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[[File:Aladdin-A-Whole-New-World-princess-jasmine-17786995-450-2581_611.jpg|link=Aladdin (Disney film)|frame|When did you last let your heart decide?]]
 
{{quote|''"Let's make this moment be the symbol of our lives<br />
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''and we'll sail to paradise<br />
''You're a girl... or maybe a wagon... <br />
''filled up with pancakes..."''|'''Strong Bad''' falls in love, ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]]''}}
 
Variant of the [[Good Times Montage]]. Two characters are becoming romantically entwined. Their first date is shown normally and the audience is shown how amazingly compatible the couple is.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|Played out as a Parody, satirized by commentor Kyon]] in episode 00 "The Adventures Of Mikuru Asahina" of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', just like [[Deconstructor Fleet|so many other tropes]].
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'': While he was showing hints here and there, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YjmrSuO6nI&feature=related Ki Ni Naru Aitsu] was the definitive Falling in Love Montage (if only one-sided) for Syaoran.
* [[Code Geass]] does this with [[Official Couple|Suzaku and Euphemia]] in episode 5, though their conversation plays while showing them walking around the city after their [[Meet Cute]].
 
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== [[Film]] ==
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[The Naked Gun (Film)|The Naked Gun]]'' when Frank Drebin has a date with Jane Spencer. To the tune of "I'm Into Something Good," they have the typical dating montage, including a beach scene with them holding hands, running, and clotheslining another couple running the other way.
* Played extremely straight in the Korean romantic comedy ''[[My Sassy Girl]]'' and its spiritual prequel ''Windstruck''.
* Played completely straight in ''Crazy/Beautiful''. The chapter on the DVD was even called "Falling in Love"
* Parodied in [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[Silent Movie (Filmfilm)|Silent Movie]]'', where the individual scenes of Mel and his girlfriend each turn absurd (they're riding a carousel together and then the carousel horse starts pooping blocks of wood; a frolic in the park turns into a race, complete with hurdles and a finish line; and so on).
* Arguably, the "This Is My Idea" musical number from ''[[The Swan Princess]]''. It starts out with the two main characters being introduced to each other as children, both of them despising the other upon sight, and goes on to show them growing up, eventually falling in love. All the while their respective parents and kingdoms sing about how their arranged marriage is so perfect...especially as it could result in lower taxes!
* The [[So Bad It's Good|hastily produced]] Vanilla Ice movie ''Cool As Ice'' has one of these over one of Ice's ballads.
* Given that it's a parody of [[James Bond]], ''[[Austin Powers|Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'' plays this fairly straight as Austin treats Vanessa Kensington to a night on the town.
* Used in the [[Disney Animated Canon]] film ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and Thethe Beast]],'' against the song of "Something There", which tends to confuse fans as to just how long Belle lives in the castle.
** Interestingly, the [[Cut Song]] "Human Again" originally slated for this part of the film was much more specific about the passing of winter, but was dropped in part because the filmmakers were worried the audience would start wondering what Maurice and Gaston were doing all this time. They never quite solved this problem, even when the song was reinstated in the stage musical and a reedit of the film.
* And while we're on the subject of the [[Disney Animated Canon]]...
** The song "Strangers Like Me" from ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]'' is a combination montage of both his falling deeper in love with Jane and his learning about humanity.
** "Bella Notte" from ''[[Lady and Thethe Tramp]]'' starts as a typical onscreen song but then transforms into a romantic montage that spans the course of the evening. (Then it fades to black, and then fades back up to the titular characters waking up on the same hill. And she's pregnant later. [[Parental Bonus|Hmmmm]].)
** The sequel has a similar montage focused on Scamp and Angel, to the song "Can This Be Love?"
** "I Bring You a Song" from ''[[Bambi (Disney)|Bambi]].'' Not your typical romantic montage, as the mood is actually quite somber and [[Scenery Porn|it focuses a lot on the nature]] ''around'' the two deer falling in love.
** ''"[[The Lion King|Caaaaaan you feel the looooove tonight?]]"''
*** "Upendi" from the sequel.
** Before "Kiss the Girl" even hits the screen there's a love montage between [[The Little Mermaid|Ariel and Eric]] touring the kingdom.
** ''"[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Life is brief, but when it's gone, love goes on and on...]]"''
** ''[[The Princess and Thethe Frog]]'' has a variation - while the montage is definetly one of these for Tiana and Naveen, the song itself (Ma Belle Evangeline) is about Ray's love for Evangeline.
** Invoked in ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' by the king [[I Want Grandkids|who wants grandkids.]] He sets up the perfect romantic scene and the Duke is describing how it would be.
{{quote| '''Duke''': Such a pretty picture, but in [[Real Life]], [[Subverted Trope|doomed for failure.]]<br />
'''The King''': Failure eh?! [[Double Subverted|Take a look at that you pompous windbag!]] }}
** The song "A Whole New World" from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.
** "Colors of the Wind" from ''[[Pocahontas]]''.
** The scene where Rapunzel and Flynn first arrive at Corona in ''[[Tangled (Disney)|Tangled]]'', followed by a scene reminiscent of the "Tour of the Kingdom" sequence from ''The Little Mermaid'' and the song "I See the Light".
* [[James Bond]] (George Lazenby) has one in ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' with Tracy (Diana Rigg), set to Louis Armstrong singing "We Have All the Time in the World."
* The montage in ''[[Saved]]!'' is a cross between this and the [[Lost Love Montage]] - the characters shown are all in love with people that are [[All Love Is Unrequited|unavailable or estranged.]]
* Subverted in ''The Break-Up'', which opens with a [[Meet Cute]], followed by one of these to ''You're My Best Friend'', followed immediately by...well, I think you can figure this one out on your own.
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** Not to mention the [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|highly suggestive carpentry]].
* The beginning of the [[Pixar]] film ''[[Up]]'' has one where Carl falls in love with and marries Ellie... and it results in severe [[Mood Whiplash]] since Carl is a widower by the time the plot starts.
* ''[[MadeasMadea's Family Reunion]]'' has this with Vanessa and Frankie, and an inversion with Lisa and her abusive husband Carlos showing him abusing her.
* Once Lalita and Darcy got out for dinner in Los Angeles in ''[[Bride and Prejudice (Film)|Bride and Prejudice]]'' they really start to click.
* Eowyn and Faramir's relationship in the ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' films is cut down to this to save time. And it only appears in the Extended Edition!
* Parodied in ''[[Hot Shots]]''. One scene shows Topper and Ramada laughing and smiling as they exit a movie theater. The camera then pans up to the marquee to reveal that they had just finished watching the very depressing ''[[Platoon]]''.
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* Parodied with Geraldine and Simon Horton in ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'', with scenes including a romantic picnic in which she stuffs an entire chocolate bar into her mouth and, most famously, a scene of them laughing and jumping in puddles which ends when one turns out to be about a meter deep.
* ''[[Mission Impossible]]'' intentionally avoided montages, but did use this type in a couple of episodes. One case, in "The Short-Tail Spy," was quite creative: it used a quick series of various locations and activities, but included dialogue that ran together to form a single, coherent conversation between the two characters.
* Parodied in the ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]] II'' episode "Bells", where a [["Falling in Love" Montage]] of Edmund and [[Sweet Polly Oliver|"Bob"]] turns into a commercial for an album of Elizabethan love songs.
{{quote| '''Scrolling subtitle:''' Greensleeves... The Rain It Raineth Every Day... Hey Nonny I Love You... My Love is a Prick (on a Tudor Rose)... Hot Sex Madrigal in the Middle of My Tights}}
* [[Affectionate Parody|Parodied]] and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] on [[Wizards of Waverly Place]] during Alex and Mason's first date.
* The ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' episode "Origins of Vampire Mythology" has a pseudo-[[Falling In Love]] montage between Pierce and Chang after they try to become best friends. Then they get in a fight and there's a [[Lost Love Montage]]. ''Five minutes later.''
* Used hilariously as Tom both falls in love with Allison and teaches her how to kill vampires, all in the same montage, in [[Being Human]].
 
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* Spoofed by ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]]'' in the Strong Bad Email ''montage'', where one of the montages created is one of Strong Bad falling in love with a Wagon Fulla Pancakes.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Kat and Alistair on [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=235 this page] of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]''.
* ''[[Bug (Webcomicwebcomic)|Bug]]'' [http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/love-lessons/ deconstructs this.]
* In [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]], Karkat has a falling-in-''hate'' montage with John. Of course, since humans don't work that way, it ends up going nowhere, much to Karkat's annoyance.
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The number one cliche NOT in [http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ten+cliches/video/x8699q_ten-chick-flick-cliches-that-are-no_fun ''He's Just Not That Into You.'']
* Occurs in episode 8 [[Romantic False Lead]] of ''[[Echo Chamber (Web Video)|Echo Chamber]]''.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** And then there was Bender and Angeline.
** There's also Bender and the Planet Express Ship, who fall in love to Bender's rendition of "Daisy Bell" in [[Valentine's Day Episodes|"Love and Rocket."]] This is a slight inversion, though, because in the scene immediately following the montage, {{spoiler|Bender announces that he's dumping the ship.}}
* [[Classic Disney Shorts|Mickey and Minnie]] share [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SksaDsAHQyE&feature=channel_page a romantic montage] in ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: theThe Three Musketeers]]''. * Snort* As if we didn't already know where ''that'' was going.
* A lampshade was hung on this in an episode of ''Chilly Beach'': "Would you like to have a romantic montage with me?''
* ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'' features a Evil version for The Joker and Harley Quinn, where <s>they</s> ''she'' not only falls in love, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i4rsKKM26k but they destroy most of Gotham in the process. Set to the Joker singing Hank Williams', "Settin' The Woods On Fire.] And it is ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome.]]''
* Dr. Doofenshmirtz and his (unnamed) evil girlfriend share one of these in the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Chez Platypus" {{spoiler|only to have it [[Yank the Dog's Chain|jerked away]] right before the episode ends.}}
{{quote| '''Doofenshmirtz:''' I found my other half, yes, I got an evil love!}}
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