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* in ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', Claude and Phyllida Erskine-Brown's topper at the end of "Rumpole and the Course of True Love" features the groom in a barrister's gown and clerical bands and the bride in a wedding dress--and both in barristers' wigs.

* One Swedish Chef sketch on ''TheMuppetShow'' has him making an onion cake which has Miss Piggy and Kermit as bride and groom. The cake sinks the moment he puts on the Miss Piggy figure.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' module I6 ''{{Ravenloft}}'': On the day Sergei was to marry Tatyana, Strahd murdered Sergei so he could have Tatyana for himself. The wedding cake is in a room in Strahd's castle: Tatyana's figurine is still on top of the cake, but Sergei's has been cast to the floor (presumably by Strahd).

-->--'''Mary Alice Young''', ''DesperateHousewives''

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "A Fish Called Selma", Homer tells Marge that he stole the (plastic) cake topper from Troy and Selma's cake after the wedding and then ''[[TooDumbToLive proceeds to eat it.]]''
-->'''Homer:''' Mmm, pointy.

There is a tradition of putting little bride and groom figurines on top of the wedding cake. At some point there became a film tradition of using a shot of the figurines to tell us about the wedding. This occurs particularly if there is something unusual about the bride and groom that they can show in the figurines; e.g., a gay or lesbian wedding, an interracial marriage, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers or that the groom is a huge Packers fan]]. Just as often it can be a commentary or joke on the wedding or the marriage or sometimes just to establish the scene at the reception, with the amount of damage to the cake indicating time passed.

If left at the altar expect a character to take out their frustration on the half of the cake topper that left them. Or talk to it while weeping.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' had Marge and Homer find their old wedding cake top with the figures still on it. Homer speculates that they have "wee little parties" at night, and then attempts to quickly open the freezer and catch them in the act. Another episode has Homer eat the couple on top of Apu and Mandula's cake, believing them to be made of icing.

* A wedding cake topper is used for SympatheticMagic in the Amicus anthology horror ''From Beyond the Grave'' (1973).

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Peter sets up Meg for a shotgun wedding, after she believes that she's pregnant. While planning the wedding, Peter says that the store was all out of little cake figurines, so instead he got a toy version of TheIronGiant and one of those courtroom rag dolls where they ask the children just where the suspect touched them.

* In ''{{Shrek}}'', Princess Fiona is being forced to marry Lord Farquaad, a man who is [[BlatantLies absolutely not]] CompensatingForSomething. When she looks at their wedding cake toppers, she smushes his down into the cake to more accurately show his height.

* The LarryNiven short story ''What Can You Say About Chocolate Manhole Covers'' is set in part at a divorce party, where a couple is splitting up, but friendly. A black frosted divorce cake has the toppers facing away from each other.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', Fiona and Farquaad's cake shows them of about equal height even though Farquaad [[TheNapoleon really isn't]]. Fiona sarcastically pushes his halfway down into the cake for a more realistic portrayal.

* In ''{{Shrek}}'', Princess Fiona is being forced to marry Lord Farquaad, a man who is [[BlatantLies absolutely not] CompensatingForSomething. When she looks at their wedding cake toppers, she smushes his down into the cake to more accurately show his height.

* in ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', Claude and Phyllida Erskine-Brown's wedding cake at the end of "Rumpole and the Course of True Love" features the groom in a barrister's gown and clerical bands and the bride in a wedding dress--and both in barristers' wigs.

There is a tradition of putting little bride and groom figurines on top of the wedding cake. At some point there became a film tradition of using a shot of the figurines to tell us about the wedding. This occurs particularly if there is something unusual about the bride and groom that they can show in the figurines; e.g., a gay or lesbian wedding, an interracial marriage, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or that the groom is a huge Packers fan]]. Just as often it can be a commentary or joke on the wedding or the marriage or sometimes just to establish the scene at the reception, with the amount of damage to the cake indicating time passed.

There is a tradition of putting little bride and groom figurines on top of the wedding cake. At some point there became a film tradition of using a shot of the figurines to tell us about the wedding. This occurs particularly if there is something unusual about the bride and groom that they can show in the figurines; e.g., a gay or lesbian wedding, an interracial marriage, the groom is a huge Packers fan. Just as often it can be a commentary or joke on the wedding or the marriage or sometimes just to establish the scene at the reception, with the amount of damage to the cake indicating time passed.

* A wedding cake topper is used for SympatheticMagic in the Amicus anthology horror ''From Beyond the Grave'' (1973).

* One of the intros to ''PennAndTellerBullshit'' includes a scene where a Bride and Groom are placed on the top tier of a cake... then two Grooms on the next tier, two Brides on another, and finally Three Brides and Two Grooms.

* Gahan Wilson drew a cartoon where two chefs are looking at a wedding cake with two guys on it. One chef doesn't look too happy, but the second tells him, "Times change."

* In {{Shrek}} When Fiona is a bit down about marrying the King with stunted growth she glumly pushes the groom's statue on the cake into it to reflect the height difference between the characters.

* When Fiona is a bit down about marrying the King with stunted growth she glumly pushes the groom's statue on the cake into it to reflect the height difference between the characters.