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* Any show with military underpinnings usually does this as well, since it would be "improper" to actually have a relationship within the ranks. ''[[Star Trek]]'' in particular usually plays fast and hard with this trope (and when two officers ''do'' get married, they always seem to be the same rank at least).▼
** Not actually considered much of an issue in the British Army, provided those involved are not in the same chain of command, i.e. no boinking the boss.▼
** The US military rules about "fraternization" are thus: 1) The two parties cannot be in the same chain of command. 2) You cannot cross the officer/enlisted divide. 3) You'd both better be either married to each other, or not married to anybody.▼
*** Note that #2 can have exceptions, as long as numbers 1 and 3 are followed. See [http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforce/a/fraternization_4.htm #3, bold item 2, here].▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Played largely straight in the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', which isn't surprising, since most of the main cast are junior officers still in their late teens. Averted in ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'', with two couples from the original who had gotten married in the intervening years. Most Gundam shows play it straight, though.
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
▲* Any show with military underpinnings usually does this as well, since it would be "improper" to actually have a relationship within the ranks. ''[[Star Trek]]'' in particular usually plays fast and hard with this trope (and when two officers ''do'' get married, they always seem to be the same rank at least).
* Averted ''and'' played straight in ''[[Women's Murder Club]]''; one of the main characters is a single workaholic whose obsession with her job destroyed her marriage, but another is happily married with kids and a third is in a long-term relationship (although she's a commitment-phobic with a tendency to stray).
* On ''[[24]]'', this is universally true at CTU—however, this is partly because of ''[[24]]'''s recurring theme of the conflict between family vs. duty. Hence, there are a lot of divorcees and widows featured on ''[[24|Twenty Four]]''.
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** Manfred seems to subvert this even further, in that he mentions having a granddaughter. Neither Edgeworth or Franziska are ever mentioned to have children, and it's very unlikely so he's probably got another (perfect) kid.
** Ship teasing is probably the main reason here. There's pretty strong hints for Phoenix wanting to be with multiple different characters.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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