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-->''My friend's got a boyfriend and she hates that dick\\
She tells me every day\\
He wants more dinero just to stay at home\\
Well, my friend, you gotta say...''
She tells me every day\\
He wants more dinero just to stay at home\\
Well, my friend, you gotta say...''
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* Faye Weldon's novel, 'The Live and Loves of a She-Devil' (source of the Roseanne Barr movie mentioned, and an English miniseries with that title), tells the sometimes funny, often disturbing, story of the title character's revenge on her husband.
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* Faye Weldon's novel, 'The Live Life and Loves of a She-Devil' (source of the Roseanne Barr movie mentioned, and an English miniseries with that title), tells the sometimes funny, often disturbing, story of the title character's revenge on her husband.
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* Faye Weldon's novel, 'The Live and Loves of a She-Devil' (source of the Roseanne Barr movie mentioned, and an English miniseries with that title), tells the sometimes funny, often disturbing, story of the title character's revenge on her husband.
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* ''TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' has two: Betty and Leo were happy together, but then he got bored and is just staying married to her just because. Also, [[spoiler: Adrian is Ben's unwanted spouse]]. They only got married because [[spoiler: she was [[ShotgunWedding pregnant]]]] and their relationship started to disintegrate [[spoiler: after their daughter was stillborn]]. Betty [[spoiler: figures out that Leo is unhappy and offers to leave]] and the latter [[spoiler: eventually turns into a mutually unwanted marriage]]
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stillborn]]. Betty [[spoiler: figures out that Leo is unhappy and offers to leave]] and the latter [[spoiler: eventually turns into a mutually unwanted marriage]]
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** Judging by the fact that the Blacks are aristocratic pure-blood fanatics it was probably an arranged marriage.
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** He appears during the trial in ''HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire,'' along with his brother, Bellatrix and [[spoiler:Barty Crouch Jr.]] But then, he's so unimportant that the narration never even tells us which Lestrange man he was, and he has no lines.
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* ''TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' has two: Betty and Leo were happy together, but then he got bored and is just staying married to her just because. Also, [[spoiler: Adrian is Ben's unwanted spouse]]. They only got married because [[spoiler: she was [[ShotgunWedding pregnant]]]] and their relationship started to disintegrate [[spoiler: after their daughter was stillborn]]
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* In the ''HoratioHornblower'' series, the main character marries Maria, a girl he considers a bit silly and overly emotional, out of guilt, because he can't bear to hurt her feelings by turning down her largely unwanted affections. He spends as much time at sea avoiding her as possible and sets himself up for misery at home by never once correcting her on any of her habits that annoy him, such as calling him "Horry" or cooking food he doesn't like.
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* In ''DragonAgeII'', a major plot arc begins from a dissolute husband seeking his runaway libertine wife. It's quickly apparent that they mutually unwant each other.
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* Ranma of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]]'' has no unwanted spouse, so much as a [[UnwantedHarem dozen unwanted fiancees]], and several storylines revolve around getting rid of the majority of them.
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* Ranma of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]]'' ''RanmaOneHalf'' has no unwanted spouse, so much as a [[UnwantedHarem dozen unwanted fiancees]], fiancées]], and several storylines revolve around getting rid of the majority of them.
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* Isabella of France falls (somewhat) into the heroic catgeory in ''{{Braveheart}}'' when her awful marriage and clear unwanted status leads her into the arms of William Wallace...and into literally bitching Longshanks to death at the end of the film.
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* Isabella of France falls (somewhat) into the heroic catgeory category in ''{{Braveheart}}'' when her awful marriage and clear unwanted status leads her into the arms of William Wallace...and into literally bitching Longshanks to death at the end of the film.
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* Prince Dolph in the {{Xanth}} novel ''Isle of View'' has two fiancees. He is under an obligation to marry them, but he can't marry both, and the one he wants to marry isn't in love with him.
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* Londo of BabylonFive is married to 3 women (via ArrangedMarriage). Londo makes jokes about how his work on Babylon 5 keeps him away from his wives is a good thing. He manages to divorce two of them, but not before those two try to have him killed. The last one is the most openly antagonistic of them (which he prefers to the transparently feigned affection of the other two), but at least she didn't try to kill him.
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* Londo of BabylonFive ''BabylonFive'' is married to 3 women (via ArrangedMarriage). Londo makes jokes about how his work on Babylon 5 keeps him away from his wives is a good thing. He manages to divorce two of them, but not before those two try to have him killed. The last one is the most openly antagonistic of them him (which he prefers to the transparently feigned affection of the other two), but at least she didn't try to kill him.
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* On the unwanted financee side, Ruto from ''TheLegendOfZelda: Ocarina of Time''.
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* In a NonstandardGameOver of KingsQuest 4, Rosella ends up marrying the hunchbacked son of the game's antagonist.
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** Isabelle of France, mentionned above, was not adverse to becoming queen of England, but with another king. Edward II basically ignored and humiliated her during their marriage, and cheated on her with his squires and other (male) "friends".
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* Ava Lord in ''SinCity'' starts off hating her mafia-tied husband and begs Dwight to do something about it. [[spoiler: He does but it turns out to be a setup for Ava to inherit her husband's estate.]]
* Ava Lord in ''SinCity'' starts off hating her mafia-tied husband and begs Dwight to do something about it. [[spoiler: He does but it turns out to be a setup for Ava to inherit her husband's estate.]]
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* The Roseanne Barr comedy ''She-Devil'' is a revenge story from the perspective of the Unwanted Spouse.
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* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Amok Time", Spock and T'Pring are essentially this for each other, due to an ArrangedMarriage. Spock is only going through with the marriage because [[MateOrDie he'll die if he doesn't]], and T'Pring is involved with another man and would much rather marry ''him'' instead. Her efforts to avoid marrying Spock very nearly lead to Kirk's death.
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* In ''TheEmigrants'' this trope is the reason why Jonas Petter emigrates to America.
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* A rare male example exists in the ''HarryPotter'' series, though more implied than actual. Rudolphous Lestrange is so unwanted by his wife, Bellatrix (who, according to WordOfGod, is actually in love with Voldemort) that he never warrants a mention from her and doesn't appear on-page at all.
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* A rare male example RareMaleExample exists in the ''HarryPotter'' series, though more implied than actual. Rudolphous Lestrange is so unwanted by his wife, Bellatrix (who, according to WordOfGod, is actually in love with Voldemort) that he never warrants a mention from her and doesn't appear on-page at all.
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* Another rare male example is from ''Series/RobinHood'': Isabella's [[DomesticAbuser abusive husband]] Thornton is creepily obsessed with his wife. She flees from him, and when he tracks her down [[KarmicDeath she stabs him to death]].
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* Another rare male example RareMaleExample is from ''Series/RobinHood'': Isabella's [[DomesticAbuser abusive husband]] Thornton is creepily obsessed with his wife. She flees from him, and when he tracks her down [[KarmicDeath she stabs him to death]].
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** As I understand it, it was a portrait that Henry agreed to marry, and the real thing turned out to be uglier than the portrait.
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* ''Carry On Henry'' posits that King Henry VIII (Sid James) had another wife (Joan Sims), a garlic loving wife he alternately wanted and unwanted as the political climate changed around him.
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* In samurai RPG LegendOfTheFiveRings, this is a disadvantage that characters can take. Considering that wives are in charge of the man's finances, this can be especially painful for male PCs, while the male domination of most marriages makes it physically painful for many wives. It's [[CrapsackWorld not a nice setting sometimes.]]
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* In samurai RPG LegendOfTheFiveRings, this is a disadvantage that characters can take. Considering that wives are in charge of the man's finances, this can be especially painful for male PCs, [=PCs=], while the male domination of most marriages makes it physically painful for many wives. It's [[CrapsackWorld not a nice setting sometimes.]]
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** This one works both ways. They were promised to each other as children without even meeting each other, so she doesn't really want Fiyero either.
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** [[spoiler:Not to mention that he's her [[BrotherSisterIncest half-brother]].]]
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** Isabelle of France, mentionned above, was not adverse to becoming queen of England, but with another king. Edward II basically ignored and humiliated her during their marriage, and cheated on her with his squires and other (male) "friends".
** Another example, though quite humoristic, is the marriage of Philippe d'Orleans and Charlotte de Baviere. He was, let's say, rather effeminate ({{If you know what I mean}}), she was a very strong, loud and quite manly woman, and each was horrified at the prospect of marrying the other. They got better.
** Another example, though quite humoristic, is the marriage of Philippe d'Orleans and Charlotte de Baviere. He was, let's say, rather effeminate ({{If you know what I mean}}), she was a very strong, loud and quite manly woman, and each was horrified at the prospect of marrying the other. They got better.
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* Rasputia in ''{{Norbit}}'' and for a very, very, VERY good reason.
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* Rasputia in ''{{Norbit}}'' and for a very, very, VERY good reason.
