History PlayingWith / ReincarnationRomance

** A fortune teller tells Bob about his tragic love story in a previous life, but promises him an epic romance in this one with the same person. He is excited to meet his destined lover, only to become terribly embarrassed when it turns out Alice reincarnated as his high school buddy who he did skirt-chasing with.

* '''Defied''': Alice knows she and Bob were lovers in the previous life, but she decides to be with her {{childhood friend|Romance}} Charlie instead.

* '''Implied''': The bearer of the sword of light and the silver harp of wisdom always wind up in a romantic relationship and being an expy of the previous bearer to some degree.
* '''Played For Drama''': While what they want the reincarnation cycle is a curse in many ways ranging from repeating the same mistakes to the weight of lifetimes of trauma. Yet they can't bring themselves to break it.

** Alice and Bob, guided by the PowerOfLove, finally find each other.

* '''Conversed''': "I can bet they are going to make Alice and Bob reincarnated lovers. It’s an only explanation for these strange dreams and flashbacks."

** Alice figures she'll never find the reincarnated Bob, but gets HappilyMarried to Charles anyways and becomes pregnant. A fortune teller then informs her that Bob is soon to be reincarnated as her expected son, and explains that bonding between a mother and her child is one of the strongest forms of love in the world. The teller promptly [[JawDrop goes slack-jawed]] when Alice off-handedly says that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint she's not normally into children and infants]], but [[ParentalIncest will gladly make an exception for Bob.]]

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob are in a [[{{Polyamory}} group marriage]] with Charles, Diane and Emily. They meet and fall in love in every one of their reincarnations.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob were friends before they died and they continue this friendship after they are reborned.

* '''Parodied''': A fortune teller tells Bob about his tragic love story in a previous life, but promises him an epic romance in this one with the same person. He is excited to meet his destined lover only to become terribly embarrassed, when it turns out Alice reincarnated as his high school buddy, which he did skirt-chasing with.

** Alternately, Alice and Bob were brother and sister, but they didn’t care and started a relationship anyway.

** After some Character Development and bonding moments Alice and Claire work out their problems. [[{{Polyamory}} They agree to share Bob between themselves]]. For some reason Claire is reincarnated to continue their triangular relationship in another life.

* '''Straight''': Susan and Sam are StarCrossedLovers who can’t be together due to the war between their countries. They commit double suicide to be TogetherInDeath, but instead they are reborn and reunited in a future lifetime.
* '''Exaggerated''': Susan Sam are in a group marriage with Lucy, Jack and Ichigo. They meet and fall in love in every one of their reincarnations.
* '''Downplayed''': Susan and Sam were friends before they died and they continue this friendship after they are reborned.

** The gods decide that Susan and Sam deserve a second chance. They send their souls back to Earth and arrange for them to be reborn close to one another, so they can meet again and fall in love.
** Sam and Susan are reborn with all of their old memories, so they are still in love, actively seeking each other out.
* '''Inverted''': Susan and Sam are worst enemies and continue their enmity every time they're reincarnated.
* '''Subverted''': Susan only thinks she was Sam’s lover in her previous life. They were actually siblings.

** Susan and Sam were NotBloodSiblings but they bond over time spent together and end up HappilyMarried.
** Alternately, Susan and Sam were brother and sister, but they didn’t care and started a relationship anyway.
* '''Parodied''': A fortune teller tells Sam about his tragic love story in a previous life, but promises him an epic romance in this one with the same person. He is excited to meet his destined lover only to become terribly embarrassed, when it turns out Susan reincarnated as his high school buddy, he did skirt-chasing with.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Susan and Sam thought they were reincarnated lovers, but they were actually siblings. They were NotBloodSiblings, though, and were in love, so they start a relationship...but nope, Susan isn't really Sam's reincarnated lover, she's just an IdenticalStranger. But Sam isn't the reincarnation of who he thought he was; he's actually [[TangledFamilyTree the son of the reincarnation of his clone]]...and was in love with Susan in his past life! But then Susan turns out to be an ArtificialHuman...
* '''Averted''': Susan and Sam were never lovers, in this life or any other.
* '''Enforced''': “We need to add some tragedy to our romance and show how much these two are destined for each other. Let's reincarnate them and have them be StarCrossedLovers in the next life too.
* '''Lampshaded''': “So we are reincarnated lovers? No wonder we jumped at each other so fast. A few hundred years of separation tends to do this to people."
* '''Invoked''': Susan and Sam want to be reunited in their future life so they go through a special soul-bonding ritual.
* '''Exploited''': Sam can't live without Susan, so after she dies, he kills himself so he can see her again after being reincarnated.
* '''Defied''': Susan knows she and Sam were lovers in the previous life, but she decides to be with her {{childhood friend|Romance}} Charlie instead.
* '''Discussed''': “Isn’t it surprising how well these two seem to know each other, even though they've been talking for just five minutes? Maybe they had meet in the previous life.”
* '''Conversed''': “I can bet they are going to make Susan and Sam reincarnated lovers. It’s an only explanation for these strange dreams and flashbacks. “

** Susan comes back many years after Sam is reborn. When they finally meet there is a big age difference between them and society is not going to accept the relationship. They end up as StarCrossedLovers again as a result.
** Sam is already married to Stacy when he meets Susan again. Through he does love her back, feelings he had for his wife are still there. It leads to a situation in which Sam is torn between two women he loves. Stacy is angry and confused over her husband suddenly leaving her for an unknown woman and Susan desperately tries to keep Sam at her side. It all ends up in another tragedy.
** Susan and Sam wait for each other but they never meet, as they were born on opposite sides of the world.
** [[CharacterizationTags Reborn]]!Susan retains her love for reborn!Sam's previous incarnation and vice versa, but their current incarnations feel nothing for each other. They start a relationship [[LovingAShadow in order to be closer to each other's past selves]] but are thoroughly miserable.

** Susan and Sam decide to reject social norms and get married anyway. In the next life they somehow make sure to be reborn at the same time and live HappilyEverAfter.
** After some Character Development and bonding moments Susan and Stacy work out their problems. They agree to share Sam between themselves. For some reason Stacy is reincarnated to continue their triangular relationship in another life.
** Susan and Sam, guided by the PowerOfLove, finally find each other.
** Eventually, [[BecomingTheMask Susan and Sam come to love each other for real]].

* '''Discussed''': “Isn’t it surprising how well these two seem to know each other, even though they've been talking for just ten minutes? Maybe they had meet in the previous life.”

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Inverted''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Susan and Sam were friends before they died and they contine this friendship after they are reborned.

* '''Defied''': Susan knows she and Sam were lovers in the previous life, but she decides to be with her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend]] Charlie instead.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Parodied''': A fortune teller tells Bob about his tragic love story in a previous life, but promises him an epic romance in this one with the same person. He is excited to meet his destined lover only to become terribly embarrassed, when it turns out Susan reincarnated as his high school buddy, he did skirt-chasing with.

* '''Defied''': Susan knows she and Bob were lovers in the previous life, but she decides to be with her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend]] Charlie instead.

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Played Straight''': Susan and Sam are StarCrossedLovers who can’t be together due to the war between their countries. They commit double suicide to be TogetherInDeath, but instead they are reborn and reunited in a future lifetime.
* '''Exaggerated''': Susan Sam are in a group marriage with Lucy, Jack and Ichigo. They meet and fall in love in every one of their reincarnations.

* '''Played with''': ???
* '''Averted''': Susan and Sam were never lovers, in this life or any other.
* '''Enforced''': “We need to add some tragedy to our romance and show how much these two are destined for each other. Let's reincarnate them and have them be StarCrossedLovers in the next life too.
* '''Lampshaded''': “So we are reincarnated lovers? No wonder we jumped at each other so fast. A few hundred years of separation tends to do this to people."
* '''Invoked''': Susan and Sam want to be reunited in their future life so they go through a special soul-bonding ritual.
* '''Defined''': ???
* '''Discussed''': “Isn’t it surprising how well these two seem to know each other, even though they've been talking for just ten minutes? Maybe they had meet in the previous life.”
* '''Conversed''': “I can bet they are going to make Susan and Sam reincarnated lovers. It’s an only explanation for these strange dreams and flashbacks. “
* '''Played For Laugh''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': ???

Back to ReincarnationRomance.

* '''Parodied''': A fortune teller tells Bob about his tragic love story in a previous life, but promises him an epic romance in this one with the same person. He is all excited to meet his destined lover only to become terribly embarrassed, when it turns out Susan reincarnated as his high school buddy, he did skirt-chasing with.