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The romantic interest (also called love interest) is a stock character, an object of romantic admiration and attraction for the principal character(s), or heroes. It is also the plot element, the romantic subplot, thus introduced.
This person is often a female acquaintance of the protagonist, as in the case of Jane in Tarzan or a man, as in the case of Disney's Pocahontas. The primary characters and romantic interests may be the two main characters, as in the case of Brokeback Mountain.
This term is often used in movie reviews, less so in classic literature, though such characters are common. Nearly all of the Disney animated features have main characters, villains and romantic interests that even children can easily identify.
"Love interest" is a more distant term than "The Hero's Beloved" or "Sweetheart", often used earlier for such characters. (The replacement of "hero" with "protagonist" or "main character" serves a like purpose").
Examples
- Jack Skellington is Sally's love interest in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
- Christine Daaé is Raoul's and Erik's love interest in The Phantom of the Opera.
- Cosette is Marius Pontmercy's love interest in Les Misérables.
- Ginny Weasley is Harry Potter's primary love interest in the last few Harry Potter novels.
- Irene Adler is Sherlock Holmes' primary love interest in the Sherlock Holmes canon.
- Lola Bunny is Bugs Bunny's primary love interest in Looney Tunes.
- Mercedes is Edmond Dantés's first love interest in The Count of Monte Cristo.
- Lucie Manette is Charles Darnay's love interest in A Tale of Two Cities.
- Ophelia is Hamlet's love interest in Hamlet.
- Arya is Eragon's love interest in Inheritance Cycle.
- Mary Jane Watson (and formerly, Gwen Stacy) is the love interest of Peter Parker in the Spider-Man comic books.
- Sonic is Amy Rose's love interest in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series.
- Princess Jasmine is Aladdin's love interest in Aladdin TV series.
- Princess Peach is Mario's love interest, just like Princess Daisy is Luigi's in the Mario video game series.
- Princess Zelda is Link's love interest in the Legend of Zelda video game series.
- Winry Rockbell is Edward Elric's love interest in Fullmetal Alchemist
- Alicia Masters is the love interest of Ben Grimm, also known as The Thing, in the Fantastic Four comics.
- Sarah Walker is Chuck Bartowski's love interest in the television series Chuck.
- Katara is Aang's love interest in the show Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- Catwoman can be considered Batman's primary love interest in the comics
- Misty can be considered Ash Ketchum's love interest in the Pokémon
- Kahlan Amnell is Richard Rahl's love interest in the book series The Sword of Truth and the TV adaption Legend of the Seeker.
- Lois Lane is Superman's love interest in the comics
- Ana could be child 9-Volt's love interest and teenage 9-Volt's love interest from WarioWare, Inc..
- Edward Cullen is Bella Swan's love interest in Twilight (series).
- Yusei Fudo is possibly Akiza Izinski's love interest and vice versa from Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's (anime).
- Freddie Benson can be considered Sam Puckett's primary love interest on the television series iCarly.
- Kairi is Sora's love interest in Kingdom Hearts (series).
- Stella Malone can be considered Joe Lucas's primary love interest on the television series JONAS.
- Pepper Potts can be considered Tony Stark's primary love interest on the cartoon series Iron Man: Armored Adventures
The term "love interest" is also sometimes used in real life to designate someone's potential sweetheart or target of infatuation
See also
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