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[[File:135_full135 full.jpg|link=Martin Mystery|rightframe|Martin's feeling the step-brotherly love...in his pants.]]

The [[Romance Novel]] is also fond of this trope, generally involving older stepsiblings. It has the double effect of giving them reason to resent each other over their lives' disruption and giving them no way to escape the other entirely (without cutting off from their [[Thicker Than Water|parent]] as well).

Sort of the vanilla flavour of [[Not Blood Siblings]]. See also [[LittleYounger SisterSibling HeroineFetishization]] for when the relationship is made more explicit and emphasized.

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* The whole point of ''[[Akuma Dede Sourou]]''. Kayano and Takeru are in high school when their parents get engaged and start living together. Takeru heavily pursues Kayano, and naturally she gives in. Things get... complicated... as Kayano tries to keep their relationship secret to avoid breaking up their parents'.

* Though not teen-aged, Erio and Caro from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikersStrikerS]]'' were both technically adopted by Fate and, as shown in the companion manga, think of themselves as step-siblings. However, their relationship is so close as to be romantic that even other people in-universe [[Shipper Onon Deck|tried to push them toward each other]]. Hell, as mentioned in the [[Official Couple]] page, by the classic definition of trope -- bothtrope—both being overtly paired off and it seems understood by the cast that the two are an item -- theyitem—they pretty much are one.

* This is the starting point of an h-manga titled ''Giri Giri Sisters'': [[Tsundere|Mion]] has fallen in love with her classmate Tsukasa, but [[Cannot Spit It Out|before she gets up the nerve to confess]], her widowed or divorced mother marries his widowed or divorced father. Compounding the problem, her younger but much curvier sister Kotone is(Mion also suffers from [[A-Cup Angst]], especially by comparison to Kotone) is likewise hot for their new stepbrother, and not at all shy about saying so and demonstrating it. The good news is, Kotone's not just willing but eager to [[Tenchi Solution|share Tsukasa with her big sister]]. ... and Tsukasa describes having sex with Mion ''after'' Kotone as "saving the best for last"....

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* Yuka and Atsuro Kiryuu in ''[[Sensual Phrase (Manga)|Sensual Phrase]]'', though only in the manga. One of the side-stories [[A Day in Thethe Limelight|focuses on this]], {{spoiler|and specially when Riri Kinoshita, an [[Idol Singer]] who has a crush on Atsuro, blackmails him into pretending to be her boyfriend under threats of spilling out the beans about their "incestuous" bond, which would ruin Atsuro's budding career.}}

* ''[[Cherry Juice (Manga)|Cherry Juice]]'': As the series progresses, step-siblings Minami and Otome often switch between sharing flirtatious romantic moments and [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]].

* Subverted in a case of ''[[Detective Conan]]''. {{spoiler|A woman named Kimie had to give her toddler daughter Yukiko away to her husband's family due to [[Break the Cutie|the terrible circumstances she was going through after her husband was in jail]], and didn't know what had happened to her for many years. In the meantime, she got married to a man named Tsujimura, who had just gotten divorced and had a son named Takayoshi. Several years later, Takayoshi falls in love with a girl and brings her photo to his dad and stepmom... and the girl turns out to be Yukiko, who doesn't know anything about it. Tsujimura has a [[Freak -Out]] and [[Parental Marriage Veto|forbids Takayoshi from dating Yukiko]], having recognized the girl's identity as his wife's estranged child... which then leads [[Murder the Hypotenuse|to a]] [[The Uriah Gambit|horrifying reveal]]. And then [[It Gets Worse]].}}

* ''Drive Me Crazy'' has a variant of this -- {{spoiler|the two teenagers have a mostly-normal romance, and their parents get married at the ''end'' of the movie.}}

* The horror movie ''[[Teeth]]''. The brother has spent most of his life with a crush on his step-sister and despises their parents for making them siblings.

* The comedy ''[[Lone Star State of Mind]]'' (produced by Edward Zwick, of ''[[Glory]]'' and ''[[My So -Called Life]]'' fame) has stepsiblings who are engaged. They had been dating when their single parents married each other and continued the relationship after that.

* This is brought up ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever''. Todd Pringle (played by [[Jack Nicholson]]) points out that, since he is just as much in love with Daisy (played by [[BarbaraBarbra Streisand]]) as Doctor Chabot is, perhaps he (Todd) might make a suitable match for her. When Dr. Chabot points out that Todd is Daisy's brother, Todd responds with, "Only by marriage... she's my step-sister, not my blood-sister."

* In ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'' all the Cullens are <s>step</s> adopted siblings and most of them are in a relationship with another Cullen.

** Though this is just what they play for everyone else to explain why they move and cohabit together -- nonetogether—none of them are actually "blood" relations, and the romantic and sexual relationships started before or at the same time as the masquerade.

* In the ''[[Amelia Peabody]]'' books, Ramses and Nefret were raised as siblings from the ages of ten and twelve, respectively, but ended up falling in love and marrying, albeit with some complications.

* ''[[Life Withwith Derek]]'': This seems to be unintentional on the writers' part, but very intentional on the actors'.

* ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]''{{context}}

* From the Taiwanese drama ''[[Devil Beside You]]'', Qi Yue was being bullied by the son of the school's president, Jiang Meng, only to [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|fall in love with him]], after realizing that he was a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]] and actually a decent guy. Before either of them could understand their feelings, her widowed mother and his divorced father began dating, eventually becoming engaged. One of the main conflicts of the story is the main couple trying to work out their relationship amidst their parents' relationship as well.

* Morgana and Arthur in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' had a [[UST|very charged]] relationship in Season 1.

* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air]]'': Will's mother and Lisa's father take a liking to each other, and after their kids decide (at the altar) that they're not ready to be married, their parents step up, saying "[[Why Waste a Wedding?|Why waste a perfectly good ceremony?]]"

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Sixteen (Animation)|Sixteen6teen]]'' has Jonesy and Jen in spades; they even kiss and Jen admits she used to have a crush on him.

* In one episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Homer and Marge get squicked out by the thought of Homer's dad marrying Marge's mom, since it would lead to this.

{{quote| '''Homer:''' If your mom marries my dad, that makes us brother and sister! And think of the kids: they'll be horrible freaks with pink skin, no overbite, and ''FIVE FINGERS ON EACH HAND!!''}}

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