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''[[The Seven Basic Plots]]'' Christopher Booker uses this concept as his definition of the ''Comedy'' genre, only the point is that the [[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends]] isn't a shoehorn but the soul of the plot:
* Start with at least
* Each relationship is stymied because the people involved are:
::1. Fixated on the wrong partners and [[Oblivious to Love|oblivious to the good ones]],
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{{examples}}
== Anime
* The main Love Dodecahedron in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' revolves around the Host Club itself. Tamaki has feelings for Haruhi, who might like him back. Hikaru goes out with Haruhi on one date, but his brother Kauro [[Incest Subtext|whom he may or may not be in an incestuous relationship with]] won't let him go further because he likes Haruhi too. Kyoya also has a crush on Haruhi Haruhi. Renge, meanwhile, has a crush on Kyoya.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]],'' is full of Love Dodecahedrons involving the main characters alone.
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** [[Chinese Girl|Chinese]] [[Hot Amazon|Amazon]] Shampoo has an [[Accidental Marriage]] to Ranma and routinely professes to love him—for which she is rewarded by being the one girl, in canon, he actually seems to express some slight interest in (but nowhere near as much as he does in Akane). She, in turn, is pursued by her own [[Stalker with a Crush]], Mousse (who considers himself an [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]).
** Then, of course, we have [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Ukyo]] "[[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]" [[Bifauxnen|Kuonji]], who can't seem to get Ranma's attention even when she's wearing a [[Hadaka Apron]].
** [[Token
* Some would put ''[[Marmalade Boy]]'' above ''Ranma ½'' in this respect. The [[eyecatch]]es throughout the series helpfully sort out who's actually an [[Official Couple]] for the viewer.
* For ''[[Persona 4: The Animation]]'', in episode 5, we have Ai dating Yu to make Ichijou jealous, since he's actually in love with Chie, who Yosuke tries to hook up with Yu because he thinks she likes him, incorrectly. Though Chie's reactions in later episodes when Yu compliments her suggest Yosuke might not have been wrong.
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{{quote|'''Ruri:''' And what started out as a love triangle has become a septagon by my count...}}
* ''[[School Rumble]]''. Any further explanation of the tangle of relationships would turn into a plot summary...
** Put simply, there are no less than 22 [[All Love Is Unrequited|one-way relationships]] among the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|extended cast]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090904142418/http://www.wannabefansubs.org/harima/index.php/School_Rumble_Characters And Growing...]
* ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'': Let's see... Merle likes Van, Van likes Hitomi, Hitomi likes Van and Allen, Allen likes Hitomi and Millerne, and Millerne likes Allen and Dreidn.
** Not to mention Hitomi's crush from Earth, Amano. {{spoiler|It turns out Hitomi's best friend Yukari was also in love with him but decided to support Hitomi rather than going after him herself.}} Van's appearance actually interrupted Hitomi's chance at a [[First Kiss]] with him. Allen has a very... "complicated" love life. Before the beginning of the series, he was in love with {{spoiler|Millerna's older sister Marlene, who died three years ago. Marlene was married off to the duke of Freid... but not before he impregnated her with a child she was barely able to pass off as the duke's son and the prince of Freid.}} Now he's in love with Millerna ''and'' Hitomi.
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*** As of almost the end, that dodecahedron now {{spoiler|includes Himari who is actually Shouma's soul mate (though whether it's romantic or not is't super clear), Kanba who is in love with Himari [[Love Makes You Evil|to the extreme]], and Masako who is in love with Kanba [[Big Brother Attraction|despite being his full-blooded]] [[Half-Identical Twins|younger twin sister]]. ([[Not Blood Siblings|Kanba and Himari were actually adopted by the Takakuras]]) Oh, and are we counting Yuri's ex-lover [[Butch Lesbian|Tsubasa]] in as well?}}.
* ''[[Psyren]]'': Both Kagetora and Ian have proposed to Matsuri several times and been turned down. Sakurako and Marie love Ageha, who confessed to the former and is oblivious to the latter. Shao loves Marie, who is also unaware, while Frederica and Misura have some [[Les Yay]] tendencies toward Marie (who even has her own [[Stalker with a Crush]], Vigo). On top of that, Kabuto has a thing for both Frederica and Sakurako, and Oboro is really [[Ho Yay]] for Ageha.
* ''[[
** And that's just Touma's harem.
* [[Durarara!!]] sets up an interesting one with Celty's story: Shinra has a crush on Body!Celty which may or may not be requited, while Celty really just wants to get her head back, but Head!Celty is in love with Seiji, who is caught in a love triangle between Head!Celty and [[Brother-Sister Incest|his sister Namie.]] as well as {{spoiler|his girlfriend Mika (who ''got plastic surgery to look like Head!Celty'')}}, though it turns out to be both simpler and more complex than that as the story progresses.
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* [[Oke no Monshou]]'s own love dodecahedron is like this. Pharaoh Memphis of Egypt and Carol Reed love each other. [[Brother-Sister Incest|Memphis's sister]] Isis and Princess Caphra of Libya love Memphis. Prince Ishmin of the Hitites, Prince Minos of Chrete and Jimmy Brown love Carol. Minueh loves Isis. Kapta lusts after Carol, while Emperor Algol of Assyria wants Carol as his queen to dominate Egypt. '''Phew!'''
== Comic Books ==
* The ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' graphic novels are known for this. The inside back cover of the third book consists of [[Love Chart|an absurdly complicated diagram detailing the relationships of all of the characters thus far]] (including such descriptors as "in a band with", "still likes" and "dating(?)") that is rendered obsolete before the end of the ''first chapter'' of the next book.
* ''[[Archie Comics]]'' has the famous [[Betty and Veronica|Betty/Archie/Veronica triangle]]. However, Veronica also regularly dates Reggie, who keeps trying to date Midge, much to her boyfriend Moose's wrath. Other than Betty, Jughead mostly runs from girls, especially his constant admirer Ethel, who occasionally has to settle for Dilton. Then [[Third Option Love Interest|Cheryl Blossom]] came along. They've all had countless one-time love interests. Chuck and Nancy have enough sense to keep out of this mess.
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* Due to their decades of continuity, many [[Marvel Comics]] series have dodecahedrons so complex you need a 3D model to keep track. For example, Johnny Storm of the [[Fantastic Four]] romanced Crystal, but she married Quicksilver instead and they had a child. But Crystal also began an ill-fated romance with Dane Whitman, who was not only involved with Sersi but also hopelessly pining after Wasp. Wasp was the ex-wife of Hank Pym, had an ill-fated one-night-stand with Magneto (Quicksilver's father!) and briefly dated Tony Stark, aka Iron Man (see above). To top it off, Crystal is currently betrothed to Ronan the Accuser, ruler of the Kree, who was formerly romantically involved with Una-Rogg, who tried to seduce Genis-Vell, who... you get the idea.
** Due to various destructions, memory wipes and rebuilds, Marvel's Vision is a one-character love dodecahedron.
* There's some sort of
* In the ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' comics, <s>Speedy</s> <s>Arsenal</s> Red Arrow is into <s>Wondergirl</s> <s>Darkstar</s> Donna Troy, who got married to Terry Long. Meanwhile, Starfire was once involved with, and still has feelings for, <s>Robin</s> <s>Nightwing</s> the new Batman, who's engaged to Barbara Gordon. Red Arrow also had a crush on Raven, who had a crush on <s>Kid Flash</s> the Flash (who is now married to Linda, but had a relationship with three other women first), then one on Dick Grayson, and now one on Beast Boy (which she might be over now). Beast Boy had a crush on Terra, then on Starfire, and is now in love with Raven. Still not sure where <s>Aqualad</s> Tempest stands in all this. Cyborg is the only one that was smart enough to stay out of this crap, or he would have, if not for his [[Will They or Won't They?|ambiguous feelings for Sara Simms]].
** Oh, and let's not forget that Red Arrow has a daughter, whose mother is a [[Dating Catwoman|psychopathic supervillain]].
* For a comic which is only a decade old{{when}}, the ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' (now ''Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man'') continuity has a pretty impressive one for Peter. Depending on how you count things, Peter's current love interests include Gwen, Mary Jane, Kitty, and {{spoiler|Johnny Storm}}. That's not mentioning the fact that Peter currently lives with Kitty's ex-boyfriend Bobby as well as Johnny, {{spoiler|who made out with his [[Opposite Gender Clone]]}}. Added into this is Felicia Hardy, who was rather blunt in her attempts to woo Peter until she realized he was [[Squick|fifteen years old]].
* In ''[[Quantum and Woody]]'', one develops between Quantum, Woody, Amy Fishbein, Tempest Sheridan, and Holly Williams. Just don't ask how the goat fits in...
== Fan Works ==
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* ''[[TDWT Reducks Redux]]'' seems to be developing a massive one: Ezekiel likes Bridgette, who's dating Geoff yet has [[Ship Tease]] with Harold, who also has [[Ship Tease]] with Lindsay even though he really likes Leshawna, who broke up with him because she likes Alejandro. Lindsay was dating Tyler, who looks like he'll eventually hook up with Gwen, who likes Duncan (who's dating Courtney) even though Cody still sort of likes her, and Sierra likes ''him''...
* In ''[[Ragnarok (fanfic)|Ragnarok]]'' despite being a [[Celibate Hero]] [[Death Note|Light]] has practically [[Even the Guys Want Him|everyone chasing after him.]] Mello and Matt are in a relationship but Mello still engages in some uncomfortable flirting with Light and Mello and Matt make it clear they're open to a three-way. Light dated Takada in college, had a brief but happy affair with Stephen Loud a.k.a. Gevanni of the FBI, and he went on a single date with Mikami before realizing [[Stalker with a Crush|how crazy he was and has been trying to avoid him ever since.]] Misa loves Light but they agree that they're [[Better as Friends]]. [[Stalker with a Crush|Also L has been stalking Light for the past year and Light has been stalking L.]] Also Near gets all flustered around Gevanni and Sayu.
* Invoked almost by name in chapter 30 of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20181104183918/https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12327719/1/What-Do-You-Want What Do You Want?]'', a ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fic by "polenicus". When hearing from Nabiki of the odds on an event she inadvertently interrupted, Sayuri says:
{{quote|"I can't believe you're running betting pools on your ''own'' relationship dodecahedron," Sayuri said. "Isn't that a conflict of interest?"}}
* ''[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-394/Fyre+The+Eighth+Weasley.htm The Eighth Weasley]'' by "Fyre" -- a ''[[Harry Potter]]''/''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' crossover/[[Continuation Fic]] written before the publication of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' -- develops by halfway through its plot a small love dodecahedron that is still fraught with complications: Percy Weasley is interested in Amy Madison, who is interested in Ron Weasley (who broke up with Hermione some years earlier). Ron, however, has a thing for Buffy, who is attracted to Sirius Black (and, although she would deny it, Severus Snape). Snape is also denying his reciprocal interest in her while failing to understand his feelings of jealousy. Meanwhile Willow and Hermione are exploring a relationship, and Xander and Anya are on the verge of breaking up while Anya and Dumbledore establish a very odd [[May-December Romance|May-December relationship]], where Dumbledore (against all odds) is the "May" member of the pair...
== Films ==
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'''Natasha:''' The firm of Mishkin and Mishkin is sleeping with the firm of Taskov and Taskov! }}
* ''[[Crazy Stupid Love]]'': Robbie has a thing for his babysitter Jessica who has a crush on Robbie's father Cal who is going through a really rocky relationship with Emily, who had a one-night stand with David but is also the mother of Hannah, who's the girlfriend of Jacob, who teaches Cal how to "regain his manlihood," which allows him to pick up multiple women, etc.
== Literature ==
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* In ''Prized'' by Caragh O'Brien, Leon loves Gaia, who is also loved by Chardo Will and Chardo Peter, who once dated Adele, who is now married to someone else.
* ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (novel)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' is full of this. To beginning, Edmond Dantes is in love with Mercedes who {{spoiler|however marries Fernand. Their son is supposed to marry Eugenie, daughter of Danglars who bethrayed Edmond. That's not possible, because Edmond's slave Haydée tells how Fernand bethrayed her father. So, Danglars' wife, who had a scandalous relationship with Villefort, an Edmond's bethrayer too, had son Benedetto with him who is also supposed to marry Eugenie, who although leaves in a supposedly lesbian relationship. Villefort's daugther Valentine loves Maximilien Morrel but she is forced to marry count d'Epinay, which is finally not possible because Valentine's grandfather killed d'Epinays grandfather. Oh, and Edmond suggest Morrel to marry Haydée but in the end he himself gets married with her.}} See spoiling [https://web.archive.org/web/20161230173527/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CountOfMonteCristoRelations.svg] for full description.
== Live Action TV ==
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** And then Season 8 came. {{spoiler|Dawn and Xander}} end up together (for now). And Buffy {{spoiler|has a one (ok, two) night stand with another Slayer... but the other Slayer broke it off because she felt her love for Buffy would cloud her judgment...}}
* ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'' had this in the first season: Ricky impregnated Amy, who fell in love with Ben. Even though Ben ''proposed'' to Amy, we also got a hint that he wanted Grace at first. Grace was dating Jack, but when she wouldn't have sex with him, he cheated on her with Adrian. She dumped him and started going out with Ricky, but he too was having sex with Adrian behind her back. Jack began a relationship with another girl, but it didn't last. Ricky dumped Grace when his dangerous father returned to town, hinting that he might've cared for her after all. Adrian started sleeping with her stepbrother, Max, but it too didn't last. The season ended with Grace and Jack getting back together and a hint that Adrian and Ricky really did love each other. The second and third seasons are too complicated and scatterbrained to even describe.
*
** There is an Official Frak Chart.
** [[Fridge Logic]]: Given that ''[[Caprica]]'' shows group marriages were legal, one wonders why Starbuck didn't just marry both Apollo and Anders. Sure the men'd be married to each other too, but did you see [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)/Ho Yay|the end of "The Son Also Rises"]]?
*** Perhaps at some point between ''Caprica'' and ''Galactica'' [[Fridge Brilliance|group marriages were outlawed]]?
* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' has David longing for Kelly (resolved when they become step-siblings), who started the show as Steve's ex. During the first two seasons it seemed that they were to become a couple again, which never happened (except for once she got drunk and slept with him). As the show progressed, relationships and hook-ups multiplied: Kelly slept with her best friend's boyfriend, then with her boyfriend's best friend; Clare began virtually stalking Brandon and then having a relationship with David and then with Steve; Valerie slept with Dylan, Steve and David and almost with Brandon once; Gina was with Dylan and then David, who finally married her cousin who was also her half-sister.
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* In an episode of ''[[Frasier]]'', Frasier and his family (including Daphne and her friend Annie) go to a ski lodge. Frasier lusts after Annie, who in turn desires Niles, who wants Daphne. Daphne wants Guy, the ski instructor, who (unbeknownst to her) is gay, and also wants Niles. When everything is finally revealed, Frasier is frustrated that no one wanted him.
* Let's talk about some of the ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' relationships between seasons 1 and 3. We have Sydney, who loves Vaughn, who's married to Lauren, who's boning Sark, who loves {{spoiler|Allison as Francie}}, who loves Will, who loves Sydney.
* ''[[Skins]]'' loves this trope.
** Generation 1: Tony and Michelle were dating when the series started. But Tony's best friend Sid was in love with Michelle. And Tony cheated on Michelle with Abigail. Then Cassie fell for Sid, and by the end of the series Sid returned her feelings and they became a couple, while Tony and Michelle broke up. Michelle hooked up with Abigail's brother, Josh, leading Tony to frame Josh as having slept with Abigail - Josh retaliates by drugging Tony's sister Effy and demand that Tony has sex with her if he wants Josh to call an ambulance (he doesn't, but Effy survives). Then in S2, Cassie moved away and Sid and Michelle hooked up, with Abigail claiming Tony as her own. Cassie returned and rejected Sid for his infidelity, suggesting to Tony that the two of them should hook up. A few episodes later, Sid and Michelle break up and they get back together with Cassie and Tony respectively.
*** Meanwhile, Chris is in love with his professor, Angie, but she's torn between him and her ex. She eventually leaves him brokenhearted, and he eventually falls in love with Jal. Then Angie returns and he briefly reunites to her, before realizing that it's Jal who he really wants.
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* ''[[iCarly]]'': Carly once dated Freddie, who is in love with her, only for them to break up because Sam told Freddie that Carly's feelings for Freddie were hero worship (he saved her life). Sam has a crush on Spencer, and then later has full blown feelings for Freddie, who gives up on Carly and enters a relationship with Sam. Gibby has shown interest in Carly and Sam, and had a girlfriend named Tasha, who had an episode where it looked like she cheated on Gibby with Freddie. Melanie, who is Sam's twin sister, had an obvious crush on Freddie, and has kissed him as well.
* [[Degrassi the Next Generation]] has so many examples of this, that listing them here would take up the whole page. There was even a commercial on The N (now known as [[Teen Nick]]) which parodied this. Spinner walked into a [[South of Nowhere]] love triangles therapy session, only to be told to go next door. He then walked into a room for love hexagons therapy and sees the entire cast of Degrassi fighting about who's supposed to be involved with who that week.
* The [[Too Good to Last]] ABC show ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' has Olive who's in love with Ned, to the point where she's completely oblivious to the affections of Alfredo, It's only ''after'' he gets [[Put on a Bus]] and leaves (at least partially due to said obliviousness from Olive) that she realizes she might have actually had feelings for him. Olive later begins dating [[Punny Name|Randy Mann]], although her feelings for Ned are still somewhat prevalant. This is shown to make Ned at least a ''little'' jealous even though ''he's'' deeply in love with [[Tomboyish Name|Chuck]], who, in turn, loves him back. That would all be fine and good except, due to Ned being [[Blessed with Suck]] (Or [[Cursed with Awesome]], depending on your interpretation of his abilities) they can't touch. Ever. Then there's Chuck's Aunts, One of whom, Lily, is actually {{spoiler|Chuck's mother}} because {{spoiler|she slept with her sister, Vivian's, fiance and Chuck's dad Charles Charles.}} It should also be noted that {{spoiler|she tries to ''kill''}} Vivian's new beau Dwight Dixon. Although that's mostly becuase {{spoiler|he turns out to be a [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] who's only using Vivian to get to Her supposed-to-be dead neice, Chuck's, pocket watch, which he later tries to get anyway by ''robbing her grave''}}.
* ''[[Torchwood]]'': Jack is in a relationship with Ianto but also has feelings for Gwen at times. Gwen loves Jack (at least in the earlier seasons) and is married to Rhys, and had an affair with Owen which ended after Owen had a thing with Diane, whose thing for planes overrode her thing for Owen. Andy is in love with Gwen. Tosh was in love with Owen unrequitedly.
** Around the same time Ianto was clearly involved with Jack, Jack was involved with his namesake in the episode "Captain Jack Harkness".
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** In series 3, Jack (who at the time had recently kissed Ianto in ''[[Torchwood]]'') and Martha both have unrequited crushes on the Doctor, while the Doctor (in the guise of John Smith) romances Joan Redfern. Martha eventually gets over this and marries {{spoiler|Mickey Smith, who also seems to be over his hangups with Rose}}.
* ''[[Fringe]]'' has steadily been progressing into a rather convoluted dodecahedron: {{spoiler|Peter loves Olivia who liked John at first but he died and she liked Peter back but she doesn't remember him as of season 4 and now has a thing for Lincoln who is quite smitten back but is friends with Peter who seems to ship them as well for some reason but Olivia remembered Peter again and now Lincoln is brokenhearted but back in the alternate time line Peter thought that Fauxlivia was Olivia and spent seven episodes enamoured with her even though she was dating Frank but Alternate Lincoln liked her too and seemed to be fond of our Olivia as well when Walternate mind raped her into thinking she was Fauxlivia but in the amber timeline Fauxlivia has broken up with Frank and Lincoln was her "shoulder to cry on" but then he died but the other Lincoln said he'd stay and help and Seth Gabel (who plays Lincoln) ships them so perhaps that will go somewhere.}} [[It Makes Sense in Context|Whew]].
== Music ==
* The main character in R. Kelly's ''Trapped in the Closet'' slowly discovers that he has stumbled into one of these. Flowchart can be found [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/your-band-sucks/thorpes-notes-kellys-2.php here].
* Here Comes My Baby by Cat Stevens. Especially apparent in when covered by Sons of Admirals in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR5wKLfzGHo music video].
* The song
{{quote|''Daniela likes Jonas, but he has a thing for Vanessa
''Vanessa would rather be with Lars, but he likes Melanie better
''She on the other hand loves Tim, Tim is on love with Jennifer
''Jennifer on the other hand likes Kevin, but Kevin is... gay
''Tobies has the hots for Annika, and she actually likes him too,
''but the thing is that her best friend also has a crush on him. }}
* Moosebutter's song "Doug", which used to be the page quote. To explain how it works, I love you, but you love Doug. I don't really like Doug. Doug loves Martha, but Martha don't really like Doug. Martha loves Brad, but Brad don't really like Doug. Brad loves Sue, but Sue loves truth. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Truth don't really like Doug.]]
* [[Tom Lehrer
== Newspaper Comics ==
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** In the the earlier days, [[Brother Chuck|Frieda]] loved Schroeder, and [[Brother Chuck|Eudora]] loved Linus. Linus did eventually get over Miss Othmar and did have crushes on girls his own age (but not Sally). And in the '90s, Charlie Brown had a girlfriend/crush named Peggy Jean... this is so confusing... and nobody is over [[Toy Ship|the age of 10]].
* In ''[[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]]'', Flash loves Dale, Dale loves Flash, Ming loves Dale, Aura loves Flash, Barin loves Aura, Ming hates Flash, and everyone hates Ming. Eventually this straightens out when Aura shifts her affections to Barin, and Ming comes to hate Dale almost as much as he hates Flash. Other women such as Freya and Undina also find Flash attractive, which always makes their boyfriends mad at him.
== Tabletop Games ==
* [[Level Up At Intimacy 5|Having one of these is the surest path to survival in]] ''[[Bliss Stage]]''.
== Theater ==
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'''Woof''': No I'm not. I'm hung up on Mick Jagger. }}
* ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]''. Millie decides she'll marry her boss...once she gets one, of course. She finally decides on Trevor Graydon. Meanwhile she had [[Slap Slap Kiss]] with Jimmy and upon realizing her feelings she catches him hanging around her friend Miss Dorothy. Millie tries to go back to Trevor but he has [[Love At First Sight]] with Miss Dorothy. Jimmy tries to win Millie back while one of [[Those Two Guys]] hanging about falls for Miss Dorothy as well.
== Video Games ==
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* ''[[Ace Combat]] 04'' has the [[Narrator|Storyteller Boy]] crushing on the [[La Résistance|Barkeep's Daughter]], who crushes on [[Ace Pilot|Yellow 13]], who very much obvlivious to his [[Wing Man|wingwoman Yellow 4]]'s feelings for him, because he is busy generating [[Foe Yay]] towards [[Player Character|Mobius 1]].
* In ''[[Blaze Union]]'', Siskier has rather obvious feelings for her childhood friend Garlot, who is completely oblivious—partially because he's aware that their ''other'' childhood friend Jenon, despite his [[Serial Romeo|incurable tendency to flirt with anything that has breasts]], has had a crush on Siskier for a long time. Siskier, of course, has no idea that Jenon likes her. Garlot himself develops a crush on Nessiah when the latter joins the party, and while Nessiah flirts with him quite a bit, it's ambiguous as to whether or not he's serious about it. So: Nessiah/Garlot/Siskier/Jenon, with crushes going from right to left; also factor in that [[Unwanted Harem|most of the party is implied at some time or other to have a thing for Garlot]] and that [[Oblivious to Love|this flies miles over Garlot's head]]. The resolution to this situation ([[No Romantic Resolution|when there is one]]) varies by [[Road Cone]].
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]
* As an [[Animesque]] production, ''[[Megatokyo]]'' also features its own Love Dodecahedron: Piro is in love with Kimiko; Kimiko is Erika's [[Heterosexual Life Partners|best friend]]; Erika is in love with Largo (Piro's roommate); Largo was nearly seduced by Miho, [[Foe Yay|whom he hates and thinks is an undead wench]]; Miho has a rather ambivalent relationship with Piro, whom she claims is her former lover; Miho is also best friends with Ping, who is Piro's [[Robot Girl|robotic]] [[Magical Girlfriend|girlfriend]].
** Recently{{when}}, Ping has been [[Les Yay|spending most of her time hanging out with]] Junko, who is bitter over the breakup of her [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] with Miho.
** And, of course, Yuki was a schoolgirl with a crush on Piro. She seems to be getting over the crush, but now Miho is taking her under her wing, and she seems to have acquired a boyfriend [[Crash Into Hello|by falling on him and breaking his leg]].
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]],'' a rather surreal love dodecahedron is played for both laughs and drama, but has been resolved so that four of the six involved are now in relationships: Eliot with Sarah, and {{spoiler|Nanase with Ellen}}, though whether or not one of those characters ({{spoiler|Ellen}}) qualifies as being in the Dodecahedron is complicated, due to [[Cloning Blues]] being involved. {{spoiler|Clever way to have Nanase's [[Loving a Shadow]] with Elliot end in her finding someone perfect for her, though.}} The last one, gay Justin, has given up on straight Elliot, and wound up stuck in [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] land. Melissa, attached to the Dodecahedron via Justin, doesn't get that he's gay, while Susan, whose [[Kindred Spirit]] relationship with Justin is revealed essentially the moment they meet, apparently has some feelings for him but knows she can't pursue them. And, of course, {{spoiler|for a brief period after her splitting off from Elliot, Ellen displayed feelings towards Sarah, though it's implied that she's over it.}}
* ''[[Tsunami Channel|Experimental Comic Kotone]]'' was basically designed to incorporate every anime trope in the book—and as such, the [[No Name Given|unnamed]] main character is caught in the center of a severe Love Dodecahedron, which is constantly in danger of growing even bigger due to him suffering from the rare [http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-04-24&comic=ExCoKo Love Sim Syndrome]...
* ''[[Avalon (
* Implied in [http://xkcd.com/403/ this] ''[[Xkcd]]'' comic (though strictly speaking it could just be a cycle or even a collection of disconnected relationships).
** Perhaps [http://xkcd.com/173/ this] is a better example?
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* ''[[Shortpacked]]''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]], with reference to an earlier [[Invoked Trope|invoking]] and an actual relationship diagram [http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/03-minorities-report/pentagon/ here].
* ''[[Ménage à 3]]'': You'll need a flowchart. The Crib Notes: Everyone except Yuki is attracted to DiDi. She was attracted to Sandra, but that seems to have ended, to a lesser but non-trivial extent, Gary, and {{spoiler|is dating Matt}}. Zii is attracted to DiDi, had a relationship with Yuki, had sex with Amber, possibly attracted to Gary, had sex with Sonya (who still has a boyfriend) and started an affair with Erik, one of DiDi's (many) ex-lovers. Yuki is attracted to Zii {{spoiler|and Gary.}} Gary is attracted to DiDi, Yuki, Sonya, Amber, Senna and Zii, and perhaps Dillon. Dillon is attracted to Gary and Matt. Matt had a relationship with Dillon, Sandra ( {{spoiler|1=and is dating DiDi}}). Jung is (possibly) asexual. Eulice and Rob are never in play.
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[Death Note the Abridged Series (kpts4tv)|Death Note the Abridged Series
== Western Animation ==
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* [[Danny Phantom]] himself has been in a love rectangle, or even pentagon, if you consider secret identity separation. [[Girl Next Door|Sam]] and [[Dating Catwoman|Valerie]] both love Danny, who has his eye on [[Rich Bitch|Paulina]] for the first couple seasons, who in turn idolizes the ghost boy, [[Loves My Alter Ego|who is actually Danny]]. (Valerie, for added confusion, ''hates'' the ghost boy.) And that's ''not'' taking into account [[Operation: Jealousy|Kitty's jealousy ploy with him.]]
** Danny himself at one point even uses the phrase "love rectangle."
* ''[[The Fairly Oddparents
** [[Shotacon|Carly was an older woman]]
* On ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', the dynamics of the Midtown High group are enormously complicated, but succinctly: [[Betty and Veronica|Gwen Stacy and Liz Allan]] both like [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]], Peter likes Gwen and Liz and ''also'' [[Fun Personified|Mary Jane Watson]], Mary Jane flirts with [[Jerk Jock|Flash Thompson]] but comes to really like [[Anti-Villain|Mark Allen]] (Liz's brother), Liz has lingering feelings for ex-boyfriend Flash, who finds MJ attractive but then focusses on [[Asian and Nerdy|Sha Shan]], Gwen dates [[Green-Eyed Monster|Harry Osborn]], who previously dated Glory Grant, who left him (somewhat inexplicably) for [[Dumb Muscle|Kenny Kong]], and I'm sure there are others in there.
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* In ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'', Kid Flash likes Miss Martian and [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|"hates"]] Artemis. Miss Martian likes [[Superboy]] and recommends to Artemis that she should ask Kid Flash out. Artemis also likes Superboy. Superboy likes...[[Oblivious to Love|pouting]].
** It's pretty obvious that Superboy is into Miss Martian. This is a sort of odd example where it's pretty obvious who the two [[Official Couple]]s are going to be; it's just that one of those couples wants to trade in.
* The "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" episode of ''[[Batman: The
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