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* Mink's parents on ''Dragon Half''. Rouce used to be a famous knight, but with age has become a coward and a skirt-chaser. He is repeatedly caught in his infidelity by his wife Mana, which frequently gets him hurt. Considering that she's [[Our Dragons Are Different|a red dragon]], one would think he'd know better...
* [[Genre Savvy|Konata Izumi]] from ''[[Lucky Star]]'' had a problem understanding why her [[Posthumous Character|late]] mom Kanata married her ''[[Dirty Old Man|Dirty Old]] [[Otaku]] with a [[Lolicon|Lolita Complex]]<ref>Kanata, like Konata, looked as if she stopped growing in the early teens,</ref>'' dad Soujirou. It turned out to be a subversion of this trope, though, as Kanata genuinely felt Soujirou's love to her.
{{quote|'''Konata''': Why do you think Mom chose to marry you, anyway? I mean, you're a [[Dirty Old Man|pervy old]] [[Otaku|geek]] with a [[Lolicon|lolita complex]]. [[Lampshade Hanging|Why would anyone pick you?]]
'''Kanata's ghost & Soujirou''': I can't believe you said that.
'''Soujirou''': I think "pervy old geek" is pretty harsh.
'''Kanata''': Super harsh. She's right, though. You were always like this. And sometimes, I almost forget why you were the one I wanted to be with.
'''Soujirou''': ... But there was one thing I was absolutely sure of.
'''Kanata''': Eh?
'''Konata''': Why'd you stop? What was it? What were you so sure of?
'''Soujirou''': *embarrassed* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|I was sure that no one else could ever love Kanata as much as I did]].
'''Kanata''': !!!.... Ohh, there it is. Yeah, that's it. You can't beat that.
* beautiful music swells as the audience cries* }}
* In ''[[Death Note]]'', L is visibly surprised when Light Yagami announces that he'll keep seeing Misa Amane; throughout the series, the Taskforce and Light's family witness their relationship with a shrug. The audience, of course, knows the [[Unholy Matrimony|true nature]] of [[Villain Protagonist|Light's]] [[Psycho Supporter|and]] [[Dark Mistress|Misa's]] [[Mad Love|feelings]] [[Unequal Pairing|for each other]].
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** Frasier himself has had a string of bad luck with women, most infamously, his ex-wife, [[Ice Queen|Lilith Sternin]].
* Both couples in ''[[Rab C. Nesbitt]]''. Rab and Mary-Doll got their share of [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]] moments. Ella Cotter, on the other hand, only seemed to stay with Jamesie because leaving would be letting him off easy. (Why ''he'' stayed wasn't at all clear.)
* In early seasons of ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'', Boss Hogg's wife Lulu is little better than her husband. In later seasons, however, she softens and becomes much nicer than he is, starts to lose patience with his shady antics, and starts to become the dominant side of the relationship. She even threatens to divorce him in one episode. To make things worse - for her husband - she tended to be on friendly terms with the Dukes.
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* In ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'', all personal non-antagonistic relationships with Ethan are this (Lilah especially, since she married him). Despite his instability, they, as Yatzhee put it, "[[Zero Punctuation|inexplicably tolerate his behaviour when any sane person would be looking for rooms to rent in one hand while slamming the idiot's face in a drawer with the other]]".
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* Though they're not married, [[Homestar Runner]]'s titular character and Marzipan. Marzipan considers their relationship to be entirely up to her, breaks up and makes up at the drop of a hat, and seems to genuinely prefer the company of several of the other male characters over Homestar's, and it seems like the only reason she enjoys having him around is to make herself feel smarter. Homestar, for his part, is air-headed enough to honestly think "Go away, stupid" means the same thing as "hello, Marzipan" and is either apathetic or happy when Marzipan announces they're breaking up. At the same time, he does seem to genuinely enjoy her company. The couple's dysfunction can be seen in how they [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031040901/http://www.homestarrunner.com/deck.html consider each other] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104142919/http://www.homestarrunner.com/qualitytime.html via cardboard proxy].
* [[The Ditz|Caboose]] from ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', in a platonic example, believes himself to be [[Jerkass|Church's]] best friend. While Church has several [[Pet the Dog]] moments when it comes to Caboose (he lets out a [[Big No]] when he is supposedly killed, for example), his default position is complete and utter loathing for the Blue Team's rookie.
{{quote|'''Caboose:''' Hey, Church! Happy Valentine's --
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*** Yet 90% of the show's episodes end with Eustace trapped, incapacitated, or possibly dead, yet Muriel never seems to care. Heck, one episode had Eustace ''melt in front of her'' having to be sponged off and placed in a jar and yet all Muriel does is say "Poor Eustace" in the same tone as if he was sick in bed with the flu. It really makes one wonder if whether she's amazingly [[Stepford Smiler|callous]], [[The Ditz|dim-witted]], or more likely, subconsciously [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know he'll be [[Status Quo Is God|back to normal by next episode.]]
** Well they ''are'' elderly. Maybe their personalities evolved after having been married for several years.
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer and Marge]] have always, ''always'' been in a weird flux between this and [[Happily Married]]: They're facing constant troubles, but it's always made a big deal instead of just "a fact of life".
* Fred and Wilma Flintstone in ''[[The Flintstones]]''. The (alliterative) [[Beta Couple]] Barney and Betty, however, are quite [[Happily Married]]. Subverted in one of the movies, though, where Fred ''had'' to fight to get Wilma's favor back during a vacation trip where he was just this close to lose her.
** It's implied that Wilma ''likes'' the [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|clumsy yet good-hearted oaf]] (judging from his really awkward love letter he gave her in high school) that Fred is.
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