History Main / StarCrossedLovers

* Despite (so they say) just being friends, Big Pete and Ellen get this in a TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete special, "Apocalypse Pete," where their fathers declare a prank war on each other and forbid the two from interacting. The two immediately start pining for each other (in a totally platonic way, they swear!)

** Lyda and Maurice from the episode "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" were a pair of lovers who formed a SuicidePact at Christmas in 1917 so that they could stay together for eternity. It worked, as they haunt their house and they try to get other couples to re-enact their fate.

** as of the end of series 2, they are [[spoiler: married with a baby on the way]], although Lord Gratham isn't pleased.

*** Any Cylon/Human couple, where the Cylon actually develops genuine feeling for the human could be considered this as the humans don't react well when they inevetbly find out their lovers aren't human.

* Takeru and Mio/Iyal from ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman''. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:They never got together in the end and had to break up due to Iyal's duties to Tube.]]

* The eponymous Literature/EthanFrome and his wife Zeena's cousin Mattie Silver.

* Takeru and Mio/Iyal from ''HikariSentaiMaskman''. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:They never got together in the end and had to break up due to Iyal's duties to Tube.]]

** Rumata and Kira from ''HardToBeAGod'' ([[spoiler: KillTheCutie]])
** Tojvo Glumov and Asya from ''TheTimeWanderers''. Tojvo leaves Earth (and Asya) behind).
** Wanderhoose and Postysheva from ''FarRainbow'', who only get together as they are about to be annihilated
** Robert and Tanya (''FarRainbow'', same fate).

* In JackCampbell's ''TheLostFleet'' series, Captain Bradomant and Colonel Rogero, on opposite sides of the war. Both intensely honorable and adament against doing anything against their own sides.

* The books by Creator/StrugatskyBrothers feature several: Rumata / Kira from ''HardToBeAGod'' ([[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]), and Tojvo Glumov / Asya from ''TheTimeWanderers'' (Tojvo leaves Earth (and Asya) behind). We also have Wanderhoose / Postysheva from FarRainbow (who only get together as they are about to be annihilated and Robert Tanya (same story, same fate).

* A couple of instances in the {{Deryni}} novels:

** Ryewhisker and Cloudberry in [[ExpandedUniverse Code of the Clans]]. Just as Cloudberry is pregnant with Ryewhisker's kits, he is [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy killed defending her]] from his own clanmates as she is from a rival clan. This causes an even bigger wedge to be driven between the two [[FeudingFamilies clans]].
** Let's just say that Literature/WarriorCats is chock-full of such examples.

** Evident with Bluestar, who ends up pregnant with her lover Oakheart's kits, but due to them being in different clans, see has to leave her kits with him and not acknowledge her relationship with him or her kits for the rest of her life, up until she [[TheReveal reveals]] to her kits that [[LukeIAmYourFather she is their mother]] just before she [[TearJerker dies]].

* Occurs in TheSilmarillion between King Finwe and his first wife Miriel. She gains the distinction of being the only person to die in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Undying Lands]], much to the puzzlement of the gods, who finally decide she's staying dead out of sheer stubbornness. Finwe re-marries, but his second wife outlives him. Once he dies, he asks the gods to be re-united with Miriel. They agree--and she promptly reincarnates, leaving him behind again.

* [[spoiler: M. Paul and Lucy]] in Literature/{{Villette}}.

* In the first book of Literature/TheHungerGames, Katniss and Peeta use this trope for all it's worth to gain sympathy.

* Guinevere and Lancelot from the ArthurianLegends. Some stories have Guinevere not only cheating on Arthur (and Lancelot with Elaine), but have her plotting Arthur's downfall with Mordred. Ouch.

* Pictured above: Chinese mythology speaks of the Weaver and the Cowherd, a legend of the stars Vega and Altair. Star-crossed lovers Zhi Nu and Niu Lang are separated forever across the Milky Way. They may only reunite once a year when magpies form a bridge between them. This is the basis of the Chinese cultural equivalent to Valentine's Day.
** The Butterfly Lovers of Chinese folklore, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. The girl, Yingtai, convinces her father to let her disguise herself as a young man in order to attend school. She meets and becomes roommates and best friends with Shanbo, a nerd who doesn't pick up that his roommate is actually a girl. Eventually he figures it out and they fall in love. Unfortunately, Yingtai is betrothed to someone else; Shanbo becomes heartbroken and eventually dies. On her wedding day to the RomanticFalseLead, Yingtai visits Shanbo's grave. The ground swallows her up and both of their spirits become beautiful butterflies.
* Tanabata no Matsuri is the Japanese version with Orihime and Hikoboshi as the star-crossed lovers.
* And Chilseok as the Korean version with Jik-nyeo and Gyeonwu.

* Edward and Bella from ''Literature/Twilight''.

* In MemoirsOfAGeisha, this is shown in the form of three women: Hatsumomo, Mameha and Sayuri. Hatsumomo was in love with a baker but was forbidden by Mother to never see him again, because as a geisha, she mustn't give her body up to men who can't earn enough money. Mameha was hinted to have loved the Baron at one point but had long given up that emotion. And the last one is Sayuri who had loved the Chairman at first sight and from that moment on, did everything she could to meet him again. Like the others, she was doomed not to have a future with him. However, [[spoiler: Sayuri [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned her happy ending]] as the Chairman reciprocated her love and they remained together.]]

* Thanks to ExecutiveMeddling, this seems to be the case for ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog and Princess Sally Acorn - whenever these two get together, something bad happens to one of them - Sonic gets launched to the other side of the galaxy, Sally falls for Monkey Khan, then she later gets turned into a robot.

* ''MsTree'' found herself in that situation when her stepson fell for the daughter of the boss of the Meurita crime family which is subverted. Regardless of her opinion of this situation, she considers the matter purely the kids' affair and enjoys seeing the girl's mother's attempt to keep them apart backfire into strengthening their relationship.

* ComicBook/{{Spider-Man}}: Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson were forced into this by OneMoreDay. Stan Lee even lables them this in his afterword in the OMD Trade Paperback. Fortunately, there still very much together in the [=MC2=] and Newspaper Strip continuities, the latter of which continues to this day.

* [[ComicBook/{{Spider-Man}} Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson]] were forced into this by OneMoreDay. Stan Lee even lables them this in his afterword in the OMD Trade Paperback. Fortunately, there still very much together in the [=MC2=] and Newspaper Strip continuities, the latter of which continues to this day.

* Also Thor-connected: Asgardian [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolf prince Hrimhari]] and Rahne Sinclaire of ''Comicbook/X-Factor''. The first time they got together, they had to part when the X-Men left Asgard. When Asgard reappeared on Earth, Hrimhari and Rahne were reunited, only for Hrimhari to [[HeroicSacrifice give up his own life to save Rahne]] [[spoiler:[[SomeoneToRememberHimBy and their unborn children]]]].

* Also Thor-connected: Asgardian [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolf prince Hrimhari]] and Rahne Sinclaire of ''Comicbook/{{XFactor}}''. The first time they got together, they had to part when the X-Men left Asgard. When Asgard reappeared on Earth, Hrimhari and Rahne were reunited, only for Hrimhari to [[HeroicSacrifice give up his own life to save Rahne]] [[spoiler:[[SomeoneToRememberHimBy and their unborn children]]]].

* Also Thor-connected: Asgardian [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolf prince Hrimhari]] and Rahne Sinclaire of ''Comicbook/XFactor''. The first time they got together, they had to part when the X-Men left Asgard. When Asgard reappeared on Earth, Hrimhari and Rahne were reunited, only for Hrimhari to [[HeroicSacrifice give up his own life to save Rahne]] [[spoiler:[[SomeoneToRememberHimBy and their unborn children]]]].

* Also Thor-connected: Asgardian [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolf prince Hrimhari]] and Rahne Sinclaire of ''ComicBook/XFactor''. The first time they got together, they had to part when the X-Men left Asgard. When Asgard reappeared on Earth, Hrimhari and Rahne were reunited, only for Hrimhari to [[HeroicSacrifice give up his own life to save Rahne]] [[spoiler:[[SomeoneToRememberHimBy and their unborn children]]]].

* Also Thor-connected: Asgardian [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolf prince Hrimhari]] and Rahne Sinclaire of XFactor. The first time they got together, they had to part when the X-Men left Asgard. When Asgard reappeared on Earth, Hrimhari and Rahne were reunited, only for Hrimhari to [[HeroicSacrifice give up his own life to save Rahne]] [[spoiler:[[SomeoneToRememberHimBy and their unborn children]]]].

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':While it's unclear how strongly his feelings are returned, Charlie Brown's hopeless infatuation with the Little Red-Haired Girl is tragically doomed to remain star-crossed, as he lacks the nerve to speak to her.

* While it's unclear how strongly his feelings are returned, [[{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown's]] hopeless infatuation with the Little Red-Haired Girl is tragically doomed to remain star-crossed, as he lacks the nerve to speak to her.

* If you're a [[EasternZodiac Member of the Zodiac]] in ''FruitsBasket'', you're a StarCrossedLover. The only question is whether you get scarred by Akito (physically, mentally, or both), or just never confess your love and languish in your misery.