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The term has been around for a while, but it was repopularized in the nineties by the [[Alanis Morissette]] song "Head Over Feet".

 

 

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* The (very explicit) [[Yuri]] manga ''[[Maka-Maka]]'' is about two women who insist they're just this - though it's blatantly obvious to the reader that they're way beyond just friends.

* ''[[Akkan Baby]]'' focuses on two extremely naive Friends with Benefits who had zero idea of the potential consequences of what they were doing. [[Hilarity Ensues|Pregnancy ensues]].

* Japan and Greece from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', who wind up having sex mainly because Japan ranked last place in a sex frequency poll and Greece ([[Really Gets Around|in first place on the same poll]]) decides to teach him how to enjoy doing it more. Though there are hints that Greece harbors [[Ladykiller in Love|genuine romantic feelings]] for his friend and it hasn't escaped [[Shipping|shippers]]' attention that Japan doesn't seem to be the kind of person who'd sleep with someone on a whim alone.

* In the one-volume manga version of ''[[Heat Guy J]]'' Clair has a [[Hot Scientist]] around that is implied to be this.

* In ''[[Virgin Love]]'', Kaoru and Daigo have what is supposed to be an anonymous one night stand, but then meet again at work. Kaoru doesn't want a relationship but thinks the sex is too good to give up so he and Daigo become sex friends instead. Daigo quickly falls for Kaoru.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Deconstructed in the [[iCarly]] fan fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5009447/1/iNever_Knew iNever Knew] and its sequel, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5075276/1/iNever_Knew_This_Would_Be_So_Hard iNever Knew This Would Be So Hard]. While Freddie [[Relationship Upgrade|wants to be boyfriend and girlfriend]], Carly wants to be friends with benefits, which they attempt, albeit by experimenting sexually but not sleeping together again. It doesn't go too well.

** More accurately, Carly is scared of a [[Relationship Upgrade]] because she's used to her and her brother wrecking their relationships and never speaking to the other person after they break up, so feels if they keep it casual, she can avoid hurting Freddie whilst still giving him what she believes [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|he wants most]]. Freddie gets concerned that because Carly doesn't want to tell anyone, and that they haven't slept together again, that Carly thinks it's a mistake. It's also something of a deconstruction of the [[Girl of the Week]] format and how a real person would be affected by seeing and being part of relationships which seem to only last one night, days or barely weeks.

 

== [[Film]] ==

** Lampshaded by [http://i.imgur.com/Ht18a.jpg this fake movie poster.]

* In the TV movie ''[[Jesse Stone|Stone Cold]]'', Chief Jesse Stone and Abby have this kind of relationship {{spoiler|until she's murdered by a serial killer}}.

 

== Literature ==

{{quote|''I never want to do that again. You have the muscle tone of gravy, but your caress has all the tenderness of a nail gun. I'd rather eat you - literally, cook and eat your flesh - than find myself in your arms again.''}}

 

* In ''[[Against the Wall]]'', Abby wants her and Brody to stay as Friends with Benefits. He wants a [[Relationship Upgrade]]. They negotiate an in-between stage.

* Discussed in ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''.

* In ''[[Defying Gravity]]'', astronaut Nadia Schilling is in a "friends with benefits" relationship with a fellow astronaut. She even uses the term on several occasions.

* In ''[[Friends With Benefits (TV series)|Friends With Benefits]]'', the series starts off with Ben and Sara as friends with benefits, who ask each other relationship advice after each session.

 

== Music ==

{{quote|''Try to stay desensitized / Keep my feelings out of mind''}}

* "Urgent" by Foreigner. The speaker seems to want a [[Relationship Upgrade]], even though he tells himself he just wants sex.

 

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

{{quote|'''Woman:''' (talking about her boyfriend) We're 'friends with benefits'.

'''Pig:''' It's good to have affordable medical insurance. }}

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Combined with [[A Worldwide Punomenon]] in the [[Portal 2]] achievements. There's an achievement called "Friends List With Benefits" for hugging three people on your Steam friends list. Although hugging is the closest thing [[Cute Machines|ATLAS and P-Body]] get to romance or sex, at one point [[GLaDOS]] asks the bots if they know what could happen as a result of hugging...and makes it sound for a moment like it could result in STD's.

* In [[The Sims]] 3, it's possible to make your Sims be friends with benefits, and will react slightly differently after [[Unusual Euphemism|woohooing]]. In fact, unless they choose to go steady, they can have sex without actually considering themselves in a romantic relationship. This is quite different from [[The Sims]] 2, where just chatting each other up can result in them basically making it official, and you need a [[Game Mod]] for them to ever have sex outside of a relationship.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* An ambiguous case between the succubi Fuchsia and Baby Blue in ''[[Sinfest]]''. They both regularly tempt men with gay-for-pay shows, and they clearly have a friendship with each other beyond what they do for their jobs, but it's very different from [[Chastity Couple|Fuchsia's chaste but romantic relationship with Crimnee]].

* Kickback and Lazorbeak in the ''[[Insecticomics]]''.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==