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** It should be noted the relationships are made ridiculously complex by the inclusion of amnesia, being under the influence of magical trees/candy, ambiguous use/interpretation of the word "partner", sexual assault by clones, time travel, magically aged [[Bishonen]], misplaced parental affection, mind reading, a cursed vampire loli, self-depreciating lesbian half-demons, and a robot.
** [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_abkMP58OLUA/Sp_OTSmR_vI/AAAAAAAAPeA/rMtOOsEYaMQ/s1600-h/%5BNegima%5D+Chart+up1055.jpg Here's a chart] and [http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7391/andyouthoughtranmawasco.jpg a partial translation] made around chapter 250. Not that it makes anything less complex.
** [http://h.imagehost.org/0069/Negima.png Another chart as of chapter 297]{{Dead link}}.
** They're even used [[media:cit negima - 8093.png|in-story]].
* ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'': In one of the ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' sequels, the relationships chart got pretty complicated: Hikaru is in love with Duke. Duke may reciprocate her feelings. Rubina is in love with him. Duke certainly reciprocates her feelings. And Minister Zuril was in love with Rubina. It is even more complicated if you think about Kouji and Maria and add Sayaka to the mix.
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* ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi 2]]'' has a small Love Dodecahedron, involving girls only, and more than half of them are androids. In one scene representing Saki's thoughts, an incomplete [[Love Chart]] is actually displayed with [[Super-Deformed]] versions of the involved characters and arrows indicating who likes whom.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' plays with this trope. All the major recurring characters and most of the minor ones are caught up in a Love Dodecahedron that series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] played for every last drop of [[Angst]] and tragedy he could wring out of it, rather than laughs.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20111105163921/http://img2.me/7sYfO.png Here's] a diagram, assuming some of the major theories are true.
*** Shouldn't there be an arrow from Shinji to Yui?
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'': Tomoyo and Syaoran like Sakura, Syaoran and Sakura like Yukito, Meiling and Sakura like Syaoran, Yukito and Nakuru like Touya, and Touya likes Yukito and used to date Kaho. Oh, and Clow said that Yukito and/or Yue, sharing his body, was supposed to end up in love with Sakura.
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* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]!'' [[Tsundere|Kaname]] and [[Dojikko|Tessa]] are in a [[Love Triangle]] with [[The Stoic|Sôsuke]]. Sōsuke is confused about his feelings for Kaname (seeing as how he's never really loved anyone before) and it's not until way later that he finds himself returning her feelings. Tessa's antagonistic brother [[Romantic False Lead|Leonard]] is in love with Kaname to [[Yandere]] extremes, but she dislikes him. Tsubaki is ''also'' in love with Kaname, has a bunch of [[Foe Yay]] with Sōsuke, and Mitsuki has an unrequited love for him. And then there's Gauron, who is an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Stalker with a Crush]] that has a crazy love and obsession for [[Even the Guys Want Him|Sosuke]]. And the two twins he raised, Yu Fan and Yu Lan, are both [[Wife Husbandry|very much in love with him]] ([[Twincest|and eachother]]). And then there's [[Psycho for Hire|Gates]], who has an unhealthy paedophile obsession with the twins. This Love Dodecahedron is made even ''more'' complicated in the novels, where Nami, who ''also'' falls for Sōsuke, is brought into the picture, and Sōsuke has slight romantic feelings for her. And then Lemon likes Nami (but also seems to have quite a bit of [[Ho Yay]] with Sōsuke).
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', surprisingly. Because there have so many main characters, this has evolved out of Shipping. And that doesn't even go into ''loving'' Pokémon angle.
** Let's try to describe it: Misty was highly hinted to have feelings for Ash, but she left the show without any resolution on that, and [[Word of God|the former head writer]] even said that [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showpost.php?p=1251369&postcount=3397 she never really had feelings towards him]{{Dead link}}, but since he left the show a long time ago and the pairing received hints after he left, it's still a strong possibility. May had a [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] routine going on with Drew, but she was also hinted to like Ash. Dawn had [[Ship Tease]] moments with Ash, Kenny (who was highly implied to have a crush on her) and [[Les Yay|Zoey]], and she's also stalked by [[Stalker with a Crush|Conway]]. Ash was hinted to like Misty during the early seasons, but by Johto he turned into a full [[Chaste Hero]], though there are still rare moments of [[Ship Tease]] from his side with all 3 female leads. And then there's a bunch of minor characters and [[Interspecies Romance|even some Pokémon]] with [[Chick Magnet|confirmed crushes on Ash]]. And then we have Brock, who [[Casanova Wannabe|crushes on every pretty girl he sees,]] but [[Status Quo Is God|it never goes anywhere]], even with the girls that are interested, and his single attempt to settle down ended with him running away for reasons that were [[Noodle Incident|never explained]]. And there's also Jessie and James of Team Rocket, who may or may not have feelings for each other. [[Overly Long Gag|And]] there are probably some more people that I forgot. To make matters worse, the anime tendency to [[Ship Tease]] all sorts of couples but [[No Hugging, No Kissing|never actually resolving anything]] means that this Love Dodecahedron will probably only get more complicated in the future. Also, it's hinted that Iris and clan both have a crush on Ash.
*** At some point the show will have run for so long that we'll require some sort of 3D model just to see everyone in this web of relationships.
** Even [[Pokémon Special]] isn't safe from messy relationships. Here, [[Shorttank|Misty]] likes [[Idiot Hero|Red]] who either likes [[The Medic|Yellow]] or is [[Oblivious to Love]]. He also has at one point fallen under [[Classy Cat Burglar|Blue (female)'s]] charms who seems to like flirting with [[The Lancer|Green (male)]] who might also like her but may also be uninterested. Meanwhile, [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Gold]] has [[Ship Tease]] with [[Extremity Extremist|Crystal]] and Yellow, but also has some [[Ho Yay]] moments with [[The Rival|Silver]] who may or may not have feelings for his surrogate sister Blue (female). From the Hoenn trio, [[Camp Straight|Ruby]] has a [[Official Couple|canon]] [[Slap Slap Kiss]] relationship with [[Wild Child|Sapphire]] who may have had a crush on Red, and [[The Napoleon|Emerald]] has sort-of feelings for Crystal. Lastly, [[Big Eater|Diamond]] has a crush on [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Platinum]] who might feel the same way or she might also like [[Hot-Blooded|Pearl]] who might like her back, or she's really just [[Oblivious to Love]]. [[Serial Escalation|And those were just the main characters....]]
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* After they turned it into a soap opera, the [[Archie Comics]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series twisted Sonic's love life into a Gordian Knot: Originally hooked up with Sally Acorn, she got stuck ruling the country and shoved the relationship to the side to focus on her new duties, prompting Sonic to fall in with Mina Mongoose, starting a rivalry between the two women for Sonic's affection. He then started seeing Fiona Fox on the side, which not only pissed off Mina and Sally, but Tails, as well, who had a crush on her due to falling in love with a robotic duplicate created by Robotnik several years earlier (don't ask). Eventually, Mina got her own boyfriend, Sally got Sonic once again, and Tails got tossed into a brick wall by Fiona, who gave them all the finger to have a relationship with Sonic's [[Evil Twin|evil clone]] from [[Mirror Universe|another universe]]. Sally later started dating Monkey Khan but broke it off due to her history with Sonic. And that's not even counting the mini-tangle between Antoine, Sally, Bunnie Rabbot, and Antoine's evil clone from the same universe Fiona's new beau comes from.
* Almost every member of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' has been in love with another member at some point. One of the more famous dodecahedrons: Wolverine loved Jean Grey, who loved Cyclops, who loved her back but married her clone Madelyne Pryor, who had an affair with Cyclops' brother Havok, who almost married Polaris but [[Runaway Bride|left her at the altar]] for Nurse Annie, who kissed Iceman, who was unaware that Northstar was secretly in love with him...
** For those less familiar with the complicated relationships under Xavier's roof, Uncannyxmen.net made a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130521225813/http://uncannyxmen.net/db/article/showquestion.asp?faq=4&fldAuto=189 flowchart].
* Also, [[Daredevil]], Hawkeye, and [[Iron Man]] keep dating the same women. Daredevil dated Black Widow, who also dated Hawkeye ''and'' Iron Man, and Hawkeye slept with Echo who is another of Daredevil's ex-girlfriends, as was Heather Glenn who was involved with Iron Man for awhile, etc. Yet another DD ex, Typhoid Mary, once tricked Deadpool into sleeping with her. Iron Man, for his part, has had a plethora of ladyfriends including Emma Frost (Cyclops' current flame), She-Hulk, and the Wasp. Remember kids, when you kiss Tony Stark, you taste Galactus.
* ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'' begins with a [[Love Triangle]] and then... [[Beyond the Impossible|hooboy]]. Katchoo loves best friend [[Girl Next Door|Francine]] unrequitedly, then takes up with David because [[Dogged Nice Guy|he has been in love with her for years]]. Then Francine, who had a crush on David, starts to sort-of [[If It's You It's Okay|reciprocate Katchoo's feelings]]. [[The Ditz|Casey]], unhappily married to Francine's ex-boyfriend [[Jerkass|Freddie]] (who still loves Francine), falls in love with David [[Love At First Sight|at first sight]]. With their marriage on the rocks, Freddie pursues Francine while Casey pursues David and also Katchoo. Katchoo, unable to deal with [[Dysfunction Junction|the issues of her past and family]], finally drives David away. Francine becomes engaged to Brad and then breaks off her engagement to be with Katchoo, but still cannot consummate the relationship, so a frustrated Katchoo sleeps with Casey on the side. When Francine discovers this she goes back to Brad. When confronted at gunpoint by Katchoo's sister Tambi (who insists that their two families produce an heir via David and Katchoo), David offers to produce a child with her in exchange for his life and Katchoo's release from the obligation, and after they attempt this Tambi secretly falls for David. David returns to marry Katchoo, but the two part amicably once she learns about Tambi ''and'' realizes she prefers women. Casey finally gets to shack up with David...then [[One True Threesome|Katchoo joins them so they can all be happy together]]. Eventually, {{spoiler|Francine leaves Brad for [[Your Cheating Heart|cheating]] on her; David dies, leaving Casey to take up with Tambi, and Francine and Katchoo end up together for good. Freddie [[The Chew Toy|ends up alone.]]}}.
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* ''[[Mansfield Park]]''. To elaborate: Mr. Rushworth is in love with Maria, and Mr. Yates is in love with Julia, but both Bertram sisters are in love with Henry Crawford, who claims to be in love with Fanny, who is in love with Edmund, who is in love with Mary Crawford, who is in love with money.
* 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 [
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* In ''[[The Sims]]'', it's far too easy to set one of these up. It can even happen by accident.
** Actually, there's a premade one in Pleasantview. Darren is love with Cassandra who is engaged to Don who is in love with Nina and has a crush on Nina's sister, Dina. Dina is dating Cassandra's father, Mortimer. Dina was also married to Cassandra's uncle, Michael, before he died. Don also has memories of putting the moves on Cassandra's mother, Bella, just before her alien abduction. Don is also currently having an affair with Kaylynn, the maid. Kaylynn is in turn having an affair with Daniel, who is unhappily married to Mary Sue. [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/File:Love_web.JPG Here's a picture for those who couldn't follow that.]
* ''[[Fire Emblem]] 10'' has a relationship Dodecahedron ''in game'', updated as the player progresses. A full version can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20111114035802/http://serenesforest.net/fe10/relation.jpg here] (Major spoilers).
** Actually letting the player decide how to resolve the love dodecahedron has been a major gameplay/story element since, oh, sometime before they started releasing the games outside of Japan.
* Most of the routes in ''[[Brass Restoration]]'' focus on Ryo and his love interest, but Yoshine's route has a Love Dodecahedron as part of the plot.
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