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| 16 | ->''"Let's make this moment be the symbol of our lives\ |
| 17 | We'll pawn your dad's computer \ |
| 18 | and we'll sail to paradise\ |
| 19 | You're a girl... or maybe a wagon...\ |
| 20 | filled up with pancakes..."'' |
| 21 | -->-- '''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]''', ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' #117 [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE117Montage "montage"]] |
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| 23 | Variant of the GoodTimesMontage. |
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| 25 | Two characters get together and they are becoming romantically entwined. Their first date is shown and the audience gets a glimpse at how amazingly compatible the couple is. |
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| 27 | A montage follows, usually with no dialogue and an upbeat or romantic soundtrack, showing the couple during a series of classic dates like the picnic, the carnival, the park, the beach, the drive-in cinema, a bike ride (bonus points for a tandem bicycle), the dinner date or watching the sunset. They exchange classic romantic gifts like FlowersOfRomance, ChocolateOfRomance, [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed animals]] or [[WinHerAPrize a prize from the game at the carnival]]. They are shown in classic romantic poses and situations, including TheMeadowRun, OldFashionedRowBoatDate, HandsOnApproach, RomanticSpoonfeeding, SpaghettiKiss or SweetheartSipping, often combined with meaningful body language like the MeaningfulLook or HeldGaze, HoldingHands, the unexpected FirstKiss or the LapPillow. |
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| 29 | The montage segues into the end of a date and the audience is shown just how in love the couple has become. And how cute they are together. |
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| 31 | In TV shows, this is often a TimeCompressionMontage serving to show how, in this episode, the GirlOfTheWeek isn't just a casual fling. This trope is endemic to UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} as it's an effective way of showing developing romances between characters while (mostly) avoiding the narrative pitfalls [[TokenRomance of including them in the first place]]. |
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| 33 | See LiterallyFallingInLove for a SubTrope. Contrast with LostLoveMontage. |
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| 36 | !!Examples: |
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| 38 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 41 | * ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': While he was showing hints here and there, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YjmrSuO6nI Ki Ni Naru Aitsu]] in Episode 57 was the definitive Falling in Love Montage (if only one-sided) for Syaoran towards Sakura. |
| 42 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'' does this with [[OfficialCouple Suzaku and Euphemia]] in episode 5, though their conversation plays while showing them walking around the city after their MeetCute. |
| 43 | * ''Anime/CrossAnge'' gives one of these out to [[LastOfTheirKind Tusk]] and [[ActionGirl Ange]] after their... [[AccidentalPervert rather awkward and problematic first meeting]]. After tending to wounds sustained from crashing her [[HumongousMecha Villkiss]], Ange lets Tusk get to work on repairing her machine, which takes about a week. The montage then features the two of them starting to get more used to each other, as the insert song [[https://youtu.be/Yp7U6yvrSwo "Necessary"]] plays [[spoiler:(a song that also plays in Episodes 14 and 22; namely the time that their FirstKiss and TheirFirstTime happen respectively)]]. At the end of it, Tusk and Ange are stargazing, and [[AlmostKiss start to go for a kiss]] before something interrupts them. |
| 44 | * The season 3 finale of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' provides a variation where a flashback montage of all of Kaguya and Shirogane's most romantic moments from the series are shown in quick succession, not to signify them falling in love but to remind the audience of how far they've come [[spoiler:as they share their FirstKiss.]] |
| 45 | * ''Anime/MekakucityActors'': The InsertSong at the end of Episode 6, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D6uOGZLFCY Yuukei Yesterday]]'', combines this with GoodTimesMontage, as the song is explicitly about [[{{Tsundere}} Takane struggling with her developing feelings for Haruka]], and she is shown to grow more and more in love with him as the song progresses, but it's also inter-cut with some fun times with Shintaro and Ayano. |
| 46 | * This is [[SatireParodyPastiche played out as a parody while satirized by commentator Kyon]] in ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'''s NonIndicativeFirstEpisode, "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina". Like everything else in the episode, it's [[StylisticSuck rather amateurishly done]] thanks to being a student film made by the main characters. |
| 47 | * Chapter 116 of ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'' has one of these as part of an extended flashback where Lorem is telling Chiharu the story of how she met Gospel's father [[spoiler:Zeke]] and [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou why he isn't living with them]]. It starts with the two of them beginning to live together and goes all the way to the late stages of Lorem's pregnancy. |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 51 | * Between Sistah Spooky and Mindf*** in ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}''. [[spoiler:And shortly after, how they fall apart. And BTW, Mindf*** is a girl... a ''blonde'' girl.]] |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 55 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'', one happens after [[spoiler:Italy chose [[{{Polyamory}} both Germany and Japan]]. During this montage, not only do Germany and Japan fall even more in love with Italy, they fall in love with each other too.]] |
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| 58 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 59 | * The song "A Whole New World" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. |
| 60 | * "I Bring You a Song" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}.'' Not your typical romantic montage, as the mood is actually quite somber and [[SceneryPorn it focuses a lot on the nature]] ''around'' the two deer falling in love. |
| 61 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast,'' against the song of "Something There", which tends to confuse fans as to just how long Belle lives in the castle. Interestingly, the CutSong "Human Again" originally slated for this part of the film was much more specific about the passing of winter, but was dropped in part because the filmmakers were worried the audience would start wondering what Maurice and Gaston were doing all this time. They never quite solved this problem, even when the song was reinstated in the stage musical and a reedit of the film. |
| 62 | * ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear2'' has Kenai and Nita (who were [[ChildhoodFriend Childhood Friends]] slowly falling in love during their journey to Hokani Falls. Behind them, a jealous Koda tries to keep up with them. |
| 63 | * Though not specifically for this purpose, the bird-building scene of ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' clearly shows the awkward-yet-sweet progression of Flik and Atta's attraction. |
| 64 | * Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' by the king [[IWantGrandkids who wants grandkids.]] He sets up the perfect romantic scene and the Duke is describing how it would be. |
| 65 | -->'''Duke:''' Such a pretty picture, but in RealLife, [[SubvertedTrope doomed for failure.]]\ |
| 66 | '''The King:''' Failure, eh?! [[DoubleSubverted Take a look at that, you pompous windbag!]] |
| 67 | * The "Love Is an Open Door" sequence in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' takes this to its most logical conclusion; Anna and Hans agreeing to an engagement are its ''closing lines.'' [[spoiler:It turns out to be one-sided when it's revealed that Hans is the villain who was using her as part of his plan to become king of Arendelle, thus making it a VillainSong.]] |
| 68 | * "Bella Notte" from ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' starts as a typical onscreen song but then transforms into a romantic montage that spans the course of the evening. Then it fades to black, and then fades back up to the titular characters waking up on the same hill. The sequel has a similar montage focused on Scamp and Angel, to the song "Can This Be Love?" |
| 69 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': |
| 70 | ** "Caaaaaan you feel the looooove tonight?" Worth mentioning is that at one point this was going to be somewhat of a ''deconstruction'', as the song was going to be sung sarcastically by Timon and Pumbaa, who were just ''disgusted'' at all this "mushy stuff" going on. The only bit of that which survived the final revisions is the ending of the song. |
| 71 | ** "Upendi" from the sequel. However, the film's primary love duet (and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" expy), "Love Will Find a Way", takes place ''after'' they've already fallen in love with each other and have been [[spoiler:forcibly separated by Kiara's father]]. |
| 72 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': Before "Kiss the Girl" even hits the screen there's a love montage between Ariel and Eric touring the kingdom. |
| 73 | * Mickey and Minnie share [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SksaDsAHQyE a romantic montage]] in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers''. |
| 74 | * ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'' has a major one between [[spoiler:Naruto and Hinata]] in the second act, after [[spoiler:Naruto]] finally understands the concept of [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove romantic love]]. |
| 75 | * The film version of ''ComicBook/{{Persepolis}}'' shows Marjane and Markus pelting one another with snowballs, running through the park, smoking hash with content expressions and showing a gleeful, happy romance... before he cheats on her. Soon after turned on its head when she re-envisions the entire thing but with Markus as a slimy, creepy douchebag. In his defense, she does mention in the comic that she was a huge emotional load on him, as she expected him to be an ersatz for every man in her life. |
| 76 | %%* "Colors of the Wind" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}''. |
| 77 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' has a montage of Moses building a new life among Tzipporah's people after fleeing Egypt set to the song "Through Heaven's Eyes", which also includes him falling in love with Tzipporah and marrying her right at the end of the song. It's a particularly beautiful sequence considering that their relationship, while sweet, is not really central to the story of the film. |
| 78 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' has a variation -- while the montage is definitely one of these for Tiana and Naveen, the song itself (Ma Belle Evangeline) is about Ray's love for Evangeline. |
| 79 | * ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'': Kaylee and Garret fall in love during the song "Looking through your eyes," just before the final showdown. |
| 80 | * ''Anime/RideYourWave'': Hinako and Minato's first date is followed by a montage of all their subsequent dates and moments together, including camping, fireworks, running together on the beach, and more. This is echoed later, when [[spoiler: after Minato's death, Hinako tries to bring his ghost on all those same activities]]. |
| 81 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'': "Life is brief, but when it's gone, love goes on and on..." |
| 82 | * ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', Shrek and Fiona fall in love with Music/{{Eels}}' "My Beloved Monster" as the backdrop. The song "You Belong to Me" plays later to show Shrek and Fiona have fallen in love. |
| 83 | * The "This Is My Idea" musical number from ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess''. It starts out with the two main characters being introduced to each other as children, both of them despising the other upon sight, and goes on to show them growing up, eventually falling in love. All the while their respective parents and kingdoms sing about how their arranged marriage is so perfect...especially as it could result in lower taxes! |
| 84 | * The scene where Rapunzel and Flynn first arrive at Corona in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', followed by a scene reminiscent of the "Tour of the Kingdom" sequence from ''The Little Mermaid'' and the song "I See the Light". |
| 85 | * The song "Strangers Like Me" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' is a combination montage of him falling deeper in love with Jane and learning about humanity. |
| 86 | * The beginning of the Creator/{{Pixar}} film ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' has one where Carl falls in love with and marries Ellie... and it results in severe MoodWhiplash since Carl is a widower by the time the plot starts. |
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| 88 | |
| 89 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 90 | * In ''Film/AboutTime'', Tim and Mary fall in love--or, more accurately, fall deeper in love, hang out with Tim's sister, and move in together--in this montage, set mostly in a London subway station, accompanied by the song "How Long Will I Love You" (performed by Jon Boden, Sam Sweeney & Ben Coleman). |
| 91 | * Being a UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film, ''Film/{{Ajnabee}}'' gets a ''dance number'' montage. The "Meri Zindagi Mein Ajnabee" song has Priya and Raj singing and dancing about how quickly they've fallen in love. |
| 92 | * Given that it's a parody of ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'' plays this fairly straight as Austin treats Vanessa Kensington to a night on the town. |
| 93 | * Subverted in ''Film/TheBreakUp'', which opens with a MeetCute, followed by one of these to ''You're My Best Friend'', followed immediately by...well, you can figure this one out on your own. |
| 94 | * Once Lalita and Darcy got out for dinner in Los Angeles in ''Film/BrideAndPrejudice'' they really start to click. |
| 95 | * ''Film/CassanovaWasAWoman'': Cassanova is shown in various situations kissing, laughing with and going places alongside Lola as the two fall for each other. |
| 96 | %% * The Vanilla Ice movie ''Film/CoolAsIce'' has one of these over one of Ice's ballads. |
| 97 | %% * ''Film/CrazyBeautiful''. The chapter on the DVD was even called "Falling in Love". |
| 98 | * ''Film/CynaraPoetryInMotion'': Cynara and Byron are shown while talking, riding horses, playing chess etc while they grow closer to each other, though both of them had clear attraction to each other from the start. |
| 99 | * Very R-rated version in ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', a montage of Wade and Vanessa having (kinky) sex over the course of a year set to "Calendar Girl". |
| 100 | * ''Film/DeathWalksOnHighHeels'': After fleeing Paris for London, Nicole and Robert have a montage of them doing romantic couple activities; interspersed with a Shopping Montage. |
| 101 | * ''Film/DefinitelyMaybe'' shows shots of Will falling in love with Summer to "I've Got a Crush on You". |
| 102 | * Parodied in ''Film/HotShots''. One scene shows Topper and Ramada laughing and smiling as they exit a movie theater. The camera then pans up to the marquee to reveal that they had just finished watching the very depressing ''Film/{{Platoon}}''. |
| 103 | * ''Film/JaggedMind'': Billie is shown with Alex doing many different things happily together while they begin dating and fall for each other. |
| 104 | * Film/JamesBond (George Lazenby) has one in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' with Tracy (Diana Rigg), set to Louis Armstrong singing "We Have All the Time in the World." |
| 105 | * ''Film/JasonsLyric'': The titular characters' romantic dates montage are; having a mock picnic followed by [[DanceOfRomance slow dancing]] and [[TwirlOfLove a twirl hug]] in an abandoned bus station, traveling to a secluded bayou; [[PiggybackCute piggyback riding]], rowing a rowboat, savoring their newly found love until they end up having passionate sex in [[EmpathicEnvironment the woods that magically turns into a flower field.]] And later, they go on a date in the carnival. |
| 106 | * Éowyn and Faramir's relationship in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films is cut down to this to save time. And it only appears in the Extended Edition! |
| 107 | * ''Film/MadeasFamilyReunion'' has this with Vanessa and Frankie, and an inversion with Lisa and her abusive husband Carlos showing him abusing her. |
| 108 | %% * the Korean romantic comedy ''Film/MySassyGirl'' and its spiritual prequel ''Windstruck''. |
| 109 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/TheNakedGun'' when Frank Drebin has a date with Jane Spencer. To the tune of "I'm Into Something Good," they have the typical dating montage, including a beach scene with them holding hands, running and clotheslining another couple running the other way, and both laughing joyfully as they leave a theater... [[MoodDissonance that was screening]] ''Film/{{Platoon}}''. |
| 110 | * ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': PlayedForLaughs. Mr. Boynton takes Miss Brooks to the zoo, where they feed an elephant mother and her baby. Then Miss Brooks lures Mr. Boynton away from the zoo, to a sale on furniture in the Sherry's Department Store window, as a way of suggesting matrimony. Mr. Boynton again starts taking Miss Brooks to the zoo, where a camera fade shows how much the baby elephant had grown in a couple years. |
| 111 | -->'''Miss Brooks: ''' ''[narrating]'' Ours was not the fastest romance in history, but it took no time to develop into one of the slowest. |
| 112 | * The montage in ''Film/{{Saved}}'' is a cross between this and the LostLoveMontage - the characters shown are all in love with people that are [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unavailable or estranged.]] |
| 113 | * ''Film/SignatureMove'': Zaynab and Alma are shown as they do different things together as they become closer, falling for each other. |
| 114 | * Parodied in Creator/MelBrooks' ''Film/SilentMovie'', where the individual scenes of Mel and his girlfriend each turn absurd (they're riding a carousel together and then the carousel horse starts pooping blocks of wood; a frolic in the park turns into a race, complete with hurdles and a finish line; and so on). |
| 115 | * ''Film/StuartLittle2'' has is a love montage between Stuart and Margalo as they enjoy spending time together, such as Margalo watching Stuart skateboarding, Stuart and Margalo eating marshmallows by the Littles' warm fire. Also Stuart and Margalo at a baseball game with the Littles and Stuart and Margalo watching a romantic movie together. |
| 116 | * ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'': Harley Quinn has one with President Luna. It's completely over-the-top and overuses tropes of the genre like warm colors lighting, romantic music, long stares and pretty birds making Harley looks like a Disney princess, making blindingly obvious how much of a parody the whole thing is. Then it segues into a hilarious DestructoNookie. [[spoiler:And then Harley kills him one scene later when she learns how far he's willing to go to hold onto power.]] |
| 117 | * Seen in ''Film/WalkHard'' between Dewey and Darlene. As it happens, their montage includes such questionable activities as [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything licking, sucking, slurping ice-cream cones with very ambiguous expressions...]] Not to mention the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything highly suggestive carpentry]]. |
| 118 | * ''Film/YesOrNo'': Pie and Kim are shown playing around, watching movies, handing out with each other etc as they grow closer. Over time, it's shown they've fallen for each other. |
| 119 | * ''Film/YoungHearts'': Harper and Tilly are shown laughing together, kissing, talking or meeting up to have sex as they fall in love. |
| 120 | * ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'' has an orgy that starts out like a romantic montage, and then the partners get a little... weird. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
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| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 125 | * Name-dropped and played with in Ciara Smyth's TheFallingInLoveMontage, in which a pair of teenagers who have watched too many romcoms decide that rather than actually falling in love they'll re-enact the typical scenes of one--with predictable results. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 129 | * The romantic comedy ''Series/AdamAndSteve'' shows a rare instance of a same-sex couple having a Falling in Love Montage. |
| 130 | * Used hilariously as Tom both falls in love with Allison and teaches her how to kill vampires, all in the same montage, in ''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}''. |
| 131 | * The ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' pilot uses this as its ColdOpen, tracing the romance of Samantha and Darrin from their first meeting to their honeymoon. |
| 132 | * Parodied in the ''Series/{{Blackadder}} II'' episode "[[Recap/BlackadderS2E1Bells Bells]]", where a Falling-in-Love Montage of Edmund and [[SweetPollyOliver "Bob"]] turns into a commercial for an album of Elizabethan love songs. |
| 133 | -->'''Scrolling subtitle:''' Greensleeves... The Rain It Raineth Every Day... Hey Nonny I Love You... My Love is a Prick (on a Tudor Rose)... Hot Sex Madrigal in the Middle of My Tights |
| 134 | * The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Origins of Vampire Mythology" has a pseudo Falling-in-Love Montage between Pierce and Chang after they try to become best friends. Then they get in a fight and there's a LostLoveMontage. ''Five minutes later.'' |
| 135 | * Like several other montage types, this is deconstructed for horror effect in ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Forest of the Dead", in which we see Donna undergo a Falling-in-Love Montage only to find out that it ''actually happened that fast'', taking place in a virtual reality world which relies on the human brain mentally filling in the extra time to avoid confronting the constant disorientation. |
| 136 | * ''Series/FeelGood'': The first episode shows George and Mae flirting, kissing or undressing while in Mae's room to show their building romance over time. |
| 137 | * ''Series/{{Forever|2018}}'': The series begins with a montage of how Oscar and June met, fell in love, got married, and fell into a rut. |
| 138 | * The ''Series/FullHouse'' WeddingEpisode combines clips of Jesse Katsopolis and Rebecca Donaldson's romance with a brief PhotoMontage of their actors (John Stamos and Lori Laughlin, respectively) while Jesse sings Music/TheBeachBoys song "Forever" to his bride. |
| 139 | * ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': |
| 140 | ** Subtly parodied with Ted's stock Falling-in-Love Montage shown with several of his romantic false leads that all play out completely identically, just with the love interest du jour. Ted does the exact same thing in every montage: Ted feeds the girl sauce he has cooked while she sits on his counter, they go for a walk (or jog!) in the park, and he spontaneously buys her a single flower from a flower stand. |
| 141 | ** Ted's GrandRomanticGesture for his crush Stella is a two-minute date that looks like a lovely Falling-in-Love Montage that actually happens in real life in real time. He takes her to a cute little Italian restaurant, to a movie that's their inside joke (just the important bits), they have coffee and dessert, then he offers her some flowers and they stroll hand in hand and they even manage to squeeze in a sweet good night kiss. "Thirteen" by Music/BigStar plays in the background. |
| 142 | * ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': DownplayedTrope in "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder In Throes of Increasing Wonder...]]", which has a montage of the dates Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt go on. They hang out in a park, go shopping for clothes, and go to the opera. Homosexuality was a criminal offense in 1910, so Lestat's courtship of Louis had to be masked as friendship. |
| 143 | * ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'': In "[[Recap/LegionS3E3Chapter22 Chapter 22]]", a sequence of clips set to "True Love Will Find You in the End" by Music/DanielJohnston is used to summarize how the romance between Charles Xavier and Gabrielle gradually blossoms. They walk around the mental hospital while HoldingHands, he sends her his cute drawings that he knows will make her laugh, they play chess, eat cherry pie together (and they playfully fight over the last piece), he teaches her how to slow dance, and they stargaze at night, which then culminates into their FirstKiss. |
| 144 | * ''Series/MissionImpossible'' intentionally avoided montages, but did use this type in a couple of episodes. One case, in "The Short-Tail Spy," was quite creative: it used a quick series of various locations and activities, but included dialogue that ran together to form a single, coherent conversation between the two characters. |
| 145 | * ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'': There's a lovely one of these during "Diamonds Are For Heather" set to "Zoom" by Fat Larry's Band. |
| 146 | * ''Series/OurFlagMeansDeath'': Two, in fact: [[spoiler: The opening of episode 6 sees Blackbeard and Stede bonding as they spend time together on board the ''Revenge''. Then, in episode 10, Stede listens to his estranged wife describe her love for her new beau, and [[LoveEpiphany realizes it applies to how he feels about Blackbeard]]]]. |
| 147 | * ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'': In "They Shoot Managers, Don't They?" Reuben has one with his girlfriend Cathleen, set to "She'd Rather Have the Rain," in which he pushes her on a swingset, makes a few attempts at a MeadowRun, and eventually proposes by a fountain. |
| 148 | * Parodied with Geraldine and Simon Horton in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', with scenes including a romantic picnic in which she stuffs an entire chocolate bar into her mouth and, most famously, a scene of them laughing and jumping in puddles which ends when one turns out to be about a meter deep. |
| 149 | * ''Series/TheWilds'': We see one of Nora and Quinn, her boyfriend, in her flashbacks. First having a MeetCute, awkwardly flirting, doing things together before they start to date and lose their virginities with each other. |
| 150 | * [[AffectionateParody Parodied]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] on ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' during Alex and Mason's first date. |
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| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 154 | %% * In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', Tidus and Yuna get one shortly after the party escapes from Seymour in Bevelle. |
| 155 | * In ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'', When a mii asks to set up two of its friends on a date, and you say yes, a short montage will play where the two friends are seen doing various activities together. The montage will end with them by the fountain, where they will either become sweethearts, or simply become/remain friends. |
| 156 | * In ''Videogame/Yakuza2'', [[ReplacementGoldfish Kaoru]] and Kiryu have one of these [[RescueRomance saving her]] from some thugs. |
| 157 | [[/folder]] |
| 158 | |
| 159 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 160 | * ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''; |
| 161 | ** Nutty has three of these with [[CompanionCube a lollipop, a gumball machine, and a box of chocolate]] in the episode ''A Sucker for Love'', increasing in length each time. The third one even has him imagining his "wife" [[CheatingWithTheMilkman Being Eaten by the Milkman]], leading to Nutty taking [[MurderTheHypotenuse drastic]] off-screen measures. He is then thrown in jail, leading to him regretting his actions, making up with his wife again, growing old with her, and sadly eating her insides when she dies. All in one montage. |
| 162 | ** Handy and Petunia get one of these in ''I Nub You''. This being ''Happy Tree Friends'', however, it ends abruptly. And gruesomely. |
| 163 | * Spoofed by ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' in the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail ''montage'', where one of the montages created is one of Strong Bad falling in love with a Wagon Fulla Pancakes. |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | %% [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 167 | %% * ''Webcomic/{{Bug|Martini}}'' [[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/love-lessons/ deconstructs this.]] |
| 168 | %% * In ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}'', they fell in LoveAtFirstSight and married, but the TimePassesMontage [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/brothersister-22/#.UIH-sGdHGuI doubles as this, showing them in love months later.]] |
| 169 | %% * Kat and Alistair on [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=235 this page]] of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. |
| 170 | %% * In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Karkat has a falling-in-''hate'' montage with John. Of course, since humans don't work that way, it ends up going nowhere, much to Karkat's annoyance. |
| 171 | %% [[/folder]] |
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| 173 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 174 | %% * Occurs in episode 8 RomanticFalseLead of ''WebVideo/EchoChamber''. |
| 175 | * The number one cliché NOT in ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ten+cliches/video/x8699q_ten-chick-flick-cliches-that-are-no_fun He's Just Not That Into You]]''. |
| 176 | * Mentioned in ''WebVideo/JoJosBizarreAdventureAbridged: Phantom Blood''. And then {{lampshaded}} by [[{{Jerkass}} Dio]], who mentions he heard they went "montaging together". |
| 177 | -->'''Jonathan:''' ''[to Erina, who left after giving him food]'' Thank you! I'll be here tomorrow! We should get together in montage! ''[cut to said montage]'' |
| 178 | * Ella and Eli get one in ''WebVideo/UniversityEverAfter'', in which they sing and pillow-fight. |
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| 181 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 182 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' features a Evil version for The Joker and Harley Quinn, where ''she'' not only falls in love, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i4rsKKM26k but they destroy most of Gotham in the process. Set to the Joker singing Hank Williams', "Settin' the Woods on Fire.]] |
| 183 | %% * A lampshade was hung on this in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChillyBeach'': "Would you like to have a romantic montage with me?'' |
| 184 | %% * ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' with Danny and Sam's date respectfully. Neither end up with their girl/boyfriend by end, the former being the DatingCatwoman variation and the latter a faker who was only a Gothic dreamboat Hungarian in an attempt to get down Sam's pants. Predictably, both Danny and Sam [[RelationshipUpgrade ended up together]] by end. |
| 185 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': |
| 186 | ** "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E12TheDeepSouth The Deep South]]": Fry falls in love with a mermaid named Umbriel. They have a montage set to "Atlantis" by Donovan. Fry and Umbriel ride a ray together, they watch a fight between an octopus and a small whale, and Fry makes an "I ♥ U" sign from bioluminescent creatures. |
| 187 | ** "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E2ParasitesLost Parasites Lost]]": Fry's performance on the holophoner for Leela looks very much like a Falling-In-Love Montage. They dance a DanceOfRomance on a planet's ring, their faces appear kissing on the surface of the ocean, they swim together as seals, and end up dancing again in a pearl. |
| 188 | ** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E6BendlessLove Bendless Love]]", robot Bender and fembot Angleyne get a Falling-in-Love Montage. He helps Angelyne bend HandsOnApproach (and they bend the girder into a heart), the two share a HeldGaze and kiss with sparkles. Set to instrumental version of "Unchained Melody". Then they start dating and have a montage over "Bend Me Shape Me": Bender tries to win her a prize in a carnival booth (he steals the toy and the seller's wallet moments later), they have a row-boat date and they ride a tandem bicycle. |
| 189 | ** Bender and the Planet Express Ship who fall in love to Bender's rendition of "Daisy Bell" in ValentinesDayEpisodes "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E3LoveAndRocket Love and Rocket]]". However, in the scene immediately following the montage, Bender announces that he's dumping the ship. |
| 190 | ** "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E13BendHer Bend Her]]": Coilette (Bender turned into a fembot) and Calculon have a montage set to Tom Jones' "She's a Lady". They drink champagne on Calculon's yacht (that's almost as huge as a cruise ship), they dance under a sparkling disco ball and they have a bath in oil. The final shot also makes a cover of ''Famous Actor and Athlete Couple Illustrated'' magazine. |
| 191 | ** In "[[Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore Bender's Big Score]]", the montage shows Lars and Leela falling more and more in love. Admittedly as it is ''Futurama'', they play space golf and go floating in ''real'' giant bubbles. |
| 192 | ** "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E13Naturama Naturama]]": Salmon Fry and Salmon Leela get a montage with song "Sea of Love". They jump above the surface of sea, they create a heart shape with water, they have a Spaghetti Kiss and they watch bioluminescent jellyfish and look at each other lovingly. |
| 193 | * DoubleSubverted in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' where Arnold goes through a seemingly bland montage of dating Lila, not enjoying it at all. However, later on when thinking back on it he remembers the fun that the previous montage didn't show the audiences, realizing he'd fallen in love with her. |
| 194 | --> '''Arnold:''' Aw, no... this can't be happening. I think I actually... like her like her. |
| 195 | * ''WesternAnimation/JellyJamm'': Parodied. In the episode "White Trainers", Goomo is given a pair of white sneakers to replace his broken flip-flops and becomes so attached to the shoes that the episode's song segment shows a montage of him interacting with them like one would interact with a significant other on a date (a SpaghettiKiss, WatchingTheSunset, etc.). |
| 196 | %% * On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', one happens in "Jimmy Matchmaker" between Beezy and Saffi after Jimmy hooks the two together. |
| 197 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'': "Of the Same Pride" by Kion and Rani as they bond with each other. |
| 198 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', Bugs and Lola have one of these in Paris after he finally gets her to stop [[TalkativeLoon talking]]. At the end... |
| 199 | -->'''Lola:''' Yeah, no, that whole thing would have been a ''loooot'' more better with talking. |
| 200 | %% * ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'': Doctor Barber and Candy Colleague get one in "Candy Colleague". |
| 201 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': |
| 202 | ** Parodied after Skipper and a peregrine falcon fall in love. The song is particularly funny given that Skipper's favorite pastime is covert ops and the falcon's favorite pastime is the horrific murder and consumption of smaller birds and "delicious little furry animals." |
| 203 | --->"It'll be a week to remember, as long as no one's dismembered." |
| 204 | ** The sequence with Julien and Rico blowing up everything in sight in the park during "Kaboom and Kabust" [[HoYay plays out very much like one of these]]. |
| 205 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Dr. Doofenshmirtz and his (unnamed) evil girlfriend share one of these in the episode "Chez Platypus" [[spoiler: only to have it [[YankTheDogsChain jerked away]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by his own "love-destroying" satellite]] right before the episode ends.]] |
| 206 | -->'''Doofenshmirtz:''' I found my other half, yes, I got an evil love! |
| 207 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', Miss Finster has one of these with Hank, the janitor, after the main six hook them up. Including the infamous scene of her riding a vibrating floor buffer, laughing. |
| 208 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 209 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E21BlackWidower Black Widower]]": Sideshow Bob and Selma get a Falling-in-Love Montage while they are singing Frank and Nancy Sinatras' "Somethin' Stupid". They have a boat date, have their hair done together, walk in the sand, and they frolic in the meadow. |
| 210 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E23BartsFriendFallsInLove Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]", Bart's class is shown a Troy [=McClure=] movie about puberty, with Troy narrating as "Fuzzy Bunny" meets new girlfriend "Fluffy Bunny" and they start dating. As he describes their activities, they're shown onscreen. |
| 211 | --->'''Narration:''' Fluffy and Fuzzy went to the park (''feeding birds in the park''), the ice cream social (''giggling while eating ice cream with other bunnies''), the boat show (''holding hands while looking at boats''), and many other wholesome activities (''practicing at a gun range''). And they never ruined their bond by giving in to their throbbing biological urges (''bowling, with a pulsing heart animated between them''). |
| 212 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E16DumbbellIndemnity Dumbbell Indemnity]]": Moe and his love interest Renee have their first date shown in a montage. They go to the park and Moe buys her all the balloons, then they go skating together (Moe gets run over by a horse-drawn carriage), and they ride on ''whales'' at the sea park while holding hands (and Moe's whale escapes with Moe still on its back). Set to "I'm a Believer" by Music/TheMonkees. |
| 213 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E11WorstEpisodeEver Worst Episode Ever]]": Agnes Skinner and Comic Book Guy get a montage with them going on a date and doing lovey dovey stuff, but sice they are both bitter and sarcastic, it's all with a nasty streak. He fixes a fire hydrant that was splashing water to some kids' disappointment and Agnes' great amusement, he destroys a kid's boat while stone skipping, and they watch a sunset snuggling ("Sunsets. Thank God there's only one of these a day.") Set to "Puppy Love" by Music/PaulAnka. |
| 214 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E4AHunkaHunkaBurnsInLove A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]": Mr. Burns falls in love with Gloria. The progress in the relationship and several of their dates are shown in a montage, and Homer's always chaperoning them. They have an OldFashionedRowBoatDate, then they almost share a SpaghettiKiss, and Mr. Burns rests his head on Gloria's lap under a tree and she caresses his head. "If I Don't Have You" by NRBQ is playing over the montage. |
| 215 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E15RomeOldAndJuliEh Rome-Old and Juli-Eh]]": Song "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" by Joe Jackson plays during Abe and Selma's love montage. They have a picnic (LapPillow-style: Abe lies on Selma's knees); they sit on a bench close together (turns out they are watching a poster, not enjoying a view of the town); then it looks like they make out in a car, but actually Selma is giving Abe a cardiac massage. And finally they spend time at the beach, lovingly splashing water on each other. |
| 216 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E11FlamingMoe Flaming Moe]]" Principal Skinner runs after his new music teacher Calliope Juniper who is sitting in the grass with children. He's knocked down, then opens his eyes shown through the EyeCam and sees Calliope. He has a long FantasySequence with images of them being together, getting closer and falling in love. Set to "Jennifer Juniper" by Donovan. They run in the meadow full of flowers, then fly on a giant paper plane, jump on a horse shaped like Willie and ride into school cafeteria where their food they are served is shaped like hearts. Then Calliope plays the guitar shaped like Skinner's head and he keeps humming. |
| 217 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E10MarriedToTheBlob Married to the Blob]]": Their montage is called ''Kumiko's and C.B.G.'s Super Happy Love Montage'', to borrow the title of Kumiko's manga rendition. With Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu's "PONPONPON" playing on the soundtrack, we see Kumiko and Comic Book Guy on a picnic listening to a ''[[Franchise/StarWars Cosmic Wars]]: The Crucifixion of Jim Jam Bonks'' audiobook, visiting the Springfield Air and Space Museum (during which Comic Book Guy accidentally pushes a decommissioned Space Shuttle out of the window), and cosplaying at the Bi-Mon Sci-fi Con (with Comic Book Guy as the title portal from ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' and Kumiko using said portal to change from a [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Scout]] costume to a [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts uniform]]; the audience includes Milo and a heavily pregnant Strawberry). |
| 218 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E22TheNedLiestCatch The Ned-Liest Catch]]", Edna falls in love with widowed Ned Flanders. Edna and Ned have a getting-closer-and-falling-in-love montage. Kids at school read about them in the paper with pictures of their dates, then they are watching a movie together, then walking and holding hands (while a river parts so they can walk on the dry bottom) and Edna is reading a story to his sons. It ends with Edna doodling lovey-dovey stuff. |
| 219 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The episode "To Love a Patty" has [=SpongeBob=] bond with the krabby patty he falls in love with through song. |
| 220 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer The Answer]]", Ruby and Sapphire had a montage like this while exploring Earth's nature in the WholeEpisodeFlashback. Their activities included stargazing, watching animals and slow dancing. |
| 221 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' has a montage where Terra and Beast Boy go on their first date at a fair. It's a more sinister example in that Terra was actually on the BigBad Slade's side, and partly brought Beast Boy along to keep him out of Slade's way when the time came for the villain to try to go after the rest of the Titans. |
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