# Romantic-comedy characters who did (and did not) stay together after the story ended. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438 "2011-05-10T21:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/61 "2011-05-15T23:41:30Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > Gilmore Girls: Lorelai and Christopher will have broken up and divorced shortly after their wedding. This actually happened on the show, their marriage only lasted about three months. > [@](#): > > What’s his name will have cheated on Rory again and Rory will have thrown him out for good. Finallly. I don’t remember exactly what happened with Rory and Logan, probably because I never liked them as a couple to begin with, but IIRC they had also split up by the end of the series. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/62 "2011-05-15T23:59:48Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > I’d like to think Seymour and Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors had legs - came from the same background, had the same modest expectations, etc. But Audrey had terrible esteem issues (as evidenced by her pathological abusive relationship prior to Seymour) and there were just too many corpses around by the end for things to end well. Unless they become serial killers together until they finally die in a firefight with the cops at some roadsite motel in rural Texas. Ok well, a one sided firefight as the Texas Rangers blast the fuck out of the place while they run around inside going “what do we do, what do we do” until they collapse from their wounds. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/63 "2011-05-16T00:13:18Z")
Wilma will eventually toss Fred out for being such a pig, but Barney and Betty are forever. Dudley Do Right won’t be able to keep Nell sexually satisfied. Fortunately, Horse will. After spending some time in prison on a trumped up statutory rape charge, Yogi and will be reunited with Booboo. Boris and Natasha are forever. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/64 "2011-05-16T00:31:34Z")
Holling and Shelly outlive their great grandchildren, still together and head over heels. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/65 "2011-05-16T00:43:14Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Unless they become serial killers together until they finally die in a firefight with the cops at some roadsite motel in rural Texas. On that note, Mickie and Mallory of _Natural Born Killers_ stay together, and will kill again. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/66 "2011-05-16T01:34:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > On that note, Mickie and Mallory of _Natural Born Killers_ stay together, and will kill again. This is canon since the movie ends with a flash forward ten years into the future. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/67 "2011-05-16T01:47:14Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > This actually happened on the show, their marriage only lasted about three months. > > I don’t remember exactly what happened with Rory and Logan, probably because I never liked them as a couple to begin with, but IIRC they had also split up by the end of the series. Aha, you’re right I’d blacked out the last half of the last season from my memory some how. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/68 "2011-05-16T02:27:59Z")
Alternate universe Rose and humanned Doctor. Til Time itself is destroyed. Or, at least 60 yrs. Oh wait, that’s actually when Time _IS_ destroyed. Carry on … ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/69 "2011-05-16T12:28:42Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Alternate universe Rose and humanned Doctor. Til Time itself is destroyed. Or, at least 60 yrs. Oh wait, that’s actually when Time _IS_ destroyed. Carry on … I would have given them 5 years at the most. More likely 2. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/70 "2011-05-16T12:53:26Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I think Harry and Sally had what it took to stay together for the long haul. I guess this also tells you how much I paid attention to the movie the first time, but I saw _When Harry Met Sally_ a couple of weeks ago and until I saw the last scene, I was convinced they didn’t get back together. Their jealousies and jerkish behavior are a lot more believable than their reunion at the end. It’s a tacked-on Hollywood ending, so I find it easy to believe they didn’t last that long. (If it wasn’t already obvious, I’m not a fan of the movie to begin with.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/71 "2011-05-16T13:48:46Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Wilma will eventually toss Fred out for being such a pig, but Barney and Betty are forever. Come on, it’s all just a fantasy. We both know she’d never leave Fred. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/72 "2011-05-16T16:40:53Z")
Richard Gere and the hooker last exactly 20 orgasms. The parents trapped in The Parent Trap stay trapped until at least the kids go to college. The princess bride and the dred pirate live in eternal bliss even after death. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/73 "2011-05-16T16:49:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Richard Gere and the hooker last exactly 20 orgasms… His? Or hers? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/74 "2011-05-16T16:55:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > His? Or hers? His, of course. Like she’d give up a millionaire john/husband. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/75 "2011-05-16T17:06:32Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > His, of course. Like she’d give up a millionaire john/husband. Counting his – if he keeps properly hydrated, they could be done in less than a week. But as a whore who’s probably learned to de-sensitize herself during the act, her 20 orgasms could take them… the rest of her life. Her next orgasm could could take them that long. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/76 "2011-05-16T17:06:39Z")
Ralph and Alice, Norton and Trixie - Forever Lucy and Ricky - just like Real life, divorced but best friends for life Ward and June - June dumps Ward for Eddie Haskell (the LitB remake in the 80’s were pure fiction) Mike and Carol - Mike comes out of closet and Carol walks out on him. Gomez and Morticia - Pure lust keeps this marriage hot. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/77 "2011-05-16T17:09:32Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > …Gomez and Morticia - Pure lust keeps this marriage hot. First tome I read this, I read **Gomer**. Ooh, Gomer Pyle and Morticia, that could be the funniest sitcom EVER! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438/78 "2011-05-16T18:20:54Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Ralph and Alice, Norton and Trixie - Forever Ya think?! How long can Ralph and Norton deny their love?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438.md?page=3)