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7 | ->''I don't care now who's the blame\ |
8 | I don't really wanna fight no more\ |
9 | It's just time for letting go'' |
10 | -->-- '''Music/TinaTurner''', "[[Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt1993 I Don't Wanna Fight]]" |
11 | |
12 | This is an index for tropes involving break-ups. |
13 | |
14 | A sub-category of LoveTropes and FriendshipTropes. Compare TheExIndex (some tropes are common to both as well). Contrast ReconciliationTropes. |
15 | |
16 | [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] tropes involving [[BreakingAndDestructionTropes literal breaking]]. |
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18 | !!Tropes |
19 | [[index]] |
20 | [floatboxright: |
21 | '''Also see:''' |
22 | * TheExIndex |
23 | * ReconciliationTropes |
24 | ] |
25 | * AccidentalDeclarationOfLove: Because there is nothing that can break a good thing going when feelings get in the way. |
26 | * BetterAsFriends: Two people who have dated for a while realize that they are better as friends. |
27 | * BondBreaker: A member of a group of TrueCompanions leaves the group. |
28 | * BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: A character breaks up with another for their own safety. |
29 | * BreakingTheFellowship: A posse of people is split up, usually as a way of weakening them. |
30 | * BreakUpBonfire: After breaking up with someone, a character burns everything that reminds them of that person. |
31 | * BreakupBreakout: A performer achieves success after splitting off from a duo or entourage. |
32 | * BreakUpDemand: Someone else orders a breakup between two characters. |
33 | * BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Two characters break up before eventually getting back together. |
34 | * BreakupSong: A song about ending a relationship. |
35 | * CelebrityBreakUpSong: A break-up song written by a celebrity about another celebrity. |
36 | * DearJohnLetter: A break-up in writing. |
37 | * DefenestrateAndBerate: After breaking up with someone, a character throws all that person's belongings out a second-floor or higher window. |
38 | * DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: A breakup resulting from each person wanting things that will make the other unhappy. |
39 | * DinnerAndABreakup: A breakup in a public setting, like a restaurant, in an attempt to soften the blow to the person about to be broken up with. |
40 | * DisownedParent: A child breaks up with their parent. |
41 | * DisownedSibling: One sibling cuts ties with another. |
42 | * DowntimeDowngrade: Two characters who get together in a film have broken up in the sequel. |
43 | * DumpedViaTextMessage: A character gets dumped spontaneously over text. |
44 | * DumpThemAll: A character decides to break up with or reject ''all'' of their romantic suitors. |
45 | * EvilFormerFriend: Best friends turned deadly enemies. |
46 | * TheExsNewJerkass: When a character's ex's new S/O is a {{Jerkass}} to them and possibly others. |
47 | * FairWeatherEx: A character wants to get back with their ex because it's convenient for them. |
48 | * FalseSoulmate: Realizing this person isn't 'the one' after all usually involves breaking up. |
49 | * TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: A character has emotional issues about romance following their first break-up. |
50 | * FootDraggingDivorcee: When one spouse refuses to break up. |
51 | * ForeverFling: A short-lived, youthful, passionate romance is the yardstick by which all the couple's subsequent romances are measured and fail. |
52 | * GriefInducedSplit: A couple breaks up after a tragedy. |
53 | * HeartbreakAndIceCream: Characters eat ice cream following a break up. |
54 | * HeartbrokenBadass: This can be due to a break-up. |
55 | * IHaveNoSon: When a parent cuts ties with their child. |
56 | * IntentionalHeartbreaker: Dating someone with the intent to break up with them. |
57 | * ItsNotYouItsMe: Lack of self-worth causes a character to end a relationship. |
58 | * ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: TheHero breaks up with their LoveInterest on the grounds that they won't be safe with them. |
59 | * KidsPlayMatchBreaker: The children’s single parent starts dating again, and the kid(s) manipulate things to get them to break up. |
60 | * LeavingYouToFindMyself: A character breaks up with another as a result of CharacterDevelopment. |
61 | * LetsJustBeFriends: They break up, but they decide they'll be friends because they still care about each other. |
62 | * LostLoveMontage: A montage which plays after a break-up. |
63 | * LoveCannotOvercome: A LoveInterest breaks up with TheHero because they can't deal with the thrills and dangers of their partner's lifestyle. |
64 | * MagicalDivorce: A marriage is terminated through supernatural means. |
65 | * MakeUpOrBreakUp: A potential break-up situation when a character does something their partner doesn't approve of. |
66 | * TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: A character's SecretIdentity causes issues with their dating life, possibly leading to a break-up. |
67 | * MatchmakerFailure: TheMatchmaker tries to set two people up with each other, only for it to end in disaster. |
68 | * MessOfWoe: An intense breakup causes you to neglect cleaning for several weeks. |
69 | * MinorFlawMajorBreakup: A character breaks up with their partner [[DisproportionateRetribution over a minor flaw]]. |
70 | * MistakenForCheating: Characters break up due to one of them being falsely accused of cheating. |
71 | * TheMourningAfter: Refusing to love again due to still being hung up on a former lover. |
72 | * NotGoodWithRejection: A character doesn't respond well to a break-up. |
73 | * OffScreenBreakup: They broke up, but it never happened on-screen. |
74 | * OnTheRebound: Entering a relationship very quickly after breaking up. |
75 | * TheOneThatGotAway: A character has bittersweet memories of their ex. |
76 | * OperationJealousy: After a break up, a character may try dating other people to make their ex jealous. |
77 | * PleaseDumpMe: A character acts obnoxious in order to get their partner to break up with them. |
78 | * PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Good friends have a falling out after hitting rock bottom. |
79 | * ProxyBreakup: Alice wants to break-up with Bob, so she has Cindy do it for her. Hijinks Ensue. |
80 | * PsychoExGirlfriend: A break-up caused this character to snap and turn evil. |
81 | * ReboundBestFriend: Friends break up and then find replacement best friends. |
82 | * RejectedMarriageProposal: A couple may break up if one rejects the other's proposal. |
83 | * RelationshipRevolvingDoor: A couple keeps breaking up and then getting back together. |
84 | * RelationshipSabotage: If successful, it will lead to a break-up. |
85 | * ReplacementGoldfish: A character is replaced with another. Can include a character who has recently broken up starts a relationship with someone who looks/acts suspiciously similar to their ex. |
86 | * SecondActBreakup: The OfficialCouple temporarily breaks up in the middle of the story. |
87 | * SpurnedIntoSuicide: Getting dumped causes a character to kill themselves. |
88 | * SteppingStoneSpouse: A partner sacrifices for their spouse only to be left behind when fortunes increase. |
89 | * StrugglingSingleMother: A financially-dependent mother is left to raise her child(ren) alone after breaking up with the father of her child. |
90 | * TakeBackYourGift: A character returns a gift when their relationship ends. |
91 | * TakingTheKids: When a married couple parts way, one takes the children away with them. |
92 | * ThreateningToCutTies: When one half of a couple threatens to divorce/break up with the other half in an attempt to intimidate them. |
93 | * ToiletSeatDivorce: When a couple breaks up for silly reasons. |
94 | * TooMuchAlike: When applied to romantic relationships (or, less commonly, friendships). Two people break apart because they're too similar to each other; their shared traits clash and/or they have the same traits they don't like in themselves. |
95 | * TurnedOffByTheJerkass: A character gets dumped for being a jerk. |
96 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Former friends went their separate ways. |
97 | * WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: A couple that breaks up due to the actions of one partner and then getting back together is seen as being implausible. |
98 | * YoureNotMyFather: When an offspring disowns their parent. |
99 | [[/index]] |
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