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{{trope}}
{{quote|{{smallcaps|Maybe you should marry that thing since you love it so much. Do you want to marry it? WELL, I WON'T LET YOU! How does that feel?
|'''[[GLaDOS]]'''|''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' }}
{{quote|Why not marry safe science if you love it so much?|'''Cave Johnson'''
A tendency for people to mock others for having certain hobbies or things they like. They imply that it's a bit more than just "like". They might imply the feeling is actually romantic, or more recently, sexual.
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Actually used more in [[Real Life]] and meta fiction than in actual fiction. Some fans make a crack about authors or characters doing things that aren't really [[Fetish]] or [[Author Appeal]], but seem like it anyway.
Again, if it actually is a [[Fetish]] or [[Author Appeal]], that would go in those tropes.
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== "Why don't you marry it?" ==
* ''Pee-Wee's Playhouse'' used the phrase occasionally, and finally Pee-Wee said, "Perhaps I will!"... to a bowl of fruit. The ceremony was lovely.
* Used in a flashback in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
** Also, see Mako, who loved the ocean so much ''he actually married it''. And then divorced. And then they got back together.
* In ''[[Friends]]'', Phoebe gets wasted and mocks Ross for getting so many divorces. "You love divorce so much, you'll probably marry it! But that won't work out and you'll have to get a divorce as well."
* Our chief [[Deadpan Snarker]] in ''[[Portal (
** Also, Cave Johnson, CEO of Aperture Science and complete lunatic on science:
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* There was a scene in ''[[Family Guy]]'' where after someone states Peter should marries a slice of blueberry pie, and then takes to ''make it the beneficiary of his life insurance''. He eats it in the time it takes to pull the necessary forms.
* In [[Transformers Prime]] Miko says this to Bulkhead when he asks how Arcee is.
* ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' had an entire episode based on this. (It's a chicken from a grocery store, squick ensues.)
** And in one of the comic books it's a bag of kitty litter.
* [[30 Rock
* On ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' Mike Wazowski thinks he's so romantic he should just marry himself.
* From ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'': "You love secrets. You want to marry secrets and have little half-human half-secrets babies."
* When Lisa becomes a vegetarian on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', annoying twins Sherri and Terri ask her if she's going to marry a carrot. She sarcastically replies "Yes, I'm going to marry a carrot". The twins (whether intentionally or not) miss her sarcasm and giggle madly that she admitted it.
** In another episode, Homer becomes a minister and starts officiating gay marriages. When Lovejoy complains and cites the Bible, Homer says "
** In another episode, Homer goes to Africa to become a missionary (and evade collectors). Two natives told him what Craig and Amy (Homer's predecessors) were doing before leaving and Homer was so upset from hearing about them he asked the two natives why they didn't marry Craig and Amy. One native, showing that he [[Does Not Understand Sarcasm]], told the other he knew they should have asked.
* The ''spEak You're bRanes'' blog has the URL ''ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com''. Comes from the overuse of this phrase in the [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/default.stm Have Your Say] comments that the blog is dedicated to mocking ("If you like China so much, why don't you go live there?")
* [[media:marryjesus.jpg|This sign]], which was made in response to a group of counter-protesting Christians at a pro-gay marriage protest in Washington DC.
** Rather ironic, since the Bible makes frequent comparisons of Jesus and the Church to a groom and bride...
* ''[[
* A late '90s commercial for Cap'n Crunch's Peanut Butter Crunch has a girl ask her older brother this question. "Maybe I will!" he responds, and imagines a montage of scenes of him being married to the cereal.
** And one from McDonalds involving an older sister, a younger brother, and Apple Dippers. Including the groom's family, which are apples.
** In the late '80s-early '90s, when AT&T first introduced 3-way calling to residential phone lines, a TV commercial for this feature showed a mom whose son and daughter had grown up and moved out of her home, and who couldn't decide which of her 2 kids she wanted to call more; when she called both of them, the daughter said, "I just ''love'' AT&T's new 3-way calling!", to which the son snarked, "Well why don'tcha marry it?"
* Doctor Cox on ''[[Scrubs]]'' used this aimed at himself for emphasis in one episode.
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This moment is so great, I'd cheat on that other moment from before, marry this one, and raise a family of tiny little moments. }}
* In the TV movie ''[[Blue Window]]'' (based on Craig Lucas's play), a woman says, about what she's getting tipsy on, "I love this punch. I want to have a relationship with this punch."
* A variation in the film ''[[The Court Jester]]'':
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'''Gwendolyn:''' If it pleases you so much, ''you'' marry Griswold. }}
* In an episode of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', George Sr. enjoys an ice cream sandwich whilst in prision. Later in the episode, Michael walks in on Lucille screaming into the phone: "Well, why don't you ''marry'' an ice cream sandwich?" As it turns out, [[Blatant Lies|she was talking to Gob.]]
* A version of this trope appeared on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' when a gay man with HIV wanted House to diagnose him (thinking he had something else in addition to the HIV).
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'''Kalvin''': Honey, I will marry it if you take my case.
'''House''': Congress says you can't, so... }}
* ''[[
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' occasionally uses this trope for [
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'''s Willow said this about Spike and Buffy once. Unfortunately, at the time, [[Power Incontinence]] made it so [[Literal Genie|everything she said literally came true]]. Cue [[Hilarity Ensues|them spending the rest of the episode]] jumping between being [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]] and fighting over their marriage plans. This was before they got together in the series normally, so everyone was very disturbed.
* ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'': "I love my new digital camera, I wanna marry it."
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
** And in ''[[Harry Potter and
* From an ''[[
* From ''[[Soul Eater]]'', when [[Cloudcuckoolander|Marie Mjolnir]] complains to her straight-laced friend and fellow Death Scythe Yumi Azusa about having terrible luck with men in the ladies room, Yumi jokes that she should marry the toilet. Marie promptly commits and fantasizes about the wedding. Yumi however points out that toilets aren't exactly faithful, whereupon [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Marie smashes the toilet in one blow]].
** In the manga, marrying the toilet is her idea. She doesn't want to be any more of a [[Christmas Cake]], so she decides to marry the toilet because it will accept anything given to it without question.
* Toyed with on ''[[
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'''G-Man #2''': If that gun were a woman I'd jeapordise our friendship by sleeping with your hot wife! }}
* Used so hilariously in the ''[[
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'''Little Girl''': I love school so much, I wish I could marry it!
*Little Boy eyes Little Girl with confusion* }}
* ''[[Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle]]'': When Harold and Kumar are arrested and put into jail by racist, hick cops, Kumar spots a confiscated bag of weed and fantasizes going on a date with a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_ZlnWQbCeE giant anthropomorthized bag of weed]. Then taking it on a date, having sex with it, marrying it, and ending up in an abusive domestic argument with it.
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' - "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yOSCwu8I6Y A Sucker for Love (Part Two)]". To sum it up briefly, it's like the [[Daydream Surprise]] from "[[
** That's more of a case of [[Cargo Ship]], since none of the other characters actually called Nutty out on it.
*** [[Speaking Simlish|That's would probably be justified anyway.]]
* [[Older Than Steam]]: In Shakespeare's ''[[A Midsummer
* Comedian Mike Birbiglia plays with this in one joke; "I love pizza so much that I would marry it, but it would really just be an elaborate plot to ''eat her whole family'' at the reception."
* At the Rally to Restore Sanity:
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'''Stephen Colbert''': Then why don't you marry it?
'''Jon Stewart''': Stephen, that's what a fourth grader would say.
'''Stephen Colbert''': A fourth grader who LOVES AMERICA! }}
* Done recently in ''[[Questionable Content]]'', after Marten visits a new coffee shop with Hannelore because it's too awkward to go back to [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Coffee of Doom]] after his awkward breakup with Dora. Hannelore, of course, now works at
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* ''[[South Park]]'' episode "200" suggests that Tim Burton should just marry Johnny Depp already.
* In a ''[[
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' had a sketch on the season 31 episode hosted by Alec Baldwin in which a little boy says he loves hot dogs. Another kid says, "If you love it so much, why doncha marry it?" Cut to 20, 30 years later, and the little boy becames a man (Baldwin) married to a hot dog with two half-human, half-hot dog kids (played by [[Amy Poehler]] and Andy Samberg).
* ''[[
* ''[[
* From the fanfic ''[[Harry Potter and
* wheezywaiter married his coffee in [http://youtu.be/wDjRDo7BQDU You Got it, Dude]
* ''[[Darths and Droids]]''
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'''Sally/C-3P0''': If you love it so much, why don't you marry it?
'''Pete/R2-D2''': Hey, I'm a droid. [[Robo Ship|I've thought about it]].
([[Beat Panel]])
'''Sally/C-3P0''': [[Squick|Ewwww]]. }}
* ''[[The Typical Gundam SEED Destiny]]''
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'''Meyrin''': (Over communications channel) If you love the Sword Silhouette so much, why don’t you marry it?
'''Shinn''': Just do it, Luna’s sister! }}
== "Probably has a fetish for it." ==
* Yami mocking Kaiba for his "dragon fetish" in episode 14 of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
** "Believe me, I've looked into it."
* ''[[
* In ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', one of "The Word" segments mentions all the horrible things in old classic fairy tales, and a lot of them involve feet, so the caption is "Brothers Grimm must have had a foot fetish."<ref>One of those tales is ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', which is not by the Brothers Grimm, but [[Rule of Funny]] mattered there.</ref>
* Sapphire accuses Mao of this in regards to his [[Mad Scientist|experiments]] in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]''. You know you've got issues when the [[Ax Crazy|certified wackjob]] of the group calls you a perv.
** In ''[[Disgaea 2
* In ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', an in-universe fan of the show comments that the 'writers' must have a fetish for people getting blown up. Oliver Dodd also accuses [[Big Bad|Danya]] of having some kind of fetish for seeing students getting carved up. Some characters enjoy violence a little ''too'' much...
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