History Main / ForgottenAnniversary

* One scene in ''TheSixthSense'' looks like this, with Bruce Willis showing up late to an anniversary dinner with his wife at a fancy restaurant; she barely acknowledges him before leaving. [[spoiler: Subverted, though, because he's actually a ghost and she can't even see or hear him. It does however say very little good about the state of their marriage that it takes him 'til the end of the film to realise this.]]

* Leo [=McGarry=] does this very early in ''TheWestWing''.

* In the UDON ''StreetFighter'' comic books, one issue showed Guile falling victim to the results of this--he forgot his and Jane's wedding anniversary because he and Charlie were sparring in a match that lasted ''days''. At the end of the spar, on [[OhCrap realizing he'd forgotten the anniversary]], Guile tried to make it up to Jane, but...

-->'''Stan:''' This midnight fishing is great.\\

'''Jackson:''' Um...?\\
'''Bullock:''' ''(shushes him)''\\

* In the ''PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Dude, We're Getting The Band Back Together," Lawrence Fletcher forgets his wedding anniversary, and his wife is angry with him. Phineas and Ferb help their dad make up for it by duplicating the rock concert at which the couple had their first kiss.

* Cosmo tries to leave the fishbowl in an episode of ''TheFairlyOddparents'' when he believes Wanda is angry at him for no reason and has forgotten their anniversary. Turns out, it was the False Anger Anniversary (once every someodd years) and Wanda had remembered, but it's too late - he's gone home to his mom. They work it out anyway, only for Cosmo to forget it was their anniversary at the end of the episode.
* [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] does this several times.

* There was an incident regarding this in ''DannyPhantom'' - Danny had lost the gift and he had to go retrieve it in a ghost world. It's revealed that Jack has forgotten his and Maddie's anniversary ''eighteen years in a row'' because he's so obsessed with ghost hunting.

* In ''FatherOfThePride'', one year prior, Larry had promised to never forget the wedding anniversary ever again. Guess what happens.

* In an episode of ''WeddingPeach'' this is the central problem; Hinagiku's mother attempts to leave the house because her father forgot, but as it turned out, the father was too busy with work and had hidden his anniversary gift so he couldn't present it to her the whole day. The girls try to get him to reiterate what he ''wanted'' to say in front of her, but then demons intervene and stuff tries to get in the way. They work it out.

* A double example in ''AmericanDad'':

* Spoofed in the webcomic ''{{PvP Online}}''. The author admitted (via twitter) that he'd completely forgotten about characters Jade and Brent's first anniversary, so didn't do a strip for it. The next day, he started a storyline about how Brent and Jade had ''themselves'' both forgotten the anniversary.

-->'''Stan:''' Isn't night fishing great?\\
'''Bullock:''' Sounds like someone doesn't want to go home.\\
'''Stan:''' Yeah, I'm avoiding Francine. It's the anniversary of a big fight we had last year.\\
'''Bullock:''' Oh, what about?\\
'''Stan:''' I forgot our anniversary. Boy, I'm never doing that again!\\
'''Jackson:''' Um, Stan?\\

* One scene in ''TheSixthSense'' looks like this, with Bruce Willis showing up late to an anniversary dinner with his wife at a fancy restaurant; she barely acknowledges him before leaving. [[spoiler: Subverted, though, because he's actually a ghost and she can't even see or hear him.]]

* A credit card commercial ([[WhatWereTheySellingAgain this troper thinks it was Am Ex]]) where a man at work is asked by his wife if he made any plans for their anniversary. Naturally he must scramble for an AssPull: "Uh, yeah...we're... " *glances at Chinese takeoutbox* "taking the Orient Express to..." *glances at stained tie* "a spot in...Thailand!" *glances out window, where a bird lands* "We're going birdwatching!" At the end of the commercial, on the trip that his credit card company was able to drum up on short notice, his wife remarks that "this is such a surprise", and he wholeheartedly agrees.
* Another commercial (I believe it was for a non-stick cooking spray) had a guy's wife cook a fancy dinner, dress up, and light candles. Her husband then comes in, takes it all in with a wow, and asks "What's the occasion?" [[CrossesTheLineTwice His wife then takes the steak back into the kitchen, probably to throw it away.]]

-->'''Dan:''' I remember what you were wearing. Do you remember what I was wearing?
-->'''Casey:''' I remember not thinking at the time that you were a woman.

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* Cosmo tries to leave the fishbowl in an episode of ''TheFairlyOddparents'' when he believes Wanda is angry at him for no reason and has forgotten their anniversary. Turns out, it was something along the lines of pretend-to-be-angry-at-your-spouse-for-no-reason Anniversary (once every someodd years) and Wanda had remembered, but it's too late - he's gone home to his mom. They work it out anyway, only for Cosmo to forget it was their anniversary at the end of the episode.

* In one episode of ''AmericanDad'', Stan is fishing late at night with his coworkers when he mentions how he and Francine had a huge fight exactly one year prior. Apparently she had a pretty bad meltdown and beat him so badly the cops were called. Because he had forgotten their anniversary.
-->'''Dick:''' Erm, Stan?\\
'''Bullock:''' (shushes him)\\
''({{beat}})''\\

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-->'''Bullock:''' (shushes him)\\

-->'''Stan:''' [[OhCrap AAAAAAGH!]]\\
-->'''Bullock:''' There it is.

Oddly enough, in the one-person-actually-forgets scneario, it's usually the guy who forgets. Make of that what you will.

* There was an incident regarding this in ''DannyPhantom'' - Danny had lost the gift and he had to go retrieve it in a ghost world.