History Main / TilMurderDoUsPart

* In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' [[spoiler: Sally]] is implied to have murdered [[spoiler:her abusive first husband [[AssholeVictim Gabe]]]] using [[TakenForGranite Medusa's Head]], and then selling the resulting statue

* Played with in ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' #16, where the Joker starts reciprocating Harley Quinn's affections, and even proposes to her -- just after she receives a letter informing her she's inherited a fortune. The twist is that [[spoiler:the letter is a fake, which Harley sent herself; she's GenreSavvy enough to realise it will cause the Joker to marry and murder her, but mad enough to believe that if she reveals the truth once they're married, he'll have no reason to murder her and they'll live happily ever after]].

* Implied with Empress Dowager Laranda-fa in ''ComicBook/RedSonja'': ''The Forgiving of Monsters''. She was a commoner girl until she caught the attention of the emperor with her beauty. Shortly thereafter they were married, and shortly after that he was dead.

** [[spoiler:"Dead Man's Folly", though technically the victim wasn't a spouse as the murderer committed a bigamy.]]

** Later there's [[spoiler: Joffrey Baratheon, who was killed by Olenna Tyrell and Littlefinger, the former wants him dead to prevent him from harming Margaery (and turning Loras into another Kingslayer) and the latter has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no more use for the Lannisters]].]]

* Taken to an extreme degree in ''Series/{{Monk}}'', and somewhat less so in ''Series/{{Psych}}'', where pretty much every other mystery ends with someone trying to kill their spouse, oft times with little reason beyond just wanting to do it. The worst example was that one time in Monk where the husband found a suicide note his wife wrote years ago, and decided to kill his wife simply because he realized he ''could'' with no risk.

** One episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'' had ''[[ExaggeratedTrope both]]'' spouses kill each other. The wife caused the husband to be electrocuted by a microphone after finding out he was having an affair, while she died from poisoning at his funeral. They were married for almost ten years and the husband wanted a divorce, but didn't want to lose half of his money, so he poisoned his wife's powdered health shake mix. Since she was bulimic, it took longer than he expected for her to die.

* in ''Series/TheOrville'': Attempted, but averted. [[spoiler: In Molcan culture, the way one "divorces" a spouse is to stab them to death. Klyden, feeling neglected, attempted to murder his husband Bortus to end their marriage. Medical intervention saved his life.]]

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The villain the Mask, who has targeted and killed the seemingly distraught Nina Close's husband turns out to ''be'' Nina Close, who was pissed at her husband for, among other things, showing another woman with affection while ignoring and dismissing her.

** One episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'' had ''[[ExaggeratedTrope both]]'' spouses kill each other. The wife caused the husband to be electrocuted by a microphone after finding out he was [[YourCheatingHeart having an affair]], while she died from poisoning at his funeral. They were married for almost ten years and the husband wanted a divorce, but didn't want to lose half of his money, so he poisoned his wife's powdered health shake mix. Since she was bulimic, it took longer than he expected for her to die.

* ''Literature|Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' [[Mamma Bear Sally]] is implied to have murdered her absuvie first husband [[asshole victim Gabe]] using [[taken for granite Medusa's Head]], and then selling the resulting statue

* Played for horror in ''WebOriginal/{{RWBY}}'': [[spoiler:Oz was previously married to Salem, but tried to leave her when he realized she was murdering anyone who questioned her godhood. When she found out he was taking the kids, she lost her temper and attacked him. Since they were both immortal, they both survived - but the children didn't.]] They've been bitter enemies ever since.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout3}}'' has an instance of this during the ''Tenpenny Tower'' sidequest. One of the residents in the titular apartment building is discovered to be two-timing his wife and the wife can be shown love letters as proof. Upon doing this, she angrily storms off to confront her husband and his mistress; when he tries to justify it, the wife reminds him of their wedding vow [[LampshadeHanging with a particular emphasis on the "death do us part" segment]], then [[WomanScorned empties the whole magazine into him]].

* ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfTheEquinox'': After [[spoiler:Brutus Meadow [[AbusiveParents gives his adoptive daughter Scootaloo a particularly savage beating]], causing her to escape to the Everfree Forest, his wife Vibrant Glow yells at him for doing that. Having put up with a lot of anger with the wife whose [[TheGamblingAddict gambling addiction]] has led the family becoming poor and himself an alcoholic, Brutus snaps and kills her]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'': Downplayed in that the victim just gets TakenForGranite, but [[spoiler:throughout the past handful of episodes, Ash has lost her spark for Victor as she blames him for robbing her of their daughter Carla's childhood (as Victor argues that they had to move on with their lives when it seemed like she wasn't coming back because she may have been killed) and spends the next few episodes being hostile towards him and rejecting his advances. Eventually, Victor finally puts his foot down on Ash's evil scheming out of concern for Carla's safety, she's had enough of him and casts a petrification spell on him. To the surprise of no one but Ash herself, this ends up killing her relationship with Carla.]]

** Three of the stories in ''Literature/TheThirteenProblems''. "A Christmas Tragedy" begins with Literature/MissMarple meeting a young couple, the Sanders at a spa, and stating that the moment she saw them, she knew Mr. Sanders planned to murder his wife. [[spoiler: He does, despite Miss Marple's best efforts to stop him.]]. This trope also appears in [[spoiler: "The Tuesday Night Club"]] and [[spoiler: "The Blood-Stained Pavement"]].
** [[spoiler: ''4:15 From Paddington'']] includes the DivorceRequiresDeath variant.
** [[spoiler: ''Literature/LordEdgwareDies'']] also includes DivorceRequiresDeath.
** [[spoiler: ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile.'']]
** [[spoiler: ''[[Literature/HerculePoirot Murder in Mesopotamia]].'']]
** [[spoiler: "The Triangle at Rhodes."]]
** [[spoiler: "The Case of the Caretaker."]]
** [[spoiler: "Dead Man's Folly", though technically the victim wasn't a spouse as the murderer committed a bigamy.]]

* [[spoiler:Julia Valerian]] poisons her [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] second husband in ''[[Literature/TheMarkOfTheLion A Voice in the Wind]]''.#
* Despite the reader being led to believe otherwise, [[spoiler: Jon Arryn's]] death in ''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song Of Ice And Fire]]'' is this.

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* The trope concept was exploited in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' during the episode where Ma Beagle faked a marriage with Scrooge. Scrooge fakes his own death by diving into the money vault, and the servant accused the wife of killing Scrooge for the money. She quickly backpedals about being married, with Scrooge confirming the denial a few seconds later.

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', after Jaffar loses the lamp, thus not allowing himself to wish he were sultan, Iago comes up with the idea of hypnotizing the sultan to force Jazzmine to marry him. Once they're married, all Jaffar has to do is "push 'papa-in law,' and the 'little woman' off a cliff."

** Three of the stories in ''The Tuesday Club Murders''. "A Christmas Tragedy" begins with Literature/MissMarple meeting a young couple, the Sanders at a spa, and stating that the moment she saw them, she knew Mr. Sanders planned to murder his wife. [[spoiler: He does, despite Miss Marple's best efforts to stop him.]]. This trope also appears in [[spoiler: "The Tuesday Night Club"]] and [[spoiler: "The Blood-Stained Pavement"]].