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* In the sixth ''Film/HarryPotter'' film, 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.

* Played UpToEleven in 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.

Stood Up is a [[LoveTropes Love Trope]] that extends over several genres. Two (or more) characters plan to get together but one of them never shows up. This is usually a romantic date (or one or both of the characters may hope it is) but it could involve a platonic couple or family members.

Stood Up is a [[LoveTropes Love Trope]] that extends over several genres. Two (or more) characters plan to get together but one of them never shows up. This is usually a romantic date (or one or both of the characters may hope it is) but it could involve a platonic couple or a [[DaddyDidntShow family]].

Compare DaddyDidntShow.

* ''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 in 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]].]]

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

* ''Film/GoodFellas''. Henry Hill stands up his future wife Karen on a second date (he was only invited to PairTheSpares the first time). 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.

* This almost happened in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' 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?

* 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.

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* 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 specially true for [[spoiler:Miyuki Tanaka]], since ditching her means the chance to date her is now [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost for the rest of the game]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': WordOfGod says that both Edric and Emira were stood up for the school dance. Also doubles as LaserGuidedKarma for bullying their little sister, since she gets to spend the whole night with her crush.

* ''[[Anime/TenchiMuyo Tenchi in Tokyo]]'': In a certain episode that features Tenchi agreeing to meet up with his prospect girlfriend Sakuya Kumashiro, but Ryoko shows up and they go in 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]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has an honorable mention. Sam takes an overshadowed Tucker on an invite to the dance because Valerie stood him up. But we don't see the waiting...and the standing up may not have happened either, as it was Danny telling Sam the stand up happened.
** Which, really, would make it a stand up in Valerie's case.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in a recent issue of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', where Peter Parker is (unintentionally) stood up by Mary Jane Watson 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.

* Inverted in a recent issue of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', where Peter Parker is (unintentionally) stood up by Mary Jane Watson 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.

* [[spoiler: Nanako Misonoo]] from ''Manga/OniisamaE'' 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.

* "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 Don McLean's "American Pie") 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.

* Played with in an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}''. Ross is waiting on a blind date who doesn't seem to be showing up. The waiter seems amused at first (he asks if Ross thinks the date turned up, saw him, then left) but later seems sympathetic and offers him a free appetiser. It turns out that the waiters have a pool on how long it will take for Ross to give up and leave, and the waiter was just trying to keep him there longer. And the reason the date doesn't turn up? [[ComedicSociopathy Joey and Phoebe made her up]].
** Actually, they didn't make her up -- Joey and Phoebe wanted to set Ross and Rachel up with horrible dates to make them realize that they should be together, but Joey screws up by finding the perfect woman for Ross. So he calls it off with the girl, but leaves Ross to get stood up.

* 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 a BigDamnKiss 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.

* In Tim Burton's 1989 ''Film/{{Batman}}'', 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.

-->''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''

** There is also a literal example when it comes to Ember. [[WordOfGod according to the show's creators]] she was an unpopular and lonely girl who got asked out by a boy she liked. [[ImplausibleDeniability She waited all night and told herself that he was just running late.]] When she got home and fell asleep, she was much too tired to notice the fire that broke out in her home and she died. This revelation gives her song a whole new meaning and explains the presence of fire in her overall look and stage name. Given that she's a ghost, he'd better hope he stays alive a good long time.