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** This was relatively common in pre-90s Bollywood films; usually the rationale was that the local astrologer had gone to a lot of trouble to find the most auspicious possible date, and postponing the wedding [[BeyondTheImpossible could be even more disastrous]] than playing eeny-meeny-moe in search of a replacement [[AlwaysMale groom]].
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* ''{{Nanny McPhee}}'' at the climax of the film as [[spoiler: Cedric and the children ultimately wreck the wedding to the wretched Mrs. Quickly...but Cedric still needs a wife to meet his former mother-in-law's deadline to continue her much needed financial support. However, he and Evangeline decide to marry on the spot, thus satisfying the requirement set for Cedric (though he also has to quickly explain to Adelaide that Evangeline wasn't ''actually'' his daughter).]]

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* ''{{Nanny McPhee}}'' at the climax of the film as [[spoiler: Cedric and the children ultimately wreck the wedding to the wretched Mrs. Quickly...but Cedric still needs a wife to meet his former mother-in-law's aunt-in-law's deadline to continue her much needed financial support. However, he and Evangeline decide to marry on the spot, thus satisfying the requirement set for Cedric (though he also has to quickly explain to Adelaide that Evangeline wasn't ''actually'' his daughter).]]
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* In ''Film/CorpseBride'', this trope happens to Victoria while Victor's trapped in the Land of the Dead with Emily. [[spoiler: Upon learning Barkis is unmarried, the Everglots promptly decide to substitute him in for the groom (unaware, of course, that he plans to kill Victoria in hopes of stealing money they don't have.)]] Mayhew, upon relaying the news to Victor, even jokes that they "didn't want to waste the cake."

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* In ''Film/CorpseBride'', ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', this trope happens to Victoria while Victor's trapped in the Land of the Dead with Emily. [[spoiler: Upon learning Barkis is unmarried, the Everglots promptly decide to substitute him in for the groom (unaware, of course, that he plans to kill Victoria in hopes of stealing money they don't have.)]] Mayhew, upon relaying the news to Victor, even jokes that they "didn't want to waste the cake."
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* Kind of inversion in ''Spider-ManTheAnimatedSeries'': Harry interrupts the very happy wedding of Peter and MJ, and tries to force MJ to marry him. Liz shows up as a LastMinuteHookup.
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*Subverted in the radio/television episode of {{Our Miss Brooks}}, "June Bride." When the French Teacher's "proxy wedding" gets cancelled, Mr. Boynton tells everyone that he has no intention of wasting the opportunity or the minister. Naturally, everybody, especially Miss Brooks, believes that he's finally going to propose. Instead, Mr. Boynton sees this as the perfectly opportunity for a square dance as he's {{Oblivious to Love}}.
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** The same thing happened in SpinCity almost ten years earlier. Paul and Claudia don't get to have a wedding ceremony because Mike mistakenly booked their wedding for the following week, and the Priest only agrees to marry them in the short time before a funeral is to take place in the same church, which is impossible for them. As a result they hold their reception and the Mayor, who has the legal authority to do so, marries them there.
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* In ''CorpseBride'', this trope happens to Victoria while Victor's trapped in the Land of the Dead with Emily. [[spoiler: Upon learning Barkis is unmarried, the Everglots promptly decide to substitute him in for the groom (unaware, of course, that he plans to kill Victoria in hopes of stealing money they don't have.)]] Mayhew, upon relaying the news to Victor, even jokes that they "didn't want to waste the cake."

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* In ''CorpseBride'', ''Film/CorpseBride'', this trope happens to Victoria while Victor's trapped in the Land of the Dead with Emily. [[spoiler: Upon learning Barkis is unmarried, the Everglots promptly decide to substitute him in for the groom (unaware, of course, that he plans to kill Victoria in hopes of stealing money they don't have.)]] Mayhew, upon relaying the news to Victor, even jokes that they "didn't want to waste the cake."
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* There is a ballet about a young woman called Lisette whose mother wants her to marry the much younger son of a rich widower. Lisette already has a boyfriend and at the rehearsal dinner he hides in her room but the two of them get caught by the guests together with Lisette in her underwear (she was changing for the dinner) and the mother is humiliated, calling the wedding off (to the delight of the two children). It then ends with her chatting up the father, remembering he was a widower...
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If they already got most of the way through the wedding the first time before it got called off, somebody may suggest they AltarTheSpeed on the do-over.

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If they already got most of the way through the wedding the first time before it got called off, somebody may suggest they AltarTheSpeed SkipToTheEnd on the do-over.
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* In ''RunawayBride'' the decision (same bride, different groom) is made the night before, but the trope still fits. [[spoiler:Naturally, she ends up running.]]

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* In ''RunawayBride'' ''Film/RunawayBride'' the decision (same bride, different groom) is made the night before, but the trope still fits. [[spoiler:Naturally, she ends up running.]]
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* ''ThePrincessDiaries 2: Royal Engagement''

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* ''ThePrincessDiaries 2: Royal Engagement''Engagement'' ends with [[spoiler: Mia deciding she'll become Queen without having a husband and gets the marriage law abolished while respectfully letting her groom off the hook. Instead, her grandmother Clarisse and her bodyguard Joe get married.]]



* ''{{Spaceballs}}''

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* ''{{Spaceballs}}''''{{Spaceballs}}'' starts with Princess Vespa ditching her wedding to Prince Valium. Unfortunately, since he's the ''only'' prince in that part of the galaxy, she still has to marry him, so at the end of the film they try to marry a second time. [[spoiler: At which point Lone Starr bursts into the chapel, revealing his newly discovered heritage as a prince. Thus Vespa and Lone Starr get married instead. Valium, being a complete narcoleptic, doesn't even notice.]]



* ''{{Nanny McPhee}}'' has one of these.

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* ''{{Nanny McPhee}}'' at the climax of the film as [[spoiler: Cedric and the children ultimately wreck the wedding to the wretched Mrs. Quickly...but Cedric still needs a wife to meet his former mother-in-law's deadline to continue her much needed financial support. However, he and Evangeline decide to marry on the spot, thus satisfying the requirement set for Cedric (though he also has one of these. to quickly explain to Adelaide that Evangeline wasn't ''actually'' his daughter).]]




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* A rare example of the C-type, in TheMovie adaptation of ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', the con artists are thwarted at the end of the film and Jed's wedding to the female con artist is off. They just decide to throw a big party instead rather than waste the wedding.
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* ''DoctorWho'', "Runaway Bride": Donna mysteriously disappears from her own wedding. When the Doctor brings her back, she's furious to discover that the guests have decided to hold the reception without her.

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* ''DoctorWho'', "Runaway ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Runaway Bride": Donna mysteriously disappears from her own wedding. When the Doctor brings her back, she's furious to discover that the guests have decided to hold the reception without her.
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* At the very end of ''InAndOut'', [[spoiler: after Howard and Emily's wedding is called off, the venue is still used for a wedding and reception anyway - by Howard's parents, who renew their wedding vows.]]
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**And a second time [[spoiler:at the very end, when Emily is freed of her curse and lets Victor marry Victoria, while the wedding should initially have been Victor and Emily's.]]
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* The 2010 finale of ''HomeAndAway'' uses this. [[supersecretspoiler:Bianca runs out on her wedding, and Gina comes up with the idea.]]

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* The 2010 finale of ''HomeAndAway'' uses this. [[supersecretspoiler:Bianca [[spoiler:Bianca runs out on her wedding, and Gina comes up with the idea.]]
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* Implied in ''{{Shrek}},'' since the final two scenes skip from Fiona and Farquaad's ruined wedding to her and Shrek leaving on their honeymoon.

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* Implied in ''{{Shrek}},'' since the final two scenes skip from Fiona and Farquaad's ruined wedding to her and Shrek leaving on their honeymoon.honeymoon.
*''{{Nanny McPhee}}'' has one of these.

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* Played with in {{Bones}} where Angela and Hodgins had to leave the alter because [[spoiler: they found out that Angela was already married]], thus leaving Brennan (the maid of Honour) and Booth (the best man) still standing at the alter. They look at each other and Booth even asks something along the lines of "What now?" Sadly, nothing happens, but it certainly amps up their {{UST}} and ShipTease.

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* Played with in {{Bones}} where Angela and Hodgins had to leave the alter altar because [[spoiler: they found out that Angela was already married]], thus leaving Brennan (the maid of Honour) and Booth (the best man) still standing at the alter.altar. They look at each other and Booth even asks something along the lines of "What now?" Sadly, nothing happens, but it certainly amps up their {{UST}} and ShipTease.
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* ''ThreesCompany'': After Larry's gold-digger bride runs off when she finds out he's not rich, the gang convinces Roper (who paid for the whole thing) to use it as an opportunity to renew his vows with his wife.
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* In ''Madea's Family Reunion'', near the end,[[spoiler: Lisa decides to cancel her wedding to Carlos after he abused her. The wedding planner laments that her lavish Paris-themed wedding will not be used. Lisa's sister Vanessa's boyfriend decides to propose to her right then. She accepts and they get married.]]

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* In ''Madea's Family Reunion'', ''MadeasFamilyReunion'', near the end,[[spoiler: Lisa decides to cancel her wedding to Carlos after he abused her. The wedding planner laments that her lavish Paris-themed wedding will not be used. Lisa's sister Vanessa's boyfriend decides to propose to her right then. She accepts and they get married.]]
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* The 2010 finale of ''HomeAndAway'' uses this. [[supersecretspoiler:Bianca runs out on her wedding, and Gina comes up with the idea.]]
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* ''MammaMia''

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* ''MammaMia''''MammaMia'': When Sophie and Skye decide to delay their wedding to travel the world, [[spoiler: Sam reveals that he's always loved Donna, is now divorced, and proposes to Donna, using the trope name.]]
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* Implied in ''{{Shrek}},'' since the final two scenes skip from Fiona and Farquaad's ruined wedding to her and Shrek leaving on their honeymoon.
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* This troper remembers a story on the news about a jilted bride who turned her reception into one big party. She also donated the leftover food to a local homeless shelter as well as the money she received as wedding gifts.
** CrowningMomentOfAwesome right there.
* This troper's mother was the organist at a wedding where the bride called her maid of honor, saying she was calling off the wedding. The groom's response? "And I was really hoping to get married today. Will you marry me?" The wedding went ahead with the maid of honor being the (new) bride.
* This troper's mother was engaged to be married when she met my father. With the wedding only a few months away she dumped the first guy and called her mother. "Keep the wedding day, change the groom." She claims the first fiancee was scared of commitment, but it's notable that he actually married somebody else within a year.

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** CrowningMomentOfAwesome right there.
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* [=LaWanda=] in the movie ''ProblemChild 2'' is Ben Healy's fiancée, but she decides to marry Ben's father instead when the wedding is crashed.

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* [=LaWanda=] in the movie ''ProblemChild 2'' is Ben Healy's fiancée, fiancée, but she decides to marry Ben's father instead when the wedding is crashed.
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* In the musical ''Side Show'', when Violet's big publicity event of a wedding fails to go off, her (conjoined twin) sister Daisy proposes to the man she's in love with on these grounds. He turns her down.
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* In Murder With Peacocks, after [[spoiler: Margaret Langslow's fiancee is exposed as the murderer]] the bride marries somebody else. Luckily a spare judge was in attendance to speed things up a bit! At another wedding in the book (there are three!), after the bride runs away at the altar, they just have a big party.





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\n* This troper's mother was engaged to be married when she met my father. With the wedding only a few months away she dumped the first guy and called her mother. "Keep the wedding day, change the groom." She claims the first fiancee was scared of commitment, but it's notable that he actually married somebody else within a year.




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* In ''Once Upon a Marigold'', [[spoiler:the princess' ArrangedMarriage gets called off once the evil queen is gone, but the princess' true love has just conveniently shown up and she marries him instead.]]
* Semi-subverted by ThursdayNext, because even in her admittedly screwy reality you need to formally advertise a marriage in advance; however, they immediately book the same church for a month hence, and the festivities are repurposed as an engagement party.
* Possibly played straight in ''TheWestingGame''. [[spoiler:While it's uncertain how early Angela decides against marrying Doctor Deere, everyone still holds a wedding for Crow and Otis Amber instead]].






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* May be implied in ''DragonQuestVIII'': the rulers of Argonia and Trodain had [[ArrangedMarriage made a pact]] for their heirs to marry and unite the kingdoms. Unfortunately, while Princess Medea [[YamatoNadeshiko turned out well]], Prince Charmles... [[PrinceCharmless wasn't a good match]]. This leads to Medea pulling a RunawayBride during [[MultipleEndings both endings]]; in the better one, however, Argonia has learned that the hero [[spoiler: is the son of his long-lost brother and]] is utterly devoted to Medea, and reveals this to those gathered for the wedding ceremony. Instead of fleeing the chapel, the happy couple end up walking out together, arm-in-arm.



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* In ''Once Upon a Marigold'', [[spoiler:the princess' ArrangedMarriage gets called off once the evil queen is gone, but the princess' true love has just conveniently shown up and she marries him instead.]]
* Semi-subverted by ThursdayNext, because even in her admittedly screwy reality you need to formally advertise a marriage in advance; however, they immediately book the same church for a month hence, and the festivities are repurposed as an engagement party.
* Possibly played straight in ''TheWestingGame''. [[spoiler:While it's uncertain how early Angela decides against marrying Doctor Deere, everyone still holds a wedding for Crow and Otis Amber instead]].
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* OrSoIHeard, there was a variation in an episode of the ''CareBears'' cartoon. Two of the villains were [[UnholyMatrimony supposed to get married]], but because they were villains, that didn't work out so well. Nonetheless, the Care Bears had agreed to host the wedding for them, and decided to just throw a party with the leftover food and decorations.

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* OrSoIHeard, there There was a variation in an episode of the ''CareBears'' cartoon. Two of the villains were [[UnholyMatrimony supposed to get married]], but because they were villains, that didn't work out so well. Nonetheless, the Care Bears had agreed to host the wedding for them, and decided to just throw a party with the leftover food and decorations.

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