History Main / ParentalFashionVeto

* Series/TimeTeam: Mick and Tony joke about this during one excavation where they are looking for artifacts relating to Romans invading Britain and discussing the ensuing changes in language, culture, and dress.

* ''Webcomic/ThePrincess'': At the start of the series, Sarah's mother hates her daughter's PrincessPhase and gets mad whenever she wears her princess dress. It's not the dress itself that's bothering her, but the fact that [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} her trans child is wearing a dress]] ''period''.

* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': During ''The Name of the Game'', Butcher has a meeting with Mother's Milk. MM objects strongly to the outfit his daughter's wearing. She ignores him and Butcher chews her out over disrespecting her father, terrifying the two 'gangstas' she was hanging out with in the process.

A kid, often a BrattyTeenageDaughter, wants to go out with her friends, out on a date, or out to a party, but the way she's dressed does not please her guardians (usually an OverprotectiveDad). This may be due to the outfit being [[{{Stripperiffic}} overly sexy]], or the parent may simply disapprove of the style. In TheNineties and early 2000s, BareYourMidriff was a common cause for this, the style being a visual shorthand for "rebellious teenage girl". This may also extend to [[MakeUpIsEvil makeup]] and [[DelinquentHair hair]].

Sometimes the kid will try to outsmart the parent by smuggling the offending outfit out of the house, either hidden under clothes they know will meet with parental approval or carried in a bag. The kid then changes clothes once they are safely away from their parent's disapproving gaze. However, this is likely to end with the kid [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin suffering a mishap which results in the parent finding out they wore the forbidden clothes]].

* In ''Literature/OrangeCloudsBlueSky'', Skye wears a short denim skirt that she has to secretly change into at a Burger King.

''[[DescribeTopicHere No child of mine is Describing Parental Fashion Veto Here in a shirt like that!]]''

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* ''Film/AKidLikeJake'' is about a four-year-old boy who likes wearing skirts and other girl's clothes. His parents allow him to dress up at home or at school, but they don't allow him to wear what he wants in the streets. Jake has a fit when his parents won't let him dress up as Rapunzel from ''Tangled'' for Halloween. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:his parents finally allow Jake to wear skirts outdoors]].

* ''VideoGame/AlterEgo'': It is possible to object to an especially stupid fashion involving scotch tape worn by your children.

* ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}'': The Lovells' teenaged daughter wants to go out for Halloween dressed like a hippie despite her mother's disapproval. She tries to appeal to her dad instead which doesn't work.

* ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}'': the Lovells' teenaged daughter wants to go to the launch dressed like a hippie, and her father, not being fashion-conscious, says okay, but her mother quickly says she can't go out dressed that way.

* This is taken to abusive extremes in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''. Lillie's mother Lusamine forced her daughter to dress how ''she'' wanted and would often mock her appearance. This [[AbusiveParents emotional abuse]] is extreme enough that Lillie developed PTSD-like symptoms and [[TraumaButton gets triggered]] when her appearance is complimented.

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' several pages of Betty and Veronica (often Veronica with a dash of MsRedInk) wearing clothing that their fathers object to them wearing due to making their daughters look like the MsFanservice types they are.
* One strip in ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' had a father passive-aggressively berating his teenage daughter for wearing a tube top.

* Several ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strips involve Calvin's mom disagreeing with Calvin's style choices:

* In one ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' cartoon, a fly leaves for a date, with her father telling her to remove some of that makeup and the gallon of pheromones.

* Walburga Black from ''Fanfic/TheBlackSheepDogSeries'' is ''outraged'' to see her eldest son dressing as a Muggle - worse, a ''penniless'' Muggle. She throws his entire wardrobe out to replace them with "proper" - read aristocratic - clothes, to Sirius' big displeasure.

* While he's her cousin rather than her actual dad, Clark Kent in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' takes on this role when Kara Zor-El arrives on Earth. When they go shopping together, she tries on a very revealing outfit which he quickly disapproves of. She decides it's perfect.

* In ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}'', the Lovells' teenaged daughter wants to go to the launch dressed like a hippie, and her father, not being fashion-conscious, says okay, but her mother quickly says she can't go out dressed that way.

* In ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', Cher is about to head to a party (on a date with Christian) when Josh asks her dad if he's going to let her go out in what she's wearing, a white mini-dress. Cher's father asks her if that's what they're calling dresses these days, tells her it looks more like underwear, and makes her put something on on top. She puts on a transparent wrap.

* In ''Film/TheSnapper'' the second-eldest daughter Lisa, who's presumed to be 13 or 14, wears a Madonna-like short skirt and jewellery and leather boots much to the patriarch's dismay.

* In ''Literature/LoveAnthony'', thirteen-year-old Sophie tries to wear makeup to the family photo session, but Beth wipes it off before they leave the house.

* In one episode of ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'', Clarissa argues with her mother over what she will wear for the school photos.
* In the first episode of ''Series/DerryGirls'', Erin attempts to wear a jean jacket instead of her school uniform blazer to school. Her mom argues with her about this and threatens her with a wooden spoon, leading to a GilliganCut where Erin is headed to school in her usual uniform.
* In the ''Series/HappyDays'' episode "The Fonz is Allergic to Girls" (the title MakesSenseInContext), Joanie Cunningham is going to a party with a towel wrapped around her but she's actually wearing clothes underneath it. Howard, her father, tells her not to go to the party like that but lets her go when she reveals that she's wearing clothes under the towel.

* In the ''Series/YesDear'' episode, "Pimpin' Ain't Easy", the Warner and Hughes families are about to go out to eat at a fancy restaurant, when Logan decides to protest against having to wear his older brother Dominic's hand-me-downs by wearing only his underwear. Jimmy and Christine, his parents, don't approve of this at all, and Jimmy tries to get Logan to stop by telling him that if he goes to the restaurant in his underwear, people will point, stare, and laugh at him. This doesn't faze Logan at all, and he decides to go to the restaurant in just his underwear.
* Comes up regularly in ''Series/SayYesToTheDress'', where the bride's family members -- including her children at times -- object to her choice. Sometimes the dress is perfectly fine but she will give in anyway to avoid hurting anyone's feelings.
* In ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'', Alli Bhandari would wear her preferred clothes under oversized modest outfits to get away from the restrictions set by her strict Indian parents. This backfires eventually, but her parents do loosen their rules over time.
* The ''Series/{{Dragnet}}'' episode "The Big Kids" has a juvenile delinquent who changes into hippie clothes (which he stole) in a gas station to avoid his parents' disapproval. When he's picked up for shoplifting, he begs Friday to let him change before his mom sees him; Friday refuses. Sure enough, his mom seems as angry about the style of the clothes as the fact that they were stolen.

* In ''VideoGame/AlterEgo'', it is possible to object to an especially stupid fashion involving scotch tape worn by your children.
* At the beginning of ''VideoGame/Mother3'', Hinawa orders Lucas to change into his clothes before going outside to play with his brother.
* PlayedForDrama in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndMoon''. Eleven-year-old Lillie has always been forced to dress how her mother wants. A part of her CharacterDevelopment is escaping her mother's abusive grip and beginning to dress how she pleases (which Lillie dubs her "z-powered" form).

* At the start of ''Webcomic/ThePrincess'', Sarah's mother hates her daughter's PrincessPhase and gets mad whenever she wears her princess dress. It's not the dress itself that's bothering her, but the fact that [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} her trans child is wearing a dress]] ''period''.

* Parodied in a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' cutaway gag. Meg bemoans that having Peter for a father is more embarrassing than having [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ronald McDonald]] as one. Cut to Ronald acting like a typical suburban father telling his teenage daughter not to go out in [[HypocriticalHumor heavy makeup]].
-->"You're a [=McDonald=], not a whore."
* The primetime animated series ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'' has Harry Boyle win a Salesman of the Year Award, which includes a speaking dinner. Harry's daughter Alice decides to wear a sheer top for the event, which Harry deems too risque. Alice remains adamant until Harry uses Alice's ploy against her by going shirtless himself.

* At the start of ''Webcomic/ThePrincess'', Sarah's mother hates her daughter's PrincessPhase and gets mad whenever she wears her princess dress. It's not the dress itself that's bothering her, but the fact that [[{{Transgender}} her trans child is wearing a dress]] ''period''.

* ''The Cheerleaders'' (1974 softcore comedy film): Jeanne, a new cheerleader, is going to a party dressed in a very tight shirt and shorts she wore when she was 10 years old. Her father doesn't let her go. Her new cheerleader friends explain that you have to sneak out in more conservative garb and then change.

-> ''"Don't step out of this house if that's the clothes you're gonna wear!"''
--> -- "You Gotta Fight For Your Right (To Party)", Music/TheBeastieBoys

A kid, often a BrattyTeenageDaughter, wants to go out with her friends, out on a date, or out to a party, but the way she's dressed does not please her guardians (usually an OverprotectiveDad). This may be due to the outfit being [[{{Stripperiffic}} overly sexy]], or the parent may simply disapprove of the style. In TheNineties and early 2000's, BareYourMidriff was a common cause for this, the style being a visual shorthand for "rebellious teenage girl". This may also extend to [[MakeUpIsEvil makeup]] and [[DelinquentHair hair]].

What happens can vary. Often the kid will obey, but in a huge huff. Other times a fight will break out, and might even cause enough bitter feelings to make the {{Conflict}} for the episode.

** In one strip, Calvin's clothes gain sentience and force themselves on him, leading to him trying to leave in horribly mismatched outfit. Calvin's mom says "You're wearing that?" and is implied to make him change.

* ''Film/AKidLikeJake'' is about a four year old boy who likes wearing skirts and other girl's clothes. His parents allow him to dress up at home or at school, but they don't allow him to wear what he wants in the streets. Jake has a fit when his parents won't let him dress up as Rapunzel from ''Tangled'' for Halloween. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:his parents finally allow Jake to wear skirts outdoors]].

* In the beginning of ''VideoGame/Mother3'', Hinawa orders Lucas to change into his clothes before going outside to play with his brother.
* PlayedForDrama in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndMoon''. Eleven year old Lillie has always been forced to dress how her mother wants. A part of her CharacterDevelopment is escaping her mother's abusive grip and beginning to dress how she pleases (which Lillie dubs her "z-powered" form).

* Parodied in a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' cutaway gag. Meg bemoans that having Peter for a father is more embarrassing than having [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ronald McDonald]] as one. Cut to Ronald acting like a typical suburban father telling his teenaged daughter not to go out in [[HypocriticalHumor heavy makeup]].

* In ''Series/Degrassi: The Next Generation'', Alli Bhandari would wear her preferred clothes under oversized modest outfits to get away from the restrictions set by her strict Indian parents. This backfires eventually, but her parents do loosen their rules over time.

* In Degrassi: The Next Generation, Alli Bhandari would wear her preferred clothes under oversized modest outfits to get away from the restrictions set by her strict Indian parents. This backfires eventually, but her parents do loosen their rules over time.