History Main / LostWeddingRing

* ''American Wedding'' (aka ''Film/AmericanPie 3''). [[SchmuckBait Don't ask]] what Stifler has to do to [[{{Squick}} save the ring.]]

* A literal lost wedding ring has far more serious symbolic and metaphysical implications in Creator/DarrenAronofsky's ''TheFountain''.

* Played for Drama in ''MysteryTeam''. Finding the ring is a pivotal part in both Jason's character arc and solving the mystery.

* A cat in ''The BabySittersClub'' proved ultimately responsible for the disappearance of a valuable ring that Stacey was accused of stealing.
* In ''[[RamonaQuimby Ramona Forever]]'' by Creator/BeverlyCleary, the wedding ring gets lost because it was stitched to the pillow it was carried on too tightly, and when the bride pulls it loose, it flies into the air and gets lost. Ramona eventually finds it on the heel of the bride's shoe.

* ''DavesWorld'': In a singles bar, Dave lends his wedding ring to Kenny to see if the latter can still pick up women despite being supposedly married. He can, and unfortunately leaves the ring at his latest conquest's house.

* In ''VideoGame/ThreeTheHardWay'', you have to find a wedding ring for a guy who's married to a seamstress. Completing this quest for him will later give you the opportunity to get special clothes from her in order to meet with Duke Salem of Burlington (since commoners can't enter).

* In one episode of ''WowWowWubbzy'', Wubbzy accidentally dropped Daizy's ring, which she'd asked him to hold while she did some gardening, and it fell down a hole. He, Walden, and Widget went down after it, had an adventure, got it back safely with Daizy none the wiser, only for Wubbzy to have a close call as he's about to give it back to her.

* The ''MyLittlePonyTales'' episode "Sister of the Bride" shoehorns this in alongside many other wedding-related gags, coming very close to DeusAngstMachina territory before it all works out in the end.

* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''. Lee Adama takes off his wedding ring during a rocky period of his marriage to Dualla and ends up losing it while drunk. The shock of this forces him to patch things up with his wife [[spoiler:though she leaves him anyway at the end of the season.]]

* One episode of the [[KirbyOfTheStars Kirby anime]] did this. The person who lost the ring was Tiff's father. He got a new one every year, and he lost it every time (though it appears they're married). This time, Kirby accidentally tosses it out of a window, and various mishaps make it fall farther out of the main character's reach, until it gets swallowed by a fish...that Chef Kawasaki was preparing for their anniversary dinner. Kirby realizes its the same fish and retrieves the ring from it.

* ''ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' had retrieving a {{NPC}}'s wedding ring as an early FedExQuest.

* In ''PopfulMail'', a elven woman from Treesun has her wedding ring stolen by the leader of the Badger Bandits. The badger boss' lair is close to town, but he's surprisingly tough to beat for an early-game enemy (being a combination GiantMook and EliteMook).
* In the [[GameMaker RPG Maker 2000]] game ''Game/ThreeTheHardWay'', you have to find a wedding ring for a guy who's married to a seamstress. Completing this quest for him will later give you the opportunity to get special clothes from her in order to meet with Duke Salem of Burlington (since commoners can't enter).

* LordOfTheRingsOnline features an introductory crafting quest to replace a lost wedding ring. If you go on further, you meet the husband of the quest giver, who [[spoiler:also lost his ring and gives you an identical quest to replace his ring as well.]]

* This happens in most {{Dom Com}}s.

* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'': Cory goes to a bar with some new friends, who convince him to take off his wedding ring to have a better time. Said bar turns out to be stocked with trashy waitresses who all dance at scheduled times, which causes Cory to leave. Topanga finds out he went and he promises to never ever go back, until he realizes he left the ring at the bar. He returns, only to discover that the bar has an entire stash of lost wedding rings, so he has to sort through them. Once he does, he dances with joy, and the waitress all start to as well. Topanga, having been tipped off by a friend, discovers him in this setting, and [[NotWhatItLooksLike he must explain everything to her]].
** For added chuckles, it's his ''engagement'' ring, which everyone makes fun of him for having in the first place.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', although it was actually lost by the best man who was afraid to tell the groom. At first they thought the stripper stole it, but as it turns out, the duck swallowed it.
** In a later episode, another guy buys the engagement ring Chandler picked out for Monica, and he and Phoebe actually go to the restaurant where the guy is proposing to convince him to trade rings.
** Even earlier in the series Rachel wants to return her engagement ring to her ex-fiance, only to have lost it inside Monica's lasagna.

* ''Series/MadAboutYou'': On his and Jamie's second wedding anniversary, Paul loses his ring and frantically searches the house behind his wife's back. It's finally traced back to a hot dog vendor.
** Non-ring example: In one episode, Paul threw out their wedding cake to make room in the freezer. Until then, he didn't know its importance to her -- and the viewers didn't know of its existence. Also, it signaled a problem in their relationship only because it ''caused'' one, which was of course resolved by the end of the episode.
* In an early episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', [[SarcasmMode model housewife]] Peggy Bundy takes straight-laced Marcy to a strip club and Marcy loses her wedding ring down the speedo of a male stripper. Marcy cannot go back-stage to ask the stripper to give the ring back thanks to the "[[NoodleIncident Peggy Bundy Rule]]", so she leaves a note for the stripper to send it to Peggy's address. The next day when the stripper shows up to the house Al gets the ring and gives it to Steve- the two plan all sorts of emotional black mail for Marcy. In the end, when Steve sees how guilty Marcy felt about losing the ring [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming he gave it back to her in an envelope saying it was from Peggy and he didn't know what it was]]. After she goes into the bathroom and shrieks when sees what was in the envelope, they both get into bed and hold hands to look at the rings, Steve asks Marcy "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny So you lost your wedding ring down a stripper's jock strap?]]"
* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': Margaret loses her wedding ring, and when the guys can't find it, they forge it. Although Margaret finds out the deception and is angry, she decides that she appreciates the effort they made for her.
** Margaret only discovers the ring is a fake because the engraver omitted the "N" in "our love will Never fail."
*** Considering she ended up divorcing the guy some time down the road... it's [[FunnyAneurysmMoment oddly prophetic]]

* ''TheUnusuals'': Detective Beaumont borrowed her boyfriend's watch, only for it to be stolen by the criminal of the episode.

* In ''VideoGame/ChibiRobo,'' one of the [[ExtendedGameplay post main-story missions]] has you plumbing the depths of the Sanderson's drain for Mr. Sanderson's lost wedding ring.
** The ring, however, serves another purpose; the ring itself is found before the end of the game, [[spoiler: allowing Chibi to use the anniversary date engraved inside as a password to actually cause the last of the end game events.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "D.W. Thinks Big", Arthur becomes the ringbearer for his Aunt Lucy's wedding. The ring gets lost ending up in the pipe organ. Arthur is perfectly willing to retrieve it, but is too big to go inside the organ. Fortunately, D.W. is small enough to retrieve it.
** It also serves to nicely expose Cora's true personality to everyone. She's small enough to go inside, but unwilling to saying the bridal couple can "just get another ring."

* In one DetectiveConan story, [[spoiler: Miwako Sato]] is rather distressed because she has "lost something" that turns out to be a ring given to her by her boyfriend [[spoiler: Wataru Takagi]]. (It's not exactly an engagement ring, but she still cherishes it.) Some more misunderstandings make him and their friends believe [[spoiler: that [[MistakenForPregnant she's pregnant]] ]] instead.

* ''FraggleRock'':, Junior Gorg has to remarry his parents, however he drops it into the hole leading to The Rock, where it travels through the possession of all the major characters before miraculously returning to Junior just in time for the ceremony.

* [[spoiler: Kei Tsuchiya]] from MarmaladeBoy uses this to KickTheDog levels. [[spoiler: When Miki drops either a bracelet given to her by Yuu as a gift (manga) or a Toryo medallion with a picture of Yuu and Miki herself (anime) during work without realizing it, he keeps it to himself for several days, and then ''gives it to Yuu while lying to him about how Miki wants to dump him''. Yuu doesn't believe Kei's words, but his and Miki's relationship already was rather troubled, and they break up for a while.]]

* In one DetectiveConan story, [[spoiler: Miwako Sato]] is rather distressed because she has "lost something" that turns out to be a ring given to her by her boyfriend [[spoiler: Wataru Takagi]]. Some more misunderstandings make him and their friends believe [[spoiler: that [[MistakenForPregnant she's pregnant]] ]] instead.

* DorothyLSayers opens ''Busman's Honeymoon'' with an account of LordPeterWimsey's marriage to Harriet Vane, noting that Peter's nephew pretended to lose the ring five times, then really lost it, but as the groom was a detective he was able to find it.

* In ''[[Film/{{Spider-Man Trilogy}} Spider-Man 3]]'', while on his way to propose to Mary Jane, Peter Parker (as Spiderman) must battle the second Green Goblin and loses the family heirloom ring. He gets it back.

* In ''ChibiRobo,'' one of the [[ExtendedGameplay post main-story missions]] has you plumbing the depths of the Sanderson's drain for Mr. Sanderson's lost wedding ring.

* One episode of the [[KirbyOfTheStars Kirby anime]] did this.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has managed to do this one, despite there not being a wedding ring to lose. The emotional situation so perfectly matches this trope that some characters ''assume'' the missing ring is a wedding ring - which makes no sense and so confuses them[[note]] The real story is that the ring is a magical item that functions like a wand. Evangeline gave it to Negi for training purposes.[[/note]]

* [[spoiler: Kei Tsuchiya]] form MarmaladeBoy uses this to KickTheDog levels. [[spoiler: When Miki drops either a bracelet given to her by Yuu as a gift (manga) or a Toryo medallion with a picture of Yuu and Miki herself (anime) during work without realizing it, he keeps it to himself for several days, and then ''gives it to Yuu while lying to him about how Miki wants to dump him''. Yuu doesn't believe Kei's words, but his and Miki's relationship already was rather troubled, and they break up for a while.]]

* ''American Wedding'' (aka ''AmericanPie 3''). [[SchmuckBait Don't ask]] what Stifler has to do to [[{{Squick}} save the ring.]]

* ''OBrotherWhereArtThou?'' ends with the ring still missing.
* ''TheAbyss''. The male protagonist drops his ring down the toilet, but then changes his mind and fishes it out. Which is just as well as the titanium ring (symbolizing permanency) [[ElementsDoNotWorkThatWay prevents a hatchway from sealing on his hand later on]].

* In ''[[RamonaQuimby Ramona Forever]]'' by BeverlyCleary, the wedding ring gets lost because it was stitched to the pillow it was carried on too tightly, and when the bride pulls it loose, it flies into the air and gets lost. Ramona eventually finds it on the heel of the bride's shoe.

* In ''Insane City'' by humorist Dave Barry, the groom-to-be loses his wedding ring (and tuxedo) a few days ''before'' the wedding. Getting it back without his BrideZilla fiancee knowing about it involves dealing with a stripper, her greedy Death Star-sized boyfriend, a desperate Haitian refugee and her children, a snake handler, a lusty orangutang, a woman more attractive than his fiancee... Parts of it resemble a KafkaKomedy.

* This happens in most [[DomCom DomComs]].

* ''BoyMeetsWorld'': Cory goes to a bar with some new friends, who convince him to take off his wedding ring to have a better time. Said bar turns out to be stocked with trashy waitresses who all dance at scheduled times, which causes Cory to leave. Topanga finds out he went and he promises to never ever go back, until he realizes he left the ring at the bar. He returns, only to discover that the bar has an entire stash of lost wedding rings, so he has to sort through them. Once he does, he dances with joy, and the waitress all start to as well. Topanga, having been tipped off by a friend, discovers him in this setting, and [[NotWhatItLooksLike he must explain everything to her]].

* Not surprisingly, ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' devotes an episode to this one. The original reason Raymond removed his wedding ring is a relatively harmless brand of idiocy ("Were you spinning it again?") but there's also some tension when an attractive single woman hits on him.
* ''FamilyMatters'': Carl yells at Harriet for leaving her wedding ring on the kitchen counter because it could fall down the drain. To teach her a lesson, Carl takes the ring the next time Harriet takes it off to wash dishes. When Harriet comes to look for it in the kitchen, Carl gloats about finding it and while telling Harriet to be more careful, he accidentally drops the ring down the drain and spends the rest of the episode fishing it out.

* ''{{Frasier}}'': Daphne misplaces the engagement ring Donny gave her.
* ''{{Friends}}'', although it was actually lost by the best man who was afraid to tell the groom. At first they thought the stripper stole it, but as it turns out, the duck swallowed it.

* ''FullHouse'': Once with Danny's wedding ring, once with Jesse's engagement ring.
* ''ILoveLucy'': Ricky hides Lucy's wedding ring to teach her a lesson about carelessness, but his plan backfires when Lucy believes that she lost it in the cement of their newly built outdoor grill which she proceeds to take apart brick by brick. To make matters worse Ricky actually loses the ring. At the end of the episode it's found in a hamburger.

* ''MadAboutYou'': On his and Jamie's second wedding anniversary, Paul loses his ring and frantically searches the house behind his wife's back. It's finally traced back to a hot dog vendor.

* In an early episode of ''MarriedWithChildren'', [[SarcasmMode model housewife]] Peggy Bundy takes straight-laced Marcy to a strip club and Marcy loses her wedding ring down the speedo of a male stripper. Marcy cannot go back-stage to ask the stripper to give the ring back thanks to the "[[NoodleIncident Peggy Bundy Rule]]", so she leaves a note for the stripper to send it to Peggy's address. The next day when the stripper shows up to the house Al gets the ring and gives it to Steve- the two plan all sorts of emotional black mail for Marcy. In the end, when Steve sees how guilty Marcy felt about losing the ring [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming he gave it back to her in an envelope saying it was from Peggy and he didn't know what it was]]. After she goes into the bathroom and shrieks when sees what was in the envelope, they both get into bed and hold hands to look at the rings, Steve asks Marcy "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny So you lost your wedding ring down a stripper's jock strap?]]"
* ''[[Series/{{MASH}} M*A*S*H]]'': Margaret loses her wedding ring, and when the guys can't find it, they forge it. Although Margaret finds out the deception and is angry, she decides that she appreciates the effort they made for her.

* ''PerfectStrangers'': Larry starts a turkey-selling business, and when Jennifer's wedding band goes missing, it's assumed that one of the birds ate it. Only after the cousins have destroyed their neighbors' Thanksgiving feast in search of the ring do they discover it was in Jennifer's jewelry box the entire time.

* Divya loses her engagement ring in the ''RoyalPains'' episode "Comfort's Overrated". (She took it off to do a procedure, and the patient ate it.) She's not worried that her fiancé will think badly of her, but she is annoyed when the other characters call it a bad omen, since she's determined to make her ArrangedMarriage work.

* ''SeventhHeaven'': This contributor can't remember if two or three rings were lost in the same episode.
* On ''TwoAndAHalfMen'' ("The "Ocu" or the "Pado"?", season 6), Charlie was proposing to his (then) girlfriend Chelsea by hiding the engagement ring in her glass of champagne, but she downs it in one gulp, swallowing the ring. She ultimately retrieves it by using a pasta strainer to catch it coming out, after threatening to eat a big block of cheese so that he never sees the ring again.

* An episode of TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir involved Phil and Vivian renewing their vows and Phil losing the rings. Turned out Vivian had taken them to be engraved.

* ''ForBetterOrForWorse'': Liz, trying on her sister-in-law-to-be's new engagement ring, manages to drop it down the sink; Michael has to go to some trouble retrieving it.

* In ''PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Frankie and Francesca have lost their wedding ring, and Francesca won't let them leave for the mainland to '''''go see her sick father''''' until it's found. Mario, of course, ends up being the one to have to retrieve it, because they won't stop looking in completely the wrong area. Later, he'll lose it in town, and post a trouble in the Trouble Center asking for help in finding it, lest he be forced to say "I love you!" some insane number of times. A valid fear, as he's already been forced to say it 100 times (as you're forced to stay and listen, A A A A A...).

* This is done in ''TheSimpsons'', when Lisa notices Homer's wedding ring is 'just a band-aid wrapped in tin-foil." He tells her mournfully, "The real one's inside a turtle".
* The final episode of ''{{Doug}}'' features our protagonist questing for a missing ring that he is supposed to present as ring bearer. He finds it at the last minute.
* Also done in ''TheFlintstones'' episode entitled "The Engagement Ring", in which Fred, as a favour to Barney, uses one of the holes of his bowling ball to hide a ring Barney bought for Betty. Wilma finds it by accident and immediately assumes it was meant for her. Done differently in the fact that the ring isn't lost at all; it's right there on Wilma's finger, being shown off to Betty, even, but Fred just doesn't have the heart to tell Wilma that the ring wasn't meant for her. Eventually the boys manage to get the money together - thanks to Wilma, no less - and a second identical ring is bought for Betty.

* TheOnion headline: "Wedding Ring Mistakenly Left Inside Prostitute."

* Real life imitated sitcom plots when, in 2009, a man (Reed) proposed to his girlfriend (Kaitlin) by hiding the engagement ring in a Wendy's Slurpee (not quite as romantic as the champagne in the similar ''TwoAndAHalfMen'' episode), which she wolfed down, swallowing the ring without even noticing anything particularly lumpy in her dessert. It took an X-ray showing the ring in her stomach to make her believe what happened. She retrieved the ring a couple of days later, and still married the guy. [[http://krazykaitlin.blogspot.com/2009/02/im-engaged.html (Blog account with pictures and video)]]

* In Guns And Roses' "November Rain" music video, Slash (who's the best man) can't seem to find the ring While Axl, the priest and the bride look awkward. Duffy reveals he has it on his pinky finger.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "D.W. Thinks Big", Arthur becomes the ringbearer for his Aunt Lucy's wedding. The ring gets lost ending up in the pipe organ. Fortunately, D.W. is small enough to retrieve it.

* Just to underscore the unlucky circumstances, the film ''{{Apollo 13}}'' has Marilyn Lovell lose her wedding ring down the shower drain. This actually happened to her in real life, but she was able to recover it.

* ''American Wedding'' (aka ''AmericanPie 3''). [[SchmuckBait Don't ask]] [[{{Squick}} what Stifler has to do to save the ring.]]

* ''AmericanPie 3''. Don't ask what Stifler has to do to save the ring.

* ''GasolineAlley'': Slim's wife Clovia discovers her wedding ring missing following a family trip to an amusement park; Slim returns to the park, pays admission all over again, rents a metal detector, and suffers a number of indignities, all to no avail. Turns out Clovia left the ring on the bathroom counter and just forgot.

* ''Series/{{Chuck}}''