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* On ''The Sonny and Cher Show'', Music/{{Cher}} would often bring out her young 'daughter' "Chastity" at the end. "Chastity" was always dressed in super feminine and cute attire… then "Chastity" grew up as a "ButchLesbian", later figured out and came out as a transgender. He is now known as Chaz Bono.

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* In ''Webcomic/PreTeena'', harrassed mother Tess Keene manages to look casually presentable and stylish in a well-dressed feminine manner. Older daughter Jeri is obsessed with appearance, style and makeup. Eleven-year old Teena, however, is a tomboy who prefers slopping around in jeans, or shorts, and t-shirt. She absolutely hates formal occassions where she has to wear dresses. Her idea of clothes-shopping is to spend no more than five minutes in locating a new pair of jeans and four or five t-shirts, and any time spent above this is time wasted. Her mother despairs.
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** Averted with the girly but nerdy ActionGirl Nancy and her (very femme) housewife mother Karen. Early on, it's clear that Nancy wants to avoid her mother's life of being a slightly older wealthy man's TrophyWife and tries to resist it when she can and Karen is implied to want Nancy to avoid her mistakes of settling down for a comfortable AwfulWeddedLife and of giving up on her ambitions due to misogyny.

* ''Series/{{Willow}}'': Sorsha has long hair and always wears an elegant beautiful gown. Her daughter Kit on the other hand is a short-haired tomboy who wears very masculine clothing, eschewing the more feminine things that were expected of her as a princess. [[spoiler:The illusion of Sorsha Kit meets in the Immemorial City apologizes for trying to make Kit something she's not, as part of the Crone's temptation.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Star is more of a GirlyBruiser than a tomboy, but she still often clashes with her more "proper" mother, Queen Moon. Granted, [[LadyOfWar Moon is perfectly willing to fight if she has to]], but doesn't seek it out like Star, who got that trait from her father.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Nagisa is soft-spoken and obsessed with Dango plushies, while her daughter Ushio is more spunky and enjoys playing with boyish toys such as robots.

* ''Anime/{{Clannad}}'': Nagisa is soft-spoken and obsessed with Dango plushies, while her daughter Ushio is more spunky and enjoys playing with boy toys such as robots.

* ''https://www.deviantart.com/discordantprincessDiscordantPrincess''' ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' works have this dynamic with OC Megan Lowell and her mother Marjorie (as well as her six older sisters). Marjorie and her oldest girls are "proper" ladies who put their efforts into looking good and roping a fine marriage, while Megan is a studious tomboy who eventually becomes a World War Two Army nurse. [[JustifiedTrope Justified,]] as in the time period Megan lives in, that's what was mostly expected of girls.

* ''Film/ThePrincess'': The princess, a tomboy who likes to fight and is well trained in doing so, has a demure ProperLady mother in the queen. Unlike in many examples however, it was her mother who had her trained to fight, quietly supporting her daughter while her father the king is not happy at all when learning about her unfeminine activities.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': As a RebelliousPrincess, Merida is a FieryRedhead, wears her hair {{messy|Hair}} and {{wild|Hair}}, [[DaddysGirl gets along well with her father]], and has hobbies involving archery, {{horse archer}}y, the sword, and rock climbing. On the other hand, [[TheHighQueen Queen Elinor]] has [[BrainyBrunette brown]] RapunzelHair and has been pressing weaving, manners, and other elegant pursuits on Merida to little avail. They ''really'' don't see eye-to-eye as the film starts, but when Merida has to be diplomatic with three angry clans of warriors and Elinor has to help her daughter fight off a supernatural threat, they start to understand their viewpoints.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Felicia Sundew is a very feminine-looking tea shop owner with RapunzelHair. Her daughter Ivy is a tomboy who wears overalls and hat and enjoys roughhousing and other boyish activities. Felicia [[FollowInMyFootsteps wants Ivy to learn how to run the shop]], but contrary to Ivy's assumption, has no problem with her daughter being a tomboy as she herself was an adventurer and learned how to fight on her travels.

* On ''The Sonny and Cher Show'', Music/{{Cher}} would often bring out her young 'daughter' "Chastity" at the end. "Chastity" was always dressed in super feminine and cute attire… then "Chastity" grew up and came out as transgender. He is now known as Chaz Bono.

* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', this is one of the many reasons that the Danvers family is so dysfunctional. Carol (the daughter) is a sporty, assertive, tomboy. Her mother, Marie, on the other hand, seems to be a typical housewife who puts up with her husband's emotionally abusive attitude with little complaint, never explaining to her daughter ''why''. [[note]] The short version: she RefusedTheCall despite her mother's urging, [[ShellShockedVeteran seeing what it did to her mother and her little brother]], and [[AdultFear is terrified of Carol embracing it]]. [[/note]] Once this is explained, her HiddenDepths are revealed (Harry picks up on them almost immediately), and she resolves to put aside her fears and be proud of her "scrappy little warrior maiden", the two get on much better. She also effectively kicks her husband to the curb once she discovers how far he was ''really'' willing to go to make Carol more traditionally feminine ([[spoiler: get Harry to MindRape her. Harry reacts badly to this suggestion]]). He's still technically around, but only on temporary visits, [[KickedUpstairs having had a promotion out of state arranged for him]], never left alone with his children, with the implication that a divorce is on the cards - and this punishment is indicated to be ''significantly'' milder than what [[MamaBear Marie]] would have come up with if she'd found out about what had happened directly, rather than from her own mother.

* Inverted in ''Film/Halloween2018'': Laurie is a badass [[CoolOldLady old woman]] and TankTopTomboy who spends her free time target practicing while her daughter is Karen is much more motherly, demure and soft-spoken.

* Inevrted in ''Film/Halloween2018'': Laurie is a badass [[CoolOldLady old woman]] and TankTopTomboy who spends her free time target practicing while her daughter is Karen is much more motherly, demure and soft-spoken.

* On ''The Sonny and Cher Show'', Music/{{Cher}} would often bring out her young daughter Chastity at the end. Chastity was always dressed in super feminine and cute attire. When Chastity grew up, she came out as transgender. He is now known as Chaz Bono.

* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', this is one of the many reasons that the Danvers family is so dysfunctional. Carol (the daughter) is a sporty, assertive, tomboy. Her mother, Marie, on the other hand, seems to be a typical housewife who puts up with her husband's emotionally abusive attitude with little complaint, never explaining to her daughter ''why''. [[note]] The short version: she RefusedTheCall despite her mother's urging, [[ShellShockedVeteran seeing what it did to her mother and her little brother]], and [[AdultFear is terrified of Carol embracing it]]. [[/note]] Once this is explained, her HiddenDepths are revealed (Harry picks up on them almost immediately), and she resolves to put aside her fears and be proud of her "scrappy little warrior maiden", the two get on much better. She also effectively kicks her husband to the curb once she discovers how far he was ''really'' willing to go to make Carol more traditionally feminine ([[spoiler: get Harry to MindRape her. [[{{Understatement}} Harry reacts badly to this suggestion]]]]). He's still technically around, but only on temporary visits, [[KickedUpstairs having had a promotion out of state arranged for him]], never left alone with his children, with the implication that a divorce is on the cards - and this punishment is indicated to be ''significantly'' milder than what [[MamaBear Marie]] would have come up with if she'd found out about what had happened directly, rather than from her own mother.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Felicia Sundew is a very feminine-looking tea shop owner with RapunzelHair. Her daughter Ivy is a tomboy who wears overalls and hat and enjoys roughhousing and other boyish activities. Felicia has no problem with Ivy being a tomboy as she herself was an adventurer and learned how to fight on her travels.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': While Sam's individualism mindset puts her at odds with both her preppy parents, it's especially nasty between her and her mother Pamela, who's determined to stomp out Sam's goth personality and force her into pink dresses.

* In ''Webcomic/PreTeena'', harrassed mother Tess Keene manages to look casually presentable and stylish in a well-dressed feminine manner. older daughter Jeri is obsessed with appearance, style and makeup. eleven-year old teena, however, is a tomboy who prefers slopping around in jeans, or shorts, and t-shirt. She absilutely hates formal occassions where she has to wear dresses. Her idea of clothes-shopping is to spend five minutes in locating a new pair of jeans and four or five t-shirts, and any time spent above this is time wasted. Her mother despairs.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Inverted. Grace is a spunky, short-haired woman who is a famous Ryhorn racer. While she wanted Serena to become a Ryhorn racer like her, Serena ended up leaning towards the IdolSinger-esque Pokemon Performer career instead. Serena has a more feminine look than her mother as well, though she did end up with an ImportantHaircut halfway through ''X&Y''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'', [[GenkiGirl spunky]], [[EarthyBarefootCharacter outdoorsy]] Rapunzel can sometimes be at odds with her demure, ProperLady mother. [[Spoiler: However, Rapunzel's Aunt Willow reveals that Queen Arianna definitely had an adventurous streak in her youth like Rapunzel too.]]