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* ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'': After the credits, it's shown that Sonic's adventure in Arthurian times has apparently sidetracked him from going on a date with Amy, as she then chews him out for making the lamest excuse ever and draws her signature [[DropTheHammer Piko-Piko Hammer]], to which Sonic runs away, with Amy chasing after him.

Compare DaddyDidntShow, which is where a parent fails to show up to see their child.

* ''Film/JumpingJackFlash'': Terri has risked life and limb to help trapped spy Jack get out of Eastern Europe alive. When Jack says he can't possibly repay her, Terri tells him she'll settle for a fancy dinner. She arrives, all dressed up because she's developed a crush on Jack. But he doesn't show. A sympathetic waitstaff permits Terri to wait. Jack's buddy and co-worker Peter arrives to tell Terri Jack has been detained. He offers to pay for her breadsticks and water, but Terri refuses because it makes her feel like a prostitute. Jack's good reason turns out to be that he had an audience with The Queen of England to thank him for his diligent efforts. Terri is unwilling to forgive him until she realizes he's made good on showing up in person.

* ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'': After the credits, it's shown that Sonic's adventure in Arthurian times has apparently sidetracked him from going on a date with Amy, as she then chews him out for making the lamest excuse ever and draws her signiture Piko-Piko Hammer, to which Sonic runs away, with Amy chasing after.

* ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'': After the credits, it's shown that Sonic's adventure in Arthurian times has apparently sidetracked him from going on a date with Amy, as she then chews him out for making the lamest excuse ever and draws her signiture Piko-Piko Hammer, to which Sonic runs away, with Amy chasing after.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'': Sousuke does this to Chidori fairly often, when he's called to go away on a mission and forgets to tell her.

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* ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'': Tim Drake has a lot of trouble keeping relationships due to being busy with his work as Robin when he's supposed to be on dates. His unintentionally standing up Ariana and Zoanne (and falling asleep while they're talking to him) is a major part of why both of those relationships fail. He doesn't have this trouble with Stephanie since as a costumed crime fighter herself she understands.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in a recent issue of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', where Peter Parker is (unintentionally) stood up by ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson after spending the day trying to remember where he agreed to meet her. Of course, Peter has had to ditch a fair number of dates while trying to save the day.

* In Tim Burton's 1989 ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', Vicki Vale thinks that Bruce Wayne stood her up for dinner at the museum. In reality, Joker had set it up. After Joker gasses the other patrons and trashes the museum, he menaces Vicki for a while until Batman shows up and rescues her.

* In ''Film/GhostRider'', it happened ''twice''!

* [[TearJerker A particularly tragic version]] occurs in ''Manga/OutlawStar''. Jim sets up a date with Hanyou, a nice girl that he meets... [[spoiler:and then kills in a space battle without even knowing it. Neither was aware that the other was aboard the ship that they were fighting and both wanted to hurry up and win so that they could make the date.]] In the end, Jim shows up on time, and when Hanyou doesn't, he thinks that he's been stood up.

* Sousuke from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' does this to Chidori fairly often, when he's called to go away on a mission and forgets to tell her.

* A really strange variant happens in an early chapter of ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku''. Godai asks Kyoko to a fancy restaurant for the anniversary of her becoming the landlady. However, she mistook the name of the restaurant for the local pub. She realizes the mistake later in the evening and rushes there.
* This almost happened in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' when, thanks to a drugged tea, Negi overshot an afternoon nap and woke up four hours after his date with Nodoka. After panicking a bit, Chamo reminds Negi that since it's ''[[ShrinkingViolet Nodoka]]'' he's dating, there's a very good chance that she patiently waited for him during all that time, making Negi panic even more. Good thing that it was all part of [[MadScientist Chao's]] test run for her experimental TimeMachine, eh?

* ''Anime/TenchiInTokyo'': In a certain episode that features Tenchi agreeing to meet up with his prospect girlfriend Sakuya Kumashiro, but Ryoko shows up and they go on an impromptu date. When it's all over and Ryoko goes back home after a great day, Tenchi goes home, passes by the local park... and finds Sakuya, who has been waiting for him around ''five hours'' (thank God she chose a bench in the park instead of a restaurant). She lets Tenchi explain himself and forgives him, but she can't help crying anyway as she explains herself to Tenchi as well. [[spoiler: Since Sakuya is a "shadow" of the BigBad Yuugi, there's some lampshading as Yuugi watches over the whole exchange from above, and when Sakuya starts crying... [[WhatIsThisFeeling Yuugi cries too, much to Yuugi's own shock]].]]

* A non-romantic version happened in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', where Jonouchi/Joey promised his sister Shizuka and mother to visit. He took a shortcut to be sure to make it in time, but was assaulted.
* One manga-only story in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' involved a girl who had made plans to meet with her boyfriend on Christmas Eve, but then became ill and died. Unable to move on to the afterlife, she waited at the spot they had chosen to meet, and he finally shows up, [[spoiler: only to greet a new girlfriend. Turns out he was the kind of guy who would deliberately keep her waiting, taking advantage of the fact that she was always patient with him no matter how long the wait was. The day that she died, he'd made a bet with a buddy that she'd willingly wait ''five hours'' for him, and he was irritated when "she didn't show."]]

* A tearjerking, female-to-male example in ''Film/SoClose''. Lynn and Yen plan to go out for the first time at a restaurant. However, Lynn stands up to and does not notify him at all, because she has been killed by the villains. There is even a scene where Lynn's sister, Sue, attempts to tell him the news. She manages to reach the restaurant, but ultimately decides that she can't break his heart and bolts out. In the ending of the film, it is shown that [[IWillWaitForYou Yen is still waiting for Lynn at the same restaurant]].

* Not actually romantic -- [[{{Squick}} or at least, we hope not]] -- but in an early episode of ''Series/{{Alias}}'', after Sydney finds out what her father Jack does for a living (he's a spy, like her), the two of them make a dinner date for the first time in many, many years. You see her waiting... and then he pulls up outside, outside her field of vision. You think, just for a second, that he's going to join her... and then he pulls out his phone and says he's working late. She accepts this quietly, then almost breaks down once he hangs up because she knows he's lying to her.

* Recent example on ''Series/HomeAndAway'': Nicole accidentally stands Liam up when her phone is broken thanks to a water fight.
* ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'' has one in season 2. Lucifer arranges for a dinner with Chloe in a fancy restaurant in return for her saving Lux. However, upon having a LoveEpiphany (as he initially thought that this was a platonic thing), Lucifer [[HeroicBSOD freaks out so much]] that he ends up missing out the dinner and ignoring Chloe's text messages. He makes up for this in the next episode.
* In a rare male example, Hal from ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' is stood up on his anniversary dinner, because Lois is attempting to find out which of her sons ruined the dress she was going to wear to said dinner. Hal ends up having a good time. At the end of the episode it is revealed that [[spoiler:Hal burned the dress accidentally]].

* Happened to Betty on her birthday on the episode ''24 Candles'' of ''Series/UglyBetty''.

* "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)," made most famous by Marty Robbins. The ultimate song of teen heartbreak and rejection, the young protagonist bemoans the fact that he had meticulously planned his prom-night date with the most desirable girl in school, bought a tuxedo and a carnation corsage for his date ... only to learn at the very last second – when he goes to her house to pick her up for the big date – that she had gone to the prom with another boy. She had changed her mind and neglected to tell the protagonist (her original date). "A White Sport Coat ... " (referenced years later in Music/DonMcLean's "Music/AmericanPie") was a huge country and pop smash in 1957, spending seven weeks atop the Billboard country charts and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Top 100.
* The song "Misunderstanding" by British band Genesis.

* The music video for Smash Mouth's "Waste": the guy doesn't show because he's been beat up by the mob and stuck in the restaurant freezer. The girl winds up leaving the restaurant while he falls into despair.

* In "Annie Waits" by Ben Folds, the titular character has been stood up.
* "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back," a mournful ballad written by Steve Clark and Johnny MacRae and made most famous by Confederate Railroad. The song – itself a first-person bittersweet reflection on a life of burned bridges that can't be rebuilt – fits the trope with the second verse, when the song's main protagonist, a troublesome drifter, tries to settle down with a sweet young woman; the two are later engaged to be married, and the joy gets even better when she's expecting. However, things come crashing down on the girl when he fails to show for the wedding ceremony ("''I left her standing at the altar/With a baby on the way''"). The protagonist perhaps getting cold feet at the last second or possibly never intending to follow through with his commitment, if not both.
** The song itself is a prime example of Confederate Railroad's adeptness at performing Christian-themed ballads and good-time southern rock.
* The Music/LedZeppelin song "Fool in the Rain" plays with this trope. The narrator spends most of the song wondering where his date is, only to realize in the last verse that he is the one standing her up.
--> ''I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block.''

* ''Film/Batman1989'' has the song that played during the casino scene. The lyrics are never heard in the movie, but they're from Bruce Wayne's point of view, where he regretfully admits he loves Vicki Vale, but his sense of duty to protect Gotham as Batman always wins.
-->''This is where I want to be / I am what she wants to see''\\
''Never known a love so sweet... But still I keep Vicki waiting''
* Offspring references it in "Self-Esteem" their song about a guy being treated like an appliance by his so called girlfriend.

* Happens to Kate Monster in ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' on the observation deck of the Empire State Building.

* If the protagonist of ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' takes Dennis up on his offer to help him seduce Ms. Walsh, he has the option of leaving before his teacher shows up to the date.
* Gender-flipped in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', when Aveline chickens out at the last minute and leaves Hawke to occupy Donnick until he gets bored and leaves.

* The PlayerCharacter may end up standing up several love interests in ''VisualNovel/MagicalDiary'', intentionally or not. On your first 'date' with Damien, you have the option to ditch him and stay home to support a friend with family troubles instead. He takes it surprisingly well, telling you that he unexpectedly couldn't make it either. [[spoiler: Which is a lie. He's checking to see what the PC will do. If she keeps standing him up after that, he gets PISSED.]] Later in the game, you may end up missing your date with any other character if you were treasurer and [[spoiler: unexpectedly got married]] - most of them don't take it well.
* This happens to Robin in ''VisualNovel/OneNightStand'', attempting to meet a guy over a dating app. This is also where the player character swings in, helping her as she feels down after being stood up.
* After the credits in ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', it's shown that Sonic's adventure in Arthurian times has apparently sidetracked him from going on a date with Amy, as she then chews him out for making the lamest excuse ever and draws her signiture Piko-Piko Hammer, to which Sonic runs away, with Amy chasing after.

* Alfred classily turns up to apologize to the young woman he cajoled Bruce into making an online date with in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''.
* Terry, the protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', is constantly doing this to his girlfriend, Dana, in lieu of a Gotham City crime. This happens so much throughout the series that Dana even breaks up with Terry once or twice, only for them to be back together by the start of the next episode. At one point, her breaking up with him due to his constant standing up allows for Terry to [[DatingCatwoman Date Catwoman]].

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Cat Noir invites Ladybug to dinner after patrol, but she tells him she already has plans with friends and probably won't make it. Meanwhile, Marinette's plans are to meet up with some friends--including Adrien--for some romantic ice cream, only for his father to forbid him from going out at the last minute. Ladybug (aka Marinette) fails to meet up with Cat Noir because she was trying to meet Adrien, while Adrien (aka Cat Noir) fails to meet up with Marinette because he was trying to meet up with Ladybug. [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle Pretty much the essence of the Love Square.]] While Adrien is forgiven for bailing on his friends (his father letting him go out is always iffy), this incident is repeatedly referred to as "the time Ladybug stood [him] up." [[DoubleStandard Pretty much the essence of the Love Square....]]

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Bart doing this to his teacher Miss Krabappel as a culmination of a prank where he wrote her love letters under a fake name. When he feels guilty and confesses to Marge, she advises him to write a final letter making it look like an unavoidable parting kind of situation.

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* Kate Spade New York has produced a series of online-video ads called Miss Adventures. In the episode "The Best Company," Creator/AnnaKendrick, a regular at the Russian Tea Room, arrives there only to find that her date has stood her up, leaving her with only her dog for company.

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* ''Anime/TenchiInTokyo'': In a certain episode that features Tenchi agreeing to meet up with his prospect girlfriend Sakuya Kumashiro, but Ryoko shows up and they go on an impromptu date. When it's all over and Ryoko goes back home after a great day, Tenchi goes home, passes by the local park... and finds Sakuya, who has been waiting for him around ''five hours'' (thank God she chose a bench in the park instead of a restaurant). She lets Tenchi explain himself and forgives him, but she can't help crying anyway as she explains herself to Tenchi as well. [[spoiler: Since Sakuya is a "shadow" of the BigBad Yuugi, there's some lampshading as Yuugi watches over the whole exchange from above, and when Sakuya starts crying... [[WhatIsThisFeeling Yuugi cries too, much to Yuugi's own shock]].]]

* Hiro in ''[[VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo Ef- A Tale of Memories]]'' tells his would be girlfriend Miyako he'll meet her at the fountain. In a classic twist, his other potential love interest Kei gets a serious injury in her leg and Hiro accompanies her to the clinic. Miyako is so distressed that she waits for hours and leaves a series of 99 (!) increasingly distressed messages on his phone, which he doesn't have with him. (To be fair to Miyako, she's got HUGE emotional issues from ''before'' she met Hiro [[spoiler:due to her parents's horrible divorce and her subsequent ParentalAbandonment]].) [[KickTheDog Kei finds said phone and deletes them before he can even check]], [[GreenEyedMonster out of pure jealousy]].
* [[TearJerker A particularly tragic version]] occurs in ''Manga/OutlawStar''. Jim sets up a date with Hanyou, a nice girl that he meets... [[spoiler:and then kills in a space battle without even knowing it. Neither was aware that the other was aboard the ship that they were fighting and both wanted to hurry up and win so that they could make the date.]] In the end, Jim shows up on time, and when Hanyou doesn't, he thinks that he's been stood up.
* This almost happened in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' when, thanks to a drugged tea, Negi overshot an afternoon nap and woke up four hours after his date with Nodoka. After panicking a bit, Chamo reminds Negi that since it's ''[[ShrinkingViolet Nodoka]]'' he's dating, there's a very good chance that she patiently waited for him during all that time, making Negi panic even more. Good thing that it was all part of [[MadScientist Chao's]] test run for her experimental TimeMachine, eh?

* [[spoiler: Nanako Misonoo]] from ''Manga/DearBrother'' is on the receiving end in the anime. [[spoiler: Rei Asaka, the [[LesYay older girl]] she was meeting with, [[LookBothWays falls in the path of a train]] [[BuryYourGays and gets fatally hit]]. The police calls her siblings Takeshi and Fukiko, with the latter attending the call and suffering an HeroicBSOD. Nanako, however, has no idea, so she waits for Rei in their date spot for hours, and doesn't find out until she gets ready to go home... and then her friend Tomoko meets up with her and takes her to the hospital where Fukiko, Takeshi, and Rei's best friend Kaoru are waiting -- next to Rei's lifeless body.]] The poor kid's following HeroicBSOD is ''the'' TearJerker of the series.

* In ''Manga/{{Hanayamata}}'', to her own dismay, Yaya stands up Naru (her long-time best friend and [[LesYay somewhat romantic interest]]) on a promise to go see a movie together. When there is still much time before the appointment, Yaya runs into Hana (a newcomer girl, towards whom Yaya at the time has an unvoiced grudge for stealing Naru's attention). The relationship improves between the two in their hanging out, but Yaya ends up forgetting the date until it's too late.
* In ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'', Romeo was supposed to take his arranged girlfriend Hermione out for Lovers's Day. He spots Juliet and, since they're already in love with each other but can't exactly own up to it [[FeudingFamilies for obvious reasons]], he first chases after her and then gives her TheBigDamnKiss to let their feelings officially be known. In the meantime, poor Hermione is left out in the cold, and later [[BigBad Romeo's father Laertes]] gets '''PISSED OFF''' at him.
* ''Manga/TsurezureChildren'' features this as the last-minute twist to Motoyama and Enomoto's relationship. Motoyama had previously fallen in love with Enomoto, but realized that her romantic attentions were elsewhere (specifically, to a long absent childhood friend from her home town) and she only saw him as a friend. She was supposed to meet up with him one day, but despite her waiting for him he was never able to do the same. It's at this moment when Motoyama decides to throw out all decorum and ask her out on a date.

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* ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'': Tim Drake has a lot of trouble keeping relationships due to being busy with his work as Robin when he's supposed to be on dates. His unintentionally standing up Ariana and Zoanne (and falling asleep while they're talking to him) is a major part of why both of those relationships fail. He doesn't have this trouble with Stephanie since as a costumed crime fighter herself she understands.

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* In ''[[Franchise/{{Naruto}} The Mating Frenzy]]'', Naruto is given a letter "from Hinata" (long story) inviting him for sex. He doesn't know where she lives, and, being Naruto, doesn't think to check the return address. [[spoiler:[[DontExplainTheJoke She has a huge crush on him.]]]] She gets stood up. [[spoiler:[[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale She rapes him in his sleep.]]]] It's a long story.
* In ''Fanfic/ExtremelyNaughty'', Chloe is stood up by Adrien in the [[HighSchoolDance Masquerade Ball]] so that he could be with Marinette as Chat Noir. They end up being voted prom king and prom queen.

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* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': Will realizes he's started mistreating his original group of friends when his powers manifest and he's moved from SideKick to Hero. By way of making it up to childhood friend Layla, he invites her out for Chinese food. This is doubly significant because Layla has romantic feelings for Will, and Will hates Chinese food, but knows Layla loves it; so Will's truly trying to prove how sincerely sorry he is. Unfortunately, the AlphaBitch, Gwen, puts the moves on Will that afternoon and evening and he completely forgets about having promised to meet Layla for dinner. Layla is left to lean on the shoulder of busboy Warren Peace. On remembering, Will feels like a JerkAss, and Layla is understandably furious.
* ''Film/CastAway'': Chuck is missing for so long that his fiancée has him declared legally dead. When he finally returns, she has married another man.... though not quite moved on.

* In ''Film/TheHeiress'', main character Catherine Sloper gets stood up by her fiancé Morris Townsend, who had promised to come for her in a carriage to elope at midnight. This is even worse because the decision to elope came right after a major falling out with her family (her father was convinced that Morris was just a GoldDigger and told her the only reason anyone would want a PlainJane ShrinkingViolet her was because of her money) and she was convinced that Morris would care for her and love her in a way her father never did. Watching her break out in tears after the clock strikes 12 is truly heartbreaking.
* In Tim Burton's 1989 ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', Vicki Vale thinks that Bruce Wayne stood her up for dinner at the museum. In reality, Joker had set it up. After Joker gasses the other patrons and trashes the museum, he menaces Vicki for a while until Batman shows up and rescues her.
* There's a particularly bizarre version in ''Film/TheSixthSense'', and when Malcolm shows up all apologies, his wife simply mutters "Happy anniversary", otherwise ignoring him. There's a [[DeadAllAlong reason,]] [[ItWasHisSled of course...]]
* In ''Film/{{Flubber}}'', Creator/RobinWilliams plays an [[AbsentMindedProfessor extremely absentminded]] well-intentioned MadScientist character. How absentminded? Near the beginning of the movie he misses his own wedding, and his girlfriend breaks up with him, because this is the third time he's done it.

* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', Harry flirts with a [[CanonForeigner random Muggle waitress]], whom he's forced to stand up when Dumbledore arrives just before their date. She's never seen again. Creator/RogerEbert took a liking to this incidental character and expressed his hope that they could fit her into the next movie somehow.

* ''Film/GoodFellas''. Henry Hill stands up his future wife Karen on a second date. He was only invited to PairTheSpares the first time, and barely paid attention to her. When she turns up at his place and starts ripping into him for standing her up, Henry starts getting interested, and invites her out properly.
* Creator/MichelangeloAntonioni's ''Film/LEclisse'': '''Neither''' of the protagonists shows up, and it is implied that the meeting where they'd arranged for the failed date (mere hours before!) was their very last encounter.
* A tearjerking, female-to-male example in ''Film/SoClose''. Lynn and Yen plan to go out for the first time at a restaurant. However, Lynn stands up to and does not notify him at all, because she has been killed by the villains. There is even a scene where Lynn's sister, Sue, attempts to tell him the news. She manages to reach the restaurant, but ultimately decides that she can't break his heart and bolts out. In the ending of the film, it is shown that [[IWillWaitForYou Yen is still waiting for Lynn at the same restaurant]].

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* Happened to Betty on her birthday on the episode ''24 Candles'' of ''Series/UglyBetty''.
* In a rare male example, Hal from ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' is stood up on his anniversary dinner, because Lois is attempting to find out which of her sons ruined the dress she was going to wear to said dinner. Hal ends up having a good time. At the end of the episode it is revealed that [[spoiler:Hal burned the dress accidentally]].

* Occurred on Season 1 of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. J.D was meant to meet his girlfriend at a restaurant, but was on a roll at the hospital and either forgot about it, or put his job first (he claimed to have forgotten, but Dr. Cox pointed out he was continually checking his watch). His girlfriend was not happy.

* ''Series/NowAndAgain'': Combination of 3 and 4. Michael's handler wants him to break off contact with his wife, who believes her husband to be dead and thinks Michael is someone else (long story). When she asks Michael to dinner, the handler forces him to accept the invitation and then stand her up so she won't want anything to do with him.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' had a rare female on male version. Lindsay had agreed to meet Danny for dinner but stood him up because she wanted to deal with her past trauma on her own before going anywhere with a relationship. Things worked out eventually and now they're a HappilyMarried OfficialCouple.
* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': Stevie and David travel to a hotel where she's supposed to meet Emir, but he never shows so they get shots and do karaoke. Emir eventually shows up, having been in a fender bender and mixed up his phone with the teenager who hit him, and he takes Stevie to dinner.
* ''Series/FreshMeat'': Josie gets stood up for a blind date in episode 1x3. Because, as it turns out, the guy's dead. Before she finds out, she's offended, then later she claims they "had a connection" despite having never met.
* ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'' has one in season 2. Lucifer arranges for a dinner with Chloe in a fancy restaurant in return for her saving Lux. However, upon having a LoveEpiphany (as he initially thought that this was a platonic thing), Lucifer [[HeroicBSOD freaks out so much]] that he ends up missing out the dinner and ignoring Chloe's text messages. He makes up for this in the next episode.

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* ''Dinner Date'' is all about hearing the thoughts of Julian, who's been stood up. [[spoiler: It's never explained why the woman doesn't turn up but after a couple of hours of waiting Julian gives up and goes out to see his friends]].

* In ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'', the PlayerCharacter can pull this on the girls after they ask him for dates. Obviously, they'll get pretty upset at him -- this is especially true for [[spoiler:Miyuki Tanaka]], since ditching her means the chance to date her is now [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost for the rest of the game]].
* After the credits in ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', it's shown that Sonic's adventure in Arthurian times has apparently sidetracked him from going on a date with Amy, as she then chews him out for making the lamest excuse ever and draws her signiture Piko-Piko Hammer, to which Sonic runs away, with Amy chasing after.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'', Piro forgets both of Sonoda Yuki's first two art lessons, which are NotADate, [[ObliviousToLove from his perspective]], but she [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend subconsciously]] [[AllLoveIsUnrequited wishes they were]].
* In ''Webcomic/AtomicLaundromat'' Angela thinks she was stood up by [[InvisibilityWithDrawbacks Admiral Invisible]]. Only he also had laryngitis that night; a rather unfortunate malady if you [[PowerIncontinence can't turn off your invisibility]].

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* Terry, the protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', is constantly doing this to his girlfriend, Dana, in lieu of a Gotham City crime. This happens so much throughout the series that Dana even breaks up with Terry once or twice, only for them to be back together by the start of the next episode. At one point, her breaking up with him due to his constant standing up allows for Terry to [[DatingCatwoman Date Catwoman]].
* Alfred classily turns up to apologize to the young woman he cajoled Bruce into making an online date with in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Late Philip J. Fry" has Fry oversleeping his lunch date with Leela. He promises to make it up to her at dinner, which she doesn't expect to go much better. Sure enough, he fails to show up for dinner, and Leela assumes he went to a party (which she learns supposedly blew up). [[spoiler:Fry was actually late/missing because the Professor forced him into testing a forwards-only time machine, which ended up going thousands of years into the future instead of one minute. Eventually subverted, when after cycling through the universe twice, Fry apologizes to Leela for being late, only for her to tell him that he was on time.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Edric and Emira are seen at the school dance in "Enchanting Grom Fight" without a date, and WordOfGod says that both were stood up. Also doubles as LaserGuidedKarma for bullying their little sister, since she gets to spend the whole night with her crush.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Cat Noir invites Ladybug to dinner after patrol, but she tells him she already has plans with friends and probably won't make it. Meanwhile, Marinette's plans are to meet up with some friends--including Adrien--for some romantic ice cream, only for his father to forbid him from going out at the last minute. Ladybug (aka Marinette) fails to meet up with Cat Noir because she was trying to meet Adrien, while Adrien (aka Cat Noir) fails to meet up with Marinette because he was trying to meet up with Ladybug. [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle Pretty much the essence of the Love Square.]] While Adrien is forgiven for bailing on his friends (his father letting him go out is always iffy), this incident is repeatedly referred to as "the time Ladybug stood [him] up." [[DoubleStandard Pretty much the essence of the Love Square....]]

* In ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'', the PlayerCharacter can pull this on the girls after they ask him for dates. Obviously, they'll get [[BerserkButton pretty upset at him]] -- this is especially true for [[spoiler:Miyuki Tanaka]], since ditching her means the chance to date her is now [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost for the rest of the game]].