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'''Basic Trope''': Superheroes tend to be single, usually because having a love life would get in the way of their goals and the story.
* '''Straight''': Alex / [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing Monkey Man]] has no love interest because of his job as a superhero.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** None of the superheroes in the setting have ever been in any romantic situation whatsoever.
** Alex / Monkey Man doesn't even have ''friends'', and he's estranged from his family as well.
* '''Downplayed''': Alex / Monkey Man has been on a few casual dates, but it never really gets further than that.
* '''Justified''':
** Alex is worried about the possibility of his possible love interests discovering his secret identity, which he fears could be dangerous in the wrong hands.
** Being in a relationship would mean that Alex cannot do his duties as a superhero as well, since he would often be unavailable.
** Alex is also UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}}, UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}}, or just otherwise [[CelibateHero uninterested in sex/romance anyway]].
** [[ILetGwenStacyDie One of Alex's former love interests died, and he still blames himself for their death]].
* '''Inverted''': Superheroes ''always'' have love interests in the setting.
* '''Subverted''': Alex / Monkey Man later gets a love interest.
* '''Double Subverted''': [[StatusQuoIsGod He's forced to break up with the love interest anyway]].
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** Some of the superheroes are in stable relationships, some are not.
** Alex / Monkey Man occasionally gets a love interest, DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Alex / Monkey Man is able to be a superhero with a love life.
* '''Enforced''':
** "It wouldn't really make a lot of sense if the superheroes were in a stable relationship, due to how often they have to go out and fight evil."
** The writers are trying to appeal to a demographic of people who are also single.
** Giving Alex / Monkey Man a love interest would result in the plot either being StrangledByTheRedString or developing into a RomanticPlotTumor, so it's just avoided.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Alex makes the decision to be a CelibateHero.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alex finds a fellow superhero to fall in love with, and they become a BattleCouple.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Why do superheroes rarely have consistent love interests?"
* '''Played for Drama''':
** Alex ''wants'' to be in a relationship, but feels as though he won't be able to be in one due to his job.
** Alex gets into a relationship, but his love interest dies, undergoes a FaceHeelTurn, etc
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
* '''Straight''': Alex / [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing Monkey Man]] has no love interest because of his job as a superhero.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** None of the superheroes in the setting have ever been in any romantic situation whatsoever.
** Alex / Monkey Man doesn't even have ''friends'', and he's estranged from his family as well.
* '''Downplayed''': Alex / Monkey Man has been on a few casual dates, but it never really gets further than that.
* '''Justified''':
** Alex is worried about the possibility of his possible love interests discovering his secret identity, which he fears could be dangerous in the wrong hands.
** Being in a relationship would mean that Alex cannot do his duties as a superhero as well, since he would often be unavailable.
** Alex is also UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}}, UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}}, or just otherwise [[CelibateHero uninterested in sex/romance anyway]].
** [[ILetGwenStacyDie One of Alex's former love interests died, and he still blames himself for their death]].
* '''Inverted''': Superheroes ''always'' have love interests in the setting.
* '''Subverted''': Alex / Monkey Man later gets a love interest.
* '''Double Subverted''': [[StatusQuoIsGod He's forced to break up with the love interest anyway]].
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** Some of the superheroes are in stable relationships, some are not.
** Alex / Monkey Man occasionally gets a love interest, DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Alex / Monkey Man is able to be a superhero with a love life.
* '''Enforced''':
** "It wouldn't really make a lot of sense if the superheroes were in a stable relationship, due to how often they have to go out and fight evil."
** The writers are trying to appeal to a demographic of people who are also single.
** Giving Alex / Monkey Man a love interest would result in the plot either being StrangledByTheRedString or developing into a RomanticPlotTumor, so it's just avoided.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Alex makes the decision to be a CelibateHero.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alex finds a fellow superhero to fall in love with, and they become a BattleCouple.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Why do superheroes rarely have consistent love interests?"
* '''Played for Drama''':
** Alex ''wants'' to be in a relationship, but feels as though he won't be able to be in one due to his job.
** Alex gets into a relationship, but his love interest dies, undergoes a FaceHeelTurn, etc
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
