History SheIsNotMyGirlfriend / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver'', the grandmother of the opposite gender friend of the player character suggests that the characters are boyfriend and girlfriend, and one of the characters immediately denies it.
* In ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachuReturns'', Pikachu frequently teases Tim over whether or not Rachel is his girlfriend. Tim's sister Sophia gets in on it once, too, when he invites Rachel over for dinner.
* Inverted and then, well, blown up by Squall for otherwise uncharacteristic hilarity in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. Squall is more or less forced into showing Rinoa around Balamb Garden, and stops in at Dr. Kadowaki's office. The following exchange occurs:
-->'''Kadowaki:''' Hi there, Squall! Oh my... it's not every day I see you walk around with a girl! Is she your girlfriend?\\
'''Squall:''' Yes.\\
'''Rinoa:''' Are you serious?! Squall?! I'm gonna take it seriously.\\
'''Squall:''' I'm serious.\\
'''Rinoa:''' Woo. I'm speechless.\\
'''Squall:''' I'm seriously joking.
* Played with in the [[ItMakesSenseInContext weirdest possible context]] in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'':
-->'''Raz:''' I don't know if she's really my ''girlfriend''. I mean, I think she...\\
'''Lungfish Resistance Member:''' I only meant she was your friend who is a girl, Goggalor.
* ''VideoGame/AkaSeka'': In Susumu's individual story, he takes a hungry heroine to the Shinsengumi headquarters to feed her. Shinpachi sees this and expectably starts teasing them about it. Susumu responds by [[LawOfDisproportionateResponse throwing a knife at him]] an threatening to turn him into rice ball stuffing.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', there is one point where the party returns to the first real dungeon the game had. Luke and Tear, having been the only party members at that point, remark upon how it was night when they were last here, which leads to the rest of the party wondering why on earth they didn't know that Luke and Tear were "in a place like this, alone, at night." Luke quickly exclaims "[[NotWhatItLooksLike It wasn't like that!]]" and starts hastily trying to explain himself when [[DefrostingIceQueen Tear]] suddenly states simply, "The very idea is absurd." Luke is visibly stung, indicating that perhaps he falls under the third example at the top. Of course, any sympathy the player may feel for Luke is immediately replaced by laughter over [[DeadpanSnarker Jade's]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments brilliant]] reaction to the whole thing.
-->'''Tear:''' The very idea is absurd. ''(walks away a bit, everyone else remains in place)'' What are you doing? Come on.\\
'''Luke:''' ...now I'm mad.\\
'''Guy:''' Damn, that was cold...\\
'''Jade:''' ''(sounding VERY happy)'' Yes, it was.\\
'''Guy:''' You sound like you're having fun, Colonel.\\
'''Jade:''' More than you could ever imagine.\\
'''Guy:''' ...you're horrible.
** It happens a lot between the two. The second [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDAj3kMjU8c OVA]] has this frequently.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'', Tytree at one point refers to Claire as "Veigue's girlfriend", to which he calmly responds "She's just a childhood friend". It would be an inversion to the usual reaction a character is supposed to have, but then again, he's [[TheStoic Veigue]]...
* During one skit in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'', Colette is trying (and failing) to stop herself from thinking about Lloyd too much, given [[SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome the]] [[RogueProtagonist circumstances.]] Marta quickly asks if they are more than friends, causing her to get flustered, deny it, and run off. Emil questions how Colette could possibly like Lloyd, causing [[ClingyJealousGirl Marta]] to get angry at him. [[spoiler: However, in a sidequest late in the game, he can outright [[ShipperOnDeck help nudge the two together.]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', Estelle has to remark this multiple times about Yuri, insisting that "it's not like that!" whenever Raven and/or Judith will tease her about it while she's blushing furiously (Yuri doesn't blush, but does go very wide-eyed whenever he's involved in getting teased, and never denies it). This example is much more ambiguous than others, though, on if they really are attracted to each other or not.
* ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}''
** In ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'', IF snaps when the rest of the cast says that they would like to have Compa as a wife, so she claims Compa belongs to her. IF then immediately realizes the implications of her statement and claims that she didn't mean it like that.
** In the trailer of the ''VideoGame/HyperdevotionNoireGoddessBlackHeart'', Noire unwittingly remarks about Neptune.
* In ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', in both ''Sorrow'' games, Soma frequently feels the need to point out that Mina is not his girlfriend, despite the fact that its obvious to everyone else that she's his designated {{Love Interest|s}}; Yoko Belnades has a lot of fun teasing him about it. He will actually ''become Dracula'' if he sees his beau hurt, but she's n-n-not his girlfriend.
** This is actually said completely seriously in ''Portrait of Ruin''. Whether or not Jonathan and Charlotte are still in the denial stage and/or just have really good poker faces is up to you:

''or''\\
'''Vincent:''' ''(sigh)'' The perfect couple! I'm slightly jealous!\\
''or''\\

'''Jonathan:''' She's [[LikeBrotherAndSister like my kid sister!]]\\

''or''\\
'''[[SpeakInUnison Jonathan and Charlotte:]]''' Vincent, you're scaring me...
* Odd example: ''VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks''. Kung Lao takes a jab at Liu Kang whenever Kitana is seen or mentioned with the former denying any relationship. In canon, it's heavily implied they are supposed to be just that.
** Given a nod in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', during Kung Lao's story mode chapter wherein he and Liu Kang search for Kitana:
--->'''Kung Lao:''' I hope your girlfriend is worth Lord Raiden's anger, Liu Kang.\\
'''Liu Kang:''' Notice that I am ignoring you.
* There are examples of this trope in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII''. Jaheira does it at least twice (once in an incident involving a magical locket, another when you are awakened by bandits).
* Implied usage in ''[[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Half-Life 2: Episode 2]]''. A random resistance member asks Alyx "So, is he your boyfriend or something?" in regards to Gordon. Gordon himself is out of earshot before her answer is heard.
** However, she doesn't really object when her own father hints at it being quite obvious. And she seems much more embarrassed about her father talking about such things, then about what he said.
* "Adell and I are enemies!" practically becomes Rozalin's catchphrase in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'' (and Adell is just as quick to deny it too). [[BelligerentSexualTension They fail to fool anyone]].
-->'''[[GenreSavvy Etna]]:''' Awww, you have one of ''those'' kinds of relationships!
** And in the good ending, [[spoiler:when she starts turning into an EldritchAbomination, he ''[[CoolDownHug snogs her back to normal]]'']].
** By ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}'', most characters skip the girlfriend/boyfriend step and assume that they're already married.

** There's also [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Prince Laharl]], who will actively deny that there's anything between him and his vassal Etna. Or his live-in angel Flonne. This is in spite of him spending an awful lot of time around them and being very comfortable with them (he has a strong aversion to women with... developed bodies, and both of them are UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}}). Jennifer is absolutely convinced that there's something going on between them.
** In ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'', Valvatorez keeps insisting that he does not have any special feelings for Artina, even though EveryoneCanSeeIt. When he makes a DeclarationOfProtection in the heat of the moment, everyone takes that as a declaration of love and goes nuts, much to his frantic denials.
** Melodia from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 6|Defiance of Destiny}}'' goes from using Zed as her KnightInShiningArmor, to actually falling for him but playing hard-to-get, to openly declaring her love to him. Zed, on the other hand, had given up hope on having a relationship a long time ago and denies having feeling for her and that says she's too self-centered and clingy anyway, but [[EveryoneCanSeeIt no one is convinced]]. [[spoiler:Besides, why else did her TrueLovesKiss stop him from turning into a Majin?]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sam and Max|FreelancePolice}}'' Episode 201, Sybil and Abe Lincoln were not dating... up until Max begins insisting that the meeting is something absolutely crazy.
* Played with in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor''. When first speaking to Gin, he asks who the player is. The player can either say their name or "[[TheHeart Yuzu's]] boyfriend". If the player chooses the "other" option, Yuzu [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial gets very shocked]].
** She has a similar reaction later, when [[TheLancer Atsuro]] jokes that Haru might be her competition for the protagonist's affections.
** The same thing happens to Yuzu's ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' counterpart, Io. During a Fate Event in which Io is trying to talk a boy out of suicide, the player can choose to introduce himself as her boyfriend. She of course denies it but, being a fairly bashful character, is more flustered than anything and decides to take it as a joke, as the player character apparently likes to joke a lot.
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** Makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/Persona3 Portable'' when playing as a female main character. If attending the Summer Festival with Akihiko, a takoyaki vendor will ask if she is his girlfriend, prompting him to stutter an angry denial. It's as if the idea had crossed his mind before... This also happens frequently with female protagonist and [[PlatonicLifePartners Junpei]].
*** The Summer Festival example can occur in the male protagonist route too. If you go with Yukari, she doesn't deny it, even if you haven't started a romance with her yet, presumably due to her feelings for him.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4:''
*** During the later ranks of her social link, Yukiko tells the [[PlayerCharacter Protagonist]] that they have been spending so much time together that the staff at her family's inn assumes that he is her boyfriend. She denies it, of course, but by then it's pretty clear that she ''really'' wants to be proven wrong, the sooner the better.
*** Chie and Yosuke. Kanji at first assumes they are a couple, much to Chie's annoyance. Incidentally, if Chie is the [[PlayerCharacter Protagonist's]] romantic partner and date to the Summer Festival, she has this as a knee jerk reaction to a vendor calling him her boyfriend, only to realize that it is, in fact, true.
** In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', people tend to believe that Makoto and the protagonist are dating. When the group sneaks into Soujiro's house, he walks in to find Makoto clinging to the protagonist's leg in terror after a terrifying encounter with Futaba and assumed they were dating before Makoto corrects him. During her Confidant, Eiko also assumed they were dating even though Makoto denies it several times. Even Kaneshiro assumed they were dating when he realized someone was listening to them through Makoto's phone. It is up to the player whether they [[RelationshipUpgrade take it to that level]].
* This is invoked in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' when Ike asks Haar why Jill isn't with him. Haar denies anything beyond friendship towards Jill. Two chapters after this base conversation, Haar can recruit Jill into the Greil Mercenaries. Of course, if Haar and Jill get an A-Rank support formed, the ending will imply a marriage between the two without actually saying anything specific.
-->'''Haar:''' She is simply the daughter of my dead teacher. Nothing more.
* In ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Dimensions'', some characters ask this question about [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]] and Irene, prompting him to deny it.
* ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica''. In her [[MentalWorld Cosmosphere]], Cloche would like you to know that Croix is her dog and bodyguard, NOTHING ELSE! The fact that she goes on dates with him is completely irrelevant.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Tifa says this to Aerith about Cloud.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', Cloud says this to Aerith about Tifa. This is a change from the original, where the player actually has the choice to confirm or deny it, affecting RelationshipValues.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', [[FieryRedhead Tsubaki]] has a crush on [[TallDarkAndSnarky Jin]], but tries to downplay it whenever pressed, usually going into this trope. [[LittleBitBeastly Makoto]] is quick to point out that [[EveryoneCanSeeIt she's not fooling anyone]], [[StreetSmart least of all her]].
* Double subverted in ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky''. Yvette constantly insinuates that Gainer and Luca are in love, but Gainer deflects the accusations quite convincingly--no over-the-top denials or excessive exclamation points. We also see that they've comfortably stayed JustFriends for quite a while, and [[IntergenerationalFriendship Luca's quite a bit older than him anyway]]. Then in one of the NewGamePlus MultipleEndings, he uses [[spoiler:Ubiquity's simulation]] to create a fawning clone of her and lives out a fantasy of happy, married domesticity with it, implying he does have romantic feelings for her after all.
* In ''VideoGame/GravityFallsLegendOfTheGnomeGemulets'', Dipper and Pacifica seem to deny that their hug from the episode "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E10NorthwestMansionMystery Northwest Mansion Mystery]]" ever happened. Mabel sounds like [[ShipperOnDeck she knows otherwise]].
* A running gag in ''VideoGame/BrokenSwordTheSerpentsCurse'', where several characters believe the hero team Nico and George are a couple which they vehemently deny.
* In ''VideoGame/LostHorizon'', Kim denies that Fenton is her boyfriend at the start of the final fight. He's actually a [[OldFlame former (boy?)friend]] with whom she has recently resumed [[WellExcuseMePrincess trading snarks]]. At the end of said fight, however, the two seem to reach an understanding to upgrade the relationship.
* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads''; Zuke and Mayday are both taken aback when [[VirtualCelebrity Sayu]] claims that the two are an item, saying that it can plainly be seen. Later incidents essentially prove that this is the case and they don't make any further attempts at denying it, [[spoiler:especially when they have to deal with Eve, Zuke's former lover]].

* "Adell and I are enemies!" practically becomes Rozalin's CatchPhrase in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'' (and Adell is just as quick to deny it too). [[BelligerentSexualTension They fail to fool anyone]].

* ''VideoGame/ArTonelico2''. In her [[MentalWorld Cosmosphere]], Cloche would like you to know that Croix is her dog and bodyguard, NOTHING ELSE! The fact that she goes on dates with him is completely irrelevant.

--->'''Adell:''' We're not married! Just because [[InnocentCohabitation we live under the same roof]]...\\

* Played with in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor''. When first speaking to Gin, he asks who the player is. The player can either say their name or "[[TheChick Yuzu's]] boyfriend". If the player chooses the "other" option, Yuzu [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial gets very shocked]].

* ''Videogame/{{Neptunia}}''
** In ''Videogame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'', IF snaps when the rest of the cast says that they would like to have Compa as a wife, so she claims Compa belongs to her. IF then immediately realizes the implications of her statement and claims that she didn't mean it like that.

** Makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Portable'' when playing as a female main character. If attending the Summer Festival with Akihiko, a takoyaki vendor will ask if she is his girlfriend, prompting him to stutter an angry denial. It's as if the idea had crossed his mind before... This also happens frequently with female protagonist and [[PlatonicLifePartners Junpei]].

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}:''

* This is invoked in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]'' when Ike asks Haar why Jill isn't with him. Haar denies anything beyond friendship towards Jill. Two chapters after this base conversation, Haar can recruit Jill into the Greil Mercenaries. Of course, if Haar and Jill get an A-Rank support formed, the ending will imply a marriage between the two without actually saying anything specific.

* In ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', in both ''Sorrow'' games, Soma frequently feels the need to point out that Mina is not his girlfriend, despite the fact that its obvious to everyone else that she's his designated {{Love Interest|s}}. He will actually ''become Dracula'' if he sees his beau hurt, but she's n-n-not his girlfriend.