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* The Music/TrishaYearwood song "She's in Love with the Boy" has a classic example of this in its third verse, where Katie and her boyfriend Tommy come home after midnight to find her father waiting for them. The father tells Katie to head to her room and prepares to let Tommy have it. But then Katie's mother breaks in, reminding her husband that he wasn't that much different from Tommy back in the day, and that they had faced just as much opposition from ''her'' father.

* The Music/TrishaYearwood song "She's in Love with the Boy" has a classic example of this in its third verse, where Katie's father is about to unleash his wrath upon Katie's boyfriend Tommy when they come home after midnight. Katie's mother breaks in and reminds her husband that he wasn't that much different from Tommy back in the day, and that they had faced just as much opposition from ''her'' father.

* In ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'', Yukino's mother Miyako [[spoiler:figures out that she's pregnant before anyone else does (including Soichiro), and acts as her confidante.]] She warns Yukino that when she recently brought up the subject of her relationship with Soichiro to her father Takashi, his reaction was that "Yukino's too young to even kiss." Needless to say, when Soichiro [[spoiler:asks her parents for permission to marry and explains why]], her father's [[TheTokyoFireball less than thrilled]].
* ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'': Even if the fearsome businessman Gento Nogizaka wants his little girl Haruka Nogizaka to stay "pure" forever, his very "convincing" wife, Akiho, isn't going to have any of that, oh no...

* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Ichigo has exactly this family. Shintaro's overprotective but Sakura gives her all the help she needs and more.

* ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991'': George Banksis an example of this throughout the entire movie and into the sequel. He hates the idea of his daughter getting married, dislikes her fiance the moment he meets him and continues to do so despite the young man's many attributes--a nice guy with good looks/education/job/family, and when his daughter announces her pregnancy, is further incensed and completely convinced that the young man somehow took advantage of her. Needless to say, his wife's feelings are the complete opposite of his.

* Happens in ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' when Carmen brings home Jason. George insists that they interview him and he seems perfect. Angie is okay with them dating, until they find out that Jason wants to keep her a secret.

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* ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991'': George Banksis an example of this throughout the entire movie and into the sequel. He hates the idea of his daughter getting married, dislikes her fiance the moment he meets him and continues to do so despite the young man's many attributes--a nice guy with good looks/education/job/family, and when his daughter announces her pregnancy, is further incensed and completely convinced that the young man somehow took advantage of her. Needless to say, his wife's feelings are the complete opposite of his.
* ''Film/MeetTheParents'': Pam's mom is supportive of her daughter's relationship with Gaylord Focker, as opposed to her frighteningly KnightTemplarParent of a CIA-Agent Dad Jack.
* Averted in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''. The father (partly because he is a gynecologist for teenage mothers) is obsessed with keeping his daughters pure, but being widowed, there is no wife/mother to help him out and assure him that things are ok. Left to himself he goes overboard with this trope.

* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Ichigo has exactly this family. Shintaro's an OverprotectiveDad but Sakura gives her all the help she needs and more.

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift'': Manny is extremely [[OverprotectiveDad overprotective]] of his daughter Peaches. Ellie is more relaxed, though.

* Series/{{Roseanne}} warms up to her daughters' boyfriends much sooner than Dan, who's an OverprotectiveDad to the letter.

Fathers in anime, and often in {{Sitcom}}s, tend to be homicidal in protecting the celibacy and chastity of their daughters. To these endearingly overprotective dads, their daughters will ''[[AlwaysAChildToParent always]]'' be their little girls; for a boy to even hold hands with her, much less take her FirstKiss or give her heavy petting, is as bad as rape in his eyes. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown God help you]] if you are caught in bed with her, even if it's NotWhatItLooksLike.

Fathers in anime, and often in {{Sitcom}}s, tend to be homicidal in protecting the celibacy and chastity of their daughters. To these endearingly {{Overprotective Dad}}s, their daughters will ''always'' be their little girls; for a boy to even hold hands with her, much less take her FirstKiss or give her heavy petting, is as bad as rape in his eyes. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown God help you]] if you are caught in bed with her, even if it's NotWhatItLooksLike.

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* Ichigo of ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' has exactly this family. Shintaro's an OverprotectiveDad but Sakura gives her all the help she needs and more.

* UpToEleven in ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco''. [[spoiler:Lalaco lets Luluco borrow her CoolStarship and provides air support so she can confess to Nova. Keiji is less than pleased, but he helps anyway.]]

* ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991'' : George Banksis an example of this throughout the entire movie and into the sequel. He hates the idea of his daughter getting married, dislikes her fiance the moment he meets him and continues to do so despite the young man's many attributes--a nice guy with good looks/education/job/family, and when his daughter announces her pregnancy, is further incensed and completely convinced that the young man somehow took advantage of her. Needless to say, his wife's feelings are the complete opposite of his.
* ''Film/MeetTheParents'' : Pam's mom is supportive of her daughter's relationship with Gaylord Focker, as opposed to her frighteningly KnightTemplarParent of a CIA-Agent Dad Jack.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift'', Manny is extremely [[OverprotectiveDad overprotective]] of his daughter Peaches. Ellie is more relaxed, though.
** The same can be said in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', where like Manny, Simba is overprotective of his daughter Kiara. Nala is more relaxed.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', both of Fiona's parents are surprised when they discover Fiona married an ogre but her mother was far more willing to accept it and defends her choice to her father. [[spoiler: Though as it turns out, Harold actually owed the Fairy Godmother and intended to repay her by Fiona marrying Prince Charming. Fiona marrying Shrek destroyed these plans so he feared Fairy Godmother's wrath]] [[HeelFaceTurn He gets better though]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge4ContinentalDrift'', Manny is extremely [[OverprotectiveDad overprotective]] of his daughter Peaches. Ellie is more relaxed, though.

Fathers in anime, and often in {{Sitcom}}s, tend to be [[strike: borderline]] homicidal in protecting the celibacy and chastity of their daughters. To these endearingly {{Overprotective Dad}}s, their daughters will ''always'' be their little girls; for a boy to even hold hands with her, much less take her FirstKiss or give her heavy petting, is as bad as rape in his eyes. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown God help you]] if you are caught in bed with her, even if its NotWhatItLooksLike.

This is a subtrope of DotingParent. Mothers who follow this trope enthusiastically play TheMatchmaker and offer invaluable assistance, such as dressing her up for dates, setting up these dates (which will often include a keepsake from ''her'' mother for luck), offering advice to the would be knight in shining armor on her likes and hobbies, or setting up situations that will bring the two young lovebirds closer together.

* LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu: Even if the fearsome [[strike: crime boss]] businessman Nogizaka Gento wants his little girl Nogizaka Haruka to stay "pure" forever, his very "convincing" wife, Akiho, isn't going to have any of that, oh no...
* ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'': Compared to her [[strike: borderline]] psychotic husband Seto Gozaburo, who has a tendency to send ''assassins'' after his son in law Nagasumi, Mermaid Yakuza Queen Seto Ren was absolutely delighted when she mistook his drying of her daughter San's fins as public sex ''("My oh my, kids will do it anywhere these days.")'' She provides (not so) helpful love potions to speed up their blossoming marriage along with advice and encouragement, when she's not occasionally trying to seduce the boy herself, that is.

* In ''Manga/KareKano'', Yukino's mother Miyako [[spoiler:figures out that she's pregnant before anyone else does (including Soichiro), and acts as her confidante.]] She warns Yukino that when she recently brought up the subject of her relationship with Soichiro to her father Takashi, his reaction was that "Yukino's too young to even kiss." Needless to say, when Soichiro [[spoiler:asks her parents for permission to marry and explains why]], her father's [[TheTokyoFireball less than thrilled]].

* UpToEleven in ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco''.[[spoiler: Lalaco lets Luluco borrow her CoolStarship and provides air support so she can confess to Nova. Keiji is less than pleased, but he helps anyway.]]

** The same can be said in ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', where like Manny, Simba is overprotective of his daughter Kiara. Nala is more relaxed.

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--> '''Akio''': "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Congratulations... YOU BASTARD!!!]]"

Fathers in anime, and often in {{Sitcom}}s, tend to be [[strike: borderline]] homicidal in protecting the celibacy and chastity of their daughters. To these endearingly [[OverprotectiveDad overprotective fathers]], their daughters will ''always'' be their little girls; for a boy to even hold hands with her, much less take her FirstKiss or give her heavy petting, is as bad as rape in his eyes. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown God help you]] if you are caught in bed with her, even if its NotWhatItLooksLike.

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