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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning'', King Triton bans music from the kingdom after it indirectly causes his wife's death. As a result, Ariel goes behind his back and starts attending a secret music club. He doesn't handle it well, which leads to Ariel CallingTheOldManOut.

** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseMadisonRussell Madison]]'s mother Emma tries to limit Madison's security violations at Monarch, [[spoiler:and she's even outright emotionally manipulative to the girl [[EcoTerrorist in a horrible way]]]]. Madison in turn is skilled enough to steal the ORCA, sneak out through a ventilation shaft, and walk a few miles on foot without being detected by her mother [[spoiler:or by the murderous mercenaries her mother has been working with]] until she's far away.

* Craig David's "Fill Me In," about a young couple who have to sneak around because her parents don't approve of their relationship. The girl's parents are noticing all the discrepancies in her stories and her behavior and demand an explanation, which only encourages the deception.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Toph's parents were over-protective and strict with their "helpless little blind girl"...which resulted in her becoming the reigning champion of an underground earthbending arena behind their backs, and ultimately running away to teach Aang earthbending (she is blind, but her earthbending is so strong she can easily pass for being sighted if she isn't asked to read). It takes her saving her father and his employees from a cave-in and an iron mine for him to recognize her worth (note that this is ''after'' she invents metalbending ''and'' helps take down the Fire Nation).

* Gabriel Agreste from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is an incredibly strict and controlling parent who completely micromanages his son's life while having little part in it. He's completely oblivious to Adrien's secret life as a superhero [[spoiler:fighting supervillains of Gabriel's own making]], and also his frequent excursions as a civilian that involve him sneaking out of the house.

** Connie has strict parents who punish her harshly for rule-breaking, and as a result she kept her activities with the Crystal Gems a secret, including her sword-fighting lessons with Pearl. In the episode "Nightmare Hospital", Connie's mother finds her sword and is horrified. Connie confesses that she's been fighting monsters with Steven for the past year, [[CallingTheOldManOut finally telling her how much she hates her parents' over-protective and restrictive nature]], shocking her mother. In the end, Connie agrees to stop keeping secrets from her parents and her mother agrees to loosen up on the rules, and they hug it out.

** In season 5, [[spoiler:we discover Pink Diamond had a similar relationship with her fellow Diamonds. Despite being much more assertive than Connie, Pink was still undermined by Yellow and Blue, considered to be her main parental figures. As a result, she is forced to keep her alter-ego as Rose Quartz and her visits to Earth, which is strictly forbidden by the Diamonds, a secret. When they refuse to let her give up her colony and end up taking control of the planet away from her because she won't complete it, Pink ends up secretly betraying them and faked her death with Pearl's help. Ultimately, the Diamonds are still unaware of Pink's true fate for thousands of years until the end of "Reunited".]]

Can you fill me in? (Can you fill me in?)\\

* ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'': {{Subverted|Trope}} -- it is eventually revealed that Reverend Lovejoy is an utter {{Jerkass}} of a parent that refuses to acknowledge Jessica as a regular human being that seeks attention and love. As a result, when Jessica recites her long criminal record in an attempt to draw his attention, he just places his hands over his ears and sing church songs so he won't hear her as he runs out of the room.

* Every incarnation of the [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]] depicts Splinter as a loving but strict parent, sometimes [[ParentsAsPeople going to extremes if he believes it will keep his sons safe]] (such as refusing to let the Turtles leave their home whenever a serious threat (such as the Shredder) appears). This often leads to the Turtles sneaking out to deal with a MonsterOfTheWeek (or just to have some fun). [[DefiedTrope Splinter usually]] [[CaughtComingHomeLate catches them coming back later]], showing that he's often aware of his sons' activities.