Best Unrequited Love Stories - Famous Fictional Failed

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We already honored the members of the fictional boyfriends and bad-boy boyfriends clubs, so we're doing a bit of a 180 and highlighting the guys who never got lucky in the romance department. Yes, love is hard, but for these guys, it just sucks.

From being in the friend zone to just striking out left and right, these fictional characters had it rough. Love just wasn't in the air for Duckie from Pretty in Pink, Rick from Casablanca, Mark from Love, Actually, and more. Oh yeah, there are a lot of 'em.

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