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34 Nonsensical Movie And TV Relationships

By:: Timon DJ Spajic; Cracked Writers

December 01, 2021

34 Nonsensical Movie And TV Relationships

Movies really like portraying completely messed-up relationships as beautiful and normal. We all love Tony Stark and Pepper Potts, but when you think about it, their relationship is kinda unethical and troublesome.

More on that and 33 other bizarre and nonsensical fictional relationships:

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At the end of Wedding Crashers, Gloria and Jeremy WIND UP TOGeTHeR. Even though Gloria essentially rapes Jeremy by tying him to the bed while he's asleep, gagging him with duct tape, and forcing him to have sex. CRACKED.COM Wedding Crashers. 2005. — 22 Famous Movie Romances You Never Realized Are Creepy

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In Dances With Wolves, John Dunbar and Stands With A Fist meet as captives of the Sioux and end up together. THEY MARRY OUT OF STOCKHOLM SYNDROME. Like abused dogs under new owners, the two fall in love with the tribe, then each other, a wolf, everything. Psychologists tell us that a love predicated on a disorder is doomed to fail. CRACKED.COM Dances With Wolves, 1990 — 26 Icky Romances In Huge Movies

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Notting Hill Will and Anna's relationship is anything but romantic. Anna is a movie star who dates Will while she is in a relationship with someone else, and when their scandal is publicized, she blames Will for it. Despite admitting that his obsession for her is unhealthy, Will apologizes to Anna to win her over once more. CRACKED.COM — 28 Doomed Movie And TV Relationships

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In the Harry Potter series, Severus Snape physically and emotionally abuses students by manhandling them, discriminating against any students that aren't members of Slytherin and even being the physical representation of fear for a student (Neville Longbottom) Yet, Dumbledore never even reprimands Snape for his actions when he should really sack him, making this professional headmaster-staff relationship extremely ethically questionable CRACKED COM — 20 Onscreen Relationships That Should Never Have Existed

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... TELL US NOW. Beth & Jerry GRACKED Aw jeez, Daniel G. drops some devastating truth on Rick and Morty: It's clear that Beth just settled with Jerry after getting knocked up and resents him for it. Jerry uses her sympathy for him to manipulate her. Regardless of Rick's actions, they are in an unhealthy relationship. — Tell Us Now: The 20 All-Time Worst Movie Couples

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At the end of Titanic, Jack and Rose are reunited in THE AFTERLIFE. It's all incredibly romantic, unless you're the man she married. And it may be a little awkward for her kids and grandkids, when they eventually show up. CRACKED.COM Titanic 1997 — 22 Famous Movie Romances You Never Realized Are Creepy

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Tony Stark and Pepper Potts have had a romantic relationship for nearly a decade. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS EMPLOYEE. At first she's his personal assistant, making a relationship inappropriate. Later he makes her CEO of Stark Industries. Preventing that sort of quid pro quo is exactly why we have workplace sexual harassment policies. CRACKED.COM Marvel Cinematic Universe — 26 Icky Romances In Huge Movies

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In Warm Bodies, R wins over Julie by shielding her from a fall. A few days earlier, R was a zombie and he ate Julie's boyfriend. Somehow that doesn't bother her anymore. CRACKED.COM — 28 Doomed Movie And TV Relationships

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GRANTED, JONATHAN'S A BIT CREEPY AND NANCY A BIT STUCK UP... STRANGER ISUNGS ...BUT THEY'RE BOTH SMART, AMBITIOUS, WILLING TO FIGHT AN INTERDIMENSIONAL SLIME MONSTER TO PROTECT THEIR LOVED ONES, AND CLEARLY INTO EACH OTHER. YET IN THE END, NANCY KEEPS DATING HER JOCK BOYFRIEND STEVE, WHO ONLY CARES ABOUT PARTYING AND PUBLICLY CALLED HER A SL*T. MUST BE THE FABULOUS HAIR. CRACKED.COM — 20 Onscreen Relationships That Should Never Have Existed

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... TELL US NOW. Barry & Vanessa CRACKED Hard to argue with Greg C: The Bee Movie. I don't need to explain, you know why. — Tell Us Now: The 20 All-Time Worst Movie Couples

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Sam winds up romantically involved with A COMPUTER PROGRAM in Tron: Legacy. In fact, Quorra is a program created by Sam's father, making her effectively Sam's sister. CRACKED.COM Tron: Legacy. 2010 — 22 Famous Movie Romances You Never Realized Are Creepy

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In Liar Liar, Jim Carrey hijacks an airport stair car and prevents an airplane from taking off. НЕ SHOULD BE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. Instead, his zany efforts to endanger everyone convince his son that he's a better dad than Cary Elwes, and he gets back together with his ex-wife. They all live happily ever after. CRACKED.COM Liar Liar, 1997 — 26 Icky Romances In Huge Movies

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GRACKED COM ANAKIN: Creepy Immature Stalker PADME: Dignified Queen and STAR Senator WARS What Could Go Wrong? — 28 Doomed Movie And TV Relationships

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glee Dave Karofsky & Blaine Anderson Dave used to bully Blaine's partner, Kurt, because he's gay. After Dave comes out of the closet himself, he ends up dating Blaine, who is at that point still in love with Kurt. Why would Blaine think it's a good idea to date someone who used to bully the love of his life? CRACKED COM — 20 Onscreen Relationships That Should Never Have Existed

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... TELL US NOW. Harry & Ginny CRACKED Carli В. says the couple lost their magic in the Harry Potter movies: disappointing because they were amazing together in the books. — Tell Us Now: The 20 All-Time Worst Movie Couples

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In SOURCE CODE Jake Gyllenhaal's character travels back in time to prevent an accident, saves Chicago, and falls in love. In someone elses' body. The way time travel works in this movie, Jake's mind is sent back and takes over the body-and life-of an unwitting bystander. The woman he winds up with actually loves the other guy. CRACKED.COM Source Code. 2011. — 22 Famous Movie Romances You Never Realized Are Creepy

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In The Little Mermaid, Ariel gives up everything she knows to be with someone she just met. THIS IS IDENTITY ANNIHILATION. This relationship is doomed to end with Ariel either feeling resentful and homesick, or physically sick when she discovers sex is more than just releasing a sack of eggs for him to crop-dust with semen. CRACKED.COM The Little Mermaid, 1989 — 26 Icky Romances In Huge Movies

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MCD WE the BiGBANGTHEORY actress/ waitress Ph.D. in turned sales rep experimental physics extrovert introvert mocks the nerd nerd culture What will they talk about for the rest of their lives? CRACKED.COM — 28 Doomed Movie And TV Relationships

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CRACKED COM STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION LET'S TAKE WORF: THE STERN, ANGRY, NO TIME FOR LOVE WARRIOR... ...AND PAIR HIM UP WITH TROI: A SENSITIVE NEW AGE THERAPIST, WHO'S HAD SEVEN SEASONS OF ROMANTIC TENSION BUILT UP FOR ANOTHER CHARACTER. — 20 Onscreen Relationships That Should Never Have Existed

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... TELL US NOW. Josh & Susan GRACKED Brian G. thinks Tom Hanks had more chemistry with Wilson the volleyball than with Elizabeth Perkins in Big: The scene where he 'explores' her figure and wants the lights on.....awkward! — Tell Us Now: The 20 All-Time Worst Movie Couples

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LOIS AND SUPERMAN ARe in LOVE. Superman is an alien. Sure, he looks like a human, but the truth is that Lois Lane is romantically involved with a creature who has radically different physiology from human beings. CRACKED.COM Superman 1978 (et al.) — 22 Famous Movie Romances You Never Realized Are Creepy

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In Meet Joe Black, Claire has sex with Death. IT ONLY GETS WORSE, SOMEHOW. Death happens to be roving around in a fresh human corpse, so there's a necrophilia angle. Also, it's the corpse of a guy she had been flirting with. It's like trying to seduce a girl by murdering her boyfriend and wearing his skin. CRACKED.COM Meet Joe Black, 1998 — 26 Icky Romances In Huge Movies

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CRACKED.COM The fact that Eric and Donna stay together for the majority of the series makes no sense. That 70s Show Yes Eric and Donna are neighbors and are each other's first love, but beyond that their differences are stark. Donna is cool, smart, thoughtful, and ambitious. Eric is a selfish nerd, who is a jerk to anyone and everyone if given the chance. He's just kind of a mean person and someone like Donna would have never put up with that for very long. — 28 Doomed Movie And TV Relationships

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In Friends, Rachel and Monica rekindle their high school friendship when Miss Spoiled forces herself into Miss Control Freak's life and apartment. However, they wouldn't have been friends in the first place. The popular, mean cheerleader would've never hung out with the fat band kid. CRACKED.COM — 20 Onscreen Relationships That Should Never Have Existed

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... TELL US NOW. King Kong & Ann Darrow CRACKED Norman L. says Kong is, frankly, a loser: he doesn't have any money, he has anger issues, he doesn't own a car and on their first date he gets into a fight. — Tell Us Now: The 20 All-Time Worst Movie Couples

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At the end of Runaway Bride, Ike finds Maggie waiting for him in HIS HOTEL ROOM. The last time Ike saw Maggie was when she dumped him at the altar. But that doesn't stop her from indulging in a little breaking and entering. CRACKED.COM Runaway Bride 1999 — 22 Famous Movie Romances You Never Realized Are Creepy

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In Revenge of the Nerds, Lewis wins over the girl of his dreams by performing oral sex on her. WHILE IMPERSONATING HER BOYFRIEND. His technique is so good, she's thrilled rather than angry! But in real life, this is known as rape by fraud, and it is punishable by prison time. CRACKED.COM Revenge of the Nerds, 1984 — 26 Icky Romances In Huge Movies

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CRACKED.COM DRAGONBALL I still don't understand how Goku and Chi-Chi are married. She constantly yells at Goku because he likes to train and fight. She is even worse with him when their son Gohan is with Goku training or fighting. — 28 Doomed Movie And TV Relationships

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The romance between Ace Ventura and Melissa is basically like an adult dating a 6-year-old. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Melissa is a smart businesswoman, while Ventura is a childish, some would say clinically insane, Pet Detective who on occasion uses his butt cheeks to talk. Those two dating is simply MIND-BOGGLING. CRACKED.COM — 20 Onscreen Relationships That Should Never Have Existed

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... TELL US NOW. Allie & Noah GRACKED Adam C. argues that, perhaps, the protagonist of The Notebook is a giant scumbag: threatening suicide if Rachel McAdams doesn't go out with him. What a cute way to start a relationship. — Tell Us Now: The 20 All-Time Worst Movie Couples

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In Say Anything, Lloyd and Diane are meAnT TO ве TOGeTHeR. Lloyd proves this by aggressively stalking a girl who has repeatedly told him no. CRACKED.COM Say Anything. 1989 — 22 Famous Movie Romances You Never Realized Are Creepy

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In Starman, an alien crash-lands on Earth and romances a woman named Jenny Hayden. HE'S USING THE BODY OF HER DEAD HUSBAND. Jenny initially resists him, but finally she gives in to his charms. Starman has to return to his home planet at the end of the movie, but he leaves Jenny with a little present: She's now pregnant with his space child. CRACKED.COM Starman, 1984 — 26 Icky Romances In Huge Movies

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MR. ROBOT ELLIOT AND SHAYLA So we are supposed to believe the schizophrenic who cries himself to sleep because he is so lonely can score a girlfriend in half a day because he wants to bring someone to a reunion? GRACKED.COM — 28 Doomed Movie And TV Relationships

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BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER, BUT WHEN DID DEAN AND SAM FIND THE TIME TO ACTUALLY BOND? In Supernatural, the Winchester brothers had a terrible childhood. One more than the other, though. Dean embraced the hunter life early on, but Sam was deemed too young for slaying monsters. Sam was alone all the time. Не hated being constantly uprooted from town to town. Не escaped as soon as he could. Не didn't talk to his family for years. CRACKED.COM — 20 Onscreen Relationships That Should Never Have Existed

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