History Main / DisposableFiance

* In the world of television ''TheOffice'''s Roy (US) and Lee (UK) play this to Pam and Dawn, respectively. Mostly of the "minor flaws" variation.

* Gloria in the musical ''One Touch Of Venus'' exemplifies Latent Jealousy.
* Tiffany in ''[=~Mary, Mary~=]'', though not a RichBitch, is just too wealthy for Bob to keep, and she makes this one of several reasons to call off their engagement. As she leaves, she notes that he was never strongly attracted to her in the first place.

* OldSchool: Evil All Along, and the type where he hides it from the love interest. It's used top juxtapose how the lead is perceived as too immature and chauvinist to get the girl, but her fiancee is actually way worse.

* ''{{Persona 3}}'': In Mitsuru's social link storyline after [[spoiler: inheriting ownership of the Kirijo Group due to her father's death she is thrown into an arranged marriage with an Evil All Along type, whom she immediately dumps after he insults the main character.]]

* ''EverAfter'': Let's Call The Whole Thing Off; [[spoiler: Turns out the Prince's fiancee had a Love Interest of her own that her parents didn't approve of and was fighting for ''their'' happily ever after as well.]]

* ''Ever After'': Let's Call The Whole Thing Off; [[spoiler: Turns out the Prince's fiancee had a Love Interest of her own that her parents didn't approve of and was fighting for ''their'' happily ever after as well.]]

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* In ''MonstersVsAliens'', Susan's fiance Derrick turns out to be a selfish egotistical jerk.

* ''TheGraduate'': Probably Bland Perfection, to the extent that the audience even gets to know him in the few minutes of screentime he has. Outside pressure was also most likely a factor in Elaine's swift engagement and marriage. Of course, in that movie, she'd already married the guy by the time she ran out in the wedding dress.

* ''[[DisneyAnimatedCanon Pocahontas]]'': Bland Perfection (as she puts it, "He's so... serious.")
** More like Minor Flaws in that case.

* ''{{Persona 3}}'': In Mitsuru's social link storyline after [[spoiler: inheriting ownership of the Kirijo Group due to her father's death she is thrown into an arranged marriage with an Evil All Along type, whom she immediately dumps after he insults the main character.]]

* Inverted in ''HowIMetYourMother'', where where the ''main character'' Ted ends up as one of these with Stella.
** He even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in a later episode, claiming [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy it was always 'their' love story]].

* In the world of television ''TheOffice'''s Roy (US) and Lee (UK) play this to Pam and Dawn, respectively. Mostly of the "minor flaws" variation.

* In the anime of {{Princess Lover}}, Charlotte's fiance is tossed in at the halfway point of the story, and them rather promptly shot in the back (making him a literal {{Disposable Fiance}}).[[spoiler: Turns out it wasn't a killing shot, and he escapes to become the {{Derailing Love Interest}}]]

* ''LiarLiar''. Bland, and pulls an IWantMybelovedToBeHappy at the end, when he realizes the relationship isn't just about him and the girl anymore.

* ''Hope Floats'' torpedoes this trope right off the bat by having the would-be disposable fiance ''dump her on live television''.

** And, on that note, ''You've Got Mail,'' although in that movie they were merely Disposable Roommates Who Are In Long Term Relationships With The Leads. But that doesn't roll off the tongue nearly as easily, does it?

Enter this guy (it's usually a guy). He might have been there all along or he might be the result of a rapid RelationshipUpgrade. Wherever he comes from, he's designed to slip away again just as quietly in the end. The main issue with this character is that the writers can't allow audience sympathy to drift over to his side when the heroine inevitably dumps him (often, right at the altar) and runs off with his romantic rival. Considering that this is actually a pretty horrible thing to do to someone, the writers employ several different tactics to ensure we're smiling at the nice couple and not cringing along with the loser holding the ring. As follows:

* ''{{Spaceballs}}'': As the name would suggest, Prince Valium is a case of Minor Flaws (so boring he puts ''himself'' to sleep).

A subtrope of ThePaolo that is extremely popular in romantic comedies. In order for these movies to last a full two hours, there needs to be some kind of obstacle substantial enough to encourage the leads to continue fighting their feelings for most of the movie. At the same time, the obstacle shouldn't be something that will continue to be a problem after they find their HappilyEverAfter.

* ''{{Spaceballs}}'': As the name would suggest, Prince Valium is Bland Perfection

* Kanae from ''ShoujoKakumeiUtena''. Either an annoying side character, a hilarious parody, or a bizarre NightmareFule deconstruction of the trope, depending on how you watch the show.