List of media, in which a villain, a villainess, an antagonist, an antihero or an antiheroine gets a happy ending with a hero or a heroine
I’d like to say “Thank you” to @monsters-and-villains, @vilheroinefairytale, @neoma2, @heroaine, @kittypeas, @alcida-auka, @thefirewithallthestrengthithath, @mismehellawes and an anon for helping me in completing this list.
I’ll be updating this list from time to time, so feel free to suggest other examples :) - and correct me if I got something wrong (the relationship doesn’t have a happy ending, you don’t treat some of these characters as villains or antiheroes etc.)
Anime and manga
Risa x Satoshi - D.N.Angel (suggested by @heroaine)
Vegeta x Bulma - Dragon Ball Z (suggested by @heroaine)
Gajeel x Levy - Fairy Tail (suggested by @heroaine)
Mirage x Blue - Happiness Charge Precure (suggested by @neoma2)
Howl x Sophie - Howl’s Moving Castle
George x Hana - Hugtto! PreCure (suggested by @neoma2)
Mytho x Rue - Princess Tutu (suggested by @heroaine)
Anthy x Utena (f/f) - Revolutionary Girl Utena (suggested by @mismehellawes)
Ginko x Kureha (f/f) - Yurikuma Arashi (suggested by anon)
Comic Books
Batman x Catwoman - the Earth-Two continuity in DCU (suggested by @heroaine)
Diabolik x Eva Kant - Diabolik (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
hopefully Tolvan x Aphra (f/f) - Star Wars comics
Literature
Andrew x Neil (m/m) - the All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic (suggested by anon)
Maria x Altair - Assassin’s Creed: The Secret Crusade (suggested by @kittypeas)
Marysia (Mary) x the Black Swan - Bajka o królewnie Marysi, o czarnym łabędziu i o lodowej górze (en. A Fairytale about Princess Mary, the Black Swan and the Ice Mountain) from Bardzo dziwne bajki (en. Very Strange Fairytales) by Kornel Makuszynski
The vast majority of Beauty and the Beast incarnations, f.e.:
-The Eye of Beholder by Elizabeth Darcy (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Tristan x Isla - The Black Prince by P.J. Fox (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Orogastus x Haramis - Black Trillium by Marion Zimmer Bradley (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
various couples from The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (to be more precise, from the following stories: The Courtship of Mr Lyon, The Tiger’s Bride, The Company of Wolves, Wolf-Alice) by Angela Carter (suggested by @alcida-auka)
Hiresha x the Lord of the Feasts - Brood of Bones by A.E. Marling (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Beltain x Percy - Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Vlau Fiomarre x Claere Liguon - Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Persephone x Hades - Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Aral x Cordelia - Cordelia’s Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Edmond x Haydée - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Raskolnikov x Sonya - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (suggested by @neoma2)
Ignifex x Nyx - Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (suggested by @monsters-and-villains and @vilheroinefairytale)
hopefully Cardan x Jude - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Dominic x Mary - Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
hopefully Thorn x Ophelia - Fidanzati dell'inverno (A Winter’s Promise) by Christelle Dabos (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
the dragon x the woman - Gad by Bolesław Leśmian (in Polish here, parts of English translation here)
Hannibal x Clarice - Hannibal by Thomas Harris (suggested by @heroaine and @vilheroinefairytale)
Marak x Kate - The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle (suggested by @monsters-and-villains and @vilheroinefairytale)
Howl x Sophie - Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Simon x Leslie - The Inheritor by Marion Zimmer Bradley (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
probably Stefanos x Erin - Into the Dark Lands by Michelle Sagara West (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Rochester x Jane - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Lord Death x Keturah - Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Azrael x Lan - Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Mar x Shira - The Garden of Death, the 17th volume of The Legend of the Ice People by Margit Sandemo (suggested by @neoma2)
Ulvhedin x Elisa - Footprints of Satan (as the main characters) and The Last Knight (Ulvhedin is one of the main characters), the 13th and the 14th volume of The Legend of the Ice People by Margit Sandemo (suggested by @neoma2)
Lazaro x Leonora - Frédéric Lenormand books (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Mickey x Silence - Wicked Intentions, Notorious Pleasures (as supporting characters in both of these books) and Scandalous Desires (as the main characters) from the Maiden Lane series by Elizabeth Hoyt (suggested by @neoma2)
Ileskar/Illukar x Medair - Medair by Andrea K. Höst (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Vin x Elend - the Mistborn series (suggested by @thefirewithallthestrengthithath)
Spook x Beldre - The Hero of Ages from the Mistborn series (suggested by @thefirewithallthestrengthithath)
Fred x Aniela - Niewolnice z Long Island (Slaves of Long Island) by Antoni Marczyński (suggested by @neoma2)
Mr. B. x Pamela - Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
the young noble x Popieluszka - Popieluszka by Janina Porazińska, the Polish adaptation of Cinderella (yup, at the beginning the Prince Charming is not a good person here)
Kmicic x Oleńka - Potop (The Deluge) by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Lindworm x the peasant girl - Prince Lindworm (a Norwegian fairytale)
Marcus Vinitius x Ligia - Quo vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz (suggested by @neoma2)
Hades x Persephone - Regina di fiori e radici by Laura MacLem (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Staryk x Miryem - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Mara Jade x Luke - Star Wars Legends
Justin x Leon/Leonie - These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Caelena x Rowan - Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Mass (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
the Princess x John - The Travelling Companion by Hans Christian Andersen (suggested by @neoma2)
John x Vicky - Vicky Bliss by Barbara Mertz (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
many books by Edgar Wallace (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Khalid x Shahrzad - The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Live-action movies
various Beauty and the Beast adaptations: f.e.:
-the 1946 French version,
-the 1978 Czechoslovakian version,
-the 2014 French version,
-the 2017 Disney version
Huntsman x Rosaleen - The Company of Wolves (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Edmond x Haydée - various Count of Monte Cristo adaptations (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Raskolnikov x Sonya - various Crime and Punishment adaptations, f.e. the 1998 American one (suggested by @neoma2)
Lucy x Amy (f/f) - D.E.B.S.
Jaws x Dolly - Moonraker
Rochester x Jane - various Jane Eyre adaptations, f.e. the 2011 one (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Logan 5 x Jessica 6 - Logan’s Run
Kmicic x Oleńka - Potop (The Deluge) movie adaptation
Fabio x Luiza - Ogród Luizy (Louise’s Garden)
Arman x Miroslava - On - Drakon (He’s a Dragon)
Johnny / Max x Penelope - Penelope (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Wojciech x Tania - Pręgi / The Welts
Lestat x Jesse - Queen of the Damned (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Marcus Vinitius x Ligia - various Quo vadis adaptations , f.e. the 1951 Hollywood one and the 2001 Polish one (suggested by @neoma2)
the ghost of Kane’s mistress x Shorty - Scary Movie 2 ;)
Sorsha x Madmartigan - Willow
Live-action TV series
Tate x Violet - American Horror Story (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Cruz de Jesús x Mireya - Ka Ina (suggested by @neoma2)
Jesús x Heucaris - Llovizna (suggested by @neoma2)
hopefully Lucifer x Chloe - Lucifer (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
Orestes x Nubis - Más que amor, frenesí (suggested by @neoma2)
Killian x Emma - Once Upon a Time
Rumplestiltskin x Belle - Once Upon a Time (suggested by @vilheroinefairytale)
Rogelio x Ana Paula - La que no podía amar (suggested by @neoma2)
Teresa x Arturo - the 2010 Teresa remake (suggested by @neoma2)
Music
the demon/monster x the main character - Gigi D’Agostino’s The Riddle music video
Video games
Maria x Altair - Assassin’s Creed series: Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines shows how these two fell in love with each other, Assassin’s Creed II reveals to the general audience that they were romantically involved, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations shows Altair’s memories from the life he spent together with Maria, their entire romantic plot is shown in the book Assassin’s Creed: The Secret Crusade (suggested by @kittypeas)
Erim/Lufia x Maxim’s descendant - Lufia & the Fortress of Doom
Erim/Seena x Wain - Lufia: The Legend Returns
Revan x Bastila - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Samekichi x Wadanohara - Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea (suggested by anon)
Western animation
various Beauty and the Beast incarnations, f.e.:
-The Scarlett Flower (Soviet 1952 movie) - you may watch it full with English subtitles here (it’s only 42 minutes long)
-the 1991 Disney version
Kevin x Gwen - Ben 10
Dark Heart x Christy - Care Bears Movie II
Anastasia x the Baker - Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True
Megara x Hercules - Disney’s Hercules
Kovu x Kiara - The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride
Darsh x Penelope - Jack the Dragon Slayer, an episode of the 1998 cartoon series Mad Jack the Pirate - just in case if you’d want to watch an animated story, in which a dragon gets a romantic HEA with a kidnapped princess ;)
Megamind x Roxanne - Megamind (suggested by @heroaine and @monsters-and-villains)
Bog King x Marianne - Strange Magic (suggested by @monsters-and-villains)
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