Accidental Marriage: Difference between revisions

** Similarly, both of the times he gets into [[Not What It Looks Like|embarassing situations]] with [[Neat Freak|uber perfectionist]] Chiri, she demands that he follows through by marrying her.

* ''[[Dragon Ball]],'' of course. Though it was actually accidental engagement, the relationship between Chi Chi and Goku was largely based on his assumption that "married" was a kind of food. When the misunderstanding is cleared and Chi Chi gets depressed about it, though, Goku actually agrees to go through it anyway since he gave his word to her. They eventually have two children together.

* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]],'' Japan demands that his partner Italy marry him after the latter hugs and kisses the former on the cheek. [[Snap Back|They don't seem to go through with it]], though, since later [[Official Couple|Italy is paired up with]] [[Ho Yay|his other partner, Germany]]

* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' has an episode devoted to this trope, as Kenshin is told to give his girlfriend Kaoru a ring he found—the poor girl believes this to be an engagement proposal. By the end of the episode, though, all is confessed (and the ring is returned to the original owner, who was this close to killing himself because he threw it away after a fight with his fiance and there is no actual marriage. There's still a kinda sweet scene at the end where Kenshin makes up with Kaoru by bringing her flowers, though.

* ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'': Maya and Elliot go to a mass wedding thinking that Dennis went there to marry a model and end up unwittingly married.

* On ''[[Married... with Children]]'', a recently divorced Marcy goes to a banking convention, has far too much to drink at a party, and wakes up the next morning married to the bartender from the night before. The bartender, Jefferson d'Arcy, played by Ted McGinley, would be Marcy's husband for the rest of the series.

** Also an example of [[Hollywood Law]], since Common Law Marriage requires both parties to have a public declaration of their mutual intent to be married in order to be valid. Just signing a motel registration book isn't enough.

* A brawl on ''[[TNA]] impact!'' during Kurt and Karen Angle's wedding re-vow ceremony resulted in Kurt's lackey A.J. Styles getting married to Karen. The two even went on a "honeymoon" the following week.

* In ''[[Blue Dragon]]'', the fact that Marumaro is wearing exactly one hat is interpreted as a proposal of marriage by the girls of Kelaso Village.

* You don't actually end up married, but due to your character's lack of knowledge of Echani culture in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] II'', it is possible for a male character to be flirting with/courting the Handmaiden without realizing it.

{{quote|''(Before the mission "Cutthroat")''

'''Mira Han''': Oh and, um, say hello to Matthew for me; ask him why he never calls.

''(After said mission)''

'''Matt Horner''': If Mira calls, I'm- I'm just busy. }}

* In the back story of [[Firan MUX]], two of the Seven Heroes, Bannos and Shara, find themselves married to each other when visiting the Ticanee by sleeping in the same tent together (while the crowd loudly encouraged them). Players, however, only marry through code that explicitly prevents accidental marriage (though it could happen in theory).