-and-the-Princess-of-Power Sora and the Princess of Power]]'': After seeing how much fun Bow and Perfuma are having together while at the Princess Prom, Glimmer forcibly takes Sora as her date and tries to make the both of them the LifeOfTheParty to make Bow jealous.
* ''Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY'': Salem really wants Cinder to [[IWantGrandkids marry her son Jaune]]; at Watts' suggestion, she sends Cinder pictures of Jaune on a date with Yang in an effort to get her jealous and inflame her competitive spirit (note that Salem would prefer Jaune marry both of them; she ''really'' wants grandkids). Watts, of course, doesn't particularly care if this plan works, [[{{Troll}} he just thinks it's fun to needle Cinder]].
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** Numerous people, ranging from Jimmy's fan club to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} herself, pulled this trick on Lucy Lane in "Superman's Pal, ComicBook/JimmyOlsen". Lucy, being a dog-in-the-manger, would fall for it... and then go directly back to resenting Jimmy's attentions as soon as the story was over.

* In ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', Angel [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/i_am_not_jealous attempts to provoke Jerzy to jealousy here.]] Jerzy demonstrates how an OnlySaneMan counters the move. Incidentally, this takes place during a crossover with ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', during which the Operation Jealousy plotline from that comic (see above) is also still running; so the trope is active twice, simultaneously, in the same club.

* In ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', Peggy executes one of these schemes on behalf of Sonya, with a degree of skill and judgement that's unusual for both the trope and [[ZanyScheme this comic]], under the name ''Operation "Hey, Jealous Zii."'' Unfortunately, she's running on flawed prior intelligence, [[spoiler:but her plan works incredibly well even so, especially from her point of view]]. Funnily enough, she mostly just wants to improve Sonya's love life enough that Sonya stops having loud soap-operatic dreams, because they're currently platonically sharing a bed, and Sonya is keeping Peggy awake. Switching Sonya's bass guitar for a snow shovel, pulling off a NakedApron show, and baking high-quality cupcakes, are all far less zany elements of the scheme than they sound. [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/hey_jealous_zii The story starts here;]] note that some of the strips are somewhat [[NakedApron NSFW]]. Phase 1 culminates [[spoiler:[[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/not_that_i_care here.]]]]