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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Angela and Hodgins dated, then Angela dated Wendell then she dated Hodgins again. Cam dated Booth (twice), who then eventually dated Bones. Cam eventually went on to date Arastoo. Off in their own little corner is Daisy and Sweets who dated for quite a long time, but weren't involved in anyone else (although Sweets was involved with other girls before Daisy, like April the fish girl).

* On ''PetticoatJunction'' Steve dated the eldest Bradley sister, Billie Jo, for a while, but later as they drifted apart, he fell in love with her baby sister Betty Jo. Naturally their mother was [[UnderStatement a little upset about this development]]. To his credit he eventually married her.

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* This is the entire raison d'etre of ''Webcomic/DieselSweeties''. Even Metal Steve, the cast virgin, got in on the action until his surprise marriage to Allie V.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaWorldTour'': mostly consisting of Gwen, Duncan, Courtney, Alejandro, Heather, and possibly Tyler, Cody, and Sierra.

* Something of a subversion in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. Considering Penny was [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female of the cast for some time]], shipping her with the rest of the male cast would have troublesome implications (and she already fights a losing battle that she ReallyGetsAround). So despite some good comedic chemistry with the rest of the cast, her primary love interest has always been with Leonard. That hasn't stopped some moments addressing possible pairings between her and the others, usually resulting in the [[ShipSinking pairing getting shut down]]. Later in the shows run they added Bernadette and Amy to the cast as love interests for Howard and Sheldon. They have similarly addressed possible alternate pairings (most notably Raj and Bernadette) but with nothing actually happening.

-->''[Kurt and Rachel come to Emma holding hands.]''

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' had already made impressive headway in this direction by season two. It got worse from there.
** Finn and Quinn, Finn and Rachel, Rachel and Will, Puck and Rachel, Puck and Quinn, Puck and Mercedes.
** Rachel and Jesse, Puck and Santana, Brittany and Santana, Finn and Santana, Kurt and Brittany, Terri and Will, Emma and Will, Emma and Ken.
** Will and Shelby, Quinn and Sam, Artie and Tina, Mike and Tina, Sam and Quinn, Artie and Brittany, Emma and Carl.
** [[OverlyLongGag Will and Holly, Rachel and Blaine, Sam and Santana]] [[spoiler: Kurt and Blaine, Santana and Karofsky, Sam and Mercedes]].
** The third season's pilot even lampshades it: when Kurt and Rachel come to Emma holding hands, Emma tells them, "I thought this day would come. This is the only dating combination the glee club hasn't tried!"

* On ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' Mr. Kraft dated both Hilda and Zelda at different times. Sure it's dramatic, but I'd hate to be in Sabrina's position on that one.

* Very common in SoapOperas and there are numerous examples of a character who has been married to every opposite sex member of a given family.

* In your average SoapOpera it's hard enough trying to figure out the relationships happening at any given moment; you can safely assume that any character has been involved with 90% of the cast members of the appropriate sex at ''some'' point in the past.

* ''Series/{{ER}}'' .

* ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager''.

* ''Series/{{Skins}}''.
* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'': Both the original and new series have many examples of this.

* In the reimagined ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'', most of the main characters go through a series of relationships with everyone else, sometimes at the same time. Lee and Kara stand out as particular offenders of the trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has a mild example: Mako and Asami date, but break up in time for the Book One finale, establishing initial OfficialCouple Mako and Korra. Only for ''them'' to break up in the next book; afterwards, Mako and Asami have a brief fling that is quickly ruined when a semi-amnesiac Korra returns and kisses Mako, believing them to still be together. Mako doesn't mention that they broke up, destroying his chances with Asami, and to top it off, in the finale he and Korra break up for good. The entire mess serves as a great way for Korra and Asami to bond during Book Three, [[spoiler:and the GrandFinale of Book Four has ''them'' get together instead]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': There are, mathematically, twenty-one ways the seven main characters (Sterling, Lana, Malory, Cyril, Cheryl/Carol, Pam, and Krieger) could pair off; of these, a third have actually happened. Lana, Cyril, Pam and Carol/Cheryl have ''each'' had ''half'' of the other six.

** Lampshaded in the final season: "Is there anyone here that hasn't slept together?" [[note]]Well, Xander and Buffy haven't, but not for lack of trying on Xander's part.[[/note]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfFunny And Xander and Spike (who shared a one-room basement apartment for several months) just stare at each other...]]

* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Angela and Hodgins dated, then Angela dated Wendell then she dated Angela again. Cam dated Booth (twice), who then eventually dated Bones. Cam eventually went on to date Arastoo. Off in their own little corner is Daisy and Sweets who dated for quite a long time, but weren't involved in anyone else.

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* Lots of comics have this to some degree, but the best example would have to be ''{{Spider-Man}}''. All of Peter Parker's girlfriends (except Deb Whitman) have dated other members of his supporting cast at various points. Sometimes multiple members of said supporting cast. ''WesternAnimation/{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' rectified this oversight by adding some WillTheyOrWontThey between Deb and Flash Thompson.

* Played with in ''{{Friends}}''. Almost all of the straight, non-incest pairings had a ShipTease, though most were PlayedForLaughs, and almost all the characters have kissed each other. But only three pairs (Ross/Rachel, Monica/Chandler and Joey/Rachel) were treated seriously and actually happened. Given the show ran for ten years, the writers did pretty well at ''not'' having the characters constantly date each other.

** Lampshaded in the final season: "Is there anyone here that hasn't slept together?" [[note]]Well, Xander and Buffy haven't, but not for lack of trying on Xander's part.[[/note]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny And Xander and Spike (who shared a one-room basement apartment for several months) just stare at each other...]]
* ''GossipGirl'', complete with an actual chart on the Gossip Girl blog. Lampshaded whenever they have to explain it to someone new.
* This is mostly averted in the ''NoahsArc'' series, but played very straight in the movie with lot of sexual crossovers between [[spoiler:Noah, Wade, Baby Gat, Chance, Ricky, Brandon, and Eddie (basically all the main characters except Alex)]].

* ''{{Popular}}'', though it was a high school show and perhaps a JustifiedTrope. That said, boy, Josh did sure get to make out with/boink what, all the female cast short of April Tuna?

* ''[[TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace Two Guys and a Girl]]'' (not to be confused with [[TwoGuysAndAGirl the trope with the same name]]) had this to the extreme in the final few seasons. Pete had gone through 3 girlfriends, fell in love with the eponymous "girl" Sharon, and had sex with Berg's mom and ex-girlfriend. To say nothing of the cavalcade of women Berg went through.
* ''TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager''.

* ''BeverlyHills90210'': Both the original and new series have many examples of this.

* This is the entire raison d'etre of ''DieselSweeties''. Even Metal Steve, the cast virgin, got in on the action until his surprise marriage to Allie V.

* ''TotalDramaWorldTour'': mostly consisting of Gwen, Duncan, Courtney, Alejandro, Heather, and possibly Tyler, Cody, and Sierra.

* ''{{Archer}}'': There are, mathematically, twenty-one ways the seven main characters (Sterling, Lana, Malory, Cyril, Cheryl/Carol, Pam, and Krieger) could pair off; of these, a third have actually happened. Lana, Cyril, Pam and Carol/Cheryl have ''each'' had ''half'' of the other six.
* ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' - basically all teens dated more than one person with the sole exception of [[NiceGuy Randy]] [[BetaCouple and]] [[AlphaBitch Sally]] and Hobie Brown, who remained single.

The '''Dating Do Si Do''' is the tendency for a long running piece of fiction to recycle characters. In shows dealing with relationships especially, the tendency is that the longer the story goes on, the greater the likelihood that ''everyone'' will at some point have been in a relationship with everyone else. Well, usually not ''quite'' everyone, but still, the number of people having been in a relationship with other people is probably greater than could be expected under normal circumstances.

* ''{{Archer}}'': There are, mathematically, twenty-one ways the seven main characters (Sterling, Lana, Malory, Cyril, Cheryl/Carol, Pam, and Krieger) could pair off; of these, a third have actually happened. Lana, Cyril, and Carol/Cheryl have ''each'' had ''half'' of the other six.

* ''[[Series/{{Degrassi}} Degrassi the Next Generation]]''. See the picture above. Note that the prominent use of gay and bisexual characters, along with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and several [[CastHerd cast herds]] is almost enough to make the entire thing circle in on itself. We pray they never involve TimeTravel. [[RenamedTropes Was originally the]] TropeNamer.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}''. Rachel dated Ross and Joey. Monica and Joey had some UST before the show started, and she married Chandler. Ross almost slept with Phoebe when his wife dumped him, then he had a VERY complicated relationship with Rachel. Then there's that whole Ross/Rachel/Julie/Russ mess. The flashback and WhatIf episodes make it even ''more'' complicated...

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Dana is pretty much the only recurring character with only one love interest. Even her steady boyfriend [[DatingCatwoman wanders from time to time]]. {{Alpha Bitch}}es Chelsea and Blade seem to have a new boyfriend every episode, frequently each other's previous flames. Nelson Nash also bounces between girlfriends more than once.

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' has made impressive headway in this direction, for a show that's been on for a grand total of two seasons: