"NO! You are too perceptive not to know that I've had a crush on you forever. You are not going to play with my emotions just to get back at Calamity. You don't get to be that evil."
— Littlepip grinding this trope to a halt, Fallout: Equestria
"News flash, Arnold, girls don't like you if they know you like them. They only like you if they think you don't like them."
— Helga G. Pitaki, Hey Arnold!
"Confident of my own charms, I shall throw myself into your husband's arms. He will succumb. Why not? Carl-Magnus, in a storm of jealousy, will beg my forgiveness and swear eternal fidelity. And as for Miss Desiree Armfeldt, she will be back peddling her dubious commodities elsewhere. At least, that is the plan."
— Charlotte telling Anne about her scheme, A Little Night Music
I was saying this to Batman... oh
He was here the other day
Maybe you know him, he's a big deal
But I don't think of him that way
He's just a friend, someone I trust
Someone who won't kill me
He was here the other day
Maybe you know him, he's a big deal
But I don't think of him that way
He's just a friend, someone I trust
Someone who won't kill me
Wesker: "Chris... I want you to meet my girlfriend, "Christina."
Chris: (after brief pause) "Okay."
Wesker: "I couldn't wait for you forever."
Chris: "Oh. Suuurre!"
Wesker: "We go on long dates all the time."
Chris: "Healthy!"
Wesker: "I hope you're not jealous."
Chris: (chuckling) "What? Nooo. I mean, look at "her". You were MADE for each other!"
Wesker: (at Christina) "Heh, hehhe! I think it's working. Here, Tyrant, give me a hug. That'll make him envious!"
Harry was left to contemplate in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.
—Harry's thoughts' after witnessing Hermione's flawlessly-executed Operation: Jealousy, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
"Well, I feigned courtship of Miss Ingram, because I wished to render you as madly in love with me as I was with you; and I knew jealousy would be the best ally I could call in for the furtherance of that end."
—Mr Rochester to Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre
Jason Blossom: "Just consider it, Betty. If—if—he's hooked up with Ronnie, maybe it's because of money. Status. That's what I'd guess, anyway."
Betty Cooper: (dryly) "You would."
Jason: "But supposing...just supposing...he sees you out with me. Consider it, Betty. As far as money, status go, I've got that. Heck, you know I've got it. My dad's almost up there with Hiram Lodge, and it's new money. Silicon Valley, not Wall Street. That puts you on equal footing with him, now. He'll see it, and he'll know it. And the old green-eyed monster can work wonders, Betty. We both know that."
Betty: (sighing) "And you think Archie will get jealous when he sees us out together and dump Veronica for me?"
Jason: (smiling) "I never said it out loud, but, hey...it's a possibility."
Betty Cooper: (dryly) "You would."
Jason: "But supposing...just supposing...he sees you out with me. Consider it, Betty. As far as money, status go, I've got that. Heck, you know I've got it. My dad's almost up there with Hiram Lodge, and it's new money. Silicon Valley, not Wall Street. That puts you on equal footing with him, now. He'll see it, and he'll know it. And the old green-eyed monster can work wonders, Betty. We both know that."
Betty: (sighing) "And you think Archie will get jealous when he sees us out together and dump Veronica for me?"
Jason: (smiling) "I never said it out loud, but, hey...it's a possibility."
Kitten: Prom is tomorrow, Daddy. I don't have time to find another date. So you're gonna find one for me!
Killer Moth: Now, Kitten, be reasonable! You don't seriously expect me to—
Kitten: And I don't want just anyone. I want someone handsome, and popular, and totally cool. Someone no other girl could get. Someone who'll drive Fang wild with jealousy!
Killer Moth: Now, Kitten, be reasonable! You don't seriously expect me to—
Kitten: And I don't want just anyone. I want someone handsome, and popular, and totally cool. Someone no other girl could get. Someone who'll drive Fang wild with jealousy!
—Teen Titans (2003), "Date with Destiny"
