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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Godannar]]'': Both Goh Saruwatari and his "wife" Anna Aoi. His mother-in-law, Dr. Kiriko Aoi (Anna's mother), also happens to be his boss.
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* ''[[Monster (
** Lunge really brings it to the point of being horrific as he not only does lose his family but nearly gets fired from the very job he's married to due to his obsession.
** Criminal psychologist Dr. Gillen is another example, as his introductory scene has him explain that his wife left him because he listened more to his 20,000 tapes of observations on and quotes from criminals than he did to her.
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* Hibari of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''.
* [[Captain Tsubasa]], he's so married to football that boy-and-girl relationship is the rarest element to be found around him, considering this a [[Shounen]] genre, it's not very strange. Subverted slightly when he confesses his love to [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Sanae]]. Then he goes to Brazil and married to the job again that his girlfriend has to follow him there love-stuck and almost in tear before they finally get married for real.
* Both Ryo and Asuka of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' use the "in love with dueling" line to let down attempted suitors.
== Comic Books ==
* [[
** Made explicit in an episode of ''[[
** Harvey Dent in ''[[The Long Halloween]]'' struggles with his marriage because of the many demands of his job as District Attorney, in addition to his own mental problems. At the end, it's revealed that his wife Gilda {{spoiler|may have been the serial killer who has been killing off members of the mob}} in order to help Harvey so that he "wouldn't have to work so much" and they could be together.
* It was quite a staple in Silver Age superhero comics, used as an excuse to delay an otherwise inevitable progression of a romance where secret-identity issues did not apply, such as within a team of superheroes. Take this example from ''[[X-Men]]'' #9 (1965): Marvel Girl telekinetically holds ice-cubes to Cyclops' bruised head and thinks:
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* In ''[[Dykes to Watch Out For]]'', Sydney, whilst researching polyamory, has the epiphany that she ''is'' in a polyamorous relationship already- her work is her primary relationship, while Mo is 'the other woman'. This also happens with Clarice and Toni, with Clarice's job as a lawyer almost immediately put a strain on the relationship.
* In ''[[Watchmen]]'', this leads to conflict between Rorschach's psychologist and the psychologist's wife, considering the more [[Squick|Squicky]] aspects of Rorschach's backstory began to influence the shrink too.
* You could say that the [[Superman|Kents]] are both [[Happily Married]] and [[Married to
::There was a period, however, when Lois broke off the engagement because she couldn't handle being married to Superman, and wasn't sure Superman ''should'' be married when he had a world to protect. She said she tried thinking of it as like being married to a fire-fighter or a policeman ... but even they could take a day off. She came to terms with the situation eventually.
* [[Judge Dredd]] has no life whatsoever outside of his responsibilities and duties as a Judge. Even when other Judges may recognize a perp or victim as a celebrity personality from a vidshow, Dredd will not, nor would he care. Dredd is [[Celibate Hero|celibate]] and doesn't even celebrate his own birthday--not even when the Chief Judge and his closest associates at Justice Dept. get him a cake and gifts. The closest thing Dredd has to engaging in a leisure activity is reading the Book of Law.
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== Film ==
* In ''[[
* Nicholas Angel of ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' has this as his defining trait.
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* The movie ''Click'' is about this; upon receiving the universal remote that allows him to 'fast forward' through his life, the character is initially delighted to be able to skip through the unnecessary things in his life to get his work done. Unfortunately, he quickly realizes that he's fast-forwarding the wrong things and the rewind button doesn't work...
* In ''[[The Prestige]]'' both main characters suffer from this trope. Hugh Jackman's character Robert Angier even says out loud that he doesn't care about his deceased wife, but it pales in comparison to Christian Bale's dedication, wherein {{spoiler|twins literally switch places from time to time}}, all so a certain magic trick's mystery is never figured out by anyone. This also results in a failed marriage, leading the wife to commit suicide.
* It was implied in ''[[Taken (
* In ''[[Heat]]'', both the detective and the criminal are completely focused on their careers on their respective sides of the law to the almost complete exclusion to anything else. For the detective, this means he's burned through two marriages and is currently on the downward slope of a third; for the criminal, this means that he has absolutely nothing even resembling a personal life.
* Walter and Hildy are both married to their newspaper jobs in ''[[His Girl Friday]],'' though Hildy is trying to get out of it. Walter sets her up with one last story in an attempt to get her to come back to the paper.
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'': Sam Vimes a text book example. He's constantly running off on his wife Lady Sybil, often in the middle of meals. In ''[[Discworld
** Also [[Inverted Trope|inverted]] in the same book, when Sybil accidentally discovers the location of a secret room in the embassy while measuring the floors for carpets:
{{quote| '''Sam:''' I don't want to sound impatient, dear, but [[This Is No Time for Knitting|is this a carpet moment?]]<br />
'''Sybil:''' Just stop thinking like a husband and start listening like a copper, will you? }}
** Vimes does his best to defy this trope in ''[[Discworld
* ''[[Kurt Wallander]]'': Kurt is divorced and has only an on-off relationship with his Latvian girlfriend.
* In the ''[[Temeraire]]'' series, most aviators are married to the job, if only because the bond they share with their dragons means that any spouse would play second fiddle (to say nothing of having to live near a dragon covert and seeing them less than possibly even a Navy man). There's no prohibition against it, but wise aviators won't subject anyone to it.
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* In the ''Crackpot Hall'' novels of Ysabeau Wilce, Buck isn't so much married to her job as Commanding General of the Califan Army as she is its whipping girl.
* In [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[Foundation]]'' series, Hari Seldon's friend and colleague Yugo Amaryl was only interested in developing psychohistory. He never married, didn't know any people aside from his colleagues and died early from overwork.
* Used tragically in ''Aldarian and Erendis'' in ''[[Unfinished
* Marcia Overstrand in ''[[
== Live Action TV ==
* Liz Lemon in ''[[30 Rock
* Captain Kirk in ''[[Star Trek]]'' is often said to be "married" to the Enterprise.
** Hilariously parodied in ''[[
{{quote| Shatner: Alas, my ship, whom I love like a woman, is damaged.}}
* In the first season of ''[[24
** And in season 7, President Taylor put her duty to her country over her family and {{spoiler|sent her daughter to prison for ordering a hit on Jonas Hodges}}, which was a direct cause of {{spoiler|her subsequent divorce from her husband}}.
* Leo McGarry's divorce in ''[[The West Wing]]'' was a direct result of this trope, as demonstrated in the page quote, and it's implied that Toby Ziegler's marriage ended because of his duties in the White House as well. It's also suggested, however, the devotion required and long hours spent working at the White House took their toll on ''all'' the characters and their relationships to some degree, as almost all of them barring the President and the First Lady were either single or divorced.<br /><br />Something of a [[Truth in Television]], with one possibly significant note; many observers have noted that in [[Real Life]] few of the people who hold the positions in the White House that the characters hold remain in them for as ''long'' as the characters hold them, with one of the reasons being this trope; working at the White House for so long tends to result in burn-out.
* In ''[[Numb3rs]]'', this seems to be true for just about everyone. David Sinclair and Colby Granger seem to consider this a badge of honor, or at least an excuse why they aren't in relationships, and Nikki is insulted when they imply she isn't her married to her job.
* Hugh Abbot on ''[[The Thick of It]]'' doesn't see his family much. Considering what his only distraction is, one supposes he really doesn't do much beside work. He's not happy about it.
* On ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', Michael has this problem. His wife is dead, but he's always worried about neglecting his son because he spends so much time trying to save the family business.
** And the ironic thing is, most of the family (save for Buster, Tobias, and Mabel) are a bunch of [[Jerkass|selfish jerks]] who don't even realize the trouble he goes through to help them.
* On ''[[
* ''[[
** And he's not the first. In the [[Stargate SG
* In ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', SSA Aaron Hotchner eventually loses his wife, Haley, and young son, Jack, to this. A [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] occurs in the Season 1 episode, 'Unfinished Business', as Hotch notes that "divorce is not uncommon in the BAU."
** All the team fit this trope, probably because the BAU seems to be [[Oddly Small Organization|woefully understaffed]].
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** Also, in her first episode with Casey Novak, she explains that being married to the job, particularly their job, screws with ''everyone'''s love lives, and then proceeds to list them.
** Stabler loses his family for a while because of this trope. He manages to get them back and maintain a pretty healthy relationship, mostly because his wife Kathy accepts his second marriage. She even jokingly refers to Olivia as his "work wife".
* On ''[[
* Holmes in ''[[
* Victor Henry is [[Married to
* The usual gender roles of this trope are switched in ''[[No Ordinary Family]]'', in which it's the mother who is a job-fixated [[Workaholic]] who is never around and the father who's a bit pissed about it. Although during an argument, the mother does rather bitterly point out that working for eighty hours a week to support her family wasn't exactly how she imagined living her life either.
* Syd, Jamie's betrothed on [[Blue Bloods]] breaks up with him because he is too dedicated to being a cop and he is unwilling/unable to talk to her about what he does.
** In contrast Danny seems to be happily married even though he tends to get obsessive about some of his cases.
* In the first season, [[House (TV series)|House]]'s "marriage" is pointed out by a patient, who is himself "married" to his job as a musician.
{{quote| '''John Henry Giles:''' "I know that look. I know that empty ring finger. You don't save someone who doesn't want to be saved unless you have something... anything. One thing. The reason other people have wives and families is that they don't have that one thing that hits them that hard and that true. I've got my music; you've got... this."}}
* Captain Blackadder from ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''. He's married to the army. The book of King's regulations is his Mistress. Possibly with the Harrods lingerie catalogue discreetly tucked between the pages.
* Detective Beckett on ''[[Castle]]'' gets obsessive about her job, although she does find time for a life outside of it. This becomes a form of [[Character Development]] thanks to the fact that earlier seasons see her frequently depicted as intensely focussed on her job (although less-than-pleased about it) and later seasons see her come out of her shell a bit more. It's hinted that it's a result of hanging around with Castle.
* The titular character of ''[[Bones]]''.
* Kate from ''[[
* Dr. Jacqueline Wade on ''[[St Elsewhere]]'' has her eleven-year marriage to husband Robert end because of this trope.
* Cmdr. Ed Straker from ''[[UFO]]'' destroyed his marriage over building and maintaining SHADO.
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'''Roger:''' From facing your failure, facing your loneliness, facing the fact you live a lie. Yes, you live a lie, tell you why: you're always preaching not to be numb, when that's how you thrive. You pretend to create and observe when you really detach from feeling alive.<br />
'''Mark:''' Perhaps it's because I'm the one of us to survive. }}
* In ''[[Lady in
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* Todo in ''[[City of Reality]]'', as AV discovered during an attempted date.
* Mordecai Heller from ''[[Lackadaisy Cats]]''.
* [[Dragon
* Invoked but subverted in ''[[
== Video Games ==
* Alisa from ''[[
* {{spoiler|Hiro}} is always working in ''[[Ef:
* ''[[
* One of the excuses Max uses in ''[[The Adventures of Sam
{{quote| '''Max:''' I'm married to my career.<br />
'''Sam:''' They had the ceremony in Canada because it's legal there. }}
* Keldorn from ''[[Baldur's Gate
* Samara in ''[[
* Cave Johnson in ''[[
* Carl Schiff, a psychopath and boss fight in ''[[
{{quote| '''Carl''': ''(pumps shotgun)'' [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|You will NOT bring down]] [[Serious Business|MY POSTAL SERVICE!]]}}
* Knuckles from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
* Aveline from ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* On ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[The Simpsons (
* [[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command|Buzz Lightyear's]] first and greatest love will always be to Star Command and the fight against evil.
* On ''[[Batman:
== Real Life ==
* As shown by this [http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/784/Another-Long-Winded-Explanation-of-Various-Things list] of projects, [[Brandon Sanderson]] definitely counts.
* [[Ozzy Osbourne
* In an unusually literal form of this trope, [[The House of Tudor|Queen Elizabeth I]] declared herself 'married to the kingdom' and never married, laying claim to the moniker 'the Virgin Queen'.
* The widow of Meiji revolutionary Katsura Kogoro supposedly lamented: "I may be his wife, but Japan is his mistress."
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