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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:wonderella-~~disaster_8756~~disaster 8756.png\|link=The Non -Adventures of Wonderella\|right]] Two characters used to be friends or lovers, but now they aren't on speaking terms. The odds don't look good that they'll patch things up on their own. Fortunately, the plot is on their side: some external disaster happens and the characters get back together as a direct result. Line 20: * ''[[The Abyss]]''. In the [[Backstory]], Bud and Lindsey Brigman broke up because they fought all the time. The deep sea rig they're in is cut off from the surface during a storm, and while they await rescue they fall in love again. * ''[[Twister]]''. Bill Harding meets with his former wife Jo Harding to get her to sign their divorce papers. They end up going on a adventure together involving dangerous tornadoes and discover that they still love each other. * The first ''[[~~Die Hard (Film)\|~~Die Hard]]'' film. * ''[[~~Two Thousand Twelve~~2012]].'' Our lead starts as a divorcee, but gets back together with his wife despite her new fiancé being there for most of the film as well. * ''[[Cloverfield]]'' starts with Rob and Beth having a fight. Then, [[Kaiju]] happens. A good half of the movie is about Rob & Co. looking for Beth. {{spoiler\|Naturally, they reconciled after they meet--for what little time they got left.}} * ''[[Radioland Murders]]'': The leads are on the brink of divorce, because the male lead (probably) had a one-night stand with [[Really Gets Around\|Ms. Yo-Yo Knickers]]. A [[Locked Room Mystery]] [[Clear My Name]] plot somehow comes into being at the same time as [[Hilarity Ensues]], during which the female lead realizes anew just how many common points the two share. (As she saves his butt repeatedly.) == [[Literature]] == * Jake and Cassie in ''[[~~Animorphs (Literature)\|~~Animorphs]]'' may represent the flipside of this trope, as they break up after the war ends. == [[Comics]] == * This happened with Tim Drake & Stephanie Brown in a [[Bat Family Crossover\|crossover]] between ''[[Batman ~~(Franchise)~~/Characters\|Red Robin]]'' and ''[[Batgirl]]''. == [[Video Games]] == Line 35: == [[Web Comics]] == * ''[[~~Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)\|~~Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' features a humorously meta example. Kat is [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=854 somewhat upset] with Annie and wants some time away from her. Annie [[Invoked Trope\|tries to patch things up by arranging fake catastrophes]] so Kat can save the day: [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=855 pretending that Robot has gone rogue] and [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=856 she needs Kat to "hack" him], pretending that she's been "kidnapped by evil dino-demons" and needs Kat to rescue her, and so on. [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=857 Kat isn't fooled by any of this], but she ''is'' touched by the fact that Annie went to all this trouble to patch things up with her. Of course, right when Kat is ready make amends, [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=861 she encounters something] Annie [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=862 had nothing to do with]. ** And now it seems that the [[Les Yay]] subtext was [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=959 intentional], so make of this what you will. * In the ''[[The Non -Adventures of Wonderella]]'' strip [http://nonadventures.com/2008/02/09/old-flames/ "Old FLAMES"], Wonderella and her ex-husband, [[Pyromaniac\|Devlin]], get attacked by robots. One fight scene later, Wonderella and Devlin decide to get back together. [[Subverted Trope\|The rekindled relationship doesn't even last until the end of the page.]] == [[Web Original]] == * In ''[[~~Thalias~~Thalia's Musings]]'', Thalia thinks Eros' disappearance will be this to Hephaestus and Aphrodite's troubled marriage. Averted when the resolution culminates in their long-overdue divorce. {{reflist}} [[Category:Narrative Devices]] [[Category:The Ex Index]] [[Category:Relationship -Salvaging Disaster]] ~~[[Category:Trope]]~~