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Or, [[The Rival|groom-to-be]] harbors a sinister secret that is known to the audience but has managed to keep it well concealed from his bride-to-be, her family and guests. The hero – – not necessarily a romantic rival – – bursts in, exposes the villain, and [[Wedding Smashers|all hell breaks loose]].

NevermindNever mind that the original point of asking was to check if an unknown legal reason would invalidate the wedding, such as [[Oops, I Forgot I Was Married|an existing marriage]] or [[Incest Is Relative|consanguinity]]; any reason will suffice when true love is at stake. On the other hand, it ''is'' before the [[Wedding Deadline]].

It's not even played straight in [[Real Life]] these days; the officiant's words and the couple's vows are different for every wedding. Many weddings exclude this line altogether, but it's still legally significant in some jurisdictions—for example, in the Church of England. TheIn onlythe placeera mostbefore peoplefaceless willgovernment everbureaucrats hearissued ofmarriage licences, it iswas throughnot theuncommon media.for Interestingly,a oneminister of thereligion reasonsto itread wasthe removed"banns fromof manymarriage", liturgiesasking wasif thethere tendencywas ofany [[Jerkass|certainreason self-importantwhy andthese arroganttwo jerksshould tonot disruptbe strangers'married, weddingon ceremonies]]consecutive bySundays objecting,for usuallyseveral byweeks accusingbefore the brideceremony of– beingmostly [[Myas Girla Issafeguard Notagainst aone Slut|aof disease-riddenthe whore]].spouses [[Sarcasmalready Mode|Ha.being Ha.]]married (Orto bettersomeone yetelse. Legally, thethis intrudertradition is largely still a [[Stalkervalid withalternative a– Crush]]although whoits somehowuse believesmay he/sheonly andmake sense if both of the targetpair wereare [[Ifknown Ito Can'tthe Havelocal You|somehowcommunity meantand toneither behave been through a prior marriage and together]]divorce.)

* In ''[[Speed Grapher]]'', {{spoiler|Kagura Tennouzou tries this in the wedding of her mother Shinsen and her henchman Suitengu}}. Not only it didn't work, but [[It Got Worse]] {{spoiler|and Shinsen dies}}.

** {{spoiler|Saiga}} tries this later, when {{spoiler|''Kagura'' herself is about to be forced to marry Suitengu}}. It works much better this time.

* Sad version occurs in ''[[Billy Bat]]'': An African-American woman's wedding is broken up when, at the crucial line, her white groom's family can't keep their peace (it's [[The Fifties|1959]]). {{spoiler|The groom ultimately decides not to go along with them, or at least catch up to her and apologize.}}

* ''[[Rainbow]]'' has a rare scenario for this trope: {{spoiler|Mario [[Defied Trope|defies]] this trope after Joe attempts to convince him to [[Invoked Trope|invoke]] it. It ends up as a subversion where Mario witnesses Setsuko's wedding and does nothing about it, smiling to give her his best wishes.}}

* In ''[[Strawberry Panic!|Strawberry Panic]]'', Nagisa and Tamao are possibly about to be announced Etoile. Most Etoile pairs end up becoming couples if they aren't already, and Shizuma bursts into the chapel at the last minute to prevent this.

*''sigh*'' Very well. }}

* ''[[Titeuf]]'' makemakes it occur ''because of the trope's name''. You know, in French the sentence is "Speak now or keep quiet forever". Titeuf, who was instructed to keep quiet during the wedding, yelled that he agreed to keep quiet for a few hours, not forever!

* In a ''[[Gargoyles]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130705214622/http://www.eskimo.com/~vecna/gargoyles_fanfic_master_list.html fanfiction by Christine Morgan] (appropriately titled "The Wedding"), Brooklyn suggests that the line be omitted on the grounds that their enemies shouldn't be given a cue to interrupt.

* In "[[White Devil of the Moon]]", Miyuki Takamachi treats Jadeite's attack on Kyouya's wedding as one of these after the fact. {{spoiler|Jadeite along with several youma and robot drones attacked the wedding in an attempt to assassinate Nanoha, the reincarnation of Princess Serenity in this fic. Kyouya, Miyuki, Shiro, some of the guests and security guards, and Fate are able to hold off Jadeite's forces until Sailor Venus arrives. Venus takes out the youma while Fate finishes the drones. Jadeite attacks Nanoha, but is intercepted first by her father and then by Venus. While Venus stalls him, Nanoha obliterates Jadeite with a Divine Buster.}} Then Miyuki speaks to the guests.}} She wipes her swords off on her ruined bridesmaid's dress and says, "[[Bond One-Liner|Does anyone]] ''[[Bond One-Liner|else]]'' [[Bond One-Liner|have a reason why these two should not be wed]]?".

* Subverted in ''[[MASH|M* A* S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'' during Margaret's wedding. The priest gets to that line and everyone (including Margaret) turns to Frank, who was Margaret's lover for the past few seasons and eventually fell in love with her. Frank shifts awkwardly and replies, "Well, I'm not going to say anything!".

* Subverted in the wedding of Edge and Lita on ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Monday Night Raw'', as the minister said the famed line, only for (the recently fired) Matt Hardy's entrance music to fill the arena. The whole proceedings stopped for several seconds... only for Edge to start laughing uproariously at the joke he had just played on the [[Smart Mark]]s in the audience.

* ''[[Re BootReBoot]]''. Dot is about to marry who she thinks is Bob and just as they get to the line, the real Bob comes in to interrupt.

* One of the many spots of ''All My Circuits'' on ''[[Futurama]]'' makes fun of this trope. But then, they cover all the soap opera cliches with that [[Show Within a Show]].

* While they don't wait for the line (they miss it), this happens in the second [[Season Finale]] of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', with a twist. The one who does it is {{spoiler|Princess Cadence and Twilight to stop Queen Chrysalis, Cadence's impostor and the shapeshifting [[Big Bad]] from marrying Cadence's husband-to-be, Shining Armor.}}