[[MahouSenseiNegima http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_negima_-_mind-reading_Nodoka_-_relationship_information_acquired_in_seconds.png]]
[[caption-width:225:Mind reading is [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/210/07/ dangerous]].]]

->''Withered Hope says she has a soul mate,\\
Living in a city in another state.\\
But the soul mate thinks about a picture in a book of a beautiful crook.\\
And the picture of the crook in the book is in love with the brand new motorbike.\\
But the motorbike doesn't like crooks,\\
it's obsessed with the Very Sad Sack''\\
-- '''TheyMightBeGiants''', "Withered Hope"

[[LoveTriangle Love triangles]] are stressful and often heartbreaking. Add five or ten more people to the mix, and instead they [[CrossesTheLineTwice become comedy]]: Characters A, B, C, and D all love character E, who might love any of them, but can't commit for reasons of honor or basic wishywashiness. There's also character F, who ''might'' love E, and whom he might love back, but they get on each other's nerves so it's hard to tell. Meanwhile, there are guys who are each sweet on A, B, C, D and F who all want to pound the crap out of E because he took their girls from them. Except on alternate Tuesdays, when their [[TheIdiotFromOsaka third cousin from Osaka]] expresses her intent to marry Character F's dog...

You get the idea.

If the LoveDodecahedron is ever resolved, it's ''always'' with F. Who by that time has annoyed you so much that you're rooting for B. In case E and F aren't believable enough on their own, the writers will attempt to [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds quickly deal with the competition]] beforehand.

Writers are always aware of it, and many series have [[LoveChart official diagrams]] so the fans can keep track of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

[[TheSevenBasicPlots Christopher Booker]] uses this concept as the very nature of (his definition of) the ''Comedy'' genre, only the point is that the CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds isn't a shoehorn but the very soul of the plot:

* Start with at least 3 ideal relationships;
* Each relationship is stymied because the people involved are:
** 1. Fixated on the wrong partners and [[ObliviousToLove oblivious to the good ones]],
** 2. [[CannotSpitItOut Failing to communicate]], and/or
** 3. Suppressing their desires due to [[StarCrossedLovers other factors]] (e.g., [[IncestIsRelative taboos]], class distinctions, [[ParentalMarriageVeto family]] [[ArrangedMarriage pressures]], etc.).
* The Villain (or sometimes the Hero) is the source of the biggest road block, so
* Make him [[HeelFaceTurn repent]] ([[MyGodWhatHaveIDone dramatically]]), and then
* Everyone can cheerfully enter into the relationship they were meant to be in all along.

The Villain (or Hero) acts as a FisherKing, casting a darkness and confusion across all the relationships until his HeelFaceTurn, which frees up the main couple to get together and that, in turn, frees up everyone else.

The LoveDodecahedron is a superset of the following tropes:

* TheUnwantedHarem
* LoveTriangle
* AllLoveIsUnrequited

Also, see ThirtyXanatosPileup, which is similar to this trope, but with [[XanatosGambit Xanatos Gambits]]. Though [[LoveDodecahedron Love Dodecahedra]] can be the cause of such pileups. The opposite of this is NoLovesIntersect.

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* The picture up top is from the manga ''MahouSenseiNegima!,'' which is full of {{Love Dodecahedron}}s involving the main characters alone. The picture above is when Nodoka uses [[spoiler: some items she's obtained along with her pactio artifact in order to read the minds of the adventuring party she's traveling with.]]
** It should be noted the relationships are made ridiculously complex by the inclusion of amnesia, time travel, magically aged {{bishonen}}, misplaced parental affection, mind reading, a cursed vampire loli, self-depreciating lesbian half-demons, and a robot.
** [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_abkMP58OLUA/Sp_OTSmR_vI/AAAAAAAAPeA/rMtOOsEYaMQ/s1600-h/%5BNegima%5D+Chart+up1055.jpg Here's a chart]]. Not that it makes anything less complex.
** Got a translation?
*** Working on it. [[http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7391/andyouthoughtranmawasco.jpg Here's what I have so far]].[[hottip:*:I don't speak Japanese, so I had to reason out most of the names using the pictures and relationship arrows. I didn't add the student names, because they have pictures anyway.]] Note that this is around chapter 250, so further developments aren't included.
* The archetypical LoveDodecahedron comes from {{Rumiko Takahashi}}'s ''[=~Ranma ½~=]''; [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lovechart.jpg this handy chart]] details '''all''' of the various loves shown in the series, but the main characters can be summarized as follows. Also, note [[AllLoveIsUnrequited that most of these relationships are onesided]]. About the only existing, healty, reciprocal relationship that appears in the series is Genma and Nodoka Saotome. And even [[{{Seppuku}} then]] it's [[UglyGuyHotWife pretty weird]].
** [[ArrogantKungfuGuy Ranma]] [[GenderBender Saotome]] and [[FirstGirlWins Akane]] [[{{Tsundere}} Tendo]] are the OfficialCouple and are shown to be in love with each other. Neither of them is aware that the other does love them back, and how deeply their feelings actually run is [[BaseBreaker the source of some fan contention]].
** [[KidSamurai Tatewaki]] and [[TheOjou Kodachi]] [[LordErrorProne Kuno]] are unaware that Ranma Saotome is a GenderBender and so they both [[StalkerWithACrush creepily pursue the opposite gender form]] and [[MurderTheHypotenuse try to chase off the same gender form]], unware of the fundamental flaws in this approach. Not least of which is Ranma is creeped out by both of them and totally straight, despite [[RealMenWearPink enjoying]] how he [[TheTease can trick guys better by taking girl form]]. Tatewaki [[HandsomeLech also]] pursues Akane Tendo, who retaliates violently.
** Ryoga Hibiki has a massive crush on Akane Tendo, but she seems [[ObliviousToLove totally unaware of his feelings]], partially because [[CannotSpitItOut he's too shy to tell her how he feels]] and partially because the few times he has managed to get into romantic situations with her, he's scared her to death by [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength unthinkingly destroying everything around him]].
** [[ChineseGirl Chinese]] [[HotAmazon Amazon]] Shampoo has an AccidentalMarriage to Ranma and routinely professes to love him -- for which she is rewarded by being the one girl, in canon, he actually seems to express some slight interest in (but nowhere near as much as he does in Akane). She, in turn, is pursued by her own StalkerWithACrush, Mousse (who considers himself an UnluckyChildhoodFriend).
** Then, of course, we have [[WholesomeCrossdresser Ukyo]] "UnluckyChildhoodFriend" [[{{Bifauxnen}} Kuonji]], who can't seem to get Ranma's attention even when she's wearing a HadakaApron.
** [[TokenLoli Hinako]] [[OlderThanTheyLook Ninomiya]] has a crush on Soun Tendo that he seems to ignore, partially because he's still not over his wife's death, partially because Hinako is an AdultChild with [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody several]] [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny mental]] [[ImmortalImmaturity issues]].
* Some would put ''MarmaladeBoy'' above ''Ranma ½'' in this respect. The {{eyecatch}}es throughout the series helpfully sort out who's actually an OfficialCouple for the viewer.
* ''SteelAngelKurumi2'' has a small LoveDodecahedron, involving girls only, and more than half of them are androids. In one scene representing Saki's thoughts, an incomplete LoveChart is actually displayed with SuperDeformed versions of the involved characters and arrows indicating who likes whom.
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' plays with this trope. All the major recurring characters and most of the minor ones are caught up in a LoveDodecahedron that series creator HideakiAnno played for every last drop of {{angst}} and tragedy he could wring out of it, rather than laughs.
* ''CardcaptorSakura'': Tomoyo and Syaoran like Sakura, Syaoran and Sakura like Yukito, Meiling and Sakura like Syaoran, and Yukito and Touya are YaoiGuys and an OfficialCouple. Oh, and it's hinted that Yukito and/or Yue, sharing his body, may like Sakura, but that Yukito felt it was better for her to end up with Syaoran. Or something.
* ''FushigiYuugi'': Soi loves Nakago (while Nakago pretended to be in love with Yui.) However, Suboshi was truly in love with Yui but she is in a relationship with Tetsuya, before which she was in love with Tamahome who loved Miaka (and vice versa), and Hotohori was in love with Miaka while Nuriko pursued both Hotohori and Tamahome (for a while anyway), and trails off a bit to [[spoiler:Miaka]]. And then there's [[HeManWomanHater Tasuki]], who is secretly in love with Miaka. [[spoiler:All hell breaks loose when Miaka has to choose between Tamahome's reincarnation Taka Sukunami or the "real" but evil Tamahome--and it doesn't even end with that. Mayo Sakaki of ''Eikoden'' then falls for Taka.]]
* ''HatsukoiLimited'' is shaping up to be like that. ''Intentionally.''
* One of the ''{{Genshiken}}'' manga volumes actually contains a LoveChart for the dodecahedron in ''KujibikiUnbalance'', which was designed specifically to contain every permutation of the trope that it could... along with everything else. Just for fun, the volume following that one had the diagram for ''Genshiken'' (which ''isn't'' a LoveDodecahedron series).
* ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' sports a kind of dodecahedron, with Yurika's childish and possessive long-time love for Akito constituting F and A, and the rest being filled by various, changing constellations of the rest of the cast. As required by the trope, in the last episode Akito thinks Yurika is actually his great love and decides to marry her and live happily ever after.
** The trope is even invoked during the dub's opening prologue, as delivered by the LittleMissSnarker:
-->'''Ruri:''' And what started out as a love triangle has become a septagon by my count...
* ''SchoolRumble''. Any further explanation of the tangle of relationships would turn into a plot summary...
** Put simply, there are no less than 22 [[AllLoveIsUnrequited one-way relationships]] among the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters extended cast]]. [[http://www.wannabefansubs.org/harima/index.php/School_Rumble_Characters And Growing...]]
* ''{{Vision of Escaflowne}}'': Let's see... Merle likes Van, Van likes Hitomi, Hitomi likes Van and Allen, Allen likes Hitomi and Millerne, and Millerne likes Allen and Dreidn.
** Not to mention Hitomi's crush from Earth, Amano. [[spoiler:It turns out Hitomi's best friend Yukari was also in love with him but decided to support Hitomi rather than going after him herself.]] Van's appearance actually interupted Hitomi's chance at a FirstKiss with him. Allen has a very... "complicated" love life. Before the begining of the series, he was in love with [[spoiler:Millerna's older sister Marlene, who died three years ago. Marlene was married off to the duke of Freid... but not before he impregnated her with a child she was barely able to pass off as the duke's son and the prince of Freid.]] Now he's in love with Millerna ''and'' Hitomi. SoYeah.
* In a rare non-shoujo manga example, ''{{Berserk}}'' has ''two'' particularly complex Love Dodecahedrons--both of which are primarily triangles, but complicated by the presence of additional people. Ready? The first, most central one is [[TwoGuysAndAGirl the Guts-Griffith-Casca relationship]]. Both Guts and Casca have deep feelings for Griffith, possibly partly romantic in Guts's case, definitely partly romantic in Casca's case. Griffith cares about both but seems incapable of fully returning their feelings, although he may have some romantic feelings towards Guts. Eventually, Guts and Casca get together themselves, [[spoiler:but only briefly before it all goes to hell thanks to Griffith becoming the BigBad]]. This is turned from a particularly complex triangle into a dodecahedron by the presence of [[spoiler:Judeau]], who is quietly in love with Casca, and Princess Charlotte, who Griffith has manipulated into falling in love with him for the sake of his plans. Later, things get ''even more complex''; Guts becomes involved in a subtle triangle with Serpico and Farnese, which is then muddled by the introduction of [[spoiler:Farnese's fiance, Roderick]]. Meanwhile, Guts is still in love with Casca, and the young witch Schierke has a crush on ''him'', and Sidekick Isidoro may be developing a crush on ''her''. Got that? Good.
* A serious LoveDodecahedron occurs in ''{{Rose of Versailles}}''. Let's see if we can catch everything: Fersen and Marie-Antoinette love each other, Louis XVI loves Marie-Antoinette, Oscar and Marie very seriously respect (maybe love?) each other, Oscar loves Fersen, André loves Oscar, Rosalie loves Oscar, who would love her back if she (Oscar) were male (straight from the manga), [[spoiler: Rosalie's lost sister]] Charlotte loves Oscar, Alain loves Oscar, Gerodelle loves Oscar (and almost gets her to become his wife through ArrangedMarriage), Bernard loves Rosalie, who comes to love him back, and in the end Oscar then loves André. Phew!
* In ''GundamSEED'', Kira and Athrun [[HoYay care very much for each other]], Kira loves Flay, Ssigh loves Flay, Kira re-meets with Athrun [[FoeYay as enemies]] and then befriends his girlfriend Lacus, Athrun and Lacus care for each other as friends, Flay has sex with Kira to manipulate him, Kira befriends Cagalli and it seems they might fall in love, Athrun meets Cagalli, Athrun almost kills Kira after Nicol dies and ends up killing Tolle instead, Miri hates Dearka and he hates her back, Kira and Athrun make up thanks to Lacus and Cagalli, Lacus and Kira fall in love, Miri and Dearka make peace and sorta fall in love, Athrun and Cagalli fall in love, and that's it!
** Its sequel series, ''GundamSEEDDestiny'', has one that revolves almost entirely around Athrun. There's Cagalli, Meer, Meyrin, and for a time Luna...such is expected for the series' resident [[{{Expy}} Char-clone]].
* ''StrawberryPanic''. To the extreme. Between almost everyone, but especially towards Nagisa -- who is mostly [[UnwantedHarem quite reluctant]] about it.
* A minor LoveDodecahedron figures into ''{{Mai-HiME}}'', used for both [[PlayedForLaughs comedic]] and [[PlayedForDrama dramatic]] effect: Reito likes Mai [[spoiler:(and so does his EnemyWithin alter-ego)]]; Yuuichi also likes Mai, but [[CanNotSpitItOut doesn't want to admit it]]; Mai cares for both of them as friends, but doesn't want to decide between either (at first); Shiho loves Yuuichi, and is [[ClingyJealousGirl extremely jealous]] because she thinks Mai's trying to steal Yuuichi from him ([[spoiler:she isn't...''he's'' the one who takes the initiative]]); and Mikoto and Mai apparently [[LesYay like each other a lot]]. Then again, Mikoto [[LoveYouAndEverybody "likes" a lot of people]], but she's closest to Mai and [[spoiler:Reito, her brother]].
* By the time ''PrincessTutu'' reaches the finale, it's had enough love triangles and other flings that the relationships get...complicated. Ahiru loves Mytho, Mytho (as his emotions are restored) appears to love Princess Tutu (who is Ahiru in disguise), Rue also loves Mytho, Professor Cat threatens all the girls with marriage but seems particularly sweet on Ahiru, Fakir [[spoiler:begins to love Ahiru in the second season]], and she may love him back. Pique has a crush on Fakir, but in one episode thinks she loves Mytho. Fakir's childhood friend Raetsel loves his adoptive father Charon, but she also flirts with Fakir, and [[spoiler:almost gets married to Mytho]], but [[spoiler:ends up married to some guy named Hans in the end]]. Autor confesses love to Rue, [[spoiler:but too late, because Mytho chooses Rue in the end]]. Throw in some HoYay with Fakir and Mytho, Rue and Ahiru, and Autor and Fakir and you've got what fans call the "OT5", or "only true fivesome". That is, almost any of the four main characters, plus Autor, could be matched with another with some logic to it. Although the poor side characters still get left out of that.
* ''[=~D.N.Angel~=]''. Let's see here -- Daisuke likes Risa, but Risa only likes him as a friend and would much rather have Dark, which is Daisuke's secret {{Bishonen}} alter-ego. Dark, on the other hand, seems to have a thing for Risa's twin sister Riku (though, depending on the medium, he might have a slight thing for Risa, too), who hates Dark but has a crush on Daisuke, who may or may not like Riku back. Meanwhile, Satoshi's getting his HoYay on with Daisuke (and probably Dark, too), while his SuperpoweredEvilSide Krad wants to rip them limb-from limb (and also seems to be interested in his host in [[HoYay that way]]). Daisuke's best friend, Saehara, is in love with Menou, but also develops something for Mio Hio, who develops feelings for Daisuke.
** Don't forget that Satoshi may also be developing feelings for Risa. (The anime left them smiling shyly at each other).
* ''AsuNoYoichi'' has one slowly building. Tsubasa likes Washizu, who accidentally confessed to Ayame when he was really trying to confess to Ibuki (his crush), while Ibuki is slowly building feelings for the title character, who's really too much of an IdiotHero to even notice that someone is in love with him. This can only get more entangled.
* While the ''{{Gravitation}}'' manga has a definite OfficialCouple throughout its run in Shuichi and Yuki, that doesn't stop other characters from complicating matters with ShipTease and {{subtext}}. Shuichi is pretty much the only person Yuki truly likes, but Yuki's fiancee Ayaka likes him almost as much as Shuichi does. She gets over her crush on Yuki in time to fall for Shuichi's best friend Hiro who likes her back, but shows hints that he harbors more-than-friendly feelings for Shuichi. Shuichi's boss Tohma is married to Mika, Yuki's older sister, but is implied to ''at the very least'' have [[StalkerWithACrush scarily protective feelings]] towards Yuki (which is made even {{squick}}ier when you realize they're technically brothers), and is fawned over by [[SubordinateExcuse devoted subordinate]] Sakano. Tatsuha, Yuki's younger brother, once molested Shuichi because he looks a lot like his adored idol Ryuichi, and gets into an actual relationship with Ryuichi who probably likes him back, but also has the hots for Shuichi (as revealed in the sequel series).
* Humorously done in ''MazeMegaburstSpace''. Basically ''everyone'' the titular character travels with ends up sexually interested in either of the two mazes, with the exception of the old man. Wanna know what's worse? [[spoiler: The two mazes eventually are revealed to be siblings and [[BrotherSisterIncest in love with each other]]. Guh?]]
** And everything seems to get settled with a rather massive TenchiSolution on everyone's part. Isn't it wonderful when it cleans up nicely?
* ''{{Rizelmine}}'' has more of line than a polygon but it's complicated enough to count here. Rizel and the daughter of one of Rizel's foster parents are after the main character... who has a crush on his teacher, who is about to get married; meanwhile the main's best friend has a crush on a classmate who has a crush on Rizel (or at least her bear-print panties).
* Hinata likes {{Naruto}}, who likes Sakura, who likes Sasuke (complete with endless [[ShipTease Ship Teasing]] about how any of these ''might'' become requited, though the last one has pretty much fallen out of tease). On top of this Ino ''might'' still like Sasuke and Tenten ''might'' like Lee who in turn ''might'' still like Sakura, and Shikamaru ''might'' like Ino, who ''might'' like him; or he ''might'' like Temari, who also ''might'' like him. Dear God in Heaven! That's not even all of it.
* ''{{Hayate the Combat Butler}}'' has a huge one just centered around the main character, Hayate. Said dodecahedron contains a few girls [[{{Lolicon}} who look much too young for him]], a handful of classmates, one [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend former classmate]], [[EvenTheGuysWantHim two men]], a [[TalkingAnimal tiger]] and many more. The only thing keeping it from turning into a HaremAnime is that Hayate is (for the most part) [[ChasteHero completely unaware.]] And don't get me started on the other little love triangles that aren't part of the main [[strike:LoveDodecahedron]] [[LoveDodecahedron Love]] [[AlienGeometries Escher-scape Geometry]].
* Even ''{{Hamtaro}}'' has [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hamster_relations_hahaha.gif a chart]]. Hamster relations are SeriousBusiness.
* ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'': [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Haruhi is definitely not Kyon's girlfriend]]. (Except for that one time they kissed, but nothing romantic seemed to come of that, other than [[spoiler:saving the world...]]) Neither is Sasaki. Kyon has an unspoken crush on Mikuru, but is unable to act upon it, because Haruhi might get jealous and destroy the world without even ''knowing'' she's doing so. Mikuru has been [[RapeAsComedy violated]] by [[DepravedBisexual Haruhi]] at least once. Kyon also has a very tender, protective relationship with Yuki, who once tried to [[spoiler:alter reality so they could be together.]] Yuki also has lots of LesYay with Ryoko, who is sometimes [[{{Shipping}} shipped]] with Kyon, despite (or perhaps ''because'' of) the fact that she [[spoiler:tried to kill him]]. And then there's Koizumi, whose hobby seems to be [[HoYay making Kyon feel uncomfortable with his sexuality]], but is shown in an alternate continuity to be in love with Haruhi (and claims that Haruhi is a covert YaoiFangirl as an excuse for all his HoYay... but then again, this is ''Koizumi'', so who knows what truly goes with him). And that's not even getting into the FoeYay that each character has with his/her evil opposite in Sasaki's group.
** To be specific, Sasaki is '''not''' Kyon's ex-girlfriend with a crush on him. Also, Kyon can't act on his feelings for Mikuru because [[spoiler: as Mikuru is a time traveller, cross-temporal romances are forbidden]]. And then there's the scene in the snow lodge, where the geometric properties of the LoveDodecahedron is actually a ''plot point''.
* ''PeachGirl'' is basically a love dodecahedron that just gets more complicated with each episode. It starts off with Momo in love with one character, but another character is in love with Momo. Then Sae steps in. Pretty much every complication in the series comes from her and just keeps going.
* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'', there's a rather intriguing LoveDodecahedron (though quite a bit of it goes into the realm of obsession and HoYay). Tsuna has a crush on [[ShallowLoveInterest Kyoko]], who is incredibly oblivious and only seems to care about her brother Ryohei (though she did express attraction to Gokudera). DepravedHomosexual Lussuria is... interested in a weird, sadistic necrophiliac sort of way with Ryohei. Ryohei is oblivious like his sister and only concerned with living [[HotBlooded TO THE EXTREME]]. Gokudera is Tsuna's StalkerWithACrush that has a ''huge'' BodyguardCrush on him and pretty much hates anyone that gets too close to Tsuna. Then there's Yamamoto, who [[HoYay seems annoyed that Gokudera hates him and wants Gokudera to open his heart up to him]]. Haru had a weird {{Shotacon}} crush on Reborn at first, but eventually falls (more seriously) in love with Tsuna, who only seems to see her as a friend. And then there's Mukuro, who... *ahem* [[GrandTheftMe wants Tsuna's body]], and Mukuro's two followers who admire him to the point of being obsessed fanboys. Chrome might sort of like Tsuna, or she [[{{Selfcest}} might like Mukuro-sama]] (though Mukuro seems to see her more like a sister / comrade in pain). And Hibari, who seems [[FoeYay awfully obsessed]] with meeting Mukuro again to pay back for the humiliation Mukuro put him through. And I-Pin has a crush on Hibari. Then Ryohei has a brief infatuation with I-pin's adult form while in the future he and Hana are a canon couple. SoYeah
** How did Bianchi's love for Reborn not get mentioned?
** Can we mention about MemeticMolester [[SmartGuy Spanner]] and his friendship with [[TheDragon Irie Shoichi]] and their boss BigBad [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Byakuran]] who is very friendly and discusses the meaning of flowers with his enemy Mukuro? No wonder the fangirls go crazy...
* ''BlackCat'', although being a shounen action manga / anime, has a rather impressive love dodecahedron. Kyoko, Rinslet, Saya, and Creed all fell in love with [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Train]], though Train is mentally / emotionally immature and apparently [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]], therefore rendering all of their feelings for him unrequited. (Although it's impossible to say whether or not Train would have eventually matured mentally to start developing romantic feelings for Saya, but that's beside the point). And then there's Echidna who [[LoveMartyr loves Creed]], but Creed is [[StalkerWithACrush too gay for Train to care]]. And then there's Janus' feelings for Rinslet, but Rinslet (at least in the manga) seems to be hesitant about returning his feelings due to her crush on Train. And then there's hints that Charden might like Kyoko, who explicitly states that she would like Charden if not for Train. And then there's Eve's crush on Sven, but Sven is much more concerned with Train (being Train's [[HeterosexualLifePartners Heterosexual Life Partner]] and all)... it's all a mess.
* ''{{Gankutsuou}}'' is one ''huge'' LoveDodecahedron. There's the Count, who used to be in a LoveTriangle with Albert's parents, but his love and friendship with Albert's mom and dad turned to hate. Haydee seems to love the Count too, though it's debatable whether it reaches the realm of romantic or just as a father substitute. And then Albert has a gigantic crush on the Count, who might have [[spoiler: eventually felt something for Albert too, considering that it was [[HoYay the power of Albert's kiss]] that made the Count return to being human]]. Albert also initially seemed to have a crush on Peppo, until he found out that [[spoiler: "she" was actually a "he", and that he was actually a spy for the Count]]. Peppo does have a crush on Albert, though. And Albert's [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend best friend Franz]] is [[LoveMartyr secretly and desperately]] [[HoYay in love]] with Albert, who is completely oblivious. But Franz has a fiancee, Valentine, who was in love with him (and rather jealous of Albert). Maximilien falls in love with Valentine, and she eventually reciprocates his feelings. And then there's Albert's fiancee, Eugenie, who initially thinks she doesn't love him, but realizes later that she ''does'' -- Albert, however, is sort of confused about her [[spoiler: however in the end he realizes that he really loves her.]] And then there's Andrea, who, for revenge, [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty tries to rape Eugenie]] ''and'' [[spoiler: seduces his ''[[{{Squick}} own mother]]'']]... and that's not even getting into all the women the Count managed to seduce. Messy relations indeed.
* ''{{Akikan}}!'' has one that encompasses almost all of its cast. Goro "Gigolo" Amaji is in love with Yurika, who's lesbian for Najimi. Najimi has been in love with Kakeru since they were kids, but her Akikan Yell is sweet on her. Kakeru has Najimi's crush on him, as well as his MagicalGirlfriend and Akikan, Melon. He may have something going for Kizaki, while Kizaki's boss Otoya is in love with him.
* The LoveDodecahedron in '' CodeGeass'' mostly centers on its protagonist [[MagnificentBastard Lelouch AKA Zero]]. He's loved by [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Shirley]], [[CoolBigSis Milly]], [[GenkiGirl Kaguya]] (as Zero only), [[ActionGirl Kallen]] (initially only as Zero, changes when she learns his identity), and [[RebelliousPrincess Euphemia]] (BrotherSisterIncest half-sibling version). He sees Shirley as a friend until [[spoiler:he's forced to mindwipe her]], realizing his feelings for her only then, but pushing her away until [[spoiler:Rolo kills her]]. Thinks of Milly as a good friend, has no interest in Kaguya, and considers Euphy his first love. Kallen he has feelings for, but the extent those feelings is never fully explored within the show. He and [[MysteriousWaif C.C.]] have strong mutual respect that at times seems much deeper than the "strictly mother-son" which WordOfGod has labeled it. [[WhitePrince Suzaku]] and Euphemia enter into a relationship late in Season 1, [[spoiler:only to end tragically when Lelouch kills Euphy out of necessity]]; it's also said that he and Lelouch's little sister Nunnally have feelings for one another. Late in the series, when Lelouch pushes everyone away while [[spoiler:pretending to be the CompleteMonster Emperor of Britannia]], the writers attempted to hook Kallen up with Suzaku's [[TheLancer Lancer]] Gino, but the poor execution annoyed most fans and was later shot down by the staff. And of course, this is without dipping into the HoYay / LesYay (Lelouch/Suzaku, Lelouch/Rolo, Kallen/C.C., etc.), the supposed BrotherSisterIncest angle between Lelouch and Nunnally, and other things ([[OfficialCouple Ohgi/Viletta]], [[CrackPairing Jeremiah/Sayoko]]...).
** WordOfGod actually says that Lelouch views C.C as his equal and not as a mother figure, but at the same time made it clear that those feelings are are not romantic in nature. It's more a case of ABoyAndHisX. Well, [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy And His]] [[MysteriousWaif waifish]], [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld immortal]] [[CuteWitch Geass Witch]], as the case may be.
* ''[=~Ichigo 100%~=]''. Where to begin. Revolves around a main character and three (arguably seven) heroines. Main character Manaka Junpei wants to film girl A. He confesses to girl B because of the resemblence between A and B. Girl A actually has a crush on him but is loved by main character's friend/rival. Girl C is also interested in the main character. Childhood friend girl D sleeps in the same room as him, usually naked. His teacher is interested in young boys (or so it seems). Too shy girl E, friend of girl A, grows close to main character because of Girl C's actions. Main character is indecisive. HilarityEnsues.
* ''FullMetalPanic!'' [[{{Tsundere}} Kaname]] and [[{{Dojikko}} Tessa]] are in a LoveTriangle with [[TheStoic Sôsuke]]. Sōsuke is confused about his feelings for Kaname (seeing as how he's never really loved anyone before) and it's not until way later that he finds himself returning her feelings. [[ThePaolo Leonard]] is in love with Kaname, but she dislikes him. Tsubaki is ''also'' in love with Kaname, has a bunch of FoeYay with Sōsuke, and Mitsuki has an unrequited love for him. And then there's Gauron, who is an AxCrazy StalkerWithACrush that has a crazy love and obsession for [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Sosuke]]. And the two twins he raised, Yu Fan and Yu Lan, are both [[HikaruGenjiPlan very much in love with him]] ([[{{Twincest}} and eachother]]). And then there's [[PsychoForHire Gates]], who has an unhealthy paedophile obsession with the twins. This LoveDodecahedron is made even ''more'' complicated in the novels, where Nami, who ''also'' falls for Sōsuke, is brought into the picture. Sōsuke has slight romantic feelings for her. And then Lemon likes Nami (but also seems to have quite a bit of HoYay with Sōsuke).
* ''[=~Pokémon~=]'', surprisingly. Because there have so many main characters, this has evolved out of Shipping. And that doesn't even go into ''loving'' Pokémon angle. The only offical couples seem to be May and Drew, and ''maybe'' Ash and Misty.
** There are no official couples. If there is ''any'' official couple that will form among any of the main characters, [[InternetBackdraft Pokémon forums all over the internet will turn into a virtual hell.]][[spoiler:o.t.s.sip.n.i.a.at.s.b.tea.y.why.y.an.f.s.g.i.p.h.ten.c]]
* ''FruitsBasket'' is this trope incarnate.
* ''AoiHana''. Let's see: Kyouko has unrequited feelings for Yasuko, who is in love with her ex-teacher Kagami, who is engaged to Yasuko's sister Kazusa. Fumi is heart-broken when her lover Chizu announces that she's getting married and starts an affair with Yasuko to get over her pain [[spoiler:although it doesn't last long]]. Fumi also struggles with her resurfacing feelings for Akira, who in turn is [[ObliviousToLove blissfully out of the loop]] for most of the series. And yes, aside from Kagami [[GirlsLove they are all girls]].
* Things start to get pretty messy in ''ChronoCrusade'' when it comes to relationships. Chrono has known Rosette since she was a child, and they both start to develop feelings for each other. However, Rosette also has a crush on her legal guardian, [[HotDad Father Remington]]. Soon, Rosette and Chrono get Azmaria and Satella in their {{Nakama}}. In the anime, Azmaria has a crush on Chrono, and in the manga Satella is a {{shotacon}} and finds Chrono (who is a demon that's nearly a century old, but appears to be a 12-year-old boy) ''very'' attractive. Chrono and Rosette are looking for Joshua, Rosette's brother, who was kidnapped by Aion, a former friend of Chrono's. Joshua is driven insane by demonic power an is obsessed with his sister, but is also very attatched to his maid, Fiore. In the anime, he thinks she's his sister, but in the manga he's very aware she isn't and instead seems to possibly have a one-sided crush on her. Fiore may or may not care for him in return. However, Shader glomps Fiore in one scene and asks her to marry her, and [[spoiler:at the end of the manga, they're shown riding off together on a motorcycle]]. Also, Joshua later [[spoiler:kidnaps Azmaria and then blushes when he sees her wearing a pretty dress. He later ends up marrying her.]] In the past, Chrono and Aion were best frends (with some HoYay, particularly in the anime), until Chrono [[spoiler:kidnapped Mary Magdalene and fell in love with her. Father Remington was her guard, and also appears to have been in love with her. In the manga, Aion may or may not have cared for her, as well.]] In the past, Shader seems to have been close to Chrono. Also, Rizel is in love with Aion, but Jenai is in love with her. Aion ignores Rizel and focuses on Joshua and Chrono. In the manga, he seems obsessed with Chrono and Pandaemonium, it's later revealed that it's because [[spoiler:Chrono is his twin brother, and Pandaemonium was formerly their human mother, Lilith. His obsession with them, particularly with Pandaemonium -- whom he appears to kiss in one scene! -- ocassionally borders on incest]]. I ''might'' be missing some, but I think that's it.
* ''{{Bleach}}'' fandom likes to believe that the show has elements of this, but in truth most of the "evidences" are subject to interpretation and fan wishes.
* ''{{Toloveru}}'' has a pretty impressive one in the anime alone, and the manga gets even crazier. I won't go into much detail, but in addition to the standard love triangle, it also has shy/emotionless assassins and aliens who change gender when they sneeze.
* ''SetoNoHanayome''. Where should we start? Okay, *deep breath*.
** Nagasumi and San are engaged/dating, and are definitely in love with each other.
** Lunar is [[strike:friends]] [[TheRival rivals]] with San, but in love with Nagasumi, [[{{Yandere}} who she treats like a slave.]]
** Mawari is Nagasumi's [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend childhood friend]] and more or less in love with him.
** The ClassRepresentative has a crush on Nagasumi, but can't admit it. She's also accidentally [[LoveLetterLunacy confessed her love...]]''[[LoveLetterLunacy to San]]'', forcing her to create the [[HotAmazon Last Amazoness]] persona.
** Kai is San's [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend childhood friend]], and ''very much'' in love with her, even though she's not really interested. Hasn't stopped him yet.
** Akeno is trying to break up Nagasui and San's relationship, but is starting to admit that she thinks Nagasumi is getting [[RatedMForManly pretty manly]].
** And [[GayOption Masa]]...''[[GayOption confuses]]'' Nagasumi. And his mother. Mostly just for laughs, though.
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[[folder:Comics]]
* The ''ScottPilgrim'' graphic novels are known for this. The inside back cover of the third book consists of [[LoveChart an absurdly complicated diagram detailing the relationships of all of the characters thus far]] (including such descriptors as "in a band with", "still likes" and "dating(?)") that is rendered obsolete before the end of the ''first chapter'' of the next book.
* ''ArchieComics'' has the famous [[BettyAndVeronica Archie/Betty/Veronica triangle]]. However, Veronica also regularly dates Reggie, who keeps trying to date Midge, much to her boyfriend Moose’s wrath. Other than Betty, Jughead mostly runs from girls, especially his constant admirer Ethel, who occasionally has to settle for Dilton. Then CherylBlossom came along. They've all had countless one-time love interests. Chuck and Nancy have enough sense to keep out of this mess.
* After they turned it into a soap opera, the ArchieComics ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehog'' series twisted Sonic's love life into a Gordian Knot: Originally hooked up with Sally Acorn, she got stuck ruling the country and shoved the relationship to the side to focus on her new duties, prompting Sonic to fall in with Mina Mongoose, starting a rivalry between the two women for Sonic's affection. He then started seeing Fiona Fox on the side, which not only pissed off Mina and Sally, but Tails, as well, who had a crush on her due to falling in love with a robotic duplicate created by Robotnik several years earlier (don't ask). Eventually, Mina got her own boyfriend, Sally got Sonic once again, and Tails got tossed into a brick wall by Fiona, who gave them all the finger to have a relationship with Sonic's [[EvilTwin evil clone]] from [[MirrorUniverse another universe]]. And that's not even counting the mini-tangle between Antoine, Sally, Bunnie Rabbot, and Antoine's evil clone from the same universe Fiona's new beau comes from.
* Almost every member of the ''{{X-Men}}'' has been in love with another member at some point. One of the more famous dodecahedrons: Wolverine loved Jean Grey, who loved Cyclops, who loved her back but married her clone Madelyne Pryor, who had an affair with Cyclops' brother Havok, who almost married Polaris but [[RunawayBride left her at the altar]] for Nurse Annie, who kissed Iceman, who was unaware that Northstar was secretly in love with him...
** Kitty Pryde is practically the [[{{Miko}} shrine maiden]] of X-Mansion, given that she's only dated two other residents... and consecutively, not concurrently.
* Also, {{Daredevil}}, Hawkeye, and IronMan keep dating the same women. Daredevil dated Black Widow, who also dated Hawkeye ''and'' Iron Man, and Hawkeye flirted with Echo who is another of Daredevil's ex-girlfriends, as was Heather Glenn who was involved with Iron Man for awhile, etc. Yet another DD ex, Typhoid Mary, once tricked Deadpool into sleeping with her. Iron Man, for his part, has had a plethora of ladyfriends including Emma Frost (Cyclops' current flame), She-Hulk, and the Wasp. Remember kids, when you kiss Tony Stark, you taste Galactus.
* ''StrangersInParadise'' begins with a LoveTriangle and then... hooboy. Katchoo loves best friend Francine unrequitedly, then takes up with David. Then Francine, who had a crush on David, starts to sort-of reciprocate Katchoo's feelings. Casey, unhappily married to Francine's ex-boyfriend Freddie (who still loves Francine), falls in love with David at first sight. With their marriage on the rocks, Freddie pursues Francine while Casey pursues David. Katchoo tires of David and finally drives him away. Francine breaks off her engagement to Brad for Katchoo, but still can't consummate the relationship, so a frustrated Katchoo sleeps with Casey on the side. When Francine discovers this, it's back to Brad. When confronted at gunpoint by Katchoo's sister Tambi (who insists the family produce an heir), David offers to produce a child with her in exchange for his life, and after they attempt this, Tambi secretly falls for David. David returns to marry Katchoo, who divorces him amicably once she learns about Tambi ''and'' realizes she prefers women. Casey finally gets to shack up with David. Eventually, [[spoiler: Francine leaves Brad for cheating on her; David dies, leaving Casey to take up with Tambi, and Francine and Katchoo end up together for good]].
* Jaimie and Gilbert Hernandez's ''Love and Rockets'' features several of these, particularly Gilbert's ''Palomar'' stories which are influenced by Hispanic [[SoapOpera telenovelas]].
* Due to their decades of continuity, many MarvelComics series have dodecahedrons so complex you need a 3D model to keep track. For example, Johnny Storm of the FantasticFour romanced Crystal, but she married Quicksilver instead and they had a child. But Crystal also began an ill-fated romance with Dane Whitman, who was not only involved with Sersi but also hopelessly pining after Wasp. Wasp was the ex-wife of Hank Pym, had an ill-fated one-night-stand with Magneto (Quicksilver's father!) and briefly dated Tony Stark, aka Iron Man (see above). To top it off, Crystal is currently betrothed to Ronan the Accuser, ruler of the Kree, who was formerly romantically involved with Una-Rogg, who tried to seduce Genis-Vell, who... you get the idea.
** Due to various destructions, memory wipes and rebuilds, Marvel's Vision is a one-character love dodecahedron.
* In the classic ''FlashGordon,'' Flash loves Dale, Dale loves Flash, Ming loves Dale, Aura loves Flash, and Barin loves Aura.
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[[folder:Films]]
* ''[=~There's Something About Mary~=]'' features a Type 3 [[TriangRelations Triang Relation]] extended into a Love Dodecahedron with Mary at the center. Everybody is in love with/stalks Mary, including the main character and even football star Brett Favre. Naturally, Mary chooses the main character over Brett. (She's a Niners fan.)
* ''{{Tootsie}}'' has a great example of this:
-->'''Michael:''' You should have seen the look on her face when she thought I was a lesbian.\\
'''George:''' "Lesbian"? You just said gay.\\
'''Michael:''' No, no, no -- ''Sandy'' thinks I'm gay, ''Julie'' thinks I'm a lesbian.\\
'''George:''' I thought Dorothy was supposed to be straight?\\
'''Michael:''' Dorothy ''is'' straight. Tonight Les, the sweetest, nicest man in the world asked me to marry him.\\
'''George:''' A guy named Les wants ''you'' to marry him?\\
'''Michael:''' No, no, no -- he wants to marry Dorothy.\\
'''George:''' Does he know she's a lesbian?\\
'''Michael:''' Dorothy's ''not'' a lesbian.\\
'''George:''' I know that, does ''he'' know that?\\
'''Michael:''' Know ''what?''\\
'''George:''' That, er, I... I don't know.
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[[folder:Literature]]
*Twilight: Edward loves Bella. Bella Loves Edward and Jacob. Jacob loved Bella but then falls for her unborn daughter. Mike, Eric, and Tyler all have deep crushes on Bella, but she ignored them. Mike dates Jessica but breaks up with her. Tyler dates Lauren. Rosalie was supposed to be Edward's mate, but she ended with Emmet. Alice is with Jasper, but she kind of gives off lesbian vibes for Bella. In the end, everyone of note loves Bella in some way.
* At the heart of ''TheBrothersKaramazov'' is an intricate LoveDodecahedron which isn't really fleshed out until the later chapters. It starts with Fyodor Karamazov and his son Dmitri (the eldest brother) who are both smitten with Grushenka, the local HelloNurse. But in love with Dmitri is Katerina, an aristocrat who is smitten with him for some services he did for her in the past. In love with Katerina is Ivan, the middle Karamazov brother, but he maintains that he doesn't really love her. Grushenka herself plays with Fyodor's and Dmitri's affections, but really [[spoiler:she's been pining after Mussyalovich, a Polish gentleman who spurned her five years ago]]. Grushenka also shows some attraction for Alyosha, the youngest Karamazov brother, but his attentions are turned towards Liza, a young girl crippled by a fever at the outset of the novel. But towards the end Liza shows more attraction to [[spoiler:Ivan]] than anyone else.
* Pretty much every ''BlandingsCastle'' novel, and, in fact, most of the works of PGWodehouse. He was a master at these, and could successfully create and solve one of these plots in a single book. If one were to create a chart detailing the relationships of all the characters who appear in his connected universe, one would probably [[CosmicHorror go insane just from reading it.]]
** Luckily, Jeeves has a pick-me-up for curing that too.
* In Maria [=McCann=]'s ''As Meat Loves Salt'', Jacob loves and marries Caro, but rapes and abandons her over jealousy of her, friendship with his brother, Isaiah. Then he meets and falls in love with Ferris, only for Caro to reappear [[spoiler: and start an affair with Ferris.]] Then its revealed that Jacob may have [[spoiler:had a sexual relationship with Isaiah in the past.]]
* In Chekhov's ''The Seagull'' Medviedenko loves Masha, who loves Treplyov, who loves Nina, who loves Trigorin, who is loved by Irina. Everybody's unhappy.
* A poem by Brazilian author Carlos Drummond de Andrade: "João loved Teresa who loved Raimundo who loved Maria who loved Joaquim who loved Lili who loved no one".
* The main characters of JohnCWright's ''Chronicles of Chaorgars'' consist of three boys and two girls. Some interesting permutations work out.
* ''{{A Song of Ice and Fire}}'': Ned Stark married Catelyn Tully [[ArrangedMarriage to cement the Stark/Tully alliance against the Targaryens]], but he also apparently had a thing for Ashara Dayne ([[EpilepticTrees who may or may not be his babymama)]]. He also had a healthy amount of HoYay with his best friend, Robert Baratheon, who was in love with Ned's sister, Lyanna, but ended up marrying Cersei Lannister. Both Lyanna and Cersei had the hots for [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Rhaegar Targaryen]], though Cersei is also getting it on with [[spoiler: her [[{{Twincest}} twin brother Jaime]], her cousin Lancel, Lady Taena Merryweather, all three of the Kettleback brothers and possibly Moonboy]] (Yeah, Cersei's kind of a [[DepravedBisexual slut]]). Catelyn's sister Lysa is married to Ned and Robert's adoptive father, Jon Arryn, but is also engaged in a clandestine affair with Littlefinger, whom she eventually marries after her husband's death. Littlefinger, however, was madly in love with Catelyn, who [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend loves him like a brother, but no more.]] Robert's brother, Renly, is married to Margaery Tyrell, but is [[strike: implied]] stated (by WordOfGod) to be [[CampGay sleeping with her brother Loras]]. Additionally, Renly's bodyguard, Brianne has [[BodyguardCrush a major crush on him]], but latter develops a rather tender relationship with none other than Jaime Lannister, Cersei's brother. Yeah, love in Westeros is complicated, and this doesn't even get into Jon and Dany's generation.
* Literally the entire point of ''PrideAndPrejudice'' is resolving ''one'' of these. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Pride_and_Prejudice_Character_Map.png To clarify...]] (and beware spoilers)
* Another 19th-century example: in Anthony Trollope's ''Ayala's Angel'', the title character is beloved by Tom Tringle, Johnathan Stubbs, and Captain Batsby, but Batsby also takes a fancy to Tom's sister Gertrude, who wants to marry Frank Houston, who is in love with [[KissingCousins his cousin]] Imogen Docimer. Meanwhile Lady Albury has an interesting relationship with Stubbs, but is determined not to cheat on her husband Sir Harry. Also Tom's other sister Augusta accuses Ayala of trying to steal her fiancee, the honourable Septimus Traffik.
* Ah, ''WarriorCats''. Let's start with the main character, shall we? Cinderpelt (who seems to have some chemistry with Littlecloud, who had a bit of HoYay with Whitethroat, but YourMileageMayVary) was in love with Firestar, [[ObliviousToLove who never knew]]. Firestar and Spottedleaf liked each other for the brief period of time that she was alive, and they continue to meet in dreams even after her death, much to the chagrin of Sandstorm, his mate, who's been paired with [[CompleteMonster Scourge]] and previously was friends with Dustpelt, who thought it was something more. Dustpelt eventually became the mate of Ferncloud. Now skip ahead about six books, and you'll find that Cinderpelt has been [[spoiler:reincarnated as Cinderheart after her death]]. Cinderheart may or may not like Jayfeather, and Jayfeather (who's also been shipped with Poppyfrost, who is said to have kits in the next series, and [[spoiler:had a love interest named Half Moon when he traveled back to the time of a previous incarnation of himself]]) may or may not like her back. Then, of course, one must consider the possibility of Cinderheart falling for Lionblaze, who is somewhat like Firestar. Icepaw may have a crush Lionblaze as well. Not to mention that Lionblaze used to be 'friends' with Heathertail, who hates him because he broke up with her, and she may or may not be JustFriends with Breezepelt.
** Don't forget that a fan suggested that Cinderheart have a crush on Firestar, and Vicky liked the idea.
*** And that Tigerstar has been paired with Cinderpelt, or that Leopardstar was recently confirmed in a chat to have been in love with Tigerstar. He's also had children with both Sasha and Goldenflower.
*** Or that Ravenpaw, who has a lot of HoYay with Barley, is occasionally shipped with Sandstorm.
** Jayfeather and [[CompanionCube the stick]]. Not to mention Lionblazexbattle and Hollyleafxthe warrior code. Come to think of it, Holly's got some evidence with Sol, and is popular with Breezepelt, despite [[spoiler:him being her half-brother]].
** The New Prophecy is great with this. Stormfur, Ashfur, and Brambleclaw all liked Squirrelflight. Stormfur eventually ended up with a Tribe cat named Brook. For a while it seemed as if Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight would become and OfficialCouple, but fell out because of Brambleclaw wanting to be friends with his half-brother ([[ItMakesSenseInContext it makes a bit more sense in context]], but not much), whom [[YourMileageMayVary some]] fans say he had HoYay with, and Squirrelflight went to Ashfur. However, she never truly loved him, and later left him for Brambleclaw once more. This [[spoiler:drove Ashfur insane, to the point of betraying his Clan, abetting in almost murdering Firestar, and trying to kill Squirrelflight along with her 'kits'. This forced her to admit that they weren't hers, and were in fact the children of Leafpool and Crowfeather.]] Leafpool and Crowfeather, who had previously been in love with Feathertail (who died), had a brief affair before Crowfeather took a a mate in [=WindClan=] solely to prove his loyalty and had a kit with her. They didn't love each other.
*** Of course, Feathertail, Leafpool, and Squirrelflight have all been paired with Hawkfrost.
** We also have Whitewing, who's been shipped with just about everyone and everything. Most prominently, we have Ashfur, Birchfall ([[spoiler:her official mate]]), Shrewpaw (who may or may not have liked Squirrelflight), and Spiderleg. Spiderleg became Daisy's mate, but they broke up after having two kits. Daisy's previous mate was Smoky, and he fathered Mousewhisker (who had a crush on Minnowpaw for a while), Hazeltail, and Berrynose. Berrynose hooked up with Honeyfern, but [[spoiler: she died]], and he's had a bit of HoYay with Birchfall, who's been paired with both Applekit, whose warrior name we don't know, and Toadfoot (more HoYay).
** Not to mention Graystripe, who's been paired with [[HoYay Firestar]] and [[CrackPairing Russetfur]], was Silverstream's mate, and later had kits with Millie.
** And Bluestar's been shipped with Oakheart, Tigerstar, Redtail, Lionheart, and Whitestorm, who is her nephew.
** The lesson here is that ''WarriorCats'' fans like their shipping.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* This trope is why daytime soap operas exist. 'Nuff said.
* ''[[GreysAnatomy Grey's Anatomy]]'' features a love dodecahedron in which George loves Meredith who loves Derek who can't decide if he loves Meredith or Addison, who also is still in love with Derek, but at one point was in love with Mark, who slept with Callie, who is married to George, who slept with Izzie, who used to date Alex, who's lusted after by Addison (and that's ''before'' you get into the {{subtext}}). Coincidentally, the best-remembered episode of the first season featured a hospital-wide outbreak of syphilis.
* The first season of ''{{Smallville}}'', after setting up a LoveTriangle with Clark and Whitney both wanting Lana, regularly increased its geometrical complexity by throwing others into the mix; the (Kryptonite meteor-rock influenced) Villain of the Week was sometimes romantically interested in Lana as well (and might even start to get somewhere at that until revealed to be hideously transformed when not masquerading as still human), while Lex Luthor would intervene to try to break up some of these pairings... but was this being done as friendly help for Clark's benefit, or because he too had secret designs on [[strike:Lana]] [[HoYay Clark]]?
** Like it ends there. Chloe is in love with Clark, Jimmy, Davis and Pete are in love with her. Jason and Lex later had relationships with Lana, while Lois is destined to be with Clark, but has so far been with Aquaman and Oliver.
* ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}''. Where to start? Willow likes Xander, but Xander likes Buffy. He also dates Cordelia (who later gets involved with Angel). Willow winds up dating Oz. The one time Xander reciprocates Willow's feelings ends up breaking up Willow/Oz (temporarily), and Xander/Cordelia (permanently). Because of that break-up, Cordy invokes the wrath of the vengeance demon, Anya, who later almost marries Xander. The combined LoveDodecahedron for ''Buffy'' and its spinoff ''{{Angel}}'' ends up being so complex that it's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planar_graph mathematically impossible]] to draw with non-crossing arrows.
** Then you add the vampires: Angel and Buffy wuv eachother. But when Angel goes evil, he starts being naughty towards Drusilla. Spike and Drusilla have been together for around a century, but he starts crushing on Buffy basically from the moment he sees her. Oh, and Darla. She turned Angel, then he got cursed, so she left. Her relationship with the Master was creepy, and her relationship with Drusilla was subtexty.
*** Not to mention Angel and Spike's relationship, confirmed through the WordOfGod.
** Let's not forget Faith. Definite FoeYay between her and Buffy, and she takes Xander's v-card.
*** Faith is also seemingly obsessed with Buffy's sloppy seconds: in addition to Xander's lost-standing crush, she tried to come on to Angel at least once, slept with Riley while she was in Buffy's body, and in season seven she slept with Robin Wood and ''seemed'' like she was going to take up with Spike.
** Add in Dawn having a crush on Xander, but switching to Spike, and things just get weird (especially since she didn't actually exist at the time she supposedly liked Xander -- it was all implanted memories).
* ''{{The Secret Life of the American Teenager}}'' has this: Ricky impregnated Amy, who loves Ben. Even though Ben ''proposes'' to Amy, we also get a little hint that he likes Grace a bit. Grace was dating Jack, who is now intimate with Adrian, who likes Ricky, who is dating Grace.
* ''{{Battlestar Galactica}}'' perhaps takes the cake for this. Adama loved Carolanne before they fell out and now he loves Roslin, who was previously having an affair with President Adar. Apollo loves Starbuck and Starbuck loves Apollo, but he married Anastasia Dualla and she married Samuel Anders. Starbuck also once disastrously bedded Baltar, who loves Number Six, who is now [[spoiler:pregnant with Colonel Tigh's child, even though the Colonel mourned the death of his promiscuous wife Ellen.]] Boomer and Tyrol were having an affair until Adama broke them up. Boomer died at the hands of Cally, who married Tyrol, who still loved Boomer. Athena married Helo, who used to have a crush on Boomer, who is the same person as Athena, except not really. Racetrack has a crush on Helo. Helena Cain had an affair with Gina, whom Baltar tried to seduce. Also, Baltar was the object of some affection early on from Felix Gaeta. Not to mention Starbuck's tricky relationship with Leoben Conoy. Practically every major and secondary character has tricky relationship issues.
** There is an Official Frak Chart.
* ''{{Torchwood}}'': Jack is in a relationship with Ianto but also has strong feelings for Gwen. Gwen loves Jack and is married to Rhys, and had an affair with Owen which ended after Owen had a thing with Diane, who's thing for planes overrode her thing for Owen. Andy is in love with Gwen. Phew.
** Tosh is also in love with Owen unrequitedly. And Ianto had that... weird... thing... *shudder*
*** That would be Lisa, and Owen also had an affair with Suzie (she of the "They Keep Killing" fame) before the series. There have also been signs that Tosh's attraction to Owen isn't entirely unrequited. Tosh also had an affair with a telepathic alien, [[spoiler: a memory altering alien]], and a [[spoiler: soldier from WWI]]. And Owen was also [[spoiler: engaged to a woman called Katie, which ended in tragedy due to alien brain parasites. And not [[{{Animorphs}} that kind]].]] Did I miss anything?
*** Jack is in love with himself, as well. Well, the original Captain Jack, whom he stole his name from. And he has a thing for his brother. Oh, and John Hart, who seems to also have a "thing" for Gwen, and loves to tease Ianto, calling him "Eye Candy." I think we could go all day on Torchwood alone...
***Don't forget ''DoctorWho'', since Jack is implied to love the Doctor. He also seems to have some sort of crush on Martha, who seems to have a crush on Jack, loves the Doctor, and is [[spoiler:now married to]] Tom Milligan. And then there's the Doctor's love life in DoctorWho...
**** [[Pub/images/torchwood_relationship.jpg See here]]
***Just to be absolutly thorough, Rhys's secretary, Ruth, seems to have a thing for him.
* ''{{Gossip Girl}}'': Let's see...there's the short-lived Serena/Nate/Blair, which then turns into Serena/Dan/Vanessa and Nate/Blair/Chuck, which coincides with Bart/Lily/Rufus/Allison. (This is just the first season, btw.) In season two, it's briefly Marcus/Blair/Chuck and Vanessa/Nate/Catherine, and then finally Dan/Serena/Aaron, and Jenny/Nate/Vanessa. Bart/Lily/Rufus is still happening minus Allison and until [[spoiler:Bart dies]]. It makes you wonder if these people even know anyone else in Manhattan.
* ''{{Lost}}'''s irritating love dodecahedron was originally a simple triangle involving Jack and Sawyer, who both loved Kate, who couldn't decide between them. Then the introduction of Juliet in Season 3 threw a wrench in the triangle, as Jack cannot decide between either (though Juliet thinks he's just using her to make Kate jealous). Thanks to the show's [[spoiler: time-travelling]], Sawyer and Juliet ended up spending three happy years together, but as of early 2009, it appears that the dodecahedron is about to kick back into play.
** And let's not forget the obvious {{fanservice}} moment when Kate and Juliet fall in the mud after being handcuffed together...
** Ana-Lucia filled the same role in a love square during season 2.
* In an episode of ''MyNameIsEarl'', this trope was used. Earl was in love with Billie, but so were Stuart, Frank, and [[FauxYay Catalina]]. Paco, Catalina's childhood lover, was in love with her -- but she didn't believe him. Frank was also interested in Billie's cousin. And Kenny was in love with Stuart, too. In the end, it was turned into four neat couples, two of which were continued at least until the end of the season.
* The Taiwanese BuddyCopShow ''{{Black and White}}'' has a LoveDodecahedron that transcends the borders between police and outlaws. The mismatched buddies dandy Chen Zai Tian and straight-laced Wu Ying Xiong are at the center. They both like MafiaPrincess Chen Lin who can't decide between the two. Chen Zai Tian also loves a girl from his past and Wu Ying Xiong rekindles an old flame which ends badly. Chen Lin has another admirer in runaway mercenary Ma Xiao Ming. Then there is Lan Xi Ying from the forensics who has a deep crush on Wu Ying Xiong but developes a nice connection with Chen Zai Tian also ''and'' she awakens long buried feelings in the hitman Cheng Nuo.
* ''{{Glee}}'' has an extensive one. Emma has a crush on Mr. Shuester, whose feelings might be the same, even though she's about to be married to the football coach. Mr. Shuester is already married -- to his "pregnant" wife. Finn is dating Quinn, who is pregnant with Puck's baby -- but Finn thinks it's his. Quinn (the cheerleader) also might have feelings for Puck. Puck likes Quinn... and Rachel, the talented one. Rachel had a short thing with Puck, but she revealed it was just to make Finn jealous. Rachel likes Finn, of course, as does Kurt. Finn might like Rachel back. Mercedes at one point had a crush on Kurt, until she realized he was gay. And at the time of this writing, there only been eight episodes.
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* The main character in R. Kelly's ''Trapped in the Closet'' slowly discovers that he has stumbled into one of these. Flowchart can be found [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/your-band-sucks/thorpes-notes-kellys-2.php here]].
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* [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 Having one of these is the surest path to survival in]] ''BlissStage''.
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* ''A Little Night Music'' has a series of interlocking {{Love Triangle}}s that take in most of the cast.
* {{Shakespeare}} loved {{Love Dodecahedron}}s; one found its way into most of his comedies, including ''TwelfthNight'' and ''[[AMidsummerNightsDream A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. Which means this is OlderThanSteam.
** This also extends to all of the plays, books, and movies based ''off'' of said Shakespeare works. One such example is ''All Shook Up'': Chad loves Sandra who hates him and loves Ed who doesn't exist because he's actually Natalie because she wants to be with Chad who's first sidekick is Dennis who loves Natalie whose dad is Jim who loves Sandra and later loves Sylvia who is so jaded that she doesn't love anyone at first but later falls for Jim who gives Dennis advice on how to approach Natalie, who is friends with Lorraine who is in love with Dean who is Matilda's son who hates interracial marriage despite giving birth to a mixed child but later marries her (Black) sidekick Earl who is supposed to arrest Chad who later loves Ed/Natalie until he finds out that Ed is actually a woman and runs away. By the end of the musical, Jim is married to Sylvia, Matilda is married to Earl, Dean and Lorraine are dating, Sandra and Dennis (inexplicably) get married despite the age difference, and Chad gets over Natalie being a girl and they marry by compromising "maybe once in a while you can put on that hat and the beard... we'll work something out".
**It isn't indicated in the script that Earl is black (other characters are); however, I can see how that could make for an interesting casting choice.
* In ''SweeneyTodd,'' Sweeney loves Lucy. So does the Judge. Mrs. Lovett loves Sweeney, who is indifferent to her. The Judge loves Johanna. Anthony loves Johanna, who loves him back. After that, things get a little confusing.
** There's also one of the "Parlor Songs":
-->''Sweet Polly Pluncket saw her life pass\\
Flew down the city road crying:\\
"I am a lass who, alas, loves a lad who, alas, has a lass loves another lad, who once I had in Canterbury.''
* In ''{{Wicked}}'', (at least the musical adaptation) Nessa loves Boq, Boq loves Glinda, Glinda loves Fiyero, and Fiyero loves Elphaba. Glinda actually sets up Boq/Nessa to get Boq off her trail, but Fiyero and Elphaba eventually fall for each other.
**Then there's the fandom-fodder subtext of Elphaba/Glinda . . .
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* ''{{Breath of Fire}}'': In ''Breath of Fire IV,'' Ryu is in love with Nina, who is in love with Clay, who is in love with Elena, who is [[spoiler:trapped in a marriage with the evil prince.]] It was a love daisy chain, only made more disturbing by having Nina and Elena as siblings, and everyone else being different species. Significantly simpler in the orignal, as the Nina's love for Clay was added in [[{{Bowdlerise}} the translation]]
** Made all the more complicated in the official manga adaptation, ''Utsurowazarumono'', where [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/utsurowazarumono_breath_of_fire_iv/v02/c010/9.html Scias' reason]] for doing a HeelFaceTurn and returning to the party is explained by him [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/utsurowazarumono_breath_of_fire_iv/v02/c010/15.html developing a big crush on Nina]]. (In the video game, it's just simply assumed that, due to spending so much time fighting in the party, he developed a bond with everyone.)
* In ''TheSims'', it's far too easy to set one of these up. It can even happen by accident.
** Actually, there's a premade one in Pleasantview. Darren is love with Cassandra who is engaged to Don who is in love with Nina and has a crush on Nina's sister, Dina. Dina is dating Cassandra's father, Mortimer. Dina was also married to Cassandra's uncle, Michael, before he died. Don also has memories of putting the moves on Cassandra's mother, Bella, just before her alien abduction. Don is also currently having an affair with Kaylynn, the maid. Kaylynn is in turn having an affair with Daniel, who is unhappily married to Mary Sue.
* ''FireEmblem 10'' has a relationship Dodecahedron ''in game'', updated as the player progresses. A full version can be found [[http://serenesforest.net/fe10/relation.jpg here]] (Major spoilers).
* Most of the routes in ''BrassRestoration'' focus on Ryo and his love interest, but Yoshine's route has a LoveDodecahedron as part of the plot.
* ''LuminousArc2'' have one ''mostly'' revolves around Roland. He can end up with either Althea or Fatima, while gaining affections, via Intermissions, from Dia (who also have a few ShipTease with his brother, Rasche), [[WingedHumanoid Sadie]] and Karen, who's oblivious to Ace's interest in her, as well as getting distracted by some of the girls in their Hot Spring Intemissions (Dia, Luna, Ayano, I'm looking at you). Rina, despite being Roland's childhood friend, just {{Fangirl}} over Richter.
* Just look at [[http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8725/typemoonrelations.jpg this chart]]. At least eight people in love with [[{{Tsukihime}} Shiki]] plus Arihiko on the side crushing on Ciel and Akiha and possibly the maids. Even the girls at school seem to be somewhat attracted despite not being insane like his other love interests. [[FateStayNight Shirou]] is ''only'' the center of four-six girls' affections (Mitsuzuri being subtext and Ilya being up to your interpretation, but probably only familial), but there's other entanglements besides his making it even ''more'' complicated when you figure in [[StalkerWithACrush Gilgamesh -> Saber]] and [[BodyguardCrush Bazett -> Lancer]] and Avenger. Curse you {{Nasuverse}}!
* Lampshaded in the NancyDrew game ''The Final Scene'', where a tabloid newspaper headline refers to ''[[ShowWithinAShow Light Of Our Love]]'' soap opera heartthrob Rory's "Love Octagon".
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* As an {{Animesque}} production, ''{{Megatokyo}}'' also features its own Love Dodecahedron: Piro is in love with Kimiko; Kimiko is Erika's [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend]]; Erika is in love with Largo (Piro's roommate); Largo was nearly seduced by Miho, [[FoeYay whom he hates and thinks is an undead wench]]; Miho has a rather ambivalent relationship with Piro, whom she claims is her former lover; Miho is also best friends with Ping, who is Piro's [[RobotGirl robotic]] [[MagicalGirlfriend girlfriend]].
** Recently, Ping has been [[LesYay spending most of her time hanging out with]] Junko, who is bitter over the breakup of her RomanticTwoGirlFriendship with Miho.
** And, of course, Yuki was a schoolgirl with a crush on Piro. She seems to be getting over the crush, but now Miho is taking her under her wing, and she seems to have acquired a boyfriend [[CrashIntoHello by falling on him and breaking his leg]].
* In ''ElGoonishShive,'' a rather surreal love dodecahedron is played for both laughs and drama, but has been resolved so that four of the six involved are now in relationships: Eliot with Sarah, and [[spoiler: Nanase with Ellen]], though whether or not one of those characters ([[spoiler:Ellen]]) qualifies as being in the Dodecahedron is complicated, due to CloningBlues being involved. [[spoiler: Clever way to have Nanase's LovingAShadow with Elliot end in her finding someone perfect for her, though.]] The last one, gay Justin, has given up on straight Elliot, and wound up stuck in IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy land. Melissa, attached to the Dodecahedron via Justin, doesn't get that he's gay, while Susan, whose KindredSpirit relationship with Justin is revealed essentially the moment they meet, apparently has some feelings for him but knows she can't pursue them. And, of course, [[spoiler: for a brief period after her splitting off from Elliot, Ellen displayed feelings towards Sarah, though it's implied that she's over it.]]
* ''[[http://www.tsunamichannel.com Experimental Comic Kotone]]'' was basically designed to incorporate every anime trope in the book -- and as such, the [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] main character is caught in the center of a severe LoveDodecahedron, which is constantly in danger of growing even bigger due to him suffering from the rare [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-04-24&comic=ExCoKo Love Sim Syndrome]]...
* ''[[http://www.avalonhigh.com Avalon]]'': Ceilidh and Joe are the OfficialCouple, but Joe is primarily interested in Helène, the girlfriend of Alan (who would much rather be with Ceilidh), and secondarily interested in Phoebe, who, if she likes anyone, likes ''Ceilidh''; Ryan and Iain are also interested in Phoebe. Ceilidh ''herself'' isn't sure whether she likes Joe, Iain, [[spoiler:or Phoebe]]...but definitely not Alan.
* Implied in [[http://xkcd.com/403/ this]] ''{{xkcd}}'' comic (though strictly speaking it could just be a cycle or even a collection of disconnected relationships).
** Perhaps [[http://xkcd.com/173/ this]] is a better example?
* ''{{Arthur King of Time and Space}}'', or at least the Space [[StoryArc Arc]] where everyone is crammed into the same spaceship, is heading in that direction, mostly using canonical relationships. [[spoiler: Arthur loves Guinevere but has a child with Morgan. Guinevere loves Arthur and Lancelot. Lancelot loves Guinevere but has a child with Elaine of Carbonek. Galehaut loves Lancelot]]. It's still relatively easy to follow, but the comic is meant to last twenty-five years...
* ''QuestionableContent'': Marten lives with Faye and is in love with Dora, who's Faye's boss. Faye has a "[[FoeYay antagonists-with-benefits]]" relationship with Sven, who's Dora's brother. And that's just scratching the surface...
-->'''[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1089 Therapist]]:''' Hang on, hang on. I'm gonna get some thumbtacks and colored strings so we can diagram this.
* ''GunnerkriggCourt'' has [[JigsawPuzzlePlot slowly revealed]] that the prior generation is a surprising tangle of former couples and unrequited love. By contrast, all the pairings among Annie's generation are pretty straightforward (even if the exact nature of their relationship isn't).
* ''{{Star Guys}}'' has a ''wonderful'' one: Jupiter likes Venus, who likes Jupiter back ([[CanNotSpitItOut but neither know]]), Centauri ''also'' likes Venus and wants her back, but Venus is oblivious to him. Meanwhile, Saturn likes Mercury, who likes Neptune, while Earth and Orceus like Ana, who's [[AsexualitY asexual]], and hates Earth. Finally, Pluto likes Mars (who may or may not like him back), whilst Jeeves likes Pluto, despite him stating that he's gay.
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* ''CodeLyoko''. Let's see now... Ulrich loves Yumi, Yumi loves Ulrich, and despite their best efforts, they CannotSpitItOut. In the meanwhile, Sissi loves Ulrich, and William loves Yumi. Ulrich flat-out hates Sissi, while Yumi is friends with William, but not quite that friendly. Johnny loves Yumi, but he's barely a threat. Hervé loves Sissi, but he's ugly. Théo loves Sissi, but he's a one-episode character. It's mentioned several times that "guys flip over" Sissi (though we never actually see many doing so) and it's implied that Ulrich is popular with the ladies in general. Meanwhile, Odd's dated nearly every girl in the school (and several outside, such as Sam and Brynja), and has a few ship-fueling {{UST}} moments with Sissi. Jérémie and Aelita emerge surprisingly unscathed, unless you count Odd's platonic flirtation with the latter. Did I miss anything?
** Oh, right, the teachers! Jim liked Yolande after her XANA-created clone kissed him, but it turns out she's engaged. Then Jim and Ms. Hertz have some tense moments, but Hertz is dating some guy named Pedro. And I don't even want to know where Jean-Pierre [[MissingMom factors in.]]
** And let's not forget about Milly, who has a big crush on Ulrich in Season 1, and gains herself a suitor in Season 4 with Hiroki, Yumi's younger brother.
* DannyPhantom himself has been in a love rectangle, or even pentagon, if you consider secret identity separation. [[GirlNextDoor Sam]] and [[DatingCatwoman Valerie]] both love Danny, who has his eye on [[RichBitch Paulina]] for the first couple seasons, who in turn idolizes the ghost boy. And that's ''not'' taking into account [[OperationJealousy Kitty's jealousy ploy with him.]]
** Danny himself at one point even uses the phrase "love rectangle".
* [[FairlyOddParents Timmy]] is also in one of these. He is love with [[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Cindy Vortex]] and Trixie Tang. Also [[StalkerWithACrush Tootie, Veronica Star]] and Vicky (when he wished that he was older) are/were in love with him. There are also hints of him having a relationship with Molly. And let's not forget (like Timmy did) that on one of the days of FLARG he started up a relationship with a girl named Carly that resulted in tattoos (which his was a washable one.)
** [[{{Shotacon}} Carly was an older woman]]
* On ''{{The Spectacular Spider-Man}}'', the dynamics of the Midtown High group are enormously complicated, but succinctly: Gwen Stacy and Liz Allan both like Peter Parker, Peter likes Gwen and Liz and also Mary Jane Watson, MJ flirts with Flash Thompson but also comes to really like Mark Allen, Liz has lingering feelings for ex-boyfriend Flash, who finds MJ attractive but then focusses on Sha-Shan, Gwen dates Harry Osborn, who previously dated Glory Grant, who left him (somewhat inexplicably) for Kenny, and I'm sure there are others in there.
** [[SpidermanTheAnimatedSeries The 90s series]] also had one -- For a while, Mary-Jane and Felicia were both chasing Peter, Felicia doing so despite the fact that she was dating Flash at the time and also dated Jason Macandale (AKA Hobgoblin) for a while. Also, Harry had an unrequited crush on MJ, which later drove him to become the Green Goblin. Eventually, however, it worked itself out -- Felicia ended up with Morbius, Flash somehow ended up with Debra, and Peter got MJ.
* ''{{Gargoyles}}'' example: Goliath and Elisa are the main couple. However, Goliath had a previous relationship with Demona, a coupling which produced a daughter, Angela. Demona later had a relationship with Thailog, Goliath's clone, but she was dumped by him after he created a replacement in Delilah, a "clone" made using genetic material from both Elisa and Demona. Delilah, who has spurned Thailog, has at different times been pursued by both Goliath (as a rebound deal), and Brooklyn, but has apparently chosen Brooklyn's clone Malibu. Brooklyn, on the other hand, has also unsuccessfully pursued Maggie the Cat, who is in a relationship with fellow mutate Talon (Elisa's brother); and Angela, who was also pursued by Lexington and Broadway before beginning a relationship with the latter. Elisa has also dated Jason Canmore and (as a rebound deal) Morgan Morgan.
* ''{{Avatar the Last Airbender}}'' has this in spades. Where to start...
** Aang. He's both TheHero, and alphabetically the first character. Aang early on develops affections for one of the other core three characters, Katara. Katara later develops feelings for Aang as well [[spoiler: and eventually chooses him]]. Aang is also the target of a strong crush by Meng, the assistant to the fortune teller Aunt Wu. Also, nearly all of the young girls on Kihoshi island are Aang fangirls, attempting to win his affections.
** [[TeamMom Katara]] has strong feelings for Aang, but it takes her time to sort out exactly how she feels about him. She also develops an off again on again, sometimes hostile feelings with the freedom fighter Jet. She also, at one point, opens up her heart to angsty Zuko, and considers using the PlotCoupon magic water on him. Some interpretations of the show also hold that her feelings towards Haru the earthbender are romantic.
** [[BadassNormal Sokka]] first becomes romantically attached to Suki, one of the warriors of Kihoshi island, who opens his eyes to the fact that a person can be both a girl, and a warrior. Later on, after they have separated for a time, Sokka develops a strong attachment to Princess Yue, the princess of the Northern Water Tribe. They go on several dates before, as Sokka puts it [[spoiler:"My first girlfriend turned into the moon."]] After leaving the north pole, they pick up the fourth member of their four kid band, the earth bending master Toph Bei Fong. She eventually develops a one-sided affection for Sokka. Acrobatics and pressure points master Ty Lee definitely thinks that Sokka is cute, and is quite flirtatious with him, even in the middle of combat. At several points in the serries Sokka returns at least some measure of the flirting. Suki later joins the group on a more permanent basis, and the two get together. Then there's the way he treats his [[ICallItVera boomerang]]...
** Prince Zuko is in love with with Mai, the daughter of a beaurocratic noble family, and member of Azula's three girl band. In one episode Zuko also becomes involved with Jin, a girl from the earth kingdom city of Bah Sing Sei.
*I'm surprised no one mentioned [[TheAdventuresofJimmyNeutron Jimmy!]] first, there's his original love interest, Betty Quinlin, who seemed to have a "aw he's cute, but it'll never happen" attitude towards him. Of course there's [[OfficialCouple Cindy]]. He falls for a pretty girl at the rodeo (along with Sheen and Carl, who battle with him for her affections). In Win Loose Kaboom, he gets in a brief relationship with a [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe]] named April, much to his main love interest's dismay.
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