"I hope this movie never has a sequel, because Jon and Sara are destined to become the most boring married couple in history. For years to come, people at parties will be whispering, 'See that couple over there? The Tragers? Jon and Sara? Whatever you do, don't ask them how they met.'"
— Roger Ebert's review of Serendipity
, a movie consisting only of Meet Cutes.
, a movie consisting only of Meet Cutes. Webby: Are they... fighting?
Huey: Oh, Webby - this is the standard romantic courting of adults, commonly known as a Meet Cute.
Webby: Are you sure? Fenton looks awfully sweaty.
Huey: Anxious perspiration, intense eye contact, coy body language... Only thing we haven't seen is the awkward yet adorable accident.
— Moments before said accident, DuckTales (2017), "The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!"
Izumi: Oh no! How could I be so clumsy?
— The Curtises, Fullmetal Alchemist
"Say a man and a woman both need something to sleep in and both go to the same men's pajama department. The man says to the salesman, "I just need bottoms," and the woman says, "I just need a top." They look at each other and that's the 'meet cute'."
"This is the first time I've introduced myself in a toilet stall."
— Misaki Kirihara, Darker than Black
We went to the cry-die.
...but first, we met.
And let me tell you, we did not meet cute (as they say in Hollywood), unlike the way she and Adam met, which — if not cute — was certainly dramatic.
...but first, we met.
And let me tell you, we did not meet cute (as they say in Hollywood), unlike the way she and Adam met, which — if not cute — was certainly dramatic.
— Eveless Eden, by Marianne Wiggins.
meet cute:(narratology) A situation in a film, television series, etc. in which a potential or future romantic couple meet for the first time in a way that is considered adorable, entertaining, or amusing.
:(narratology) A situation in a film, television series, etc. in which a potential or future romantic couple meet for the first time in a way that is considered adorable, entertaining, or amusing.— Wiktionary
As we turn around the corner of the hallway, something hits me in the chest with the force of a steam train. Hanako shrieks a little and my vision briefly goes black.
Lilly: Hisao, what happened? <Lilly is blind>
She's not quite up to speed for obvious reasons, but she sounds very worried. More than what the situation deserves, really.
Hisao: Someone just bumped into me, nothing serious. Just winded.
Emi: Er, sorry, it's my fault. I was just going to get some stuff, and I was in a kind of a hurry.
Lilly: That 'someone' here is Emi:, isn't it?
The little girl coughs quietly and shuffles her plastic or metallic feet, looking down at them before saying anything.
Emi: Hi, Lilly. Hanako.
"Does it still count as a Meet Cute if there's a double-digit body count?"
—Mike Nelson, Rifftrax, Bronx Warriors''
