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== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Sukisho]]'' has Sora and Sunao (or Yoru and Ran) and [[Beta Couple|Nanami and Shinichirou]].

* Haruka (Sailor Uranus) and Michiru (Sailor Neptune) from ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. A rarity in that unlike the show's main couple, they're quite popular and shipping either of them with men usually leads to an extreme backlash.

** More importantly is the main character Usagi and her boyfriend Mamoru. Each has upwards of five people lusting after them, depending on the canon, but they are ''literal'' destined lovers. This doesn't stop the fanon, though.

*** As of the ''Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop'' manga, {{spoiler|Zechs and Noin, as well as Duo and Hilde}} are married, but in the latter case, {{spoiler|they divorced later}}.

** ''[[After War Gundam X]]'' has four final pairings ({{spoiler|Garrod and Tifa, Jamil and Salah, Toniya and Witz, Ennil and Roybea}}) but at least two or three are pretty clear throughout the series and just need to evolve into full-fledged love.

** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' have these in the end: Lunamaria and Shinn (despite the [[Strangled by the Red String|lack of build-up between the two]]), Lacus and Kira, and Murrue and Mu. Athrun and Cagalli ''were'' an Official Couple in the first series, but things got a lot [[UST|more ambiguous]] in ''Destiny'', and fandom has never been able to agree on the subject since.

** From ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', the fourth and presumably final ED could best be described as an Official Couple/BetaCouple montage, {{spoiler|namely Saji Crossroad/Louise Halevy (the series' first couple since S1), Allelujah Haptism/Soma Peries, Lyle Dylandy/Anew Returner, and [[Cargo Ship|Setsuna/Gundam]]. The finale adds Patrick/Kati, wedding ceremony and all.}}.

* Alice and Tonio from ''[[Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai|Pokémon the Rise of Darkrai]]'', as well as Ruby and Sapphire from ''[[Pokémon Special]]''.

** Jessie & James in the ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'' manga.

* Shiki and Mikiya of ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]''. Not very surprising, considering it's essentially a romance. Well, there's some stuff in there about the nature of personalities and murder too, but the romance is the important bit. [[Brother-Sister Incest|Azaka is really kind of unhappy about it.]]

* By ''[[When They Cry]]'''s [[Mind Screw|standards]], a few of the couples from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' look to be set in stone (unless it turns out someone's hiding something... [[Unreliable Narrator|again]]). Among those are: George/Shannon, Jessica/Kanon, Battler/{{spoiler|Beatrice}} (However, these three couples become very messy due to the fact that {{spoiler|all three cousins are in fact in love with the same person}}), and Bernkastel/Lambdadelta.

* [[Anastasia]] and Dimitri, whose [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] ends in an elopement.

* Garrett and Kayley in ''[[Quest for Camelot]]''.

* Derek and Odette in ''[[The Swan Princess]]''

* ''[[Corpse Bride]]'': Victor and Victoria.

** Also Matt and Caroline, although there is definitely a spark forming between Caroline and Tyler in season 2.

** And Jenna and Alaric.

* John Sheridan and Ambassador Delenn of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', who, as mentioned elsewhere, walked through fire for their love and lasted the entire run of the show.

* On ''[[ER]]'', couples came and went, with pretty much everyone dating pretty much everyone else at some point or another. The longest-lasting and most plot-driving couples on the show were [[Happily Married|Mark and Elizabeth]] and [[Slap Slap Kiss|Abby and Luka]], with minor pairings being Susan with flight nurse Chuck, Peter and Cleo, and lesbians Kerry and Sandy, {{spoiler|which ended tragically}}.

** ''[[Tales of Legendia]]''... well, it's complicated. {{spoiler|Both Shirley and Chloe are in love with Senel who, despite [[Ship Tease]], doesn't seem to like any of the two particularly, instead claiming to not be over Stella, his dead girlfriend. In the end of the first half of the game, he seemingly hooked up with Shirley... but then Character Quests kick in, and he's still in the single men zone}}. So, you could say that {{spoiler|Senel and Stella were an Official Couple, but after she was [[Killed Off for Real]] so was the Official Coupling, but Senel just can't seem to get that through his head.}}

*** Food for thought - when [[Tales of Symphonia|Zelos]] lists all the Tales series' official couples in ''Viva Tales Of'', he puts Senel with Shirley. That's the closest we got to official word by Namdai about the subject.

* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' gives us three: [[Anti-Hero|Jak]] and [[Wrench Wench|Keira]], [[Action Girl|Ashelin]] and [[Rebel Leader|Torn]], and [[Weasel Mascot|Daxter]] and [[Genius Ditz|Tess]]. God help you if you begin [[Running the Asylum]] and you [[Internet Backdraft|try to mess with their relationships]].

* Chaz Ashley and Rika in the 4th installment of the ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' series. [[Word of God]] via the prelims for a canceled sequel support this.

* Fox and Krystal in the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]'' games. Ever since her introduction, it's been made clear that one of Krystal's roles (outside of [[Ms. Fanservice|the more obvious]]) is that of Fox's [[Love Interest]]. ''Command'' left things in doubt when they split up briefly (some endings featured them getting back together, some featured them splitting apart), but it seems that game is [[Canon Discontinuity|being ignored]] and her profile in ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' the later year, whilst acknowledging their "relationship problems" from ''Command'' still cites them as being romantically involved at current time.

** Thanks to [[Alternate Continuity]] and [[Executive Meddling]] Fox McCloud is ''at the same time'' interested in Fara Phoenix. Cue [[Fan Dumb]] as the two bases [[Broken Base|fight each other]] over who is the ''more'' official couple.

** [[Word of God]] has confirmed [[Ho Yay|Jeff/Tony]], or at least one-sided on Tony's part.

** [[MOTHER 1]] has [[Toy Ship|Ninten/Ana]], which is so official that Ana pointblank asks Ninten if he likes her at one point.

* While it's left ambiguous enough that shippers could argue either way, ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' hints heavily that its official couple is meant to be a Vyse/Aika/Fina [[OT3]].

** Enrique and Moegi is more official. {{spoiler|The first scene of the ending is their marriage.}}

 

 

** Also to some extent, Gumshoe and Maggey. If only the big lug could work up the courage to ask her out, weenies just don't quite have the same effect.

** Ron and Desiree Delite

** Oddly enough, despite being quite clearly the official couple (every other route is also canon... as a build up to the grand finale dedicated to Nagisa), Nagisa doesn't get the sequel. [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Tomoyo]] did.

* Technically, she doesn't even really have an appearance except in the first two routes and Shiki can end up with one of five girls, but Arcueid/Shiki is basically ''[[Tsukihime]]'''s official couple. Her own path is first, the anime is based on her, the manga is based on her and she gets a [[Tenchi Solution]] in ''Ciel's'' good ending. Oh, and despite ''[[Melty Blood]]'' supposedly being based off [[Demoted to Extra|Satsuki's route]], Sion mentions that Shiki and Arcueid are lovers, though apparently they don't live together.

** Except until recent developments where Kazuo goes off the deep end and Miharu gives him up. The author has a way of messing with official couples—remember when everyone thought Maya and Fuuko were SO going to be a couple?

* Lance and Silvia in [http://www.shapequest.net Shape Quest], despite being [http://www.shapequest.net/?id=113 rather oblivious to it].

* Tom and Karla in ''Home on the Strange''.

* Piro and Kimiko from ''[[Megatokyo]]''.

* Gwen and Kevin in ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]].''

** Along with Ben and Julie later on.

* Cuddles and Giggles in ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''. An odd example, as she has been shown flirting with (or even ''dating'') other characters even after the couple was established. Then again, this is Happy Tree Friends, where characters frequently die horribly only to be fine in the next episode...

* On ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Candace and [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|Jeremy]] get together in "Summer Belongs to You" [[Word of God]] has also more-or-less confirmed that [[The Chick|Isabella]]/[[Oblivious to Love|Phineas]] and [[Precocious Crush|Ferb]]/[[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|Vanessa]] will happen, though they also like to [[Ship Tease|tease other ships]] at times.