History Main / EatingLunchAlone

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' Amy says she had to do this in high school, but she ended up eating lunch with the janitor in his storeroom- until the janitor's wife called her a 'puta'.[[/folder]]

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Dust prefers to take her meals alone because as a practicing muslim, she does not remove her face covering around men, and the X-Mansion meals are usually co-ed (she wears the full-face type). It has nothing to do with socialization as she otherwise takes part in group activities.

* In ''Film/WelcomeToTheDollhouse''; a heart-breaking scene in a heart-breaking movie. This scene, where Dawn tries to find a place to sit in the school cafeteria and is rejected from every occupied table is also used in the film's trailer, because it completely encapsulates the deperate and hopeless mood of the film.

* Poor "Big Patty" from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', who's percieved as a bully but is really just shy, hates lunch period most because she's always eating alone. Harold, who befriends Patty and loves to eat, has difficulty comprehending this.

* Vivy from ''Literature/GetAGripVivyCohen'' used to eat lunch in the hallway until the teacher said she wasn't allowed, so she started eating at a table with a few other kids who never talked. After she join the Flying Squirrels, she starts sitting with the catcher Alex Carrillo.

* ''Manga/WhisperedWords'': Back in middle school, Kazama ended up eating alone (until Sumi suddenly joined her) after she accidentally [[SchoolgirlLesbians outed herself]] to her friends.

->''"I got some news for you''
->''And you'll soon find out it's true''
->''And then you'll have to eat your lunch all by yourself"''
--> -- '''Eagles''', "Already Gone"

* [[TeenGenius Ai Haibara]] in ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' claimed she was that. As a ChildProdigy, it is of course due to IntelligenceEqualsIsolation.

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* ''Webcomic/{{MAG ISA}}'' -- [[http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119179 Eman Cruz eats lunch alone cuz he’s not like everyone else. ]]
* ''Webcomic/{{PHD}}'': Eating lunch alone at the campus cafeteria [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=775 makes Cecilia feel unbearably self-conscious]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'': Emily, after becoming two years younger, [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=52 no longer dares sit with her former friends]].
* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfShanShan'', [[http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=011&chapterid=1 Shan Shan eats alone.]] So does Adam, but Adam can pull it off.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-06-10 cranked up as no one comes to his birthday party]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Starfighter}}'': [[http://www.starfightercomic.com/chapter_04_page.php?page=Chapter_04_Page_44 Keeler, despite his friendly demeanor and officer status, is sitting alone at a table on the Navigators' side of the mess hall.]]

* ''Website/TheOnion'': [[http://www.theonion.com/video/obamas-approval-rating-down-after-photos-surface-o,28010/ Obama's Approval Rating Down After Photos Surface of Him Eating Big Sandwich All Alone]]
** [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/fucking-loser-at-movie-all-by-himself,33302/ Fucking Loser At Movie All By Himself]]. Obviously not about eating lunch, but going to the movies alone carries the same stigma (just ask [[Website/FourChan /tv/]]).
** [[https://local.theonion.com/sad-student-eats-table-all-alone-at-lunch-1844982153 Sad Student Eats Table All Alone At Lunch]]

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** This ends up becoming an issue for a [[AlphaBitch more socially-active but mean spirited character]] named Koharu Minami.. After she gets put into a separate class from her usual clique, she struggles to find people she can eat with for some time. She doesn't always want to always eat with her usual friends because she knows they'll make fun of her for not being able to find any other company, and her OnlyFriend in her current class, Mako, isn't always available. Koharu tries dining with a girl named Mike for a while, but not only does she find it awkward since the latter has a boyfriend, she's also a LethalChef who's always forcing her terrible cooking onto Koharu. Koharu eventually settles on hanging out with a GamerGirl named Shiki Futaki, but the friendship she strikes with her sets off a chain of events that causes her old clique to fall apart...and the leader of it, Sachi, to start eating lunch on her own.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' has struggled with this trope in restaurants on several occasions. Generally, he thinks he ''should'' be fine with it, as a cultured and self-confident adult... but it ''just feels weird''. Of course, trying it on Valentines Day was probably asking for trouble.

* In ''{{Mange/ReLIFE}}'', Kaizaki notices Hishiro does this and tries to convince Yoake to eat with her. [[spoiler: It doesn't work, but Hishiro does manage to become friends with Kariu and Honoka.]]

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* Happens several times in Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} books:
** In ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth'' the titular heroine eats lunch alone when she is transferred to her new school since everyone thinks she's a weirdo.
** In ''Comicbook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'': Early on, Linda eats lunch alone because she is shunned and bullied the whole time by cruel schoolmates. Later Lena joins her, but both girls are still shunned by everyone else.

* In the very first chapter of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', we learn that Taylor Hebert has been eating lunch in a locked stall in the girls' bathroom for weeks to avoid a trio of bullies that have been targeting her for a year and a half. Unfortunately for [[BullyMagnet Taylor]], this chapter is the day they find her.

* In the very first chapter of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', we learn that Taylor Hebert has been eating lunch in the girls' bathroom for weeks to avoid a trio of bullies that have been targeting her for a year and a half. Unfortunately for [[BullyMagnet Taylor]], this chapter is the day they find her.

* In the very first chapter of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', we learn that Taylor Hebert has been eating lunch in the girls' bathroom for weeks to avoid a trio of bullies that have been targeting her for a year and a half. Unfortunately for [[BullyMagnet Taylor]], this refuge doesn't last, as this chapter is the day the bullies find her.

* In the very first chapter of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Taylor Hebert has been eating lunch in the girls' bathroom for weeks to avoid a trio of bullies that have been targeting her for a year and a half. Unfortunately for [[BullyMagnet Taylor]], this refuge doesn't last, as this chapter is the day the bullies find her.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', at the beginning of the story, Taylor Hebert has been eating lunch in the girls' bathroom for weeks to avoid a trio of bullies that have been targeting her for a year and a half. Unfortunately for [[BullyMagnet Taylor]], this refuge doesn't last, as the bullies end up finding her anyway.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', at the beginning of the story, Taylor Hebert has been eating lunch in the girl's bathroom for weeks to avoid a trio of bullies that have been targeting her for a year and a half.

* Randy in ''Series/TheWire'' was given the cold shoulder at the caffeteria after the word got out that he'd been snitching. Then his house got burned down.

* ''Manga/SasamekiKoto'': Back in middle school, Kazama ended up eating alone (until Sumi suddenly joined her) after she accidentally [[SchoolgirlLesbians outed herself]] to her friends.

* Kuroe Akaishi of ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'' initially spends her lunch breaks alone because her InvoluntaryShapeshifting is reliant on her emotional state -- and it's harder to stay calm when interacting with other people. She's initially annoyed when popular boy Arata Minami strikes up a conversation during one such lunch, but it turns out that he also prefers to get some peace and quiet away from the throngs of classmates who typically congregate around him.