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To put it simply, a man carries a woman (usually a [[
Variations of this trope are common and include:
* Switching the roles of the carrier and the carry-ee (i.e. the [[
* Making the carry-ee just a bit too heavy for the carrier to handle.
* Having the carry-ee [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|complain about the treatment]].
* Having the carry-ee bang their head against the doorframe when the couple try this while walking through a door.
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If a guy carries another guy like this, expect the [[Shipping|shippers to go nuts]].
If the person being held is injured, dead or dying, it may cross over into [[
Not to be confused with [[Tribal Carry]].
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== [[Anime]]
* Guts in ''[[
* ''[[
** Yoruichi does this to Soifon in the third movie and in the anime, after her fight with Suzumebachi.
** Happens in the manga too, with Shinji and Hiyori. {{spoiler|The former saved the latter after Gin [[Half the Man He Used To Be|had cut her in half. He's carrying her top part, at least.]]}}
* Domon Kasshu carries Rain like this at the end of ''[[G Gundam]]''. Specifically, right after the {{spoiler|[[The Power of Love|Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken]]}} There's also an Official Art or two floating around of the ''robots'' [http://www.wildhybrid.com/shufflealliance/fight-nobel-god.jpg doing it]{{Dead link}} (not counting the [[
* Katou carried Iwaki across the threshold in the [[Boys Love]] series ''[[
* In the [[Boys Love]] anime ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh
** There are a few times in which Yuri was carried and/or caught from falling a long distance like this. Probably because he's usually a male [[Damsel in Distress]] when he's not in Maoh-mode.
** And he gets to carry Wolfram this way one time during that one episode in the snowstorm.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
** A [[Les Yay]] version in the aftermath of Nanoha and Fate's final battle in the first season, with Nanoha carrying the beaten Fate in this manner.
** The light novel version of the first season does it again, only this time, it's a picture of Fate carrying the beaten Nanoha as they gaze into each other's eyes.
** Nanoha does this to Vita in Chapter 19.5 of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
** Setsuna does this all the time with Konoka, including on most promotional artwork.
** The cover of Volume 14 features a magically aged-up Negi carrying Ako like this, but it's a rather tragic subversion, as Ako [[Loving a Shadow|falls in love with Negi's aged-up form]], while Negi is completely unaware that he's inadvertently leading her on. [[Love Hurts|It doesn't end well]].
** In chapter 345 Negi does this to Ayaka.
* In ''[[
* ''[[
** In the beginning of the third ''Shippuden'' movie, Naruto does this to an injured [[Ho Yay|Sai]] after going back to help him.
** In chapter 498 of the manga {{spoiler|we see a young Minato carrying a [[Luminescent Blush|blushing Kushina]] like this after [[Rescue Romance|rescuing her from being kidnapped]].}}
** We also see Naruto catch Sakura in this manner when he saves her from nearly being killed by Sasuke when she tried to stab him.
** And in chapter 234 Kakashi does this to an injured Naruto at the Valley Of The End.
* Kanou does this to Ayase twice in the [[Boys Love]] series ''[[
* ''[[
** Ageha has done this to Amamiya a couple of times.
** In the Invasion arc, {{spoiler|Kabuto}} does this to {{spoiler|Future!Fredrica}}.
* Ranma from ''[[Ranma
* ''[[
** In the first episode, Kenshin sweeps in to save Kaoru from a fake Battosai, and ends up sweeping her off her feet in this manner.
** Later in the Kyoto Arc, Yumi ([[Big Bad|Shishio's]] mistress) objects to being carried by Sano over his shoulder, so he asks sarcastically if she'd prefer to be carried bridal-style, using a straw dummy to demonstrate. (She doesn't.)
* In the first opening to ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* Harima from ''[[
* Sarutobi Sasuke does this three times in the ''[[
* In ''[[Skip Beat
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[[Lost in Translation|"The lard goes to a suspicious circle of inexpensive pancakes."]] }}
* ''[[
** Early in the 1st season, Gourry carries Lina to a town after she was injured in a fight. Much to to latter's dismay.
** Later in ''Slayers Try'', Xellos picks up Filia this way to rescue her from a rock slide, only to then drop her (directly [[Grievous Harm with a Body|on top]] of the villain) when she noticed [[The Dreaded|who]] holds her and freaked out a little.
* ''[[
** The number of times Tuxedo Kamen holds Sailor Moon in this fashion (it happens more in the manga) is almost ridiculous.
** Interestingly enough, Sailor Moon herself will invert this trope sometimes, one example being {{spoiler|Sailor Moon rescuing Chibiusa in this fashion from an enemy attack in the second season.}}
* In the final episode of ''[[
* In episode 9 of ''[[
* In ''[[
* In episode 2 of ''[[
* In ''[[
{{quote|
'''Kotetsu:''' Shut up and put me down! }}
* Horribly used in ''[[
* In ''[[Otome wa Boku
* ''[[
** Ichika does this to Houki to help her get into the [[Powered Armor|IS suit]]. Houki becomes quite happy when he does this for her.
** He does this again with Houki at the end of episode 12, after sharing an [[Almost Kiss]] with her, right before being chased by the other four [[Clingy Jealous Girl|girls in the harem]], who are very angry that she's way ahead of them with Ichika.
* Occurs during one of the many [[Ho Yay]] moments between Satoshi and Daisuke in ''[[
* ''[[Togainu no Chi]]''
** Nano carries an unconscious Akira like this in Episode 10. Akira then carries Keisuke in the same way at the end of the same episode.
** Also happens to Akira on Shiki's route in the game. It's not quite as sweet, though, considering the carrier had just claimed the carried as his property.
* [[Ho Yay|Luka sometimes does this to Yuki]] in ''[[
* At the end of chapter 47 of part 2 of ''[[Rosario
* ''[[
** Fanart for Hungary also include a gender reversal: namely ''her'' carrying Austria away bridal-style. Sometimes with Austria wearing the dress.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', Natsu carries Erza this way after saving her from the exploding Tower of Heaven. In a later arc, Elfman and Evergreen get gravely injured in a battle, and Elfman bridal carries the unconscious Evergreen back to the camp.
* In ''[[Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?]]'' the first two times that Bell has to [[Save Your Deity|rescue Hestia]] from monsters, he ends up carrying her this way while running at full speed. Despite the circumstances, this makes her happy.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* In ''[[
▲== Comic Books ==
▲* In ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (Comic Book)|The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]] 8C: Hearts of the Yukon'', Scrooge is about to rescue a [[Playing Sick|fainted]] [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Goldie]] from a burning building... when a chunk of ice from a frozen fire hose [[Incredibly Lame Pun|knocks him out cold]]. So Goldie "comes to" and saves him instead.
▲* ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]''
** Empowered with a traumatized Ninjette. ThugBoy thinks we shouldn't read too much into it. [[Yuri Fan|The Caged Demonwolf]] thinks differently.
** Also, sometimes ThugBoy with Emp, and (in a dream/[[Imagine Spot]]) ThugBoy with Sistah Spooky.
* Hulkling sometimes carries Wiccan like this in [[Young Avengers]]. Not often, since Wiccan can fly, but occasionally.
* Appropriately enough, when [[Spider
== [[Film]] ==
* Dave Berg of ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' once made a strip about this trope. The bride asks the groom whether he'll carry her, and he replies that this is an obsolete custom from the time when men used to [[Abduction Is Love|steal their brides]]. The bride thinks about it and then remembers that she actually "stole" ''him'' from "some tramp", and the strip ends with her carrying him.▼
* Similar to the ''Shrek'' example cited below, one ''[[The Far Side (Comic Strip)|The Far Side]]'' comic shows Frankenstein's monster carrying his Bride through the door crossways, her head and feet having knocked holes right through the wall.▼
* Double subverted in the second ''[[Shrek]]'' film, where Shrek bashes Fiona into the doorframe, breaking right ''through'' the wall.
* Delightfully spoofed via [[Gender
* Not exactly "carrying", but [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]] catches Wendy a couple of times like this. Later, he does the same with Wendy's daughter Jane in the sequel ''Return to Neverland''.
* There are several examples in ''[[
* ''[[Monster House]]'' manages to combine both funny with heartwarming when Constance Nebbercracker does this to her husband Horace. She was excited about their new house, even though technically speaking the house wasn't finished yet. Constance happens to be a lot stronger (and bigger) than her husband is.
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)||Toy Story 3]]'' does this between {{spoiler|Spanish}} Buzz and Jessie. He was saving her from {{spoiler|falling trash.}}
* Let's not forget Minion carrying [[Megamind]] into the office threshold style.
* In the film ''[[An Education]]'', David does this to Jenny.
* ''[[An Officer and
* ''[[The Man With Two Brains]]''. Twice. The first time, Dr. Hfuhruhurr waits hours in the pose for the photos to be developed before letting his new bride down, and then, in the finale, had problems carrying her through since, well, Anne had an eating problem when she had her own body. [[Hilarity Ensues]], but it's a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] because Hfuhruhurr doesn't care about her weight.
* Edward likes to carry Bella around like this a lot in ''[[Twilight (
* In ''[[Shallow Hal]]'', Hal tries this with Rosemary, but she's too heavy for him. She carries him instead.
* Willoughby carries Marianne home like this after she sprains her ankle in ''[[Sense and Sensibility (
* ''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]'': [[James Stewart]] and June Allyson's characters do this of the bride & groom variety.
* In the 1998 ''[[The X-Files
* ''[[Friday Night Lights (
* After Rocky marries Adrian in ''[[Rocky II]]'' he carries her all the way home from the church like this. When she tells him it's unnecessary he says its good for the arms.
* Batman does this to Rachel in ''[[Batman Begins]]''. The scene was also the basis for one of the film posters, in which it was not clear if Rachel was dying or merely unconscious.
* Done (with two guys, obviously) on the poster for ''[[I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry]]''. Bonus points for Kevin James wearing a fireman's hat.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in the [[Chris Columbus]] film ''Nine Months'', wherein Hugh Grant's character very nearly wrecks out his back carrying his very pregnant bride across the threshold.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[
* In ''[[
* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[
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* In ''[[The Scarlet
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===
▲* Dave Berg of ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' once made a strip about this trope. The bride asks the groom whether he'll carry her, and he replies that this is an obsolete custom from the time when men used to [[Abduction Is Love|steal their brides]]. The bride thinks about it and then remembers that she actually "stole" ''him'' from "some tramp", and the strip ends with her carrying him.
▲* ''[[Anita Blake (Literature)|Anita Blake]]'' is shaken up by doing some "major magic" with a werewolf and drops her machismo long enough to let Jean-Claude carry her this way. Both think it's kind of romantic until Anita notices... something... about Jason's pants....
▲* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Prosperos Daughter|Prospero Lost]]'', Astreus carries Miranda -- "like a bride."
▲* In ''[[Everworld (Literature)|Everworld]],'' [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|Christopher]] does this to his injured [[Love Interest]] [[Action Girl|Etain]] as they escape from the battle. [[Lampshade Hanging|His narration notes]] that it must have looked like a scene from a corny romance novel.
▲* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[The Monster Men (Literature)|The Monster Men]]'', Number One [[Touch of the Monster|carries Virginia off like this]]. Number Thirteen rescues her, and knowing no better, carries her in the same manner.
▲{{quote| ''Now that he had won her, what was he to do with her? He was but an adult child, with the brain and brawn of a man, and the ignorance and inexperience of the new-born. And so he acted as a child acts, in imitation of what it has seen others do. The brute had been carrying the lovely creature, therefore that must be the thing for him to do, and so he stooped and gathered Virginia Maxon in his great arms.''}}
▲* In ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernal]]'', Sir Percy carries Marguerite like this to get to the boat.
▲{{quote| ''And his arms, still vigorous in spite of fatigue and suffering, closed round Marguerite's poor, weary body, and lifted her as gently as if she had been a feather. ''}}
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Benny Hill]]''
* ''[[
** In the episode "The One After Vegas", Monica and Chandler have decided they aren't ready to get married, but keep seeing "signs" that they should. At one point, Monica's hurt her leg, so Chandler gathers her up and carries her into her appartment, before they realise what they're doing.
** Another episode had Ross and Rachel parodying ''[[An Officer and
** In "The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS", Chandler carries Monica into the hallway, but bangs her head against the doorframe.
* Played with in an episode of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' when Jill insists that Tim carry her like this, unaware that he'd pulled a groin muscle earlier. It doesn't end well.
* An episode of ''[[
* Used in the [[Prequel]] season 6 of ''[[
* When Anna of ''[[Chuck]]'' falls over and is in danger of being trampled during a store evacuation, Morgan runs heroically to her and carries her out of the shop in this manner, to cries of "What are you doing, Morgan? Put me down!" He has no answer when a fellow employee asks why he carried her out when she could have just walked.
* Clark does this a lot to people in ''[[
* In ''[[Mock the Week]]'': Unlikely Letters for an Agony Aunt. "Dear Diedre: Can that giant man lift me up like a baby?"
* In the [[Korean Drama]] ''[[Sungkyunkwan Scandal]]'', when Sun Joon rescues Yoon Hee after she falls into the river.
* A non-romantic ''[[
* Dean does this to Jo in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' {{spoiler|after she is attacked by a hellhound.}}
* In ''[[
* When Elizabeth Weir unexpectedly collapses on ''[[
* During the ''[[
▲* Similar to the ''Shrek'' example cited
==
* In ''[[Paint Your Wagon (
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
* ''[[
▲== Video Games ==
* Beat rescues Rhyme in this manner in the opening cinematic of ''[[
▲* ''[[Assassin's Creed (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed]]''. In the [[Assassin's Creed II (Video Game)|second game]], Ezio has to carry [[Action Girl|Rosa]] to [[Damsel in Distress|safety]] after she finally collapses from an arrow wound to her leg. After running and fighting with an arrow sticking out of her leg for quite a distance, mind you.
* In the first ''[[Dragon Quest I
▲* Beat rescues Rhyme in this manner in the opening cinematic of ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]''.
▲* In the first ''[[Dragon Quest I (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]'', after rescuing the princess, the hero carries her back home in this fashion. The whole way back.
** [[Tear Jerker|Infamously]] done in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', when Cloud leaves Aeris in the Lifestream.
▲* ''[[Final Fantasy (Franchise)|Final Fantasy]]''
**
* In [[The Force Unleashed]], Starkiller carries Juno out of ''The Empirical'' this way.
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts (
* In ''[[Fire Emblem the Blazing Sword]]'', the ending CG for Eliwood and Ninian has him carrying her this way. He does it earlier, too, after saving her from the Black Fang in chapter 7.
* In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006
=== Visual Novels ===
* Bo does it in one scene of ''[[
==
▲* Bo does it in one scene of ''[[Yo Jin Bo (Visual Novel)|Yo-Jin-Bo]]''. Muneshige and Mon-Mon give piggyback rides.
▲== Web Comics ==
▲* ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]''
** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00430.htm Winston picks up Florence], so she doesn't have to walk on her injured leg.
** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00363.htm An earlier example] also has a near instance of [[
* ''Dangerously Chloe'' had the "daring escape in the air" scene right in the first chapter, where the succubus protagonist [[Flight of Romance|carries above the rooftops her sort-of-boyfriend]] (to his giddy delight). Which covers both "strength" part (aside of being a demon, it was already established that she can use [[Power of Love]] in various ways) and {{spoiler|"clumsy head-bonking"}} part.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* In the ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' episode "Auto Berserk", Inferno carries his friend Red Alert out of a burning building in this manner. And holds him like that for the rest of the episode.
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** Parodied:
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** Parodied again in a flashback when he tries to carry a very heavily pregnant Marge over the threshold and does his back in.
* ''[[
* ''[[Young Justice (
* ''[[
* [[Gender
* ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'': Brad pulls off a literal version of this in "Bwar and Peace", where he's seen carrying his [[Hot Amazon|Viking bride]] around after their wedding.
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* Gender inverted in a flashback scene in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' when newlyweds Oskar and Suzie are moving into the boarding house, Suzie is the one carrying Oskar.
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