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* A fairly passive version is done in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}''}, when a meeting between Ophelia and Hamlet is organized and she greets him by offering to give back several items he had recently given her (most likely love tokens, given that they were betrothed). Given that Hamlet was not in the best mental state and soliloquizing about suicide and death just before the meeting, he doesn't take it well.

* The song "[[PrettyInMink Take Back Your Mink]]" from ''{{Guys And Dolls}}'' inspired the trope name.

* In ''{{The King And I}}'', after Anna's tragic confrontation with the King, she tells the Kralahome that she will be on the next boat leaving Bangkok, takes off the ring which the King not long before the confrontation had insisted she put on, and tells the Kralahome to return it to him. The script calls this "the final humiliation for his King to suffer."
* In ''{{A Christmas Carol}}'', IIRC, Scrooge's fiancee breaks up with him by returning his ring and saying, "Since you love nothing so much as gold, you should be pleased to have it back."
* A fairly passive version is done in ''{{Hamlet}''}, when a meeting between Ophelia and Hamlet is organized and she greets him by offering to give back several items he had recently given her (most likely love tokens, given that they were betrothed). Given that Hamlet was not in the best mental state and soliloquizing about suicide and death just before the meeting, he doesn't take it well.

* Near the beginning of ''{{Manga/Monster}}'', Dr. Tenma's fiance does this with her engagement-ring, and a decidedly unpleasant smile, after Tenma's fall from grace - and adds insult to injury by calling him a fool. Actually, she just dropped it at his feet, before walking inside to immediately start flirting with the guy who got Tenma's promotion instead of him.

* Diana Villiers does this to Stephen in one of the {{Aubrey-Maturin}} novels; when he receives the letter in which she breaks their engagement, he can feel the ring inside the envelope before he even reads the message.

* A brilliant lampshading occurs in {{Six Feet Under}}. During an argument with Brenda, Nate takes his engagement ring off. Brenda sees this and responds with "Don't you throw that ring at me. It's such a cliché, I'll barf".

* In a reversal and inversion of this trope, during the GrandFinale of {{MASH}}, Charles demands that Margaret return to him a book that he gave her as a present. She grudgingly obliges, and at their final farewell, he returns the book to her, this time with a heart-felt message written inside.

* The song "[[PrettyInMink Take Back Your Mink]]" from {{Guys And Dolls}} inspired the trope name.
* In the opera {{Carmen}}, the last thing Carmen does before Don Jose stabs her to death is remove a ring he gave her and throw it at his feet.
* In {{The King And I}}, after Anna's tragic confrontation with the King, she tells the Kralahome that she will be on the next boat leaving Bangkok, takes off the ring which the King not long before the confrontation had insisted she put on, and tells the Kralahome to return it to him. The script calls this "the final humiliation for his King to suffer."
* In {{A Christmas Carol}}, IIRC, Scrooge's fiancee breaks up with him by returning his ring and saying, "Since you love nothing so much as gold, you should be pleased to have it back."
* A fairly passive version is done in {{Hamlet}}, when a meeting between Ophelia and Hamlet is organized and she greets him by offering to give back several items he had recently given her (most likely love tokens, given that they were betrothed). Given that Hamlet was not in the best mental state and soliloquizing about suicide and death just before the meeting, he doesn't take it well.
* In {{The Most Happy Fella}}, the last thing Rosabella does for Tony before leaving him is handing him back the amethyst tie-pin which he left her as a tip when she was working as a waitress and he first saw her. when they reconcile by doing a RelationshipReboot, he gives it to her once again.

* In ''TheFantasticFour'' movie, Ben Grimm's fiancee silently indicates that she can't love a seven-foot-tall mound of sentient orange rock by taking off the engagement ring he gave her and setting it on the pavement before walking away. To further twist the knife, Grimm's fingers are now so thick that he can't even pick up the discarded ring.

* Near the beginning of ''{{Anime/Monster}}'', Dr. Tenma's fiance does this with her engagement-ring, and a decidedly unpleasant smile, after Tenma's fall from grace - and adds insult to injury by calling him a fool. Actually, she just dropped it at his feet, before walking inside to immediately start flirting with the guy who got Tenma's promotion instead of him.

* In Thibetan culture, returning a gift is a great insult. This is portrayed in the movie ''SevenYearsInTibet'', where the main character returns a gifted jacket on purpose, because he wanted to make clear they ''really'' weren't friends anymore.

* In ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula ZERO'', Asuka throws her engagement ring at Hayato after he decides to return to racing, thereby breaking his promise to not to race again after a near-fatal crash and she runs away crying. They make it up later.

* In ''{{Grease}}'', Danny asks Sandy to wear his high school ring and she accepts. Almost immediately afterward, he tries to cop a feel and they have a tussle, which ends with her getting out of the car and throwing the ring at him before storming away.
* ''TheGoonies'' has Andy returning Troy's jacket to him as a wordless breakup.

* Furies_of_Calderon series: Amara of all people throws away her LOYALTY RING after her "Caesar" does something necessary but murderous.

* The song "[[PrettyInMink Take Back Your Mink]]" from ''GuysAndDolls'' inspired the trope name.
* In the opera ''Carmen'', the last thing Carmen does before Don Jose stabs her to death is remove a ring he gave her and throw it at his feet.
* In ''TheKingAndI'', after Anna's tragic confrontation with the King, she tells the Kralahome that she will be on the next boat leaving Bangkok, takes off the ring which the King not long before the confrontation had insisted she put on, and tells the Kralahome to return it to him. The script calls this "the final humiliation for his King to suffer."
* In ''A Christmas Carol'', IIRC, Scrooge's fiancee breaks up with him by returning his ring and saying, "Since you love nothing so much as gold, you should be pleased to have it back."
* A fairly passive version is done in ''Hamlet'', when a meeting between Ophelia and Hamlet is organized and she greets him by offering to give back several items he had recently given her (most likely love tokens, given that they were betrothed). Given that Hamlet was not in the best mental state and soliloquizing about suicide and death just before the meeting, he doesn't take it well.
* In ''TheMostHappyFella'', the last thing Rosabella does for Tony before leaving him is handing him back the amethyst tie-pin which he left her as a tip when she was working as a waitress and he first saw her. when they reconcile by doing a RelationshipReboot, he gives it to her once again.

* A brilliant lampshading occurs in {{Six Feet Under}}. During an argument with Brenda, Nate takes his engagement ring off. Brenda sees this and responds with "Don't you throw that ring at me. It's such a cliché, I'll barf".

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* In ''FutureGPXCyberFormula ZERO'', Asuka throws her engagement ring at Hayato after he decides to return to racing, thereby breaking his promise to not to race again after a near-fatal crash and she runs away crying. They make it up later.

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* Near the beginning of ''{{Anime/Monster}}'', Dr. Tenma's fiance does this with her engagement-ring, and a decidedly unpleasant smile, after Tenma's fall from grace - and adds insult to injury by calling him a fool. Actually, I think she just dropped it at his feet, before walking inside to immediately start flirting with the guy who got Tenma's promotion instead of him.

* In ''FutureGPXCyberFormula ZERO'', Asuka throws her engagement ring at Hayato after he decides to return to racing, thereby breaking his promise to not to race again after a near-fatal crash and she runs away crying. They make it up later, though.

* ''TheGoonies'' has AndY returning Troy's jacket to him as a wordless breakup.

* ''TheGoonies'' has Andi returning Troy's jacket to him as a wordless breakup.

* TheGoonies has Andi returning Troy's jacket to him as a wordless breakup.

* [[TheGoonies]] has Andi returning Troy's jacket to him as a wordless breakup.

* In ''FutureGPXCyberFormula ZERO'', Asuka throws her engagement ring at him after he decides to return to racing, since she believes that she broke his promise to her not to race again and runs away crying. They make it up later, though.

* In ''FutureGPXCyberFormula ZERO'', Asuka throws her engagement ring at him after he decides to return to racing, since she believes that she broke his promise to her not to race again. They make it up later, though.

* Near the beginning of ''{{Monster}}'', Dr. Tenma's fiance does this with her engagement-ring, and a decidedly unpleasant smile, after Tenma's fall from grace - and adds insult to injury by calling him a fool. Actually, I think she just dropped it at his feet, before walking inside to immediately start flirting with the guy who got Tenma's promotion instead of him.
** That bitch.

* In Thibetan culture, returning a gift is a great insult. This is portrayed in the movie SevenYearsInTibet, where the main character returns a gifted jacket on purpose, because he wanted to make clear they ''really'' weren't friends anymore.

* In a flashback in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Two Towers'', Elrond briefly convinced Aragorn that the latter's relationship with Arwen was doomed, and Aragorn tried to end it by returning the necklace she gave him in the prior movie. Arwen replies, "It was a gift. ''Keep it.''"

* A fairly passive version is done in ''Hamlet'', when a meeting between Ophelia and Hamlet is organized and she greets him by offering to give back several items he had recently given her (most likely love tokens, given that it was very heavily implied the two were in love). Given that Hamlet was not in the best mental state and soliloquizing about suicide and death just before the meeting, he doesn't take it well.