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Alice dates Bob. Bob is friends with Dave. Dave is single. So is Alice's friend Carol. The Rules of Fiction[[Tradesnark|™]] dictate that either Alice and Bob break up or Dave and Carol get together. There is no other way around it. Can go on to include larger cliques; so long as there's an even number, no one will be single or date outside their clique, since [[One Degree of Separation|we can't have them date outside their clique]].
May lead to [[OT 3|OT4, OT5, or OT6]], depending on the size of the clique. [[Double
An inherent part of living in a moiety system, wherein all families belong to one of two groups and Alicetonians can only marry Bobsylvanians. A subversion occurs within cross-cousin marriages, where an Alicetonian man will marry a Bobsylvanian woman but a Bobsylvanian man will marry a Carolstani woman but a Carolstani man will marry an Alicetonian woman. (In some cultures, it reverses every generation.)
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' gives us Shinji/Asuka and Kaji/Misato, with the subtext of Shinji/Misato and Asuka/Kaji. [[Freud Was Right]], after all.
* ''Mobile Suit [[Gundam Seed]]'' has Kira/Lacus and Athrun/Cagalli, with Kira's sister ending up paired with his best friend and Kira ending up paired with his best friend's former fiancee. (It's not hard to find Athrun/Lacus, [[Ho Yay|Athrun/Kira]], and/or [[Brother
** ''Mobile Suit [[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'', on the other hand, messes with the formula by breaking up Athrun and Cagalli while Kira and Lacus stay together.
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