Basic Trope: Men barter or fight over a woman, with little or no input from her.
- Straight: The primary focus of Bob's relationship with Alice, is whether or not her father Charles will accept him or not
- Exaggerated: The entire show is about Charles acting as a fatherly mentor to Bob, the romance with Alice is all about how it will affect the relationship between Bob and Charles.
- Downplayed: The relationship between Bob and Charles is focused on, but there is never any concern that Bob's marriage with Alice with negatively affect it.
- Justified: Alice and Bob are secure in there love for another, but he still has to work things out with her father.
- Inverted: Bob and Alice are both vying for the love of David, but the story focuses on the relationship between Bob and Alice.
- Gender Inverted: Alice knows her boyfriend Bob is ready to propose, but is still worried about Bob's mother Diane to accept the offer.
- Subverted: Charles is worried about how Alice's marriage to Bob will affect, only for Alice to blurt out that she is the one marrying Bob.
- Double Subverted: Charles still worries about how his relationship with Bob will be affected, only accepting the marriage when he determines that it will strengthen there bond not weaken it.
- Parodied: Bob and Charles have Falling-in-Love Montage, a "son and father in law love" montage.
- Zig Zagged: The show goes back and forth between focusing on Alice and Charles.
- Averted:
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "I'd like to ask your permission to marry Alice."
- Invoked: Bob decides to meet Alice by integrating himself into her family, starting with her father.
- Exploited: Diane seduces Bob, not only ruining his marriage with Alice but his relationship with Charles.
- Defied: Bob decides to marry Alice despite Charles' lack of approval, and Charles becomes someone they only see on the holidays if at all.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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