History Main / ChildhoodFriendRomance

See also JustFriends which these sort of romances generally go through because as the name says, they start off as childhood friends before all the confusing effects of puberty happen. (StupidSexyFriend may apply when the Westermarck effect doesn't.) See also IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship, in which these kind of romances may be postponed or avoided because of a strong childhood friendship.

* ''[[TMNT2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' example: Although the details are glossed over, this is what apparently occurred between Hamato Yoshi and Tang Shen--[[IfICantHaveYou unfortunately for them]].
* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jonesy]] [[TheCharmer Garcia]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Nikki]] [[ShorterMeansSmarter Wong]] of ''{{Sixteen}}'' were best friends since they were four and got together relatively quickly in the series. While they do break up in season two, it eventually works out and they become solid [[HighSchoolSweethearts Highschool Sweethearts]] throughout the rest of the series.

* In L.M. Montgomery's ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' series, most of Anne and Gilbert's children end up with childhood friends.
** Technically Anne and Gilbert themselves could fit into this trope, though they were in their early teens when they met.

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* {{Theodore Roosevelt}}'s second wife Edith (the first one, Alice, fell to DeathByChildbirth) lived next door to the future president in her childhood and was best friends with his sister Corinne Roosevelt.
* Also, {{Harry Truman}}. He first met his future wife, Bess Wallace, when they were ''five'' in Sunday School. From fifth grade through high school, they were in the same class. She turned him down the first time he proposed (in 1911); after time in various jobs, plus a stint as an artillery captain on [[WorldWarI the Western Front]], she finally accepted in 1919 (shortly after he opened a promising haberdashery).
* Saint Elisabeth of Hungary and her husband Louis IV of Thuringia. They double as PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: they were engaged by their parents as kids, Elisabeth went to live with Louis's family as a little girl, and they fell in love as they grew up. [[DownerEnding He died few years later, though]], and RebelliousPrincess Elisabeth went to great lengths to not be forced into an ArrangedMarriage (even threatening to disfigure herself).
* Dorothea Hurley married her high school sweetheart [[BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]] at the height of the band's popularity, when thousands of girls were throwing themselves at him. They're [[HappilyMarried together to this day]].
* Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Hannelore "Loki" Glaser first met in 1929 when they were both ten years old; they were happily married from 1942 until her death on 21 October 2010.
* David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon understandably got to be good friends as children in the late [[TheFifties Fifties]], seeing as [[DwightDEisenhower his grandpa]] was President and [[RichardNixon her dad]] was Vice President for eight whole years (their first meeting was at the 1956 Republican National Convention, when they were eight). They married just under a month before her father was sworn in as President.
* Incumbent Russian President [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev]] met his future wife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Medvedeva Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva]] when they were in middle school. They married after finishing their studies. [[HappilyMarried They're still together.]]
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* Fuyuka for Endou in ''InazumaEleven'', Although it depends on which version of the ''GO'' game you are getting.
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* Fuyuka for Endou in ''InazumaEleven''.

* Essentially the plot of the Bollywood film ''KuchKuchHotaHai''. It doesn't specify how long the Rahul and Anjali have been friends, but one can assume they were friends since childhood.

* As discussed in the quotes page, Sayaka in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', in regard to Kyousuke Kamijou. [[DespairEventHorizon This]] [[SanitySlippage doesn't]] [[BungledSuicide end]] [[TheCorruption well]].

* On ''{{Revenge}}'', Jack Porter and Amanda Clarke were ChildhoodFriends and were so close that he continues to take care of her dog for her after 18 ears and named his boat after her. Now he has feelings for Emily, not realizing that she is in fact Amanda [[ShesAllGrownUp all grown up]]. Emily/Amanda returns the feelings but doesn't act on them due to her revenge plot.

* On ''{{Revenge}}'', Jack Porter and Amanda Clarke were ChildhoodFriends and were so close that he continues to take care of her dog for her after 18 ears and named his boat after her. Now he has feelings for Emily, not realizing that she is in fact Amanda [[ShesAllGrownUp all grown up]]. Emily/Amanda returns the feelings but doesn't act on them due to her revenge plot.

* Double subverted with Willow to Xander in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. They get together briefly in season three, only for Willow to realize she'd rather be with Oz.

* ''Anime/TelepathyShoujoRan'': Ran and her childhood friend Rui are totally in love with each other, although Ran is most vocal about it.

* ''TelepathyShoujoRan'': Ran and Rui, with Ran being the one who pulls the relationship along for the most part.

* Ran and her childhood friend Rui from ''TelepathyShoujoRan'' are totally in love with each other, although Ran is most vocal about it.

* Brought to the most tragic consequences in ''HarpersIsland''. [[spoiler: Henry desperately loves his childhood best friend Abby, not realising he was made to spend so much time with her in childhood because he was adopted and she is actually his half-sister.]] His plan to win her heart involves [[spoiler:murder. Lots of murder. It doesn't work.]]

* ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'': Hayato and Asuka, as well as Shiba and Rena from the PlayStation game.

* Laurie ([[GenderBlenderName who's a guy]]) in ''LittleWomen'' loved Jo since they met as teenagers, but she only ever saw him as a brother/friend. When he finally has to say it straight out for her to accept it (with Jo ignoring all his advances and even moving away to avoid the inevitable), she shoots him down and he freaks. Luckily for him, Laurie eventually mellows and becomes [[SettleForSibling sister Amy's]] Victorious Childhood Friend.

** He's not too upset about it; [[spoiler:[[LoveFatherLoveSon he gets with Bella's half-vamp, beautiful daughter]] [[JailBaitWait who will age to legal]] [[PlotRelevantAgeUp within a few years]]]].
*** {{Squick}}. It had to be said.

** Edward Elric and Winry Rockbell in the manga and second anime. In the last chapter, [[spoiler:Ed [[WackyMarriageProposal proposes to Winry in a funny way]] by stating that in accordance with EquivalentExchange he will give her half of his life and she will give up half of hers to him and she says she'll give her whole life to him, then rethinks it and offers a percentage back. A family picture in a collage later reveals that in the future they are both married with two kids.]]
** Also from the manga/second anime, [[spoiler:Roy and Riza, who have known each other since they were teenagers at least. It was debatable whether it was a case of UnluckyChildhoodFriend or Victorious Childhood Friend until the publication of the third art book, in which WordOfGod confirms that they would be married if not for the military's anti-fraternization rules.]]

* Raven/Mystic for Charles in ''[[Film/XMen X-Men: First Class]]''. Charles does a lot of flirting with other women and Raven is clearly jealous. It's left ambigious whether she actually had romantic feelings for him or wanted to prove she was worthy of being a romantic interest. But either way, Charles [[LikeBrotherAndSister only sees her as a sister]] and [[{{Protectorate}} someone to protect.]]

* Raven/Mystic for Charles in ''[[Film/XMen X-Men: First Class]]''. Charles flirts with other women and Raven is clearly jealous. It's left ambigious whether she actually had romantic feelings for him or wanted to prove she was worthy of being a romantic interest. But either way, Charles [[LikeBrotherAndSister only sees her as a sister]] and [[{{Protectorate}} someone to protect.]]

* Brought to the most tragic consequences in [[spoiler: ''Harper's Island'']].

* Gwen Stacy takes on this role in ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan''. But [[spoiler:Her luck may be changing, as of the season 1 finale. Of course, that was only because SHE got the balls to kiss HIM, but still...]] Naturally, if it follows the comic, [[spoiler: she won't live long enough to become victorious]]. Doesn't matter anyway, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork thanks to the Network]].

* Inverted with the relationship between Jen and Alex in MTV's [[''Downtown'']]. Various characters assume that the two of them are or should be sleeping together, despite their vehement protests to the contrary. Although [[spoiler:after a conversation about how desperately horny they both are, they attempt to hook up. It's a miserable failure.]]