History Main / Elopement

* In the United States, [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]] is popular for this.

* Hawke's parents from the ''DragonAgeII'' BackStory: he was a runaway apostate mage, she was a noble with an ArrangedMarriage looming.

Contrast RunawayBride, although if the eloping occurs close enough to an ArrangedMarriage, the two can overlap. Sister trope to MyOwnPrivateIDo, where a couple about to be married with fanfare runs off to be married quietly. Compare and contrast ShotgunWedding, which takes place similarly on the fly, but almost always has one of the parties unwilling to go through with it.

* In the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD4azjx6mbE Project "Ma"]], Adam Moonlit (played by [[{{vocaloid}} KAITO]]) runs away with Eve (played by [[{{vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku) to Eldoh Forest after said project failed.

-->'''GeorgeMacdonaldFraser''', ''The Steel Bonnets''.

* In the United States, LasVegas is popular for this.

-->Borderers were not the kind to ask leave for anything, and especially not to go courting. They married across the line with a fine disregard for the laws
-->GeorgeMacdonaldFraser, ''The Steel Bonnets''.

* This trope is the story of Lyndis' parentry in ''FireEmblem: [[FireEmblemElibe Blazing Sword]]''. He mother, Lady Madelyn, was the daughter of the Marquis of Caelin. Her father, Hassar, was the leader of the Lorca Tribe, one of the three tribes of Sacae, a group of nomadic people. In order to stay together, Madelyn left Caelin to live with her lover on the Sacaen plains.

-->...Borderers were not the kind to ask leave for anything, and especially not to go courting. They married across the line with a fine disregard for the laws...

-->...at it's most extreme this imposed the death penalty on Scots who married English men or women; on the English side, it was March treason to marry a Scotswoman, or even to befriend her without the Warden's permission.

-->Borderers were not the kind to ask leave for anything, and especially not to go courting. They married across the line with a fine disregard for the laws...

-->at it's most extreme this imposed the death penalty on Scots who married English men or women; on the English side, it was March treason to marry a Scotswoman, or even to befriend her without the Warden's permission.

* {{Elopement}}: ''{{Mushishi}}'' has Hana and Zen, a pair of young lovers, who decided to escape, when Hana was to be forced into an ArrangedMarriage. They probably would have succeeded, if Hana [[spoiler: hadn’t hesitated and fallen from a bridge, changing in the process into a Mushi-possessed zombie.]]

* ''{{Chobits}}'' has Shinra and his cram school teacher eloping because her husband has rejected her for a computer android they purchased.

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* The Scottish village of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretna_Green Gretna Green]] is the place where English teenagers used to traditionally run to to get hitched when they wished to defy their parents (because Scottish law was more easy going about such things). It's still possible to go there for a traditional "wedding of the anvil", although this is no longer recognised in law.

* The Scottish village of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretna_Green Gretna Green]] is the place where English teenagers used to traditionally run to to get hitched when they wished to defy their parents (because Scottish law was more easy going about such things).

* One of the subplots of ''PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' involves the daughter of a Piyanta mafia don eloping with one of his underlings. The first time you meet, he agrees to secure you a ride to the place where the next PlotCoupon is if you bring them back. On finding them, they return of their own accord and he tells them to get lost but gives them his blessing in a roundabout way. They settle on a tropical island a few chapters later. [[spoiler: In the next chapter you need a ride once again, so you return and find him sick (literally) with worry about them. One subquest later and you have [[NotRareOverThere your ticket]], the couple and the Don reconcile and everyone's happy.]]

* One of the subplots of ''PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' involves the daughter of a Piyanta mafia don eloping with one of his underlings. The first time you meet, he agrees to secure you a ride to the place where the next PlotCoupon is if you bring them back. On finding them, they return of their own accord and he tells them to get lost but gives them his blessing in a roundabout way. They settle on a tropical island a few chapters later. [[spoiler: In the next chapter you need a ride once again, so you return and find him sick (literally) with worry about them. One subquest later and you have your ticket, the couple and the Don reconcile and everyone's happy.]]