Love Dodecahedron: Difference between revisions

** [http://h.imagehost.org/0069/Negima.png Another chart as of chapter 297].

** They're even used [[media:cit_negima_-__8093.png|in-story]].

** And in ''[[CB Chara Go Nagai World]]'' ''Dr. Hell'' was involved in one with [[Devilman|Akira, Miki, Siren, Kaim and Ryo]]

* The archetypical [[Love Dodecahedron]] comes from [[Rumiko Takahashi]]'s ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' with [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Ranma Saotome]] to [[The Chick|Akane Tendo]] and the story follows their relationship changing from outright hatred, to a close friendship. [[media:Ranma_relationships_6365.jpg|Here's]] a [[Blatant Lies|simple chart]].

** Ryoga Hibiki has a massive crush on Akane Tendo, but she seems [[Oblivious to Love|totally unaware of his feelings]], partially because [[Cannot Spit It Out|he's too shy to tell her how he feels]] and partially because the few times he has managed to get into romantic situations with her, he's scared her to death by [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|unthinkingly destroying everything around him]]. This is only encouraged by the fact she is apparently a [[Master of Delusion]] regarding the fact that [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|her pet pig P-chan]] is Ryoga's Jusenkyo curse form. He finally falls in mutual love with a sumo pig-obsessed [[Nice Girl]] named Akari Unryuu, who is sometimes derided as a [[Relationship Sue]] (mainly because [[Word of God|the author admitted outright]] that she was made to give Ryoga a happy ending).

** 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]].

* Some would put ''[[Marmalade Boy]]'' above ''Ranma ½'' in this respect. The [[Eyecatch|eyecatches]] throughout the series helpfully sort out who's actually an [[Official Couple]] for the viewer.

** 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.

** [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?

** And let's not even bring up ''[[Tsubasa Chronicle]]''. Anyone who tried to figure it out would probably end up [[Mind Screw|mentally disabled.]]

*** Isn't this shown to be averted in the last book? Unless you want to include trans-universal interactions...

* ''[[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.

* 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!

* In ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', Kira and Athrun [[Ho Yay|care very much for each other]], Kira loves Flay, Ssigh loves Flay, Kira re-meets with Athrun [[Foe Yay|as enemies]] and then befriends his girlfriend Lacus, Athrun and Lacus care for each other as friends, Flay has sex with Kira to manipulate him but ends up falling in love with him for real, Kira befriends Cagalli and it seems they might fall in love, Athrun meets Cagalli, Athrun almost kills Kira after Nicol dies and ends up killing Tolle instead, Miri hates Dearka and he hates her back, Kira and Athrun make up thanks to Lacus and Cagalli, Lacus and Kira fall in love though he still holds some guilt because by that time Flay is believed to have been killed, Miri and Dearka make peace and sorta fall in love, Athrun and Cagalli fall in love, Flay gets [[Character Development]] and wants to apologize to Kira but dies tragically in the middle of the last battle, and that's it!

** Also, [[Ace Pilot|Mu]] loves [[The Captain|Murrue]].

** Its sequel series, ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'', has one that revolves almost entirely around Athrun. There's Cagalli, Meer, Meyrin, and for a time Meyrin's older sister Luna... such is expected for the series' resident [[Expy|Char-clone]].

* A minor [[Love Dodecahedron]] figures into ''[[Mai-HiME]]'', used for both [[Played for Laughs|comedic]] and [[Played for Drama|dramatic]] effect: Reito likes Mai {{spoiler|(and so does his [[Enemy Within]] alter-ego)}}; Yuuichi also likes Mai, but [[Cannot Spit It Out|doesn't want to admit it]]; Mai cares for both of them as friends, but doesn't want to decide between either (at first); Shiho loves Yuuichi, and is [[Clingy Jealous Girl|extremely jealous]] because she thinks Mai's trying to steal Yuuichi from him ({{spoiler|she isn't...''he's'' the one who takes the initiative}}); and Mikoto and Mai apparently [[Les Yay|like each other a lot]]. Then again, Mikoto [[Love You and Everybody|"likes" a lot of people]], but she's closest to Mai and {{spoiler|Reito, her brother}}.

** It's also present in the manga. Not only do Mai and Shiho still love Yuuichi (who also loves Mai) and Mikoto still likes Mai, but Natsuki also likes Yuuichi, with Takeda still pursuing her and Shizuru having an implied interest in her.

* ''[[Asu no Yoichi]]'' has one slowly building. Tsubasa likes Washizu, who accidentally confessed to Ayame when he was really trying to confess to Ibuki (his crush), while Ibuki is slowly building feelings for the title character, who's really too much of an [[Idiot Hero]] to even notice that someone is in love with him. This can only get more entangled.

** Ayame and Tsubasa's bodyguard Angie have a crush on him as well! And a new girl's been just introduced by kissing title character in front of Ibuki.

* Humorously done in ''[[Maze Megaburst Space]]''. Basically ''everyone'' the titular character travels with ends up sexually interested in either of the two mazes, with the exception of the old man. Wanna know what's worse? {{spoiler|The two mazes eventually are revealed to be siblings and [[Brother-Sister Incest|in love with each other]]. Guh?}}

** And everything seems to get settled with a rather massive [[Tenchi Solution]] on everyone's part. Isn't it wonderful when it cleans up nicely?

* Hinata likes [[Naruto]], who likes Sakura, who likes Sasuke (complete with endless [[Ship Tease|Ship Teasing]] about how any of these ''might'' become requited, though the last one has pretty much fallen out of tease). On top of this Ino ''might'' still like Sasuke and Tenten ''might'' like Lee who in turn ''might'' still like Sakura, and Shikamaru ''might'' like Ino, who ''might'' like him; or he ''might'' like Temari, who also ''might'' like him. Dear God in Heaven! That's not even all of it.

** Sasuke is definately E, Sakura is A, Naruto is both F & H along with Rock Lee's I, and Hinata is J. See main article above, except for that last one.

** 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.

** 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...

** 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.

* ''[[Gankutsuou]]'' is one ''huge'' [[Love Dodecahedron]]. There's the Count, who used to be in a [[Love Triangle]] with Albert's parents, but his love and friendship with Albert's mom and dad turned to hate. Haydee seems to love the Count too, though it's debatable whether it reaches the realm of romantic or just as a father substitute. And then Albert has a gigantic crush on the Count, who might have {{spoiler|eventually felt something for Albert too, considering that it was [[Ho Yay|the power of Albert's kiss]] that made the Count return to being human}}. Albert also initially seemed to have a crush on Peppo, until he found out that {{spoiler|"she" was actually a "he", and that he was actually a spy for the Count}}. Peppo does have a crush on Albert, though. And Albert's [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|best friend Franz]] is [[Love Martyr|secretly and desperately]] [[Ho Yay|in love]] with Albert, who is completely oblivious. But Franz has a fiancee, Valentine, who was in love with him (and rather jealous of Albert). Maximilien falls in love with Valentine, and she eventually reciprocates his feelings. And then there's Albert's fiancee, Eugenie, who initially thinks she doesn't love him, but realizes later that she ''does'' -- Albert, however, is sort of confused about her {{spoiler|however in the end he realizes that he really loves her.}} And then there's Andrea, who, for revenge, [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|tries to rape Eugenie]] ''and'' {{spoiler|seduces his ''[[Squick|own mother]]''}}... and that's not even getting into all the women the Count managed to seduce. Messy relations indeed.

* ''[[Akikan]]'' has one that encompasses almost all of its cast. Goro "Gigolo" Amaji is in love with Yurika, who's lesbian for Najimi. Najimi has been in love with Kakeru since they were kids, but her Akikan Yell is sweet on her. Kakeru has Najimi's crush on him, as well as his [[Magical Girlfriend]] and Akikan, Melon. He may have something going for Kizaki, while Kizaki's boss Otoya is in love with him.

** [[Word of God]] actually says that Lelouch views C.C as his equal and not as a mother figure, but at the same time made it clear that [[Platonic Life Partners|those feelings]] are are not romantic in nature. It's more a case of [[A Boy and His X]]. Well, [[A Boy and His X|A Boy And His]] [[Mysterious Waif|waifish]], [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|immortal]] [[Cute Witch|Geass Witch]], as the case may be.

** Overall, Lelouch is a [[Celibate Hero]] and highly reactionary about romance Even his {{spoiler|short-lived romance with Shirley}} is started by her alone, without any suggestion that Lelouch was interested in a romantic relationship with her beforehand. On the other hand, he admits that the closest to a first love he had was Euphemia, and propositioned [[Sex for Solace]] to Kallen during a [[Heroic BSOD]] of his (and got rewarded with a slap).

* 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:

{{quote| ''"Wait a sec... If Prisma likes Saphire, and Saphire liked Emerald, and Emerald liked Diamond, and Diamond likes Serena, and Serena likes Darian... Then does that mean this whole plot is a love [[Love Dodecahedron|Hexagon]]?"''}}

** 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.

*** 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.

* ''[[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.

** 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.

* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', with the added [[Squick]] value of having most of the arrows being [[Interspecies Romance|interspecies]]. Let's see. Quite a few people have crushes on [[Nice Guy|Fuyuki]] including [[Split Personality|Momoka]] and a reporter from the school newspaper. He is mostly [[Oblivious to Love]], but seems to have developed a crush on a one-shot character he met near the beginning of the story (a mermaid, by the way). Keroro has attracted the attentions of [[Yandere|Tamama]] (another male Keronian) and [[Apocalypse Maiden|Angol Moa]]. [[Ninja|Koyuki]] likes [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Natsumi]] and so does [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Giroro]]. Natsumi for her part likes Mutsumi, who <s>likes himself</s> I mean shows no strong romantic interest. Giroro himself has also attracted the attentions of another: a cat.

* ''[[Inuyasha]]'', with six or so sets of love triangles all linking in with each other. Okay, so where to start.

* ''[[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.

* Subverted slightly in the manga ''Wa!'', while there is a compilcated love comedy situation involving many characters, the path of crushes and admiration is written so that it forms a perfect circle. A loves B who loves C who loves D who loves E who loves F who loves A. How this will be eventually resolved is anyone's guess.

** As one [[YouTube]] commenter puts it- "The SHIPPING standings- Ryuuji likes Minorin, but likes Taiga as well without knowing it. Ami likes Ryuuji. Taiga likes Yuusaku, but probably Ryuuji as well without knowing it. Yuusaku is friends with Taiga, but not really anything else. Minorin likes Ryuuji, but thinks that Taiga likes him more."

*** 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?}}.

** 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.

* ''[[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.

* [[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!'''

 

* 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.

* 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 [http://uncannyxmen.net/db/article/showquestion.asp?faq=4&fldAuto=189 flowchart].

* 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]].

* 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...

 

* ''[[Peanuts]]'': Marcie loves either Charlie Brown or Peppermint Patty, who loves Charlie Brown, who loves the Little Red-Haired Girl. Woodstock loves (or at least is jealous of) Snoopy [[Interspecies Romance|who loves]] Lucy who loves Schroeder [[Cargo Ship|who loves his piano]]. Sally loves Linus, who [[Precocious Crush|loves Ms. Othmar]] and/[[Cargo Ship|or his blanket]].

** 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]].

 

 

== Fan Fiction ==

* ''[[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''...

 

 

== Films ==

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

{{quote| '''Michael:''' You should have seen the look on her face when she thought I was a lesbian.<br />

 

== Literature ==

* 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.

* In Maria McCann's ''As Meat Loves Salt'', Jacob loves and marries Caro, but rapes and abandons her over jealousy of her, friendship with his brother, Isaiah. Then he meets and falls in love with Ferris, only for Caro to reappear {{spoiler|and start an affair with Ferris.}} Then its revealed that Jacob may have {{spoiler|had a sexual relationship with Isaiah in the past.}}

* In Chekhov's ''[[The Seagull]]'' Medviedenko loves Masha, who loves Treplyov, who loves Nina, who loves Trigorin, who is loved by Irina. Everybody's unhappy.

* A poem by Brazilian author Carlos Drummond de Andrade: "João loved Teresa who loved Raimundo who loved Maria who loved Joaquim who loved Lili who loved no one".

* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': Ned Stark married Catelyn Tully [[Arranged Marriage|to cement the Stark/Tully alliance against the Targaryens]], but he also apparently had a thing for Ashara Dayne ([[Epileptic Trees|who may or may not be his babymama]], and who was also lusted after by Ser Baristan Selmy, and some theorize by Ned's brother, Brandon). Ned also had a healthy amount of [[Ho Yay]] with his best friend, Robert Baratheon, who was in love with Ned's sister, Lyanna, but ended up marrying Cersei Lannister. Both Lyanna and Cersei had the hots for [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Rhaegar Targaryen]], though Cersei is also getting it on with {{spoiler|her [[Twincest|twin brother Jaime]], her cousin Lancel, Lady Taena Merryweather, all three of the Kettleback brothers and possibly Moonboy}} (Yeah, Cersei's kind of a [[Depraved Bisexual|slut]]). Catelyn's sister Lysa is married to Ned and Robert's adoptive father, Jon Arryn, but is also engaged in a clandestine affair with Littlefinger, whom she eventually marries after her husband's death. Littlefinger, however, was madly in love with Catelyn, who [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|loves him like a brother, but no more.]] Now, though, he's found a [[Replacement Goldfish|suitable replacement]] in [[Squick|Catelyn's teenage daughter, Sansa]]. Robert's brother, Renly, is married to Margaery Tyrell, but is <s> implied</s> stated (by [[Word of God]]) to be [[Camp Gay|sleeping with her brother Loras]]. Additionally, Renly's bodyguard, Brianne has [[Bodyguard Crush|a major crush on him]], but latter develops a rather tender relationship with none other than Jaime Lannister, Cersei's brother. Yeah, love in Westeros is complicated, and this doesn't even get into Jon and Dany's generation.

* The entire point of ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' is resolving ''one'' of these. [[media:Pride_and_Prejudice_Character_Map.png|To clarify...]] (and beware spoilers)

* ''[[The Secret History]]'' revolves around six college students, five men and one woman, who are all too smart for their own good. A [[Love Dodecahedron]] and many [[Tragic Dream|Tragic Dreams]] ensue.

* Ah, ''[[Warrior Cats]]''. Let's start with the main character, shall we? Cinderpelt (who seems to have some chemistry with Littlecloud, who had a bit of [[Ho Yay]] with Whitethroat, but [[Your Mileage May Vary]]) was in love with Firestar, [[Oblivious to Love|who never knew]]. Firestar and Spottedleaf liked each other for the brief period of time that she was alive, and they continue to meet in dreams even after her death, much to the chagrin of Sandstorm, his mate, who's been paired with [[Complete Monster|Scourge]] and previously was friends with Dustpelt, who thought it was something more. Dustpelt eventually became the mate of Ferncloud. Now skip ahead about six books, and you'll find that Cinderpelt has been {{spoiler|reincarnated as Cinderheart after her death}}. Cinderheart may or may not like Jayfeather, and Jayfeather (who's also been shipped with Poppyfrost, who is said to have kits in the next series, and {{spoiler|had a love interest named Half Moon when he traveled back to the time of a previous incarnation of himself}}) may or may not like her back. Then, of course, one must consider the possibility of Cinderheart falling for Lionblaze, who is somewhat like Firestar. Icepaw may have a crush Lionblaze as well, according to Erin Hunter. Not to mention that Lionblaze used to be 'friends' with Heathertail, who hates him because he broke up with her, and she may or may not be [[Just Friends]] with Breezepelt.

* ''[[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.

 

 

* This trope is why daytime soap operas exist. 'Nuff said.

* [[Chow Yun Fat]], before the [[Heroic Bloodshed]] roles that put him on the map of Hong Kong movie stardom, rose to fame as a man caught in several love dodecahedrons in the (appropriately named) Hong Kong drama series "The Man in the Net."

* The first season of ''[[Smallville]]'', after setting up a [[Love Triangle]] with Clark and Whitney both wanting Lana, regularly increased its geometrical complexity by throwing others into the mix; the (Kryptonite meteor-rock influenced) Villain of the Week was sometimes romantically interested in Lana as well (and might even start to get somewhere until revealed to be hideously transformed when not masquerading as still human), while Lex Luthor would intervene to try to break up some of these pairings... but was this being done as friendly help for Clark's benefit, or because he too had secret designs on <s>Lana</s> [[Ho Yay|Clark]]? It didn't help that seemingly every man, woman and child in Kansas developed an unhealthy obsession with Lana Lang at some point, and Lex's relationship with Clark was staggeringly homoerotic until about season four when they had a messy off-camera break-up.

** 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).

** 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]].

* ''[[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.

*** Perhaps at some point between ''Caprica'' and ''Galactica'' [[Fridge Brilliance|group marriages were outlawed]]?

* ''90210'', in its short-lived run so far, has had a lot of that: Ethan left Naomi for Annie, then kissed Rhonda and finally, before leaving the show, fell in love with Silver, who was Dixon's girlfriend and in season two would become official with Teddy, who had been the reason why Adrianna broke up with Navid. Teddy also flirted with Naomi (but nothing ever happened once they discovered who he was).

* ''[[Friends]]'' plays the trope a bit subtly, with most main characters having made out with each other (including same-gender pairs) although only Ross/Rachel and Chandler/Monica actually slept together. Rachel dated Joey but they broke up before having sex. It's also worth mentioning that several minor characters were with at least two of the main cast (Chip with Monica and Rachel, Janice with Chandler and Ross, Kathy with Chandler and Joey), resulting in short-lived triangles that sometimes could fade away quickly, sometimes added some weight to the storyline.

* In an episode of ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'', this trope was used. Earl was in love with Billie, but so were Stuart, Frank, and [[Faux Yay|Catalina]]. Paco, Catalina's childhood lover, was in love with her -- but she didn't believe him. Frank was also interested in Billie's cousin. And Kenny was in love with Stuart, too. In the end, it was turned into four neat couples, two of which were continued at least until the end of the season.

* The Taiwanese [[Buddy Cop Show]] ''Black and White'' has a [[Love Dodecahedron]] that transcends the borders between police and outlaws. The mismatched buddies dandy Chen Zai Tian and straight-laced Wu Ying Xiong are at the center. They both like [[Mafia Princess]] Chen Lin who can't decide between the two. Chen Zai Tian also loves a girl from his past and Wu Ying Xiong rekindles an old flame which ends badly. Chen Lin has another admirer in runaway mercenary Ma Xiao Ming. Then there is Lan Xi Ying from the forensics who has a deep crush on Wu Ying Xiong but developes a nice connection with Chen Zai Tian also ''and'' she awakens long buried feelings in the hitman Cheng Nuo.

** [[It Got Worse|And now for season two.]] Emma is dating Carl {{spoiler|and marries him in Vegas}}, though Will keeps chasing her {{spoiler|and has post-divorce sex with Terri, once}}. Finn and Rachel become the closest the cast has to a [[Beta Couple]] {{spoiler|(until they break up when Rachel finds out about his fling with Santana and promptly cheats on him with Puck...again)}}, when Tina dumps Artie for Mike. Artie wants her back, but dates Brittany to make Tina jealous (though he seems to be over her now). Kurt tries to seduce the new kid, Sam, but Finn and Burt convince him to back off, leaving Sam open to date (sorta) Quinn, until {{spoiler|she cheats on him with Finn}} after which he starts dating Santana, who is actually in love with {{spoiler|Brittany but initially too scared and make it a real relationship, until she does and Brittany lets her down easy because she's still dating Artie.}} The one time Kurt stands up to Karofsky {{spoiler|he kisses Kurt}}, though the latter denies it. Kurt is currently crushing on Blaine (the only other openly gay character on the show, not counting Rachel's dads), who is heavily implied to be Kurt's future boyfriend. And Puck has a one-night stand with [[Sixth Ranger|Lauren]] in return for her joining Glee club, and still seems to have a crush on Quinn.

** Blaine and Rachel also made out, then went out on a date as well.

* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' had always had a few of these, but by season four things just got ridiculous.

* 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.

* [[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.

** Generation 2: In the first episode, best friends Freddie, Cook and JJ all meet Effy and all immediately fall for her. Cook and Effy sleep together and continue to for much of the series, while Freddie continues to pine for Effy. Effy's best friend Pandora gets together with Thomas, but after he leaves the country, she starts an affair with Cook, which she continues after her boyfriend returns. While all this is going on, Naomi and Emily start up a heartfelt but unofficial romance behind closed doors. Naomi tells Cook that she'll sleep with him if he wins the student election, which she almost goes through with when he does. Emily gives JJ a sympathy shag for him to lose his virginity. Effy falls for Freddie, but he has started a relationship with Emily's twin, Katie. While high on shrooms, Effy gets into a fight with Katie and hits her with a rock, and then sleeps with Freddie. After Katie is taken into hospital, Effy shamefully skips town with Cook. The next episode, despite Katie's interference, Emily and Naomi resolve their issues and become an offical couple. Meanwile, Pandora apologizes for her affair and makes up with Thomas. In the series finale, JJ and Freddie track down Cook and Effy. JJ demands that Effy choose between the three of them right there and then; she picks Freddie. In series 4, Freddie and Effy are a couple but Cook still holds feelings for Effy. Naomi cheats on Emily with Sophia (who kills herself when Naomi begins ignoring her) and the two all but break up. Emily falls to pieces and starts punishing Naomi by having affairs with other girls. Thomas, still angry at Pandora for sleeping with Cook, cheats on her with Andrea. Naomi kisses Cook but rejects him because she's in love with Emily. JJ finds a girlfriend in Lara. Katie kisses and develops feelings for Thomas. Effy goes crazy and almost kills herself, and gets a psychologist, John Foster. Foster falls in love with Effy and so {{spoiler|beats Freddie to death with a baseball bat}}. The series ends with both Naomi and Emily and Thomas and Pandora reuniting, while Cook {{spoiler|ambigulously fights Foster to avenge Freddie.}}

** US: Following the pattern of UK's Gen 1, Tony and Michelle are a couple, while Stanley loves Michelle and Cadie loves Stanley. But Tony loves Tea, as does Abbud, while Tea, a lesbian, strikes up a relationship with Betty, but sleeps with Tony. Abbud then sleeps with Daisy.

** The bare-bone relationships in the first season: Jeff wants to sleep with Britta so he starts a study group to get close to her. Britta thinks he is manipulative and wants to be just friends with Jeff so instead dates Vaughn for a short while. Annie has had a crush on Troy since highschool. Troy not knowing this starts to date Randy (Randy can be a girl's name!). Realizing Troy won't recipricate her feelings, Annie dates Vaughn. Jeff and Britta unsuccessfully try to sabotage Annie's relationship with Vaughn by getting Troy interested in Annie. Jeff starts a comitted relationship with Prof. Slater, his statistic professor. Jeff and Annie share a kiss while participating in debate. Britta drunk dials Jeff. Jeff drunk dials both Britta and Slater. During the last dance of the year Annie breaks up with Vaughn when he moves to a new college. At the same dance Britta and Slater make public professions of love towards Jeff. Jeff runs away from both and moments later makesout with Annie.

* [[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.

** Around the same time Ianto was clearly involved with Jack, Jack was involved with his namesake in the episode "Captain Jack Harkness".

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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]].

 

== Theater ==

* ''A Little Night Music'' has a series of interlocking [[Love Triangle|Love Triangles]] that take in most of the cast.

* This also extends to all of the plays, books, and movies based ''off'' of said Shakespeare works. One such example is ''All Shook Up'': Chad loves Sandra who hates him and loves Ed who doesn't exist because he's actually Natalie because she wants to be with Chad who's first sidekick is Dennis who loves Natalie whose dad is Jim who loves Sandra and later loves Sylvia who is so jaded that she doesn't love anyone at first but later falls for Jim who gives Dennis advice on how to approach Natalie, who is friends with Lorraine who is in love with Dean who is Matilda's son who hates interracial marriage despite giving birth to a mixed child but later marries her sidekick Earl who is supposed to arrest Chad who later loves Ed/Natalie until he finds out that Ed is actually a woman and runs away. By the end of the musical, Jim is married to Sylvia, Matilda is married to Earl, Dean and Lorraine are dating, Sandra and Dennis (inexplicably) get married despite the age difference, and Chad gets over Natalie being a girl and they marry by compromising "maybe once in a while you can put on that hat and the beard... we'll work something out".

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

{{quote| ''Sweet Polly Pluncket saw her life pass<br />

"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]]''

* 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.

* ''[[Luminous Arc 2]]'' have one ''mostly'' revolves around Roland. He can end up with either Althea or Fatima, while gaining affections, via Intermissions, from Dia (who also have a few [[Ship Tease]] with his brother, Rasche), [[Winged Humanoid|Sadie]] and Karen, who's oblivious to Ace's interest in her, as well as getting distracted by some of the girls in their Hot Spring Intemissions (Dia, Luna, Ayano, I'm looking at you). Rina, despite being Roland's childhood friend, just [[Fan Girl]] over Richter.

* One village in ''[[Dragon Quest VII]]'' features one of these: To pay off her family's debt to the richest family in town, Linda is [[Arranged Marriage|engaged]] to their son [[Upperclass Twit|Iwan]]. However, Linda ''really'' loves Pepe, one of their gardeners. Meanwhile, [[Meido|Maid]] Kaya loves Iwan, but Iwan is too busy lusting after Linda and fuming with jealousy over her obvious love for Pepe. Notably, {{spoiler|things ''don't work out'' in the long run}}.

* [[Legend of Mana]] -- Matilda loves Irwin (who sort of loves her back, but since he's a demon he expresses it weirdly), but is also more or less married to her job; Escad loves Matilda; Daena is torn between Matilda and Escad. It ends with {{spoiler|everybody except one person dead, Matilda as the Seventh Wisdom, and Irwin wanting to reincarnate himself without any memories of the woman he loves because it was so messy}}.

** 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.

** 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]].

* ''[[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]]'': Ceilidh and Joe are the [[Official Couple]], but Joe is primarily interested in Helène, the girlfriend of Alan (who would much rather be with Ceilidh), and secondarily interested in Phoebe, who, if she likes anyone, likes ''Ceilidh''; Ryan and Iain are also interested in Phoebe. Ceilidh ''herself'' isn't sure whether she likes Joe, Iain, {{spoiler|or Phoebe}}...but definitely not Alan.

** Perhaps [http://xkcd.com/173/ this] is a better example?

* ''[[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...

{{quote| '''[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic{{=}}1089 Therapist]:''' Hang on, hang on. I'm gonna get some thumbtacks and colored strings so we can diagram this.}}

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

* ''[[Star Guys]]'' has a ''wonderful'' one: Jupiter likes Venus, who likes Jupiter back ([[Cannot Spit It Out|but neither know]]), Centauri ''also'' likes Venus and wants her back, but Venus is oblivious to him. Meanwhile, Saturn likes Mercury, who likes Neptune, while Earth and Orceus like Ana, who's [[Asexuality|asexual]], and hates Earth. Finally, Pluto likes Mars (who may or may not like him back), whilst Jeeves likes Pluto, despite him stating that he's gay.

* The [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100316.html Love Scorecard] explains things in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]].''

** Oh, but there's more. <ref>Feferi now seems to be matesprits with Sollux, who used to be with Aradia. Aradia is now in an alternating love/hate relationship with Equius, who is Nepeta's moirail, who might have a crush on Karkat, who has a thing with Terezi and once believed John to be his kismesis. This means that out of all the trolls, Gamzee is the only one not romantically involved. Canonically, anyway.</ref>

** And again... <ref>As of the September hiatus, Gamzee is flushed for Tavros and in an official moirallegiance with Karkat.</ref>

*** And that's not all! <ref>Karkat, admits he's flushed for Terezi, while future!Karkat pooints out that he's been hateflirting with her too. He's also worried Terezi and Dave may have a thing going on. Dave called Roxy a "choice babe" without knowledge that that was his mom. Fans are also debating whether [[Lipstick Lesbian|Kanaya]]'s hatred for [[Lethal Joke Character|Gamzee]] is platonic or not.</ref>

* All of the major characters in ''[[Out There]]'', with the notable exception of John, have at one time or another been infatuated with at least one of the other major characters. Miriam, as the main character, has dated, had flings with, or been otherwise at least temporarily fascinated with no less than 8 major characters: {{spoiler|'''John''' (unrequited love/lust), '''Wally''' (fling, as part of the back story), '''Chuck''' ("officially" dated), '''Clayton''' (aborted fling), '''Sherry''' (unconfirmed, but strongly implied, past fling and/or relationship), '''Rod''' (fling), '''Steven''' ("officially" dated), and '''Araceli''' (infatuation)}}; this doesn't even cover the list of characters (most of them minor or non-recurring characters) who have been at least temporarily captivated by ''her''. While Miriam holds the record in all love/lust categories, Sherry's list is almost as impressive (embarrassing?): {{spoiler|'''Steven''' (dated, as part of the back story), '''John''' (brief, and relatively mild, infatuation during a short period of essentially platonic dating), '''Chuck''' (big-time crush, finally culminating in an "official" relationship that is ongoing), '''Rod''' (brief interest until he "blew it"), '''Clayton''' (one-sided—he wants her, she's repulsed), '''Araceli''' (one-sided—Sherry is clueless about Ari's infatuation), and of course, '''Miriam''' (unconfirmed).}} ''Out There'' is unabashedly a soap opera.

* ''[[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 ==

 

 

* [[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."

** [[Shotacon|Carly was an older woman]]

** Peter ''also'' [[Precocious Crush|liked Betty Brant]], who turned him down and seems to have gotten together with [[Intrepid Reporter|Ned Lee]]. Also, [[Dating Catwoman|Black Cat likes Peter]] (or Spider-Man, at least), giving him a total of ''five'' [[Love Interest|Love Interests]]. Also, [[Rival Turned Evil|Eddie Brock]] had a "just friends" date with Gwen and then tried to date Mary Jane just to screw with Peter, but his real true love is {{spoiler|the symbiote}}. And if we take comic canon into account, Harry and Liz [[Pair the Spares|would have probably started dating]] at some point. Confused yet?

** Aang. He's both [[The Hero]], and alphabetically the first character. Aang early on develops affections for one of the other core three characters, Katara. Katara later develops feelings for Aang as well {{spoiler|and eventually chooses him}}. Aang is also the target of a strong crush by Meng, the assistant to the fortune teller Aunt Wu. Also, nearly all of the young girls on Kyoshi island are Aang fangirls, attempting to win his affections.

** [[Team Mom|Katara]] has strong feelings for Aang, but it takes her time to sort out exactly how she feels about him. She also develops an off again on again, sometimes hostile feelings with the freedom fighter Jet. She also, at one point, opens up her heart to angsty Zuko, and considers using the [[Plot Coupon]] magic water on him. Some interpretations of the show also hold that her feelings towards Haru the earthbender are romantic.

** [[Badass Normal|Sokka]] first becomes romantically attached to Suki, one of the warriors of Kyoshi island, who opens his eyes to the fact that a person can be both a girl, and a warrior. Later on, after they have separated for a time, Sokka develops a strong attachment to Princess Yue, the princess of the Northern Water Tribe. They go on several dates before, as Sokka puts it {{spoiler|"My first girlfriend turned into the moon."}}<ref>That's rough, buddy.</ref> After leaving the north pole, they pick up the fourth member of their four kid band, the earth bending master Toph Bei Fong. She eventually develops a one-sided affection for Sokka. Acrobatics and pressure points master Ty Lee definitely thinks that Sokka is cute, and is quite flirtatious with him, even in the middle of combat. At several points in the series Sokka returns at least some measure of the flirting. Suki later joins the group on a more permanent basis, and the two get together. Then there's the way he treats his [[I Call It Vera|boomerang]]...

** Princess Azula is, by [[Word of God]], [[Brother-Sister Incest|attracted]] to Zuko, but for several reasons nothing came of it. She also attempts to hook up with a boyfriend, but can't pull it off. Ty Lee also feels a one-sided [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] for Azula, but Azula cannot comprehend such strange things as "friendship" and "love."

** Allow me to put this in the simplest terms possible - the ''Avatar'' fandom has literally paired everyone with everyone else at some point or another. So, naturally, all the above mentioned dodecahedrons and then some tend to show up.

* Jimmy from ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' has his original love interest, Betty Quinlin, who seemed to have a "aw he's cute, but it'll never happen" attitude towards him. Of course there's [[Official Couple|Cindy]]. He falls for a pretty girl at the rodeo (along with Sheen and Carl, who battle with him for her affections). In "Win Lose Kaboom", he gets in a brief relationship with a [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]] named April, much to his main love interest's dismay.

* How have we gone this far without mention of ''[[Hey Arnold]]''? Let's see, Brainy likes Helga, who likes Arnold, who likes Ruth. Later, Arnold likes Lila, who doesn't ''like'' like him back but does ''like'' like his cousin Arnie, who has a girlfriend Lulu who likes Arnold who likes Hilda who likes Arnie and... ugh, my head!

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

** 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.)

** 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|Official Couples]] are going to be; it's just that one of those couples wants to trade in.