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* The entire plot of the 2002 film ''[[Unfaithful]]'' is this trope.
* The comedy of ''[[Unfaithfully Yours]]'' comes from how the main character deals with thinking his wife is cheating on him.
* Michael Godwin in ''[[Swordspoint]]'' makes a habit of sleeping with married people (of both genders).
* ''[[The House of Yes]]'': A rather disturbing example happens in the climax.
* In ''[[Love Actually]]'', Alan Rickman's character appeared to be emotionally cheating on his wife with his secretary by buying her an expensive necklace while buying his wife a CD. However, the CD was what his wife wanted (proving that he did love his wife) and at the end of the movie, despite his wife finding out about the necklace and him admitting to getting it for his secretary, they're not together but have reconciled.
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*** Freddie on Katie with Effy.
*** Emily on Naomi with JJ. (Dubious, because they weren't entirely sure if they were actually dating or not, but Naomi certainly plays it that way.)
**** Which turns Naomi into a hypocrite, since her and Emily's relationship at that point consisted of Naomi coming up with excuses that made it possible for her to consider herself straight in-between make-out sessions and her freaking out and leaving Emily in the middle of the night after their first time together.
** Series 4:
*** {{spoiler|Thomas on Pandora with Andrea.}}
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* A standard plot-line in ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', with literally too many instances to list and many of them too complicated to explain.
** Prime example is Dan Humphrey. He's cheated on three out of four girlfriends.
* It would be easier to list the characters who have been faithful on ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'' than list the many instances of cheating.
* Taub of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' is a big offender, despite his recent efforts to stay faithful to his wife.
* The early seasons of ''[[MASH]]'' take a pretty casual attitude towards adultery. Henry Blake, Trapper John McIntyre, and Frank Burns are all married men who are having affairs while serving in Korea.
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* ''[[Necessary Roughness (TV series)|Necessary Roughness]]'' starts off when Dani finds out that her husband has been having affairs right under her nose and has even been using the guest bedroom in their house for it. She promptly kicks him out of the house and files for divorce.
* The romantic story arc in [[Hannah Montana]] between Miley and {{spoiler|Jake Ryan}} comes to an end in season four, when Oliver takes a photo of {{spoiler|Jake nibbling the ear of a female co-star during a movie shoot}}. Oliver and Lilly try to hide this from Miley, but she finds out eventually while shooting a Christmas special she and {{spoiler|Jake}} from a boy extra who accidentally reveals the secret when Lilly and Oliver are talking to her. She retaliates by beating up {{spoiler|Jake}} on camera.
** A season 3 episode has Oliver practice saying "I love you" to an unconscious Miley in the hospital (she injures herself in a skiing accident in the episode's open); Miley's subconscious self [[It Makes Sense in Context|overhears him in an out-of-body experience]] and thinks Oliver is cheating on Lilly with her. Miley's disgust for Oliver (mixed with Lilly's [[Inelegant Blubbering|overbearing sadness]] at finding out, and Miley's flattery that Oliver is attracted to her) are [[Played for Laughs]] for much of the rest of the episode, along with Miley's attempts to encourage a still-emotional, [[Your Makeup Is Streaking|makeup-streaked]] Lilly to find another boyfriend at the beach. Naturally, Lilly and Oliver reconcile, and are upset with Miley.
* In ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'' this happens to Teddy. It turns out Spencer had told Teddy that Skyler was his cousin and vice versa, it doesn't end well for him.
* The infamous [[Love Triangle]] of Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot is dealt with in a unique way in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''. Gwen and Lance were each other's [[First Love]], but because of circumstances they never had a chance to get together properly. Guinevere eventually falls in love and gets engaged to Arthur, only for Morgana to send a [[Brainwashed]] Lancelot to the celebrations in order to confuse and upset Guinevere. When Gwen doesn't react to Lancelot's return, Morgana ensures she is [[Mind Rape|Mind Raped]] by an enchanted bracelet and ends up caught in a compromising situation with him. Even ''Guinevere'' doesn't understand why she acted the way she did, and the real tragedy is that she admits that she ''did'' once have feelings for Lancelot, as did Lancelot for her - but the audience knows both were too noble and too devoted to Arthur to ever even ''consider'' acting upon them.
* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Ted's highschool sweetheart Karen, whom he dated off and on throughout college was most notorious for cheating on him constantly, fueling their endless cycle of break-ups and make-ups. This caused Lily and Marshall to develop a vendetta-like hatred of her and give Ted a ''lot'' of flack for [[Love Martyr|repeatedly taking her back.]]
** In season 7, this happens to {{spoiler|both Barney and Robin}} who cheated on their respective girlfriend and boyfriend at the time.
*** The nightmarish situation was nicely summed up as "Well, I'm stuck on a boat with the guy I cheated with, the guy I cheated on, and the girl who the guy I cheated with, cheated on, so no, I'm not doing so good."
* This was a fairly prominent part of Jackie and Kelso's relationship in ''[[That '70s Show|That 70's Show]]''. Note nearly all of the affairs are one night stands.
** Kelso would cheat often and freely without Jackie ever suspecting a thing. One affair in particular - the one with Eric's sister - becomes more a relationship than just a one night stand like the others and is the one he is caught in.
** Jackie's turn: Later, she kisses The Cheese Guy, which Kelso fails to see the irony in. This is lampshaded:
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* "Lying" by Amy Meredith
* Glasvegas' "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry," which never quite makes its mind up as to which side it's on (the relationship is certainly screwed, but it's tricky to tell whether it's because he cheated or because he's completely petrified about her cheating, or both, or neither, or...). In a cross between [[Soundtrack Dissonance]] and [[Foreshadowing]], it appears in ''[[Skins]]'' when Naomi And Emily finally get together and Thomas And Pandora reconcile in S3's penultimate episode; by the time they get two episodes into S4 though... well, see the ''Skins'' list in Live Action TV above.
* "Revenge Is Sweeter (Then You Ever Were), Everything I'm Not, Did Ya Think" - [[The Veronicas]]
** "All I Have" - The Veronicas from the perspective of the cheater
* "The Long Black Veil"
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* ''My Big Mistake'' by [[Delta Goodrem]].
* Kiss N Tell by [[Kesha]].
* Womanizer by [[Britney Spears]] and as being the cheater in He About To Lose Me
* [[Vanessa Amorosi]]: "Sleep With That" and "Blow Me Away".
* The infamous and massively [[Memetic Mutation]] song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DloxuSM5SJI "El Venao"] by Los Cantantes, in which the protagonist tries to fend off all the rumors about his girlfriend cheating with him with many others. [[Played for Laughs|Played completely for the lulz.]]
* "Lately" by [[Stevie Wonder]].
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