History Main / HonorableMarriageProposal

* 'WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': A [[GRatedSex child-friendly variant]] in "Chowder's Girlfriend." After Panini kisses Chowder, Gazpacho tells Chowder he has to "make an honest woman" out of her, prompting Chowder to propose marriage despite their young age and his disinterest in Panini. However, Panini turns him down.

* ''Fanfic/BabyBoom'': This gets brought up. Adrien's first thought upon realizing that Marinette is pregnant is that he should probably marry her, because that's the right thing to do in this situation, right? Except that a large part of that is to keep the woman from receiving a shameful reputation for being pregnant out of wedlock--and since very nearly ''every woman in the city'' is in this exact situation, that's not really an issue. Many adults point out that forcing marriage on tens of thousands (yes, ''really'') of traumatized teens is just going to cause more problems. On the other hand, Kagami was impregnated by a boy who had been visiting from Japan, and while Japan is of course aware of the whole "literally the entire city of Paris got pregnant" thing, they haven't internalized it in the same way. Her mother strongly encourages her to marry the boy when she's old enough and has returned to Japan. Kagami sees it as inevitable.

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Daemon wants to marry future queen Rhaenyra, both because they are ''extremely'' attracted to each other, and also probably because he wants to be her king consort when she comes to power. However, Daemon knows the royal court would not usually let the marry. (For one, he's already married to an UnwantedSpouse. For two, in their medieval setting, Rhaenyra needs an AltarDiplomacy marriage, a husband who will be her political ally. Since Daemon would be her ally regardless, marrying him would be a waste.) So in as a ploy to marry Rhaenyra, Daemon {{invoke|dTrope}}s this trope. He intentionally starts rumors that she has been DefiledForever so that he can sweep in and offer to marry her. If his proposal is the only option, her father the king would be forced to allow it. However, the king realizes what's going on and--enraged at what Daemon has done--{{defie|dTrope}}s the trope by sending Daemon away.

* A variation in ''Literature/EvilUnderTheSun'': Kenneth Marshall, described as "one of those incurably chivalrous men", is said to have serially rescued two women from infamy by marrying them (the second after the first's death). A variation in that the reason for the women's ignominy was something other than sex.

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'': Darkness claims to be pregnant with Kazuma's child in order to get out of an ArrangedMarriage, and her father then treats Kazuma as his new son-in-law. Everyone ignores Kazuma when he points out that they're both still virgins, so there's no possible way she could be pregnant.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'', the protagonist Koyomi Araragi visits his lesbian underclassman, Kanbaru Suruga, while she's lounging naked in her room. At first, she doesn't make an effort to change or cover herself, and Araragi (jokingly) offers to take responsibility for viewing her in this state by marrying her. She says that [[SarcasmMode while his offer is very attractive]], she doesn't want his {{Clingy Jealous Girl}}friend to [[MurderTheHypotenuse murder her]].

** When Mikage tells her parents that she wants to get into an illustrious horse college despite her poor grades, Hachiken tells her family he'll take responsibility if she fails. While [[ShipperOnDeck her mother and grandmother are ecstatic about the idea]] ([[OverprotectiveDad and her father tries to throw a table at him]]), what he was trying to say is that he's planning to tutor her, so it will be his fault if she fails.

In some societies, a [[AlwaysFemale woman's]] sexual reputation is a very important thing. As she is [[NatureAdoresAVirgin expected to be a virgin]] on her wedding night, having sex before marriage (especially if it results in pregnancy) is just about the most scandalous thing she can do. Not only will she have to suffer the disapproval of those around her, but it will [[DefiledForever seriously lower her chance of getting an offer of marriage in the future.]] In settings where women are economically dependent on their husbands and may not be educated, this could all but condemn her to a life as a beggar or [[TheOldestProfession a prostitute]]. She might even be at risk of being [[HonorRelatedAbuse harmed or killed by her family or society]]. If she already has a fiancé who isn't the father, he would be considered [[MyGirlIsNotASlut justified in breaking off the engagement.]] The stigma is so bad that if a woman is [[MaliciousSlander even suspected]] of having had sex with a man, due to being alone with him for an extended length of time -- typically overnight (there is no such thing as InnocentCohabitation in the mind of society) -- she will still have to suffer the consequences. The only thing that can avert this is for her to get married as quickly as possible.

* Played with in ''Literature/{Temeraire}}'' after Riley realizes that he got Harcourt pregnant he does the honorable thing and proposes to her, only to discover that she isn't really interested in marriage. The [[EternalSexualFreedom culture]] of the Aerial Corp means that her virtue isn't really a big deal for her and any child that she has will still be eligible for a commission in the Aerial Corp anyway. Eventually Laurence talks her around by pointing out that if she has a son who is born in wedlock then said son would eventually inherit Riley's titles and does she really want to deny her son his potential inheritance?

* In ''Literature/DiePilgerin'', Otfried's mooks rape a resident of Tremmlingen, and the girl's father decides that [[DeliberateValuesDissonance one of them should marry her]], then, since nobody wants her for a wife now. What makes it this trope and not ShotgunWedding is that the man who agrees to the marriage is revealed not to be one of the perpetrators and not even a friend of theirs; in fact, he had no idea the girl existed before her father mistakenly confronted him and his comrades-at-arms.

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Daemon wants to marry future queen Rhaenyra, both because they are extremely attracted to each other, and also because he wants to her prince consort when she comes to power. However, Daemon knows the royal court would not usually let the marry. (For one, he's already married to an UnwantedSpouse. For two, in their medieval setting, Rhaenyra needs an AltarDiplomacy marriage, a husband who will be her political ally, and since Daemon would be her ally regardless, marrying him would be a waste.) So in as a ploy to marry Rhaenyra, Daemon {{invoke|dTrope}}s this trope. He intentionally starts rumors that she has been DefiledForever so that he can sweep in and offer to marry her. If his proposal is the only option, her father the king would be forced to allow it. However, the king realizes what's going on and, enraged at what he'd done, {{defie|dTrope}}s the trope by sending Daemon away.