History Main / ArrangedMarriage

%% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1339845643058280100

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arrangedmarriage.jpg]]

[[AC:''WebAnimation/{{Hellaverse}}'']]

** In a flashback arc, it's revealed that [[GenkiGirl Masaki]] was originally adopted [[spoiler:into the Ishida family]] as part of the [[TheMatchmaker matriarch's plan]] to set up an ArrangedMarriage between Masaki and her son [[spoiler:[[TheStoic Ryuuken]]]]. The family's beautiful maid, Kanae Katagiri, is told that the reason the ArrangedMarriage will never work as the matriarch hopes is because they will never be HappilyMarried; additionally, this is followed by a short rant about how the best future [[spoiler: for the [[ArcherArchetype Quincies]]]] is to MarryForLove instead of blood purity or status. While it's clear that Masaki is unhappy with the situation, the twist is that the desire to marry for love is not her confession, [[spoiler:it's ''Ryuuken's'', and Kanae says he's very kind for thinking that way. The arranged marriage eventually falls through, and both Masaki and Ryuuken get to MarryForLove - to Isshin and Kanae respectively.]]

* The premise of ''Manga/ZettaiHeiwaDaisakusen'', although the people getting married in question set it up themselves to put an end to the war between their respective countries. HilarityEnsues, surprisingly.

* In ''Film/SallahShabati'', Sallah wants to sell his daughter to a bus driver for 350 Israeli shekels. Then, a kibbutznik (who has no money) falls in love with her. HilarityEnsues.

!!Examples:

* ''Anime/HelloSandybell'': Marc Wellington is forced by his father to enter an engagement with the bitchy, unlikable [[RichBitch Kitty Shearer]], because the Wellingtons, despite their BlueBlood, are entering poverty and he wants to save face. While Kitty genuinely loves him, he only has eyes for Sandybell. Later, [[spoiler: Marc ends their engagement and runs away from her]].

* ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'': [[spoiler: In his youth, Count Georges de Gourmant was engaged to Hélène Dunant. While it was arranged by her father, he genuinely loved her, but she didn't feel the same way (in part, because the Count was an open Nazi) and became a RunawayBride. Count Georges eventually married another woman, who he proceeded to maltreat for the entirety of their marriage.]]

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14040780 Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue]]'', the Death Eaters within the Ministry force through a law to require unmarried witches and wizards to marry by a certain date, with many of the arranged pairings being blatant attempts to put those opposed to Voldemort under the power of his allies (eg, Hermione and Draco). Harry and Hermione put a stop to this by contacting Prime Minister UsefulNotes/JohnMajor, who, with help from UsefulNotes/TonyBlair, confronts Rufus Scrimgeour on this issue and forces him to ensure the act is repealed by pointing out how many British laws it would violate.

* ''Theatre/AnAmericanInParis'': Although Henri seems relatively happy to comply, at least at first, it is very clear that Lise and Henri's marriage was arranged by Madame Baurel to protect Henri's reputation.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E7TheTwoMrsNahasapeemapetilons The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]]" followed Apu attempting to dodge an arranged marriage by [[TheBeard claiming to already be married]]. After sufficient hilarity ensues, the ruse is discovered and the wedding goes forward over Apu's objections. However, his bride Manjula turns out to be a good match for him, and they remained {{happily married}}... until they had ''octuplets''. Their marriage pretty much derailed from there.

*** The Macedon noblewoman [[WhiteMage Lena]] and the Archanean nobleman [[TheArcher Jeorge]] were supposed to marry [[TheEvilPrince Prince Michalis]] and [[LadyOfWar Midia]] respectively. Lena [[RunawayFiance got the Hell out of Macedon]] and ultimately got together with Julian, whereas Midia defied her and Jeorge's families by choosing Astram (much to Jeorge's relief).

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', the A-Support of [[spoiler:Bernadetta and Ferdinand]] reveals that they were arranged to be wed but the latter called it off after hearing some frightening rumors about the former. However after getting to know her better, he says he would've been happy to go through with it. [[spoiler:In their paired ending, they do end up marrying]].

* In a ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion: ComicBook/TheInhumans'' storyline, the Inhuman Queen Medusa needs an alliance with Ronan, the ruler of the Kree Empire. He demands Medusa's sister Crystal as his bride. Over Crystal's objections, Medusa agrees.

& there was a man\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', Mark did a HeelFaceTurn to avoid an arranged marriage to [[EvilIsSexy Princess Mandie]].

* ''Anime/HelloSandybell'': Marc Wellington is forced by his father to enter an engagement with the bitchy, unlikable Kitty Shearer, because the Wellingtons, despite their BlueBlood, are entering poverty and he wants to save face. While Kitty genuinely loves him, he only has eyes for Sandybell, and [[spoiler: ends their engagement to be with her]].

%% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1339845643058280100
%% Please do not change or remove without starting a new thread.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arrangedmarriage.jpg]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'''s final episodes of the first season, Sokka falls for Princess Yue, who is very unhappy to be headed for an arranged marriage to [[{{Jerkass}} Hahn]]. [[spoiler: She gets out of it by [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence becoming the moon spirit]], and by Hahn having [[DroppedABridgeOnHim a played-for-laughs death]] (Come on, thrown off a boat into Arctic waters? Dude is dead).]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'': Happened with [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBeatriceHorseman Beatrice Horseman]] in her youth when father heavily pushed her to accept Corbin Creamerman since their families could profit from a sugar-cream alliance to make a profitable ice cream empire. It's implied that it would've been a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage when they started to get to know each other better. [[ForegoneConclusion Then she got pregnant with [=BoJack=] from Butterscotch.]]
* on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', Mark did a HeelFaceTurn to avoid an arranged marriage to [[EvilIsSexy Princess Mandie]].

* (Princess) Starfire almost went through with one of these in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''; she'd been told it would end a war but in fact it was a ruse by her big sister Blackfire.

* In ''Webcomic/EonsAgo'', [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Starscream]] was involved in one long ago on Cybertron. It was called off when his fiancé died.
* ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}''

* ''Webcomic/TheGoddesssGuideToFarming'': Seol is so desperate for the resort to push through to prove her worth because her father has threatened to marry her off into a political family. She had argued that it was obsolete, but he responded that it was her duty as a ''chaebol'' daughter.

* In ''Webcomic/TsunamiChannel'', YamatoNadeshiko Haruna arrives and stays because she has promised with the protagonist, or so she claims. [[spoiler:It's eventually discovered that she ''was'' in a tightly arranged promise before, made when she was still a child. However, she and her fiancé eventually fell in genuine love with each other, but the boy got a mortal disease and dissolved the promise a couple of days before his death. Obviously, she was devastated, until the professor Hasegawa showed her a photo of the protagonist who, coincidentally, was too similar to her dead fiancé. This [[TheReveal reveal]] is done by her ''new'' arranged fiancé who was a friend of the dead one.]]

* ''Blog/LimyaaelsFantasyRants'': Limyaael's thoughts on the [[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/437418.html arranged marriage]] [[NarrativeDevices plot device]].
* In ''Literature/MotherOfLearning'', [[spoiler:Kirielle]]'s marriage six years in the future has already been planned out.

* ''Literature/ReceiverOfMany'':
** Persephone's and Hades's marriage was arranged as a part of peace agreement between Hades and Zeus when Persephone was still in Demeter's womb. Despite a rocky start, they end up as in a much happier and healthier relationship than many other divine marriages.
** Hephaestus and Aphrodite. Because of how powerful Aphrodite is, she was married off to one man who couldn’t challenge Zeus’ rule. In contrast to Hades and Persephone, they are both unhappy with this union. Faithfulness is not in Aphrodite’s nature and she doesn't feel much for Hephaestus, so she is having affairs left and right. Hephaestus himself is very much aware of this trait of his wife as well as the fact why he was chosen to be her mate, which he found to be more insulting than her affairs or bastard children.

* ''WebAnimation/ManiManiPeople'': Kazuya's parents decide to make him marry Tsubaki so he'll stop being a playboy. It later turned out that the woman who he thought was Tsubaki was actually one of Tsubaki's conjoined sisters, Sumire. He decided to marry the twins anyway since he's spent so much time with them.

** In the episode ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XedhgDieOko My sister plundered my fiancé! Now my arranged marriage partner is also plundered]]'' (sic), Ram and Nonoka's parents try to arrange a marriage between the former and the businessman Ikki-san. This is subverted when they find him with Nonoka, who demands to marry him instead of Ram. Their parents cave in and let her have him, to which Ram thanks her.
* ''WebAnimation/AttackOnMika'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfe5QOk1GmE Sayuki's father]] forces Sayuki into one with the CEO of one of his client companies, seemingly shooting down her hopes of marrying her [[spoiler:adopted]] brother Eiji. Much to her surprise and the man's dismay, it turns out to be [[spoiler:Eiji]].
* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'':
** The very reason Stella and Stolas were coerced into marrying each other in the first place was to bear an heir for the Goetia Family.
** In "Exes and Oohs", Moxxie's father Crimson attempts to do this with Moxxie and Chaz, as the latter is apparently very rich and Crimson intends to acquire that wealth by using his son. The fact that Moxxie is already HappilyMarried to Millie means nothing to Crimson. The plan falls to shambles when not only do Millie and Blitzo [[WeddingSmashers crash the wedding]], but [[spoiler:Crimson realizes that [[MockMillionaire Chaz is flat broke]]]].