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So if [[First Girl Wins]], [[Last Girl Wins]], and/or [[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends]] clearly aren't where the plot is going, there's another way to resolve the situation: Instead of choosing one girl, the protagonist simply [[Polyamory|marries them all and they all live as one large family]].
The happiness of those involved depends on where on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] the series is; the ''only'' way this kind of ending will not end in a perpetual warzone of a [[Dysfunctional Family]] with an emotionally-dead [[Henpecked Husband]] (''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]'') or a bloodbath within the year (''[[School Days]]'') is if the wives are also close friends who love ''each-other'' like sisters ([[Double Entendre|or something]] [[Yuri|else]]).
In [[Real Life]], such a thing is called polygamy, and is frowned upon in many countries. Where legal, it may be used for producing continuations of the bloodline and having people to clean the house rather than love like above.
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** In one of the sound episodes Shirley, while thinking about how to give Lelouch her concert tickets, keeps imagining how he will reject her. In her [[Imagine Spot]] she starts pairing him up with various people, and it all ends with Kallen, Milly, [[Brother-Sister Incest|Nunnaly]], [[Ho Yay|Rivalz, Suzaku]] and [[Interspecies Romance|Arthur]] deciding to share Lelouch between them and inviting Shirley to join in.
*** There are also hints that Milly is interested in Lelouch... which, combined with her supporting Shirley's desire to date Lelouch, makes you wonder if she gave up on him, only started feeling that way in season 2, or was planning to seduce Shirley and become a trio. She is the woman described as "like a dirty old man" by her best friend.
* In a later episode of the ''[[Sorcerer Hunters]]'' anime, Tira and Chocolat have a heartfelt sisterly talk about their feelings for Carrot, and it's strongly hinted that not only don't they mind sharing, but Carrot wouldn't mind being shared ([[
** The manga version handles the triangle differently; Carrot and Tira become the [[Official Couple]] at the end, and Chocolat decides to wish them well... as long as ''she's'' the first to have "Darling"'s child. {{spoiler|The [[Revival]] manga shows that she's accomplished her mission, with her as the mother of two children that she ''swears'' she can't remember the father of...}}
* In the ''[[Maburaho]]'' anime, Kazuki uses his magic to create ''ten clones'' of himself, just so there's enough of him for the girls to share. This solves nothing whatsoever, as the [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] wants them ALL for herself.
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** Complicating things further is that the one he has already chosen {{spoiler|isn't the real Moka -- it's technically a personality constructed by the rosary itself. So the ''rosary'' is a haremette.}}
* At the end of the ''[[Photon]]'' OVA, our heroes have dispatched the [[Big Bad]], and two of the three girls in Photon's [[Harem]] start bickering over who gets him. Photon promptly [[Face Doodling|draws on each of their foreheads]] the same kana for [[Baka]] that's on his forehead ([[It Makes Sense in Context|it's an in-universe cultural thing, apparently]]), and proudly declares "I'll protect all of you!"
* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Orihime suggests something close to this effect. Though her feelings for Ichigo are obvious from the beginning of the manga, she eventually asks Rukia point-blank if she has feelings for Ichigo. Rukia denies this, and Orihime is actually ''disappointed'' because she feels that [[
** In the 23th anime ending, [[Chivalrous Pervert|Shunsui]] is shown having a date with two girls: his lieutenant [[Hot Librarian|Nanao Ise]] and {{spoiler|his ex-lieutenant}} [[Meganekko|Lisa Yadomaru]] from the Vaizards.
* Brutally averted in the ''[[School Days]]'' anime: Things do not work out between the [[Love Triangle]] and it ends with Makoto {{spoiler|being [[Knife Nut|stabbed to death by Sekai]], who just [[Break the Cutie|can't take it anymore]]. Kotonoha later [[Ax Crazy|kills Sekai with a cleaver]], cuts her open to confirm she wasn't pregnant, and, apparently completely insane, leaves with [[Off with His Head|Makoto's severed head]] in a gym bag.}}
** Though it should be noticed that, in the [[Visual Novel]], [[
* In ''[[Shuffle]]!'', particularly the original H-Game/[[Visual Novel]], no matter who Rin ends up with, Shin-ou reminds everyone that polygamy is legal in Shinkai.
** In the sequel/expansion Shuffle! Essence+ this is explicitly the ending for Kareha that Rin agree to marry both her and her sister Tsubomi and more specifically in Tsubomi's end that she refuses to have a relationship with Rin unless he agree to marry EVERY girl who's in love with him as well.
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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* The concept of the [[
* Played with [[Shinji and Warhammer40K|Shinji and Warhammer 40 K]] in-universe. Shinji's fan clubs are adverse to the idea ("The four points star was not a valid option, dammit."), the Farseer in his head wants this and Rei is practically shoving the idea down his throat.
* Played for comedy in [[DC Nation]]'s [http://community.livejournal.com/dc_nation/tag/%22heaven+or+las+vegas%22 Heaven or Las Vegas]. The Zamaraons attempt to figure out what makes the [[Green Lantern|Green Lanterns]] of Earth tick and refine the process behind the Star Sapphire rings. To do this, they take the Earth-based lanterns, and put them in a theme-park version of Las Vegas. While most of the Lanterns wake up in the surreal "test environment" with the woman they're currently dating, Hal wakes up in bed with Carol Ferris, Arisia, "Cowgirl Jill," and [[Blackhawk|Zinda "Lady Blackhawk" Blake]] -- ALL AT ONCE.
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== Literature ==
* In Robert Jordan's [[Wheel of Time]] series, Rand al'Thor is bonded as a warder (i.e. more than married...) to all three of his love interests: Min, Elayne and Avienda. This makes for some awkward sexy times, as all three women can telepathically sense one another.
* Happens at the end of M.A.R. Barker's ''The Man of Gold'' with {{spoiler|Hársan, Eyil, and Tlayesha}}.
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== Visual Novels ==
* One pathway in ''[[Shojokyuu [[Kurige no Shiofuki Shoujotachi]]]]'' involves [[Schoolgirl Lesbian]] Haruna, getting together will all the girls who've crushed on her plus some others totalling a harem of eight.
* As mentioned above, while the [[School Days]] anime does NOT go this route, you can potentially get Makoto to score ''and'' stay with both Kotonoha and Sekai.
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