History Quotes / WellDoneSonGuy

->'''Perry:''' Did ''your'' dad love you? \\
'''Harry:''' Only when I dressed up like a beer bottle, how about you?
-->-- ''Film/KissKissBangBang''

->If I knew shooting someone would make you proud Dad, I would've done it a long time ago.
-->-- '''Marty Huggins''', ''Film/TheCampaign''

'''Odin:''' [[PoorCommunicationKills No, Loki.]]

->"'Eduardo Saverin: Co-founder and CFO [of Facebook].' ...You have no idea what that's gonna mean to my father."''
-->-- '''Eduardo Saverin''', ''Film/TheSocialNetwork''

->''"I don't know if I can ever match up to Millicent Jones, Daddy, but I think you might be proud of me just the same, and quite soon, but... be... be patient with me."''
-->-- '''Jo Halliday''', ''Film/PleaseTurnOver''

->''"[[OnlySaneMan If you can keep your head]] when all about you\\
are losing theirs and [[{{Jerkass}} blaming it on you]];\\
[[HeroicResolve if you can trust yourself]] when all men doubt you,\\
but [[HumansAreFlawed make allowance for their doubting]] too.\\
[[IWillWaitForYou If you can wait]] and not be tired by waiting,\\
or being lied about, [[LivingLieDetector don't deal in lies]],\\
[[TheStoic or being hated don't give way to hating]],\\
And yet [[TheEveryman don't look too good, nor talk too wise]]. (...)\\
Yours is the Earth, [[WealthyEverAfter and everything that's in it]]!\\
And, which is more... [[SoProudOfYou you'll be a Man... my son]]!"''
-->-- Fragment of the poem ''"If--"'', by Creator/RudyardKipling

->I just achieved my life's ambition of climbing Everest with no food and no equipment. NOW DO YOU LOVE ME DADDY? NOW DO YOU LOVE ME?
-->-- '''Creator/FrankieBoyle''', ''Series/MockTheWeek''

->'''Theo:''' You're a doctor and Mom's a lawyer, and you're both successful in everything and that's great. But maybe I was born to be a regular person and have a regular life. If you weren't a doctor, I wouldn't love you less, because you're my dad. So rather than feeling disappointed because I'm not like you, maybe you should accept who I am and love me anyway, because ''I'm your son.''\\
'''Cliff:''' Theo... '''''[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome THAT'S THE DUMBEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!]]''''' No wonder you get D's in everything!
-->-- ''Series/TheCosbyShow''

->My mother's understanding of my career changes [[BitchInSheepsClothing with what she wants from me.]] One day, she can name everyone on the National Security Council, the next day, she thinks I work for the post office.
-->-- '''Michael''', ''Series/BurnNotice'' ("Identity")

->Hey, dad, are you proud of me yet? ... Okay, I'll keep trying.
-->-- '''Robin''', ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''

->'''Niles:''' ''([[InVinoVeritas drunkenly]] pretending to be Martin)'' My kids didn't care about baseball. Hell, they didn't care about anything that was important to me.\\
'''Martin:''' Hey, now that's not fair.\\
'''Niles:''' No, no, no, no, no. I'm just saying that you and me, we're regular guys. You know, we know how to hang out with regular guys and shoot the breeze and, and knock a few back. But, uh, not my kids. No, they're too good for that stuff. They got all their fancy degrees, but they never learned how to be regular guys. So I guess if I had to pick my two biggest disappointments ...
-->--''Series/{{Frasier}}''

->''"I'm trying to make you proud\\
[[LikeFatherLikeSon Do everything you did]]\\
[[DisappearedDad I hope you're up there with God]]\\
Saying, [[SoProudOfYou that's my kid]]''
-->-- '''If You Could See Me Now''', ''The Script''

->Hey, Dad, look at me. Think back and talk to me. Did I grow up according to plan? And do you think I’m wasting my time, doing things I wanna do? But it hurts when you disapproved, all along.
-->-- '''Simple Plan''', "Perfect"

-->-- '''Music/CoheedAndCambria''', "In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3

-->--'''Kharn the Betrayer's thoughts,''' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

->It is a father's nature to be [[FinalBoss the ultimate obstacle]] for his child!
-->-- '''Great Father''', ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}''

-> I'm coming to kill you, old man. You really know how to piss me off, you know. Would it have killed you to say "thank you" for once in your life? To say "Vlad, my son--can I call you my son? because I sure do love you like one--Vlad my son, you are a true prodigy. Everything you touch turns to gold."
-->-- '''Vladimir Lem''', ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2TheFallOfMaxPayne''

'''Shinji:''' It’s true that I wanted my dad to compliment me. And I was really happy when he told me “good job”. \\
'''Shinji:''' But I’ve already made up my mind, that even if my dad doesn’t approve of what I’m doing, I’m still going to follow my own path – the path I chose to follow…!\\
'''Shinji:''' And I know that’ll make him happy…!

->I'm going to get that old man to praise me, no matter what! No matter how hard I try, my grandfather never praises anything I make or do!
-->-- '''Gray''', ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonFriendsOfMineralTown''

->[[RoyalWe We]] can believe in you for 3 minutes in Earth time.
-->-- '''The King of All Cosmos''', ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''

'''Big Boss:''' '''''[[GetOut GET OUT.]]'''''
-->-- Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}} - ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Lets Destroy the FOX Unit!]]''

->Shame. Resentment. An inferiority complex. These are feelings any good father instills in his son.
-->-- '''The King of All Cosmos''', ''WebComic/{{Katamari}}''

->You know your daughter hates you more than she hates [[Creator/AngelinaJolie wearing a color that’s not black or beige]] when you find out about her wedding from an ''Inside Edition'' reporter. Not even ''Entertainment Tonight''! ''Inside Edition''!\\\
Jon [Voight] later told TMZ that he’s not farting out a stream of sadness over not getting invited, because he wouldn’t have been able to go anyway. Jon had to go to the Emmys on Monday.. You know your daddy hates you when he’d rather go to some boring ass award show and sit with a bunch of assholes (although, he’s the asshole of assholes) than go to your wedding. So much for those two 'making amends' a few years ago.
-->-- ''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/08/28/but-what-about-james-haven/ DListed]]''

->Jaden Smith does alright, although I find him to be a creepy Mini Me clone of his father Creator/WillSmith. Seriously, it is like Will cloned himself and brainwashed him as a boy to be a money making tool like his dad. Frankly I would like a kid with a personality of his own than someone doing an impression.
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/the-karate-kid-harald-zwart-2010// on]] ''Film/TheKarateKid2010''

-->-- ''[=ComicsAlliance=]'' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-20-prophecy/ on]] ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' ("Prophecy")

->In case you were wondering, [=Joe MacTaggert=], [[StrawmanPolitical Family Values Candidate]], is a complete scumbag to a truly hilarious degree. When Moira and Professor X tell him that Proteus is on the way, he [[TooDumbToLive refuses to believe that he’s in any danger]], and when Moira asks him to speak to him because all the boy really wants is his father, he tells her to ''"tell him [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe Charles is his father]]."'' That is an '''a m a z i n g''' dick move...
-->-- '''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-4x05-proteus-part-ii/ on]] ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', "Proteus, Part 2"

'''Artoria:''' [[NoSympathy She's crying...]]

->''"The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels are the worst thing to happen since [[{{Dissimile}} my son!]]... And while my son did eventually hang himself in a gas station bathroom, the unfortunate reality of the ''Star Wars'' prequels is that they'll be around forever."''
-->-- '''Mr. Plinkett''', ''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia''

->'''Adm. Owen Paris:''' You need to climb, and you need to be sure the rope will slide in only one direction:\\
'''Lt. Tom Paris:''' I'd tie a guarda hitch knot!\\
'''Owen:''' The fear of long words is:\\
'''Tom:''' Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!\\
'''Owen:''' A picardy third is:\\
'''Tom:''' Is when you suddenly solve a minor composition in major triad.\\
'''Owen:''' The leg before wicket rule:\\
'''Tom:''' Uh, [[UsefulNotes/CricketRules in Cricket]], [[ThatOneRule the batsman's out because he... er, um, no. It's... the bowler is]]--\\
'''Owen:''' Just as I thought, you're '''''useless!!'''''\\
'''Tom:''' ''(sobs)'' I'M SORRY I LET YOU DOWN, DAD!
-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Coda"

'''Vegeta:''' [[BigNo NO!]]

->''"Time to make Daddy love me!"''
-->-- '''Zuko''', ''WebVideo/AvatarTheAbridgedSeries''

'''Alucard:''' That was a 70-inch... ''plasma screen'' TV. ''(smacks his lips and inhales deeply)'' [[TranquilFury ...So, how can I help you?]]\\

->'''Marge:''' Homie, are you really going to ignore Grampa for the rest of your life?\\
'''Homer:''' Of course not, Marge, just for the rest of ''his'' life. He said I was an accident... he didn't want to have me.\\
'''Marge:''' You didn't want to have Bart.\\
'''Homer:''' I know, but you're never supposed to ''tell'' the child!\\
'''Marge:''' [[HypocriticalHumor You tell Bart all the time! You told him this morning!]]\\
'''Homer:''' Yeah, but when ''I'' do it, it's cute!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E10GrampaVsSexualInadequacy Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]"

->''"Everybody always tells me how great Mom was. I just don't feel like I can ever measure up to her."''
-->-- '''Steven''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E20Bismuth Bismuth]]"

->''"I can't believe he's blood.''"
-->-- '''Darkseid''' on '''Kalibak''', ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''

->''"For so long, all I wanted was for you to love me, to accept me. I thought it was my honor I wanted, but really, I was just trying to please you."''
-->-- '''Zuko''' to '''Ozai''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDayOfBlackSunPart2 The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse]]"

->''"In America men often work long hours even when they are well off; such men, naturally, are indignant at the idea of leisure for wage-earners, except as the grim punishment of unemployment; in fact, they dislike leisure even for their sons."''
-->-- '''Creator/BertrandRussell'''

->''"Prove that you are bigger, tougher, more patiently enduring, and are unmoved by his wailing. Defeat him totally. Accept no conditions for surrender. No compromise. You are to rule over him as a benevolent sovereign. Your word is final."''
-->-- '''Michael Pearl''', ''To Train Up a Child''

->''"We'll have to have dinner now!"''
-->-- '''Creator/KieferSutherland''' addressing his father Creator/DonaldSutherland, 2006 Emmy [[GallowsHumor acceptance speech]]

->Dr. Seth Aidinoff, a UsefulNotes/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital psychiatrist who practices on the Upper East Side and also consults for hedge funds and Wall Street firms, illustrated the consequences with the Saturday-afternoon choice faced by 'your typical master of the universe,' who can either play outside with his 7-year-old or stay inside to complete a business deal on the phone.\\\
'The phone call might involve the most important and interesting people in the world, being well compensated for his time, and the chance to handle it with A-plus skill,' Dr. Aidinoff said. 'Whereas playing with his 7-year-old [[ChildrenAreAWaste might be sort of boring]], or unsatisfying; his son might not fully express his appreciation, or the child could even be in a bad mood. So this person might find himself terrified of spending time with his child because it’s not an activity he can control or succeed at the high level of accomplishment to which he is accustomed.”
-->-- '''Eric Konigsberg''', [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/nyregion/07therapists.html?pagewanted=all "Age of Riches - Challenges of $600-a-Session Patients"]]

->Someday... someday I may be as strong and couragous as Caeser, when I'm older and have a beautiful white mane, and all of the other animals will look at me and say, 'There goes Kimba the white lion, he's just like his father.' Yeah, someday.
-->-- '''Kimba''' on filling his father's shoes, ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion''

->'''Starscream''': I tried to gain favour from you. But nothing was ever good enough. No matter how many battles I fought, you ''always'' found fault. Then I saw how Optimus treated ''his'' men, and I realized ''he'' was a leader of integrity. Unlike ''you''.
->'''Megatron''': You were too weak to ''ever'' gain my respect.

->All I ever wanted was to have him [Jiraiya] keep watching over me. I wanted him to see me become Hokage. But I only showed the worst, uncool side of me. I'm still so --
-->-- '''Naruto''' to Iruka, ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''

->''"All I ever did, I did to make you proud! Tell me how proud you are, Shifu! Tell me! TELL MEEEEE!!!"''
-->-- '''Tai Lung''', ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1''

->''"I just wanted to be a better mermaid than a girl."''
-->-- '''Melody''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea''

->''"All he cares about is your approval."''
-->-- '''Moses''' talking about Rameses with Seti I, ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''

->'''Hoby''': Does he ''ever'' smile?
->'''Penelope''': Not around me.

->'''Kerchak:''' (''fatally shot by [[BigBad Clayton]]'') Tarzan...\\
'''Tarzan:''' Kerchak, forgive me.\\
'''Kerchak:''' No, forgive ''me'' for not understanding...that you have always been...one of us. [[YouAreInCommandNow Our family will look to you, now.]]\\
'''Tarzan:''' [[PleaseDontLeaveMe No...Kerchak...]]\\
'''Kerchak:''' Take care of them...''my son.'' Take care of them. (''dies'')
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''

->'''Perry''': Did ''your'' dad love you? \\
'''Harry''': Only when I dressed up like a beer bottle, how about you?

->'''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]''': Why have you done this?\\
'''ComicBook/{{Loki}}''': To prove to Father that I am a worthy son! When he wakes, I will have saved his life, I will have destroyed that race of monsters, and I will be true heir to the throne!

-> "Eduardo Saverin: Co-founder and CFO [of Facebook]." ...You have no idea what that's gonna mean to my father.

'''Cliff''': Theo... '''''[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome THAT'S THE DUMBEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!]]''''' No wonder you get D's in everything!

->'''Gob''': I can do this dad. I can make you proud!\\
'''George Sr.''': Well, it's never too late to start.

'''Spock''': No, it is not -- but it is true that I will miss the arguments. They were, finally, all that we had.

->'''Niles''': ''([[InVinoVeritas drunkenly]] pretending to be Martin)'' My kids didn't care about baseball. Hell, they didn't care about anything that was important to me.\\
'''Martin''': Hey, now that's not fair.\\
'''Niles''': No, no, no, no, no. I'm just saying that you and me, we're regular guys. You know, we know how to hang out with regular guys and shoot the breeze and, and knock a few back. But, uh, not my kids. No, they're too good for that stuff. They got all their fancy degrees, but they never learned how to be regular guys. So I guess if I had to pick my two biggest disappointments ...

->'''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Rey Za Burrel]]''': You said before that you wanted your father to accept you, right?\\
'''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Shinji Ikari]]''': We are alike, then… I am alive because Gil accepts me.\\
'''Shinji''': It’s true that I wanted my dad to compliment me. And I was really happy when he told me “good job”. \\

'''Shinji''': And I know that’ll make him happy…!

->'''Chris''': It almost makes me wish there was a companion book to ''ComicBook/SupermansGirlfriendLoisLane'' and ''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen.'' ''Superman's A**hole Dad Jor-El.''\\
'''David''': One day, Creator/GrantMorrison's going to end up on the main ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' titles, and he's going to retcon {{Superdickery}} as a two-year period in Superman's life where he was possessed by the ghost of Jor-El.

->'''Adm. Owen Paris''': You need to climb, and you need to be sure the rope will slide in only one direction:\\
'''Lt. Tom Paris''': I'd tie a guarda hitch knot!\\
'''Owen''': The fear of long words is:\\
'''Tom''': Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!\\
'''Owen''': A picardy third is:\\
'''Tom''': Is when you suddenly solve a minor composition in major triad.\\
'''Owen''': The leg before wicket rule:\\
'''Tom''': Uh, [[UsefulNotes/CricketRules in Cricket]], [[ThatOneRule the batsman's out because he... er, um, no. It's... the bowler is]]--\\
'''Owen''': Just as I thought, you're '''''useless!!'''''\\
'''Tom''': ''(sobs)'' I'M SORRY I LET YOU DOWN DAD!

->'''Future!Trunks''': NOTICE ME!\\

'''Vegeta''': [[BigNo NO!]]

->'''Cell''': Look at me, I'm Trunks! Please love me, Daaad!\\
'''Future Trunks''': ...That's a terrible impression.\\
'''Android 16''': [[AC:But not inaccurate!]]

-->--''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust''

-->--''Fanfic/{{Between Dreams and Memories|Universe}}'' Chapter 79, "The Duel (Part 1)"

-->--''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'', ''chapter 1''

-->--'''Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu''', ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion''

-->--'''[[{{Manga/Saki}} Teru Miyanaga]]''' discusses this trope with '''[[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Maho Nishizumi]]''', ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin''

are losing theirs and [[JerkAss blaming it on you]];\\

And, which is more... [[SoProudOfYou you’ll be a Man... my son]]!"''
-->-- Fragment of the poem ''"If—"'', by {{Creator/Rudyard Kipling}}.

->Clawing up a mountain, desperate to reach the pinnacle — a father's acknowledgement, if never respect — only to be dashed down its slopes again and again.

->'''Marge''': Homie, are you really going to ignore Grampa for the rest of your life?\\
'''Homer''': Of course not, Marge, just for the rest of HIS life. He said I was an accident... he didn't want to have me.\\
'''Marge''': You didn't want to have Bart.\\
'''Homer''': I know, but you're never supposed to TELL the child!\\
'''Marge''': [[HypocriticalHumor You tell Bart all the time! You told him this morning!]]\\
'''Homer''': Yeah, but when ''I'' do it, it's cute!

->'''Malory:''' We're getting Cherlene a record deal. Sterling can't screw that up.
->'''Lana:''' Look, I think, maybe Archer's just been trying too hard.
->'''Malory:''' Ha!
->'''Lana:''' I'm serious. I mean, as sad as it is, deep down he just wants your approval, and lately you've been putting so much pressure on h
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', "Smugglers' Blues"

-->-- '''Steven''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Bismuth"

->''"I have this friend, and right around when I first met her, her dad died, and I actually went with her to the funeral. And months later, she told me that she didn’t understand why she was still upset, because she never even liked her father. It made sense to me, because I went through the same thing when my dad died. And I’m going through the same thing now.''\\


->''You know what it’s like? It’s like that show ''Series/{{Becker}}'', you know, with Creator/TedDanson? I watched the entire run of that show, hoping that it would get better, and it never did. It had all the right pieces, but it just—it couldn’t put them together. And when it got canceled, I was really bummed out, not because I liked the show, but [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot because I knew it could be so much better]], and now it never would be. And that’s what losing a parent is like. It’s like ''Becker''.''

->''Suddenly, you realize you’ll never have the good relationship you wanted, and as long as they were alive, even though you’d never admit it, part of you, the stupidest goddamn part of you, was still holding on to that chance. And you didn’t even realize it until that chance went away."''
-->--'''[=BoJack=]''', ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', "Free Churro"

-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}''' on '''Kalibak''', ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''

->'''Kaos:''' Why, mother? Why wouldn't you teach me how to be as powerful as you?
->'''Kaossandra:''' I have my reasons, Kaos. I do not need to justify them to you or anyone else, now or ever.
->'''Kaos:''' But all I ever wanted was to be like you. I know I can be, I will be. Please, just show me the way.
->'''Kaossandra:''' I... can't. Son, you must trust me on this.
->'''Kaos:''' Very well. [[DefectorFromDecadence I choose...]] ''[[DefectorFromDecadence them]]'' [[DefectorFromDecadence (refers to the Doom Raiders)]].
-->--''WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy''

->For so long, all I wanted was for you to love me, to accept me. I thought it was my honor I wanted, but really I was just trying to please you.
-->-- '''Zuko''' to '''Ozai''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse"

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