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{{quote|''"There is always the one girl out there, though, the one that got away. Guys have that... and [[Serial Killer|serial killers]] have that, the one that got away. 'I had her, the trunk was lined with garbage bags, and then she got away.'"''|'''George Simmons''', '''''[[Funny People]]'''''}}
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Sister trope to [[Did Not Get the Girl]], only here we never even meet the girl (in the present anyway, flashbacks are allowed).
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== Anime And Manga ==
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== Comic Books ==
* [[Carl Barks]]' creation Glittering Goldie for Scrooge McDuck; future writers like [[Don Rosa]] jumped on the tragic story and made her a [[New Old Flame]] in most adaptations, including ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]''.
== Film ==
* Sam the Lion and his "young lady" in ''The Last Picture Show''.
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* Famous line from ''[[Citizen Kane]]'':
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* Evoked in ''[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]'', when Harry sees Harmony.
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'''Gay Perry:''' Yeah, I've had that. Bobby Mills. }}
* The whole plot of ''[[Chasing Amy]]'' is the unfolding events of how a girl becomes this to the protagonist. The title of the movie itself is presented as another way of saying "
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'''Jay''': Saint Shithead.
'''Silent Bob''': So I'm totally weirded out by this, right? And then I just start blasting her. Like... I don't know how to deal with what I'm feeling, so I figure the best way is by calling her a slut, right? And tell her she was used. I'm... I'm out for blood. I really wanna hurt this girl. I'm like, "What the fuck is your problem?", right? And she's just all calmly trying to tell me, like, it was that time and it was that place and she doesn't think she should apologize because she doesn't feel that she's done anything wrong. I'm like, "Oh, really?" That's when I look her straight in the eye, I tell her it's over. I walk.
'''Jay''': Fuckin' A!
'''Silent Bob''': No, idiot. It was a mistake. I didn't hate her. I wasn't disgusted with her. I was afraid. At that moment, I felt small, like... like I'd lacked experience, like I'd never be on her level, like I'd never be enough for her or something like that, you know what I'm saying? But, what I did not get, she didn't care. She wasn't looking for that guy anymore. She was... she was looking for me, for the Bob. But, uh, by the time I figure this all out, it was too late, man. She moved on, and all I had to show for it was some foolish pride, which then gave way to regret. She was the girl, I know that now. But I pushed her away. So I've spent every day since then, ''[[Chasing Amy]]''... so to speak. }}
* ''[[City Slickers]]'' Mitch asks Curly the cattle boss if he's ever been in love:
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'''Mitch:''' What happened?
'''Curly:''' I just turned around and rode away.
'''Mitch:''' Why?
'''Curly:''' I figured it wasn't gonna get any better than that. }}
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== Theatre ==
* ''One Touch Of Venus'': The reason that modern art collecter Whitlaw Savory buys a 3000-year-old Anatolian statue of a goddess is that it reminds him of "the girl who got away." When Savory runs into the goddess wandering through the [[Big Applesauce]], he recognizes her as
== Web Original ==
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== Western Animation ==
* In the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Epilogue" (the [[Fully-Absorbed Finale]] for ''[[Batman Beyond]]''), Selina is given a [[Continuity Nod|nod]] as being this for [[Batman|Bruce]].
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[[Category:Love Tropes]]
[[Category:The One That Got Away]]
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