Some of these men are resigned to the horror of their lives; others try to escape, oftentimes [[WomanScorned to their regret]]. There are two possibilities if the Henpecked Husband actually succeeds in standing up to his wife: either she'll hold her ground, provoking him to divorce her and revel in the newfound freedom, or his wife will not only back down, but instantly swoon and throw herself at him - she was [[AllAmazonsWantHercules secretly yearning for him to grow a spine all along]].

A common feature in the AwfulWeddedLife DomCom genre. Originally, this trope was a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] of expectations - a husband dominated by his wife was funny because it was the reverse of [[ValuesDissonance the normal, proper situation]] where the man was in charge of the household. After all, [[IWasBeatenByAGirl a real man could never be dominated by any mere woman]], so the Henpecked Husband must be a [[NonActionGuy wimp]] who [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass deserves it]]. Today, the notion that the man must be the head of the family is mostly a DiscreditedTrope, but the idea that there's [[AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale something inherently hilarious about a woman dominating a man]] still lingers. While cries of HenpeckedHusband are sometimes raised at the slightest implication of a wife being in charge of anything, it's only very recently that it's started becoming common for the truly overpowering examples to be held up as [[AllAbusersAreMale abusive.]]

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Some of these men are resigned to the horror of their lives; others try to escape, oftentimes [[WomanScorned to their regret]]. There are two possibilities if the Henpecked Husband actually succeeds in standing up to his wife: either she'll hold her ground, provoking him to divorce her and revel in the newfound freedom, or his wife will not only back down, but instantly swoon and throw herself at him -- she was [[AllAmazonsWantHercules secretly yearning for him to grow a spine all along]].

A common feature in the AwfulWeddedLife DomCom genre. Originally, this trope was a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] of expectations -- a husband dominated by his wife was funny because it was the reverse of [[ValuesDissonance the normal, proper situation]] where the man was in charge of the household. After all, [[IWasBeatenByAGirl a real man could never be dominated by any mere woman]], so the Henpecked Husband must be a [[NonActionGuy wimp]] who [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass deserves it]]. Today, the notion that the man must be the head of the family is mostly a DiscreditedTrope, but the idea that there's [[AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale something inherently hilarious about a woman dominating a man]] still lingers. While cries of HenpeckedHusband are sometimes raised at the slightest implication of a wife being in charge of anything, it's only very recently that it's started becoming common for the truly overpowering examples to be held up as [[AllAbusersAreMale abusive.]]

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* In NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu, Haruka's dad is this. Although he's an OverProtectiveDad, and has the respect/command of a small commando unit and shareholders, he's largely afraid of his wife, who forces him to reluctantly accepts his daughter Haruka's relationship with Yuuto, and her interest in manga/anime. In one situation, another girl, Shiina, confessed to who she thought was a sleeping Yuuto, only to find out it was Haruka's dad. Although he was completely innocent, his wife still [[DisproportionateRetribution retaliated by accusing him of cheating on her]].
* Benkei in ''SoraWoKakeruShoujo''. Being a sentient space colony, he and Tsutsuji aren't technically husband and wife, but they fit...
* In the first season of ''{{Slayers}}'', there's a scene where a man falls under the influence of a cursed knife and starts attacking Lina and Gourry. His wife opens a window and yells at him, and he slithers meekly back to his shop. Lampshaded immediately afterwards as Lina comments that an angry wife is more powerful and influential than a cursed knife.
* In ''SetoNoHanayome'', San's father is one of these. This is probably a good thing, given that he's an OverprotectiveDad to the point of psychosis. Nagasumi's father is also a bit of a wuss compared to his wife.

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* In ''LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu'', Haruka's dad is this. Although he's an OverProtectiveDad, and has the respect/command of a small commando unit and shareholders, he's largely afraid of his wife, who forces him to reluctantly accepts his daughter Haruka's relationship with Yuuto, and her interest in manga/anime. In one situation, another girl, Shiina, confessed to who she thought was a sleeping Yuuto, only to find out it was Haruka's dad. Although he was completely innocent, his wife still [[DisproportionateRetribution retaliated by accusing him of cheating on her]].
* Benkei in ''Anime/SoraOKakeruShoujo''. Being a sentient space colony, he and Tsutsuji aren't technically husband and wife, but they fit...
* In the first season of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', there's a scene where a man falls under the influence of a cursed knife and starts attacking Lina and Gourry. His wife opens a window and yells at him, and he slithers meekly back to his shop. Lampshaded immediately afterwards as Lina comments that an angry wife is more powerful and influential than a cursed knife.
* In ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'', San's father is one of these. This is probably a good thing, given that he's an OverprotectiveDad to the point of psychosis. Nagasumi's father is also a bit of a wuss compared to his wife.

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* General Alcazar from ''{{Tintin}}'', he's a ruthless dictator and revolutionary but is completely submissive to his wife, whose temper is just as bad as his. The dissonance between his macho persona and his role in his marriage is PlayedForLaughs.
* A one-shot side story from WillEisner's ''[[TheDCU The Spirit]]'' has a man running away from his overbearing (and possibly abusive) wife just as a criminal IdenticalStranger is escaping from prison. The two agree to switch clothes, and the henpecked man is arrested and sent to solitary confinement -- which suits him just fine, because at least he's got some peace and quiet. The criminal, meanwhile, is found by the police and sent back to "his" wife, which apparently turns out to be a pretty severe punishment in its own right.
* Rajiv Bohdgi in the ''Yank Wilson'' story in the first issue of ''Next Issue Special''. His wife, hotel heiress Berlin Holiday, is a domineering shrew who rants and raves at him day and night. Bohdgi, it should be mentioned, is an infamous supervillain. After their marriage, his actions become wild, destructive, and unpredictable - because he wants to be captured so he'll be taken away from his wife. Upon detaining him and learning all this, Yank Wilson has good news for the happy couple: they'll be sharing a cell in Fort Leavenworth.
* {{Superman}} and {{Batman}}, of all characters, are portrayed in this manner in Bob Haney's "Super-Sons" stories in ''World's Finest Comics".
* In the German comic ''ComicBook/{{Werner}}'': Herr Hüpenbecker.
* Several couples in ''LuckyLuke'' fall under this. One particularly amusing example was in "The Stagecoach", where the poor guy can barely open his mouth without his wife telling him that's enough out of him, proving far more competent than he is at shooting, but surprisingly enough winning several poker games made him far more assertive.

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* Ralphie May comments on this in quite a few of his shows, basically bringing it down to you having the choice of either being "happy, or right, gentlemen."
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* General Alcazar from ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''. He's a ruthless dictator and revolutionary but is completely submissive to his wife, whose temper is just as bad as his. The dissonance between his macho persona and his role in his marriage is PlayedForLaughs.
* A one-shot side story from WillEisner's ''TheSpirit'' has a man running away from his overbearing (and possibly abusive) wife just as a criminal IdenticalStranger is escaping from prison. The two agree to switch clothes, and the henpecked man is arrested and sent to solitary confinement -- which suits him just fine, because at least he's got some peace and quiet. The criminal, meanwhile, is found by the police and sent back to "his" wife, which apparently turns out to be a pretty severe punishment in its own right.
* Rajiv Bohdgi in the ''Yank Wilson'' story in the first issue of ''Next Issue Special''. His wife, hotel heiress Berlin Holiday, is a domineering shrew who rants and raves at him day and night. Bohdgi, it should be mentioned, is an infamous supervillain. After their marriage, his actions become wild, destructive, and unpredictable -- because he wants to be captured so he'll be taken away from his wife. Upon detaining him and learning all this, Yank Wilson has good news for the happy couple: they'll be sharing a cell in Fort Leavenworth.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}}, of all characters, are portrayed in this manner in Bob Haney's "Super-Sons" stories in ''World's Finest Comics".
* In the German comic ''ComicBook/{{Werner}}'': Herr Hüpenbecker.
* Several couples in ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' fall under this. One particularly amusing example was in "The Stagecoach", where the poor guy can barely open his mouth without his wife telling him that's enough out of him, proving far more competent than he is at shooting, but surprisingly enough winning several poker games made him far more assertive.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', appropriately, has Mr. Tweedy in this role. His wife constantly berates him for his stupidity and never believes his claims [[CassandraTruth that the chickens are plotting to escape]]. In the end, [[spoiler:when Mrs. Tweedy's "chicken pie" plan backfires, he tells her, "I ''[[IToldYouSo told]]'' [[IToldYouSo you]] they were organised!"]]
* The King of Hearts in Creator/WaltDisney's version of ''Disney/AliceInWonderland''. He at least tries.
-->'''King:''' Consider, my dear. Uh... we called no witnesses... Uh... couldn't we... uh... maybe one or two? Ha? Maybe?\\
'''Queen:''' Oh, very well. But get on with it!
* In ''Disney/{{Fantasia}} 2000'''s "Rhapsody in Blue", one of the characters is a fun-loving husband who is forced to foot the bill and carry all of his wife's belongings, most of which are going to pamper her dog, who she seems to love more than him.
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* ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'' has Mr. Stark being unable to stand up to his wife as a significant character point for their kid. In one scene he even wears an apron. In the ''Fifties''.

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* W.C. Fields would either play a henpecked husband or a ConMan (usually a CardSharp) in his movies.
* Dr. Ernest Menville from ''DeathBecomesHer'', at least until he starts developing a spine. In fact, [[spoiler: he prefers suffering a near-fatal fall to being with his bothersome wife for the rest of his life]]. However, he is fairly tall and athletic, in contrast to the physically weak part of the trope.
* The landlord in ''Film/KungFuHustle''. To be fair, she was mad at him because he was cheating on her. But not that she is ever nicer to anyone else.
** Though him and the landlady are in fact HappilyMarried. [[spoiler: And both of them are kung fu experts.]]
* ClaudeRains was nominated for an AcademyAward for playing one in ''MrSkeffington''.
* Murray Seidenbaum in ''StayTuned''.
* Ryan O'Neal's character in WhatsUpDoc.
* The Yakuza boss in ''The Machine Girl'' is a complete sponge to his wife. She's the more dangerous of the two by far; he doesn't even want to punish the title character for her supposed misdeeds.
* The fourth story of ''CreepShow'', The Crate, has this in the form of Henry Northrup and his alcoholic wife Wilma ([[RunningGag but call her Billy, everyone does]]) to the point he imagines killing her several times. He eventually does kill by feeding her to monster in the titular crate.
* One of these is a supporting character in ''SevenFacesOfDrLao''; his wife becomes nicer after surviving being turned into stone by Medusa.
* ''SchoolOfRock'' had this in the form of Ned Shneebly, who has a VERY domineering girlfriend that never hesitates to give him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', appropriately, has Mr. Tweedy in this role. His wife constantly berates him for his stupidity and never believes his claims [[CassandraTruth that the chickens are plotting to escape]]. In the end, [[spoiler:when Mrs. Tweedy's "chicken pie" plan backfires, he tells her "I [[IToldYouSo ''told'' you]] they were organised"]].
* In The Baker (aka AssassinInLove), 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.]]
* Buster Keaton's ''ThreeAges'' during the scenes set in the 1920's. The father of the LoveInterest is one.
* ToshiroMifune's character in ''SamuraiRebellion'' until he decides to stand up for himself.

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* Creator/WCFields would either play a henpecked husband or a ConMan (usually a CardSharp) in his movies.
* Dr. Ernest Menville from ''Film/DeathBecomesHer'', at least until he starts developing a spine. In fact, [[spoiler:he prefers suffering a near-fatal fall to being with his bothersome wife for the rest of his life]]. However, he is fairly tall and athletic, in contrast to the physically weak part of the trope.
* ClaudeRains was nominated for an AcademyAward for playing one in ''Film/MrSkeffington''.
* Murray Seidenbaum in ''Film/StayTuned''.
* Ryan O'Neal's character in ''Film/WhatsUpDoc''.
* The Yakuza boss in ''Film/TheMachineGirl'' is a complete sponge to his wife. She's the more dangerous of the two by far; he doesn't even want to punish the title character for her supposed misdeeds.
* The fourth story of ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', "The Crate", has this in the form of Henry Northrup and his alcoholic wife Wilma ([[RunningGag but call her Billy, everyone does]]) to the point he imagines killing her several times. He eventually does kill by feeding her to monster in the title crate.
* One of these is a supporting character in ''Film/SevenFacesOfDrLao''; his wife becomes nicer after surviving being turned into stone by Medusa.
* ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' had this in the form of Ned Shneebly, who has a VERY domineering girlfriend that never hesitates to give him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* In ''The Baker'' (a.k.a. ''Film/AssassinInLove''), 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.]]
* Buster Keaton's ''Film/ThreeAges'', during the scenes set in the 1920s. The father of the LoveInterest is one.
* ToshiroMifune's character in ''Film/SamuraiRebellion'' until he decides to stand up for himself.

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* "Harcourt Fenton Mudd, you dirty, rotten lazy--" "SHUT UP!" "--[[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand thing... thing... thing...]]" In ''I, Mudd'' from the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'', con man Harry Mudd, trapped on a world of mostly obedient androids, has them create a duplicate of his nagging wife, who he reveals he was running from; only ''this'' version had an "off" switch. After the Enterprise crew frees itself, they leave Mudd on the planet with 500 more copies of his nagging wife -- ''without'' the "off" switch -- as punishment for his misdeeds.
* Niles, from ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', when it came to Maris. Originally it was just played for comedy but, after he got a bit of CharacterDevelopment, they got some pretty good emotional moments from it too (Of course, this also came with some characterization from Maris, who went from "selfish but oblivious" to downright spiteful.) Niles is quite weak-willed, so it's no wonder that his utterly monstrous first wife [[TheGhost Maris]], his second wife Mel, ''and'' [[spoiler: his later-to-become third wife]] Daphne trample him on a daily basis.
** However, between leaving Maris and marrying Mel, he has had quite a bit of CharacterDevelopment and learned to be much more independent and to take on more challenges. Thus, when Mel comes around, it is hard for him to slip back into the HenpeckedHusband position. When [[spoiler: he goes through his long separation from Mel before their divorce is finalized]] he is increasingly stressed out by her controlling manipulations and continued refusal to [[spoiler: finalize the divorce, probably largely to punish Daphne]]. It is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when he finally stands up to her - publicly, no less - and she is forced to acknowledge their agreement. By the time he [[spoiler: gets involved with Daphne]], he is still the same person and so very indulgent and in some cases weak-willed, but their relationship is nowhere near the imbalance of power that he had with his previous partners, and when they argue he is able to hold his own ground rather than just bribing her, begging to her, or giving in to whatever she wants.

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* "Harcourt Fenton Mudd, you dirty, rotten lazy--" "SHUT UP!" "--[[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand thing... thing... thing...]]" In ''I, Mudd'' from the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'', con man Harry Mudd, trapped on a world of mostly obedient androids, has them create a duplicate of his nagging wife, who he reveals he was running from; only ''this'' version had an "off" switch. After the ''Enterprise'' crew frees itself, they leave Mudd on the planet with 500 more copies of his nagging wife -- ''without'' the "off" switch -- as punishment for his misdeeds.
* Niles, from ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', when it came to Maris. Originally it was just played for comedy but, after he got a bit of CharacterDevelopment, they got some pretty good emotional moments from it too (Of course, this also came with some characterization from Maris, who went from "selfish but oblivious" to downright spiteful.) Niles is quite weak-willed, so it's no wonder that his utterly monstrous first wife [[TheGhost Maris]], his second wife Mel, ''and'' [[spoiler: his later-to-become third wife]] Daphne trample him on a daily basis.\\\
However, between leaving Maris and marrying Mel, he has had quite a bit of CharacterDevelopment and learned to be much more independent and to take on more challenges. Thus, when Mel comes around, it is hard for him to slip back into the HenpeckedHusband position. When [[spoiler: he goes through his long separation from Mel before their divorce is finalized]] he is increasingly stressed out by her controlling manipulations and continued refusal to [[spoiler: finalize the divorce, probably largely to punish Daphne]]. It is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when he finally stands up to her -- publicly, no less -- and she is forced to acknowledge their agreement. By the time he [[spoiler: gets involved with Daphne]], he is still the same person and so very indulgent and in some cases weak-willed, but their relationship is nowhere near the imbalance of power that he had with his previous partners, and when they argue he is able to hold his own ground rather than just bribing her, begging to her, or giving in to whatever she wants.

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** in ''BaldursGate'' we have 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.
** The sequel 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.
* ''SilentHillShatteredMemories'', depending on the ending you get, [[TheHero Harry Mason]] may be potrayed as this.
** [[spoiler: It's Deconstructed horrifyingly in the ending with this, however, and not played for laughs.]]
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** 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.
** The sequel 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.
* ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'', depending on the ending you get, [[TheHero Harry Mason]] may be potrayed as this. [[spoiler:It's Deconstructed horrifyingly in the ending with this, however, and not played for laughs.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' has Hix from the first and second game.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if Alistair was romanced by the Female Human Noble and later [[spoiler:became King]], his cameo in [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII the sequel]] makes it ''very'' clear just who wears the trousers in their relationship;
-->'''Alistair:''' Just because she killed an Archdemon, doesn't mean she scares ''me!''\\
'''Teagan:''' You just keep ''telling'' yourself that, [[spoiler: your Majesty]]!
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' have an inversion of the trope in Sally Impossible. Richard Impossible acts like the worst sort of cold, jealous, [[ControlFreak controlling]] BastardBoyfriend, keeping his wife shut up indoors at all times so the disfiguring condition ''he inflicted on her'' won't embarrass him. This is portrayed as pretty clearly [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] and disturbing, but on the other hand, it's PlayedForLaughs at the same time. Sally is much more sympathetic than her husband, but she's also portrayed as sort of comically pathetic in much the same way the classic male Henpecked Husband is.
** In fact, she's possibly even more absurdly spineless - she throws herself at any male character she meets, begging them to take her away from Richard, but makes no attempt to leave him ''without'' another man to take care of her. At least male Henpecked Husbands usually aren't shown to be waiting for a decent woman to come along and save them!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Homer Simpson sometimes slips into this, but since he's by far the most extreme example of the BumblingDad, it's hard to imagine how the family could possibly function otherwise.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' have an inversion of the trope in Sally Impossible. Richard Impossible acts like the worst sort of cold, jealous, [[ControlFreak controlling]] BastardBoyfriend, keeping his wife shut up indoors at all times so the disfiguring condition ''he inflicted on her'' won't embarrass him. This is portrayed as pretty clearly [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] and disturbing, but on the other hand, it's PlayedForLaughs at the same time. Sally is much more sympathetic than her husband, but she's also portrayed as sort of comically pathetic in much the same way the classic male Henpecked Husband is. In fact, she's possibly even more absurdly spineless -- she throws herself at any male character she meets, begging them to take her away from Richard, but makes no attempt to leave him ''without'' another man to take care of her. At least male Henpecked Husbands usually aren't shown to be waiting for a decent woman to come along and save them!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** Homer Simpson sometimes slips into this, but since he's by far the most extreme example of the BumblingDad, it's hard to imagine how the family could possibly function otherwise.

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-->'''George:''' But Bar, [[ColdWar we can't show any weakness in front of the Russians]]!''\\
'''Barbara:''' (Glaring at him with her arms crossed) '''GEORGE...'''\\
'''George:''' (grumbling under his breath) Yes, dear.
-->(Gorbachev smiles evilly and says something in Russian to his aide)
* The King of Hearts in WaltDisney's version of ''Disney/AliceInWonderland''. He at least tries.
-->'''King:''' Consider, my dear. Uh... we called no witnesses... Uh... couldn't we... uh... maybe one or two? Ha? Maybe?\\
'''Queen:''' Oh, very well. But get on with it!
** The original characters from the book may either be this played straight or as an aversion. On one hand, the queen domineers and frightens everyone and the fact that her husband pardons all the people she asks executed (at one point, ''everyone present except for her, her husband and Alice'') has to be kept secret. On the other hand, the king orders a few executions himself and is quite clearly the one heading the trial which ends the book, unlike how the Disney movie portrays it.

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** ''Life With Feathers'' involves a lovebird who's so fed up with his domineering wife that he attempts to commit suicide by having Sylvester the Cat eat him.
** The first Pepe [=LePew=] short, ''Odor-able Kitty'', has Pepe turn out to be one of these...and we learn that he's actually an American skunk named Henry!
** "Porky's Romance", the first appearance of "Petunia Pig" in a Warner short, ran on this trope. Porky buys a box of chocolates to propose to Petunia and is thwarted by Petunia's annoying little dog repeatedly, as well as Petunia, who seems only interested in wanting to eat the chocolates. Porky, heartbroken, attempts suicide ([[ValuesDissonance aren't old cartoons grand?]]), but ends up hitting his head and imagines marrying Petunia and a sexy honeymoon period. After a "[[IncrediblyLamePun Time Munches On!]]" title card, Petunia and her dog are shown stretched out on the couch, fat as houses, and happily gorging themselves on seemingly infinite boxes of chocolates strewn all about the house while Porky slaves away in the kitchen doing all the cooking and cleaning and caring for the children while [[LargeAndInCharge Petunia bosses him around]]. One really does have to wonder how the writers of this one viewed marriage, and if they knew that chocolate is lethal to dogs.
*** [[ItGetsBetter Porky gets better]]. Waking from the nightmare, he runs away, returning only to take back his chocolates and give the dog a deserving kick in the rear!
** In "The Hole Idea" the inventor of the PortableHole is one of these. At the end of the story, she talks about how fed up she is with all his "useless inventions" and declares that [[TemptingFate "One of us has got to go!"]] So he drops her down one of his holes. Unfortunately, {{Satan}} pops up with his wife in tow from the very bowels of Hell, and moans "[[TooSpicyForYogSothoth Isn't it bad enough down here without her?!]]"
* In ''{{Fantasia}} 2000'''s "Rhapsody in Blue", one of the characters is a fun-loving husband who is forced to foot the bill and carry all of his wife's belongings, most of which are going to pamper her dog, who she seems to love more than him.
* On ''TheFairlyOddparents'', [[DrillSergeantNasty Jorgen]] is brought to his knees by The Tooth Fairy. On live TV, no less.
* On ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'', Molotov is domineered by his wife, which offsets his DrillSergeantNasty persona at work.
* A staple of ''TheFlintstones'' and ''TheJetsons'', which tended to follow [[TheHoneymooners the source material]] very closely in this respect -- minus the obvious underlying affection.
** Sadly, Cosmo Spacely has his own PowerIssues power issues in dealing with '''HIS''' spouse! Seems like what Spacely gives to Jetson at work, Spacely gets at home! CallItKarma.
*  In one of the Clyde Crashcup shorts in ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'', called “''Crashcup Invents a Wife''” named Pictorial. Their relationship turns out like this, and Clyde eventually reaches the breaking point:
--> '''''Clyde:''''' Now look here, Pictorial, my patience is wearing thin. [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder I am a scientist, not a chambermaid]]. Leonardo is my able assistant, and I demand that you release him this instant. Your presence is this household has become unbearable! ''Do I make myself clear??''\\
'''''Pictorial:''''' ...You all through?\\
'''''Clyde:''''' ...Yes, Pictorial, sweetheart.
** At the end, Crashcup throws Pictorial out of the house and promises the fourth wall, "I'll be back next week, a bachelor at work."
* On ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', there is the recurring character, a meek man who is always shown being berated by his wife, usually for forgetting a key component of a new business venture (like buying a rabbit farm but no rabbits.) To complete the RunningGag, the missing component literally falls out of the sky, usually due to [[MadScientist Doofenshmirtz]] and [[AnimalSuperhero Perry's]] antics.
* A rather unfunny version in ''MoralOrel'' with Clay and Bloberta, the latter of whom practically forced him to be his wife after being emotionally abused by her mother. The sad thing is they were actually hitting it off when they first met, with Clay a divot religious man. However she had to introduce him to alcohol and it went downhill from there till both were stuck in a loveless marriage with two kids.

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** ''Life with Feathers'' involves a lovebird who's so fed up with his domineering wife that he attempts to commit suicide by having Sylvester the Cat eat him.
** The first Pepe [=LePew=] short, ''Odor-able Kitty'', has Pepe turn out to be one of these... and we learn that he's actually an American skunk named Henry!
** ''Porky's Romance'', the first appearance of "Petunia Pig" in a Warner short, ran on this trope. Porky buys a box of chocolates to propose to Petunia and is thwarted by Petunia's annoying little dog repeatedly, as well as Petunia, who seems only interested in wanting to eat the chocolates. Porky, heartbroken, attempts suicide ([[ValuesDissonance aren't old cartoons grand?]]), but ends up hitting his head and imagines marrying Petunia and a sexy honeymoon period. After a "[[IncrediblyLamePun Time Munches On!]]" title card, Petunia and her dog are shown stretched out on the couch, fat as houses, and happily gorging themselves on seemingly infinite boxes of chocolates strewn all about the house while Porky slaves away in the kitchen doing all the cooking and cleaning and caring for the children while [[LargeAndInCharge Petunia bosses him around]]. One really does have to wonder how the writers of this one viewed marriage, and if they knew that chocolate is lethal to dogs. [[ItGetsBetter Porky gets better]]. Waking from the nightmare, he runs away, returning only to take back his chocolates and give the dog a deserving kick in the rear!
** In ''The Hole Idea'' the inventor of the PortableHole is one of these. At the end of the story, she talks about how fed up she is with all his "useless inventions" and declares that [[TemptingFate "One of us has got to go!"]] So he drops her down one of his holes. Unfortunately, {{Satan}} pops up with his wife in tow from the very bowels of Hell, and moans "[[TooSpicyForYogSothoth Isn't it bad enough down here without her?!]]"
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', [[DrillSergeantNasty Jorgen]] is brought to his knees by The Tooth Fairy. On live TV, no less.
* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', Molotov is domineered by his wife, which offsets his DrillSergeantNasty persona at work.
* A staple of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', which tended to follow [[Series/TheHoneymooners the source material]] very closely in this respect -- minus the obvious underlying affection. Sadly, Cosmo Spacely has his own power issues in dealing with '''HIS''' spouse! Seems like what Spacely gives to Jetson at work, Spacely gets at home! CallItKarma.
* In one of the Clyde Crashcup shorts in ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'', called “Crashcup Invents a Wife” named Pictorial. Their relationship turns out like this, and Clyde eventually reaches the breaking point:
-->'''Clyde:''' Now look here, Pictorial, my patience is wearing thin. [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder I am a scientist, not a chambermaid]]. Leonardo is my able assistant, and I demand that you release him this instant. Your presence is this household has become unbearable! ''Do I make myself clear??''\\
'''Pictorial:''' ...You all through?\\
'''Clyde:''' ...Yes, Pictorial, sweetheart.
:: At the end, Crashcup throws Pictorial out of the house and promises the fourth wall, "I'll be back next week, a bachelor at work."
* On ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', there is the recurring character, a meek man who is always shown being berated by his wife, usually for forgetting a key component of a new business venture (like buying a rabbit farm but no rabbits). To complete the RunningGag, the missing component literally falls out of the sky, usually due to [[MadScientist Doofenshmirtz]] and [[AnimalSuperhero Perry's]] antics.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel''
** A rather unfunny version with Clay and Bloberta, the latter of whom practically forced him to be his wife after being emotionally abused by her mother. The sad thing is they were actually hitting it off when they first met, with Clay a devout religious man. However she had to introduce him to alcohol and it went downhill from there till both were stuck in a loveless marriage with two kids.

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* ''TheSmoggies'': Clarence is this to Emma.
* Pongo from ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' is this in the episode, "Splishing and Splashing". Perdita forbids the pups from going to a pond on a hot summer day until they apologize to lucy. Pongo asks her if that seems to harsh but he quickly knuckles down when she glares at him. and when they leave, Perdita dismisses Pongo when he comments that he hates being tough on the pups.
* 1973/74 ''{{Superfriends}}'' episode "The Mysterious Moles". Maximums Mole is very weak-willed and dominated by his wife Minimus Mole. She's about twice his size, has a loud voide and regularly insults and demeans him.
* Ed Bighead is constantly bossed around by his wife Bev in ''RockosModernLife''. She is the only person (well, [[FunnyAnimal toad]]) that he fears. His hot-headed personality makes it hard to feel too sorry for him. 
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Gargoyles}}'' we have Oberon, Lord of the Fae. He is often seen being either manipulated or 'requested' by his wife, Titania. A line of dialogue explains it nicely.
-->Titania: "You have nothing to fear from him. On Avalon, Oberon's word is law."
-->Princess Catherine: "Does that mean he's always right?"
-->Titania: "Not while he's married."
* Shaggy's father, Colton, is this in ''ScoobyDooMysteryInc''. He's quiet and timid in response to his wife.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmoggies'': Clarence is this to Emma.
* Pongo from ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' is this in the episode, "Splishing and Splashing". Perdita forbids the pups from going to a pond on a hot summer day until they apologize to lucy. Pongo asks her if that seems to harsh but he quickly knuckles down when she glares at him. And when they leave, Perdita dismisses Pongo when he comments that he hates being tough on the pups.
* 1973/74 ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' episode "The Mysterious Moles". Maximums Mole is very weak-willed and dominated by his wife Minimus Mole. She's about twice his size, has a loud voide and regularly insults and demeans him.
* Ed Bighead is constantly bossed around by his wife Bev in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. She is the only person (well, [[FunnyAnimal toad]]) that he fears. His hot-headed personality makes it hard to feel too sorry for him. 
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' we have Oberon, Lord of the Fae. He is often seen being either manipulated or "requested" by his wife, Titania. A line of dialogue explains it nicely.
-->'''Titania:''' You have nothing to fear from him. On Avalon, Oberon's word is law.\\
'''Princess Catherine:''' Does that mean he's always right?\\
'''Titania:''' Not while he's married.
* Shaggy's father, Colton, is this in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryInc''. He's quiet and timid in response to his wife.

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