Basic Trope: A character tried to get back with their ex for self-serving reasons.
- Straight: Sakura, who broke up with Hiro for being poor, decides to try getting back with him after finding out that he's become loaded.
- Justified:
- Sakura believes that Hiro missed her and would eagerly take her back.
- Sakura is an opportunist who doesn't want to miss the chance to possibly snag a rich husband.
- Inverted:
- Sakura breaks up with Hiro after he became rich.
- Sakura offers to get back with Hiro after finding out that he's poor out of pity.
- Subverted: Hiro only believes Sakura is only after his money; Sakura is actually sincerely in love with him.
- Averted:
- No one tries getting back with their ex.
- Everyone who tries to get back with their ex doesn't do it out of opportunism.
- Lampshaded: "Oh, so now that I have money you regret breaking up with me?"
- Conversed: "It's amazing how Alice can be so shameless that she'd put out for an ex just to get money."
- Exploited: Hiro pretends that he wants to get back with Sakura as part of a plan to get revenge on her for dumping him.
- Defied: Sakura isn't desperate enough to try getting back with her ex.
- Implied: Sakura didn't try getting back with Hiro until after he became rich.
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