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An aversion of [[Love Dodecahedron]] (and [[Love Triangle|other polygons]]). No competition, no rivalries--[[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends]] was in play from the very beginning, and everyone falls in line with their destined other in a stable relationship.
It's admirable of the creator to wish that everybody gets their happy ending, but lands the story far on the idealistic side of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]].
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Often, if a character is left out of a relationship in stories that do this, it's heavily implied that the character is gay or lesbian.
Compare with [[Pair the Spares]] (the [[Love Dodecahedron]] version) and [[No Going Steady]], which breaks up [[Love Dodecahedron
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Except for Ling's short-lived, played-for-laughs flirting with Winry and some references to early rivalry between Ed and Al over her, the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga and second anime adaption are like this. This lack of love triangles may account for why many fans of the series declare their favorite couple to be completely canon, despite the fact that no popular couple entered a real relationship during the bulk of the series, {{spoiler|and even by the end only one pairing was completely confirmed in-story to have gotten anywhere, though a second one was as good as confirmed in some notes of a later released artbook}}.
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* Similarly, the ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'' manga has a complete lack of love triangles, so the three main relationships progress at their own paces and pretty much just fall into place.
* In ''[[Eureka Seven]]'', there are ''seven'' consistent couples, and the characters involved in these relationship make up most of the main cast. In this story, love is a theme, so these couples are used to make a point.
* Ryohgo Narita, the author of ''[[Baccano!]]'' and ''[[Durarara!!]]'', really likes this trope. In both series, there are no significant cases of characters competing for romantic affections, all the more remarkable due to Narita's love of putting his main characters in relationships.
** Namie/Seiji/Mika/ {{spoiler|Celty's Head}} seems pretty significant.
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* In the fantasy works of [[David Eddings]], most of the companions have a love match whom they end up with without any serious problems. This is eventually [[Lampshading|lampshaded]] at a couple of points, and is implied to happen due to, essentially, divine intervention.
** And in some cases, quite literal divine intervention, as a particular goddess takes pains to clear up any tangles before they become problematic.
** Still, it's not like some love isn't unrequited. In ''[[The Belgariad]]'', Silk loves a woman he can't have, and Mandorallen practically ''revels'' in holding up under the noble love of a woman he can't
** Comically, Mandorallen was so prepared to have his love unrequited for his whole life that he has no idea what to do with her, and is very uncomfortable with the entire concept of actively pursuing her.
* Pretty much the entire world of ''[[Xanth]]''. Justified since the land itself apparently likes it that way. In nearly four decades and dozens of books there are two exceptions:
** The very brief triangle between Bink, Trent and Iris - which was only a "triangle" as much as Iris was openly power hungry and looked to side which ever one of the two men came out on top. [[Characterization Marches On|A lot has changed in the series since then.]]
** The [[Because Destiny Says So|semi-magically enforced]] triangle between Dolph,<ref>paternal grandson of Bink, maternal grandson of Trent</ref>
* ''[[Animorphs]]''. Jake and Cassie like each other, Rachel and Tobias love each other, and fanfiction writers [[Ho Yay|want to believe Marco and Ax are in a relationship]]. At the end of the series, {{spoiler|Jake and Cassie don't end up together and Rachel dies, so...not so much with the happy endings}}.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Victorious]]'', although it's still early{{when}}, out of the 7 main characters, 4 girls, 3 boys, Jade/Beck/Tori is the only real rivalry thus far. The prevalent pairings in the fandom follow this trope to the letter so far, with most of the support going to [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Tori/Andre]], Cat/Robbie as a [[Beta Couple]], and leaving Jade/Beck together. The [[Les Yay]] pairings have more support than other Het variations like Tori/Beck, Jade/Andre, Cat/Andre etc.
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* The ''[[Winx Club]]'' and the Specialists. You'd think with two groups of attractive teenagers you'd see a lot more romantic trouble, but I guess not. The only complications (besides the usual teen angst) are one-off characters.
** Interestingly enough, this carries over into ''WC'' fanfiction as well, where canon relationships make up a large majority of stories.
* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' where the main romance plot is strictly between the main character and [[Dating Catwoman|Rose]].
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