When it comes to TV love triangles, there is no such thing as “in between.” You are either Team Ben or Team Noel. Team Stefan or Team Damon. Team Brandon or Team Dylan. Period.
If you doubt it, check any TVLine comments section that veers toward a discussion of Gossip Girl‘s Chuck/Blair and Dan/Blair, and you’ll get all the proof you need. Couch potatoes are as passionate about which couple should be/stick together as Republicans and Democrats are about who should be the next president.
In honor of this phenomenon, we’ve compiled an exhaustive list of TV’s Most Divisive Love Triangles, from classic Gilmore Girls and Friends threesomes to current obsessions from The Vampire Diaries and Revenge. We won’t bother to remind you to hit the comments afterward to let us know where your allegiances lie and to chime in with any trios that we snubbed. That would be as silly as Frasier ending up with [insert the name of Diane or Lilith, whichever you didn't favor].
Where the heck is Cordelia in the Spike/Buffy/Angel triangle? She was an integral part! Also, Nate/Blair/Chuck was a much meatier love triangle than Dan/Serena/Nate.
logan and veronica
ross and rachel
serena and nate
buffy and spike
damon and elena
blair and dan
summer and seth
jeff and britta
casey and cappie
zoe and wade
mark and lexie
brooke and lucas
robin and barney
pacey and joey (they are the best!!!!)
Joey/Ross/Rachel shouldn’t even count, right? It wasn’t divisive. No one wanted Joey and Rachel! At least not many people…it was always Ross and Rachel.
Brenda/Dylan #BH90210
Veronica/Logan #VeronicaMars …still waiting for the movie so I can have a LoVe endgame.
In Smallville S9 did have a Clark/Lois/Oliver triangle but, at the end as always Clois ended the show endgame
Felicity/Ben
Fred/Wesley
Kara/Lee-I always thought Anders was so boring!
Buffy/Angel-I loved Spike too and they did have great chemistry, but I think she should have ended up with Angel
Jeff/Britta-I do like Annie as a character though
Joey/Pacey-Let’s face it, it was always Joey’s Creek really
Rachel/Ross-Joey was just so wrong!
Rory/Jess-Although I did like Dean in the first season
Luke/Lorelai-I don’t know who could have ever liked Christopher
Alicia/Will-Although I do like Peter too
Dan/Blair
Mark/Lexie
Ted/Robin-I may be the only person left in the world who wants them together
Jack/Kate
Sawyer/Juliet
Seth/Summer
Peyton/Lucas
Carrie/Big-Aidan always seemed to want to change Carrie too much
Eric/Sookie
Betty/Daniel-I always thought they belonged together
Logan/Veronica-LoVe
Fred and Gunn (Angel)
Starbuck and Apollo (Battlestar Galactica)
Brenda and Dylan (Beverly Hills 90210)
Kelly and Brandon (Beverly Hills 90210)
Buffy and Spike (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Joey and Pacey (Dawson’s Creek)
Lyla and Tim (Friday Night Lights)
Ross and Rachel (Friends)
Rory and Dean (Gilmore Girls)
Lorelai and Luke (Gilmore Girls)
Serena and Nate (Gossip Girl)
Blair and Chuck (Gossip Girl)
Casey and Evan (Greek)
Zoe and Wade (Hart Of Dixie)
Lexie and Mark (Grey’s Anatomy)
Robin and Barney (How I Met Your Mother)
Kat and Jack (Lost)
Juliet and Sawyer (Lost)
Summer and Seth (The OC)
Brooke and Lucas (One Tree Hill)
Emily and Jack (Revenge)
Sookie and Eric (True Blood)
Betty and Gio (Ugly Betty)
Elena and Damon (The Vampire Diaries)
Caroline and Tyler (The Vampire Diaries)
Veronica and Logan (Veronica Mars)
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Ross/Rachel-even though I find Ross more annoying in reruns while they were dating. lol
Brenda/Dylan- Remember just really hating Kelly during the time.
Brandon/Kelly- I think Brandon brought the best out of Kelly. Loved them.
Ben/Felicity- Just liked Ben more than Noel.
Pacey/Joey- My favorite Primetime couple even though the writing for Joey was very annoying at times. The chemistry made the couple and I’m happy they ended up together.
Fred/Gunn (Angel)
Dylan/Brenda (Beverly Hills, 90210)
Brandon/Kelly (Beverly Hills, 90210)
Buffy/Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) – GAH! Tough one for me.
Rachel/Ross (Friends)
Rory/Jess (Gilmore Girls) – Not as tough as Buffy, but still tough.
Luke/Lorelai (Gilmore Girls) – Easy, didn’t like her with Chris.
Tina/Mike (Glee)
Nate/Serena (Gossip Girl)
Chuck/Blair (Gossip Girl)
Lexie/Mark (Grey’s Anatomy)
Barney/Robin (How I Met Your Mother)
Jack/Kate (Lost)
Sawyer/Juliet (Lost)
Summer/Seth (The O.C.)
Peyton/Lucas (One Tree Hill) – I got my happy ending!
Emily/Jack (Revenge)
Eric/Sookie (True Blood)
Elena/Damon (The Vampire Diaries)
Caroline/Klaus (The Vampire Diaries)
Logan/Veronica (Veronica Mars)
What about Dean/Rory/Logan (Gilmore Girls)? Or Bridget/Andrew/Siobhan/Henry (Ringer)?
Wesley/Fred (he was there for her until the end)
Buffy/Angel (the classic love story that couldn’t happen)
Dean/Rory (because Jared is just the best)
Luke/Lorelai
Mike/Tina (Artie/Brittany)
Serena/Dan
Chuck/Blair (Wish she hadn’t screwed things up with Louie so bad)
Lexie/Mark (double dates with Mer/Der)
Sawyer/Juliet (love them, but they’re second to Hurley/Libby)
Peyton/Lucas (couldn’t stand either one. Show got show much better after they left)
Sookie/Bill (Eric has to stay single so they don’t mess up female fantasies)
Stefan/Elena (Damon needs to stay single for the same reason as Eric)
Caroline/Klaus (Tyler can take a hike, we gotta keep Klaus on the show somehow, this works)
Logan/Veronica (Don’t even remember Duncan)
Dan & Serena – GG
Stefan & Elena – TVD
Seth & Summer – The O.C.
George & Wade – Hart of Dixie
Jack & Kate – Lost
Caroline & Tyler – TVD
Carrie & Aiden – SATC
Spike/Buffy (OTP forever)
Pacey/Joey
Starbuck/Anders (although my favourite Kara pairing is Kara/Leoben)
Wesley/Fred
Mark/Lexie (don’t really care much, but I care even less about Jackson/Lexie)
Jack/Kate
Bill/Sookie
Stefan/Elena
Klaus/Caroline
Logan/Veronica
maybe i’m the only one that watches degrassi but what about ashley/craig/manny, sean/emma/peter, ellie/craig/manny, craig/jay/manny, holly j/spinner/jane, claire/kc/jenna. as for their list
dean/rory
luke/lorelai
brooke/ridge(soulmates)
chuck/blair
seth/anna
joey/rachel
pacey/joey
logan/veronica
buffy/spike
damon/elena
ben/felicity
barney/robin(i don’t don’t really want them to be endgam but i prefered them over ted/robin)
nate/serena
dylan/brenda
kelly/brandon
carrie/aidan
brooke/lucas(brucas forever)
casey/cappie
zoe/wade
jax/brenda
sookie/eric
mark/lexie
Luke and Lorelai
Rory and Jess (although there was a bit of a logan and jess triangle kinda)
Zoey and George
Lyla and Tim
kelly and brandon
dylan and brenda
lucas and peyton (although i really liked jake and peyton and i tolerated brooke and lucas but i just think this couple was meant to be)
Cappie and Casey (that was an awesome triangle btw)
Ross and Rachel
Mike and Tina
Robin and Barney (Robin and Ted is just annoying cause its impossible to work out)
Blair and Chuck
Dan and Serena
Summer and Seth
Damon & Elena (TVD)
Eric & Sookie (TB)
Buffy & Angel
Dawson & Joey
Ross y Rachel (Friends)
Barney y Robin (HIMYM)
Jeff & Annie (Community)
Fred & Gunn (Angel)
Lorelai & Christopher (I love Luke, but I don’t like him with Lorelai)
Seth & Summer (The OC)
Lucas & Peyton (OTH)
Klaus & Caroline (TVD)
I hate the comments on these type posts. I wish there was a separate section for each couple. Then I could skip the comments about GG and other shows that I just don’t care about who’s fans dominate the entire conversation.
Henry/Betty/Gio is my personal Sophie’s Choice. XD
Both guys were great. And then we had Daniel. Betty always end up with her boss in the telenovelas (which was sort of eluded to in thew series finale) but she could have ended up with either three and I would have been content.
Actually, after close consideration, it’s Gio all the way!
Elena and Damon
DYLAN AND BRENDA (the best first love story ever)
On General Hospital I am not a fan of Brenda at all really so I have to say Team Sonny and Carly!!!
Luke and Lorelai of course
Veronica and Logan
Sookie and Eric (only if he is the badass version of himself)
Sawyer and Juliet (the ending was beautiful)
So many to love but my forever to-the-grave ships:
Spike/Buffy
Angel/Cordelia
Brooke/Lucas
Nate/Serena
Pacey/Joey
Felicity/Ben
Sawyer/Kate
Damon/Elena
Apollo/Starbuck
Got my wish only two of them. so sad… Here’s hoping for the two still running: GG & TVD, but I’m not holding my breath. I’ve learned to manage my inevitable disappointment.
Honestly I don’t agree that you have to support only one relationship. When I was young I supported Buffy and Angel but I’ve seen season 7 – a few last episodes and fell in love with Spike and Buffy their moments were amazing. But I still like Buffy and Angel.
Yeah Stefan and Elena is the true love of TVD but it’s just because they are written as a true love. YES their scenes are cute but actually from all tv relationships I’ve even seen on tv and I’ve ever supported they’re the least interesting tv couple. But that’s just my opinion.
Michael and Nikita (from La Femme Nikita – Canada – 1997 but I like CW’s Michael and Nikita aswell but they’re not one of my best tv couples)
Damon and Elena
Jack and Kate – LOST (although I found out that Sawyer and Kate was awesome couple aswell I guess that one of the reasons why I wasn’t able to support them was their fans. Sorry to say that but it’s true.)
Doctor and Rose (Doctor Who)
Buffy and Angel / Spike and Angel
Phoebe and Cole
Clark and Lana (I don’t care that someone wrote Clark and Lois in the past. I don’t support a couple just because they wanted them to be endgame)
Charlie and Claire – LOST
Ralph and Maggie – The Thorn Birds
Jeremy and Anna – TVD
Robin and Marian – Robin Hood show from Great Britain
Au couples: Peter and Claire (heroes) / Harry and Hermione
It’s not the end of my list but you don’t know the rest because they are from the shows in Europe.
for me it’s buffy and spike all the way! just looking over these comments it’s amazing how many people love both buffy/spike AND buffy/angel. if it’s one show usually people are passionately for one and against the other, but for this one i see an awful lot of people saying it’s the hardest one to choose or wanting her to have both, lol. i admit too, i loved Bangel in the early years, but my allegiances switched completely as the buffy/spike thing got going. they were so intense it made her and angel boring and i never even disliked angel!
now THAT’S how you do a triangle! so many people love, and i mean REALLY love both those relationships. i wonder what went so right with that one?
Wesley/Fred
Buffy/Spike
Jeff/Annie sooo bad !
Joey/Pacey
Ross/Rachel
Rory/Jess
Luke/Lorelai
Alicia/Will
Dan/Blair/Chuck I am at a point where I really do NOT CARE !
Cassie/Cappie
Lexie/Mark
Zoe/WADE !!!!
Barney/Robin
Kate/Jack since day 1
Summer/Seth
Damon/Elena
Tyler/Caroline/Klaus loved all side of this triangle
so sad… Here’s hoping for the two still running: GG & TVD, but I’m not holding my breath. I’ve learned to manage my inevitable disappointment.
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