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{{quote|If you haven't met the perfect couple, let me introduce you. They stand atop a layer of butter-cream frosting. The secret of their success? Well, for starters, they don't have to look at each other.|'''Mary Alice Young''' |
{{quote|If you haven't met the perfect couple, let me introduce you. They stand atop a layer of butter-cream frosting. The secret of their success? Well, for starters, they don't have to look at each other.|'''Mary Alice Young'''|''[[Desperate Housewives]]''}} |
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[[Image:CakeTopper-9666295704.jpg|thumb|Dost thou be joined together in holy acrimony?]] |
[[Image:CakeTopper-9666295704.jpg|thumb|Dost thou be joined together in holy acrimony?]] |
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If left at the altar expect a character to take out their frustration on the half of the cake topper that left them. Or talk to it while weeping. |
If left at the altar expect a character to take out their frustration on the half of the cake topper that left them. Or talk to it while weeping. |
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Definitely not to be confused with [[Christmas Cake]]. |
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== Comic Books == |
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== Film == |
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* In ''[[Shrek]]'', Fiona and Farquaad's cake shows them of about equal height even though Farquaad [[The Napoleon|really isn't]]. Fiona sarcastically pushes his halfway down into the cake for a more realistic portrayal. |
* In ''[[Shrek]]'', Fiona and Farquaad's cake shows them of about equal height even though Farquaad [[The Napoleon|really isn't]]. Fiona sarcastically pushes his halfway down into the cake for a more realistic portrayal. |
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* In the ''[[George of the Jungle]]'' movie, the little figures [[Break the Fourth Wall]] and shriek in terror just before George smashes them into bits. |
* In the ''[[George of the Jungle]]'' movie, the little figures [[Break the Fourth Wall]] and shriek in terror just before George smashes them into bits. |
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* A wedding cake topper is used for [[Sympathetic Magic]] in the Amicus anthology horror ''From Beyond the Grave'' ( |
* A wedding cake topper is used for [[Sympathetic Magic]] in the Amicus anthology horror ''From Beyond the Grave'' (1974). |
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* Mel Brooks parodied this in ''[[Silent Movie (film)|Silent Movie]]'', where he and Bernadette Peters see a wedding cake in a shop window. They then fantasy-segue into a gown-and-tails dance number on a wedding cake, struggling as they go as the icing gets deeper and deeper. At the end, the scene fades back to Mel and Bernadette, gazing soulfully at each other, not noticing the bride and groom figures are now splattered with icing. |
* Mel Brooks parodied this in ''[[Silent Movie (film)|Silent Movie]]'', where he and Bernadette Peters see a wedding cake in a shop window. They then fantasy-segue into a gown-and-tails dance number on a wedding cake, struggling as they go as the icing gets deeper and deeper. At the end, the scene fades back to Mel and Bernadette, gazing soulfully at each other, not noticing the bride and groom figures are now splattered with icing. |
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⚫ | * At the end of ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|Sweet Home Alabama]]'', the happy couple has an impromptu wedding reception at the local bar/hangout. Since the original cake toppers [[Disposable Fiancé|no longer fit]], one of their friends grabs a pair of [[Slap Slap Kiss|Rock Em Sock Em Robots]] as a substitute. |
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⚫ | * An episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' had Marge and Homer find their old wedding cake top with the figures still on it. Homer speculates that they have "wee little parties" at night, and then attempts to quickly open the freezer and catch them in the act. Another episode has Homer eat the couple on top of Apu and Mandula's cake, believing them to be made of icing. |
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== Literature == |
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== Live-Action TV == |
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* There was a joke on ''[[Scrubs]]'' where Turk made a huge deal about the cake place not having Black/Latina cake-topper couples. The offer to touch them up with chocolate icing... didn't go over well. |
* There was a joke on ''[[Scrubs]]'' where Turk made a huge deal about the cake place not having Black/Latina cake-topper couples. The offer to touch them up with chocolate icing... didn't go over well. |
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⚫ | * ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' module I6 ''[[Ravenloft]]'': On the day Sergei was to marry Tatyana, Strahd murdered Sergei so he could have Tatyana for himself. The wedding cake is in a room in Strahd's castle: Tatyana's figurine is still on top of the cake, but Sergei's has been cast to the floor (presumably by Strahd). |
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⚫ | * LEGO Artist Eric Harshbarger has created many wedding items out of LEGO bricks, including cake toppers. Read about them [http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/wedding_cake.html here], see the cake [http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/images/wedding_cake/cake_3.jpg here], and see a closeup of the LEGO cake topper [http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/images/wedding_cake/cake_0.jpg here]. |
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* When Daphne left Donny on ''[[Frasier]]'', he took the male half of the cake topper back to his office and talked to it about how they'd both been abandoned. |
* When Daphne left Donny on ''[[Frasier]]'', he took the male half of the cake topper back to his office and talked to it about how they'd both been abandoned. |
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* Oh, "Something Blue" from [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]... |
* Oh, "Something Blue" from [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]... |
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'''Buffy''': Ah ha! We can smear a little red paint on the lips. The blood of the innocent... |
'''Buffy''': Ah ha! We can smear a little red paint on the lips. The blood of the innocent... |
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'''Spike''': That's my girl! }} |
'''Spike''': That's my girl! }} |
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== Puppet Shows == |
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== Tabletop Games == |
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⚫ | * ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' module I6 ''[[Ravenloft]]'': On the day Sergei was to marry Tatyana, Strahd murdered Sergei so he could have Tatyana for himself. The wedding cake is in a room in Strahd's castle: Tatyana's figurine is still on top of the cake, but Sergei's has been cast to the floor (presumably by Strahd). |
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== Toys == |
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⚫ | * LEGO Artist Eric Harshbarger has created many wedding items out of LEGO bricks, including cake toppers. Read about them [http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/wedding_cake.html here], see the cake [http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/images/wedding_cake/cake_3.jpg here], and see a closeup of the LEGO cake topper [http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/images/wedding_cake/cake_0.jpg here]. |
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== Western Animation == |
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⚫ | * An episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' had Marge and Homer find their old wedding cake top with the figures still on it. Homer speculates that they have "wee little parties" at night, and then attempts to quickly open the freezer and catch them in the act. Another episode has Homer eat the couple on top of Apu and Mandula's cake, believing them to be made of icing. |
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* In one episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter sets up Meg for a shotgun wedding, after she believes that she's pregnant. While planning the wedding, Peter says that the store was all out of little cake figurines, so instead he got a toy version of [[The Iron Giant]] and one of those courtroom rag dolls where they ask the children just where the suspect touched them. |
* In one episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter sets up Meg for a shotgun wedding, after she believes that she's pregnant. While planning the wedding, Peter says that the store was all out of little cake figurines, so instead he got a toy version of [[The Iron Giant]] and one of those courtroom rag dolls where they ask the children just where the suspect touched them. |
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* ''[[Wacky Races]]'': Dick Dastardly once lured Peter Perfect and Penelope Pitstop into a bakery where he somehow managed to put them into the top of a wedding cake and dressed like bride and groom. |
* ''[[Wacky Races]]'': Dick Dastardly once lured Peter Perfect and Penelope Pitstop into a bakery where he somehow managed to put them into the top of a wedding cake and dressed like bride and groom. |
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== Other Media == |
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* Common stock images illustrate news stories on divorce: A wedding cake. Split right down the middle. The "cake topper" figures also separated. One standing on each half of the divided cake. They'll typically be facing away from each other, or sulking. Sometimes, they're surrounded by their divided assets... such as a house chopped in two. |
* Common stock images illustrate news stories on divorce: A wedding cake. Split right down the middle. The "cake topper" figures also separated. One standing on each half of the divided cake. They'll typically be facing away from each other, or sulking. Sometimes, they're surrounded by their divided assets... such as a house chopped in two. |
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** There are also plenty of real cakes (and toppers) for sale to the new divorcé or divorcée with similar novelty figures. |
** There are also plenty of real cakes (and toppers) for sale to the new divorcé or divorcée with similar novelty figures. |
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[[Category:Have Your Cake and Trope It Too]] |
[[Category:Have Your Cake and Trope It Too]] |
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[[Category:Pages Needing Wicks]] |
[[Category:Pages Needing Wicks]] |
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[[Category:Wedding and Engagement Tropes]] |
[[Category:Wedding and Engagement Tropes]] |
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