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* '''Played for Laughs''': DatingWhatDaddyHates is inverted as Alice comes up with increasingly crazy schemes to break up Bob and Charlie. It never works.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': DatingWhatDaddyHates is inverted as Alice comes up with increasingly crazy schemes to break up Bob and Charlie. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption It never works.
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-->'''Felicia''': What if we set Dad up with Mr. Charlie?//
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-->'''Felicia''': What if we set Dad up with Mr. Charlie?//Charlie?
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'''Alice''': My history teacher? Nah, that would be ''way'' too cringey. ''*shudders*''
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** Parent/teacher conferences are portrayed similarly to speed dating events, to the point where discussions on student performance and behavior take a backseat parents and teachers flirting with each other and seeing if they're compatible (assuming the student's performance is even touched on ''at all''.)
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** Parent/teacher conferences are portrayed similarly to speed dating events, to the point where discussions on student performance and behavior take a backseat to parents and teachers flirting with each other and seeing if they're compatible (assuming the student's performance is even touched on ''at all''.)
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This is one of my favorite tropes and I just felt like playing around with it. Feel free to add your own examples if you'd like.
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'''Basic Trope''': A romance between a teacher and their student's parent.
* '''Straight''': Alice's father Bob starts dating her history teacher Charlie.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob and Charlie fall in LoveAtFirstSight and end up having a FourthDateMarriage.
** Every person Bob has dated since becoming single again has been the teacher of one of his kids.
** Charlie is the protagonist of a [[HaremGenre harem anime]] where all of the harem members are the parents of his students.
** Bob is also the teacher of Charlie's son David.
** Charlie falls in love with both Bob ''and'' Alice's mother Eve, forming a LoveTriangle and/or an {{OT3}}.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob has a one-sided crush on Charlie.
** Bob and Charlie have a mutual crush on each other, but neither of them act on it.
** Bob is Alice's ParentalSubstitute.
** Charlie is a teacher's assistant or Alice's substitute teacher.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob has a thing for [[InherentlyAttractiveProfession teachers]].
** Charlie doesn't get to go out too often due to his busy schedule, so his dating pool consists mostly of [[OfficeRomance other teachers]] and the parents of his students.
** Bob either volunteers at Alice's school or [[BirdsOfAFeather is a teacher himself]], so he and Charlie are easily able to relate to each other.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob and Charlie absolutely despise each other.
** Charlie's son David starts dating his student Alice.
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob and Charlie met ''before'' Charlie became Alice's teacher; [[RelationshipReveal Alice is only just now becoming aware of their relationship]].
** Bob and Charlie fall in love with each other, but decide not to date until Alice graduates or is otherwise no longer Charlie's student.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Bob and Charlie were JustFriends before Charlie became Alice's teacher. They undergo a RelationshipUpgrade after Alice joins Charlie's class.
** While waiting for Alice to graduate, they have a SecretRelationship in the meantime.
** Alice ends up being left back or Charlie teaches a multi-grade class, and she ends up being his student again. Bob and Charlie are unwilling to wait any longer and the two start dating.
* '''Parodied''':
** Parent/teacher conferences are portrayed similarly to speed dating events, to the point where discussions on student performance and behavior take a backseat parents and teachers flirting with each other and seeing if they're compatible (assuming the student's performance is even touched on ''at all''.)
** There's an entire section of the school's website dedicated to hosting the dating profiles of single teachers looking for single parents.
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** Bob and Charlie are a RelationshipRevolvingDoor.
** Bob falls in love with his friend Charlie, and vice-versa. After Alice is placed in Charlie's class, he and Bob decide to save their RelationshipUpgrade until Alice is no longer his student. Because of various scheduling mix-ups, she keeps being moved in and out of Charlie's class, and whenever she becomes his student again, he and Bob take a break from their relationship. Eventually Alice is removed from Charlie's class for good, and he gets ready to ask Bob out... [[OhNoNotAgain when Alice's sister Felicia becomes his student]]. Unwilling to hold off any longer, Bob and Charlie become an OfficialCouple anyway.
* '''Averted''':
** Charlie isn't a teacher, or if he is, he doesn't teach any of Bob's kids.
** Bob and Charlie don't feel anything for each other and don't date.
* '''Enforced''':
** The writers want to give Alice a stepparent, but the only adults in the story besides her divorced parents are her teachers and the executives can't afford to pay another actor.
** The writers want to create drama for Alice at school and in her home life, and decide to kill two birds with one stone by having Bob date Charlie.
* '''Lampshaded''': ”You're dating Mr. Charlie? Dad, are you ''trying'' to make me miserable?”
* '''Invoked''':
** Alice is failing Charlie's class and doesn't want to study the material. She offers to hook him up with her father Bob in exchange for a better grade (essentially SextraCredit by proxy).
** Alice notices that Bob's been very lonely since the divorce and she wants him to be happy again. She hooks him up with her teacher Charlie because [[BirdsOfAFeather they're both history buffs]] and have UnresolvedSexualTension.
* '''Exploited''':
** Alice milks Bob and Charlie's relationship for all it's worth by getting free homework help outside of Charlie's class hours and seeking special treatment.
** Bob's ex-wife [[PsychoExGirlfriend Eve]] is jealous that he managed to move on so quickly, so she gets revenge by [[RevengeByProxy having Charlie fired from his job]], citing the conflict of interest his relationship with Bob creates.
* '''Defied''':
** Charlie refuses to date any of his students' parents because he doesn't want to risk losing his job.
** Bob refuses to date any of his kids' teachers because his kids said that such a scenario would be too weird, and he cares what his kids think.
* '''Discussed''':
-->'''Felicia''': What if we set Dad up with Mr. Charlie?//
'''Alice''': My history teacher? Nah, that would be ''way'' too cringey. ''*shudders*''
* '''Conversed''': “This [[TitleDrop Teacher/Parent Romance]] thing happens a lot in these {{Kid Com}}s, doesn't it?”
* '''Implied''':
** Bob and Charlie [[CrushBlush blush]] whenever they see each other, stand a little closer than is normal for their culture, and are often seen hanging out together outside of school.
** While cleaning her room, Alice comes across an old report card. Her history teacher is shown to have the same name as her stepfather Charlie.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob and Charlie's relationship creates a conflict of interest, resulting in either Alice receiving special treatment at school or Bob becoming upset that Charlie refuses to give Alice special treatment at school. This conflict puts a strain on their relationship and ultimately ends it altogether.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob and Charlie reconcile and set expectations with each other on how much their relationship will have any influence on how Charlie treats Alice as a student. They get back together and become a stronger couple as a result.
* '''Played for Laughs''': DatingWhatDaddyHates is inverted as Alice comes up with increasingly crazy schemes to break up Bob and Charlie. It never works.
* '''Played for Drama''': It's [[ForbiddenLove illegal]] for teachers to date their students' parents, and Bob and Charlie find themselves having to [[SecretRelationship keep their relationship a secret]] and convince Alice not to turn them in simply because [[DisproportionateRetribution she doesn't like her teacher]].
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I really liked meeting you at the parent/teacher conference. How about we go back to TeacherParentRomance and see where the night takes us?
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
* '''Straight''': Alice's father Bob starts dating her history teacher Charlie.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob and Charlie fall in LoveAtFirstSight and end up having a FourthDateMarriage.
** Every person Bob has dated since becoming single again has been the teacher of one of his kids.
** Charlie is the protagonist of a [[HaremGenre harem anime]] where all of the harem members are the parents of his students.
** Bob is also the teacher of Charlie's son David.
** Charlie falls in love with both Bob ''and'' Alice's mother Eve, forming a LoveTriangle and/or an {{OT3}}.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob has a one-sided crush on Charlie.
** Bob and Charlie have a mutual crush on each other, but neither of them act on it.
** Bob is Alice's ParentalSubstitute.
** Charlie is a teacher's assistant or Alice's substitute teacher.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob has a thing for [[InherentlyAttractiveProfession teachers]].
** Charlie doesn't get to go out too often due to his busy schedule, so his dating pool consists mostly of [[OfficeRomance other teachers]] and the parents of his students.
** Bob either volunteers at Alice's school or [[BirdsOfAFeather is a teacher himself]], so he and Charlie are easily able to relate to each other.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob and Charlie absolutely despise each other.
** Charlie's son David starts dating his student Alice.
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob and Charlie met ''before'' Charlie became Alice's teacher; [[RelationshipReveal Alice is only just now becoming aware of their relationship]].
** Bob and Charlie fall in love with each other, but decide not to date until Alice graduates or is otherwise no longer Charlie's student.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Bob and Charlie were JustFriends before Charlie became Alice's teacher. They undergo a RelationshipUpgrade after Alice joins Charlie's class.
** While waiting for Alice to graduate, they have a SecretRelationship in the meantime.
** Alice ends up being left back or Charlie teaches a multi-grade class, and she ends up being his student again. Bob and Charlie are unwilling to wait any longer and the two start dating.
* '''Parodied''':
** Parent/teacher conferences are portrayed similarly to speed dating events, to the point where discussions on student performance and behavior take a backseat parents and teachers flirting with each other and seeing if they're compatible (assuming the student's performance is even touched on ''at all''.)
** There's an entire section of the school's website dedicated to hosting the dating profiles of single teachers looking for single parents.
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** Bob and Charlie are a RelationshipRevolvingDoor.
** Bob falls in love with his friend Charlie, and vice-versa. After Alice is placed in Charlie's class, he and Bob decide to save their RelationshipUpgrade until Alice is no longer his student. Because of various scheduling mix-ups, she keeps being moved in and out of Charlie's class, and whenever she becomes his student again, he and Bob take a break from their relationship. Eventually Alice is removed from Charlie's class for good, and he gets ready to ask Bob out... [[OhNoNotAgain when Alice's sister Felicia becomes his student]]. Unwilling to hold off any longer, Bob and Charlie become an OfficialCouple anyway.
* '''Averted''':
** Charlie isn't a teacher, or if he is, he doesn't teach any of Bob's kids.
** Bob and Charlie don't feel anything for each other and don't date.
* '''Enforced''':
** The writers want to give Alice a stepparent, but the only adults in the story besides her divorced parents are her teachers and the executives can't afford to pay another actor.
** The writers want to create drama for Alice at school and in her home life, and decide to kill two birds with one stone by having Bob date Charlie.
* '''Lampshaded''': ”You're dating Mr. Charlie? Dad, are you ''trying'' to make me miserable?”
* '''Invoked''':
** Alice is failing Charlie's class and doesn't want to study the material. She offers to hook him up with her father Bob in exchange for a better grade (essentially SextraCredit by proxy).
** Alice notices that Bob's been very lonely since the divorce and she wants him to be happy again. She hooks him up with her teacher Charlie because [[BirdsOfAFeather they're both history buffs]] and have UnresolvedSexualTension.
* '''Exploited''':
** Alice milks Bob and Charlie's relationship for all it's worth by getting free homework help outside of Charlie's class hours and seeking special treatment.
** Bob's ex-wife [[PsychoExGirlfriend Eve]] is jealous that he managed to move on so quickly, so she gets revenge by [[RevengeByProxy having Charlie fired from his job]], citing the conflict of interest his relationship with Bob creates.
* '''Defied''':
** Charlie refuses to date any of his students' parents because he doesn't want to risk losing his job.
** Bob refuses to date any of his kids' teachers because his kids said that such a scenario would be too weird, and he cares what his kids think.
* '''Discussed''':
-->'''Felicia''': What if we set Dad up with Mr. Charlie?//
'''Alice''': My history teacher? Nah, that would be ''way'' too cringey. ''*shudders*''
* '''Conversed''': “This [[TitleDrop Teacher/Parent Romance]] thing happens a lot in these {{Kid Com}}s, doesn't it?”
* '''Implied''':
** Bob and Charlie [[CrushBlush blush]] whenever they see each other, stand a little closer than is normal for their culture, and are often seen hanging out together outside of school.
** While cleaning her room, Alice comes across an old report card. Her history teacher is shown to have the same name as her stepfather Charlie.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob and Charlie's relationship creates a conflict of interest, resulting in either Alice receiving special treatment at school or Bob becoming upset that Charlie refuses to give Alice special treatment at school. This conflict puts a strain on their relationship and ultimately ends it altogether.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob and Charlie reconcile and set expectations with each other on how much their relationship will have any influence on how Charlie treats Alice as a student. They get back together and become a stronger couple as a result.
* '''Played for Laughs''': DatingWhatDaddyHates is inverted as Alice comes up with increasingly crazy schemes to break up Bob and Charlie. It never works.
* '''Played for Drama''': It's [[ForbiddenLove illegal]] for teachers to date their students' parents, and Bob and Charlie find themselves having to [[SecretRelationship keep their relationship a secret]] and convince Alice not to turn them in simply because [[DisproportionateRetribution she doesn't like her teacher]].
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I really liked meeting you at the parent/teacher conference. How about we go back to TeacherParentRomance and see where the night takes us?
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
