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->'''Alexis:''' Dad! You're gonna spoil your dinner.\\
'''Castle:''' ''[with his mouth full of whipped cream]'' This is my dinner.\\
'''Alexis:''' No.
-->-- ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', "Suicide Squeeze"

A pair that consists of a silly, carefree or simply lighthearted parent and a child who is down to earth, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], brooding or all three. Usually parent and child will be of the same gender (so a wacky father with a brooding son or a ditzy mother with a serious daughter). In addition, the parent will often [[TeasingParent tease the child or play practical jokes on them to the annoyance of the latter]] and/or be [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents utterly embarrassing]] (sometimes [[EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster only to the child, though]]). Expect AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity to pop out, which will usually end with an AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moment.

Can sometimes be PlayedForDrama, to show how utterly messed up it is when the younger person has to be the more mature one. In psychology, when a parent's immaturity and neediness demands care and regulation from the child, it's a dynamic called "parentification," and is a form of emotional abandonment that can lead to pretty significant developmental trauma in the child. (Of course, this goes beyond the parent merely being "wacky" in temperament, while still appropriately and dependably meeting the "serious" child's practical and emotional needs.) The "serious child" in this dynamic need not be an actual child. They merely need to play the role to their parental figure and could be a grown-up or possibly even a parent with their own children.

Subtrope to LikeFatherUnlikeSon. Compare ChildishOlderSibling and HammyVillainSeriousHero if the parent and child fit these roles. Undoubtedly TruthInTelevision. You might have Wacky Parents yourself or Serious Children of your own.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Ichigo and Karin compared to their [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing]] father, Dr. Isshin Kurosaki. [[spoiler:Unless Isshin drops his ObfuscatingStupidity facade, yeah.]]
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** BumblingDad Kogoro and his CuteBruiser daughter Ran.
** Shinichi is also less than impressed by the wacky antics of his novelist dad and former-actress mother, both of whom, among other things, left their teenage son living alone while they went on a trip to America for several years.
* In ''Manga/DagashiKashi'', we have the son Kokonotsu and his eccentric father, You.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** Goku (Wacky Parent) to Gohan (Serious Child). Although they both share their goofy moments and are nice guys, Gohan is shown to be more serious, intelligent and mature than Goku. Justified as Gohan was given an education at a young age thanks to Chi-Chi, while Goku wasn't introduced to society until he was a young teenager.
** Similarly, Mr. Satan (Wacky Parent) to Videl (Serious Child). Satan acts very boastful, over-the-top, and silly, while Videl spends most of the series being laid-back and serious when the situations call for it.
* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''. Naota Nandaba is fairly normal (at least for a child in anime) but his father Kamon is extremely immature, suffers emotional mood swings and exhibits inappropriate sexual behavior.
* ''Manga/FoodWars'': Akira Hayama has this dynamic with his legal guardian, Jun Shiomi. Even though she's 34 years old, [[OlderThanTheyLook she looks like a middle-schooler]] and even acts like one most of the time, to the point ''he'' is the one who seems to be looking after her, including doing the chores of running their seminar when she neglects them.
* ''Manga/FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd'': Frieren and her apprentice Fern have this dynamic, as Frieren is basically Fern's adoptive mother. While both are TheStoic to some extent, Frieren is much more eccentric, lazy, and relaxed; Fern is shown having to wake her up in the morning and get her dressed, almost like she's Frieren's mother (a fact she Lampshades).
* [[OutOfFocus From what little we see of her]] in ''Manga/IfMyFavoritePopIdolMadeItToTheBudokanIWouldDie'', Sakiko's straight-lanced and grounded nature acts as an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] to this trope due to her daughter, [[TheProtagonist Eripoyo]], being much more ridiculously dramatic and generally goofy than her.
* ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' gives us Doctor Traum who becomes very excitable and emotional after making his HeelFaceTurn in contrast of his daughter Ruru Amour (Cure Amour) who is more reserved which leads to a running gag of her distancing himself from him when he tries to hug her.
* ''Manga/IganoKabamaru'': Ran Ookuma, despite being elderly, speaks to her school students as if she's one of them, is a foulmouthed woman, and reminsices about her first love to the first-years. Most of them are shocked by her behaviour, including her granddaughter Mai, but Ran doesn't care. And to really ham in that she's a {{womanchild}}, she still has a rivalry with her old friend from childhood because they liked the same boy.
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': Junpei is a strictly-principled loner who often tries to rein in his carefree, energetic mother. Notably, she encourages him to skip school and smokes and drinks heavily against his wishes.
* ''Manga/KenganAshura'': Despite being pretty much the most influential person in the sphere of Japanese economy (and having enough experience and dignity to demonstrate his power when the situation calls for it), Katahara Metsudo is otherwise an energetic and fun-loving party animal who deliberately allows the people challenging for his position to [[LoopholeAbuse abuse the loopholes]] of the tournament's regulations to make things more interesting, even though this puts himself at risk. His son, [[RhymeThemeNaming Retsudo]], is TheCaptain of his Bodyguards' special unit and, outside of his [[MySisterIsOffLimits sis-con]], generally behaves just as serious and business-like as the rest of Metsudo's dutiful subordinates. At one point, Metsudo tells Retsu not to be so stiff, and he seems to deliberately play up his goofball antics when talking to his son in order to get him to lighten up. Also, while his daughter Sayaka isn't as uptight as her brother, she also lacks her father's far-out interests, and is more down-to-earth.
* In ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh'', ''all three'' of Lady Celi's sons are serious in comparison to her, although Gwendal, the eldest, takes the cake on stoicism. This is mostly PlayedForLaughs, except when it isn't: being on an eternal quest for free love is an amusing quirk as a woman with adult children, but it's sometimes shown that this behavior had a not-always-positive effect on her sons when they were growing up, and her irresponsibility played a factor in the tragedy of the Lutenberg Division twenty years ago.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
** Chrono Harlaown was by far the most stoic character in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. His mom Lindy, on the other hand, skirts it very close to a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Admiral]].
** ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaInnocent'' shows that, [[DarkAndTroubledPast had certain unpleasant events not happened]], Precia would have been an [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarassing]] DotingParent. Her second daughter Fate, however, would have still been the same serious and responsible, [[ShrinkingViolet if a bit shy]], little girl.
* ''Manga/MasamuneKunsRevenge'': Masamune and his mother Kinue; the latter is ridiculously childlike in appearance and mannerisms for a 42-year-old, and has a habit of adding too much sugar and/or fats into her dishes (which her son Masamune blames for his past obesity).
* ''Anime/MichikoAndHatchin'': Michiko Malandro and Hana Morenos, although they aren't biologically related; nine-year-old Hana is much more thoughtful and less gullible than the loud, HotBlooded, easily-distracted Michiko.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** From what's been seen of Gold Roger, he is a man much like Luffy. However, [[spoiler:Ace]], his child, was serious and downright mean growing up. Since he wasn't raised by his father, and grew up hearing some unpleasant comments involving such matters, it isn't very surprising. As an adult though, Ace is calm and collected, yet still like his old man in sharing a love of partying and having short tempers when it comes to folk messing with their loved ones. Not to mention, Ace's tendency of narcolepsy.
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Monkey D. Luffy, the goofy protagonist and his mysterious and serious father, [[spoiler:Revolutionary Leader Monkey D. Dragon]].
** Played straight with Luffy's father and grandfather, Monkey D. Garp, who appears to act like an older version of Luffy.
* Haruhi Fujioka in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' is the most reliable and level-headed character in the show. Her father Ryouji, a.k.a. Ranka, is a flaming DragQueen with emotional issues.
* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'': Isanari Uesugi is a downplayed example, given that he's a very responsible parent (working extra hours to provide for his children), but at least at home he's very laidback compared to his serious and straight-laced son Fuutarou, whom he often advises to stop being obsessed with his studies and try and enjoy more his life. In fact, he's rather proud of the fact that Fuutarou used to sport a delinquent look much like his own.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Though Chibiusa is technically [[KidFromTheFuture Usagi's child from the 30th Century]], she and Usagi qualify to a certain extent. Usagi is a lot goofier than Chibiusa, who is sometimes more serious than Usagi. Justified since Usagi is a teenager and Chibiusa, while a child in mind and body, is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld over 900 years old]].
* ''Manga/SoulEater'':
** The {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Shinigami and his serious, ObsessivelyOrganized son Death the Kid. However, Shinigami-sama's goofball moments are the result of him adapting a jollier personality since his grim and serious demeanor from centuries ago wasn't exactly the best for being in charge of a school; he still knows when to be deathly serious. Also, Kid's ObsessivelyOrganized moments give Kid moments of his own comical style.
** Maka Albarn is a down-to-earth young woman who often acts like OnlySaneMan with her friends, compared to her goofy and somewhat perverted father, Spirit. Despite this, Spirit often has his serious side and Maka still has her eccentricites and is still a normal teenage girl.
* In ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco,'' the title character has a warm relationship with her father, even though she [[IJustWantToBeNormal wants to be normal]] and he's a member of the SpacePolice. Her mom, meanwhile, [[MissingMom left]] [[spoiler:and is the awesomely psychotic SpacePirate Queen]].
* ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'': Ryuuji is the Serious Child to his mom Yasuko's Wacky Parent. He cook and cleans the house, since Yasuko works late at a bar, and therefore she's a bit drowsy and odd during daytime. Also, she was 16 when she had him.
* ''Manga/UzakiChanWantsToHangOut'': Shinichi's father Shirou is revealed to be this once he's introduced. Shinichi is a serious loner who's always keeping to himself, while Shirou is a pretty wacky dude who takes pride on being the master of a judo dojo (even though his wife is a ''much'' better fighter), and was all too happy to send his son to live alone once he left for college to have his wife all for himself.
* ''Anime/{{Witchblade}}'': Masane and her daughter Rihoko are this to a fault. Masane is a free spirit who enjoys staying up all night drinking with the other tenants of their apartment building, while Rihoko is so ridiculously mature for her age (six) that she does all the shopping, cooking, and even has to put her mother to bed when she drinks too much, talking down to her in an exasperated way while she does.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* The adult comic ''ComicBook/{{Viz}}'' includes the comic strip "The Modern Parents" by John Fardell. It is the satire of an extremist "green"/New Age couple and their antics, while their young son is the OnlySaneMan.
* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'''s semi-sequel ''ComicBook/{{The Kingdom|DCComics}}'' featured Plastic Man and Offspring, respectively, in these roles. Plastic Man is FunPersonified and can't stay out of his son's life; Offspring is comparatively humorless and doesn't appreciate his father's meddling.
* ''ComicBook/{{FF}}'' introduces the Impossible Man's latest child, Adolf Impossible, who's a reserved bookworm uncomfortable around large groups of people in contrast to his father, the Marvel Universe's premier goofball.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* While ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' had some of this already, ''Fanfic/GodSaveTheEsteem'' cranks it up, because in this AlternateUniverseFic, Helen and Jake (and Quinn) are all TheQuincyPunk while Daria is still more-or-less [[TheSnarkKnight her canon self]].
-->'''Jake''': [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Gahdamnit Daria, your mother just suggested you get a piercing]]--''[[EstablishingCharacterMoment suggested]]''!
* In ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'', this facet of [[ConsummateProfessional Chr]][[TheStoic ono]] and [[BunnyEarsLawyer Lin]][[ObfuscatingStupidity dy]]'s relationship is played up considerably.
-->'''Chrono''': Isn't it supposed to be that the ''child'' gives the ''parent'' grey hairs?
* Gray Ghost in ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'' serves the "Wacky Parent" role where her four foals are concerned. While none of them are without their amusing moments, Gray's the family's resident oddball in that she's the only one of them that behaves like a ''cat'', while the rest are just normal ponies.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan works, Pinkie Pie's grandmother, Granny Pie, is most commonly portrayed as being playful and fun-loving, much like Pinkie herself, as opposed to her son/Pinkie's father, Igneous Rock Pie, who is serious, stern and dour. Some examples of this portrayal include the fanfic ''[[Fanfic/TheNuptialverse Families]]'' and the webcomic ''The Story of Granny Pie.''
* ''FanFic/SuchADotingFather'': '''[[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Endeavour]]''', ''[[AbusiveParents of all people]]'', is the wacky parent to (mainly) Shoto's serious child. In this AlternateUniverseFic, Endeavor is a HappilyMarried DotingParent [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents who won't even hesitate to show off pictures of his family]] to the criminals he just just captured, While the rest of his family, who do genuinely love him, get annoyed very often with his antics.
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[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* The current page image comes from ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie''. Max Goof is trying to be a normal teenage boy, while his father is, well, WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons,'' [[spoiler:Lewis with Bud and Lucille, who [[HappilyAdopted adopt him]] at the end]]. Wilbur and Franny are a much milder example: he's always a little goofy while she [[YoYoPlotPoint jumps around]] from serious to very wacky.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Anywhere but Here'', Creator/SusanSarandon plays the free-spirited Adele who wants her daughter to become an actress. Creator/NataliePortman is Ann, the much more level-headed daughter who dreams of attending an Ivy League university - and getting as far away from her irresponsible mother as possible.
* In ''Film/BigFish'', Will Bloom is embarrassed by his father Edward's endless tall tales about his adventures and exploits, at least until Will discovers that there is at least a grain of truth to many of Edward's tales.
* In the ''{{Film/Halloweentown}}'' films, Grandma Aggie is a proud, whimsical witch while her daughter, Gwen, married a {{Muggle}} and [[IJustWantToBeNormal continues to live a "normal" life]] even after his death. Both of Gwen's daughters take after Aggie, though her son DoesNotLikeMagic more than her. He does ease up on that and goes to magic university when older.
-->'''Aggie''': Oh, being normal is ''vastly'' overrated.
* ''Film/MeAndEarlAndTheDyingGirl'': Greg's dad, who hangs around the house in a kimono eating cuttlefish and talking to his cat is definitely this compared to Greg, who is slightly quirky at most. A more serious example is Rachel's mom, who starts drinking heavily after her daughter's diagnosis, and Rachel, who takes it more calmly.
* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': The MadScientist villain explains that they were raised by their VillainousHarlequin henchman, Stitches, after [[spoiler:a battle with Commander turned them into a baby]].
* In ''[[Film/{{Leclisse}} L'eclisse]]'' Vittoria might be at times a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} but when with her mother she is the one who is down to earth and speaks as the voice of reason.
* ''Film/HeartsBeatLoud'': Once "Hearts Beat Loud" gets popular, Frank goes all in about starting an actual band with Sam but Sam repeatedly declines due to her future plans and even chastises Frank for not thinking clearly about their chances of making it. It's indicated throughout the film that Sam is the responsible one and acts far more like the adult while he's relatively a {{Manchild}} in comparison with her.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Briefly mentioned in ''Literature/AnansiBoys''; In the BabiesEverAfter epilogue; the protagonist has children of his own. "His name is Marcus: he is four and a half and possesses that deep gravity and seriousness that only small children and mountain gorillas have ever been able to master.”
* Zig-zagged in ''Literature/AscendanceOfABookworm''. The protagonist is a WomanChild stuck in an actual child's body thanks to a ReincarnateInAnotherWorld situation. When she gets AdoptedIntoRoyalty, her adoptive father is a ManChild and one of the few people who can, under the right circumstances, make her look like one of the more adult people in the room. The two of them are, however, just as likely to enable each other's childish antics in the middle of professional meetings.
** He, himself, is the serious, dutiful son to his trickster father.
* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': Dawn and her mother Sharon. Both of them are {{Granola Girl}}s, but Sharon is known for being a messy and absent-minded {{Cloudcuckoolander}} while her daughter is way more mature.
* ''The Birds of Summer'' is one of Zilpha Keatley Snyder's grimly realistic, even angry YA books from the mid-1970s. Oriole, an irresponsible [[HippieParents flower child]], neglects her two daughters and floats around in a [[DrugsAreBad drugged haze]]. Fifteen-year-old Summer is the real adult. Her mother's antics nearly get her killed.
* ''Literature/HalfwayAcrossTheGalaxyAndTurnLeft'' has this as a major plot element; part of the alien culture native to Zyrgon means that X, who is a 10 year old girl, is officially responsible for managing all the grown-up aspects of life (like paying the bills, telling her parents to go to work, etc), leaving her parents free to goof around and act like kids.
* ''Literature/HiveMind2016'': Amber's mother is very serious and uptight, but her parents are fun-loving and irreverent, doing things like crashing teen parties and starting mud fights.
* In ''How NOT to Become Popular'' by Jennifer Ziegler, Maggie's parents are quirky, free-thinking hippies who move around every few months, meanwhile Maggie tries her best to be a normal girl.
* Creator/JacquelineWilson frequently deconstructs this trope. One notable example is the relationship between the title character of ''Literature/TheIllustratedMum'' and her two children. Marigold genuinely cares for both of her daughters, but is highly susceptible to exaggerated mood swings and extreme behaviors, which worry Dolphin, frustrate Star, and present severe negative consequences for the entire family. Dolphin is bullied at her school and has only one friend, because all of her classmates know about Marigold's unusual ways. Micky, Star's father, is implied to find Marigold's wackiness unbearable. Towards the end of the story, Dolphin learns that Marigold suffers from bipolar disorder, and hence has to be temporarily hospitalized.
* In ''Literature/LolaRose'', Nikki and Jayni, respectively; Nikki tends to be quite impulsive and fun-loving, while Jayni thinks more about the long-term and is quite introverted. {{Deconstructed|Trope}} and PlayedForDrama all the way, as Nikki's unwillingness to take responsibility and emotional immaturity leaves her ten/eleven year old daughter to pick up the slack, which doesn't make things any easier for either of them. It's made clear they do love each other though, and Nikki does ''try'' to be a responsible parent; in one notable instance she insists Jayni has to attend school while Jayni sulks about not wanting to go.
* ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'' has Shuos Jedao and his mother. In ''Extracurricular Activities'', her idea of a birthday present is a tube of goose fat (which he initially mistakes for a bomb, being a spy), and when he and his partner [[spoiler:use it as a lubricant (the sex kind, not the mechanics kind)]], he's horrified to think of what she'd say if she ever found out, only to realize that if she did, she'd probably send him even more of it.
* ''[[Creator/MalgorzataMusierowicz Brulion Bebe B.]]'' has [[TheStoic Bebe]], who is actively trying to be as unlike her LargeHam mother as humanly possible.
* A {{downplayed}} example in the [[Literature/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]] novel ''Mercy Kill'' with Mulus Cheems and his (adopted) son Viull "Scut" Gorsat. Whereas Scut is deathly serious most of the time, driven by an intense desire to prove himself and repay his family's debt to Wraith Squadron (and haunted by lingering FantasticRacism -- his species [[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun invaded the galaxy that one time]]), Mulus is a [[CoolOldGuy cheerful elderly professor]] who shows up to lend his expertise to the men and women who saved him many years before, and is both honored and delighted to make a difference in such a critical operation.
* Creator/PGWodehouse's ''Literature/{{Psmith}}'' series, in which Psmith and his father are...actually both kind of odd. The difference lies in the fact that Psmith is far more dignified and grounded than his flighty parent, enabling him to manipulate any situation with a professional level of ease.
* ''Literature/TheRoyalDiaries'': A mixed-gender example in ''Daughter of the Nile'', with Auletes as the immature, wacky {{Manchild}} parent and Cleopatra as the serious, high-minded child. It's PlayedForDrama, as they're royals in exile with the vital task of convincing Romans to lend aid to take back Egypt from Cleopatra's sisters, and Cleopatra is a twelve-year-old girl who is deeply unhappy about being forced to be more mature and responsible than her father.
* ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' has BumblingDad Silas Heap and {{Only Sane|Man}}-Boy Septimus Heap.
* In ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'', specifically ''[[Literature/TalesOfSupervillainyCindysSeven Cindy's Seven]]'', Cindy is a sultry FemmeFatale CloudCuckoolander supervillainess that flutters from one crazy scheme to another. Both her children are serious, studious, and generally well-behaved young women. Somewhat averted by the fact both of them are willing to help with her heist.
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': The brooding (very, very brooding) Bella and her mother, Renee, who Bella paints as completely flighty and incapable of taking care of herself without Bella's assistance. (She paints her father, Charlie, in a similar light.)
* Audrey Wood's 1990 children's book ''Weird Parents'' involves this trope, but with BOTH of the leading boy's parents being wacky in every way possible. But weird parents or not, they still love each other, and near the end they have a more heartwarming time together. This book received an AnimatedAdaptation in the first episode of ''Shelly Duvall's Bedtime Stories'' on Creator/{{Showtime}}, read by Creator/BetteMidler.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous'' featured bumbling, selfish, impulsive, party girl mother Edina and her long-suffering, OnlySaneWoman daughter Saffron.
* ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' : Ron & Christina from seasons 12 & 18 fit this trope to a “T”. Christina spent most of her time trying to calm her dad down and stop him from wandering off at the smell of food. She pretty much dragged him around the world in their first season until she ultimately choked on the FinalExamFinale. He was such a nuisance to her that many had hoped she’d compete the second time with her then fiancé, now husband Azaria whom she met on the show. He was much calmer and quite a strong racer with his sister. They only really lost due to circumstances outside their control.
* ''Series/AlmaGemea'': Olívia is a wacky mother to the serious daughter Mirella. After Raul abandons his family, Mirella easily accepts that their life has changed, unlike Olívia, who is still stuck to her fancy old habits, so Mirella tries to talk some sense into her every time she demonstrates she wants to continue her ConspicuousConsumption. For instance, Olívia makes a scene when she can't fit all of her furniture into their new, smaller house, has a ridiculously expensive dinner at the club's restaurant and uses a pair of cockroaches not to pay the check, and wastes half of the money she borrowed from Rafael on clothes, so Mirella keeps calling her out. When Mirella says she enjoys the boarding house's food, Olívia says she's worried about her "plebeian tendencies". When Olívia finally begins to regain control over her life with the restaurant, Mirella warns Olívia she should keep her money in the bank, not in a box at home, but Olívia doesn't listen, and her money is stolen by Raul.
* The brief glimpses we get of Kim and her mother in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' suggests this. Kim's mother is a borderline con woman who will shoplift and happily blame it on her daughter, where Kim grows up to be a studious, ambitious, workaholic of a lawyer.
* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'': New Age Hippie Iris [=McKay=] and her brooding and cynical son Dylan.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': [[ParentalSubstitute The Mayor]] is always cheerful and upbeat, even when [[AffablyEvil planning his Ascension]], while Faith, whom [[LikeASonToMe he treats like a daughter]], is generally brooding and aggressive.
* ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'':
** Rick Castle and his daughter Alexis. He's a hyperactive manchild played by Nathan Fillion. She's a straight "A" student who is racked with guilt after jumping a subway turnstile to get out of the rain. Although he's a {{Good Parent|s}} whenever it counts.
** Castle and his mother Martha are a more complex example. He seems a little more grounded than his flighty, WhiteDwarfStarlet mother, but she does feel like part of her job is to bring him back down to earth occasionally.
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': While he can be a bit eccentric at times, Crime Lab Supervisor D.B. Russell takes his job seriously and often doles out sound advice to his subordinates. His parents, on the other hand, had raised him on the road as they travelled from singing gig to singing gig in their hippie van during the '60s and homeschooled him along the way, placing more emphasis on life lessons and experiences than on grades.
* A female version is provided by Susan Mayer and her daughter Julie in ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' (at least, before Julie left Wisteria Lane). Hillariously when Susan's own mother Sophie appears she turns out to be so ditzy (to BrainlessBeauty levels) that Susan was apparently the serious child herself when she was younger.
* ''Series/{{ER}}''. Despite her own laundry list of problems--alcoholism, a failed marriage, etc.--Abby was basically this to her bipolar mother Maggie, who consciously chose not to seek help for her disorder, often resulting in Abby taking on the parent role to her as well as their younger brother.
* ''Series/FamilyTies'' was based on this. Alex P. Keaton was a strait-laced Young Republican who was born to two aging hippies.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Chandler Bing's mother is an erotic novelist who openly discusses her sex life in front of him while his father left the family to become a DragQueen. Their bitter divorce, and the insensitive way they handled it around him, are at the root of Chandler's CommitmentIssues. It's implied that Chandler's white-collar job and more cynical personality are his way of distancing himself from his dramatic parents.
%%* Respectively, Walter and Peter Bishop from ''Series/{{Fringe}}''.
* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' plays this dynamic both [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]] and [[PlayedForDrama for drama.]] Lorelai is the wacky parent to a down-to-earth teenager, but she's a [[GoodParents good parent]], so it's almost always mined for comedy. Luke's nephew, Jess, is introduced in season 2. He's the bitter, DeadpanSnarker son of Luke's sister, Liz, who is flighty and ditzy. Unlike Lorelai, though, Liz was a [[JunkieParent drug addict]] who left Jess to fend for himself while she got high and cycled through dozens of men, before [[ParentalAbandonment shipping him]] to Connecticut because she "couldn't deal with him;" the show makes it clear Jess's attitude is pretty much the result of having to deal with ''that'' for 17 years before coming to Stars Hollow.
** The revival flips the script, interestingly, when Rory decides to write her memoir and Lorelai is afraid of how she's going to be portrayed given their dynamic. Meanwhile, Jess, now a successful author and publisher, is called upon to save his mother and stepfather from a six-million-year contract with a vegetable cult...who kicks ''them'' out for being too weird.
* Deconstructed in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' with Donna and Doug Shellstrop being the absurdly stupid, irresponsible, and wacky parents to Eleanor's exasperated, self-sufficient serious child in every flashback they appear in. Eleanor also flatly states she's had to take care of herself ''and'' the two of them her whole life, which is why she's so determined to emancipate herself. This did a lot of damage to Eleanor's mentality and emotional well-being, and, for instance, caused Eleanor to become primarily concerned with looking out for herself to the point of refusing to engage in any sort of activity that might potentially involve sharing responsibilities with a group.
* In ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'', the stoic and somewhat cold-hearted Hiiro Kagami is a stark contrast to his goofy and overly-agreeable father, Haima.
* On ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', one of the reasons Elliot Stabler has such a massive stick up his ass is because he had to grow up with a mother who was severely bipolar and unpredictable.
%%* Hal and Malcolm from ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.
* ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'': Ikuko and Shingo. In this series, Ikuko became a total {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with a wild imagination, even more than Usagi, instead of a wise EducationMama like in the anime. Shingo, though very smart in every series, is now a serious, mature and cynical OnlySaneMan.
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'' has an inverted example with serious control freak Henry Spencer and BrilliantButLazy Shawn Spencer. Shawn acts like a goofball and has a silly but effective approach to solving crimes, compared to the more methodical way his dad does it.
** However, it is subtly implied that Henry and his own father was like this. Both were cops, but Grandfather Spencer certainly seemed more laid-back, wisecracking and jovial when we saw him in Shawn's youth. Outside of chiding Henry for interrupting his bonding time with Shawn and over "if he had to drain the fun out of everything", he advises Shawn to make his own choices, travel the world, meet interesting people and have adventures, something to which the young Shawn took to heart.
* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'':
** The title character's conservative mother Bev has this relationship with her own mother, Nana Mary, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who claims to have had affairs with every prominent artist from the 1920s. At one point Mary comments that Bev is really just as much as a rebel as she is, the only difference being that they had different lifestyles to rebel against.
** Roseanne herself with her daughter Darlene is a less extreme example. Becky might have counted, too, except usually she was wound a little too tight.
** Dan and his mother is a much darker version of it. Dan is naturally a little goofy, but his mother was legitimately insane, having spent several years in a mental institution and attempting to literally kill Dan in one episode.
* Blair Sandburg and his mother Naomi in ''Series/TheSentinel.'' Naomi can be fairly described as 'the last flower child who hasn't gone to seed,' while Blair--although highly energetic--is finishing his doctorate in Anthropology and working as a consultant for the police.
* Lisa and Tia Landry in ''Series/SisterSister''. Her long-lost twin sister Tamera and her father have the opposite relationship.
* ''Series/That70sShow'': Mature, smart, independent Donna and her dim-witted parents Bob and Midge.
* A played with example in ''Series/{{Voyagers}}''. Bogg and Jeff's relationship is odd, but there are hints that it's partially a father/son bond. Bogg is historically ignorant and easily distracted by a pretty face, often needing Jeff to advise him or get him back on track. However, there are cases where it's Jeff who needs Bogg to keep him in line.
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* Some [[WrestlingFamily second generation]] wrestlers come to mind:
** Wrestling/DustyRhodes was best known as a [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy jive-talking]], [[BigFun chubby]] white guy who liked to dance. His younger son [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Cody]] often plays an arrogant (even [[TheFightingNarcissist vain]]) villain, while his older son [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin]] became infamous as the [[GorgeousGeorge "Prince of Perversion"]], Goldust.
** {{Wrestling/Mike Rotunda}}'s most famous gimmick was "Irwin R. Schyster", a greedy [[WrestlingDoesntPay tax accountant/wrestler]]. His son Windham, a.k.a. Wrestling/BrayWyatt, has spent 90% of his career as an evil horror-themed cult leader character.
** In the WWF, [[Wrestling/BobOrtonJr "Cowboy" Bob Orton]] was primarily a hapless heel who [[CombatPragmatist cheated]] so much it was funny (his trademark weapon was an ''arm cast''). His son [[Wrestling/RandyOrton Randy]] has pretty much been THE "brooding bad boy" wrestler of the 2010s, even as a babyface.
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* ''Radio/OldHarrysGame:'' While one half of it isn't seen, this is apparently the relationship God and Jesus have. God's the wacky one, being an omniscient being whose 'omni' is a bit off, while Jesus is all business, and never laughs at any of his father's stories. This actually seems to cause God some consternation.

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* The [[VideoGame/CriminalCaseCityOfRomance eighth season]] of ''VideoGame/CriminalCase'' introduces us to Jean-Philippe Delacroix and his son, Gauthier. The former is the High Commissioner of the Parisian Police Squad who is a Creator/JeffGoldblum [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed knock-off]] and a party animal who goes out of his way to look for occasions to celebrate so that he can have fun. Gauthier, the Chief of Police, although generally a NiceGuy, is described as a {{workaholic}} stickler to the rules.
* In ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'':
** Daemon is a NiceGuy trying to be a good Dark Sultan and to make friends. His father, the [[NoNameGiven Former Dark Sultan]], does a FakingTheDead stunt just to play a prank on the king that the player is serving.
** In the blacksmith guild, there's also Vulcan, the master who gets so carried away into praising the job that his daughter and assisstant Fyra ends up doing the actual teaching.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''Videogame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Though they don't know it, [[spoiler: Laguna is Squall's father. Squall]] is brooding, stoic and professional while[[spoiler: Laguna]] is a BunnyEarsLawyer who tends to misuse words and in general is a total loon. [[spoiler: When Squall first meets Laguna by experiencing his memories in a dream, Squall thinks of Laguna as a moron.]]
** Taken even further in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' where Laguna and Squall meet, have a few awkward conversations, yet ironically [[spoiler: neither ever find out they're related.]] Would have been even more awkward if they did, since they were brought from their respective timelines as roughly around the same age.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'':
** Nowi is a free-spirited [[WereDragon Manakete]] who acts like a little girl because she likes it. Her [[HalfHumanhybrid half-dragon]] daughter Nah is far more serious and level-headed. However this is less the case in the Japanese version where Nah(known as Nn) is very childish and frequently uses the word, desu, a speaking style mainly by children.
** Laurent, who is basically a male version of his mother [[TheStoic Miriel]], can be this if fathered by [[BoisterousBruiser Vaike]] or [[PerkyGoth Henry]].
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'':
** Hinata, an upbeat and impulsive HotBlooded samurai, and his son Hisame, a reserved and cautious guy with a old-fashioned air to him.
** Inverted with Takumi and his son, Kiragi. Takumi is wrought with guilt and lack of self-esteem, while Kiragi is a very open and enthusiastic child.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Kodah is a cheerful, jubilant woman who still acts pretty much the way she did when she and Link were kids together. Finley is a solemn, serious young Zora who even talks like an elder Zora to make herself seem more grown up. There's also Granté; his father Robbie is a very silly and bombastic guy, with his mother Jerrin shooting for a similarly energetic persona. Granté himself, on the other hand, is a fairly reserved guy who is also a bit socially awkward.
* The ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' Crown Tundra DownloadableContent has Peony and Peonia, as Peony is [[LargeHam excitable and emotional]], in contrast to his more emotionally-reserved daughter Peonia. ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'''s own DownloadableContent further implies [[spoiler: Penny, who would fit the bill just as well, is Peony's other daughter.]]
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* Deconstructed with the Blyndeff family in ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased''. Martin is such a goofy and irresponsible ManChild that his daughter Molly has essentially been forced to take over the household, taxes and family business for the past two years. She’s ''twelve'', still in school, and with everything on her plate she gets about five hours of sleep each night.
* ''WebAnimation/MangaHeaven'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hKUSRXykCU Ayaka]] is more responsible than her mother, who always got drunk much to her frustration. Even when Ayaka grew up and got a job, she takes care of her mother.
* In ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'', we have [[LadyDrunk Jayna van Buren]] and her daughter [[ChildProdigy Mikayla.]]
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* ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'': With Ozy being more or less the OnlySaneMan, Llewellyn arguably needs his adopted son just as much as Ozy needs Llewellyn. They both claim to be followers of Zen, but for Ozy that means being centred and seeking balance, and for Llewellyn it seems to mostly mean being surreal and justifying it with {{Ice Cream Koan}}s. Interestingly, Ozy seems to consider Llewellyn's interpretation as equally valid, most of the time.
* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', Clinton is less neurotic and uptight than he used to be, but is still very neurotic and uptight. His mom is TheStoner, has a bass guitar rig, and is a VirtualYouTuber whose avatar is an anime cow lady. It's implied that now Clinton and Claire have left home, she's doing all the things she never had a chance to do before.
-->'''Clinton''': [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3718 My mom gets 2am booty calls. My mom is cooler than me.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' has Javert and his mother, the [[spoiler:bipolar Morgan]].
* Also in the spin off ''Webcomic/{{Superintendent}}'', him and his father [[spoiler:Clopin]], who is a LovableRogue.
* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'''s [[DeadpanSnarker Max]] and his [[ManChild dad]] to a tee. The reason the family moves to QuirkyTown Mayview in the first chapter is because it's the dad's hometown.
--> '''Max''': Hey, Dad. I've got a question for you.\\
'''Dad''': Ask ye, mine sweet loinsfruit.\\
'''Max''': Can you never, ever call me your loinsfruit again? ever?
* ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'': Bayn is a humourless EvilSorcerer, while his father Dexter is a [[TheGadfly Gadfly]], and, incidentally, a [[spoiler:[[EmissaryFromTheDivine Prophet]]]] and AllPowerfulBystander, though they're both [[ReligionIsMagic empowered]] by the same god. Bayn ''{{hates|TheirParent}}'' his father for antics like {{Curs|e}}ing him to have to call him "Dad", and they only mend their bridges in the final chapter.
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* In ''{{WebVideo/Idiotsitter}}'', this trope is played with. Gene is a total adult child, but her father and stepmother aren't much better. However, while her dad is portrayed as a lousy parent (in one episode, titular Idiotsitter Billie has to coach him through punishing Gene, and he's all over the map), he's also rich and successful, somehow.
* In ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC,'' [[BreakoutCharacter the Green Goblin]] is a wacky HarmlessVillain who usually winds up helping the heroes. As such, the [[AbusiveParents usual]] [[WellDoneSonGuy dynamic]] he has with his son [[TheVoice Harry]] is changed to that of a CloudCuckooLander bickering with the OnlySaneMan.
-->'''Harry''': ''AGH!'' Dad, why are there ''hyenas'' in my room?!\\
'''Green Goblin''': Because that's where Bud and Lou mark their territory! You know how [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn your mother]] is about these things!\\
'''Harry''': [[NewParentNomenclatureProblem She's not my mother!]]
* In ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'', Cody is the Serious Child to his mother and his stepfather's Wacky Parents.
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%%* [[ChildProdigy Jimmy]] is the Serious Child to Hugh's Wacky Parent in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''.
%%* Anais is the Serious Child to Richard's Wacky Parent in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''.
* On ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold,'' ComicBook/{{AQUAMAN}} is a BoisterousBruiser while his son, Arthur Jr., is a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] teenager. (Also, [[SparedByTheAdaptation still alive]] for some reason.)
%%* Franklin Sherman and his daughter Margo from ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', he's a wacky, hyperactive, extremely eccentric man while she's a sane teenage girl.
%%* From ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': neurotic dad, CloserToEarth teenage daughter.
* On ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom,'' the title character's parents are [[ParanormalInvestigation ghost hunters]]. When the series began, the existence of ghosts is not yet widely known, with everyone seeing the Fentons as delusional. Even when it's clear to the world that ghosts are real, the pair (especially Jack) are still treated as jokes and can get pretty wacky. And while Danny himself qualifies as being more serious than them most of the time, it's his older sister Jazz who ''actively'' goes out of her way to be the OnlySaneWoman in the family. As a result, she sometimes comes off [[InsufferableGenius pretentious]] and [[MyBelovedSmother overbearing]], though she [[CharacterDevelopment mellows]] as the series goes on.
** A variation occurs in Sam's family. While her parents are straight laced suburbanites that look like magazine models from the [[TheFifties 1950s']], Sam's grandmother, Ida, mother of Sam's father, was a beatnik in her youth, and is more than happy to help Sam get away with stuff her parents don't approve of, like hanging out with Danny and wearing an all black wardrobe.
%%* [[ChildProdigy Dexter]] is the Serious Child to both of his parents' Wacky Parents (mostly his dad), in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy certainly has his own wacky moments, but he's still a lot more serious than his incredibly weird, ditzy parents, especially his father. Or godfather [[TheDitz Cosmo]], for that matter.
* PlayedWith on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''--an {{Imaginary Friend}}'s creator is sometime counted as a "parent," in which case [[CoolOldLady Madame Foster]] has this sort of relationship with her stuffy Friend, [[TheFinickyOne Mr. Harriman]]. For that matter, she's also the Wacky Grandma to the comparably more serious [[OnlySaneEmployee Frankie]].
* A variant on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''--[[PowersuitMonkey Gunter]] is a monkey given artificial intelligence by [[ReluctantMadScientist Professor Farnsworth]]'s technology, and attends Mars University. On Parent's Day, the Professor brings Gunter's mother and father--two normal monkeys--and Gunter is humiliated when they get out of their cage and cause a fiasco.
* Goofy and Max Goof in ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', where Max is a DeadpanSnarker, while his father is a KindheartedSimpleton nature he has in all media. This is especially the case in ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' and its sequel, where a now jaded teenage Max is terrified at the idea of sharing any similarities with his father.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** [[CrazyHomelessPeople Old Man [=McGucket=]]] and [[TheStoic Ranger Tate]] are a somewhat tragic example. Before becoming the town kook, Fiddleford Hadron [=McGucket=] [[spoiler: was once a very intelligent computer scientist and engineer. He was called in by Stanford Pines to help create the Portal. However, during its activation, Fiddleford caught a glimpse of what lay on the other side and Bill's plans. Desperate to remove the memories, he invented [[LaserGuidedAmnesia a mindwiping device]] and founded the Society of the Blind Eye, to help townspeople forget the disturbing things they saw. Constant abuse of his memory ray ended up causing [=McGucket=] serious brain damage and memory loss. Presumably, [=McGucket=] was already a dad at the time and one wonders how it was for Tate to see his father descend into madness.]] By the end of the series, though, [[spoiler:Fiddleford has made alot of recovery, including patenting his inventions and becoming wealthy. The series finale credits show Tate and Fiddleford in the pool, showing the two have mended fences.]] It is implied that Fiddleford did have a few eccentricities before these events, but far more subdued.
** Wendy Corduroy. She's the only one with any chill in her family, most notably contrasting against her father, [[TestosteronePoisoning Manly Dan]]. In one episode, she states that the only reason she became that way was [[BecomingTheMask as a coping mechanism]] to deal with [[ResentfulOutnumberedSibling the insanity of her boisterous dad and three brothers.]]
** While a ParentalSubstitute for the summer rather than an actual parent, Dipper carries shades of this with Grunkle Stan, the former being a studious and serious lad while the latter is a theatrical con man and criminal. [[spoiler: Once Ford comes into the mix, the dynamic is mostly averted since they're both fairly serious, but Ford still has a few more eccentricities than Dipper, such as preferring fire to a razor when it comes to shaving]].
** Robbie Valentino's parents, Greg and Janet, are both cheerful, bubbly, and personable in contrast to their son being a gloomy EmoTeen, with Robbie expressing disapproval of how chipper they are when they're the town's morticians.
* Deconstructed in ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'' with Reagan Ridley and her father Rand. Reagan is a responsible, intelligent and ambitious woman, while Rand is a hedonistic, pot-loving alcoholic deadbeat who spends his days lazing around Reagan's apartment. However, Reagan's seriousness is because Rand's abusive and neglectful parenting, [[EducationMama as well as his forcing her to focus entirely on her education at the expense of everything else]], forced her to mature at a young age, and that this has left her with a lot of mental health issues and trauma.
* On ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim,'' [[HeroAntagonist Dib]] and [[CreepyChild Gaz]] to their father, [[ReluctantMadScientist Professor Membrane]]. Well...kind of. At the very least they're the closest we have to [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Kids]] in a world where everyone's crazy, and he's the [[LargeHam hammiest]] in a WorldOfHam.
%%* Roger Baxter and his daughter Blythe on ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has the Couffaine family. The mother, Anarka, is boisterous, resents law enforcement and has a tendency to TalkLikeAPirate; in contrast, her son Luka is laid-back and her daughter Juleka is rather shy and quiet.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyDadTheRockStar'': The mild-mannered and down to earth Willy Zilla is the Serious Child to his Wacky Parents, HotBlooded BumblingDad[=/=][[Music/{{KISS}} GeneSimmons]]-lookalike Rock Zilla and NewAgeRetroHippie[=/=]GranolaGirl mom Crystal Zilla. In fact, the contrast and Willy having to deal with it is one of the main themes of the show. However, they go to lengths to raise him right and Willy does love his parents. He is fully aware of their eccentricities and people pointing it out. Claiming they are bad parents though... [[BewareTheNiceOnes he doesn't like that at all.]]
* Rarity and her parents fall under this pairing in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Rarity is a sophisticated young lady who very much resembles the upper class while her parents are pretty slovenly and laid-back. Granted, Rarity is NotSoAboveItAll since she tends to be a DramaQueen.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has MadScientist Dr. Doofenshmirz and his deadpan [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter daughter]] Vanessa.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' have Lisa, a ChildProdigy, compared to Homer, the archetypal dumb sitcom dad. Heck, even Bart is usually portrayed as relatively smarter than him.
** Ned Flanders' parents were lazy beatniks who were so inept at raising a child that when he developed behavioral problems at school, they handed him over to a quack therapist who spanked him for ''one full year''. Ned himself is a conservative Christian.
* On ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' a running theme is that the kids tend to be a lot smarter than their parents, who usually represent whatever social trend the episode is mocking. However, the best example are Randy and Stan, the former being a ManChild and the latter being the show's biggest OnlySaneMan. His mom Sharon, though, is usually portrayed as more serious unless all of the other adults are being crazy too.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', this is inverted with Star and her mother Moon. Star Butterfly is an adventurous GenkiGirl, in sharp contrast to her prim and proper mother. It's heavily implied Star got it from her father. It later turns out that Moon [[spoiler: lost her mother when she was Star's age and thus saddled with the responsibility of being Queen. As such, she had to grow up quickly and not have much help outside of River, who she would come to marry. Star herself begins feeling the weight during her mother's disappearance in Season 3.]]
** Marco also has this relationship with his own parents, Rafael and Angie, who are are free spirits and perpetual HighSchoolSweethearts compared to their insecure, safety-minded son.
%%* Kit and Baloo have a surrogate version of this relationship in ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' has Dwayne and Junior. Dwayne is a goofy BumblingDad and ButtMonkey who overestimates his own competence and tries way too hard to be cool, while Junior is WiseBeyondHisYears and always tries to get his dad to listen to reason.
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