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* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'': Rulers are able to arrange marriages for anyone in their court, not just practice typical AltarDiplomacy with their own children.
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* Played slightly crooked in "Literature/TheLadyOrTheTiger" -- the king's system for conducting significant trials is to subject the accused to a DoorRoulette where there is a woman behind one of the doors and a tiger behind the other. The woman is selected by the king as the most fitting match for someone of the defendant's age and station, and if he opens her door, they are married on the spot. (If he opens the other door, he becomes lunch). If he wants to marry someone else, or if he is already married, too bad: she is his wife now.
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* ''Literature/GoldenTerrace'': The marriage between Yan Xiaohan and Fu Shen was arranged by Emperor Yuantai as a means of stripping the latter of his political power, as the emperor felt that Fu Shen was more loyal to the nation than the crown and could possibly turn on him at any moment. The only other choice that Yan Xiaohan had in the matter was to kill Fu Shen, so he begrudgingly accepted the emperor's initial decree. Though Yan Xiaohan and Fu Shen are initially introduced as political rivals, [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage the marriage actually ends up working out quite well for them]], as the two had been fond of each other for years despite their disagreements.
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* In Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/FallingFree'', the company is trying to breed the newly created quaddies. When a young couple, with a baby, is told whom they are assigned to have their next children, they revolt.
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* In Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/FallingFree'', the company is trying to breed the newly created quaddies. When a young couple, with a baby, is told with whom they are assigned to have their next children, they revolt.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Marionetta}}'': Exaggerated. All women in Kalgratt must be married by the age of twenty, unless they are in the army. The government approves a list of locale suitors and sends them to the woman's home along with ''soldiers'' until she makes a decision. If you try to evade this, or if you try to run away from your husband and he reports you, you are going to be hunted for the rest of your life.
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* The entire point of ''Manga/KoiToUso''. The protagonist is assigned a marriage partner right after confessing to the girl he likes.
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* The entire point main premise of ''Manga/KoiToUso''. The protagonist is assigned a marriage partner by the government right after confessing to the girl he likes.
* In the movie version of ''Film/HarrisonBergeron'', the government chooses spouses for people in order to increase the odds breeding average children.
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* In the movie version of ''Film/HarrisonBergeron'', the government chooses spouses for people in order to increase the odds breeding average children.
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* Creator/IsaacAsimov had the whole Solarian way of marriage (for a given definition of "[[SuperBreedingProgram marriage]]") in his Robot books -- which impacted in later Empire ones. People were assigned their spouses by a board. And, presumably, a lot of A.I. This is a major plot-point in ''Literature/TheNakedSun''.
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* Creator/IsaacAsimov had ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'': PoliticallyActivePrincess Julis's brother, King Jolbert of Lieseltania, warns her that if she doesn't find a consort fairly soon, the whole Solarian way of marriage (for [[MegaCorp integrated enterprise foundations]] that [[PuppetState run the country behind the scenes]] might pick her a given definition of "[[SuperBreedingProgram marriage]]") in husband to benefit themselves (they found Jolbert himself a queen and several mistresses). For his Robot books -- which impacted in later Empire ones. People were assigned their spouses by a board. And, presumably, a lot part, he openly ([[EveryoneCanSeeIt and not unreasonably]]) ships her with her dueling partner Ayato, believing [[BattleCouple they'd be as good partners off the field as they are on it]].
* In ''Literature/CatchingFire'', the second book ofA.I. ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', the Capitol plans to do this to [[spoiler:Peeta and Katniss]]. This is a major plot-point later subverted in ''Literature/TheNakedSun''.the end of the third book, where they [[spoiler:voluntarily decide to marry]].
* A downplayed example: In ''Literature/CorpusDelicti'', you can only choose your partner from the parts of the population that have a compatible immune system with yours.
* In ''Literature/CatchingFire'', the second book of
* A downplayed example: In ''Literature/CorpusDelicti'', you can only choose your partner from the parts of the population that have a compatible immune system with yours.
* In ''Literature/DemonKingDaimao'', the government gives one of their agents the duty of arranging a marriage between Junko and Akuto.
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* In the second book of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', the Capitol plans to do this to [[spoiler:Peeta and Katniss]]. This is later subverted in the end of the third book, where they [[spoiler:voluntarily decide to marry]].
* Creator/IsaacAsimov had the whole Solarian way of marriage (for a given definition of "[[SuperBreedingProgram marriage]]") in his Robot books -- which impacted in later Empire ones. People were assigned their spouses by a board. And, presumably, a lot of A.I. This is a major plot-point in ''Literature/TheNakedSun''.
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* ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'': PoliticallyActivePrincess Julis's brother, King Jolbert of Lieseltania, warns her that if she doesn't find a consort fairly soon, the [[MegaCorp integrated enterprise foundations]] that [[PuppetState run the country behind the scenes]] might pick her a husband to benefit themselves (they found Jolbert himself a queen and several mistresses). For his part, he openly ([[EveryoneCanSeeIt and not unreasonably]]) ships her with her dueling partner Ayato, believing [[BattleCouple they'd be as good partners off the field as they are on it]].
* In ''Literature/DemonKingDaimao'', the government gives one of their agents the duty of arranging a marriage between Junko and Akuto.
* A downplayed example: In ''Literature/CorpusDelicti'', you can only choose your partner from the parts of the population that have a compatible immune system with yours.
* In ''Literature/DemonKingDaimao'', the government gives one of their agents the duty of arranging a marriage between Junko and Akuto.
* A downplayed example: In ''Literature/CorpusDelicti'', you can only choose your partner from the parts of the population that have a compatible immune system with yours.
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* ''Series/TheStarlost''. In the pilot episode, Devon questions the BlindObedience of the Elders when they claim that the [[MachineWorship Creator]] has decreed that the woman he loves must marry someone else for genetic reasons. He (along with everyone else) doesn't know he's living on a GenerationShip so there's a good reason for this, but after finding this out he also discovers that the Elders are [[GodGuise faking the Creator's orders]] to maintain their authority, so he's not inclined to play along. He grabs his girl and flees into the rest of the ship, followed by her outraged husband-to-be.
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* ''Series/TheStarlost''. ''Series/TheStarlost'': In the pilot episode, Devon questions the BlindObedience of the Elders when they claim that the [[MachineWorship Creator]] has decreed that the woman he loves must marry someone else for genetic reasons. He (along with everyone else) doesn't know he's living on a GenerationShip so there's a good reason for this, but after finding this out he also discovers that the Elders are [[GodGuise faking the Creator's orders]] to maintain their authority, so he's not inclined to play along. He grabs his girl and flees into the rest of the ship, followed by her outraged husband-to-be.
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* In ''LightNovel/DemonKingDaimao'', the government gives one of their agents the duty of arranging a marriage between Junko and Akuto.
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* In ''LightNovel/DemonKingDaimao'', ''Literature/DemonKingDaimao'', the government gives one of their agents the duty of arranging a marriage between Junko and Akuto.
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* Subverted in a 1951 story ''The Cupids of Venus'' by William Morrison. A group of men and their psychologically-selected brides are training on Venus to settle on another planet. The protagonist accidentally encounters a woman on the course (they're training separately) and falls in LoveAtFirstSight with her, but is told he's been assigned another bride who is more psychologically-suited to him. So during a survival trek he goes off his route, meets up with the woman he prefers and they run off together, battling through the Venusian jungle to a colony ship where they bribe a guard and smuggle themselves on board. Turns out their 'accidental' meeting was arranged by the people running the camp. He really did join up with the woman psychologically suited to him (that's why he fell in love with her instantly). It's a SecretTestOfCharacter to ensure the colonists become FireForgedFriends and also have the incentive and resourcefulness to survive as pioneers on another planet. Those couples who can't work together under pressure, or are too rigid in their behavior to run away or bribe guards, are removed from the program or assigned to administration.
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* Subverted in a 1951 story ''The Cupids of Venus'' ''Literature/TheCupidsOfVenus'' by William Morrison. A group of men and their psychologically-selected brides are training on Venus to settle on another planet. The protagonist accidentally encounters a woman on the course (they're training separately) and falls in LoveAtFirstSight with her, but is told he's been assigned another bride who is more psychologically-suited to him. So during a survival trek he goes off his route, meets up with the woman he prefers and they run off together, battling through the Venusian jungle to a colony ship where they bribe a guard and smuggle themselves on board. Turns out their 'accidental' meeting was arranged by the people running the camp. He really did join up with the woman psychologically suited to him (that's why he fell in love with her instantly). It's a SecretTestOfCharacter to ensure the colonists become FireForgedFriends and also have the incentive and resourcefulness to survive as pioneers on another planet. Those couples who can't work together under pressure, or are too rigid in their behavior to run away or bribe guards, are removed from the program or assigned to administration.
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* ''Series/TheStarlost''. In the pilot episode, Devon questions the BlindObedience of the Elders when they claim that the [[MachineWorship Creator]] has decreed that the woman he loves must marry someone else for genetic reasons. He (along with everyone else) doesn't know he's living on a GenerationShip so there's a good reason for this, but after finding this out he also discovers that the Elders are [[GodGuise faking the Creator's orders]] to maintain their authority, so he's not inclined to play along. He grabs his girl and flees into the rest of the ship, followed by her outraged husband-to-be.
