History StarCrossedLovers / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Played with. [[Characters/AmphibiaAnneBoonchuy Anne Boonchuy]] and Sprig are not in love with each other (not to mention [[BestialityIsDepraved the disturbing implications that might bring]]), but they have an incredibly strong friendship and dread the thought of parting ways. Anne is from Earth, which means that she must eventually leave Amphibia and Sprig behind. Throughout the series, while Anne wants to return home, a part of her still wants to stay with Sprig forever. [[spoiler:In the GrandFinale, they must return to their different worlds, but they both keep memories of each other for years on end.]]

** Also played straight in "Where My Country Gone", The fate of the romance between Butters and his Canadian girlfriend, Charlotte because of a plan made by Eric Cartman [[ShipperWithAnAgenda in order to smooth things over with the Canadians]]. The boys even try referencing the story itself, but they fail.

* [[spoiler: [[Characters/AdventureTimeFinn Finn]] and Flame Princess]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' had a romance, and they really tried to make it work, despite her being made of fire and thus physically unable to touch Finn without burning him, but eventually, they broke up.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has this in the story of Oma and Shu, who became some of the first Earthbenders, learning from the badgermoles. When he was killed by her tribe, she unleashed rage and vengeance on both until they agreed to work together. Actual in-series example would be [[spoiler:Sokka and Princess Yue]].

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' had HalfHumanHybrid ghost hero Danny and Valerie, the [[HunterOfMonsters Ghost Hunter]]. They dated briefly with Valerie breaking up because of her job, unaware of Danny's ghostly alter ego, but love-lost feelings were mutual during the aftermath...[[FirstGirlWins until Season Three]].
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' episode "The Other Cousin", when Captain Hero sees Bleh for the last time before she goes away:
--> '''Captain Hero:''' Maybe it wouldn't work out... I mean, we come from two different worlds. I come from the planet Zebulan and you came from a mom who drank when she was pregnant.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' series has three couples like this. The first one is Presto and [[RealityWarper Varla]], and the other two have [[ActionGirl Diana]] and either [[TheChosenOne Kosar]] or [[DefectorFromDecadence Josef.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': Nightfall, an AlternateSelf of Quinn, thinks she and Gary are this after she's spent twenty years traveling through hundreds of {{Alternate Timeline}}s where Gary universally dies, only to find that in the one timeline where Gary lives he doesn't want her because she's not the Quinn he knows in his timeline. As she puts it:

* The original series finale of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' was called "Starcrossed" and had to do with the fate of the relationship of the Green Lantern and Hawkgirl. Though really, it could have been called [[IncrediblyLamePun "Planetcrossed"]] just as easily.

** Also played straight in "Where My Country Gone", The fate of the romance between Butters and his Canadian girlfriend, Charlotte because of a plan made by Eric Cartman [[ShipperWithhAnAgenda in order to smooth things over with the Canadians]]. The boys even try referencing the story itself, but they fail.

** Also played straight in "Where My Country Gone", The fate of the romance between Butters and his Canadian girlfriend, Charlotte because of a plan made by Eric Cartman in order to smooth things over with the Canadians. The boys even try referencing the story itself, but they fail.

** Also played straight in "Where My Country Gone", The fate of the romance between Butters and his Canadian girlfriend, Charlotte because of a plan made by Eric Cartman smooth things over with the Canadians. The boys even try referencing the story itself, but they fail.

** Also played straight in "Where My Country Gone", The fate of the romance between Butters and his Canadian girlfriend, Charlotte. They even try referencing the story itself.

-->'''Cartman:''' ''(snaps his fingers) [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure Yes, Lion King II!]] [[note]]Though to be fair, the latter's plot is based on the former.[[/note]]

-->'''Cartman:''' ''(snaps his fingers)[[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure'' Yes, ''Lion King II''!]] [[note]]Though to be fair, the latter's plot is based on the former.[[/note]]

* [[spoiler:Finn and Flame Princess]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' had a romance, and they really tried to make it work, despite her being made of fire and thus physically unable to touch Finn without burning him, but eventually, they broke up.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Played with. Anne and Sprig are not in love with each other (not to mention [[BestialityIsDepraved the disturbing implications that might bring]]), but they have an incredibly strong friendship and dread the thought of parting ways. Anne is from Earth, which means that she must eventually leave Amphibia and Sprig behind. Throughout the series, while Anne wants to return home, a part of her still wants to stay with Sprig forever. [[spoiler:In the GrandFinale, they must return to their different worlds, but they both keep memories of each other for years on end.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Ladybug and Cat Noir cannot be together or know each other's true identities until after Hawk Moth is defeated, due to the risk of one of them being Akumatized.

* In the 2018 reboot of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', Hordak and Entrapta collaborate on the interdimensional portal. During their months together, they become close friends with significant romantic tension. [[spoiler:However, Catra secretly exiles Entrapta to Beast Island and lies to Hordak about it, telling him that Entrapta returned to the Princess Alliance. Hordak spends season 4 angry and hurt over Entrapta's "betrayal", but he still pines for her. The protagonists eventually rescue Entrapta from Beast Island, shortly before Hordak is taken captive on board Horde Prime's ship, making Hordak and Entrapta ''literally'' star-crossed at the end of season 4. Fortunately, they happily reunite at the end of the series.]]

* [[spoiler:Finn and Flame Princess]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' are getting closer and closer to the trope.
** Tree Trunks and Pig are a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] version. Everyone just finds them kissing in public gross, and spend a part of the episode keeping them apart.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Played with. Anne and Sprig are not in love with each other (not to mention [[BestialityIsDepraved the disturbing implications that might bring]]), but they have an incredibly strong friendship and dread the thought of parting ways. Anne is from Earth, which means that she must eventually leave Amphibia and Sprig behind. Throughout the series, while Anne wants to return home, a part of her still wants to stay with Sprig forever. [[spoiler: In the GrandFinale, they must return to their different worlds, but they both keep memories of each other for years on end.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' has Orel and Christina. They like each other, but their families end up hating each other over different interpretations of the lord's prayer[[note]]Specifically, Trespassers/Trespass vs Debtors/Debts[[/note]]. Christina's family ends up moving away, but Orel later goes out of his way to invite her to his school's dance [[spoiler:and later ends up marrying her]].

** Parodied in "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E10MissTeacherBangsABoy Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy]]", with Ms. Stevenson, who is a teacher, and Ike, who is a young child. Ms. Stevenson genuinely falls in love with Ike, wanting to run away and start a new life with him. She even ''[[{{Squick}} has sex]]'' with him. Of course, since Ike is too young to comprehend all of this, he just kind of rolls with it. [[spoiler: In the end, Ms. Stevenson wants to commit suicide with Ike, and tells him to jump off the building when she does. While Ms. Stevenson jumps, Ike, thankfully, doesn’t.]]

** Parodied in "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", with Ms. Stevenson, who is a teacher, and Ike, who is a young child. Ms. Stevenson genuinely falls in love with Ike, wanting to run away and start a new life with him. She even ''[[{{Squick}} has sex]]'' with him. Of course, since Ike is too young to comprehend all of this, he just kind of rolls with it. [[spoiler: In the end, Ms. Stevenson wants to commit suicide with Ike, and tells him to jump off the building when she does. While Ms. Stevenson jumps, Ike, thankfully, doesn’t.]]

** Parodied in "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", with Ms. Stevenson, who is a teacher, and Ike, who is a young child. Ms. Stevenson genuinely falls in love with Ike, wanting to run away and start a new life with him. She even ''[[{{Squick}} has sex]]'' with him. Of course, since Ike is too young to comprehend all of this, he just kind of rolls with it. [[spoiler: In the end, Ms. Stevenson wants to commit suicide with Ike, and tells him to jump off the building when she does. Also Ms. Stevenson jumps, Ike, thankfully, doesn’t.]]

** Parodied in "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy" with Ms. Stevenson and Ike.