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* ''Mass Effect'': Kaidan Alenko can have his entire moral compass changed with just a persuasion check by a renegade female Shepard who is romancing him. All it takes is one conversation to convince him that instead of aliens being jerks and saints like the rest of humanity, they're instead "damn aliens who like to get technical". He'll advocate for leaving thousands to die because they're aliens, but heaven forbid Shepard move on in Mass Effect 2. He'll repeatedly say she cheated on him in Mass Effect 3 even though he had admitted in an email to her that he had been dating a doctor before then.

* ''Mass Effect'' Kaidan Alenko can have his entire moral compass changed with just a persuasion check by a renegade female Shepard who is romancing him. All it takes is one conversation to convince him that instead of aliens being jerks and saints like the rest of humanity, they're instead "damn aliens who like to get technical". He'll advocate for leaving thousands to die because they're aliens, but heaven forbid Shepard move on in Mass Effect 2. He'll repeatedly say she cheated on him in Mass Effect 3 even though he had admitted in an email to her that he had been dating a doctor before then.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter develops amnesia and doesn't remember his family, including his wife Lois. She's understanding about it until he brings home his new girlfriend.

Bob is a villain, but his wife/girlfriend Alice (it's pretty much AlwaysFemale) refuses to believe any accusation of wrongdoing on Bob's part, and prefers to believe in a vast conspiracy designed to discredit him, even if she comes across Bob beating a man to death with a shovel. However, if/when Bob cheats on her, flirts with another woman, or possibly even ''talks'' to another woman, she instantly becomes his worst enemy, willingly telling the heroes every last crime he (or they) committed and sparing no expense to see him hang. This trope can carry some UnfortunateImplications of gender-based vanity towards females being willing to forgive any slight as long as it doesn't threaten their status as a prized love.

Bob is a villain, but his wife/girlfriend Alice (it's pretty much AlwaysFemale) refuses to believe any accusation of wrongdoing on Bob's part, and prefers to believe in a vast conspiracy designed to discredit him, even if she comes across Bob beating a man to death with a shovel. However, if/when Bob cheats on her, flirts with another woman, or possibly even ''talks'' to another woman, she instantly becomes his worst enemy, willingly telling the heroes every last crime he (or they) committed and sparing no expense to see him hang.

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** In [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Illustrious_Client The Adventure of the Illustrious Client]], Holmes must find a way to prevent a marriage with a rich young woman and a depraved baron, who has already convinced her that a man of his quality has many enemies, who are happy to spread rumors about his philandering and having killed his first wife. When [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold one of his victims]] fails to convince her, Holmes looks for a diary [[WhatAnIdiot in which he counts his conquests]] (his "lust-diary", as Holmes calls it). Once Holmes delivers it to her (and the baron is disfigured by said former mistress), the marriage is called off.

* Paul of ''Literature/TheGreenMile'' tell about a female inmate, Beverly McCall, who accepted being beaten by her husband but who, upon learning he cheated on her, took a razor and [[GroinAttack cut his genitals]], leaving him to bled to death.
* Averted in ''Literature/OldMansWar''. When John is telling Jane about his late wife Kathy ([[spoiler:Jane is a sort-of clone of Kathy]]), he admits to having cheated on her once. Except Kathy was of the opinion that cheating was a physical failing, not a mental one. But he did almost end their marriage because he lied about it, and that's something Kathy couldn't abide. It took a lot of effort for John to get her to forgive him.

Bob is a villain, but his wife/girlfriend Alice (it's pretty much AlwaysFemale) refuses to believe any accusation of wrongdoing on Bob's part, and prefer to believe in a vast conspiracy designed to discredit him, even if she comes across Bob beating a man to death with a shovel. However, if/when Bob cheats on her, flirts with another woman, or possibly even ''talks'' to another woman, she instantly becomes his worst enemy, willingly telling the heroes every last crime he (or they) committed and sparing no expense to see him hang.

->She had been deeply in love with him, so deeply that she could perhaps have forgiven him for his murdering her brother, and causing the death of her father. For a woman shall follow and obey her husband. But when her husband fell in love with her sister-in-law, her love changed into hatred, the terrible hatred of a woman scorned.

-->--'''Literature/JudgeDee''', ''The Chinese Bell Murders''

* ''Film/{{Midsommar}}''. Dani and Christian are extremely unhappy together, but Dani patiently puts up with his gaslighting, criticism, and general coldness towards her...[[spoiler:until she sees him cheating on her with Maja, in a position the Harga might've put her so she could finally have enough of Christian.]] Shortly after that, in her new position as the May Queen, Dani decides to [[spoiler:have Christian burned alive and sacrificed.]]

->She had been deeply in love with him, so deeply that she could perhaps have forgiven him for his murdering [[spoiler:her brother, and causing the death of her father]]. For a woman shall follow and obey her husband. But when her husband fell in love with her sister-in-law, her love changed into hatred, the terrible hatred of a WomanScorned.

* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Jake is chasing after a mobster who escaped a sting operation he masterminded, which is particularly upsetting to him because he sees this guy as worse than any of the people they did catch. They interview his mistress to see if she knows where he is and she protects her violent criminal boyfriend up until Jake reveals that he has another mistress: [[AFamilyAffair her sister]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter develops amnesia and doesn't remember his family, including his wife Lois. She's relatively OK with that until he brings home his new girlfriend.

* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Jake is chasing after a mobster who escaped a sting operation he masterminded, which is particularly upsetting to him because he sees this guy as worse than any of the people they did catch. The girlfriend (actually a mistress) they ask about his whereabouts seems to know her boyfriend is a violent criminal and doesn't care, but flips on him immediately when he finds out that he has another mistress: her sister.

* In ''LiveActionTV/BrooklynNineNine'', Jake is chasing after a mobster who escaped a sting operation he masterminded, which is particularly upsetting to him because he sees this guy as worse than any of the people they did catch. The girlfriend (actually a mistress) they ask about his whereabouts seems to know her boyfriend is a violent criminal and doesn't care, but flips on him immediately when he finds out that he has another mistress: her sister.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter develops amnesia and doesn't remember his family, including his wife Lois. She's relatively OK with that until he brings home his new girlfriend.

** In ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'', [[spoiler:Stapleton's wife, who he passes for his sister,]] was his reluctant partner in crime until she discovered he was making advances towards another woman (whether or not he actually intended to propose is not known), which finally caused her to snap, forcing him to tie her up before she can warn the heroes. [[spoiler:Too bad for him she'd already gone out to remove the pegs that marked a safe route through the moor.]]