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* It's possible to do this with Ann Takamaki in ''VideoGame/Persona5''. Reaching Rank 10 of her Confidant and pursuing her romantically will have her confess a few things romantically to Joker while sitting in a stopped carousel of a ferris wheel.

* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': Ryuji and Nagisa go on a date to an amusement park, and he tries to get handsy in the Ferris wheel, to her annoyance. Later he hides under the seat when she goes on a date to the same place with someone else, but overhears her gently reject him and say she's happy with Ryuji. Afterwards, Ryuji shows up outside the ride and offers to go on it with her one more time.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': In Nimbasa City, a total of five different trainers can be battled outside of the Ferris Wheel over the course of the game, one of them being [[spoiler:[[DatingCatwoman Team Plasma's N]]]]. Upon winning, you get a cutscene of both characters riding the wheel. The conversations are [[IncrediblyLamePun coupled]] with [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]]. Toned down/censored in the English versions.

No date at the AmusementPark, whether planned or [[NotADate unplanned]], "Just the two of us" or "Let's all go together", is complete without a ride on the Ferris Wheel. In most {{Shoujo}} animes with such a date, the Ferris Wheel is the replacement for the often cliché Tunnel of Love: the cars only seat two people at a time, are [[NothingCanStopUsNow perfectly private with no chance for interruptions]], provide a romantic view of the city and amusement park lights, and encourage that [[RelationshipUpgrade now or never]] moment for the couple to share their feelings for each other.

* Ganta Igarashi promises to take Shiro on one of these in ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' at the end of the [[LaResistance Scar Chain]] arc. [[spoiler:He keeps this promise, but [[http://www.mangareader.net/deadman-wonderland/54/34 this]] probably wasn't what he had in mind.]]

* Played with in ''Manga/KokoNiIruYo''. Hikage goes on a date with Hinata at an amusement park, but it's ''Teru'' who she shares a ferris wheel moment with to cheer him up.

* Jerrica and Rio go on the ferris wheel at least twice in ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms''. The second time it ends up badly as Rio starts complaining about Jem, who unknown to him is Jerrica's alter ego.

* ''Fanfic/AsFateWouldHaveIt'' has the second, twelfth, and twentieth chapters, where Nate and Yancy each have a date at the Ferris Wheel in Nimbasa City. Thanks to AdaptationExpansion however, they go on dates at places besides the Ferris Wheel.

* At the beginning of ''VideoGame/TheSecretIslandOfDrQuandary'', the player is at a carnival and can get different comments from clicking on the crowd, the ticket booth, the fortune-teller's booth, and the Ferris Wheel. One of the Ferris Wheel comments is "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Harder! Harder!]]"

* ''[[LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza]]'': Classic example in episode 9 on the Ferris Wheel shown above, with the [[AlmostKiss interruption]] being [[spoiler:a phone call from Haruka's annoying little sister]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' Fanfiction [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2811448/1/Lyoko_Championship_The_Sequel Lyoko Chamionship: The Sequel]], Mary tells her friends she wants to invoke this trope when she finally has her FirstKiss with her [[ShrinkingViolet extremely shy boyfriend Jamie]] (they have been dating for three years at this point). Though she is completely surprised when they are on the Ferris Wheel and he is the one that asks if he could kiss her.

* In ''FanFic/TheRoadToBeAPokemonMaster'', while not a couple at that point yet, Ash and Serena do have one in Cinnabar Island's Theme Park.

'''Louise:''' (''to the operator'') Can you get this thing moving?! [[ParentalSexualitySquick I'm getting mentally scarred up here!]]

* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': In Nimbasa City, a total of five different trainers can be battled outside of the Ferris Wheel over the course of the game, one of them being [[spoiler:[[FoeYay Team Plasma's N]]]]. Upon winning, you get a cutscene of both characters riding the wheel. The conversations are [[IncrediblyLamePun coupled]] with [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]]. Toned down/censored in the English versions.

* ''Manga/KamikazeKaitouJeanne'' has Marron and Chiaki end up in the ferris wheel together and a sudden blackout stops them mid-air. Since it's dark, Marron manages to sneak out and do her Kaitou Jeanne duty and returns in time, before the ride keeps going. [[spoiler:Chiaki mentions later that he was fully aware that she left.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' had an episode that involved Doug trying to have one of these with Patti. He manages to get a seat with Patti on the ferris wheel, but the fact that they're riding "the fastest Ferris wheel on Earth" dampens the romantic mood somewhat.

'''Louise:''' (''to the operator'') Can you get this thing moving?! I'm getting mentally scarred up here!

* ''[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Shingetsutan Tsukihime]]'': Subverted in the amusement park episode (perhaps the only part of the adaptation that didn't have ''anything'' to do with the original game). Unable to decide who rides with whom, the characters draw lots, and [[FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire Arcueid]] ends up in one car with her {{rival}} [[VampireHunter Ciel]]; [[TheProtagonist Shiki]], with [[NotBloodSiblings his own sister Akiha]]; and his best buddy Arihiko, with their classmate Satsuki (which is less obvious, but Arihiko tried hitting on Akiha, while Satsuki has a crush on Shiki). The ride is pretty awkward for all of them.

* A slight variation crops up in ''Literature/{{Divergent}}''. During the game of capture the flag in the first book, Tris and her then-instructor Four (who she she has unknowingly begun crushing on by this point) ''climb'' a defunct Ferris wheel together in order to get a better look at the playing field. She's quite distracted by him in between looking for the flag. She later reminisces about it in ''Allegiant'' as one of the first things she and Four did together.

* A slight variation crops up in ''Literature/{{Divergent}}''. During the game of capture the flag in the first book, Tris and her instructor Four (who she she has unknowingly begun crushing on by this point) ''climb'' a defunct Ferris wheel together in order to get a better look at the playing field. She's quite distracted by him in between looking for the flag. She later reminisces about it in ''Allegiant'' as one of the first things she and Four ([[spoiler: now her boyfriend]]) did together.

* A variation crops up in ''Literature/Divergent''. During the game of capture the flag in the first book, Tris and her instructor Four (who she she has unknowingly begun crushing on by this point) ''climb'' a defunct Ferris wheel together in order to get a better look at the playing field. She's quite distracted by him in between looking for the flag. Tris later reminisces about it in ''Allegiant'' as one of the first things she and Four ([[spoiler: now her boyfriend]])did together.