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* ''WebAnimation/SparkTales'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qOGdshOmf0 "Sneaky Croquette Swap with Mean MIL - Guess What?!"]] Lisa's mother-in-law constantly harassed her over anything and everything, especially over not being able to do housework. When Lisa talked it out with Noah, who asked his mother to stop her surprise visits, the abusive MIL retaliated by inviting the young couple to eat at Noah's family house and sneaking a beetle larva inside Lisa's croquette.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rouuz2GGU4I "Rejected by MIL at 18: Pregnant and Disowned, Her Fate Turns!"]]: Since Noah's family was prestigious enough for the men in there to become company presidents, his mother harassed his fiancée, Lisa, for being a high-school graduate. Moreover, she claimed that Lisa's "commoner lifestyle" and how "it made the family look bad." When the MIL found out about Lisa's pregnancy, the former chewed the latter out for "tarnishing the family's reputation," demanding Noah divorce her.

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''WebVideo/ViralTexts'': Some stories involve mothers-in-laws meddling in the lives of their offspring's partner. Examples include:

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* ''WebVideo/AirProTexts'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaY1fKmZ1QQ Erin]] despised her daughter-in-law Rachel, because the latter had given birth to a daughter rather than a son. When Rachel left Tammy with Erin, she started to talk badly about Rachel and when Tammy told her off, she spanked her and locked her in the shed. Tammy messaged her mother crying about it and her father came to pull her out of the house and Rachel and her husband cut Erin out of their lives.
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Such in-laws can also be a BitchInSheepsClothing or DevilInPlainSight if their relative is oblivious to their jerkishness, or insists that they aren't so bad. Sometimes overlaps with CoattailRidingRelative. See also EvilMatriarch, LoveObstructingParents, and MeetTheInLaws.

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Such in-laws can also be a BitchInSheepsClothing or DevilInPlainSight if their relative is oblivious to their jerkishness, or insists that they aren't so bad. Sometimes overlaps with CoattailRidingRelative. See also EvilMatriarch, LoveObstructingParents, and MeetTheInLaws.
MeetTheInLaws. Such characters might express the opinion that NotBloodNotFamily towards their in-laws.
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* PlayedForDrama in ''Website/SCPFoundation'' with [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2190 SCP-2190, "Phone calls from mom"]]. It's the [[UnfinishedBusiness ghost of an old Filipina woman]] who bribes random citizens of the Philippines to try and break up her daughter's marriage through phone calls. Sounds funny at first, until it escalated to the point that some of her bounty hunters kidnapped the grandson, getting the Foundation's attention. Upon interviewing the daughter, they learn that her mother was a vindictive GoldDigger who married a wealthy American man and [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned the family]], only returning once she was an adult to pressure her to do the same and [[EvilMatriarch pay people to assault her husband as well as her so he could be framed]]. In the daughter's last conversation with her mother before her death, she had a VillainousBSOD and confessed that she did all this because she was lonely.
** With the aid of another anomaly, the Foundation learned that if they were to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero separate the marriage themselves]] through LaserGuidedAmnesia the mother would then [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone flood half the country with calls apologizing for her mistake and exposing the Foundation]]. Instead, they decide to [[PetTheDog ensure all phones in the country are sold with modified SIM cards filtering out the calls and have agents monitor the family's wellbeing]].
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** Both [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] and her wife Destiny have nothing but pure loathing for [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], their daughter [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]'s scoundrel husband. A lot of it is just plain old jealousy, since they see Rogue as purely theirs (having found her as a child) and hate that Gambit has taken away so much of her affection and attenion[[labelnote:*]] For Destiny, who was dead before they first met this is all new, Mystique has been bristling over it since Gambit first became Rogue's boyfriend [[/labelnote]]. Another reason is that Gambit massively conflicts Rogue's loyalty to them and adds a complication to their plans for mutantkind, which putting it bluntly don't have their new son-in-law in mind.

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** Both [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] and her wife Destiny have nothing but pure loathing for [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], their daughter [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]'s scoundrel thief husband. A lot of it is just plain old jealousy, since they see Rogue as purely theirs (having found her as a child) and hate that Gambit has taken away so much of her affection and attenion[[labelnote:*]] For Destiny, who was dead before they first met this is all new, Mystique has been bristling over it since Gambit first became Rogue's boyfriend [[/labelnote]]. Another reason is that Gambit massively conflicts Rogue's loyalty to them and adds a complication to their plans for mutantkind, which putting it bluntly don't have their new son-in-law in mind.
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** One case was of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styllou_Christofi Styllou Christofi]], a Cyprian woman who not only murdered her own mother-in-law by [[CruelAndUnusualDeath shoving a burning torch down her throat]] but then went on to kill her daughter-in-law. For the latter crime, she became the penultimate woman to be hanged in Britain.

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** One case was of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styllou_Christofi Styllou Christofi]], a Cyprian Cypriot woman who not only murdered her own mother-in-law by [[CruelAndUnusualDeath shoving a burning torch down her throat]] but then went on to kill her daughter-in-law. For the latter crime, she became the penultimate woman to be hanged in Britain.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRzBSvqJXU Sally]] bullied her sister-in-law, Jenna, because she thought working from home wasn't real work. Moreover, she decided to switch houses with Jenna as a scheme to make her leave the house. However, Sally changes her mind the next day after finding out the house belonged to Jenna's fiancé; the latter's brother and parents chewed her out for trying to steal the house behind their backs.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRzBSvqJXU Sally]] bullied her sister-in-law, Jenna, because she thought working from home wasn't real work. Moreover, she decided to switch houses with Jenna as a scheme to make her leave the house. However, Sally changes her mind the next day after finding out the house belonged to Jenna's fiancé; the latter's brother and parents chewed her out for trying to steal the house behind their backs.
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''WebVideo/ViralTexts'': Some stories involve mothers-in-laws meddling in the lives of their offspring's partner. Examples include:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYqKhUlMLA8 Helen]] demanded her daughter-in-law Carly to make her a cake for her friends. She even went as a far as to steal the cake made for her grandson Christopher's birthday and threw out all the other food made for the party.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMZxvWDYAy4 Mia's]] mother-in-law Blair demanded that she do chores despite the fact that Mia is working from home.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6VmKN8rX9M Sharon]] is a lazy housewife who treats her mother-in-law Beth like dirt and wants to kick her out of the house they're living in.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdYuZUE1ExY Ali's]] sister-in-law, Mary, wanted her out of the house she shared with her and her brother because she thought Ali was a shut-in. However, she has ''them'' move out; it turned out it was Ali's house.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_pGPQKfILs Beth]] asked Liz to let her move in with her and her husband, claiming she wanted to make it big as a comic artist, which was an excuse she used for ''10 years'' and she didn't improve her art a bit in that time. However, Bob calls her out for being lazy and the couple leaves her to work with her great uncle.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRzBSvqJXU Sally]] bullied her sister-in-law, Jenna, because she thought working from home wasn't real work. Moreover, she decided to switch houses with Jenna as a scheme to make her leave the house. However, Sally changes her mind the next day after finding out the house belonged to Jenna's fiancé; the latter's brother and parents chewed her out for trying to steal the house behind their backs.
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** Both Characters/{{Mystique}} and her wife Destiny have nothing but pure loathing for [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], their daughter ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'s scoundrel husband. A lot of it is just plain old jealousy, since they see Rogue as purely theirs (having found her as a child) and hate that Gambit has taken away so much of her affection and attenion[[labelnote:*]] For Destiny, who was dead before they first met this is all new, Mystique has been bristling over it since Gambit first became Rogue's boyfriend [[/labelnote]]. Another reason is that Gambit massively conflicts Rogue's loyalty to them and adds a complication to their plans for mutantkind, which putting it bluntly don't have their new son-in-law in mind.

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** Both Characters/{{Mystique}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] and her wife Destiny have nothing but pure loathing for [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], their daughter ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'s [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]'s scoundrel husband. A lot of it is just plain old jealousy, since they see Rogue as purely theirs (having found her as a child) and hate that Gambit has taken away so much of her affection and attenion[[labelnote:*]] For Destiny, who was dead before they first met this is all new, Mystique has been bristling over it since Gambit first became Rogue's boyfriend [[/labelnote]]. Another reason is that Gambit massively conflicts Rogue's loyalty to them and adds a complication to their plans for mutantkind, which putting it bluntly don't have their new son-in-law in mind.
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** Though they have rarely interacted [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] is still [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/e92fc02b22f017f7b25fa42cee39ee59/tumblr_n0bs7nBdhW1rvm5qqo2_1280.jpg a case of this]] towards [[ComicBook/TheVision Vision]] whom his daughter [[Characters/ScarletWitch Wanda]] aka Scarlet Witch married and loves. His reasons for this dislike are a mixature of Vision being part of the Avengers members and defenders of the human race he largely despises and simply feeling (much like Quicksilver his son) that a "robot" is unworthy of his beloved daughter's love and care. However despite this he is a DotingGrandparent to Wanda and Vision's sons Billy and Tommy.
** Both Characters/{{Mystique}} and her wife Destiny have nothing but pure loathing for [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] their daughter ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'s lovebale scoundrel husband, whom she deeply loves. A lot of it is just plain old jealously, since they see Rogue as purely theirs (having found her as a child) and hate that Gambit has taken away so much of her affection and attenion[[labelnote:*]] For this Destiny who was dead for ages this is all new, Mystique has been bristling over it since Gambit first became Rogue's boyfriend [[/labelnote]]. Another reason is that Gambit massively conflicts Rogue's loyalty to them and adds a complication to their plans for mutantkind, which putting it bluntly don't have their new son-in-law in mind.

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** Though they have rarely interacted [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] is still [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/e92fc02b22f017f7b25fa42cee39ee59/tumblr_n0bs7nBdhW1rvm5qqo2_1280.jpg a case of this]] towards [[ComicBook/TheVision Vision]] Vision]], whom his daughter [[Characters/ScarletWitch Wanda]] aka Scarlet Witch married and loves. His reasons for this dislike are a mixature mixture of Vision being part of the Avengers members and defenders of the human race he largely despises and simply feeling (much like Quicksilver his son) Quicksilver) that a "robot" is unworthy of his beloved daughter's love and care. However However, despite this he is a DotingGrandparent to Wanda and Vision's sons Billy and Tommy.
** Both Characters/{{Mystique}} and her wife Destiny have nothing but pure loathing for [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] Gambit]], their daughter ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'s lovebale scoundrel husband, whom she deeply loves. husband. A lot of it is just plain old jealously, jealousy, since they see Rogue as purely theirs (having found her as a child) and hate that Gambit has taken away so much of her affection and attenion[[labelnote:*]] For this Destiny Destiny, who was dead for ages before they first met this is all new, Mystique has been bristling over it since Gambit first became Rogue's boyfriend [[/labelnote]]. Another reason is that Gambit massively conflicts Rogue's loyalty to them and adds a complication to their plans for mutantkind, which putting it bluntly don't have their new son-in-law in mind.

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* ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'': There are a lot of stories focusing on conflicts with the in laws. Azami is the most likely antagonist to get this role, and all but guaranteed to be the obnoxious mother-in-law if she's the mother of the protagonist's husband. Akane is usually a sister-in-law instead, but has had the role of mother of the protagonist's wife a few times. While Yuzuriha is the least likely female antagonist to get this role. As for the boys, Hiiragi is most likely to be a father-in-law, with Akamatsu being about evenly split in father-in-law vs brother-in-law roles, while Tachibana is the least common character in this antagonist role. But usually if they are antagonistic as in laws, they're second to the girls.
* ''WebAnimation/MoniRobo'':
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5QLRzMxYA Showing my husband and mother-in-law hell for their years of emotional harassment]]'': Nano's mother-in-law emotionally abused her and her husband Sorao did nothing to help always making excuses for her. It escalates to the point where she ''cut'' her daughter Sakura's hair. After that she divorced Sorao.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X955Ku1lexI When I was hospitalized, I found out my husband was having an affair !]]'': Mrs. Saeko is a tough boss who made her daughter-in-law Rie work very hard. Subverted when Rie collapsed and went to the hospital, she apologized for working her so hard and revealed that her son, Shuuji who was Rie's husband was cheating on her (which she found out through a private detective eye). Mrs. Saeko demoted Shuuji to a job with no privileges and trained Rie to be a CEO to succeed her.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuc15dBnoHE My sister-in-law stole my wedding!!!]]'': Annabel always tries to make important events about herself, as shown when her sister-in-law Yelena came to her fiancé Trent's house.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRIFBHYNdg Mother-in-law canceled my reservation without consent but husband sided with her]]'': Shinobu criticized her daughter-in-law Kyouko for being a working mom instead of a housewife whenever she came to visit. Things escalated when she moved in, as Shinobu constantly shamed and harassed her for not being a housewife.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXeFm3CIEH8 Mother-in-law took my son away…]]'': Nano's mother-in-law only let Nano breastfeed her baby son Yuki and then take over the rest of her childcare duties when she was done. Even when months passed, the MIL kept at it. When Nano was fed up with her crap, the hag took Yuki and left the house.

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* ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'': There are a lot of stories focusing on conflicts with the in laws.in-laws. Azami is the most likely antagonist to get this role, and all but guaranteed to be the obnoxious mother-in-law if she's the mother of the protagonist's husband. Akane is usually a sister-in-law instead, but has had the role of mother of the protagonist's wife a few times. While Yuzuriha is the least likely female antagonist to get this role. As for the boys, Hiiragi is most likely to be a father-in-law, with Akamatsu being about evenly split in father-in-law vs brother-in-law roles, while Tachibana is the least common character in this antagonist role. But usually if they are antagonistic as in laws, in-laws, they're second to the girls.
* ''WebAnimation/MoniRobo'':
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5QLRzMxYA Showing my husband and mother-in-law hell for their years of emotional harassment]]'': Nano's mother-in-law emotionally abused her and her husband Sorao did nothing to help always making excuses for her. It escalates to the point where she ''cut'' her daughter Sakura's hair. After that she divorced Sorao.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X955Ku1lexI When I was hospitalized, I found out my husband was having an affair !]]'': Mrs. Saeko is a tough boss who made her daughter-in-law Rie work very hard. Subverted when Rie collapsed and went to the hospital, she apologized for working her so hard and revealed that her son, Shuuji who was Rie's husband was cheating on her (which she found out through a private detective eye). Mrs. Saeko demoted Shuuji to a job with no privileges and trained Rie to be a CEO to succeed her.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuc15dBnoHE My sister-in-law stole my wedding!!!]]'': Annabel always tries to make important events about herself, as shown when her sister-in-law Yelena came to her fiancé Trent's house.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRIFBHYNdg Mother-in-law canceled my reservation without consent but husband sided with her]]'': Shinobu criticized her daughter-in-law Kyouko for being a working mom instead of a housewife whenever she came to visit. Things escalated when she moved in, as Shinobu constantly shamed and harassed her for not being a housewife.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXeFm3CIEH8 Mother-in-law took my son away…]]'': Nano's mother-in-law only let Nano breastfeed her baby son Yuki and then take over the rest of her childcare duties when she was done. Even when months passed, the MIL kept at it. When Nano was fed up with her crap, the hag took Yuki and left the house.
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* ''WebAnimation/MoniRobo'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X955Ku1lexI Mrs. Saeko]] is a tough boss who made her daughter-in-law Rie work very hard. Subverted when Rie collapsed and went to the hospital, she apologized for working her so hard and revealed that her son, Shuuji who was Rie's husband was cheating on her (which she found out through a private detective eye). Mrs. Saeko demoted Shuuji to a job with no privileges and trained Rie to be a CEO to succeed her.

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* ''WebAnimation/MoniRobo'': [[https://www.''WebAnimation/MoniRobo'':
** ''[[https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=kb5QLRzMxYA Showing my husband and mother-in-law hell for their years of emotional harassment]]'': Nano's mother-in-law emotionally abused her and her husband Sorao did nothing to help always making excuses for her. It escalates to the point where she ''cut'' her daughter Sakura's hair. After that she divorced Sorao.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=X955Ku1lexI When I was hospitalized, I found out my husband was having an affair !]]'': Mrs. Saeko]] Saeko is a tough boss who made her daughter-in-law Rie work very hard. Subverted when Rie collapsed and went to the hospital, she apologized for working her so hard and revealed that her son, Shuuji who was Rie's husband was cheating on her (which she found out through a private detective eye). Mrs. Saeko demoted Shuuji to a job with no privileges and trained Rie to be a CEO to succeed her.her.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuc15dBnoHE My sister-in-law stole my wedding!!!]]'': Annabel always tries to make important events about herself, as shown when her sister-in-law Yelena came to her fiancé Trent's house.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRIFBHYNdg Mother-in-law canceled my reservation without consent but husband sided with her]]'': Shinobu criticized her daughter-in-law Kyouko for being a working mom instead of a housewife whenever she came to visit. Things escalated when she moved in, as Shinobu constantly shamed and harassed her for not being a housewife.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXeFm3CIEH8 Mother-in-law took my son away…]]'': Nano's mother-in-law only let Nano breastfeed her baby son Yuki and then take over the rest of her childcare duties when she was done. Even when months passed, the MIL kept at it. When Nano was fed up with her crap, the hag took Yuki and left the house.

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