Runaway Fiance: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'', it is eventually revealed that James of Team Rocket ran away from home to escape marriage to the insane and sadistic Jessiebelle. While he ''did'' have feelings for her at one point, he loved his Growlie (his only friend, a pet Growlithe) even more, and her attempt to get the dog out of the equation was the breaking point.

* In the very beginning (first episode/volume) of [[Ranma One Half½|Ranma 1/2]], it initially looks like Ranma Saotome might become this to Akane Tendo, given that he's expressed no interest in her and openly stated that he considers finding a cure far more important than getting a girlfriend. Of course, his (currently her) plans to leave are curtailed when Akane knocks him/her out cold with a table for insulting Akane's (lack of) figure compared to his/her cursed form. When Ranma comes around, he first gets enrolled in school, then caught up in the chaos, so he forgets all about it. One [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] of Shampoo could place her as this, using chasing the Saotomes as an excuse to get away from Mousse (though he isn't actually engaged to her and she has no interest in him). By the end of the manga, Ryoga Hibiki is something of an unwilling version of this trope- he wants to be around his newfound (and borderline [[Relationship Sue]]) love interest Akari, but his lack of direction means he can rarely even find her.

* This is part of Kyrie's back story in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]''. She ran away from the arranged marriage to marry the protagonist Battler's father, Rudolf. It should be noted that she'd been in a relationship with Rudolf for awhile, even when he was married to Battler's mother, Asumu ({{spoiler|Or not}}). Unfortunately, {{spoiler|This resulted in her younger sister Kasumi being forced to marry the fiance. Having already promised herself to someone else, she's pretty miffed about that. And considering how Kyrie dies on Rokkenjima, the grudge is transferred to Kyrie's daughter, Ange.}}

* Clarice in ''[[Lupin III]] [[The Castle of Cagliostro (Anime)|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'' bailed when the guards left her room to allow her to change into her wedding dress (presumably to rehearse the ceremony). But in spite of Lupin's efforts, she was recaptured, and this time imprisoned in a tall tower. One that could only be entered via a retracting bridge or a hatch on the roof. Other features included grenade-proof glass.

* In ''[[The Secret Agreement (Manga)|The Secret Agreement]]'', Iori actually does get through the ceremony and is officially married, but on the same day decides to [[I Will Find You|chase]] Yuuichi across the world, leaving his bride rather surprised and disappointed.

* In the [[Virtua Fighter]] anime, the actin is kickstarted when Pai Chan runs away from a [[The Triads and Thethe Tongs|Triad leader]] and martial artist named Li Kowloon, who wants to make her go through an [[Arranged Marriage]].

* Just before the ceremony is to start in the movie ''[[Arthur (Filmfilm)|Arthur]]'', the title character and his lover Linda go to his fiancee Susan to tell her the wedding's off. Susan's father tries to kill the lovers and is only stopped by Arthur's grandmother - but he does beat Arthur up enough that he's black and blue when he explains to the guests what's happened and then passes out on the altar.

** [[Impoverished Patrician|Kethry]] from the related ''Vows and Honor'' duology was a year or two younger when her [[Old Retainer|old nurse]] smuggled her from the home of the new husband her brother found for her. Unfortunately it was after the marriage and [[Rape Asas Backstory|consummation of same]].

* Aravis in [[CSC. LewisS. (Creator)Lewis|CS Lewis]]'s ''[[Narnia|The Horse and His Boy]]'' does this.

* Princess Cimorene in [[Patricia C. Wrede]]'s ''[[Enchanted Forest Chronicles|Dealing With Dragons]]''. Her parents try to con her into marrying the empty-headed prince of a neighbouring kingdom, so, on the advice of a talking frog (it happens in a fairy-tale universe, after all), she decides to run away. {{spoiler|with the specific goal of convincing a dragon to let her be its princess. She succeeds.}}

* Averted in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]'', where the troll princess Jade says she'll refuse to wed the prince her parents have chosen for her, and that she'll run away if she has to. Susan persuades her to at least meet the potential groom first: he might turn out to be nice.

== [[Live -Action TV]] ==

* An episode of the 1980s series ''[[Beauty and Thethe Beast (TV series)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' (nothing to do with the Fairy Tale or Disney movie) has Catherine and Vincent helping a young Chinese woman escape an arranged marriage. Unfortunately, the man she was to marry was the son of a high-ranking member of a Triad which knew all about the World Below.

== [[Music]] ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110929160111/http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm The Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test] gives female original characters [[Mary Sue]] points for doing this.

== [[TheaterTheatre]] ==

* It works out much better for Hermia in ''[[A Midsummer NightsNight's Dream]]''.

* Millay of ''[[Suikoden IV]]'' fled Middleport when Schtoltenheim Reinbach II planned to make her marry his [[UpperclassUpper Class Twit|son]]. Her parents approved the marriage; ''she'' didn't, so she made a break for it. [[Heroic Mime|Your hero]] happens to meet her just as Reinbach II's goons track her down -- ironicallydown—ironically enough, this is also the first time Schtoltenheim Reinbach ''III'' meets her, and he's blissfully unaware of the situation until ''after'' they've [[Big Damn Heroes|helped her out]]. Then he's completely ''horrified'' at his father's terrible deeds, and apologizes profusely.

* In ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (Webcomicwebcomic)|No Rest for The Wicked]]'', November left on [[The Quest]] the day before [[Standard Hero Reward|her wedding]].

* Jasmine in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', although she's not threatened with a specific groom, just an obligation to get married.