25 TV Characters Who Dated Out Of Their League

These guys excelled when it comes to "dating up."

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Love may be blind, but most people aren't, so it's weird when you see two people together who are physically out of each other's leagues. It's true on the street, in real-life, and when actors portray mismatched lovers, as on the new ABC horror drama 666 Park Avenue, where bald, old Terry O'Quinn plays a building owning who somehow has bagged a hot, sophisticated, and younger wife played by Vanessa Williams.   

One could say that someone who's dating a physical superior simply lucked out, but remember: In every couple where one person is dating up, there's always the fact that the other person is dating down. With a skeptical eye to 666 Park Avenue, which premieres Sunday at 10 p.m., Complex remembers some of the boob tube's oddest couples: 25 TV Characters Who Dated Out Of Their League.

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Written by Tanya Ghahremani (@tanyaghahremani)

Penny and Leonard, The Big Bang Theory

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Cordelia and Xander, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Cheryl and Larry, Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Puck and Lauren, Glee

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Liz and Dennis, 30 Rock

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Liz and Drew, 30 Rock

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Summer and Seth, The O.C.

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Serena and Dan, Gossip Girl

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Chuck and Sarah, Chuck

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Mike "Probie" and Theresa, Rescue Me

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Rachel and Ross, Friends

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Carrie and Doug, King of Queens

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Lip and Karen, Shameless

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Lizzie and Charlie, Californication

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Cersei and Robert, Game of Thrones

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Izzie and George, Grey's Anatomy

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Laura and Urkel, Family Matters

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Donna and Eric, That '70s Show

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Jackie and Fez, That '70s Show

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Gloria and Jay, Modern Family

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Ethel and Fred, I Love Lucy

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Lindsay and Tobias, Arrested Development

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Jonathan and Rose, Bored to Death

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Sam and Cindy, Freaks and Geeks

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Sally and Jemaine, Flight of the Conchords

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