History Main / TwoPersonLoveTriangle

* ''MyBestFriendWhoILoveFellCompletelyInLoveWithMyVTuberSelf''...pretty much describes the situation Teruko finds herself with her best friend Sukoya, as Teruko is secretly both in love with Sukoya and is the VirtualYoutuber Doujima Taiga whom Sukoya is a major fan of. Teruko is too afraid to spill either secret.

See LovesMyAlterEgo and AcquaintedInRealLife. Compare ImaginaryLoveTriangle, which involves three people but is likewise built on false assumptions. May involve LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman.

* ''Series/LoisAndClark: The New Adventures of Superman'' which provides the top photo on this involves this. Eventually Lois falls in love with Clark, learns that Superman is him, and they even get married. This allows for the creation of accusations of adultery and a love triangle, when in fact the man Lois is claimed to have been cheating with is actually her husband.

* A gender-flipped version occurs in the ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] comics. Her love interest Steve Trevor is in love with Wonder Woman, but much to her dismay, doesn't feel anything remotely romantic for her civilian identity Diana Prince. Averted completely by the time ComicBook/New52 and ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' roll around, which have Steve be completely aware that Wonder Woman and Diana Prince are the same person.

** Played out in an unusual way at the start of Series 8. Clara Oswald had been attracted to the young-looking Eleventh Doctor. After his regeneration into the colder and older-looking Twelfth Doctor, Clara found it very difficult to adjust, and at one point even considering leaving him. It ultimately takes a phone call from the previous Doctor (just roll with it if you don't know the show) to convince Clara to stay.

* ''Manga/RentAGirlfriend'' has a very interesting variation where the normal person in the relationship is aware of ''both'' personalities being the sane person. Protagonist Kazuya Kinoshita downright idolizes and loves the gorgeous and mature rental girlfriend Chizuru Mizuhara, but soon he learns that the more iron walled but vulnerable Chizuru ''Ichinose'' is in close proximity to him and has her own insecurities and dreams. Chizuru is convinced that Kazuya only loves the "Mizuhara" persona, especially since this is the one who he presents as his fake girlfriend; while on Kazuya's part he has to slowly acknowledge the Ichinose side of her and stop seeing her as a PeerlessLoveInterest.

* ''Film/BatmanForever'': Chase falls in love with both Bruce Wayne and Batman, and doesn't realize they're both the same guy until she's kidnapped.
** The triangle is resolved partway through the movie when Chase dumps Batman for Bruce Wayne. Batman, stoically, says that he understands, and manages to turn around and walk away before he breaks into a grin.

* A variation in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853 A Little Red and Blue]]'' where Sharon Carter ends up getting transported to the year 1944 after an encounter with Wanda Maximoff. She later meets the past Steve Rogers and finds out that during this time, he was attempting to hide the fact that he is Captain America from the general public. Steve becomes attracted to Sharon (who introduces herself to him as "Kate" and hides the fact that she's from the future) and has some difficulty hiding it when speaking to her in his Captain America guise, even kissing her at one point, [[DramaticIrony all the while being unaware that "Kate" knows that he and Captain America are the same person]].

* A variation in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853 A Little Red and Blue]]'' where Sharon Carter ends up getting transported to the year 1944 after an encounter with Wanda Maximoff. She later meets the past Steve Rogers and finds out that during this time, he was attempting to hide the fact that he is Captain America from the general public. Steve finds himself attracted to Sharon (who introduces herself to him as "Kate" and hides the fact that she's from the future) and has some difficulty hiding it when speaking to her in his Captain America guise, even kissing her at one point.

-->-- '''Peter Parker''', ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko]] #6''

** In imaginary story ''ComicBook/JimmyOlsen Superman's Pal'' #57 Jimmy falls for (and marries) Linda Danvers while she has amnesia for her Supergirl identity. Upon remembering, she decides to begin flirting with him as Supergirl to make sure he's in love with both of her identities before revealing her secret. Jimmy is attracted to Supergirl, but resists and ultimately tells her he doesn't love her to prevent being unfaithful to his wife. When he confesses to Linda, she reveals her secret, and the comic ends with the relieved Jimmy [[UnderstandingBoyfriend happily accepting that his wife is a superhuman]].

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Professor Burnet is in love with Royal Mask and is a huge fangirl of him. Royal Mask happens to be her husband, Professor Kukui. She doesn't realize this until he gets unmasked in the aftermath of a huge Ultra Beast battle with Ash.

-->-- '''Peter Parker''', ''[[ComicBook/SpiderMan The Amazing Spider-Man]] #6''

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' :

** This goes back a long way with him; at the end of a very early adventure, Peter Parker calls Liz Allen on the phone to ask for a date only to have her tell him she's already told off his rival Flash Thompson and wants him off the line as well, since she's anticipating a call from Spider-man. As she slams down the receiver, he laments that "Only a guy with ''my'' nutty luck could end up being his own competition!"

** Back when she worked as a photographer in San Francisco, Linda Danvers/Kara Zor-El (the titular heroine) liked her boss Geoff Anderson. Geoff is attracted to Supergirl -- and he even kissed her in ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'' -- but he is not interested in Linda.

** The classic version of this. While it's varied over the years, the traditional triangle is Clark loves Comicbook/LoisLane, while Lois loves Superman and won't see Clark as anything more than a friendly rival at the Daily Planet. This ended a few years after the Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths reboot, with Lois learning the truth while engaged to Clark, and they eventually had a kid. ''Series/LoisAndClark'' similarly has the two start a relationship and get married as well, the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse had Lois discover all of Clark's identities within its cornerstone film ''Film/ManOfSteel'', and most other adaptations (such as the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse) meanwhile play the trope straight throughout their runs. Long after the marriage was established (and [[Comicbook/New52 undone]], and [[Comicbook/SupermanRebirth re-established]]) in the comics, it was played from the outside, with a nasty rumour that Lois was cheating on Clark with Superman being a factor in his giving up his secret identity in ''Comicbook/SupermanBrianMichaelBendis''.

* A variant in ''Comicbook/TimDrakeRobin'': the Kents may have to deal with rumours that Lois is having an affair with Superman, but Tim has to deal with people thinking ''he's'' the one cheating on Bernard with the Teen Wonder.

* The ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' fic ''[[http://yj-anon-meme.livejournal.com/3983.html?thread=7499407#t7499407 Hero]]'' has the traditional Superman/Lois Lane triangle, but also a platonic version with Superman and Comicbook/{{Superboy}}. Superboy, after being ignored by Superman for a very long time decides he no longer wants the man's friendship or approval. He then ends up protecting and eventually befriending Clark Kent, without knowing what Clark does when he's not reporting.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13461834/ Spider-Who?]]''- set in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' but featuring more "traditional" Franchise/SpiderMan characters- sees Mary Jane develop feelings for Spider-Man after she helps him escape a bombing and Peter Parker after their aunts are revealed to be neighbours, but she is unaware that they are the same man and Peter's self-confidence issues lead to him to think that she's interested in Harry Osborn rather than Peter Parker when she tells Spider-Man she has feelings for him and "someone else".

%%* ''Literature/TheScarletPimpernel'': "And we poor husbands ... we have to stand by ... while they worship a demmed shadow."

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', when Mr. Incredible flirts with Elastigirl when briefly distracted by some unfortunate events on the way to his wedding. The subversion being that when he gets to the wedding, he turns out to be marrying her "mild-mannered alter ego", and the two of them already clearly know the other's superhero identity. Apparently they just flirt like they don't know each other's secret identity in costume because they like it.

** And Leela and Fry are back at it in "Rebirth", which sees Fry building a [[RobotMe robot version of Leela]] [[FalseMemories with all of Leela's memories]] to console him after Leela ends up in an irreversible coma. Only it's not so irreversible, [[CloningBlues the robot loves Fry because of her memories]], and Fry, after being rejected by two jealous Leelas and finally forgiven by the original Leela, [[spoiler:discovers ''[[TomatoInTheMirror he's]]'' [[RoboticReveal a robot, having been created by Leela after the real Fry got blown to smithereens in a spaceship crash]] before both of them lost their short-term memories. Before they can sort this out, the Fry we know and love emerges alive from Farnsworth's "birthing machine," and the [[RobotRomance robots]] [[PairTheSpares pair off and run away together]].]]

* A gender-flipped version occurs in the ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] comics. Her love interest ComicBook/SteveTrevor is in love with Wonder Woman, but much to her dismay, doesn't feel anything remotely romantic for her civilian identity Diana Prince. Averted completely by the time ComicBook/{{New 52}} and ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' roll around, which have Steve be completely aware that Wonder Woman and Diana Prince are the same person.

* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfMiraculous'' is a FusionFic between ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' replicating the TV series' Love Square between Link, Zelda and their superhero personae Sheikan Wolf and Athena. [[spoiler:Unlike ''Miraculous'' however, when Link confesses his feelings to Zelda, she realises that she loves him back. It remains to be seen whether her feelings for Sheikan Wolf will get in the way going forward.]]

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10951944/1/A-Night-to-Remember A Night to Remember]]'' has [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Starfire]] attempting to [[OperationJealousy make Robin jealous]] by dating someone she met during a social event. The problem is; the other guy is Richard Grayson.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13461834/ Spider-Who?]]''- set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse but featuring more "traditional" Franchise/SpiderMan characters- sees Mary Jane develop feelings for Spider-Man after she helps him escape a bombing and Peter Parker after their aunts are revealed to be neighbours, but she is unaware that they are the same man and Peter's self-confidence issues lead to him to think that she's interested in Harry Osborn rather than Peter Parker when she tells Spider-Man she has feelings for him and "someone else".

** Another more minor (but even weirder) example, involves Tsubasa Kurenai, the [[{{Crossdresser}} crossdressing]] StalkerWithACrush. Tsubasa is a boy who dresses as a girl, who had a history of pursuing Ukyō (a girl who dresses as a boy). However since Ukyō believed Tsubasa to think she was a guy, she said she was with the female Ranma. But then it's revealed Tsubasa knew Ukyō was a girl all along. After a lot of rejection, Tsubasa finally loses interest in Ukyō and instead falls for Ranma's girl form. The TwoPersonLoveTriangle comes in when Ranma wishes to both get away from Tsubasa in his girl form, while helping Tsubasa to find love with the right gender in male form. Female Ranma calls Tsubasa out on a date, but male Ranma is the one who shows up. Eventually Tsubasa finds out the two Ranmas are the same, while Ranma discovers that he was hitting on a crossdressing guy.

** One very complicated example of this trope intersecting with ImaginaryLoveTriangle when it comes to Ranma and both Kunō siblings. Ranma is cursed to change into a girl with cold water and back into a guy when splashed with hot water. Neither Tatewaki nor Kodachi know this (despite repeated demonstrations in Tatewaki's case at least) and think that Ranma's two forms are separate individuals. Tatewaki thinks that "The Pigtailed Girl" a.k.a. Ranma's female form, loves him but is being kept away from him by the attention of Ranma. Kodachi thinks that Ranma likes her and is being kept away by the attention of the Pigtailed Girl ([[LoveDodecahedron in addition to Ranma's other would-be suitors]]). The reason this crosses over with ImaginaryLoveTriangle is that Ranma can't stand ''either'' of them.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Taking it a step further, we have a Two-Person Love ''Square''. The main character, Marinette, is in love with her classmate, the handsome Adrien Agreste, who considers her an acquaintance ([[PortmanteauCoupleName fans call this pairing]] "Adrienette"). When she transforms into the superheroine Ladybug, she rejects the romantic advances of Cat Noir, her superhero teammate ("Ladynoir"). Of course, behind Cat Noir's mask hides none other than Adrien himself, who has no idea that his beloved Ladybug is actually Marinette in disguise! Meanwhile, Ladybug interacting with Adrien ("Ladrien") shows both of them flustered and blushing, and Marinette interacting with Cat Noir ("Marichat") shows both of them snarky and oblivious.\\\
The dynamics of the Love Square change in season 5. [[spoiler:Because she feels that her crush on Adrien and her past relationship with Luka led to clouding her judgment as a superhero, Marinette renounces all romantic interests until Monarch is defeated. At the same time, Adrien starts exploring his own interests instead of those imposed on him by his father. This leads to Adrien developing a crush on Marinette, effectively [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo reversing the civillian side of the Love Square]]. Because of Adrien's new feelings for Marinette, he stops flirting with Ladybug as Cat Noir, focusing primarily on their professional relationship. However, his reassurance that he would always be there to help Ladybug comes at a time when Ladybug is very unsure of herself and her capability as a superhero. Despite her insistence that she was done with romance, this eventually leads to Marinette developing a crush on Cat Noir, [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo reversing the superhero side of the Love Square as well]].]]

* The protagonist of ''My Best Friend Who I Love Fell Completely in Love With My Vtuber Self'' is in love with her best friend, who has a crush on the latter's online Vtuber persona, not realizing that they're the same person.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'' Natsuru loves Sakura who loves Natsuru's [[GenderBender female persona]], then the school council president spreads a rumour that Natsuru and his female half are in fact already dating each other. HilarityEnsues. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that Sakura not only knew both his forms were the same person all along but was actually the one who provided him with the ability to transform in the first place, partly because she's a hardcore lesbian.]]

* ''Manga/CatsEye'' pulled a "strange" version: [[DatingCatwoman police officer Mitsuko Asatani fell for the male member of Cat's Eye]], but when her colleagues pointed out he was likely dating one of the female members she, [[CassandraTruth knowing their identities but unable to prove them]], quickly deduced he was with Rui... Except ''the male member of Cat's Eye was Rui in a drag as a joke''.

** One very complicated example of this trope intersecting with ImaginaryLoveTriangle when it comes to Ranma and both Kunou siblings. Ranma is cursed to change into a girl with cold water and back into a guy when splashed with hot water. Neither Tatewaki nor Kodachi know this (despite repeated demonstrations in Tatewaki's case at least) and think that Ranma's two forms are separate individuals. Tatewaki thinks that "The Pig-tailed Girl" aka Ranma's female form, loves him but is being kept away from him by the attention of Ranma. Kodachi thinks that Ranma likes her and is being kept away by the attention of the Pig-Tailed Girl ([[LoveDodecahedron in addition to Ranma's other would be suitors]]). The reason this crosses over with ImaginaryLoveTriangle is that Ranma can't stand ''either'' of them.
** Another more minor (but even weirder) example, involves Tsubasa Kurenai, the [[{{Crossdresser}} crossdressing]] StalkerWithACrush. Tsubasa is a boy who dresses as a girl, who had a history of pursuing Ukyo (a girl who dresses as a boy). However since Ukyo believed Tsubasa to think she was a guy, she said she was with the female Ranma. But then it's revealed Tsubasa knew Ukyo was a girl all along. After a lot of rejection, Tsubasa finally loses interest in Ukyo and instead falls for Ranma's girl form. The TwoPersonLoveTriangle comes in when Ranma wishes to both get away from Tsubasa in his girl form, while helping Tsubasa to find love with the right gender in male form. Female Ranma calls Tsubasa out on a date, but male Ranma is the one who shows up. Eventually Tsubasa finds out the two Ranmas are the same, while Ranma discovers that he was hitting on a crossdressing guy.

* [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan set himself up for this. Carol Ferris was already rejecting his romantic advances, so he decided to actively romance her as Green Lantern. By the time he realizes that this was a bad idea, it's too late and he and Carol are stuck in the triangle.
** Unlike the Lois & Clark situation, Carol's rejection wasn't that she didn't want to be with Hal Jordan. It was because she was his employer and it would have been a conflict of interest. Hal could have simply found another job (he eventually went through a ton of them).

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan''
** In the comics, [[DatingCatwoman Black Cat]] barely tolerated Peter Parker's presence, but was hot to trot for Spider-Man any time. The catch is that Black Cat knows that they are one and the same person.
*** Played with in the 1990s animated series, in which there are romances between Peter Parker and Felicia Hardy, as well as between Spider-Man and Black Cat. Neither of them ever finds out or even suspects the other's real/secret identity.

** Also, in her early mainstream appearances Mary Jane flirted both with Peter Parker and with Spider-Man (when he rescued her) and often expressed admiration or attraction to Spider-Man. Years later it was revealed that MJ knew that the two are one and the same all along... Making things interesting, MJ actually didn't want a serious relationship with Peter ''because'' she knew he was Spider-Man, and she was GenreSavvy enough to know the issues with dating a superhero.

** Back when she worked as a photographer in San Francisco, Linda Danvers/Kara Zor-El -the titular heroine- liked her boss Geoff Anderson. Geoff is attracted to Supergirl -and he even kissed her in ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn''- but he is not interested in Linda.
** In imaginary story ''Comicbook/JimmyOlsen Superman's Pal'' #57 Jimmy falls for (and marries) Linda Danvers while she has amnesia for her Supergirl identity. Upon remembering, she decides to begin flirting with him as Supergirl to make sure he's in love with both of her identities before revealing her secret. Jimmy is attracted to Supergirl, but resists and ultimately tells her he doesn't love her to prevent being unfaithful to his wife. When he confesses to Linda, she reveals her secret, and the comic ends with the relieved Jimmy [[UnderstandingBoyfriend happily accepting that his wife is a superhuman]].

* In ''[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/044.htm The Golden Crab,]]'' the princess knows that the ShapeshiftingLover she married is both the KnightInShiningArmor and the crab. Her parents, however, don't know, and treat it as a Love Triangle -- and they want to pressure her into changing her choice.

** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', Eric is convinced that the mysterious singing woman that saved him (whom he is enamored by) is different from the mute woman he takes in (who is very interested in him). After a bit of conflict, he actually does choose the voiceless woman, but [[MindControlMusic doesn't have the chance to act upon it]] until he finds out that the two are actually the same person.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Matt Murdock and Karen Page have a case of this. Throughout season 1, Karen likes and supports the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, even defending him when Wilson Fisk tries to paint him as a terrorist, unaware that it's Matt. Then in season 2, while still having a liking for Daredevil, Karen begins to get attracted to Matt, even dating him briefly before the strain of his unreliability during Frank Castle's trial and her finding Elektra in his bed drive them apart. Despite this, she still has feelings for Matt, as she admits during a conversation with Frank Castle. In the season 2 finale, Matt discloses his secret identity to her, and the last shot of season 2 is of Karen sporting a stunned look as she realizes that the hero she admires is the same person as the man she had fallen in love with.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', to a degree: Justin is gay and is in love with Elliot, who is straight. Elliot gains [[spoiler:a magically-induced female alter ego that somewhat alters his/her personality...and said alter ego finds Justin rather attractive]]. Ironically later, after Justin [[spoiler:gets over his crush on Elliot]] it turns out that Elliot actually [[spoiler:might be bi and may have experienced attraction to Justin at some point.]]
** Another 'sort of' situation arises with Nanase/Elliot/Ellen. Elliot and Nanase were dating when the series started. She liked pretty much everything about him, but wasn't physically attracted to him. After a series of incidents with a piece of alien technology and a magic artifact, Elliot accidentally created an [[OppositeSexClone opposite gender clone]]/sister/daughter with all of his memories, Ellen. Meeting Ellen forced Nanase to realize that she was actually a lesbian, and they end up together once Nanase came to terms with her orientation.

--> '''Chibi Zuko''': I did ''not'' see that one coming.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}'' contains an interesting example: the eponymous heroine has a ''male'' civilian identity as an literature professor, with her work colleague Lucas having feelings for her female identity but being best friends with her male one. This gets more complicated and ridiculously cyclical when one of their female students with a crush on her "male" teacher is thrown into the mix. She happens to spot the female persona at "his" residence after tracking down the address, and comes to the wrong conclusion that the male and female identities are seeing ''each other'' (they aren't, of course). When Lucas hears this he is ''not'' happy with his pal "Adrian".
** Made further more amusing by the fact that Lucas at times seems to be [[HoYay just as into Adrian as he is with Cyber 6]]. Case in point: He one time asks Adrian to go see a ''romance'' movie with him.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Bender's Big Score," Leela falls for [[spoiler:Lars]], to [[spoiler:the ever-snubbed Fry's]] frustration. It turns out that [[spoiler:"Lars"]] is an older version of [[spoiler:Fry]] after some complicated time-traveling.

--->'''Bender:''' That's right, baby, I ain't your lover boy Flexo, the guy you love so much, you even love anybody pretending to be him!
--->'''Angelyne:''' Well, maybe I love ''you'' so much I love ''you'' no matter who ''you're'' pretending to be!
--->'''Bender:''' Oh, how I wish I could believe or understand that!
** And Leela and Fry are back at it in "Rebirth," which sees Fry building a [[RobotMe robot version of Leela]] [[FalseMemories with all of Leela's memories]] to console him after Leela ends up in an irreversible coma. Only it's not so irreversible, [[CloningBlues the robot loves Fry because of her memories]], and Fry, after being rejected by two jealous Leelas and finally forgiven by the original Leela, [[spoiler:discovers ''[[TomatoInTheMirror he's]]'' [[RoboticReveal a robot, having been created by Leela after the real Fry got blown to smithereens in a spaceship crash]] before both of them lost their short-term memories. Before they can sort this out, the Fry we know and love emerges alive from Farnsworth's "birthing machine," and the [[RobotRomance robots]] [[PairTheSpares pair off and run away together]].]]
--->'''Fry:''' Uh, this is a bit awkward. Or is it?
--->'''Leela:''' I'm not sure. I lost track around [[spoiler:the second robot.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Taking it a step further, we have a Two Person Love ''Square''. The main character, Marinette, is in love with her classmate, the handsome Adrien Agreste, who considers her an acquaintance ([[PortmanteauCoupleName fans call this pairing]] "Adrienette"). When she transforms into the superheroine Ladybug, she rejects the romantic advances of Cat Noir, her superhero teammate ("Ladynoir"). Of course, behind Cat Noir's mask hides none other than Adrien himself, who has no idea that his beloved Ladybug is actually Marinette in disguise! Meanwhile, Ladybug interacting with Adrien ("Ladrien") shows both of them flustered and blushing, and Marinette interacting with Cat Noir ("Marichat") shows both of them snarky and oblivious.
** The dynamics of the Love Square change in season 5. [[spoiler:Because she feels that her crush on Adrien and her past relationship with Luka led to clouding her judgment as a superhero, Marinette renounces all romantic interests until Monarch is defeated. At the same time, Adrien starts exploring his own interests instead of those imposed on him by his father. This leads to Adrien developing a crush on Marinette, effectively [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo reversing the civillian side of the Love Square]]. Because of Adrien's new feelings for Marinette, he stops flirting with Ladybug as Cat Noir, focusing primarily on their professional relationship. However, his reassurance that he would always be there to help Ladybug comes at a time when Ladybug is very unsure of herself and her capability as a superhero. Despite her insistence that she was done with romance, this eventually leads to Marinette developing a crush on Cat Noir, [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo reversing the superhero side of the Love Square as well]].]]

** ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'': Prince Phillip was not enthralled with his future bride Princess Aurora when he saw her as a baby (and he was a little boy no older than five, taking peeks on her cradle), and still isn't looking forward to it, when suddenly he meets a beautiful "peasant girl". Simultaneously, she falls madly in love with the mystery man as soon as she meets him and is devastated to learn that she can never see him again because of her arranged engagement to Prince Phillip. She has no idea that [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage the two are one and the same.]] Which, technically, makes this a Two-Person Love ''Square''.