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  • Beast Wars: Blackarachnia and Silverbolt; carried over into Beast Machines, where Blackarachnia redeems a brainwashed Silverbolt via The Power of Love. What made this very poetic was the fact that Silverbolt, in the preceding series Beast Wars, had been The Ace and Blackarachnia had been the Dark Action Girl (and Silverbolt had been the one to convert her to the good side), so Blackarachnia being the one to redeem Silverbolt after he had originally redeemed her in Beast Wars was a nice way to bring things full circle.
  • Gwen and Kevin in Ben 10: Alien Force. Ben and Julie were aiming at this until their breakup in Omniverse and in the end, it's Ben and Kai.
  • In Code Lyoko, Jérémie and Aelita are established as a proper couple soon after she finally gets materialized into the real world. Contrast this with Ulrich and Yumi, who are the archetypical awkward UST, Just Friends and She Is Not My Girlfriend relationship.
  • Codename: Kids Next Door:
    • Numbuh 1 and Lizzie dated for six seasons, but broke up shortly before the series finale (and it's never told if Numbuh 1 found someone else).
    • The series finale confirms Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4 got married when they grew up, and so did Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 5.
  • Danny and Sam in Danny Phantom. Really not much of a challenge, as the only other major available female characters are the proverbial Catwoman and a second example of a Romantic False Lead. The two were often teased from the beginning and after two different Fake-Out Make-Outs, finally get a real Big Damn Kiss in the Grand Finale. They are shown to be going on a date at the end of the episode.
  • Fry and Leela in Futurama. Amy and Kif end up as the Beta Couple. Played with in some episodes, when their relationship wasn't defined, yet was official nonetheless- the fact that they have feelings for each other was always evident, and they even went out on dates. In an episode where they break up, even Fry was surprised that they were dating.
  • Goliath and Elisa in Gargoyles, from the third episode of the series. Acknowledged between themselves in the Second Season Finale.
  • Ed and Deetz from Get Ed are confirmed through episodes as liking each other that way (with on-screen kisses, shock).
  • Cuddles and Giggles in Happy Tree Friends. An odd example, as she has been shown flirting with (or even dating) other characters even after the couple was established. Then again, this is Happy Tree Friends, where characters frequently die horribly only to be fine in the next episode...
  • Harley Quinn (2019): Harley and Ivy officially get together at the end of Season 2.
  • Arnold and Helga finally become a couple in "The Jungle Movie" that serves as the finale for Hey Arnold!.
  • Beezy and Saffi on Jimmy Two-Shoes... at least until Beezy broke up with her so he could pursue a Girl of the Week, who turned out to be a Monster of the Week. Supposedly Played for Laughs, so it could be just temporary.
  • Jonny Quest: The 80's animated series had two tv movies (Jonny's Golden Quest and Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects) both of which featured Race's daughter Jessie. She and Jonny appear to be about 10 to 12 years old. She kisses him in both movies. Also, Race Bannon and Jezebel Jade.
  • Justice League Unlimited Green Lantern (John Stewart) and Hawkgirl, going through a whole era of being Star-Crossed Lovers when Hawkgirl's people invaded and she cooperated with them. Even once those issues were eventually cleared up, Stewart was in another relationship and had a hard time due to lingering feelings. Things were made even more complicated when he met his and Hawkgirl's Kid from the Future Rex/Warhawk from the Batman Beyond era. The series ends with them apart; it's been stated by Word of God they will settle for each other eventually as John didn't want to get together Because Destiny Says So. According to the Batman Beyond Unlimited comic (via multi-part short stories), Vixen is killed by Shadow Thief. John swears revenge and shaves off his goatee. Shayara decides to go with him as Adam Strange appears, telling them that their target is causing trouble on Raan. They zeta-beam there, where in the ensuing fight Stewart slays the Shadow Thief. The Guardians of Oa are less than pleased that one of their officers used their power for revenge, and Stewart is stripped of his ring and place amongst the Corps (on top of that, the Guardians decide not to let Earthlings be Lanterns for a while). After burying Vixen in Africa, a local holy man blesses Shayera and Stewart's relationship, and this eventually leads a bouncing baby bird boy. And then there's the other official Beta Couple pairs of Huntress/The Question, Green Arrow/Black Canary, and Supergirl/ Brainiac 5.
  • Kaeloo:
  • Kim Possible:
    • Kim and Ron. When the series came back for a fourth and final season, the creators have repeatedly commented that they backed themselves into a corner with the trope, and had to be extremely careful not to jump the shark or gross out the ten-year-olds watching.
    • Dr. Drakken and Shego are hinted to become this at the end of the series, during a Last-Minute Hookup.
    • Bonnie and Senor Senior, Jr. are not only an official couple but also the Beta Couple, which must rankle Bonnie as the Alpha Bitch.
  • Lori Loud and Bobby Santiago from The Loud House. They still remain a couple even after he moves to Great Lakes City. Additionally, later seasons add Luna and Sam, as well as Luan and Benny.
  • Miraculous Ladybug:
    • Marinette/Ladybug and Adrien/Cat Noir. It's case of Loves My Alter Ego on both sides, but the two still care very deeply about each other in all of their incarnations. Word of God has confirmed that they will eventually reveal their identities to each other and officially start dating. As of the middle of season 5, they are officially dating in their civilian identities, though they are still unaware of each other's superhero identities..
    • Other notable official couples include Alya/Nino, Rose/Juleka, Nathaniel/Marc, and Félix/Kagami.
  • In the final episode, Willy, the male lead of My Dad the Rock Star, and his female friend Alyssa start dating.
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Despite avoiding romance for the most part, at least insofar as the main characters are concerned, the show does include a number of canonical, stable couples.
    • The most focused on relationship is that between Twilight's brother Shining Armor and Princess Cadance, whose wedding took place in a major two-parter episode and who have since had a daughter.
    • There are also the main characters' parents — such as Twilight's parents, Night Light and Twilight Velvet, Pinkie's parents, Igneous Rock and Cloudy Quartz or Applejack's parents, Bright Macintosh and Buttercup (neé Pear Butter) — whose relationships have also had some focus.
    • Other official couples include Mr. and Mrs. Cake (who have also had kids), Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda (whose wedding was the focus of another episode), Applejack's brother Big Macintosh and Sugar Belle, and Pinkie's sister Maud Pie and Mud Briar.
    • Fluttershy's parents, Rarity's parents, and Rainbow Dash's parents are also seen. All of them are Happily Married.
    • Big Macintosh eventually becomes an official couple with Sugar Belle, one of the ponies from Starlight Glimmer's old village. One episode is spent trying to woo her, and another is an elongated Third-Act Misunderstanding, but the two of them have been together ever since they first hooked up.
    • A Meaningful Background Event in "The Big Mac Question" has Lyra Heartstrings proposing to Bon Bon and there's even an image of their wedding in a newspaper in the Season Finale. Given the sheer amount of Ship Tease between these two dating back as far as Season 5, to the point that "best friends" was obviously a tongue-in-cheek euphemism for "lovers", literally nobody was even remotely surprised.
    • The series finale "The Last Problem" gives us Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich.
  • Egon and Janine in The Real Ghostbusters. Janine acts more like a Hopeless Suitor towards Egon in some episodes; however, Egon does show jealousy over Janine's suitors in others, and there is mutual attraction (albeit very restrained on Egon's side). They become an official couple up until the sixth season. In the Sequel Series Extreme Ghostbusters, they are presented as a mature couple living together.
  • Regular Show:
    • Mordecai and Margaret until "Steak Me Amadeus", because Margaret has been accepted into her dream college and has to turn down a possible relationship with Mordecai despite her feelings for him. Since "Real Date", it's Mordecai and C.J.
    • There is also Muscle Man and Starla, and Hi-Five Ghost and Celia. As of "Dumped at the Altar", there is Rigby and Eileen as well.
    • Now that the grand finale has aired and given the audience a look into the future, there is also Benson and Pam, and Mordecai and a previously-unseen bat woman.
      • Bonus points as all these couples, apart from Mordecai and CJ or Margaret, are shown to have married and started families by the series finale.
  • Jack and Ashi share a passionate kiss at the end of episode XCIX of Samurai Jack. They almost get married in the final episode, but Ashi vanishes from existence due to the time paradox of her not being able to exist after her father Aku was killed in the past.
  • Fred and Daphne in the various incarnations of Scooby-Doo. A favorite fan theory/joke among older audiences is that the reason Fred was always suggesting that he and Daphne pair off when the gang split up for investigations was so that the two of them could sneak off to make out.
  • She-Ra and the Princesses of Power:
  • The main couple of The Simpsons is the Happily Married pair Homer and Marge.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM): Sonic and Princess Sally are the official couple and are implied to possibly already be dating when the series begins. They greatly differ in their personalities and way of handling things, but are very much in love, and often fight side-by-side. They're so official that they fight together in the opening, and Sonic typically carries her in a Bridal Carry whenever they need to escape from Robotropolis. The series ends with them confessing their mutual love and sharing a passionate kiss.
  • South Park:
  • SpongeBob SquarePants has Mr. Krabs and Mrs. Puff, who hooked up in "Krusty Love", with the later episode "Whirly Brains" confirming they've been dating for sixteen years.
  • In Star vs. the Forces of Evil after "Bon Bon The Birthday Clown", Marco and Jackie become boyfriend and girlfriend. However, this is ultimately subverted, as it soon becomes apparent that Star has a crush on Marco. Jackie ends up breaking up with Marco after she realizes that he also has feelings for Star. It takes another year for Star and Marco to realize it, with their Relationship Upgrade coming in the late season 4 episode "Here to Help".
  • Steven Universe:
    • Ruby and Sapphire, the two Gems that make up Garnet, have been in a harmonious romantic relationship for thousands of years.
    • As of the Steven Universe: Future finale, Steven and Connie are officially a couple with at least vague intentions of marriage in mind.
  • Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!:
    • Chiro and Jinmay were pretty well set up as a couple from the pilot episode, which is amazing for something Toon Disney used to run.
    • SPRX-77 and Nova had a Slap-Slap-Kiss vibe through the show's entire run, finally getting confirmed with a Love Confession and kiss from Nova in the last episode.
  • Superman and Lois Lane are the main couple in Superman: The Animated Series.
  • Teamo Supremo: Crandall and Brenda, as confirmed by Phil Walsh in an interview. (Unfortunately, the show itself did not get to actually reveal it.)
  • Robin and Starfire on Teen Titans (2003). For the former, Robin and Starfire greatly differ in their personalities, but are very much in love, and often kick ass. And Robin saves Starfire by catching her in his arms when she is knocked out of the air by something, and also Starfire saves him. The series finale movie ends with them confessing their mutual love and sharing a passionate kiss, after the epic final battle with Daizo.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012): Raphael and Mona Lisa. While the other turtles only get varying levels of Ship Tease and No Romantic Resolution, Raph and Mona get together very quickly and stay together. Whenever they're actually together.
  • Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster and Babs Bunny (no relation) were established as a couple later seasons, with Elmyra and Montana Max, as well as Plucky Duck and Shirley McLoon as the Beta Couples.
  • Total Drama:
    • From the first generation of cast members: Lindsay and Tyler, Courtney and Duncan who were on-and-off for a while until breaking up for good in World Tour, Leshawna and Harold, Gwen and Trent who broke up in Action, Geoff and Bridgette, Owen and Izzy until World Tour, Duncan and Gwen who broke up in All-Stars and Alejandro and Heather.
    • From the second generation: Mike and Zoey, Sam and Dakota and the shortly-lived couple of Courtney from the first generation with Scott in "All-Stars".
    • From the third generation, the only couple is Shawn and Jasmine.
    • From the fourth generation, Raj and Bowie, Ripper and Axel, Priya and Caleb, and on-again, off-again exes Chase and Emma.
    • From the Spin-Off Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, Noah from the first generation gets together with Emma, a new character. Other couples are Ryan and Stephanie, Crimson and Ennui, and later Carrie and Devin.
  • Spike and Carly in Transformers. In fact, almost every incarnation of them after season 2 has them either as a couple or dating.
  • Evangelyne and Sadlygrove of Wakfu. Sadlygrove has even "seen Evangelyne naked", with all that that implies. Season 3 adds Yugo and Amalia.
  • Young Justice (2010):
    • Superboy and M'gann, as of episode 11. Though they've broken up during the five year time-skip and now M'gann and La'gaan are a couple. Also Wally and Artemis, as of episode 26. And played straight, they have been together for five years during the time-skip.
    • Mal Duncan and Karen Beecher, who have been together even longer than Conner and M'gann.
    • Eventually in episode 44, M'gann breaks up with La'gann and reconciles with Conner in the series finale.

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