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In an arc-less show, one in which each episode stands alone, the hero cannot be allowed to have long-running relationships. A girlfriend/boyfriend would interfere with opportunities to insert romantic tension. Thus, the Temporary Love Interest who shows up has a brief, idyllic relationship with the hero, then dies tragically, is left behind or is otherwise written out. After that, she's usually never mentioned again. If she's put out of the picture without dying, she's a Girl of the Week. If a character has loads and loads of Temporary Love Interests, they may have a Cartwright Curse. Stories involving Drifters or Knight Errants tend to involve this, if only because the lone wandering hero archetype tends to require that friends and love interests encountered during an adventure be left behind at adventure's end. Related to Romantic False Lead, except that that relationship must die for the Official Couple to be able to get together. Contrast Disposable Love Interest, who is a kind of Satellite Character only there for a Token Romance and tends not to even get the dignity of being killed off. See also The Plot Reaper, a similar mechanism for killing off characters who'd ruin the status quo if they lived. Examples |
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