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* In ''Anime/YuriOnIce'', Yakov Feltsman and his ex-wife Lilia Baranovskaya work together to train young figure skater Yuri Plisetsky. Lilia makes clear that she has no interest in getting back together with Yakov, though there's still some UnresolvedSexualTension between them.

* Brazilian voice actors Creator/AngelicaSantos and Wendel Bezerra both met while in the recording booth, and they even had a son who followed in their footsteps as he got older. While the two have since divorced, they still work together, most notably in the Brazilian dub of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' as Pearl and [=SpongeBob=], respectively.

* Music/{{Sonny|Bono}} and Music/{{Cher}} during the 2nd version of their VarietyShow.

* An In-Universe example occurs in ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', where [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Schlatt's ghost]] reaches out to Quackity and asks his ex-fiance to get the revival book back from Dream to resurrect him. Quackity, initially hesitant and [[OldFlameFizzle not wanting anything to do with Schlatt]] (for [[BadBoss a]] [[DomesticAbuse variety of]] [[TraumaButton reasons]]), eventually makes a bet with the ghost: if Quackity won, Schlatt would never be revived and would work for him at Las Nevadas, and if Schlatt won, Quackity would get the book and revive him. The next scenes show Quackity trying to convince Sam to let him into the prison to get the book from Dream, [[ForegoneConclusion implying the bet went in Schlatt's favor]]. That being said, it's heavily implied that Quackity seeking out Schlatt in the first place was actually a last resort in response to his current relationship problems caused by a mixture of miscommunication and trauma responses.

* An In-Universe example occurs in ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', where [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Schlatt's ghost]] reaches out to Quackity and asks his ex-fiance to get the revival book back from Dream to resurrect him. Quackity, initially hesitant and [[OldFlameFizzle not wanting anything to do with Schlatt]] (for a variety of reasons), eventually makes a bet with the ghost: if Quackity won, Schlatt would never be revived and would work for him at Las Nevadas, and if Schlatt won, Quackity would get the book and revive him. The next scenes show Quackity trying to convince Sam to let him into the prison to get the book from Dream, [[ForegoneConclusion implying the bet went in Schlatt's favor]].

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Will Riker & Deanna Troi are ex-lovers. It takes seven seasons, three and a half movies, and a source of strange radiation that rejuvenates the crew to the point where they behave like teenagers before they get back together, though.

* Music/{{ABBA}} consisted of two men and two women, who became two married couples. Both couples divorced and they continued to make music for a while, but ultimately broke up in 1983.

->'''Bina''': Okay, listen, boys. We're all aware of the awkwardness of the situation here. It would be awkward enough if we just used to squad together, but the fact is that one of you used to be my husband, and the other one my, uh...cousin. Well, shit. Know what I'm saying?\\

'''Meyer (to Berko)''': You were the cousin, right?

** All three [=ME1=] LoveInterests treat working with Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' this way. The awkwardness of the situation manages to make a second RomanceSidequest with the same character work remarkably well.
** The Omega DLC for [=ME3=] will arrange Aria, fighting to take back the station from Cerberus hands so she can resume her position as the top don, and Nyreen, now the leader of the largest mercenary group Iron Talons and the only plausible source of manpower on Omega Station to oppose Cerberus, together. Nyreen was Aria's lover until their DatingCatwoman situation from such drastically different worldviews became too much to overcome as far as their romantic relationship went, though they still respect each other's abilities on the battlefield and both will admit to Shepard privately that neither holds ill will stemming from the break up.
* In the time between ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade married, then divorced, and are still working together. [[TeethClenchedTeamwork Begrudgingly.]] They also have a daughter, Cassandra "Cassie" Cage. [[spoiler:By the end of the game, though, they upgraded to AmicableExes]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Namco x Capcom}}'', Taizo Hori of ''VideoGame/DigDug'' fame fights alongside the heroes, and his ex-wife [[GenderBlenderName Toby]] [[DubNameChange "Kissy"]] [[SamusIsAGirl Masuyo]] (from ''Baraduke'') also joins their ranks. Although they divorced long ago, Toby still holds a grudge against Taizo. Toby also makes a few cameos alongside her ex-hubby and son in the ''VideoGame/MrDriller'' series, with her personality more or less intact.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Relicta}}'', once things start going wrong, Angelica has to grit her teeth and call her ex-husband, Ragnar...who happens to be the head of the international government.

* For a short time in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', Kevin's first business venture Flea-Bay was owned by his ex-wife Angelique. After Fiona bought her out, she later became a senior executive (and at one point ran) the company Kevin's ''current'' wife worked at. And if we're going that route Ralph works for the company his wife's ex owns. And by technicality, through Kell Angelique hired another one of her exes, the one she cheated on Kevin with in fact, [[spoiler: Kevin's father.]]

* ''Literature/WomenOfTheOtherworld'': In ''Bitten'', the first book of the series, when Elena has to work with the werewolf pack she used to be part of, this happens with her and Clay. [[spoiler: After a lot of BelligerentSexualTension they get back together.]]

* In ''Bitten'', the first book in Kelley Armstrong's ''Literature/TheOtherworld'' series, when Elena has to work with the werewolf pack she used to be part of, this happens with her and Clay. [[spoiler: After a lot of BelligerentSexualTension they get back together.]]

* Implied to be the case for Ilene and Nathan in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong''. Before meeting Nathan, Jia points out that Ilene was nervous. Not to mention Nathan is visibly cleaned up when he meets up with her. And Ilene reacts more with annoyance than feeling creeped out when Nathan kisses her cheek after she agrees to his plan for Kong.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Macbeth's two mooks [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Banquo and Fleance]] are said to be exes by Greg Weisman.

* In ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'', the titilaur Bernice Summerfield is often shareing afvetures withe her Ex Jason Peter Kane.

** Buffy ended up working briefly with Riley and [[spoiler: his wife]] in the sixth season in the episode "As You Were".

** And of course, [[spoiler: Angel is BackForTheFinale]], saving Buffy from TheDragon and delivering a MacGuffin. [[spoiler: They talk about their relationship, such as it is, and part ways again before the final battle.]]

* Sam and Jules in ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' during the time they had broken up in season 2. Eventually, they get back together in season 4.

* Implied between Jacob and Miranda, two of the squad members in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. In Jacob's words, their previous work together "got a little close - then it got real far apart." In spite of this, they seem to still be on good terms.