Meet Cute !!link!!

: Even if they don't like each other yet, their chemistry should be undeniable, showing they are "more alive" when they interact.

A customer-employee or service interaction goes wonderfully wrong. Meet Cute

The term is credited to German-American director , who reportedly coined it while working on the 1938 film Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife . In the movie, the characters played by Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert meet in a pajama department: he only wants to buy pajama bottoms, and she happens to only want the tops. This witty, low-stakes conflict perfectly illustrates the trope’s core: a small, funny obstacle that forces two strangers to interact. : Even if they don't like each other

Maya paused with her coffee cup halfway to her lips. "A frog?" their chemistry should be undeniable