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** ''Fanfic/MaidensIllusionaryFuneral'' depicts Yukari as a nightmarish void of darkness and eyes that is simply [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith masquerading in a human shape]], and has her develop a tragic, doomed romance with Yuyuko, who is (mostly) human at the time.

* ''Manga/TheElderSisterLikeOne'' features a boy accidentally summoning Shub-Niggurath and [[DealWithTheDevil being offered a wish]]. Desperately lonely, he asks her to be his big sister, kicking off a [[LovecraftLite rather touching slice of life]] story... in [[BleachedUnderpants the safe-for-work manga version]]. Their later relationship as portrayed in the original hentai doujins is a lot more [[BoldlyComing physical]] in nature.

* Literature/InheritanceTrilogy has a romance between the human Yeine, and the god Nahadoth, the firstborn of the Three Gods. Nahadoth is not described as a human with powers (like some mythologies do) but as something entirely different than humans, with its own unfathomable motives.

This is what happens when you make love (in either sense of that phrase) with an EldritchAbomination, or a StarfishAlien doing a passable imitation of one. [[NaughtyTentacles Tentacles are a frequent feature.]] Can be played for sheer {{Squick}}, [[PlayedForHorror horror]], {{fanservice}}, [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]] or all of the above at the same time. In LovecraftLite works, they may well be an AdorableAbomination with genuine romantic chemistry with their mortal partner. In {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies, expect a lot more rapey or crazy cultist vibes to this trope.

* ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' has Ponyo's human father and sea goddess mother. Granmammare is the personification of the sea and all life therein. Even though she can take the form of a somewhat normal sized human, it's still quite a lop-sided match.

* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' comics, Angel gets up to this with Illyria in Season 11. Then it's revealed in Season 12 she still has access to her original form.

* Any of Dream's various romances in ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' could be construed as this; Dream's AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder, and since all of his seen relationships have been with human-looking women, they presumably see him (and, one assumes, ''feel'' him) as the handsome human man the reader sees. However, given his age, power and nature as an AnthropomorphicPersonification this trope is applicable even with the goddess Calliope simply because his power is so far beyond hers, let alone the purely human Nada. Gods come from the minds of humanity and fade when humanity forgets them; the Endless simply ''are''.

* ''ComicBook/EarthX'' posits that ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} was in love with the Phoenix Force rather than ComicBook/JeanGrey, which eventually resulted in her leaving him. There were probably other factors in their relationship breaking down however, such as the death of Professor X and Jean losing her telepathy which, given Scott’s poor social skills, would have severely hampered their ability to communicate. If you want to be shallow about it, the Phoenix Force takes the form of Jean as a gorgeous, physically perfect twenty-something while the actual Jean is middle aged and has put on a lot of weight.
* Duncan's mom in ''ComicBook/{{Firebreather}}''. The first thing most people think when they show Duncan's [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction monstrous, 100 story tall father]] is "How did that ''work''?" Duncan, however, [[ParentalSexualitySquick does]] ''[[ParentalSexualitySquick not]]'' [[ParentalSexualitySquick want to know]].

* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/CrucibleMassEffect Crucible]]'', there were two couple that thanks to the non-mortal partner, also turn into two cases of EternalLove. The first happened in the ancient time, a turian named Makern married Herz who is a living incarnation of the star Trebia (yes, that star of the Trebia system). They had 4 sons who created the four big clans of the North (one of which is the Vakarian).
** Later, it's revealed that there was a human woman who married Sam [[spoiler: Shepard]], who actually was Death that was temporary sealed into a human form by Herz. They had only one child, [[spoiler: Jane]] before Sam died and returned to his true form but he later came back to take his wife's soul with him.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' fanfic ''Fanfic/WalkingInCircles'', we have Evelyn, a human mage and Solas, an Elven God. Solas fears the day she knows who and what he is but has tried to accept the fact that she may leave him upon knowing the truth. [[spoiler: She doesn’t care, in fact, it just makes her more worried ''for'' him, not ''of'' him]]. She does admit that it's pretty foolish for her to do so but she just can't bring herself to care.

* In ''Fanfic/OurEternityTogether''Mystic's the target of the Cursed God's affections. The Cursed God is an eldritch abomination. The exact reasons as to why seem to vary throughout the series.

** Harry's great-great grandfather, Ian Potter, got into relationships with multiple {{Yokai}}.

* In ''Film/{{Dagon}}'', the protagonist has dreams about swimming undersea with a beautiful mermaid. Later, he actually meets her, but resists her attempt at seduction [[spoiler:when he finds out that she has tentacles instead of legs.]] Later on, she turns out [[spoiler:to be [[BrotherSisterIncest his sister, and also his destined bride.]] ]] While featuring a village full of otherworldly interbreeding, this one gets super-bonus-points for being based (albeit very loosely) on [[Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth a Lovecraft story.]]
* In ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', Davy Jones fell in love with Calypso, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the sea. He hates and loves her due to her fickle nature, which led him to cut out his own heart to escape the conflicting emotions. Sao Feng aspired to this trope, having fallen in love with the sea and thus Calypso.
* The film ''Film/{{Spring}}'' can be considered a Lovecraftian romantic comedy, as weird as it sounds. The plot is about a guy that travels to Italy to forget the TraumaCongaLine he was going through and then fall in love with a gorgeous Italian girl... that's secretly an Eldritch Abomination who has been alive since the Roman empire.

* In the ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' story ''The Scarlet Citadel'', it is mentioned that the evil sorcerer Tsotha-Lanti is the offspring of a dancing girl from Shadizar who slept too close to some haunted ruins and awoke in the grasp of a black demon. From that unholy union Tsotha-Lanti was born.

** In ''Literature/AmericanGods'' Shadow, the main character, catches the smitten eye of the Egyptian Cat Goddess, Bastet. It doesn't amount to much more than a one night stand and some minor flirting though. [[spoiler:The implications of the trope are minimized when you learn that Shadow is in fact Baldr.]]

* While not exactly {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'' has a lot of human/AnthropomorphicPersonification pairings: [[spoiler:Time met a man and had a/two son/s--it's complicated]], War and a Valkyrie (in another book we see their children: Fear, Terror and Clancy), two humans with truly bizarre parentage (one is [[spoiler:the son of a human and Time]], the other is Death's adoptive granddaughter) and a short-lived ShipTease between a man ([[spoiler:well, son of a human and Time, and technically the same as the previous one]]) and an Auditor who incarnated as a female.

* The music video for "Starry Eyed" by Music/EllieGoulding reveals that her boyfriend has a CelestialBody, which certainly explain the fantastical elements in the video.

** The god[[GenderBender (dess)]] Luna was created (partially) for the purpose of seducing the Primordial Gaia (and fell in love with her instead). Gaia's most commonly seen form is her humanoid jouten, but mentions are made of her other, greater forms, that are vast, primal and slightly terrifying to the gods (although Luna, while typically humanoid, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can take some pretty eldritch forms herself]], so the line between regular romance and romancing Cthulhu is a bit blurred).

** The 4th bestiary includes the Spawn of Yog-Sothoth mentioned above as a monster-type, and notes that some of Yog-Sothoth's half-mortal children take more after their humanoid parents, becoming aberrant bloodline sorcerers instead. A later adventure gives stats for the Scion of Yog-Sothoth which is like the spawn, but can pass for humanoid (assuming they conceal their tentacles).

*** While it's not an official social link, a male main character is asked to show Elizabeth what sex is like during their last outing. The female main character can similarly win the affection of, and have an OptionalSexualEncounter with, Elizabeth's younger brother Theodore. It's not clear exactly what Elizabeth and Theodore ''are,'' but whatever they are, it's not human, and as the game's {{Superboss}}es they are just as if not more powerful than the above mentioned character.

** Played For Laughs in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' when Blackwall asks local Fade expert [[HermitGuru Solas]] if he's ever been intimate with a [[OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous Fade spirit]]. Solas grows flustered, and insists that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial nothing in the Fade is ever simple]], but seeing as he never actually ''denies'' the accusation...

* ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}'' revolves around a man who decides he wants a harem of demon girls, and manages to win over several including [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] herself.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Cupid}}'': [[spoiler:Guilleme]] turns into a strange demigod monster half-way through sex with [[spoiler:Catherine]].

* ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' has a particularly disturbing example, as [[spoiler:the story is about the main character (unknowingly) romancing one of these. He suffers from a condition which caused him to view everything as [[SceneryGorn gore-drenched]] {{Eldritch Location}}s and everyone as {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, which is why Saya, who herself is an actual EldritchAbomination, was the only one to look normal in his eyes. It's also an extremely dark example, as his use of Saya as a LivingEmotionalCrutch can eventually cause him to cast aside his humanity and cross the MoralEventHorizon to perform such acts as murder, rape and cannibalism. Saya, with a [[BlueAndOrangeMorality flimsy grasp on human morality]] and herself possibly suffering from SanitySlippage, makes exactly one attempt to stop his downward spiral by offering him the chance to return to the normal world by curing his condition. If he refuses and vows to stay with her no matter what, she happily helps him along down the slippery slope until he too begins sharing her BlueAndOrangeMorality]].

* PlayedForLaughs during one of WebVideo/{{Failboat}}'s livestreams. While fighting [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Chaos Elfilis]], his live chat (playing as Bandana Waddle Dee) attempt to this and starts hitting on it, much to Failboats's amused shock and confusion. [[RunningGag Chat continues to do this to more Kirby bosses in future streams]].

-->'''Rick:''' We need a hang glider, and a [[SexyWhateverOutfit crotchless Uncle Sam costume]], and I want the entire field of your largest stadium covered end to end with [[HeroesWantRedHeads naked redheads]], and I want the stands packed with [[FreudianExcuse every man that remotely resembles my father]].

* The twist of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcwswB7Rbbs "Wilhelm Park"]] by redminus.

* ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' uses this as one of the potential next Twilight-style monster/teenager romance trends [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-vampire-formula-what-women-see-in-them/ here]].
* [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16727562/ /tg/]] likes [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16309898/images/1316145554772.jpg these.]]

* Website/{{Tumblr}} user illicticsart has posted pictures of such relationships (with direct image links [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/b220f16ed1da85189616b2c68b545c89/tumblr_p64v8lh0sQ1r663sao1_1280.png here]], [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/fb62906daeab5106f962b74d90dc457e/tumblr_p64v8lh0sQ1r663sao2_1280.png here]], and [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/5ea11bde182fbdb631bc4c8909277f63/tumblr_p64v8lh0sQ1r663sao3_400.png here]]). Another user by the name of spacemarines100 has posted a meme to this effect too ([[https://78.media.tumblr.com/c518aab61f4333a2b09c5f01007207c5/tumblr_ocw7a4HAF91vcaftvo1_1280.png here's]] a direct image link).

* Parodied in one of WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}'s videos of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', when he pretends to be in love with Springtrap when Springtrap is about to kill him.
* One [[AmbiguouslyHuman possible]] intepretation of Cecil and Carlos' relationship in ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''. [[spoiler: Especially after their marriage]].

-->'''Rick:''' We need a hang glider, and a [[SexyWhateverOutfit crotchless Uncle Sam costume]], and I want the entire field of your largest stadium covered end to end with [[HeroesWantRedHeads naked redheads]], and I want the stands packed with [[Main/FreudianExcuse every man that remotely resembles my father]].

* Vaggie from ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' is a DemonOfHumanOrigin and she is in a relationship with the Princess of Hell, Charlie. Worth noting that Charlie is just about the only person that Vaggie is friendly with.

This is what happens when you make love (in [[LoveTropes either]] {{se|xTropes}}nse of that phrase) with an EldritchAbomination, or a StarfishAlien doing a passable imitation of one. [[NaughtyTentacles Tentacles are a frequent feature.]] Can be played for sheer {{Squick}}, [[PlayedForHorror horror]], {{fanservice}}, [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]] or all of the above at the same time. In LovecraftLite works, they may well be an AdorableAbomination with genuine romantic chemistry with their mortal partner. In {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies, expect a lot more rapey or crazy cultist vibes to this trope.

This is what happens when you make love (in [[LoveTropes either]] {{se|xTropes}}nse of that phrase) with an EldritchAbomination, or a StarfishAlien doing a passable imitation of one. [[NaughtyTentacles Tentacles are a frequent feature.]] Can be played for sheer {{Squick}}, [[PlayedForHorror horror]], {{fanservice}}, [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]] or all of the above at the same time. In LovecraftLite works, they may well be an AdorableAbomination with genuine romantic chemistry with their mortal partner. In CosmicHorrorStories, expect a lot more rapey or crazy cultist vibes to this trope.

* Part of the point of the anthology ''Eldritch Embraces'', with some stories about this very subject, and others are about couples in a CosmicHorror setting. The first story in the anthology, "When the Stars Are Right", seems like a normal QueerRomance between the narrator and a Russian man, until it's revealed [[spoiler: the narrator is the Crawling Chaos, Nyarlathotep, in human guise. The story ends with Nyarlathotep bringing his lover back to life after he's sacrificed, and [[WeCanRuleTogether asking his lover to rule earth alongside him, which his lover accepts]].]]