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{{trope}}
{{quote|''Miyuki's glasses had fallen off during the fight, and had been stepped on at some point. Her hair ribbon had been sliced off, causing her long braid to come loose. Her bridesmaids dress was ripped and splattered with monster ichor. The crowd watched as Nanoha's sister cleaned her swords on her already beyond help dress and addressed them.''
''"Was there anybody '''else''' who had [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace|a reason why these two should not be wed]]?"''
|''[[White Devil of the Moon]]'', [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5943503/5/The-White-Devil-of-the-Moon Chapter 5]}}
Heroes' lives are incredibly busy, to the point where they can hardly get anything done for all the villains popping up and blowing things to Hell. Since your average hero can't even cash his paycheck without getting caught up in a bank robbery, it's hardly any surprise when their special occasions get similarly derailed—and one of the worst victims of explosive violence is the wedding.
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Gundam Seed Destiny]] has Kira performing an epic example of this trope, crashing the wedding with the Freedom and "kidnapping" the reluctant bride Cagalli, while her groom hides behind her, before running in cowardice.
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** "Oh, really?" ''cue [[Evil Laugh|maniacal laughter]]''
* An omake episode of Daiakuji had Akuji getting married to Satsu, and an all-out gun battle erupts in the church. Of course, Akuji's a crime boss, so that might have been expected.
* ''[[The Castle of
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Averted in the Fan Comic ''[[Chess Piece]]''. Giving the hectic life of the heroes, the intrincated [[Love Dodecahedron]], and the precense of one of the adversaries it's almost sure this Trope will play up, it doesn't. The wedding goes quietly, just as plan
* The DC Comics/ Kim Possible Fanfic
* So far averted in ''[[DC Nation]]'', where there have been three weddings and a vow renewal so far. A subversion was when the Dibnys renewed their vows after Sue got better. Some of the [[Rogues Gallery]] showed up, but it was to pay their respects and bounce any adversary that was going to be on less than their best behavior.
* The ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''/
* A subversion appears in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fan fiction
* In ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]'', when Ronan marries Sakura, Mandy and Taliana, Madara shows up at the wedding, and kills Ronan with a bazooka. Ronan manages to come back to life with the help of the [[Swiss Army Tears|tears]] of his brides and the attendees, and reduces Madara to pieces with a machine gun.
* In the ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''/''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' [[Deconstruction Fic]] ''The Wedding Crashers'', the Winchester brothers plus Castiel end accompanying Leah Clearwater, whom they had befriended, to Renesmee and Jacob's wedding. They only went to give her emotional support, but after enduring the vampires offering to convert them, the Cullens' extreme snottiness and [[Nouveau Riche]] antics, and watching Leah's family abusing her emotionally, they decide enough is enough and create enough ruckus to piss off almost all the present, destroy the decorations and the cake, and call everybody out on their collective bullshit.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[Sailor Moon]]/[[Ranma ½]]'' crossover fic ''[[The Girl Who Loved]]'', {{spoiler|Voldemort's post-Jusenkyo alter-ego Mary Riddle}} attempts to crash Harry and Usagi's public [[Wedding Day|wedding]] at the Tokyo Dome. She doesn't succeed at getting inside, but does instigate a pitched battle in the line of magicals (and [[Magical Girl]]s) waiting to get in.
== [[Film]] ==
* A villainous example occurs in ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' when the Sheriff of Nottingham forcibly wed Maid Marian (and [[Attempted Rape|tried to rape her]]) in the middle of total Merry Men-sponsored anarchy.
* In the 1964 film ''[[Father Goose
* At the start of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: Dead Man's Chest'', the wedding of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann is interrupted by the beginning of the plot. Inverted in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End'': Will and Elizabeth interrupt the ''battle'' with their ''wedding'', after figuring that if they keep waiting until there's time to hold the wedding properly it'll never happen.
{{quote|'''Elizabeth:''' Now may not be the best time!
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** Also notable as the coolest wedding ever captured on film.
{{quote|'''Barbossa:''' Dearly beloved, we be gathered here today...''TO NAIL YER GIZZARDS TO THE MAST, YE POXY CUR!''}}
* ''[[Fantastic Four (film)|Fantastic Four
** {{spoiler|Made even funnier by the fact that a quick bout of [[Fridge Logic]] on the part of the audience shows that the event (Venice is sinking) isn't actually that much of a disaster, in the fact it's happening in real life, albeit over the course of many years/decades/centuries.}}
* ''[[Kill Bill]]'' centers around the revenge-seeking Bride, who is out for blood after a variation of this trope: it was her wedding ''rehearsal'' that was broken up by a squad of assassins.
* ''[[The Jewel of the Nile]]'' features a [[Dream Sequence]] wedding interruped by a pirate attack.
* The opening of ''[[Spy Kids]].''
* In ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]],'' the wedding ceremony goes ahead but the reception is halted by a "little unofficial demonstration" spearheaded by the local sheriff.
* In ''[[The Graduate]]'', Ben Braddock causes a fight to break out at ''someone else's'' wedding.
* ''[[The Incredibles]]'': In a slight inversion,
* ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'' features a variation: a boat chase between [[James Bond]] and some thugs "drops by" a wedding, with the mook running over the cake.
* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' has a rare occurrence of a wedding being crashed by the ''bride'', when she suddenly transforms into [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|a giant]] in mid-ceremony. She is then captured by government agents, who were there investigating the meteor that caused her growth spurt in the first place.
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* ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Deathly Hallows.'' At least {{spoiler|Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour}}'s wedding makes it all the way to the reception stage before the party has to be broken up in a hurry due to an invasion of Death Eaters.
== [[Live
* This troper loves the finale of Season 2 of the spy-comedy ''[[Chuck]]''. It started with {{spoiler|a shootout between Fulcrum agents, with Bryce shooting back, and Sarah throwing cutlery scavenged from Ellie's wedding presents. Then Casey parachuted through the skylight with a squad of soldiers.}} With Lester singing "Domo Arigato Mr Roboto" in the background. Needless to say, the wedding was cancelled.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_1aD-Fh-E Ellie and Devon's church wedding, Take One.]
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Riley Finn and his bride, Sam, describe their off-screen wedding under fire in the sixth season episode ''As You Were.''
** And Xander and Anya's wedding is crashed by one of her former victims, looking for a little payback in
* John Crichton and Aeryn Sun of ''[[Farscape]]'' ''really'' couldn't catch a break when it came to tying the knot—they had two or three false starts derailed by invasions or combat before finally getting hitched <s>under siege</s> under ''fire'' and during the [[Screaming Birth]] of their son.
** Notably, in the third season finale, Crichton keeps on seeing visions of returning to Earth along with Aeryn and getting married there - only for Scorpius and a platoon of [[Mooks]] to crash it and kill ''everyone''.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In the ''[[Champions]]'' supplement ''Villainy Amok'', one of the scenarios is "My Big Fat Caped Wedding". How much can possibly go wrong when two superheroes get married?
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* In the backstory of ''[[Varicella]]'', General Wehrkeit had soldiers attack the wedding of the hero's brother Terzio Varicella to Princess Charlotte, killing him and causing the bride to go mad from the trauma.
* Used in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' to [[Player Punch|dramatic effect]].
* Subverted in ''[[King's Quest II]]'' where even the villains show up to the wedding and behave themselves. Averted in [[King's Quest VI]] where the [[Big Bad]] is sitting it out in the dungeon. But it's played brutally straight in [[Fan Sequel|The Silver Lining]].
* {{spoiler|Beatrice crashes Battler and Erika's wedding ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesomely]]''}} in [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]].
** One of the few times the player welcomes {{spoiler|1=her [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] [[Evil Laughter|ahahaha]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnH9Gbw4ybk .wav]}}
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[The
* ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'': Llewelyn and Millicent's wedding is interrupted by Captain Locke, the father of Millicent's daughter. After asking the groom if he loves his ex-girlfriend and getting a positive response, Locke starts a pie fight. Of course, pie fights are a traditional part of dragon weddings, which was why they had so many pies lying around in the first place.
* In ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'', a spider crashed the wedding of Tammy and Ray. Nothing personal; he just wanted to eat a lot of insects.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The main plot of Episode 2 of Season 3 of "[[Arby 'n' the Chief]]". Jon CJG used this plot again, in EPIC
▲The main plot of Episode 2 of Season 3 of "[[Arby 'n' the Chief]]". Jon CJG used this plot again, in EPIC porportions, to make season 5 and also the reason for the Big Bad's reason to commit crimes in season 6.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Happens in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]] And The King Of Thieves'', when the Forty Thieves raid Aladdin's wedding. (Semi-justified in that they were there to steal a wedding gift.)
* Happens in the the '90s Animated ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]''. Harry Osborn as the Goblin crashes Peter and Mary Jane's wedding with the intent of taking Mary Jane for himself.
** Notably averted in the
* Apparently [[Ben 10|Ben Tennyson]] can't even be in someone ''else's'' wedding without being caught in the crossfire between the bride's family of sludge aliens and the groom's family of Plumbers.
* In the second season finale of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', the Monarch's wedding to Dr. Girlfriend is interrupted by the Phantom Limb and his Guild army.
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** Indeed - this is also why, despite the church traditionally being in the bride's home parish, it's controlled by the groomsmen for the duration of the ceremony. Back in the day the groom stood a reasonable risk of having to ride deep into the territory of people with whom relations were, at best, shaky to seal a diplomatic marriage (to say nothing of the guys who effectively ''kidnapped'' their brides). To do this he needed to kneel, with his back to the door, only a few feet away from men who had been trying to kill him until very recently. Small wonder then that he would be expected to take a retinue with him, that they would control the church and its grounds and that his 'best man' would be standing within a sword's length of him. This is also why the bride always stands to the left of the groom, in case things really went to hell and he needed his sword arm free.
*** Just look at the Red Wedding in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' ... and I'm pretty sure this was based on something that happened in real life Scotland.
**** Not exactly on the
* The War of the Sicilian Vespers started with a French soldier pawing at the
** Which proves that you should never go up against a Sicilian when a wedding is on the line.
* One Haganah officer in Jerusalem in 1948 was planning a wedding when a breech was opened and he had to go plug up the defenses. After becoming a [[Badass Israeli|great hero]] he got together an ad-hoc Minyan, got married, and then presumably went off with the bride for some [["Glad to Be Alive" Sex]].
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