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* [[All Work vs. All Play]]

* [[Pitbull Dates Puppy]]

* [[Uptight Loves Wild]]

* [[Uptown Girl]]

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Shikamaru and Temari from [[Naruto]]; he's lazy, calm and prone to doubting himself, she's an aggressive [[Action Girl]] (this one is not quite official, but alluded to very heavily). Also Hinata is attracted to Naruto even though she's a stuttering [[Shrinking Violet]] with nil self-confidence and he's a loud, overly-optimistic [[Idiot Hero]]. Minato and Kushina, the former being very a nice and polite man and the latter being a hot-blooded tomboy. Averted in Naruto's attraction to Sakura; while their abilities as ninja are in stark contrast, her over-the-top [[Tsundere]] temperament often exceeds even his.

* The [[Official Couple]] of ''[[Monkey High]]'' - Haruna is [[The Ojou]] and used to dealing with high-class folks (her father is a now-disgraced politician), while Macharu is [[The Fool]] and very much from working-class roots (his parents run a grocery store).

* In ''[[Kanamemo]]'', no chance is spared to show the loving bond between sparkly Yume and quiet Yuuki.

* [[Will They or Won't They?|Revy and Rock]] of ''[[Black Lagoon]]''. She's an [[Axe Crazy]] [[Broken Bird]] and [[Trigger Happy]] [[Nietzsche Wannabe]], among other things. He's a [[Non-Action Guy]], a [[Wide Eyed Idealist]] (he ''never'' gets completely disillusioned, and he has every right to), and he's the closest a series this [[Sliding Scale of Cynicism Versus Idealism|cynical]] will allow to [[The Messiah]]. The [[UST|sparks]] [[Slap Slap Kiss|flying]] could power a medium-sized country.

* Parodied in ''[[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]''. The first episode plays romantic music when Nozomu first meets Kafuka, and text scrawls across the screen, "[[The Eeyore|A man who is negative about everything]]; [[The Pollyanna|a girl who is positive about everything]]; a meeting that never should have happened." This gets further parody in a later episode showing Nami's first meeting with Kiri, playing the same music and displaying the message "[[Delinquents|A girl who refuses to come to school]]; [[Hikikomori|a girl who refuses to leave school]]; a meeting that never should have happened."

* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'''s canon couple Haruhi and Tamaki. Haruhi is a [[Deadpan Snarker]], and generally calm and collected when it comes to most things. Tamaki on the other hand is a [[Keet]], exaggerated, and easily excitable. The series itself has a lot of [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] non-romantic pairs in it.

*** Ox is very emotionally driven as opposed to Harvar who is more logical and tries not to let his emotions affect him. Kim is a major bully who often bosses around others and likes things done her way, while Jackie is more subissive and simply does what she's told. Pot of Fire and Pot of Thunder are too young for anyone to say anything about them yet.

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' has the [[Official Couple]] of [[Keet|cheerful]], [[The Ditz|ditzy]] Italy and [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|stern]], [[Germanic Depressives|serious-minded]] Germany.

* Although the series thrives on '''not''' having an official couple, ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'''s attraction between Hinagiku and Hayate is all but blatent, every character that interacts with them at some level knows it exists. While it also fits the [[Birds of a Feather]] dynamic, both these characters went about dealing with it in very different ways, leaving them almost complete opposites with the same backstory.

** And to further things along, the third character with a similar backstory is being built up to build a [[Power Trio]] dynamic.

* Kenneth Oppel's [[Airborn]] series has Matt Cruse, poor cabin boy, and Kate de Vries, rich wanna-be scientist... cue angsting about how they [[Star-Crossed Lovers|can never be together...]]

* This seems to be the driving force behind Zavahl's and Ailie's relationship in the [[Shadowleague]] books- he has the personality of a bad rainstorm, whereas she is never seen to frown.

* ''[[The 39 Clues]]''. Ian is a [[Handsome Devil]], [[Upper Class Wit|mega-rich]], [[Evil Brit|an Evil Brit]], and a [[Momma's Boy]]. Amy is a [[Shrinking Violet]], [[Smart Girl|pretty smart]], poor, and [[Heartwarming Orphan|an orphan]]. She apparently always found him attractive, but [[I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me|when he actually started flirting with her]], it was, of course, [[I Was Only Pretending to Like You|a trick]]. And then came [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo|a whole new]] [[My Beloved Smother|set of complications]].

** Also, [[The Big Guy|Hamilton]] and [[Teen Genius|Sinead]] was hinted a bit in Book 10.

** Bastila in [[Knights of the Old Republic]] is attracted to the male player character no matter what, so if you are a silly rule-bending sort or an [[Ax Crazy]] maniac your very straight-laced and overly serious companion will still fall for you.

* In [[Fire Emblem Elibe]] we have Fiora (serious, motherly Pegasus Knight) and Sain ([[Chivalrous Pervert]] who mouths off to authority). And if you max out their supports, they get married.

{{quote| '''Farina:''' “This is probably someone else's doing... Like Marcus, or Oswin... You know, Merlinus might try something like this, too...”<br />

'''Kent:''' “I don't think it is a conspiracy... I mean, what would anyone have to gain from making us fight together?” }}

{{quote| Bornstellar: Your relationship with the Lifeshaper does not seem ideal<br />

Didact: You don't know the half of it. }}

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