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[[File:heart_beat_down_sm_9723heart beat down sm 9723.jpg|link=Sailor Moon (Manga)|rightframe|Love until it hurts.]]
 
In a nutshell a character who uses [[The Power of Love|Love]] as one of their [[Elemental Powers]].
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A character with this power is fueled by or themed around '''{{color|pink|innocence, love, beauty, attraction}}''' or '''{{color|pink|lust}}'''. Because these are more feelings than a proper element, the abilities of the user will have to do a lot with their personality and the general tone of the series. Almost [[Always Female]].
 
The signature and tell tale sign that this element is at work is when a character makes [[Heart Symbol|Heart Symbols]]s show up during their moves, or if they take the place of sparks, stars and explosions during physical impacts.
 
If they do their own fighting, expect their style to be very [[She Fu|feminine]]. They tend to be associated with [[Armor -Piercing Slap|slap attacks]] and [[Dance Battler|dance moves]], and suggestive [[Ass Kicks You|butt attacks]] and [[Kiss of Death|kissing attacks]].
 
If they're not the fighting type, a character with this element will use [[Intimate Healing]] or the [[Kiss of Life]]. May be able to [[The Power of Love|purify their opponents and empower their allies]] or [[Distracted Byby the Sexy|seduce]] [[Deus Sex Machina|and]] [[More Than Mind Control|hypnotize them]], sometimes even by [[Kissing Under the Influence|Pheromone Control]] especially in more 'realistic' settings.
 
With rare exception, [[The Chick|good]] or [[The Vamp|evil]], the character will be [[Evil Is Sexy|very]] [[Beauty Equals Goodness|attractive.]] Male examples are usually only played straight if [[Battle Couple|their girlfriends are nearby,]] otherwise they'll be [[Played for Laughs]] or as [[Fan Disservice]].
 
[[Sub -Trope]] of [[The Power of Love]]. [[Sister Trope]] to [[Holy Hand Grenade]]. This is a common weapon of the [[Horny Devil]] and [[The Vamp]]
 
Compare [[Care Bear Stare]], [[The Power of Love]], [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]], [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]].
 
[[I Thought It Meant|Has nothing to do with]] using a heart as an [[Improvised Weapon]] to apply a [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* A Sailor-suited Pretty Soldier of Love and Justice: ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]''! - her attacks are the only ones that purify their opponents. Also Moon Spiral Heart Attack (the page image) and Rainbow Moon Heart Ache slam her opponents with a giant heart that shatters on impact.
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** For Love and Justice, Sailor Chibi Moon! - The Pink Sugar Heart Attack sends tiny [[Heart Symbol]]s to pelt opponents, though its effectiveness varies. The manga also had her team up with Sailor Moon to use Rainbow Double Moon Heart Ache.
* "Warrior of Love, [[Cutie Honey]]!"
* [[Digimon Frontier]]: Kazemon's 'Love Tap' attack, induces infatuation after an [[Ass Kicks You]]. However, hitting things with her butt rarely did her much good.
* "[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]": In the grand finale, Domon and Rain (now the [[Official Couple]] after Domon delivers an [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] to Rain, breaking her free from the Devil Gundam) perform the Sekiha Love-Love Tenkyoken, a move that actually leaves a [[Heart Symbol|heart-shaped mark]] in the Devil Gundam's chest.
* [[Naruto]]: Fuka, from one of the filler arcs, [[Kissing Under the Influence|seduces opponents]] and uses the [[Kiss of Death]] to [[Mega Manning|steal their powers.]] Also blows magical kisses in the opening sequence.
* There are two characters in [[One Piece]] who have love-based attacks, though in different ways. Boa Hancock can cause people to fall madly in love with her (male and female, and sometimes even inanimate objects), after which she can turn them to stone. Emporio Ivankov is a not-so-[[Wholesome Crossdresser]] whose attacks include throwing winks, which have oddly immense destructive power.
* Those who have seen [[Macademi Wasshoi]] are familiar with the thing known only as [http://img1.lln.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/40cecbb3ea35f471723a0aceece292101234345269_full.jpg Halpshiel]{{Dead link}}. An Angel of love and former teacher, he was exiled for forcibly French-kissing the entire student body and faculty. Among other grievances.
* In ''[[Yes Pretty Cure 5 (Anime)|Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'', Cure Dream has heart as her element.
** In ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure (Anime)|Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]'', all {{spoiler|five}} shown heroic Cures have this as a secondary element, due to [[Soul Anatomy|the way]] [[Our Monsters Are Different|their monsters of the week]] work.
* So does Mew Ichigo in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]''.
* The Love Angels in ''[[Wedding Peach (Manga)|Wedding Peach]]'' do this.
* Pretty much every attack thrown by a Papillon in ''[[Papillon Rose]]'' is powered by sex or lust.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Desiree Atkins, one of the [[Monster of the Week|Freak of the Weeks]] in Smallville, used pheromones from her breath, which looked like a pink smoke, to seduce men into killing each other for her.
* Hathor did much the same on [[Stargate SG -1]]. It proved fortunate that the SGC has women too,
 
== Mythology ==
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* Princess Peach from the ''[[Mario]]'' series, especially in the spinoffs and sports games.
* ''[[Soul Calibur]]'': Cassandra in her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1DKo1Bscns critical finish]
* The hero of the first ''[[Arcana Heart (Video Game)|Arcana Heart]]'' game, and playable character in the sequels, Aino Heart (add a space, and it literally translates to "Heart of love") has a heart and love-based motif. Her [[Ahoge]] is in the shape of a heart, hear signature move is "Heart No Punchee", several of her attacks show a [[Heart Symbol|heart animation]], and her Arcana is Partinias, the Arcana of love.
* The Attract move from ''[[Pokémon]]'' sends [[Heart Symbol|hearts]] to infatuate the opponent, giving them a 50/50 chance of deciding to fight back.
** Additionally the Jynx evolution family, and their iconic moves Sweet Kiss and Lovely Kiss, [[Captain Obvious|use kisses]] to a variety of effects.
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* [[Love Freak]] Flonne from ''[[Disgaea]]'' has a healing spell called [[The Power of Love]] and an attack called Holy Arrows which is a volley of explosive arrows shaped like hearts.
** Within the Disgaea 'verse itself Heart is regularly shown to be an Awesome power. Provided, that it really and truly genuine, and not merely emptily declared sentimentality.
* Chalis from ''[[Golden Sun Dark Dawn (Video Game)|Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'', is heavily associated with hearts. While it mostly plays into a tarot card theme, she is known for seducing men and has some attacks that come across this way.
* In ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'', the Angel Bow is able to shoot heart-shaped projectiles.
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Cytherea of the [[Whateley Universe]] uses this as her go-to power. Not surprising, since she's the avatar of Aphrodite.
* In ''[[ThaliasThalia's Musings]]'', [[Love Goddess]] Aphrodite is acknowledged as the only goddess with the power to influence the Fates. She's very temperamental about when, how, and on whom she bestows her powers.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'': Princess Cadence' magical ability is bringing love to others and mending broken relationships. In the second episode of the season two finale, {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Queen Chrysalis]] is taken out by her and [[Knight in Shining Armor|Shining Armor]] with a massive explosion of pure love that reforms the [[Deflector Shields]] and ejects her and her Changeling subjects out of Canterlot [[Twinkle in The Sky|and over the horizon]]}}.
 
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