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This is a [[Seen It a Million Times|common trope]] in [[Live Action TV]] comedies: A bunch of male characters get together for a "date auction," usually for charity, and the plot is usually written from the results. Expect these to happen:
* Someone is going to be bid on by a rich, horny old lady.
* At least one of the bachelors will start out confident of his status as hot goods, but end up being bought for 3 cents and a secondhand peppermint by a woman who could never get her hands on a bachelor any other way.
* Occasionally, a straight man will be purchased by a gay one, or in a reversal a gay man will be purchased by a woman. Expect other awkward pairings, including of course.
* When there's a sympathetic male lead and he's in the auction, he'll be bought by his [[Love Interests|Love Interest]].
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* One episode of ''[[Green Wing]]'' revolves around an upcoming charity slave auction featuring members of the hospital's staff. Most of the major characters use it as an opportunity to get close to their love interests, and they almost all fail.
** And check out Sue White's [[Big No|reaction]] to the news that Mac has withdrawn from the auction.
* ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'': Regina hosts the event for her sorority. Steve initially isn't bid on at all but at the last minute a very attractive young woman bids $2000 for him. Ced (who really didn't want to participate at first) is involved in a bidding war between his girlfriend Lovita and another woman. Later in the episode, it is revealed that the young woman who bid on Steve was actually bidding on behalf of her boss, an older woman who is using Steve to make her husband jealous because he's been ignoring her. In Ced's case, the other woman beats out Lovita. Ced is excited to go out with her but Lovita demands that she goes on the date too. When Nikki (the other woman) comes to the apartment for the date, she and Lovita become friends and leaves Ced out in the cold.
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' plays with this a bit, using bachelorette auctions. Instead of the usual romantic setup, there is a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], when no one bids on Lindsay and so her brother that she has been fighting with bids on her instead. Also, Buster was told to bid on his mother, but messes up and bids a huge amount on Liza Minneli's character (who has the same name), continuing the [[Running Gag]] where she thinks Buster is interested in her.
** Lucille twice gave one of her sons $10000 to bid on her, only for them to bid on someone else.
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* In ''[[The Devil's Panties]]'', comic artist Jennie Breeden does at least two weeks' worth of strips a year about "Geek Auctions" she has attended. With special emphasis placed on any strippers or [[Ho Yay]] encountered.
* In webcomic ''[[Too Much Information]]'', Ace gets dragged into a [[Bachelor Auction]] and pretty much gets bid on by every woman with a pulse, including a supermodel and a millionairess. {{spoiler|And one without a pulse - the winning bidder is a female vampire.}}
* There was an ''[[Octopus Pie]]'' arc where Marek entered a bachelor auction to raise some money and gave Hanna some money to make sure she got him. She was outbid before she even finished. He ended up spending the date talking about Hanna to the winner.
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== Western Animation ==
* Parodied on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', where a charity auction to buy the fire department a new engine flops because all the bachelors sans Apu are creepy and/or unattractive. Before Apu steps up, Lisa wonders if there are any ''good'' bachelors in Springfield, and the "camera" pans over to show [[Firemen Are Hot|the firemen, all handsome hunks]].
{{quote|'''Fireman:''' Aww, we're never gonna get that Fire Engine.}}
* The ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' episode "The Cat and the Claw" has a straight dramatic example. Bruce Wayne participates in a bachelor auction and while there is some competition for him, the auction is won by Selina Kyle (Catwoman).
* An episode of ''[[The Raccoons]]'' used a Bachelor Auction as a [[Framing Device]] for a [[Clip Show]] for the backstory of the three main Bachelors involved; Bert Raccoon (bought by a little girl for a picnic), Cedric Sneer (bought by his girlfriend) and Cyril Sneer (bought by the reporter he was trying to avoid).
* In ''[[Sixteen|6teen]]'', there was Valentine's Day special where Jonesy holds an auction for a date and the highest bidder is almost a male cowboy. Unusual for [[Western Animation]] in that characters are rarely portrayed as obviously being gay.
* One ''[[El Tigre]]'' episode has this as an excuse for the Rivera men to get out of the house so their pets could have their [[Day in The Limelight]].
* Happens in ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' in the episode "Eligible Bachelors" when Bugs and Daffy participate in a charity bachelor auction to raise money for literacy. Bugs gets bought by Lola, Daffy gets bought by Granny. They both have a wonderful time with their dates, anyway, as Bugs and Lola are [[Ship Tease|Ship Teased]] and Daffy gets to hear Granny's stories of her past as a spy in [[World War Two]].
* ''[[The Emperor's New School|The Emperors New School]]'' does this in an episode. Of course Kuzco is one of the bachelors and noone wants him. Only Yata bids on him out of sympathy... using Kuzco's credit card of course, since he told her to do it.
* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'': In one episode, Trixie and Spud, who share the title of [[Student Council President]], held a bachelor auction for charity in behalf of hungry puppies and kids who get sick from playing video games in the car (there was no cause ''both'' of them would agree on). The cheerleaders joined up to buy [[Jerk Jock|Brad]]; Fred ended up being bought by his mother; Jake loaned Danika five dollars so she could outbid nerdy girl Vicki; and Trixie unwittingly bought Spud. Trixie was so upset at Jake for being superficial she spent a good deal of the episode trying to push Vicki towards Jake, only to learn {{spoiler|Vicki was a siren}}.
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