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Line 10: == Anime and Manga == * ''[[~~Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi~~ Haré+Guu\|Haré+Guu Deluxe]]'' has an example going in line with [[~~May-December~~May–December Romance]]. The {{spoiler\|Muscular bank robber}} ends up with the {{spoiler\|elderly Dama}} in a case of [[Love At First Punch]]. * Shiro's parents in ''[[Jubei-chan]]''. * [[Invoked]] in ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'': [http://www.pureanimegallery.com/d/42436-1/craft-lawrence-wolf-and-spice.jpg Lawrence] explains that [http://www.pureanimegallery.com/d/42468-1/horo-2.jpg Horo] (who he introduces as "my wife") is hiding her face in a cloak because she's embarrassed by her horrific burn scars. In fact, Horo is hiding her [[Unusual Ears]]. * Sumiyoshi's parents from the ''[[Excel Saga (~~Manga~~manga)\|Excel Saga]]'' manga. His father is a "normal" attractive anime guy, while his mother looks like a girl Sumiyoshi ([[Gonk]]). Also hilarious is that the mother is the ''only one'' in that family that actually speaks, while Sumiyoshi, his father, and his adorable little sister Canal all "speak" the same way. Line 24: ** Which of course mirrors the loving relationship between Wilbur and Edna Turnblad. Especially in the movie musical, with Christopher Walken and John Travolta singing and dancing together in "You're Timeless to Me". * ''[[High School High]]'': Mr. Clark took after his mother (who looks exactly like John Lovitz). * ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'': This becomes the Sheriff of Rottingham's fate, after cutting a deal with the Witch [[Fate Worse Than Death\|to save his life]]; where he reluctantly agrees to marry her in exchange for a magic pill. * ''[[She Devil]]'': The failure of such a relationship drives the plot. In it, a man played by Ed Begley, Jr. is married ~~to -- and~~to—and later cheats on and ~~abandons -- his~~abandons—his wife, played by [[Roseanne Barr]], who then seeks revenge. It's stated that he was [[Shotgun Wedding\|trapped into marrying her]] after getting her pregnant in high school. * Rafael and Lourdes from the Spanish film Crimen ferpecto. Line 33: ** It's not specifically stated that {{spoiler\|Rupert}} is hot, though. * In ''[[Harry Potter]]'', it is established that the late Merope Gaunt was "no beauty" and got her handsome Muggle husband by feeding him love potions. When the potions ran out, he fled the relationship, she died, and their child went to an orphanage {{spoiler\|where he grew up to become Voldemort.}} * Used in ''[[~~The Obsidian Trilogy (Literature)\|~~The Obsidian Trilogy]]'' by [[Mercedes Lackey]]. Idalia, while certainly a beautiful human, has an ''[[Our Elves Are Better\|elf]]'' pining for her. Then, at the end of the series, it's subverted, {{spoiler\|when she's reincarnated as an elf, though it's acceptable because this is the only way both would find long-term--by elven standards--happiness.}} ** Semi-used with Kellen and ~~Vestakia--the~~Vestakia—the fact that she looks like a Demon may repel others in-universe, but the reader is more likely to see her as a [[Cute Monster Girl]]. == Live-Action TV == * ''[[Married... ~~With~~with Children]]'' with Jefferson and Marcy D'Arcy, the Bundys' neighbors. Amanda (Marcy) Bearse was hardly ugly, but the joke was that she was a "chicken", a scrawny woman with [[Hollywood Homely\|no feminine features]], and Jefferson was her trophy husband. * In ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', Dorota's husband Vanya is much more attractive than she is. * ''[[Glee]]'': Lauren, a fat girl (not [[Hollywood Pudgy]], she's actually pretty fat) goes out with the super-hot, super-popular jock, Puck. Line 44: * [[Miranda]] constantly makes jokes about Miranda Hart being masculine, overweight and very, very tall. Yet she gets attention from quite a few very handsome men, especially Gary, her main [[Love Interest]]. However, it should be noted that Miranda Hart [[Self-Deprecation\|writes it herself]], and there are a few real-life men who consider her attractive. * ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]:'' Mimi is large, unattractive, and doesn't do herself any favors with her make-up and clothes, yet, she doesn't seem to have many problems in the romance department. * [[Days of Our Lives]] paired the [[Hospital Hottie\|handsome Dr. Craig Wesley]] with his considerably overweight ~~wife--who~~wife—who he absolutely ''adored'', defying many soap conventions in one fell ~~swoop--happy~~swoop—happy marriages are rarely seen even with soaps [[Model Couple\|model couples]], so for ''this'' pair to be genuinely [[Happily Married]] really stood out. It probably helped that she was more of a [[Big Beautiful Woman]] rather than outright ugly, but the casting of a plus-size actress is rarely, if ever seen on soaps, unless for the purpose of a [[Very Special Episode\|social issue storyline]] instead of simply choosing the best actress for the job. == Webcomics == * An example shows up with two background characters in ''[[Wurr (Webcomic)\|Wurr]]''--[http://wolfpearl.deviantart.com/art/Wurr-character-design-78195663?q=gallery:wolfpearl/27404590&qo=31 namely, the big fat hellhound and her leggy, elegant mate.] Also a case of [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]. {{reflist}} Line 54: [[Category:Marriage Tropes]] [[Category:Duo Tropes]] [[Category:Hot Guy, Ugly Wife]]