Description
Mario had been fed up with Bowser's evil schemes to marry Princess Peach, and we get this gem:
Mario: "UGH! That is it! Bowser, this is my wedding day with Peach, and you're ruining it for me!"
Bowser: "You know what? If you didn't want me as your Groom of Honor, you could have said so!"
Mario: "If you would let me get a word in I'd have told ya!"
Bowser: "After all I've done for you, I treated you like a king, and this is how you repay me?"
Mario: "Ugh, I don't have to listen to this, come on Peach."
Bowser: "Since when did you become so phony?!"
Mario: (Scoffs) "You're a phony!"
Bowser: "This show is fake, your tuxedo is fake. I bet even your hair is fake."
(Mario gasps in deep offence in shock)
Blue Toad: (Visibly cringes in preparation) "Oh, crap."
Mario: (Eerie calm) "Don't you talk about my hair."
Red Toad: (Nearby) "Called it!"
Mario: (Exploding with rage) "Don't you ever talk about my hair!"
(Mario and Bowser fight, while Princess Peach facepalms)
Weddings are usually a beautiful and happy event between two people (or sometimes several couples ) who love each other and are ready to embark on a new life together. Everything virtually goes without a hitch; from the wardrobe to the music to the location to the food to the speeches, wedding days usually are the best day of someone's life.
Well, not in this case. Be it human error, deliberate sabotage, or just plain circumstances beyond one's control, these events set forth to put a damper on a wedding. Perhaps the couple only has a shoestring budget for the day and has to resort to a very low-key (and often low effort) ceremony . Perhaps the best man, a family member , other guests, or even the bride(s) or groom(s) got a little too drunk prior to — or during — the nuptials . Perhaps it's a wedding where no one likes one or both participants and is either there to support the other one getting married or they just want the food. Any situation, this wedding day is either going to be lousy or will at least have some good/bad moments or memories going for it .
This can be Played for Laughs or Played for Drama depending on the work. In order for an example to apply to this trope, it has to be either a series of bad or other unfortunate events that ruin the big day or one really big event that manages to shake things up. Simply mentioning something minor or forgettable that happened isn't enough.
Note that rarely the wedding ends up getting saved . For example, the couple finds a new location at the last minute and the couple gets a more intimate ceremony with close friends, or everyone is moved by the newlyweds' resolve that they managed to get through the difficult stuff , but other times the wedding gets ruined for good.
Tropes that may be involved in the outcome of this include Wedding Smashers , Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace , Bitter Wedding Speech , Wedding/Death Juxtaposition , Widowed at the Wedding , Sham Wedding , Shotgun Wedding (if either or both parties are unhappy about the marriage/pregnancy), Bridezilla , Old Man Marrying a Child , Runaway Bride , Arranged Marriage (for ones that aren't meant to be ), Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress and Unwanted Spouse . The sitcom Wedding Episode notoriously never goes smoothly.
A Sub-Trope of Worst. Whatever. Ever! , and a prime candidate for an Epic Fail . See also Crappy Holidays , Twisted Christmas (the Christmas-themed version of this trope), Birthday Party Goes Wrong (the birthday version), Horrible Honeymoon (for when it occurs at the honeymoon), A Birthday, Not a Break (which is a more tragic version of ruined birthdays), and The "Fun" in "Funeral" (for a comedic funeral version).