History Main / FirstGirlWins

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'':

** For a long time, Harry's notable JustFriends relationship with Hermione--who he met on the Hogwarts Express--looks like she's shaping up to be this. However, fans will note that [[NaiveEverygirl Ginny]] [[ActionGirl Weasley]], whom he ultimately fell in love with in ''The Half-Blood Prince,'' [[spoiler:and married, according to ''Deathly Hallows'']], was the first girl of his generation Harry ever crossed paths with, both in the wizarding world, and in the series.
** Similarly, the first girl we see Ron meet outside his family is Hermione, and by the end, in spite of Ron's misconceptions about her and Harry's aforementioned JustFriends relationship, [[spoiler: they're married, too.]]
** For a different type of "first", Hannah Abbott is the first girl on the register and she ends up also HappilyMarried to [[spoiler: Neville]].

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia'': Sheeda/Caeda is the First Girl for Marth.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral'': Lewyn only has three potential wives whose children can bring his holy weapon into the next generation: [[LadyOfWar Ferry]], [[GenkiGirl Sylvia]], and [[RebelliousPrincess Tailto]]. Sylvia can be this since she's the first one ''seen'' in the game, but Ferry plays the trope straight as she knew Levin long before the others did. This is made canon in ''Thracia 776''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'':
*** Princess Lilina of Ostia in ''Fire Emblem: Binding Blade'', if you get Roy's ending with her; she was his childhood best friend and classmate. In ''Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword'', if Lyn goes off with [[BodyguardCrush her bodyguard Kent]], it's first ''guy'' wins. (Though if you count all her possible endings, [[LesYay she knew Florina before she knew any of the males]].)
*** Additionally, Florina is First Girl for Hector and Ninian (whom he rescued from the Black Fang before meeting Lyn) is First Girl for Eliwood, whereas Serra is First Girl for Erk, Wil is First Guy for Rebecca and Jaffar is First Guy for Nino.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius'':
*** Soren is Ike's First ''Guy'', while Geoffrey ends up as Elincia's.

* It was [[WordOfGod revealed by the creator]] of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' that, had the planned second movie (''[[http://heyarnold.wikia.com/wiki/The_Jungle_Movie The Jungle Movie]]'') been made ([[SavedFromDevelopmentHell which it is now]]), Arnold would have finally recognized his feelings for Helga and they would have dated for years before he moved away in the also-planned SpinOff ''[[http://heyarnold.wikia.com/wiki/The_Patakis The Patakis]]''. It's worth noting that Helga was the first girl from their class that Arnold met when they were 3 years old. (During the series, he crushed on Ruth, then Lila and Summer. He lost his crushes on all three sometime during the course of the series.)

* Although any specific examples would probably best be left to TroperTales, most roleplaying communities tend to fall to this for different reasons. Players are excited to get their characters involved in as many ways as possible, so they tend to fall for the first reasonably aged, unattached person of the opposite (or in some cases same) gender they see. Since breakups rarely happen in these games unless pre-planned, they tend to last the long haul.

* In ''Franchise/{{Archie|Comics}}'', Betty was intended to be this, but usually on a day to day basis Veronica is his girlfriend and Betty just wants to be; the days when Betty was Archie's sole love interest and Veronica hadn't yet come to town are unknown to modern readerships.

* Series/AustinAndAlly. Subverted early-Season 2, but played straight as of mid-Season 3.

* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', you can make cases for both [[{{Meganekko}} Shizune]] and [[FragileFlower Hanako]] as this for Hisao. On one hand, Shizune is the first of the five choose-able girls that addresses you directly (sorta, she's deaf/mute). On the other, when Hisao comes into the classroom, the first of the girls that he pays attention to is Hanako, due to [[GoodScarsEvilScars the scars on her body]].
** On the ''other'' other hand, the ''very'' first girl, Iwanako, is a subversion. Hisao liked her at one point, she liked him back, but they never come close to getting together...except for the part where [[spoiler:her LoveConfession gives Hisao a literal heart attack and leads to them drifting apart]]. All of the actual heroines are technically SecondLove candidates.
* In VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari, the first girl who shows up is [[{{Tsundere}} Mikae]] [[HartmanHips Morikawa]]. [[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest By far]].

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has [[ActionGirl Cassandra]] for male characters. For female elves, we have [[BadassBookworm Solas]]. Female humans get [[KnightInShiningArmor Cullen]], and depending on who you recruit first, female dwarves and Qunari get [[StraightMan Blackwall]] or [[AnythingThatMoves The Iron Bull]].

* ''Manga/BunnyDrop'': [[spoiler:Daikichi ends up marrying Rin in the end. Yes, that Rin. The 6 year old he adopts at the beginning of the series.]]

* {{Gender Flip}}ped on ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'': Hotohori, Tamahome, Nuriko (maybe) and Tasuki all like Yuuki Miaka. Tamahome was the first guy introduced. Draw your own conclusions.

* At least three possible interpretations in ''Manga/OmamoriHimari''--Kuesu was the first girl Yuuto kissed (when they were children), Rinko was the first girl Yuuto met when he moved out to live on his own, and Himari was the first girl to appear in the series. Right now it seems that the series is going in the direction of having Yuuto and Himari be the Official Couple.

* In ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'', Misty is the first girl Red meets on his journey and the first girl who develops a crush on him. Unfortunately, this trope is subverted as she never gets the chance to properly confess to him.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Jean was Scott's first love... until [[HeroicSacrifice she died]]. And then [[BackFromTheDead she came back]]. And ''then'', later, they got [[HappilyMarried married]]. For [[ComicBookTime a few years]], anyway, before [[RichBitch Emma Frost]] showed up... but [[FanonDiscontinuity they are STILL]] HappilyMarried to a lot of fans.
** You can say she lost though, since she was actually his ''second'' wife. Even if [[CloningBlues his first wife was an identical clone of her...]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'': Tootie was the first of Timmy's love interests to be introduced. The plot of the LiveActionAdaptation ''AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' and [[WordOfGod some of Butch Hartman's posts/tweets/dialogue regarding the movie]] suggest that Timmy was destined to fall in love with her.

** Sakura plays it straight, however, with [[Sasuke Uchiha, [[SingleTargetSexuality the guy she always loved since the beginning]]]].

** Sakura plays it straight, however, with [[spoiler:deuteragonist Sasuke Uchiha, [[SingleTargetSexuality the guy she always loved since the beginning]]]].

** [[{{Tsundere}} Sakura Haruno]] is introduced to readers as a potential LoveInterest of the titular character in Chapter 3. The other potential love interest, [[NiceGirl Hinata Hyuga]], wasn't introduced to the series until the manga's second arc. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale it's Hinata who gets HappilyMarried to Naruto]], but in the [[LuckySeven seventh Shippuden movie]] (and the first {{canon}} movie of the franchise), ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', the audience learns that Hinata met Naruto on the day they enrolled in the Academy, ''before'' he met Sakura, [[spoiler:making Hinata both this trope and the FirstGirlAfterAll]]. Also, [[AllThereInTheManual according to the first databook]], [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]] created Hinata ''before'' he created Sakura, and the only reason he added Sakura into the story is because [[ExecutiveMeddling his editor told him to]].

In romantic works, the first girl introduced -- either overall or as a potential [[LoveInterests love interest]] -- has a very good chance of ending up with the protagonist (especially if the protagonist is male).

** [[{{Tsundere}} Sakura Haruno]] is introduced to readers as a potential LoveInterest of the titular character in Chapter 3. The other potential love interest, [[NiceGirl Hinata Hyuga]], wasn't introduced to the series until the manga's second arc. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale it's Hinata who gets HappilyMarried to Naruto]], but in the [[LuckySeven seventh Shippuden movie]] (and the first {{canon}} movie of the franchise), ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', the audience learns that Hinata met Naruto on the day they enrolled in the Academy, ''before'' he met Sakura, [[spoiler:making Hinata both this trope and the FirstGirlAfterAll]]. Finally, [[AllThereInTheManual according to the first databook]], [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]] created Hinata ''before'' he created Sakura, and the only reason he added Sakura into the story is because [[ExecutiveMeddling his editor told him to]].

** [[{{Tsundere}} Sakura Haruno]] is introduced to readers as a potential LoveInterest of the titular character in Chapter 3. The other potential love interest, [[NiceGirl Hinata Hyuuga]], wasn't introduced to the series until the manga's second arc. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale it's Hinata who marries TheHero]], but in the [[LuckySeven seventh Shippuden movie]] (and the first {{canon}} movie of the franchise), ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', the audience learns that Hinata met Naruto on the day they enrolled in the Academy, ''before'' he met Sakura, [[spoiler:making Hinata both this trope and the FirstGirlAfterAll]]. Finally, [[AllThereInTheManual according to the first databook]], [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]] created Hinata ''before'' he created Sakura, and the only reason he added Sakura into the story is because [[ExecutiveMeddling his editor told him to]].
** Sakura plays it straight, however, with [[spoiler:deuteragonist Sasuke Uchiha, [[SingleTargetSexuality whom she'd been aiming for since the beginning]]]].

** [[{{Tsundere}} Sakura Haruno]] is introduced to readers as a potential LoveInterest of the titular character in Chapter 3. The other potential love interest, [[NiceGirl Hinata Hyuuga]], wasn't introduced to the series until the manga's second arc. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale it's Hinata who marries TheHero]], but in the [[LuckySeven seventh Shippuden movie]] (and the first {{canon}} movie of the franchise), ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', the audience learns that [[spoiler:Hinata met Naruto on the day they enrolled in the Academy, ''before'' he met Sakura, making Hinata both this trope and the FirstGirlAfterAll]]. Finally, [[AllThereInTheManual according to the first databook]], [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]] created Hinata ''before'' he created Sakura, and the only reason he added Sakura into the story is because [[ExecutiveMeddling his editor told him to]].

* Josh and Donna of ''TheWestWing'' are this trope to each other, finally getting together after a bunch of other relationships or potential relationships and [[WillTheyOrWontThey seven seasons of buildup]].

'''Be wary''' of adding BetaCouple examples. Their lack of screen-time means the "introduce the relationship early to get space for development" consideration becomes crucial, and as a result meeting "first" is all but a staple of the BetaCouple. They will sometimes have obvious CListFodder {{Romantic False Lead}}s in orbit that we're not supposed to take seriously, but that's pretty much it. For those, list {{aversion}}s, or instances where more than one possible relationship involving a cast regular gets ''seriously'' played up but the "first" one ends up winning anyway.

** [[{{Tsundere}} Sakura Haruno]] is introduced to readers as a potential LoveInterest of the titular character in Chapter 3. The other potential love interest, [[NiceGirl Hinata Hyuuga]], wasn't introduced to the series until the manga's second arc. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale it's Hinata who marries TheHero]], but in the [[LuckySeven seventh Shippuden movie]] (and the first {{canon}} movie of the franchise), ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', the audience learns that [[spoiler:Hinata met Naruto on the day they enrolled in the Academy, ''before'' he met Sakura, making Hinata both this trope and the FirstGirlAfterAll]]. Then there's the fact that, [[AllThereInTheManual according to the first databook]], [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]] created Hinata ''before'' he created Sakura, and the only reason he added Sakura into the story is because [[ExecutiveMeddling his editor told him to]].

** [[{{Tsundere}} Sakura Haruno]] is introduced to readers as a potential LoveInterest of the titular character in Chapter 3. The other potential love interest, [[NiceGirl Hinata Hyuuga]], wasn't introduced to the series until the manga's second arc. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale it's Hinata who marries TheHero]], but in the [[LuckySeven seventh Shippuden movie]] (and the first {{canon}} movie of the franchise), ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', the audience learns that Hinata met Naruto on the day they enrolled in the Academy, ''before'' he met Sakura, [[spoiler:making Hinata both this trope and the FirstGirlAfterAll]]. Then there's the fact that, [[AllThereInTheManual according to the first databook]], [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]] created Hinata ''before'' he created Sakura, and the only reason he added Sakura into the story is because [[ExecutiveMeddling his editor told him to]].

** [[{{Tsundere}} Sakura Haruno]] is introduced to readers as a potential LoveInterest of the titular character in Chapter 3. The other potential love interest, [[NiceGirl Hinata Hyuuga]], wasn't introduced to the series until the manga's second arc. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale it's Hinata who marries TheHero]], but in the [[LuckySeven seventh Shippuden movie]] (and the first {{canon}} movie of the franchise), ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', [[spoiler:the audience learns that Hinata met Naruto on the day they enrolled in the Academy, ''before'' he met Sakura, making Hinata both this trope and the FirstGirlAfterAll.]] Then there's the fact that [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]] created Hinata ''before'' he created Sakura.
** Sakura plays it straight, however, with [[spoiler:deuteragonist Sasuke Uchiha, [[SingleTargetSexuality who she'd been aiming for since the beginning]].]]

** In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', this trope comes into play if the protagonist ends up romancing his homeroom teacher Sadayo Kawakami.

The First Girl will rarely be the first one to [[CannotSpitItOut confess her feelings]], [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend admit them, or sometimes even develop them]]. In fact, [[LastConfessionWins she's much likelier to be the one who does it last]]- maybe near the end of the series when she and the main character become the OfficialCouple. The logic behind this is that she's the one who the main character loves (even if he doesn't want to [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend admit it]] or [[ObliviousToLove doesn't realize it himself]]); if she showed him romantic affection, then he would immediately choose her. That's tantamount to throwing the RomanceArc (or in [[UnwantedHarem some genres]], the whole plot) out the window, [[AnthropicPrinciple and we can't have that]].

** [[{{Tsundere}} Sakura Haruno]] is introduced to readers as a potential LoveInterest of the titular character in Chapter 3. The other potential love interest, [[NiceGirl Hinata Hyuuga]], wasn't introduced to the series until the manga's second arc. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale it's Hinata who got to be with TheHero]], but in the first {{canon}}ical movie of the franchise, ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', [[spoiler:the audience learns that Hinata met Naruto on the day they enrolled in the Academy, ''before'' he met Sakura, making Hinata both this trope and the FirstGirlAfterAll.]] Then there's the fact that [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]] created Hinata ''before'' he created Sakura.