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A rare case where the hero -- who is clearly not a Celibate Hero -- doesn't end up with the romantic female lead. The cocky Lancer wins her heart or she has no choice but to marry someone to save her family or something, but for whatever reason the hero ends up alone. Can be played either for comedy or tragedy. It isn't always a Downer Ending, but it sure does tend that way. Despite the name this trope can just as easily apply to not getting the guy. Spoileriffic, obviously. Examples of Did Not Get the Girl include:

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  • A rare case where the hero -- who is clearly not a Celibate Hero -- doesn't end up with the romantic female lead. The cocky Lancer wins her heart or she has no choice but to marry someone to save her family or something, but for whatever reason the hero ends up alone. Can be played either for comedy or tragedy. It isn't always a Downer Ending, but it sure does tend that way. Despite the name this trope can just as easily apply to not getting the guy. Spoileriffic, obviously. Examples of Did Not Get the Girl include:
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  • A rare case where the hero -- who is clearly not a Celibate Hero -- doesn't end up with the romantic female lead. The cocky Lancer wins her heart or she has no choice but to marry someone to save her family or something, but for whatever reason the hero ends up alone. Can be played either for comedy or tragedy. It isn't always a Downer Ending, but it sure does tend that way. Despite the name this trope can just as easily apply to not getting the guy. Compare to Better as Friends and Romantic Runner-Up. Contrast Everything but the Girl, where the protagonist usually does get the girl eventually. Not to be confused with two leads not ending up together because one of them dies -- that is a different trope, and Platonic Life Partners where neither of them wanted each other in the first place. Spoileriffic, obviously. Examples of Did Not Get the Girl include:
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