History Main / SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace

** No one objects to Barry and Iris' wedding, but the ceremony is attacked by Earth-X Nazis hoping to take out Earth's heroes. The Nazi Supergirl even executes the preacher right after he says the line, no less.
--->'''Overgirl:''' Peace is overrated.

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* ''Manga/TalesOfWeddingRings'' has a variant: In the first chapter, Sato follows Hime through a portal to another world, worried that he'll never get a chance [[CannotSpitItOut to tell her how he feels]]. He finds her in the middle of a wedding where she is about to marry [[ArrangedMarriage some guy she never met]] in order to bestow upon him the power of the Ring King. Hime immediately kisses Sato instead, [[AMagicContractComesWithAKiss giving him the power]] and marrying him instead. Her fiance, Marse, is surprisingly okay with this; he was worried about the responsibilities of being Ring King, and he's in love with someone else anyway.
* In ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}, Raku and friends crash Marika's arranged marriage and convince her to become a runaway bride.

** Parodied in issue 600 at the wedding of Aunt May and J. Jonah Jameson's father. No-one interrupts, but J. Jonah ''Junior'' is officiating, so:

* 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/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, only to learn it's too late as Biff already exists at this point and his parents only got married because his grandmother didn't want people to know he was born out of wedlock.

* 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.

* ''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!"]].

* ''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!". He and Ray are forced to become WeddingSmashers.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', when Scuttle the Seagull and friends interrupt the wedding of Eric and Ursula while in disguise.

* This occurs in the climax to ''Film/HaroldAndKumarEscapeFromGuantanamoBay''. All the standard cliches apply, of course.

* Nodded at in Creator/PamelaDean's ''Literature/TheHiddenLand'' especially given that [[spoiler:there's a damn good reason why it shouldn't proceed, but no one speaks up]]:

* 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!".

* 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.

* 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 mary, only for his hastily arranged bride-to-be's ''husband'' to turn up and object.
* Douthe bly invoked in ''Series/TheDeadZone'' episode "Speak Now": first to inform the bride and groom that according to Johnny's visions the bride's beloved previous fiancé is not dead, but a prisoner of war; and then a second time when the bride and groom themselves call off the ceremony, having realized that they can't go through with while that situation is unresolved.

** The same thing happens to ''Series/MelrosePlace'''s Allison, having found out that ex-lover Billy's fiancee Brooke is a lying schemer. Unfortunately, Billy is so caught up in Brooke's lies, and Allison is the one who comes across like the villain.

** The GrandFinale has Dorothy marrying Blanche's Uncle Lucas. Stan secretly replaces her limo driver and pulls her over -- but not to object, just to tell her that he wishes her all the best. 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]].

* Lampshaded and parodied in the ''Machinima/OxhornShortShorts'' video "Inventing Swear Words 4": During Mortuus and Lacy's wedding, the Orc Priest gives the line and pratically begs the crowd to speak up. Someone does a little later, which upsets the Priest because they didn't do so earlier.

* 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]].

-->'''Phil:''' "If I had done it that way, I wouldn't've gotten to use the one-liner!"

* 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]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', the priest is shot in the mouth by the bride's parents, who were aliens made of slime. They objected to their daughter marrying a human groom, despite the fact that this would unify both their races. Oddly, they were around for the entire episode while everyone prepared for the wedding, but specifically waited until the ceremony and that line to ambush the proceedings because they wanted to make it look like that the Ex-Boyfriend was the culprit.

-->'''Goldie:''' You no good varmint! I'll teach ya' to lay eyes on another woman!\\

'''Guests:''' [[CollectiveGroan Ohhh]], [[SeenItAll come on!]]
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* In the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' crossover ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', no one ''objects'' to Barry and Iris' wedding, but the ceremony is attacked by parallel-universe Nazis hoping to take out Earth's heroes. Naturally, they pick this exact moment to storm in and kill the pastor. After the invasion is dealt with, the wedding proceeds again... only for ''Felicity'' to stop it. Because she's changed her mind and decided she ''does'' want to marry Oliver. At someone else's wedding.

** In the TieInNovel ''Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii'', 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 ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', 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.

* The page image is from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', where 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).

* ''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 (Leslie Jones) has reasons to object to their marriage. The minister (Beck Bennett) lets a few of the attendees[[note]]the bride's roommate (Aidy Bryant), the groom's wife (Vanessa Bayer), the bride's father (Kenan Thompson), the groom's doctor (Creator/TaranKillam), one of the bride's teammates (Cecily Strong), 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.

* ''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 girl he likes.

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!Examples:

* In the ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' 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.

* Turns up in the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "Something Borrowed", with the twist that the interrupter isn't a romantic rival, as most of the congregation assume, but he's stopping the 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]].

* In ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', Edmund, trying to avoid having to marry the Spanish Infanta, hurriedly tries to find someone else to mary, only for his hastily arranged bride-to-be's ''husband'' to turn up and object.
* Doubly invoked in ''Series/TheDeadZone'' episode "Speak Now": first to inform the bride and groom that according to Johnny's visions the bride's beloved previous fiancé is not dead, but a prisoner of war; and then a second time when the bride and groom themselves call off the ceremony, having realized that they can't go through with it while that situation is unresolved.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' spinoff ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''[='=] serial "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]].

** Homer plans to object to the wedding of Selma and Troy [=McClure=] because he knows he doesn't love her, but when they get to the line, he gets distracted and starts humming to himself, missing the opportunity altogether.

* In the ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' episode "A Paige from the Past", Piper bursts into a church to object to the marriage of Phoebe and Cole (or rather 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.

* When same-sex marriage was legalized in New Jersey in 2013, outgoing Newark mayor Cory Booker officiated the state's first same-sex marriages at Newark City Hall. When he got to the line, a heckler jumped up and shouted, [[HeteronormativeCrusader "This is unlwaful in the eyes of God!"]] Booker had the heckler thrown out by security, and then said, "Not hearing any substantive, worthy objections, I will now proceed," to [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/cory-booker-gay-marriage-heckler_n_4136594.html a standing ovation]].

* In the {{Hentai}} {{RPG}} ''VideoGame/BraveSoul'', Hero Rudy has to bust into the wedding of {{Cloudcuckoolander}} RebelliousPrincess Karen to keep her from getting married to some prince she doesn't want to marry. He disguises himself by wearing [[ClarKenting a pair of spectacles]]. Then the two of them run off and have sex (mandatory for the genre, after all). The twist is that he gets away with it because the prince didn't really want to marry Karen either -- he's actually gay and finds Rudy ''much'' more attractive.

* In ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'', your party members do this at the end of the Group Date Café, [[spoiler:before the Merciful Clergyman can kill you]]. During the second zone, you're paired with your "Destined Partner" (basically any party member or helpful NPC in the game) and then you're almost shanghaied into a wedding. The stated reason is different depending on your Destined Partner, with your MissionControl also helping:

* In ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadow ofTheLabyrinth'', your party members do this at the end of the Group Date Café, [[spoiler:before the Merciful Clergyman can kill you]]. During the second zone, you're paired with your "Destined Partner" (basically any party member or helpful NPC in the game) and then you're almost shanghaied into a wedding. The stated reason is different depending on your Destined Partner, with your MissionControl also helping:

** "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.

* In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', the cinematic that shows during a combo between [[TheOjou Sumire]] and [[DoggedNiceGuy Ohgami]] is him crashing her wedding in a scooter and her riding away with him into the sunset. Every time. The current (unfinished) LetsPlay by Spirit Armor posits that each time the cinematic plays represents [[ButtMonkey Ohgami]] going back in time to crash ''his own'' wedding.

* In ''{{VideoGame/Persona Q Shadow of the Labyrinth}}'', your party members do this at the end of the Group Date Caf&eacute, [[spoiler:before the Merciful Clergyman can kill you]]. During the second zone, you're paired with your "Destined Partner" (basically any party member or helpful NPC in the game) and then you're almost shanghaied into a wedding. The stated reason is different depending on your Destined Partner, with your MissionControl also helping:

** 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, thus she cancels the wedding and hates him.

* A pretty [[TearJerker depressing]] example happens in ''Cheaters'', a show dedicated to uncovering [[YourCheatingHeart 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]].

* When same-sex marriage was legalized in New Jersey in 2013, outgoing Newark mayor Cory Booker officiated the state's first same-sex marriages at Newark City Hall. When he got to the line, a heckler jumped up and shouted, "[[HeteronormativeCrusader This is unlwaful in the eyes of God!" Booker had the heckler thrown out by security, and then said, "Not hearing any substantive, worthy objections, I will now proceed," to [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/cory-booker-gay-marriage-heckler_n_4136594.html a standing ovation]].

* In ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'', Blake finds out Karl's fiancee is fooling around with someone else on their wedding day, but struggles to tell Karl. During the ceremony that Blake is presiding over, he calls for objections, and finally raises one himself, which leads to the fiancee running Karl down and the wedding being called off.
* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'': "Daisy's Shotgun Wedding," which literally employs the ShotgunWedding trope, 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/CoronationStreet'' plays with this trope: (one example has the bride herself objecting),. At Peter Barlow's wedding to Shelly Unwin, there was no problem getting to the altar, except for that fact that Peter was already married ''and'' had just had a baby with someone else. It was set up to look like either Peter's troublemaker little sister Tracy or Kieran, his best man and old friend, would spill the beans (both had known about this for ages), or his wife who had just happened to walk by with the baby would interrupt. The Friday episode ended almost on this line exactly. However on Monday no one said anything, and the baby starting fussing, forcing Lucy to leave.
* ''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."

** 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."

-->'''Betty''': ''[Barging in]'' I object!
-->'''Priest''': We haven't gotten to that part yet!

* 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 and eventually fell in love with her. Frank shifts awkwardly and replies, "Well, I'm not going to say anything!".
* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' plays with the trope ''a lot''. Just so you know, Monk, murder and weddings tend to go in hand:
** In "Mr. Monk and the Wrong Man," we have Monk interrupting the wedding of ex-con Max Barton's ex-wife Sherry to convince her to take back Max. Then, when Monk figures out that Barton had been guilty of the double murder he was originally convicted of and has killed the partner who helped him with those murders, he interrupts the remarriage to arrest Max.

** In the TieInNovel ''Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii'', a wedding gets used as a plot device. In this case, Natalie's close friend Candace is getting married in Hawaii, and she gets invited to be maid of honor at Candace's wedding on the island of Kauai. Unfortunately for Natalie, any hope she has of spending a quiet week outside the mainland United States 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.
*** And then after the wedding, Monk and Natalie find themselves on a BusmansHoliday after they find a police investigation into a death at a nearby bungalow.
*** Meanwhile, Candace's fiance gets a HumiliationConga - in addition to his wedding being ruined, someone vandalizes his car in the parking lot. The person responsible for that incident late steals a car that Monk and Natalie rent, then wrecks them by broadsiding their next rental car with a big pickup truck.
* 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. Turns into a fight afterwards, though.
* ''Series/{{Shake It Up}}'': Flynn objects to his mother marrying Jeremy at the altar by revealing his parents' adulterous kiss the night before the wedding.
* Parodied in ''Series/TheKingOfQueens''. The priest gives the line, [[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 their 'Scotsman on a Horse' skit, in which the wedding is interrupted at a similar point by the titular scotsman entering the chapel, walking down the lane and, without missing a beat, wordlessly 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 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.
** Also on ''Series/{{Amen}}'', where Thelma not only turns around and glares at everyone, she then walks up and down the aisle to ensure that no one interrupts.
** And on ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' at Max and Luna's wedding, where both of them look around and Max even looks ''up'' (in true SoapOpera style, they have faced numerous obstacles in getting to the altar and probably expect one more disaster).

** 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 and Brooks' wedding. When Tony (who is the one performing the ceremony) asks this question, Mrs Chesterfield tries to raise her hand only to be restrained by Bertram. Eventually it becomes double subverted 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 as well, 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 "Something Borrowed", with the twist that the interrupter isn't a romantic rival, as most of the congregation assume, he's stopping the 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]].

* Edmund Series/{{Blackadder}} tried to get married quickly, in order to avoid having to marry the Spanish Infanta; his hastily-arranged-bride-to-be's ''husband'' objected.
* Doubly invoked in ''Series/TheDeadZone'' episode "Speak Now", first to inform the bride and groom that according to Johnny's visions the bride's beloved previous fiance is not dead, but a POW, and then a second time when the bride and groom themselves call off the ceremony, having realized that they can't go through with it while that situation is unresolved.
* 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 that crashes the wedding, but his servant Much (Robin turns up on horseback soon afterwards though).

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' spinoff ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''[='=] serial "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 ag]][[CallBack ain]]) and the wedding was being manipulated by [[spoiler:the Trickster]].
* Used/subverted in ''Series/ADifferentWorld''. As Whitley prepares to marry Byron, Dwayne walks in just as the minister is reciting the ". . .hold your peace" line. He's about to speak, but thinks better of it and sits. However, when the time comes for Whitley to recite her vows, she freezes. Seeing her uncertainty, it is ''then'' that Dwayne leaps up, declares his love for her and begs her to marry him instead of Byron.
* 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 and Luke's wedding 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'''s 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 look around and Max even looks ''up'' (in true SoapOpera style, they have faced numerous obstacles in getting to the altar and probably expect one more disaster).
** ''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 fiancee Brooke is a lying schemer. Unfortunately, Billy is so caught up in Brooke's lies, that indeed, Allison is the one who comes across like the villain.
** Subverted on the 9 September 2010 episode of ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'', which featured 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.
* In the third season finale of ''Series/GavinAndStacey'', this gets quadruple-subverted at Nessa and Dave's wedding. [[spoiler: The vicar does the standard speech and no-one says anything. He says "That's always a tense moment". ''Then'' Smithy shows up. He tries to persuade Nessa not to marry Dave but she says she loves him. Then Dave persuades her that she really doesn't and just wants a father for Neil the Baby.]]
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' has this done with 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.”
* ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' had an episode that played the trope right: a guy who'd been in a coma brings an injunction to stop his exwife 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).
* ''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.

* A late entry: ''Series/GetSmart'' has Max marrying a KAOS ''femme fatale''. It's a fake wedding - the Chief is officiating so it won't be legal - but this doesn't stop a very pregnant and jealous 99's loud disruptive sobbing through the ceremony. The Chief gets to the "hold your peace" line, getting ready for the worst, Max rolls his eyes and looks back at her, ''everyone'' in the congregation turns around to look at her... and she just groans, waving them off.
* In ''Series/{{Soap}}'' Tim's mother curses his marriage with Corrine on his wedding day when this comes up.
* Played for laughs when Michael and Ben get married in ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', 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 were getting married. Just as the Reverend reached this part of the ceremony, Hank walked in. (Myra used to work in Hank's salon, 'entertaining' customers, and he had previously refused to attend the wedding as he is in love with her. Or what he considers love, anyway.) Everyone stared at him until he waved the Reverend on and sat down, giving his blessing to the wedding.
* Yale used the comedy version when Bess and Morgan (re)married in ''Series/{{Earth 2}}''. 'If anyone has any reason why these two should not be wed, keep it to yourself or deal with me.'
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', when Lily is getting ready to marry Marshall, her ex-boyfriend Scooter asks when in the ceremony people will be invited to object to the union. When told that weddings don't really do that part anymore, he decides that gives him license to object at any point in the ceremony he wants.

* 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 fiance are at the ceremony too. Constance insists he go on with his objection anyway.
* A double-subversion on ''Series/HomeAndAway'' when Dan and Leah's mothers successfully stop their elopement, but not until after they've run into one wrong church.
* Parodied in the GrandFinale of ''Series/{{Miranda}}''. A message on Gary's answering machine leads Miranda to believe that he and romantic rival Jacinta are getting married. She frantically rushes to the venue to stop the wedding, arriving at just the right moment... only to find out Gary is merely the ''best man'', and Jacinta [[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse isn't even present]].
* Played straight with Paul and Rebecca's first wedding on ''Series/{{Neighbours}}''. Lyn arrives at the right moment to reveal that she and Paul are still legally married.
* 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...
* In the ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' episode "A Paige from the Past", Piper bursts into a church to object to the marriage of (the ghosts possessing) Phoebe and Cole, 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 ''Series/{{Dallas}}'', when J.R. and Sue Ellen are getting re-married, when the minister says the line, Sue Ellen's ex-lover & 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 'Cliff hanger'!
* In ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', 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.

** If that wasn't enough, they try the wedding again, and this time ''Oscar'' objects after the line is said.
* In ''Series/{{Vegas}}'', Dan goes to his secretary's wedding to stop her from marrying a guy who plans to marry her, then 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 uncover [[YourCheatingHeart 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 of WTF was going on]]. So they crashed the wedding to reveal this right before the marriage itself, and it not only had Jamie totally calling out Michael the JerkAss scumbag, but with her actually having to both show the truth ''and'' 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.]]

* 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: renewing 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 attempt to patch up their doomed marriage.]]
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': Finster said the line when he officiated Rita and Zedd's wedding. Goldar tried to say something but Rita hit him with her staff.
* During John and Katralla's wedding in the "Look at the Princess" arc of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', 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 midseason finale of ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', which premiered on December 12, 2013, April is on the altar, marrying her EMT boyfriend Matthew. Everyone responds, "We will", to the minister's question, "Will you promise to love and support their marriage in all the days to come?". [[spoiler:Everyone, that is, except 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 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, from exasperation on Alex's, [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing to a look of appall from Meredith]], [[LoveHurts to Stephanie being understandably crushed at this sudden occurrence]]. April stands at the altar, trying to take it all in. Her three sisters glare at her, waiting for an answer, as is Jackson, but the only sound April can make is a sharp inhale, before we go [[SmashToBlack straight to black]], with April's response to not be known until [[ToBeContinued February 27, 2014]]. When the season finally resumed, the beginning of the next episode showed April and Jackson running from the barn the wedding was taking place in to his car, and the end of the episode showed them driving to Lake Tahoe to elope, and that the marriage is being kept a secret from everyone else.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=350S5qZC3XU This sketch]] from ''Inside Amy Schumer''.

* 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/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 (who she thought was dead) in tow.
* 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?

* In the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' crossover ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', no-one ''objects'' to Barry and Iris' wedding, but the ceremony is attacked by parallel-universe Nazis hoping to take out Earth's heroes. Naturally, they pick this exact moment to storm in and kill the pastor.
** After the invasion is dealt with, the wedding proceeds again...only for ''Felicity'' to stop it. Because she's changed her mind and decided she ''does'' want to marry Oliver. 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.
* Invoked and subverted in ''Series/{{Undercover 2019}}''. At Peter and Anja's wedding, the officiant skips the line, but Ferry interrupts and tells him that he's supposed to ask if anyone objects and says he objects. Then he immediately says he was just joking and launches into a speech about how much the couple meant to him.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Variant. 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 "if anyone here know why these two should not be wed..." Joey bursts in and finishes the ceremony.
-->'''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!"
* The GrandFinale of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' has Dorothy marrying Blanche's Uncle Lucas. Before the ceremony, Dorothy's ex-husband Stan secretly replaces her limo driver and pulls off to the side of the road--although he's actually ''not'' interested in stopping the wedding; he just wanted to tell Dorothy that he wishes her all the best and will always consider her the true love of his life (despite being remarried twice throughout the series). Later, when at the church, the priest says the line, and the camera cuts to Stan...who [[SubvertedTrope subverts the trope]] by simply smiling sadly and remaining silent. Deep down, he [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wants Dorothy to be happy]].
** "Stan Takes a Wife", an earlier episode, plays with the trope. Stan plans on marrying his third wife, Katherine, much to Dorothy's pleasure, as she thinks she'll finally be rid of him. However, the wedding plans coincide with Sophia getting sick and needing to go to the hospital; Stan shows up with food, stays the night with a frantic Dorothy, and [[TookALevelInBadass shows off some newly-developed strength]] when he tells off an uncaring doctor for ignoring their requests for updates. Dorothy is so touched that she decides she still loves Stan after all, and plans to tell him before the wedding. Rose and Blanche are able to keep the two separate, but Dorothy tells them that she plans to use the priest's invitation to "speak now" to disrupt the ceremony. In the end, though, she ends up not going through with it when she meets a nervous Katherine at the wedding venue's bar, and the younger woman (not knowing who Dorothy is) proceeds to talk about how much she loves Stan and fears that she won't measure up to his first wife, who he apparently praises all the time. Dorothy realizes that she's being selfish and offers to escort Katherine to the ceremony, remarking that she has a feeling they'll be seeing each other again very soon...

* Gets Lampshaded and parodied in the Machinima/OxhornShortShorts video, "Inventing Swear Words 4". During Mortuus and Lacy's wedding, the Orc Priest gives the "or forever hold your peace" line and pratically begs the crowd to speak up. Someone does a little later which upsets the Priest that they didn't do so earlier.
-->'''Orc Priest:''' And now, if there be any here who can show just cause why these two... people; should not be lovingly be joined together, speak now or forever hold you peace. ''(beat)'' Anyone? Really? No one? This is your big moment! [[OurOgresAreDifferent Thunk,]] any objections? No? Sure? Okay then. Ah-Thought I saw a hand in the back there. No? Just stretching? Sure? Last chance! Alright.

-->Then the preacher, oh yeah, the preacher asked,\\

"It should have been me!"

-->My buddy John said you looked real pretty\\

And he thought about standing up.
* Fabulously subverted in the video for Train's song "Save Me San Francisco," which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zftcZYdOl3Y
* Played for drama in Music/DeathCabForCutie's "Company Calls Epilogue", where the narrator crashes through the wedding doors, drunk and screaming. It's supposed to be sympathetic, but ''not'' of a heroic or righteous character.

Shouting his objections at the groom…''
* 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.

* Subverted in the wedding of Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/{{Lita}} on ''Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}'', as the minister said the famed line, only for (the recently fired) Matt Hardy's entrance music to fill the arena. The whole proceedings stopped for several seconds... only for Edge to start laughing uproariously at the joke he had just played on the {{Smart Mark}}s in the audience.
* At Wrestling/{{Test}} and Wrestling/{{Stephanie McMahon}}'s wedding on ''Monday Night Raw'' in 1999, when the minister says the line, Wrestling/TripleH comes out onto the stage to inform everyone that Stephanie is already married ... to him! He then rolls the footage of him and Stephanie getting married at a drive-thru wedding chapel in Vegas. Never mind that Stephanie was drugged and H had to forcibly move her lips to get her to say "I do." In other words, HHH got away with ''[[MoralEventHorizon raping]]'' Stephanie with '''''[[KarmaHoudini NO CONSEQUENCES OF ANY KIND]]''''', and this ''should'' have sent him down the road to {{Complete Monster}}hood if he wasn't such a disgusting VillainWithGoodPublicity.
* On Saturday Night's Main Event in 1985, hillbilly Wrestling/UncleElmer was marrying his wife, Joyce, in the ring. When the minister said the line, Wrestling/RoddyPiper came out with a microphone and declared, "You stink, you stink and this whole damn wedding stinks!"

* In the first episode of ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' season three, the late Professor's widow is about to marry someone who may actually be a criminal. When the Professor asks Satan to stop the wedding without bringing that up, he takes the form of an ordinary woman and reveals the officiating vicar is a wannabe Satanist (one of a group he'd chastised [[BrickJoke at the start of the episode]]).

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* Creator/JeffFoxworthy once noted that anytime a pastor utters this line, any groom will be deathly terrified that someone is about to jump up and yell "I love her, and she's carrying my baby!"
* {{Creator/EmoPhilips}} tells a story in one of his routines about being asked to attend his ex-girlfriend's wedding, but while he's there he realises he just so happens to be missing the World Series. He decides to listen to the game on a Walkman, and when the pitcher lets in another run, Emo forgets where he is and stands up at exactly the moment the minister says the trope title, screaming "Darn it, you loser; how many of these stinking bums are you gonna let score?!" Of course, as a peace offering, he makes [[TrademarkFavoriteFood coleslaw]] for the reception and [[FromBadToWorse it gets even worse from there]].
* Parodied with ventriloquist Creator/JeffDunham: in one concert film, one of his puppets, [[GrumpyOldMan Walter]], recalls that for him, the scariest movie he ever saw was a home movie of his wedding. Jeff asks what exactly he didn't like about it, and Walter replies, "The worst part was when the minister asked if anybody objected, and no one would listen to me."

'''Walter:''' Hey, you're right - ''you'' weren't there!

* In the second DreamSequence in ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark'', this is the cue for the chorus to object to the mentally afflicted Liza's marrying Kendall Nesbitt, over her protests of "I do! I do!":
-->The murmurings of conscience do increase\\

This woman knows she does not love this man!
* 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 who she has turned down (because she can't bear the stigma of marrying a black man), 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 pretending to be sympathetic for them, and Leonato completely flipping out and [[IHaveNoSon demanding 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]]:
-->'''John Adams''': Move to adjourn!
-->'''Benjamin Franklin''': I second!
-->'''John Hancock''': [[LargeHam MOVED AND SECONDED, ANY OBJECTIOOOOOONS?]]
-->'''Thomas Jefferson''': ''(literally standing right in front of Hancock)'' I have objections! I have lots of--
-->'''John Hancock''': ''(with a massive grin on his face)'' SO MOVED! CONGRESS STANDS ADJOURNED!

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has Yuna being forcibly hitched to [[BigBad Seymour]]. Cue [[BigDamnHeroes Tidus and the rest of the party]] ''[[GunshipRescue crashing in on an air ship]]'' [[BigDamnHeroes and cutting down the guards]] on their way to save Yuna.
** And, as it turns out, [[spoiler: Yuna manages to save herself (after the wedding is finished), and all Tidus and company manage to do is get themselves captured.]]
* Apparently played straight in the final scene of ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland''. You get to choose what to yell out -- and yes, '''"[[TheGraduateHomageShot ELAINE]]!"''' is an option. Lots of fun.
** Alas, your heroism is all for naught, since Elaine has long-since freed herself and the 'bride' under the flowing veil is actually a pair of monkeys.
* In the {{Hentai}} {{RPG}} ''VideoGame/BraveSoul'' Hero Rudy has to bust into the wedding of {{Cloudcuckoolander}} RebelliousPrincess Karen to keep her from getting married to some prince she doesn't want to marry. He disguises himself by wearing a pair of ''spectacles''. Then the two of them run off and have sex (it IS a h-game after all). The twist is that he gets away with it because the prince didn't really want to marry Karen either- he's actually gay and finds Rudy ''much'' more attractive...
** Of course, being an RPG and not a visual novel means the game doesn't end there- you still have to beat the Dark Lord to get the actual ending.
* 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 was apparently waiting for you to take her away, 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 ''after'' the vow. So, basically, you're destroying a freshly established marriage, rather than prevent one.
* In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', the cinematic that shows during a combo between [[TheOjou Sumire]] and [[DoggedNiceGuy Ohgami]] is him crashing her wedding in a scooter and her riding away with him into the sunset. Every time. The current (unfinished) LetsPlay by Spirit Armor posits that each time the cinematic plays represents [[ButtMonkey Ohgami]] going back in time to crash ''his own wedding''.

-->'''MINIZTER''': N IF DER IZ N E OBJECSHUN 2 DIS MAARGE, MAY TEH SPEEK r SHUT UPLOL\\
'''?????''': I OBJEKT!!!!!!\\

'''HOUSEMASTER''': DADDY!!!1111\\
'''DADDY''': I M HEER TO WISH U LUCK. I LUV U HOUSEMASTR!@11\\
'''GOOD KITTTY''': AAWWWWW
* This is done accidentally, leading to a psychopath battle in ''VideoGame/DeadRising2''. You have a ''very'' good reason to object - Randall 'Randy' Tugman has been capturing female survivors - and his own father, a reverend - and forcing them into a wedding with his chainsaw so that he won't [[MustNotDieAVirgin die a virgin]]. [[spoiler: He's then killed by one of his victims, now a zombie. 'You may now kiss the bride', indeed.]]
* In {{VideoGame/Persona Q Shadow Of The Labyrinth}}, What your party members do at the end of the Group Date Café [[spoiler: before the Merciful Clergyman can kill you]] - during the second zone you're paired with your 'Destined Partner' (basically any party member or helpful NPC in the game) and then you're almost shanghaied into a wedding. The stated reason is different depending on your Destined Partner, with your MissionControl also helping.

** If it's [[spoiler: Aigis or Koromaru]] then Naoto will object on legal grounds. Although, this is justified - [[spoiler: Aigis is a robot with a limited grasp of humanity so she'd be considered a child in the eyes of the law. In the case of Koromaru, [[BestialityIsDepraved there is no legal debating how wrong that is]].]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'': Stopping Bowser from forcing Peach to marry him is the driving goal of the entire game, and Mario dramatically bursts into the wedding chapel where the wedding is being held just as Bower's trying to put the ring on Peach (who, to her credit, is ''actively resisting'' his attempts to do so, despite being [[SilkHidingSteel daintily-built and dressed in a fancy gown.]])

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', Episode 6: [[spoiler:Battler's mind is trapped in a logic error. Erika wants to take his position of Territory Lord by marrying him while he's a powerless breathing doll, trapping his mind forever. She succeeds and the "guests" are all enjoying themselves… when a resurrected Beatrice comes to crash the party, curb-stomping Erika and releasing Battler [[GambitRoulette (who had bet on this happening all along)]].]] After that [[spoiler:Battler and Beatrice have real, uninterrupted wedding.]]
* 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 the ''WebAnimation/BonusStage'' episode "Rya's Wedding", Joel and Phil arrive to crash... um... Rya's wedding, but the priest says they've still got an hour of reading to do. When he finally gets to the line, nobody objects.
** Phil was waiting for Rick to say "I do", specifically so he could punch him and say "Looks like you ''don't''."
--->'''Phil:''' "If I had done it that way, I wouldn't've gotten to use the one-liner!"

* 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 Life, pirate-themed wedding, "speak now or forever hold your peace" was answered angrily by a pirate troupe member, "shot" by another pirate troupe member, and then as the ceremony proceeded the body was carried off by the rest of the troupe.
* In {{Fisher}}, during a wedding ceremony, Tom Fisher raises his hand and pretends that he wants to say something in response to this line. Then he adds "No, never mind", and whispers to his girlfriend "I've always wanted to do that!". She is clearly not impressed with his quirky sense of humor, and responds "Now you die."

* 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.

* 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.
* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive''
** In the BackStory of ''SP 1937'', Davan (the one modern day Davan's named after) apparently offered "constructive criticism" at Vester and Gladys's wedding (modern day Davan's grandparents), on the grounds that "What's the point of 'speak now or forever hold your peace' if no-one uses it?"
** When Aubrey and Jason get married in the present day strip, Branwen says she's not attending because she wouldn't be able to keep silent. In fact, she's composed a [=PowerPoint=] presentation of all the reasons she's thought of so far. The Justice of the Peace waits longer than is traditional to see if anyone's going to say anything, and views the fact nobody tries to stop the wedding as evidence there is no god.
* 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.

** A dragon objects at a wedding...because the dragon is in love with ''both'' the bride and groom. [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CXXXI/ Cue]] the couple flying off with the dragon, with three swords symbolizing their [[{{Polyamory}} union]].
** In another wedding, someone tries to object...only to be scared off by the entire wedding party pulling out [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCLXXXII/ their swords]].

* Episode 17 of ''WebVideo/TheJokerBlogs'', at Harleen's wedding: [[spoiler: Joker shoots Father [=McHale=] before he can get to 'peace'.]]
* ''Machinima/ArbyNTheChief'' does this twice - first played for laughs ("Wedding"), then for drama ("Collapse").

** "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.
** An inversion of this occurs 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.

* A similar case was done in an episode from the third season of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' in which ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} thought Jon was getting married (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.]]

* When this question pops up in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer knows that Troy [=McClure=] doesn't love Selma. So what does he do? He hums to himself, missing the opportunity all together.
** In another episode, 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 did happen earlier in the episode), but in reality it's because Marge learned that Patty's spouse-to-be was a man in drag who was deceiving her.
** Another episode had Grandpa Simpson and Mr. Burns both fighting for the romantic attention of Marge's mother. Abe interrupts her wedding to Mr. Burns with a declaration of love and a proposal of marriage, but she says no, having decided she doesn't want to marry either of them.
* Played with in the episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' where Robotnik gets married. Thing is, ''he'' knows that the woman to which he's getting married is not the right gal. (The reason why he's getting hitched is that the woman demands it because she's so lustful for him.) Just as Sonic's about to marry the two, Robotnik's mother comes in screaming "You bet I object!" Turns out that Sonic hired her to storm the spot because ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', the priest was shot in the mouth by the bride's parents, who were aliens made of slime. They objected to their daughter marrying a human groom, despite the fact that this would unify both their races. Oddly, they were around for the entire episode while everyone prepared for the wedding, but specifically waited until the ceremony and that line to ambush the proceedings because they wanted to make it look like that the Ex-Boyfriend was the culprit.
* Done on an episode of the animated series ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'', in which Lydia was being forcibly wed to outlaw Bully the Crud, a large and mean-tempered bull. The quivering official, terrified of the groom, invited anyone who objected to either "hold up a hand -- or hoof -- or forever hold your, uh, cud." A few of the attendees held up their hands, briefly, until Bully threatened to shoot them. Fortunately, BJ himself showed up at literally the last possible second to interrupt the proceedings.

-->'''Priest:''' And if anyone knows of any reason why these two should not be married let him speak now.
-->'''Peter:''' (looking around) Really? Nobody's going to speak up? I'm the one who's going to have to say it? ahhh. Alright. GENITAL WARTS.
* One of the many spots of ''[[SoapWithinAShow All My Circuits]]'' on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' makes fun of this trope. But then, they cover all the soap opera cliches with that ShowWithinAShow.
-->'''Robot Priest:''' ''If anyone here objects to this union, let them speak now or forever hold their...''
-->''Calculon's evil half-brother starts beeping from the vestibule, to loud gasps.''
-->'''Fry:''' ...Is he objecting or backing up?
-->'''Amy:''' Looks like both.
** Another episode has Fry and Bender go all out to interrupt Leela's wedding to a shape-shifting alien who is also planning to marry four other mutant women that same day. His excuse? "Do you know how much it costs to rent a tuxedo that can change with my body?”
* 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 Queen Chrysalis, Cadence's impostor and the shapeshifting BigBad, from marrying Cadence's husband-to-be/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 "You have the right to remain silent...anything you say may be used against you..."

** Believing Chip Skylark to be wealthy, [[GoldDigger Vicky]] tried to force him to marry her. When the Justice of Peace was officiating the marriage, he asked 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, 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.
* A rather cruel example happens in the episode of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' "Second Hand Emotions". Lifeline attends his younger sister's wedding (which he does ''not'' want to do, as his whole family considers him a BlackSheep) when Zartan intervenes right before this is said, using him to test a new emotion-control device. Lifeline gets angry as a result and objects, yelling that his sister is "too young to marry and too good for that wimp". [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor (All the while, Zartan is chuckling to Zarana that "This is going to be fun.")]] Ironically, while this naturally makes Lifeline's relationship with his father worsen for the moment, the villains' plan [[NiceJobFixingItVillain ultimately causes them to make them talk about it and ultimately reconcile.]]

* ''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.
* Parodied in Episode 60 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': nobody wants Pretty and Quack Quack to get married, and everybody yells their objections ''including'' the bride and groom themselves, but CloudCuckoolander Kaeloo marries them off anyway, oblivious.

* 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!".

* There was one time at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI where a priest was conducting a ceremony between an Austrian POW and a Russian woman. It was interrupted by someone from his town shouting that he was already married to [[MyGirlBackHome His Girl Back Home]].
* Speaking of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, there was an isolationist political cartoon drawn near the end of the war that showed Uncle Sam getting married to a woman with the words "League of Nations" written on her dress. When the priest said the trope words, a man with the word "Congress" written on his clothes smashed through the window holding a piece of paper saying "will of the people."
* Subverted by at least one pastor when he performed wedding ceremonies. He would replace the normal line with, "If anyone has reason why these two should not be wed, SHUT UP!"
* Averted in many cases. Instead, the officiant asks the guests to pledge their friendship and approve the wedding rather than asking for objections.
* There's one video where after the pastor says the line, the bride turns around to the guests and says "Yeah, go on, I dare you."
* When gay marriage was legalized in New Jersey in October of 2013, outgoing Newark mayor Cory Booker officiated the first marriages of several gay couples at Newark City Hall. When he said the phrase, a heckler yelled, jumped up and began shouting, "This is unlawful in the eyes of God!" Booker had the heckler thrown out by security, and then said, "Not hearing any substantive, worthy objections, I now will proceed" to a standing ovation. [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/cory-booker-gay-marriage-heckler_n_4136594.html The full story is here.]]
* Marriage laws and forms vary a lot around the world, and asking this question is still a legal requirement in some marriages, such as marriages under the Church of England (which is the established church, ie part of the state, in England). Royal Weddings, for example, held in England usually do have this in the ceremony, following either the (1662) Book of Common Prayer: "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." or the (modern) Common Worship: "First, I am required to ask anyone present who knows a reason why these persons may not lawfully marry, to declare it now". Non-religious weddings and non-Anglican religious weddings are not required to have an equivalent line (because notification of the intent to marry has to be published 28 days in advance, providing an opportunity to object).
* At one UsefulNotes/SocietyForCreativeAnachronism-themed wedding, the priest's ceremony included the line: "If anyone present has any reason why these two should not be joined in holy matrimony... they must defeat the Best Man in hand-to-hand combat!".
* Many couples have the line omitted from the ceremony altogether, in order to avoid people (usually meddling family members that fall somewhere in the DysfunctionalFamilyIndex) trying to stop the wedding.

TheStraightMan: [[TheStinger ''Yes! Me!'']]

Guests: "[[CollectiveGroan Ooh]], [[SeenItAll come on!]]"

* Many couples have the line omitted from the ceremony altogether, in order to avoid people (usually objecting family members) trying to stop the wedding.

* In another wedding, someone tries to object...only to be scared off by the entire wedding party pulling out [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCLXXXII/ their swords]].

* In ''WebComic/{{Swords}}'' a dragon objects at a wedding...because the dragon is in love with ''both'' the bride and groom. [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CXXXI/ Cue]] the couple flying off with the dragon, with three swords symbolizing their [[{{Polyamory}} union]].