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* ''Franchise/HerculePoirot'': In ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'', Newlyweds Simon and Linnet Doyle have their honeymoon disrupted due to being followed everywhere by Jacqueline; she was [[WomanScorned Simon's ex-fiancee]] and [[WeUsedToBeFriends Linnet's former friend]] until Linnet and Simon got together, which she isn't taking well. While touring the Abu Simbel, Linnet is nearly crushed by a boulder, although Jacqueline appears to have an alibi. Jacqueline later shoots Simon in the leg during an argument and becomes so hysterical she has to be sedated. [[FromBadToWorse Then Linnet is found murdered in her room]] and almost everyone onboard the boat is a suspect. [[spoiler:It's revealed Jacqueline and Simon are still a couple and [[InvokedTrope plotted the whole thing]] to get Linnet's money, although [[NotMeThisTime another passenger]] was responsible for the boulder incident (which he claims was accidental)]].

* At the conclusion of ''Literature/TheVampyre'', the honeymoon of Aubrey's sister ends horrifically [[spoiler:as her new husband - who is actually a vampire - murders her on their wedding night and fleeing, with Aubrey's letter warning of Ruthven's true nature failing to reach her in time]].

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': In ''Breaking Dawn'', Bella and Edward's honeymoon on a privately-owned island in South America initially goes well for the most part, although early on there is a debacle over sex (the [[TheirFirstTime first time they have sex]], Edward bruises Bella quite badly and he refuses to have sex with her again in case he hurts her more; Bella insists she's fine and goes to great lengths to persuade Edward to sleep with her again), as well as minor issues with Edward [[DestructoNookie damaging beds during sex]] and the housekeeper being extremely wary of Edward (she knows he's a vampire and thinks he's brought Bella here to kill her). However, things really go downhill when Bella gets extremely sick from what she thinks is food poisoning [[spoiler:only for her to realize she's actually pregnant. Edward is horrified that the half-vampire fetus will harm Bella and cuts the honeymoon short so they get back to the US and "get rid of it". Bella has already decided she wants to keep the pregnancy in spite of the risks, causing a rift between the couple]].

** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E21BlackWidower Black Widower]]." After marrying Selma, Sideshow Bob attempts to murder her via a gas explosion in order to inherit her money. After learning she has no sense of smell he leaves the gas on in their fireplace while he goes for a walk, knowing that she'll light a cigarette after her episode of ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}''

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* ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'': The honeymoon of Midori Ishizaka (Shin-Chan's class teacher who constantly gets dragged into Shin-Chan's antics) and Junichi Ishizaka, where their wedding honeymoon have them going to Australia and somehow [[ItsASmallWorldAfterAll against all odds]] ending up in the ''same'' hotel as Shin Chan and family, with a sleepwalking Shin-Chan accidentally entering Midori's hotel suite and kissing Junichi in the dead of the night after a half-asleep Junichi mistook Shin-Chan to be Midori. Needless to say, Shin-Chan's typical shenanigans get into the couple's way during their tour around the Gold Coast, Great Barrier Reef, Opera House and finally causing Midori to suffer a brief breakdown near the Uluru Ayers Rock.

* ''Film/OnChesilBeach'' revolves around a young couple whose relationship is tested to its limit by their terrible honeymoon at Chesil Beach. Edward and Florence are both virgins when they marry in 1962; due to the time period neither of them know much about how sex works, especially Florence, as it wouldn't be considered 'proper'. [[spoiler:It's also subtly hinted Florence may have been sexually abused by her domineering father]]. After an awkward dinner they attempt to consummate their marriage, but it doesn't go well, with Florence even running out of the room. [[spoiler:Florence is so distraught she suggests a SexlessMarriage but Edward isn't willing to accept this. They can't resolve the matter and so end up getting an annulment just days after the wedding]].

* In ''Film/TouchOfEvil'', special prosecutor Miguel Vargas and his new wife Susie are honeymooning on the US-Mexico border when they get caught up in a murder case involving gangsters and corrupt cops. Vargas sends Susie to a motel to keep her safe, but it turns out the motel is run by the gang involved in the murders, who proceed to terrorise her. [[spoiler:Susie ends up being drugged, wakes up next to a murdered corpse and is wrongfully arrested for the crime; Vargas has to find a way to exonerate his wife while avoiding being killed or framed himself]].

* In a third-season episode of ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' titled "Honeymoons Are For The Lucky", Rob recalls the difficult time he had getting enough leave from his military service to spend time alone with his new wife, Laura. His leaves were constantly refused or canceled, until the couple had to agree that only people much luckier than they were, would have honeymoons.

* The ''[[Literature/CormoranStrikeNovels Cormoran Strike]]'' series has an unusual use of this in ''Literature/LethalWhite,'' where the horribleness of Robin and Matthew's honeymoon in the Maldives is in fact the only thing that ''saves'' a marriage that was about to end before it even started. Robin is ready to leave Matthew immediately after their wedding upon finding out he's been secretly deleting Cormoran's texts from her phone, and only agrees to go on the paid-for honeymoon so they can talk things out. During the trip, Matthew becomes dangerously ill from an infection after scratching himself on a piece of coral, and caring for him during that time softens her up enough to give him a second chance. [[spoiler:Of course, this series of events is still disastrous as it only postpones their [[DisposableFiance inevitable]] breakup, which now takes the form of a messy divorce instead of the easy annulment that would have resulted if Robin had headed out before the marriage had been consummated.]]

* The ''[[Literature/CormoranStrikeNovels Cormoran Strike]]'' series has an unusual use of this in ''Literature/LethalWhite,'' where the horribleness of Robin and Matthew's honeymoon in the Maldives is actually what saves a marriage that was about to end before it even started. Robin is ready to leave Matthew immediately after their wedding upon finding out he's been secretly deleting Cormoran's texts from her phone, and only agrees to go on the paid-for honeymoon so they can talk things out. During the trip, Matthew becomes dangerously ill from an infection after scratching himself on a piece of coral, and caring for him during that time softens her up enough to give him a second chance. [[spoiler:Of course, this series of events is still disastrous as it only postpones their [[DisposableFiance inevitable]] breakup, which now takes the form of a messy divorce instead of the easy annulment that would have resulted if Robin had headed out before the marriage had been consummated.]]

* ''Literature/CormoranStrike'' has an unusual use of this in ''Literature/LethalWhite,'' where the horribleness of Robin and Matthew's honeymoon in the Maldives is actually what saves a marriage that was about to end before it even started. Robin is ready to leave Matthew immediately after their wedding upon finding out he's been secretly deleting Cormoran's texts from her phone, and only agrees to go on the paid-for honeymoon so they can talk things out. During the trip, Matthew becomes dangerously ill from an infection after scratching himself on a piece of coral, and caring for him during that time softens her up enough to give him a second chance. [[spoiler:Of course, this series of events is still disastrous as it only postpones their [[DisposableFiance inevitable]] breakup, which now takes the form of a messy divorce instead of the easy annulment that would have resulted if Robin had headed out before the marriage had been consummated.]]

* In an unusual use of this trope in ''Literature/LethalWhite,'' the sheer horribleness of Robin and Matthew's honeymoon in the Maldives is the only thing that makes Robin stick out the marriage, when she's initially ready to leave Matthew after their wedding upon finding out he's been deleting Cormoran's texts from her phone, and only agrees to go on the paid-for honeymoon so they can talk things out. During the trip, Matthew becomes dangerously ill from an infection after scratching himself on a piece of coral, and caring for him during that time reestablishes their old attachment.

* ''Film/{{Honeymoon}}'' focuses on a newlywed couple called Bea and Paul having a honeymoon at Bea's family cabin. Unfortunately, it starts going wrong when Bea starts sleepwalking and deteriorates from there, culminating in her [[spoiler: killing Paul and being taken over by an alien]].

* In ''Film/APerfectGetaway'', newly-married Cliff and Cydney head to Hawaii for their honeymoon, only to learn there's a SerialKiller on the loose and they might be the next targets. [[spoiler:It's played with as it turns out ''they're'' the killers and going on a murder spree sounds like a great honeymoon to Cliff - whose real name is Rocky - though Cydney is increasingly ambivalent. It's played straight in the backstory, as Rocky murdered the real Cliff and Cydney while they were on their honeymoon so he and his girlfriend could assume their identities]].

* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'': Lane and Zach honeymoon in Mexico at a place called "Pedro's Paradise", which turns out to be anything but. As told by Zach and Lane after the fact in "That's What You Get, Folks, For Makin' Whoopee", the place turned out to be a scam in some dude's apartment, far from the "ocean views" that were promised, Zach became paranoid about Pedro and his friends speaking Spanish around them, and the couple comes back feeling nauseous [[spoiler: though, it turns out, for different reasons]]. Even worse, in a subversion of the usual TheirFirstTime trope, their attempt to replicate the beach scene in ''Film/FromHereToEternity'' ends with [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome them dirty and cold with crabs crawling all over them]], causing Lane to believe that good sex is a myth. The honeymoon has long-term ramifications, as [[spoiler: Lane, after only a brief brush with freedom from her [[MyBelovedSmother Beloved Smother]] and a terrible first sexual experience, [[LawOfInverseFertility ends up pregnant]] [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin with twins]] due to a [[ButWeUsedACondom poor-quality Mexican condom]]]].

* The ''VideoGame/{{Duolingo}}'' story "The Flat Tire" recounts Vikram and Priti's honeymoon. On their way back to their room from a date, their car broke down for whatever reason, and so they had to walk back. Vikram unfortunately forgot his keys, so he had to use the window to get back inside the house. The couple had to relive this quirky night once again, years later--''this'' time, ''both'' of them are locked outside of the house.

** The episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E21BlackWidower Black Widower]]. After marrying Selma, Sideshow Bob attempts to murder her via a gas explosion in order to inherit her money. After learning she has no sense of smell he leaves the gas on in their fireplace while he goes for a walk, knowing that she'll light a cigarette after her episode of ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}''

* ''Literature/TheButcherBoy'': Francis's parents went to a boarding house on their honeymoon before he was born. Mr. Brady was also an Alcoholic who abused his wife and made her a suicidal woman.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided A Milhouse Divided]]", it's revealed that after Homer and Marge had their ShotgunWedding, they spent their honeymoon at a trucker gas station, where Homer tried to console a disappointed Marge with a cake labeled "To a Whale of a Wife". Homer's revelation of how crummy a honeymoon it was became one of the factors that drove him to eventually do a second wedding with Marge to try to make up for it.

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* ''[[Literature/LordPeterWimsey Busman's Honeymoon]]'': The honeymoon of Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane is troubled by a slew of (mostly) minor annoyances rather than by great disasters. The worst of these is finding the dead body of their honeymoon cottage's former owner on the cellar steps - after they've cleaned up the cottage and thus destroyed nearly all of the clues. Harriet also recalls one of her friends talking about her honeymoon in a peaceful fishing village, where frequent rain would leave the happy couple cooped up indoors with nothing much to do.

* ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'': Newlyweds Simon and Linnet Doyle have their honeymoon disrupted due to being followed everywhere by Jacqueline; she was [[WomanScorned Simon's ex-fiancee]] and [[WeUsedToBeFriends Linnet's former friend]] until Linnet and Simon got together, which she isn't taking well. While touring the Abu Simbel, Linnet is nearly crushed by a boulder, although Jacqueline appears to have an alibi. Jacqueline later shoots Simon in the leg during an argument and becomes so hysterical she has to be sedated. [[FromBadToWorse Then Linnet is found murdered in her room]] and almost everyone onboard the boat is a suspect. [[spoiler:It's revealed Jacqueline and Simon are still a couple and [[InvokedTrope plotted the whole thing]] to get Linnet's money, although [[NotMeThisTime another passenger]] was responsible for the boulder incident (which he claims was accidental)]].

* ''[[Literature/LordPeterWimsey Busman's Honeymoon]]'': The honeymoon of Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane is troubled by a slew of (mostly) minor annoyances rather than by great disasters. The worst of these is finding the dead body of their honeymoon cottage's former owner on the cellar steps - after they've cleaned up the cottage and thus destroyed nearly all of the clues.