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* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'': Bella and Edward have a very quick wedding in ''[[Literature/BreakingDawn]]'' so that Bella can be turned into a vampire before she is too much older than Edward is.[[note]]In case you wonder why they have to be married to turn her into a vampire: Bella wants to have sex with Edward as a human once before doing it as a vampire, and Edward is against sex before marriage.[[/note]] Thanks to Edward's family being rolling in money and having lots of experience planning such events (Rosalie and Emmett have had about three weddings), the wedding still ends up being a lovely affair, though there is some speculation it was hastily-planned because Bella is pregnant (with Jessica asking if they think "Bella will be showing" in the movie adaptation).

* Bella and Edward have a very quick wedding in ''[[Literature/BreakingDawn]]'' so that Bella can be turned into a vampire before she is too much older than Edward is.[[note]]In case you wonder why they have to be married to turn her into a vampire: Bella wants to have sex with Edward as a human once before doing it as a vampire, and Edward is against sex before marriage.[[/note]]

** Averted with Rudy Dewclaw and Fiona Fennec: Following TheirFirstTime, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2021/kk0212.html they agree not to rush to the altar,]] choosing to see what happens once they graduate from Beige University. Though they begin to feel pressure specifically after the engagement of friends Edgar Carnassial and Miranda Hutch.

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** Apparently a common occurrence during the wars against Voldemort. Molly and Arthur rushed their marriage the first time, and Bill and Fleur the second. Molly actually resents Bill and Fleur for this since she doesn't like Fleur and accuses them of rushing. When called on how she and Arthur had a speedy courtship and marriage, [[HypocritcalHumor Molly protests that there was no point in waiting since they were in love]].

** Apparently a common occurrence during the wars against Voldemort. Molly and Arthur rushed their marriage the first time, and Bill and Fleur the second.

* Repeated almost verbatim in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'', although it's the engager's request to be married quickly so that they could finally get down with the consummation part.

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* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', after Eva Ushiromiya noticed that her father Kinzo was upset that Natsuhi and Krauss were having trouble having a child, she decided to convince her then-boyfriend Hideyoshi to marry her quickly so that they could have a child who could usurp the place that Jessica would eventually have in the succession. Hideyoshi, who had already lost his relatives and was eager to start a family of his own, agreed. Despite Eva's motives, the two are quite HappilyMarried and actually the most stable of the married couples.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', Fiona insists that she marry Lord Farquaad before sunset, so that Lord Farquaad will kiss her and no one will see that she's an [[spoiler:ogre at night]].

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', when Asuna is still trapped in Alfheim, her family begins to consider marrying her to Sugou while she's still unconscious, because they want Sugou to take over their company and have no idea if Asuna will ''ever'' wake up (note that Asuna was already engaged to him through ArrangedMarriage before she went under). They don't actually decide to go through with it before [[spoiler:Sugou is exposed for the criminal he is (including being the one holding Asuna's mind in a virtual prison in the first place) and the idea of him marrying Asuna is promptly dropped.]]

* Bella and Edward have a very quick wedding in ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Breaking Dawn]]'' so that Bella can be turned into a vampire before she is too much older than Edward is.[[note]]In case you wonder why they have to be married to turn her into a vampire: Bella wants to have sex with Edward as a human once before doing it as a vampire, and Edward is against sex before marriage.[[/note]]

* In ''Anime/Aggretsuko'', [[spoiler:Retsuko makes the snap-decision to fill out a marriage registration form (a sort of declaration of intent-to-marry to the Japanese government) with Haida after he is almost backed over by a truck.]]

* In Anime/Aggretsuko, [[spoiler:Retsuko makes the snap-decision to fill out a marriage registration form (a sort of declaration of intent-to-marry to the Japanese government) with Haida after he is almost backed over by a truck.]]

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* In the finale of ''Film/LethalWeapon4'' Riggs and Lorna finally agree to marry when Lorna is giving birth. Lorna, however, insists on getting married ''before'' she gives birth, despite being in the middle of contractions. They end up bringing in a rabbi who uses a butchered and heavily abbreviated set of the vows.

* ''Series/{{The Sandman|2022}}'', "[[Recap/TheSandman2022S01E03DreamALittleDreamOfMe Dream a Little Dream of Me]]": A member of the British royal family has a hurried private wedding to a celebrity football player, wanting to get it done before her family can object. In addition to holding it as soon as possible, they keep urging the officiant to hurry through the ceremony (which includes cutting into the "Do you, full name" bits in a way which [[AnonymousRinger conveniently avoids revealing the princess's name]]). This doesn't affect the validity of the marriage because the officiant isn't a real priest to begin with; she's an exorcist who's just playing along until she can figure whether the princess is under a demonic influence.