History Main / RelationShipUpgrade

* Given that ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is the RomanticComedy of {{Sitcom}}s, this isn't exactly uncommon. Special mention goes to the season one finale where Ted and Robin finally get together after he makes it ''rain'' for her. Also notable is "Definitions", which is all about this and how the relationship-averse couple wants to stick to their FriendsWithBenefits deal, but Lily won't let them. Although, as Ted points out, they had their Relationship Upgrade months ago (in the previous season finale). They just never defined it.

* Jim and Pam on ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' got a Relationship Upgrade between seasons three and four, and then another one later on.

* Olivia and Peter from ''Series/{{Fringe}}''. [[spoiler:Which was instantly railroaded by [=AltOlivia=] switching places with the real Olivia, and an oblivious Peter continuing his relationship with (and ''impregnating'') the wrong one. When the real Olivia found out… she didn't take it too well. It's up in the air right now whether the upgrade will hold.]] It held, or was reinstalled. [[spoiler: Then was promptly [[CosmicRetcon erased from]] [[RetGone all time]] three episodes later.]] Until Peter somehow wills himself back into existence, they eventually get back together,[[spoiler: Olivia announces she's pregnant, and they time skip three years to show Peter and Olivia very much together and raising their daughter Etta.]] That is, up until the [[spoiler: Observers]] invade and they're separated[[spoiler: from Etta and get encased in amber for 20-odd years.]] Shenanigans ensue involving the plan to defeat the [[spoiler: Observers,]] and [[spoiler: Etta dies.]] Eventually the TimeyWimeyBall comes into play and the final episode ends with [[spoiler: Peter and Olivia still together with Etta (who's back to being three years old and obviously no longer dead.)]] Phew!
* This was originally presented as Zach & Flo's story line in Season 3 of ''Series/TheAmazingRace''. They came on as JustFriends looking for more; only they ended up averting it when Flo left the race dating a racer from another team.

* It's not really clear whether the scene at the end of the second season of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' with John and Cameron in bed together is supposed to be this or the ''opposite'', with John realizing how much of a machine she really is and understanding the sexual tension between them isn't real.
** Since he commits a HeroicSacrifice and [[spoiler: dives into the future to get her chip back]], it seems pretty confirmed he doesn't think of her as a machine.

* On ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'', the path to Relationship Upgrade is often fraught with OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome.
** Crixus and Naevia probably have it the worst. He's a slave gladiator, she's a house slave being kept as a virgin to preserve her market value. They're StarCrossedLovers. Or as much as they can be given that he is kept locked in a cage at night. Then they are forcibly separated and a good chunk of ''Vengeance'' revolves around finding Naevia, and then reconnecting her with Crixus.
** Agron and Nasir have a rather less melodramatic version. There was an early kill-him-or-kiss-him dynamic however. Although a near-death experience is involved, they hook up fairly quickly and easily in comparison.
** Spartacus and Mira [[spoiler: never make it]].

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': Maria and Luis were {{Just Friends}} and co-workers for years, but when Sonia Manzano (Maria's actress] became pregnant and it was decided to [[WrittenInInfirmity write her pregnancy into the show]], the two fell in love, were wed in a landmark episode, and have been {{Happily Married}} ever since.
* ''Series/SchittsCreek'':
** After a series of starts and stops, Alexis thinks she must move on from Ted, but he surprises her at a Singles Week event and kisses her in front of a cheering crowd.
** Although they are dating and run a business together, David is shown as unclear what to introduce Patrick as when they encounter Jake. This dramatically changes after Patrick and Stevie spend a day pushing David's aesthetic BerserkButton in an effort to get him to compromise. David finally admits to being unable to do so, but he also calls Patrick his boyfriend.
--->'''David:''' These mountaineering shoes that my boyfriend is wearing looking like Oprah on a Thanksgiving Day hike, incorrect.\\
'''Patrick:''' I'm sorry what did you just say?\\
'''David:''' I said the breath mints need to move.\\
'''Patrick:''' I think it was something about your boyfriend's shoes.\\
* ''Series/TheWilds'': Toni and Shelby in episode 10 become a couple. They date in the second season, and although they keep it secret first the rest soon learn.

* In Season 3's "Series/{{Chuck}} Versus the Other Guy", Chuck and Sarah dropped the WillTheyOrWontThey pretenses and got their relationship upgrade by episode's end.
* The writers and actors of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' didn't even try to hide the fact that Kate Beckett and Richard Castle were eventually going to become a couple; the tension (which was arguably the primary driving force behind the show) was in seeing how. [[spoiler:As of season four's finale, "Always", it finally happened where Castle proclaims his feelings for Beckett and she returns them at the end of the episode. Season five has them secretly dating (even though EverybodyKnewAlready, which does eventually end up out in the open) and the season ends with Castle's proposal. Season six has them working together as an engaged couple planning their wedding, which is set to happen at the end of season six... but things go awry when Castle vanishes on the way to the wedding. However, he turns up in the season seven premiere, and they eventually wed early in the season ("The Time of Our Lives") to become a crime fighting husband and wife team]].

* In ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E14InterpretiveDance Interpretive Dance]] Jeff and Slater have to fill out official paperwork with the college so that they can have a relationship.
** After quite a bit of ShipTease, Britta and Troy get together between seasons 3 and 4.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Ross and Rachel in Season 2.
** Monica and Chandler get together in the series 4 finale. It's initially a FriendsWithBenefits relationship that upgrades further to a full-blown romance that eventually ends up with them HappilyMarried.
* Given that ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is the RomanticComedy of {{Sitcom}}s, this isn't exactly uncommon. Special mention goes to the season one finale where Ted and Robin finally get together after he makes it ''rain'' for her. Also notable is "Definitions", which is all about this and how the relationship-averse couple wants to stick to their FriendsWithBenefits deal, but Lily won't let them. Although, as Ted points out, they had their Relationship Upgrade months ago (in the previous season finale). They just never defined it.

* Crichton and Aeryn had one ''hell'' of a rocky road to travel on ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. They hook up fairly early in the series on a one-night stand in the first season ("A Human Reaction"), but not only do they never talk about it in the episode (Crichton starts to, but Aeryn shuts him down), they don't even acknowledge they actually slept together until the season 2 premiere. Although season 1 had some other ShipTease moments (such as when stranded in "The Flax," and their farewell in the season finale before Crichton's SuicideMission, one take of which involved an unscripted kiss) the {{UST}} doesn't start building particularly heavily until season 2, particularly the "Look at the Princess" trilogy. They confess their feelings for one another in the season 2 finale, unfortunately, it turns out Crichton is being mind-controlled by Scorpius's neural clone at the time. Due to various complications, it takes until mid-season 3 for Crichton and Aeryn to ''finally'' become an OfficialCouple. Unfortunately, it's after Crichton has been "twinned," and the Crichton Aeryn hooks up with dies in a HeroicSacrifice by the end of the season. Season 4 reverses their relationship, with Aeryn doing the pursuing and Crichton avoiding her, with Noranti's help, and it's not until the last half a dozen episodes that they finally get together for real, and Crichton proposes to her at the end series finale (right before the cliffhanger ending in which they get blasted by an alien spaceship, setting up the miniseries). Whew!
* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'':
** ''Series/Daredevil2015'':
*** [[BlindJustice Matt Murdock]] [[OfficialCouple and]] [[SexySecretary Karen Page]] have an instant attraction to each other. By season 2, it's been six months since Fisk has been locked up, giving them more time to explore their feelings for each other, with Matt willing to let [[HandsOnApproach Karen guide him to sink the 8-ball]] during [[Recap/Daredevil2015S2E1Bang an after-work round of pool at Josie's]]. By "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S2E4PennyAndDime Penny and Dime]]", the two are flirting whenever they're alone or Foggy has just stepped away from them to handle something else. Their way of celebrating Frank Castle's capture, after a round of drinks at Josie's, is to share [[RomanticRain a passionate kiss in the rain]]. They are temporarily driven apart in the second half of season 2 by Matt's nighttime activities and Karen finding Elektra in Matt's bed, but in the season 2 finale, Matt privately meets with Karen to disclose his secret, with a hint that they'll reconcile. They're slowly on the rebound in ''Series/TheDefenders2017'', though things take a step back after [[spoiler:Matt is seemingly killed defeating the Hand underneath Midland Circle]].
*** Wilson Fisk and Vanessa Marianna get one after James Wesley takes the initiative and reaches out to Vanessa to calm Fisk down after he's intimidated by Madame Gao. Vanessa's calming influence give Fisk a new dose of confidence and inspires him to go public, delivering a speech on live TV in which he paints himself as a savior and paints the Devil of Hell's Kitchen as a terrorist. It also alienates Fisk from his own associates, who think that Vanessa is turning him into a softie, to the point that Madame Gao and Leland Owlsley try to have her killed.
** ''Series/IronFist2017'': Danny Rand and Colleen Wing have a lot of clear tension from the moment they first meet. They eventually realize their feelings and become lovers halfway through the first season.
* Jane and Lisbon in ''Series/TheMentalist'' after several seasons of unresolved sexual tension and a lot of fan shipping. Of course, Jane's past come to play as at least one of the reasons of why he was reluctant to explore those feelings.
* Robbie Lewis and Dr. Laura Hobson in ''Series/{{Lewis}}'' as of Season 7 "Ramblin' Boy"

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder In Throes of Increasing Wonder...]]", Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt were close friends for a few months before [[TheirFirstTime they made love]]. However, they don't become an OfficialCouple until Louis agrees to be Lestat's immortal companion, which results in Louis being transformed into a vampire.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Daario with Daenerys in Season 4. She breaks up with him in the Season 6 finale, however.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' dabbled with this repeatedly in the relationship between JD and Elliot. At one stage they even became [[FriendsWithBenefits no-strings-attached "sex buddies"]], which JD says is the best thing a man can hear from a female friend. They receive their true Relationship Upgrade into OfficialCouple during the final (well technically there's another season, but in truth it's really more of a spin off setting/content-wise) season, one that is clean and without any drama mucking it up (aside from one bit of drama that arbitrarily arises during the two-part episode).
* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'':
** At the end of season 2 [[spoiler:Crowley ''finally'']] confesses his love to and kisses [[spoiler:Aziraphale]].
** Crazy enough, [[spoiler:the supreme archangel of Heaven Gabriel]] and [[the Prince of Hell Beelzebub]] fall in love, get together, and elope.
* In the middle of the final season of ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'', Major Nelson finally drops the IdiotBall and confesses his feelings for and to Jeannie.
* In the final episode of the first series of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', Captain Jack Harkness and Ianto finally (and very dramatically) kiss in front of the team--not quite a LastMinuteHookup but almost.
** PlayedWith throughout season 2 with Toshiko and Owen: all of their relationship development takes place after [[spoiler: Owen becomes undead]], and Owen absolutely does not care what happens anymore. They share a mid-battle kiss, have that date that Tosh wanted all along, dance quite romantically at a wedding, and eventually say a tearful goodbye. They both realise how thoroughly dysfunctional it is and that they're both just going through the motions and waiting for the end.
* Jim and Pam on ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' got a Relationship Upgrade between seasons three and four, and then another one later on.
* Harry and Christine in ''Series/NightCourt''. A bit of a subversion in that they don't date for very long before deciding they work BetterAsFriends.

* In ''Series/HannahMontana'' Oliver and Lilly had been friends since kindergarten and now, in high school, are an official couple. However, this is a milder example than others, since the actual moment of upgrade happened off-screen with very little build-up. Needless to say, the shippers of this couple felt rather cheated.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Odo and Kira ''finally'' got this late in season six of the show after nearly a ''decade'' of {{UST}}. Miraculously the show avoids ShippingBedDeath and they're still madly in love in the series finale.
* ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'': Sonny and Chad go on their first date in "Falling For The Falls".
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Mulder & Scully are a weird example; they spent five seasons as PlatonicLifePartners, then had an AlmostKiss in the first movie, and the {{UST}} became more and more overt in season 6. For the last few seasons of the show it's hinted increasingly strongly that they're already together, and in the second movie it's [[RelationshipReveal finally made explicit]]. It's not clear when the Relationship Upgrade took place, though. (The leading candidate is season 7's "all things," which features Scully evaluating her past choices about life and relationships, leading up to a scene where she's getting dressed in Mulder's bathroom while he's asleep in bed, apparently naked. This episode also occurred at about the right time before [[spoiler:Scully's pregnancy]] was discovered/revealed in the season-ending episode "Requiem".)
* Olivia and Peter from ''Series/{{Fringe}}''. [[spoiler:Which was instantly railroaded by [=AltOlivia=] switching places with the real Olivia, and an oblivious Peter continuing his relationship with (and ''impregnating'') the wrong one. When the real Olivia found out… she didn't take it too well. It's up in the air right now whether the upgrade will hold.]] It held, or was reinstalled. [[spoiler: Then was promptly [[CosmicRetcon erased from]] [[RetGone all time]] three episodes later.]] Until Peter somehow wills himself back into existence, they eventually get back together,[[spoiler: Olivia announces she's pregnant, and they time skip three years to show Peter and Olivia very much together and raising their daughter Etta.]] That is, up until the [[spoiler: Observers]] invade and they're separated[[spoiler: from Etta and get encased in amber for 20-odd years.]] Shenanigans ensue involving the plan to defeat the [[spoiler: Observers,]] and [[spoiler: Etta dies.]] Eventually the TimeyWimeyBall comes into play and the final episode ends with [[spoiler: Peter and Olivia still together with Etta (who's back to being three years old and obviously no longer dead.)]] Phew!
* This was originally presented as Zach & Flo's story line in Season 3 of ''Series/TheAmazingRace''. They came on as JustFriends looking for more; only they ended up averting it when Flo left the race dating a racer from another team.
* On leg 8 of Season 17, Chad proposed to Stephanie in Oman while they were waiting for their departure time to continue their leg. Their title was subsequently upgraded from "Newly Dating" to "Engaged".
* It's not really clear whether the scene at the end of the second season of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' with John and Cameron in bed together is supposed to be this or the ''opposite'', with John realizing how much of a machine she really is and understanding the sexual tension between them isn't real.
** Since he commits a HeroicSacrifice and [[spoiler: dives into the future to get her chip back]], it seems pretty confirmed he doesn't think of her as a machine.

* On ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', Cory and Topanga officially get together in the first episode of season three.
* What Brody wants from Abby in ''Series/AgainstTheWall''. She wants them to stay as FriendsWithBenefits.
* Booth and Brennan in ''Series/{{Bones}}'', despite several false starts, finally achieved their relationship upgrade at the end of Season 6.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': Occurs in "Original Song" between Blaine and Kurt.
* In Season 3's "Series/{{Chuck}} Versus the Other Guy", Chuck and Sarah dropped the WillTheyOrWontThey pretenses and got their relationship upgrade by episode's end.
* Grissom and Sara on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' in the season 6 finale-the last scene showed them in bed together.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': John Sheridan and Delenn get theirs in "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E11CeremoniesOfLightAndDark Ceremonies of Light and Dark]]" when he tells her, "...I can no longer imagine my world without you in it." Although they don't get TheBigDamnKiss until eight episodes later, from that episode on, they are for all intents and purposes together romantically.
* The writers and actors of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' didn't even try to hide the fact that Kate Beckett and Richard Castle were eventually going to become a couple; the tension (which was arguably the primary driving force behind the show) was in seeing how. [[spoiler:As of season four's finale, "Always", it finally happened where Castle proclaims his feelings for Beckett and she returns them at the end of the episode. Season five has them secretly dating (even though EverybodyKnewAlready, which does eventually end up out in the open) and the season ends with Castle's proposal. Season six has them working together as an engaged couple planning their wedding, which is set to happen at the end of season six... but things go awry when Castle vanishes on the way to the wedding. However, he turns up in the season seven premiere, and they eventually wed early in the season ("The Time of Our Lives") to become a crime fighting husband and wife team]].

** [[spoiler:Shikamaru and Kurotsuchi]] become a couple during [[TheHerosBirthday Naruto's fourteenth birthday]].

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* Happens to Sprig Plantar and Ivy Sundew in the second-to-last episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'''s first season.

There may have been UnresolvedSexualTension earlier, romantic feelings on either side or even an unmistakable HeldGaze or two, but that was all on paper. This is ''it'', the actual relationship. It's happening, starting now. In a work, it's that point where [[ThatDidntHappen until further notice]] there's no more sense in asking WillTheyOrWontThey. In RealLife, it's that point beyond which you'd feel justified calling the other person "my boyfriend/girlfriend." Expect the ShipperOnDeck for this particular couple to be [[SoProudOfYou proud of them]] and/or [[{{Squee}} jumping on joy]].

There may have been UnresolvedSexualTension earlier, romantic feelings on either side or even an unmistakable HeldGaze or two, but that was all on paper. This is ''it'', the actual relationship. It's happening, starting now. In a work, it's that point where [[ThatDidntHappen until further notice]] there's no more sense in asking WillTheyOrWontThey. In RealLife, it's that point beyond which you'd feel justified calling the other person "my boyfriend/girlfriend". Expect the ShipperOnDeck for this particular couple to be [[SoProudOfYou proud of them]] and/or [[{{Squee}} jumping on joy]].

Most commonly broadcasted with a FirstKiss, but every once in a while you find a more… drastic variant (GladToBeAliveSex comes to mind). Compare RelationshipReveal--a moment where an implied but existing couple becomes canon. A move from casual to serious can involve IGotYouADrawer. Contrast DerailingLoveInterests-- where a relationship downgrade happens to a RomanticFalseLead so an OfficialCouple can be hooked up. Though they often coincide (e.g. in a LastMinuteHookup) the two are far from synonymous; a Relationship Upgrade can be the beginning of hardships, trials and tribulations that the relationship may not survive at all.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt were close friends for a few months before [[TheirFirstTime they made love]]. However, they don't become an OfficialCouple until Louis agrees to be Lestat's immortal companion, which results in Louis being transformed into a vampire.

** Blake and Yang discuss what their relationship is in Volume 9, due to the world's EmpathicEnvironment forcing them to address it. [[spoiler:A "punderstorm" is a thunderstorm that manifests as a mental or emotional puzzle for individuals caught in the story to solve. Blake and Yang are trapped at opposite ends of a rope bridge and the only way to make it safely to the central platform is to start talking about the things they've never said to each other. This results in them admitting they're in love with each other and kissing. Once their friends find out, the only response is that [[AudienceSurrogate everyone's been waiting forever]] for that to happen.]]

* After a few episodes of ShipTease, [[spoiler:Professor Kukui]] pops the question and gets married to [[spoiler:Professor Burnet]] at the end of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}} Sun and Moon'''s Nebby arc.

* [[{{Series/Firefly}} Simon and Kaylee]] finally get it on at the very end of ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. [[spoiler: [[{{Squick}} They should've checked the ceiling before they chose their base of operations.]] ]]

* After years of UnresolvedSexualTension and Tony's sleeping around, he and Pepper ''finally'' get together at the end of ''Film/IronMan2''.
* An unusual example in ''Film/{{Attack on Titan|2015}}'': in the original manga/anime, Eren and Mikasa are adoptive siblings in an AmbiguousSituation. The film version removes the sibling angle and ambiguity, and makes them a full-blown OfficialCouple.

* In ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', Peter and Michelle have an awkward romance throughout the movie, but don't know how to tell each other. Peter tries many times to tell Michelle he likes her, but is interrupted. By the end of the movie, Peter finally tells MJ he loves her and they become an OfficialCouple after sharing their first kiss.
* ''{{Film/Clara}}'': Around midway into the film, Isaac gets together with Clara after they fall for each other and have sex. Previously, she had just been his assistant, though they both grew steadily closer.

Most commonly broadcasted with a FirstKiss, but every once in a while you find a more… drastic variant (GladToBeAliveSex comes to mind). Compare RelationshipReveal--a moment where an implied but existing couple becomes canon. A move from casual to serious can involve IGotYouADrawer. Also compare TheyDo--the point past which the RomanceArc is concluded and the relationship becomes a constant that feeds ''other'' plot threads. Contrast DerailingLoveInterests-- where a relationship downgrade happens to a RomanticFalseLead so an OfficialCouple can be hooked up. Though they often coincide (e.g. in a LastMinuteHookup) the two are far from synonymous; a Relationship Upgrade can be the beginning of hardships, trials and tribulations that the relationship may not survive at all.

* While [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Star Lord]] and ComicBook/KittyPryde had been seeing each other for some time, both refused to admit that they were boyfriend and girlfriend to their respective teammates. It took the events of ''ComicBook/TheBlackVortex'' for them to come right out and say it, eventually concluding with Peter proposing to Kitty, [[spoiler: and Kitty [[TheyDo accepting his proposal]]]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' is a good example of this trope. With a confusing LoveDodecahedron and twice your daily serving of WillTheyOrWontThey , [[spoiler:Taiga and Ryuuji ''finally'']] get upgraded from… [[PlatonicLifePartners whatever they were,]] to [[spoiler: a couple in episode 24, where Ryuuji proposes to Taiga.]]

* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', Louise and Saito start getting serious with their relationship at the beginning of the fourth season, [[spoiler:they also marry at the end of the series]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Ren and Nora finally have a proper conversation about how they feel about each other during the Atlas Arc, putting to bed once and for all what the nature of their relationship is. [[spoiler:In Volume 8, they discuss the fact they're in love with each other, but Nora has just been on a mission Ruby, Weiss and Blake, which made her realise that she has no idea who she is without Ren. As a result, she tells Ren that she needs to find out she is as a person before she can commit to another; this is something Ren has no problem with. As a result, they're not in a relationship but they have promised themselves to each other once Nora's ready to commit.]]
** In Volume 9, this happens when [[spoiler:Blake and Yang admit their feelings for each other.]]

** Similarly, the "Timeless Sakura Love" case is the one where [[spoiler: Sumiko Kobayashi and Ninzaburo Shiratori]] also become a couple. [[spoiler: Kobayashi is the star witness to a case that Shiratori is working on, she learns about his former courting of Sato and almost cuts him off because she fears [[LovingAShadow he's using her to forget Sato]], he tells her that she was his FirstGirlAfterAll but she still is unconvinced and depressed... but once the culprit fails to [[HeKnowstooMuch do her in]] and Shiratori gives him a ShutUpHannibal that sounds almost exactly like the one from their ForgottenFirstMeeting, she remembers him from their shared past, and accepts his definitive LoveConfession.]]

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Ren and Nora finally have a proper conversation about how they feel about each other during the Atlas Arc, putting to bed once and for all what the nature of their relationship is. [[spoiler:In Volume 8, they discuss the fact they're in love with each other, but Nora has just been on a mission Ruby, Weiss and Blake, which made her realise that she has no idea who she is without Ren. As a result, she tells Ren that she needs to find out she is as a person before she can commit to another; this is something Ren has no problem with. As a result, they're not in a relationship but they have promised themselves to each other once Nora's ready to commit.]]

** [[spoiler: After several volumes of WillTheyOrWontThey shenanigans, Nora finally works up the nerve and gives Ren a BigDamnKiss in "A Night Out". Volume 8 have Ren finally confessing he loves Nora.]]

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** [[spoiler: Jaune and Pyrrha at the finale of Volume 3...few moments before Pyrrha be killed by Cinder in battle]].

* In [[http://dresdencodak.com/2010/09/25/dark-science-05/ this]] page of ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak'', Kimiko and Yvonne ''literally'' upgrade their relationship (the gadget she uses even reads FRIENDSHIP UPGRADED: CHUMS), in order to allow use of nicknames.