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Expect: [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]], [[Just Friends]], [[Everyone Can See It]], [[Like Brother and Sister]], and [[Lampshade Hanging]].
 
If this trope breaks up a [[Fan -Preferred Couple]], expect [[Ship -to -Ship Combat]] to ensue.
 
[[Side -Story Bonus Art]] often has the couple getting married.
 
See also [[Love Chart]]. Contrast [[One True Pairing]], [[Fan -Preferred Couple]].
 
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** Germany and Italy, who become an [[Odd Couple]] right from the get-go and the most overtly paired off male-male couple in the series. There's ''some'' vagueness about their feelings for each other, as Italy tends to [[Love You and Everybody]] and Germany doesn't take his repeated displays of affection seriously at first but it becomes increasingly clear, especially in the Buon San Valentino strips, that Germany ''does'' like Italy in that way and that Italy, for all his [[Oblivious to Love|obliviousness]], might just be reacting to Germany the same way he reacted to the Holy Roman Empire (who he did eventually become a 100% canon couple with before HRE's demise) because {{spoiler|Germany and the HRE might just be the same person}}.
** Sweden and Finland. Sweden calls Finland his "wife", and while Finland [[He Is Not My Boyfriend|denies that he is]], the fans [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|beg to differ]] and they have [[Has Two Mommies|a family of sorts going on with Sealand]].
** Japan and Greece fall into murkier territory, as while they're heavily implied to have slept together and Greece heavily implied to like Japan (not to mention the [[Together Umbrella]] scene), the possibility that it's just a [[Friends With Benefits]] or one-sided crush scenario and them not having quite the same "overtly paired off" vibe as the above three pairs leaves some wiggle room for fans of other pairings for them. Nonetheless, they're considered "all but canon" by pretty much all fans who ship canon pairings, and it's hard to deny that the [[Subtext]] for them comes across as awfully texty at times. Whether or not Spain and Romano or America and England fall into this territory too [[Your Mileage May Vary|depends largely on personal opinion]] (Spain and Romano definitely have an "overtly paired off" vibe, to the point where even fans who don't like the pairing will acknowledge this, but America and England are more [[Ship -to -Ship Combat|debatable]]).
* Jean and Nadia from ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'', as well as Electra and Nemo. {{spoiler|The last one finishes as [[Her Heart Will Go On]], after Neo dies during the [[Grand Finale]] and Electra is later shown taking care of their baby.}}
** Also doubling as [[Crack Pairing]]: {{spoiler|Marie and Sanson.}}
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* 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 (Visual Novel)|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.
* In ''[[Durarara]]'', the only couples that are together are [[Yandere|Seiji]] and {{spoiler|[[Stalker With a Crush|Mika]]}}, {{spoiler|[[Stepford Smiler|Kida]] and [[Honey Trap|Saki]]}} and {{spoiler|[[Eyes Always Shut|Walker]] and [[Yaoi Fangirl|Erika]] in the light novels}}. {{spoiler|[[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Mikado]] and [[Broken Bird|Anri]]}} and {{spoiler|[[Headless Horseman|Celty]] and [[Back -Alley Doctor|Shinra]]}} were hinted at it at the end of the anime series if smiling at each other warmly and seducing count.
** Unless they break up at some point due to obvious complications that may arise in such a relationship or unless the light novels are different (though I don't see why it would be), Celty and Shinra are pretty much official.
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' has [[Officer and A Gentleman|Pip Bernadotte]] and Seras Victoria. Though [[Word of God]] states that "if Seras wasn't a vampire and Pip wasn't a mercenary, they would be the perfect couple that everybody would be envious of."
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* ''[[Deltora Quest]]'' have the very obvious Lief/Jasmine pairing. Can't get much more official than being married and having a [[Babies Ever After]] at the end of the series; followed by pairing up the very headstrong Barda with Lindal, Marilen and Ranesh...
* Taran and Eilonwy in the ''[[Prydain Chronicles]]'', although it takes them until the very end of the very last book to make it official.
* Derek and Chloe in ''[[Darkest Powers]]'', who double as an example of a [[Fan -Preferred Couple]] that persevered. The two are also a shining example of how to ''not'' [[Relationship Writing Fumble|fumble developing a believable relationship]].
* Phedre and Joscelin finally make it official on the last page of the [[Kushiels Legacy|second book of their trilogy]], despite having clearly been madly in love since about halfway through the first book.
{{quote| Phedre: "I wish to present Joscelin Verreuil as my consort."<br />
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* Danny and Lindsay on''[[CSI: NY]]''
* Olivia Dunham and Peter Bishop, and alternate Lincoln Lee and alternate Olivia Dunham, in ''[[Fringe]]''.
* In ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', the Tenth Doctor (and his half-human clone) and Rose Tyler, and Amy Pond and {{spoiler|Rory Williams}}.
** And now, after two years of [[Ship Tease]], as of Series 6, {{spoiler|the Eleventh Doctor and River Song are officially a couple}}.
*** As of the Season 6 finale, {{spoiler|the Eleventh Doctor and River Song have married}}.
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** ''Forty-five years'' after their original run, ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' episode "Death of the Doctor" made both Ian and Barbara and Ben and Polly official.
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* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has a few, mostly involving the [[The Hero|Red Ranger]], most notably Kimberly/Tommy a.k.a. "Tomberly" from MMPR, who shared several (and indeed the first) of the few on-screen kisses that went down in PR history. [[Fanon Discontinuity|There was no]] [["Dear John" Letter]].
** Kat and Tommy were indicated to be married in the distant future once and there's really nothing that's said otherwise since then. That could actually make them even more "official" than Kim and Tommy, who broke up and never got back together, no matter how much their supporters dislike that fact.
*** Of course ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'' [[Ship Sinking|sunk]] both of these as Tommy is show alone
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** Daniel/Vala was this in the last couple seasons.
** ''[[Stargate Universe (TV)|Stargate Universe]]'' has Scott/Chloe, much to the consternation of Eli/Chloe shippers.
* The new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' had President Laura Roslin and Admiral William Adama, who, in contrast to the other couples on the show, took four years to finally acknowledge their feelings openly (they got off to a bit of a rocky start, what with the whole 'interferring in the military/coup d'etat' thing), although they first kissed in Season 2 when Roslin promoted Adama to Admiral.
{{quote|'''Roslin:''' I love you.<br />
'''Adama:''' 'Bout time.|''The Hub'', 4x9}}
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* Viktor and Sierra in ''[[Dollhouse]]'' pretty much fell in [[Love At First Sight]], and keep doing it with every new personality they're given, and when they don't have personalities.
* Richard Castle and Detective Kate Beckett from ''[[Castle]].
* Robin Hood and Lady Marian in ''[[Robin Hood (TV)|Robin Hood]]''. So obvious that it hardly warrants mentioning, except that the [[Fan -Preferred Couple]] of Guy/Marian had some fans [[Die for Our Ship|vilifying Robin]], listing the reasons why Guy was a better match for Marian, and clinging to the hope that they would somehow end up together. Ultimately Guy {{spoiler|murdered Marian}}, effectively ending ''both'' ships, and yet there were still some that complained that it was Robin and not Guy who got the {{spoiler|[[Together in Death]]}} scene with Marian at the end of the show.
* Subverted on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', where Ted and Robin would be a textbook example of the [[Official Couple]], if it weren't for [[The Narrator]] telling us since the very first episode that they actually ''don't'' end up together in the end.
** Played completely straight with Lily and Marshall, however. They've already been together 9 years when the series begins, and [[Flash Forward|flashforwards]] show them still being happily married in the year 2029. However, once they got married they mostly became the [[Beta Couple]].
** As of the season 7 finale. {{spoiler|Barney and Robin are ulimately confirmed to be this}}.
** This show also has the interesting variation with Ted and the mother, it's a couple so official the show's named after it, but half of that official couple is completely unknown.
* ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' had several [[Official Couple|Official Couples]]: Lorelai/Luke and Lorelai/Christopher and then Rory/Dean, Rory/Jess and Rory/Logan. By the time the show ended though, Lorelai and Luke decided to split and Rory was single. Naturally, this lead to [[Ship -to -Ship Combat]]. There were also the [[Beta Couple|Beta Couples]] in Sookie/Jackson, Lane/Zach, and Paris/Doyle.
* ''[[The X-Files]]'': Mulder & Scully. I don't think that's really spoiling anything.
** Funnily enough, [[Word of God|Chris Carter]] insisted that Mulder and Scully were never supposed to be anything but platonic work partners. The writing, however, suggests otherwise.
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** The ''Masou Kishin'' story also has Masaki Andoh and Wendy. It also features Tytti Noorbuck and Ricardo Silvera ({{spoiler|although the latter coupling's played [[Killed Off for Real|tragically]]}}.
* Gordon and Alyx in ''[[Half-Life]] 2''. Gordon is silent and controlled by the player, but Alyx has clearly fallen for Gordon.
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' and ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' (the main campaign) suffer from only having one option for each gender of player character (Juhani doesn't really count; that arc was never really developed). Cut content in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' ensures that there is only one option for each gender in the main campaign and in Mask of the Betrayer, but technically with restored content plus the fact that the same character is running through both stories gives each gender three options, but the fact that the main campaign options all died in the [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]] ending and Neeshka was one of the cut characters forces us to the conclusion that male character/Safiya and female character/Gann were what the writers intended.
** ''[[Jade Empire]]'' has male Spirit Monk/Dawn Star, with Silk Fox appearing as a [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Clingy Jealous Girlfriend]] if the player does not actively encourage her.
* ''[[Mass Effect (Video Game)|Mass Effect]]'' does its best to avert this. However, the trailers always feature a male Shepard and pick a single woman to market as his love interest, for the most part. A traditional human choice is picked for both games: Ashley in the first (with the other option being a blue--albeit very [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|human-looking]]--alien) and Miranda in the second (opposed to the bald-and-crazy Jack or [[The Faceless]] alien Tali).
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** [[Word of God]] has confirmed [[Ho Yay|Jeff/Tony]], or at least one-sided on Tony's part.
** [[Earth Bound Zero]] has [[Toy Ship|Ninten/Ana]], which is so official that Ana pointblank asks Ninten if he likes her at one point.
* As soon as it was announced that ''[[Golden Sun Dark Dawn (Video Game)|Golden Sun Dark Dawn]]'' would feature the children of the characters from the first two games, the [[Internet Backdraft|fallout]] was easily predictable as ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]'' is a fandom rife with [[Ship -to -Ship Combat]]. Sure enough, the [[Ship Mates|Isaac/Mia and Garet/Jenna]] shippers were disappointed, as Isaac/Jenna was made canon.
** In the second game, Sheba makes a comment to Jenna along the lines of "Aren't you and Isaac, like... an item?"
** However, the [[Ship Mates|corresponding]] Garet/Mia, while not technically ''[[Ship Sinking|sunk]]'', would require some serious violations of [[Occam's Razor]] and even then wouldn't result in them being [[Happily Married]], as ''each'' has a playable child (as does Ivan).
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** Extraplanar version: Roy and Celia.
** [[Unholy Matrimony|Evil version]]: Nale and Sabine.
* [[Questionable Content|Jeph Jaques]] is on record saying that Martin and [[Tsundere|Faye]] were the official couple for the first 500 strips or so; however, before it visibly materialized, he changed his mind (later saying in the comic that they would have been a terrible couple) and delivered a [[Wham! Episode]] that got rid of Martin/Faye and set up Martin/Dora. He later paired Faye up with Angus McPhee. However, he then broke up Marten and Dora and put Marten together with Padma, a new character, only to reveal that Padma would be leaving soon to California to take care of her mother. There's no other official word on it yet.
* In ''[[Red String]]'', there's Miharu and Kazuo, {{spoiler|[[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] Fuuko and Hanae}}, and the [[Everyone Can See It|almost]] [[Beta Couple]] of Reika and Eiji.
** 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?
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** Bonnie and Senor Senior, Jr. are not only an [[Official Couple]], but also the [[Beta Couple]], which must rankle Bonnie as the [[Alpha Bitch]].
* Jake and Rose in ''[[American Dragon Jake Long (Animation)|American Dragon Jake Long]]''.
* Danny and Sam in ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Really not much of a challenge, as the only other major available female characters are the proverbial [[Dating Catwoman|Catwoman]] and a second example of a [[Romantic False Lead]]. Like most examples, at times, it's almost as if she's only there so that the writers can drop anything-but-subtle hints at the prospect of them "pairing up" [[Last -Minute Hookup|in the last two seconds of the series]].
* Robin (a.ka. Nightwing) and Batgirl in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]''.
* Superman and [[Lois Lane]], of course, in ''[[Superman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Superman the Animated Series]]''.
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* Chiro and Jinmay in ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go]]!'' were pretty well set-up from Jinmay's introduction, which is amazing for something [[Toon Disney]] used to run.
** Nova and SPRX-77 as well; and ''they'' had a [[Slap Slap Kiss]] vibe through the show's entire run, which makes it even more astonishing it ended up on [[Toon Disney]].
*** [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Spova]] may or may not have some weird circumstances for that. Some of the things said by a voice actor and hinted at earlier in the series point to that Sprx and Nova may have not been originally intended, and is a case of [[Relationship Writing Fumble]]. But, if the fan theory is right, it was such a heavily [[Fan -Preferred Couple]] that the creator decided [[Sure Why Not]] and gave Sprx a crush on Nova.
* Ed and Deetz from ''[[Get Ed]]'' are confirmed through episodes as liking each other that way (with on screen kisses, shock).
* ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename Kids Next Door]]'': Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4, and, as confirmed in the finale, {{spoiler|Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 5}}. Numbuh 1 and Lizzie were an Official Couple for six seasons but broke up shortly before the series finale ({{spoiler|and we never are told if Numbuh 1 found someone else}}).
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* ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'': Blackarachnia and Silverbolt; carried over into Beast Machines, where Blackarachnia redeems a brainwashed Silverbolt via [[The Power of Love]]. What made this very poetic was the fact that Silverbolt, in the preceding series ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'', had been [[The Ace]] and Blackarachnia had been the [[Dark Action Girl]] (and Silverbolt had been the one to convert her to the good side), so Blackarachnia being the one to redeem Silverbolt after he had originally redeemed her in ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' was a nice way to bring things full circle.
** ''[[Beast Machines (Animation)|Beast Machines]]'': Rattrap and Botanica.
* In the [[Last -Minute Hookup|final episode]], Willy, the male lead of ''[[My Dad the Rock Star (Animation)|My Dad the Rock Star]]'', and his female friend Alyssa start dating.
* ''[[An American Tail]]'': Tony Toponi and Bridget (heck, the second film cameo'd them as a married couple with a child). At least until [[What Happened to The Mouse?|she mysteriously vanishes]] for the [[Direct to Video]] sequels.
* ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Animation)|Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'': It's [[Happily Married|Zach/Eliza]], Shane/Niko, and Doc/Maya. This fandom is '''highly''' unusual as it won't cross those lines for the main four. The only time it might is in flashbacks, or "missing scenes" for a couple episodes.
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