History Main / LoveChart

* "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_chart.png The Chart]]" was a major plot element in ''Series/TheLWord''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hg-oiIgWUc The Geometry Of Love]] is a comedic--yet ''very accurate''--Series/InstantStar ''Mini'' that is the epitome of this trope. [[DoggedNiceGuy Jaime]] has explained all the twists and turns of the kids' love lives to Paegan Smith:

* Played straight by Josh Lesnick, author of ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' (Although it is currently outdated by two years, and found only on his deviantART page [[http://joshl.deviantart.com/art/Girly-relationship-chart-37620093 here]]).
* Parodied by ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/173/ here]]: a particular nerd tries to use graph theory to find the "optimal" seating arrangement. And then [[http://xkcd.com/403/ again]], where a couple decides to have sex solely because it'll make their social group's graph symmetrical.

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

** Official chart as of Chapter 50 [[http://taeshilh.deviantart.com/art/BCB-Love-Chart-Uncoloured-150136806 here]]. Beware spoilers. Also in [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/candybooru/post/view/232 color]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}'' got a “[[https://www.deviantart.com/jocelynsamara/art/Look-at-this-mess-553944974 Super easy-to-follow relationship chart]]”. Page title: “Look at this mess!”.

* 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. Though, because Peridot has almost no understanding of romantic relationships, her chart plots out which couples would be the best ''battle strategy''.

* Used in ''VideoGame/FireEmblem10'', albeit more to depict character's military allegiences[=/=]family tree [=secret identities=], with only a few critical romantic/familial bonds depicted; several characters had MultipleEndings, after all.

* Used in ''VideoGame/FireEmblem10'', albeit more to depict character's military allegiences[=/=]family tree[=secret identities=], with only a few critical romantic/familial bonds depicted; several characters had MultipleEndings, after all.

* ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}'' got a “[[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/2177978/look-at-this-mess/ Super easy-to-follow relationship chart]]”. Page title: “Look at this mess!”.

** [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Chamo]] tries to pull out [[http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6995/1191474655224jc3.jpg his chart]] (see [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/archived_discussion.php?s_t=Main.MahouSenseiNegima old discussion]] or [[http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg59/Xophien/KamoRankings.jpg this version]]) at two different points, only to be thwarted each time. The chart has separate categories for friendship, romance, lust, and so forth. The results aren't all that surprising for most, but Eva? Low affection + high lust = she just wants to rape the poor kid. Wait, [[http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1134/negimac137latenightconsl.png that isn't surprising either.]]
*** Interestingly, he made a side comment much earlier that his magic power to make these charts can't "read" Eva (and unnamed others) at all. Whether the author forgot or this is more evidence suggesting just where Chamomile [[LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics pulls these charts out of]] is unclear.
** 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]]--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]]

* ''Manga/IrisZero'' features a fairly straightforward [[http://www.mangareader.net/iris-zero/10/3 diagram]] at the beginning of its third volume in an [[BonusMaterial omake section]] of sorts.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', given Juvia's ShippingGoggles and habit of TwistingTheWords, she seems to believe that she's in a LoveDodecahedron, to the point where [[http://www.mangareader.net/fairy-tail/256/9 she actually made one of these]]. Surprisingly enough, the chart is somewhat accurate, apart from Juvia believing that all the women besides Meredy and Sherry are interested in Gray, and that [[HoYay Gray is in love with Lyon]].

* Two separate charts are shown in magazine scans showing the relationships of the central characters in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}} XY'' saga; both charts confirm that Serena has a romantic interest in Ash.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' shipping is incredibly complex due to mutual secret identities, leading to such insanities as ''[[TwoPersonLoveTriangle Two-Person Love Traingles''. The recent prospect of getting additional Miraculous users to add to the shipping madness has in turn forced a few geometrically minded Tumblr users to try and map out the potential interactions, resulting in the [[http://ohnofixit.tumblr.com/post/151810080034/homebeccer-phantomrose96 Love Hypercube]]. What's a hypercube? It's a 4-dimensional cube. Yes. Four-dimensional. In 2-D space.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', given Juvia's ShippingGoggles and habit of TwistingTheWords, she seems to believe that she's in a LoveDodecahedron, to the point where [[http://www.mangareader.net/fairy-tail/256/9 she actually made one of these]].

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

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

* A version of this was used in ''FanFic/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.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' shipping is incredibly complex due to mutual secret identities, leading to such insanities as ''two-person Love Triangles''. The recent prospect of getting additional Miraculous users to add to the shipping madness has in turn forced a few geometrically minded Tumblr users to try and map out the potential interactions, resulting in the [[http://ohnofixit.tumblr.com/post/151810080034/homebeccer-phantomrose96 Love Hypercube]]. What's a hypercube? It's a 4-dimensional cube. Yes. Four-dimensional. In 2-D space.

** And [[http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/305/negima.png here]] is one in English with definite explanations of what means what. Current as of chapter 335, should be updated as appropriate.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hg-oiIgWUc The Geometry Of Love]] is a comedic--yet ''very accurate''--Series/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:

* Parodied in chapter 74 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaWaKokurasetai'' which featured a non-existent love triangle between Kaguya, Shirogane, and Ishigami due to the three of them bingeing a shoujo romance manga and imagining they were in one.

* Used in ''FireEmblem 10'', albeit more to depict character's military allegiences[=/=]family tree[=secret identities=], with only a few critical romantic/familial bonds depicted; several characters had MultipleEndings, after all.

* "[[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:

->'''Paegan''': Oh, this is too complicated! I mean, I'll never remember this!
->'''Jaime''': Don't worry--[[AllThereInTheManual we'll get you the printout.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' shipping is incredibly complex due to mutual secret identities, leading to such insanities as ''two-person Love Triangles''. The recent prospect of getting additional Miraculous users to add to the shipping madness has in turn forced a few geometrically minded Tumblr users to try and map out the potential interactions,
resulting in the [[http://ohnofixit.tumblr.com/post/151810080034/homebeccer-phantomrose96 Love Hypercube]]. What's a hypercube? It's a 4-dimensional cube. Yes. Four-dimensional. In 2-D space.

* ''The Growing Pains of Literature/AdrianMole'' opens with one drawn by the title character for the [[DysfunctionJunction main cast]], which includes MargaretThatcher in the "enemies of family" box.

* 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.

See also TangledFamilyTree.

[[caption-width-right:350:They get a ''lot'' more complex, believe me.]]

** 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]]

* ''Manga/LoveHina'' and ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' (both written by KenAkamatsu) have at one time or another had a character draw up a chart which tallied up in numeric form the relative levels of attraction/love that a group of girls has for the series' male lead.

* ''{{Genshiken}}'' includes a love chart for ShowWithinAShow ''Anime/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.

* One of these is at the front of the manga [[KeroroGunsou Sgt. Frog]]. Usually featuring every minor recurring character. It gets a bit cramped.
* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' has a couple of these in the manga. Kaoru makes one, and not surprisingly [[{{Otaku}} Renge]] does, too--it doesn't including herself, though. It's the love triangle involving Haruhi.