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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': After Giriko Kutsuzawa received the pocket watch that had been passed down his family for generations, which supposedly brought good luck, he would pray to it in difficult times and his problems would go away, unaware that this was the power of his Fullbring. Eventually he grew arrogant and came to believe that this ability was [[AGodAmI the power of a god]], and decided to test it by killing his wife without touching her. It worked, but as his wife lay dying [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Giriko had second thoughts]] and [[LoveEpiphany wished for his wife to be saved]]. As punishment for losing his resolve, Giriko's Fullbring [[EyeScream took away his right eye]]. He came to realize that his power was not that of fulfilling prayers, but rather of fulfilling ''[[MagicallyBindingContract contracts]]''.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': After Giriko Kutsuzawa received the pocket watch that had been passed down his family for generations, which supposedly brought good luck, he would pray to it in difficult times and his problems would go away, unaware that this was the power of his Fullbring. Eventually he grew arrogant and came to believe that this ability was [[AGodAmI the power of a god]], and decided to test it by killing his wife without touching her. It worked, but as his wife lay dying [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Giriko had second thoughts]] and [[LoveEpiphany wished for his wife to be saved]]. As punishment for losing his resolve, Giriko's Fullbring [[EyeScream took away his right eye]]. He came to realize that his power was not that of fulfilling prayers, but rather of fulfilling ''[[MagicallyBindingContract contracts]]''.
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': When Calvin is sick in bed, he watches a soap opera where two lovers discuss killing their respective spouses so they can be together.
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'''TV Actor #2''': But we are! Or did you mean...to each other?\\
'''TV Actor #1''': I've got to have you! Let's murder our spouses!\\
'''TV Actor #2''': ''Murder?!'' You sick animal! I love it when you talk that way! Come here!\\
'''Calvin''': ''(smiling)'' Sometimes I think I learn more when I stay home from school.
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': When Calvin is sick in bed, he watches a soap opera where two lovers discuss killing their respective spouses so they can be together.
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'''TV Actor #2''': But we are! Or did you mean...to each other?\\
'''TV Actor #1''': I've got to have you! Let's murder our spouses!\\
'''TV Actor #2''': ''Murder?!'' You sick animal! I love it when you talk that way! Come here!\\
'''Calvin''': ''(smiling)'' Sometimes I think I learn more when I stay home from school.
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* In Season 2 of ''Caïn'', Stefan Jordel murders his wife, trying to disguise it as a suicide, and marries another woman who is in love with the killer side of him. He murders her too on the day of their marriage, just before Caïn arrests him.
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* The Music/TaylorSwift song "No Body, No Crime", the narrator's friend Este is murdered by her husband after she finds out that he's been cheating, with his mistress then moving in with him. He successfully gets rid of the body, and the police don't suspect him at all. Unfortunately for him, Este going missing the day she (Este) was going to confront him about his infidelity tips off the narrator as to what really happened, and she (the narrator) makes sure that he ends up a corpse at the bottom of a lake in short order, framing his mistress for the murder by taking advantage of the large life-insurance policy she (the mistress) had recently taken out on him to make it look like [[InsuranceFraud his mistress killed him for the insurance payout]]; the mistress is soon in very hot water with the police, and, although she (the mistress) suspects that the narrator did it, the narrator's covered her own tracks so well that she (the mistress) can't do squat to clear her name.
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* "Goodbye Earl" by Music/TheChicks. Wanda is a newlywed woman whose husband Earl quickly turns [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] no less than two weeks after the wedding, and when she files for divorce and a restraining order, he beats her so badly that she has to be hospitalized. As a result, she and her friend Mary Anne plot to kill Earl, poisoning his meal and then disposing of the body. The song ends with Wanda and Mary Anne running a roadside food stand together, while Earl's body is never found because [[AssholeVictim nobody missed him]].
* The Music/TaylorSwift song "No Body, NoCrime", the Crime". The narrator's friend Este is murdered by her husband after she finds out that he's been cheating, with his mistress then moving in with him. He successfully gets rid of the body, and the police don't suspect him at all. Unfortunately for him, Este going missing the day she (Este) was going to confront him about his infidelity tips off the narrator as to what really happened, and she (the narrator) makes sure that he ends up a corpse at the bottom of a lake in short order, framing his mistress for the murder by taking advantage of the large life-insurance policy she (the mistress) had recently taken out on him to make it look like [[InsuranceFraud his mistress killed him for the insurance payout]]; the mistress is soon in very hot water with the police, and, although she (the mistress) suspects that the narrator did it, the narrator's covered her own tracks so well that she (the mistress) can't do squat to clear her name.
* The Music/TaylorSwift song "No Body, No
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* In ''{{VideoGame/WitchSpring}}3'', Adrian learns that the cause of his mother's poor health is being given the Ancient Dragons' Nest by his father, Regal. Given Regal's callousness, Adrian assumes the worst and believes he tried to kill her this way. [[spoiler:He's wrong. Originally, Regal genuinely wanted to save her but was tricked by [[VillainOfAnotherStory Jude]] that leaving it in her possession would help. He only realizes his mistake shortly before dying of his wounds.]]
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* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The villain the Mask, who has targeted and killed the seemingly distraught Nina Close's husband turns out to ''be'' Nina Close, who was pissed at her husband for, among other things, showing another woman with affection while ignoring and dismissing her.
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* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The villain the Mask, who has targeted and killed the seemingly distraught Nina Close's husband husband, turns out to ''be'' Nina Close, who was pissed at her husband for, among other things, showing another woman with affection while ignoring and dismissing her.
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* In ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'', it's revealed that Freddy Kruger killed his wife after she discovered his murderous tendencies.
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* Sadly, TruthInTelevision, and one of the most common circumstances surrounding murder.
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* ''Literature/TheStorm'': Because [[LoveMartyr her love for her husband remains despite his love for her being next to non-existent]], the wife kills him to ultimately end her misery of serving him.
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* ''Literature/TheStorm'': ''Literature/TheStormAravDagli'': Because [[LoveMartyr her love for her husband remains despite his love for her being next to non-existent]], the wife kills him to ultimately end her misery of serving him.
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** In the season finale, [[spoiler:married couple Love and Joe make murderous moves against each other, with Joe eventually coming out on top by stabbing her, faking his death, and burning their house down]].
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** In the season 3 finale, [[spoiler:married couple Love and Joe make murderous moves against each other, with Joe eventually coming out on top by stabbing poisoning her, faking his death, and burning their house down]].
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A common parody is to have the protagonist ''think'' his spouse is trying to do this, often with several StabTheSalad moments.
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* ''Series/WhyWomenKill'': The first season is about three woman in different eras finding out that their husbands have been unfaithful, and how they deal with it, if you catch my drift…
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* ''Series/PushingDaisies'': "Bitches" is about the murder of Harold Hundin, who (when [[InterrogatingTheDead asked]]) tells them his wife did it. Pleased at this easy answer, the protagonists check out his home life...and learn that he had ''four'' wives. They then have to find out which of them (if any, as he also had rivals) did it. [[spoiler:It was the first one, Hilary, who disliked their marriage situation and framed the youngest one.]]
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* ''Series/PushingDaisies'': "Bitches" is about the murder of Harold Hundin, who (when [[InterrogatingTheDead asked]]) tells them his wife did it. Pleased at this easy answer, the protagonists check out his home life... and learn that he had ''four'' wives. They then have to find out which of them (if any, as he also had rivals) did it. [[spoiler:It was the first one, Hilary, who disliked their marriage situation and framed the youngest one.]]
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* The Music/TaylorSwift song "No Body, No Crime", the narrator's friend Este is murdered by her husband after she finds out that he's been cheating, with his mistress then moving in with him. He successfully gets rid of the body, and the police don't suspect him at all. Unfortunately for him, Este going missing the day she (Este) was going to confront him about his infidelity tips off the narrator as to what really happened, and she (the narrator) makes sure that he ends up a corpse at the bottom of a lake in short order, framing his mistress for the murder by taking advantage of the large life-insurance policy she (the mistress) had recently taken out on him to make it look like [[InsuranceFraud his mistress killed him for the insurance payout]]; the mistress is soon in very hot water with the police, and, although she (the mistress) suspects that the narrator did it, the narrator's covered her own tracks so well that she (the mistress) can't do squat to clear her name.
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* The Music/TaylorSwift song "No Body, No Crime", the narrator's friend Este is murdered by her husband after she finds out that he's been cheating, with his mistress then moving in with him. He successfully gets rid of the body, and the police don't suspect him at all. Unfortunately for him, Este going missing the day she (Este) was going to confront him about his infidelity tips off the narrator as to what really happened, and she (the narrator) makes sure that he ends up a corpse at the bottom of a lake in short order, framing his mistress for the murder by taking advantage of the large life-insurance policy she (the mistress) had recently taken out on him to make it look like [[InsuranceFraud his mistress killed him for the insurance payout]]; the mistress is soon in very hot water with the police, and, although she (the mistress) suspects that the narrator did it, the narrator's covered her own tracks so well that she (the mistress) can't do squat to clear her name.
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* [[WightInAWeddingDress Constance Hatchaway]] from ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' has a history with this, killing multiple of her husbands by [[OffWithHisHead chopping off their heads]] for their [[GoldDigger fortune]] In the attic scene, you can see many wedding photos of her with her spouses [[CreepyChangingPainting before they ominously cause their heads to disappear]]. Even in death, she's still at it, threatening [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the riders]] with her ghostly [[AxeBeforeEntering axe]] in hopes of finding a new groom to satiate her bloodlust.
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* [[WightInAWeddingDress Constance Hatchaway]] from ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' has a history with this, killing multiple of her husbands by [[OffWithHisHead chopping off their heads]] for their [[GoldDigger fortune]] fortunes]]. In the attic scene, you can see many wedding photos of her with her spouses [[CreepyChangingPainting before they ominously cause their heads to disappear]]. Even in death, she's still at it, threatening [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the riders]] with her ghostly [[AxeBeforeEntering axe]] in hopes of finding a new groom to satiate her bloodlust.
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* [[WightInAWeddingDress Constance Hatchaway]] from ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' has a history with this, killing multiple of her husbands by [[OffWithHisHead chopping off their heads]] for their [[GoldDigger fortune]] In the attic scene, you can see many wedding photos of her with her spouses [[CreepyChangingPainting before they ominously cause their heads to disappear]]. Even in death, she's still at it, threatening [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the riders]] with her ghostly [[AxeBeforeEntering axe]] in hopes of finding a new groom to satiate her bloodlust.
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* [[WightInAWeddingDress Constance Hatchaway]] from ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' has a history with this, killing multiple of her husbands by [[OffWithHisHead chopping off their heads]] for their [[GoldDigger fortune]] In the attic scene, you can see many wedding photos of her with her spouses [[CreepyChangingPainting before they ominously cause their heads to disappear]]. Even in death, she's still at it, threatening [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the riders]] with her ghostly [[AxeBeforeEntering axe]] in hopes of finding a new groom to satiate her bloodlust.
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* ''Series/MissMarple1984'': In the first season story [[spoiler:"The Moving Finger", the killer is solicitor Mr Symmington, who poisons his wife and [[ItsNeverSuicide stages her suicide]] so that he can romance his childrens' attractive young governess]]. The novel it's adapted from has the same murderer and motive.
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* ''VideoGame/RaveHeart'': When Count Vorakia Estuuban's conspiracy starts becoming impossible to hide from the rest of the council, [[spoiler:Lady Marselva Zephyr kills Lord Falric Zephyr so that he can't get in Vorakia's way]].
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* ''Literature/{{Mabinogion}}'': Blodeuwedd is an ArtificalHuman created to be the wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes. However, while her husband is away, she falls in love with Gronw Pebr, the ruler of a neighboring land, and the two conspire to kill Lleu so that they can be together. He managed to escape after they severely wounded him, and the couple would get their comeuppance when Lleu returns and kill Gronw Pebr, while Gwydion punishes Blodeuwedd by [[ForcedTransformation turning her into an owl]].
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* ''Literature/{{Mabinogion}}'': Blodeuwedd is an ArtificalHuman created to be the wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes. However, while her husband is away, she falls in love with Gronw Pebr, the ruler of a neighboring land, and the two conspire to kill Lleu so that they can be together. He managed to escape after they severely wounded him, and the couple would get their comeuppance when Lleu returns and kill Gronw Pebr, while Gwydion punishes Blodeuwedd by [[ForcedTransformation turning her into an owl]].
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* ''Film/EightWomen'': Mamy reveals that she killed her husband because she didn't love him and couldn't stand the idea of spending her life with someone she didn't love. Her daughter Augustine is terribly shaken by this revelation as she never got over her father's death and now has to deal with the fact that her mother was responsible for it.
* ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet'': The backstory of the mysterious villain Gardener says that he married a wealthy lady, "The Apple King"'s widow. The visuals imply that they married too soon after his death. The Gardener devoted his green thumb skills to fruit-growing, and then killed his wife, being her sole heir.
** Specifically, he killed her by squashing her with a HUGE apple.
* ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet'': The backstory of the mysterious villain Gardener says that he married a wealthy lady, "The Apple King"'s widow. The visuals imply that they married too soon after his death. The Gardener devoted his green thumb skills to fruit-growing, and then killed his wife, being her sole heir.
** Specifically, he killed her by squashing her with a HUGE apple.
* ''Film/HellraiserHellseeker'': Trevor was an adulterous jerk who wanted to be rid of his wife Kirsty. When he learns of her history with the Cenobites, he forces her to summon Pinhead by using the Lament Configuration, figuring she'll be DraggedOffToHell. Kirsty instead makes a deal with Pinhead to offer him Trevor and four other souls in exchange for hers. Since he could just as easily have divorced her, it's implied that they had a truly AwfulWeddedLife and just hated each other so much they were both willing to condemn the other one to hell.
* A good chunk of ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'' involves the titular couple trying to kill one another.
* ''Film/Pitch2009'': Gene attempts to kill his wife for cheating on him. [[spoiler:He ends up not going through with it, only for her to shoot him instead to collect on insurance money.]]
* Humperdinck plans this in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' to give him an excuse to invade the neighboring country.
* A good chunk of ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'' involves the titular couple trying to kill one another.
* ''Film/Pitch2009'': Gene attempts to kill his wife for cheating on him. [[spoiler:He ends up not going through with it, only for her to shoot him instead to collect on insurance money.]]
* Humperdinck plans this in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' to give him an excuse to invade the neighboring country.
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* A good chunk of ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'' involves the titular couple trying to kill one another.
* Katherine's plan in ''Film/SonOfDracula'' is to marry Dracula, and kill him after he has turned her into a vampire.
* ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet'': The backstory of the mysterious villain Gardener says that he married a wealthy lady, "The Apple King"'s widow. The visuals imply that they married too soon after his death. The Gardener devoted his green thumb skills to fruit-growing, and then killed his wife, being her sole heir.
** Specifically, he killed her by squashing her with a HUGE apple.
* ''Film/Pitch2009'': Gene attempts to kill his wife for cheating on him. [[spoiler:He ends up not going through with it, only for her to shoot him instead to collect on insurance money.]]
* Katherine's plan in ''Film/SonOfDracula'' is to marry Dracula, and kill him after he has turned her into a vampire.
* ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet'': The backstory of the mysterious villain Gardener says that he married a wealthy lady, "The Apple King"'s widow. The visuals imply that they married too soon after his death. The Gardener devoted his green thumb skills to fruit-growing, and then killed his wife, being her sole heir.
** Specifically, he killed her by squashing her with a HUGE apple.
* ''Film/Pitch2009'': Gene attempts to kill his wife for cheating on him. [[spoiler:He ends up not going through with it, only for her to shoot him instead to collect on insurance money.]]
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