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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 (when it's one man and many women), polyandry (when it's one woman and many men), or [[polyamory]] (when there's more than one of each), 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. Most countries (especially in the West) restrict marriage to a single partner, but cohabitation is generally not a problem, so a realistic Marry-Them-All ending in that case would be a single marriage and registered cohabitation for the other partners.
See also [[One True Threesome]] and [[Polyamory]]. Contrast [[Dump Them All]], where none of the girls get him and/or chooses someone outside the circle and [[No Romantic Resolution]] where there is no conclusion between the love interest and the circle and he remains a [[Celibate Hero]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'': The discovery in the [[OVA]] that Juraians practice polygamy implies that Tenchi could ''hypothetically'' also go the other route if he wished, although he seems too old-fashioned to notice or consider the idea. In the original series, he tends towards [[No Romantic Resolution]] by remaining friendly with all of the girls but not favoring any of them.
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