History Main / DungeonmastersGirlfriend

* ''Film/HotFuzz'' has this with Martin Blower, the director (and star) of the small-town's production of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', where his girlfriend Eve Draper is cast in the other lead role.

%%* DoubleSubverted in ''Film/TheFifthElement''. Luc Besson wanted his girlfriend to play Diva Plavalaguna, but she initially refused. It was only when the actress they hired backed out that she relented. Besson later played this straight as the above mentioned Milla Jovovich, [[RomanceOnTheSet who he started dating during]] ''The Fifth Element'', was cast by him in the title role of ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc''.

* Similarly Creator/PaulWSAnderson has his wife Creator/MillaJovovich star in the ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' where she's InvincibleHero who [[SpotlightStealingSquad shows up the canon characters from the games]]. Creator/MillaJovovich met the director on set and they are now married. It might explain some of her telekinesis, super strength, replication, and HealingFactor when the video games are mostly about BadassNormal people fighting zombies and mutant creatures. Disgruntled fans have likened it to marrying your own OriginalCharacter and making FanFiction movies about her.

* Built into the rules of the D20 version of ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' is a feat called "Shagging the DM". It has only one prerequisite, and it's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It allows you to reroll one roll every 30 minutes. (The feat's description also points out that if you qualify for it, you probably don't need it.)

* Gabe of ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/04/20 gives this ]] to Vin Diesel, not because of a relationship, but because he is abjectly terrified of Vin Diesel.

* This happens when the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', along with a lot of their friends like ''WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}'' and ''LetsPlay/JackSepticEye'' come together to play ''VideoGame/AmongUs''. Arin learns that his wife Suzy is one of the Imposters and keeps it a secret, basically letting her run wild for the remainder of the match, and it ''inevitably costs the Crewmates the game'' and lets both Impostors win when the voters vote off Dooger instead. The other Crewmates are ''not'' amused when they learn about this.

* Parodied in an episode of ''Radio/TheUnbelievableTruth'', where both host David Mitchell and first-time panelist Victoria Coren-Mitchell pretended she was expecting this treatment. She finished third, complaining that she was told going against Henning Wehn would be easy.

* ''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part III]]'' had Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's daughter Sofia play Michael Corleone's daughter Mary. It didn't go well (fortunately, she became a quite talented director in her own right instead of pursuing a career in acting). Some have also said casting Creator/TaliaShire, Coppola's sister, as Connie Corleone in the first film, counts; on the other hand, Ms. Shire did earn Oscar nominations for her portrayal of the same character in ''Part II'' and for her work on ''Film/{{Rocky}}''.

* ''Film/TheRocketeer'' used it in-universe. Jenny has a bit part in a movie and complains to some extras that the ([[LargeHam very hammy]]) leading lady only got the job because she's the producer's niece.

* ''Film/HotFuzz'' has this with the director (and star) of the small-town's production of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', where his girlfriend is cast in the other lead role.

* This happens when the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', along with a lot of their friends like ''LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}'' and ''LetsPlay/JackSepticEye'' come together to play ''VideoGame/AmongUs''. Arin learns that his wife Suzy is one of the Imposters and keeps it a secret, basically letting her run wild for the remainder of the match, and it ''inevitably costs the Crewmates the game'' and lets both Impostors win when the voters vote off Dooger instead. The other Crewmates are ''not'' amused when they learn about this.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/Sing2'', the theater owner forces Buster to cast his spoiled-brat daughter in the lead role, demoting Rosita (for whom the role was written) to a minor part. While she's a good singer, she's a terrible actress and is clearly unsuited for the part. [[spoiler: After some CharacterDevelopment, she takes the singing-only bit part and totally nails it.]]

Term used in roleplaying game circles for a player -- often literally the DM's significant other, sometimes a younger family member -- who is getting special treatment from the gamemaster due to an out-of-game personal relationship, specifically because the GM either wants to curry favor with them or is afraid of incurring their ire. This is often at the expense of other players, who showed up at the table to participate equally, but have somehow ended up playing sidekicks to the Dungeonmaster's Girlfriend.

This is ''not'' a trope about someone that does something only because their significant other is doing it, though the situations do often overlap (sometimes the favoritism is in place to go easy on this new player).

* Similarly Creator/PaulWSAnderson has his wife Creator/MillaJovovich star in the ''Film/ResidentEvil'' where she's InvincibleHero who [[SpotlightStealingSquad shows up the canon characters from the games]]. Creator/MillaJovovich met the director on set and they are now married. It might explain some of her telekinesis, super strength, replication, and HealingFactor when the video games are mostly about BadassNormal people fighting zombies and mutant creatures. Disgruntled fans have likened it to marrying your own OriginalCharacter and making FanFiction movies about her.

* Variation with Asenath Summerisle in The Literature/BinderOfShame; she's introduced as Deviant Boy's girlfriend while he's running a game. She herself is an okay gamer and ends up getting along fine with the guys, but he warps the entire game to revolve around her MarySue character; "She got to play hero while the rest of us swam through raw sewage being chased by vaguely alien sex slavers."