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* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In the Season 3 episode "Wig", Fat Doc falls in love with his partner in crime, Slim Doc, when he mistakes him for a woman after Lamput disguises himself as hair on his head. Fat Doc eventually decides to propose to his crush and purchases a ring with a diamond on it that looks to be just barely bigger than the actual ring itself.

* In the ''Anime/SonicX'' episode "Emerald Anniversary", Mr. Thorndyke visits a jeweller in search of an anniversary gift for his wife. He picks out a ring made from the biggest and flashiest gem they have, which turns out to be a Chaos Emerald.

* Lampshaded in ''Series/{{Castle}}'s'' sixth season premiere when Beckett accepted Castle's marriage proposal and he slipped the ring on her finger (the diamond, while a respectable size, was not overly ostentatious).

--> '''Ed:'' Yeah, I saw the ring.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', the party accompanies the prince of Argonia on a rite to slay an Argonian lizard and bring back its crystal "heart" to be made into an engagement ring - but the prince is disappointed to discover how small they are and insists the party get a big one (from a [[BossBattle big Argonian lizard]], of course) before returning home. Naturally, it is by far the largest such crystal anyone's seen. [[spoiler:Then he ends up buying a ''bigger'' one from a shady merchant, making the whole ordeal useless. [[LaserGuidedKarma This doesn't go unnoticed by his father]], however...]]

* Taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''. The Binding Band is so large, Peach has it around her waist and still has to hold it up.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': In "TheOneWith The Flashback", the newly-engaged Rachel bumps into Monica and excitedly shows off her ring. Monica quips that "you can't even see where the Titanic hit it".

* In ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' such a ring is part of the central story, which revolves around the main protagonist Guybrush Threepwood's attempt to restore his fiancée after accidentally turning her into a gold statue by giving her a cursed diamond ring. The only way to remove the curse is to replace the ring with one of equal size, which as acknowledged in-story as being very rare.

* Tahani from ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' receives one of these from Larry Hemsworth after he proposes. It's so big Eleanor jokingly wonders how she's able to move her hand with it on.

* In ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' such a ring is part of the central story, which revolves around the main protagonist Guybrush Threepwood's attempt to restore his fiancée after accidentally turning her into a gold statue by giving her a cursed diamond ring.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', the party accompanies the prince of Argonia on a rite to slay an Argonian lizard and bring back its crystal "heart" to be made into an engagement ring - but the prince is disappointed to discover how small they are and insists the party get a big one (from a [[BossBattle big Argonian lizard]], of course) before returning home. Naturally, it is by far the largest such crystal anyone's seen.

* In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E19TheRealHousewivesOfFatTony The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]" of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Selma marries the mafia boss Fat Tony. However, the wedding wasn't real and the ceremony was held in Italian (which Selam doesn't know), and she was only his house mistress. Fat Tony's real wife laughs at the size of Selma's ring, which is the ring of a mistress. The wife's ring is huge and the gem is as big as her fist.

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* Creator/JeffFoxworthy made a bit about women getting an engagement ring from a man's perspective. Specifically, Foxworthy said that men hate it when someone else's wife gets a bigger ring than their own wife, because that man knows he's going to get lectured about it.

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* ''Series/CoronationStreet'': The hyper-jealous Eileen has seen her fireman boyfriend out with an attractive firewoman from his station. Suspecting he is cheating, Eileen and her dozy friend Julie embarrass themselves - and him - by breaking into the station. Angry and disgruntled, the boyfriend produces a large ornate engagement ring and says this is the reason he was out with his colleague. Her family own a jewellers' store and she was helping him choose a ring. She's the right person to find the best and most beautiful ring, and she also gets a discount on it for him, so it is larger and better than what he might have been able to afford in normal circumstances. Eileen is sick twice over on seeing the ring. One, because it is big and ornate, and visibly so; two, because her insane and irrational jealousy has made him contemplate breaking the whole thing off and taking it back to the shop for a refund.
* In ''Series/AlloAllo'', Madame Edith is forced to get engaged to the Italian Captain Bertorelli. He gets a huge ring from the Germans to impress his new fiancée. It was of course part of some convoluted plan.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "Bride of Chaotica!", Queen Arachnia is presented with a gaudy ring when she agrees to marry the egoistical EmperorScientist Dr Chaotica. She thinks it's for her, only to be told that she is to present it to her future husband at the wedding ceremony!

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* "WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues" from ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Tom and a rival tomcat (named "Butch") are trying to impress their love, a beautiful white female cat, and at one point, they each try impressing her with an engagement ring. The diamond on Tom's ring is so small that you need a magnifying glass just to get a good look at it. Butch's ring had a diamond so big, bright and shiny that you can't even look at it without eye protection--Tom and the white cat had to wear welding masks just to look at the ring that Butch gave her. The white cat ultimately chooses Butch over Tom (they get married in the end).

* Used in an old Ring Pop commercial, only with a teenage boy asking a girl if she'd [[ForgottenTrope "wear his ring,"]] not marry him. Rather than a class ring or promise ring, though, it's [[CaptainObvious a Ring Pop.]]

* In the series finale of ''Series/TheMentalist'', Patrick Jane purchases a very large diamond engagement ring to give to Teresa Lisbon. Lisbon thinks it's gorgeous but says it's too much and she can't accept it. Jane insists on giving it to her and wins the argument.

* "WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues" from ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Tom and a rival tomcat (named "Butch") are trying to impress their love, a beautiful white female cat, and they each try impressing her with an engagement. The diamond on Tom's is so small that you need a magnifying glass just to get a good look at it. Butch's ring had a diamond so big, bright and shiny that you can't even look at it without eye protection--Tom and the white cat had to wear welding masks just to look the ring that Butch gave her. The white cat ultimately chooses Butch over Tom (they get married in the end).
* In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E19TheRealHousewivesOfFatTony The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]" of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Selma marries the mafia boss Fat Tony. However, the wedding was not real and the ceremony was held in Italian, and she was only his house mistress. Fat Tony's real wife laughs at the size of Selma's ring, which is the ring of a mistress. The wife's ring is huge and the gem is as big as her fist.