History DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Down played with Nicole Watterson. She is generally a loving, if imperfect wife and mother about Richard and her children, and some fans do think her parenting could be dysfunctional. When does Double Standard come in? She does however threaten her family from time to time, such as in episodes like, The Egg, The Limit, or any other times she's seen threatening or being extra strict to Richard or her kids. She may be seen as much more abusive if not for the fact she's a woman (and some fans argue it doesn't help that much), considering how rude she can be to Richard and Gumball (fathers in animation can only get away with being extra stern to their daughters, most often they won't dish it out on them as much as they do to their sons, or their wives do) that's saying a lot.

** In "Powerprof.", the Professor, having been tired of the Girls' missions separating them from getting to spend time with him, decides to build a supersuit to help them fight crime. While it starts out well, [[AmazinglyEmbarassingParents he proceeds to (unintentionally) embarrass them by doting on them, revealing embarrassing secrets, calling them pet-names, and even making them wear protective gear (helmets, elbow pads, and knee pads) in battle]]. So what do the Powerpuff Girls do to "remedy" the situation while "sparing" his feelings? [[DisproportionateRetribution They decide to hire Mojo Jojo to fight the Professor, and either have the Professor get defeated or exhausted so much that he would stop joining them on crimefighting]]. Not only does their plan succeed [[StatusQuoIsGod (at the cost of the Professor's characterization for the sake of plot)]]; they are also portrayed as in the right for planning this. Make of this what you will.

** In "Equal Fights", the Powerpuff temporarily take the [[JerkassBall Jerkass Ball]] and start to act rude towards all the boys and men in Townsville [[AllCrimesAreEqual for minor infractions towards another woman or girl and even if the women and girls in question are not being oppressed by men or boys]], after Femme Fatale poisoned them their minds that "All men are misogynists". When Ms. Bellum and Ms. Keane decide to give an intervention to talk sense into the Puffs (which is only hours after the Puffs' actions take place), the Girls not only [[BluntYes admit to overreacting]], they also still justify their refusal to arrest Femme Fatale on the grounds that "girls gotta look out for each other". This irony hits harder when the female victims come in, revealing that Femme Fatale is [[{{Hypocrite}} only in it for herself]]. While the plot intends to show that the Girls show remorse and embarrassment, and Ms. Keane and Ms. Bellum do give girls motivating and motherly words that they should protect everyone (including Men and Boys), their misandry still went unaddressed, and the Girls proceed to punish her [[SkewedPriorities for her deceit against other women, even taking their time to teach about Susan B. Anthony as nothing more than to satisfy their egos and one-up the villain of the week.]]

** In "Powerprof.", the Professor, having been tired of the Girls' missions separating them from getting to spend time with him, decides to build a supersuit to help them fight crime. While it starts out well, [[AmazinglyEmbarassingParents he proceeds to (unintentionally) embarrass them by doting on them, revealing embarrassing secrets, calling them pet-names, and even making them wear protective gear around their bodies.]] So what do the Powerpuff Girls do to "remedy" the situation while "sparing" his feelings? [[DisproportionateRetribution They decide to hire Mojo Jojo to fight the Professor, and either have the Professor get defeated or exhausted so much that he would stop joining them on crimefighting]]. Not only does their plan succeed [[StatusQuoIsGod (at the cost of the Professor's characterization for the sake of plot)]]; they are also portrayed as in the right for planning this. Make of this what you will.

** In "Powerprof.", the Professor, having been tired of the Girls' missions separating them from getting to spend time with him, decides to build a supersuit to help them fight crime. While it starts out well, [[AmazinglyEmbarassingParents he does proceed to (unintentionally) embarrass them by doting on them, calling them pet-names, and even making them wear protective gear, he's still trying to do his best to spend time with the Girls.]] So what do the Powerpuff Girls do to "remedy" the situation while sparing his feelings? [[DisproportionateRetribution They decide to hire Mojo Jojo to fight the Professor, and either have the Professor get defeated or exhausted so much that he would stop joining them on crimefighting]]. Not only does their plan succeed [[StatusQuoIsGod (at the cost of the Professor's characterization for the sake of plot)]]; they are also portrayed as in the right for planning this. Make of this what you will.

** In "Powerprof.", the Professor, having been tired of the Girls' missions separating them from getting to spend time with him, decides to build a supersuit to help them fight crime. While it starts out well, [[AmazinglyEmbarassingParents he does proceed to (unintentionally) embarrass them by doting on them, calling them pet-names, and even making them wear protective gear, he's still trying to do his best to spend time with the Girls. So what do the Powerpuff Girls do to "remedy" the situation while sparing his feelings? [[DisproportionateRetribution They decide to hire Mojo Jojo to fight the Professor, and either have the Professor get defeated or exhausted so much that he would stop joining them on crimefighting]]. Not only does their plan succeed (at the cost of the Professor's characterization for the sake of plot); they are also portrayed as in the right for doing so.

** In "Equal Fights", the Powerpuff temporarily take the [[JerkassBall Jerkass Ball]] and start to act rude towards all the boys and men in Townsville [[AllCrimesAreEqual for minor infractions towards another woman and even if women are not oppressed by men]], after Femme Fatale poisoned them their minds that all men are "Misogynists". Fortunately Ms. Bellum and Ms. Keane do talk sense into the Girls, but even when the Girls [[BluntYes admit to overreacting]], they still say that "girls gotta look out for each other". This hits harder when the female victims come in, revealing that Femme Fatale is [[{{Hypocrite}} only in it for herself]], in that's the girls end up remorseful for the mistreatment they had done to the boys in Townsville, Ms. Keane and Ms. Bellum they give girls motivating and motherly words that they should protect everyone (including Men and Boys), and that's when the Girls proceed to punish her [[SkewedPriorities for tricking them, even taking their ever-so-sweet time to learn about Susan B. Anthony to try to one-up Femme Fatale.]]
** In "Gettin' Twiggy With It", Mitch tortures the school pet hamster Twiggy, and his behavior is seen as abusive. The Powerpuff Girls helps Twiggy torture Mitch back, and they're framed as the good guys. Ms. Keane even approves of the punishment.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}''

** It's also shown in another episode that the "Yes Dear 9000" can be modified to work on girls. Which is then used to full effect on [[LaserGuidedKarma Lizzie]] by her own aborrant admirer, and is portrayed with the exact same amount of horror as it was with Nigel.

* Averted in the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Leanne's Saga". When Luanne's mother, Leanne, is released from jail, she stays with the Hills. She starts dating Bill. Things aren't too bad at first, even though she does show some gold digger tendencies, with her getting him to spend all his money for her, but after she succumbs to her alcoholism again, she starts to abuse Bill both physically and verbally. Even if the audience may be amused, the characters in the show are appalled by her behavior and treatment towards Bill. Leanne was also originally in jail for stabbing Luanne's father with a fork, and that he subsequently moved to an oil rig, refusing to come back to the mainland until Hank faxes him Leanne's death certificate. (This was later {{Retcon}}ned to him being in jail too, but still applies to the episode in question.)

** A scene where Marge rapes Homer is played for laughs. No, seriously. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E9StrongArmsOfTheMa Strong Arms of the Ma]]", Marge becomes a muscular body-builder. When Homer refuses to have sex with her because he'd rather go to sleep, she overpowers him and says "I wasn't asking". A GilliganCut then shows Homer walking funny the morning after. Ha.

* June towards Henry on ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam''.

* Janet Barch from ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' is the pure, [[KickChick unadulterated]], research-grade form of this trope. The show portrays her [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness as being violently unhinged in early episodes]], which is where most of the actual abuse is confined to. Later episodes portray her as something of a DefrostingIceQueen as she begins a [[PitbullDatesPuppy relationship]] with [[HippieTeacher Mr. O'Neill]], which is portrayed as being weird but not necessarily dysfunctional. ("The F Word" does seem to imply some ''consensual'' "abuse" in their sex life, though.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Francine frequently vents unstable violent tendencies on Stan, once beating him mercilessly for forgetting their wedding anniversary, and once threatening to shoot his kneecaps off for another deception (which he only avoids by having her gun down his double by mistake). On both occasions they kiss and make up by the end of the episode. Granted, however, Stan ''is'' a JerkAss whose belittling treatment of Francine is also usually PlayedForLaughs (albeit in a verbal manner; the one time Stan was falsely implied to have beaten Francine, and on a much less brutal scale than the genuine occasions the opposite has happened, he was labelled a monster and jailed). There is also more than one episode where the couple have all-out bloody fights with both sides giving and getting, and at least one where he's implied to have been torturing her off camera. He also accidentally threw a javelin at her once, although he was trying to hit a bear (ItMakesSenseInContext). Luckily, she's still fine... then Stan accidentally shoots her, which [[{{Crossover}} Peter]] laughs at.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Down played with Nicole Watterson. She is generally a loving, if imperfect wife and mother about Richard and her children, and some fans do think her parenting could be dysfunctional. When does Double Standard come in? She does however threaten her family from time to time, such as in episodes like, The Egg, The Limit, or any other times she's seen threatening or being extra strict to Richard or her kids. She may be seen as much more abusive if not for the fact she's a woman (and some fans argue it doesn't help that much), considering how rude she can be to Richard and Gumball (fathers in animation can only get away with being extra stern to their daughters, most often they won't dish it out on them as much as they do to their sons, or their wives do) that's saying a lot.