Love Dodecahedron: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' sports a kind of dodecahedron, with Yurika's childish and possessive long-time love for Akito constituting F and A, and the rest being filled by various, changing constellations of the rest of the cast. As required by the trope, in the last episode Akito thinks Yurika is actually his great love and decides to marry her and live happily ever after.

** The trope is even invoked during the dub's opening prologue, as delivered by the [[Little Miss Snarker]]:

* ''[[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]]. [http://www.wannabefansubs.org/harima/index.php/School_Rumble_Characters And Growing...]

* ''[[Ichigo 100%]]''. Where to begin. Revolves around a main character and three (arguably seven) heroines. Main character Manaka Junpei wants to film girl A. He confesses to girl B because of the resemblence between A and B. Girl A actually has a crush on him but is loved by main character's friend/rival. Girl C is also interested in the main character. Childhood friend girl D sleeps in the same room as him, usually naked. His teacher is interested in young boys (or so it seems). Too shy girl E, friend of girl A, grows close to main character because of Girl C's actions. Main character is indecisive. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* The Negamoon Arc (season 2) of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has one, although it wasn't so much confusing as long. Best summed up by a [http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&v=j_Qrh7whZlU comment] left on Youtube:

** An interesting four-way on the Doom Tree arc. Serena and Darien are in love, and so are Alan and Ann. Alan falls in love with Serena, and Ann falls in love with Darien. Yet Alan gets jealous of Darien over Ann, who gets jealous of Serena over Alan. When Alan sees Ann with Darien, he seems to forget that he is in love with Serena, and the same goes for Ann when she sees Alan with Serena. Alan and Ann argue over this in their final episode.

* ''[[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).

* ''[[Vampire Game]]'' runs on this. Lucy loves Ashley loves Leene is crazy about Yuujel who's got a thing for Ishtar who's in love with Darres who ''she'' thinks is in love with Selen who actually loves Galahad. Laphiji loves Seiliez likes Ishtar while everyone thinks he's sleeping with his mom but he's actually banging Sharlen who's also doing Jened who raped the Old Man of the Sea's daughter and has a creepy obsession with Falan only matched by Illsaide's creepy obsession with Falan who herself loves Illsaide but who is also very fond of Vord who loves Ishtar. Also on the Ishtar-loveboat is Duzell, who also has feelings for Illsaide and used to have a thing with {{spoiler|Rishas/Lailis}} while flirting up a storm with Diaage and having some serious [[Foe Yay]] with Phelios. Phelios, meanwhile, had an affair with {{spoiler|Diaage}} while telling Duzell "I want you to be mine". Lailis loves Duzell but Lassen loves ''her''. Hume loves Illsaide and Jill loves Maura loves Jill. Nobody loves Krai.

* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' actually doesn't have a [[Love Dodecahedron]], although that doesn't stop Juvia from thinking there is.

* ''[[Reimei no Arcana]]'': Cain has [[All Love Is Unrequited|unrequited feelings]] for his arranged fiancee Louise, who in turn has [[Sibling Triangle|unrequited feelings]] for Cain's brother Caesar, [[Happily Married|who is in love with]] Nakaba, [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage|who returns his feelings]]. Loki [[Bodyguard Crush|may]] or [[The Not Love Interest|may not]] have unrequited feelings for Nakaba, {{spoiler|but it is strongly hinted that he does in Chapter 21.}}

* ''[[The Girl Who Leapt Through Time]]'' has Chiaki and (possibly) Kousuke having feelings for the main protagonist Makoto who is oblivious and prefers to stay friends with the two of them {{spoiler|until she realizes her feelings for Chiaki}}. Makoto's friend Yuri likes Chiaki who, as stated above, likes Makoto. Same with another student Kaho who likes Kousuke.

* ''[[There's Something About Mary]]'' features a Type 3 [[Triang Relations|Triang Relation]] extended into a Love Dodecahedron with Mary at the center. Everybody is in love with/stalks Mary, including the main character and even football star Brett Favre. Naturally, Mary chooses the main character over Brett. (She's a Niners fan.)

* ''[[Tootsie]]'' has a great example of this:<ref>"Dorothy" is Michael's drag alter ego</ref>

'''George:''' That, er, I... I don't know. }}

* The 1982 avant-garde movie ''Querelle'' has a complicated and bizarre love-lust-hate dodecahedron. The main character, Querelle, is attracted to the madame Lysiane, who is the mistress of his brother Robert. But Querelle first purposefully loses a bet to Lysiane's husband, Nono, and has sex with him as payment before becoming Lysiane's lover. Querelle also sleeps with Nono's friend, the corrupt police captain Mario. Meanwhile, a construction worker named Gil (confusingly played by the same actor who plays Querelle's brother Robert) murders his co-worker Theo, who has been sexually assaulting him. Roger, who is in love with Gil, introduces him to Querelle hoping that Querelle can help Gil escape. Instead, Querelle begins an affair with Gil but betrays him to the police. In the end, Querelle sails off into the sunse with his superior officer, Lt. Seblon, who has been obsessed with him the entire movie. So the Dodecahedron looks something like:

** Robert loves Lysiane who is married to Nono but who has an affair with Querelle, who also has sex with Nono, Mario, and Gil. Roger is in love with Gil, but loses him to Querelle. Seblon is attracted to Querelle and gets him in the end.

* Spoofed towards the end of Woody Allen's ''[[Love and Death]]'':

'''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.

** Add in Dawn having a crush on Xander, but switching to Spike, and things just get weird (especially since she didn't actually exist at the time she supposedly liked Xander -- it was all implanted memories).

** It's even lampshaded in "Beneath You":

'''NANCY:''' Is there anyone here who ''hasn't'' slept together? }}

** 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...}}

* 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 'Alter Mann' (old man) by the German [[Genre Busting|fun-whatever]] band Knorkator features one of these in the first verse.

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.]]

* In ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', Sweeney loves Lucy. So does the Judge. Mrs. Lovett loves Sweeney, who is indifferent to her. The Judge loves Johanna. Anthony loves Johanna, who loves him back. After that, things get a little confusing.

** There's also one of the "Parlor Songs":

"I am a lass who, alas, loves a lad who, alas, has a lass loves another lad, who once I had in Canterbury.'' }}

** "Love" is a rather strange word to use about Judge/Lucy and Judge/Johanna. "Lust" is more like it. Also, [[Your Mileage May Vary]] whether Johanna really loves Anthony or not. It depends on the production, of course, but at least in the movie adaptation she doesn't appear very loving.

* The whole point of ''Aspects of Love''. Alex loves Rose who loves his uncle George who loves her back because she looks like his dead wife despite having a mistress, Giulietta. Giulietta and Rose have major [[Les Yay]] while Rose and George get married and have a daughter, Jenny. Rose takes on a lover named Hugo while Jenny falls in love with Alex. Alex loves her back but is disgusted since they're [[Kissing Cousins|cousins]]. Alex and Giulietta fall for each other while both Rose and Jenny beg Alex not to leave them...[[Austin Powers|and now I've gone crossed eyed]].

* ''[[Hair]]''

'''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.

* ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'', or at least the Space [[Story Arc|Arc]] where everyone is crammed into the same spaceship, is heading in that direction, mostly using canonical relationships. {{spoiler|Arthur loves Guinevere but has a child with Morgan. Guinevere loves Arthur and Lancelot. Lancelot loves Guinevere but has a child with Elaine of Carbonek. Galehaut loves Lancelot}}. It's still relatively easy to follow, but the comic is meant to last twenty-five years...

* ''[[Questionable Content]]'': Marten lives with Faye and is in love with Dora, who's Faye's boss. Faye has a "[[Foe Yay|antagonists-with-benefits]]" relationship with Sven, who's Dora's brother. And that's just scratching the surface...

** Not to mention the apparently complicated lesbian dodecahedron at the university.

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot|slowly revealed]] that the prior generation is a surprising tangle of former couples and unrequited love. By contrast, all the pairings among Annie's generation are pretty straightforward (even if the exact nature of their relationship isn't).