Random Most Memorable TV Romances Between Humans And Mythical Creatures (18 items)

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  (#1) Chloe And Lucifer, 'Lucifer' 

  Because he’s the devil, Lucifer Morningstar can have anyone he wants. Well, almost anyone. The title character in Lucifer has the ability to bend people toward his will, and he has something people find innately attractive, but not Chloe Decker - at least not initially. When these two first meet, they’re investigating the death of pop star Delilah. Chloe is an LAPD detective and Lucifer is a nightclub owner who likes to fill his days with solving crimes.

  Initially, Lucifer just wants Chloe because she’s out of his grasp, but as the two get to know one another, they form a deep bond that’s more than just the physical relationships he has with every other woman. It takes a while for them to pair up, even though they obviously belong together.

  A fascinating wrinkle in their relationship is how Lucifer’s powers change when he’s around Chloe. He’s not rendered powerless, but his persuasive nature is less potent when they’re near each other, which, in a bizarre way, is a possible sign they complete each other. 
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  (#2) Rose And The Doctor, 'Doctor Who' 

  Who hasn’t fallen in love with someone who’s older and has a cool car/interdimensional vehicle? Rose and the Doctor are one of the great love stories of the 21st century - even if it takes them a while to get together. On Doctor Who, they first meet at an invasion of Autons, and even as their rapport and fondness are developing, it's not until the 10th Doctor that the two begin their relationship.

  Unfortunately, romance isn't as smooth as audiences would have liked for this mismatched couple. It’s the classic tale of a girl who gets pulled into an alternate dimension by the father she never knew, then finds herself trapped there forever while her immortal, shape-shifting pseudo-boyfriend ponders whether or not he should tell her his true feelings. 

  The two finally reunite as the Doctor gifts Rose with a semi-human version of himself. This version of the Doctor tells Rose that he loves her, and they go off to have the kind of adventures only a semi-immortal being and a young woman can have. 
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  (#3) Belle And Rumpelstiltskin, 'Once Upon a Time' 

  You know those couples who don’t make any sense when you initially meet them, but once you get to know them, and take a couples vacation to San Diego with them, you realize, “Wow, they’re great”? That’s Belle and Rumpelstiltskin from Once Upon a Time. While the characters aren’t exactly their fantasy counterparts at the beginning of the series, they’re still total opposites - she’s an outspoken princess and he’s a gold-spinning troll who lies to outsmart all manner of the aristocracy. 

  Over the course of the first season, Rumpelstiltskin warms to Belle after he takes her on as his servant; and even after he zaps Gaston into a flower, she finds herself strangely attracted to him. They're also still attracted to each other even after Regina Mills, the Evil Queen, messes with their memories.  

  Once Upon a Time features a lot of memorable characters, but Rumpelstiltskin and Belle take the audience on a romantic trip that explores what happens when an immortal outlives their beloved. After a while, no spell can keep love alive. 
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  (#4) Catherine And Vincent, 'Beauty and the Beast'

  In TV's Beauty and the Beast (the first one, which began airing in 1987), Catherine is a human woman who works as the assistant district attorney to New York City, and Vincent is a subterranean beast-man with superhuman strength and strangely empathic abilities. As the leader of the “World Below,” Vincent holds court over a group of sewer-dwelling outcasts who’d rather stick to the tunnel systems of the city than live aboveground. 

  While their story is based on the classic Beauty and the Beast, their relationship is anything but by the numbers. Catherine and Vincent start their relationship simply as friends and confidants, with him rescuing her from certain death in Central Park and her promising to keep the secret of the underground world. 

  As they continue to work together, their friendship and mutual respectability transform into something more romantic, and the two even have a child together. In the 1980s, this relationship was different from anything viewers had seen before on television, and their doomed romance is one of the most fascinating pairings of a human and a mythical creature. 
   
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  (#5) Tony And Jeannie, 'I Dream of Jeannie' 

  In I Dream of Jeannie, the first thing Captain Tony Nelson learns about love with a genie he frees from a bottle in the South Pacific is that she’s going to get whatever she wants. Nelson is the first person Jeannie sees after 2,000 years of imprisonment, and she’s so grateful to be free that she tries to woo him. 

  Jeannie finds her way back to Florida with Nelson and breaks up his engagement to an unmagical woman named Melissa. Even though Nelson and Jeannie have their ups and downs - mostly stemming from Tony learning how to deal with a magical entity for a girlfriend - they have each other’s backs, whether they’re dealing with NASA’s top psychiatrist or Jeannie’s evil stepsister (also named Jeannie). 
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  (#6) Mike And Eleven, 'Stranger Things' 

  What’s more enchanting than a first love? That moment when you cross the threshold from being just a kid to falling unabashedly in love is already emotionally intense, but to reach out and hold hands, or share a first kiss with someone who has enough telekinetic strength to toss you across the room while flipping through channels (even if there are only three), has to take some getting used to.

  Across every season of Stranger Things, Mike and Eleven go through all the ups and downs of a teenage relationship. She sleeps in his basement. He tries to reach her via walkie-talkie when she's in a parallel dimension. They spend all summer making out. And when he lies to her, she retreats to the mall with a friend to shop away her anger. 

  Aside from being cute kids on a show everyone likes, Mike and Eleven are memorable because viewers lived that first love. Maybe their significant other wasn’t a psychic multidimensional warrior, but the feelings were the same. People want these kids to work because they know the heartbreak that’s coming if they split for good. 
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  (#7) Xander And Anya, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' 

  Xander and Anya might be doomed from the moment they meet in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He's a wayward high school student moonlighting as the Scooby Gang’s Harpo, and she's an immortal vengeance demon trying to scorn all men. But over the course of Seasons 3 and 4, they fall in love while he's trying to save the world and she's not exactly trying to destroy it, but not not trying to destroy it. 

  During the fourth season of Buffy, it's clear these two are a cute item. Anya sleeps with Xander to get him out of her system, which only intensifies her feelings for him. Their relationship becomes a huge part of the show, and it becomes one of the best things about Season 5. 

  Unfortunately, Anya’s demonic past comes back to haunt her when one of her old victims shows up on the eve of her wedding in the guise of an elderly Xander to convince the real Xander to call off the wedding. Their breakup sends her back into the service of D’Hoffryn (the head of the vengeance demons) and the two are splitsville. 

  After regaining her vengeance powers, then losing them again, Anya and Xander manage to find peace with one another, and in Season 7, it looks as if they might get together. But Anya sacrifices herself during the series finale in a battle. 
   
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  (#8) Elena And The Salvatore Brothers, 'The Vampire Diaries' 

  Modern relationships can be confusing, especially when they take the form of a love triangle between a human/secret doppelgänger and two hunky brothers who transition back and forth from being vampires, humans, and spirits over the course of eight seasons. This Vampire Diaries relationship is memorable in part for how confusing it is. With everyone in the triangle changing their powers and allegiances, it’s hard to keep track of who’s who in this scenario. 

  Elena initially dates Stefan, whom she sees as the more stable of the two brothers. Even though Damon is gorgeous, Elena's not exactly excited to date someone who's a stone-cold killer. Their unsteady friendship creates feelings between the two, however, and after she is sired as a vampire, she leaves Stefan to be with Damon. 

  The hits keep coming with this trio. Rather than accept that Elena's in love with him, Damon doubts her feelings because of the whole “new vampire” thing; but after some magical back and forth, it's clear the two are destined to be together. Sorry, Stefan. 
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  (#9) Philo And Vignette, 'Carnival Row'

  A human and a fairy (or faerie) in a relationship is simply too much to bear for some people, especially for many of the humans who populate the Victorian fantasy world of Carnival Row, which will have its series premiere on Amazon on August 30, 2019. In this parallel universe, mythical creatures have been run out of their homes and forced to live alongside humans in an uncomfortable marriage of necessity. 

  After falling in love with fairy Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) while at war, detective Rycroft "Philo" Philostrate (Orlando Bloom) finds himself at odds with many of the men in the Burgue who despise anyone who mixes with a member of the magical community. Everything in the world of Carnival Row is stacked against these two - there’s hatred on both sides of their community and a simmering animosity that threatens to tear their world apart. 

  While investigating a series of murders that are ripping the Burgue apart, Philo and Vignette have to explore their complicated relationship and decide if love truly conquers all. 
   
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  (#10) Liz And Max, 'Roswell' 

  Created from Antarian DNA and stashed on Earth, Roswell's Max is an alien/human hybrid who’s able to heal anyone he touches as well as use telekinetic abilities. Liz, his main squeeze, isn’t as telekinetically gifted as Max, but she makes up for it by using her big brain to help Max hide from the federal government and Sheriff Valenti. 

  It’s deeply satisfying to see these two together, especially when Max reveals he’s had a crush on Liz since they were 8 years old. Even though they have been around each other their entire lives, they don't fall in love until Max saves Liz from a near-fatal gunshot wound in the pilot episode. 

  As the Romeo and Juliet of Roswell, NM, Max and Liz work together to save their friends while also working on their relationship. They even marry at a chapel in the middle of the desert on their way out of town in the show's finale. 
   
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  (#11) Henry And Paige, 'Charmed'

  After dating a fellow witch and an FBI agent, Paige Matthews of Charmed sets her romantic sights on a mortal. But not just any mortal: she falls for a parole officer. After Paige comes out of hiding in Season 8, she leans into her status as a Whitelighter and starts training charges in the battle against good and evil. Thanks to a scrape with the law, one of her trainees gets stuck reporting to Henry Mitchell. 

  Although the two don’t initially get along, a special magic brews between them, and in the final season, they fall into a deep, entangled love, even after Henry finds out Paige is a witch. Rather than shy away from a woman with power, Henry finds himself helping her in the fight between good and evil. Things work out for these two, leading them to have three magical kids. 
   
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  (#12) Sabrina And Harvey, 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'

  Harvey Kinkle is cute, he can draw, and he’s good to have around the mines of Greendale. That’s all great, but it doesn’t mean he’s cut out to date a witch, let alone the future Queen of Hell. Initially, in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Harvey and Sabrina are as cute as buttons. They canoodle at the local coffee shop, walk hand-in-hand through their creepy local forest, and go to Halloween parties full of anachronistic tunes. What’s not to love?

  When Harvey finds out Sabrina is a witch, however, he doesn't know how to handle it. First, he has to adjust to the idea that witches exist; then, he has to figure out if he even wants magic in his life. Their relationship is full of more downs than ups, and thanks to some shenanigans with the undead, over the course of two seasons, they break up but remain tenuous friends - although there’s always a spark of remembrance between them. Maybe there’s hope for this human and witch pairing after all. 
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  (#13) Hugh And Olivia, 'The Haunting Of Hill House' 

  It’s never clear if Hugh, the patriarch of the Crain family, is actually still in a relationship with his wife, Olivia, after the ghosts of Hill House infest her brain and lead her to try to poison her children before taking her own life. It’s shown multiple times, however, that Hugh has a running dialogue with the ghost of his former wife, or at the very least, with the memory of her. 

  The relationship is oblique for a few episodes until it’s obvious the ghosts of Hill House have the ability to reach out to the Crain family to draw them back to the home that nearly took their lives. Throughout the first season of the series, Olivia helps Hugh pick out his wardrobe and even accompanies him to their daughter’s wedding, although no one can see her except Hugh. 

  This couple proves that love can go beyond the grave, but for two people to be with one another, they need to at least be on the same astral plane. In the end, Hugh takes his life in Hill House to be with his wife for eternity. It would be sweet if it weren’t so sad.
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  (#14) Sam And Cassie, 'Good Witch' 

  After moving to Middleton with his teenage son, the last thing Sam Radford of Good Witch expects to find is love, especially while living next to the very spooky Greyhouse. The major factor dividing his relationship with Cassie is their disagreement over the kind of medicine they each practice. He’s a surgeon and she’s a witch, and while those things aren’t diametrically opposed, Sam has trouble wrapping his head around her penchant for homeopathic remedies. 

  Cassie is more or less psychic and has the ability to give someone exactly what they need before they know they need it. However, when she first meets Sam, she’s still reeling from the death of her former husband. A trip to the Radford family lake house is just what they need to spark romance.

  Even if fans are used to seeing Cassie with her ex, it’s comforting to know she and Sam are able to raise their respective children together as one big family. 
   
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  (#15) Emery And Roman, 'Star-Crossed' 

  For some reason, TV aliens and humans just can’t be together. Even if they're perfect for each other, there’s always something - their parents, the government, an interdimensional rift - keeping them apart. In Star-Crossed, Emery and Roman meet at the age of 6 when Roman crash-lands on Earth and hides behind Emery’s house. They become fast friends, but when the government finds out what's happening, they separate the young Atrian and human. 

  A decade later, the government decides to integrate the Atrians and humans by sticking some hunky teenage aliens into an Earth school. Roman and Emery are reunited, rekindling an old relationship. 

  Throughout this short-lived series, Emery finds herself torn between Roman, the teen boy from the stars, and her regular ol' Earth friends. Everyone from the government to various groups of Atrians tries to keep Emery and Roman apart, but this forbidden love is one that must be acted upon. 
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  (#16) Clive And Dale, 'iZombie' 

  Couples have to learn to compromise, whether it’s over what to watch on TV or what to have for dinner. That's true whether you’re a vegan who’s dating a meat-eater, or in Clive Babineaux’s case, a human who’s dating a zombie. 

  In the world of iZombie, the living dead are just like their old selves. They go to work and have active lives - but they also eat brains. So, maybe they’re not exactly like their old selves, but they manage. Clive is a homicide cop who spends most of the series keeping his nose to the grindstone in the hopes of becoming captain, but when he meets FBI agent Dale Bozzio, he’s head over heels. 

  The audience roots for a lot of couples on iZombie, but they need Clive and Dale’s on-again, off-again relationship because these two hard-working cops deserve one another. Even when Dale calls things off because she thinks Clive doesn't want to be with a zombie, they find a way to get back together. 
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  (#17) Vicki And Henry, 'Blood Ties'

  It’s not easy to be a private investigator who’s in love with the 470-year-old illegitimate vampiric son of Henry VIII, and even harder when you’re losing your eyesight. That’s exactly what Vicki Nelson is dealing with in Blood Ties. As a private eye taking on all manner of supernatural cases, Vicki is thrust into the literal underworld of the city, and Henry is the only one who can help her parse the strange nature of the new world. 

  Over the course of the show’s two seasons, Vicki has to deal with her growing feelings for Henry and the dying embers of a relationship with her former, mortal boyfriend, Mike. Even though it’s clear to the audience Vicki and Henry belong together (he’s worldly, interesting, and pays for meals), Vicki still carries an emotional tie to Mike. 

  Unfortunately, the series only lasted two seasons, so Vicki and Henry didn't have many episodes to work out their Moonlighting vibes. 
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  (#18) Ned And Olive, 'Pushing Daisies' 

  Olive Snook, the sweet and loyal server at the Pie Hole in Pushing Daisies, nurtures her relationship for her boss, Ned. While they work in tandem to keep the little pie shop that could from going under, Ned’s also dealing with his unfortunate power to bring people back from the dead with a single touch. However, if he touches someone for a second time, they’ll be dead forever. As great as that power sounds, it seriously hampers his love life. 

  Not only does Ned have extreme intimacy issues because of the possibilities that come along with his touch, but he also brings the love of his life back from the dead - it’s just that he can’t ever touch her. Rather than accept the fact that a relationship with his undead ex is not a possibility, he pines after her while Olive is left waiting in the wings. 

  Ned’s inability to see what's in front of him is thoroughly frustrating, but thankfully, by the series finale, Olive moves on to a new restaurant and a new love. 

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