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* On ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Ted often goes on dates that go badly. Barney is the quintessential [[Bad Date]].
* 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?
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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== [[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 Action TV]] ==
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