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* Averted on ''[[Dexter]]''. Doakes has very dark skin and non-white features. LaGuerta, being Hispanic and black, still has a skin tone darker than the police force's other Hispanic cop, Angel. Then, at the end of season one, they bring in a very dark and beautiful woman who is also explicitly stated to be Haitian. Given that her [[Establishing Character Moment]] involves doing the right thing even when she knows it'll piss of her boss because she refuses to let a serial killer go free for the sake of job politics, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|the fandom was quite pleased]].
* Averted in the show ''[[Family Matters]]'' where Laura Winslow, the girl Steve Urkel is in love with (and has been on more than one occasion been referred to as 'the prettiest girl in school') is darker skinned. Ironically, many people in the fandom seem to think the very light skinned Myra, Urkel's on and off again girlfriend on the show, was much better looking... though that might better be explained by the [[Buxom Is Better]] trope.
* Averted in 1980s cop show ''[[21 Jump Street]]''. Female police officer Judy Hoffs (played by brown skinned Holly Robinson Peete) is the object of everyone's affection, including Italian Doug Penhall (Peter
* Averted in ''[[Boy Meets World]]''. Player Shawn Hunter becomes monogamous for the first time when he is romantically involved with new character Angela Moore during the last 3 seasons. In addition to not being light skinned, Angela wore her hair natural on the show.
* Averted in ''[[Friends]]'' where actresses Gabrielle Union and Aisha Tyler guest star as love interests.
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