Remember when Patrick Dempsey couldn’t get a date so he blackmailed a
popular girl (Amanda Peterson) into pretending to go out with him (Can’t Buy Me Love). What about when Nick
desperately asked Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes after his ex turned
up unexpectedly (Nick and Norah’s
Infinite Playlist). Or even when Easy A’s Brandon was so desperate to stay
in the closet that he begged Olive to fake a sexual encounter... That, ladies
and gentlemen is the fake/pretend relationship trope. There are a million other
examples I could give but all that would do is reveal the absolutely ridiculous
amount of knowledge I have about romantic comedy’s and romance novels besdies I
think you get the gist.
