History Main / PsychoticLoveTriangle

* In the fifth season of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', a girl named Jesse Anderson is caught in the middle of a love triangle between her husband [[DomesticAbuser Pete]] [[FauxAffablyEvil Anderson]] and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Rick]] [[SanitySlippage Grimes]]. Since the zombie apocalypse brings out the best and the worst in both men it's very complicated for her to choose who she feels safer with. [[spoiler: It ends with Rick coming out on top after he kills Pete in self-defense.]]

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* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''- although replace drama with comedy. Though, here, it's more like a {{Yandere}} LoveDodecahedron. They tried to make it more like a "Love Sphere"...but you can guess [[MurderTheHypotenuse what happened to most of the people]].

* While Love is quite a stretch, ComicBook/SpiderMan, Eddie Brock, and the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote have one of these. The Venom symbiote is a {{Yandere}} for Peter that wants to [[IfICantHaveYou kill Peter so no one can have him]], Eddie is a {{Yandere}} for the Symbiote that wants to MurderTheHypotenuse, Peter.

* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'': The three members of the triangle are psychotic in this story due to their allegiance to the ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos Gods]]''. Asuka -a HotBlooded, [[TheBerserker berserker]] {{Tsundere}}- and Rei -a CreepyChild {{Yandere}}- love Shinji -a ManipulativeBastard and {{Jerkass}}-. Shinji is in love with Asuka and regards Rei like a sister. Rei gets frustrated about it and often fantasizes with getting Asuka killed, but she dreads what Shinji would do to her in retaliation. At the same time Asuka is ''very violently'' protective from Shinji and would slay with extreme prejudice whoever tried to take him away from her. A battle to death, a murder attempt and much drama and enmity later, the situation was peacefully settled [[spoiler:when they agreed to have a [[{{Polyamory}} three-ways relationship]].]]
-->'''Shinji''':''“I can see where this is going. Fuck… caught in a love triangle between a Khornate berserker and my Nurgle sister.”''

* Creator/AgathaChristie's short story "Triangle At Rhodes" features two couples: one consists of Valentine Chantry, who's on her [[TheVamp fourth husband]] and seems to have no real regard for his feelings, and her very possessive, jealous husband, Tony. The other consists of Marjorie Gold, a very kind, plain woman who is desperately in love with her husband Douglas, who seems to be infatuated with Valentine (who is returning his feelings). When Valentine is murdered, it looks as though Douglas attempted to kill Tony so he and Valentine could get together, but actually got Valentine instead by pure accident. [[spoiler: In reality, there were actually two love triangles: the fake one (Tony/Valentine/Douglas) and the real one (Marjorie/Tony/Douglas). Valentine and Douglas had no serious feelings for each other, but Marjorie made it look like they did- she wanted to start a relationship with Tony, and they felt that the best way to get rid of their partners would be to murder Valentine and pin it on Douglas, who would subsequently be hanged. Poirot sees through it instantly.]]

* WebVideo/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses had a [[AllLoveIsUnrequited triangle of rejection]] between WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows and WebVideo/ObscurusLupa. The last one didn't do anything, but Todd bordered StalkerWithACrush towards her - and did [[NoodleIncident weird stuff]] trying to woo her - and the Chick in turn went as far as kidnap Todd to get his attention. ([[RealitySubtext Todd and the Chick are dating in real life]], and this triangle was abandoned after both ''Webvideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' solved it in-universe and Lupa being MisBlamed on the dismissal of [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment another reviewer]] made Todd uncomfortable)

* ''WebComic/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''- although replace drama with comedy. Though, here, it's more like a {{Yandere}} LoveDodecahedron. They tried to make it more like a "Love Sphere"...but you can guess [[MurderTheHypotenuse what happened to most of the people]].

** There's also Ferid/Mika/Krul. As noted above, Ferid stated he loves Krul, and one can guess he didn't take it well when Krul, um, KISSED MIKA ON THE LIPS. Yeah. This ends on a Tearjerker in the Season 2 finale when he subdues Krul and forces her away from Mika, and pretty much [[TraumaCongaLine everything]] that happens to [[TheWoobie Krul]] afterwards is pure Tearjerker and NightmareFuel.

* ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'' features Ferid acting as a DepravedBisexual yandere towards numerous people like Krul especially, Mika, and Yuu. Mika and Yuu meanwhile are implied to [[HoYay have feelings for each other]] which Ferid [[MindGameShip seems to like getting in the way of]] and Mika can be possessive over Yuu. Mika even cuts off Ferid's arm for trying to drink Yuu's blood and later [[spoiler: loses it when Ferid actually ''does''.]]

* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'': The three members of the triangle are psychotic in this story due to their allegiance to the ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos Gods]]''. Asuka -a HotBlooded, [[TheBerserker berserker]] {{Tsundere}}- and Rei -a CreepyChild {{Yandere}}- love Shinji -a ManipulativeBastard and {{Jerkass}}-. Shinji is in love with Asuka and regards Rei like a sister. Rei gets frustrated about it and often fantasizes with getting Asuka killed, but she dreads what Shinji would do to her in retaliation. At the same time Asuka is ''very violently'' protective from Shinji and would slay with extreme prejudice whoever tried to take him away from her. A battle to death, a murder attempt and much drama and enmity later, the situation was peacefully settled [[spoiler:when they agreed to have a three-ways relationship.]]

* ''IrisuSyndrome''. [[spoiler: Irisu likes Uuji. Ageha also likes Uuji, but she's not a yandere for him. No, the second yandere in this triangle is ''Uuji'', who likes Irisu but has [[InsaneTrollLogic completely]] [[DeathSeeker messed up]] [[TogetherInDeath ways of showing it.]]]]

* WebVideo/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses had a [[AllLoveIsUnrequited triangle of rejection]] between TheNostalgiaChick, ToddInTheShadows and ObscurusLupa. The last one didn't do anything, but Todd bordered StalkerWithACrush towards her - and did [[NoodleIncident weird stuff]] trying to woo her - and the Chick in turn went as far as kidnap Todd to get his attention. ([[RealitySubtext Todd and the Chick are dating in real life]], and this triangle was abandoned after both ''Webvideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' solved it in-universe and Lupa being MisBlamed on the dismissal of [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment another reviewer]] made Todd uncomfortable)

* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' initally has both Rize and Tsukiyama mixing murderous and amorous attentions to Kaneki. Tsukiyama retains his feelings for Kaneki into the sequel and it also features Kanae who is {{Yandere}} for Tsukiyama, Romo wanting to ruin Sasaki's life in order to get him to become the beautiful and tragic Kaneki she adores, and Eto varying between trying to kill Kaneki and declaring her love for him because of his violence towards her.

* In ''Yandere Heaven'' the listener/heroine is trapped between two yandere males - the situation changes between each volume. The YaoiGenre SpinOff ''Yandere Heaven [=BLack=]'' has a male trapped between two Yandere men as well.

* ''VisualNovel/YandereILoveYouSoIWantToKillYou'' has a love rectangle like the one mentioned above, only it involves ''one'' childhood friend, a teacher and an underclassman.

** Season 7 gives us Negan, Dwight and Sherry. Dwight and Sherry were married, but after their attempt to flee went wrong, Sherry agreed to become Negan's wife in order to save Dwight's life. Unfortunately Negan is an AxCrazy PsychoticManchild, Sherry is still in love with Dwight, and [PunchClockVillain Dwight]] does whatever Negan tells him to.

* ''Manga/HotGimmick'' has the Azusa, Ryoki, and Hatsumi love triangle. Between Ryoki and Azusa, Hatsumi is like some kind of Yandere-magnet.

* ''Manga/WolfGuyWolfenCrest'' has an interesting (and nightmarish) example in that both Ryuuko and Haguro are Yandere for Inugami's more violent side, and lust after him. They are also in a sexual relationship with each other and think about Inugami while having sex. When the two of them find out that Inugami, who wants nothing to do with either of them, has started developing feelings for [[HotTeacher his teacher Aoshika]]...it gets ugly. Very, VERY ugly.

A LoveTriangle where at least two of the members are [[{{Yandere}} mutually crazy in love to the hypotenuse]]. Leads to a massive amount of drama and generally lots of violence and attempts to MurderTheHypotenuse, only now it's working both ways, and if the third member of the trio is ''not'' mentally unstable and violent, expect them to suffer quite a bit. Sometimes though, the third member of the trio can be as crazy, if not more so, than the aforementioned crazies. And if they aren't, they may be soon enough thanks to the other two.

* While Love is quite a stretch, ComicBook/SpiderMan, Eddie Brook, and the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote have one of these. The Venom symbiote is a {{Yandere}} for Peter that wants to [[IfICantHaveYou kill Peter so no one can have him]], Eddie is a {{Yandere}} for the Symbiote that wants to MurderTheHypotenuse, Peter.

* ''Manga/BlackButler'' features Grell who has a psychotic attraction towards [[AnythingThatMoves numerous characters]], especially Sebastian, and especially if [[InLoveWithYourCarnage they are strong]]. Unfortunately for Grell, Sebastian is [[HoYay too focused on and devoted to]] eating the soul of Ciel and is implied to have yandere tendencies towards him. Madame Red had a thing for her sister's lover and went crazy because she was refused and had an accident which made it so she couldn't have a baby. She also flirts with Sebastian and has Grell in love with her and later [[spoiler: killing her]]. Season two has Sebastian acting especially possessive towards Ciel, Claude fighting with Sebastian for Ciel's soul, and Alois yandere for Claude who [[spoiler: also ends up killing him]] and jealous of Ciel as a result.

* The yaoi manga ''Manga/UnderGrandHotel'' has Swordfish being a Yandere for Sen who loves Swordfish back. There's also Norman who's in love with Swordfish but pretended to be in love with Sen so he could get closer to Swordfish. He tried to persuade Swordfish to kill Sen but that didn't work. So, on one occasion when there was a scuffle going on he tried to get Sen out of the way by stabbing him with a pencil but accidentally ends up stabbing his inmate Walter instead who was trying to protect Sen in the hope of getting protection from Swordfish. When he finds this out, Norman holds a knife to Walter's neck telling him, "If you don't want to die, don't butt in again Walter!"

* The 90s ''Manga/SailorMoon'' anime has Prince Diamond acting like a {{Yandere}} towards her when she's already in love with Mamoru/Darien and Emerald acting like a {{Yandere}} towards Prince Diamond. Another yandere love triangle consists of Ali having a crush on Usagi and Ann having a crush on Mamoru, when Usagi love Mamoru and Mamoru doesn't even remember Usagi, thanks to amnesia.

* ''{{Manga/Gravitation}}'': Both Shuichi and Tohma are yandere for Yuki who is in a relationship with Shuichi.