History Main / MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle

* The protagonist of ''Literature/BloodAndChocolate'', a werewolf named Vivian, has this when she is forced to choose between the werewolf Gabriel and the human Aiden. However, the book and the [[Film/BloodAndChocolate2007]] treat this situation very differently. In TheFilmOfTheBook, Gabriel is the BigBad and his attraction and relationship to Vivian is surface-level possessiveness at best, while Adrien connects with her struggles on a deeper level. In the end, Vivian manages to break free of her pack's strict anti-interspecies-relationship rule and run away with Aiden. In the original novel, [[spoiler:Gabriel has been in love with Vivian from the start, but she refuses him because she assumes that he is nothing more than a brute, and she falls for human artist Adrien instead, who treats her more kindly than the pack does. However, as the plot kicks in, Adrien rejects her in fear when she reveals herself to be a werewolf and later believes her to be responsible for the deaths in the city, leading to him setting out to shoot her. Meanwhile, Gabriel reveals HiddenDepths--he doesn't enjoy the endless fighting and bickering, but considers it necessary to establish the new pecking order and bring back peace to the pack in the wake of the attack that drove them from their home and killed several of their number, including the previous pack leader. He reveals that he tried to romance a human before as well and that it ended with him killing her by accident. In the end, Vivian comes to the conclusion that relationships between Muggles and Magicals are doomed to fail because their experiences are just too dissimilar to be able to truly relate to each other, and she chooses to be with Gabriel.]]

* ''Series/BloodTies'' has Vicki's love triangle with her police officer ex, Mike, and a 500-year-old sexy vampire, Henry.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' somewhat subverts the trope - while the Angel (Vampire)/Buffy (Magical Slayer)/Riley (human) triangle fits, by the point Riley shows up in Buffy's life she and Angel had already decided they should move on. Kind of.

* ''Series/RoswellNewMexico'': Has alien Michael in a triangle between two humans Alex and Maria- though Maria may or may not have her own set of powers due [[spoiler: to her family being victims of illegal human experimentation by the military.]]

* The protagonist of ''Literature/BloodAndChocolate'', a werewolf named Vivian, has this when she is forced to choose between the werewolf Gabriel and the human Aiden. It doesn't really seem like a choice at first; she loves Aiden and despises Gabriel. In TheFilmOfTheBook, she manages to break free of her pack and run away with Aiden! ...But in the original novel, we get the considerably less clichéd ending, wherein she realizes that a human could never understand her and goes back to Gabriel.

* Marlo Chandler, the wife of ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' supporting character Rick Jones, unexpectedly found herself drawn to the telepathic and telekinetic Moondragon and lived with her for a while before returning to her husband. (Before she first met Rick, Marlo had also been the Hulk's lover for a while).

* ''Manga/InuYasha'' - Kagome has the most desired boy in school fall in love with her, but even when she goes on dates with him she finds herself thinking about [=InuYasha=], a half-dog demon from the mythic past. She ultimately picks [=InuYasha=].

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Steven's MissingMom Rose Quartz was in a LoveTriangle with a fellow Gem, Pearl, and a human, Greg. [[spoiler: In the end, Rose chose Greg, which is how Steven came to be]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'': Piro's current girlfriend is Kimiko, who works as a waitress and is attempting to launch a career as a voice actress; his previous girlfriend (for whom he has a lot of unresolved feelings -- [[FoeYay not all of them positive]]) is Miho, a DarkMagicalGirl.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': For straight female Shepard, it's Garrus or [[RedMage Kaidan]][[labelnote:*]]New party member James doesn't hold any romantic interest.[[/labelnote]]. For gay male Shepard, it's the biotic Kaidan or normal human shuttle pilot Cortez. For gay female Shepard, the choice could be between the biotic Liara and the normal human Intel analyst Samantha Traynor. For straight male Shepard, it could be either Liara ([[ExtremeOmnisexual gender isn't a concern for her]]) or Ashley or Tali, both of whom are just normal members of their species.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Female Shepard this time, having either just Garrus the CowboyCop with ImprobableAimingSkills, or either Jacob or Thane, both of whom are biotics[[labelnote:*]]. Male Shepard's options this time are Miranda and Jack, who are ''both'' biotics. Grunt is too young, Mordin has no sex drive (standard for all salarians), Legion is a ''geth'' and has zero experience/interest on the matter, [[NonStandardGameOver you lose]] if you even ''try'' Morinth, and Kasumi and Zaeed are DLC. While you can ''try'' to advance on Samara (only attempt-able for Male Shepard), she'll turn you down[[/labelnote]].

* In ''Literature/{{Evernight}}'', half-vampire Bianca is torn between Lucas (a human) and Balthazar (a vampire). Her parents and many of her peers push her towards Balthazar, especially given Lucas [[spoiler: was raised as a vampire hunter]]. At the end of the secind book she chooses [[spoiler:Lucas and simultaneously decides she won't become a full vampire (things don't ''quite'' work out in that regard); although she cares for Balthazar, she realizes she doesn't love him the same as Lucas, and that she would only be choosing him because it's more convenient and socially acceptable. It's also implied Balthazar has a case of LovingAShadow given Bianca's resemblance to [[ReplacementGoldfish his long dead love interest]]]]; he ends up with a human girl named Skye in his SpinOff]].

* ZigZaggingTrope in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Superhero Cat Noir is smitten with fellow superhero Ladybug, but when he assumes the identity of Adrien Agreste, he sees civilian Marinette as no more than a friend. Marinette, meanwhile, has a crush on Adrien, but when she dons the mask of Ladybug, she does not reciprocate her partner Cat Noir's affections.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In Book 1, Mako, though being a [[ElementalPowers bender]] [[PlayingWithFire himself]], has to choose between {{Muggle|s}} [[UptownGirl Asami]] and [[AmazonianBeauty Korra]], who's the [[PhysicalGod Avatar]], bender of all 4 elements. He starts with Asami, breaks up with her due to [[YourCheatingHeart various]] [[LoveEpiphany reasons]] and ends up with Korra at the end of book 1.

* ''Manga/DNAngel'' - Risa rejects Daisuke's advances, regarding him as too ordinary. Instead she falls for Dark, an exotic magical PhantomThief. Little does she realize that Dark is Daisuke's SuperPoweredAlterEgo. Meanwhile, Dark is attracted to Risa's sister, Riku, who is repulsed by him and prefers . . . Daisuke. [[LoveDodecahedron Yeah, it's that kind of series.]]

* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', Sayaka, a MagicalGirl, and [[spoiler:Hitomi]], a {{Muggle|s}}, are both in love with Kyosuke. However, it's played with in that Kyosuke doesn't know that Sayaka is a MagicalGirl in the first place. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Kyosuke picks the latter, which is one of the catalysts in Sayaka's fall to despair and ultimate [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie witch-hood]].]]

* Some examples from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** Subverted in the case of Spider-Man's first love Betty Brant, who did not know she was inside one when she was wooed both by cub photographer Peter Parker and reporter Ned Leeds. She eventually married Ned, who later got killed.
** During the mid-1980s Spider-Man found himself between the ComicBook/BlackCat and "civilian" ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson. He eventually chose Mary Jane, whom he married in 1987.
** In ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', Peter Parker dated the X-Men's Kitty Pryde for a time, but eventually found himself drawn back to Mary Jane.

* When Creator/ChrisClaremont decided in the mid-1980s to break up the X-Man ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} and his longtime lover, the sorceress Amanda Sefton aka Jimaine Szardos, he had him become attracted to a {{Ruritania}}n princess.
* Crystal of ComicBook/TheInhumans cheated on her husband ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} with a nondescript, non-powered suburbanite.

* Marlo Chandler, the wife of ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' supporting character Rick Jones, unexpectedly found herself drawn to the telepathic and telekinetic Moondragon and lived with her for a while before returning to her husband. (Before she first met Rick, Marlo had also been the Hulk's lover for a while).
* Jenny's having to choose between Zot and Woody in ''ComicBook/{{Zot}}''

* In ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', Clary Fray has her childhood friend Simon Lewis, a normal boy [[spoiler:(until halfway through ''City of Ashes'')]] who is in love with her and she herself has a crush on demon-slaying Shadowhunter, Jace Wayland.
* ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'' has Bea caught between Alan, the dashing revolutionary war soldier she meets in her dreams, and Ben, the football captain at her high school and her long time crush.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' set up Bella/Jacob as this in ''New Moon'' before revealing Jacob as a werewolf and shifting into a VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle. Of course, in the first book Bella had three {{Muggle|s}} guys after her not ''even'' counting Edward and Jacob, both of whom were also already interested.
* Supernatural DarkActionGirl assassin Yuki and {{Ojou}} Kaede play this to Takeo in ''Literature/TalesOfTheOtori''.
* In ''[[Literature/BrasAndBroomsticks Parties and Potions]]'' by Sarah Mlynowski, Rachel (a witch) has to choose between her muggle boyfriend Raf and a witch boy who likes her and who she feels she can relate to better. [[spoiler: She chooses Raf.]]
* Sort of happens in ''[[Literature/GemmaDoyle Rebel Angels]]''. Gemma, who has magical abilities, has to choose between Simon Middleton, a rich heir, or Kartik. While Kartik isn't magical, he does know about her magic and is involved in the {{Masquerade}}. She chooses [[spoiler: Kartik, though he dies near the end of the last book in the trilogy]].

* In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', Percy's two major love interests are [[{{Tsundere}} Annabeth]], the demigoddess daughter of Athena, and [[FieryRedhead Rachel]], a mortal girl (albeit one who can see through [[WeirdnessCensor the Mist]]). [[spoiler:It's played with by the end, however, since Rachel becomes the new Oracle of Delphi at Camp Half-Blood, but only after a ShipSinking moment with Percy.]]

* In ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'', the young witch Tiffany has attracted a supernatural StalkerWithACrush in the form of the titular Wintersmith, and everyone ''knows'' that she's got an arrangement with the Baron's son, who's very much a Muggle. [[spoiler: She chooses neither. She rejects the Wintersmith and he returns to his discorporate form, and she and Roland are just friends.]]
* A version in the ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'', when Sadie is forced to choose between Anubis (yes, [[Myth/EgyptianMythology that Anubis]]) and Walt, who is ''merely'' a magician. [[spoiler:In the end, Anubis and Walt become fused, so she doesn't really have to choose.]]

* Continuing the theme in the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}, Gwen Cooper of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' has an UnderstandingBoyfriend Rhys, but shares {{U|nresolvedSexualTension}}ST with her boss Jack Harkness, an immortal human from the future. Resolved when [[spoiler:she marries Rhys and has a child with him, although there are still some hints of feelings between her and Jack]].

* This was the case in the first few episodes of ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie''; however, Tony's relationship with his {{Muggle|s}} fiancee didn't last long.

* ''VideoGame/Persona3'': The protagonist has the option of dating Persona-users like [[PluckyGirl Yukari]], [[DefrostingIceQueen Mitsuru]], and [[TheCutie Fuuka]], as well as more normal high school students like [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Yuko]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Chihiro]]. This trope gets taken to another level with romance options for [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Aigis]] and [[AmbiguouslyHuman Elizabeth]], who make the Persona-users look like {{muggles}} in comparison.
* ''VideoGame/Persona4'' brings it back, with [[CuteBruiser Chie]], [[YamatoNadeshiko Yukiko]], [[IdolSinger Rise]], and [[KidDetective Naoto]] being the datable Persona-users, [[DramaClub Yumi]]/[[OlderThanTheyLook Ayane]] and [[AlphaBitch Ai]] being the datable normal high school girls, and [[ApocalypseMaiden Marie]] being the even more supernatural love interest.

* Bob, Jean, and Princess Voluptua in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''

* ZigZaggingTrope in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Superhero Cat Noir is smitten with fellow superhero Ladybug, but when he assumes the identity of Adrien Agreste, he sees civilian Marinette as no more than a friend. Marinette, meanwhile, has a crush on Adrien, but when she dons the mask of Ladybug, she does not reciprocate her partner Cat Noir's affections.

** For the book 4 {{Grand Finale}} [[spoiler: Korra and Asami [[BiTheWay end up together]], meaning that she was the one with the choice between magic and {{muggle|s}} all along]].

* ''Series/BloodTies'' has Vicki's love triangle with her police officer ex, Mike, and a 500-year-old sexy vampire, Henry.

* The second season of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' has Caroline choosing between her muggle on-and-off boyfriend Matt and werewolf Tyler. However, Caroline herself [[spoiler:is a vampire, making it a sort-of VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle (until Tyler becomes a vampire as well). ItMakesSenseInContext. She eventually hooks up with Tyler, after Matt tells her he can't handle her being a vampire]].
** [[HotWitch Bonnie]] was briefly interested in both Jeremy, her best friend's younger brother, and newcomer Luka, a warlock. [[spoiler:Luka soon proves to be untrustworthy and she gets together with Jeremy.]]
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' somewhat subverts the trope - while the Angel (Vampire)/Buffy (Magical Slayer)/Riley (human) triangle fits, by the point Riley shows up in Buffy's life she and Angel had already decided they should move on. Kind of.
* ''Series/TrueBlood'': Sookie ''thinks'' she is in one, with her boss Sam seemingly a normal guy smitten with her, while she lusts/pines for vampire Bill. [[spoiler:However, Sam isn't really human, and neither is Sookie herself.]]

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Season 2 has a bit of a love triangle where the Chaste-trained Matt Murdock is busy trying to form a romantic bond with the normal Karen Page while also fighting the Hand with his old college flame, the also Chaste-trained Elektra Natchios.
* ''Series/LostGirl'' had succubus Bo in a LoveTriangle (at times a LoveDodecahedron) involving Dyson, a werewolf, and Lauren, a human doctor enslaved by the Fae.

* In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', Percy's two major love interests are [[{{Tsundere}} Annabeth]], the demigoddess daughter of Athena, and [[FieryRedhead Rachel]], a mortal girl (albeit one who can see through [[WeirdnessCensor the Mist]]). [[spoiler:It's somewhat subverted by the end, however, since Rachel becomes the new Oracle of Delphi at Camp Half-Blood, but only after a ShipSinking moment with Percy.]]

* In ''Discworld/{{Wintersmith}}'', the young witch Tiffany has attracted a supernatural StalkerWithACrush in the form of the titular Wintersmith, and everyone ''knows'' that she's got an arrangement with the Baron's son, who's very much a Muggle. [[spoiler: She chooses neither. She rejects the Wintersmith and he returns to his discorporate form, and she and Roland are just friends.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': BadassNormal Marco Diaz's LoveTriangle consists of him, the Muggle ChildhoodFriendRomance Jackie-Lynn Thomas, and the MagicalGirlWarrior Star Butterfly, though he [[JustFriends doesn't even see Star as an option]] until she begrudgingly admits to having a crush on him after [[spoiler: he had already started a relationship with Jackie-Lynn. They have a happy relationship until she realizes that he's become unhappy on Earth following Star returning to her home dimension and that he may have developed feelings for the princess as well. She proceeds to dump him so [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he can go live in said dimension and have a chance to be with her]]. But by that point, Star has rekindled her old relationship with JerkWithAHeartOfGold Tom]].

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': Since EveryoneIsBi, straight male / lesbian female Hawkes can choose between BadassNormal Isabela and CuteWitch Merrill, straight female / gay male Hawkes can choose between Mage Anders and Muggle Fenris, and bi character can enter any the above ''or'' a love triangle between Isabela v. Anders or Merrill v. Fenris.

* In Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', the mermaid was a heroic young maiden with an intoxicating voice but forever bound to the sea. The land-princess is a little more housewifely and dutiful but has legs. It should be noted though that the prince didn't know he was in one of these. He had no idea the mermaid wasn't just a regular woman, so this didn't factor into his choice.

* The final season of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' had the sisters [[CosmicDeadline quickly finding and securing love and marriage.]] The secondary plot of one episode had {{half|HumanHybrid}}-[[OurAngelsAreDifferent whitelighter]] Paige meeting a British half-whitelighter who basically demands she marries and produce superpowerful offspring with him because it was destined to be. This doesn't sit well with her {{Muggle|s}} fiance Henry who spends the rest of the episode explaining why he and Paige were meant to be while the British half-whitelighter tries to show Paige that her life is too dangerous to have a human husband plus he doesn't think Henry is a worthy mate for her. The episode ends with the two men actually sparring in an alleyway.

* The new series of ''Series/DoctorWho'' had Rose caught between the Doctor (magical) and Mickey (muggle). [[spoiler:She chooses the Doctor.]]

** Done again with Clara and the Doctor (magical) and Danny (muggle), though it's implied that she would not have been happy with anything other than a life of adventure wether the Doctor was there or not.

* The second season of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' has Caroline choosing between her muggle on-and-off boyfriend Matt and werewolf Tyler. However, Caroline herself [[spoiler:is a vampire, making it a sort-of VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle (until Tyler becomes a vampire as well. ItMakesSenseInContext. She eventually hooks up with Tyler, after Matt tells her he can't handle her being a vampire]].

* ''Series/LostGirl'' had succubus Bo in a LoveTriangle (at times a LoveDodecahedron) involving Dyson, a werewolf and Lauren, a human doctor enslaved by the Fae.

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': Since EveryoneIsBi, straight male / lesbian female Hawkes can choose between BadassNormal Isabela and CuteWitch Merrill, straight female / gay male Hawkes can choose between Mage Anders and Muggle Fenris, and bi character can enter invoke the above or a love triangle between Isabela v. Anders or Merrill v. Fenris.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'': Having introduced eight romance options(!!), this trope is in play for some Inquisitors but not others. Gay (or Bi) Male Inquisitors can choose between the {{Necromancer}} [[BadPowersGoodPeople Dorian]] and BoisterousBruiser [[HornedHumanoid Iron Bull]]. Female Elven Inquisitors can choose between one of several muggle companions (or advisers!) or the [[RealityWarper Mage]] [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers Solas]]. This trope does not apply to non-elven female Inquisitors because [[SorryImGay Dorian is gay]], [[LikeGoesWithLike Solas can only be romanced by a female elf]][[note]]Due to time and budget constraints[[/note]], and all the other love interests are muggles. This trope also doesn't apply to straight male or lesbian female Inquisitors because none of the potential female love interests are mages this time around.

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