History Sandbox / DanceOfRomanceWickCheck

# Fanfic.MaidensIllusionaryFuneral: ''Index entry or ZCE''

# Film.LongShot: Shortly after Fred and Charlotte have become a couple they dance in a kitchen to It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For the Broken-Hearted) by Roxette.
# Film.HowCzarPeterTheGreatMarriedOffHisMoor: Ibrahim falls for Natalya after they dance at a ball.
# YMMV.{{Ministry}}: The Ministry Movie features such scenes as Al feeding Paul grapes and the two of them waltzing on a tour bus. They end their waltz with Al pulling Paul into a kiss.
# Characters.TheCatReturns: ShipperOnDeck: Natoru looks on dreamily during Haru and the Baron's DanceOfRomance, and is delighted when the Baron reveals his true identity.
# Manga.VampireKnight: TheBigDamnKiss: A more tragic version between Yuuki and Zero at the end of the first arc, seeing as it happens right after Zero's made an Anguished Declaration of Love and they separate immediately afterwards. They then have a second one in chapter 87, following a DanceOfRomance.
# Funny.TheBrothersGarcia: Ray is suffering from a toothache but tries to sneak a sweet from the cupboard. As he winces in pain, Sonia walks in and he immediately tries to cover it up as a DanceOfRomance. Sonia isn't fooled.
# Fanfic.ATaleOfWanderingStars: To blow some steam after being unable to join the Youth Championship, Yuya decides to dance a little. When Yuzu joins him, the pair begins to dance together in a clearly flirtatious way before ending with a Big Damn Kiss.
# VisualNovel.BackstagePass: Sian and John at the Vice / Versus Halloween Party.
# Literature.{{Winnetou}}: Subverted. Martha Vogel makes one last-ditch attempt at gaining Charlie's attention by inviting him to the ladies'dance during a ball. He refuses, knowing full well what the consequences will be.
# Film.AWarNamedDesire: Between Snow and Charles, in an empty nightclub which have closed down, both of them occupying the whole place. They are so absorbed in their dance that they don’t rrealize the team of hitmen being deployed to kill them approaching from every corner… or so it seems. Turns out they already anticipated the sneak attack beforehand, and quickly whips out guns mid-dance.
# Characters.{{Cinderella}}: DramaticIrony: He (rather condescendingly) explains to the King why his desire for the Prince to experience Love at First Sight followed by a DanceOfRomance is an absurd pipe dream, while it happens right under his nose.
# Characters.RomancingSaGa2: She is a dancer at the bar in Atlanticus. The first two times the Emperor goes to watch her dance, she dances solo and there isn't really a difference between the Emperor and the other people watching her. The third time he comes to see her, however, they dance together and this is what leads into the next phase of the quest.
# Characters.PlanetZoo: They have one as their mating animation.
# TearJerker.Ghost1990: Sam communicating with Molly through Oda Mae, this time by her own will, granting Molly a chance to feel his presence as they repeat their slow dance from earlier in the film. One can only imagine how much all of us have ever wanted to feel the presence of those we've lost again.
# Characters.LivAndMaddie: While there wasn't really romantic feelings between them anymore, she has a very romantic dance with Pete after they're crowned king and queen of their class reunion.
# Theatre.{{Carmen}}: Carmen dances for Don José when they are reunited in act II. She also dances a Seguidilla for him while trying to convince him to release her from custody, in act I.
# ShipTease.StarVsTheForcesOfEvil: "Club Snubbed" has their unresolved issues finally blow up, as well as Tom's issues. In the Silver Bell Ball, Star attempts to club snub him while he attempts to give her space.There's something really sweet on the fact that, in his own messed up way, Tom is trying to give Star space and help her move on. Tom is definitely happy to hear that Marco and Star aren't dating. Star and Tom's final dance including Tom's flames and Star's butterflies enveloping them in what's clearly a DanceOfRomance. The song that plays is also noticeably similar but also more romantic than "Blood Moon Waltz". At the end, Star accepts the invitation from Tom for them to go eat, with clear romantic connotations. The very end of the episode shows her looking at Tom's direction lovingly.
# Film.{{Elizabeth}}: Between Elizabeth and Lord Robert as the opening credits play.
# Film.GeorgeOfTheJungle: George and Ursula begin to bond romantically as they dance around a campfire to "Dela" by Johnny Clegg.
# Series.HowToRock: Nelson and Grace, as well as Kevin and Molly in "How to Rock a Singing Telegram".
# Film.ToAllTheBoysPSIStillLoveYou: BigDamnKiss: Subverted. Lara Jean seemingly has a perfect romantic night with John Ambrose, complete with a DanceOfRomance and a playful moment in the snow, but when they kiss... it does nothing for her. This makes her realize that she still loves Peter and wants him back.
# Animation.Cinderella1979: As Cinderella and the prince meet at the ball, they fall in love with each other, as they dance together in the air.
# Literature.CassonFamilySeries: It is implied that Indigo and Sarah danced to one at his disco in book four and possibly kissed too.
# Recap.TalesFromTheCryptS7E5ColdWar: Cammy and Jimmy share one on the dance floor.
# Characters.TheShadowhunterChroniclesFaeries: His dance with Cristina in Lord of Shadows is the turning point of their relationship, as both realize that they have feelings for each other.
# Literature.TheColdestGirlInColdtown: Coldtown residents Jameson and Valentina clearly like each other, but they're both too shy to make the first move. Tana finally drags them on the dance floor at the end.
# Film.MrAndMrsSmith2005: SoundtrackDissonance: Mondo Bongo (the song playing during the DanceOfRomance in Bogota) plays during the final shootout.
# Animation.HeronAndCrane: Heron and Crane have one, and it is implied that their feelings for each other deepen thanks to it. Unfortunately, the harmony does not last long.
# Recap.PennyDreadfulS2E7LittleScorpion: Between Ethan and Vanessa.
# Recap.TheSummerITurnedPrettyS02E05LoveFool: Steven reminds Taylor that she and Belly used to play princess to show her that she would enjoy being a debutante. He put on one of the escort jackets and asks her to dance. In spite of herself, Taylor agrees and as they dance she lets herself give in to her feelings and holds Steven tight.
# Characters.WhatKatyDid: Averted; when Ned asks her to dance, Katy politely turns him down, saying that she's too tall and simply can't dance. However, they do take a walk around the docks where they get to know one another better, which is when Ned starts to fall in love with her.
# Fanfic.HuntingTheUnicorn: Terry tried to invoke this. It didn't work.
# Recap.TalesFromTheCryptS7E6ColdWar: Cammy and Jimmy share one on the dance floor.
# Characters.ProfessorLayton: With Anton, as seen in a painting and a Dream Sequence.
# Fanfic.CrisisEquestria: Blackburn and Lockwood share a romantic dance together at a charity ball, which is the same night she proposes to him.In the divergence timeline, Curaçao and Shroud have one of these at the little party that Pinkie and Velvet host.
# CSINY.Tropes0ToL: A variation. In the opening of 'Down the Rabbit Hole,' a janitor does a tango with a mannequin in honor of his and his late wife's wedding anniversary. Mac & Christine slow dance to Josh Groban performing "Happy in My Heartache" as the Valentine's Day episode, 'Blood Actually,' ends.
# Music.GenghisKhan2016: What the secret agent and the villain do halfway through the music video.
# WesternAnimation.GarfieldAnimatedMovieTrilogy: At the end of Pet Force, Garfield and Arlene have one of these among the stars.
# Recap.StarTrekS1E17TheSquireOfGothos: Trelane starts his idea of one with Yeoman Ross while Uhura plays the harpsichord. (After he magically gave her the ability to do so?)
# Fanfic.ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain: DancesAndBalls: They all attend a ball in Tom's hometown in the fourth volume, which includes...DanceOfRomance
# Series.{{Emma}}: After Emma thanks Knightley for dancing with Harriet, she asks him to dance the third with her. (Or rather, she asks him to ask her.) This dance happens to be much slower tempoed and intimate than the first two songs.
# Recap.GothamKnights2023S1E11DaddyIssues: Stephanie and Harper dancing sexily together at the club (just for cover at the time, it appears), came shortly before the former kissed the latter, after she realized her attraction to girls.
# Characters.TrialsOfDesperation: Shares one with Yukito.
# Film.ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings: played with. Wenwu and Li's first meeting begins as a fight in earnest, but the longer it goes on, the less their moves seem like attacks than graceful dance. It's a shortcut portraying that they went from adversaries to lovers.
# Film.SomeLikeItHot: Jerry/Daphne goes from hating Osgood, to wanting to marry him, after they enjoy a night-long tango together.
# Recap.TheUmbrellaAcademy2019S01E06: Luther and Allison share one in a fantasy sequence set to "Dancing in the Moonlight".

# Film.{{Mickey}}: Part of the quasi-Cinderella plot involves Mickey stealing a dress from the Drakes and making it into the ball, where she meets Herbert again.
# Characters.TheBorgias: With Lucrezia. This makes Rodrigo decide to kill him, plus the need for money.
# HoYay.{{Pokemon}}: One of the Japanese endings (which was sung by Meowth's seiyuu) even featured the two dancing together. note A rather humorous bit of trivia regarding this pairing—Meowth and Pikachu are part of the same egg group, meaning that if one of them was female, they'd be capable of breeding! One Johto episode revolves around the two being stuck to one another and away from their humans. After they ease up around each other, they share a scene where they eat an apple together.
# Film.AReflectionOfFear: Marguerite shares one with her father. He thinks it's innocent.
# Film.AlreadyTomorrowInHongKong: Near the end of the second night, Ruby and Josh dance to a performance from his friends in a bar. Subverted when one of Sam's friends interrupts them.
# Film.DaddyLongLegs1955: It's a Fred Astaire movie. What else would you expect?
# Music.TheCorrs: The climatic scene of the music video for "One Night" happens in a ball.
# Literature.TheBasicEight: Adam and Kate, although Flan doesn't realise it's this until later.
# ObliviousToLove.FanWorks: If Blaine didn't get the picture when Kurt was all but throwing himself at him, nor when his old high school friend tried to invoke a DanceOfRomance, it's only logical that he has no clue when someone is stalking him.
# Characters.{{Archipelago}}: Even though neither of them expected it to be perfect, at least not before Mikel asked her to dance and sparks flew.
# Recap.SueThomasFBEyeS2E4ColdCase: Jack asks Sue to dance at the charity benefit after Tara and Lucy use her name for the winning bid. Sue decides she likes the song based on the reactions of the other dancers.

# RageBreakingPoint.WesternAnimation: In Star vs. the Forces of Evil episode "Blood Moon Ball", Star's demonic ex-boyfriend Tom tries to keep his temper under control in order to win Star back, even though it's implied that every little thing that goes wrong is making him angrier and angrier. When Star and Marco have a DanceOfRomance, Tom finally loses it and tries to incinerate the Earthling.
# Theatre.WestSideStory: Tony and Maria, though it is a cha-cha and not the more standard waltz.
# Literature.TheFiveBraveGummyBears: All five of the couples, at the end.
# Fanfic.BirthAndReDeath: While in prison, after being captured by the Plegians, Maribelle teaches Randall some Ylissean court dances.
# VisualNovel.{{Kanon}}: Music from the Sleeping Beauty ballet plays when Yūichi sees Mai in her ballgown, and again during their DanceOfRomance. Counts as Older Than They Think, since some viewers didn't realize that the animated film used the ballet's music and called it an orchestral version of "Once Upon a Dream."
# Recap.JuniorOfficersS2E26HappyBirthdayLekona: Lekona and Blythe have one as the stars come out.
# Film.Sabrina1954: Sabrina's dreams come true when she has one of these with her longtime crush David... then she dances with his brother Linus.....
# Series.WarAndPeace2016: Andrei and Natasha participate in a dance at a ball, which confirms their attraction and is in fact intercut with scenes of their future courtship.
# Characters.HarryAndTheShipgirlsEurope: With James and Sirius at their steakhouse date, when Estelle teaches James how to tango. Sirius and Estelle then send half the observers needing a cold shower as they burn the dance floor down with their passionate tango before leaving for her house.
# Literature.TheIncarnateTrilogy: Ana and Sam at the masquerade.
# Series.TheDayOfTheTriffids2009: SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Amusingly inverted — Jo and Bill are doing a DanceOfRomance after being apart for so long; the music they are dancing to contains the lines: "Mother Nature and me are the best of friends."
# VisualNovel.BalladsAtMidnight: Lucius pulls Abigail into an impromptu dance in the courtyard after they kiss. Abigail can’t dance though.
# Characters.TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin: She has a romantic dance with Grubby at the Spring Dance.
# Characters.TheQueensThief: With Attolia in The King of Attolia.
# Film.ShallWeDance: Averted, surprisingly for an Astaire-and-Rogers musical. All of Peter and Linda's dances together are upbeat in tempo, with just a bit of Belligerent Sexual Tension in the first ("They All Laughed").
# Heartwarming.{{Aquamarine}}: The "Island in the Sun" scene, after it stops being hilarious for Aqua's dancing, turns into a sweet DanceOfRomance - where Aqua and Raymond just have a lovely time together. It also shows Claire and Hailey cutely dancing with Claire's grandmother.
# Film.EasyVirtue: John and Larita are seen having one during the opening credits. There's also the tango at the Christmas party. Larita was trying to engineer one with John to repair their relationship, but when he turned her down Jim danced with her instead, and it ended up being a Dance of Romance for them. Verging on a Mating Dance, with the way they present it.
# Film.{{Aquamarine}}: Double subverted. Aquamarine has never danced before, and she does a spectacularly bad job. Raymond however coaches her, and they enjoy a sweet dance to "Island in the Sun".
# WesternAnimation.SleepingBeauty: Aurora meets Phillip in the woods when he sneaks up behind her and joins in on her "I Want" Song.
# Film.Slipstream1989: ICantDance: Averted; Byron can really cut a rug, and is happy to show Owens how to do a DanceOfRomance.
# Literature.ABrothersPrice: Deconstructed Kij dances with Jerin, compliments him, and starts a conversation about his being schooled in "the paths of pleasure". He's only embarrassed, and happy when his sisters come to his rescue. He has a much better time with Ren.
# Manga.TheRowsOfCherryTrees: Subverted: Yukiko has an Imagine Spot where she sees herself dancing with Chikage... but then Ayako and other girls step in and bully Yukiko until they shoo her away, and then Ayako takes Yukiko's place as Chikage's dance partner.
# Literature.{{Presidential}}: Connie and Emily reveal their relationship ahead of the press release which Connie's staff puts out by dancing together publicly while at a dinner, kissing at the end.
# Recap.ProbeMetamorphicAnthropoidicPrototypeOverYou: At the climax, Austin turns on "Blue Danube", and reminds Josephine that it is their song. He uses this as a distraction.
# Theatre.CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein: AdaptationalContextChange: "The Prince is Giving a Ball" opened the 1957 version, but the remakes and the Broadway version each moved it to a later spot, to make room for additional songs. Sometimes, "In My Own Little Corner" also occurs before it. At the 1957 ball, "Gavotte" continued over Cinderella and Prince Christopher's DanceOfRomance, with "Waltz For a Ball" accompanying multiple couples' dances after "Stepsisters' Lament". In 1965, Cinderella and Christopher danced alone to "Waltz For a Ball" before singing "Ten Minutes Ago". The 1997 version had "Waltz For a Ball" play first for Cinderella and Christopher dancing alone, and again for all the couples who waltz after "Ten Minutes Ago".
# Film.RememberTheNight: A staple of romantic films, Lee and John dance during the hoedown in the barn. And kiss after, too.
# Film.BallisticKiss: Cat and Carrie, on a rooftop at dawn, the night after surviving the Hitman's assault.
# Film.HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows: Subverted. Harry gets Hermione to dance with him just to cheer her up, but it's strictly platonic. The scene does hint that it could be heading that way - as it occurs after Ron leaves them thinking Hermione chose Harry - but nothing comes of it.
# WesternAnimation.{{Anastasia}}: Anastasia and Dimitri on the Tasha, while Vladimir lampshades this with a brief song. They have another one at the end when they're eloping.
# Characters.AnneWithAnE: In season 3, Anne and her class practice a dance together for an upcoming town fair. When split into groups, she and Gilbert end up in the same one together. They find themselves dancing together while sharing quite the romantic gazes and intimate handholds. Even after the dance is over and everyone leaves, Anne and Gilbert are still awestruck on the floor staring at each other in amazement.
# Recap.ICarlyS03Ep03ISpeedDate: Between Carly and Freddie in the final scene.
# Film.GirlsJustWantToHaveFun: Janey and Jeff's entire relationship is displayed through a montage of these as they prepare for the contest; it's clear that the longer they dance together, the more they fall for each other.
# WesternAnimation.KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama: The final scene of the movie where Kim and Ron dance to "Could It Be," leading up to their First Kiss. Fandom also considers it a Convenient Slow Dance as Kim and Ron just happened to be dancing to a song that fit the circumstances.
# Film.TheAmericanPresident: Shepherd and Sydney dancing at the State Dinner provides the poster image.
# Recap.MonarchLegacyOfMonstersS1E6TerrifyingMiracles: Lee and Keiko share a dance at the ball after a few drinks which only exacerbates their romantic tension.
# Recap.StarTrekS3E19RequiemForMethuselah: Kirk and Rayna waltz while Spock plays the piano.
# Music.StolenCity: Ian's portions in the "Footsteps" video have him dancing with his date along the street.
# Webcomic.{{Muted}}: Camille tries to invoke this with Nyra at the LaCour's party, but gets distracted by the possessed Eloi girl.
# Film.{{Bewitched}}: Kinda. Partway through the "actual date" between Jack and Isabel, they go back to the studio and spend their time dancing around the set. It ends with a kiss.
# MoodWhiplash.LiveActionTV: The last 10 minutes of the Season 1 finale of Queer as Folk (US). Commitment-phobic Brian shows up at Justin's prom, where the two share an epic DanceOfRomance and even The Big Damn Kiss in front of everyone. Then they're leaving to continue their romantic evening when Justin gets gay-bashed with a baseball bat to the head and the season ends with Michael coming to Brian in the hospital waiting room, Brian looking utterly broken with Justin's blood staining his scarf. Wow.
# VillainousCrush.LiveActionFilms: "But the Goblin King had fallen in love with the girl..." He sends her into a dreamlike state featuring a DanceOfRomance between them, and at the end, he (albeit slightly ambiguously) offers her the chance to stay with him and be loved by him if she gives up her quest.