Line #2 Heartwarming/Parenthood

Context Heartwarming / Parenthood

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1	!!1989 film
2	* Gil laughing after his youngest son trashes a school play, showing he can take joy in the roller coaster of life.
3	* Tod, bonding with Garry and showing signs of being a positive parental substitute for Garry's worthless DisappearedDad.
4	** Highlighted by Tod's speech about parenting:
5	--> ''You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car. Hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father.''
6	** Prior to that, Helen has a sincere moment with Garry where she reassures him that he's a great kid who just had the bad luck of having a rotten excuse for a father and they both just need to learn to say "to hell with him".
7	* Helen literally shaking some sense into Julie when she freaks out about Tod's accident--"This is ''marriage''!."
8	* Paired with {{Tearjerker}}, Frank's achingly simple, yet bizarrely gentle version of BrutalHonesty in his conversation with grandson Cool:
9	--> '''Cool''': My dad's going away.
10	--> '''Frank''': [[BluntYes Yes]].
11	--> '''Cool''': He's leaving right away.
12	--> '''Frank''': [[BluntYes Yes]].
13	--> '''Cool''': Is he ever coming back?
14	--> '''Frank''': [[BluntNo No]].([[{{Beat}} beat]]) Would you like to stay here with us?
15	--> '''Cool''': ''(smiles and nods)'' Yeah.
16	--> '''Frank''': Okay, then.
17	* Gil and Frank finally bonding.
18	* The ending. Admit it, you teared up.
19	* Kevin's birthday party, which almost turns into a disappointment for him- when a misunderstanding causes Cowboy Dan not to come, only for his dad to save the day and be the cowboy entertainer himself, thus making his birthday a huge success.
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21	!!2010 TV Series
22	* Zeek's "I did not give you permission to mess with my dreams" speech in the season 2 finale.
23	* Towards the end of season 3 when Sarah trusts Amber to figure out her own problems when [[spoiler: she and her boss have romantic feelings for each other]]. Also a show of CharacterDevelopment on her part.
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Context Heartwarming / Parenthood