Stood Up: Difference between revisions

 

The person stuck doing the waiting in a '''Stood Up''' situation is almost [[Always Female]], though doesn't ''have'' to be related to romance.

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Code Geass]]'' does a version of Stood Up that doesn't quite fit one of the five examples above. Shirley, one of Lelouch's best friends who has a crush on him, invites him to a concert. When an important meeting for his [[La Résistance]] group comes up, he tries to phone her to apologize and not rise suspicions/risks for either of them, but she calls him first to say that she and her mother have to do something out in the country. When he finally shows up at the concert hall long after it's over, Shirley's standing alone in the rain and looking ''very'' tearful. He tries to apologize, but she interrupts to reveal that her father Joseph was killed by Zero (Lelouch's secret identity), and that "something out in the country" was identifying his corpse. Cue full-episode [[Angst]] for Lelouch. {{spoiler|And a full-blown [[Break the Cutie]] for poor Shirley.}}

* Sousuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' does '''Type 3''' to Chidori fairly often, when he's called to go away on a mission and forgets to tell her.

* A non-romantic version happened in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', where Jonouchi/Joey promised his sister and mother to visit. He took a shortcut to be sure to make it in time, but was assaulted.

 

* In ''A Rose And A Thorn'', Amy is stood up by Sonic in the first chapter in a '''Type 4'''. She meets Shadow while she's walking home in the rain, and they end up having sex at her place.

* In ''[[Naruto|The Mating Frenzy]]'', Naruto is given a letter "from Hinata" (long story) inviting him for sex. He doesn't know where she lives, and, being Naruto, doesn't think to check the return address. {{spoiler|[[Don't Explain the Joke|She has a huge crush on him.]]}} She gets stood up. {{spoiler|[[Rape Is Ok When It Is Female On Male|She rapes him in his sleep.]]}} It's a long story.

 

== [[Film]] ==

** Terri has risked life and limb to help trapped spy Jack get out of Eastern Europe alive. When Jack says he can't possibly repay her, Terri tells him she'll settle for a fancy dinner. She arrives, all dressed up because she's developed a crush on Jack. But he doesn't show. A sympathetic waitstaff permits Terri to wait. Jack's buddy and co-worker Peter arrives to tell Terri Jack has been detained. He offers to pay for her breadsticks and water, but Terri refuses because it makes her feel like a prostitute. Jack's good reason turns out to be that he had an audience with The Queen of England to thank him for his diligent efforts. Terri is unwilling to forgive him until she realizes he's made good on showing up in person.

* In ''[[Sky High]]'', there is a '''Type 4.'''

* ''[[Cast Away]]'' is a '''Type 5.''' Chuck is missing for so long that his <s>wife</s> fiancée has him declared legally dead. When he finally returns, she has moved on.

* In ''The Lake House'', there's the very special case of {{spoiler|Kate actually telling Alex not to come}}, but she doesn't know it because {{spoiler|time travel is involved}}. Arguably doesn't fall to any of the above types, but it could be viewed as {{spoiler|type 5, because he dies in that timeline}}.

* Recent example on ''[[Home and Away]]'': Nicole accidentally stands Liam up when her phone is broken thanks to a water fight.

* ''[[The Nanny]]'' has a cross between types 1 and 5: {{spoiler|Maxwell Sheffield}} never shows up for his date with Fran because he got mugged, beaten up, and knocked unconscious on his way there; Fran figures something's wrong and goes out to find him. She finds him in an alley, and everything ends well after {{spoiler|he proposes to her, even though the muggers stole the engagement ring he was going to give her}}.

 

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