History Main / ComedyOfRemarriage

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* ''Film/TheParentTrap1961'' and ''Film/TheParentTrap1998'', although there it is the kids working to get them back together.

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* ''Film/McClintock'' is this in [[TheWestern Western]] form.

* ''Film/TheParentTrap'', although there it is the kids working to get them back together.

* Implied with the ending of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''. One of the final scenes shows the Peter Parker of Earth-616 deciding to try to win back his ex-wife Mary Jane. He is seen visiting her apartment with a bouquet of flowers in hand.

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* ''Film/HisGirlFriday'' is one of the classic examples.

* ''[=McClintock!=]'' is this in [[TheWestern Western]] form.

* ''Film/OceansEleven'' also has George Clooney as a convict, although this time a paroled one, trying to patch things up with his wife, who divorced him out of shame after his conviction. He wins her back while committing even more crime.

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* In ''Film/MyFavoriteWife,'' the husband (CaryGrant) isn't divorced, but wrongly believes his long-missing wife to be dead and is all set to commit bigamy.

* ''Film/{{Phffft}}''! has Creator/JackLemmon and Judy Holliday playing out this ever-popular trope.

* ''Film/{{Phffft}}''! has Creator/JackLemmon and Judy Holliday in this situation.

** The same goes for its remake starring Doris Day, ''Move Over, Darling''.

* In ''Film/{{Midnight 1939}}'', Eve and Tibor aren't married, but they have to pretend to be, and once they have to file for a phony divorce, this trope comes into play.

* In ''Film/{{Midnight 1939}}, Eve and Tibor aren't married, but they have to pretend to be, and once they have to file for a phony divorce, this trope comes into play.

* ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' and its musical update ''High Society''
* ''Film/TheAwfulTruth'', although the couple never quite gets divorced

** The same goes for its remake starring Doris Day, ''Move Over Darling''.

* ''Series/EmergencyCouple'' is a KoreanDrama about two divorcees who independently go to medical school, and find themselves working together as interns, six years after their divorce.
* ''Theatre/KissMeKate''

* ''Theatre/MaryMary''

* Some endings of ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' ([[spoiler:"In Water" and "Rebirth", also possibly "Leave"]]) are somewhat like a horror version of this trope, considering the couple in question didn't seperate through divorce...
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' plays this in reverse with Dr. Cox and Jordan: first they were married, then got divorced, then started living together again after having a child together, but didn't get remarried. Then they find out that due to a clerical error, they're still married. Due to their extremely screwed-up personalities, this fact causes them no end of torment and so they decide to divorce again to ''save'' their relationship.

* ''Theatre/{{Curtains}}'' has Georgia and Aaron, songwriters and former married couple. They get back together with some suberb acting by some of the other cast members, who ''wanted'' the two back together.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' played with this trope in one episode, with Coach Jack Wittenberg remarrying Tish Wittenberg (helped muchly by Arnold's matchmaking prowess).
* ''Literature/JudeTheObscure'' is something of a ''tragedy'' of remarriage. (It also works the other way round: [[spoiler:they both get married to different people, then live together, get divorced from their respective spouses, then separate and get married to their previous spouses again]]).
* ''[=McClintock=]!'' is this in [[TheWestern Western]] form.

* Subverted in ''TheAuteur''. Arturo eventually accepts that Fiona won't return to him, because of his "highly addictive personality" and "insanely jealous nature"; but she forgives him his past, and they do manage to become friends again.

* In a ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode where Milhouse's parents divorce, Homer and Marge start to question the sanity of their own marriage. Homer begins to feel that the wedding and marriage he provided for Marge was less than she deserved, so he gets divorce papers...and then throws a special wedding in the house, so that they could say their marriage was great from the start. Several seasons later, it turns out that Rev. Lovejoy, who officiated, was not legally (or religiously) able to do so at the time because of a technicality, so Marge and Homer end up having another "real" wedding, and Marge becomes a {{Bridezilla}}.
** Milhouse's parents remain divorced for many seasons, but eventually rekindle their relationship and get back together.

* In a ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode where Milhouse's parents divorce, Homer and Marge start to question the sanity of their own marriage. Homer begins to feel that the wedding and marriage he provided for Marge was less than she deserved, so [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming he gets divorce papers...and then throws a special wedding in the house]], so that they could say their marriage was great from the start. Several seasons later, it turns out that Rev. Lovejoy, who officiated, was not legally (or religiously) able to do so at the time because of a technicality, so Marge and Homer end up having another "real" wedding, and Marge becomes a {{Bridezilla}}.