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* In ''Literature/ReceiverOfMany'' Apollo tries to seduce Persephone, when she visits Olympus. It doesn’t work because Persephone loves her husband very much and has no intentions of cheating on him, even if theoretically they aren’t supposed to see each other for six months each year.
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* In ''Literature/ReceiverOfMany'' Apollo tries to seduce Persephone, Persephone when she visits Olympus. It doesn’t work because Persephone loves her husband very much and has no intentions of cheating on him, even if theoretically they aren’t supposed to see each other for six months each year.
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* On MalcolmInTheMiddle, for all of Hal and Lois's flaws, they're crazy in love and fiercely loyal to each other. Hal's deeply and genuinely offended at the suggested that he's even ''looked'' at another woman since he and Lois met.
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* In ''Literature/ReceiverOfMany'' Apollo tries to seduce Persephone, when she visits Olympus. It doesn’t work because Persephone loves her husband very much and has no intentions of cheating on him, even if theoretically they aren’t supposed to see each other for six months each year.
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** When O'Brien goes undercover in the Orion Syndicate in Series/DS9: "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E15HonorAmongThieves Honor Among Thieves]]" the local boss offers him a prostitute as a gesture of SacredHospitality. However the boss is satisfied with this explanation for refusal.
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** The only time he's seriously tempted is when the woman is Peggy in disguise.
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* In Greek mythology, all of the Trojan princes fell in love with [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Helen of Troy]] except for Hector, because he was already so in love with his own wife, Andromache.
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* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': During the Sith Inquisitor mission on Voss, you meet researcher Athelis Kallis, who, if male Inquisitors choose the flirt option, states that she's married. HappilyMarried.
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* A close variant in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': a White Court vampire's power to induce lust won't work on anyone who is truly in love.
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* A close variant in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': a ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles: Literature/BloodRites''. A White Court vampire's power to induce lust won't work on anyone who is truly in love.love (e.g. Harry Dresden, who is in love with Susan Rodriguez), and attempting to press the issue physically actually burns them.
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* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'': This causes Ray Barone serious angst. first when he loses his wedding ring and a woman comes onto him at the airport; second when he (mistakenly) thinks Peggy the Cookie Nazi has made a pass at him. Both times he stays faithful to Debra.
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* In ''{{Twilight}},'' the bond between vampire mates is totally permanent, so much so that even the Volturi's MindControl powers can't break it apart.
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* On ''AmericanDad,'' Jeff has been abducted by aliens, is pining for Hayley, [[{{Squick}} and is going to be castrated the next day]]. A shapeshifting alien offers him one last night of sex, and even takes Hayley's form so he can pretend to spend it with her. Jeff almost goes through with it, but ultimately realizes that if it's not the Hayley he knew, it wouldn't be worth it.
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* There's a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' where Spidey is kidnapped. He's being looked after by a sultry villainess that offers him "anything he wants". He request a solid cage thingy so she'll leave him alone as he was HappilyMarried to MJ at the time.
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* In ''{{Twilight}},'' the bond between vampire mates is totally permanent, so much so that even the Volturi's MindControl powers can't break it apart.
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* In Greek mythology, all of the Trojan princes fell in love with [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Helen of Troy]] except for Hector, because he was already so in love with his own wife, Andromache.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Dale is happily married to the point that, when another woman hits on him, he's not even aware it's happening. When he finally does notice it he's only confused because cheating is unthinkable to him, and the other woman should have known that. (Dale's wife, Nancy, is rather less loyal, though she does get better.)
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* Homer and Marge of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' are, over the [[LongRunner long, long course]] of the series, each given ample opportunities to cheat, and are sometimes even tempted (most notably Marge with Jacques in Season 1 and Homer with Mindy in Season 5), but [[StatusQuoIsGod by episode's end]] they are always [[HappilyMarried back together,]] the temptation forgotten. D'awww.
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Even the lowliest of {{Mooks}} can be shown to be honorable if they have a happy marriage. Often after the seduction, they will [[RetargetedLust burn out the libido with their legal spouse.]]
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Even the lowliest of {{Mooks}} can be shown to be honorable if they have a happy marriage. Often after the failed seduction, they will [[RetargetedLust burn out the libido with their legal spouse.]]
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Similar to CelibateHero, as the character certainly recognizes the hints, but simply feels no urge to reciprocate due to being in a relationship. SisterTrope to SorryImGay. Often overlaps with OneTrueLove. Contrast ImAManICantHelpIt, AllMenArePerverts, and YourCheatingHeart.
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Similar to CelibateHero, as the character certainly recognizes the hints, but simply feels no urge to reciprocate due to being in a relationship. SisterTrope to SorryImGay. Often overlaps with OneTrueLove. Someone using a WeddingRingDefense is trying to invoke this trope. Contrast ImAManICantHelpIt, AllMenArePerverts, and YourCheatingHeart.
* On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Dale is happily married to the point that, when another woman hits on him, he's not even aware it's happening. When he finally does notice it he's only confused because cheating is unthinkable to him, and the other woman should have known that. (Dale's wife, Nancy, is rather less loyal, though she does get better.)
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This trope is when a character who is married becomes immune to seduction because their marriage is a happy one and/or they have a strong sense of honor/propriety. It is often a sign of maturity as well as a show of being a good spouse. Many people are envious of their faithful and happy relationship. Sometimes paired with a lech to show the dichotomy. Count on this guy to be the one who keeps a cool head when the lech would fall apart.
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This trope is when a character who is married becomes immune to seduction because [[HappilyMarried their marriage is a happy one one]] and/or they have a strong sense of honor/propriety. It is often a sign of maturity as well as a show of being a good spouse. Many people are envious of their faithful and happy relationship. Sometimes paired with a lech to show the dichotomy. Count on this guy to be the one who keeps a cool head when the lech would fall apart.
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--> '''Wash:''' ''Wuh duh ma huh tah duh fong kwong duh wai shung'',[[labelnote:trans.]]Holy mother of god and all her wacky nephews[[/labelnote]] do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not ''madly'' in love with a beautiful woman [[HotAmazon who can kill me with her pinkie]]!
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--> '''Wash:''' ''Wuh duh ma huh tah duh fong kwong duh wai shung'',[[labelnote:trans.]]Holy mother of god and all her wacky nephews[[/labelnote]] do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not ''madly'' in love with [[AmazonChaser a beautiful woman [[HotAmazon who can kill me with her pinkie]]!
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* In ''WhiteCollar'', Peter Burke and his wife Elizabeth are HappilyMarried, to the point that, when Peter has to go undercover and flirt with a mark, he worries that Elizabeth will be jealous--and she usually laughs merrily at the thought of him cheating. Yeah, they're that tight.
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* In ''WhiteCollar'', ''Series/WhiteCollar'', Peter Burke and his wife Elizabeth are HappilyMarried, to the point that, when Peter has to go undercover and flirt with a mark, he worries that Elizabeth will be jealous--and she usually laughs merrily at the thought of him cheating. Yeah, they're that tight.
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* ''Film/BigFish'': When Edward came to the town of Spectre he befriended a young girl named Jenny who gained a PrecociousCrush on him, despite him being ten years older than her. More than ten years later he met her again and she was still in love with him, but by then he was married to the love of his life and turned down her advances.
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* Peter Griffin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' may be amoral and sociopathic, but he would never willingly cheat on his wife. Even when given permission.
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* In ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', Elan tries to escape from prison by creating an illusion of a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, one of his guards is [[SorryImGay gay]] and the other one is married.
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* In ''[[Franchise/WildARMs Wild ARMs 3]]'', Clive give this as his reason for turning down the seduction attempts of one of the villains. She does not take it well, and in the ensuing boss fight, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration will only attack the other party members if Clive is dead]]
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* In ''[[Franchise/WildARMs Wild ARMs 3]]'', ''VideoGame/WildArms3'', Clive give this as his reason for turning down the seduction attempts of one of the villains. She does not take it well, and in the ensuing boss fight, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration will only attack the other party members if Clive is dead]]
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* An ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' supplement covering Japan featured animal spirit shapeshifters who like to seduce humans ForTheEvulz. It's specifically stated that their seduction powers don't work on anyone who is serious about being faithful to their spouse, or a vow of celibacy.
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* An ''TabletopGame/KindredOfTheEast'', an ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' supplement covering Japan Japan, featured animal spirit shapeshifters who like to seduce humans ForTheEvulz. It's specifically stated that their seduction powers don't work on anyone who is serious about being faithful to their spouse, or a vow of celibacy.
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* {{Invoked|Trope}} in an episode of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' which recounts the hijacking by D.B. Cooper and the stewardess he spoke to. She had gotten [[SexyStewardess so many love notes from smitten passengers]] that she'd taken to wearing a fake wedding band to ward some of them off.
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* In the ''Series/GoldenGirls'' episode "Ladies of the Evening", the girls are arrested on charges of prostitution. Dorothy offers (sincerely) to explain things to the officer in private, but he takes it for a come on and says he's happily married.
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* In the ''Series/GoldenGirls'' ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' episode "Ladies of the Evening", the girls are arrested on charges of prostitution. Dorothy offers (sincerely) to explain things to the officer in private, but he takes it for a come on and says he's happily married.
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* In ''Film/DieHard 2'', the airport clerk who helps John early on suggests they could go out later on. John shows off his wedding ring, and says "Just the facts, ma'am".
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-> '''Sabrina:''' That was your wife I saw the other day, wasn't it?\\
'''Det. Danny Reagan:''' Yeah, why?\\
'''Sabrina:''' Let me ask you something. What does she got that I don't have?\\
'''Danny:''' Me.
-->-- "After Hours", ''Series/BlueBloods''
This trope is when a character who is married becomes immune to seduction because their marriage is a happy one and/or they have a strong sense of honor/propriety. It is often a sign of maturity as well as a show of being a good spouse. Many people are envious of their faithful and happy relationship. Sometimes paired with a lech to show the dichotomy. Count on this guy to be the one who keeps a cool head when the lech would fall apart.
Even the lowliest of {{Mooks}} can be shown to be honorable if they have a happy marriage. Often after the seduction, they will [[RetargetedLust burn out the libido with their legal spouse.]]
TruthInTelevision: Even in this era of more relaxed sexual morals, a lot of people still take marriage vows seriously and will rebuff any attempts by third parties to seduce them. That said, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease This is kind of a gossip magnet.
Similar to CelibateHero, as the character certainly recognizes the hints, but simply feels no urge to reciprocate due to being in a relationship. SisterTrope to SorryImGay. Often overlaps with OneTrueLove. Contrast ImAManICantHelpIt, AllMenArePerverts, and YourCheatingHeart.
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* Old joke: A man wakes up with a killer hangover. Fearing his wife's reaction, he crawls into the kitchen where he finds an enormous hand-made breakfast waiting on the table, with his wife gone to work and his son waiting for him. When he asks his son what this is for, the son replies "Well last night, you puked all over the doorstep, you crapped yourself and you tripped into Mom's favorite vase." "But why's she being so nice to me?" "Well, when she was trying to get you out of your dirty pants you punched her screaming 'Fuck off, bitch, I'm married!'"
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* There's a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' where Spidey is kidnapped. He's being looked after by a sultry villainess that offers him "anything he wants". He request a solid cage thingy so she'll leave him alone as he was HappilyMarried to MJ at the time.
* In the Luna brothers comic series ''ComicBook/{{Girls}}'', a small town is overrun by aliens who happen to look like beautiful young women, and promptly seduce any man they can so they can give birth to a cosmic horror. When one wife realizes that her husband is alone in his house with one of the alien girls, she and some other women storm the house intending on preventing him from impregnating the alien. But the man's wife is relieved to see that he has absolutely no interest in a sexual encounter, and instead he has killed the alien and is dissecting her on the coffee table.
* ''Comicbook/DarkVictory'' plays with this, regarding Two-Face. Harvey Dent still regards himself as married to Gilda, but his Two-Face identity ''isn't'', so he invokes and ignores this trope whenever it's convenient. For example, he fights off Poison Ivy's pheromones by remembering his love for Gilda. He also has an affair with another woman, [[spoiler:the new DA, Janice Porter]], but when he decides he no longer needs her:
-->'''[[spoiler:Porter]]:''' Tell them, Harvey! ''Tell them that I love you and you love--'']]\\
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'''Two-Face:''' Harvey Dent is a married man, [[spoiler:Porter]]. Don't ever forget that.
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* ''Film/BullDurham'' has EthicalSlut Milly trying to pick up various members of the Durham Bulls at batting practice. One DeadpanSnarker responds to her flirty "Hi, I'm Milly," with "I'm married."
* In ''Film/DieHard 2'', the airport clerk who helps John early on suggests they could go out later on. John shows off his wedding ring, and says "Just the fax, ma'am".
* In ''Film/TheRedBaron'', one of the pilots at a burlesque bar has one of the girls hanging off his shoulders and he protests, "I'm married, you know!"
* In the 2007 version of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', AlphaBitch Velma tries to seduce Wilbur simply so she can cause strife between Wilbur and his wife. Wilbur is so faithful to his wife that he seems completely oblivious to her advances, but Velma's plan works anyway because she just throws herself at Wilbur as his wife comes in the door to "catch" them in the "act".
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* In the ''Literature/WorldWar'' novel ''Aftershocks'', Johannes Drucker has been in space by himself for over a month, and is then caught by aliens. He is presented with a female human who has been raised by them (these are aliens who don't wear clothes), and when she asks if he would mate with her if given the chance, one of the reasons he gives for not wanting to is that he is married. Since the aliens also don't practice marriage, this doesn't really explain much to her.
* Invoked by John of Rhodes in the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'' when he says he is not really such a {{Casanova}} as rumored because he looks carefully to see who is seduceable and Antonia is completely unseducable, being HappilyMarried to [[FourStarBadass Belisarius]].
* Played with in ''[[Literature/IslandInTheSeaOfTime Against the Tide of Years]]'', when Marian Alston and Swindapa, a married lesbian couple, visit a war chief and are offered a woman as part of the SacredHospitality. Alston, who takes marriage very seriously, has absolutely no interest in the girl, but Swindapa, who comes from a culture in which polygamy is the norm, is intrigued, even though she doesn't take advantage. This is somewhat par for the course in their relationship; throughout the book, Swindapa is rather shameless about her wandering eye, even though she never does anything more than look and occasionally enthuse.
-->"I promised to be monogamous, not blind."
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** Mat Cauthorn is a ladies man bordering on {{Pornomancer}} territory. Late in the series, he becomes married to the Seanchan empress BecauseDestinySaysSo. Even though it's effectively an ArrangedMarriage that looks like it will be completely {{sexless|Marriage}}, he is scrupulous about honoring his vows, turning down several opportunities to get some on the side. (Fortunately for him, TheyDo eventually, though with hilarious DoYouWantToCopulate overtones on her part.)
** Perrin is able to shrug off powerful mind control that should make him utterly loyal to a particular villainess, by remembering that he loves his wife.
* In ''[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'', crime boss Leonia Tavira tries to seduce Corran Horn, who's gone undercover in her SpacePirate gang to find his wife Mirax. He ''is'' massively tempted, briefly tries to rationalize it, then decides it's the Dark Side of the Force talking. But Tavira's made it clear she wants him as her boytoy and won't take "no" for an answer long-term (despite his cover story including a committed relationship), so Corran accelerates his plans to break up her pirate alliance.
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* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': In "[[Recap/FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds Our Mrs. Reynolds]]", Wash resists Saffron's advances due to this. Saffron just loses her temper and clocks him on the head. His wife is suitably impressed and pleased.
--> '''Wash:''' ''Wuh duh ma huh tah duh fong kwong duh wai shung'',[[labelnote:trans.]]Holy mother of god and all her wacky nephews[[/labelnote]] do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not ''madly'' in love with a beautiful woman [[HotAmazon who can kill me with her pinkie]]!
* Hank Moody from ''Series/{{Californication}}'' cites this at times to girls that come on to him/coworkers who set him up while he's trying to repair his relationship with his long-term domestic partner (his wife in everything but name).
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Kirk is infected by alien tears that cause men to be madly in love with the woman who shed them. Doctor [=McCoy=] looks for a cure, but in the end notes that the Captain had his own cure; he was in essence already married to the ''Enterprise''.
** When O'Brien goes undercover in the Orion Syndicate in Series/DS9: "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E15HonorAmongThieves Honor Among Thieves]]" the local boss offers him a prostitute as a gesture of SacredHospitality. However the boss is satisfied with this explanation for refusal.
* Frequently used by Marshall in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' whenever the gang gets into strip clubs or gay bars. He is still flattered by the attention of gays, though.
* One episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark'' had a beautiful blonde FemmeFatale working with a bomber who's HappilyMarried. She makes several advances on him, but, despite being an unrepentant murderer, he [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes declines them all]]. She doesn't take it very well, and when their plan unravels, she arranges for all the blame to [[FallGuy fall on him]].
* Danny on ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' at least once. His old partner ribs him about the pretty nurse in the hospital when Danny visits him and this is Danny's reply.
* Early in ''Series/TheMentalist'' Patrick Jane is faithful to his wife, declines all offers of seduction, and constantly wears his wedding ring - but he's technically not married, since his wife was murdered years before the series started. Later in the series he starts dating occasionally again, and even briefly takes a TV psychic for a girlfriend.
* In the ''Series/GoldenGirls'' episode "Ladies of the Evening", the girls are arrested on charges of prostitution. Dorothy offers (sincerely) to explain things to the officer in private, but he takes it for a come on and says he's happily married.
* ''Series/{{MASH}}''
** Played straight by BJ Hunnicutt, who is (almost) completely faithful to his wife because of this. The one or two times he does get seduced he feels awful about it afterwards.
** Played With with Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan. The former is married but is having an ongoing relationship with Margaret. When Margaret gets engaged he thinks they can still fool around but she shoots him down.
* {{Invoked|Trope}} in an episode of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' which recounts the hijacking by D.B. Cooper and the stewardess he spoke to. She had gotten [[SexyStewardess so many love notes from smitten passengers]] that she'd taken to wearing a fake wedding band to ward some of them off.
* The ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One with Christmas in Tulsa" shows Chandler as completely untempted when a co-worker attempts to seduce him.
* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'': This causes Ray Barone serious angst. first when he loses his wedding ring and a woman comes onto him at the airport; second when he (mistakenly) thinks Peggy the Cookie Nazi has made a pass at him. Both times he stays faithful to Debra.
* The ''Series/BlueBloods'' episode "After Hours" has a key witness in Danny Reagan's Case of the Week, a hot nightclub owner named Sabrina, get the hots for Danny. He indulges her a little bit (one dance) to get her to open up, but firmly rejects her trying to take it further because he's HappilyMarried.
* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', even though Al is very unhappy in his marriage and leers at every attractive woman, when he gets an actual chance to cheat on his wife, he always stays faithful.
*In the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Russian remake]] of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', ''Series/HappyTogether'' (''Schastlivy vmeste''), Al Bundy's {{expy}} Gena Bukin is just as faithful to his wife, but in one episode he comes close to cheating on her, resolving the situation by having his wife wear a blonde wig to make her look like the new crush.
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* An ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' supplement covering Japan featured animal spirit shapeshifters who like to seduce humans ForTheEvulz. It's specifically stated that their seduction powers don't work on anyone who is serious about being faithful to their spouse, or a vow of celibacy.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* In ''Theatre/DamnYankees'', Joe manages to resist Lola's best efforts at vamping him and stays as close as he can to the wife who no longer recognizes him after his transformation into a young baseball hero. His fidelity infuriates Applegate, to whom wives are "more trouble than the Methodist Church."
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''[[Franchise/WildARMs Wild ARMs 3]]'', Clive give this as his reason for turning down the seduction attempts of one of the villains. She does not take it well, and in the ensuing boss fight, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration will only attack the other party members if Clive is dead]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if you choose to arrange a political marriage between Alistair and Queen Anora, he will usually break off a romance with the Warden. Taking a particular dialogue option in his companion quest gives you the option to become his mistress, however.
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* In ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', Elan tries to escape from prison by creating an illusion of a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, one of his guards is [[SorryImGay gay]] and the other one is married.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries''[=/=]''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' {{crossover}}, Phil begins flirting with Princess Jasmine. She cuts him off with a curt "I'm married", and he apologizes.
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'''Det. Danny Reagan:''' Yeah, why?\\
'''Sabrina:''' Let me ask you something. What does she got that I don't have?\\
'''Danny:''' Me.
-->-- "After Hours", ''Series/BlueBloods''
This trope is when a character who is married becomes immune to seduction because their marriage is a happy one and/or they have a strong sense of honor/propriety. It is often a sign of maturity as well as a show of being a good spouse. Many people are envious of their faithful and happy relationship. Sometimes paired with a lech to show the dichotomy. Count on this guy to be the one who keeps a cool head when the lech would fall apart.
Even the lowliest of {{Mooks}} can be shown to be honorable if they have a happy marriage. Often after the seduction, they will [[RetargetedLust burn out the libido with their legal spouse.]]
TruthInTelevision: Even in this era of more relaxed sexual morals, a lot of people still take marriage vows seriously and will rebuff any attempts by third parties to seduce them. That said, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease This is kind of a gossip magnet.
Similar to CelibateHero, as the character certainly recognizes the hints, but simply feels no urge to reciprocate due to being in a relationship. SisterTrope to SorryImGay. Often overlaps with OneTrueLove. Contrast ImAManICantHelpIt, AllMenArePerverts, and YourCheatingHeart.
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[[folder:Comedy]]
* Old joke: A man wakes up with a killer hangover. Fearing his wife's reaction, he crawls into the kitchen where he finds an enormous hand-made breakfast waiting on the table, with his wife gone to work and his son waiting for him. When he asks his son what this is for, the son replies "Well last night, you puked all over the doorstep, you crapped yourself and you tripped into Mom's favorite vase." "But why's she being so nice to me?" "Well, when she was trying to get you out of your dirty pants you punched her screaming 'Fuck off, bitch, I'm married!'"
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* There's a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' where Spidey is kidnapped. He's being looked after by a sultry villainess that offers him "anything he wants". He request a solid cage thingy so she'll leave him alone as he was HappilyMarried to MJ at the time.
* In the Luna brothers comic series ''ComicBook/{{Girls}}'', a small town is overrun by aliens who happen to look like beautiful young women, and promptly seduce any man they can so they can give birth to a cosmic horror. When one wife realizes that her husband is alone in his house with one of the alien girls, she and some other women storm the house intending on preventing him from impregnating the alien. But the man's wife is relieved to see that he has absolutely no interest in a sexual encounter, and instead he has killed the alien and is dissecting her on the coffee table.
* ''Comicbook/DarkVictory'' plays with this, regarding Two-Face. Harvey Dent still regards himself as married to Gilda, but his Two-Face identity ''isn't'', so he invokes and ignores this trope whenever it's convenient. For example, he fights off Poison Ivy's pheromones by remembering his love for Gilda. He also has an affair with another woman, [[spoiler:the new DA, Janice Porter]], but when he decides he no longer needs her:
-->'''[[spoiler:Porter]]:''' Tell them, Harvey! ''Tell them that I love you and you love--'']]\\
''[gunshot]''\\
'''Two-Face:''' Harvey Dent is a married man, [[spoiler:Porter]]. Don't ever forget that.
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/BullDurham'' has EthicalSlut Milly trying to pick up various members of the Durham Bulls at batting practice. One DeadpanSnarker responds to her flirty "Hi, I'm Milly," with "I'm married."
* In ''Film/DieHard 2'', the airport clerk who helps John early on suggests they could go out later on. John shows off his wedding ring, and says "Just the fax, ma'am".
* In ''Film/TheRedBaron'', one of the pilots at a burlesque bar has one of the girls hanging off his shoulders and he protests, "I'm married, you know!"
* In the 2007 version of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', AlphaBitch Velma tries to seduce Wilbur simply so she can cause strife between Wilbur and his wife. Wilbur is so faithful to his wife that he seems completely oblivious to her advances, but Velma's plan works anyway because she just throws herself at Wilbur as his wife comes in the door to "catch" them in the "act".
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In the ''Literature/WorldWar'' novel ''Aftershocks'', Johannes Drucker has been in space by himself for over a month, and is then caught by aliens. He is presented with a female human who has been raised by them (these are aliens who don't wear clothes), and when she asks if he would mate with her if given the chance, one of the reasons he gives for not wanting to is that he is married. Since the aliens also don't practice marriage, this doesn't really explain much to her.
* Invoked by John of Rhodes in the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'' when he says he is not really such a {{Casanova}} as rumored because he looks carefully to see who is seduceable and Antonia is completely unseducable, being HappilyMarried to [[FourStarBadass Belisarius]].
* Played with in ''[[Literature/IslandInTheSeaOfTime Against the Tide of Years]]'', when Marian Alston and Swindapa, a married lesbian couple, visit a war chief and are offered a woman as part of the SacredHospitality. Alston, who takes marriage very seriously, has absolutely no interest in the girl, but Swindapa, who comes from a culture in which polygamy is the norm, is intrigued, even though she doesn't take advantage. This is somewhat par for the course in their relationship; throughout the book, Swindapa is rather shameless about her wandering eye, even though she never does anything more than look and occasionally enthuse.
-->"I promised to be monogamous, not blind."
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** Mat Cauthorn is a ladies man bordering on {{Pornomancer}} territory. Late in the series, he becomes married to the Seanchan empress BecauseDestinySaysSo. Even though it's effectively an ArrangedMarriage that looks like it will be completely {{sexless|Marriage}}, he is scrupulous about honoring his vows, turning down several opportunities to get some on the side. (Fortunately for him, TheyDo eventually, though with hilarious DoYouWantToCopulate overtones on her part.)
** Perrin is able to shrug off powerful mind control that should make him utterly loyal to a particular villainess, by remembering that he loves his wife.
* In ''[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'', crime boss Leonia Tavira tries to seduce Corran Horn, who's gone undercover in her SpacePirate gang to find his wife Mirax. He ''is'' massively tempted, briefly tries to rationalize it, then decides it's the Dark Side of the Force talking. But Tavira's made it clear she wants him as her boytoy and won't take "no" for an answer long-term (despite his cover story including a committed relationship), so Corran accelerates his plans to break up her pirate alliance.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': In "[[Recap/FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds Our Mrs. Reynolds]]", Wash resists Saffron's advances due to this. Saffron just loses her temper and clocks him on the head. His wife is suitably impressed and pleased.
--> '''Wash:''' ''Wuh duh ma huh tah duh fong kwong duh wai shung'',[[labelnote:trans.]]Holy mother of god and all her wacky nephews[[/labelnote]] do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not ''madly'' in love with a beautiful woman [[HotAmazon who can kill me with her pinkie]]!
* Hank Moody from ''Series/{{Californication}}'' cites this at times to girls that come on to him/coworkers who set him up while he's trying to repair his relationship with his long-term domestic partner (his wife in everything but name).
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Kirk is infected by alien tears that cause men to be madly in love with the woman who shed them. Doctor [=McCoy=] looks for a cure, but in the end notes that the Captain had his own cure; he was in essence already married to the ''Enterprise''.
** When O'Brien goes undercover in the Orion Syndicate in Series/DS9: "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E15HonorAmongThieves Honor Among Thieves]]" the local boss offers him a prostitute as a gesture of SacredHospitality. However the boss is satisfied with this explanation for refusal.
* Frequently used by Marshall in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' whenever the gang gets into strip clubs or gay bars. He is still flattered by the attention of gays, though.
* One episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark'' had a beautiful blonde FemmeFatale working with a bomber who's HappilyMarried. She makes several advances on him, but, despite being an unrepentant murderer, he [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes declines them all]]. She doesn't take it very well, and when their plan unravels, she arranges for all the blame to [[FallGuy fall on him]].
* Danny on ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' at least once. His old partner ribs him about the pretty nurse in the hospital when Danny visits him and this is Danny's reply.
* Early in ''Series/TheMentalist'' Patrick Jane is faithful to his wife, declines all offers of seduction, and constantly wears his wedding ring - but he's technically not married, since his wife was murdered years before the series started. Later in the series he starts dating occasionally again, and even briefly takes a TV psychic for a girlfriend.
* In the ''Series/GoldenGirls'' episode "Ladies of the Evening", the girls are arrested on charges of prostitution. Dorothy offers (sincerely) to explain things to the officer in private, but he takes it for a come on and says he's happily married.
* ''Series/{{MASH}}''
** Played straight by BJ Hunnicutt, who is (almost) completely faithful to his wife because of this. The one or two times he does get seduced he feels awful about it afterwards.
** Played With with Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan. The former is married but is having an ongoing relationship with Margaret. When Margaret gets engaged he thinks they can still fool around but she shoots him down.
* {{Invoked|Trope}} in an episode of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' which recounts the hijacking by D.B. Cooper and the stewardess he spoke to. She had gotten [[SexyStewardess so many love notes from smitten passengers]] that she'd taken to wearing a fake wedding band to ward some of them off.
* The ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One with Christmas in Tulsa" shows Chandler as completely untempted when a co-worker attempts to seduce him.
* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'': This causes Ray Barone serious angst. first when he loses his wedding ring and a woman comes onto him at the airport; second when he (mistakenly) thinks Peggy the Cookie Nazi has made a pass at him. Both times he stays faithful to Debra.
* The ''Series/BlueBloods'' episode "After Hours" has a key witness in Danny Reagan's Case of the Week, a hot nightclub owner named Sabrina, get the hots for Danny. He indulges her a little bit (one dance) to get her to open up, but firmly rejects her trying to take it further because he's HappilyMarried.
* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', even though Al is very unhappy in his marriage and leers at every attractive woman, when he gets an actual chance to cheat on his wife, he always stays faithful.
*In the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Russian remake]] of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', ''Series/HappyTogether'' (''Schastlivy vmeste''), Al Bundy's {{expy}} Gena Bukin is just as faithful to his wife, but in one episode he comes close to cheating on her, resolving the situation by having his wife wear a blonde wig to make her look like the new crush.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* An ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' supplement covering Japan featured animal spirit shapeshifters who like to seduce humans ForTheEvulz. It's specifically stated that their seduction powers don't work on anyone who is serious about being faithful to their spouse, or a vow of celibacy.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Theatre]]
* In ''Theatre/DamnYankees'', Joe manages to resist Lola's best efforts at vamping him and stays as close as he can to the wife who no longer recognizes him after his transformation into a young baseball hero. His fidelity infuriates Applegate, to whom wives are "more trouble than the Methodist Church."
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''[[Franchise/WildARMs Wild ARMs 3]]'', Clive give this as his reason for turning down the seduction attempts of one of the villains. She does not take it well, and in the ensuing boss fight, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration will only attack the other party members if Clive is dead]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if you choose to arrange a political marriage between Alistair and Queen Anora, he will usually break off a romance with the Warden. Taking a particular dialogue option in his companion quest gives you the option to become his mistress, however.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', Elan tries to escape from prison by creating an illusion of a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, one of his guards is [[SorryImGay gay]] and the other one is married.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries''[=/=]''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' {{crossover}}, Phil begins flirting with Princess Jasmine. She cuts him off with a curt "I'm married", and he apologizes.
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