Basic Trope: A person in position of power has a hot spouse or lover.
- Straight: Emperor Bob's wife Alice is young, sexy Trophy Wife.
- Exaggerated: Emperor Bob has a whole Royal Harem of gorgeous wives.
- Downplayed: Bob and Alice are Ugly Guy, Hot Wife couple, but nothing too out of ordinary.
- Justified:
- Bob can choose whoever he wishes for his spouse, so why not the hottest woman in the Empire?
- Alice is from another family as part of an Arranged Marriage to cement an alliance. Her being hot is a combination of good genes and good beauty upkeep by her family to ensure Bob doesn't want to "move on".
- Inverted: Alice is the ugliest person ever.
- Gender-Inverted: Empress Alice makes the handsome Bob her husband.
- Subverted:
- Everyone believes that supermodel Alice is Bob's wife, but in fact the real wife is ugly Carol, who makes Alice work as her stand-in on social occasions.
- Emperor Bob is actually cheating on his real wife, Empress Faye, with Alice.
- Double Subverted: It turns out Bob married Alice as well.
- Parodied: In the world of anthropomorphic food, Cabbage Emperor Bob married Alice the Chili Pepper.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Bob isn't married.
- Enforced: Producers of a Period Piece focused on nobles want to include some Fanservice.
- Lampshaded: "So Bob found the hottest chick in his Empire and married her? Isn't it kind of cliche?"
- Invoked:
- Bob searches through all of his empire to find the most beautiful woman and marry her.
- Bob paid for his wife's facial and chest surgery, as he could easily afford it.
- Exploited: A group of dissidents cite Bob marrying Alice as an example of the Emperor abusing his power.
- Defied: Bob wants to marry an amazingly hot woman, but his advisors say no, they need Altar Diplomacy instead.
- Discussed: "So who do you think the Emperor will marry?" "I bet on someone really hot."
- Conversed: "Did you notice how all those supposedly-medieval kings always have some supermodel as their wife? Where do they find them in The Dung Ages?"
- Implied: The protagonists never visit the Emperor, but they hear many rumors about Empress' beauty.
- Played For Laughs: Bob comes to regret his choice when Alice proves to be Brainless Beauty and by the end of their honeymoon, he's rather exhausted with her.
- Played For Drama: Alice's beauty causes her to have a host of romances in the court, causing an influx of illegitimate children, Bob losing the respect of fellow men and the court to devolve into a Decadent Court.
Your Hot Consort has called for you, Your Majesty.
