History Main / LoveChart

* Since Seven Arcs loves to [[ShipTease tease]] the {{shipp|ing}}ers, a relationship chart of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' is released every now and then. Of course, since Seven Arcs loves to ''{{teas|ingCreator}}e'' the {{shipp|ing}}ers, anyone not married is listed as "[[JustFriends best friends]]" at best. Much pointing and laughing are probably involved here.

** There's also [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_abkMP58OLUA/Sp_OTSmR_vI/AAAAAAAAPeA/rMtOOsEYaMQ/s1600-h/%5BNegima%5D+Chart+up1055.jpg this]], which shows the various relationships between the characters, as of chapter 255, though only the pink arrows indicate romantic relationships[[note]]The best that my non-Japanese-speaking self can do is- pink=romantic, red=pactio, yellow=rival [[DefeatMeansFriendship who're often friends]], blue=familial, solid green=teacher/student, dotted green=admiration, purple=friendship, brown=antagonistic, grey=adoption. Blue Outlines are Negi's Class, Red outlines are the Baka Rangers. Yellow Boxes for those "[[TheMasquerade in the know]]", Grey boxes for those [[HesDeadJim in the ground]]. [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Note that all pink lines are monodirectional]].[[/note]]

* After about halfway through ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', volumes began featuring [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monsterchart.JPG complex connection charts]] between [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a mere fraction]] of the characters in the series... Yet there's rarely even ''one'' romantic entanglement shown.

* After about Volume 5, hentai ''Boys Empire'' lists off how everyone connects... and in what order Makoto slept with them.

* A version of this was used in ''TheMadScientistWars'', in a non-romantic version. The Tinker Family, after discovering that The Tinker Twins had adopted Desius and that Vladimir was the long-lost father of Chic Geek, Wallace Cane set out to create such a chart- It took up most of a table.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hg-oiIgWUc The Geometry Of Love]] is a comedic - yet ''very accurate'' - InstantStar ''Mini'' that is the epitome of this trope. It's CrowningMomentOfFunny comes after [[DoggedNiceGuy Jaime]] has explained all the twists and turns of the kids' love lives to Paegan Smith:

->'''Jaime''': Don't worry - [[AllThereInTheManual we'll get you the printout.]]

* Several of these have been put out for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' - most in the Anniversary Book which had one for every spin-off, but the most comprehensive one was in the original Ultimania guide which even included several minor characters such as Myrna, Elmyra, and Dio.
* [[http://www.zerochan.net/full/230092 A comprehensive chart]] for ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}, LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai, VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood''. Please note that even this horrible jumbled mess of relationships doesn't cover everything (No Rider -Love-> Shirou, Zouken -Love-> Justizia etc) and ''LightNovel/FateZero'' was never added to the mix. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Argh...]]

* Being a series based on {{polyamory}}, ''Webcomic/KimchiCuddles'' helpfully provides [[http://kimchicuddles.com/characters a diagram of the "polycule"]] on the characters page.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Log Date 7 15 2", Peridot makes a relationship diagram of the characters on the camping show Steven shows her, claiming it shows why Pierre and Percy make the best pairing.

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* Two of these are shown onscreen and described by the narrator partway through ''Brand Upon the Brain'', giving to the fact that [[ViewersAreMorons viewers are not]] [[ViewersAreGeniuses geniuses]]. Each only contains three people, though, and each contains the ''same'' three people--the confusion comes from factoring in one character's SweetPollyOliver act.

* [[http://www.zerochan.net/full/230092 A comprehensive chart]] for ''{{Tsukihime}}, LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai, VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood''. Please note that even this horrible jumbled mess of relationships doesn't cover everything (No Rider -Love-> Shirou, Zouken -Love-> Justizia etc) and ''LightNovel/FateZero'' was never added to the mix. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Argh...]]
* SoulCalibur [=IV=] had a mostly non-romantic version of this, including every playable character from the game (including the bonus characters), as well as the two main swords.

* Being a series based on {{polyamory}}, KimchiCuddles helpfully provides [[http://kimchicuddles.com/characters a diagram of the "polycule"]] on the characters page.

* [[http://www.zerochan.net/full/230092 A comprehensive chart]] for ''{{Tsukihime}}, LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai, VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''MeltyBlood''. Please note that even this horrible jumbled mess of relationships doesn't cover everything (No Rider -Love-> Shirou, Zouken -Love-> Justizia etc) and ''LightNovel/FateZero'' was never added to the mix. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Argh...]]

* "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_chart.png The Chart]]" was a major plot element in ''TheLWord''.

* ''{{Genshiken}}'' includes a love chart for ShowWithinAShow ''KujibikiUnbalance'' at one point. In a later volume, as a joke, it includes one for ''Genshiken'' itself, even though the relationships are pretty self-explanitory.

Stories with a LoveDodecahedron at some point will throw in a LoveChart. It is usually simplified as much as feasible, with little portraits connected by color-coded arrows. Occasionally, some pithy or more detailed quote is put on the arrows to clarify. Sometimes such a chart is drawn up within the story by one of the characters.

* [[http://www.zerochan.net/full/230092 A comprehensive chart]] for ''{{Tsukihime}}, KaraNoKyoukai, VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''MeltyBlood''. Please note that even this horrible jumbled mess of relationships doesn't cover everything (No Rider -Love-> Shirou, Zouken -Love-> Justizia etc) and ''LightNovel/FateZero'' was never added to the mix. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Argh...]]

* [[http://www.zerochan.net/full/230092 A comprehensive chart]] for ''{{Tsukihime}}, KaraNoKyoukai, FateStayNight'' and ''MeltyBlood''. Please note that even this horrible jumbled mess of relationships doesn't cover everything (No Rider -Love-> Shirou, Zouken -Love-> Justizia etc) and ''LightNovel/FateZero'' was never added to the mix. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Argh...]]

* [[http://www.zerochan.net/full/230092 A comprehensive chart]] for ''{{Tsukihime}}, KaraNoKyoukai, FateStayNight'' and ''MeltyBlood''. Please note that even this horrible jumbled mess of relationships doesn't cover everything (No Rider -Love-> Shirou, Zouken -Love-> Justizia etc) and FateZero was never added to the mix. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Argh...]]

* The Author of WebComic/{{Amazoness}}! Recently made up one [[http://amazoness.co.uk/chart.jpg Here]]. It's fairly comprehensive too.

* The [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100316.html Love Scorecard]] in ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.''

* Lampshaded in ''QuestionableContent'' in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1089 this comic]] and the next when Faye's psychologist has to make a Love Chart with thumbtacks and string.
* Played straight by Josh Lesnick, author of ''{{Girly}}'' (Although it is currently outdated by two years, and found only on his deviantART page [[http://joshl.deviantart.com/art/Girly-relationship-chart-37620093 here]]).

* In ''{{Homestuck}}'s'' ''Hivebent'' arc, after an explanation of the sociology of troll romance, the author gives us an [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004303 animated]] one. Even the narration is stumped. A bit earlier, Nepeta had her [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004195 shipping wall]], which seems to be a LoveChart that [[{{Shipping}} extends into the hypothetical]]. Karkat also attempts to demonstrate how each kid can get a partner while avoiding human/troll pairings and BrotherSisterIncest with his [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/MATINGDIAGRAMFORMORONS.gif Mating Diagram For Morons]].

* ''BittersweetCandyBowl'' has had several official ones made by the author.

-->--''Series/{{Angel}}''

* [[http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8725/typemoonrelations.jpg A comprehensive chart]] for ''{{Tsukihime}}, KaraNoKyoukai, FateStayNight'' and ''MeltyBlood''. Please note that even this horrible jumbled mess of relationships doesn't cover everything (No Rider -Love-> Shirou, Zouken -Love-> Justizia etc) and FateZero was never added to the mix. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Argh...]]

* Several of these have been put out for ''FinalFantasyVII'' - most in the Anniversary Book which had one for every spin-off, but the most comprehensive one was in the original Ultimania guide which even included several minor characters such as Myrna, Elmyra, and Dio.

* One worksafe [[http://bludhavens.livejournal.com/22910.html?thread=3913086#t3913086 fic]] on the ''PhoenixWright'' KinkMeme had Apollo and Klavier invited to Phoenix's "family only" Thanksgiving get-together. Their minds boggled as what they had expected to be a very small group turned out to include "fifteen people--almost none of which had the decency to be genetically related to one another." Ema had to draw up a chart just so they could make sense of it. (One reader's rendition of it can be found [[http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/7973/pwmapdd6.gif here]].)

** Used straight in the same comic [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/980828 here]]. Of course it's gotten considerably more complicated since then.

* Parodied in [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010403 these]] [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010404 two]] ''SluggyFreelance'' strips.
* Used straight in the same comic [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/980828 here]]. Of course it's gotten considerably more complicated since then.

* Since Seven Arcs loves to [[ShipTease tease]] the {{shipp|ing}}ers, a relationship chart of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' is released every now and then. Of course, since Seven Arcs loves to ''tease'' the {{shipp|ing}}ers, anyone not married is listed as "[[JustFriends best friends]]" at best. Much pointing and laughing are probably involved here.

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* As a subversion of sorts (as in this case it rarely deals with actual romance), in ''KamenRiderDouble'', the second episode of every two-ep arc begins with a chart showing the involvement and roles of every person connected to the current case being investigated, with a PreviouslyOn narrating over top.

** There's also [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_abkMP58OLUA/Sp_OTSmR_vI/AAAAAAAAPeA/rMtOOsEYaMQ/s1600-h/%5BNegima%5D+Chart+up1055.jpg this]], which shows the various relationships between the characters, as of chapter 255, though only the pink arrows indicate romantic relationships[[hottip:* :The best that my non-Japanese-speaking self can do is- pink=romantic, red=pactio, yellow=rival [[DefeatMeansFriendship who're often friends]], blue=familial, solid green=teacher/student, dotted green=admiration, purple=friendship, brown=antagonistic, grey=adoption. Blue Outlines are Negi's Class, Red outlines are the Baka Rangers. Yellow Boxes for those "[[TheMasquerade in the know]]", Grey boxes for those [[HesDeadJim in the ground]]. [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Note that all pink lines are monodirectional]].]]

* The Author of [[http://amazoness.co.uk/ Amazoness!]] Recently made up one [[http://amazoness.co.uk/chart.jpg Here]]. It's fairly comprehensive too.