History Main / ObnoxiousInLaws

* ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'': Leader of D.O.O.M. Verminious Snaptrap has a brother-in-law named Larry, with Snaptrap's low opinion of him made very apparent by the show's running gag of Snaptrap subjecting Larry to all sorts of abuse.

* ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'': Leader of D.O.O.M. Verminious Snaptrap has a brother-in-law named Larry, with Snaptrap's low opinion of him made very apparent by the show's running gag of subjecting Larry to all sorts of abuse.

** Patty and Selma (and their mother to a lesser extent) hate Homer so much they've nonchalantly reacted to his heart attack then proceeded to find Marge a man despite the fact he hadn't died, bought a tombstone with "Homer J. Simpson. We are richer for having lost him.", tried to get him kicked out of town, tried to have a law proposition passed that would make it illegal for him to live in Springfield, and kidnap/torture him (in full-blown LighterAndSofter-ish ''Film/{{Saw}}'' rip-off style) during the renewal of his vows with Marge (they seriously thought that if they kept him away Marge would just up and go choose another man eventually). This doesn't even include verbal insults. Obviously, this is [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the episode]]. In one episode, Selma thanks Homer for helping her get Ling (her Chinese adopted baby), and Marge's mother didn't really get angry and actually said that Patty and Selma were evil. Selma is more often the more civil one and Patty even asked Homer to perform her wedding after he became an ordained minister.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'':

As per the country's traditions, the three of them must be punished via 100 lashes in the rear, but since the three of them are tourists, the Sultan doesn't wish to appear hostile and grants each of them a wish before their punishment.\\
The wife goes first, and wishes for a wooden plank to be strapped to her rear during the whipping. It works for a while, but then the plank breaks, so the wife ends up getting a few lashes in.

* A newly-wed couple is about to go on their expensive cross-Mediterranean honeymoon, which the husband had extensively saved up for a ''whole'' year, but unfortunately the naggy, obnoxious and condescending mother-in-law, who despises the husband for no good reason, insists on tagging along. Not only does the MIL repeatedly interrupt the couple's intimate and romantic moments, but she also ruins what could be a potentially fun trip across Lisbon, Casablanca, Milan, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo... and alas, during their last trip in the Middle East, an insulting remark from the mother-in-law ends up offending the local Sultan.
\\As per the country's traditions, the three of them must be punished via 100 lashes in the rear, but since the three of them are tourists, the Sultan doesn't wish to appear hostile and grants each of them a wish before their punishment.
\\The wife goes first, and wishes for a wooden plank to be strapped to her rear during the whipping. It works for a while, but then the plank breaks, so the wife ends up getting a few lashes in.
\\Then it's the mother-in-law's turn, who wishes for a metal plate to her rear. The plate doesn't break, and she barely felt the lashes.
\\Finally, the husband's turn. Somehow, he requests for ''two'' wishes, instead of one. The Sultan said if it's reasonable, sure.
\\The husband then make his request, that : '''1.''' he think 100 lashes is child's play, and wanted '''500''' lashes instead. '''2.''' he would like to have his mother-in-law strapped to his rear.

\\ As per the country's traditions, the three of them must be punished via 100 lashes in the rear, but since the three of them are tourists, the Sultan doesn't wish to appear hostile and grants each of them a wish before their punishment.
\\ The wife goes first, and wishes for a wooden plank to be strapped to her rear during the whipping. It works for a while, but then the plank breaks, so the wife ends up getting a few lashes in.
\\ Then it's the mother-in-law's turn, who wishes for a metal plate to her rear. The plate doesn't break, and she barely felt the lashes.
\\ Finally, the husband's turn. Somehow, he requests for ''two'' wishes, instead of one. The Sultan said if it's reasonable, sure.
\\ The husband then make his request, that : '''1.''' he think 100 lashes is child's play, and wanted '''500''' lashes instead. '''2.''' he would like to have his mother-in-law strapped to his rear.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', an NPC laments that the meteor that fell on Tycoon didn't land on his mother-in-law instead.

* ''VideoGame/BoongGaBoongGa'' has mother-in-law as one of the people you can ''punish''. She even says stock stereotypical mother-in-law lines.

* In "[[Music/BobRivers The 12 Pains of Christmas]]", the sixth pain is "facing my in-laws". It's sung by a frantic woman panicking over having to make dinner for her mother-in-law.

* In Franchise/{{Superman}}, General Sam Lane did not approve of Lois marrying mild-mannered reporter, Clark Kent, feeling that he was too much of a wimp, and even threatened to not attend their wedding. In all fairness, according to Lois's sister, he's hated all of his daughters' beaus. For the record, he wasn't very fond of Superman either [[FantasticRacism because he didn't trust aliens.]]

** Meanwhile Didi's parents, while they take the occasional jab at Stu (as part of their Jewish stereotyping), seem to have a friendly relationship with their son-in-law, and Stu has very few cross words to say about them in turn. Averted entirely with Grandpa Lou.

# Another common reason is that the spouse is considered to be a step down from a previous relationship -- if that's the case, and the ex is still around, the person may be "convinced" to give their ex another chance.

* All of Samantha's family in ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''. [[ButtMonkey With them around, Darrin is often on the receiving end of some curse.]] In fact, the only one of Sam's relatives who appears to treat Darrin with any kind of respect is Aunt Clara, and even her IneptMage tendencies still cause the poor guy trouble.

* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'': Mira Sobinski, Deanna’s mother and Michael’s mother in law is an annoying busybody who walks over everyone and bosses them around, to the point where Deanna’s sister moved with her family clear across the country to Halifax and Deanna and Michael eloped (although they did later have a formal wedding). It wasn’t until she berated the couple for having a small apartment ''while they had just had their second child and Deanna was recovering from a C-Section'' that her mild mattered husband Wilf told her to shut up and Michael kicked her out of the house,

* ''Fanfic/TheUnfantasticAdventuresOfBizarroNo1'' has SelfDemonstrating/{{Bizarro}} say he could forgive the [[ManOfKryptonite Blue-Kryptonite Men]] for attempting to wipe his race out if they had started with mothers-in-law.