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This is one trope we can partially blame the HaysCode for. Prior to the code, interracial pairs (particularly Black/White) had been done before (not perfectly, but done nonetheless), but the Hays Code ''forbade'' any form of interracial relationships throughout its thirty-year entirety.

* {{Subverted}} in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' - friends [[AnnouncerChatter Lee Jordan]] (black) and [[TricksterTwins Fred and George Weasley]] (white) all seem infatuated with [[StatuesqueStunner Angelina Johnson]] (black), but Lee is the one she never apparently dates. (WordOfGod says she marries [[spoiler:George]].)

* In ''DumbingOfAge,'' [[ReallyGetsAround Joe]] tries to hook his friend [[ButtMonkey Danny]] (white) with [[JadeColoredGlasses Sarah]] (black), whom he essentially picked arbitrarily from a crowd. Danny declines interest, since he hadn't gotten over his recent break-up. Joe claims that Danny's just racist. Shortly thereafter Danny seems to be developing a romance with [[GamerChick Amber]] (white), and Joe brings his racism theory up again. (Though this actually has less to do with Amber being white and more to do with the fact that she just happens to look uncannily similar to Danny's ex.)

* ''{{Obsessed}}'' tells the story of Lisa, an office temp, who falls in love with her boss, Derek Charles (a black man) and attempts to seduce him and break up him and his wife Sharon (also black), by claiming that she had an affair with him.

* Franchise/{{Batman}}'s two most persistent [[DatingCatwoman villainous]] {{Love Interest}}s are [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Talia al Ghul]] ([[AmbiguouslyBrown East Asian and/or Arab]]) and {{Catwoman}} (white). The former eventually becomes DaddysLittleVillain after [[spoiler:his death]] while the latter remains in the game.

* In 'PrincessAndTheFrog', black Tiana gets together with dark-skinned Prince Naveen, even though her friend Charlotte, who is white, was interested in him.

* In PrincessAndTheFrog, black Tiana gets together with dark-skinned Prince Naveen, even though her friend Charlotte, who is white, was interested in him.

* In ''DumbingOfAge,'' [[ReallyGetsAround Joe]] tries to hook his friend [[ButtMonkey Danny]] (white) with [[JadeColoredGlasses Sarah]] (black), whom he essentially picked arbitrarily from a crowd. Danny declines interest, since he hadn't gotten over his recent break-up. Joe claims that Danny's just racist. Shortly thereafter Danny seems to be developing a romance with [[GamerChick Amber]] (white), and Joe brings his racism theory up again. (Though this actually has less to do with Amber being white and more to do with the fact that she just happens to look uncannily similar to Danny's ex.)

* On ''DannyPhantom,'' [[TheHero Danny]] (white) has a longstanding infatuation on [[TheLibby Paulina]] (Hispanic) and a brief relationship with [[DatingCatwoman Valerie]] (black), but of course ultimately winds up with his white friend, [[PerkyGoth Sam]].

* The ''Law And Order: SpecialVictimsUnit'' episode ''Snitch'' has an African man married to a couple of African women and a white one. In the end of the episode it's just him and his black wife.

* {{Subverted}} in ''HarryPotter''--friends [[AnnouncerChatter Lee Jordan]] (black) and [[TricksterTwins Fred and George Weasley]] (white) all seem infatuated with [[StatuesqueStunner Angelina Johnson]] (black), but Lee is the one she never apparently dates. (WordOfGod says she marries [[spoiler:George]].)

* {{Batman}}'s two most persistent [[DatingCatwoman villainous]] {{Love Interest}}s are [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Talia al Ghul]] ([[AmbiguouslyBrown East Asian and/or Arab]]) and {{Catwoman}} (white). The former eventually becomes DaddysLittleVillain after [[spoiler:his death]] while the latter remains in the game.

->''“And they are a perfect match for us... Okay what I mean is one woman is white and the other just happens to be of the African-American persuasion.”''

[[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt White women always like black men]] and [[AsianGalWithWhiteGuy white men want Asian women]] but some times couples are just happier with someone who's the same race, nationality, or even religion. It might be a conscious choice of the characters saying that they feel [[TokenMinorityCouple obligated to be together]] because they're both the same. They might feel [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled be together]] but a white person tries to keep them apart but fails and so we see the strength of their relationship. To emphasis the difference between the white person trying to keep them apart and the black people, the white one is probably [[BlondesAreEvil blonde]]. It might be done as a black on black TokenMinorityCouple as the BlackBestFriend making a BetaCouple with another black person.

* Season 8 of ''{{Degrassi}}'' has an episode where Connor, who's black, helps get KC and Clare, who are white, together. In gratitude the writers give him a black girl as admirer. It's like when Liberty (black) is rejected by Sean but in the end she finds out that his black friend likes her.

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* Cracked.com talks about it here: http://www.cracked.com/article_19549_5-old-timey-prejudices-that-still-show-up-in-every-movie.html

* In ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Hero Nakamura is transported to feudal Japan where he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Yaeko. He also meets his hero Takezo Kensei who is in love with Yaeko as well. Hero's Japanese hero turns out to be a white Englishman. Yaeko falls in love with Hero, not Kensei.

* On ''{{Glee}}'', Asian Tina leaves white Artie for also-Asian Mike between seasons one and two. This led to some {{flanderization}} since in the first season, their race was purely incidental, but from the second season on, both characters and their relationship became a MargaretCho punchline. Fortunately, the other interracial love triangles on the show don't make a big deal out of race, such as blonde Brittany breaking up with Artie to go back to Hispanic Santana, or black Mercedes choosing white Sam over black Shane.

* This is thoroughly explored on ''SouthPark'' when a new girl comes to the school and is the only black female student (in the same year as the main characters anyway). She and Kyle share a mutual crush but Cartman insists on pushing her together with Token since Token and the black girl, Nichole, are the only ones at the school of their race and gender. At the end of the episode Kyle ends up alone since Nichole is with Token.

“And they are a perfect match for us... Okay what I mean is one woman is white and the other just happens to be of the African-American persuasion.”

* In ''{{Heroes}}'', Hero Nakamura is transported to feudal Japan where he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Yaeko. He also meets his hero Takezo Kensei who is in love with Yaeko as well. Hero's Japanese hero turns out to be a white Englishman. Yaeko falls in love with Hero, not Kensei.