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* ''[[Hope Floats]]'' torpedoes this trope right off the bat by having the would-be disposable fiancé ''dump her on live television''.
* ''[[Letters to Juliet]]''. From what can be determined from the very detailed trailer, the main character's fiancé neglects her.
* The original ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'': Evil All Along, as well as a rare female example. [[The Parent Trap (1998 film)|The remake]] reuses this plot point.
* ''[[The Princess Diaries]] 2'': Bland Perfection leaning towards Let's Call The Whole Thing Off. When Mia calls off the wedding at the very last minute, Andrew is perfectly understanding about it, and he's only worried about what his mother's going to think.
* ''L'arnacoeur,'' aka ''Heartbreaker'': Andrew Lincoln's character is definitely Blandly Perfect
* ''[[Coming to America]]'': The prince had a fiancée back home, but he came to America specifically to find a replacement for her. You have to feel sorry for the girl. Her bland perfection stemmed from the fact that from the day she was born, she was ''raised to be his wife'' and do everything he said. [[Extreme Doormat|She had no opinions or likes of her own]], simply stating "whatever you prefer" when he asked her. What is the poor girl going to do with her life now?
** In all likelihood, she {{spoiler|[[Fridge Horror|hasn't stopped]] "barking like a dog. A big dog."}}
* ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'': Madeline Kahn has Minor Flaws.
* ''[[What's Up, Doc?]]'': Madeline Kahn again, and here her character Eunice Burns is really the innocent victim of the devious schemes of Barbra Streisand's character. At least Eunice seems to be happier with the millionaire she ends up with!
* Baroness Schraeder in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' is a combination of Minor Flaws and Let's Call The Whole Thing Off.
* ''[[Cast Away]]'' is a rare aversion; many test audience members who were [[Necessary Weasel|so used to this trope]] reacted negatively to the ending because it doesn't follow this pattern.
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* In ''[[Band Baaja Baaraat]]'' , Shruti's fiancé is so disposable [[The Ghost|he doesn't even appears in screen]] and is only listened from the cellphone, although for what little we know he seems to be of the Bland Perfection type.
* ''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]'': Doug. Subverted however {{spoiler|in that Vicky does end up marrying him in the end}}.
* ''[[3 Idiots]]'': Subhas, Pia's fiance, is such an example of Evil All Alont that he manages to fail every [[Secret Test of Character]] he is administrated in order to prove he isn't a materialistic, self-obssesed jerkass, and yet somehow was took back by Pia after he failed the first two times. She finally dumps him for good after he fails it a third time (and is given news of her actual love interest's whereabouts).
== Films (Animated) ==
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