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->'''Guard:''' Very well madam, but that is the aquarium's [[BestialityIsDepraved octopus]], not yours.

* 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 pale, thin 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.

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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 - needless to say, this is vastly less likely in an actual CosmicHorrorStory.

* Any of Dream's various romances in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' 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 pale, thin 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.

* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk and [[EldritchAbomination Umar]] once had a fling, [[BlackComedyRape if you can call it that]]. Then [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=9307&pg=3 she came back for seconds.]]

* In WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}, this is eventually revealed as part of the history between [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] and [[BigBad Salem]]. Both of them started out as normal humans, until Ozpin (then known as Oz''ma'') died. Salem, unable to move onto the "acceptance" stage of grief, went to war with the series' gods. For her trouble, she was cursed with immortality, and then wound up fused with the destructive essence of the GodOfEvil after a desperate attempt at suicide. Eventually, Ozpin reincarnated by making a deal with the God of Light, and was reunited with Salem; in spite of her now being immortal and literally MadeOfEvil, she was still human enough that they were able to get together and have kids. It didn't end well.

* The film [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3395184/ 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.

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* In the good ending of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|Cursed Memories}}'' Adell delivers a [[CooldownHug Cooldown Kiss]] to [[spoiler:Zenon, God of all Overlords.]] It works because their BelligerentSexualTension kept increasing as they traveled together, and it's implied that they eventually made the relationship official. By the time of their cameos in the later games of the franchise, most characters who summon them into the new game assume they're married.

* In the good ending of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|Cursed Memories}}'' Adell delivers a [[CooldownHug Cooldown Kiss]] to [[spoiler:Zenon, God of all Overlords.]] It works because their BelligerentSexualTension kept increasing as they traveled together, and it's implied that they eventually made the relationship official.

** The "[[EldritchAbomination aberrant]]" [[VillainousLineage bloodline]]—-which eventually turns your character into a HumanoidAbomination-—implies something like this in a [[WitchSpecies sorcerer's]] ancestry.

* 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 on [[Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth a Lovecraft story.]]

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.

*** [[spoiler:Marie]] in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 4 Golden]]'' on the PS Vita is a bona fide romantic social link and [[spoiler:an alter ego of the Japanese goddess Izanami, the former mate of the Japanese god Izanagi (who, incidentally, is ''your'' alter ego)]].

* The DistantFinale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' strongly implies that Fluttershy, a normal pegasus, and Discord, a [[RealityWarper reality warping]] DimensionLord with BlueAndOrangeMorality, have entered some sort of long-term romantic relationship in the time in between it and the rest of the series.

* The series epilogue episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' strongly implies that Fluttershy and Discord are in some sort of long-term romantic relationship.

* In WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}, this is eventually revealed as part of the history between [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] and [[BigBad Salem]]. Both of them started out as normal humans, until Ozpin (then known as Oz''ma'') died. Salem, unable to move onto the "acceptance" stage of grief, went to war with the series' gods. For her trouble, she was cursed with immortality, and then wound up fused with the destructive essence of the GodOfEvil after a desperate attempt at suicide. Eventually, Ozpin reincarnated by making a deal with the God of Light, and was reunited with Salem; in spite of her now being immortal and literally MadeOfEvil, she was still human enough that they were able to get together and have kids. [[{{Understatement}} It didn't end well.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Star’s ex-boyfriend Tom, the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Prince]] of the [[{{Hell}} Underworld]], is the son of a [[TransplantedHumans mewman]] father and demon mother. His mom isn’t a [[HornyDevils succubus]] or something either, she’s twenty feet tall and looks like a [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Khornate]] [[BigRedDevil Bloodletter]] in a dress.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Star’s ex-boyfriend Tom, the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Prince]] of the [[{{Hell}} Underworld]], is the son of a [[TransplantedHumans mewman]] father and demon mother. His mom isn’t a [[HornyDevils succubus]] or something either, she’s twenty feet tall and looks like a [[TabletopGames/Warhammer40000 Khornate]] [[BigRedDevils Bloodletter]] in a dress.