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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Look WhosWho'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.
* This is pretty much the whole premise of the film ''[[Mystery Date]]''. The main character borrows his bother's car for his date and finds a dead body in the trunk. And then [[It Gets Worse]].
* Sandy is set up on a [[Blind Date]] that turns out to be a disaster in ''[[The Rebound (Film)|The Rebound]]''.
* In ''[[Something New (Film)|Something New]]'', Kenya and Brian meet on a [[Blind Date]] that goes horribly when she realises he is white.
* In ''[[Film/Problem Child|Problem Child]] 2'', Junior has a bit of a problem adjusting to his dad trying to get him a new mom, and as a result sabotages two of his dates. This sets up the [[Cassandra Truth]] situation later in the movie where Junior is trying to get his dad not to marry Lawanda Dumore, a [[Rich Bitch]] [[Child-Hater]] who has it in for him.
* 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: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic, is built around one of these. Take [[Adorkable|serious social awkwardness]], add [[Date Peepers|very bad advice]] and [[I Need a Freaking Drink|minor intoxication]], and stir.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* 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 (TV)|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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== [[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. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]]''.
{{quote| '''Dr. Horrible:''' Hey, didn't you ah... didn't you go on a date last night? Conflict Diamond told me you were doubling with Bait and Switch.<br />
'''Moist:''' Yeah...<br />
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' has the bad date between Celia and Mike.
 
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Gaia's first date in ''[[Fearless (Literaturenovel)|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 Action TV]] ==
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