diff --git a/Userland/Applications/3DFileViewer/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/3DFileViewer/main.cpp
index 42c0d198c1..2354831345 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/3DFileViewer/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/3DFileViewer/main.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
         window->set_fullscreen(!window->is_fullscreen());
     }));
 
-    auto& rotation_axis_menu = view_menu.add_submenu("Rotation &Axis"_string);
+    auto rotation_axis_menu = view_menu.add_submenu("Rotation &Axis"_string);
     auto rotation_x_action = GUI::Action::create_checkable("&X", [&widget](auto&) {
         widget->toggle_rotate_x();
     });
@@ -406,14 +406,14 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
         widget->toggle_rotate_z();
     });
 
-    rotation_axis_menu.add_action(*rotation_x_action);
-    rotation_axis_menu.add_action(*rotation_y_action);
-    rotation_axis_menu.add_action(*rotation_z_action);
+    rotation_axis_menu->add_action(*rotation_x_action);
+    rotation_axis_menu->add_action(*rotation_y_action);
+    rotation_axis_menu->add_action(*rotation_z_action);
 
     rotation_x_action->set_checked(true);
     rotation_z_action->set_checked(true);
 
-    auto& rotation_speed_menu = view_menu.add_submenu("Rotation &Speed"_string);
+    auto rotation_speed_menu = view_menu.add_submenu("Rotation &Speed"_string);
     GUI::ActionGroup rotation_speed_actions;
     rotation_speed_actions.set_exclusive(true);
 
@@ -435,10 +435,10 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     rotation_speed_actions.add_action(*normal_rotation_action);
     rotation_speed_actions.add_action(*fast_rotation_action);
 
-    rotation_speed_menu.add_action(*no_rotation_action);
-    rotation_speed_menu.add_action(*slow_rotation_action);
-    rotation_speed_menu.add_action(*normal_rotation_action);
-    rotation_speed_menu.add_action(*fast_rotation_action);
+    rotation_speed_menu->add_action(*no_rotation_action);
+    rotation_speed_menu->add_action(*slow_rotation_action);
+    rotation_speed_menu->add_action(*normal_rotation_action);
+    rotation_speed_menu->add_action(*fast_rotation_action);
 
     normal_rotation_action->set_checked(true);
 
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     texture_enabled_action->set_checked(true);
     texture_menu.add_action(texture_enabled_action);
 
-    auto& wrap_u_menu = texture_menu.add_submenu("Wrap &S"_string);
+    auto wrap_u_menu = texture_menu.add_submenu("Wrap &S"_string);
     GUI::ActionGroup wrap_s_actions;
     wrap_s_actions.set_exclusive(true);
 
@@ -474,13 +474,13 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     wrap_s_actions.add_action(*wrap_u_mirrored_repeat_action);
     wrap_s_actions.add_action(*wrap_u_clamp_action);
 
-    wrap_u_menu.add_action(*wrap_u_repeat_action);
-    wrap_u_menu.add_action(*wrap_u_mirrored_repeat_action);
-    wrap_u_menu.add_action(*wrap_u_clamp_action);
+    wrap_u_menu->add_action(*wrap_u_repeat_action);
+    wrap_u_menu->add_action(*wrap_u_mirrored_repeat_action);
+    wrap_u_menu->add_action(*wrap_u_clamp_action);
 
     wrap_u_repeat_action->set_checked(true);
 
-    auto& wrap_t_menu = texture_menu.add_submenu("Wrap &T"_string);
+    auto wrap_t_menu = texture_menu.add_submenu("Wrap &T"_string);
     GUI::ActionGroup wrap_t_actions;
     wrap_t_actions.set_exclusive(true);
 
@@ -498,13 +498,13 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     wrap_t_actions.add_action(*wrap_t_mirrored_repeat_action);
     wrap_t_actions.add_action(*wrap_t_clamp_action);
 
-    wrap_t_menu.add_action(*wrap_t_repeat_action);
-    wrap_t_menu.add_action(*wrap_t_mirrored_repeat_action);
-    wrap_t_menu.add_action(*wrap_t_clamp_action);
+    wrap_t_menu->add_action(*wrap_t_repeat_action);
+    wrap_t_menu->add_action(*wrap_t_mirrored_repeat_action);
+    wrap_t_menu->add_action(*wrap_t_clamp_action);
 
     wrap_t_repeat_action->set_checked(true);
 
-    auto& texture_scale_menu = texture_menu.add_submenu("S&cale"_string);
+    auto texture_scale_menu = texture_menu.add_submenu("S&cale"_string);
     GUI::ActionGroup texture_scale_actions;
     texture_scale_actions.set_exclusive(true);
 
@@ -534,15 +534,15 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     texture_scale_actions.add_action(*texture_scale_2_action);
     texture_scale_actions.add_action(*texture_scale_4_action);
 
-    texture_scale_menu.add_action(*texture_scale_025_action);
-    texture_scale_menu.add_action(*texture_scale_05_action);
-    texture_scale_menu.add_action(*texture_scale_1_action);
-    texture_scale_menu.add_action(*texture_scale_2_action);
-    texture_scale_menu.add_action(*texture_scale_4_action);
+    texture_scale_menu->add_action(*texture_scale_025_action);
+    texture_scale_menu->add_action(*texture_scale_05_action);
+    texture_scale_menu->add_action(*texture_scale_1_action);
+    texture_scale_menu->add_action(*texture_scale_2_action);
+    texture_scale_menu->add_action(*texture_scale_4_action);
 
     texture_scale_1_action->set_checked(true);
 
-    auto& texture_mag_filter_menu = texture_menu.add_submenu("Mag Filter"_string);
+    auto texture_mag_filter_menu = texture_menu.add_submenu("Mag Filter"_string);
     GUI::ActionGroup texture_mag_filter_actions;
     texture_mag_filter_actions.set_exclusive(true);
 
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     texture_mag_filter_actions.add_action(*texture_mag_filter_nearest_action);
     texture_mag_filter_actions.add_action(*texture_mag_filter_linear_action);
 
-    texture_mag_filter_menu.add_action(*texture_mag_filter_nearest_action);
-    texture_mag_filter_menu.add_action(*texture_mag_filter_linear_action);
+    texture_mag_filter_menu->add_action(*texture_mag_filter_nearest_action);
+    texture_mag_filter_menu->add_action(*texture_mag_filter_linear_action);
 
     texture_mag_filter_nearest_action->set_checked(true);
 
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Browser/BrowserWindow.cpp b/Userland/Applications/Browser/BrowserWindow.cpp
index ac9a13b8ad..5e547f6f26 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Browser/BrowserWindow.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Browser/BrowserWindow.cpp
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ void BrowserWindow::build_menus()
         dbgln("Failed to open search-engines file: {}", load_search_engines_result.error());
     }
 
-    auto& color_scheme_menu = settings_menu.add_submenu("&Color Scheme"_string);
-    color_scheme_menu.set_icon(g_icon_bag.color_chooser);
+    auto color_scheme_menu = settings_menu.add_submenu("&Color Scheme"_string);
+    color_scheme_menu->set_icon(g_icon_bag.color_chooser);
     {
         auto current_setting = Web::CSS::preferred_color_scheme_from_string(Config::read_string("Browser"sv, "Preferences"sv, "ColorScheme"sv, Browser::default_color_scheme));
         m_color_scheme_actions.set_exclusive(true);
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void BrowserWindow::build_menus()
                 this);
             if (current_setting == preference_value)
                 action->set_checked(true);
-            color_scheme_menu.add_action(action);
+            color_scheme_menu->add_action(action);
             m_color_scheme_actions.add_action(action);
         };
 
@@ -398,13 +398,13 @@ void BrowserWindow::build_menus()
     }));
 
     m_user_agent_spoof_actions.set_exclusive(true);
-    auto& spoof_user_agent_menu = debug_menu.add_submenu("Spoof &User Agent"_string);
+    auto spoof_user_agent_menu = debug_menu.add_submenu("Spoof &User Agent"_string);
     m_disable_user_agent_spoofing = GUI::Action::create_checkable("Disabled", [this](auto&) {
         active_tab().view().debug_request("spoof-user-agent", Web::default_user_agent);
     });
     m_disable_user_agent_spoofing->set_status_tip(String::from_utf8(Web::default_user_agent).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors());
-    spoof_user_agent_menu.add_action(*m_disable_user_agent_spoofing);
-    spoof_user_agent_menu.set_icon(g_icon_bag.spoof);
+    spoof_user_agent_menu->add_action(*m_disable_user_agent_spoofing);
+    spoof_user_agent_menu->set_icon(g_icon_bag.spoof);
     m_user_agent_spoof_actions.add_action(*m_disable_user_agent_spoofing);
     m_disable_user_agent_spoofing->set_checked(true);
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ void BrowserWindow::build_menus()
             active_tab().view().debug_request("spoof-user-agent", user_agent);
         });
         action->set_status_tip(String::from_utf8(user_agent).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors());
-        spoof_user_agent_menu.add_action(action);
+        spoof_user_agent_menu->add_action(action);
         m_user_agent_spoof_actions.add_action(action);
     };
     add_user_agent("Chrome Linux Desktop", "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/89.0.4389.128 Safari/537.36"sv);
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ void BrowserWindow::build_menus()
         active_tab().view().debug_request("spoof-user-agent", user_agent.to_deprecated_string());
         action.set_status_tip(user_agent);
     });
-    spoof_user_agent_menu.add_action(custom_user_agent);
+    spoof_user_agent_menu->add_action(custom_user_agent);
     m_user_agent_spoof_actions.add_action(custom_user_agent);
 
     debug_menu.add_separator();
@@ -468,8 +468,8 @@ void BrowserWindow::build_menus()
 ErrorOr<void> BrowserWindow::load_search_engines(GUI::Menu& settings_menu)
 {
     m_search_engine_actions.set_exclusive(true);
-    auto& search_engine_menu = settings_menu.add_submenu("&Search Engine"_string);
-    search_engine_menu.set_icon(g_icon_bag.find);
+    auto search_engine_menu = settings_menu.add_submenu("&Search Engine"_string);
+    search_engine_menu->set_icon(g_icon_bag.find);
     bool search_engine_set = false;
 
     m_disable_search_engine_action = GUI::Action::create_checkable(
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> BrowserWindow::load_search_engines(GUI::Menu& settings_menu)
             Config::write_string("Browser"sv, "Preferences"sv, "SearchEngine"sv, g_search_engine);
         },
         this);
-    search_engine_menu.add_action(*m_disable_search_engine_action);
+    search_engine_menu->add_action(*m_disable_search_engine_action);
     m_search_engine_actions.add_action(*m_disable_search_engine_action);
     m_disable_search_engine_action->set_checked(true);
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> BrowserWindow::load_search_engines(GUI::Menu& settings_menu)
                         Config::write_string("Browser"sv, "Preferences"sv, "SearchEngine"sv, g_search_engine);
                     },
                     this);
-                search_engine_menu.add_action(action);
+                search_engine_menu->add_action(action);
                 m_search_engine_actions.add_action(action);
 
                 if (g_search_engine == url_format) {
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> BrowserWindow::load_search_engines(GUI::Menu& settings_menu)
         Config::write_string("Browser"sv, "Preferences"sv, "SearchEngine"sv, g_search_engine);
         action.set_status_tip(search_engine);
     });
-    search_engine_menu.add_action(custom_search_engine_action);
+    search_engine_menu->add_action(custom_search_engine_action);
     m_search_engine_actions.add_action(custom_search_engine_action);
 
     if (!search_engine_set && !g_search_engine.is_empty()) {
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp
index 98fcd72b2f..d958a27a96 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp
@@ -362,11 +362,11 @@ bool add_launch_handler_actions_to_menu(RefPtr<GUI::Menu>& menu, DirectoryView c
 
     if (current_file_launch_handlers.size() > 1) {
         added_open_menu_items = true;
-        auto& file_open_with_menu = menu->add_submenu("Open with"_string);
+        auto file_open_with_menu = menu->add_submenu("Open with"_string);
         for (auto& handler : current_file_launch_handlers) {
             if (handler == default_file_handler)
                 continue;
-            file_open_with_menu.add_action(handler->create_launch_action([&, full_path = move(full_path)](auto& launcher_handler) {
+            file_open_with_menu->add_action(handler->create_launch_action([&, full_path = move(full_path)](auto& launcher_handler) {
                 directory_view.launch(URL::create_with_file_scheme(full_path), launcher_handler);
             }));
         }
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> run_in_windowed_mode(DeprecatedString const& initial_location, Depr
     show_dotfiles_in_view(show_dotfiles);
 
     auto view_menu = TRY(window->try_add_menu("&View"_string));
-    auto layout_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Layout"_string));
+    auto layout_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("&Layout"_string);
     TRY(layout_menu->try_add_action(*layout_toolbar_action));
     TRY(layout_menu->try_add_action(*layout_location_action));
     TRY(layout_menu->try_add_action(*layout_statusbar_action));
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/MainWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/MainWidget.cpp
index 0bff74159b..bf8be43f25 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/MainWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/MainWidget.cpp
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     TRY(go_menu->try_add_action(*m_go_to_glyph_action));
 
     auto view_menu = TRY(window.try_add_menu("&View"_string));
-    auto layout_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Layout"_string));
+    auto layout_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("&Layout"_string);
     TRY(layout_menu->try_add_action(*m_show_toolbar_action));
     TRY(layout_menu->try_add_action(*m_show_statusbar_action));
     TRY(layout_menu->try_add_action(*m_show_metadata_action));
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     TRY(view_menu->try_add_action(*m_highlight_modifications_action));
     TRY(view_menu->try_add_action(*m_show_system_emoji_action));
     view_menu->add_separator();
-    auto scale_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Scale"_string));
+    auto scale_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("&Scale"_string);
     scale_menu->set_icon(g_resources.scale_editor);
     TRY(scale_menu->try_add_action(*m_scale_five_action));
     TRY(scale_menu->try_add_action(*m_scale_ten_action));
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/HexEditor/HexEditorWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/HexEditor/HexEditorWidget.cpp
index c576ffedfb..9f55b948db 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/HexEditor/HexEditorWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/HexEditor/HexEditorWidget.cpp
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> HexEditorWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     m_editor->update();
 
     m_bytes_per_row_actions.set_exclusive(true);
-    auto bytes_per_row_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("Bytes per &Row"_string));
+    auto bytes_per_row_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("Bytes per &Row"_string);
     for (int i = 8; i <= 32; i += 8) {
         auto action = GUI::Action::create_checkable(DeprecatedString::number(i), [this, i](auto&) {
             m_editor->set_bytes_per_row(i);
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> HexEditorWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     }
 
     m_value_inspector_mode_actions.set_exclusive(true);
-    auto inspector_mode_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("Value Inspector &Mode"_string));
+    auto inspector_mode_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("Value Inspector &Mode"_string);
     auto little_endian_mode = GUI::Action::create_checkable("&Little Endian", [&](auto& action) {
         m_value_inspector_little_endian = action.is_checked();
         update_inspector_values(m_editor->selection_start_offset());
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/ImageViewer/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/ImageViewer/main.cpp
index 261eeb52d7..af75fabd06 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/ImageViewer/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/ImageViewer/main.cpp
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     TRY(view_menu->try_add_action(zoom_out_action));
     view_menu->add_separator();
 
-    auto scaling_mode_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Scaling Mode"_string));
+    auto scaling_mode_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("&Scaling Mode"_string);
     scaling_mode_menu->set_icon(TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/scale.png"sv)));
 
     auto scaling_mode_group = make<GUI::ActionGroup>();
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/PDFViewer/PDFViewerWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/PDFViewer/PDFViewerWidget.cpp
index fa1a24764c..93e11cf106 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/PDFViewer/PDFViewerWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/PDFViewer/PDFViewerWidget.cpp
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> PDFViewerWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     auto view_menu = TRY(window.try_add_menu("&View"_string));
     TRY(view_menu->try_add_action(*m_toggle_sidebar_action));
     view_menu->add_separator();
-    auto view_mode_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("View &Mode"_string));
+    auto view_mode_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("View &Mode"_string);
     TRY(view_mode_menu->try_add_action(*m_page_view_mode_single));
     TRY(view_mode_menu->try_add_action(*m_page_view_mode_multiple));
     view_menu->add_separator();
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/PixelPaint/MainWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/PixelPaint/MainWidget.cpp
index b18523409b..a0ea4d84bf 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/PixelPaint/MainWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/PixelPaint/MainWidget.cpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     TRY(file_menu->try_add_action(*m_save_image_action));
     TRY(file_menu->try_add_action(*m_save_image_as_action));
 
-    m_export_submenu = TRY(file_menu->try_add_submenu("&Export"_string));
+    m_export_submenu = file_menu->add_submenu("&Export"_string);
 
     TRY(m_export_submenu->try_add_action(
         GUI::Action::create(
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     vectorscope_action->set_checked(Config::read_bool("PixelPaint"sv, "Scopes"sv, "ShowVectorscope"sv, false));
     m_vectorscope_widget->parent_widget()->set_visible(vectorscope_action->is_checked());
 
-    auto scopes_menu = TRY(m_view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Scopes"_string));
+    auto scopes_menu = m_view_menu->add_submenu("&Scopes"_string);
     TRY(scopes_menu->try_add_action(histogram_action));
     TRY(scopes_menu->try_add_action(vectorscope_action));
 
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
         };
     };
 
-    auto mask_submenu = TRY(m_layer_menu->try_add_submenu("&Masks"_string));
+    auto mask_submenu = m_layer_menu->add_submenu("&Masks"_string);
 
     m_add_mask_action = GUI::Action::create(
         "Add M&ask", { Mod_Ctrl | Mod_Shift, Key_M }, g_icon_bag.add_mask, create_layer_mask_callback("Add Mask", [&](Layer* active_layer) {
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp
index 44bfc4bdb4..55ae08a7cf 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     m_editor->set_ruler_visible(show_ruler);
 
     auto view_menu = TRY(window.try_add_menu("&View"_string));
-    auto layout_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Layout"_string));
+    auto layout_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("&Layout"_string);
     TRY(layout_menu->try_add_action(*m_layout_toolbar_action));
     TRY(layout_menu->try_add_action(*m_layout_statusbar_action));
     TRY(layout_menu->try_add_action(*m_layout_ruler_action));
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     view_menu->add_separator();
 
     m_wrapping_mode_actions.set_exclusive(true);
-    auto wrapping_mode_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Wrapping Mode"_string));
+    auto wrapping_mode_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("&Wrapping Mode"_string);
     m_no_wrapping_action = GUI::Action::create_checkable("&No Wrapping", [&](auto&) {
         m_editor->set_wrapping_mode(GUI::TextEditor::WrappingMode::NoWrap);
         Config::write_string("TextEditor"sv, "View"sv, "WrappingMode"sv, "None"sv);
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     }
 
     m_soft_tab_width_actions.set_exclusive(true);
-    auto soft_tab_width_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Tab Width"_string));
+    auto soft_tab_width_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("&Tab Width"_string);
     m_soft_tab_1_width_action = GUI::Action::create_checkable("1", [&](auto&) {
         m_editor->set_soft_tab_width(1);
     });
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
 
     syntax_actions.set_exclusive(true);
 
-    auto syntax_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Syntax"_string));
+    auto syntax_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("&Syntax"_string);
     m_plain_text_highlight = GUI::Action::create_checkable("&Plain Text", [&](auto&) {
         m_statusbar->set_text(1, "Plain Text"_string);
         m_editor->set_syntax_highlighter({});
@@ -696,12 +696,12 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     })));
     TRY(help_menu->try_add_action(GUI::CommonActions::make_about_action("Text Editor", GUI::Icon::default_icon("app-text-editor"sv), &window)));
 
-    auto wrapping_statusbar_menu = TRY(m_line_column_statusbar_menu->try_add_submenu("&Wrapping Mode"_string));
+    auto wrapping_statusbar_menu = m_line_column_statusbar_menu->add_submenu("&Wrapping Mode"_string);
     TRY(wrapping_statusbar_menu->try_add_action(*m_no_wrapping_action));
     TRY(wrapping_statusbar_menu->try_add_action(*m_wrap_anywhere_action));
     TRY(wrapping_statusbar_menu->try_add_action(*m_wrap_at_words_action));
 
-    auto tab_width_statusbar_menu = TRY(m_line_column_statusbar_menu->try_add_submenu("&Tab Width"_string));
+    auto tab_width_statusbar_menu = m_line_column_statusbar_menu->add_submenu("&Tab Width"_string);
     TRY(tab_width_statusbar_menu->try_add_action(*m_soft_tab_1_width_action));
     TRY(tab_width_statusbar_menu->try_add_action(*m_soft_tab_2_width_action));
     TRY(tab_width_statusbar_menu->try_add_action(*m_soft_tab_4_width_action));
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.cpp
index c559798f00..e062d1277b 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.cpp
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> VideoPlayerWidget::initialize_menubar(GUI::Window& window)
     auto view_menu = TRY(window.try_add_menu("&View"_string));
     TRY(view_menu->try_add_action(*m_toggle_fullscreen_action));
 
-    auto sizing_mode_menu = TRY(view_menu->try_add_submenu("&Sizing Mode"_string));
+    auto sizing_mode_menu = view_menu->add_submenu("&Sizing Mode"_string);
     sizing_mode_menu->set_icon(TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/fit-image-to-view.png"sv)));
 
     m_sizing_mode_group = make<GUI::ActionGroup>();
diff --git a/Userland/Demos/Mandelbrot/Mandelbrot.cpp b/Userland/Demos/Mandelbrot/Mandelbrot.cpp
index f2066e087f..0d407c8d0e 100644
--- a/Userland/Demos/Mandelbrot/Mandelbrot.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Demos/Mandelbrot/Mandelbrot.cpp
@@ -415,9 +415,9 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     auto file_menu = TRY(window->try_add_menu("&File"_string));
 
-    auto& export_submenu = file_menu->add_submenu("&Export"_string);
+    auto export_submenu = file_menu->add_submenu("&Export"_string);
 
-    TRY(export_submenu.try_add_action(GUI::Action::create("As &BMP...",
+    TRY(export_submenu->try_add_action(GUI::Action::create("As &BMP...",
         [&](GUI::Action&) {
             Optional<DeprecatedString> export_path = GUI::FilePicker::get_save_filepath(window, "untitled", "bmp");
             if (!export_path.has_value())
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
             if (auto result = mandelbrot->export_image(export_path.value(), ImageType::BMP); result.is_error())
                 GUI::MessageBox::show_error(window, DeprecatedString::formatted("{}", result.error()));
         })));
-    TRY(export_submenu.try_add_action(GUI::Action::create("As &PNG...", { Mod_Ctrl | Mod_Shift, Key_S },
+    TRY(export_submenu->try_add_action(GUI::Action::create("As &PNG...", { Mod_Ctrl | Mod_Shift, Key_S },
         [&](GUI::Action&) {
             Optional<DeprecatedString> export_path = GUI::FilePicker::get_save_filepath(window, "untitled", "png");
             if (!export_path.has_value())
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
             if (auto result = mandelbrot->export_image(export_path.value(), ImageType::PNG); result.is_error())
                 GUI::MessageBox::show_error(window, DeprecatedString::formatted("{}", result.error()));
         })));
-    TRY(export_submenu.try_add_action(GUI::Action::create("As &QOI...",
+    TRY(export_submenu->try_add_action(GUI::Action::create("As &QOI...",
         [&](GUI::Action&) {
             Optional<DeprecatedString> export_path = GUI::FilePicker::get_save_filepath(window, "untitled", "qoi");
             if (!export_path.has_value())
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
                 GUI::MessageBox::show_error(window, DeprecatedString::formatted("{}", result.error()));
         })));
 
-    export_submenu.set_icon(TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/save.png"sv)));
+    export_submenu->set_icon(TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/save.png"sv)));
 
     file_menu->add_separator();
     TRY(file_menu->try_add_action(GUI::CommonActions::make_quit_action([&](auto&) { app->quit(); })));
diff --git a/Userland/DevTools/HackStudio/HackStudioWidget.cpp b/Userland/DevTools/HackStudio/HackStudioWidget.cpp
index 6fde13eca7..f5d5fbc4f7 100644
--- a/Userland/DevTools/HackStudio/HackStudioWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/DevTools/HackStudio/HackStudioWidget.cpp
@@ -494,15 +494,15 @@ ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<GUI::Menu>> HackStudioWidget::create_project_tree_view_con
     });
     auto project_tree_view_context_menu = GUI::Menu::construct("Project Files"_string);
 
-    auto& new_file_submenu = project_tree_view_context_menu->add_submenu("N&ew..."_string);
+    auto new_file_submenu = project_tree_view_context_menu->add_submenu("N&ew..."_string);
     for (auto& new_file_action : m_new_file_actions) {
-        new_file_submenu.add_action(new_file_action);
+        new_file_submenu->add_action(new_file_action);
     }
     auto icon = TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/new.png"sv));
-    new_file_submenu.set_icon(icon);
-    new_file_submenu.add_action(*m_new_plain_file_action);
-    new_file_submenu.add_separator();
-    new_file_submenu.add_action(*m_new_directory_action);
+    new_file_submenu->set_icon(icon);
+    new_file_submenu->add_action(*m_new_plain_file_action);
+    new_file_submenu->add_separator();
+    new_file_submenu->add_action(*m_new_directory_action);
 
     project_tree_view_context_menu->add_action(*m_open_selected_action);
     project_tree_view_context_menu->add_action(*m_show_in_file_manager_action);
@@ -1416,23 +1416,23 @@ ErrorOr<void> HackStudioWidget::create_file_menu(GUI::Window& window)
 {
     auto& file_menu = window.add_menu("&File"_string);
 
-    auto& new_submenu = file_menu.add_submenu("&New..."_string);
-    new_submenu.add_action(*m_new_project_action);
-    new_submenu.add_separator();
+    auto new_submenu = file_menu.add_submenu("&New..."_string);
+    new_submenu->add_action(*m_new_project_action);
+    new_submenu->add_separator();
     for (auto& new_file_action : m_new_file_actions) {
-        new_submenu.add_action(new_file_action);
+        new_submenu->add_action(new_file_action);
     }
 
     {
         auto icon = TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/new.png"sv));
-        new_submenu.set_icon(icon);
+        new_submenu->set_icon(icon);
     }
-    new_submenu.add_action(*m_new_plain_file_action);
-    new_submenu.add_separator();
-    new_submenu.add_action(*m_new_directory_action);
+    new_submenu->add_action(*m_new_plain_file_action);
+    new_submenu->add_separator();
+    new_submenu->add_action(*m_new_directory_action);
 
     file_menu.add_action(*m_open_action);
-    m_recent_projects_submenu = &file_menu.add_submenu("Open &Recent"_string);
+    m_recent_projects_submenu = file_menu.add_submenu("Open &Recent"_string);
     {
         auto icon = TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/open-recent.png"sv));
         m_recent_projects_submenu->set_icon(icon);
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> HackStudioWidget::create_view_menu(GUI::Window& window)
     view_menu.add_separator();
 
     m_wrapping_mode_actions.set_exclusive(true);
-    auto& wrapping_mode_menu = view_menu.add_submenu("&Wrapping Mode"_string);
+    auto wrapping_mode_menu = view_menu.add_submenu("&Wrapping Mode"_string);
     m_no_wrapping_action = GUI::Action::create_checkable("&No Wrapping", [&](auto&) {
         m_wrapping_mode = GUI::TextEditor::WrappingMode::NoWrap;
         for (auto& wrapper : m_all_editor_wrappers)
@@ -1532,9 +1532,9 @@ ErrorOr<void> HackStudioWidget::create_view_menu(GUI::Window& window)
     m_wrapping_mode_actions.add_action(*m_wrap_anywhere_action);
     m_wrapping_mode_actions.add_action(*m_wrap_at_words_action);
 
-    wrapping_mode_menu.add_action(*m_no_wrapping_action);
-    wrapping_mode_menu.add_action(*m_wrap_anywhere_action);
-    wrapping_mode_menu.add_action(*m_wrap_at_words_action);
+    wrapping_mode_menu->add_action(*m_no_wrapping_action);
+    wrapping_mode_menu->add_action(*m_wrap_anywhere_action);
+    wrapping_mode_menu->add_action(*m_wrap_at_words_action);
 
     switch (m_wrapping_mode) {
     case GUI::TextEditor::NoWrap:
diff --git a/Userland/Games/Chess/main.cpp b/Userland/Games/Chess/main.cpp
index d3954d6d54..c340a0c251 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/Chess/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Games/Chess/main.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     GUI::ActionGroup engines_action_group;
     engines_action_group.set_exclusive(true);
-    auto engine_submenu = TRY(engine_menu->try_add_submenu("&Engine"_string));
+    auto engine_submenu = engine_menu->add_submenu("&Engine"_string);
     auto human_engine_checkbox = GUI::Action::create_checkable("Human", [&](auto&) {
         widget->set_engine(nullptr);
     });
diff --git a/Userland/Games/GameOfLife/BoardWidget.cpp b/Userland/Games/GameOfLife/BoardWidget.cpp
index 6d889d6712..6e019009a9 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/GameOfLife/BoardWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Games/GameOfLife/BoardWidget.cpp
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@ void BoardWidget::context_menu_event(GUI::ContextMenuEvent& event)
     if (!m_context_menu) {
         m_context_menu = GUI::Menu::construct();
 
-        auto& insert_pattern_menu = m_context_menu->add_submenu("&Insert Pattern"_string);
+        auto insert_pattern_menu = m_context_menu->add_submenu("&Insert Pattern"_string);
         for_each_pattern([&](auto& pattern) {
             if (pattern.action())
-                insert_pattern_menu.add_action(*pattern.action());
+                insert_pattern_menu->add_action(*pattern.action());
         });
     }
     if (!m_running)
diff --git a/Userland/Games/Snake/main.cpp b/Userland/Games/Snake/main.cpp
index c755509c97..730035e0ea 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/Snake/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Games/Snake/main.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     GUI::ActionGroup skin_action_group;
     skin_action_group.set_exclusive(true);
 
-    auto skin_menu = TRY(game_menu->try_add_submenu("&Skin"_string));
+    auto skin_menu = game_menu->add_submenu("&Skin"_string);
     skin_menu->set_icon(app_icon.bitmap_for_size(16));
 
     auto add_skin_action = [&](StringView name, bool enable_color) -> ErrorOr<void> {
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Menu.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Menu.cpp
index 7588184fe0..c4c5de6944 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Menu.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Menu.cpp
@@ -104,29 +104,20 @@ void Menu::set_parent(Menu& menu, int submenu_index)
     m_index_in_parent_menu = submenu_index;
 }
 
-ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Menu>> Menu::try_add_submenu(String name)
+NonnullRefPtr<Menu> Menu::add_submenu(String name)
 {
-    // NOTE: We grow the vector first, to get allocation failure handled immediately.
-    TRY(m_items.try_ensure_capacity(m_items.size() + 1));
+    auto submenu = Menu::construct(move(name));
 
-    auto submenu = TRY(Menu::try_create(move(name)));
-
-    auto item = TRY(adopt_nonnull_own_or_enomem(new (nothrow) MenuItem(m_menu_id, submenu)));
+    auto item = make<MenuItem>(m_menu_id, submenu);
     submenu->set_parent(*this, m_items.size());
 
     if (m_menu_id != -1)
         realize_menu_item(*item, m_items.size());
 
-    m_items.unchecked_append(move(item));
+    m_items.append(move(item));
     return submenu;
 }
 
-Menu& Menu::add_submenu(String name)
-{
-    auto menu = MUST(try_add_submenu(move(name)));
-    return menu;
-}
-
 void Menu::add_separator()
 {
     auto item = make<MenuItem>(m_menu_id, MenuItem::Type::Separator);
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Menu.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Menu.h
index da76175657..e1f2c6cd30 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Menu.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Menu.h
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ public:
     Action* action_at(size_t);
 
     ErrorOr<void> try_add_action(NonnullRefPtr<Action>);
-    ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Menu>> try_add_submenu(String name);
 
     void add_action(NonnullRefPtr<Action>);
     void add_separator();
-    Menu& add_submenu(String name);
+    [[nodiscard]] NonnullRefPtr<Menu> add_submenu(String name);
     void remove_all_actions();
 
     ErrorOr<void> add_recent_files_list(Function<void(Action&)>);
diff --git a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp
index 1b3358ab3a..a355c7eb75 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<GUI::Menu>> build_system_menu(GUI::Window& window)
                 VERIFY(parent_menu);
             }
         }
-        auto& category_menu = parent_menu->add_submenu(String::from_deprecated_string(child_category).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors());
+        auto category_menu = parent_menu->add_submenu(String::from_deprecated_string(child_category).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors());
         auto category_icon_path = category_icons->read_entry("16x16", category);
         if (!category_icon_path.is_empty()) {
             auto icon_or_error = Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file(category_icon_path);
             if (!icon_or_error.is_error())
-                category_menu.set_icon(icon_or_error.release_value());
+                category_menu->set_icon(icon_or_error.release_value());
         }
         app_category_menus.set(category, category_menu);
     };
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<GUI::Menu>> build_system_menu(GUI::Window& window)
     g_themes_group.set_exclusive(true);
     g_themes_group.set_unchecking_allowed(false);
 
-    g_themes_menu = &system_menu->add_submenu("&Themes"_string);
+    g_themes_menu = system_menu->add_submenu("&Themes"_string);
     g_themes_menu->set_icon(TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::load_from_file("/res/icons/16x16/themes.png"sv)));
 
     g_themes = TRY(Gfx::list_installed_system_themes());