Give Away the Bride/Playing With

Basic Trope: The bride's father walks her down the aisle.

Played Straight: Alice's father walks her down the aisle.
Exaggerated:
- Alice is surrounded by all her male relatives.
- Alice walks up with both of her parents.
Justified:
- Alice and Bob are marrying in a time or place where women were considered property, and the marriage is not valid without her father's approval.
- Alice is injured or disabled, and needs help getting to the altar.
- It's tradition.
Inverted:
- Alice walks her father up to the altar when he marries another woman.
- Alice walks to the altar alone.
- Alice is led to the altar by her mother.
Gender Inverted: Bob is walked down the aisle by his mother, or his father, or both.
Subverted:
- Alice is not walked down the aisle by her father...
- Alice and Bob walk down the aisle together.
Double Subverted:
- But by another male relative, or by a friend, or even Bob.
- Guided by both sets of parents, as in a Jewish wedding.
Deconstructed: May be considered anachronistic and sexist in some circles.
Reconstructed: Alice's father respects her wishes regarding the act. If she considers it Values Dissonance, then he won't force the issue on the grounds that it's tradition.
Parodied: Alice's father is a feeble old man, and though he tries to walk Alice down the aisle as per tradition, he ends up being walked by Alice halfway through.
Lampshaded: "Daddy, will you walk me down the aisle?"
Averted:
- Alice is not walked down the aisle by anyone, if there even is an aisle where she and Bob are marrying.
- This is not the tradition in this particular setting.
Enforced: Small Reference Pools, The Coconut Effect
Invoked: Alice and Bob announce their engagement, and Charles (her father) asks if she'd like him to walk her down the aisle.
Defied: Alice says no, or Charles doesn't even bring it up.
Discussed:
Conversed: "In modern times, not everyone is willing to do this."
Played For Laughs: Alice's father carries a shotgun.
Played For Drama: Almost always is.