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*** In [=~Robin McKinley~=]'s ''[[BeautyARetellingOfBeautyAndTheBeast Beauty]]'', it takes place over several years and Honour (as the Beauty is called) doesn't even want to get to know the Beast for several months. It takes her escaping (more than once), some developmental story, and the Beast being less of a misanthropic bully for the romance to even get started.

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*** **** In [=~Robin McKinley~=]'s ''[[BeautyARetellingOfBeautyAndTheBeast Beauty]]'', it takes place over several years and Honour (as the Beauty is called) doesn't even want to get to know the Beast for several months. It takes her escaping (more than once), some developmental story, and the Beast being less of a misanthropic bully for the romance to even get started.
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* In the 1950's if you were dating someone for longer than a few months without getting married, it was usually considered improper as they were "trying to have it all."
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* [[Spoiler:Subverted]] in ''{{Tangled}}''. Flynn and Rapunzel are clearly smitten with each other nearly as soon as they meet, with Rapunzel saying "I think he likes me!" less than 24 hours after they start to travel together [[spoiler:but the ending of the movie implies that Flynn and Rapunzel actually had a decently long courtship before they got married]].

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* [[Spoiler:Subverted]] [[spoiler:Subverted]] in ''{{Tangled}}''. Flynn and Rapunzel are clearly smitten with each other nearly as soon as they meet, with Rapunzel saying "I think he likes me!" less than 24 hours after they start to travel together [[spoiler:but the ending of the movie implies that Flynn and Rapunzel actually had a decently long courtship before they got married]].
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* [[Spoiler:Subverted]] in ''{{Tangled}}''. Flynn and Rapunzel are clearly smitten with each other nearly as soon as they meet, with Rapunzel saying "I think he likes me!" less than 24 hours after they start to travel together [[spoiler:but the ending of the movie implies that Flynn and Rapunzel actually had a decently long courtship before they got married]].
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* The first scene {{Army Wives}} has Trevor propose to Roxy having dated her for 4 ''days''. They marry shortly after that.

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* The first scene of {{Army Wives}} has Trevor propose to Roxy having dated her for 4 ''days''. They marry shortly after that.
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* The first scene {{Army Wives}} has Trevor propose to Roxy having dated her for 4 ''days''. They marry shortly after that.
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* MassEffect suggests (in Ashley's romance scene) that the story has taken place over around a month. Somehow, it seems that Liara (being a member of a rather long-lived species) would take a little longer to fall for the player character in such an obvious manner. Unless you cite hormones.
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** Arguable. Hitch says he can get you past the first three dates, but you're on your own after that. Of the relationships in the movie, only two end up in marriage, and only one of them is a FourthDateMarriage. Maybe.
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In the queer community there is a stereotype of "Lesbian U-Haul Syndrome", in which a lesbian couple will move in together very early in a relationship, leading to many of the same problems. As with many stereotypes, {{Your Mileage May Vary}} with respect to how true it is.

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In the queer gay community there is a stereotype of "Lesbian U-Haul Syndrome", in which a lesbian couple will move in together very early in a relationship, leading to many of the same problems. As with many stereotypes, {{Your Mileage May Vary}} with respect to how true it is.
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***There's no way the movie could take place over three seasons. Unless LeFou stayed outside the house the whole time and Maurice spent a season getting through the forest to reach the castle, despite getting there in under a day at the beginning of the movie.
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* Happens a lot in the Ultra-Orthodox Hassidic Jewish community where people believe that engagement comes after three dates. This troper had a teacher who's daughter met a man on the second day of Passover and married him the day after Shavous- a holiday that takes place exactly seven weeks after the second day of Passover.
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* Played with in ''WhileYouWereSleeping'', in which Peter dramatically proposes to Lucy despite having properly met her twice, and plans to get married to her what would appear to be a few days later -- because he thinks they're ''already'' engaged and he merely has LaserGuidedAmnesia about her (they weren't and he hasn't, but thinks he does due to a rather tangled series of events). [[Spoiler: It would later seem to be played straight with Jack, who ''also'' proposes to Lucy despite having known her for what must only be a couple of weeks, max (albeit having managed to get to know her more than his brother ever did); but then, there's a cut between the proposal and the wedding, during which any amount of time could have passed.]]

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* Played with in ''WhileYouWereSleeping'', in which Peter dramatically proposes to Lucy despite having properly met her twice, and plans to get married to her what would appear to be a few days later -- because he thinks they're ''already'' engaged and he merely has LaserGuidedAmnesia about her (they weren't and he hasn't, but thinks he does due to a rather tangled series of events). [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: It would later seem to be played straight with Jack, who ''also'' proposes to Lucy despite having known her for what must only be a couple of weeks, max (albeit having managed to get to know her more than his brother ever did); but then, there's a cut between the proposal and the wedding, during which any amount of time could have passed.]]
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* Played with in ''WhileYouWereSleeping'', in which Peter dramatically proposes to Lucy despite having properly met her twice, and plans to get married to her what would appear to be a few days later -- because he thinks they're ''already'' engaged and he merely has LaserGuidedAmnesia about her (they weren't and he hasn't, but thinks he does due to a rather tangled series of events). [[Spoiler: It would later seem to be played straight with Jack, who ''also'' proposes to Lucy despite having known her for what must only be a couple of weeks, max (albeit having managed to get to know her more than his brother ever did); but then, there's a cut between the proposal and the wedding, during which any amount of time could have passed.]]
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* ''How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days'' but he can make a woman fall in love with him in ten days.

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* ''How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days'' She knows ''HowToLoseAGuyIn10Days'' but he can make a woman fall in love with him in ten days.that same length of time.

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*Often seen in soap operas, most notably TheBoldAndTheBeautiful, which will have characters planning a wedding within a month of meeting.

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* A standard trope to be found in most Broadway shows and Shakespeare works.
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**And they just recently announced their separation.
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* In the TaleOfGenji a man doesn't have to see the girl to fall in love - fortunately as women normally hide behind curtains and screens. Just a glimpse of her perfect calligraphy will do the job nicely. Of course if he ''does'' manage to get a peek at her then the results will be instantly devastating and probably lead to all kinds of complications.

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* In Heian Japan, setting of the TaleOfGenji a man doesn't have to see the girl to fall in love - fortunately as women normally hide behind curtains TaleOfGenji, three nights of sex and screens. Just eating some cakes together constituted a glimpse of her perfect calligraphy will do the job nicely. Of course if he ''does'' manage to get a peek at her then the results will be instantly devastating and probably lead to all kinds of complications.
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*In the TaleOfGenji a man doesn't have to see the girl to fall in love - fortunately as women normally hide behind curtains and screens. Just a glimpse of her perfect calligraphy will do the job nicely. Of course if he ''does'' manage to get a peek at her then the results will be instantly devastating and probably lead to all kinds of complications.
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* In ''TrueBlood'', each episode takes place over the course of about 24 hours, and each one follows right after the other with a two-week time skip at the end of Season 1. This means that Bill and Sookie have sex for the first time about a week after meeting. Then, when Bill proposes to Sookie at the end of Season 2, they had known each other for a total of 43 days.
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* The main plot of ''DharmaAndGreg'' is that the OddCouple got married after only going on ''one'' date.

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* The main plot of ''DharmaAndGreg'' is that the OddCouple got married after only going on ''one'' date. If you want to be technical, they got married while ''on'' their first date!
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* In ''MyNameIsEarl'', Earl is playing pool at the Crab Shack with his brother. Not far away, looking at them, is a pregnant Joy and her two friends. She's telling them how she got thrown out of her parents' house because of her premarital pregnancy, and how she needs to find a husband to provide for her and the kid ASAP. The women scope out the men at the bar, initially choosing Randy, but Joy rejects him because he's rather a CloudCuckoolander. She is, however, attracted to Earl, but she is GenreSavvy enough to know most men won't marry a woman who's six months pregnant with another man's baby. So she enlists her GirlPosse to get him drunk, which they do, and she introduces herself to Earl. Joy drives him to [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]], where they have a quickie-wedding.
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* Five of the six Nora Roberts books this troper has read have had main characters who get engaged after about three weeks. The longest two relationships were probably ''Montana Sky'', which had two that had known each other since childhood, and two who dated for a year before marrying.
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*''[[Hitch]]'' All it takes is three dates to sweep a woman off her feet.

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*''[[Hitch]]'' *''{{Hitch}}'' All it takes is three dates to sweep a woman off her feet.
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*''[[Hitch]'' All it takes is three dates to sweep a woman off her feet.

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*''[[Hitch]'' *''[[Hitch]]'' All it takes is three dates to sweep a woman off her feet.
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* ''How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days''

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* ''How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days''Days'' but he can make a woman fall in love with him in ten days.




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*''[[Hitch]'' All it takes is three dates to sweep a woman off her feet.
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**''[[Film/Beauty And The Beast]]'' actually takes place over the course of three seasons, according to background art and WordOfGod, but to a casual viewer, it might look like three ''days'', especially considering how long Lefou spends sitting in the snow.

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**''[[Film/Beauty And The **''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]'' actually takes place over the course of three seasons, according to background art and WordOfGod, but to a casual viewer, it might look like three ''days'', especially considering how long Lefou spends sitting in the snow.
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**''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast]]'' actually takes place over the course of three seasons, according to background art and WordOfGod, but to a casual viewer, it might look like three ''days'', especially considering how long Lefou spends sitting in the snow.

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**''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast]]'' **''[[Film/Beauty And The Beast]]'' actually takes place over the course of three seasons, according to background art and WordOfGod, but to a casual viewer, it might look like three ''days'', especially considering how long Lefou spends sitting in the snow.

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**''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]'' actually takes place over the course of three seasons, according to background art and WordOfGod, but to a casual viewer, it might look like three ''days'', especially considering how long Lefou spends sitting in the snow.

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**''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]'' **''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast]]'' actually takes place over the course of three seasons, according to background art and WordOfGod, but to a casual viewer, it might look like three ''days'', especially considering how long Lefou spends sitting in the snow.snow.
*** What word of God? She did run away the first night she got there.
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*In Hercules the Legendary Journeys, Hercule meets his tragic love Serena in one episode and the two share a kiss by the end of that episode, by the middle of the very next episode he proposes marriage to her and marries her in same episode. She dies in the following episode.

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*In [[HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Hercules the Legendary Journeys, Journeys]], Hercule meets his tragic love Serena in one episode and the two share a kiss by the end of that episode, by the middle of the very next episode he proposes marriage to her and marries her in same episode. She dies in the following episode.
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*In Hercules the Legendary Journeys, Hercule meets his tragic love Serena in one episode and the two share a kiss by the end of that episode, by the middle of the very next episode he proposes marriage to her and marries her in same episode. She dies in the following episode.

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