History Main / DivorceIsTemporary

* Beth and Jerry from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' get a divorce in the Season 3 premiere but then reconcile and call it off in the season finale.

* In Tana French's ''Faithful Place'', Detective Frank Mackey's daughter Holly has yet to give up on the notion of her parents getting back together, despite the fact that Frank's ex-wife Olivia is seeing other people. [[spoiler:The book ends with them deciding to give it another go, though it's open-ended in that neither of them knows whether it will work. By ''The Secret Place'', a later book in the series which features Holly again, they're doing well, but don't seem to have any intention of remarrying.]]

* ''Literature/ChocoholicMysteries'': Richard Godfrey divorced his first wife Dina, married Lee, then she divorced him. After Lee's blowup at him in ''Cat Caper'', ''Bear Burglary'' reveals that she really shook him up with her words; as a result, he ends up reconnecting with Dina, and by the end of that book they've remarried.

* On ''Series/{{Monk}}'' this was done (off-screen) as a way to put Sharona [[PutOnABus on a bus]] back to New Jersey after Bitty Schram left the series.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Milhouse's parents get divorced, then eleven seasons later get back together. [[ComicBookTime Which is within a few months at most.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Milhouse's parents get divorced, then several seasons later get back together. [[ComicBookTime Which is within a few months at most.]]

* In ''{{Film/Armageddon}}'', Charles "Chick" Chapple (Will Patton) is legally barred from being around his ex-wife and son whom he hasn't seen in a really long time. After learning of his part-taking in saving the world, she seems to forgive his former grievances and give their relationship another try upon his returning home.

* Bobby Allison was married to his wife Judy from 1960-1996, when the deaths of their two sons, Clifford in 1992 from a racing accident at Michigan and Davey in 1993 from a helicopter accident at Talladega in 1993, combined with the dire financial situation of his racing team took their toll on the relationship. Four years later, the death of Adam Petty reconnected them, and they remarried and stayed together till her death in 2015.

* Rodolfo from ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'' wants to get back with his former wife, Maria. WordOfGod says they reconcile after he retires from being a superhero [[spoiler: and their son becomes one.]]

* In ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', Peter and Mary Jane's marriage was [[CosmicRetcon retconned out of existence]] in the infamous ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' storyline. Ten years later ([[ComicBookTime in real time]]), they finally got back together in [[ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan 2018 when Nick Spencer began his run on the title]]. [[spoiler:In issue #29 of the volume, Peter is forced to miss seeing MJ off on her flight to LA. She assures him over video chat that it's fine, but it's revealed to the audience that he was planning on re-proposing to her had he been there. He tells himself "Maybe some other day", suggesting that the two may have their marriage restored sometime in the near future.]]

* Creator/NatalieWood and Robert Wagner. They got married, then divorced, both married other people, then divorced them, remarried each other and remained together until Wood's death.

* Marie Osmond and Steve Craig married in 1982, divorced in 1985 and remarried in 2011.

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* In ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'', Amy's parents get back together for a while, but split up again. [[AmicablyDivorced They're still good friends at the end of the series.]]

AliceAndBob's relationship went sour, to say the very least. Maybe they absolutely hate each others' guts, now. Maybe they bicker over custody of their kids. Maybe they [[AmicablyDivorced separated amicably]]. Whatever the reason, the papers are signed, bam. Done. Finito.

* ''Manga/BananaFish'' sees the divorced Max and Jessica hook up again at the end of the series. They weren't presented as being AmicablyDivorced, and were even fighting for custody over their son Michael when the series began. Working together to help Ash and Eiji made them realise they still had feelings for each other.

* In ''[[Literature/MegLangslowMysteries Murder With Peacocks]]'' Meg's mom and dad had "[[LoveWillLeadYouBack the world's most]] [[AmicableExes amiable]] [[FootDraggingDivorcee divorce]]" and, after an [[SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace aborted]] [[ParentWithNewParamour remarriage]] on her mom's part, her parents [[WhyWasteAWedding decided not to waste the wedding]] and [[FirstFatherWins retie the knot then and there]].

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* In ''Film/DefinitelyMaybe'', this is played with in that Maya believes in this trope, but it's eventually averted and she accepts that her father (played by Creator/RyanReynolds) and her mother won't get back together.

* Painter Creator/JacquesLouisDavid married Marguerite Pécoul in 1782 and they had four children together. In 1793, during the French Revolution as a member of the National Convention, David voted for the execution of King Louis XVI, causing Marguerite to divorce him. However, when David was imprisoned between 1794 and 1795, his wife returned to him, they remarried in 1796, and remained together until his death in 1825.

* Creator/DannyDevito and Rhea Perlman married in 1982 but in October 2012 they separated, but then reconciled in March 2013. They separated for a second time in March 2017, but said that they had no intent of filing for divorce. In 2019, Perlman said that she and DeVito have become closer friends after their separation.

* Bobby Allison was married to his wife Judy from 1960-1996, when the deaths of their two sons, Clifford in 1992 from a racing accident at Michigan and Davey in 1993 from a helicopter accident at Talladega in 1993, took their toll on the relationship. Four years later, the death of Adam Petty reconnected them, and they remarried and stayed together till her death in 2015.

* Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme and Gladys Portugues

* Marie Osmond and Steve Craig.

* Creator/LotteLenya and Music/KurtWeill.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' uses this trope with [[TheFairFolk Oberon and Titania]], but for immortals "temporary" can mean "1,001 years," during which time they both had relationships and children with other people. It's also implied that Titania had a lot of CharacterDevelopment over that time, since Oberon's stated reason for the divorce was her immaturity and cruelty to mortals. Yes, ''[[AGodAmI Oberon]]'' said this.