Basic Trope: Towards the end of a wedding, the officiant gives the audience a chance to object.
- Straight: Towards the end of Alice and Charles' wedding, the preacher tells the audience that they must speak now if they want to dispute the wedding. Bob objects.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob, Dave, Eric, and Francine all object.
- Brittany and Donald object and reveal themselves to be Alice and Charles’ respective gay lovers.
- The preacher reminds people every 10 minutes that they have to object before the wedding is over.
- Downplayed: The officiant offhandedly offers the audience to object. There is a tense moment, but no one does it.
- Justified: There needs to be a chance to object during the wedding, to ensure it is not unlawful in some way (e.g. bigamy, incest).
- Inverted: At the beginning of the wedding, the preacher tells the audience that the opportunity to object has passed.
- Subverted:
- At the end of the wedding, the preacher says "if anyone knows why these people should not be married...your chance to object has passed."
- After the preacher gives the attendees the opportunity to object, the camera focuses on Bob, who never liked seeing Alice being together with Charles. Instead of vocalizing his objection, he gives Alice a thumbs up.
- Double Subverted:
- Bob ignores the preacher and objects anyway.
- After Bob gave his thumbs up, Dave, who was sitting next to him, immediately stands up to object.
- Parodied:
- After Alice and Charles get the bill for the wedding, they see a "standard objection clause surcharge".
- Bob bursts into the church to object to Alice and Charles' wedding — except he's in the wrong church and just interrupted Greg and Helena's wedding.
- The preacher objects and reveals that he is Alice’s old lover Tim.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Either the preacher doesn't say it, or nobody objects.
- Enforced: The writers want to create drama and potentially start a Love Triangle plot later on.
- Lampshaded: "Alright, it's about to be my chance to object!"
- Invoked:
- Bob's always wanted to interrupt a wedding in a dramatic fashion and jumps on the chance to do so once the priest utters that line.
- Alice doesn't want to marry Charles, but due to other reasons, can't break it off herself, so she invites her old flame Bob to the wedding, knowing he'll object and give her an out.
- Exploited: Charles has never liked Bob, so he uses the wedding objection as an excuse to force Alice to distance herself from him.
- Defied:
- After the preacher finishes the objection speech, Charles glares at Bob and as a result, Bob backs down.
- Alice suspects her ex-boyfriend might try to make a scene and object to the wedding, so she asks the preacher not to say that part... or makes a change to the script.Preacher: If anyone knows why these people should not be married, you are advised to keep it to your damn self.
- Discussed: "Look, man, Alice is engaged. You lost your chance. Unless you want to ruin her wedding, humiliate her in front of her friends and family, and potentially destroy the best day of her life by standing up and proclaiming your love to her after the whole 'speak now or forever hold your peace' bit."
- Conversed: ???
- Played For Laughs: Alice has never met Bob before, but he still uses the wedding to object and announce his love for her.
- Played For Drama:
- Bob points out that Alice is underage.
- Bob points out that Charles beat his previous wife, who is Bob's sister, and he warns Alice that Charles is not the kind of person she thinks he is.
- When Alice rejects him and marries Charles, Bob leaves and is Driven to Suicide.
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