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  • The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Jimmy and Cindy. Extraordinarily so. First it began as Belligerent Sexual Tension, but gradually faded into a genuine attraction as time went on. The final episode had them flirting and acting all lovey-dovey (hell, they were playing footsie at one point), before finally kissing. It should be noted that during that episode, Libby exploited it for her gossip segment during the news show the main cast was making as if to lampshade how obvious Jimmy and Cindy were being.
  • Archer has the eponymous character and Lana. The two spend every single mission together in heated arguments to the point where one begins to wonder if it's a thinly-veiled attempt to get some kind of release. It's later lampshaded in "Heart of Archness: Part III":
    Noah: [after a long pause after the two are done screaming at each other] OH MY GOD, JUST SCREW ALREADY!
    Bucky: Seriously.
    Rip: Then kill each other, and then shut up. And then kill each other again. And call me, so I can watch you do it.
  • Word of God says that the Ghost Shipping in Beetlejuice is in fact canon, which may explain why almost everyone they meet in the Neitherworld clues in real fast to the fact that the title character is extremely attached to his Morality Chain.
  • Ben 10: Omniverse: Ben and his "former" crush Kai Green. Their endless bickering grates on the nerves of everyone, because the attraction between them is so obvious that everyone is shouting in their heads for them to just make out already. The Forever Knights even initially thought Kai was Ben's girlfriend, while Rook comments on their arguing as "romantic bantering".
  • Ulrich and Yumi in Code Lyoko. The only two people that didn't consider them to be a couple were...Ulrich and Yumi. It's tentative, but they do decide to give it a shot at the very end of the last season. In Code Lyoko: Evolution, they're right back where they started.
  • Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4 of Codename: Kids Next Door:
    Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 5: Wally and Kuki, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
    Numbuh 4: Shut up! It is not like that!
  • Danny and Sam on Danny Phantom, to the point where their best friend, nameless classmates, teacher, Danny's usually-thick-headed dad, and villains who are usually in another dimension and wouldn't see anything all pointed it out. A Running Gag line, repeated by several characters throughout the series during moments when it appears as if Danny and Sam are doing something intimate, is "I always knew you two losers would wind up together." This immediately gets coupled with Danny and Sam retorting "S/He is not my girlfriend/boyfriend!"
  • Earthworm Jim: Played with very oddly in the cartoon version; Jim himself insists that the relationship between himself and Princess What's-Her-Name is obvious enough to be just like this. The Princess herself, however, has no idea what the heck he's talking about whenever he refers to them as a couple, and Jim laughs at this.
  • In Gargoyles, certain characters notice how close Goliath and Elisa have been getting. Demona reacts negatively but the Trio are fully supportive, especially when they see Goliath and Elisa dancing.
    Lexington: They should have Halloween more often.
    Brooklyn: Yeah.
  • Jimmy Two-Shoes: In the Season 2 episode "Heloise, Schmeloise", Dorkus says that everyone in Miseryville knows that Heloise is crazy for Jimmy. In contrast, Jimmy is so Oblivious to Love it boggles the mind. Strangely, Dorkus had also said "I didn't know you liked Two-Shoes" in the Season 1 episode "Fused Together" when he accidentally opens Heloise's Stalker Shrine, suggesting what he said in Season 2 might be the result of Heloise's Flanderization making her crush on Jimmy a bigger and more blatant part of her character.
  • Justice League Unlimited: Between Batman and Wonder Woman. Green Lantern and Zatanna figure it out within minutes after hearing one talk about the other, and it's so obvious that even Circe, who had never even met Batman previously, figures it out when she sees the two together on a stakeout. Unfortunately, it's a Foregone Conclusion that they'll never stay together as a couple even if they ever get together, thanks to Batman Beyond.
    • The tension between Hawkgirl and Green Lantern, meanwhile, is so evident that even the Joker notices. He doesn't care, but he notices.
  • Kaeloo: Every single person in Smileyland (yes, even Stumpy) knows that Kaeloo and Mr. Cat have massive crushes on each other except for Kaeloo and Mr. Cat themselves. The later seasons even show that some people in-universe have outright started to assume that the two are already an Official Couple.
  • Kim Possible: Kim and Ron for the first three seasons. Every character in the series, from their classmates and families to the villains to Kim's ten-year-old, agoraphobic webmaster knew how those two felt about each other. Even Bonnie knows, but is repulsed by it and the fact everyone else accepts it.
    • They finally become the Official Couple in So the Drama. After their latest mission is done, Kim and Ron walk into their high school prom holding hands, signifying their newfound status as a couple—while Kim's rival, Bonnie Rockwaller, tries making fun of them, everyone else in the gym cheers for them, suggesting that they expected Kim and Ron to eventually start dating and become a couple.
  • In Miraculous Ladybug, pretty much everybody knows that Marinette is in love with Adrien...except for Adrien himself, of course. Reaches Running Gag status in "Truth", where the titular villain of the week, who has the power to make people tell the truth, asks everyone he encounters what "Marinette's secret" is (i.e. that she is Ladybug), but to his frustration he only ever gets the answer "She's in love with Adrien Agreste". The first time this happens, Truth himself even says "That's not a secret!".
  • By the second season of The Owl House, it becomes painfully obvious to everyone (in-universe and out) that Luz and Amity are head-over-heels in love but Cannot Spit It Out, largely because neither can be around the other for long without stammering and blushing like crazy. Luz only realizes how obvious her crushing is when Gus point-blank asks her if the reason she keeps borrowing his library card is to see Amity (she works there), while Amity's older siblings constantly tease both girls about how poorly they're hiding their feelings:
    Luz: Hey, Ed. Hey, Em. Picking up Amity?
  • Phineas and Ferb: Everyone in their lives can see that Phineas and Isabella are a great match but only Isabella agrees with them.
    • In "Act Your Age", Phineas, who finally developed feelings towards Isabella in high school, is so shocked that Isabella not only had a crush on him but that everyone knew that he states his brain is broken and goes on a walk to clear his head.
    • Everyone called it.
      Vanessa: I never knew she had a thing for him.
      Ferb: Seriously?
      Vanessa: (laughs) Nahhh, I'm just messing with you. Everyone knew!
  • She-Ra and the Princesses of Power has it obvious to multiple characters close to them that Hordak and Entrapta have romantic feelings for each other. The third season has Catra lying to Hordak about Entrapta's supposed "betrayal", partially because she knows how much he cares for Entrapta. In season 4, Double Trouble taunts Hordak by morphing their hair to resemble Entrapta's hair, before revealing the truth about Catra's actions. Imp often repeats Entrapta's name over and over in order to make Hordak blush, and in one situation when Scorpia is trying to "think like Entrapta" and list things she'd think about, Hordak is one of them.
  • In Sonic Boom, various characters have commented on Amy and Sonic from Tails and Sticks. Heck Eggman downright thinks they're dating.
  • Star vs. the Forces of Evil:
    • In the penultimate episode of season 2, songstrel Ruberiot is assigned to compose a "princess song" about Star, a tradition for Mewni's princesses. Despite having known Star and Marco for less than a day and having watched them interact for only a few minutes, he dedicates the entire final quarter of the song to the fact that Star is in love with Marco. And even includes a verse about how incredibly obvious her feelings are.
      Ruberiot: I don't need to show it, I think we all know it. But just to be certain, I'll say it again. Star Butterfly is in love with her best friend! [quickly and in non-singing voice] And his name is Marco Diaz.
    • In the season 2 finale, Star calls in several of her friends (both from Earth and other dimensions) and explains that things have gotten awkward between her and her best friend Marco because Marco thinks she's got a crush on him. Her friends are confused because they know Marco is right to think that.
      Star: I mean, Marco actually thinks I have a crush on him. [strained laughter]
      Pony Head: Yeah, but, like... don't you, though?
  • Teen Titans (2003): Robin and Starfire got so bad that people were shipping them on the Internet in their own universe.
  • Total Drama: Heather and Alejandro. Everybody saw that they had the hots for each other, and it only became more obvious as time went on.
    Blaineley: Heather and Alejandro, just give it up and make out already!
    • Courtney got hit with this in the first season, quietly whispering to the cameraman that she was rooting for Duncan only to realize that everyone else was listening in. Izzy smugly comments that they already knew, and that "[Courtney] was all over him".
    • Max and Scarlett from Pahkitew Island are a subversion. While they have no interest in each other, the rest of the cast thinks they're a couple. One of the other players even referred to them as "practically married".
    • Carrie's feelings for Devin in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race. The only reason Devin himself never noticed is because he could be the poster boy for Oblivious to Love.
  • In Trollhunters, Blinky at least can tell that there's something going on between Jim and Claire. In fact, one of the first things in the show is Mr. Strickler encouraging Jim to speak with Claire instead of just fawning over her from a distance.

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