History Main / TokenMinorityCouple

* The situation in Silver Age superhero teams with just one female member was often somewhat comparable, although here at least the token female had a choice. But what really were the odds that e. g. ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} would fall in love with Marvel Girl, who was not only the only female X-Man, but also the only woman with whom he had any social contact at all due to the [[MarriedToTheJob responsibilities of being the team leader]]?

* Frankie and Maria, and several one-shot couples, from ''ComicBook/ArchieComics''.
* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in an issue of ''The ComicBook/NewMutants''. Dani tries hooking up Karma with a lesbian they meet at a coffeehouse, and Karma is offended on principle.
* An exampled mixed with PairTheSpares appears in ''Comicbook/AvengersTheChildrensCrusade''. Patriot ([[LegacyCharacter now the new]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) is randomly paired up with Samantha Wilson, a [[RememberTheNewGuy previously unseen]] relative of ComicBook/TheFalcon.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', within five minutes of coming out as a lesbian, Karolina Dean was paired off with Xavin, a genderfluid Skrull prince.
* In ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'', all of the men Michonne has been in a relationship with have been fellow African-Americans.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'', unlike in the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' cartoon. Shana and Tony are still an OfficialCouple but they meet on their own and their relationship is more natural. Most of the pairings are in fact interracial. There's Kimber (white) and Stormer (half-Middle Eastern, half-Israeli), Rio (AmbiguouslyBrown Latino) and Jerrica (white), Jerrica and her crush on Riot (half-white, half-Asian), and Aja (Chinese) and Craig (half-Middle Eastern, half-Israeli).

* Ryu and Chun-Li from Malibu's ''[[ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics Street Fighter]]'' comic, due to Chun-Li being the only prominent female character in the series (this was way before Cammy, Sakura, and Rose were introduced in the games).
* The infamous pairing of ComicBook/{{Storm}} and the ComicBook/BlackPanther. It's been outright stated by Creator/ReginaldHudlin, the writer of BP at the time, that he married them because they were the "two most prominent black characters in Marvel." Prior to this, they had met in an issue of ''Marvel Team-Up'' that made it clear that while there was an attraction between them when they were teenagers, they'd both moved on since then. When they met again in Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}'s ''Black Panther'' run, it was once again clear that while there was a spark between them, they weren't destined to be together. Then suddenly under Hudlin, it was {{Retcon}}ned that they'd been the love of each other's lives since forever.
* Storm and Bishop have never been more than just friends, but this has not stopped fanfiction pairings of the two.
** Storm broke up with Forge (a Cheyenne) not that long after Bishop joined the team, prompting speculation that Storm would become involved with Bishop.
* ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' was just as bad with this. It's as if someone was forcing the kids to date along color lines. Synch and [[AmbiguouslyBrown Monet]] were arbitrarily paired off despite hints of romance with Asian Jubilee (though it did add fire to the girls' rivalry), and there's no plausible reason why Husk put up with Chamber's self-loathing for so long when she had a much healthier friendship with Latino Skin, other than the fact that they're both white.
* Reptil got hit with both categories of this trope in ''Comicbook/AvengersAcademy''. He was initially paired up with Anya Corazon aka Spider-Girl ([[AbortedArc this was dropped rather quickly, however]]), and later ended up with the [[CanonImmigrant newly-introduced]] ComicBook/WhiteTiger. Throughout most of the series, however, he's pursuing a white girl, Finesse, and only starts getting together with White Tiger after accepting everything between them is over.
* Lampshaded in an issue of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', where Congorilla tries to pair his friend Starman up with Tasmanian Devil. He later admits that as far as he knows, the two men have absolutely nothing in common other than both being gay.
* The ComicBook/YoungAvengers' Hulkling and Wiccan might be immensely popular, especially among GLBT readers, but there's no shortage of fans of any persuasion who would like to know ''how'' they fell in love, instead of taking for granted that the two gay boys on the team would automatically get it on.

** It's later implied by Comicbook/{{Loki}} that Wiccan may have subconsciously used his powers to make Hulkling fall in love with him, though this is never confirmed. And of course, it's [[ConsummateLiar Loki]].
* The situation in Silver Age superhero teams with just one female member was often somewhat comparable, although here at least the token female had a choice. But what really were the odds that e. g. ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} would fall in love with Marvel Girl, who was not only the only female [[ComicBook/{{XMen}} X-Man]], but also the only woman with whom he had any social contact at all due to the [[MarriedToTheJob responsibilities of being the team leader]]?
* In ''ComicBook/XStatix'', the writers of the X-Statix movie felt it was more "appropriate" for the Anarchist to get together with Venus Dee Milo in the movie. While this is mainly so they can hold the ConflictBall with her boyfriend the Orphan, it's implied that they got pushed together by ExecutiveMeddling because they're both black.
* When Aquagirl first joined the Comicbook/TeenTitans, it seemed like she was being {{Ship Tease}}d with Comicbook/{{Static}}. However, as soon as Bryan Q. Miller took over, he decided to put her in a LoveTriangle with Comicbook/BlueBeetle (who like Aquagirl, is Latino) and Traci 13 (who is half-Chinese).
* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' has Nancy and Chuck. They were created five years apart. Nancy is something of a SatelliteLoveInterest to Chuck and rarely appears without him. They are still a couple in ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'', [[spoiler:however Nancy is cheating on him with Ginger. Ginger and Nancy count as well as Ginger is Latina.]]

* When Comicbook/{{Blade}} guest-starred in a two-part episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', the writers gave him some serious ShipTease with Terri Lee, including two separate kissing scenes.
* Franchise/GreenLantern (John Stewart) and Comicbook/{{Vixen}} in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' might have counted, had Stewart not already been involved with, then had a mutual breakup with, Hawkgirl. (Which doubled as an InterspeciesRomance.)