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== [[Comic Books]] ==* In [[Phil Foglio]]'s ''[[Angel and
* Scott Pilgrim and Kim Pine in ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]''.
* [[Joe Quesada]] is [[One More Day|trying to set up]] [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson]] as this, after they spent multiple decades as the [[Official Couple]] and [[Happily Married]]. Needless to say, fans aren't buying it.
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== [[Film]] ==
* The conclusion of ''[[
* Subverted in ''[[When Harry Met Sally]]''.
* In ''[[
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'''Mother Priscilla:''' Ah, she has, has she?<br />
'''Brangienne:''' Yes, I have. I turned him down. }}
* What Dex and Emma initially decided on in ''[[
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* Jerry [[Seinfeld]] and Elaine. One [[UST]] episode that [[Negative Continuity|doesn't actually seem to be canon]]. It's [[Played for Laughs]] in the last episode as they seem on the edge of a [[Dying Declaration of Love]] during a plane crash, only to quickly backpedal once they survive (Elaine claims she was about to say "I've always loved U...nited Airlines").
* Willow and Xander in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'', whose [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] and [[Oblivious to Love]] statuses only give way to romance when they're both in other relationships. Willow chooses her relationship with Oz (and then, after they break up, [[No Bisexuals|discovers she's a lesbian]]) and she and Xander remain best friends.
** Also Cordelia and Wesley, whose smoldering [[UST]] when they met in ''[[
* On ''[[
* Harry and Christine in ''[[Night Court]]'' (lampshaded later where, after Christine turns down an invitation from Harry, Harry responds giddily "Isn't it great? We can say 'no' again!")
* Frasier Crane and Roz Doyle in ''[[Frasier]]''.
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* Dan and Serena on ''[[Gossip Girl]]''. Might have also had to do with his father and her mother getting married.
* Margaret and Rain in ''[[Naturally Sadie]]''.
* On ''[[
* {{spoiler|George and Izzie}} from ''[[
* ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' has Jack and Rachel becoming this after briefly dating each other.
* Bernard and Fran on [[Black Books]]. Fran has told Bernard he's not allowed to remember that night.
* ''[[
* [[ER]] has Doctor Kovac and Nurse Sam after they dated and decided to remain friends. Likewise with Abby and Carter.
* ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' ends like this for {{spoiler|Kevin and Winnie}}.
{{quote| '' {{spoiler|Still we never forgot our promise. We wrote to each other once a week for the next eight years. I was there to meet her when she came home...with my wife, and my first son, eight months old.}}''}}
* On [[Smallville]], Chloe lusted after Clark Kent in the earliest seasons, and it initially looked like her status was going to be as the [[Romantic Runner-Up]] and [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]], but ultimately she got over her infatuation and moved on with her life; and she and Clark ultimately decided that they were [[Better
* ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]'' ''tried'' to pull this with Big Pete and Ellen, though the show's reluctance to bother with continuity meant it didn't stick and Big Pete was back to pining for Ellen a mere seven episodes later.
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* Bree and Daniel from ''[[
* This is the theme in [[Vocaloid|Luka Megurine]]'s song ''Just be friends''. The man in the song (from whose viewpoint is sang) it's still in love with the girl and wishes he could get back to the past to begin again, but also recognizes that the relationship ''now'' is going nowhere and prefers to split and saves whatever remains of friendship can be salvaged.
* Thalia and Hephaestus in ''[[Thalias Musings]]''. Hardly anyone remembers that they used to date. Hephaestus is in love with Aphrodite in spite of her constant cuckolding, and Thalia is [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|totally not in love with Apollo]].
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* This is one-sided in ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' when [[Dating Catwoman|Valerie]] gives Danny the [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]] speech and declares they should just be friends. Danny is visibly upset for a time, but gets over it by [[First Girl Wins|Season Three]].
* In ''[[El Tigre]]'', despite the romantic persistence of Manny's father Rodolfo, his ex-wife Maria keeps insisting that they should remain [[Just Friends]].
* Nelson Muntz and Lisa Simpson in ''[[The Simpsons (
* {{spoiler|Jen and Alex}} from MTV's ''Downtown'' skirt very close to sleeping together in one episode, but decide that it makes more sense for them to remain friends than romantic partners.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Lou and Peter Berryman, who met in college, started performing and writing wacky songs together, got married, got divorced, married other people, all the while (and still) writing and performing together.
* [[Ben Stiller]] and [[
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