Basic Trope: A Relationship Upgrade occurs when a Love Interest wears an article of clothing belonging to another Love Interest, which, more often than not, takes the form of a woman wearing Her Boyfriend's Jacket.
- Straight: Lovable Nerd Alicia P. Navarro and Bruiser with a Soft Center Flash Young have been going through some Unresolved Sexual Tension, but it's quickly resolved once Alicia wears Flash's dark green leather jacket.
- Exaggerated: Alicia and Flash are engaged, but the moment Alicia even touches Flash's jacket, it's an automatic sign that they're going to finally be married.
- Downplayed:
- Alicia only gets into a Sexy Shirt Switch with Flash after they have Their First Time.
- Alicia wears something less tangible than a jacket; She copies Flash's huge pompadour, hair gel and all.
- Justified: Fourfold; First, they're big and comfy (And Flash is a pretty gigantic guy, clocking in at 6'8", while Alicia is somewhere around 5'5"). Second, it marks both of them as taken. Third, it's like a day-long hug. Finally, it smells like him.
- Inverted: Gender Inversion: Lovable Nerd Alister P. Nathanael and Bruiser with a Soft Center Felicia Long have been going through some Unresolved Sexual Tension, but it's quickly resolved once Alister wears Felicia's dark green leather jacket.
- Subverted: That's not actually Flash's jacket...
- Double Subverted: That's his Cool Big Sis Hillary's jacket. And Alicia is in love with Hillary.
- Parodied:
- Wearing jackets are a sign of marriage.
- Flash's jacket is way too big for Alicia, and she looks like a Top-Heavy Guy wearing his jacket.
- Zig-Zagged: Whether or not Alicia does this is Depending on the Writer.
- Averted: Alicia does something else as a Relationship Upgrade.
- Enforced: It's another form of a Fashion-Based Relationship Cue.
- Lampshaded: "Hah... My jacket. What, ya think I'm huggin' ya just from wearin' it? That's cute."
- Invoked: Flash decides to give Alicia his leather jacket once he sees her shivering, citing You Must Be Cold as an excuse.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Flash tells Alicia that she should probably do something else other than wear his jacket; He thinks it looks bizarre on anyone her size (not specifically her, don't worry).
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played for Laughs: Flash had been looking everywhere for his jacket that mysteriously went missing, and once he finds it on Alicia, he groans, realizing that he's probably gonna feel cold for the rest of the day.
Is she wearing Her Boyfriend's Jacket? That's how you know it's official.
