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* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' features a love triangle between Korra, Asami, and their mutual love interest Mako. Both girls date, and later break up with, him at different points in the show. The series finale ends with Korra and Asami becoming a couple.

* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' features a love triangle between Korra, Asami, and their mutual love interest Mako. Both girls date, and later break up with, him at different points in the show. The series finale ends with [[BiTheWay Korra and Asami]] becoming a couple.

* In ''Manga/XxxHolic'', Doumeki and Kohane are two of the [[ChickMagnet many people]] interested in Watanuki. They're shown to be married after a TimeSkip, [[spoiler: although it's implied that they got together not out of love, but to have children who could continue Doumeki's family legacy and protect the now-immortal Watanuki]].

* ''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'': [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Desk Lady]] and [[NoNameGiven the girl from the bus]] are both interested in Dark, but then have sex with each other. [[spoiler: Subverted when the girl from the bus ends up with Dark in the end]].

* In ''The Love Interest'', Caden and Dylan are two teens groomed from birth by a secret organization to become the perfect love interest for a girl destined to become famous some day. They're expected to compete for the girl's affections in a classic "[[BettyAndVeronica Nice Guy vs. Bad Boy]]" battle with the loser being [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killed off]], but they fall in love with each other instead and choose to defy the organization so that they can be together.

* Spoofed in the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre's "Period Drama" sketch. Two Regency rakes fight over the same woman, until she dies in a tragic accident. One of them notes that as Regency rakes they're obligated to seduce ''somebody'', and since there are no other characters in the sketch, they start making out with each other.

* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' features a love triangle between Korra, Asami and their mutual love interest Mako. Both girls date, and later break up with, him at different points in the show. The series finale ends with [[BiTheWay Korra and Asami]] becoming a couple.

* Implied in ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'', in which both [[BettyAndVeronica Yui Yuigahama and Yukino Yukinoshita]] are (secretly) in love with Hachiman Hikigaya, but the former has a close friendship with Yukino... too close for many of their close ones, at the point Hachiman once mistaken (with a purpose) her last name for "[[LesbianSubtext Yurigahama]]."

* Implied in ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'', in which both [[BettyAndVeronica Yui Yuigahama and Yukino Yukinoshita]] are (secretly) in love with [[{{Protagonist}} Hachiman Hikigaya]], but the former has a close friendship with Yukino... too close for many of their close ones, at the point Hachiman once mistaken (with a purpose) her last name for "[[LesbianSubtext Yurigahama]]."

* The premise of ''Film/PlanB'': Bruno tries to steal back his ex-girlfriend by seducing her bisexual new boyfriend, but instead starts to fall for the new boyfriend - HilarityEnsues.
* Film/WhenInRome: Beth ends up with an UnwantedHarem as a result of a love spell gone wrong. After the spell is broken, two of her suitors are last seen flirting during [[spoiler:Beth's wedding.]]

* ''Theatre/TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'' ends with (among other things) Miss Anne Page giving her two parentally-approved but comedically inept suitors the slip and running away with a much more charming (and younger) man. The 21st-century remake ''The Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa,'' set just after Iowa's legalization of gay marriage, has young Miss Anne Page coming out as straight and marrying a young man...leaving behind her two (still older, and not quite as inept) lesbian suitors, who seem quite happy with each other.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZsJyCyGBSI this]] series of commercials for gum, Chi, who is dating Tooru, spends most of the series [[YourCheatingHeart dealing with her conflicting feelings for Long]], who seems to be interested in her. [[SpoiledByTheFormat You probably figured this out just by what page you're on]], but the twist in the final commercial is that Long only ever had eyes for Tooru.

* While "romantic" is a bit of a stretch, In ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' after Yuki and Sonya's disastrous competition for Gary's affection and after they also served as rivals for Zii, the two of them realize that they have more fun with their rivalry and have a long period where they just keep egging each other on for hate-sex.

* Slightly [[AvertedTrope averted]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]''. Although Germany and Japan fought over Italy and both ended up together, [[spoiler:it was only after Italy chose them both. Them getting together completed the [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous]] relationship with all three paired with each other.]]

* While "romantic" is a bit of a stretch, In ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' after Yuki and Sonya's disastrous competition for Gary's affection and after they also served as rivals for Zii, the two of them realize that they have more fun with their rivalry and have a long period where they just keep egging each other on for hate sex.

* Film/WhenInRome: Beth ends up with an UnwantedHarem as a result of a love spell gone wrong. After the spell is broken, two of her suitors are last seen flirting during [[spoiler:Beth's wedding]].

* The premise of ''Film/PlanB'': Bruno tries to steal back his ex-girlfriend by seducing her bisexual new boyfriend, but instead starts to fall for the new boyfriend- HilarityEnsues.

* ''TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'' ends with (among other things) Miss Anne Page giving her two parentally-approved but comedically inept suitors the slip and running away with a much more charming (and younger) man. The 21st-century remake ''The Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa,'' set just after Iowa's legalization of gay marriage, has young Miss Anne Page coming out as straight and marrying a young man...leaving behind her two (still older, and not quite as inept) lesbian suitors, who seem quite happy with each other.

* Slightly [[AvertedTrope averted]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]''. Although Germany and Japan fought over Italy and both ended up together, [[it was only after Italy chose them both. Them getting together completed the [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous]] relationship with all three paired with each other.]]

In which a LoveTriangle results in the two suitors, who had previously been competing over the same person, developing romantic feelings for each other instead.

At least one character in the love triangle needs to be gay or bisexual for this to work. For that reason, it's most commonly seen in works with lots of LGBT characters, such as {{fanfiction}}, NewMedia, and the {{yaoi}}/{{yuri}} genre.

At least one character in the love triangle needs to be gay or bisexual for this to work. For that reason, it's most commonly seen in works with lots of LGBT characters, such as fanfiction, new media, and the yaoi/yuri genre.

* The first season of ''Series/LegendOfKorra'' features a love triangle between Korra, Asami and their mutual love interest Mako. Both girls date, and later break up with, him at different points in the show. The series finale ends with [[BiTheWay Korra and Asami]] becoming a couple.

* ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'' is a dating sim game- if you pick the GayOption your character can end up with his romantic rival.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has Dave and Karkat both competing for the attention of Terezi, with the [[BelligerentSexualTension subtext]] between them mostly PlayedForLaughs. After John's [[spoiler:CosmicRetcon]], however, neither seem particularly interested in getting with Terezi and are heavily implied to have feelings for each other.

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* The first season of ''Series/LegendOfKorra'' features a love triangle between Korra, Asami and their mutual love interest Mako. Both girls date, and later break up with, him at different points in the show. The series finale ends with [[BiTheWay Korra and Asami]] becoming a couple.