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* '''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob is told that literally every single living thing on the planet will be exterminated if he does not go through with the arranged marriage, and despite knowing this he breaks it off to follow his heart instead.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob is told that literally every single living thing on the planet will be exterminated if he does not go through with the arranged marriage, and despite knowing this this, he breaks it off to follow his heart instead.



** Prince Bob marries Cara instead of Princess Alice, and [[NiceJobFixingItVillain in spite of everyone's fears this turns out to be the best possible thing he could have done]]. Marrying a peasant girl makes the Royal Family immensely popular with the masses, causing [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized an Anti-Monarchy Uprising]] to lose support and collapse before a rebellion could ever begin. Cara's practical experience makes her a vital addition to a court full of useless aristocrats. While Princess Alice's Kingdom does declare war on Prince Bob's Kingdom, both sides failed to account for the latter realm's superior battle tactics and as a result the former realm gets defeated and fully annexed. Cara's connection to the lower classes also allow her to recognize the need for reforms which keep the kingdom from stagnating.

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** Prince Bob marries Cara instead of Princess Alice, and [[NiceJobFixingItVillain in spite of everyone's fears fears, this turns out to be the best possible thing he could have done]]. Marrying a peasant girl makes the Royal Family immensely popular with the masses, causing [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized an Anti-Monarchy Uprising]] to lose support and collapse before a rebellion could ever begin. Cara's practical experience makes her a vital addition to a court full of useless aristocrats. While Princess Alice's Kingdom does declare war on Prince Bob's Kingdom, both sides failed fail to account for the latter realm's superior battle tactics tactics, and as a result result, the former realm gets defeated and fully annexed. Cara's connection to the lower classes also allow allows her to recognize the need for reforms which that keep the kingdom from stagnating.

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--> '''Private Edmund:''' "I too am in love ... but I can't see my wife because I got conscripted to fight in Prince Bob's dumb wars."

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--> '''Private Edmund:''' "I too am in love ... but I can't see my wife because I got conscripted to fight in Prince Bob's the King's dumb wars."


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* '''Played for Drama''': The King and/or Princess Alice send an assassin to kill Bob's peasant girlfriend.
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--> '''Private Edward:''' "I too am in love ... but I can't see my wife because I got conscripted to fight in Prince Bob's dumb wars."

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--> '''Private Edward:''' Edmund:''' "I too am in love ... but I can't see my wife because I got conscripted to fight in Prince Bob's dumb wars."
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--> '''Soldier Domanic:''' "The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]"
--> '''Soldier Domeric:''' "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."
--> '''Soldier Domanic:''' "I too am in love ... but I can't see my wife because I got conscripted to fight in Prince Bob's dumb wars."
--> '''Soldier Domeric:''' "Do you know what I love? Not having Trench Foot."

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--> '''Soldier Domanic:''' '''Private Edmund:''' "The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]"
--> '''Soldier Domeric:''' '''Private Fredric:''' "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."
--> '''Soldier Domanic:''' '''Private Edward:''' "I too am in love ... but I can't see my wife because I got conscripted to fight in Prince Bob's dumb wars."
--> '''Soldier Domeric:''' '''Private Fredric:''' "Do you know what I love? Not having Trench Foot."
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* '''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob is told that literally every single living thing on the planet will be exterminated if he does not go through with the arranged marriage, and despite knowing this he brakes it off to follow his heart instead.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob is told that literally every single living thing on the planet will be exterminated if he does not go through with the arranged marriage, and despite knowing this he brakes breaks it off to follow his heart instead.

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* '''Reconstructed''': It turns out that while Cara wasn't the cause of most of the problems people blame her for, she ''did'' make things go FromBadToWorse [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom because of the horrible advice she gave Bob]] when he tried to address the causes of said problems.



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** It's a hereditary monarchy, [[LetatCestMoi the King is the state]], and who he chooses to be his wife and the mother of his heir has enormous implications for the future of his kingdom. Marrying for love is frankly [[LoveMakesYouEvil selfish]]; that's simply part of the [[TheChainsOfCommanding price of wearing a crown.]]

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** It's a hereditary monarchy, [[LetatCestMoi [[UsefulNotes/LetatCestMoi the King is the state]], and who he chooses to be his wife and the mother of his heir has enormous implications for the future of his kingdom. Marrying for love is frankly [[LoveMakesYouEvil selfish]]; that's simply part of the [[TheChainsOfCommanding price of wearing a crown.]]
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--> '''Soldier Domanic:''' "I too am in love ... but I can't see my wife because I got conscripted to fight in Prince Bob's dumb wars."
--> '''Soldier Domeric:''' "Do you know what I love? Not having Trench Foot."

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--> '''Soldier Domanic:''' "The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]"
--> '''Soldier Domeric:''' "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."



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--> '''Soldier Domanic:''' "The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]"
--> '''Soldier Domeric:''' "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."

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* '''Conversed''':
--> '''Soldier Domanic:''' "The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]"
--> '''Soldier Domeric:''' "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."
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--> Soldier Domeric:''' "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."

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--> Soldier '''Soldier Domeric:''' "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."

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* '''Implied''': King Gerry mentions separately that his mother was a peasant, that his father the late King Bob "married poorly and caused a war", that his kingdom is at war with a neighboring realm ruled by "a Bitter and Cruel Queen who was rejected once and who hated my bloodline ever since", and that he distrusts all love and romance "because it only ever causes hardship". If you put the pieces together, then King Gerry is distrustful of love because his father married a peasant girl and caused a war by breaking a betrothal with a Princess.



--> Soldier Domanic: "The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]"
--> Soldier Domeric: "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."

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--> Soldier Domanic: '''Soldier Domanic:''' "The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]"
--> Soldier Domeric: Domeric:''' "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war.""
* '''Implied''': King Gerry mentions separately that his mother was a peasant, that his father the late King Bob "married poorly and caused a war", that his kingdom is at war with a neighboring realm ruled by "a Bitter and Cruel Queen who was rejected once and who hated my bloodline ever since", and that he distrusts all love and romance "because it only ever causes hardship". If you put the pieces together, then King Gerry is distrustful of love because his father married a peasant girl and caused a war by breaking a betrothal with a Princess.



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* '''Implied''': King Gerry mentions separately that his mother was a peasant, that his father the late King Bob "married poorly and caused a war", that his kingdom is at war with a neighboring realm ruled by "a Bitter and Cruel Queen who was rejected once and who hated my bloodline ever since", and that he distrusts all love and romance "because it only ever causes hardship". If you put the pieces together, then King Gerry is distrustful of love because his father married a peasant girl and caused a war by breaking a betrothal with a Princess.



* '''Conversed''': "The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]" "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."

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"The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]" at!]]"
--> Soldier Domeric:
"Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."

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* '''Inverted''': Prince Bob caves and marries Princess Alice; they hate each other, and both pine for their lost true loves. The hostility at court, numerous public affairs on both sides, and [[SuccessionCrisis lack of an heir]] cause far more problems than a merely unpropitious marriage to a commoner would have.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Prince Bob caves and marries Princess Alice; they hate each other, and both pine for their lost true loves. The hostility at court, numerous public affairs on both sides, and [[SuccessionCrisis lack of an heir]] cause far more problems than a merely unpropitious marriage to a commoner would have.have.
** Prince Bob marries Cara instead of Princess Alice, and [[NiceJobFixingItVillain in spite of everyone's fears this turns out to be the best possible thing he could have done]]. Marrying a peasant girl makes the Royal Family immensely popular with the masses, causing [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized an Anti-Monarchy Uprising]] to lose support and collapse before a rebellion could ever begin. Cara's practical experience makes her a vital addition to a court full of useless aristocrats. While Princess Alice's Kingdom does declare war on Prince Bob's Kingdom, both sides failed to account for the latter realm's superior battle tactics and as a result the former realm gets defeated and fully annexed. Cara's connection to the lower classes also allow her to recognize the need for reforms which keep the kingdom from stagnating.
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"The King had a new son; I bet ten shillings he grows up to start a war by running away with a poor girl."
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* '''Exploited''': ???
[[LaResistance Anti-Monarchist Rebels]] are trying to wedge a rift between Bob and Alice in the hopes that it can cause a costly war and [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized make the people desperate enough to revolt]].
* '''Defied''': ???Bob's father, The King, told his children that if they married for love they would be automatically disinherited. Thus Prince Bob marries Cara, but his younger brother Prince Boris marries Alice and goes ahead of Bob in line for the Throne.



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* '''Conversed''': ???"The Ceasefire is over?! But I wanted to go home! I miss my family!! [[WarIsHell The Trenches suck and I'm tired of getting shot at!]]" "Well you can blame the Royal Family for this. Our oh-so-wise Prince broke his end of the Peace Treaty by marrying a peasant girl instead of Princess Alice. So that means it's back to war."

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'''Basic Trope''': A rulers romantic choices have disastrous consequences for his realm and everybody in it.
* '''Straight''': Prince Bob is arranged to marry Princess Alice, but instead he breaks off the arrangement and marries a plucky peasant girl named Cara.

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'''Basic Trope''': A rulers ruler's romantic choices have disastrous consequences for his realm and everybody in it.
* '''Straight''': Prince Bob is arranged to marry Princess Alice, but instead he breaks off the arrangement and marries a plucky peasant girl named Cara. Alice's family are insulted, and diplomacy between the kingdoms suffers.



* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Subverted''': Prince Bob later discovers that the peasant girl he fell for IS Princess Alice; [[RebelliousPrincess she ran away and lived as a peasant adventurer to avoid her arranged marriage with Bob, but when she actually met him she falls in love with him]].

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* '''Downplayed''': ???
Prince Bob causes a constitutional crisis with his choice of bride, but with Cara's moral support he manages to mend fences and avoid any long-term problems.
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'''Justified''':
** It's a hereditary monarchy, [[LetatCestMoi the King is the state]], and who he chooses to be his wife and the mother of his heir has enormous implications for the future of his kingdom. Marrying for love is frankly [[LoveMakesYouEvil selfish]]; that's simply part of the [[TheChainsOfCommanding price of wearing a crown.]]
** Bob isn't really in love with Cara, he just loves the thrilling escape from his stuffy palace life that she [[InLoveWithLove represents]]. Choosing her represents his unwillingness to take his rule seriously.
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Prince Bob caves and marries Princess Alice; they hate each other, and both pine for their lost true loves. The hostility at court, numerous public affairs on both sides, and [[SuccessionCrisis lack of an heir]] cause far more problems than a merely unpropitious marriage to a commoner would have.
* '''Subverted''': Prince Bob later discovers that the peasant girl he fell for IS Princess Alice; [[RebelliousPrincess she ran away and lived as a peasant adventurer to avoid her arranged marriage with Bob, Bob]], but when she actually met him she falls in love with him]].YouCantFightFate.



* '''Parodied''': The ''[[TropesForDummies For Dummies]]'' instructional series includes a book dealing with convincing your children not to value love over duty. It is titled ''Arranged Marriage For Dummies''.
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* '''Parodied''': The ''[[TropesForDummies For Dummies]]'' instructional series includes a book dealing with convincing your children not whole royal family are actually {{allergic to value love over duty. It is titled ''Arranged Marriage For Dummies''.
love}} ([[RoyallyScrewedUp stupid inbreeding]]), and medically advised to avoid it at all costs. That {{nosebleed}} Bob gets when he sees Cars? That's a serious medical condition.
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The whole story is a BettyAndVeronica LoveTriangle pitting obedience to tradition, duty and national interest against ThePowerOfLove, and exploring both the difficulties and compromises of Bob and Alice's loveless marriage, and his rose-coloured love-from-afar of Cara.
* '''Averted''': ???
Bob passes up an arranged marriage for love. It's frowned upon by his family, but never presented as a serious problem by the narrative, just an example of his unconventionality.
* '''Enforced''': ???It's a story for children in a culture where ArrangedMarriage is the norm, and the writers want to reinforce why it's the best way of doing things.



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* '''Invoked''': ???Cara is a HoneyPot sent by agents who want to incite war between Bob and Alice's nations.



* '''Deconstructed''': The historical opinion that Queen Cara brought down Bob's dynasty is just an academic example of YokoOhNo; in reality Bob's rule was plagued with problems before and after he married, and people simply fixated their dissatisfaction on an outsider they could easily scapegoat.



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* '''Parodied''': The "For Dummies" instructional series includes a book dealing with convincing your children not to value love over duty. It is titled "Arranged Marriage For Dummies".

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* '''Parodied''': The "For Dummies" ''[[TropesForDummies For Dummies]]'' instructional series includes a book dealing with convincing your children not to value love over duty. It is titled "Arranged ''Arranged Marriage For Dummies".Dummies''.

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* '''Played Straight''': Prince Bob is arranged to marry Princess Alice, but instead he breaks off the arrangement and marries a plucky peasant girl named Cara.
* '''Exaggerate''': Prince Bob is told that literally every single living thing on the planet will be exterminated if he does not go through with the arranged marriage, and despite knowing this he brakes it off to follow his heart instead.

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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Prince Bob is arranged to marry Princess Alice, but instead he breaks off the arrangement and marries a plucky peasant girl named Cara.
Cara.
* '''Exaggerate''': '''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob is told that literally every single living thing on the planet will be exterminated if he does not go through with the arranged marriage, and despite knowing this he brakes it off to follow his heart instead.instead.
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Prince Bob later discovers that the peasant girl he fell for IS Princess Alice; [[RebelliousPrincess she ran away and lived as a peasant adventurer to avoid her arranged marriage with Bob, but when she actually met him she falls in love with him]].
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They get married and live happily together as King and Queen, but the realm suffers because they delegate too much of the actual running of the realm to the EvilChancellor.
* '''Parodied''': ???The "For Dummies" instructional series includes a book dealing with convincing your children not to value love over duty. It is titled "Arranged Marriage For Dummies".
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A rulers romantic choices have disastrous consequences for his realm and everybody in it.
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Prince Bob is arranged to marry Princess Alice, but instead he breaks off the arrangement and marries a plucky peasant girl named Cara.
* '''Exaggerate''':'''Exaggerate''': Prince Bob is told that literally every single living thing on the planet will be exterminated if he does not go through with the arranged marriage, and despite knowing this he brakes it off to follow his heart instead.
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