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** GreatWhiteHunter parents with FriendtoAllLivingThings children.

* Spoofed in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', where Yzma, the EvilChancellor, goes off on an outraged rant after being fired by RoyalBrat Kuzco.

* Homophobic parents sometimes have this reaction towards homosexual children.

-->'''Yzma''': How could he do this to me?! [[FreudianExcuse Why, I practically raised him!]]
-->'''Kronk''': ''(Without a shred of irony)'' Yeah, you'd think he'd have turned out better.
* In one of the ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' sequels, the gang meets Chomper, the baby T-rex they befriended in the first sequel. During the "Friends For Dinner" song, Chopper is collecting various leaves and other flora for his herbivore friends to eat. As he's doing this, his parents are watching (and apparently unclear on what he's doing) and one shakes its head in dismay.

* Both versions of ''Film/FreakyFriday'' or its many rip-offs utilize this trope but also subvert it in that in the end, it's shown that the teenagers and parents weren't quite as different as initially believed.

* In ''NerfNow'', a father is horrified to discover his son is [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything a casual gamer!]] He's later relieved when he sees him playing a game with a ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' character.

* Dick Dastardly asks this in the ''WackyRaces'' episode "Race To Racine" after Muttley [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder sabotages him]] instead of the intended victims the Ant Hill Mob.

New parents are usually as happy as can be. They look forward to raising their kids as idealized versions of themselves, or at least copies of themselves. It is not [[AbusiveParents bad parenting]]; parents want their kids to share their cherished values and ideas, and avoid the same mistakes they made growing up.

WellThisIsNotThatTrope.

That's not what happens here.

** Actually, Laurie was Red's favorite, whereas Kitty was intimately aware of what Laurie was really like and thus favored Eric whilst making sarcastic remarks towards Laurie's selfishness.

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* Spoofed in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', where Yzma, the EvilChancellor, goes off on an outraged rant after being fired by RoyalBrat Kuzco.
--> '''Yzma''': How could he do this to me?! [[FreudianExcuse Why, I practically raised him!]]
--> '''Kronk''': ''(Without a shred of irony)'' Yeah, you'd think he'd have turned out better.

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* In one of the ''WesternAnimation/LandBeforeTime'' sequels, the gang meets Chomper, the baby T-rex they befriended in the first sequel. During the "Friends For Dinner" song, Chopper is collecting various leaves and other flora for his herbivore friends to eat. As he's doing this, his parents are watching (and apparently unclear on what he's doing) and one shakes its head in dismay.

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* In one of the ''WesternAnimation/LandBeforeTime'' sequels, the gang meets Chomper, the baby T-rex they befriended in the first sequel. During the "Friends For Dinner" song, Chopper is collecting various leaves and other flora for his herbivore friends to eat. As he's doing this, his parents are watching (and apparently unclear on what he's doing) and one sighs (Subtitled) "Sometimes I worry about that boy." (Paraphrased)

* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' episode "The Fairest of Them All" as a throwaway gag in which a girl named Tyreesha ([[spoiler:the real one; as soon after this incident Cody gets [[DraggedIntoDrag entered into a child beauty pageant]]) angrily lets her StageMom know she wants to go to science camp instead of another pageant; leading to Tyreesha's mom using the trope name verbatim.

* Played with in [[http://joshnickerson.deviantart.com/art/Tattoo-Rebel-168895732 this]] comic on Website/DeviantArt.

* In ''Webcomic/AdventuresOfDoctorMcNinja'', good Doctor's parents have this problem with him. Mrs [=McNinja=] doesn't know how to raise ninja children, having become one by training, and Mr [=McNinja=] was never taught this, as it's supposed to be mother who does this. They tried to teach him via Batman, but instead of ruthless killer, they raised a vigilante doctor.

* In ''Literature/ShamanOfTheUndead'', this is the main line of tension between Ida and her parents. They had one girl as a "necessary minimum", expecting her to turn out to be a successful wizard like they are and marry to another well-born wizard, but she turned out to be devoid of magic and completely unwilling to settle down.

** This veers into UnfortunateImplication territory when you realize that the series ended with Hank and Bobby finally bonding over something that ''Hank'' originally enjoyed, rather than Hank just being proud of Bobby regardless. Though the implication still indicated that, while they didn't have much else in common, they found common ground in at least ''one'' area.

* In ''Everyone Says I Love You'', there is a quick exchange between Alan Alda's character and his son over political beliefs. He playfully exclaims, "How did I end up with a kid on the other end of the political spectrum? How did I fail? Steffi, get me a copy of my will... and an eraser."

* ''SLCPunk'': Stevo's parents also seem to have this reaction when Stevo is finally able to fully rebel without any parental repercussions. It should be noted that, while he does flip off his parents and shouts "Fuck you!," he also takes the time to mention that he loves them.
* ''AustinPowers'': Dr. Evil asks where he went wrong out loud in response to Scott Evil not living up to his father's expectations in the first two movies. They reconcile in the third movie [[spoiler:although Dr. Evil does a HeelFaceTurn, leaving Scott as the lone BigBad.]]

* ''That70sShow'': Red is usually disappointed at how goofy and nerdy his son is.

* ''[[Series/SeventhHeaven 7th Heaven]]'': The Kamdens have to deal with their rebellious, eldest daughter.

* George and Angie on ''TheGeorgeLopezShow'' feel this way about Carmen, especially after she runs away and becomes a groupie for some rapper.

* ''MoralOrel'': Played straight on the Creator/AdultSwim show with a heavy case of CerebusSyndrome. This is also a case in which it's seen as a very good thing that the kid will not end up like his parents.

** This veers into UnfortunateImplication territory when you realize that the series ended with Hank and Bobby finally bonding over something that ''Hank'' originally enjoyed, rather than Hank just being proud of Bobby regardless.