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== Comic Books ==

** Made explicit in an episode of ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]''. When Alfred talks to Bruce's latest stood-up-date, she asks if Bruce is actually married. "Yes, to his work..."

** 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.

** Hilariously parodied in ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' where Shatner is forced to read from a bad fan script:

{{quote| Shatner: Alas, my ship, whom I love like a woman, is damaged.}}

** 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.

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