History Main / HenPeckedHusband

** The first ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' has Khalid, who speaks in a PorkyPigPronunciation, and his wife Jaheira: he's perfectly happy with the situation, and the backstory reveals that his personality was like that long before he met her. They're HappilyMarried precisely because Jaheira's willingness to take charge gives him the kind of emotional support he needs.
** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' has an NPC nobleman found inside the Copper Coronet, who has a wife of this kind; he's hiding from her in the back room of the establishment, along with the "escorts". The player character can force a confrontation between the two, which will lead to a CatFight to the death between the wife and one of the prostitutes, who is smitten with the nobleman.

%%* Maroof the Cobbler from one ''Literature/ArabianNights'' story. Later, however, TheDogBitesBack, if you know what I mean.

* From ''ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo'', we have Norbert Nuskle. He may be a {{Jerkass}} who fired [[BalefulPolymorph adventurer-turned]][[QuackingUp -duck]] Cliff Carlson and afterwards stole Cliff's map to the Temple of Mongombo, but Nuskle's own wife is extremely abusive of him.

* [[Film/{{Frankenstein1931 Frankenstien's Monster]] is implied to be one in ''Pinball/MonsterBash''; the Film/BrideOfFrankenstein's mode is called "Ball & Chain", during which she repeatedly hits him in the head with a FryingPanOfDoom.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has Julyan Manderville, the beloved wife of Godbert Manderville, and one of the strongest (and scariest!) women in Eorzea. One meeting with her, and it's plain who wears the pants in their relationship (figuratively ''and'' [[WhoWearsShortShorts literally]]).

* ''Series/JonAndKatePlusEight'': Jon Gosselin was frequently portrayed as this on ''Series/TheSoup''. Once news broke of what their relationship was ''really'' like offscreen, Joel [=McHale=] noted that the show was "[[FunnyAneurysmMoment just kind of sad now]]."

* From ''ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo'', we have Norbert Nuskle. He may be a {{Jerkass}} who fired adventurer-turned-duck Cliff Carlson and afterwards stole Cliff's map to the Temple of Mongombo, but Nuskle's own wife is extremely abusive of him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Downplayed with Alador Blight. He often gets dragged into [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife his wife's]] schemes, but it seems to be less submissiveness on his part and more that his distractible nature causes him to let her take charge. Plus, he's perfectly willing to protest when he thinks she's going too far [[spoiler: and when he argues against going back on their promise to Luz in "Escaping Expulsion", Odalia actually listens to him, instead of shutting him down.]]

[[caption-width-right:330:"Yes dear..."]]

[[caption-width-right:300:"Yes dear..."]]

* Literature/TheBible:
** Proverbs like "Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife" seem to be speaking toward these types of people to garner some level of sympathy, although they can alternatively be interpreted as instructions for husbands to ''not'' give their wives any reason to be nagging.
** In the Literature/BooksOfKings, Ahab is a wimpy king at best, but is manipulated into outright corruption and idolatry by his domineering queen Jezebel.
* OlderThanFeudalism: In Myth/GreekMythology, one version of the Amazons had the men do all the housework and cleaning, being treated as lower than dirt all the while. The Amazon stories were generally told as moralizing inversions of patriarchal Greek life, [[ValuesDissonance possibly to emphasize how horrible women's rights would be]].

* [[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} Frankenstien's Monster]] is implied to be one in ''Pinball/MonsterBash''; the Film/BrideOfFrankenstein's mode is called "Ball & Chain", during which she repeatedly hits him in the head with a FryingPanOfDoom.

* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'' has Shiragami Genjirou, a 4-meter tall vampire with MonochromaticEyes, a scary aura, a scary voice, and a BadassBeard. His wife Touko is a sweet and loving human housewife, who protected his secret when they were at school and gently attends to his every need. Incidentally, she occasionally threatens him with a stake, a katana, or a crowbar when he fools around a bit too much (notably when he tries to drag their daughter Youko back home or tries [[OverprotectiveDad to get between her and Asahi]]), and he's utterly ''terrified'' of pissing her off. It's unknown whether she actually ''uses'' those tools though. She probably doesn't even need to.

-->'''Sebarial:'''Woman, you make me the most henpecked man in all of Alethkar—\\

:: : This is also highlighted in the film version, where the teacher is forced to eat a bad piece of meat by his wife, after which the film cuts to him taking out his aggression by spanking a student, and later in "The Trial" where the main character, Pink's, embellished, imaginary version of the school teacher appears as a marionette controlled by his wife.

* "Head Over Heels" by Music/{{ABBA}} is sung by a woman whose friend treats her partner this way. The music video has Frida and Björn playing the couple with him carrying her bags while she shops.
-->''Each time when he speaks his mind\\
She pats his head and says "That's all very fine.\\
Exert that will of your own\\
when you're alone.\\
Now we'd better hurry."''

* George Putnam in ''Amelia'' is more than a little like this. They remain HappilyMarried despite what the title character puts him through because he is something of a FoolForLove.
* In ''Assassin in Love'' (a.k.a. ''The Baker''), a [[FatBastard fat slob of a woman constantly insults]] her meek husband, who [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass doesn't have enough of a spine to defend himself]]. He turns out to be not so meek after all when he [[DisproportionateRetribution hires an assassin to have her dealt with]].

* In ''Literature/IggiesHouse'', this is what Winnie Bates imagines Mrs. Landon's husband to be, her being the domineering BitchInSheepsClothing in the neighborhood and him just going along with what she says.