Wacky Marriage Proposal: Difference between revisions

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Marriage. True love. However you put it, the union between two (or more) people is a sacred commitment that should be undertaken with the utmost seriousness.

*** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the fact that she has virtually [[No Social Skills|zero social skills]].

* ''[[Hidan no Aria]]'' has {{spoiler|[[Emotionless Girl|Reki]]}} order Kinji to marry her at gunpoint.

 

== Comic Books ==

* This is the entire basis of Bobby Crosby's ''[[Marry Me]]''—a lesbian fan of the rock idol female lead had her male friend hold a sign that read "Marry Me" at a concert while said friend snuck off to go to the bathroom. Said idol saw the sign and took him up on it and instantly had them wed on stage. Plot Ensues.

 

* Protip: If a man suggests eloping as a means of messing with your other friends' heads, [[The Private Diary of Elizabeth Quatermain|he might just really mean it]].

* Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris [http://community.livejournal.com/dc_nation/126691.html pretty much ''dared'' each other into a marriage proposal] in ''[[DC Nation]]''. Considering we're dealing with a [[Green Lantern]] and a Star Sapphire, the engagement was pretty much a game of chicken with the altar that would either end wonderfully or blow up in everyone's face. Both parties were pretty much daring each other to back out (and the other heroes were placing odds on which one would back down) up until the judge actually inked the certificate.

* In the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fanfic "[[Elemental Chess Trilogy|Flowers of Antimony]]," one of these takes place at the wedding of the above-mentioned Ed and Winry. The newlyweds hatch a plan to push together the fandom's favorite [[Maybe Ever After]] pairing, {{spoiler|Roy and Riza, by turning Winry's wedding bouquet into a sort of shot put. She aims the weaponized flowers at Roy's head, Riza instinctively pushes him out of the way before she realizes what she's catching, and [[Hilarity Ensues]]}}. Dialogue later in the story does, at least, indicate that a real proposal was coming soon anyway.

 

== Film ==

* [[Nightrunner|Lynn Flewelling's]] ''Tamír Triad'' has one at the end. Courtesy goes to {{spoiler|Ki who finally got some issues sorted out with himself while nearly dying.}} After waking up he proposes to [Tamír] to "clear things up" after her complaining that she hates sleeping in separate rooms from him and other inconveniences (thanks to etiquette and her being {{spoiler|a woman and his queen}}. {{spoiler|Tamír}} even lampshades it by calling {{spoiler|Ki}} delirious. Which he admits. Doubles with [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].

 

 

* ''[[Frasier]]'' did this when Niles proposed to Daphne. Although the build-up throughout the episode was leading to one of these, it was ultimately subverted; it turned out when Daphne arrived at the apartment that she had the flu and a roaring headache, so Niles got everyone out and ended up just proposing to her quietly. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-d1MrV70-4 Frasier tackling the trumpeter] was the best part of that.

== Web Comics ==

 

* Ethan's proposal in ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'' was quite... [http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20060213 Ethany].

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': it's not so much wacky as... [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040705 accidental and random], and then takes a turn for the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040707 hilarious]: "You want to marry me to ''annoy'' your ''father''? How romantic."

** ...aaaaand [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1362#comic this one too]. Double oops.

** Along with [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1184#comic this] one and [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1979#comic that] one too. [[Rule of Three|Triple]] [[Running Gag|oops]]?

** It's a parody of Eric Burns' real proposal, the ''Websnark'' entry in "Real Life" above.

** [http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/i-bet-she-did-nazi-this-one-coming/ And later ''became'' one.]

* ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' gives us a characteristically [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1031/ disturbing proposal].

 

== Western Animation ==

* The wacky (sometimes horrifying) "prom-posals" in ''[[Clone High]]'' parody this concept—the students [[Grand Romantic Gesture|stage outlandish events]] (like flying in on helicopter and ''teaching a horse fetus to talk'') just to ask girls to the prom. The ''winter'' prom.

 

 

* Let's face it folks, there's ''plenty'' of [[Truth in Television]] examples to back this up.

* A man and his girlfriend were at a baseball game. Right before the seventh-inning stretch, he receives a "congratulations" text message, and then afterward a marriage proposal from him to his girlfriend lit up on the big screen. So what? Lots of people propose on those giant screens. In this case, it was a prank by a "friend" of his, who even sent the text message. The clincher? ''She said yes.'' When the man firmly denied being behind the proposal the girlfriend was understandably rather irate at the stunt. Feeling humiliated, the two began to argue back and forth. The whole thing was caught on-camera and ''broadcast live to the whole stadium'' and probably several local TV stations. This was actually part of the (on-going) prank wars at College Humor. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100529051019/http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1774718 #6] to be exact.

* [[Magic: The Gathering|Richard Garfield]] had a custom card made and used it to propose to his future wife in a game.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lacup068XWo This one here]. A man proposes to his fiancée in the middle of fifty synchronized dancers in Washington Park.

* During [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like|Old Spice's video response campaign]], @Jsbeals successfully got the Old Spice Man to ask Angela A. Hutt-Chamberlin to marry him [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-fLV28SkZ8 on his behalf].

* On a similar note to the ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' hack above: Another guy made a similar proposal by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_HMLvLB7b0 hacking a special new area] into ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syxwkc36jas Love Letters] is an adorable animation short picturing a guy trying (and failing) to write the perfect love letter. When he gives up, the camera backs away to reveal the crumpled pieces of paper spell "WILL U MARRY ME?". The best part? The guy in the animation IS the animator, who used the short to propose to his girlfriend in a movie theater.

* Another nerdy one took place at ComicCon by two ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' cosplayers. In front of the [[Rooster Teeth]] booth, they were performing some of the RvB skits, dressed as Tucker and Sister (who sort of had a relationship in the show). And then the guy proposed. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0KhFggn_Tg There's even video!]

* Gary Hudston commissioned professional level designers AND [[Ellen McLain]], the voice of [[GLaDOS]], to create a [http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=258232 giant three stage level] in [[Portal 2]] to propose to his girlfriend.

* The various nerd conventions, anime, star trek, comic, and what have you, are basically a boiling pan of geeky social life for one full weekend. Does this happen when you get a bunch of people obsessed with various fantastical stories, half of whom dress up, in one place? You better believe it happens.

** One particular sub category of this is the masquerades. The couple will book a time slot and usually do some sort of romantic skit before the proposal at the end. One year at Conneticon, this happened twice in one night during the ''same'' masquerade (not the same skit, though).

* During NBC's pregame show for a Thanksgiving NFL game in 1985, sideline reporter Ahmad Rashad interrupted his analysis to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iohyFL_EIGk&feature=related propose] to ''[[The Cosby Show|Cosby Show]]'' star Phylicia Ayers-Allen.

* [http://kotaku.com/5898709/theres-no-wedding-proposal-like-a-final-fantasy-wedding-proposal This Final Fantasy-styled proposal] involving [[Nobuo Uematsu]] himself (he's not part of the couple that did the proposal, by the way). It was done during the "Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy" concert in Toronto in late March 2012.

 

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