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* ''Series/AlmaGemea'': Since Raul forgets the wedding anniversary every year, Olívia decides to throw a surprise anniversary party and invites the whole city... [[MissingYourOwnParty only for him not to show up]], because not only did he forget, but he was also cheating on her with Dalila. This is the starting point of their marriage's ruin.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''' first episode, Bob forgets his and Linda's anniversary, and when Linda gets angry Bob protests that he's just not good with dates. A montage of flashbacks reveals he's also forgotten Linda's birthday (while at her party), his own birthday (while at his own party), and Linda's due date (''while holding their newborn''.)

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* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''' first episode, the premiere episode "Human Flesh", Bob forgets his and Linda's anniversary, and when Linda gets angry Bob protests that he's just not good with dates. A montage of flashbacks reveals he's also [[ForgottenBirthday forgotten Linda's birthday birthday]] (while at her party), [[ForgotTheirOwnBirthday his own birthday birthday]] (while at his own party), and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Linda's due date date]] (''while holding their newborn''.)
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* Subverted in the first episode of ''Series/WandaVision''. The eponymous couple sees a heart on the calendar but they can't remember what it means. Agnes visits Wanda and suggests that the heart signifies their wedding anniversary, while at work Vision learns that the heart actually meant that his boss, Mr. Hart, is coming over for dinner.
** Additionally, Agnes laments that her husband, Ralph, doesn't remember their own anniversary.
--->'''Agnes:''' The only way Ralph would remember is if there was a beer named June 2nd!
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* In ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' first episode, Bob forgets his and Linda's anniversary, and when Linda gets angry Bob protests that he's just not good with dates. A montage of flashbacks reveals he's also forgotten Linda's birthday (while at her party), his own birthday (while at his own party), and Linda's due date (''while holding their newborn''.)

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* In ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''' first episode, Bob forgets his and Linda's anniversary, and when Linda gets angry Bob protests that he's just not good with dates. A montage of flashbacks reveals he's also forgotten Linda's birthday (while at her party), his own birthday (while at his own party), and Linda's due date (''while holding their newborn''.)



* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's wedding anniversary, and he and their kids can't tell why Nicole is fuming because she's being [[HintDropping completely ambiguous]] about it. [[SubvertedTrope Then it turns out that today wasn't their anniversary after all because the calendar was upside-down]], much to Nicole's embarassment.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's wedding anniversary, and he and their kids can't tell why Nicole is fuming because she's being [[HintDropping completely ambiguous]] about it. [[SubvertedTrope Then it turns out that today wasn't their anniversary after all because the calendar was upside-down]], much to Nicole's embarassment.embarrassment.
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* In the ''Series/{{Mash}}'' episode "[[Recap/MashS7E12PointOfView Point of View]]," Col. Potter is beating himself up for forgetting to call his wife, Mildred, on their anniversary because he was so busy with a rush of wounded. The situation is resolved with the featured patient of the story telling Hawkeye who get Radar to call Mrs. Potter to explain the situation. Apparently, she gave Radar instructions to bring her husband to the phone with her reassurances that she understands the weight of Sherman's responsibilities.

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* In the ''Series/{{Mash}}'' episode "[[Recap/MashS7E12PointOfView "[[Recap/MashS7E10PointOfView Point of View]]," Col. Potter is beating himself up for forgetting to call his wife, Mildred, on their anniversary because he was so busy with a rush of wounded. The situation is resolved with the featured patient of the story telling Hawkeye who get Radar to call Mrs. Potter to explain the situation. Apparently, she gave Radar instructions to bring her husband to the phone with her reassurances that she understands the weight of Sherman's responsibilities.
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* It comes up in the ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' fifth season episode [[Recap/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS5E07PerilsOfPeekablue Perils of Peekablue]]. Netossa notices Spinarella's oddly distant behavior, remembers the date, concludes that her wife is upset over her blanking on thier wedding anniversary, and resolves to make it us to her. Unfortunately, [[ManchurianAgent the situation is rather more dire]].[[/folder]]

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* It comes up in the ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' fifth season episode [[Recap/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS5E07PerilsOfPeekablue "[[Recap/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS5E07PerilsOfPeekablue Perils of Peekablue]]. Peekablue]]". Netossa notices Spinarella's oddly distant behavior, remembers the date, concludes that her wife is upset over her blanking on thier their wedding anniversary, and resolves to make it us up to her. Unfortunately, [[ManchurianAgent the situation is rather more dire]].[[/folder]]
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[[/folder]]* It comes up in the ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' fifth season episode [[Recap/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS5E07PerilsOfPeekablue Perils of Peekablue]]. Netossa notices Spinarella's oddly distant behavior, remembers the date, concludes that her wife is upset over her blanking on thier wedding anniversary, and resolves to make it us to her. Unfortunately, [[ManchurianAgent the situation is rather more dire]].[[/folder]]
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''(Stan takes a sip of his beer, casts his line, pauses a few seconds)''\\

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's wedding anniversary and he and their kids can't tell because she's being completely ambiguous about it. [[InvertedTrope Then it turns out that today wasn't their anniversary after all because the calendar was upside-down.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's wedding anniversary anniversary, and he and their kids can't tell why Nicole is fuming because she's being [[HintDropping completely ambiguous ambiguous]] about it. [[InvertedTrope [[SubvertedTrope Then it turns out that today wasn't their anniversary after all because the calendar was upside-down.]]upside-down]], much to Nicole's embarassment.
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* In the ''Series/{{Mash}}'' "[[Recap/MashS7E12PointOfView Point of View]]," Col. Potter is beating himself up for forgetting to call his wife, Mildred, on their anniversary because he was so busy with a rush of wounded. The situation is resolved with the featured patient of the story telling Hawkeye who get Radar to call Mrs. Potter to explain the situation. Apparently, she gave Radar instructions to bring her husband to the phone with her reassurances that she understands the weight of Sherman's responsibilities.

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* In the ''Series/{{Mash}}'' episode "[[Recap/MashS7E12PointOfView Point of View]]," Col. Potter is beating himself up for forgetting to call his wife, Mildred, on their anniversary because he was so busy with a rush of wounded. The situation is resolved with the featured patient of the story telling Hawkeye who get Radar to call Mrs. Potter to explain the situation. Apparently, she gave Radar instructions to bring her husband to the phone with her reassurances that she understands the weight of Sherman's responsibilities.
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* In the ''Series/{{Mash}}'' "[[Recap/MashS7E12PointOfView Point of View]]," Col. Potter is beating himself up for forgetting to call his wife, Mildred, on their anniversary because he was so busy with a rush of wounded. The situation is resolved with the featured patient of the story telling Hawkeye who get Radar to call Mrs. Potter to explain the situation. Apparently, she gave Radar instructions to bring her husband to the phone with her reassurances that she understands the weight of Sherman's responsibilities.
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* In a [[Literature/SweetValleyHigh Sweet Valley Twins]] book, both of the Wakefield parents forget. In a Literature/SweetValleyHigh book, Jessica is hoping that Elizabeth will forget so that she can surprise her parents with her gift and look like the better one.
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* Mung Daal from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' does this.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': In "Mung on the Rocks", Truffles gets mad at Mung Daal from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' does this.when he forgets their anniversary, and tells him off so thoroughly he falls into a depression. Chowder has to lift Mung's spirits and get him and Truffles to make amends.
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* In the second chapter of ''[[Fanfic/{{Restraint}} Aphelion]]'', Mai reminds Azula that it's her fifth wedding anniversary with Ty Lee tomorrow. Azula had forgotten and has no clue what to give her wife.

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* In the second chapter of ''[[Fanfic/{{Restraint}} Aphelion]]'', Mai reminds Azula that it's her fifth wedding anniversary with Ty Lee tomorrow. Azula had has forgotten and has no clue what to give her wife.

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* Cosmo tries to leave the fishbowl in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/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.

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* Cosmo tries to leave the fishbowl in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/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 some odd 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 ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "The Fancy Restaurant", Chris and Elise both assume the other is trying to remind him/her of their wedding anniversary. Eventually they both come clean and realize that neither of them actually remembers the date of their anniversary. Chris declares he doesn't care because he doesn't need to wait for a certain day to show Elise how much he loves her.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "The Fancy Restaurant", Chris and Elise both assume the other is trying to remind him/her of their wedding anniversary. Eventually Eventually, they both come clean and realize that neither of them actually remembers the date of their anniversary. Chris declares he doesn't care because he doesn't need to wait for a certain day to show Elise how much he loves her.



* A platonic(ish) variant is teased in one episode of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' cartoon. Every year, Beetlejuice and Lydia celebrate the annivesary of the day they met, but one year Lydia is convinced BJ forgot. He pretends he has no idea what she's talking about...and then pulls out his gift, assuring her that he was only pulling her leg.

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* A platonic(ish) variant is teased in one episode of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' cartoon. Every year, Beetlejuice and Lydia celebrate the annivesary anniversary of the day they met, but one year Lydia is convinced BJ forgot. He pretends he has no idea what she's talking about...and then pulls out his gift, assuring her that he was only pulling her leg.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Diaz Family Vacation", Star forgets to give Marco's parents a gift for their anniversary. So she went through all this trouble taking the Diazes to Mewni as a last minute anniversary present while avoiding Star's royal dad because she's not allowed to leave Earth.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had this played rather oddly; Wanda apparently forgets her and Cosmo's wedding anniversary, but it turns out that they each got their anniversary dates mixed up: Cosmo thought it was the Styrofoam anniversary, while Wanda knew it was the False Anger anniversary, so neither of them forgot. Unfortunately, Cosmo's [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] took this as an opportunity to try and split them up.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Diaz Family Vacation", Star forgets to give Marco's parents a gift for their anniversary. So she went through all this trouble taking the Diazes to Mewni as a last minute last-minute anniversary present while avoiding Star's royal dad because she's not allowed to leave Earth.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had this played rather oddly; Wanda apparently forgets her and Cosmo's wedding anniversary, but it turns out that they each got their anniversary dates mixed up: Cosmo thought it was the Styrofoam anniversary, while Wanda knew it was the False Anger anniversary, so neither of them forgot. Unfortunately, Cosmo's [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] took this as an opportunity to try and split them up.
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* In the second chapter of ''[[Fanfic/{{Restraint}} Aphelion]]'', Mai reminds Azula that it's her fifth wedding anniversary with Ty Lee tomorrow. Azula had forgotten and has no clue what to give her wife.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "The Fancy Restaurant", Chris and Elise both assume the other is trying to remind him/her of their wedding anniversary. Eventually they both come clean and realize that neither of them actually remembers the date of their anniversary. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Chris declares he doesn't care because he doesn't need to wait for a certain day to show Elise how much he loves her.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "The Fancy Restaurant", Chris and Elise both assume the other is trying to remind him/her of their wedding anniversary. Eventually they both come clean and realize that neither of them actually remembers the date of their anniversary. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Chris declares he doesn't care because he doesn't need to wait for a certain day to show Elise how much he loves her.]]
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* In an episode of ''Series/ModernFamily'', Mitch forgets his and Cam's anniversary - Cam acts normal the whole day, kisses Mitch goodnight, lays in bed...and, the moment midnight passes, he says "You've officially forgotten our anniversary." That's brutal.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Thor explains that while the Outer Planes are made of beliefs, the Astral Plane is just made of thoughts, and the far Astral is made of thoughts that nobody remembers. As he says this, one of the floating phrases is "My wedding anniversary is tomorrow."
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* An episode of ''TheFairlyOddparents'' had this played rather oddly; Wanda apparently forgets her and Cosmo's wedding anniversary, but it turns out that they each got their anniversary dates mixed up: Cosmo thought it was the Styrofoam anniversary, while Wanda knew it was the False Anger anniversary, so neither of them forgot. Unfortunately, Cosmo's [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] took this as an opportunity to try and split them up.

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* An episode of ''TheFairlyOddparents'' ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had this played rather oddly; Wanda apparently forgets her and Cosmo's wedding anniversary, but it turns out that they each got their anniversary dates mixed up: Cosmo thought it was the Styrofoam anniversary, while Wanda knew it was the False Anger anniversary, so neither of them forgot. Unfortunately, Cosmo's [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] took this as an opportunity to try and split them up.
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* An episode of ''TheFairlyOddparents'' had this played rather oddly; Wanda apparently forgets her and Cosmo's wedding anniversary, but it turns out that they each got their anniversary dates mixed up: Cosmo thought it was the Styrofoam anniversary, while Wanda knew it was the False Anger anniversary, so neither of them forgot. Unfortunately, Cosmo's [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] took this as an opportunity to try and split them up.
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* An episode of ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'' has Richard forgetting his wedding anniversary, but managing to think fast on his feet and bluff his way into getting a security system installed last second and convincing her he planned it all along as an anniversary gift. It works almost perfectly until he comes home late that night and is unable to remember the password, which Hyacinth set to their wedding date.

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* In ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', the fact that James Taggart can't remember his wedding anniversary contributes to his VillainousBreakdown.

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** Lillian Rearden wants her husband Hank's assurance that he'll attend one of her parties on a particular date, which she ends up reminding him is their anniversary.
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fact that James Taggart can't remember his wedding anniversary contributes to his VillainousBreakdown.VillainousBreakdown.
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* In an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', both Leonard and Penny forgot their anniversary. Leonard made a cake for Penny, worried she was feeling left out after the attention given to Bernadette's pregnancy and Sheldon and Amy getting engaged. Penny thought it was for their anniversary, and after Leonard checked his phone to confirm it WAS their anniversary, Penny already had a mouthful of cake while exclaiming "Happy anniversary!"
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Diaz Family Vacation", Star forgets to give Marco's parents a gift for their anniversary. So she went through all this trouble taking the Diazes to Mewni as a last minute anniversary present while avoiding Star's royal dad because she's not allowed to leave Earth.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}},'' it's [[LovableLibby Quinn]] who points out that [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]] and [[TallDarkAndSnarky Tom]]'s six-month dating anniversary is coming up, and Daria begins to get annoyed that Tom doesn't realize it. Of course, she's also forced to admit that a) she didn't remember it either, and b) neither of them really like traditionally romantic stuff anyway. Mostly she's just projecting her insecurities about their relationship onto an unimportant issue.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}},'' it's [[LovableLibby [[LovableAlphaBitch Quinn]] who points out that [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]] and [[TallDarkAndSnarky Tom]]'s six-month dating anniversary is coming up, and Daria begins to get annoyed that Tom doesn't realize it. Of course, she's also forced to admit that a) she didn't remember it either, and b) neither of them really like traditionally romantic stuff anyway. Mostly she's just projecting her insecurities about their relationship onto an unimportant issue.
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** Another episode reveals that Ricky [[CrazyPrepared keeps emergency gifts in the closet for just such an occasion.]] This also includes birthdays.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's wedding anniversary and he and their kids can't tell because she's being completely ambiguous about it. [[InvertedTrope Then it turns out that it wasn't their anniversary after all because the calendar was upside-down.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's wedding anniversary and he and their kids can't tell because she's being completely ambiguous about it. [[InvertedTrope Then it turns out that it today wasn't their anniversary after all because the calendar was upside-down.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's anniversary and he and the kids can't tell because she's being completely ambiguous about it. Then it turns out that it wasn't their anniversary after all and the calendar was upside-down.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's wedding anniversary and he and the their kids can't tell because she's being completely ambiguous about it. [[InvertedTrope Then it turns out that it wasn't their anniversary after all and because the calendar was upside-down.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's anniversary and he and the kids can't tell because she's being completely ambiguous about it.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Fuss", Richard forgets his and Nicole's anniversary and he and the kids can't tell because she's being completely ambiguous about it. Then it turns out that it wasn't their anniversary after all and the calendar was upside-down.

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