Christianity Is Catholic: The officiant at Andrew and Melanie's wedding is a priest in the traditional frock.

Convenient Miscarriage: The reason why Melanie and Jake split up after their Shotgun Wedding.

Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends: Even though Andrew is jilted at the altar, the end credits show Melanie reading his wedding announcement to a New York socialite.

Childhood Marriage Promise: Jake to Melanie when they were 10 years old.

Camp Gay: Melanie's associate Frederick.

By-the-Book Cop: Sheriff Wade refuses to just arrest Melanie or kick her out of Jake's house (at least until Jake mentions a certain bench warrant) due to them still being married and it technically just being a non-violent domestic dispute, and also can't do anything to help Melanie pressure Wade.

She passes out by the time he gets there and he hauls her in the house, snoring.

Bridal Carry: Played for Laughs when Jake drives a very drunk Melanie back to her parents' house.

Brick Joke: Jake talking about the cat Melanie put a bomb on seems to just be an urban legend that Jake is exaggerating when he describes how it supposedly survive but then it does show up at the party at the end, licking at the cake.

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