Tropescilloscope: Yandere

A person who is both highly affectionate and dangerously obsessive concerning their love interest. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Greater-Scope Villain Unusually Uninteresting Sight Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Wounded Gazelle Gambit Award-Bait Song Dumb Blonde Meaningful Name Catch-Phrase Insistent Terminology True Companions Half the Man He Used to Be Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! folderlabel Faux Affably Evil Bring My Brown Pants Ascended Extra Almost Kiss Black Dude Dies First The Big Guy Domestic Abuse Sir Swears-a-Lot Narrator Femme Fatale Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Slashed Throat An Axe to Grind Artistic License – Law Take a Third Option It's Personal Gorn World of Ham La Résistance Recycled IN SPACE! Badass Longcoat He Who Fights Monsters The Smurfette Principle Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Heroes Want Redheads Ghost Fiction The Load Sexy Discretion Shot Camera Abuse Biopic Not Using the "Z" Word Faking the Dead Meet Cute Meaningful Echo Crucified Hero Shot Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Cassandra Truth Romantic Comedy Serious Business May–December Romance One-Word Title I Need a Freaking Drink Tagline Expository Hairstyle Change Break the Haughty The Remake Even Evil Has Standards Logo Joke Wham Line Even Evil Has Loved Ones Married to the Job Dwindling Party Awesome, but Impractical Bunny-Ears Lawyer Ass Shove Celebrity Paradox Australian Movies Retired Badass Made of Explodium The Faceless More Dakka Early-Bird Cameo Anachronism Stew "Awesome McCool" Name Call-Forward Becoming the Mask Stuff Blowing Up Token Minority All for Nothing Obfuscating Stupidity O.O.C. 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