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* Also implied with Uncas and Alice in the film version of ''[[The Last of the Mohicans|Last of the Mohicans]].''
* Basically the plot of the 1997 Meg Ryan/Matthew Broderick vehicle ''[[Addicted To Love]]''.
* In the final ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harryand Potterthe Deathly Hallows - Part 2]]'' film, [[The Unchosen One|Neville]] throws in a line about wanting to find [[Cloudcuckoolander|Luna]] and finally tell her that he's "mad about her." Luna has a similar moment where she dreamily informs Harry that she "quite fancies" Neville. They're later shown sitting together on a stairway, awkwardly initiating their relationship. Though definitely a [[Fan Preferred Pairing]], [[Promoted to Love Interest|they never hook up in the books]]. ([[Word of God|The filmmakers and the actors]] says that they only have a summer fling, [[Fanon Discontinuity|but who cares what they think]]?)
* Done ''very'' literally in ''[[The Pirate Movie]]'' (based ''very'' loosely on ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''): in a moment of [[Time Stop]] at the climax of the film, Mabel physically pairs each of her dozen sisters with one of the pirates (and in one case, [[Ho Yay|two of the pirates with each other]]) so that she and Frederick can be together without ''too'' many complications.
* Invoked [[In-Universe]] by Phil and Judy in ''[[White Christmas]]'' -- by pretending to pair ''themselves'' off with a phony engagement, they hope to smooth the way for Bob and Betty (partner and elder sister, respectively) to get together. There are of course complications along the way, but eventually both pairs get together for real.
 
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== Literature ==
* Author J.K. Rowling of ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' fame said in an interview that although she left open the possibility of a relationship between many characters such as {{spoiler|Neville and Luna}}, she didn't explicitly state one in the wrap-up because it "felt too neat." Although in the case of the spoilered pair, {{spoiler|poor Neville was left all alone as Rowling canonically paired Luna with Rolf Scamander, grandson of Newt from the ''Fantastic Beasts'' movies and book}}.
** [[Inversion]] in ''[[Harry Potter/ and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and Thethe Order of Thethe Phoenix|OotP]]'': the spares hook up before the [[Official Couple]] ( {{spoiler|Cho Chang and Michael Corner and Harry and Ginny respectively. And the former pair didn't even stay together}}).
* In ''[[Twilight]],'' pretty much ''every'' character gets a [[Love Interest]]. Except [[Unpopular Popular Character|Leah]]. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Some have criticized this]], since it seems to tie into a theme of romance being the only important thing in a person (especially a woman)'s life. Even the ''baby'' gets betrothed! At a few days' old! To {{spoiler|''[[Love Father, Love Son|her mom's ex]]''}}!
* As mentioned in the Film section, Eowyn/Faramir from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (though to a much lesser degree). Apparently this happened because Tolkien originally intended for Eowyn to die fighting the Witch-King, but his wife thought that was too despressing, and that Eowyn should get a happy ending too.
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