History DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': The episode that introduced Numbah One's girlfriend Lizzy involved her tricking him into putting on a helmet known as the "Yes Dear 9000", which turns the boyfriend into a slave to their whims. Subverted in that despite it being ''mass produced and the helmet's effects becoming permanent over time'', the use of it is ''not'' portrayed as okay, and after Numbah One gets angry enough for it to break on its own he very firmly tells her ''never'' to use one of them on him again. Though that's her only punishment, and he doesn't break up with her or even be upset with her for more than a few moments after breaking free.

* [[OlderThanTheyThink This goes all the way back]] to Disney's WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoons. Whenever Donald and Daisy had any sort of argument, it would usually end in Daisy beating the living stuffing out of Donald. The worst he could ever do was insult or mock her, which usually just resulted in him getting more beatings.

* Zigzagged on ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam''. Henry and June know that SlapstickKnowsNoGender, as both the male and female host regularly get AmusingInjuries thanks to ToonPhysics. That being said, Henry is far more of a ButtMonkey than June is, as June (accidentally or otherwise) ends up inflicting these injuries on Henry far more often than Henry inflicts them on June. While it's all PlayedForLaughs, June frequently gets away with things like accidentally crushing Henry or blowing him up, whereas Henry would be lucky to chip one of June's teeth without comment.

** [[TheHeart Bolin]] starts a relationship with Korra's cousin [[EmotionlessGirl Eska]] in season two. At first it just seems like Eska is an IceQueen unsure how to deal with liking a dorky guy, but by the third episode it's unabashedly abusive on her end with Bolin as little more than a servant for [[HalfIdenticalTwins her and her twin brother]]. The relationship is played for laughs, with Bolin firmly in his role as the ButtMonkey of the group, and none of his friends and family take the situation seriously, telling him that he should simply stand up for himself, despite Bolin having made it very clear that Eska threatened him with death should he break up with her.

** In "Members Only", the Girls want to join a men-only club --- the Association of Worldwide Super Men (aka AWSM) --- and even though they pass, they are still denied their wishes simply because they're underage girls. Even though they try to convince them, the AWSM still reject them. When Mascumax comes to attack, and [[CurbStompBattle mercilessly defeat the AWSM]], the Powerpuff Girls initially refuse to help, but eventually do so, and [[CurbStompBattle easily turn the tables]]. When Mascumax is defeated, the AWSM are sheepishly remorseful for their former attitude toward the Girls. However, the Girls, still bitter,[[UngratefulBastard aren't very willing to forgive and forget]], and as a punishment, [[LaserGuidedKarma the AWSM have to give up their men-only policy, and dress up in Powerpuff Girl dresses as karma.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': A hugely popular example is Raven and Beast Boy. Raven constantly smacks, slaps, and punches Beast Boy for making jokes or being inappropriate. Not only do fans accept this without question, but they think it's adorable and exaggerate it in fanworks.

* In the animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/WaysideSchool'', Maurecia, an ActionGirl with a crush on OnlySaneMan (and ButtMonkey) Todd, hits her love interest with an unprovoked MegatonPunch every chance she gets. [[NeverMyFault She never gets in trouble for this, even when a teacher has seen what happened]] -- although ''Todd'' sometimes does. The punches are implied to be something like a sign of Maurecia's affection, or her confusion about her own feelings, and in either case, harmless. Although Todd always rebuffs Maurecia's romantic advances (the ''only'' way in which [[UnfortunateImplications he "provokes" the abuse]]), he still considers her a friend, spends a lot of time around her, and never, ''ever'' complains to a teacher about getting PunchedAcrossTheRoom. And this is all in a series aimed at children...
* A fair number of older cartoon shorts featured large abusive wives taking things out on smaller and weaker husbands, including a man that discovered a way to make magical holes leading anywhere. When he tosses his wife into one at the end when finally fed up with her we find it leads to Hell as Satan tosses her back out. WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/PepeLePew are both also shown having horribly abusive wives (Daffy's in particular is shown brutally assaulting him over everything), most likely explaining why they behave like they do in every other cartoon (particularly Pepe wanting to find someone to actually love him instead of abuse him).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': {{Downplayed|Trope}} 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.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', "Triumvirate of Terror!", shows this. [[spoiler:Lex Luthor, Cheetah and Joker decide to switch {{arch enem|y}}ies. Joker takes on Wonder Woman and subdues her using trickery and had earlier knocked out a heap of Amazons using laughing gas. Cheetah meanwhile takes on Superman and gives him a brutal beating. Joker is never seen hitting Wonder Woman and is stopped before he can, compared to Superman who is badly beaten and gets his costume torn in places. Wonder Woman is also the only one of the three heroes who is shown hitting Cheetah on screen.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}''

** Played straight in Season 4 where Hector [[EasilyForgiven forgives]] Lenore despite all her aforementioned actions [[spoiler: and her death in the sunlight is treated as a TearJerker moment]]. If it was a female character who been imprisoned, violently abused, used and manipulated by a male character having to cut her own finger off just to escape his control, forgiveness would've been completely out of the question. Especially jarring given the abuse Carmilla got from her male sire is comparatively treated as unambiguously bad while Lenore is treated sympathetically.

* The episode that introduced Numbah One's girlfriend Lizzy in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' involved her tricking him into putting on a helmet known as the "Yes Dear 9000", which turns the boyfriend into a slave to their whims. Subverted in that despite it being ''mass produced and the helmet's effects becoming permanent over time'', the use of it is ''not'' portrayed as okay, and after Numbah One gets angry enough for it to break on its own he very firmly tells her ''never'' to use one of them on him again. Though that's her only punishment, and he doesn't break up with her or even be upset with her for more than a few moments after breaking free.

* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', the Eds are commonly beaten up by Ed's sister Sarah, plus all the times they've been possibly [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale raped by the Kankers]], who are the walking definitions of Do Not Want. Not only are the Kankers beasts, but the cul-de-sac is ''scared'' of them. Also, Sarah isn't portrayed as sympathetic most of the time. So while their [[AmusingInjuries treatment]] of the Eds and anyone who annoys them is usually played for laughs, it is clearly established that it ''is'' wrong and quite likely illegal, but those moments are never actually on screen and only inferred or alluded to. It's to the point that when they drag [[spoiler:Eddy's brother]] away for 'mouth to mouth', it's viewed as his ''comeuppance''. Granted, he [[spoiler: is a complete jerk who abuses Eddy,]] but ''still''...
** In one episode, the Eds actually [[PayEvilUntoEvil turn their harassment against them]] in an effort to discourage them from doing it again. It starts to work and is both PlayedForLaughs and treated as justified, considering what the Kankers typically do to them. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, the Kankers realise their plan (thanks to Eddy) and turn it against them again]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', this is the case with Vicky's abuse of Timmy. While she's quite obviously a villain and many times her treatment of Timmy is PlayedForLaughs, it would probably not be as well received if it were a boy doing this to a girl. In addition, Vicky has stripped Timmy down to his underwear and many times she has forced him to wear a dress. Imagine a 16 year old boy doing this to a 10 year old girl.
** One episode, "The Switch Glitch", features Timmy wishing Vicky into a five year old so ''he'' can bully her. Wanda shames him for just wanting to see a little girl cry. The ''intended'' lesson is "[[HeWhoFightsMonsters Don't fight bullying with bullying]]." Make of that what you will.
* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E6TheButterjunkEffect The Butterjunk Effect]]", Amy and Leela become Butterfly Derby athletes by doping up on "Nectar", which is space steroids. Fry and Kif are the victims of their subsequent 'roid rage: Kif mentions being hit with "various chairs", and Fry gets sexually assaulted by both of them while in the throes of their Nectar-induced madness. While it's not completely played for laughs, if the sexes were reversed this whole situation wouldn't be funny ''at all''.

** Also, in "Girl Trouble", Arnold is fed up with Helga verbally abusing him in art class, and after she throws glue and feathers on him (and then laughs at him, shouting to the whole class "Arnold's a bird!"), he eventually retaliates by throwing a cup of paint on her (after she did so to him and refused to allow him to do any painting). The teacher, who never did ''anything'' when Helga abused him, is shocked at ''Arnold'' and gives him detention, and his grandparents are notified. [[KarmaHoudini Helga gets away with this]].

* The way Gaz treats her older brother, Dib, on ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. Early episodes just portrayed her as threatening him but never doing much, but by the second season she had been [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into beating him savagely for minor deeds. Though Dib is only a year older than her and Gaz is ''clearly'' stronger than any normal child her age could be, the idea of her beating him in ways as bad or worse than an adult could are rarely played for anything but laughs. It also doesn't help that between their [[MissingMom lack of a mom]], [[DisappearedDad their dad being at the lab all the time and usually only communicating with his kids through a screen]], and [[AdultsAreUseless the authority figures at their school being worthless]], there really isn't anyone who seems willing to correct her behavior.
* ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' runs into this trope with the protagonist Mark's relationship with Amber who's been revamped from the comics into a intelligent SassyBlackWoman. Mark frequently standing her up due to his [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife superhero commitments]] and Amber's anger over it attempts to paint Mark as a lousy boyfriend and Amber's revelation that she secretly knew he was a superhero but still won't forgive him for lying to her, is treated as an empowering moment for her with Mark's other friends Eve and William taking her side. Amber's ControlFreak behaviour, wanting Mark to tell her everything even when they've only been dating for a short amount of time, and ripping into him for running away while they're attacked by a supervillain at college (despite knowing he's a hero) comes off as textbook emotional abuse - yet the show doesn't once call Amber out on her cruelty and a few feminists critics have supported her treatment of Mark. There's no getting past the fact were the genders reversed, if it was a super powered woman getting derided by her normal boyfriend who's angry she's saving world instead of spending time with him, the outcry would be '''massive'''.
* Practically a RunningGag in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' where the titular character is beaten up all the time by every girl he tries to woo in over the top ways. Pretty much the only females that did not beat the crap out of him were his own mother and little Suzy, who's too young for him. While yes, it's quite understandable why Johnny takes so many lumps due to his glib attempt at talking to multiple females, imagine how it would be portrayed if the main character was female taking just as many lumps from the guys.

* 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 he subsequently got a job on an offshore oil rig to get as far away from her as possible. Hank even tells Bill that Luanne's father refuses to return to dry land until he gets a copy of Leanne's death certificate. (This was later {{Retcon}}ned to him being in jail too, but still applies to the episode in question.)

** In season 3 Korra and Asami laugh as the former levitates Mako with airbending. Granted, it was just a prank, but it could have gotten him seriously injured.

* Somewhat averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' with Nathan's relationship with Rebecca. While her blatant verbal abuse seems to be PlayedForLaughs at first, the other band members quickly convince him to break up with her ([[RefugeInAudacity albeit by behaving even more violently toward him]]).
* The pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' has Wilma use the reliable old gag of hitting Fred over the head with a frying pan at one point.
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'': Piggy does this to Gonzo in almost every episode. When Gonzo sweet talks Piggy into liking him, she gets very mad and beats him up in the most hilarious ways imaginable.
* Oddly played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' when a {{supervillain}} is hit by a chair thrown by his wife, who then demands they go shopping for more "throwing chairs."
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has shades of this. In general, most of the criminals they fight are male, usually having the Girls winning in the end (though not always).

* In ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Rocko's encounters with Gladys the Hippo Lady almost always involve this.
** Also, the ShowWithinAShow, ''Meet the Fatheads'' often features Mrs. Fathead bashing her HenpeckedHusband with a parking meter. (Though he sometimes hits her with parking meters, too.) The creator of the "series," Ralph Bighead, says that the characters were made as a TakeThat against his parents, who act like milder versions of the Fatheads. WordOfGod says that the only one that Ed Bighead is afraid of is his wife, Bev.

* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. The Nightsisters' cruel abuse of the Nightbrothers, to the point of brainwashing and forcing one to ''murder his own brother'' is not portrayed as ok. Savage turns on Ventress rapidly for her abuse and tries to strangle her, and the whole scheme ends in [[spoiler: total failure and a subsequent vicious massacre of the Nightsisters by General Grievous]].
* A subtle example in ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', though not used to excessively violent measures, the show took pleasure showing Rebecca kicking around Baloo, [[HugeGuyTinyGirl her comparatively large, hulking male employee]], for comical purposes. Though Baloo was at least sometimes savvy enough to get slapstick revenge via other methods (eg. setting a rambunctious boar on her), he never directly attacked her himself in the same manner as vice versa.

* Averted with ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': characters of both genders get their fair share of slapstick, and it's usually played off as cartoonishly non-lethal.

* A fair number of older cartoon shorts featured large abusive wives taking things out on smaller and weaker husbands, including a man that discovered a way to make magical holes leading anywhere. When he tosses his wife into one at the end when finally fed up with her we find it leads to Hell as Satan tosses her back out. Daffy Duck and Pepe [=LePew=] are both also shown having horribly abusive wives (Daffy's in particular is shown brutally assaulting him over everything), most likely explaining why they behave like they do in every other cartoon (particularly Pepe wanting to find someone to actually love him instead of abuse him).

* ''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.