Funny Being Single Funny Movie Scenes About Breaking Up
She wore red pajamas, she gulped red wine, and she sang along to "All by Myself." Single. Sad. This was how the world was introduced to Bridget Jones in 2001. It was the ultimate Pity Party scene, in which a heartbroken soul indulges in hysteria and wine, ice cream, chocolate, sappy entertainment, or a combination of all of the above.
As Bridget Jones lives on today with her third movie, Bridget Jones's Baby, so does the Pity Party trope. Humorous, exaggerated, and yet relatable, characters' devastation over being single or recently broken up provides us an entry point of sympathy. It reaffirms that it's okay to be messy, to not have your shit together, and to wallow. Pity Party scenes can be pretty funny, too.
Here, we salute some of our favorite Pity Party scenes from movies and television.
1. Bridget Jones's Diary
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The scene: We meet Bridget Jones, a 32-year-old very single woman working for publishing company in London, in her habitat.
Pity Party kit: Pajamas, wine, "All by Myself," Frasier on the TV
2. Legally Blonde
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The scene: After her Harvard Law School–bound boyfriend breaks up with her, Elle Woods holes up in her room hate-watching a soap opera and eating a box of chocolates by herself.
Pity Party kit: Box of chocolate, soap opera, framed photo of ex
3. New Girl
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The scene: Jess Day, who recently moved in with three dudes, gets settled by watching Dirty Dancing. Since she's trying to get over a breakup—her boyfriend cheated on her—the waterworks start right away.
Pity Party kit: Dirty Dancing, Kleenex, dinner on the floor amid packing boxes
4. The Mindy Project
The scene: Fresh off a breakup with Casey, her hot Christian pastor boyfriend, a forlorn Mindy Lahiri goes all-out in mourning. (The full episode is here.)
Pity Party kit: Pajamas, candy, "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Mis, fake boyfriend made of cereal box and wine, takeout, box of old photos and boyfriend's things
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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The scene: After his girlfriend of five years breaks up with him, struggling composer Peter Bretter binges on self-pity, going as far as composing a song called "Peter You Suck" (sample lyrics: Everybody wishes you were dead/Peter you suck/Peter you suck/Peter your music is fucking terrible). Half of the movie is a Pity Party, really, full of moments like this:
Pity Party kit: Sad self-loathing music, booze, sweats, blanket
6. How I Met Your Mother
The scene: Robin still has feelings for Barney, who is dating her newsroom coworker Nora. Jealous of the attention Nora is getting, Robin ends up getting drunk under her desk and binge eating chocolates Barney sent Nora. She also gets drunk and eats cake under a table at the bar later:
Pity Party kit: Wine, box of chocolate, whiskey
7. Friends
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The scene: Chandler scares off his girlfriend, Janice, after she claims the relationship is moving too fast. "I got all needy and clingy," he admits to Monica and Rachel, who gives him ice cream as consolation. "Oh dear lord, I begged!"
Pity Party kit: Ice cream (low fat, because "when you start getting screwed over all the time, you gotta switch to low fat"), supportive girlfriends
8. Friends (again)
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The scene: Rachel realizes that she still has feelings for her ex Ross, who is about to get married to his fiancée, Emily. To make her feel better, Phoebe, Monica, and Rachel all put on wedding dresses.
Pity Party kit: Popcorn, beer, wedding dresses
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