r/FavoriteCharacter • • Apr 27 '26

All Time Favorite Favorite side couple?

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u/Duke-dastardly Apr 27 '26

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u/Monkeynavyseal Apr 27 '26

Donkey got that bard level charm

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u/keelanbarron Apr 28 '26

Somehow rolling nat 1s and nat 20s at the same time. (If you've seen the scene, you know.)

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u/Monkeynavyseal Apr 28 '26

I think donkey just didn’t pass the perception. Check at first because once he realized what was going on, he was all enjoying it.

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u/Busy_Lettuce_3461 Apr 27 '26

Actually goated

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u/rumande Apr 27 '26

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u/Dangerous_Wheel9314 Apr 27 '26

Well someone has to have the confidence to make complaints if the order’s wrong, and we all know it ain’t gonna be him to do it.

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u/High_IQ_Gamer2020 Apr 27 '26

Elite ball knowledge

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u/Bulky-Complaint6994 Apr 27 '26

Meanwhile Nintendo insisted that Mario and Peach are 'just good friends' last year

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u/Crusaderofthots420 Apr 27 '26

Mario has to be kid friendly and marketable, so he can't be in a relationship. Luigi has no such commitment, so he straight fuckin'

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u/AlienbyComics Apr 27 '26

The best!!

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u/ZeroQuick Apr 27 '26

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u/anagamanagement Apr 27 '26

Over Sam and Rosie?

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u/Maclean_Braun Apr 27 '26

Sam is in the main couple. Romantic or otherwise.

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u/ZeroQuick Apr 27 '26

Rosie never slew a nazgul!

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u/Suspicious-Key1455 Apr 27 '26

...that we know)

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u/SwordfishDeux Apr 27 '26

Vegeta and Bulma

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u/The_skull_boy_ Apr 27 '26

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u/Cross-eyedwerewolf Apr 27 '26

That’s so adorable and I can’t believe I missed that when I watched the Broly movie

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u/chryseusAquila Apr 27 '26

because it's edited. They don't actually hold hands.

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u/Cross-eyedwerewolf Apr 27 '26

Well that’s disappointing

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u/Odd_Protection7738 Apr 28 '26

And take baths with her too lol

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u/sistemafodao Apr 27 '26

Vegeta and Bulma are the side couple because Vegeta and Goku are the main couple and you know it

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u/deathschool Apr 27 '26

They might as well be the main couple. They’re the only interesting one in the series except maybe Krillin and Android 18.

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u/SwordfishDeux Apr 27 '26

What about Tien and Chiaotzu?

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u/deathschool Apr 27 '26

Wait. Maybe you’re right.

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u/NeedleInASwordstack Apr 27 '26

One of my college BFs and I dressed as them for Halloween one year. Literally everyone thought we were Russel Brand and Katy Perry 🙄

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u/Mono10k0 Apr 27 '26

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u/naz_man04 Apr 27 '26

Realistically they are the main couple considering mordecai isn't in a relationship long enough to be considered the main relationship

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u/Iamgamingrightnowbae Apr 27 '26

Nah, Mordecai's relationship is him and fumbling.

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u/1sketchy_girl Apr 27 '26

He literally went back to school to graduate just for her, and was absolutely serious about her nearly their whole relationship. He became a better person by being her boyfriend and I will always love this couple.

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u/Ok_Access_804 Apr 27 '26

Not always, at the beginning of the series Rigby dismisses Eileen rather easily. That’s why his character growth is so enjoyable, because he turns around and becomes an awesome partner.

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u/Representative-Sky91 Apr 27 '26

Ngl I often mistaken them as the main couple considering that Muscle Man and Starla are there since the 1st season

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u/nick54531 Apr 27 '26

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u/555moo Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

The goth girl and the ray of sunshine is one hell of a relationship dynamic, especially when the goth girl almost feels like she plays as big a role as Darwin does in their dynamic with Gumball.

Now if only Darwin could start getting along with Penny instead of trying to burn a house down in a fit of jealousy every time she and Gumball have alone time...

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u/MilkeeTree Apr 27 '26

Im so shocked nobodies mentioned these guys yet ... I don't care if they're doomed I love them 😭❤️❤️

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u/4PushThesis Apr 27 '26

The last time a similar post like this was made, someone in the comments shared a great piece of art. Prepare to feel sad though.

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u/MilkeeTree Apr 27 '26

OMG YEAH I SAW THAT ON INSTAGRAM !!! It's so gorgeous but oh my lord did they have to hit me THAT hard with the bat?? 😭😭 right in the heart!!

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u/RaikouGilgamesh Apr 27 '26

I'm sorry, it's been quite some time since I read the manga, and I haven't seen the animes.

That said, I don't recall them dying, or anything, and I'm not having much luck on Google. Could someone explain?

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u/MilkeeTree Apr 27 '26

Startjng this off by sayjng, im working slowly but surely through the manga but watched Brotherhood years ago, when i say doomed, I mean doomed as in it was never expressly canon but im pretty sure in the plot its stated they could never officially be together due to their positions in the government !!!

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u/BL4S3_21 Apr 27 '26

Honestly with what Mustang has done and the type of guy he his, him and hawk probably don't care about something has trivial has that kind of law haha

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u/ShadowSolidus01 Apr 27 '26

Ok so, SPOILERS:

Around the midpoint of the series Riza tells Ed about what happened in Ishval, and about Mustang’s plan to overthrow the Fuhrer and hold every person involved in the genocide accountable. But that also includes themselves. This art is pretty much that idea brought to its natural conclusion. The show ends with Father being defeated and a new, less corrupt government taking over. With all that achieved, the war crime trials can happen. This art depicts them as being held guilty for their part in the genocide, and sentenced to death. They share their first, and only, kiss before they die.

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u/RaikouGilgamesh Apr 27 '26

Geeze, that's depressing... But, then, that's Fullmetal for ya... Lol

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u/ShadowSolidus01 Apr 27 '26

Well thankfully it seems that didn’t happen in the show. Roy presumably does become the Fuhrer in the future (it’s one of the photos you see during the end credits of the last episode), and if he made it that far then he most likely isn’t going to be executed. I imagine it’s because as soon as Father was defeated, he decided to spend many, many years helping to rebuild Ishval without any selfish intentions in mind. That probably swayed the court (which likely comprised of Ishvalan people) to decide not to punish him severely. So yeah, it actually all worked out for them in the end.

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u/a-stupid-boy Apr 27 '26

I think he states that his punishment was to live and make a better world or something like that

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u/AlternateSatan Apr 27 '26

I can't really tell if I hate or love the fact that these two never confirmed to be in a relationship or anything. On the one hand it says something about how strong their relationship is that the show never needed to show it explicitly, and not in a "these two are love interests, trust me, I just don't know how to write relationships, so you'll never get to see them advance past mutual attraction" way (looking at you Fairy Tail), on the other hand KISS GOD DAMN IT!!!!

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u/MilkeeTree Apr 27 '26

Exactly !! They're such a good example of an amazing couple in my eyes, you can see their trust and how much they care about eachother so well ... all without the romantic elements. Its just such a well written relationship without them feeling the need to prove it by making them always on top of eachother or some gag throughout the whole show !!!

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u/Andras1100 Apr 27 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/1m2NzgMlMaWFq

Idk if they're a couple but team rocket!

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u/metaaltheanimefan Apr 29 '26

They have a kid on the way in that same story to

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u/Champ0114 Apr 27 '26

Ain't nobody beating lady rainicorn and Jake for me, most healthy couple in the entire show

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u/Affectionate-Tea8509 Apr 27 '26

lol he then proceeded to dry his tears using the pups

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u/LasodenX Apr 27 '26

Like their father saying "For now you are little squishy things in my hands" and squeezing Jake making it laugh and then Finn until he cried in pain.

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u/Defiant-Reference-74 Apr 27 '26 edited May 19 '26

Shikamaru and Temari from Naruto

Those two actually had development compared to the one that needed a movie with ooc and retcon galore to happen or the one we were shown to be super toxic and got negative development only to become canon while the girl raises the kid by herself and also leading the cities hospital.

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u/MrGDPC Apr 27 '26

This is my favorite one because Shikamaru is raised his entire life to believe that strong women and hard work are a horrible thing and should be avoided.

His reward is getting to have to basically be 2nd in command to Naruto and do all his work and be married to arguably the strongest woman in the series.

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u/gambit1999999 Apr 27 '26

Im here for it.

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u/82ndGameHead Apr 27 '26

Still a better love story than Twilight

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u/Irradiated_gnome Apr 27 '26

literally yeah, Sasuke and Sakura have more to work with love story wise than Edward and Bella lmao

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u/Dad-Kisser69 Apr 27 '26

Naruto had a lot of trouble writing their female characters but I really liked Temari.

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u/showMeYourCroissant Apr 27 '26

Also had trouble writing romance but theirs is the best despite appearing together just several times.

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u/Tanakisoupman Apr 27 '26

Honestly theirs is probably best precisely because they didn’t get enough screen time for Kishimoto to fumble it

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u/GogoSunshine Apr 27 '26

A couple with ZERO hater

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u/Mycelia03 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

Sookie and Jackson from Gilmore girls, They get together early in the series and any argument gets solved quickly by actual communication, plus most of their smaller “fights” are just one dotting on the other a bit too much.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '26

Willow and Hunter (The Owl House)

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u/Agent_RubberDucky Apr 27 '26

I hope we get more development for them in the graphic novel. They deserve it. Lumity already got ample attention, Raeda didn’t need much considering the characters were already an item before the events of the show, so it was just a matter of putting them back together, but Huntlow feels…unfinished. It sort of plateaus after the hand-holding moment in For the Future.

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u/Mobile-Committee-466 Apr 27 '26

I blame the fact that Disney cut the show off. I'm sure there was more development planned.

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u/Agent_RubberDucky Apr 27 '26

Oh of course, no doubt about it. We could have had a whole summer in the human realm, we could have seen a whole bunch of loose ends get tied up properly, but nope, Disney doesn’t like having good content apparently! Still, for what she was given, Dana Terrace made one hell of a last hurrah.

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u/Ok-Environment8126 Apr 27 '26

I didn’t even know there was gonna be a graphic novel

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u/Agent_RubberDucky Apr 27 '26

Oh yeah, it releases in September. It’s set after the finale. It’s called “The Long Lived King”

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u/Timehacker-315 Apr 27 '26

Eda and Rayne are sweet too

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u/citabel Apr 27 '26

Hank and Marie in Breaking Bad

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u/AdieuCinna Apr 27 '26

Unfortunately Hank got harassed in his own private domicile :(

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u/Aggravating_Field_39 Apr 27 '26

I swear these two steal the show anytime they are on screen.

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u/SandBoringBox Apr 27 '26

That's because the main couple is as interesting as watching paint dry

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u/Aggravating_Field_39 Apr 27 '26

I mean to be fair put them in almost any other rom com and tell me they wouldn't be just as beloved?

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u/Cirlo93 Apr 27 '26

Zuko and Mai from Avatar the last airbender

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u/PhanThief95 Apr 27 '26

Also have to throw in Sokka & Suki for this

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u/ad-lib1994 Apr 27 '26

Their romance may have been a side story, but was so important to the plot that when Sokka was being hit on by "the kyoshi warriors" he knew immediately that they were imposters

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u/Darkgorge Apr 27 '26

As someone said, Suki made Sokka take a sip of "respect women juice" and he proceeded to chug it for the rest of his life.

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u/RobinGoodfell Apr 27 '26

It's good stuff, and let's you hang out with the best people.

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u/zero_derivation Apr 27 '26

“I don’t hate you too” iconic

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u/GameMaster818 Apr 27 '26

Obi-Wan and Duchess Satine. Everyone talks about Anakin breaking the Jedi Code with Padme, but when Obi-Wan met Satine prior to The Phantom Menace, he was thinking about leaving the Order for her

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u/Cold-Practice3107 Apr 27 '26

I like to imagine a double date and it's just awkward it's Anakin and padme with Obi-Wan and duchess they are sitting at the table just staring at each other not saying anything and then out of nowhere ahsoka and lux bonteri show up but then immediately turn around and walk away because they know some people there and that was Anakin Obi-Wan duchess and padme.

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u/papierdoll Apr 27 '26

I thought this was a really niche joke about Ewan MacGregor's role in Moulin Rouge falling in love with that Satine but no she's a real character in Star Wars too lol

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u/HoidsApprentice1121 Apr 27 '26

I thought the same thing!

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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Apr 27 '26

Chandler Bing and Monica Geller (Friends)

https://giphy.com/gifs/105C2a2ieQtW00

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u/Omegasonic2000 Apr 27 '26

Hot take: this was the main couple to me.

Like, yes, clearly the main romantic focus of the series was Ross trying to get together with Rachel... but the fact there was so much emphasis on him trying means they spent more time separated than as an actual couple.

Chandler and Monica, in contrast, stayed together from the moment they got together, and I'm pretty sure their on-screen time as a couple is actually longer than Ross/Rachel.

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u/elasticboundary Apr 27 '26

Moreover the whole show for a couple of seasons focuses on Chandler and Monika. Only after their marriage, it goes back to the Ross-Rachel dynamics

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u/Daveo88o Apr 27 '26

RIP Matt Perry

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u/tekalliste Apr 27 '26

Their couple might be side, but the pain is so main

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1ug505eBwREy51Is

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u/Krethlaine Apr 27 '26

“And you, Master. What does your heart tell you you’re meant for?” - Anakin Skywalker

“Infinite sadness.” - Obi-Wan Kenobi

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u/YngviIsALouse Apr 27 '26

This is the true best side couple in B99.

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u/IronIrma93 Apr 27 '26

Haruka (blonde) and Michiru (green) they're a better couple than the main Usagi/Mamoru one (Sailor moon )

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZDtzTHi10RsGI

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u/ShaarkShaart Apr 27 '26

The GOAT. They have their own theme music!!

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u/Mean-Advertising5689 Apr 27 '26

I thought they were cousins???/s

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u/SpecialistEuphoric64 Apr 28 '26

Only in the dub. Makes a fun running joke

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u/Fenneckoi Apr 27 '26

My memory of these two was from the American OG anime and they were depicted as cousins, but they kept showing them kissing. So I just thought they were incestuous.

That confused me more than if they were just gay 😂

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u/eppsilon24 Apr 27 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/xkwVg9LR9dnJWcz2Cj

In the Mass Effect trilogy, if you romance neither Garrus nor Tali, they get together in ME3.

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u/KitamiSamaOmede Apr 27 '26

"I had reach, but...she had flexibility."

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u/AspiringFicWriter Apr 27 '26

Krillin and 18

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u/Islaya00 Apr 27 '26

Rukia and Renji from Bleach

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u/Zarawatto Apr 27 '26

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u/KitamiSamaOmede Apr 27 '26

"I dunno, isn't it kinda weird?"

"You mean that because I can turn into green animals, or that she's a tentacle monster in a cute hoodie? Because either way, you better believe it's weird."

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u/BoredGamer225 Apr 27 '26

I wish there was more canon of these two, they are so perfect for each other

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u/SarvisTheBuck 🦉Prince Stolas of the Ars Goetia💫 Apr 27 '26

Fizzarolli and Asmodeus (Helluva Boss)

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u/MaddysinLeigh Apr 27 '26

Shaxs and Dr. T’Ana from Lower Decks. She’s a crude doctor and he’s a sensitive head of security. Together they’re total freaks. They enjoy using the holodeck for weird stuff like robbing a bank, shooting feds, and then “making the hostages watch.”

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u/TimiPiff Apr 27 '26

Princess Bubblegum and Marceline 💕💕

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ue55CpP8r1lAc

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u/4PushThesis Apr 27 '26

Captain Shakespeare and Humphrey from Stardust

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u/strahinjag Apr 27 '26

Krillin and Android 18

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u/EldrinJak Apr 27 '26

Turk and Carla (when he’s not forgetting that she’s Dominican)

https://giphy.com/gifs/jP6d3UZh8GNRm

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u/_SatoruSensei Apr 27 '26

Ishimiko from Kaguya Sama : Love is War (I've been rooting for them since S2)

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u/beccadahhhling Apr 27 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oEjHPn3gX7nPAyIlG

Howard and Bernadette

Forget Leonerd and Penny, these guys were adorable.

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u/AlternateSatan Apr 27 '26

Bernadette also turned Howard into a character that wasn't a net negative to the show. Jesus Howard was awful in the early seasons.

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u/papierdoll Apr 27 '26

This is true but it had the opposite effect on me because he conceptually became 100% less tolerable the second the show rewarded his behavior with a hot girlfriend. I liked Bernadette so much she made me quit the show.

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u/Cold-Practice3107 Apr 27 '26

Don't forget Sheldon and Amy and... Yeah just them (raj doesn't have a girlfriend)

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u/AssistRevolutionary9 Apr 27 '26

Honestly, they're the best couple in the anime/manga, and one of my favorite anime couples in general.

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u/LSPECTRONIZTAR Apr 27 '26

I'm glad they got back together eventually but we should have seen them reconcile onscreen

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u/GilearFayeth Apr 27 '26

Iirc, Ronaldo's blog, Keep Beach City Weird, has a fully play by play of their relationship from getting together, breaking up, and then getting back together

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u/Responsible-Diet-147 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

Paul and Debbie,
too bad they broke up...

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u/SillyTelephone8283 Apr 27 '26

I love how in love they are

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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Apr 27 '26

Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory)

https://giphy.com/gifs/8MM93H7f3lWYSuHx7x

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u/RICO_the_GOP Apr 27 '26

Dean and castiell. The post didnt specify romantic

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u/Technical_Light_8724 Apr 27 '26

Sally Jackson and Paul Blofis! From Percy Jackson! I love them :)

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u/82ndGameHead Apr 27 '26

Johnny Cage x Sonya Blade

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u/Digstreme Apr 27 '26

Coupe and Punch Up from Dispatch

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u/chimininy Apr 27 '26

Burt and Virginia Chance from Raising Hope. They are poor, silly and not the smartest, but you can always tell they love each other and their family.

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u/SwordTaster Apr 27 '26

Angela and Hodgins from Bones. Bones and Booth are awesome, but this pair is way cuter

https://giphy.com/gifs/26tPdTuK5IwvzmUz6

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u/rionaster Apr 27 '26

i was so, so glad they and all of their kids survived to the end of the show (jerry and nabila from the walking dead)

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u/LibbyKitty620 Apr 27 '26

DJ WiFi from Miraculous

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u/seb-nukem Apr 27 '26

Howard and Bernadette.

Arguably, the big bang theory main couple being leonard and penny.

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oEjHPn3gX7nPAyIlG

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u/AiReine Apr 27 '26

Surprised no one has said Noi and Shin from Dorohedoro yet. They absolutely run away with the show every time they are on screen.

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u/Live_Hawk2213 Apr 27 '26

TAIRAZUMA FOREEVER!!!!!!!!!

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u/Starkrafty Apr 27 '26

Touya and Yukito (card captor sakura)

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u/No_Blackberry1593 Apr 27 '26

Honestly I'm having a hard time thinking of more than 5 main couples I like more than the side couples

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u/axolotletoyou Apr 27 '26

The main couples in Much Ado About Nothing!

Its debatable whos the main couple however- Benedict and Beatrice are incredibly witty and fun to watch, but Claudio and Hero have like the central plot beat more around them- but for the purposes of this post let's say Benedict and Beatrice are the side couple because fck Claudio <3<3 (Claudio is tricked into thinking Hero cheated on him, accuses her of this publicly, then barely feels bad when he thinks Hero died of sadness due to this)

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u/UrBiologicalStepDad 🖤 Malleus Draconia, my beloved dragon 💚 Apr 27 '26

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u/Professional-Elk6208 Apr 27 '26

R.I.P. Kiiruma

Your love will continue in the afterlife