History Main / ArchnemesisDad

!!Examples:

* Every generation of the Mishima clan starting with Heihachi has this issue. Jinpachi was a nice enough guy, but Heihachi hated him anyways, so I guess you could count him too if you wabted. In fact, pretty much the entire main plot of the [[Tekken]] series exists because the Mishimas all hate fight their fathers until they turn corrupt.

* This happens to Tiltyu and Lex in fireEmblemJugdral, since their fathers Leptor and Langobalt are members of a conspiracy led by [[spoiler: Alvis. Or better said, by Manfloy from the Lopto Sect.]]

* Most of the kids interact with their guardians in this fashion in the {{MS Paint Adventures}} series ''{{Homestuck}}''.

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* The archnemesis of the ''KidsNextDoor'' is known as "Father."
** The EvilerThanThou BigBad of TheMovie is Father's father [[EvilOldFolks Grandfather]].

* [[spoiler: Kratos]] from TalesOfSymphonia is this to the main character. Unlike Darth Vader, it results in [[spoiler: a much more successful HeelFaceTurn]].

** [[spoiler:Miang, revealed to be the mother of]] ''[[spoiler:all humanity,]]'' [[spoiler:is also the story's BigBad. And as a BodySurfer who can awaken in any human woman, one of Miang's incarnations was Fei's own mother Karen. Fei and Karen were not technically adversaries, but Miang's consciousness was in control most of the time. Karen resurfaced in the end to be a HeroicSacrifice to save young Fei's life. Miang simply surfed to another new body somewhere else in the world.]]
** [[spoiler:Fei's father got some of this too. Grahf, a mysterious and dark adversary of Fei for most of the game, is not only actually]] ''[[spoiler:himself]]'' [[spoiler:from a previous life incarnation who survives as a BodySurfer, but it's Fei's own father Kahn who turns out to have been Grahf's host for years already. Though Kahn and Fei are also not technically adversaries, Kahn does all he can just to stay in control of his own body, though Kahn appeared to have even more periods of useful self-control than Karen did.]]

* [[spoiler: Nergal]] is this for [[spoiler: Ninian and Nils]] in fireEmblemElibe.

* In ''{{Psychonauts}}'', the final boss of Raz and [[spoiler:Coach Oleander]]'s minds are their grotesque antagonistic fathers. [[spoiler:In Raz's case, [[JustForPun it's all in his head]].]]

* Inverted with ''SpiderMan''. His ArchEnemy, the Green Goblin, is not this, but a major development of the last decade or so is that he more or less imagines he is, seeing Peter- a smart, brave, capable self-made man- as a better son than his own child, Harry. On an older level, Peter's search for a father figure is one of the underlying themes of the comic, and the idea that Osborn- as well as other enemies like Doctor Octopus- are twisted inversions of this has been around for a while.

** Played straight and then suberted in the ''Black Glove'' story arc, where it is implied that the titular villain is actually Bruce's dad Thomas, who was really an evil psychopath. Neither allegation turns out to be true, though the real Black Glove, one [[CompleteMonster Doctor Simon Hurt]], nonetheless claims to be Thomas Wayne to both Bruce and Alfred's face, even though both men obviously knew he was'nt. It is implied that Hurt is actually {{Satan}} himself, though for a moment Batman accuses him of being an actor who used to impersonate his father, which would make this yet another inversion. Hurt denies this and claimed to have killed said actor and ''wore his skin'' to a party. So it's a triple subversion, with Hurt being a guy pretending to be a guy who pretended to be Bruce Waynes dad, ''and'' pretending to be Bruce's Wayne's dad. Phew!

* Seriously, how on Earth is Darth Vader not already on this list?

* In [[LessThanThreeComics LessThanThreeComics]]' Brat Pack, Firestorm's father abused him through his entire life, but the rest of the world only knows him as Napalm, one of America's greatest superheroes.

* [[UruseiYatsura Ryuunosuke's]] father is quite insistent on [[BerserkButton treating the female Ryuunosuke like a man]], down to [[WouldHitAGirl violent fisticuffs and paralyzing poisons]] on a regular basis. Ryuunosuke ''hates'' her father. Then again, it's PlayedForLaughs.

* Darth Vader, of course. [[ItWasHisSled Hope I didn't]] [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready just spoil]] ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'' [[LukeIAmYourFather for anybody]].

* In Blazblue, one of the main villains of the game is Carl's father and personal antagonist Relius Clover, who turned Carl's sister into the machine known as Nirvana. [[spoiler: Relius used the knowledge from that experiment to make a new and improved version of Nirvana, harvesting Carl's mother in the process. When Carl finally finds and confronts him in Continuum Shift's story mode, Relius [[OffingTheOffspring tries to kill him]] for [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out]]]]. Needless to say, [[UnderStatement they aren't exactly on good terms]].

** Fear of the new generation overthrowing the old one is a major running theme in Greek mythology, so there are a lot of examples of fathers becoming enemies of their children.

* Lorenzo Leonelli from ''HeatGuyJ''. When he wasn't [[ParentalNeglect leaving Clair alone for extended periods of time]], he was being physically and emotionally (and many believe sexually) abusive towards [[WellDoneSonGuy Clair]]. [[spoiler: This went on for years, causing Clair to go insane and [[TheDogBitesBack eventually kill him.]]]]

** Played straight and then suberted in the ''Black Glove'' story arc, where it is implied that the titular villain is actually Bruce's dad Thomas, who was really an evil psychopath. Neither allegation turns out to be true, though the real Black Glove, one [[CompeleteMonster Doctor Simon Hurt]], nonetheless claims to be Thomas Wayne to both Bruce and Alfred's face, even though both men obviously knew he was'nt. It is implied that Hurt is actually {{Satan}} himself, though for a moment Batman accuses him of being an actor who used to impersonate his father, which would make this yet another inversion. Hurt denies this and claimed to have killed said actor and ''wore his skin'' to a party. So it's a triple subversion, with Hurt being a guy pretending to be a guy who pretended to be Bruce Waynes dad, ''and'' pretending to be Bruce's Wayne's dad. Phew!

** [[spoiler:Miang, revealed to be the mother of]] ''[[spoiler:all humanity,]]'' [[spoiler:is also the story's BigBad.]]
** [[spoiler:Grahf, a mysterious and dark adversary of Fei for most of the game, is not only actually]] ''[[spoiler:himself]]'' [[spoiler:from a previous life incarnation who survives as a BodySurfer, but it's Fei's own father Kahn who turns out to have been Grahf's host for years already. Though Kahn and Fei are not technically adversaries, Kahn does all he can just to stay in control of his own body.]]