"Father of the Groom" is a short story by Harry Turtledove, first published in the anthology The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination (Tor, 2013) edited by John Joseph Adams.[1] It was reprinted in We Install and Other Stories (Open Road Media, 2015).
Professor Tesla Kidder's son Archie was engaged to be married. While Kate was normally a pleasant enough young woman, the pressures of preparing for the wedding got to her. One of her bridesmaids referred to her as a "Bridezilla" within Professor Kidder's hearing and got him to thinking. This wouldn't have mattered except Kidder was a mad scientist which led to an "unfortunate incident".
