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* For ''[[Persona 4 (Anime)|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.

** And of course, we also get the complications from Yu being a love interest for basically any readily present female social link.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

** [http://img2.me/7sYfO.png Here's] a diagram, assuming some of the major theories are true.

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* ''[[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.

* In a rare non-shoujo manga example, ''[[Berserk]]'' has ''two'' particularly complex Love Dodecahedrons--both of which are primarily triangles, but complicated by the presence of additional people. Ready? The first, most central one is [[Two Guys and A Girl|the Guts-Griffith-Casca relationship]]. Both Guts and Casca have deep feelings for Griffith, possibly partly romantic in Guts's case, definitely partly romantic in Casca's case. Griffith cares about both but seems incapable of fully returning their feelings, although he may have some romantic feelings towards Guts (but it is also hinted that he may have some feelings for Casca and would have possibly gone with her if his original plan did not succeed 100%). Eventually, [[Official Couple|Guts and Casca get together themselves]], {{spoiler|but only briefly before it all goes to hell thanks to Griffith becoming the [[Big Bad]], which partially happened because Griffith became a [[Green-Eyed Monster]] before becoming a [[Complete Monster]]}}. This is turned from a particularly complex triangle into a dodecahedron by the presence of {{spoiler|Judeau}}, who is quietly in love with Casca, and Princess Charlotte, who Griffith has manipulated into falling in love with him for the sake of his plans. Later, things get ''even more complex''; Guts becomes involved in a subtle triangle with Serpico and Farnese, which is then muddled by the introduction of {{spoiler|Farnese's fiance, Roderick}}. Meanwhile, Guts is still in love with Casca... [[Heartbroken Badass|who can't love him back]] at this point in her life because of her traumatic post-Eclipse condition and an [[Near Rape Experience|incident]] involving Guts' [[Enemy Within]]. And now, the young witch Schierke has a crush on ''him'', and Sidekick Isidoro may be developing a crush on ''her''. Got that? Good.

* In a rare non-shoujo manga example, ''[[Berserk]]'' has ''two'' particularly complex Love Dodecahedrons--both of which are primarily triangles, but complicated by the presence of additional people. Ready? The first, most central one is [[Two Guys and A Girl|the Guts-Griffith-Casca relationship]]. Both Guts and Casca have deep feelings for Griffith, possibly partly romantic in Guts's case, definitely partly romantic in Casca's case. Griffith cares about both but seems incapable of fully returning their feelings, although he may have some romantic feelings towards Guts (but it is also hinted that he may have some feelings for Casca and would have possibly gone with her if his original plan did not succeed 100%). Eventually, [[Official Couple|Guts and Casca get together themselves]], {{spoiler|but only briefly before it all goes to hell thanks to Griffith becoming the [[Big Bad]], which partially happened because Griffith became a [[Green-Eyed Monster]] before becoming a [[Complete Monster]]}}. This is turned from a particularly complex triangle into a dodecahedron by the presence of {{spoiler|Judeau}}, who is quietly in love with Casca, and Princess Charlotte, who Griffith has manipulated into falling in love with him for the sake of his plans. Later, things get ''even more complex''; Guts becomes involved in a subtle triangle with Serpico and Farnese, which is then muddled by the introduction of {{spoiler|Farnese's fiance, Roderick}}. Meanwhile, Guts is still in love with Casca... [[Heartbroken Badass|who can't love him back]] at this point in her life because of her traumatic post-Eclipse condition and an [[Near-Rape Experience|incident]] involving Guts' [[Enemy Within]]. And now, the young witch Schierke has a crush on ''him'', and Sidekick Isidoro may be developing a crush on ''her''. Got that? Good.

* A serious [[Love Dodecahedron]] occurs in ''[[Rose of Versailles]]''. Let's see if we can catch everything: Fersen and Marie-Antoinette love each other [[Star-Crossed Lovers|but can't be together]], Louis XVI loves [[Arranged Marriage|his arranged wife]] Marie-Antoinette, Oscar and Marie very seriously respect (maybe love?) each other, Oscar loves Fersen, André loves Oscar, Rosalie loves Oscar who would fully love her back if she (Oscar) were male (straight from the manga), {{spoiler|Rosalie's lost sister}} Charlotte loves Oscar, Alain loves Oscar (and whether he says it or not is different in the two continuities) but is also one of André's closest friends, Gerodelle loves Oscar (and almost gets her to become his wife through [[Arranged Marriage]]), Bernard loves Rosalie who comes to love him back though she still has lingering feelings for Oscar, and in the end Oscar then loves André {{spoiler|and then they both die tragically}}. Phew!

** Then we have [[Riyoko Ikeda]]'s ''other'' famous manga, [[Oniisama E]]. Mariko admires Kaoru but has a [[Clingy Jealous Girl|clingy obsession]] with Nanako and later {{spoiler|is [[Tsundere]] for Takeshi}}; Nanako loves Rei, who pines for {{spoiler|her half-sister Fukiko}}, who acts possessive towards Nanako but {{spoiler|it's a cover since she actually loves Takehiko and mistakenly thinks Nanako is her rival}}; Tomoko isn't as super open as the others in these regards but she has a really cute [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] with Nanako; and Kaoru also loves {{spoiler|her ex-boyfriend Takehiko, who returns her feelings [[Star-Crossed Lovers|despite the problems in their relationship]], ''and'' she also has quite a bit of [[Les Yay]] with he best friend, Rei.}} Whoa.

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** To be specific, Sasaki is '''not''' Kyon's ex-girlfriend with a crush on him. Also, Kyon can't act on his feelings for Mikuru because {{spoiler|as Mikuru is a time traveller, cross-temporal romances are forbidden}}. And then there's the scene in the snow lodge, where the geometric properties of the [[Love Dodecahedron]] is actually a ''plot point''.

* ''[[Peach Girl]]'' is basically a love dodecahedron that just gets more complicated with each episode. It starts off with Momo in love with one character, but another character is in love with Momo. Then Sae steps in. Pretty much every complication in the series comes from her and just keeps going.

* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', there's a rather intriguing [[Love Dodecahedron]] (though quite a bit of it goes into the realm of obsession and [[Ho Yay]]). Tsuna has a crush on [[Shallow Love Interest|Kyoko]], who is incredibly oblivious and only seems to care about her brother Ryohei (though she did express attraction to Gokudera). [[Depraved Homosexual]] Lussuria is... interested in a weird, sadistic necrophiliac sort of way with Ryohei. Ryohei is oblivious like his sister and only concerned with living [[Hot Blooded|TO THE EXTREME]]. Gokudera is Tsuna's [[Stalker With a Crush]] that has a ''huge'' [[Bodyguard Crush]] on him and pretty much hates anyone that gets too close to Tsuna. Then there's Yamamoto, who [[Ho Yay|seems annoyed that Gokudera hates him and wants Gokudera to open his heart up to him]]. Haru had a weird [[Shotacon]] crush on Reborn at first, but eventually falls (more seriously) in love with Tsuna, who only seems to see her as a friend. And then there's Mukuro, who... * ahem* [[Grand Theft Me|wants Tsuna's body]], and Mukuro's two followers who admire him to the point of being obsessed fanboys. Chrome might sort of like Tsuna, or she [[Selfcest|might like Mukuro-sama]] (though Mukuro seems to see her more like a sister / comrade in pain). And Hibari, who seems [[Foe Yay|awfully obsessed]] with meeting Mukuro again to pay back for the humiliation Mukuro put him through. And I-Pin has a crush on Hibari. Then Ryohei has a brief infatuation with I-pin's adult form while in the future he and Hana are a canon couple.

* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', there's a rather intriguing [[Love Dodecahedron]] (though quite a bit of it goes into the realm of obsession and [[Ho Yay]]). Tsuna has a crush on [[Shallow Love Interest|Kyoko]], who is incredibly oblivious and only seems to care about her brother Ryohei (though she did express attraction to Gokudera). [[Depraved Homosexual]] Lussuria is... interested in a weird, sadistic necrophiliac sort of way with Ryohei. Ryohei is oblivious like his sister and only concerned with living [[Hot-Blooded|TO THE EXTREME]]. Gokudera is Tsuna's [[Stalker With a Crush]] that has a ''huge'' [[Bodyguard Crush]] on him and pretty much hates anyone that gets too close to Tsuna. Then there's Yamamoto, who [[Ho Yay|seems annoyed that Gokudera hates him and wants Gokudera to open his heart up to him]]. Haru had a weird [[Shotacon]] crush on Reborn at first, but eventually falls (more seriously) in love with Tsuna, who only seems to see her as a friend. And then there's Mukuro, who... * ahem* [[Grand Theft Me|wants Tsuna's body]], and Mukuro's two followers who admire him to the point of being obsessed fanboys. Chrome might sort of like Tsuna, or she [[Selfcest|might like Mukuro-sama]] (though Mukuro seems to see her more like a sister / comrade in pain). And Hibari, who seems [[Foe Yay|awfully obsessed]] with meeting Mukuro again to pay back for the humiliation Mukuro put him through. And I-Pin has a crush on Hibari. Then Ryohei has a brief infatuation with I-pin's adult form while in the future he and Hana are a canon couple.

** Bianchi's love for Reborn.

** [[Memetic Molester]] [[Smart Guy|Spanner]] and his friendship with [[The Dragon|Irie Shoichi]] and their boss [[Big Bad]] [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Byakuran]] who is very friendly and discusses the meaning of flowers with his enemy Mukuro? No wonder the fangirls go crazy...

** [[Ho Yay|Dino and Hibari]]...It doesn't help that their weapons are a [[Fetish Fuel|whip and a pair of handcuffs]] respectively, and that their training sessions are [[Hands On Approach|always very physical]]. Make of that what you will.

** [[Ho Yay|Dino and Hibari]]...It doesn't help that their weapons are a [[Fetish Fuel|whip and a pair of handcuffs]] respectively, and that their training sessions are [[Hands-On Approach|always very physical]]. Make of that what you will.

** The Varia [[Love Dodecahedron]]. Well, let's see... Squalo seems to have something like a [[Bodyguard Crush]] on his boss Xanxus. Xanxus views everyone as trash but has something for the one who defeated him aka Tsuna. Belphegor and Fran have this interesting relationship including Bel [[Freud Was Right|stabbing]] Fran just for fun. Oh, Squalo and Yamamoto's relationship could be considered something between [[Foe Yay]] and [[Mentor Ship]].

** And now with the Shimon family thrown into the series, let's not forget about [[The Woobie|Enma]] and Tsuna's chemistry.

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** 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], 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....]]

** 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....]]

* ''[[Aoi Hana]]''. Let's see: Kyouko has unrequited feelings for Yasuko, who is in love with her ex-teacher Kagami, who is engaged to Yasuko's sister Kazusa--and her sister Kuri appears to have liked him as well. Fumi is heart-broken when her lover Chizu announces that she's getting married and starts an affair with Yasuko to get over her pain {{spoiler|although it doesn't last long}}. Fumi also struggles with her resurfacing feelings for Akira, who in turn is [[Oblivious to Love|blissfully out of the loop]] for most of the series. And yes, aside from Kagami [[Girls Love|they are all girls]].

* Things start to get pretty messy in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' when it comes to relationships. Chrono has known Rosette since she was a child, and they both start to develop feelings for each other. However, Rosette also has a crush on her legal guardian, [[Hot Dad|Father Remington]]. Soon, Rosette and Chrono get Azmaria and Satella in their group of [[True Companions]]. In the anime, Azmaria has a crush on Chrono, and in the manga Satella is a [[Shotacon]] and finds Chrono (who is a demon that's nearly a century old, but appears to be a 12-year-old boy) ''very'' attractive. Chrono and Rosette are looking for Joshua, Rosette's brother, who was kidnapped by Aion, a former friend of Chrono's. Joshua is driven insane by demonic power an is obsessed with his sister, but is also very attatched to his maid, Fiore. In the anime, he thinks she's his sister, but in the manga he's very aware she isn't and instead seems to possibly have a one-sided crush on her. Fiore may or may not care for him in return. However, Shader glomps Fiore in one scene and asks her to marry her, and {{spoiler|at the end of the manga, they're shown riding off together on a motorcycle}}. Also, Joshua later {{spoiler|kidnaps Azmaria and then blushes when he sees her wearing a pretty dress; he later ends up marrying her.}} In the past, Chrono and Aion were best frends (with some [[Ho Yay]], particularly in the anime), until Chrono {{spoiler|kidnapped a girl named Mary Magdalene and fell in love with her. Father Remington was her guard, and also appears to have been in love with her. In the manga, Aion may or may not have cared for her, as well. It finishes badly, since Magdalene herself ends up dead at Chrono's hands.}} In the past, Shader seems to have been close to Chrono. Also, Rizel is in love with Aion, but Jenai is in love with her. Aion ignores Rizel and focuses on Joshua and Chrono. In the manga, he seems obsessed with Chrono and Pandaemonium, it's later revealed that it's because {{spoiler|Chrono is his twin brother, and Pandaemonium was formerly their human mother, Lilith. His obsession with them, particularly with Pandaemonium -- whom he appears to kiss in one scene! -- ocassionally borders on incest}}. I ''might'' be missing some, but I think that's it.

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** The [[Class Representative]] has a crush on Nagasumi, but can't admit it. She's also accidentally [[Love Letter Lunacy|confessed her love...]]''[[Love Letter Lunacy|to Sun]]'', forcing her to create the [[Hot Amazon|Last Amazoness]] persona.

** Kai is Sun's [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|childhood friend]], and ''very much'' in love with her, even though she's not really interested. Hasn't stopped him yet.

** Akeno is trying to break up Nagasumi and Sun's relationship, but is starting to admit that she thinks Nagasumi is getting [[Rated M for Manly|pretty manly]].

** Akeno is trying to break up Nagasumi and Sun's relationship, but is starting to admit that she thinks Nagasumi is getting [[Rated "M" for Manly|pretty manly]].

** And [[Gay Option|Masa]]...''[[Gay Option|confuses]]'' Nagasumi. And his mother. Mostly just for laughs, though.

* ''[[Shinshi Doumei Cross]]'' is a soup opera-esque shoujo manga with a predominantly teenage cast; it's no wonder this trope is very much applicable. Aside from the {{spoiler|main [[Love Triangle|love triangle]] involving the protagonist and ''[[Twin Switch|twins]]''}}, there are many unrequited feelings to go around, much [[The Beard|misconception]] of the characters' [[Oblivious to Love|feelings]] to be had, and even the occasional [[Romantic False Lead]] shows up to complicate things even ''further''. The male and female protagonists both have their own (partially) [[Unwanted Harem|unwanted harems]] and characters decide to go from passionately pursuing one character for chapters on end to another at the drop of a hat (or [[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends|when the storyline demands it]])...and this isn't even taking into account the tangled love lives of ''adults'' in the story: the [[Everyone Is Related|family]] of the major characters.

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** Also, in the Shichinitai arc, we had the homosexual Jakotsu having a huge fixation on Inuyasha. However, Inuyasha considers Jakotsu only as a nemesis... and a disturbing one, considering how Jaktsu doubles as a [[Combat Sadomasochist]]. Jakotsu also has a very close friendship and respect towards Bankotsu, and ''may'' even love him romantically as well. Bankotsu's own relationship with Jakotsu can be considered brotherly, though still close enough that he tells Jakotsu that he's his only real friend {{spoiler|and that he eagerly kills Renkotsu for, [[The Starscream|among]] [[Smug Snake|other things]], killing Jakotsu.}} Phew, that was confusing.

** Miroku and Sango should be fortunate that aside from the one time characters appearing here and there, they're otherwise strictly in love each other without any interferences. [[Takahashi Couple|Except from themselves.]]

* ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'': Between the main character, Oz,'s [[Ship Tease|shippy moments]] with just about ''[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|everyone]]'' -- [[Magically Binding Contract|Alice]], [[Bodyguard Crush|Gil]], Sharon, Echo and [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Elliot]] are only the tip of the iceburg -- and all the [[Foe Yay]] that goes around (Vincent especially contributes to it), it's no wonder fandom is [[Ship to Ship Combat|divided]] when it comes to pairings.

* ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'': Between the main character, Oz,'s [[Ship Tease|shippy moments]] with just about ''[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|everyone]]'' -- [[Magically-Binding Contract|Alice]], [[Bodyguard Crush|Gil]], Sharon, Echo and [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Elliot]] are only the tip of the iceburg -- and all the [[Foe Yay]] that goes around (Vincent especially contributes to it), it's no wonder fandom is [[Ship-to-Ship Combat|divided]] when it comes to pairings.

* ''[[Nagasarete Airantou]]'' [[Unwanted Harem|pretty much comes with being the only guy on an island full of females that he can't escape from]]

* ''[[Shuffle]]'' plays this trope straight in the anime version. In the visual novel is the same situation, the only difference being that you choose person F.

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== Fan Fiction ==

* ''[[Kyon Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]'': As of Chapter 31, Kyon is confirmed to have 7 girls with romantic feelings towards him. And ''yes'', Haruhi is among them, and {{spoiler|she's planning on a [[Marry Them All]] [[Polyamory|resolution]]}}. Bet you didn't see ''that'' one coming, did you?

* ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]'': As of Chapter 31, Kyon is confirmed to have 7 girls with romantic feelings towards him. And ''yes'', Haruhi is among them, and {{spoiler|she's planning on a [[Marry Them All]] [[Polyamory|resolution]]}}. Bet you didn't see ''that'' one coming, did you?

* ''[[Seduction (Fanfic)|Seduction]]'': Marjani, who is an arranged engagement with Kurumi, is in love with Sarakshi. Who Tora also has a thing for. While Sarakshi doesn't seem to have romantic feelings for either, Linda seems to harbour some for Marjani {{spoiler|(As of Chapter 18, his engagement with Kurumi has been dissolved and they are... in a ''bit'' of a relationship)}} and Yuki seems to harbour some for Tora.

* ''[[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''...

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* Edward Cullen from ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' loves Bella. Bella loves Edward and Jacob, but she loves Edward more. Jacob loved Bella but then falls for her unborn daughter. Mike, Eric, and Tyler all have deep crushes on Bella, but she ignored them. Mike dates Jessica but breaks up with her. Tyler dates Lauren. Rosalie was supposed to be Edward's mate, but she ended with Emmet. Alice is with Jasper, but she kind of gives off lesbian vibes for Bella. In the end, everyone of note loves Bella in some way.

* ''[[The Host (Literature)|The Host]]'' also fits this trope. Melanie loves Jared so much that the [[Puppeteer Parasite|alien parasite controlling her body]] also falls in love with him. However, it's implied the love is mostly physical. {{spoiler|Ian}} has a crush on Wanderer, and Wanderer {{spoiler|finds herself falling in love with him for his personality. Even when Wanderer is given a seperate body from Melanie's at the end, Melanie has a slight crush on Ian but loves Jared and Wanderer still has a slight crush on Jared but loves Ian.}} And this isn't even including the romances between the side characters.

* At the heart of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' is an intricate [[Love Dodecahedron]] which isn't really fleshed out until the later chapters. It starts with Fyodor Karamazov and his son Dmitri (the eldest brother) who are both smitten with Grushenka, the local [[Hello Nurse]]. But in love with Dmitri is Katerina, an aristocrat who is smitten with him for some services he did for her in the past. In love with Katerina is Ivan, the middle Karamazov brother, but he maintains that he doesn't really love her. Grushenka herself plays with Fyodor's and Dmitri's affections, but really {{spoiler|she's been pining after Mussyalovich, a Polish gentleman who spurned her five years ago}}. Grushenka also shows some attraction for Alyosha, the youngest Karamazov brother, but his attentions are turned towards Liza, a young girl crippled by a fever at the outset of the novel. But towards the end Liza shows more attraction to {{spoiler|Ivan}} than anyone else.

* At the heart of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' is an intricate [[Love Dodecahedron]] which isn't really fleshed out until the later chapters. It starts with Fyodor Karamazov and his son Dmitri (the eldest brother) who are both smitten with Grushenka, the local [[Hello, Nurse!]]. But in love with Dmitri is Katerina, an aristocrat who is smitten with him for some services he did for her in the past. In love with Katerina is Ivan, the middle Karamazov brother, but he maintains that he doesn't really love her. Grushenka herself plays with Fyodor's and Dmitri's affections, but really {{spoiler|she's been pining after Mussyalovich, a Polish gentleman who spurned her five years ago}}. Grushenka also shows some attraction for Alyosha, the youngest Karamazov brother, but his attentions are turned towards Liza, a young girl crippled by a fever at the outset of the novel. But towards the end Liza shows more attraction to {{spoiler|Ivan}} than anyone else.

* Also by Dostoevsky, ''[[The Idiot (Literature)|The Idiot]]''. Myshkin loves Aglaya, and is briefly in love with Nastasya but mainly just pities her (which nevertheless makes Aglaya see her as a romantic rival). Gavrila loves Aglaya, but for various reasons won't commit himself to her; he doesn't love Nastasya at all, but he's seeking her hand anyway because of her impressive dowry. Rogozhin only has eyes for Nastasya. Nastasya used to be Tostky's mistress but now she hates the man; she seems to despise Gavrila; she's in a full-on [[Masochism Tango]] with Rogozhin, so it's unclear whether she loves or hates him; and she seems to be afraid of Myshkin--his love threatens [[Internalized Categorism|her self-image as a bad person]], and in her more selfless moments she fears that she'll hurt him.

* Pretty much every ''[[Blandings Castle (Literature)|Blandings Castle]]'' novel, and, in fact, most of the works of [[PG Wodehouse (Creator)|PG Wodehouse]]. He was a master at these, and could successfully create and solve one of these plots in a single book. If one were to create a chart detailing the relationships of all the characters who appear in his connected universe, one would probably [[Cosmic Horror|go insane just from reading it.]]

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** And Bluestar's been shipped with Oakheart, Tigerstar, Redtail, Lionheart, and Whitestorm, who is her nephew.

** Thrushpelt also had a crush on Bluestar, and pretended to be the father of her kits for a while.

** In OOTS, Dovewing fell in love with Tigerheart, {{spoiler|but broke up with him when he used her to get herbs and she realized he was training in the Dark Forest.}} Bumblestripe has a {{Shiptease}} with Ivypool, and the two went on to become a [[Fan Preferred Couple]], {{spoiler|only for Bumblestripe to start flirting with Dovewing in SOTM.}} Briarlight mentioned Blossomfall mooned over Toadstep, and Rosepetal had a crush on Foxleap for a while before the Erins realized he was her uncle, (blame a complicated family tree), so {{spoiler|Foxleap started flirting with Dovewing}}, Ivypool gets a lot of [[Ho Yay]] with Blossomfall, and Tigerheart is still in love with [[Relationship Sue|Dovewing!]] Jeez...

** In OOTS, Dovewing fell in love with Tigerheart, {{spoiler|but broke up with him when he used her to get herbs and she realized he was training in the Dark Forest.}} Bumblestripe has a {{Shiptease}} with Ivypool, and the two went on to become a [[Fan-Preferred Couple]], {{spoiler|only for Bumblestripe to start flirting with Dovewing in SOTM.}} Briarlight mentioned Blossomfall mooned over Toadstep, and Rosepetal had a crush on Foxleap for a while before the Erins realized he was her uncle, (blame a complicated family tree), so {{spoiler|Foxleap started flirting with Dovewing}}, Ivypool gets a lot of [[Ho Yay]] with Blossomfall, and Tigerheart is still in love with [[Relationship Sue|Dovewing!]] Jeez...

** The lesson here is that ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' fans like their shipping.

* A slight invocation of this trope appears in the [[The Three Worlds Cycle|Three Worlds Cycle]], specifically in the second quartet to make up the cycle. Nish loves Tiaan, who doesn't love him back. Then Nish has a short affair with Irisis, who hates Tiaan, simply to get back at her for rejecting him. Then Irisis has a brief affair with Xervish Flydd, who seems to have possibly had a thing with scrutator Halie. Meanwhile, Tiaan falls in love with Minis, who loves her back but betrays her and spends three books beating himself up over it. Tiaan then meets Gilhaelith who seems to lust after her. Back to Nish and Irisis, they end up in a will they/won't they situation right up until the end of the fourth book, where Tiaan swears off men for life, Flydd has been castrated anyway, and Irisis and Nish finally get it on. Well, almost manage to...

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** Like it ends there. Chloe is in love with Clark. Jimmy and Pete are in love with Chloe. Chloe dated Jimmy, but he dated Kara briefly when they were broken up. Jason and Lex later had relationships with Lana, while Lois is destined to be with Clark, but has so far been with Aquaman and Oliver. Lionel had romantic designs on Martha after Jonathon died, while Lex's obsession with Clark moved briefly onto Kara. Lana and Lex {{spoiler|get married}}, but that ends when Lana {{spoiler|fakes her own death using a clone, frames Lex for the murder, then returns and gets a divorce}}. Only in ''Smallville'', folks.

*** And moving into season eight adds Davis, who is in love with Chloe, and Tess, who manages [[Ho Yay]] ''and'' [[Foe Yay]] with just about every single member of the cast (Clark, Lois, Oliver, Chloe, potted plants, office furniture, etc).

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Where to start? Willow likes Xander, but Xander likes Buffy. He also dates Cordelia (who later gets involved with Angel). Willow winds up dating Oz. The one time Xander reciprocates Willow's feelings ends up breaking up Willow/Oz (temporarily), and Xander/Cordelia (permanently). Because of that break-up, Cordy invokes the wrath of the vengeance demon, Anya, who later almost marries Xander. The combined [[Love Dodecahedron]] for ''Buffy'' and its spinoff ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' ends up being so complex that it's [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Planar_graph~~ mathematically impossible] to draw with non-crossing arrows.

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Where to start? Willow likes Xander, but Xander likes Buffy. He also dates Cordelia (who later gets involved with Angel). Willow winds up dating Oz. The one time Xander reciprocates Willow's feelings ends up breaking up Willow/Oz (temporarily), and Xander/Cordelia (permanently). Because of that break-up, Cordy invokes the wrath of the vengeance demon, Anya, who later almost marries Xander. The combined [[Love Dodecahedron]] for ''Buffy'' and its spinoff ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' ends up being so complex that it's [[wikipedia:Planar graph|mathematically impossible]] to draw with non-crossing arrows.

** Then you add the vampires: Angel and Buffy wuv eachother. But when Angel goes evil, he starts being naughty towards Drusilla. Spike and Drusilla have been together for around a century, but he starts crushing on Buffy basically from the moment he sees her. Oh, and Darla. She turned Angel, then he got cursed, so she left. Her relationship with the Master was creepy, and her relationship with Drusilla was subtexty.

*** Not to mention "that one time" between Angel and Spike. Details about what actually happened "that one time" (sexual or not, consensual or not, ladies involved or not...) may vary depending [[Ho Yay|on who you ask]].

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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.

* ''[[~~Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|~~Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' perhaps takes the cake for this. Adama loved Carolanne before they fell out and now he loves Roslin, who was previously having an affair with President Adar. Apollo loves Starbuck and Starbuck loves Apollo, but he married Anastasia Dualla and she married Samuel Anders. Starbuck also once disastrously bedded Baltar, who loves Number Six, who is now {{spoiler|pregnant with Colonel Tigh's child, even though the Colonel mourned the death of his promiscuous wife Ellen.}} Boomer and Tyrol were having an affair until Adama broke them up. Boomer died at the hands of Cally, who married Tyrol, who still loved Boomer. Athena married Helo, who used to have a crush on Boomer, who is the same person as Athena, except not really. Racetrack has a crush on Helo. Helena Cain had an affair with Gina, whom Baltar tried to seduce. Also, Baltar was the object of some affection early on from Felix Gaeta. Not to mention Starbuck's tricky relationship with Leoben Conoy. Practically every major and secondary character has tricky relationship issues.

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' perhaps takes the cake for this. Adama loved Carolanne before they fell out and now he loves Roslin, who was previously having an affair with President Adar. Apollo loves Starbuck and Starbuck loves Apollo, but he married Anastasia Dualla and she married Samuel Anders. Starbuck also once disastrously bedded Baltar, who loves Number Six, who is now {{spoiler|pregnant with Colonel Tigh's child, even though the Colonel mourned the death of his promiscuous wife Ellen.}} Boomer and Tyrol were having an affair until Adama broke them up. Boomer died at the hands of Cally, who married Tyrol, who still loved Boomer. Athena married Helo, who used to have a crush on Boomer, who is the same person as Athena, except not really. Racetrack has a crush on Helo. Helena Cain had an affair with Gina, whom Baltar tried to seduce. Also, Baltar was the object of some affection early on from Felix Gaeta. Not to mention Starbuck's tricky relationship with Leoben Conoy. Practically every major and secondary character has tricky relationship issues.

** 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 (Franchise)/Ho Yay|the end of "The Son Also Rises"]]?

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* ''[[Torchwood (TV)|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".

* ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'':

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':

** In series 1, Rose is dating Mickey, but then runs off with and falls in love with the Doctor, who loves her back, though [[No Hugging, No Kissing|nothing really happens]]. While they're on their travels, Jack turns up, having a crush on both Rose and the Doctor. The Doctor falls in love with Madame du Pompadour while his and Rose's relationship remained unresolved.

** In series 3, Jack (who at the time had recently kissed Ianto in ''[[Torchwood (TV)|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}}.

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== Web Comics ==

* [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]] 's central story is about a love dodecahedron. Mike, a dogged good guy, and Lucy, a tsundre, seem to be destined for each other at the start of the comic, but over time the pair drift apart as Mike finally acknowledges that he is in a [[Long Distance Relationship]] with his love from third grade. Mike is a handsome cat, and Daisy, his best female friend other than Lucy, pursues HIM doggedly, while she herself is being pursued by the aloof Augustus and the dogged stalker/white knight Abbey, with Paulo, her best male friend, possibly being interested in her as well, though this is less than clear and if it is so, she is quite oblivious to it. Meanwhile Lucy for her part shares a crush with Paulo, a confident jerk with a heart of gold, but he feels that he would just mess her up further. Several other friends fancy Lucy, including David, a dog who she is completely uninterested in, and Jessica, who is bisexual. Paulo himself is at the center of several female's attention, including his almost girlfriend Tess, an older girl who does not want to commit to a relationship with him despite the two being in love with each other, Rachel, who, being a dog, cannot stay with him if she wants kids, and Jasmine, a younger girl who looks up to him. Further complicating matters, {{spoiler|Paulo slept with both Jessica and Rachel, who are Tess's archenemies, and little did he realize at the time, but the pair did it to get back at Tess for wronging them two years ago.}} The comic creator, Taeshi, actually sells a relationship chart poster in her store.

* [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]] 's central story is about a love dodecahedron. Mike, a dogged good guy, and Lucy, a tsundre, seem to be destined for each other at the start of the comic, but over time the pair drift apart as Mike finally acknowledges that he is in a [[Long-Distance Relationship]] with his love from third grade. Mike is a handsome cat, and Daisy, his best female friend other than Lucy, pursues HIM doggedly, while she herself is being pursued by the aloof Augustus and the dogged stalker/white knight Abbey, with Paulo, her best male friend, possibly being interested in her as well, though this is less than clear and if it is so, she is quite oblivious to it. Meanwhile Lucy for her part shares a crush with Paulo, a confident jerk with a heart of gold, but he feels that he would just mess her up further. Several other friends fancy Lucy, including David, a dog who she is completely uninterested in, and Jessica, who is bisexual. Paulo himself is at the center of several female's attention, including his almost girlfriend Tess, an older girl who does not want to commit to a relationship with him despite the two being in love with each other, Rachel, who, being a dog, cannot stay with him if she wants kids, and Jasmine, a younger girl who looks up to him. Further complicating matters, {{spoiler|Paulo slept with both Jessica and Rachel, who are Tess's archenemies, and little did he realize at the time, but the pair did it to get back at Tess for wronging them two years ago.}} The comic creator, Taeshi, actually sells a relationship chart poster in her store.

* 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, 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.

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** Oh, right, the teachers! Jim liked Yolande after her XANA-created clone kissed him, but it turns out she's engaged. Then Jim and Ms. Hertz have some tense moments, but Hertz is dating some guy named Pedro. And I don't even want to know where Jean-Pierre [[Missing Mom|factors in.]]

** And let's not forget about Milly, who has a big crush on Ulrich in Season 1, and gains herself a suitor in Season 4 with Hiroki, Yumi's younger brother.

** Also, Aelita is posing as Odd's cousin, or that one time they pulled a [[Fake Out Make Out]].

** Also, Aelita is posing as Odd's cousin, or that one time they pulled a [[Fake-Out Make-Out]].

* [[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 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."

* [[Fairly Oddparents|Timmy]] is also in one of these. He is love with [[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron|Cindy Vortex]] and Trixie Tang. Also [[Stalker With a Crush|Tootie, Veronica Star]] and Vicky (when he wished that he was older) are/were in love with him. There are also hints of him having a relationship with Molly. And let's not forget (like Timmy did) that on one of the days of FLARG he started up a relationship with a girl named Carly that resulted in tattoos (which his was a washable one.)

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** Lulu and Hilda were [[All Just a Dream]]. Which makes this both more ''and'' less confusing.

* ''[[Iron Man Armored Adventures]]'' is a complicated case of this. Pepper has a crush on Gene and Tony with hints that she may feel something for Rhodey. Whitney has feelings for both Tony and Rhodey. Tony has an almost romantic life long friendship with Rhodey, clearly cares about both Whitney and Pepper very much, fanboys Gene Khan almost constantly until the end of season one, and yet Tony will also flirt with anything that moves. Gene is obsessed with Tony and may or may not have feelings for Pepper. Rhodey is Tony's most trusted and reliable friend (who he lives with) and has a crush on Whitney, though his feelings towards Pepper are mostly platonic. ''Mostly.''

* ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'' develops a lot of this by the end. Originally, [[Perky Goth|Gwen]] was with [[Chick Magnet|Trent]]. Trent's friend [[Dogged Nice Guy|Cody]] also liked her, but [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|decided to help them hook up]] instead. Eventually Gwen and Trent broke up, though, partially because Trent thought that Gwen had [[Fan Preferred Couple|an attraction to]] [[Troubled but Cute|Duncan]], who was dating [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|Courtney]]. Then in season three Cody wants another shot with Gwen, but instead she ''[[Relationship Upgrade|does]]'' hook up with Duncan, leaving a heartbroken Courtney to begin crushing on [[Villain Sue|Alejandro]], who has a [[Slap Slap Kiss]] / [[Will They or Won't They?]] romance with [[Alpha Bitch|Heather]] even as he manipulates [[Granola Girl|Bridgette]] (who's with Geoff), [[Sassy Black Woman|Leshawna]] (who's off-and-on with [[Geek|Harold]]) and to a smaller extent [[Dumb Blonde|Lindsay]] (who's off-and-on with Tyler). Cody also picks up a [[Stalker With a Crush]] in [[Loony Fan|Sierra]], and for added fun we get some random [[Ship Tease]] of [[Ambiguously Gay|Noah]]/Bridgette and an [[Operation Jealousy]] where Courtney pretends to be crushing on Tyler.

* ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'' develops a lot of this by the end. Originally, [[Perky Goth|Gwen]] was with [[Chick Magnet|Trent]]. Trent's friend [[Dogged Nice Guy|Cody]] also liked her, but [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|decided to help them hook up]] instead. Eventually Gwen and Trent broke up, though, partially because Trent thought that Gwen had [[Fan-Preferred Couple|an attraction to]] [[Troubled but Cute|Duncan]], who was dating [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|Courtney]]. Then in season three Cody wants another shot with Gwen, but instead she ''[[Relationship Upgrade|does]]'' hook up with Duncan, leaving a heartbroken Courtney to begin crushing on [[Villain Sue|Alejandro]], who has a [[Slap Slap Kiss]] / [[Will They or Won't They?]] romance with [[Alpha Bitch|Heather]] even as he manipulates [[Granola Girl|Bridgette]] (who's with Geoff), [[Sassy Black Woman|Leshawna]] (who's off-and-on with [[Geek|Harold]]) and to a smaller extent [[Dumb Blonde|Lindsay]] (who's off-and-on with Tyler). Cody also picks up a [[Stalker With a Crush]] in [[Loony Fan|Sierra]], and for added fun we get some random [[Ship Tease]] of [[Ambiguously Gay|Noah]]/Bridgette and an [[Operation: Jealousy]] where Courtney pretends to be crushing on Tyler.

** Shockingly, this makes [[Crazy Awesome|Izzy]]/[[Big Eater|Owen]] the most ''stable'' couple on the show. (Incidentally, they broke up that season with significantly less drama, due to one of Izzy's [[Split Personality|Split Personalities]]. They might be back together now, though.)

* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' with its many [[One-Scene Wonder|one-shot characters]]: Both Chip and Dale have the hots for Gadget who in turn seems to be interested in Sparky ("Does Pavlov Ring a Bell?"). Then there is Foxglove ("Good Times, Bat Times") who is in love with Dale, Tammy ("Adventures in Squirrelsitting") who has a mad teenage crush on Chip, and Rat Capone ("The S.S. Drainpipe") who wanted Gadget to be his moll. Not that Monty and Zipper don't have their own respective [[Love Triangle|Love Triangles]].

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