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{{trope}}
Everyone knows dating is fraught with tension. As if the usual stress of trying to impress someone special weren't enough, sometimes things go badly. Really badly. That's what happens when you have a
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If the bad date is the result of an online dating service, see [[Dating Service Disaster]]. If the bad date is just one in a series of bad dates suffered by the protagonist, it's probably part of a [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]. If the character is trying to date two people at the same time, see [[Two-Timer Date]]. [[Date Peepers]] is a specific kind of interference that may result in a bad date. See [[Blind Date]], which can also overlap with this trope.
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=== [[Advertising]] ===
* Commercials for ''[[Raid Shadow Legends]]'' has two:
** Two years after [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjDi9tWDGcg&ab_channel=Raid%3AShadowLegends her player dumps her] ([[It Makes Sense In Context]], sort of) Athel's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WcmCf5ic9w&ab_channel=Raid%3AShadowLegends date with Mystic Hand] is interruped by members of the Shadowkin.
** The Shadowkin do this again [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATPW03Sthgc&list=PLDpZdP4i5RSD4U4SCHnHWcJoMU3NmFX0a&index=18&ab_channel=Raid%3AShadowLegends in this commercial], ''almost'' ruining Maulie's date with Outrider. ''Almost'', seeing as challenging Maulie in a tavern [[Mugging the Monster|is a fatal mistake.]]
=== [[Film]] ===
* In ''[[Look Who's Talking]]'', James sabotages Molly's date with the fellow accountant, telling him not to pay for dinner, open the door for her, etc. Molly's pretty unhappy with both the date and (when she learns of it) James' interference.
* In ''[[Along Came Polly]]'', Reuben's date with Polly is ruined because the restaurant she chose triggered his IBS.
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* The movie ''[[Blind Date]]'' is all about Bruce Willis being set up with a woman who shouldn't have alcohol... and yet he lets her drink.
=== [[Fan Works]] ===
* The entirety of "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", a ''[[My Little Pony:
=== [[Live
* On ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Ted often goes on dates that go badly. Barney is the quintessential
* Most of the entertainment value of ''The Millionaire Matchmaker'' comes from this trope.
* On Donna and Eric's first date in ''[[That '70s Show|That 70's Show]]'', Donna orders an iced tea and is mistakenly served a [[Intoxication Ensues|Long Island iced tea]]. Not only is the date spent trying to keep Donna from making an idiot of herself, but Hyde later shows up to profess his feelings for Donna.
* There's a one-off episode of ''[[Rik Mayall Presents]]'' in which Mayall's character manages to give his blind-date the impression that he's a serial rapist and killer, and her panic escalates to the point where she locks him in her burning flat.
* On the [[Reality TV]] show ''[[Blind Date]]'', dates that went particularly badly were featured as "Dates From Hell".
* Ryan plans a romantic date on ''[[Oddities]]''. Dinner and then a meeting with a bone artist and his flesh eating beetles. What could possibly go wrong?
* Jen's disappointing dating history, both before and after being outed as She-Hulk, is a [[Running Gag]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] TV series ''[[She-Hulk: Attorney at Law]]''.
=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* This happens fairly often to Jon in [[Garfield]], until a storyline of comics from 2006 allowed him and Liz to become an official couple.
=== [[Theatre]] ===
* In all of Jonathan Rand's= ''Check Please'' short plays, most of the comedy is derived from the hilariously terrible blind dates that the two leads, [[No Name Given|named in the scripts as Guy and Girl]], go on {{spoiler|before Guy proposes to Girl at the end of Check Please, Take 3}}.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* The "Trouble Date" episode of ''[[Dick Figures]]'' is about Blue's date going terribly wrong, thanks to interference from Red.
* Moist has one in ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''.
{{quote|
'''Moist:''' Yeah...
'''Dr. Horrible:''' Yeah?
'''Moist:''' It was alright... I kinda thought I was supposed to end up with Bait, but...
'''Dr. Horrible:''' I hear ya. }}
* [[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]] has a sketch called "Dating Solutions." They also have "Date Wars," which is a bad date summarized in an actiony death-ray battle.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' has the bad date between Celia and Mike.
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Yukiha and Aida's first date in ''[[The Girl in the Library: Until The Pure You Falls From Grace]]'' ends with Yukiha so disappointed by Aida's poor sexual prowess, she runs off to her own rapist's house for an orgasm which they mentally force Aida to watch on his phone, breaking his heart and driving him to insanity while the video is leaked online, ruining Yukiha's reputation in school, getting her expelled, and even disowned by her parents. And even worse, she becomes a huge slut that's just as evil as her own rapist and ends up pregnant with his child.
=== [[Literature]] ===
* Gaia's first date in ''[[Fearless (novel)|Fearless]]'' ends with her date trying to kill her. She notes that among the worst first date stories she's ever heard, it ranks by and large as the worst she can imagine.
=== [[Live
* Joan's bad date with her fiance in ''[[Mad Men]]''.
=== [[Film]] ===
* In ''[[Hitch]]'', he goes on a jet ski date and accidentally kicks her in the fact, then accidentally forces her to confront the reality of her genocidal ancestor, and on another date has a bad reaction to food and looks like an ass and... these are funny, but they also demonstrate that he's not actually any good at dating, in spite of his alleged expertise.
* In ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'', the titular characters bond over bad dating experiences. These are usually comedic, but venture into the dramatic when Harry talks about dates being ruined when he is reminded of his ex-wife and becomes overcome with regret over her.
=== [[Live
* Happens in ''[[Burn Notice]]'': occasionally Fiona pushes Michael to treat their relationship like a personal relationship rather than a professional spy relationship with sex involved. One time he promises her a romantic dinner. Unfortunately, after a job goes south, they don't have the money for a nice place, so they end up back at [[Local Hangout|The Carlito]], their usual hangout. They play it for laughs ''and'' show the rocky nature of Michael and Fi's relationship.
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'''Michael:''' I said that when I thought we were gonna be five grand richer!
'''Waitress:''' Would you like anything else?
'''Fiona:''' Yes, your most expensive dessert, please.
A little shop talk, and then Sam sits down.
'''Sam:''' Well, you two look as good as I feel.
'''Fiona:''' You invited '''''him'''''?
'''Sam:''' I need an invite to Carlito's now?
A little more shop talk, then Fi's dessert shows up.
'''Sam:''' Okay, wait a second, is this a date?
'''Michael:''' Yes. [''and at the same time'']
'''Fiona:''' No. This is officially '''not''' a date.
'''Sam:''' Alrighty, can you bring us another spoon? }}
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