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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:And in public, too!]] |
3 | |
4 | ->''"Two people gotta stick together''\ |
5 | ''And love one another, save it for a rainy day''\ |
6 | ''Some people gotta stay whatever''\ |
7 | ''And give one another shelter on a rainy day"'' |
8 | -->-- '''Music/TinaTurner''', “Two People” |
9 | |
10 | Romantic relationships come in many kinds. Here's a list of tropes concerning the various types of romantic couples. |
11 | |
12 | A sub-index for LoveTropes and DuoTropes. See also DatingTropes, LoveInterests, and MarriageTropes. Contrast ThisIndexIsNotMyGirlfriend for an index of platonic couples. |
13 | |
14 | !!Tropes: |
15 | [[index]] |
16 | * AgeDownRomance: A character is magically aged-down and begins a romance with a person who is the 'same' age. |
17 | * AgeGapRomance: A romantic couple with a significant age gap between them. |
18 | * AmicableExes: Two people are no longer in a committed relationship but still get along; applies here if they're [[SexWithTheEx still intimate]] and they may get back together. |
19 | * AwfulWeddedLife: A married couple is miserable together. |
20 | * BattleCouple: A couple fights battles side-by-side. |
21 | * BeastAndBeauty: A monster (or equivalent being) is romantically paired with a kind and attractive person who brings out the best in them. |
22 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Two people who are secretly attracted to each other are constantly bickering and snarking. |
23 | * BetaCouple: A romantic couple have a secondary role in the story to the OfficialCouple. |
24 | * BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: A couple who frequently argue are contrasted with a couple who get along well. |
25 | * BirdsOfAFeather: Two people are attracted to each other because they're so similar. |
26 | * BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Tension arises from black women being in romantic relationships with white men. |
27 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: When applied to romances; a moody, ruminating boy is involved with a kind and gentle girl. |
28 | * BrotherSisterIncest: A brother and sister are in an intimate relationship with each other. |
29 | * CastIncest: Related in the works, but romantically involved in real life. |
30 | * ChastityCouple: A romantic couple is never depicted or implied to have sex for some reason, yet are happy together regardless. |
31 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: Two people who were best friends as children fall in love as adults. |
32 | * ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: A couple consists of a plump woman and a skinny man. |
33 | * CommonLawMarriage: A romantic pair have not formally/legally married for whatever reason, but are as committed to each other as if they were. |
34 | * CoupledCouples: The plot largely concerned itself with the relationship between two sets of romantic couples. |
35 | * DatingCatwoman: The hero has a romantic relationship with a villain. |
36 | * DecemberDecemberRomance: Relationships between the elderly. |
37 | * DestructiveRomance: A romantic couple whose relationship is unhealthy and negatively affects them, sometimes crossing into DomesticAbuse territory. |
38 | * DivineDate: A romantic relationship between a mortal and a god. |
39 | * FakeRelationship: A couple pretends to be in a romantic relationship. |
40 | * FauxInterracialRelationship: A couple appears to be in an interracial relationship, but it later turns out they're actually the same race. |
41 | * FlirtyStepsiblings: Stepsiblings are romantically involved with each other. |
42 | * FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: The wife in the couple is more mature than her husband. |
43 | * ForeverFling: A short-lived, youthful, passionate romance is the yardstick by which all the couple's subsequent romances are measured and fail. |
44 | * GodCouple: Two deities are romantically involved. |
45 | * HappilyMarried: A married couple have a genuinely loving relationship. |
46 | * HotGuyUglyWife: A man considered attractive is married to a woman considered unattractive. |
47 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: When applied to a romance; a large man is paired with a small woman. |
48 | * IncestIsRelative: Blood relatives are romantically/sexually involved with each other. |
49 | * IncestuousCasting: Romantically involved in the works, but related in real life. |
50 | * InterspeciesRomance: Two people from differing sapient species have a romantic relationship. |
51 | * KissingCousins: Cousins are in a romantic relationship with each other. |
52 | * LadyAndKnight: The brave, chivalrous knight defends and falls in love with the fair lady. |
53 | * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: A couple argues a lot, but are very loyal to each other. |
54 | * LikeGoesWithLike: A person involved in a love triangle tends to pick the love interest who is the same race/ethnicity as them. |
55 | * LookalikeLovers: A couple physically resemble each other (and it's not usually because they're actually related). |
56 | * LoverAndBeloved: An older mentor and younger pupil of the same sex (usually both men) have a romantic relationship, or at least it's strongly implied they do. |
57 | * MakeOutKids: A couple that can't go more than a few seconds without getting physically affectionate. |
58 | * MasculineFeminineGayCouple: A same-sex couple has one person who is more traditionally masculine and one who is more traditionally feminine. |
59 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: When applied to romantic relationships. A girl who is more traditionally masculine is paired with a boy who is more traditionally feminine. |
60 | * TheMasochismTango: A married couple frequently alternates between arguing and being affectionate. |
61 | * MayDecemberRomance: A romantic relationship where there is a vast age gap; one lover is in the 'winter' of their life (usually 50+) while the other is in the 'spring' of their life (usually less than 35). |
62 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: A romantic relationship where the age gap is fantastically large, due to one lover being immortal, LongLived, etc. |
63 | * MerlinAndNimue: A male magic user has an intimate relationship with his younger female apprentice. |
64 | * MistressAndServantBoy: An older, more worldly woman is in a relationship with her younger male assistant. |
65 | * MonsterSlayerRomance: A romance between a HunterOfMonsters and the monster they're supposed to hunt. |
66 | * MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: A person with a lot of experience in romance and/or sex pursues someone who is very inexperienced in these matters. |
67 | * MuggleMageRomance: Romance between a magic user and a regular person. |
68 | * MutualPining: Two people who are mutually in love with each other even when they're convinced the other doesn't return their feelings. |
69 | * NotBloodSiblings: A romantic couple appears to be engaged in sibling incest at first glance, but they're actually not biologically related. |
70 | * OddCouple: Sometimes applies to romances; two people become a couple when most people wouldn't expect they would because they appear mismatched or an otherwise strange combination. |
71 | * OfficialCouple: The main canonical romantic couple in a story. |
72 | * OppositesAttract: A couple are attracted to each other in spite of, or perhaps because of, their differing personalities. |
73 | * OutlawCouple: A romantic couple commits crimes together. |
74 | * PairTheDumbOnes: The two stupidest characters become a couple. |
75 | * PairTheSmartOnes: The two smartest characters become a couple. |
76 | * PairTheSpares: Characters involved in love triangles who lost out become romantically involved with each other. |
77 | * ParentalIncest: A parent and their child have an intimate relationship with each other (almost always depicted as abuse due to not only the incest but unequal power dynamic). |
78 | * PitbullDatesPuppy: A tough and aggressive character is romantically involved with a sweet and gentle character. |
79 | * PseudoRomanticFriendship[[note]]when used to HideYourLesbians, though it may also progress into [[OfficialCouple a canonical]] pairing[[/note]]: Two girls have such a close friendship with each other that they could easily be seen as lesbians. |
80 | * RulingCouple: A romantic couple rules a country together. |
81 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Can be applied to romances; a smart and practical man is paired with an exuberant woman. |
82 | * SecretRelationship: A couple keeps their romantic relationship a secret from others for some reason. |
83 | * SickeninglySweethearts: A couple constantly expresses how much they love each other in a sickeningly over-the-top manner. |
84 | * SleuthDatesCop: A relationship between a detective and a police officer. |
85 | * StarCrossedLovers: A romantic couple seems to figuratively and/or literally have everything in the world keeping them apart. |
86 | * StrangledByTheRedString: Two characters suddenly fall in love with only a flimsy explanation (if even that) as to how it happened. |
87 | * StrongGirlSmartGuy: When applied to romances; a physically strong woman is paired with a highly intelligent man. |
88 | * SurpriseIncest: Two characters being romantically involved leads to {{Squick}} when they find out they are related. |
89 | * TeacherStudentRomance: A teacher is romantically involved with their student. |
90 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: When applied to a romance; a small man is paired with a large woman. |
91 | * TokenMinorityCouple: The TokenMinority in a group gets a love interest who is also a minority. |
92 | * {{Twincest}}: Twins are romantically/sexually involved with each other. |
93 | * UglyGuyHotWife: A man considered unattractive is married to a woman considered attractive. |
94 | * UnequalPairing: A romantic couple has a vast power difference between the two. |
95 | * UnholyMatrimony: Two villains are in a romantic relationship with each other. |
96 | * UptightLovesWild: A serious and reserved person falls in love with a carefree and impulsive person. |
97 | * UptownGirl: A rich woman and a poor man fall in love with each other. |
98 | * WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Romantic relationships between black men and white women. |
99 | [[/index]] |
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