History Series / OneTreeHill

** By the end of season 6 also [[spoiler: Lucas and Peyton.]]
** Halfway through season 8 also [[spoiler: Brooke and Julian.]]

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and not really interested in her, then there is a DoubleSubversion: in season 2 a {{Retcon}} occurs, with Lucas suddenly deciding he is in love with her [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, the two get back get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has already got back on track as it has restarted the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lucas and Peyton: before the two finally get together in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas understand that between them it has never been real love and they are BetterAsFriends while he realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

** During the first season the OfficialCouple of Lucas & Peyton was slowly built up with the clear goal of eventually putting them together. Come the second season, this was all ignored in favor of Lucas & Brooke, due to the real-life relationship between Creator/ChadMichaelMurray & Creator/SophiaBush, making Lucas [[StrangledByTheRedString suddenly deciding he was truly interested in her out of nowhere]]. Peyton, however, was retconned into being in love with Jake Jagielski - a recurring character from the previous season, whom she only had a mild flirtation with whilst she was trying to move on from Peyton[=/=]Lucas[=/=]Brooke love triangle.
** When the writers eventually pulled the trigger on restarting the Lucas[=/=]Peyton relationship in the third season, after subtly leaving several hints throughout the season that Peyton wasn't quite as over Lucas she first appeared, they brought Jake back for a three-episode stint for no other reason than to show that Peyton never really loved him by having her confess her feelings for Lucas to him when she said "I love you, Lucas" in her sleep.
*** Similarly, the episode before Lucas & Peyton finally got together in the fourth season featured Brooke & Lucas realizing that whilst they cared for each other, they really were never in love with one another.

** During the first season the OfficialCouple of Lucas & Peyton was slowly built up with the clear goal of eventually putting them together. Come the second season, this was all ignored in favor of Lucas & Brooke, due to the real-life relationship between Creator/ChadMichaelMurray & Creator/SophiaBush, making Lucas [[StrangledByTheRedString suddenly deciding he was in love with her out of nowhere]]. Peyton, however, was retconned into being in love with Jake Jagielski - a recurring character from the previous season, who she only had a mild flirtation with whilst she was trying to move on from Peyton[=/=]Lucas[=/=]Brooke love triangle.

*** Similarly, the episode before Lucas & Peyton finally got together in the fourth season featured Brooke & Lucas realising that whilst they cared for each other, they really were never in love with one another.

*** Similarly, the episode before Lucas & Peyton finally got together in the fourth season featured Brooke & Lucas realising that whilst they cared for each other, they really weren't in love with one another.

** {{Averted}} with Lucas and Peyton, who are the OfficialCouple of the show. The two are canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of major arcs is their developing relationship, but then in season 2 it’s almost put a ResetButton and both suddenly decide they’re in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, immediately in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple in season 4.

** None of the couples formed in high school are still together after the four-year TimeSkip between season 4 and 5, except for Nathan and Haley (who however are in the middle of their worst crisis since season 2). However, it takes just the time of season 5 for Lucas and Peyton to definitely get back together.

** {{Averted}}, but almost done, with Lucas and Peyton. They are canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of major arcs is their developing relationship, and the OfficialCouple of the show, but then in season 2 it’s almost put a ResetButton and both suddenly decide they’re in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, immediately in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple in season 4.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and not really interested in her, then there is a DoubleSubversion: season 2 basically makes a {{Retcon}} with Lucas suddenly deciding he is in love with her [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, the two get back get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has already got back on track as it has restarted the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lucas and Peyton: before they finally get together in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas understand they are BetterAsFriends and between them it has never been real love while he realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and not really interested in her, then it is almost {{Subverted}}: in season 2 there is basically a {{Retcon}} with Lucas suddenly deciding he is in love with her [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, the two get back get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has already got back on track as it has restarted the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lucas and Peyton: before they finally get together in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas understand they are BetterAsFriends and between them it has never been real love as he realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

* NeverMyFault: Episode 3x06, "Locked Hearts and Hand Grenades" -- Brooke (Who has the No. 2 pick) picks Chris Keller in the 'Fantasy Boy Draft', then gets upset when Rachel picks Lucas & promptly blames Bevin, who traded her No. 3 pick for Rachel's No. 5 pick, despite having the opportunity to draft Lucas herself. Lampshaded the following episode by Lucas, when Brooke tries to claim it wasn't her fault.

* Offscreen Breakup: There are several examples during the four-year TimeSkip between season 4 and 5. In particular:

** Lucas and Peyton
** Brooke and Chase
** Skills and Bevin

*** Episodes 4x08 & 4x09 are the official end of the relationship -- 4x08 features Brooke & Lucas realizing they're BetterAsFriends, whilst 4x09 outright has Brooke telling Lucas to tell Peyton how he feels about her.

** {{Averted}}, but almost done, with Lucas and Peyton. They are canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of major arcs is their developing relationship, and the OfficialCouple of the show, but then in season 2 it’s almost put a ResetButton and both suddenly decide they’re in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, immediately in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple for real in season 4.

** Lindsey, Lucas' new girlfriend from Season 5. Mark Schwahn states on the Season 5 DVD that the intention behind Lindsey was (whilst still working towards Lucas & Peyton getting back together) to introduce a new love interest for Lucas, who wasn't blatantly there just to serve as an obvious false lead & could very easily be the right girl for Lucas in a different way to Peyton, but in the end it really didn’t work out as she turned out to be just a rebound while everyone took the Lucas/Peyton reunion as a ForegoneConclusion and in fact it was what ultimately happened.

** {{Averted}}, but almost done, with Lucas and Peyton. They are canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of major arcs is their developing relationship, and the OfficialCouple of the show, but then in season 2 it’s almost put a ResetButton and both suddenly decide they’re in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple for real in season 4.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and not really interested in her, then it is almost {{Subverted}}: in season 2 there is basically a {{Retcon}} with Lucas suddenly deciding he is in love with her [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. The two get back get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has fortunately got back on track as he’s restarted his WillTheyOrWontThey with Peyton. Then, before Lucas and Peyton finally get together in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas realize they are BetterAsFriends and between them it has never been real love as he realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

** {{Averted}}, but almost done, with Lucas and Peyton. They are canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of major arcs is their developing relationship, and the OfficialCouple of the show, but then in season 2 it’s almost put a ResetButton and both suddenly decide they’re in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, in season 3 the story fortunately gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple for real in season 4.

* FirstLove

** Lucas and Peyton were that for each other. [[spoiler: Despite having other relationships over the course of the series, they always found their way back to each other, becoming each other’s OneTrueLove, so they’re actually a {{Subversion}}: they didn’t stay together all the time, but they eventually made it anyway.]]

** {{Averted}}, but almost done, with Lucas and Peyton, who are canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of major arcs is their developing relationship, and the OfficialCouple of the show, but then in season 2 it’s almost put a ResetButton and both suddenly decide they’re in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, in season 3 the story fortunately gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple for real in season 4.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and not really interested in her, then it is almost {{Subverted}}: in season 2 there is basically a {{Retcon}} with Lucas suddenly deciding he is in love with her [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. The two get back get back together in season 3, but the story gets back on track as in the meantime he restarts his WillTheyOrWontThey with Peyton. Then, before Lucas and Peyton finally get together, both Brooke and Lucas realize they are BetterAsFriends and between them it has never been real love as he realizes Peyton was the one for him along.

** {{Averted}}, but almost done, with Lucas and Peyton, who are canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of its major arcs is their developing relationship, and the OfficialCouple of the show, but then in season 2 they almost put a ResetButton and make both suddenly deciding of being in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, in season 3 the story fortunately gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple for real in season 4.

** The bulk of Season 9, which takes place about a year after the season 8 finale, covers about two months. The final moments of the season, and the show, skip forward around 5 or 6 years.

** Rewatching Season 3 with the knowledge that Peyton realizes that she's in love with Lucas by the finale puts a lot of the moments where Peyton appeared to be pining after Jake in a different light, as a lot of the things she says don't really apply to her relationship with Jake, whereas they completely fit with her relationship with Lucas, who in fact it is eventually revealed to be the one whom Peyton is actually in love with.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely started this way in season 1 as he was in love with Peyton and not really interested in her, but then it was {{Subverted}} in season 2 after they basically made a {{Retcon}} with Lucas suddenly deciding he was in love with her [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]] and getting back together with her during season 3, while restarting his relationship with Peyton in the meantime. Then, when they finally decided to put Lucas and Peyton together, they made both Brooke and Lucas realize they were BetterAsFriends and between them it had never been real love. Then, he realized Peyton was the one for him all along.

** {{Averted}}, but almost done, with Lucas and Peyton, who are canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of its major arcs is their developing relationship, and the OfficialCouple of the show, but then in season 2 they almost put a ResetButton and make both suddenly deciding of being in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StranglesByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, in season 3 the story fortunately gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple for real in season 4.

** {{Averted}}, but almost done, with Lucas and Peyton, who were canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of its major arcs was their developing relationship, and the OfficialCouple od the show, but then in season 2 they almost put a ResetButton and made both suddenly deciding of being in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StranglesByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, in season 3 they fortunately made the story get back on track and restarted their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple in season 4.

** Lucas and Peyton are a subversion -- whilst they qualify for the trope, becoming a couple in the last few months of their senior year & ultimately getting married, they broke up a year later during college & then got back together roughly four years later.

* EroticDream: Lucas dreams about making out on his bed with his on-again-off-again girlfriend, Brooke. As he tries to roll the two of them to switch positions the dream stops abruptly when Lucas accidentally falls out of bed in real life. Physically tense because of his dream, [[ThinkUnsexyThoughts Lucas takes a cold shower]], where he is confronted by the [[ShowerOfAwkward real-life Brooke]] who is upset that he is using too much hot water. From outside the shower curtain, she reaches a hand under the shower tap and is surprised to find cold water. Horrified to realize what she's interrupted, she makes fun of Lucas for taking a cold shower and having a wet dream, but incorrectly assumes he was dreaming about Peyton.

** {{Averted}}, but almost done, with Lucas and Peyton, who were canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of its major arcs was their developing relationship, and the OfficialCouple od the show, but then in season 2 they almost put a ResetButton and made both suddenly deciding of being in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StranglesByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, in season 3 they fortunately made the story get back on track and restarted their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and weren’t really in love with neither Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple in season 4.

** Jake Jagielski serves as one for Peyton. They date through the second half of the second season, and all the relationship serves only as a smokescreen that allows the writers to disguise a lot of the foreshadowing towards Peyton's true feelings for Lucas as simply being her pining for Jake.
** Lindsay, Lucas' fiancee from Season 5. Mark Schwahn states on the Season 5 DVD that the intention behind Lindsey was (whilst still working towards Lucas & Peyton getting back together) to introduce a new love interest for Lucas, who wasn't blatantly there just to serve as an obvious false lead & could very easily be the right girl for Lucas in a different way to Peyton, but in the end she really turned out to be just a rebound while everyone took the Lucas/Peyton reunion as a ForegoneConclusion and in fact it was what ultimately happened.