History Main / RelationshipSabotage

* ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'': Many players try to do this in the Double Life season in order to weaken other players' partnerships and alliances with their [[RedStringOfFate soulmates]].

* In [[https://web.archive.org/web/20181021210737/https://archiveofourown.org/works/5140460?view_full_work=true the original version]] of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5140460/chapters/11830553 To Heal a Broken Heart]]'', Chloe attempts to do that to Adrien and Marinette, by blackmailing another model to pretend he is Marinette's secret boyfriend (with a female model bribed to disguise herself as her), even photoshopping a photo of the two together. When that fails, she bribes two bodybuilder models (with a reputation of... being rough with girls) [[MoralEventHorizon to kidnap her during the prom]]. By the time Adrien gets to Marinette, [[spoiler:one of the bodybuilders already can barely stand from pain - even while not transformed, [[MuggingTheMonster Marinette is more than capable of handling a couple of bullies]]]].

* ''WebAnimation/SparkTales'': Lisa falls victim to this trope, often [[AFamilyAffair at the hands of a sister]] or a [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife fellow mom friend]]. However, the sister pays for her cheating and Lisa gets a new, more loyal partner (who is almost always Noah) and the cheating sister is disowned.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaGcr2LtNew "Attending Sister's Wedding with New Partner: Unbelievable Outcome!"]] - Leona always taste-tested any potential boyfriend Lisa may have intending to steal them, but didn't escalate because she never succeeded. Years later, Leona succeeds this time around and charms Lisa's latest boyfriend, Cecil, into marrying her instead. Moreover, Cecil himself covered up his affair by accusing ''Lisa'' of cheating on him.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xr2cG7vMgA "Shocked Wedding: Groom Impregnates Bride's Sister!"]] - Rosalind went out of her way to steal any potential boyfriend from Lisa in the past. This drove the latter to become more cautious as he introduced her latest boyfriend, Vernon, to her parents. However, it's rendered moot when Vernon meets Rosalind on his way to the restroom and gets drunk on his wedding day before revealing his intention to marry her instead of Lisa. However, Lisa's friend, Mia, reveals that Rosalind had a fiancé of her own named Nash, who apologized to Lisa while chewing Rosalind out for cheating on him.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9U1baQh2_U "Husband Leaves Infertile Wife for Sister: His Despair After Truth Revealed!"]] - When Lisa comes home after talking with her friends Mia and Noah, Audra reveals she became pregnant with Gideon's child. Gideon himself confirms it while their families ''celebrate'' the affair because Audra did conceive Gideon's child. However, Lisa retaliates by revealing ''Gideon'' is the infertile one. While both families dunked on Lisa for being a "sore loser," Mia and Noah come over to reveal Audra's baby was from ''Gideon's father''. It turns out Audra slept with the old man and tricked Gideon into thinking it was his.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-V0hEI_ww "Bragging Mom Friend's Affair: Shocking Reality Check!"]] - Ophelia mistakes Wade for Lisa's husband after she caught him bantering with her. However, when Ophelia invites her to settle things in a café, Wade tells her this happened for not divorcing her husband and marrying him instead, effectively revealing he wasn't Lisa's husband. However, Ophelia still sticks to her decision since he's rich and worked at DAME Corp until Lisa reveals he's a freeter who is reckless with money and a playboy.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi-dkEXyIHo "Sister Steals Fiancé: Family's Shocking Return!"]] - [[BigSisterBully Keturah]] steals Lisa's fiancé, Warren, and leaves a gloating note for her. It turns out that while Lisa kept it a secret, Keturah caught them dating while she shopped at the mall. Frustrated by the affair, she threw away all of Warren's belongings and moved out. Two years later, Keturah and her parents enter Lisa's new home demanding money; it turns out Warren was [[MsRedInk a chronic overspender]] and his mother revealed Keturah was utterly incompetent at housework.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoR2U2k14JY "Fiancé Stolen by Childhood Friend: Their Despair After Triumph!"]] - After Lisa got engaged to Aaron, he suspiciously came home late and eventually called off their engagement. When she answers Aaron's smartphone by accident, she finds out that Clara stole him away from her out of spite for Lisa getting married before her. In retaliation, Lisa sets up a plan to gather them and then expose the lovebirds to their respective parents before suing Aaron for the cancellation fee and compensation.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sszXJWvroSw "Nurse Eyes My Doctor Husband: Her Shocking Move!"]] - Celeste, a nurse who worked at the same hospital as Lisa, set out to break her marriage with Noah to have him all to herself. To this effect, she resorted to harassment, stalking her to take incriminating pictures to upload on social media to spread rumors about her. When Mia comes to Lisa's defense, Celeste dismisses her as going after Noah too. Eventually, it turns out Celeste had a history of flirting with doctors into marrying her while neglecting her workflow, leading to her termination.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVp3ssBV3YA "Cheating Husband Impregnates Best Friend: The Divorce He Wanted!"]] - Jenna steals Lisa's husband, Benjamin, and becomes pregnant with his child. When both lovebirds come over to have Lisa divorce Benjamin and get her kicked out of the house. However, their new marriage goes sour after Benjamin's boss, Noah, fired him for leaking company info to the "special association" from which he earned money.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrZPCohqwOE "Sister's Fiancé Drama: Shocking Wedding Day!"]] - When Lisa introduced Noah to her parents, her younger sister, Briony, fell in love with him and tried to woo him. When Briony announced she's pregnant with Noah's baby and therefore he would marry her instead, their parents ''celebrated'' it and even threw a wedding for her. Much to Lisa's relief, the "Noah" with whom Briony slept was actually [[spoiler:his womanizing, debt-sunk twin former brother, Greyson]], with whom she and her family became co-signers to pay his debt.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ma45AK_5M "Bestie Stole My Man: 'Marrying Rich, So Leave!' - Reality Check Follows!"]]: Lisa's best friend from junior high, Clementine, set out to steal Lisa's husband, Mort. When Clementine succeeded, she came up to Lisa with a positive pregnancy test to rub it in and gloat she was marrying into money and get Lisa kicked out of the penthouse. However, it's all for naught when Lisa reveals she divorced Mort and the penthouse was hers. Moroever, Mort was a janitor at the company he worked at but got fired for not taking his job seriously and having affairs with multiple other women.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTbEPvru5pw "Sister Always Steals My BF! Not This Time..."]]: Lisa's older sister, Laverne, set out to steal any potential boyfriend from her, but she always broke up with them on a few days out of boredom and repeated the cycle. This led to Lisa having trust issues and fearing that her latest boyfriend, Noah, would fall into Laverne's clutches.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOLqvpytdo "Ex-BFF Stole My Hubby: Wedding Turns Chaotic"]]: Rebecca dated Lisa's husband, Jeffrey, behind her back, and eventually came over with him to have Jeffrey announce their cheating and [[RemarriedToTheMistress subsequent remarriage to Rebecca]]. One year after Lisa signed the divorce papers, the lovebirds invited her to their wedding under the excuse of apologizing for their affair. However, when Lisa attends along with Noah, Rebecca proceeds to [[MaliciousSlander cast her as an overbearing, overspending cheater in front of the guests]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4NqsE0OrM "Mistaken Mistress Demands Divorce: The Single Twist!"]]: An unknown woman harassed Lisa for "stealing" Noah from her and tried to break up their marriage. When the woman announced she was pregnant with Noah's child, Lisa revealed she was single and was the landlady of the apartment. However, the woman, named Angela, refused to accept it and kept raking Lisa over the coals until Noah himself appeared. Eventually, Angela revealed she was a junior at the university he attended, stalking him over the years.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaGcr2LtNew "Attending Sister's Wedding with New Partner: Unbelievable Outcome!"]]: Leona always taste-tested any potential boyfriend Lisa may have intending to steal them, but didn't escalate because she never succeeded. Years later, Leona succeeds this time around and charms Lisa's latest boyfriend, Cecil, into marrying her instead. Moreover, Cecil himself covered up his affair by accusing ''Lisa'' of cheating on him.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xr2cG7vMgA "Shocked Wedding: Groom Impregnates Bride's Sister!"]]: Rosalind went out of her way to steal any potential boyfriend from Lisa in the past. This drove the latter to become more cautious as he introduced her latest boyfriend, Vernon, to her parents. However, it's rendered moot when Vernon meets Rosalind on his way to the restroom and gets drunk on his wedding day before revealing his intention to marry her instead of Lisa. However, Lisa's friend, Mia, reveals that Rosalind had a fiancé of her own named Nash, who apologized to Lisa while chewing Rosalind out for cheating on him.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9U1baQh2_U "Husband Leaves Infertile Wife for Sister: His Despair After Truth Revealed!"]]: When Lisa comes home after talking with her friends Mia and Noah, Audra reveals she became pregnant with Gideon's child. Gideon himself confirms it while their families ''celebrate'' the affair because Audra did conceive Gideon's child. However, Lisa retaliates by revealing ''Gideon'' is the infertile one. While both families dunked on Lisa for being a "sore loser," Mia and Noah come over to reveal Audra's baby was from ''Gideon's father''. It turns out Audra slept with the old man and tricked Gideon into thinking it was his.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-V0hEI_ww "Bragging Mom Friend's Affair: Shocking Reality Check!"]]: Ophelia mistakes Wade for Lisa's husband after she caught him bantering with her. However, when Ophelia invites her to settle things in a café, Wade tells her this happened for not divorcing her husband and marrying him instead, effectively revealing he wasn't Lisa's husband. However, Ophelia still sticks to her decision since he's rich and worked at DAME Corp until Lisa reveals he's a freeter who is reckless with money and a playboy.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi-dkEXyIHo "Sister Steals Fiancé: Family's Shocking Return!"]]: [[BigSisterBully Keturah]] steals Lisa's fiancé, Warren, and leaves a gloating note for her. It turns out that while Lisa kept it a secret, Keturah caught them dating while she shopped at the mall. Frustrated by the affair, she threw away all of Warren's belongings and moved out. Two years later, Keturah and her parents enter Lisa's new home demanding money; it turns out Warren was [[MsRedInk a chronic overspender]] and his mother revealed Keturah was utterly incompetent at housework.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoR2U2k14JY "Fiancé Stolen by Childhood Friend: Their Despair After Triumph!"]]: After Lisa got engaged to Aaron, he suspiciously came home late and eventually called off their engagement. When she answers Aaron's smartphone by accident, she finds out that Clara stole him away from her out of spite for Lisa getting married before her. In retaliation, Lisa sets up a plan to gather them and then expose the lovebirds to their respective parents before suing Aaron for the cancellation fee and compensation.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sszXJWvroSw "Nurse Eyes My Doctor Husband: Her Shocking Move!"]]: Celeste, a nurse who worked at the same hospital as Lisa, set out to break her marriage with Noah to have him all to herself. To this effect, she resorted to harassment, stalking her to take incriminating pictures to upload on social media to spread rumors about her. When Mia comes to Lisa's defense, Celeste dismisses her as going after Noah too. Eventually, it turns out Celeste had a history of flirting with doctors into marrying her while neglecting her workflow, leading to her termination.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVp3ssBV3YA "Cheating Husband Impregnates Best Friend: The Divorce He Wanted!"]]: Jenna steals Lisa's husband, Benjamin, and becomes pregnant with his child. When both lovebirds come over to have Lisa divorce Benjamin and get her kicked out of the house. However, their new marriage goes sour after Benjamin's boss, Noah, fired him for leaking company info to the "special association" from which he earned money.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrZPCohqwOE "Sister's Fiancé Drama: Shocking Wedding Day!"]]: When Lisa introduced Noah to her parents, her younger sister, Briony, fell in love with him and tried to woo him. When Briony announced she's pregnant with Noah's baby and therefore he would marry her instead, their parents ''celebrated'' it and even threw a wedding for her. Much to Lisa's relief, the "Noah" with whom Briony slept was actually [[spoiler:his womanizing, debt-sunk twin former brother, Greyson]], with whom she and her family became co-signers to pay his debt.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ma45AK_5M "Bestie Stole My Man: 'Marrying Rich, So Leave!' - Reality Check Follows!"]]: Lisa's best friend from junior high, Clementine, set out to steal Lisa's husband, Mort. When Clementine succeeded, she came up to Lisa with a positive pregnancy test to rub it in and gloat she's marrying into money and get Lisa kicked out of the penthouse. However, it's all for naught when Lisa reveals she divorced Mort and the penthouse was hers. Moroever, Mort was a janitor at the company he worked at but got fired for not taking his job seriously and having affairs with multiple other women.

* ''WebAnimation/SparkTales'' Lisa falls victim to this trope, often [[AFamilyAffair at the hands of a younger sister]]. However, the sister pays for her cheating and Lisa gets a new, more loyal partner (who is almost always Noah) and the cheating sister is disowned.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-V0hEI_ww "Bragging Mom Friend's Affair: Shocking Reality Check!"]]: Ophelia mistakes Wade for Lisa's husband after she caught him bantering with her. When Ophelia invites her to settle thing in a café, however, Wade tells her this happened for not divorcing her husband and marrying him instead, effectively revealing he wasn't Lisa's husband. However, Ophelia still sticks to her decision since he's rich and worked at DAME Corp until Lisa reveals he's a freeter who is reckless with money and a playboy.

[[folder:Film - Animation]]

[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]