diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/plushes.dm b/code/game/objects/items/plushes.dm
index b9c4117d563..358ac827844 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/plushes.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/plushes.dm
@@ -236,8 +236,7 @@
 
 /obj/item/toy/plush/proc/heartbreak(obj/item/toy/plush/Brutus)
 	if(lover != Brutus)
-		to_chat(world, "lover != Brutus")
-		return //why are we considering someone we don't love?
+		CRASH("plushie heartbroken by a plushie that is not their lover")
 
 	scorned.Add(Brutus)
 	Brutus.scorned_by(src)