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** Rachel, having realised she stuill has feelings for Ross, rushes off to stop him from marrying Emily. She ends up arriving shortly before the ceremony, and on seeing Ross and Emily together [[SubvertedTrope realises she can't do it]]. She claims she just changed her mind about the skipping the wedding and offers Ross her congratulations. Once the ceremony starts, the minister never asks for objections.

* The wedding episode of ''WesternAnimation/NinaNeedsToGo'' uses this phrase to set up an IncrediblyLamePun. After the person says it, Nina yells "I can't! I need to go!"

* In ''Series/{{Dallas}}'', when J.R. and Sue Ellen are getting re-married and the minister says the line, Sue Ellen's ex-lover and J.R.'s business rival Cliff Barns stands up and opens his mouth. This is the end of the episode. The next episode shows him closing his mouth and walking out. Talk about a [[IncrediblyLamePun cliffhanger]]!

* The bridge of "N.M.E." by Music/SetItOff, which is about the narrator trying to convince his friend to leave a controlling partner, references this trope:

* [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in Music/ThomasRhett's "Marry Me." The singer has been in love with a friend for years, but has never worked up the nerve to tell her. He's getting ready to leave for the ceremony and considers that he could do this trope and confess his feelings, but he doesn't want to mess up her wedding day (or their relationship)and decides he'll just wish her well.

* Lampshaded in ''ComicBook/BatmanAdventures'' #16 at Joker and Harley's wedding. Joker keeps pressing the justice of the peace to [[SkipToTheEnd speed up the ceremony]] -- and when he gets to this part, Poison Ivy surfs through the window on a vine.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Joey was supposed to officiate Monica and Chandler's wedding, but a work emergency meant they had to get a replacement. When the replacement starts saying the line, Joey bursts in and objects -- because ''he'' wants to ask for objections.
-->'''Joey:''' Hey! That's ''my'' line!

* In ''Film/TheGuru'', not one but two men interrupt Sharonna and Rusty's wedding: Ramu has come for the bride, and Randy has come for the groom.

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Kira Yamato interrupts an ArrangedMarriage by landing his HumongousMecha in the middle of the ceremony. It works like a charm. Interestingly enough, said bride is [[spoiler:Princess Cagalli, his twin sister, and his objection is on behalf of her boyfriend, who's also his best friend]]. And he kind of had to do it in his Gundam -- it was a political marriage, and he had to be able to take on the Orb's military to get to her (but since he's a OneManArmy he could deal with them pretty easily).
* In ''Anime/MyOtome'', as a variation, Akane's lover Kazuya disrupts her Meister ceremony, just as she is about to become the King of Florince's Otome. He proclaims that he loves her, and the two flee away. It is later revealed that [[spoiler:Kazuya becomes the new King of Cardair and Akane is forcefully contracted to him as his Otome, allowing them to be together but effectively cancelling the possibility of any real relationship between them]].
* In ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'', [[spoiler:Kagura Tennouzou]] tries this in the wedding of [[spoiler:her mother Shinsen]] and [[spoiler:her henchman Suitengu]]. Not only didn't it work, but [[spoiler:Shinsen dies]]. [[spoiler:Saiga]] tries this later, when [[spoiler:Kagura herself]] is about to be forced to marry [[spoiler:Suitengu]] -- it works much better this time.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'''s Thriller Bark arc, Sanji saves Nami from marrying [[InvisibleJerkAss Absalom]] this way. Or rather, he tries to -- despite TakingTheBullet for Nami and [[CurbStompBattle beating the shit]] out of Absalom, it's Nami's friend Lola who technically actually breaks up the wedding.

* In ''Manga/RainbowNishaRokubouNoShichinin'', [[spoiler:Joe tries to convince Mario]] to do this at [[spoiler:Setsuko's wedding]]. However, [[spoiler:Joe declines to do so, and even [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy seems fine with the result]]]].

* Parodied in ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'', where Kyosuke tries to stop Madoka from getting married. [[spoiler:Or so he thinks, because Madoka was only replacing the true bride (her older sister) during a wedding rehearsal.]]
* In ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', Lupin, via recording, interrupts the Archbishop (who is [[spoiler:actually Lupin in disguise]]) right after he says the line. [[WeddingSmashers Chaos ensues]].
* PlayedForLaughs (and subverted) in ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'', when Kunio races against time, crashes his single mother's wedding to some middle-aged {{salaryman}}, and promptly goes on a rampage -- until she angrily reveals that [[spoiler:she was just modeling the dress for said salaryman, her client]].
* In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', Naruto, Shikamaru, Sakura, and Sai [[WeddingSmashers smash]] [[BigBad Toneri]] and Hinata's wedding on the Moon.

* In ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'', Raku and friends crash Marika's arranged marriage and convince her to become a runaway bride.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': {{Subverted|trope}} in ''ComicBook/SupermanTheWeddingAlbum'', when Lois's father arrives late to Lois and Clark's wedding, just before the line, and everyone assumes he's going to object. He assures his wife he wouldn't interrupt the ceremony for the world.

* Lampshaded in ''ComicBook/BatmanAdventures'' #16 at Joker and Harley's wedding. Joker keeps pressing the justice of the peace to [[SkipToTheEnd speed up the ceremony]] -- and when he gets to this part, Poison Ivy surfs through the window on a vine.
-->'''Ivy''': I object!\\
'''Joker''': I knew it! I KNEW IT!

* Subverted in ''ComicBook/NikolaiDante'' at the wedding of Jena to [[spoiler:Arkady/Dmitri]]: the priest says the line, and there is a pause, as everyone in the church fully expects Nikolai to burst in at that moment. Since he is otherwise occupied, the wedding goes ahead, but Jena never does say "I do."
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': During John Byrne's run, Bruce Banner and Betty Ross get their wedding interrupted at this point by Betty's father, [[GeneralRipper General Ross]] -- who's armed with a gun. He then shoots Rick Jones, but Betty tells him the only way he could prevent her from marrying Bruce is to [[GoThroughMe kill her]] -- and he stands down. Rick, meanwhile, not only survives, but refuses to be taken to the hospital immediately:
-->'''Rick:''' Mr. Priest, take some 30 seconds and [[SkipToTheEnd get this couple married]] at long last, and let's go to the hospital after that.

* ''ComicBook/BackToTheFuture'': In "Biff to the Future", Doc Brown goes back to the day Biff Tannen's parents got married and plans to use that cue to prevent the marriage so Biff won't be born. But when he gets there, he learns he's too late -- it was a ShotgunWedding, engineered by Biff's grandma.
* ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'': In issue #21, She-Hulk whacks Abominatrix with a street lamp and sends her flying into a church where a couple are about to get married. In response to the priest asking why the couple should not get married, Abominatrix responds "He's drunk as a skunk, she's a bulimic little GoldDigger. Good enough reason?". To add insult to injury, the drunk groom thanks Abominatrix for saving him from making a mistake.
* In one ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' comic, the priest officiating at Frankenstein's monster's wedding asks if anyone has any objections, and one man says he does, since the groom is a monster. The monster kills him, at which point the priest asks if anyone else has ay objections.

* In a ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' [[http://www.eskimo.com/~vecna/gargoyles_fanfic_master_list.html fanfiction by Christine Morgan]] (appropriately titled "The Wedding"), Brooklyn suggests that the line be omitted on the grounds that their enemies shouldn't be given a cue to interrupt.
* In ''Fanfic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain,'' a wedding is broken up at precisely this moment. {{Played for laughs}} in that the heroes arrive just a little too late for the line, so they get the minister to say it again in order to achieve the desired effect.
* In ''FanFic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Miyuki Takamachi treats Jadeite's attack on Kyouya's wedding as one of these after the fact. [[spoiler:Jadeite doesn't have any interest in the wedding -- he's just trying to assassinate Nanoha, but the good guys fight back]] and [[WeddingSmashers all hell breaks loose]]. When it's over, Miyuki wipes her swords off on her ruined bridesmaid's dress [[BondOneLiner and says]], "Does anyone ''else'' have a reason why these two should not be wed?"

* The ''Series/LostGirl'' fic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8794290/1/The-Rest-of-Your-Life The Rest of Your Life]] initially subverts this. Lauren comes to Bo in the dressing room to try and convince her not to marry Dyson, but is shut down. When the priest says the line, its [[spoiler:Bo herself who says she has a reason, namely she had just learned the extreme (and horrible) lengths Dyson went to to ensure Bo and Lauren didn't reconnect]].

* ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'':
** In "Empath's Wedding", Empath's rival Hefty wants the opportunity to tell Smurfette how much he loves her and that he wants to marry her, and Papa Smurf tells him that as he's officiating the wedding, Hefty will have that chance when he says this line. But then Smurfette, Hefty, and Empath end up swapping hearts with each other to show how much they care for each other -- at the ceremony, Hefty doesn't take the bait -- though Grouchy does, as he starts to say "I hate..." but out of nervousness he ends up saying "I would hate that Empath and Smurfette would not be smurfed together as a married couple for all time!" When the ceremony proceeds onward, Grouchy mutters under his breath, "But I hate that it couldn't have been me with Smurfette."
** In "Wedding Bells For Bigmouth", Gargamel the evil wizard takes this opportunity to speak out his "objection" to the wedding as he, Azrael, and Scruple show up at Bigmouth and Bignose's wedding to capture the Smurfs.
* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8137098/1/On-This-Winter-s-Night-With-You On This Winter's Night With You]]'', a ''Series/{{Bones}}'' fic showing Brennan and Booth getting married on Christmas. During the ceremony, Caroline Julian announces "If anyone here has any reason why these two should not be joined in holy matrimony... keep it to yourself, Cherie, 'cuz you ain't gonna stop this train."
* When poor Zoro finds himself victim of an AccidentalProposal in chapter 28 from ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7845142/28/Thirty-Tales-of-a-Swordsman Thirty Tales of a Swordsman]]'' and is unable to wiggle his way out of the wedding, he's saved from [[SarcasmMode marital bliss]] by Luffy, who claims to need Zoro for "adventure and stuff". The ceremony is immediately cancelled, to the village's great dismay.
* An ''Series/{{ER}}'' Fanfic based around Mark and Elizabeth's wedding parodied this, with the ceremony constantly being interrupted by every former lover (or would-be lover) of either half of the couple.
* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaAllStarsRewrite'': In the "My Big Fat Total Drama All-Stars Wedding" special, Blaineley barges into the ceremony to object to Geoff and Bridgette getting married, offering them a bribe of one million dollars to call off their wedding. [[spoiler:Geoff takes the million dollars from her and gives it to the crowd of fans gathered outside instead.]]
* Played for laughs ''twice'' in the ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'' series. At the first wedding, when the President of Ferelden (who is officiating) says the line, [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Dorian]] stands up and gives everyone in attendance a mock glare, prompting giggles. At the second wedding, the officiant doesn't even finish the line -- he gets halfway through saying it, then pauses and asks, "Surely there's no one here who's ''that'' foolish?"
* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': In "Danny and Kim", when [[spoiler:the line is mentioned during Danny and Kim's wedding, Vlad objects... "To both of them living!"]]

* In Tim Burton's ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', the mortal heroine Victoria chooses not to interrupt the marriage of Victor to the eponymous Corpse Bride, Emily, even though it will involve his death. [[spoiler:It is Emily herself who stops the marriage; she is the Corpse Bride because her lover abandoned her, and she can't inflict that pain on another person.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': When the priest asks if "anyone objects to this union..." during Charlotte [=LaBouff=]'s marriage to Naveen's impostor, the real Naveen, trapped in a box in frog form, tries screaming, "Me! Me! I object!" but to no avail. He and Ray are forced to become WeddingSmashers.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea'', Sebastian and Fearless interrupt Rollo and Hildegard's wedding to prove that Hildegard isn't Heath's real daughter and, thus, not the real princess.
* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', when Scuttle the seagull and friends interrupt the wedding of Eric and "Vanessa" (who is Ursula in disguise).

* Played with in ''Film/TheBaxter'', which actually ''starts'' with this scene: Caroline is about to wed her perennial RomanticRunnerUp [[NiceGuy fiance Elliott]] when her ex-boyfriend bursts in, ready to win her back. He does, of course, but the movie isn't really about them.

* In ''Film/WaynesWorld 2'', Wayne re-enacts the [[TheGraduateHomageShot famous scene]] from ''Film/TheGraduate'', only to discover that he's in the wrong church. And then he steps outside to discover an identical church across the street. And then he goes in there and does the whole thing over again. At least this time, he's in the right place.
* In ''Film/TheLonelyGuy'', Creator/SteveMartin's character gives a long and impassioned speech about why his one true love shouldn't get married, only to find out that it's the wrong chapel ''and'' he's too late to stop the right wedding. However, for what it's worth, his speech does convince the other bride not to go through with it.

%%* Played dead straight in ''Film/MadeOfHonor''.

%%* Happens in ''Film/{{Norbit}}''. Interesting case, as the objector is married (though very unhappily).
* {{Averted|trope}} in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', where the officiant could see this coming and [[SkipToTheEnd skipped that bit]] -- and most of the rest of the wedding, including the "I do's", so it works out for the objector anyway.

* ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'', being a ''Robin Hood'' pastiche, did it very similarly to ''Prince of Thieves'', but funnier. The Sheriff of Rottingham forces Marian to marry him by holding Robin captive on a gallows with a noose around his neck, so everyone's too scared to object. As Marian's about to say "I do" (but very reluctantly), Achoo [[ShootTheRope shoots the rope]], and Marian's "I do" quickly becomes "I doooooo ''not''!" Then, when [[WhyWasteAWedding Marian and Robin]] get married, King Richard turns up and objects[[note]]"Who asked?"[[/note]], on the grounds that as King, he's allowed to kiss the bride first. And boy, does he.
-->'''Rabbi Tuckman:''' It's good to be the King.

* Averted in ''Film/WhatAboutBob'', where Bob is marrying his psychiatrist's sister. The good doctor would ''really'' like to object, but having been driven insane by his patient, he can only gurgle at the critical moment. And then he regains his speech right after the vows have been exchanged. His first words are [[BigNo what you'd expect]].

* Played mostly straight in ''Film/ANightAtTheRoxbury'', where the groom's brother interrupts the wedding with a boombox held high, in homage to ''Say Anything''.
* In ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', Lo very vehemently disagrees about Jen's loveless marriage to a man of her parents' choosing.
* In ''Film/SavingFace'', Wilhelmina breaks up her mother's wedding because her mother is in love with someone else.
* Subverted in ''Film/{{Atonement}}'': [[spoiler:Briony does not speak up, realizing it would be futile]].
* Spoofed in ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie]]'': Divatox wants to marry the demon Maligore, and tells anyone who objects to ''shuddup'' before she even busts him out of his prison. She starts having second thoughts herself once she gets a good look at him.
* In ''Film/TheBestMan'', Olly rushes across London to get to his beloved's wedding before she marries [[spoiler:Olly's best friend (who turns out to be a cad)]] in time for The Words -- and he might have, too, except that he shows up at the wrong quainte olde church. Fortunately his roommate, played by Creator/SethGreen, is at the real wedding and is able to stall the ceremony until Olly can get there.
* ''Film/BubbleBoy'' is about a guy who's lived in a bubble his whole life traveling across the country to stop the wedding of the GirlNextDoor, who he finally realized loves him.
* In ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', Lancelot receives a note from someone begging for rescue from an ArrangedMarriage. He slaughters an entire castle's worth of wedding guests before he realizes that the one who sent the note is the groom.
* In ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', a fancy outdoor wedding on the bayou gets to this point in the ceremony, and on cue, James Bond and his pursuers plow through on speedboats, cutting across the grounds and obliterating the wedding cake and caterer's tent. The bride is disconcerted.

* In ''The Infiltrator'' (2016), the FBI arrange a fake wedding between the two protagonists (actually undercover FBI agents) to get all the criminals in one place so they can be arrested. They even video the "wedding" for PR reasons. Naturally, they choose this moment to make a DynamicEntry and arrest everyone.
* In ''Film/KillBill'', when surveying the Massacre at Two Pines:
-->'''Earl [=McGraw=]:''' It would appear someone objected to this union and wasn't able to hold their peace.
* In ''Film/AGuyThing'', the substitute [[Creator/LarryMiller priest]] (the [[Creator/JasonLee groom]]'s neighbor, who mistakenly believes him to be a pervert) says this phrase in a pleading manner, then continues to elaborate that the reason doesn't even have to be good, then gives the guests a minute to think about it. [[spoiler:Finally, it's the groom who ends up speaking up and explaining why he wants to call it off. The [[Creator/SelmaBlair bride]] gets a consolation prize -- the groom's brother, who's been in love with her for years, and the groom chases down the bride's [[Creator/JuliaStiles cousin]], whom he realizes is more his type]].
* In the Disney version of ''Theatre/BabesInToyland'', Barnaby shrinks Mary Contrary's beau, Tom Piper, with a shrinking gun to force her to marry him, lest he uses the gun a second time to shrink Tom away forever. Fearing for Tom's safety, Mary complies, but as the wedding progresses, Tom sneaks away and assembles an army of toy soldiers to fight back. Then, right at the moment where the Toymaker, forced to act as parson (but drawing it out as long as he can when he sees what Tom is up to), asks if anyone objects, Tom and the toy soldiers launch their attack on Barnaby.
* At the end of ''Film/PromisingYoungWoman'', [[spoiler:Al's KarmaHoudiniWarranty kicks in during his wedding, when the police show up to arrest him for raping Nina and murdering Cassie]].
* ''Film/PoorPrettyEddie'': At the wedding, Justice of the Peace Floyd says, "First, it's a custom! I'm forced to ask if there's any objection from them down to December here! Well, I assumes, with all this free beer and good food, that you men folks is willing to hold your goddamn peace!" [[spoiler:Then Bertha bursts into the room in a wedding gown, screaming, "Stop it! You get outta here, you assholes! It's my house! If anybody's gonna start getting married around here, it's gonna be me!"]]
* In ''Film/{{Norbit}}'', the ceremony between Kate and Dion is interrupted by Norbit, who has been trying to outrun Rasputia in her car. He admits his love for her, and reveals Dion's plan to marry Kate just for her money.
* ''Film/TheBlackRoom'': Done by a dog, no less, who attacks his supposed master, stopping his wedding. And exposing the groom as an impostor when he drops his ObfuscatingDisability to fight the dog off.
* Tim from ''Film/FragmentOfFear'' has been warned that the conspiracy will hurt his bride Juliet if he doesn't back off from the investigation. During their wedding, he keeps thinking different guests are going to attack her. When the priest says, "Speak now or forever hold your peace," Tim says, "I think I'm going mad," and drags Juliet out of the church.

* In Creator/CharlotteBronte's ''Literature/JaneEyre'', Jane {{lampshade}}s the absurdity of the phrase, claiming that [[TemptingFate no one ever really says anything]] -- only for [[spoiler:Richard Mason]] to turn up and object, for the very good reason that [[spoiler:Rochester is already married to Mason's sister Bertha, except she's gone insane and Rochester has had her imprisoned in his attic]].
* Charlotte's sister Anne mentions the same trope in ''Literature/TheTenantOfWildfellHall'': When Gilbert Markham hears a rumor that Helen has been widowed and is getting remarried, he instantly packs up and leaves town, walking the final six miles when he can't find any transportation, [[InvokedTrope intending to burst into the church and interrupt the ceremony if he has to]]. Fortunately, [[spoiler:it's Helen's brother who's actually getting married]].

* In Teresa Edgerton's ''Literature/TheCastleOfTheSilverWheel'', Prince Tryffin learns that his very young cousin Gwenlliant is being forced into an ArrangedMarriage, and interrupts the ceremony to allow her to claim that they have a ChildhoodMarriagePromise (which in their church constitutes a precontract, and thus is a legal impediment to any other marriage if it isn't dealt with). He also tells the groom -- a man notorious for abusing all three of his previous wives as well as his mistresses -- that the man is lucky; if the marriage had gone through, Tryffin would have killed him.
* Creator/JasperFforde's ''[[Literature/ThursdayNext The Eyre Affair]]'' features the somewhat unique example of a marriage being interrupted by a person who doesn't exist; the man whom the main character is in love with is about to be married when Mr. Briggs, the lawyer from ''Literature/JaneEyre'', arrives to declare the existence of an impediment, with almost exactly the same wording as in the book, except for the fact that the [[spoiler: impediment exists in the form of the ''bride's'' still-alive husband]].
%%* Literature/ElleryQueen breaks up two weddings at that line because one of the parties is a murderer. One of them is [[spoiler: ''Face to Face'']].
* Literature/TheActionHerosHandbook gives very practical advice about how to do it (having a prepared speech and a getaway vehicle ready helps heaps, as well as notes of apology and money so you can pay for having ruined a wedding). It also advises you to avoid doing it during the famous line, since emotions will be running quite high at that point.
* PlayedForLaughs in a Creator/TomSharpe novel: the groom has been driven insane through the course of the novel, and hypnotised by his psychiatrist (the bride-to-be) so that the wedding can take place successfully -- he can pretty much stand up, smile and say "I do", so they assume the wedding is pretty much fool-proof. That is, until the priest asks if anyone knows of any reason that it couldn't take place.
* Present in [[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Hawkbrother]] weddings, but apparently the wedding party has the right to reject the objection.
-->"These two wish to join together in sight of our clans ... If there be any here who object to this joining, give tongue that we may hear and consider what you have to say."
* Done twice in the ''Wicked'' books by Creator/PaulJennings and Morris Gleitzman. In the first chapter, Dawn gets up at her dad's wedding to protest, based on the fact that she and her future step-brother Rory can't stand each other. She then runs out of the church and the wedding goes ahead without her. In the last chapter, Jack and Eileen get married again, but Jack interrupts at that point to take the time to thank Dawn and Rory for everything they did to stop the virus that nearly killed them all.

* In ''[[Literature/{{Temeraire}} Empire of Ivory]]'', we have a ''very'' narrow aversion played for comedy. When the [[MarriedAtSea ship's chaplain]] gets to the phrase in question, a 15 tonne dragon with acid spray that could trivially sink the boat leans in to ask "Mayn't I?" The bride, who had raised said dragon from hatching, simply looked up and said "No, you may ''not''!" The dragon just sighs and threatens to chuck the groom overboard [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer if he is unpleasant to his new wife]].
* At the end of ''Literature/TheTamuli'', [[spoiler:Zalasta]] crashes the wedding shouting that he forbids it to happen. It's not clear whether this objection was allowed in any of the religions represented at the wedding. [[spoiler:Zalasta]] certainly isn't counting on it, as he goes straight to trying to kill the bridegroom.

* In Creator/StephanieBurgis's ''[[Literature/KatIncorrigible A Tangle of Magicks]]'', Mrs. Carlyle breaks into the opening wedding to declare that her son is underage and can not marry without her permission. Even the revelation that this is not his wedding -- he's just the best man -- doesn't do much to stop her.
* In ''The Secret Countess'' by Eva Ibbotson, the [[TheButlerDidIt butler, Proom]], stages an elaborate charade in order to encourage a third party to step up and protest at a wedding, because the groom is too honorable to jilt his bride even though everyone, himself included, knows that [[spoiler: she's totally horrible and will make his life miserable]]. When the man finally shouts out "[[BigNo No!]] This wedding must not be!" we get this memorable line:
-->''In her pew, the dowager, who had read ''Literature/JaneEyre'' no less than seven times, shook her head in disbelief.''
* In the seventh ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'' novel, ''Like a Mighty Army'', this line is used at the wedding of [[spoiler:Hektor and Irys]]. Three paragraphs later, a suicide bomber blows up the wedding reception. [[spoiler: Bride and groom survive, 200 innocent bystanders don't]].

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': It happens multiple times in the first (television) season finale, "June Bride". Miss Brooks is acting as proxy for French teacher Monsieur Leblanc's French bride. Unfortunately, some ExactEavesdropping by Walter Denton leads to him thinking that Miss Brooks is actually going to be the bride. Denton tells Miss Brooks's landlady Mrs. Davis, his girlfriend Harriet Conklin, her father the principal of the school, and Miss Brooks's actual LoveInterest Mr. Boynton. Miss Brooks manages to straighten out Mrs. Davis before the ceremony. But the wedding is then stopped by Mr. Conklin and his daughter Harriet. Mr. Conklin does not want to replace Miss Brooks next term, and Harriet is a ShipperOnDeck for Miss Brooks. They're corrected, the wedding goes on ahead. Then Walter Denton interrupts the wedding. He's made to sit down. Mr. Boynton finally arrives, [[AbsentMindedProfessor confused (he had a date with Miss Brooks to go square dancing)]], to interrupt the wedding. Finally, the proxy wedding is forestalled for good when the telegraph delivery boy arrives with the message that the actual bride has just married another man.
* In ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'', Blake finds out that Karl's fiancée is fooling around with someone else on their wedding day, but struggles to tell Karl. But Blake is also presiding over the ceremony, and when he calls for objections, he finally raises one himself. This leads to the fiancée running Karl down and the wedding being called off.
* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'': "Daisy's Shotgun Wedding" features a literal ShotgunWedding, as Daisy has been kidnapped by a backwoods, sociopathic family with the intent of forcing her to marry the most brutal member of the family. Shortly after the preacher delivers the cue line and actually begins to proceed with the ceremony when no one objects (except for Daisy), Bo and Luke (along with Rosco and Boss Hogg) arrive to stop the wedding and rescue Daisy.

* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' plays with this trope:
** At Alice and Hugo's wedding, a woman bursts in insisting that she has the papers to prove that the groom is already married, but when Hugo turns around, she looks sheepish and says, "Whoops, wrong church."
** Geraldine dreams that she has accepted marriage to her perennial nemesis David Horton, but at the last second Creator/SeanBean (whom Geraldine has a long-standing crush on) bursts into the church to stop the wedding and the dream.
** In another dream, Geraldine fantasizes that ''she's'' the one breaking up a wedding, while singing "It Should Have Been Me", with the men of the parish council as her backup dancers. The fantasy ends with her punching both bride and groom in the face on her way out of the church.
** And at Geraldine's wedding, no one objects, but the officiating vicar, who's had a crush on her since the seminary, tries to encourage people: "It can be anything at all."
* Spoofed in ''Series/UglyBetty'':
-->'''Betty:''' ''[Barging in]'' I object!\\
'''Priest:''' We haven't gotten to that part yet!
* Subverted in an episode of ''Series/SledgeHammer'', where the title character's ex-wife (who has been TheGhost up to now) is remarrying. He spends most of the episode depressed and being more of a jerk than he usually is, but when the wedding finally comes, he shows up late, just as those words are said. For a minute, it ''looks'' he might intervene, but he does not, and sits down with the other guests.
* Subverted in ''Series/{{MASH}}'' during Margaret's wedding. Father Mulcahy gets to that line and everyone present (including Margaret) turns to Frank, who was Margaret's lover for the past few seasons. Frank shifts awkwardly and replies, "Well, I'm not going to say anything!"
* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' plays with the trope ''a lot''. Monk, murder, and weddings tend to go in hand:
** In "Mr. Monk and the Wrong Man," Monk interrupts the wedding of ex-con Max Barton's ex-wife Sherry to convince her to take Max back. Then, when Monk figures out that Barton had been guilty of the double murder he was originally convicted of and killed the partner who helped him with those murders, he interrupts the remarriage to arrest Max.
** In "Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding," Monk and Captain Stottlemeyer are roped into attending Natalie's brother Jonathan's wedding after someone tries to kill Randy by running him over with a car in the hotel parking lot. To find the culprit, Stottlemeyer goes undercover as a photographer and takes photos of the guests. Then the body of the photographer who failed to show up is discovered dead in a mud bath. Monk soon realizes that the woman Natalie's brother is marrying is in fact a black widow, which causes an incident where he gets a knife held to his throat.
** In the TieInNovel ''Literature/MrMonkGoesToHawaii'', Natalie's close friend Candace is getting married in Hawaii, and she gets invited to be maid of honor. Unfortunately for Natalie, any hope she has of spending a quiet week is dashed when Monk [[BecomingTheMask takes Dioxynl]] to follow her on the flight to Kauai. When Candace's wedding happens the next day, Monk crashes the party and exposes Candace's groom-to-be as a bigamist. Candace storms away when she realizes that Monk's deductions are true, triggering a HumiliationConga for her fiancé. Then a body is found nearby, and Monk and Natalie are forced to stay in Hawaii on a BusmansHoliday.
* In ''Series/WaterlooRoad'', Tom discovers that the 16-year-old girl he's looking after is going to marry her long-term boyfriend. He rushes to the Registry Office, enters at the correct point, and states the marriage is unlawful. It isn't -- she's got the required permission from her estranged father, her mother was killed at the end of the previous season, and he has no legal authority over her. It doesn't prevent the fight afterwards, though.
* ''Series/ShakeItUp'': Flynn objects to his mother marrying Jeremy by revealing his parents' adulterous kiss the night before the wedding.
* Parodied in ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'': The priest gives the line, and [[ButtMonkey Spence]] is about to object on the grounds he still loves the bride... only for someone else to stand up and do so before he does.
* Subverted in ''Series/PeepShow'', where Mark, desperate to get out of marrying Sophie, actually looks hopefully around the church for someone to come up with a reason. No one does.
* Parodied by ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' in "Scotsman on a Horse", a dialogue-free sketch in which a wedding is interrupted by the eponymous Scotsman entering the chapel, walking down the aisle, and without missing a beat, carrying off... [[HoYay the groom]].
* Subverted in ''Series/TwinPeaks'': An elderly man is about to marry a (reputed) nymphomaniac, despite concerns that she may cause him to have a [[OutWithABang heart attack through overexertion]]. After the priest's call for objections, the groom's equally elderly friend stands and proceeds to castigate the bride, only to have the sheriff take him by the elbow and gently steer him outside, still ranting. The wedding continues uninterrupted.
* Subverted in ''Series/TheNanny'': During Fran's wedding, the priest says the line, but Sylvia simply glares at everyone present as a warning of what will happen if anyone objects.
* In ''Series/{{Amen}}'', Thelma not only turns around and glares at everyone, she then walks up and down the aisle to ensure that no one interrupts.
* ''Series/{{Jessie}}'':
** Creepy Connie says this line when she pretends to marry herself and Luke using a hand puppet as a minister. Jessie, Luke, Ravi, and Mackenzie all object... only to have their mouths taped shut by Connie afterwards.
** Subverted during Jessie's and Brooks's wedding. When Tony, who is performing the ceremony, asks this question, Mrs. Chesterfield tries to raise her hand, only to be restrained by Bertram. Eventually, it becomes DoubleSubverted when it's time for Jessie to say her vow; she proclaims "I don't," rejecting the marriage herself.
* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'': Zack uses this trope to save Maddie from her nightmarish wedding to an 8-year-old prince by challenging the latter to a duel. Maddie tried to object herself, only for the minister to say "besides you" when he asks this question.
* Neatly used in an episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Shawn's objection has nothing to do with why the bride and groom should not be married, but it's the only opportunity he has to do TheSummation and reveal [[spoiler:how the maid-of-honour committed the crime]].
* Turns up in the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "[[Recap/TorchwoodS2E9SomethingBorrowed Something Borrowed]]", with the twist that Jack, the interrupter, isn't a romantic rival, [[MistakenForCheating as most of the congregation assume]], but he's stopping Gwen's and Rhys's wedding because [[spoiler: the bride has been implanted with an alien egg, causing her to look nine months pregnant, and the egg's mother is coming to rip it out of her]].
* Subverted in ''Series/{{Californication}}'', where Hank, having spent the whole season trying to convince his ex to choose him over [[RomanticFalseLead Bill]], not only doesn't object at the wedding, but tries to stop Bill's daughter when she objects.
* In the ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' episode "[[Recap/BlackadderS1E4TheQueenOfSpainsBeard The Queen of Spain's Beard]]", Edmund, trying to avoid having to marry the Spanish Infanta, hurriedly tries to find someone else to marry, only for his hastily arranged bride-to-be's ''husband'' to turn up and object.

* In the Season 1 finale of the BBC's ''Series/RobinHood'', Marian is about to go through with her promise to marry Guy of Gisbourne. In an interesting twist, it isn't Robin who crashes the wedding, but his servant Much (Robin turns up on horseback soon afterwards though).
* Played with in ''Series/EastEnders'' during the wedding of Phil and Stella. Phil's son Ben, who's being physically abused by Stella, chooses this line to stand up... but only to ask for help, because he's bleeding through his shirt. The wedding is nonetheless halted while Ben is seen to, and when Phil finds out ''who'' inflicted those wounds on his son... suffice it to say that the wedding does not resume.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' spinoff ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''[='=] serial "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS3E5E6TheWeddingOfSarahJaneSmith The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]", the registrar's reading of the words ("Now, I have to ask this...") is almost drowned out by a strange wheezing, groaning noise. In what would be a shocking cliffhanger if it hadn't been heavily hyped beforehand, [[spoiler:the Tenth Doctor himself]] bursts through the door, having realised that Sarah Jane was under hypnosis ([[ContinuityNod again]]) and the wedding was being manipulated by [[spoiler:the Trickster]].

* Used many times in [[SoapOpera soap operas]]:
** A particularly notable example was in ''Series/GeneralHospital'' where Laura's ex-husband Scotty shows up to catch the bouquet at her wedding to Luke to protest the marriage long after the vows have been said. Guess something about his wife leaving him for her rapist must really bother him.
** ''Series/OneLifeToLive'':
*** Patrick walks into the church just as the minister says the line, but doesn't say anything, hoping that Marty will decide on him for herself. She doesn't.
*** At Max and Luna's wedding, both of them expect ''someone'' to object, as in true SoapOpera style they had faced numerous obstacles just getting to that point. Both of them look around at this point, and Max even looks ''up''.
** ''Series/AllMyChildren'''s Edmund bursts into Tad and Brooke's wedding right at this point -- by ''mistake''. Thanks to a case of mistaken identity, he thinks Tad has been injured in an accident and has rushed to the church to tell Brooke. Unfortunately, the timing makes him look like a [[PsychoExGirlfriend crazy ex]] who can't let go.
** The same thing happens to ''Series/MelrosePlace'''s Allison, having found out that ex-lover Billy's fiancée Brooke is a lying schemer. Unfortunately, Billy is so caught up in Brooke's lies that Allison is the one who comes across like the villain.
** Subverted on ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'', during the wedding of Billy Abbott and Victoria Newman. The minister (played by Elinor Donahue) begins to say the line when Billy suggests she skip it. Given the large number of extended Newman and Abbott family members in attendance, this was wise. Subverted again when the cops break up the wedding for unrelated reasons.

* ''Series/{{Bones}}'':
** Someone interrupts the wedding of [[spoiler:Angela and Hodgins]]. As it turns out, [[spoiler:Angela]] was already married.
** Booth and Brennan's wedding plays with it. Aldo starts the line, then replaces the "speak now" part with "keep it to yourself".
* Played straight in ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'': A guy who had been in a coma brings an injunction to stop his ex-wife from marrying his friend, who had been given power of attorney and signed off on the divorce in the first place, which is what allowed him to get the injunction.
* In ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Ray's brother Robert is about to wed his longtime girlfriend Amy when the priest asks if anyone objects. Robert's mother Marie stands, much to everyone's horror. The kicker is that Marie actually ''likes'' Amy (much more than Ray's wife Debra) and has been pushing Robert to marry her for years. She declares that she may have been wrong to put so much pressure on them. Unfortunately, she chooses that moment to say so, basically ruining their day. It may have been the moment when the character crossed the MoralEventHorizon from HelicopterParents to EvilMatriarch.
* In ''Series/LoisAndClark'', Perry and Inspector Henderson burst in and prevent the wedding of Lex and Lois, playing the trope completely straight like the BigDamnHeroes they are.

* In ''Series/{{Soap}}'', Tim's mother curses his marriage with Corrine on his wedding day when this comes up.
* Played for laughs in ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', when Michael and Ben get married, as Brian is notoriously anti-marriage:
-->'''Official:''' If anyone knows of any reason why these two people should not be joined marriage, speak now or forever hold your peace.\\
'''Brian:''' ''[looks like he's about to say something]''\\
'''Debbie:''' You say one word, and you will be holding more than your peace.
* In ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'', Horace and Myra are getting married, and just as the Reverend reaches this part of the ceremony, Hank walks in. Everyone thinks he's in love with Myra and stares at him, but he just waves the Reverend to continue.
* In ''Series/Earth2'', Yale has no patience for this when officiating the (re)marriage of Bess and Morgan:
-->'''Yale:''' If anyone has any reason why these two should not be wed, keep it to yourself or deal with me.

* On ''Series/PartyDown'', during Constance's wedding, it happens twice in a row. First her ex-boyfriend shows up claiming he still loves her and came after he got her message, which she left after drunk-dialing him a few days earlier. Then, once he's gone, Ron stands up and objects to an entirely different marriage, since his LoveInterest Danielle and her fiancé are at the ceremony too. Constance insists that he go on with his objection anyway.
* DoubleSubverted on ''Series/HomeAndAway'', when Dan and Leah's mothers successfully stop their elopement, but not until after they've run into one wrong church.

* On ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', Mac once interrupted a wedding because the groom's suit had been contaminated with toxic chemicals. Unlike most examples, the ceremony is implied to resume as soon as the groom has changed clothes and been checked over by the [=EMTs=]. Three guesses which line the minister had just uttered when Mac interrupts.
* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'':
** In the episode "[[Recap/CharmedS4E10APaigeFromThePast A Paige from the Past]]", Piper bursts into a church to object to the marriage of Phoebe and Cole (or rather Lulu and Frankie, the ghosts possessing them), who are holding a priest at gunpoint to force him to marry them. The priest protests that he didn't get to say the line.
** In [[Recap/CharmedS5E13HouseCall "House Call"]], when a witch doctor curses the sisters to succumb to their petty desires, Paige becomes obsessed with her longtime FriendWithBenefits Glen who had just unexpectedly told her he was engaged right when she was ready to take things serious with him. She abducts the bride before the ceremony and uses magic to impersonate her. Leo rescues the bride and crashes the wedding, explaining to the confused priest that they're twin sisters.
* In ''Series/{{Dallas}}'', when J.R. and Sue Ellen are getting re-married and the minister says the line, Sue Ellen's ex-lover and J.R.'s business rival Cliff Barns stands up and opens his mouth. This is the end of the episode. The next episode shows him closing his mouth and walking out. Talk about a [[IncrediblyLamePun cliffhanger]]!

* In ''Series/Vegas1978'', Dan goes to his secretary's wedding to stop her from marrying a guy who plans to kill her and her son in order to collect the very large trust fund from her father which otherwise would be payable to her son. He has the police run a patrol car up to the church with siren, telling the guy that they found the witness that will prove he did this before. The guy panics and runs. It doesn't hurt that there's probably a lot of {{UST}} between Dan and his secretary anyway.
* A pretty [[TearJerker depressing]] example happens in ''Cheaters'', a show dedicated to uncovering infidelities. Jamie, a divorced mother with a kid, was dating some dude named Michael for years, and it turned out that not only he was cheating on her, but was about to get married to another girl, [[LockedoutOfTheLoop who had no idea what was going on]]. So they crashed the wedding to reveal this right before the marriage itself, and not only does Jamie totally call out Michael for being a JerkAss scumbag, but she also has to comfort [[TheWoobie the weeping bride]].
* In ''{{Series/Eureka}}'', Carter briefly objects at ''his own'' wedding. He wants to make sure that [[spoiler: Allison is really marrying him because she wants to and not just because they're a minute away from drowning]].
* Lady Edith in ''Series/DowntonAbbey'''s third series is jilted at the altar by her husband-to-be, who has second thoughts on whether their MayDecemberRomance will last.
* Done in a sketch for ''Comic Relief 2013'': As Simon Cowell is in the middle of marrying a mystery bride, his fellow ''male'' X-Factor judges begin to burst through the door, wearing wedding dresses, to declare their love. Their fight over who gets to marry Simon turns into the entire room declaring their love for him, until the priest has to silence them all to continue the ceremony. They finish the wedding with the intended bride, he lifts up the veil, and it's [[spoiler: Simon Cowell]].
* In the sixth season finale of ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Liz lives in fear of this trope befalling the [[spoiler:renewal of vows between Jack and Avery]], which she is officiating. After several guests ask about the "speak now" bit, she tries to get through it as quickly as possible. In the end, [[spoiler:nobody interrupts, prompting the not-so-happy couple to deride all the guests as cowards, since the renewal was a fairly obvious last-ditch attempt to patch up their doomed marriage]].
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': Finster says the line when he officiates Rita and Zedd's wedding. Goldar tries to say something, but Rita hits him with her staff.
* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', during John and Katralla's wedding in the "Look at the Princess" arc, the officiant (who also happens to be the Empress ''and'' mother of the bride) recites the line, "Should any one among you feel cause to sway the will of love, to question the ability, the sincerity, or the destiny of this union, rise now, and be heard." There are plenty of people, John included, who object to the marriage, but no one speaks up. That's fortunate, because the Empress's tone of voice makes it clear that objections are not welcome.
* In the Season 10 mid-season finale of ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', April is on the altar, marrying her EMT boyfriend Matthew. Everyone responds affirmatively to the minister's question, "Will you promise to love and support their marriage in all the days to come?". Everyone, that is, except [[spoiler:Jackson, who apologizes to his girlfriend Stephanie, and then stands up... [[CanNotSpitItOut only to stand there in silence, and then sit back down]]]]. The minister continues, only for [[spoiler:Jackson to stand up again, beginning a heartfelt pouring out of his feelings with, "I love you, April." Jackson ends his speech by asking if April loves him, too]]. Cue shots of many of their colleagues' faces, and April standing trying to make a decision. It took a good [[ToBeContinued ten months]] until this was resolved, and it turns out that [[spoiler:April and Jackson ''did'' run off together to Tahoe and secretly eloped]].

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* Played with in the ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue": After so much has happened to delay, spoil, and otherwise interfere with Grady and Donna's wedding, when the priest says the line, everyone holds their breath for a moment, wondering what's going to happen now. Nobody interrupts, and the episode ends with Jessica giving a sigh of relief that the wedding is finally completed.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' [[https://youtu.be/Cbwr37tHu24 exaggerates this]] in a sketch in which ''everyone'' attending the wedding of a phony Royal (Creator/MartinFreeman) and a WNBA athlete (Creator/LeslieJones) has reasons to object to their marriage. The minister (Creator/BeckBennett) lets a few of the attendees[[note]]the bride's roommate (Creator/AidyBryant), the groom's wife (Creator/VanessaBayer), the bride's father (Creator/KenanThompson), the groom's doctor (Creator/TaranKillam), one of the bride's teammates (Creator/CecilyStrong), and a random self-proclaimed psychic (Creator/KateMcKinnon)[[/note]] deliver reasons ranging from infidelity, to fragile genitals, to [[spoiler:a premonition that one spouse might murder the other]]. The couple stubbornly disregards all of them.
* ''Series/AgathaRaisin'': In "Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage", Agatha's wedding to James has just reached this point when the ceremony is interrupted by Bill bursting in with Agatha's husband, whom she thought was dead.
* PlayedForLaughs in the premiere of ''Series/{{Lucifer 2016}}'': Lucifer turns up at the wedding of a Hollywood record producer and a supermodel and causes the usual chaos, especially after using his truth telling powers to make the bride admit [[HotAsHell she'd really prefer to sleep with him instead]].
-->'''Priest:''' If there is anyone here that would oppose this holy union, speak now or forever hold your peace.\\
'''Lucifer:''' Excuse me. Yeah, I have a problem. Has anyone else noticed how [[UglyGuyHotWife incredibly, jaw-droppingly, loin-stirringly beautiful this young woman is and how short, sweaty and altogether fugly this homunculus is?]] I mean, what is this, a wedding or a kidnapping?
* On ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', Janet asks this question during her wedding to Jason, which she is also officiating. Eleanor and Tahani, who are the only two guests, both object on the grounds that the entire idea is absurd. Janet overrules them.
* ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'':
** No one objects to Barry and Iris' wedding, but the ceremony is attacked by Earth-X Nazis hoping to take out Earth's heroes. Overgirl even executes the preacher right after he says the line, no less.
--->'''Overgirl:''' [[BondOneLiner Peace is overrated.]]
** At the end, a low-key wedding for Barry and Iris is held with Diggle as the preacher. Once again, the wedding is interrupted, but this time by Felicity, who has decided to marry Oliver after all and insists to be married off as well. ''[[ItsAllAboutMe At someone else's wedding]]''.
* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The Missing Man", a pilot returns from the dead after eight years, as Father Brown is about to marry his wife to his brother, entering the church as Father Brown speaks these words.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': In "Dearly Beloved", the line is followed by a woman standing up and accusing the groom of raping her.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Joey was supposed to officiate Monica and Chandler's wedding, but a work emergency meant they had to get a replacement. When the replacement starts saying the line, Joey bursts in and objects -- because ''he'' wants to ask for objections.
-->'''Joey:''' Hey! That's ''my'' line!
* ''Series/BroadCity'': Just as the [[MarriedAnimals dog wedding]] in "The Matrix" is getting to this point, Ilana appears, shouting, "Stop the wedding!" She has everyone put the wedding on hold while they look for Abbi, who has the dogs' wedding rings.
* Discussed and defied in ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' at the wedding of [[spoiler: Jake and Amy]]. The bride's ex-boyfriend, who still clearly nurses a torch for her, [[ItMakesSenseInContext has found himself part of events and, in order to atone for various misdeeds, has agreed to help out]]... but hopefully asks when they'll be including this clause as part of the ceremony. When coldly informed that they've decided to remove it, he cheerfully replies, "You've outsmarted me! Congratulations!"
* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'':
** "Stan Takes a Wife" plays with the trope: Dorothy's ex-husband Stan plans on marrying a third wife, much to Dorothy's pleasure, as she thinks she'll finally be rid of him. However, the wedding plans are interrupted when Sophia gets sick and needs to go to the hospital, so Dorothy stays with her instead. Stan shows up, stays the night with a frantic Dorothy, and [[TookALevelInBadass shows some newfound assertiveness in the process]]. Dorothy is so touched that when the wedding actually takes place, she plans to object so that she can stay with him. But just before the wedding, she has a chance encounter with the bride, who doesn't know who Dorothy is but confides in her how much she loves Stan and how scared she is that she won't measure up to his first wife, whom he apparently talks about all the time. Dorothy realizes how selfish she's being and offers to escort her to the ceremony, remarking that she has a feeling they'll see each other again very soon.
** The GrandFinale has Dorothy marrying Blanche's Uncle Lucas. Stan picks her up in a limo without revealing himself, then pulls the car over on the wrong street and shows her that it's him -- but he's not planning to object. He just wants a few moments alone to tell her that he wishes her all the best, and that the limo drive is his wedding gift to the mother of his children. During the ceremony itself, the priest says the line and the camera cuts to Stan, who just smiles sadly and remains silent. Deep down, he [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy just wants Dorothy to be happy]].
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': Parodied when Lilith's controlling mother comes into town and demands she and Frasier recreate their wedding just for her. Turns out she's eagerly waiting for this part of the ceremony, and has written a ''long'' speech on the subject.
* At the end of ''Joe Schmo 2'', the second season of ''Series/TheJoeSchmoShow'', when Austin Newton-Rice and Piper Davidson decide to renew their commitment to each other, host Derek Newcastle ("Ralph Garman") suggests that [[ShamWedding he marry them right then and there]] on national television. He gets as far as this bit when Bryce, who was eliminated from the show for killing the falcon Montecore, bursts in to say that he can't marry them because they're both actors and so is everyone else on the show, including himself, except for the two chosen schmoes.

* The SeasonFinale of Season 15 of ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' ends with Crabtree and Effie's wedding. When the minister gets to this bit, the church doors burst open, and both bride and groom react with astonishment to the unseen arrival. End of season cliffhanger!
* In ''Series/Batman1966'', VillainOfTheWeek Marsha tries [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe to force Batman into marrying her]] so she can have access to the Batcave (and the diamonds powering the Bat-Computer). Fortunately, Alfred and Aunt Harriet burst in with forged papers claiming Batman is already married to Harriet.
* ''Series/AwkwafinaIsNoraFromQueens'': When Nora's father, Wally, marries his LoveInterest, Brenda, their wedding gets interrupted by Chuck, Brenda's son from a previous marriage, who declares his love to Nora.

* Sorta-kinda subverted, rather touchingly, in the finale of ''Theatre/SideShow'': Violet, one half of a Siamese twin pair, is marrying a man who can't cope with her "other half", in order to preserve everyone's careers. There's a man who loves and accepts her whom she had to turn down, because he's black and she can't bear the stigma, but "if there is anyone who thinks these two should not be joined together..." is meant to refer to Violet and her sister Daisy, who have just affirmed that no matter what happens, they are (literally and figuratively) bonded forever and love each other. No one stops the wedding.
* Pulled by Claudio in ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' -- at his own wedding. When he's led to believe that Hero was banging another dude the night before, he begins the wedding by revealing everything that he had appeared to see, leading to Claudio and Don Pedro berating and insulting her as she sits crying. Don John pretends to be sympathetic for them, and Leonato completely flips out and [[IHaveNoSon demands Hero's death]].
* In ''bare: a pop opera'', this line is said at Peter and Jason's wedding. Surprisingly, no one objects, even though most of the attendees are homophobic -- unfortunately, it turns out [[spoiler:that it was AllJustADream]].

* A humorous non-wedding example shows up in ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'': When the Continental Congress decides that they need a formal outline of the colonies' reasons for seceding from Britain -- that is, the Declaration of Independence -- John Adams volunteers himself, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson (known as the Committee of Five) to draft it. Jefferson doesn't want to be involved, as he's been separated from his wife for six months. As per the Rules of Order for a meeting, he tries to object, only for John Hancock to get in some epic [[{{Troll}} trolling]]:
-->'''Adams:''': Move to adjourn!\\
'''Franklin:''' I second!\\
'''Hancock:''' [[LargeHam MOVED AND SECONDED, ANY OBJECTIOOONS?]]\\
'''Jefferson:''' ''(literally standing right in front of Hancock)'' I have objections! I have lots of--\\
'''Hancock:''' ''(with a massive grin on his face)'' SO MOVED! CONGRESS STANDS ADJOURNED!

* In ''VideoGame/RuneFactory 2'', when a girl with a maximum affection for you is being married to another guy, you can choose to congratulate them on their marriage, or be a {{Jerkass}} and run off the altar with her. Funny enough, the girl is apparently waiting for you to take her away, and calls you a coward if you don't, which really makes you wonder why they were marrying the other guy in the first place. Strangely enough, priest Gordon ''never'' says the line, and you get to choose to steal the bridge only after the vow. So, basically, you're destroying a freshly established marriage, rather than preventing one.

* Averted at the end of the DLC case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'': In a series where lawyers and prosecutors throw out an "Objection!" every two minutes, here they humorously declare they have no objections. And it's not even during the wedding.

* In a ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' guest strip, this happens at David and Maggie's wedding. Not because Franchise/{{Batman}} really thinks they shouldn't get married, but because [[http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-9/12-more-guest-strips-cuz-i-got-married/aeireguest/ some running gags just can't miss a cue]]. And in their real, pirate-themed wedding, "speak now or forever hold your peace" is answered angrily by a pirate troupe member who gets "shot" by another pirate troupe member, and then as the ceremony proceeded, the body is carried off by the rest of the troupe.

* Averted in ''Webcomic/CaptainSNES'' during Locke and Celes' wedding: Although there are almost no word bubbles shown during the ceremony, words are definitely exchanged, and the trope line is marked by Edgar (the master of ceremonies) raising his auto-crossbow threateningly. Nobody says a word. Ultros ''had'' been planning to kidnap the bride at that very moment, but fell asleep and missed his chance.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Elan is at [[spoiler:the re-marriage of his parents]] and notices something's wrong when Nale doesn't want to object. So ''he'' objects, realising that [[spoiler:the Order are trapped in a LotusEaterMachine]].
* Defied in ''Webcomic/TheLawOfPurple'': During Red and Rose's wedding, the (rather intimidating) pastor tells the guests that anyone who objects to their union should "please leave the premises now." The entire assembly is figuratively frozen in their seats.

* Subverted in [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/2013/10/28/nuptiae-interruptae/ this]] strip of ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': a wedding is interrupted while the officiator is still on the "we are gathered here" part.
-->'''Keene:''' Gyk-- we have that whole "speak now" part ''for a reason!''

* ''WebVideo/ArbyNTheChief'' does this twice, first played for laughs ("Wedding"), then for drama ("Collapse").
* Done hilariously in Creator/ImprovEverywhere's Charlie Todd's [[http://improveverywhere.com/2011/10/17/pro-wrestler-wedding/ wedding]].

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** In "Hare Trimmed", WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and Yosemite Sam are romantic rivals to Granny, with Bugs out to stop Sam from marrying Granny (here, established as a rich widow) to clean her out. In the climatic scene, "Granny" (Bugs in disguise) agrees to marry Sam, but at the church, when the pastor says the requisite line, Sam notices who he's about to actually marry and runs out, screaming that he won't marry her for even a billion dollars! "Boo hoo hoo! Always a bridesmaid but never a bride. Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo," mock cries Bugs at the iris out.
** Inverted in 1941's "The Henpecked Duck", where Daffy's wife wants a divorce for losing their egg (he made it disappear doing prestidigitation and couldn't make it reappear). The wife browbeats to Daffy, "Well, don't just stand there! Say something!! ''Say something!!''" Just as Daffy is about to speak, the wife interrupts "Don't you dare open your mouth!!"
** Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': Bugs is forced to marry [[StalkerWithACrush Lola Bunny]], and when the priest says the line, Bugs desperately looks around to find someone who will object. Much to his surprise, Lola does.
* Subverted on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', where Bloo totally destroys a wedding he believed was his best friend's. Turns out he was just the ring-bearer.
* In the third season of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} thinks Jon is getting married, but he was in fact serving as the best man at his cousin's wedding.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', Wonder Woman vehemently objects, ''with a tank'', to Princess Audrey of Kasnia's wedding to Vandal Savage. [[spoiler:Vandal Savage, however, simply knocks Diana out and continues with the service.]]
* Variant in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', where the objector is the groom's ''son''; the groom is apparently senile and unaware of what year it is, among other things. He had a tendency to get in relationships with (and even marry) other women, only to wander off and forget about them.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Subverted in "A Fish Called Selma". Homer learns just before the wedding of Selma and Troy [=McClure=] that he doesn't love her, but when they get to the line, he's just sitting there humming to himself.
** Marge interrupts Patty's wedding to another woman. At first, Patty thinks it's because Marge can't accept the fact that she's gay (which she proved earlier in the episode), but the real reason is that Marge learned that Patty's spouse-to-be was a man in drag who was deceiving her.
** Grandpa Simpson and Mr. Burns are competing for the romantic attention of Marge's mother. She chooses Burns, and Abe shows up to object with an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, and she calls it off -- but now decides she doesn't want either of them.

* Done in an episode of the animated series ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'', in which Lydia is being forcibly wed to outlaw Bully the Crud, a large and mean-tempered bull. The quivering official, terrified of the groom, invites anyone who objected to either "hold up a hand -- or hoof -- or forever hold your, uh, cud." A few of the attendees hold up their hands, briefly, until Bully threatens to shoot them. Fortunately, BJ himself shows up at literally the last possible second to interrupt the proceedings.

* Parodied in ''Animation/{{Pucca}}'', when Garu's enemy Tobe is about to get married. Since Garu [[TheVoiceless never]] [[HeroicMime talks]], he raises his hand and waves it around, unnoticed, while the presider looks around, saying, "What's that? Nobody? Oh well, moving on then."
* While they don't wait for the line (they miss it), this happens in the second SeasonFinale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', with a twist. The one who does it is [[spoiler:Princess Cadence and Twilight Sparkle]], to stop [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis, Cadence's impostor and the shapeshifting BigBad]], from marrying [[spoiler:Cadence's husband-to-be and Twilight's older brother Shining Armor]].
* The Bakshi ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' cautionary tale "Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy" has a hysterical inversion: Mighty Mouse is getting married to Pearl Pureheart, with Deputy Dawg -- conducting the ceremony -- starting it with "[[MirandaRights You have the right to remain silent...]] anything you say may be used against you..."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'':
** Believing Chip Skylark to be wealthy, [[GoldDigger Vicky]] tries to force him to marry her. When the Justice of Peace is officiating the marriage, he asks if there was anyone ''besides the groom'' objecting to it. Wanda then enters with the record company executive, and thus Vicky learns the secret that Chip is broke, [[BrokenPedestal thus she cancels the wedding and hates him.]]
** At the end of another episode, The Tooth Fairy and [[TheAhnold Jorgen von Strangle]] are getting hitched in Fairy World. When the officiant asks if anyone objects to the marriage, Cosmo (who's harbored a long-standing crush on The Tooth Fairy) begins to speak up, only for ''[[OopsIForgotIWasMarried his own wife]]'' Wanda to threaten his life if he does. He clams up by ''literally turning into a clam'', and wails, "I miss her already!", causing Wanda to scowl.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' episode "My Big Fat Chalk Wedding", Rudy is forced into a wedding with a chalk drawing version of Bobbie Sue, a little girl who developed a huge crush on him, as they [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything made an art project together "just like a mommy and a daddy"]]. As the preacher asks if anyone objects to the marriage, Snap comes to the rescue in a wedding dress and veil, claiming that the wedding can't take place because Rudy promised to marry him.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ChopSockyChooks'' episode, "Speak Now, or Forever Hold Your Breath", when the priest gives this at the wedding of Dr. Wasabi and Siren Sung, Chuckie interrupts on the grounds that a) he also loves Siren, and b) part of Wasabi's wedding plan is to flood the mall and make a private haven for him and his bride.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E58TilNephewsDoUsPart Till Nephews Do Us Part]]", [[PluckyGirl Glittering]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Goldie]] crashes Scrooge's wedding ''epically'', by popping out of the wedding cake and blasting away with a shotgun. It turns out the nephews invited the old flame specifically to keep Scrooge from marrying a GoldDigger after his money.
-->'''Goldie:''' You no-good varmint! I'll teach ya' to lay eyes on another woman!\\
'''Triplets:''' Ya-hoo! Let's hear it for Goldie!
* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' does this twice with the same wedding. Bob portals in right at the "speak now or forever hold you peace" moment to stop Dot from marrying Clone-Bob. Dot convinces Real-Bob to leave, but then Glitch reveals that Clone-Bob is [[spoiler:Megabyte]], who then crashes the wedding in a more literal sense.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'', after several close escapes from a LotusEaterMachine, DreamWeaver Maliflua decides to try keeping Puss in Boots busy and trapped within the dream with a wedding to his love interest Dulcinea. Of course, the real Dulcinea happens to enter Puss' dream just in time to be the one to object to the wedding.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'', Julien finds what seems to be his perfect match, but the relationship goes too fast for him and he finds himself engaged to her. His last hope is that someone will object, but he finds out that the "speak now" line is not part of a traditional lemur wedding, so Julien resorts to interrupting the wedding to solicit the question himself and then also having to be the one to voice his own objection. [[WomanScorned She doesn't take any of this well]].
* The wedding episode of ''WesternAnimation/NinaNeedsToGo'' uses this phrase to set up an IncrediblyLamePun. After the person says it, Nina yells "I can't! I need to go!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The End," Banana Joe says this at Gumball and Penny's "wedding." Penny objects for multiple reasons:
-->'''Penny:''' Firstly, I'm twelve, and so are you. Second, you didn't even propose to me! You just tried to marry me in the school corridor.\\
'''Tobias (passing by):''' Hey guys! Happy wedding!\\
'''Penny:''' And finally, this is ''not'' a wedding ring. It's a bagel.

* ''Series/AwkwafinaIsNoraFromQueens'': When Nora's father, Wally, marries his LoveInterest, Brenda, their wedding gets interrupted by Chuck, Brenda's son from a previous marriage, who [[FlirtyStepsiblings declares his love to Nora]].

* Marriage laws and forms vary a lot around the world, and asking this question is a legal requirement in some marriages, including those under the Church of England (which is the established church there and thus a state entity). It's especially obvious in a [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily British Royal wedding]], some of which are among the most viewed events on the ''planet'' -- and they do include the line, "Therefore, if any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace." The line comes from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. There's a modern variant from the Book of Common Worship, which has largely supplanted the BCP in England: "First, I am required to ask anyone present who knows a reason why these persons may not lawfully marry, to declare it now." Non-Anglican weddings don't require the line, because notification of the intent to marry must be published 28 days in advance, providing ample opportunity to object.

* In ''LightNovel/StrawberryPanic'', Nagisa and Tamao are possibly about to be announced Etoile. Most Etoile pairs end up becoming couples if they aren't already, and Shizuma bursts into the chapel at the last minute to prevent this.

* In ''Series/{{Vegas}}'', Dan goes to his secretary's wedding to stop her from marrying a guy who plans to kill her and her son in order to collect the very large trust fund from her father which otherwise would be payable to her son. He has the police run a patrol car up to the church with siren, telling the guy that they found the witness that will prove he did this before. The guy panics and runs. It doesn't hurt that there's probably a lot of {{UST}} between Dan and his secretary anyway.

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''

* Spoofed in the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movie. Shrek goes to interrupt the wedding of Fiona and Farquaad, but Donkey tells him to wait for the priest to say his "speak now or forever hold your peace" bit before before barging in and shouting "I object!". On further investigation, they find they missed that part, so Shrek barges in anyway.

* Spoofed in the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movie, providing the page quote. Shrek goes to interrupt the wedding of Fiona and Farquaad, but Donkey tells him to wait for the priest to say his "speak now or forever hold your peace" bit before before barging in and shouting "I object!". On further investigation, they find they missed that part, so Shrek barges in anyway.

--> '''Priest''': I didn't get to that part yet.

--> '''Felix:''' I stayed for the funeral.\\

--> '''Girl:''' But I love him...''\\

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* "It Should Have Been Me", performed by Gladys Knight and the Pips, Yvonne Fair, and Dawn French (see above):

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "I Do, I Think", John Crichton is forced to marry the princess of a planetary system for plot-related reasons. When this trope comes up there's shots of the various conspirators who've tried to stop the marriage by killing or abducting Crichton, but of course none of them speak up. Neither do his friends, who know Crichton doesn't want to go through with this, but it's the only way to protect him from those same conspirators. Aeryn Sun, the one person who might be reckless enough to speak up, has already absented herself in anger over Crichton's decision to go along with the wedding instead of fleeing.

* In ''Series/TheOddCouple1970'', episode "Recap/TheOddCouple1970S2E10BeingDivorcedIsNeverHavingToSayIDo", Oscar is elated when his ex-wife, Blanche, decides to remarry, as it means he'll no longer have to pay alimony. However, when the minister says the line during the ceremony, Felix objects, because he feels Blanche is marrying the wrong man. Blanche agrees, and the wedding is off. The next scene shows the angrily brooding Oscar, at home later that day, playing a recording of the wedding on his turntable, and lifting the needle to hear Felix's "I object" over and over. Then Felix comes home from the church.

* In ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Ray's brother Robert is about to wed his longtime girlfriend Amy when the priest asks if anyone objects. Robert's mother Marie stands, much to everyone's horror. The kicker is that Marie actually ''likes'' Amy (much more than Ray's wife Debra) and has been pushing Robert to marry her for years. She declares that she may have been wrong to put so much pressure on them. Unfortunately, she chooses that moment to say so, basically ruining their day. It may have been the moment when the character crossed the MoralEventHorizon from [[MeddlingParents Meddling Parent]] to EvilMatriarch.