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''Let none of them go to waste!''|''[[The Armstrong and Miller Show]]''}}

 

* 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.

'''Kanata's ghost & Soujirou''': I can't believe you said that.<br />

'''Soujirou''': I think "pervy old geek" is pretty harsh.<br />

== [[Music]] ==

* The Meat Loaf song "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" has a great example of this trope. The singers vow to stay together and love each other "until the end of time"--the girl because she wants to, the guy because she won't put out until he does; at the end of the song they're waiting for the end of time to hurry up and arrive...

But God only knows what I could do right now!" }}

* The Mountain Goats' song ''No Children'' is ''made'' of this.

I hope we both die. }}

 

* Famed radio couple ''The Bickersons'' is probably the shining example every other teevee couple strives for.

* John and Mary in ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again|I'm Sorry Ill Read That Again]]'':

'''John''': Oh, I don't ''have'' to be. I enjoy it. It's purely voluntary. }}

 

* 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 [http://www.homestarrunner.com/deck.html consider each other] [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.

'''Church:''' GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME! }}

** Of course, given the nature of relationships on ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', [[The Ditz|Caboose]] probably ''is'' [[Jerkass|Church's]] best friend.