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== Anime and Manga ==
 
* Skuld and Urd from ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'' would be ur-examples of the first and second types respectively. The first manga was written in 1988; Keiichi and Belldandy still haven't consummated their relationship, although Keiichi did get as far as actually admitting he loved Belldandy in ''2006''... That said, remember that 20 years of [[Real Life]] time is approximately less than a year of in-story time.
* The two fathers in ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma ½]]'' are a good example of the second type. They keep pushing Ranma and Akane together, and their spectacular failures end up making the "happy couple" yell at each other.
** Played with in one particular fanfic. The two fathers figure out what they're doing wrong, and very heavy-handedly cancel the engagement and engage their children to the worst choices they can think of, Kodachi and Tsubasa. Ranma and Akane elope together the very same night.
*** [http://www.thekeep.org/~mike/afwt.txt "A Fate Worse Than..."], by Susan [[Sue Donym|Doenime]]
* Mizuho's sister Maho and mother Hatsuho in ''[[Please Teacher (Anime)|Please Teacher]]'' fill roles one and two respectively. The latter mostly only really does so in the [[OVA]], though, which is bizarre because Kei and Mizuho had consummated their relationship in the first TV series.
** It was probably to add a little spice to their life AND get a video of them of their night life. Which still doesn't make sense, since Maho ''already'' had videos of them, unless Maho was keeping ''those'' a secret from her mother.
*** Well, would you tell your mother that you had videos of your sister having sex?
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** Ironically, none of Lum's ''other'' relations have any problems with her marriage to him, and generally support the idea- though her father does throw a matchmaking party (without her knowledge) in the anime's 22nd episode, he starts accepting him again at the episode's end. The only "old friend" who is opposed to it is [[Big Eater|Rei]], her former fiance who she dumped when she decided that his [[Chick Magnet|massive good looks]] didn't balance out his stupidity and [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]].
* Nagasumi from ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'' has to deal with [[Yakuza]] ''mermaids'' related to San, his self-declared wife-to-be. Her father and her servant actively try to kill him without getting San upset. She'll stop them if they're too obvious, but thinking about that is unpleasant so she usually doesn't. San's mother is in the "perv" category.
* Miyabi (Aoi's guardian and surrogate older sister) of ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi (Manga)|Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' fulfills the first type with regards to Kaoru, who she initially can't stand. Slightly subverted one way, in that Aoi is perfectly aware of her disapproval, and rebels as much as she can. Subverted completely when not only does Miyabi comes to respect Kaoru, but she proves to be understanding and genuinely ''helpful'' (often arranging for them to have their rare moments of alone-time).
** A rare example of a [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]-esque character who is not a love interest. A lot of her attitude is sisterly [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]], until she fully realizes that Kaoru would sooner hurt ''himself'' than Aoi.
* ''[[Summer Wars]]'' gives us a perfect non-fantasy example with the Jinnouchi household, effectively mixing both kinds of in-laws to the very end. And, effectively enough, the grandmother serves as both the sane person AND a whole other kind of in-law, by pushing Kenji into actually considering establishing himself with Natsuki. {{spoiler|And indeed, once the plotline kicks in, Love Machine starts rampaging through OZ and the grandmother dies because of it, they indeed become Nakama. (The fact that Kenji reveals he's an awesome badass inside helps A TON.)}}
* You could look at Hayate's relationship with Nagi in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' as playing with this. The only real relative of Nagi's is her grandfather Mikado, who seems to harbor a definite dislike of Hayate, and whom Nagi is ''terrified'' of.
** It could be a complete inversion though, with all of [[Magnificent Bastard|Mikado's]] [[The Chessmaster|plans]] serving to push the two of them closer.
* Played with in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''. [[Bruiser Withwith a Soft Center|Kuwabara]] is [[Red String of Fate|in love]] with [[Knight Templar Big Brother|Hiei's]] sister [[The Ingenue|Yukina]]. [[Blood Knight|Hiei]] and [[Honor Before Reason|Kuwabara]] won't stop sniping at each other. However, neither [[Dogged Nice Guy|Kuwabara]] nor [[Distressed Damsel|Yukina]] [[Separated Atat Birth|know]] that she's [[Aloof Big Brother|Hiei's]] sister and [[The Promise|he can't tell]] ( {{spoiler|since said promise involved [[Combat Medic|Shigure]] and was made right before the latter implanted Hiei's [[Evil Eye]] on him}}), limiting how much he can interfere.
 
== Film ==
 
* A non-anime example: C-3PO in ''[[Star Wars]]''. "Sir, might I suggest that you?it can wait."
** Which was of course taken further in ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]''; Dot Matrix is equipped with a virgin alarm set to "go off before you do".
 
== Live Action TV ==
 
* [[Ur Example]]: ''[[Bewitched (TV)|Bewitched]]''. All of Samantha's family (except for Aunt Clara, and ''maybe'' Uncle Arthur) hate, or at least immensely dislike Darrin, especially Endora, the [[Evil Matriarch]]. In fact most of the Witch and Warlock community take a low view of Darrin, resulting in him being transformed and having curses put on him all the time. He isn't even safe from the ones who like him, as Aunt Clara is a bit of a senile version of [[The Ditz]] who can't cast a spell right and whose backfired ones usually hit Darrin, and while Uncle Arthur ''might'' like Darrin a bit, he's a [[Screwy Squirrel|prankster]] who likes to play tricks on him.
 
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