History Main / BestWoman

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* In ''Literature/TheRook'', a non-wedding version of this is mentioned in Myfanwy's notes on the history of the Checquy organization. Due to the habit of naming the main leaders of the Checquy "Lord" and "Lady", at one point the only valid candidate for the title of "Lady" was a six-foot-tall mountain of a man with a thick red beard who stubbornly held onto his position even when he had the chance to become the new Lord instead, remaining the Lady until his death.
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* “[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14090706/1/Different-manor Different manor]]” invokes a non-wedding version of this in Franchise/HarryPotter’s relationship with Daphne Greengrass. As part of her PowerDynamicsKink, Daphne takes pleasure in establishing her authority over Harry, but proclaims herself to be his master rather than his mistress, as she feels that “mistress” suggests she’s just the woman Harry’s cheating on his wife with when she intends to be his one and only wife.

-->'''Willow''': I'm supposed to be best man. Shouldn't I be all ...Creator/MarleneDietrich-y in a dashing tuxedo number?
-->'''Buffy''': No.
-->'''Willow''': Oh. [pouts]
-->'''Buffy''': That would be totally unfair. We must share equally in the cosmic joke that is bridesmaids-dom.
* On ''Series/{{Castle}}'', Ryan and Esposito spend an episode competitively sucking up to Castle to try to be his best man. At the end of the episode, he reveals that they're both welcome to be groomsmen, but his best "man" is definitely going to be his daughter. [[spoiler: Then the wedding gets eaten by an end-of-season cliffhanger, so it becomes irrelevant...]]

* “[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14090706/1/Different-manor Different manor]]” invokes a non-wedding version of this in Franchise/HarryPotter’s relationship with Daphne Greengrass. As part of her PowerDynamicsKink, Daphne takes pleasure in establishing her authority over Harry, but proclaims herself to be his master rather than his mistress, as she feels that “mistress” suggests she’s just the woman Harry’s cheating on his wife with when she intends to be being his one and only wife.

* In ''Film/FatherGoose'', Cary Grant is stranded on an island during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII with schoolteacher Leslie Caron and seven female students. Grant and Caron fall in love, and at the end of the film they are married while under fire from the Japanese and with the minister officiating by radio. The most tomboyish of the students, "Harry", acts as "best man".[[note]]Short for "Harriet"[[/note]]

* In a ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' episode when Blackadder is getting married his bride-to-be doesn't have any female friends so Baldrick fills in as her maid of honor.

* In ''Series/UglyBetty'', Bradford passes up his son Daniel as best man and instead asks his transsexual daughter Alexis to stand up with him.

* On ''Series/{{GreysAnatomy}}'', Alex asks Meredith to be his best man for his wedding with Izzie.

* In ''Film/FatherGoose'', Cary Grant is stranded on an island during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII with schoolteacher Leslie Caron and seven female students. Grant and Caron fall in love, and at the end of the film they are married while under fire from the Japanese and with the minister officiating by radio. The most tomboyish of the students, "Harry" acts as "best man".[[note]]Short for "Harriet"[[/note]]

* Subverted in ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Liz was supposed to act as best man in Jack's wedding to Avery, however, because the pastor couldn't speak English, he thought she was the bride, leaving her and Jack legally married for several days.
* In ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', Rory was the best man at her grandparents' vow renewals.
* In ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', Debra is Dexter's best "man". She's his foster sister.
* In ''Series/UglyBetty'', Bradford passes up his son Daniel as best man and instead asks his transsexual daughter Alexis to stand up with him.

* On ''Series/NightCourt'', Bull has Roz, his best friend, play this role at his wedding.

* On ''Series/{{Cybill}}'', when Ira is getting remarried, he asks Cybill (his ''ex-wife'') to be this for him.
* On ''Series/{{GreysAnatomy}}'', Alex asks Meredith to be his best man for his wedding with Izzie.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'':
** Elaine wants to be an usher at George and Susan's wedding. Susan objects to having a female usher. It turns out to be a moot point because somebody dies.
** This trope is discussed in another episode, where Elaine informs the others that she's the best man in a lesbian wedding, prompting George to ask how they decide who gets to be the bride and who gets to be the groom.

* In a ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' episode when Blackadder is getting married his bride-to-be doesn't have any female friends so Baldrick fills in as her maid of honor.

* On ''Series/{{Castle}}'', Ryan and Esposito spend an episode competitively sucking up to Castle to try to be his best man. At the end of the episode, he reveals that they're both welcome to be groomsmen, but his best "man" is definitely going to be his daughter. [[spoiler: Then the wedding gets eaten by an end-of-season cliffhanger, so it becomes irrelevant...]]

* On ''Series/{{Parks and Recreation}}'': April Ludgate asks if she can be Ron Swanson's best man when he marries Diane Lewis. He agrees and lets her.
* On ''Series/SchittsCreek'' Stevie serves as the "Maid of Honour" for both Patrick and David and she wears a suit to the wedding.

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* In ''Film/FatherGoose'', Cary Grant is stranded on an island during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII with schoolteacher Leslie Caron and seven female students. Grant and Caron fall in love, and at the end of the film they are married while under fire from the Japanese and with the minister officiating by radio. The most tomboyish of the students acts as "best man".
* ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. Charles' friend Scarlett is wearing a tuxedo at his wedding (though with a pink shirt instead of white), indicating that she's serving as one of his groomsmen.

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* In ''Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots'', most of the groom's friends are women, so during the wedding, we have a train of "groomsmaids".

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In a traditional Western wedding you have the bride, the groom, the best man, and the maid of honor, along with various groomsmen and bridesmaids. But what if the groom's best friend [[PlatonicLifePartners is a woman]] or [[HalfIdenticalTwins his twin sister]]? Or the bride is a [[OneOfTheBoys tomboy who hangs out with all guys]]?

In a traditional Western wedding you have the bride, the groom, the best man, and the maid of honor, along with various groomsmen and bridesmaids. But what if the groom's best friend [[PlatonicLifePartners is a woman]] or [[HalfIdenticalTwins his beloved twin sister]]? Or the bride is a [[OneOfTheBoys tomboy who hangs out with all guys]]?

In a traditional Western wedding you have the bride, the groom, the best man, and the maid of honor, along with various groomsmen and bridesmaids. But what if the groom's best friend [[PlatonicLifePartners is a woman]] or [[HalfIdenticalTwins his beloved twin sister]]? Or [[OneOfTheBoys the bride is a tomboy who hangs out with all guys]]?