History Main / AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents

* ''Film/{{CODA}}'': Ruby has to suffer from her dad talking (through sign language) about how Miles, her new boyfriend, should use a condom while they have sex, in a very over the top way (the two aren't actually sexually active). It would be amusing to many people watching the film, but much the opposite for her.

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E8TheParentMap The Parent Map]]", both Starlight's dad Firelight and Sunburst's mom Stellar Flare refuse to leave their kids alone, with the former treating Starlight like she's still a kid, and the latter treating Sunburst like he can't take care of himself without her to guide him. Also, both parents keep constantly embarrassing them in public by calling them pet names and pestering them about the future.

** Rainbow Dash's parents are ''definitely'' this. They go out of their way to cheer her on for everything, up to and including ''hanging up a towel'' (Dash even lampshades the ridiculousness of that), and are [[LargeHam hammy]] enough to give [[AwesomeEgo Rainbow herself]] a run for her money. The episode they appear in nonetheless ends in a pretty one-sided way, with Rainbow apologising to her parents for not appreciating them (with just the slightest nod in the other direction, as [[HypocriticalHumor the parents claim that Rainbow going out of her way to show her appreciation for them is a little embarrassing]]).
** Terramar and Silverstream's mother, Ocean Flow, has shades of this with this typical exchange.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic series ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'' Jasmine's parents, as well as her family at large, to the point that her reaction to them meeting her friends is described as "honest-to-god-fright".

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'': In literally his first sentence to the main party, Jeff's father Dr. Andonuts blurts out that his son still wets the bed sometimes.

They always have [[OldShame a thousand-and-one stories about things their unfortunate offspring did when they were two years old]], and they're always a thousand-and-one percent certain that ''everyone'' wants to hear them. And in that respect, they're absolutely right, [[RightForTheWrongReasons just not for the reasons that they think]] -- the AlphaBitch and her ilk are just ''dying'' to hear humiliating childhood stories, because they'll be able to tease the poor protagonist about them for years to come. Sometimes, childhood stories aren't even necessary: the parents' mere behavior, presence, or lifestyle are all it takes to turn a casual scene into something terribly awkward. Especially if [[SpeakingLikeTotallyTeen the parents are bent on proving how "hip" and "cool" they are]]. Older offspring whose parents are deeply embarrassing when their good friends are around just have to remember that FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent. If they're a teacher, they'll become an EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher, making things even worse.

If the hero lets slip that he or she doesn't like their parent's behavior, then the parents tend to be hurt. Due to the RuleOfDrama (or, InformedWrongness, more accurately), [[{{MadeOutToBeAJerkass}} the situation will be contrived for maximum hurt and the hero is likely to have to spend the rest of the episode trying to make amends,]] with the whole thing ending on AnAesop with the hero learning to value the [[{{WellIntentionedExtremist}} parents that embarass him or her in front of other people]] and the parents gaining empathy for their child. Also, [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto baby photos]], [[EmbarrassingMiddleName middle names]], and the HomemadeSweaterFromHell are a must. ParentalSexualitySquick is related, but doesn't require the kid's peers to be present.

** A follow up ad marketing the car to the kids, rather than either set of parents, the same kid is in the backseat when they pull up alongside another kid with embarrassing parents, who have been singing "Morning Angel" 30 times in a row. He's embarrassed and traumatized by the singing, not the car; the apparent selling point is that the Toyota SUV comes standard with a back-seat monitor so the kid could have been able to drown them out.

* One UK ad for drinking yoghurt Actimel has a boy who mentions his mother's strange and embarrassing behaviour ever since she started drinking the product. Her antics include picking him up from school on roller skates, zooming around the supermarket on a shopping trolley and chasing pigeons from the pavement. The implication being that Actimel gives you enough energy and vitality to be more childish than your own kids.

** Aburatsubo's ultra-affectionate and ultra childish mom, Akiko. He does care for his mom, but is ''terrified'' at the mere prospect of her showing up at his school.

** Tanabe's mom, Yukari, is ''very'' enthusiastic of her girl finally getting a boyfriend and is an avid Ai x Hachi shipper.

** The ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' spinoff manga casts '''Gendo''' in this role due him being an AccidentalPervert (how many times did he trip and groped Ritsuko in public?), his [[LimitedWardrobe closet containing only copies of his usual outfit]], being mistaken for a pervert ''every time'' he visits Shinji's school, and [[http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5274/enlightenedgendocg7.png his way of showing paternal love being more like a Godzilla attack than anything]].

** Issei's parents appear normal at first, having to be magically calmed down after [[NotWhatItLooksLike finding him naked in bed with Rias]]... and then it later turns out the fruit has not fallen far from the tree. His father is openly supportive and playfully jealous of his son's HaremSeeker aspirations, and his mother introduces [[TheCutie Asia]] to the NakedApron, and then tell Issei ''point-blank'' she doesn't mind him having sex in the kitchen as long as they clean up afterward.

* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': In a more sinister vein, Hild sometimes does this as part of her AffablyEvil shtick by acting overly affectionate with her daughter Urd. However she ''is'' the [[SatanicArchetype Daimakaicho]] so as often than not, its part of a (not necessarily evil) plot.
* Akihito's mother in ''LightNovel/BeyondTheBoundary'' is a CloudCuckooLander who likes to cosplay as animals and often wear provocative clothing. On parent's day in elementary school, she dressed up as a panda and pretended to be one of the students.

* Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa's parents in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' embarrass and annoy him to no end with their eccentric personalities and antics. Both parents possess a flair for dramatic pranks, but expertly portray them as life-or-death situations, understandably terrifying and aggravating Conan. Mildly subverted because they can't acknowledge him (Conan) as their child in public situations.

* ''ComicBook/{{Jonesy}}'': Jonesy's father loves to make puns and her mother is a self proclaimed dork.

* ComickBook/{{Titeuf}} sometime find his father to be this, notably when he become jobless and is taking him to school by holding his hand and kissing him on the cheek in front of his friends before leaving.

* A wonderful "Revenge of the Kid" occurred in ''ComicStrip/OnTheFastrack'' when Melody was showing Laurel's baby pictures to Bob. Melody excused herself briefly; Laurel followed her out, there was the sound effect of a flash bulb and a piercing scream, and Laurel came back to hand Bob a Polaroid photo with the words, "My mother on the throne." Cue another piercing scream from out-of-frame.

** Inko openly reminisces about her own "adventures" with her husband, is not shy about her ShipperOnDeck and IWantGrandkids attitudes and punishes Izuku for not telling her about Rias' birthday by showing his friends [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto his embarrassing childhood photos]].

* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'': In this story, Naruto gets to meet the spirits of ''both'' his parents at the same time, when he undergoes the training to tame Kurama, and to help him even more, Hinata left him a part of her own chakra, meaning that Minato and Kushina get to meet their son's girlfriend. Kushina can't pass the opportunity to be this:

* ''Fanfic/AMoonAndWorldApart'': Vinyl's parents, Canter Rhythm and Arpeggio Chorus. Within minutes of meeting Octavia (who has known Vinyl all of two days at this point), they start talking about her and Vinyl's future kids and suggesting they not get intimate on the couch while everypony else is out of the room. Vinyl's horribly embarrassed by their words, and promptly apologizes to Octavia for it.

* ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'': Necron's actor, Sean Hannon, talked about how upset he was when he learned of the idiotic characterization of Juliana, Necron's mother. He was actually embarrassed by it, and then realized what an interesting dynamic it created. He incorporated that embarrassment into Necron's character, explaining why Necron was so impatient with Juliana.

* While ''Film/{{North}}'' starts with two [[ParentalNeglect neglectful parents]] that inspire his son to "divorce" them and become a free agent, the parade of potential parents he meets afterwards are mostly this (along with [[HollywoodAtlas stereotypes]]). The writer also [[https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/roger-and-me said]] his inspiration was seeing his nine year old looking at himself and his wife at the dinner table "with the expression on his face you could tell he was thinking, 'I can do better than these two.'"

* Mrs. Bennet in Creator/JaneAusten's ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' is sort of a version of this trope; her relative lack of breeding and unsubtle attempts to set her daughters up with prospective husbands -- and in the case of Mr. Bingley and Jane, to act as if they're already engaged after they've just met -- prove mortifying to her two older daughters at least (the younger ones are equally embarrassing as their mother). The consequences of this are more serious than usual, since Jane's embarrassing family is one of the major reasons Mr. Darcy persuades Mr. Bingley not to marry her.

* Played straight and subverted in ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind''. Wade Hampton (Scarlett's son from her first marriage) is forced to admit that he's been facing bullying and ostracism at school because of Scarlett's unladylike behavior of owning her own businesses, and Rhett's apparent lack of a War record. Rhett, partly motivated by compassion for him, and for step-daughter Ella, and partly motivated by fear that his own biological daughter, Bonnie, might face the same treatment when she's old enough to start playing with other children, starts changing his outward behavior and trying to fit in with the Old Guard social set of Atlanta. Scarlett, however, scoffs at the idea of children's social life being of any importance whatsoever, and keeps right on doing as she pleases.
* Literature/StephaniePlum's mother and grandmother (''especially'' [[CoolOldLady Grandma Mazur]]) are so embarrassing that even Stephanie's father can barely stand it. As an example, when Stephanie's mother set her up on a blind date in the first book, Grandma Mazur pulls out a gun during dinner and accidentally shoots the main course while showing it off. Stephanie often begs them to calm down to no effect, while her father, being TheQuietOne, merely mutters "Christ" under his breath when they get particularly bad.
* Played with in Creator/JohnMoore's ''Literature/HeroicsForBeginners''. The main character thinks back to how he once snuck out of the castle to take his then girlfriend to a small jazz club, only for his father, King Eric the Totally Cool, to show up with his trademark [[CoolShades shades]] and a saxophone so he can jam with the band. As the hero puts it "Parents should not be cooler then their children."
* In Creator/BettyMacdonald's ''Onions in the Stew'' a recurring theme is how embarassing Annie and Joan find Betty & Don.

** The kids all love Grandma Banks, because she's a CoolOldLady; embarrassing the stew out of Phil (whom she still calls "Zeke", and gleefully recounts stories of his childhood on the farm) is just the icing on the cake.
* Paul's father in ''Series/MadAboutYou'' is another example of a parent who is so embarrassing that he can torment his son even after he's grown up. He at one point published naked baby pictures of Paul in the newspaper. At another point he told a theater audience about the time he caught teenage Paul masturbating. Patricide would have been perfectly justifiable.

* Stella in ''Series/SugarRush''. Childish, self absorbed, caught banging the decorator on the kitchen table, later entices her husband to a swinger's club, only to be caught by her daughter... You don't know whether to laugh or cry, she's so horrifying.

* Vala's ConMan father makes an appearance in a late episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', showing up on Earth requesting asylum. Vala is the only one not taken in by his claims that he's trying to reform while running embarrassingly-bad scams around the clock and [[spoiler:eventually leaving Earth aboard a stolen cargo ship supposedly full of Naquadah. Thankfully the team was convinced in time to help Vala double-cross him and keep the Naquadah.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': Amanda is scolded by Sarek for embarrassing their son by describing his childhood pet as a "fat teddy-bear". [=McCoy=] is gleeful until Spock calmly informs him that the "teddy-bears" on Vulcan are "alive and have six inch fangs".

** Another case of a parent who never ceases to embarrass her daughter is Lwaxana Troi, whose flirtatious and forceful personality causes endless grief for her daughter Deanna. Whenever she comes on board the ship, she's likely to condescend to Deanna every chance she gets, butt into other people's affairs, and try to score with an equally-irritated Captain Picard. She's supposed to be an telepath who reads thoughts and emotions.

* Carrie Martin from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' has no problem being constantly affectionate to the boys in public and generally tries to get involved in their social lives, ignoring their embarrassement of her.

** It only got worse when they found out about Rita anyway. They end up kidnapping her, knocking her out and abandoning her on a bench by the road when they think they accidentally killed her.

* A recurring sketch in Scottish comedy show ''Series/ChewinTheFat'' involved a teenager with his parents, who cheerfully announce to anyone they meet that their son has just started masturbating.

* ''Series/{{ER}}'''s Abby Lockhart's bipolar mother shows up uninvited, unannounced, and in the beginning stages of a manic phase and proceeds to run through the ER screaming, looking for her. She cranks it UpToEleven in the final episode of her arc by walking into a store, demanding a job, trying to steal an expensive scarf and eventually running through a glass window. When she's brought to the hospital for treatment, she repeats the "running and screaming" bit from before. Even worse, Abby's detached attitude throughout the entire segment indicates that this is the umpteenth time she's had to deal with incidents like this.

* ''Series/GeneralHospital'''s Karen's mother is already like this, being a tramp and an alcoholic. It's driven home when Karen attends a party at her boyfriend's house and her mother shows up in a tacky dress and proceeds to get drunk. When Karen blasts her for her behavior, her mother tries to guilt trip her, asking, "Are you saying you're ashamed of your own mother?" Karen refuses to back down, flat-out telling her, "[[ArmorPiercingResponse Yes, I am]]. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Look at you. You've got too much makeup on, you're hanging out the top of your dress, you've had too much to drink. . ."]]. Unfortunately, she doesn't learn much from this speech and proceeds to fawn over how rich her boyfriend is everytime he's around, making Karen fear that he'll think she's a GoldDigger.

* In ''Series/JustRollWithIt'', Owen and Blair feel Rachel and Byron are this. The latters' attempts to prove they're not just make it worse.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', before Noctis leaves for the roadtrip, his father asks Noctis' friends/bodyguards to guide his "wayward son" and care for him. Since Noctis is 20 and surrounded by his VitriolicBestBuds at this point, he finds this quite embarrassing. (Other scenes show that Noctis hates the caution and formality everyone in [[RoyalBlood his family has]] to act with.)

* In ''VideoGame/Yakuza5'', Mayumi's father visibly embarasses her when he bluntly tells the man she's been trying (and largely failing) to have a relationship with that she's in love with him, but that it clearly will never be reciprocated.

* In ''VisualNovel/ReflectionsOnTheRiver'', Ah Niu is not actually related to Zheng, but describes himself as a good source of embarrassing childhood stories about Zheng anyway. However, his comments are actually more than just embarrassing — [[spoiler:the very fact that he ''can'' tell stories about Zheng's childhood reveals that Zheng's claim to be magically ageless is a fiction]].
* ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'' has Kent see his parents this way. When the heroine meets his parents, they are very enthusiastic about their son's relationship and mention that, logically speaking, nothing is stopping them, and even talk about their genetics being compatible. Kent tries to set things straight, since their relationship is still pretty fresh [[spoiler:and he's convinced that, if the heroine regains her memories, she'll hate him again]]. ''Amnesia LATER'' makes it worse for Kent because his parents make no secret of the fact that they consider the heroine as his future wife and their daughter-in-law. And mention how he [[MenCantKeepHouse tried to wash the entire futon when he got the cover dirty]].

* In ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'', you have R.C.'s parents, Conrad and Rainwater Conrad. They are serious hippies, and very socially accepting. Conrad once said he was beginning to suspect R.C. was gay before he met Sabrina, NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat. Conrad apparently once grabbed Zig Zag's ass as well.

** And this is a MegaCrossover '[[{{Webcomic/Buildingverse}} verse]] that has two AxCrazy murderers with family issues. Todd and Nathan, who both showed their embarrassing parent side in ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' (on their first meeting they swaped stories and baby pictures). Also let's not forget Morgan who took pictures of her son and his boyfriend kissing in the name of fanservice in ''Webcomic/{{Superintendent}}''.

* Da-Jeong's father in ''Webcomic/TheFriendlyWinter'' is a well-meaning but immature ManChild. He also treats and dresses her like a little kid when she's nineteen, though that has to do with her looking [[OlderThanTheyLook like a seven year old]]
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': Takeru hasn't said much about his daughter Yuki's childhood (yet), but his first reaction on Gary being introduced to him as Yuki's new boyfriend was to start talking marriage and babies in faintly creepy terms. And Yuki would doubtless be embarrassed by his porn manga work if she didn't simply hate it.

* ''Webcomic/TwentyFirstCenturyFox'': Jack is staggering into the kitchen when he discovers that not only his parents, but Jenny's parents as well as a crowd of relatives have arrived [[http://techfox.comicgenesis.com/d/20160919.html here]].
* ''Webcomic/EvilInc'': Lightning Lady's mother [[https://evil-inc.com/comic/shocking-news/ visits]], unliaterally sends a cleaning service to her house, objects to her supervillain outfit, and tries to fix her up with Dr. Muskiday. She resorts to pretending to be in a relationship.

* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuLG6WqjOEo "The Six Ways You'll See Your Dad,"]] one of them is "The Clown", where the son starts to see his father as a unfunny dork.

*** Gets caught drunk driving, thinks alcoholism is an incurable disease until getting his 9 year old son to drive him to a religious miracle to get cured of his alcoholism.

** This is weaponized by the parents when they find out that [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Chinpokomon]] is brainwashing kids into becoming terrorists. They know the surest way to get their kids to stop liking Chinpokomon is to pretend to like it themselves, because anything parents like is automatically uncool and embarrassing for the sole reason that parents like it.

** The episode "The Front" has this converdation at the begining:
--->''[After watching Krusty chastise a cheff for reminding his audience that he's Jewish by preparing a dish based on of his mother's recipe]''\\

** Jack and Maddie in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', though there are frequent times both Danny and Jazz admire them and their abilities. One of the biggest extreme would be in "Forever Phantom" when the two are on a search and rescue mission for their son. One of their methods is announcing to the'' entire'' [[CityOfAdventure city of Amity Park]] to keep an eye out for their son AKA "the cutest, sweetest son in the world." They later add their further desire to "shower him with hugs and kisses".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheKidsFromRoom402'' has this with Cody's mom, who doesn't seem to grasp the fact that her son's bathroom habits aren't the sort of thing to be discussed in public, let alone in front of Cody's peer-group.

** Rarity's parents seem to be this at first glance. Their manner of dress, speech and preference for eating badly-made food indicate they're nothing like their elegant and high-society daughter. However, the main plot of the episode brushes them aside before we're shown if Rarity does feel ashamed of them or not.

** The episode "Make Room for Daddy-O" has Jimmy altering Hugh's [[BumblingDad usual personality]] after embarrassing him in a talent show audition. Hugh becomes cool and no longer embarrassing, but stops caring about Jimmy. This makes Jimmy realize he was better off with a father devoted to his role, even if he was a dork.

** Irma's parents are this way to her. They have brought cookies to Parents Night, which is mildly embarrassing enough for Irma, but they also have called her a pet-name from her infancy around her friends. Episode 4 has her trying to avoid her parents embarrassing her at a party she's hosting. When she leaves them in charge to go out for a moment, she later returns to find out they actually did the opposite and made the party more fun.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', this is actually a plot point in one episode, where Steve pretends that Greg and Terry are his parents so he won't have to introduce his new girlfriend to Stan and Francine. His reasoning is that his father would either drive her away by saying or doing something stupid, and if not, then his mother's crappy food would kill her. It's further cemented when Klaus reveals that Stan keeps a pack of "inbred dinner wolves" in a trap-door under the kitchen floor to feed Francine's food to instead of eating it himself. Despite the silliness, it's still portrayed seriously, as these and other problems were all secrets the family had been keeping from each other instead of dealing with the problems.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' had an example of an amazingly embarrassing ''grand''parent in the short "Hate in an Elevator", where Irwin, his grandmother, and Mandy get stuck in an elevator for 14 hours and Irwin's grandma decides to pass the time by telling humiliating stories about Irwin to Mandy. After they're finally freed, a news crew shows up to interview them about their time in the elevator, which results in Grandmama resuming in telling embarrassing stories about her grandson.

* ''WesternAnimation/ZekesPad'': Zeke's father, Alvin, is a total embarrassment in front of Zeke's friends. Alvin has spinach clotted teeth, corny songs, and weird dance moves, none of which strike Zeke as cool.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': When Mako's grandmother Yin meets Korra and Asami for the first time, she ask him why he isn't "dating any nice girls like them", unaware that the three of them had only recently gotten out of a very messy LoveTriangle.

* Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, who was notorious for her antics (keeping a snake named Emily Spinach[[note]]Emily after her spinster aunt, spinach because it was green[[/note]], doing handstands at state dinners, putting a tack on a gentleman's seat, riding in cars with men at a time when this was seen as scandalous, placing bets with bookies at the White House, using an officer's sword to cut her wedding cake because the knife was too dull...) probably was this for her daughter Paulina. It didn't end happy: Paulina became depressed and an alcoholic.

* Actor/comedian Ray Romano often lampshades his status as this in his comedy routines and used to do so on ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' as well (though on the show he usually makes more fun of his ''own'' Amazingly Embarrassing Parents). In one memorable real life incident, Ray won the award for best comedy lead at the People Choice Awards in 2006, during ELR's final season, and invited his then-teenaged sons onto the stage. Being that they were teenagers, they were ultra-embarrassed and refused. Ray being a comedian, he then decided to substitute them by bringing Angus T. Jones of the then-new ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' on stage instead, resulting in hilarity for everyone involved. It's definitely worth watching, check it out on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uy-uIydMs0 here]].

** In 2016 Sasha and Malia were nowhere to be seen during President Obama's final turkey pardon, because they'd become too embarrassed by the seemingly endless stream of dad jokes he'd make during the event. Instead, he was joined by two nephews.

* Played for tragedy in ''Film/StellaDallas'', as Stella's brassy, uninhibited manner embarrasses her daughter Laurel when they're hanging out with the smart set. Stella's outrageous outfits and pancake makeup and general brassy demeanor make her the laughingstock of the fancy resort she took Laurel to, embarrassing Laurel and leading Stella to decide to give her daughter to Stephen and Helen.

** Claire and Clinton's mother Aurelia has her moments, though more with Clinton since he still lives at home. One time he knocked on the door and was answered by his mom and a college hunk he'd previously tutored, [[ParentalSexualitySquick in their underwear]]. Nobody else knows yet, but she managed to embarrass him even when it's just the two of them by revealing that she has a major videogame streaming channel on YouTube with a sexy cow avatar.

* A Cricket Wireless commercial [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4f_3k_Kd7k has a mom dancing to K-Pop]], much to her daughter's embarrassment.

* ''Series/BetterThings'': How Sam's daughters often see her. They're often justified in thinking that way (e.g. she talks about Frankie having her period in front of a whole auditorium).

* Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa's parents in ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' embarrass and annoy him to no end with their eccentric personalities and antics. Both parents possess a flair for dramatic pranks, but expertly portray them as life-or-death situations, understandably terrifying and aggravating Conan. Mildly subverted because they can't acknowledge him (Conan) as their child in public situations.

'''Kushina''': (raising an eyebrow) Just Hinata?

* Chi-Chi from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' can be this at times. In the ''Bojack Unbound'' movie, she does a clumsy cheerleader routine, while cheering for Gohan to fight at the tournament, obviously embarrassing him. Also, in a filler episode called "He's Always Late", when she's dancing, Trunks remarks "Your mom's obviously as cool as your outfit, Goten." Goten them asks Gohan if he thinks her (Chi-Chi's) outfit is cool. Gohan couldn't give a straight answer, as he was embarrassed. Then again, in Chi-Chi's defense, she was raised in seclusion, so she probably lacks good social skills and probably doesn't know she's being embarrassing.

If the hero lets slip that he or she doesn't like their parent's behavior, then the parents tend to be hurt. Due to the RuleOfDrama (or, InformedWrongness, more accurately, [[{{MadeOutToBeAJerkass}} the situation will be contrived for maximum hurt and the hero is likely to have to spend the rest of the episode trying to make amends,]] with the whole thing ending on AnAesop with the hero learning to value the [[{{WellIntentionedExtremist}} parents that embarass him or her in front of other people]] and the parents gaining empathy for their child. Also, [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto baby photos]], [[EmbarrassingMiddleName middle names]], and the HomemadeSweaterFromHell are a must. ParentalSexualitySquick is related, but doesn't require the kid's peers to be present.

** Yuzuru to Tamaki might qualify, though he's more formal with him in the anime. Tamaki doesn't seem to approve of his father's actions, even though they're NotSoDifferent in a couple ways.

* Brad and Dallas Woodhouse are opposing political pundits, and [[https://youtu.be/Q15xhG6pVUw in 2014 they were on C-SPAN debating each other]] when they get a call-in from ''their mother''. Just watching them drop their heads and utter "Oh God it's Mom" is worth it.