With This Ring: Difference between revisions

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[[File:tvt-tangledrings 5925.jpg|link=Tangled|frame| Whoops. One of the many mishaps that can befall a ring before engagement or marriage (or sometimes after).]]

A guy proposes to his girl. She accepts. The music swells. It's all very sweet. He produces the ring, and puts it on her left ring finger. It should be that simple. It never is. This trope is about the wacky mishaps that can happen to a ring, the guy planning to offer it, or the woman who may be accepting it.

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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

* ''[[9 Chickweed Lane]]'' did a fakeout on the readers by making it appear Amos had bought an engagement ring. It was really a {{spoiler|Captain Midnight decoder}} ring. Whether it turns out to be an engagement ring anyway remains to be seen.

== [[Truth in Television]] ==

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* A man did a variation on the engagement ring in the champagne glass; he bought her a Wendy's Frosty and challenged her to a contest. And she [http://consumerist.com/5163686/do-not-hide-an-engagement-ring-in-a-frosty-and-then-hold-an-eating-contest ended up swallowing] the ring.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

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* The ending of ''[[King's Quest VI]]'', in which Alexander weds Cassima, varies slightly depending on what Alexander's done with his royal insignia ring. To be more specific, did he get it back from the pawn shop, and did he send it to her via the pet nightingale earlier? So there could be no ring, he gives it to her, or she produces it herself.

** The [[Fan Remake]] of ''[[King's Quest II]]'' has a nod to this. After settling some [[Unfinished Business]] with a pair of ghosts, they give Graham a wedding band.

== [[Real Life]] ==

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* A man did a variation on the engagement ring in the champagne glass; he bought her a Wendy's Frosty and challenged her to a contest. And she [http://consumerist.com/5163686/do-not-hide-an-engagement-ring-in-a-frosty-and-then-hold-an-eating-contest ended up swallowing] the ring.