History WellDoneSonGuy / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Runeheart is at odds with her mother because the latter's stern with her training to make her the successor to her smithing business. Runeheart's stubbornness isn't helping Opalheart either, [[spoiler:and it culminates with them yelling at each other when Runeheart doesn't listen to Opalheart and ends up breaking the tool the former's forging. That's why Runeheart asks the Chemist for help in gathering materials to fix it and prove her worth to Opalheart.]]

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has this in some of its social links.

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' has a variation on this with the Niijima sisters: Sae is both Makoto's older sister and legal guardian, the latter occurring due to their father dying in the line of duty. Makoto works hard in order to lighten the burden on Sae, so she's greatly upset when Sae, in a fit of anger, calls her a burden. [[spoiler:It later turns out that Sae is secretly jealous of Makoto's strong will and ability to fight for what she believes to be right]].

* This is one of the basics for the
MayDecemberRomance between GeniusBruiser Oswin and WhiteMagicianGirl Serra in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''. She treats him more respectfully than [[SlapSlapKiss her other possible love interests]] (FragileSpeedster Matthew and BadassBookworm Erk) and seeks his approval, but when Oswin reprehends her in their B support, Serra mistakes this as him hating her as a person and almost has an HeroicBSOD. Their A support is about them clearing the misunderstanding.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheBindingBlade]]'', Prince Zephiel. Ever dutiful, ever charismatic Prince of Bern whose wish is just for his family to reconcile, by having his father acknowledge him. Poor kid doesn't know that his father is very much a {{jerkass}} who really wants him dead. When Zephiel learns it the hard way, [[NietzscheWannabe take a wild guess what Zephiel turns into]].
** Another ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' example is [[BadassAdorable Nino]]. All she wants is to earn Sonia's love and approval and agrees to go on a dangerous mission in which she would very well be killed ''just'' for the reward of her mother holding her hand and stroking her face.

** Forrest in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' starts out angry at his father for criticizing his WholesomeCrossdresser habit, but once they start communicating better he expresses a desire to make his father proud despite being afraid to fight, and to wield the tome Leo uses and that Forrest will someday inherit.

* This is one of the basics for the MayDecemberRomance between GeniusBruiser Oswin and WhiteMagicianGirl Serra in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''. She treats him more respectfully than [[SlapSlapKiss her other possible love interests]] (FragileSpeedster Matthew and BadassBookworm Erk) and seeks his approval, but when Oswin reprehends her in their B support, Serra mistakes this as him hating her as a person and almost has an HeroicBSOD. Their A support is about them clearing the misunderstanding.
** Speaking of ''Franchise/FireEmblem'', Prince Zephiel. Ever dutiful, ever charismatic Prince of Bern whose wish is just for his family to reconcile, by having his father acknowledge him. Poor kid doesn't know that his father is very much a {{jerkass}} who really wants him dead. When Zephiel learns it the hard way, [[NietzscheWannabe take a wild guess what Zephiel turns into]].

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': [[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Mordred]] is the most prominent example of this trope tying to get the approval of her father [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Altria Pendragon]] by any means necessary.

* In ''VideoGame/{{God of War|PS4}}'' Atreus tries to desperately prove his worth to his father the series-established badass Kratos, which is already a tall order in of itself. Deconstructed however when over time, as Kratos continues to be harsh, often condescending, and even seemingly (albeit unintentionally) abandoning his son for a period of time, Atreus starts to seriously question why he should impress such a jerk of a father.

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', TheExile's EvilMentor Kreia/[[ObviousJudas Darth Traya]] is an EvilMatriarch who has a tendency to act motherly to her apprentices and hold them to unreasonable expectations until they [[YouHaveFailedMe disappoint her and she discards them]]. Loath though he is to admit it, [[{{foil}} her apprentice before you]] Darth Sion is desperate for his old master's approval, to the point where he tries to hunt down and kill them to prove that he is not the failure she believes him to be.

* In an example of the hero's friend, Sora reveals at the end of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' that he's always striven to be as good at everything as his best friend, Riku. This was hinted at during the beginning of the original game, as well. In true form, Riku also reveals that he was always jealous of the way his friend lived his life.

[[WellDoneSonGuy People seeking parental approval]] in video games.

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has [[CheerfulChild Lancer]], who shows great admiration for his father from his very first appearance, claiming how he wants his dad to make him "son of the month!" [[spoiler: It's too bad his dad isn't [[AbusiveParents nearly]] [[ParentalNeglect as loving.]]]]

** Considering that at that point Testament has completed his HeelFaceTurn and is TheLancer to FriendToAllLivingThings Dizzy, it's no wonder that the LawfulGood father approves.

* This is one of the basics for the MayDecemberRomance between GeniusBruiser Oswin and WhiteMagicianGirl Serra in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]''. She treats him more respectfully than [[SlapSlapKiss her other possible love interests]] (FragileSpeedster Matthew and BadassBookworm Erk) and seeks his approval, but when Oswin reprehends her in their B support, Serra mistakes this as him hating her as a person and almost has an HeroicBSOD. Their A support is about them clearing the misunderstanding.

** Another ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Blazing Sword]]'' example is [[BadassAdorable Nino]]. All she wants is to earn Sonia's love and approval and agrees to go on a dangerous mission in which she would very well be killed ''just'' for the reward of her mother holding her hand and stroking her face.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series Lee and Jin (a "Well Done Grandson Guy") all at some point or another felt this way towards Heihachi. Eventually, they learn that doing this won't get them anywhere and thus went off their own way.

* [[TheDragon Seseri]] from ''VideoGame/{{Espgaluda}}'' is this way due to the fact that she believed that her father, [[BigBad King Jakou]], never acknowledged her as his daughter. Instead, she was forced to endure him lavishing all his attention towards Ageha and Tateha, who were born from the magical Queen and therefore had untapped magical potential. Contrast to Seseri, who is an illegitimate child, and is not magic at all; aside from her affinity with magical weapons and devices, she was nothing compared to the very powerful Ageha and Tateha. However, Seseri wrongly interpreted that Jakou actually cared for Ageha and Taheta, not realizing that he wanted to turn them into his own psychic tyke-bombs. So Seseri [[CainAndAbel hates her half-siblings, wishing to kill them both so that Jakou might love her]]. [[spoiler: Her efforts are for naught, as she dies defending him (and despite this, Jakou also dies at Ageha and Tateha's hands). [[WeCanRebuildHim She is still brought back as a robotic vessel by the Spirit Society in the sequel]], but her purpose is now to seek revenge for Jakou's death, her hatred for her half-sibling twins being paramount. [[KilledOffForReal When she is killed for good,]] [[AlasPoorVillain she apologizes to her deceased father for her failure,]] [[DefeatEqualsExplosion right before her fully robotic body explodes into scrap metal]].]]