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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Leo:''' Do you feel like a third wheel?
'''Luna:''' This isn't a ''date'', Leo.
|'''''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' dub, as Leo and Luna watch Yusei teach Akiza to rollerblade'''}}
Two characters who go out together but, by insistence, aren't "going out". Comes in a few flavors:
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Regardless of whether or not it actually is a date, this is always a form of [[Ship Tease]]. Compare [[Will They or Won't They?]], [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]], [[Like Brother and Sister]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Negi's outing with Nodoka in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. Beforehand, he tries claiming it's not a date. Everyone just ignores him. Afterwards Negi again tries to claim it was just a student/teacher outing, but Yue stops him cold with "No. It was a date."
** Similarly, Setsuna's worried denial that her outing with Konoka is
** Then there's Negi and Asuna going on a date (Type 2 subversion) to help Asuna with her [[Cannot Spit It Out|shyness]] issues.
** Then there was chapters 251-252, again with Konoka and Setsuna, which sort of inverts this. Setsuna treats it as a a
** Very early in the series, Negi and Konoka have a Type 3, complete with [[Date Peepers]]. They were shopping for birthday gifts for Asuna.
* Frequently employed as a plot device in ''[[Ranma ½
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Rei (Sailor Mars) going out to meet another girl at a restaurant, a situation enough like a date that the other Senshi sneak after to spy on her.
* ''[[Naruto]]'': Naruto believes Shikamaru and Temari are going out on a date when he sees them walking together. Shikamaru claims he is just escorting Temari. ("[[Squee]]!" go the shippers.) (Why [[Action Girl|Temari]] would need escorting is not explained.) Something similar happens earlier in the series when [[Generation Xerox|Kakashi accuses Asuma and Kurenai of being on a date]].
** There is also a point when someone asks Naruto if ''he's'' on a date with Sakura. Despite the fact that she admitted it was, he said it wasn't. Possibly to keep her from humiliation.
*** If that's the part where she tells him about Sasuke's curse mark in Episode 109, the "date" was mainly a [[Ship Tease|pretext to speak with Naruto in the anime]], and in the manga, the two are just sitting on a bench and talking.
* ''[[Love Hina]]''; several times when Naru and Keitaro are involved, including when both independently went to Kyoto, it was assumed or theorized, by their roommates that it was romantic in nature. Later, when they went out to dinner together, they spent significant time arguing about whether or not it was a date; probably because calling it such results in both of them acting awkwardly.
* ''[[Soukou no Strain]]'' had Sara and Carris going out to find Emily and getting distracted by typical date scenarios. {{spoiler|Which makes it even more emotional when he dies shortly after.}}
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]'', Elio is helpfully and secretly given what is [[Shipper on Deck|obviously a date-oriented itinerary]] after mentioning he'd like to show Caro around. While everyone assumes they had a fun ''date'', they discover Elio (being a wholesome kid with possibly [[
** Also, Subaru's and Teana's "vacation" at the same time.
* When Sunako and Kyohei go out in one volume of ''[[The Wallflower]]'', Kyohei actually knows that it's supposed to be a date, having been forced into enacting the guys' latest plan to make Sunako into a lady, but Sunako doesn't and freaks out at any mention of them being on a date. She later talks to Kyohei about the 'date' issue, and the two reach an agreement that it really doesn't matter if they call it a date or not; what matters is that they had fun together.
* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] but [[Averted Trope|averted]] in an episode of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' when Yolei/Miyako teasingly suggests to Davis/Daisuke that Kari/Hikari and TK/Takeru are out on a date when both were not present in a group meeting. It turns out that both weren't even at the same place, with the former hanging out with her Digimon and the latter napping.
* As in everything else, also used in the ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' franchise:
** In the novels, Mikuru invites Kyon to a date, only so he can find out that it was just because of the orders of her superiors, for reasons she (at that point) didn't know. But hey, doesn't mean they haven't had fun!
** When Haruhi divides the team up to search the city, Kyon gets paired first with Mikuru and later with Yuki. Haruhi declares, "Kyon, this is not a date!"
** ''Inverted'' in the 8th novel, when Kyon writes a romantic story about a cute girl he totally dated with, for real. {{spoiler|Except that it was his little sister's 10 year old friend, who needed him to watch a movie with an age restriction. And he wrote about it using misleading technical truths, and selective descriptions to make it sound like a romantic story.}}
* In ''[[Kaze no Stigma]]'' Kazuma and Ayano aren't going on dates. They're missions. Cause, uh, he's her bodyguard. Ayano's grandfather is trying to set them up by paying Kazuma to spend time with her, so it feels all awkward and embarassing and datelike to Ayano. Kazuma is exploiting the situation like a mad bastard though, and therefore it really ''isn't'' a date.
* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'''s Hayate has gone on several
** Nagi has gone on a date with one of her admirers, all the time denying it was a date.
** Wataru also sparked conflicted feelings in his [[Shotacon|older]] maid Saki when he took her out to a diner. Turns out he just wanted to talk since, due to a series of misunderstandings, he assumed that she was having an affair with a married man.
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== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Young Avengers]]'', Eli and Kate go on a not-date in the park, where they are assaulted by a mugger (kind of). Kate continues to deny that they are on an actual date, much to Eli's annoyance.
* In ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'', Beast Boy took Raven out; but when she asked if it was a date, he denied it. If that was the case, why was the issue advertised as "date night", BB? And yes, they're madly in love with each other, but going through too much [[Angst]] to admit it.
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== Fan
* In ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', Corwin Ravenhair and [[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena Tenjou]] spend several years Not Dating, to the point that when they are told to go have a date, they can't figure out how to start.
* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' Mikuru tried to deny to Haruhi that going to see a movie with Kyon and Yuki was a date, despite asking Haruhi for permission about this appointment ''as a date''. Implicitly subverted, as {{spoiler|Haruhi and the rest of the girls explained to Mikuru their plan to acheive a type 2 [[Tenchi Solution]], making the attempt to hide it was a date a moot point}}.
* In ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6009806/1/ The Arrangements]'', [[Harry Potter|Harry]] [[Ho Yay|and Severus]] are [[It Makes Sense in Context|pretending to be a couple]] and spend an entire date doing things that they would do "if this was a real date", like sharing a soda at the movie theater and kissing at the top of a Ferris wheel. At the end of the date, they decide that to throw off suspicion, they should continue to see each other on a long term basis, though it's obvious at that point that both of them are only pretending to be pretending.
* ''[
* Fluttershy and Twilight in the ''[[My Little Pony:
* ''[[Assumptions]]'': Sure, Rainbow. Spending some time with Caramel in Canterlot, having him show you around, admiring views, and introducing yourself to his family with "[[She's Not My Girlfriend|He's not my boyfriend!]]", are totally unromantic happenings.
== Film ==
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== Literature ==
* ''[[
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{{quote|'''Clark:''' So, this would be like a date?
'''Lois:''' A date? Oh, you mean like in Smallville, where you meet my parents and try to give me a hickey in the back of your dad's pickup. No, this is not a date. }}
* Daniel and Vala have one of these the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' season 10 episode "Memento Mori".
** Quote is too funny to leave out:
{{quote|'''Vala''': Well I don’t mind telling you, I’ve been looking forward to this little date all week.
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'''Daniel''': Uhh, okay, this is definitely not a date. }}
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' had one in the first season. Leonard asked out Leslie to get over Penny, but she turned him down. So he asked Penny out, but she misinterpreted it as a going for drinks with the guys. At the end of the night she asked if it was a date, and he tells her "No! When I go out with a girl she knows she's been dated."
* In ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', Dan is accused of having a sexual relationship with his new teacher Rachel Carr. For some reason, they decide the only solution to this problem is to go on
* Done in ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'' where Sonny and Chad go out on a not-date, so she can make a friend of his who dumped her jealous, he's going on it because he doesn't want her dating his friend, and Nico and Grady who missed the entire subplot think that they've actually admitted the [[UST]] and are on an actual date.
** And the later, in season two, when [[They Do|they actually are on a date]], they insist that they aren't. [[Bad Liar|For some reason]], her friends (apparently) believe them.
* In an episode of ''[[Cafe Americain]]'', Holly keeps insisting that her night out with Marcel is not a date until her friend says:
{{quote|"Is he paying? Did you shave your legs? Then it's a date."}}
* In a first-season episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', the titular doctor gets a pair of tickets to go see a Monster Truck rally. Naturally, his first choice is Wilson, who declines for various reasons. His next choice is Cameron.
{{quote|'''Cameron:''' Like a date?
'''House:''' Sure. Except for the date part. }}
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* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ("Crush"). Buffy and Spike are on a stakeout in a secluded location with Spike bringing Buffy various treats. Earlier, Dawn had told Buffy Spike was in love with her, and so she suddenly asked Spike "Is this a date?"
{{quote|'''Spike:''' A d--? Please! A date? You are completely off your bird! I mean... do you want it to be?}}
** In Season 7 "First Date", Buffy is asked out to dinner by Principal Wood, who may or may not be evil. If he is evil then this is an information gathering
* Garak of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' insists that his appointment to visit a Cardassian sauna with Ziyal in the holosuite isn't a date. Quark isn't buying it.
{{quote|'''Quark''': You're a man. She's a woman. It's a date.}}
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* In the very first episode of ''[[Friends]]'', Monica insists that her going out with the "wine guy" is not a date, just two people having dinner and not having sex, to which Chandler responds: "Sounds like a date to me."
* In the ''[[Lost Girl]]'' episode ''Food For Thought'', Bo insists that she and Lauren are meeting so that Lauren can help her control her powers, and that it's not a date. Despite their clear mutual attraction, Bo fretting about what to wear for it, and that they are meeting in a bar. Kenzi doesn't buy it.
** To be fair, it really ''is'' so Lauren can help Bo learn control and a bar is good place for it. They do almost kiss (which technically still falls under teaching Bo control), but Bo pulls away worried she'll hurt her.
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== Web Comics ==
* In a [[Canon]] side-story of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', actually called "Not A Date At The Mall," a man, in return for a favor, buys dinner for his closeted lesbian best friend, with the bisexual female duplicate ([[Cloning Blues|don't ask]]) of her favorite ex-boyfriend mooching. Once the money's changed hands, guess who decides to make ''him''self scarce...
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Torg has one of these with Zoe. After a night out at a club, he walks her back to her place, she gives him a goodbye kiss on the cheek ... and only ''then'' does he exclaim, "''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100515014025/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=081118 Holy Cannoli, I think I just went on a date with Zoë!]''"
{{quote|'''Bun-bun:''' I just want to clarify. You were there the whole time with Zoë, you weren't drunk or overly medicated or anything, but have ''no idea'' whether or not you were on a date?
'''Torg:''' ''Yes!''
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* In ''[[Misfile]]'', Ash (the [[Gender Bender|gender-bent]] main character) has just recently [http://www.misfile.com/?page=1599 agreed] to go to the movies with Arthur, one of the other Old Road racers helping her make repairs to the Road. She's insisting that [http://www.misfile.com/?page=1600 "it's not a date"], and is doing it to try to prove that guys and girls can be [http://www.misfile.com/?page=1589 "just friends"]. Of course, everyone around her is thinking, "It's a date!", likely including Arthur...still playing out as of 9/16/10.
** It's over. He thought it was a date, and it didn't end well.
* Sherry and John "didn't date" for awhile in ''[[Out There]]'', awakening Miriam's curiosity [https://web.archive.org/web/20180319094424/http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20080205.html
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'':
** Hannelore goes out with Sven just to see what dates are like. Nothing romantic or sexual is expexcted to happen, and it doesn't.
** Marigold doesn't realise Tai's flirting with her and asks her back to her place for a (relatively) completely innocent reason which Tai takes as a euphemism.
* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', Vriska and John have one of these in {{spoiler|the afterlife}}.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Doug]]'' had an episode with the titular character fiercely denying that going to the movies alone with Patty Mayonnaise was a date. (It totally was.)
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'': Kim and Ron's lifelong friendship causes confusion in others as to the nature of their relationship. It finally starts to confuse ''them'' in season 3, and at the end they hook up for real.
* Casey and April go on one of these in the 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, to much teasing from the turtles. It rapidly [[Almost Kiss|goes in a date-like direction]], but mayhem breaks out before anything really happens.
* Shows up in an episode of the 90s version of ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]'', in which Kat goes on what "is so ''not''" a date, and becomes paranoid that Casper is constantly telling her it is (he wasn't there).
* ''[[Futurama]]'' sets this up with a double date, with Kif and Amy alongside Zap Brannigan and a ''very'' begrudging Leela. She refers to the encounter as a "half-date" and only agrees to the thing to shut Zap up.
* In the ''[[Word Girl]]'' episode "Have You Seen the Remote?", [[Villainous Crush|Tobey and WordGirl]] had to work together to find Tobey's Master remote. They searched for it the most ''efficient'' way possible: by reading together in the library, going to the museum, and eating ice-cream in the park.
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