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{{trope}}
[[File:flowerkid 2005.jpg|frame|Yeah, good luck with that...]]
{{quote|''There's a girl I know
''He loves her so
''I'm not that girl...''
|'''Elphaba''', ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]''}}
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Usually doesn't get as far as [[Stalker with a Crush]], unless he's [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] enough to be a [[Prince Charming Wannabe]]. Compare [[Romantic Runner-Up]]. Can be caused by an [[Incompatible Orientation]].
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== Anime
* In a slight twist on the harem genre, none of the girls aside from Aoi in ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' ever really had a chance. To blow up any [[Shipping|shipping attempts]], the first few episodes makes it pretty clear that Kaoru can't/won't choose anyone other than Aoi.
* In ''[[Asu no Yoichi]]'', Ayame is this towards Yoichi, although it's because of her sister Ibuki; the fact that she doesn't seem to spend much time with him; and when she does, she seems hostile. Then she wonders why he doesn't seem to romantically notice her.
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* The ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' manga gives us both Hikaru AND Kaoru as Hopeless Suitors for Haruhi's affections. It's mostly Hikaru since Kaoru {{spoiler|decides to confess to Haruhi telling her he loves her, but that there is still someone more important to him (his brother). After this Kaoru tells Hikaru he's stepped back and will support him as he goes against his love rival, Tamaki.}} It was already a losing battle for Hikaru, but he gave it a try anyway.
* ''[[Wandering Son]]'' plays several characters affections as this, both minor and major. The most apparent is Mako and every boy he's ever liked, and Saori with Nitori.
* In ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'', being a Hopeless Suitor is a national sport. The main character falls in [[Love At First Sight]] with Kumi, the sister of [[Knight Templar Big Brother|Mashiba]] and Kumi ends up falling for him too. Although [[Twice Shy|Neither Of Them Can Spit It Out]], they basically act as a couple. Then Itagaki Manabu, Ippo's [[
* In the ''[[SHUFFLE!]]'' anime, although the series teases us as to who Rin ends up with, the biggest loser is probably {{spoiler|Kaede, the girl he's living with.}} [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]] when Rin does choose a girl to spend time with, and causes {{spoiler|Kaede}} to go a little [[Yandere]]. Averted in the [[Visual Novel]] however, since you get to choose who Rin ends up with.
* [[S-Cry-ed]] has Scheris Adjani for Ryuho, who only sees her as a comrade and has feelings for Mimori. Scheris ends up letting go and giving her life to save Ryuho's. But in a twist of cruel irony, she gets the last laugh from beyond the grave when her sacrifice is the reason Ryuho cites for NOT getting in a relationship with Mimori in the end.
* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'''s [[Word of God]] confirms that Karina is unlikely to have any luck when it comes to her crush on Kotetsu—for reasons ranging from a rather big age difference to Kotetsu being married (though widowed, he is still devoted to his wife) with a kid. Not to mention his [[Oblivious to Love|complete and utter obliviousness to her advances]].
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[One Piece]]'' with Boa Hancock's unrequited love for [[Celibate Hero|Luffy]].
== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Quantum and Woody]]'', Eric Henderson (Quantum) has this with his longtime crush Amy Fishbein.
== Film ==
* Bernie Kuntz, a hopeless-dorky overweight appliance salesman with a bad combover toward Stephanie Plum, the spunky, ridiculously-attractive heroine of ''[[One for the Money]]''.
== Literature ==
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* Michael for Rosamund in the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]''. He actually helps to reunite her with her love, figuring that if she tries a few days of Ruby's less glamourous life stlye she'll be disenchanted. He's wrong.
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* In ''[[Grounded for Life]]'', the geek who pined after the daughter assumed that her emotions were divided between himself (whom she barely noticed and openly discouraged any kind of advance) and her boyfriend (who she was all too ready to get hot and heavy with). Eventually he decided to "back down" and openly referenced the concept that they were in a "love triangle" to the boyfriend, whose only concern was "The two end points don't touch, do they?" Though it might have been subverted later on {{spoiler|when the girl broke up with said boyfriend and ended up dating him anyway. Who's hopeless now?}}
* Steve Urkel in ''[[Family Matters]]'' is a special case in that he knows he's the Hopeless Suitor—he's just not willing to let that stop him, hence the [[Catch Phrase]] "I'm wearing you down, baby!" His only shot at Laura was the transformation chamber that turned him into Stephan Urquelle, the epitome of smooth and cool. Steve Urkel himself managed to win Laura over in the shows last season, after some 8 years of Laura insisting on [[Just Friends]].
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* Jonathan, Jack Donaghy's assistant on ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'', is hopelessly obsessed with Jack and devoted to him.
** Funnily enough, the same actor who plays Jonathan, Maulik Pancholy, plays Sanjay on [[Weeds]] and is similarly obsessed with Nancy.
== Theatre ==
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{{quote|'''Eponine''': And although I know that he is blind, still I say [[Tempting Fate|there's a way for us]]...}}
* In [[Pantomime]], Buttons is always this to [[Cinderella (novel)|Cinderella]], who considers him more the brother she never had. Fortunately for him, most productions [[Pair the Spares|have him fall in love with somebody else]], usually the [[Fairy Godmother]] or her assistant.
== Video Games ==
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** This is seems like a case of Zero being handed [[Idiot Ball|The Idiot Ball]] or Chaste Ball in this case. Fans can only speculate that [[Suddenly-Suitable Suitor|Iris]] had a lot more pull on him than originally indicated. [[Author's Saving Throw|Could be a failed Author's Saving Throw]], or [[Plot Induced Stupidity|even just Plot Induced Stupidity]], on the script writer's part as a whole.
* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey]]'' is that Anthony, one of the crewmen on the Red Sprite, keeps falling in love with demons. Your job is to convey his feelings to the demons... who ''always'' turn him down.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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** There's also Roxy's crushes on both Dirk and Jake: {{spoiler|Dirk is gay from the outset and interested in Jake, who already has enough on his plate figuring out how to handle Dirk and Jane.}}
** ''Also'', there's Kanaya's crush on Vriska, who is exclusively into Tavros (and later John) and who never sees Kanaya as any more than a faithful [[Morality Pet]]. In case it's not obvious, Homestuck is very dedicated to the [[All Love Is Unrequited]] trope.
== Web Original ==
* In an odd example, [[Equestria Chronicles|Nocturne]] fails to romance [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Scribble Quill...]] and then discovers that ladies of ''other'' species take an ''intense'' liking to him.
== Western Animation ==
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