Sen/Chihiro and Haku of Spirited Away.

Sen has brown hair and brown eyes. Haku has black hair (although not unruly) and green eyes.

Sen is pure human (muggle, I dare say) and Haku, well he's a big guy in the Spirit World.

Haku is very protective of Sen and Sen would do anything to help Haku, even if it means getting in trouble herself.

Amen, Pig!

I don't see any similarities between Dawson/Joey and Harry/Hermione. Ok, Hermione is a bit like Joey, but Harry is definitely no Dawson. Dawson was selfish, patronising and thinks that everyone is completely below him. I never realised what an arse he was until I was watching season three the other day...he's horrible! I think the reason why he wanted Joey was put well in the boat race episode...he didn't want to lose Joey, meaning he wanted to win. Pacey wanted Joey for her, not to win. Dawson was also very mean to Jen in seasons 1 + 2. Also, before Pacey and Joey got together, they dated Jack and Andy, who were brother and sister. Ron and Ginny, eh? Though I don't think that Ron is like Jack, but Ginny is kinda a merged form of Andy and Jen. I don't think that Dawson fits into any character in HP. I also don't see any similarities between Ron and Pacey, except for the fact that they're both funny.

I'm not really sure since I don't watch Dawson's Creek, but I think the similarities are in the type of relationship, not in the characters. From what I know, Dawson and Joey were best friends before they started going out. That is why their relationships are similar.

I liken the whole set up to the novel "Emma" where Hermione's Emma, Harry's Mr. Knightly and Ron's Frank Churchill. Hermione thinks Ron's in love with her and Ron plays it up but is actually in love with someone else. Meanwhile, Hermione and Harry share a deep friendship in which feelings develop into love.

As long as JKR does not put something on her website officially saying that H/Hr will NEVER happen in canon, I'd like to think that this is actually what she's aiming for -- except that there's a gender switch involved. Since the books are from Harry's POV, Harry would be Emma, and Hermione (the long-time friend who offers wise counsel) would be Mr. Knightley, and GINNY would be Frank Churchill. I think Lissy talked about Ginny-as-Frank on another thread but I don't remember exactly where.

That actually makes more sense that Hermione being Emma. I tend to automatically take things from Hermione's POV just because she's my favorite character, and I got influenced by her own "matchmaking" with Harry and Cho, but you're right about Harry being Emma and Hermione being Mr. Knightly! And I've never had problems with gender switching, either.

Praise the lord! Testify Sister!OMG!You are so right! How come I never noticed that???

Will/Elizabeth-Pirates of the Caribbean
Jack/Kate-Lost
Chloe/Clark-Smallville
Michael/Mia-the Princess Diaries

Simba/Nala- Lion King
Mal/Zoe from Firefly
Wash/Zoe Firefly
Simon/Kalie Firefly

Definetly Cordy/Angel )AtS) and Dawson/Joey (Dawson's Creek). Those would be my main ones.

Chloe/Clark because Chloe and clark have a very close relationship, Chloe is book wise and clark is well........ like Harry, exactly like him, with Lana Lane as cho chang.

I totally think H/Hr is just like Danny/Sam in Danny Phanton, while Ron is like Tucker.

Oooh - sweet choice!

I forget if I have mentioned this on this thread or not. But, I don't feel like sifting through 7 pages! So, here it goes...
... I have always loved Fox Mulder and Dana Scully of the X-Files. Harry and Hermione do remind me of them too. Mulder and Scully were friends for a long time before they finally became lovers. I see the parallel with H/Hr. I'm hoping that Harry and Hermione also fall in love as well. I enjoy the Mulder and Scully fan fiction too. Even after 3 years that the X-Files terminated, new fan fiction is written! How's that for a strong fandom?! If JKR insists on making it OBHWF in the end of her HP series, then I hope that H/Hr fan fiction takes off like gang busters and we continue to see new stories years after book 7 has collected dust!

*slaps self*

How could i forget Mulder/Scully? They were one of my favorite couples and are very like H/Hr. Silly me!

You know, is there anyway to keep track of the couples? Maybe in the first post? No offense, guys (and I'm not blaming you or the like, I don't blame anyone for not reading every page!), but I check this thread out a lot and it seems that the same couples always come up. I'm willing to be that Mulder/Scully has been mentioned on every page.

Want fresh blood...I mean couples, yep, definately couples.

I'm suddenly struck by the idea of Midsummer Night's Dream, where the four characters are mismatched because Puck mixed up the love nectar.

Let me run this down the characters:

Oberon, the fairy king (ahaha!) - Ron
Titania, the fairy queen (double ahaha!) - Luna
Lysander - Harry
Hermia - who else?
Demetrius - honestly... I don't know who this guy is.
Helena - Ginny
Puck - let's just say, for the sake of Hogwartism, that he represents the love potion.

Oberon entrusts Puck to administer the love potions to the proper players so that his wife, Titania, would obey his commands. Fortunately for Titania and unfortunately for everyone else, Puck's a mischievous little jester and administers the love potion to Lysander who was supposed to be in love with Hermia. When Lysander wakes up from his drugged slumber and first lays eyes on Helena, chaos ensues. Demetrius, in love with Hermia, complicates matters.

It's a stretch of the imagination, but I'm just very tickled at the idea.

AdamantEve, you are quite right. There's even an essay about it here at Portkey somewhere. I'll try and find it. Before HBP came out, the vast majority of us saw the Harry/Hermione/Ron/Luna situation to be like that of Lysander/Hermia/Demetrius/Helena. Alas, HBP screwed that up.

See we have

Harry < -- > Hermione < -- Ron < -- Luna.

This is similar to what happened in AMND

Lysander < -- > Hermia < -- Demetrius < -- Helena.

But in the end it turns out

Harry < -- > Hermione
Ron < -- > Luna
Lysander < -- > Hermia
Demetrius < -- > Helena.

Even the characters are similar.

I watched Hindi Film so here goes. Naina and Rohit in "Kal Ho Naa Ho' reminds me loads about H/HR. They are bestest of friend and Aman is like 'Viktor Krum' in this movies. Though the ending is really sad ( i cried my eyes out....really sad....) but Naina and Rohit did end up together, something i hope happens to our fave ship.....

I just watched "Sky High" and I absolutely LOVED that movie! I swear, the characters of Sky High are like the characters of Harry Potter!!!!

Layla and Will remind me of H/Hr! SQUEE!!

Spoiler warning for peeps who haven't watched this:

SPOILER:

SPOILER!!!!



Will is of course Harry. Layla is like Hermione, because she's been Will's friend since first grade. And Gwen, the evil person/villain, is like Ginny, because she's manipulative and wants Will.

Spoiler over

I loved Sky High!

Miss Mady

One i forgot:

Jack/Kate (Lost)

Lorelai/Luke

Gilmore Girls

I'm in agreement with the idea of Harry and Hermione being a lot like James and Lily (especially when you look at their personalities). To take that parallel one step further, Ron is sort of like Sirius (best friend to the two of them). Some people might even want to take things one step further and try to identify who Pettigrew might be in that case, but I haven't been able to figure that out yet. Some people on this forum might want to suggest Ginny for the role, but I'm not totally buying that argument yet. If JKR does play with the parallelism I've mentioned, that may offer us a hint of what is to come in the 7th book, with somebody that has befriended the Trio betraying them in the end (by whomever is represented by Pettigrew).

Somebody said this in the previous thread, but definitely Cory/Topanga from Boy Meets World. If you just watch the first time they get together... Topanga tells him that it's just her, that they've been friends forever, and they've always been able to talk to one another, and Cory replies that's what was making it so difficult for him... So squeeable... *hugs her DVDs*. Most definitely Cory/Topanga. And, although Cory isn't that much like Harry, Topanga is very similiar to Hermione. Well, at least until season four or five...when Topanga underwent the HBP personality machine.

I find it hard to compare Harry and Hermione.

I believe you no couples are the same. they're all different. different situation, characters, personality. But I think you can group certain couples with each other.
Harry and Hermione are very hard to group. They are hard to group because they're story hasn't ended yet, we don't know how they'll end up. Who knows they could end up in almost anygroup or maybe they'll just be friends. Its really up to J.K Rowling.

I definitely agree with the Cory/Topanga thing.

To me, Lizzie and Gordo on 'Lizzie McGuire' remind me of H/Hr. Except you'd need to do a gender switch: Harry=Lizzie, being the main character and all; Hermione=Gordo, the best friend. And Ron could even be Miranda, their other best friend. I'm not sure if the personalities fit, but Lizzie and Harry do tend to get themselves and their friends into a bit of trouble, or at least possible trouble. Not to mention that Harry has a 'saving people thing' and Lizzie tends to help a lot of people out, even if they're her enemy. Not to mention that Hermione and Gordo both are extremely intelligent, and they are always willing to help Harry or Lizzie.

Emma Watson/Me is a ship that reminds me of Harmony.

I definatly agree with the Cory/Topanga thing.

I think that William/Penny Lane from Almost Famous are a lot like Harry/Hermione with William being Harry and Hermione being Penny Lane. They aren't really like the characters but the situation is the same. William is very close to Penny but Penny is kinda with this guy Russel(Ron) who is actually good friends with Will and William is kinda but not really with other girls. They tell eachother things they've never told anyone else (ex. Penny tells Will her real name) and then William confesses his love for her when he realizes he's gonna lose her. so yeah...definatly William/Penny Lane situation is like the Harry/Hermione situation. there's even a Ron thrown in there.

I'd definetly say Cordy and Angel from Angel the Series. Firstly, Angel and Harry are very alike, both are broody, tortured souls. Hermione and Cordelia are nothing like each other, but they do have one very similiar retiscent quality - both are bona fide heroines who have a willigness to stand by and believe in their man no matter what. Plus, C/A's story is very much like H/Hr's. They are best friends who have known each other for years and dpend on and trust each other more than anyone else. That type of love story greatly appeals to me and that's why i adore Harmony so much.

Mork/Mindy from Mork and Mindy. Friends first, then they fall in love. They aren't much like H and Hr in personality, but their relationship fits.

Quinn/Wade from Sliders: Best friends who then fell in love. Quinn is a lot like Hermione, though Wade isn't much like Harry. Actually, Quinn is like Harry too.

Totally agree with Cory/Topanga too. I have just recently gotten into this show, and the relationship is so much alike it is scary. They even have a trio with Sean in the mix.

Can't agree with the Cordy/Angel thing, though. Too much of a Buffy/Angel shipper. That relationship, though, is a lot like H/Hr, IMO.

I agree.

Ed Elric and Winry Rockbell, Ed always wants to protect people, expect people close, like Harry, and Winry is like was trying to tell him what the right thing is to do, and she obesesed with automail(Like hermione is with books.)

Pazu and Sheeta from Laputa - Castle in the Sky
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092067/

They have exactly the kind of love that Pazu and Sheeta share. They have a mutual need for each other, feel lost without each other, and genuinely care a lot about each other. It is all very innocent, they do not speak of this love they have for each other, they do not kiss, much less have sex or anything like that, yet they are able to feel that the love is mutual and they draw their strengths and bravery from it. There are sweet moments of hugging and some hand holding (very much like the werewolf scene at the end of the PoA movie).

Exactly the kind of love that I imagine Harry and Hermione to share. The kind of love one feels without having to share kisses or have sex. The sweetest and truest kind of love.

I highly recommend getting ahold of this movie if you have not watched it. My favourite movie ever.

I have a ship to add -

Mark/Roger from RENT - At the beginning of the play Roger, like Harry, has gone through some horrible things within the past year - his girlfirend killed herself, he went through heroin withdrawal and he found out he is HIV+. He is withdrawan and moody and hides from the rest of the world. Mark, his roommate and best friend, has been there with him for the whole time - he is very loyal to Roger. Mark tries to get Roger to get out of their apartment, but Roger refuses. Then Mimi comes along and does manage to get him out of the apartment and get him to live again, but they fight a lot and eventually break up. They get back together in the end, but Mimi almost died (presumably from complications with AIDS) and it doesn't seem she'll live very long, so there it isn't a big leap to think Mark and Roger could get together.

I see Mimi as Ginny - she made Roger/Harry happy for a little while, but it didn't last, and Mark/Hermione is still around at the end for Roger to possibly get together with.

Whoot! Totally agree with you there. H/Hr is like J/K. Both ships have this platonic, but at the same time, erotic relationship, and there is also another guy getting in the way of true love: Ron/Sawyer!

Yes, Jack/Kate is a good one. I think Sawyer/Kate is similiar to Ron/Hermione in the sense that it would be good as a fun little fling, but J/K and H/Hr is where the real love's at

Everytime i think of Harry and Hermione together i ALWAYS think of that girl who played the kiddy vampire in interview with the Vampire (not the kiddy vampire...im talking about the interviewee, not the little girl) and the guy who knew that guy who played that guy in titanic...oh and he was spidey in spider man 1 and, i think, spiderman 2...he was also in a film about a horse, or some sort of ridable animal anyway...defiantely on land... well them 2 anyway...

This guy was actually named Orval Potter, which makes him even less like our Harry.

Are you talking about Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire? Kirsten is the little vampire in 'Interview with a Vampire' and also Mary Jane in 'Spider Man 1&2' and Tobey was Peter Parker/Spider Man in 'Spider Man 1&2'. He was also Red Pollard in 'Seabiscuit', he played a horse jockey. Is that who you are talking about?

I definitely see the parallells between M/S and H/Hr. Harry and Mulder are very similar characters and I wonder if JKR was influenced by TXF at all when she was conceiving the character - the show was very popular when she was writing the first books, right?

What do they have in common?

- A traumatic childhood experience that has marked them for life (Harry literally, Mulder figuratively)
- They are famous in certain circles (Harry in wizarding world, Mulder in the conspiracy geek world)
- They spend their time trying to prove the existence of something most don't want to believe in (Voldemort vs. Alien/Govt Conspiracy)
- They have a "saving people thing"
- They have "friends in high places" as well as enemies
- They don't play by the rules
- They both have a thing for redheads (sorry!)

As for Hermione and Scully - the characters are similar, too for the reasons PaperTrail mentioned above. I also want to mention that it took SEVEN seasons on the show before they got together. Perhaps in JKRs world, SEVEN will be their lucky number as well?

But who is Ron? Is he Skinner? The Lone Gunmen? (they did provide comic relief, you know)

I nearly fell off my chair when I read this post. I love Mulder and Scully. In fact I just watched a marathon of the X-Files on the SciFi station today. I am equally obsessed with the X-Files as I am with Harry Potter!

Mulder does have a thing for Scully, who is a redhead, but if you recall, he preferred tall, leggy, buxom brunettes before he fell in love with Scully.
And yes, it did take them seven seasons to finally get together. They were in love, but each was reluctant to admit it to the other. I blame Chris Carter! i had read somewhere a while ago that Carter wanted Scully and Skinner to get together. Can you believe this? I like Skinnner but I just adore Mulder with Scully. They, like H/Hr, belong together.

I like your way of thinkig 'glugglug' - perhaps the number 7 is the lucky number for H/Hr!!! Maybe it will be H/Hr in book 7!

Harry=Mulder. Hermione=Scully. Ron=Skinner- a good guy, but in my book, he and Hermione just aren't meant to be.

Aladdin and Jasmine from Disney, sorry if it has been posted before. And Genie as Ron.

Hm...........I know this may seem weird but how about Clark and Lana from Smallville?





Commonalities:
-both have been best friends for most of their lives
-both have a boy with special powers

What do you think?

Mmmmm...Clark Kent...

Ahem yes. Most people see Clark/Chloe as Harry/Hermione, but I'm one of the people that see Clark/Lana as more of a Harry/Hermione relationship than the former.

huzzah!! I'm not dumb! I really don't think it's Chloe.......more Lana than Chloe.......

I think Loralei/Luke from Gilmore Girls, also Chandler/Monica and Ross/Rachel, Gil/Catherine from CSI like someone said earlier, Lynette/Tom from Desperate Housewives. They all remind me of H/Hr I don't know why they just do. *shrugs*

Don't know if anybody mentioned this (I'm running late for work!) but Claudio and Hero from "Much Ado About Nothing". They way that the fall in love? Makes my heart just melt.

YES!!! I saw this with my kids, and immediately thought of H/Hr. Even with the "beaming" Layla over Will's new relationship.

Ok, old TV show "Who's the Boss". Tony Micelli and Angela Bower. They are such great friends, they take such good care of each other. They balance each other out perfectly! Things really take a turn when Tony mistakenly walks in on Angela getting out of the bath! Now, all we need at the wedding is for Harry to mistakenly see Hermione getting ready!

ETA: For those (racier) fan-fics stories that have an older Harry/Hermione, I always picture Tom Welling (Clark Kent) as Harry. He's even got green eyes! YUM, YUM!

You know I'd have to say Tidus and Yuna of final fantasy 10. Not that Harry reminds me of Tidus or Hermione reminds me of Yuna it's just the way they fall in love that reminds me of them. How they are friends but Yuna sees something in him and Tidus begins to love her too.

Umm also Will and Lyra from Phillip Pullman's dark materials. don't know why so yeah.

I definitly think that Mulder and Scully's relationship is a lot like Harry and Hermione.

One ship to add:

Sora/Kairi from Kingdom Hearts

Sora=Harry
Kairi=Hermione
Riku=Ron

Ahh yeah Sora and Kairi. Totally forgot about them.