History Main / WhyDontYouMarryIt

* A 1963 print ad for Computer Concepts, Inc., a computer consulting firm, used a photo of the system console of an IBM 7094 computer with a veil and bouquet draped over it. "Plenty of programmers are wedded to their machines," the ad claimed, and prospective employees were implored to "set the date soon" and "don't forget the ring."

* A 1963 print ad for Computer Concepts, Inc., a computer consulting firm, used a photo of the system console of an IBM 7094 computer with a veil and bouquet draped over it. "Plenty of programmers are wedded to their machines," the ad claimed.

-->'''Draco-Polyjuiced-as-Neville:''' I love fast food! I want to ''marry'' fast food!\\

-->'''Neville:''' I love fast food! I want to ''marry'' fast food!\\

-->'''Neville:''' I love fast food! I want to ''marry'' fast food!

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->''[[AC:Maybe you should marry that thing since you love it so much. Do you want to marry it? WELL, I WON'T LET YOU! How does that feel?]]''
-->-- '''[=GLaDOS=]''', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''

* In ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', Baby John, commenting on a comic book he's reading, says that he loves Franchise/{{Superman}} ([[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] in the film). Another Jet quips to him, "So marry him!"

* In ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', Baby John, commenting on a comic book he's reading, says that he loves Franchise/{{Superman}} ([[ComicBook/Shazam Captain Marvel]] in the film). Another Jet quips to him, "So marry him!"

* In ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', Baby John, commenting on a comic book he's reading, says that he loves Franchise/{{Superman}}. "So marry him," Snowboy snaps back.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13523025/20/Trickshot Trickshot]]'' Penelope objects to Percy's belief that she should StayInTheKitchen after they graduate from Hogwarts.

* In the BBC production ''Bernard And the Genie'', the genie (who was trapped in the lamp for nearly two millenia and is very much a FishOutOfTemporalWater) reacts to listening to classical music for the first time by declaring, [[LargeHam "My ears want to mate with this music and bear its children!"]]

** Another episode has a character revealed to be marrying a live chicken, because he loves chicken so much, though it was AllJustADream. When he wakes up, he gets excited when presented with a bucket of chicken by his actual wife.

* In ''Film/WestSideStory'', Baby John comments on Captain Marvel, a comic book he is reading. He says, "Gee, I love him." Action impatiently snaps, "So marry him!"

Say someone is talking about their stamp collection, and you get sick of it and say, "Why don't you marry it?" Or say, "You have a stamp fetish?"

-->[[SidetrackedByTheAnalogy And then move outside of Paris and raise a park full of ferrets]]

* Yami mocking Kaiba for his "dragon fetish" in episode 14 of ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''. Then there's the whole thing with Kisara... [[note]][[WordOfGod Takahashi has stated that Kaiba's fixation with the Blue Eyes is meant to reflect Priest Seto's relationship with Kisara, although Kaiba's conscious/stated reason is that the BEWD is one of the cornerstones of his absolute beatdown strategy, especially in that no stronger card without adverse summoning conditions or effects existed, nor were any other copies accessible, thereby giving Kaiba a near-monopoly on beatdown]].[[/note]]
** "Believe me, I've looked into it."

* On ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' Mike Wazowski thinks he's so romantic he should just marry himself.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "American Dream Factory", a prospective employee keeps bring up the perks at Best Buy, to the point where Stan yells out "WHY DON'T YOU JUST MARRY BEST BUY?!"

* In ''Fanfic/LikeARedHeadedStepchild'' Oliver says that if Ron helps Gryffindor win the Quidditch cup again he'll marry Ron.
-->'''Fred:''' I think Ollie here really just wants to marry the Quidditch cup.\\
'''Oliver:''' Well yes, but I was told that wasn't strictly legal.

* Yami mocking Kaiba for his "dragon fetish" in episode 14 of ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''. Then there's the whole thing with Kisara... [[note]][[WordofGod Takahashi has stated that Kaiba's fixation with the Blue Eyes is meant to reflect Priest Seto's relationship with Kisara, although Kaiba's conscious/stated reason is that the BEWD is one of the cornerstones of his absolute beatdown strategy, especially in that no stronger card without adverse summoning conditions or effects existed, nor were any other copies accessible, thereby giving Kaiba a near-monopoly on beatdown.[[/note]]