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8	This trope is for any situation where a character (usually but not always TheProtagonist) is placed in a LoveTriangle situation where they must choose between rival suitors where one of the suitors has MagicAndPowers, is [[InterspeciesRomance non-human]], or has some other property that places them firmly in the category of SpeculativeFiction, and the other suitor is an [[{{Muggles}} ordinary person]]. Of course, the "magic" option need not use something called magic. In a ScienceFiction setting, aliens, time travelers, visitors from another dimension or planet, or similar such characters qualify. In a SuperHero setting, anyone with superpowers would qualify.
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10	When the character making the choices is a Muggle, such cases generally represent more than just a choice between persons, but often a RedPillBluePill kind of choice between living a normal life and living one that is exciting and exotic, but unfamiliar and often dangerous. Generally speaking, you can expect the character to go with the exotic {{Love Interest\|s}}, because that is what allows for a more interesting storyline. However, sometimes it will be treated much the same way as a RichSuitorPoorSuitor plot, with the {{muggle\|s}} picking an ordinary life of simple love over all the exotic things the non-muggle can offer them.
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12	Sometimes the Magical option will have distinct disadvantages. We all know power comes at a price, and certain limitations may make it difficult for the protagonist to honestly desire a life with them. Maybe they can't be away from water. Maybe they have no physical presence, or have debilitating effects on those around them. Maybe the protagonist just finds the fact that they're not quite human unsettling. Whatever the issue, it makes the expression of love and lasting commitment a problem. The Muggle, on the other hand, is presumably a lovely person but with no such paranormal limitations. Suddenly they look a lot more enticing.
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14	If the character making the choice is a non-{{muggle\|s}}, one can almost invariably expect them to marry the Muggle, often in the face of resistance, prejudice and even taboos and prohibitions from their community of fellow fantastic beings.
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16	By default, it involves MuggleMageRomance.
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18	Compare to BettyAndVeronica and RichSuitorPoorSuitor. Sometimes overlaps with LovesMyAlterEgo and TwoPersonLoveTriangle; themselves subtropes of the SecretIdentity.
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20	!Examples
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24	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
25	* ''Manga/AbsoluteBoyfriend'' has Riiko, who is involved in a love triangle between Night, the sweet RidiculouslyHumanRobot, and Soushi, her aloof but human childhood friend. [[spoiler:Although she chooses Night, he tragically suffers from a shutdown because of a programming overload, and it's implied that Riiko will eventually end up with Soushi after all.]]
26	* ''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.]]
27	* In ''Manga/ElfenLied'', Kouta's two romantic options are his normal [[KissingCousins cousin]] and a [[HornedHumanoid horned]] mutant with psychic CombatTentacles.
28	* In ''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. [[ForegoneConclusion Obviously]], she ultimately goes with the title character.
29	* In ''Manga/KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens'', Jin attracts the romantic interest of the PhysicalGoddess Nagi and the {{Muggle}} [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend]] Tsugumi. [[spoiler:He ends up together with Nagi, but after she has reincarnated as a normal human seven years younger than him.]]
30	* ''Manga/MeruPuri'':
31	** Airi Hoshina finds herself with conflicting feelings for Aram, a magical prince from another world, and Nakaoji, a boy that loves her and that she thinks could fit her idea of a perfect husband
32	** Likewise, Aram must choose between the muggle Airi and the noble magical girl from his own magical world that his father wants him to marry.
33	* 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]].]]
34	* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' has the UrExample in anime and manga. Ataru Moroboshi receives a marriage proposal from his fellow human [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend]] Shinobu, but Lum, the [[HornedHumanoid horned]] AlienPrincess of a space {{Oni}} race, [[AccidentalProposal misinterprets]] Ataru's declaration of wanting to marry Shinobu as him wanting to marry ''her'' instead. Early stories have Lum and Shinobu fighting over Ataru until Shinobu moves on from him to find a new love interest.
35	* Allen, Hitomi, and Van in ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne''. While Allen may be a MasterSwordsman, he is a muggle to the bone, while Van is a HalfHumanHybrid, descendant of the cursed and now-extinct [[spoiler:Atlantean]] race. Also, Allen appears to be the Gaean counterpart of Amano, Hitomi's high school running coach and first crush, making him a muggle times two.
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38	[[folder:Comic Books]]
39	* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': For a time in the 1980s Doctor Strange found himself in a dilemma between his magical disciple Clea (a native of the Dark Dimension) and Earth-bound journalist and writer Morgana Blessing.
40	* ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'': Crystal cheated on her husband ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} with a nondescript, non-powered suburbanite.
41	* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': Marlo Chandler, the wife of 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).
42	* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor fell in love with human Jane Foster, but his father shipped him with his fellow Asgardian Sif.
43	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
44	** 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.
45	** 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.
46	* ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Peter Parker dated the X-Men's Kitty Pryde for a time, but eventually found himself drawn back to Mary Jane.
47	* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
48	** After ComicBook/JeanGrey (formerly Marvel Girl) returned from the bottom of Jamaica Bay, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} found himself inexorably drawn to her despite being married. To make matters worse, his wife Madelyne looked just like Jean! (She was later revealed to be Jean's clone and killed off).
49	** Cyclops' teammate Angel lived with his girlfriend Candy Southern throughout most of the 1970s and early 1980s, but that did not stop him from feeling attracted to the superheroine ComicBook/{{Dazzler}} or Jean Grey (after her return).
50	** When Creator/ChrisClaremont decided in the mid-1980s to break up ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} and his longtime lover, the sorceress Amanda Sefton aka Jimaine Szardos, he had him become attracted to a {{Ruritania}}n princess.
51	%%* Jenny's having to choose between Zot and Woody in ''ComicBook/{{Zot}}''
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54	[[folder:Fan Works]]
55	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'', [[spoiler:[[TheIngenue Luca]]]] unknowingly becomes courted by both his human classmate [[spoiler:[[{{Tsundere}} Vincenzo]]]] and his fellow [[CuteMonsterBoy sea monster]] best friend [[spoiler:[[{{Keet}} Alberto]]]].
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59	* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'': Victor's LoveTriangle consists of him, [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage the Muggle Victoria]], and the ManicPixieDreamGirl [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot zombie]] Emily. [[spoiler:When Victoria is forced to marry someone else, he plans to die and be with Emily, but she pulls an IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy.]]
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62	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
63	* ''{{Film/Eternals}}'': Sersi the Eternal has two love interests: her lover for millennia, Ikaris, is an Eternal like herself, while her current boyfriend, Dane, who is human, is the muggle. [[spoiler:At the end, the muggle wins via DeathOfTheHypotenuse, though he's hinted to be more magical than he lets on]].
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66	[[folder:Literature]]
67	* ''Literature/AirAwakens'': Basically every triangle a fledgling sorcerer Vhalla is involved in, and there are quite a few: Vhalla, Prince Aldrik (sorcerer), Prince Baldair (warrior). Vhalla, Prince Aldrik, Sareem (library apprentice). Vhalla, Sareem, Roan (another library apprentice, in love with Sareem).
68	* The protagonist of ''Literature/BloodAndChocolate1997'', 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 film]] 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.]]
69	* ''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.
70	* 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 second 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.
71	* ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'': Saito, a Japanese teenage boy, gets summoned to a magical world by a {{Tsundere}} mage named Louise who forces him to become her {{Familiar}} by [[AMagicContractComesWithAKiss kissing him]] and they become attracted to each other. Louise's main love rival is Siesta, a {{Muggle}} {{Meido}} with a crush on Saito.
72	* 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.]]
73	* 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.
74	%%* Vin in ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'' must choose between half-brothers Elend (the Muggle) and Zane (the Magical).
75	* 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.
76	* ''Literature/NightWorld'':
77	** In ''Literature/{{Spellbinder\|1996}}'', Eric, a human, forms a romantic relationship with Thea, who is a [[MageSpecies witch]] (he doesn't initially know she's a witch but he does realize there's something 'different' about her). His human co-worker Pilar also clearly has feelings for him; Eric likes Pilar but only as a friend, while he and Thea are soulmates. Thea attempts to put a spell on him to make him fall for Pilar instead to keep him safe, [[spoiler: but it utterly fails and Eric [[WhatTheHellHero calls Thea out for it]], saying it's unfair to both him and Pilar]].
78	** In ''Literature/{{Dark Angel\|1996}}'', Gillian finds out she's a witch and has a romantic connection to both Angel, who claims to be her guardian angel/spirit, and David, a human classmate she's had a crush on for years. [[spoiler: Gillian comes to distrust Angel for his increasingly immoral actions and realizes David is her soulmate. Angel doesn't take it well and unsuccessfully tries to possess David, though he eventually gives up because he doesn't want Gillian to be miserable]].
79	** ''Literature/{{Huntress\|1997}}'' has a downplayed example as neither love interest is that normal. {{Dhampir}} Jez Redfern is in love with Hugh, a human [[{{Reincarnation}} Old Soul]] who can recall his past lives, yet also ends up developing feelings for her vampire ChildhoodFriend Morgead. She and Morgead eventually realize they're soulmates; Hugh was also seemingly oblivious to Jez's feelings and as far as we can tell only loves her in a platonic sense.
80	* ''Literature/OctoberDaye'': [[HalfHumanHybrid Changeling]] protagonist Toby had this in her past with Cliff (the Muggle) and Devin (the Magical); she chose Cliff [[spoiler:but it fell apart for unrelated reasons. Later on, she's in a love triangle with two fae men]].
81	* ''Literature/OksaPollock'' has Oksa, who has to choose between her childhood-friend Gut (who doesn't have the magical abilities of the people from Edefia) and Tugdual, who has those abilities.
82	* The titular character of ''Olive Kennedy, Fairy World M.D.'' is stuck in one between Brent, a Muggle police officer, and Kull, a Viking warrior from the MagicalLand. [[spoiler: She ultimately ends up with Kull]].
83	* 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.]]
84	* 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.]]
85	* 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]].
86	* ''Literature/RedQueen'': The main love triangle is between Mare, the protagonist, with Kilorn, her fellow commoner and MuggleBestFriend, and Cal and Maven, who are princes with fire powers. This gets subverted a lot, however; Mare herself has superpowers, yet she ends up rejecting Kilorn outright in the second book, while Maven is revealed to be [[LoveInterestTraitor evil]], leaving Cal as the only eligible suitor for the remaining two books.
87	* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': Yuuji is in a LoveTriangle with Shana (supernatural ActionGirlfriend) and Kazumi (normal classmate).
88	* Supernatural DarkActionGirl assassin Yuki and {{Ojou}} Kaede play this to Takeo in ''Literature/TalesOfTheOtori''.
89	* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' set up Bella/Jacob as this in ''Literature/NewMoon'' 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.
90	* 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.]]
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93	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
94	* ''Series/BloodTies2007'' has Vicki's love triangle with her police officer ex, Mike, and a 500-year-old sexy vampire, Henry.
95	* ''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. Then subverts it again when Spike develops a crush on Buffy, she and Riley break up for reasons that have nothing to do with Spike before Buffy finds out about his feelings.
96	* ''Series/Charmed1998'':
97	** In season 2, Piper was torn between Dan, the Muggle love interest and Leo, who is a [[OurAngelsAreDifferent whitelighter]].
98	** The final season 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 marry 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.
99	** In the backstory, the girls' mother Patty was in a love triangle between her Muggle husband Victor (Prue, Piper, and Phoebe's father) and her own whitelighter Sam (Paige's father).
100	* ''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.
101	* The new series of ''Series/DoctorWho'' had Rose caught between the Doctor (magical) and her boyfriend Mickey (muggle). [[spoiler:She chooses the Doctor.]]
102	** The Season 4 finale has Rose forced to choose between the Doctor (magical) and [[spoiler: a human Doctor]] (muggle). The Doctor chooses for her, by [[spoiler:stranding her with the latter]].
103	** Moving on to the Eleventh Doctor, Amy has to choose between the Doctor and Rory. [[spoiler:She ends up marrying Rory, and their daughter marries the Doctor.]]
104	** 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 whether the Doctor was there or not.
105	* ''Series/{{Forever\|2014}}'': From "Dead Men Tell Long Tales" to "Best Foot Forward" Jo is being romanced by Isaac, ordinary mortal, which causes Henry, immortal, to realize the depth of his feelings for her. Played with in that Jo doesn't know Henry is immortal, only that he's exceptional.
106	* 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.
107	* ''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 one memorable scene, Bo turns her love triangle into a riddle--a trick question one.
108	-->'''Bo:''' She's brilliant. He's strong. Her life is little. His life is long. Both loves are pure. Both loves are true. If you were I, who would you choose? [...]\
109	'''The Leviathan:''' The man! He will live longer.\
110	'''Bo:''' Final answer?\
111	'''The Leviathan:''' No wait. Um, ah.. The woman. Uh, yes, you love her. You wear her humanity like a shield.\
112	'''Bo:''' So we're sticking with the woman, Levi?\
113	'''The Leviathan:''' No, um, wait uh the man. Yes, you crave strength. The man. I answer the man.\
114	'''Bo:''' ''[Shakes head]''\
115	'''The Leviathan:''' [...] Was it the woman? I must know.\
116	'''Bo:''' Hey, I was kind of hoping that you could tell me 'cause as far as I know there is no answer.
117	* ''Series/{{Moonlight}}'' has a very similar set-up of Beth being torn between her boyfriend Josh and TheHero Mick, a VampireDetective.
118	* ''Series/TheNineLivesOfChloeKing'' had Chloe, a [[{{catgirl}} Mai]], in love with her enemy's son Brian (a muggle), while being the focus of her friend Alec's (also a Mai) affections.
119	* ''Series/RoswellNewMexico'': Alien Michael is in a triangle between two humans, Alex and Maria. [[spoiler:Maria later turns out to be part alien.]]
120	* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' briefly dated a witchy guy named Dash while her relationship with the non-witch Harvey was going through a bit of a cooling off phase.
121	* 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]].
122	* ''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.]]
123	* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'':
124	** The second season 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]].
125	** [[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.]]
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129	* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
130	** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': The Male Warden's two female romance options are Leliana and Morrigan, a BadassNormal [[TheBard bard]] and a HotWitch, respectively. (Or [[GayOption Zevran]], an elven assassin.)
131	** ''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 characters can enter any of the above ''or'' a love triangle between Isabela v. Anders or Merrill v. Fenris.
132	** ''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]]. However, 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.
133	* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
134	** ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'': Male Shepard's [[LoveInterests romance options]] are the normal human soldier Ashley and the powerful telepathic [[MindOverMatter biotic]] [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe blue skinned asari]] Liara[[labelnote:*]]Female Shepard's possible love interests don't count as Liara and Kaidan are ''both'' biotic. Garrus and Tali aren't open options until later, and Wrex has bigger issues to worry about to even ''think'' of a romantic life with Sheprd[[/labelnote]].
135	** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Female Shepard this time, having either just Garrus the CowboyCop with ImprobableAimingSkills, or either Jacob or Thane, both of whom are biotics. Male Shepard's options this time are Miranda and Jack, who are ''both'' biotics versus [[TheEngineer Tali]]. [[labelnote:*]] 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]].
136	** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': For straight female Shepard, it's Garrus or [[RedMage Kaidan]][[labelnote:*]]New party member James doesn't hold any romantic interest, while Jarvik who is biotic is DLC and is NotHereToMakeFriends.[[/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.
137	** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'': Straight female Ryder has a choice between regular humans [[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand Liam]] and [[DashingHispanic Reyes]] versus Jaal whose species use bio-electricity in a manner similar to biotics. Lesbian Ryder has a choice between regular human scientist Suvi or regular turian Vetra versus asari biotics Peebee or [[HotScoop Keri T’Vessa]]. Gay male Ryder can choose between Gil or Reyes for the muggles versus Jaal with bio-electric powers. Straight male Ryder has Vetra the normal turian versus the human biotic Cora, asari biotics Peebee and Keri or Avela with the same bio-electric powers as Jaal. Jaal, Peebee, Keri and Vetra swing both ways.
138	* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
139	** ''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.
140	** ''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.
141	** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' has [[TheFashionista Ann]], [[StudentCouncilPresident Makoto]], [[DitzyGenius Futaba]], [[SpoiledSweet Haru]], and [[LovableJock Kasumi]] as the dateable Persona users, with the normal women consisting of [[CoolTeacher Kawakami]], [[PhonyPsychic Chihaya]], [[HospitalHottie Takemi]], [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Ohya]], and [[HumbleHero Hifumi]].
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145	* The humans Bob and Jean, and the alien Princess Voluptua in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''.
146	* ''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 -- not all of them positive) is Miho, a DarkMagicalGirl.
147	* ''Webcomic/SirensLament'': Shon is a normal boy who is secretly in love with Lyra [[spoiler: and eventually has a RelationshipUpgrade with her.]] Ian, on the other hand, is a siren with no memories of his human life, who has displayed clear interest in her.
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151	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'': Ben Tennyson has to choose between Ester, who is a half-Kraaho hybrid, and Kai, who is a regular human girl. [[spoiler: He ends up with Kai]].
152	* ''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 various [[LoveEpiphany reasons]] and ends up with Korra at the end of Book 1. In Book 2, he and Korra [[FamilyVersusCareer break up]]. He and Asami kiss in the heat of the moment, but Korra comes back with EasyAmnesia and he [[WhatTheHellHero pretends the breakup didn't happen]]. She eventually gets her memories back and breaks up with him a ''second'' time. For the Book 4 {{Grand Finale}}, [[spoiler:Korra and Asami end up together, meaning that she was the one with the choice between magic and {{muggle\|s}} all along]].
153	* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] 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-in-crimefighting Cat Noir's affections.
154	* ''WesternAnimation/SadieSparks'': Trainee wizard Sadie has a crush on her non-magical schoolmate Sam and butts heads with her rival Blaine (complete with SheIsNotMyGirlfriend routine). The first (and thus far, only) season ends with Sadie and Sam walking off together while Blaine tries and fails to hide his jealousy.
155	-->'''Blaine:''' Seriously, what does she see in him?
156	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'':
157	** BadassNormal Marco Diaz's LoveTriangle consists of him, his {{Muggle}} [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend]] Jackie-Lynn Thomas, and the MagicalGirlWarrior Star Butterfly, though he [[JustFriends doesn't even see Star as a romantic option]] [[LoveRevelationEpiphany until she begrudgingly admits to having a crush on him]] [[spoiler:after he had already started a relationship with Jackie-Lynn. After Star returns to her home dimension, Marco tries to continue dating Jackie-Lynn until the latter realizes that he's become unhappy on Earth following Star's departure 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 Star]].]]
158	** Star herself has a LoveTriangle consisting of her, the aforementioned BadassNormal Marco, and the demon prince with [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] Tom. In early seasons, Tom is Star's ex-boyfriend and sees Marco as a love rival, but Star ignores Tom's attempts of getting back together with her and Marco doesn't develop romantic interest in Star until much later. [[spoiler:While Marco is dating Jackie-Lynn, Star tries to move on and rekindles her old relationship with Tom. By the time Marco and Jackie-Lynn break up, Star is back together with Tom and becomes confused by her own feelings for the two until Tom breaks up with her just before the final story arc begins. Star and Marco get together right before the GrandFinale.]]
159	* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Steven's MissingMom Rose Quartz was in a LoveTriangle with a fellow Gem, Pearl, and a human, Greg. In the end, Rose chose Greg, which is how Steven came to be. Pearl hasn't quite gotten over it.
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