History Main / BitterWeddingSpeech

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In X-Men Unlimited #4, ComicBook/EmmaFrost is invited to the wedding of her former friend from college, and she asks Wolverine to come along ([[WolverinePublicity because why not]]). The two are treated with scorn for being known mutants and for Emma's sexual past with the groom. After the best man embarrasses her in his speech, Emma takes the mic and gives a nice little speech of her own...and outs the groom as a mutant. The guests are all shocked and the visibly-pregnant bride is particularly horrified. Emma and Logan leave right after, and he goes all "WhatTheHellHero" during the drive back. She says he can now join the fight, but turns away and looks out the window with [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone mixed regret]].

* [[http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/000112.html This quote]] from [[Website/OverheardInNewYork Overheard Everywhere]].

* Penny's speech at Shershow's wedding in ''Series/{{HappyEndings}}'', complete with a drunken fall over the podium and an accidental flashing of the entire room. And that's just the brief portion viewers get to see, it apparently went on for a quite a while ''after'' the flashing and at one point included an offensive impression of a "Korean Grandma".

* During Jay and Gloria's wedding in ''Series/ModernFamily'', Jay's ex-wife gave a drunken speech mocking and insulting the younger, prettier, and noticeably accented Gloria. She eventually has to be dragged out of the room, knocking over the cake on the way.

* Creator/RowanAtkinson has a "wedding speeches" sketch. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFxzw7p5u8U Two of the speeches are accidental wedding ruiners but the third and final is this trope to the letter being enacted by a drunk and angry father of the bride.]] He also has a similar sketch about being asked to accept an award for another actor.

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->''"That experience, connecting with a \\
stranger and falling recklessly in love, \\
is one of life's greatest joys. \\
And now that you're married, \\
you'll never experience it again. \\
It's the price you pay for everlasting love. \\

-->'''Veronica:''' Sorry for going off-script.
-->'''Maurice, with tears in his eyes:''' D-do I still get to flip the table?

* Subverted in WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty: at Birdperson's wedding, Rick starts a bleak and pessimistic speech where he states how little he trusts marriage, whose only purpose is to prevent people from dying alone. But in the end, he claims that Birdperson is still his best friend and that he will support his choice.
--->'''Rick''': Listen, I'm not the nicest guy in the Universe, because I'm the smartest. And being nice is something stupid people do to hedge their bets. Now, I haven't been exactly subtle about how little I trust marriage. I couldn't make it work, and I could turn a black hole into a sun, so... at a certain point you got to ask yourself, what are the odds this is legit and not just some big lie we're all telling ourselves because we're afraid to die alone? Because, you know, that's exactly how we all die, alone. [...] But... but... Here's the thing: Birdperson is my best friend, and if he loves Tammy, well, then I love Tammy, too! To friendship, to love, and to my greatest adventure yet, opening myself up to others!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGuase4QXzg A sketch]] on ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' has a best man [[BrutalHonesty questioning]] the groom's description of the bride as [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman "the most beautiful woman in the world"]] and not understanding why this makes her cry and gets him booed. Though it's played with, since it's less "bitter" and more "unbearably pedantic", as the best man's main theme is that objectively speaking the wedding service was merely SoOkayItsAverage and not worth the big deal everyone's been making about it.

* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted winds up giving a series of these. In this case it's not so much "bitter" as ''pathetic''; since his hometown friends keep getting married at low-points in Ted's life, he ''tries'' to give a heartfelt congratulations speech but always seems to wind up bemoaning his own crappy situation and breaking down in tears. Eventually, this becomes a sort of tradition among his old friends (who think it's hilarious), and some of the videos get posted online. One of them is auto-tuned into a StupidStatementDanceMix, which is [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff huge in Finland]].

* ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan'': Subverted: Lenny is invited to her uncle's wedding, years after he babysat her as a child, and [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbated]] while [[CreepyUncle watching her sleep]]. She has everyone's attention when she gets onto the table in front of the married couple, expecting a speech. She simply unfastens her dress and lets it fall off her with a smirk on her face. The reception ended in family violence.

* Music/GarthBrooks' song "Friends In Low Places" ''is'' one of these. To top it off, the singer was not invited, crashed this party, and the speech is about how he's fine with their break-up because he's going to go get drunk.