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In reality, though, the writers just want as many people to have as many potential love/lust interests as possible.
This is common in [[Sitcom|Sit Coms]] such as ''[[Friends]]'', but is more jarring and noticeable in dramas such as ''[[ER]]'' and ''[[CSI]]''.
Actors portraying these perpetually single characters are often married themselves, showing how odd the trope is for people of their age.
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* In fact, most [[Humongous Mecha]] shows usually play this straight with the pilots & support crew, with a few exceptions, probably the best example of which would be ''[[Shinkon Gattai Godannar]]'', where the pilots of the titular robot are a husband & wife.
* Double subverted in ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]!''. It seemed that, finally, in the sixth season of the [[Series Franchise]], a character would be introduced who was already taken... but [[Relative Error|the "boyfriend" turned out to be her brother.]]
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist]]: the only married couples are Maes and Gracia Hughes, [[Battle Couple|Izumi and Sig Curtis]] and King Bradley and his wife, {{spoiler|and the first is broken up by Maes' murder in the fourth volume}}. Especially notable given that the series is populated with [[Good
* Funny thing about ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', despite the fact that a decent part of the cast are parents, the only characters who are currently married are Chrono and Amy. Other parents either adopted their kids while single or lost their mate before the series began.
* Averted in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' - everyone in the Ushiromiya family, with Battler and possibly Rosa as an exception is either married or in relationship. {{spoiler|Though Kanon usually admits his love for Jessica just before his death...}}
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Any superhero comic book character. Expect any long-term relationship with other superheroes to fall victim to [[No Going Steady]] and for non-superpowered spouses to end up [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]].
** Notably averted by ''Spiderman''. He managed to hang onto Mary Jane for decades. At least until the relationship was [[Retcon|RetConned]] out of existence in the [[One More Day]] storyline. That, and Lois and Clark.
** Averted in the DCU by the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Flash, Jay Garrick and his wife Joan.
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** Invincible and Atom Eve are a good example or an aversion.
** Averted by Reed and Sue Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman in ''[[Fantastic Four]]''.
* Most of the faculty in Archie comics, with the exception of Coach Clayton. And he's possibly the only subversion because his kid attends the school and is friends with Archie.
* Seems to have creeped up on [[The DCU]] with ''The New 52''. [[The Flash|Barry Allen]] is no longer in any kind of relationship with Iris West (effectively wiping out Wally West in the process), [[Superman]] is no longer married to or interested in Lois Lane...
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** In season 8, this was averted by Cole and Dana {{spoiler|until, as you might expect, Dana turned out to be [[The Mole]].}}
* At the beginning of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'' miniseries, almost every member of the main and supporting cast is single, but by the end of Season 2 everyone is already hooked up or on their way there. During the year-long gap in the timeline between the Season 2 finale and the beginning Season 3, the [[Love Dodecahedron]] of the previous season has resolved itself into four reasonably [[Happily Married]] couples.
* The only married character of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' divorced in the third season--but everyone's favorite tech kitten is dating ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'''s Xander, and it looks like certain other characters might start getting some... Also, JJ has been living with and dating Will since season three. They even have a son together!
* ''[[Grey's Anatomy|Greys Anatomy]]'' begins with all of the young employees of Seattle Grace at least nominally single.
** The Chief and Bailey were both stressfully married, McDreamy had just split with Redheaded Doctor after banging McSteamy, so the grown-ups weren't even coping. In fact given the state of Izzie-Alex, George-Callie and Yang-Burke GA is not really an advert for the medical profession.
** In later seasons we get more stable relationships. Meredith and Darek are happily married and Owen and Christina are giving marriage a fair shot. Alex and Izzie got married but that ended badly when Izzie was written out. Even Mark seems to be looking for a stable relationship. Arizona has proposed to Callie even with the entire Callie-carrying-Mark's-baby debacle.
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** The show's USAF technical advisers put the kibosh on a proposed Sam-Jack relationship that the writers had been planning.
** there is the Daniel/Vala pairing, and it sorta did happen, but then didn't since there was time travel
** Carter and Pete Shanahan as well as Lantoosh the Tok'ra
* Almost averted in ''[[The X-Files]]'', Scully was originally supposed to have a boyfriend named Ethan. A scene with him in the pilot was filmed but cut when the idea was scrapped before the show premiered. Mulder and Scully instead remained single until finally hooking up with each other sometime in the later seasons. Skinner is shown to be married but we only find out about this in the episode where he gets divorced.
* Initially true in ''[[Bones]]'', but notably averted by the eventual marriage of the on-again/off-again {{spoiler|Hodgins and Angela}}.
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