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** Meanwhile, his younger brother Sean still has "Well Done, Son!" Guy as a major motivation, hiding his technical wizardry behind a mask of misused slang. When a ghost wizard puts Sean in his ultimate fantasy world, his Dad is hugging him, saying, "Computers are pretty cool, son. They are pretty cool." [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p37/ He's brought to tears.]]

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** Meanwhile, his younger brother Sean still has "Well Done, Son!" Guy as a major motivation, hiding his technical wizardry behind a mask of misused slang. When a ghost wizard puts Sean in his ultimate fantasy world, his Dad is hugging him, saying, "Computers are pretty cool, son. They are pretty cool." [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p37/ He's brought to tears.]]
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* In the original ''WebComic/NuzlockeComics'', protagonist Ruby strives to gain the respect of his father, Norman, the Gym Leader of Petalburg City. Throughout Ruby's childhood, Norman had favoured a Slakoth (which later evolved into a Vigoroth) over Ruby, even naming it [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Good-Ruby]]. When Ruby defeats him in their Gym battle, Norman completely ignores his son to instead fawn over his beaten Vigoroth.
-->'''Ruby:''' Father... Do you love me now? Have I earned your respect?\\
'''Norman:''' My poor Good-Ruby!
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* [[TheCaptain Kaff Tagon]] from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' looks like that [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-11-26 when we first hear about his father]]. But [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-09-30 a later flashback]] shows that there's more to their story: each blames the other one and himself for [[spoiler:not saving the rest of their family from assassination]] a couple of decades ago.

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* [[TheCaptain Kaff Tagon]] from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' looks like that [[http://www.[[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-11-26 when we first hear about his father]]. But [[http://www.[[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-09-30 a later flashback]] shows that there's more to their story: each blames the other one and himself for [[spoiler:not saving the rest of their family from assassination]] a couple of decades ago.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Endstone}}'', [[http://endstone.net/2009/02/21/issue-1-page-4/ Cole stole her mother's Endstone to attempt to win her father's love.]]

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** Gil made it to the age of ten or so completely ignorant of his heritage, and Klaus only revealed it when he broke into his own records and found the embarrassing decoy story. This was probably primarily to keep him safe, but combined with all the tests later, it instilled in Gil the conviction that he had to ''earn'' the right to be Gilgamesh Wulfenbach.

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** Gil made it to the age of ten or so completely ignorant of his heritage, and Klaus only revealed it when he broke into his own records and found the embarrassing decoy story. This was probably primarily to keep him safe, safe but combined with all the tests later, it instilled in Gil the conviction that he had to ''earn'' the right to be Gilgamesh Wulfenbach.



* In ''Webcomic/TheSpecialists'', [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-85/ Henry]]. He's a jerk, a bigot and a Casanova Wannabe -- but you still feel sorry for him.

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* In ''Webcomic/TheSpecialists'', [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-85/ Henry]]. He's a jerk, a bigot bigot, and a Casanova Wannabe CasanovaWannabe -- but you still feel sorry for him.

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* Hurmiz from ''Webcomic/{{Harbourmaster}}'' already has its progenitor Kema's respect. What it ''doesn't'' have is Kema's love -- an understandable lack, since Kema [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove still hasn't mastered the idea of love in general]]. This means Hurmiz is supportive of [[spoiler: Gilou]]'s efforts to force Kema to question its old habits more thoroughly.
* It isn't something that [[TheStoic Dave Strider]] of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' likes to talk about, but he's clearly very deeply invested in following in his AloofOlderBrother [[spoiler:(who turns out to be his genetic father)]] and father-figure's example.
** Uniquely, Dave sort of gets ''both'' of the typical resolutions to this plotline. Eventually, he comes to recognize that [[BrokenPedestal his Bro was a terrible person]] who never deserved his respect. But later on, he also gets to meet an alternate universe version of Bro who is actually a decent person, and who is able to give him the praise and validation and affection he always wanted but never got from his real Bro.
** Inverted with his best friend John; John resents his father's doting on him, although [[spoiler: given that John [[ItMakesSenseInContext unconsciously covers his room in graffiti referring to himself as stupid]]]], it's rather understandable.
* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': Nico deeply wants his adoptive father, Pendragon, to be proud of him, but Pendragon is so scared of potentially dooming Nico that he ignores the poor kid.



* ''Webcomic/RiseFromAshes'': Wren becomes somewhat obsessive when it comes to trying to impress his near unpleasable father, the leader of The Red Crows.
* [[TheCaptain Kaff Tagon]] from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' looks like that [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-11-26 when we first hear about his father]]. But [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-09-30 a later flashback]] shows that there's more to their story: each blames the other one and himself for [[spoiler:not saving the rest of their family from assassination]] a couple of decades ago.



* It isn't something that [[TheStoic Dave Strider]] of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' likes to talk about, but he's clearly very deeply invested in following in his AloofOlderBrother [[spoiler:(who turns out to be his genetic father)]] and father-figure's example.
** Uniquely, Dave sort of gets ''both'' of the typical resolutions to this plotline. Eventually, he comes to recognize that [[BrokenPedestal his Bro was a terrible person]] who never deserved his respect. But later on, he also gets to meet an alternate universe version of Bro who is actually a decent person, and who is able to give him the praise and validation and affection he always wanted but never got from his real Bro.
** Inverted with his best friend John; John resents his father's doting on him, although [[spoiler: given that John [[ItMakesSenseInContext unconsciously covers his room in graffiti referring to himself as stupid]]]], it's rather understandable.
* [[TheCaptain Kaff Tagon]] from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' looks like that [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-11-26 when we first hear about his father]]. But [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-09-30 a later flashback]] shows that there's more to their story: each blames the other one and himself for [[spoiler:not saving the rest of their family from assassination]] a couple of decades ago.
* Hurmiz from ''Webcomic/{{Harbourmaster}}'' already has its progenitor Kema's respect. What it ''doesn't'' have is Kema's love--an understandable lack, since Kema [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove still hasn't mastered the idea of love in general]]. This means Hurmiz is supportive of [[spoiler: Gilou]]'s efforts to force Kema to question its old habits more thoroughly.
* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': Nico deeply wants his adoptive father, Pendragon, to be proud of him, but Pendragon is so scared of potentially dooming Nico that he ignores the poor kid.
* ''Webcomic/RiseFromAshes'': Wren becomes somewhat obsessive when it comes to trying to impress his near unpleasable father, the leader of The Red Crows.

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* It isn't something that [[TheStoic Dave Strider]] of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' likes to talk about, but he's clearly very deeply invested in following in his AloofOlderBrother [[spoiler:(who turns out to be his genetic father)]] and father-figure's example.
** Uniquely, Dave sort of gets ''both'' of the typical resolutions to this plotline. Eventually, he comes to recognize that [[BrokenPedestal his Bro was a terrible person]] who never deserved his respect. But later on, he also gets to meet an alternate universe version of Bro who is actually a decent person, and who is able to give him the praise and validation and affection he always wanted but never got from his real Bro.
** Inverted with his best friend John; John resents his father's doting on him, although [[spoiler: given that John [[ItMakesSenseInContext unconsciously covers his room in graffiti referring to himself as stupid]]]], it's rather understandable.
* [[TheCaptain Kaff Tagon]] from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' looks like that [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-11-26 when we first hear about his father]]. But [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-09-30 a later flashback]] shows that there's more to their story: each blames the other one and himself for [[spoiler:not saving the rest of their family from assassination]] a couple of decades ago.
* Hurmiz from ''Webcomic/{{Harbourmaster}}'' already has its progenitor Kema's respect. What it ''doesn't'' have is Kema's love--an understandable lack, since Kema [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove still hasn't mastered the idea of love in general]]. This means Hurmiz is supportive of [[spoiler: Gilou]]'s efforts to force Kema to question its old habits more thoroughly.
* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': Nico deeply wants his adoptive father, Pendragon, to be proud of him, but Pendragon is so scared of potentially dooming Nico that he ignores the poor kid.
* ''Webcomic/RiseFromAshes'': Wren becomes somewhat obsessive when it comes to trying to impress his near unpleasable father, the leader of The Red Crows.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': Nico deeply wants his adoptive father, Pendragon, to be proud of him, but Pendragon is so scared of potentially dooming Nico that he ignores the poor kid.
* ''Webcomic/RiseFromAshes'': Wren becomes somewhat obsessive when it comes to trying to impress his near unpleasable father, the leader of The Red Crows.
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** Nale also feels this way to his EvilOverlord father. Nale wants to prove that he can be even better BigBad material than the old man, and he wants him to acknowledge that. Of course, in this case, it's less "I want your approval" and more "I can take care of myself, get out of my life." [[spoiler:This ends up biting him in the butt as he kills Tarquin's best friend out of the belief that said friend planned to kill him, and then gloated about it to Tarquin. Tarquin commits PaterFamilicide in response, with his last words confirming that Nale was ''only'' alive because of Tarquin's protection in the first place.]]

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** Nale also feels this way to his EvilOverlord father. Nale wants to prove that he can be even better BigBad material than the old man, and he wants him to acknowledge that. Of course, in this case, it's less "I want your approval" and more "I can take care of myself, get out of my life." [[spoiler:This ends up biting him in the butt as he kills Tarquin's best friend out of the belief that said friend planned to kill him, and then gloated about it to Tarquin, and said for the last time that he didn't want ''anything'' from Tarquin. Tarquin commits PaterFamilicide in decides OffingTheOffspring was the proper response, with his last words confirming that Nale was ''only'' alive because of Tarquin's protection in the first place.]]
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** Nale also feels this way to his EvilOverlord father. Nale wants to prove that he can be even better BigBad material than the old man, and he wants him to acknowledge that. Of course, in this case, it's less "I want your approval" and more "I can take care of myself, get out of my life."

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** Nale also feels this way to his EvilOverlord father. Nale wants to prove that he can be even better BigBad material than the old man, and he wants him to acknowledge that. Of course, in this case, it's less "I want your approval" and more "I can take care of myself, get out of my life."" [[spoiler:This ends up biting him in the butt as he kills Tarquin's best friend out of the belief that said friend planned to kill him, and then gloated about it to Tarquin. Tarquin commits PaterFamilicide in response, with his last words confirming that Nale was ''only'' alive because of Tarquin's protection in the first place.]]
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* The plot of the "So What IS a [=McNinja=]?" arc in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Dan and Mitzi [=McNinja=] are very disappointed in their son for becoming a Doctor rather than an assassin. Interestingly, the Doctor realizes that gaining his parents' respect with his medical skills is a hopeless task, so he decides to show them that he's "a damn good ninja!" as well.
** Meanwhile, his younger brother Sean still has "Well Done, Son!" Guy as a major motivation, hiding his technical wizardry behind a mask of misused slang. When a ghost wizard puts Sean in his ultimate fantasy world, his Dad is hugging him, saying, "Computers are pretty cool, son. They are pretty cool." [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p37/ He's brought to tears.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{DDG}}'' Zip, it turns out, feels this way towards 'Netta since she sees 'Netta as a [[http://www.sincomics.com/phpAlbum/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=DDG%2FPages+100%2B%2FDDG120.jpg&var2=2 surrogate mother]] and could never get validation from her own mum.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Endstone}}'', [[http://endstone.net/2009/02/21/issue-1-page-4/ Cole stole her mother's Endstone to attempt to win her father's love.]]
* Gilgamesh Wulfenbach in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' spends his every waking moment (when not obsessing over Agatha) trying to live up to his Machiavellian father's expectations (who pushes Gil to the breaking point so that Gil [[ZenSurvivor won't go through what he did]]). Klaus ''does'' praise Gil upon completing difficult tasks, but the poor kid is usually too annoyed by the circumstances to really appreciate it. Klaus is [[SeenItAll rarely visibly impressed]] and thus easily comes across as dismissive. He was [[SoProudOfYou really enthusiastic]] only when saw Gil [[OneManArmy defeating a mechanized army, single-handed]].
** Though, eventually, Klaus spells it out. Ironically, it's a mistake (he thinks Gil ''intentionally'' sent to catch Agatha someone guaranteed to kill her, rather than doing so by accident).
--->'''Klaus''': It seems I have misjudged you. Well done, son.\\
'''Gil''': [suspicious] Is this another test?\\
'''Klaus''': Erk. Please, don't make me laugh. Owch. No. No more tests, my son. The time for such things is over.
** Gil made it to the age of ten or so completely ignorant of his heritage, and Klaus only revealed it when he broke into his own records and found the embarrassing decoy story. This was probably primarily to keep him safe, but combined with all the tests later, it instilled in Gil the conviction that he had to ''earn'' the right to be Gilgamesh Wulfenbach.
*** Which conveniently averted the "[[RoyalBrat spoiled second-generation conqueror]]" problem. Take that, Ibn Khaldun!
** That said, they have a strong mutual affection and Gil never seems to doubt that his father ''cares'', or even that he ''wants'' him... it's just that he can't be completely sure Klaus won't kill him or set him aside if he has to for the good of Europa. On the other hand, Klaus frequently looks down on the kid, but hasn't tried to shape his personality for anything but generic 'strength;' his lab at the beginning of the story contained no weapons whatsoever. (Subsequent events have required him to develop a more militant bent. Klaus seems to have been relying on the Spark to bring those qualities out when they were actually needed.) The closest to a healthy version of this trope you can get, considering there's an empire involved and both parties are [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder congenitally insane]].
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** The reason Roy Greenhilt took on the story's main quest was to prove his worth to his egocentric, self-centered father. He eventually comes to realize that his father simply isn't worth it and that nothing he can say will ever make him change. He gives up on him entirely, not even bothering with CallingTheOldManOut, and goes so far as to make his father promise not to ever visit his family from the afterlife -- which his father does easily and casually without a single worry -- to have the privilege of helping Roy.
** Nale also feels this way to his EvilOverlord father. Nale wants to prove that he can be even better BigBad material than the old man, and he wants him to acknowledge that. Of course, in this case, it's less "I want your approval" and more "I can take care of myself, get out of my life."
** An indirect version comes from Haley's father in this [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0941.html strip]]:
--->'''Ian Starshine''': Not bad, kid. Maybe you're not a diabolical sleeper agent out to infiltrate my family and destroy all I've worked for.\\
'''Elan''': ''[non-sarcastically]'' Truly, that's all any man can hope to hear from his girlfriend's father.
* Kazuo of ''Webcomic/RedString'' wants his father's approval so badly that he dumps his girlfriend that he loves dearly, resigns himself to an arranged marriage with a childhood friend he doesn't love that way, works at a job he hates, stops doing any of his hobbies--including cooking, which he actually wants to do as a career--and seems to be developing a drug problem to cope. Even when Kazuo shows some weak defiance, he always goes back to groveling for his father's love soon after. As of this writing, all his father's done in response is slap him repetitively, call him worthless, and point-blank tell the boy he's only good as a bargaining chip. [[spoiler:And [[DrivenToSuicide driven Kazuo to attempt suicide]]. Luckily, he survives.]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheSpecialists'', [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-85/ Henry]]. He's a jerk, a bigot and a Casanova Wannabe -- but you still feel sorry for him.
* It isn't something that [[TheStoic Dave Strider]] of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' likes to talk about, but he's clearly very deeply invested in following in his AloofOlderBrother [[spoiler:(who turns out to be his genetic father)]] and father-figure's example.
** Uniquely, Dave sort of gets ''both'' of the typical resolutions to this plotline. Eventually, he comes to recognize that [[BrokenPedestal his Bro was a terrible person]] who never deserved his respect. But later on, he also gets to meet an alternate universe version of Bro who is actually a decent person, and who is able to give him the praise and validation and affection he always wanted but never got from his real Bro.
** Inverted with his best friend John; John resents his father's doting on him, although [[spoiler: given that John [[ItMakesSenseInContext unconsciously covers his room in graffiti referring to himself as stupid]]]], it's rather understandable.
* [[TheCaptain Kaff Tagon]] from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' looks like that [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-11-26 when we first hear about his father]]. But [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-09-30 a later flashback]] shows that there's more to their story: each blames the other one and himself for [[spoiler:not saving the rest of their family from assassination]] a couple of decades ago.
* Hurmiz from ''Webcomic/{{Harbourmaster}}'' already has its progenitor Kema's respect. What it ''doesn't'' have is Kema's love--an understandable lack, since Kema [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove still hasn't mastered the idea of love in general]]. This means Hurmiz is supportive of [[spoiler: Gilou]]'s efforts to force Kema to question its old habits more thoroughly.

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