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->"[[IThoughtItMeant You're dating]] ''[[IThoughtItMeant on]]'' [[IThoughtItMeant meth?]] Count me in."

* ''AlienLovesPredator'' frequently features Abe's adventures in speed dating. Given that Abe is a LovableSexManiac with NoSocialSkills-- not to mention a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]]-- it goes... Poorly.

* ''Webcomic/BugMartini'': The narrator [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/love-in-the-fast-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-94990 says]] liked to try, not speed dating, but being in a speed ''[[UpToEleven relationship]]''. This includes everything from short runs on the beach to quick little spats to [[SpeedSex very brief sex]] but [[GenderFlip not for the reasons you think]].

* ''Webcomic/BugMartini'': The narrator [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/love-in-the-fast-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-94990 says]] liked to try, not speed dating, but being in a speed ''[[UpToEleven relationship]]''. This includes everything from short runs on the beach to quick little spats to [[SpeedSex very brief sex]], but [[GenderFlip not for the reasons you think]].

* ''Webcomic/BugMartini'': The narrator [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/love-in-the-fast-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-94990 says]] liked to try, not speed dating, but being in a speed ''[[UpToEleven relationship]]''. This includes everything from short runs on the beach, quick little spats, and [[SpeedSex very brief sex]], but [[GenderFlip not for the reasons you think]].

* ''AlienLovesPredator'' frequently features Abe's adventures in speed dating. Given that Abe is a LovableSexManiac with NoSocialSkills-- not to mention a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]]-- it goes... Poorly. [[/folder]]

* The entire story for [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/115214/on-the-application-of-time-and-motion-efficiency-studies-to-initial-relationship-formation On The Application Of Time And Motion Efficiency Studies To Initial Relationship Formation]] within the [[FanFic/TriptychContinuum Triptych Continuum]]. After Rarity makes the mistake of telling Twilight that the designer can generally judge whether a date or chance meeting has any chance to lead into something more within three minutes, Twilight sets up an experiment with ''forty-four'' ponies to see if everypony else makes their decisions with the same speed. And Rarity, as the creator of the idea, gets to be part of the group. It doesn't end well for anypony.

* There's a speed dating event in {{Hitch}} that gets interrupted by Hitch and his ex having a big argument. One frustrated woman asks them to stop disrupting the event because she's desperate and hasn't gotten laid IN A YEAR - and realizes the whole room heard her say that.

* One episode of Series/{{Reba}} had Cheyenne send Reba to a speed dating event to help her get back on the horse after her divorce. Reba's friend comes along because it's "like little bite-sized man samples!" Reba ends up getting a date out of it, while the friend doesn't.

* AlienLovesPredator frequently features Abe's adventures in speed dating. Given that Abe is a LovableSexManiac with NoSocialSkills-- not to mention a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]]-- it goes... Poorly. [[/folder]]

* The basic premise behind the web series [[http://www.strike.tv/show/speedie-date Speedie Date]]

* {{Sixteen}} had this in an episode where Jonesy sets up a Speed Dating service and the gang attempts it

* ''{{iCarly}}'' had the episode iSpeedDate

In any case, speed dating [[RuleOfFun can be a lot fun]] in fiction and reality.

* This troper is aware of an episode of ''CSIMiami'' where a speed dater's death kicked off the plot; in the ColdOpen, Caine quips accordingly:

* AlienLovesPredator frequently features Abe's adventures in speed dating. Given that Abe is a LovableSexManiac with NoSocialSkills-- not to mention a [[Film/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]]-- it goes... Poorly. [[/folder]]

* Shows up in ''The40YearOldVirgin'' where the guys sign up to help Andy find an easy date. HilarityEnsues.

* In an episode of ''{{Charmed}}'', Piper held a speed dating event at P3 and got Paige to go there to boost the beautiful women quota.

* ''iCarly'' had the episode iSpeedDate

* 6teen had this in an episode where Jonesy sets up a Speed Dating service and the gang attempts it

* ''{{House}}'': Wilson learns that every woman in the world knows someone who died of cancer, House {{Sherlock Scan}}s a woman who Sherlock Scanned him, and Chase [[SpringtimeForHitler tries as hard as he can to turn women off]] and [[SoBeautifulItsACurse fails]].

Would you like to have a month's worth of dates in one night? Want to shop for a potential mate but hate all the leg work? Need a service that can help you find your true love without dealing with the {{Mailer Daemon}}s and other inconveniences of MatchmakerDotCom? The 21st century's answer to all these problems is speed dating.

The obvious advantages of speed dating in RealLife are that it provides a way to meet a lot of people in a short amount of time, eliminates pressure to ask for phone numbers, and doesn't allow much time for things to turn awkward. It has a lot of potential in fiction, too: it can serve as a great hunting ground for the perp in an episode of a detective drama, or it allows you to show a fun {{montage}} of the main character(s) meeting lots of weird and/or annoying people, like a personal HopelessAuditionees sequence, or it can provide AnAesop about first impressions. Using the last one is probably not the best idea because one of the reasons speed dating makes a lot of scientific sense is that we actually ''do'' decide whether or not we're attracted to someone [[LoveAtFirstSight very quickly]], some studies say within the first thirty seconds. Yes, love ''is'', quite literally, [[LoveIsACrapshoot a crapshoot]]. If there are NoSparks now, there won't be later, or so it would seem.

The obvious advantages of speed dating in RealLife are that it provides a way to meet a lot of people in a short amount of time, eliminates pressure to ask for phone numbers, and doesn't allow much time for things to turn awkward. It has a lot of potential in fiction, too: it can serve as a great hunting ground for the perp in an episode of a detective drama, or it allows you to show a fun montage of the main character(s) meeting lots of weird and/or annoying people, or it can provide AnAesop about first impressions. Using the last one is probably not the best idea because one of the reasons speed dating makes a lot of scientific sense is that we actually ''do'' decide whether or not we're attracted to someone [[LoveAtFirstSight very quickly]], some studies say within the first thirty seconds. Yes, love ''is'', quite literally, [[LoveIsACrapshoot a crapshoot]]. If there are NoSparks now, there won't be later, or so it would seem.

In any case, speed dating [[RuleOfFun can be a lot fun]] in fiction and reality, [[OrSoIHeard or so we heard]].