History Main / SeductionProofMarriage

* Peter Griffin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' may be amoral and sociopathic, but he would never willingly cheat on his wife. Even when given permission. That said, both he and Lois have slept with UsefulNotes/BillClinton.

* On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Dale is happily married to the point that, when another woman hits on him, he's [[ObliviousToLove not even aware it's happening]]. When he finally does notice it he's only confused, because after all, the other woman ''knew'' he was married. (This, of course, is in contrast to his wife Nancy, who cheated on him for years before eventually breaking the other relationship off.)
* 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.

* In one WhatIf comic (''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen #44''), [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy]] and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} (Kara Zor-El) get married while Kara/Linda Lee Danvers has temporarily lost her powers and her memory of being Kryptonian to Red Kryptonite. When the effect wears off, she concocts a plan to minimize the shock to her new husband: she will get him to fall in love with her as Supergirl and then tell him she and Linda are the same person. The plan flops because Jimmy, while attracted to Supergirl, stays determined to remain faithful to Linda. Luckily, he tells her about it, letting her know he really doesn't dislike her alter-ego, and the story ends with Jimmy [[UnderstandingBoyfriend happily accepting that his wife is a superheroine.]]

** During the ''Changes'' arc in ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'', Spider-Man is kidnapped and is being looked after by a sultry villainess called the Queen, who offers him "anything he wants". He requested a solid cage thingy so she'll leave him alone as he was HappilyMarried to MJ at the time.

** In ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #166-172, when MJ was starring in the soap opera ''Secret Hospital'', her male co-star attempted to seduce her. At one point, she gave the impression of being interested, but at the end of the story, she spelled out in no uncertain terms that she had no intention of leaving Peter.

* 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.

* In [[Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve second]] ''Series/TheXFiles'' film, there's a recurring plot point about the young, female ASAC on the case Mulder is called into consult on clearly being infatuated with him, having studied his work on the X-Files, and Mulder not even noticing--but Scully definitely noticing. After he shaves off his BeardOfSorrow, the agent is surprised, asks "what did you do?" in an accusatory manner, and tries to wipe away a bit of tissue paper from a shaving cut. Mulder impatiently bats her hands away, eager to get on with why she called him out here, but [[DeathGlare the look on Scully's face]] could ''kill.''

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** In one issue, Spidey is kidnapped and is being looked after by a sultry villainess who offers him "anything he wants." He requests a solid cage thingy so she'll leave him alone -- as he is HappilyMarried to MJ at the time.

** When MJ was starring in a soap-opera, her male co-star attempted to seduce her. At one point, she gave the impression of being interested, but at the end of the story, she spelled out in no uncertain terms that she had no intention of leaving Peter.

* 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".

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.]]

* ''Series/{{Monk}}: The titular Adrian Monk is a widower unfailingly devoted to his late wife. He is largely oblivious to most women who flirt with him and while there were a few instances where he realized he was attracted to other women (most of whom [[HasAType bore a resemblance to his wife]]), he never strays.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' {{crossover}}, Phil begins flirting with Princess Jasmine. She cuts him off with a curt "I'm married", and [[ChivalrousPervert he apologizes]].

* ''Theater/TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'': The titular wives aren't interested in love letters because they're married- though the suitor being [[AbhorrentAdmirer Falstaff]] certainly didn't help anything. The Pages exemplify this the most, as Mr. Page completely disregards a warning of the affair because he is trusts her to not cheat, but after Mr. Ford has been taught a lesson in trust, it's shown that this also applies to the Fords' marriage.

** Mat Cauthon 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.)

* The {{Hentai}} doujin ''My (Manly) Wife is NTR Proof'' sets up a typical {{Netorare}} scenario where the titular blue-collar worker wife, Mitsuki, is pressured by her big shot boss into cheating on her husband with him or else he'll go after her subordinates. She just decks him and tells him off, then has loving sex with her husband.

* 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.

* In ''Literature/{{Twilight}},'' the bond between vampire mates is totally permanent, so much so that even the Volturi's MindControl powers can't break it apart.

** When MJ was starring in a soap-opera, her male co-star attempted to seduce her. At one point she gave the impression of being interested but at the end of the story she spelled out in no uncertain terms that she had no intention of leaving Peter.
** In "To Have and To Hold", a SHIELD agent who was formerly her bodyguard in Los Angeles where they were friendly in a period where she and Peter were briefly separated tries to signal an interest in her which she rebukes:

* In ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', Mr. Freeze is completely devoted to his HumanPopsicle ill wife Nora. His entire driving motivation to be a supervillain is to find a way to save her. He easily dismisses the flirtations of one of his henchwomen, and he's the only man who is not visibly affected by Ivy's pheremone dust, much to [[GreenEyedMonster Ivy's anger]]. Freeze attributes his immunity to Ivy's pheromones to his condition rather than his love for Nora, however.
* ''{{Franchise/Shrek}}'': Shrek and Fiona love each other dearly and have no interest in anyone else. This is especially shown in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2''. When beautiful women hit on Shrek when turns into a handsome human, he informs them he already has a true love. With Fiona, her father learns this after attempting to force Fiona to be with Charming and has a HeelFaceTurn, realizing he can't force Fiona to fall in love with Prince Charming so he decides to go back on his promise to Fairy Godmother.

** 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''.

* ''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. (In the previous scene, the unmarried Mal didn't stand a chance, and Inara only avoided being ensnared because she has the same training as Saffron and recognized the approach.)

* In ''Literature/CaptainFrenchOrTheQuestForParadise'', the titular character has been married many times over his extremely long life (all of humanity is TheAgeless). While no one expects "until death do us part" to still hold up, given that people no longer have a natural end to their lives, French still obeys the vows he gives in each marriage until it ends. At one point, a woman tries to seduce French at a party using an aphrodisiac perfume. He nearly succumbs to it and to the fact that her BuxomIsBetter breasts literally pop out of her blouse, but manages to snap out in time and use his cigar to keep the woman at bay. He then take his wife to their hotel and "relieves the pressure" from the aphrodisiac to the point where she half-jokingly calls him an animal in the morning. He also teaches a man, who asks him for advice in seducing French's wife, while offering to introduce him to several local girls, by giving him the exact wrong advice and watching his wife angrily hit the guy. Sure, he understands that the guy didn't think he was doing anything wrong by the mores of this planet, but still...

* In ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', Mr. Freeze is completely devoted to his HumanPopsicle ill wife Nora. His entire driving motivation to be a supervillain is to find a way to save her. He easily dismisses the flirtations of one of his henchwomen, and he's the only man who is not visibly affected by Ivy's pheremone dust, much to [[GreenEyedMonster Ivy's anger]].

*** {{Parodied}} in [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E01E02TheWayOfTheWarrior "The Way of the Warrior"]] by way of PopCulturalOsmosisFailure. Jadzia and Kira were playing a Myth/KingArthur holodeck program when Kira, playing Guinevere, was kissed by Sir Lancelot and decked him.

* In ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', Mr. Freeze is completely devoted to his HumanPopsicle IllGirl wife Nora. His entire driving motivation to be a supervillain is to find a way to save her. He easily dismisses the flirtations of one of his henchwomen, and he's the only man who is not visibly affected by Ivy's pheremone dust, much to [[GreenEyedMonster Ivy's anger]].

* ''Literature/TheStateOfAffairs'' is a non-fiction book by a couple's therapist, and this is a DeconstructedTrope. One of the major themes of the book is that even a good marriage does not stop the allure of ForbiddenFruit.