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7	->'''Elinor:''' Merida, a princess does not place her weapons on the table.\
8	'''Merida:''' ''[moans]'' Mum! It's just my bow!
9	-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''
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11	This trope is a specific variant of TomboyAndGirlyGirl applied to a mother/daughter pair. The mother generally ascribes to the feminine norms of the time (such as a ProperLady in period works or a {{Housewife}} from the 20th century onwards) while the daughter is a {{Tomboy}} who generally dislikes more girly things. The mother then disdains her daughter's lack of femininity and may take steps to induce a GirlinessUpgrade, often [[FemininityFailure with mixed results]]. More realistically, she might also worry about her daughter's future, especially in settings that are very strict about gender roles. Meanwhile, the daughter might be tomboyish in part because she is rebelling against her mother's aspirations for her, especially if she has a girly sister or cousin to whom [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent she is often negatively compared]]. In period works, the TomboyPrincess and SpiritedYoungLady may clash with more traditionally feminine older relatives.
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13	This can be played in several ways. The mother might be a very strict FantasyForbiddingMother who repeatedly brings up that she WantedAGenderConformingChild, or an OpenMindedParent who is accepting of her daughter from the get-go -- bonus points if she UsedToBeATomboy (or at least less girly) but settled into a more feminine role in adulthood. She and her daughter may be distant because of their differences or very close despite them. Similarly, the daughter may stand her ground or experience TomboyAngst. The important thing is the generational contrast between the two female characters because this trope is often used to show changing gender norms. The mother is usually the embodiment of AcceptableFeminineGoalsAndTraits, and her treatment of her tomboyish daughter's personality and hobbies is emblematic of the changing times -- society is increasingly accepting of women who take up traditionally 'masculine' pursuits, although old-fashioned characters may still be scandalized. For this reason, the daughter is usually the more sympathetic character, or at least [[RealWomenDontWearDresses the one the audience is expected to root for]].
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15	Subtrope of TomboyAndGirlyGirl and LikeFatherUnlikeSon. Compare JockDadNerdSon for a loose modern gender inversion. See also YouGoGirl and StayInTheKitchen for other plots about girls trying traditionally masculine activities. Related to WomenAreDelicate -- the mother may ascribe to this perception, but the daughter challenges it.
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21	* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' has a GenderBender-induced example: Matoi is an [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery opulently-dressed]] LadyOfWar. Her child Matsuri was originally male, then turned female, but continues to dress and act like a boy--which makes for a visual contrast because they otherwise look [[StrongFamilyResemblance near-identical]]. Matoi has expressed [[WantedASonInstead a preference to Matsuri to remain a girl]], and is seemingly trying to get him to [[ThirdLawOfGenderBending become more feminine]].
22	* PlayedForDrama in the manga version of ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', where boyish military {{Otaku}} Maki wonders if she's afraid of acting girly because she loathes her abusive, neglectful biological mother, who was supposedly feminine. Maki doesn't actually have a very good idea of what kind of person her mother was, apart from the abuse, but admits that when she sees women who are "slaves to money and booze and men," she wonders if that was what her mother was like.
23	* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
24	** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', the tomboyish soccer player Sora doesn't get along with her mother, who is a YamatoNadeshiko who specializes in traditional flower arrangements. However, Sora does experience GirlinessUpgrade later in life, switching from soccer to tennis.
25	** Rika of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' is a rough and brash tomboy who rails against her supermodel fashionista mother. After they make peace, she is depicted as something like a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, who secretly likes dressing up.
26	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'': Inverted. Grace is a spunky, short-haired woman who is a famous Rhyhorn racer. While she wanted Serena to become a Ryhorn racer like her, Serena ended up leaning towards the IdolSinger-esque Pokemon Performer career instead. Serena has a more feminine look than her mother as well, though she did end up with an ImportantHaircut halfway through the series.
27	* ''Anime/TweenyWitches'': Arusu is an athletic, short-haired FieryRedhead who defies the norms of the witches without shame. She also dresses in a tank top and pants before a SignificantWardrobeShift as part of her GoingNative. Her mother, Yoko, is a {{Housewife}} with a MotherlySidePlait, though her similar clothes and ineptitude in cooking make her a downplayed example.
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31	* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', ButchLesbian superheroine Flying Fox's mother is a much more traditionally-feminine woman, albeit one who spent much of her career in politics.
32	* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Princeless}}''. Adrienne is straightforwardly a TomboyPrincess who rebelled against the path her parents set out for her as a PrincessClassic. Her mother the queen seemingly encouraged the feminine-princess path, but later [[spoiler:supports Adrienne and is heavily implied to be the Black Knight.]]
33	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Helena Sandsmark is the prim feminine young mother of the very brash and tomboyish [[Characters/WonderGirlCassieSandsmark Cassie Sandsmark]].
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37	* In ''ComicStrip/PreTeena'', harassed mother Tess Keene manages to look casually presentable and stylish in a well-dressed feminine manner. Older daughter Jeri is obsessed with appearance, style and makeup. Eleven-year old Teena, however, is a tomboy who prefers slopping around in jeans, or shorts, and t-shirt. She absolutely hates formal occassions where she has to wear dresses. Her idea of clothes-shopping is to spend no more than five minutes in locating a new pair of jeans and four or five t-shirts, and any time spent above this is time wasted. Her mother despairs.
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41	* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', this is one of the many reasons that the Danvers family is so dysfunctional. Carol (the daughter) is a sporty, assertive, tomboy. Her mother, Marie, on the other hand, seems to be a typical housewife who puts up with her husband's emotionally abusive attitude with little complaint, never explaining to her daughter ''why''. [[note]] The short version: she RefusedTheCall despite her mother's urging, [[ShellShockedVeteran seeing what it did to her mother and her little brother]], and is terrified of Carol embracing it. [[/note]] Once this is explained, Marie's HiddenDepths are revealed (Harry picks up on them almost immediately), and she resolves to put aside her fears and be proud of her "scrappy little warrior maiden", and the two get on much better. She also effectively kicks her husband to the curb once she discovers how far he was ''really'' willing to go to make Carol more traditionally feminine ([[spoiler:get Harry to MindRape her. Harry reacts badly to this suggestion]]).
42	* Inverted in ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/8490740 The Choice of Group]]'': Alice is and has always been a spirited, rebellious and adventurous ActionGirl, and both her little daughters are shy, timid bookworms. Alice is completely fine with that.
43	* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Talia is a stay at home mother who also has a job as an illustrator who makes cute and sweet drawings. Her daughter, Chloe, is a NightmareFetishist who is currently on the Infinity Train having fun exploring multiple cars and fighting with a steel pipe/donut holer.
44	* [[https://www.deviantart.com/discordantprincess Discordant Princess']] ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' works have this dynamic with OC Megan Lowell and her mother Marjorie (as well as her six older sisters). Marjorie and her oldest girls are "proper" ladies who put their efforts into looking good and roping a fine marriage, while Megan is a studious tomboy who eventually becomes a World War Two Army nurse. [[JustifiedTrope Justified,]] as in the time period Megan lives in, that's what was mostly expected of girls.
45	* A [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] example in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'' with [[NamedByAdaptation Caterina]] Marcovaldo and her daughter Giulia. [[SensitiveArtist Caterina]], while not a full-fledged GirlyGirl or ProperLady, has a gentler, more soft-spoken and mild-mannered personality compared to the HotBlooded, blunt and tomboyish [[FieryRedhead Giulia]].
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49	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': As a RebelliousPrincess, Merida is a FieryRedhead, wears her hair {{messy\|Hair}} and {{wild\|Hair}}, [[DaddysGirl gets along well with her father]], and has hobbies involving archery, {{horse archer}}y, the sword, and rock climbing. On the other hand, [[TheHighQueen Queen Elinor]] has [[BrainyBrunette brown]] hair and has been pressing weaving, manners, and other elegant pursuits on Merida to little avail. They ''really'' don't see eye-to-eye as the film starts, but when Merida has to be diplomatic with three angry clans of warriors and Elinor has to help her daughter fight off a supernatural threat, they start to understand their viewpoints.
50	* ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'': Inverted. Helen is the ActionMom of the shy, boy crazy inviso-girl Violet.
51	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': As a cub, Nala is the spunky tomboy to her feminine mother Sarafina. In the sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', Nala is a regal and reserved queen, while her daughter Kiara is an adventurous TomboyPrincess.
52	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'': Ariel, who {{used to be\|ATomboy}} a TomboyPrincess as a teenager, is now a proper queen who often gets worried about her rambunctious and tomboyish daughter Melody.
53	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': The fearless and adventurous Moana and her tradition-following mother Sina. Moana would like to sail the ocean like her father did when he was younger, but both her parents don't approve of that because it's too dangerous, and Sina encourages Moana to follow her father's rules.
54	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', Fa Li is an accomplished {{Housewife}} and ProperLady. Her daughter Mulan is fairly feminine, but questions her destiny of ending up in an ArrangedMarriage, fails at all her attempts to be an acceptable bride-to-be, and flourishes as a warrior when she runs away to join the army in her father's place. [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain Note that Mulan's masculine behavior is atrocious]] and she eventually finds success by striking a balance between "masculine" and "feminine" skills.
55	* ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverLand'': After spending time in Neverland (and some CharacterDevelopment), Jane evolves into a LittleMissBadass who acts exactly like the Lost Boys, becoming the first [[OneOfTheBoys Lost Girl]]. By contrast, her mother Wendy was a TeamMom to the Lost Boys, has always been a ProperLady, and is still one as an adult.
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59	* ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'':
60	** Jess' family forbids her from playing soccer because they don't believe it's appropriate for a woman to do so.
61	** Jules has a similar problem with her ladylike mother, who wants her to be interested in shopping and boys [[spoiler: and is thrilled to learn that she and Jess had a feud over a boy (she'd thought [[MistakenForGay they were a couple]]).]]
62	* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe, Leia is a fiery and tough TomboyPrincess, and usually dresses in a more practical way, in contrast to her SilkHidingSteel mother Padmé, who is more soft-spoken and diplomatic, and often wears ornate, formal gowns. However, Leia wears them when required and is also a trained diplomat, while Padme also put on more practical clothing sometimes. Both were also [[ActionGirl good fighters]] and Padme [[DeathByChildbirth died shortly after giving birth]] so there was no opportunity for conflict between them (or accord), making it pretty {{downplayed}}.
63	* Inverted in ''Film/Halloween2018'': Laurie is a badass [[CoolOldLady old woman]] and TankTopTomboy who spends her free time target practicing while her daughter Karen is much more motherly, demure and soft-spoken.
64	* In ''Film/TheHelp'' Skeeter is a wannabe journalist and writer who doesn't care much about fashion, her mother Charlotte is a former beauty contestant who is concerned with her daughters' lack of femininity (and single status).
65	* ''Film/Mulan2020'': This dynamic is more present than in [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} the animated film]], as Mulan is more outright tomboyish (she has been a budding warrior since childhood) and her traditionally feminine mother more openly disapproves of her behavior.
66	* ''Film/{{The Princess\|2022}}'': The princess, a tomboy who likes to fight and is well trained in doing so, has a demure ProperLady mother in the queen. Unlike in many examples however, it was her mother who had her trained to fight, quietly supporting her daughter while her father the king is not happy at all when learning about her unfeminine activities.
67	* ''Film/AugustInTheCity'': August is conventionally feminine, while her daughter Ana has quite the masculine style, dressing much like a boy with a ball cap, low-hung jeans etc.
68	* ''Film/SignatureMove'': Zaynab is a ButchLesbian. Her mother Parveen is a traditional Muslim woman, always wearing a dress and mostly hijab too. They clash on many things, naturally, most particularly Parveen pushing for her to marry a man and have children, unaware at first that Zaynab is a lesbian.
69	* ''Film/FreakyFriday1976'' has feminine pink skirt wearing housewife Ellen, and her rambunctious skateboarding jeans-and-sneaker preferring teenage daughter Annabel who then [[FreakyFridayFlip swap bodies]] and learn about each other's lives.
70	** The later ''Film/FreakyFriday2003'' looser adaptation of the [[Literature/FreakyFriday same source book]] departs from this with career woman psychologist Tess and rocker-chic teenager Anna who both are more on a grey area of the GirlyGirl to Tomboy ratio.
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74	* ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'':
75	** Felicity Merriman is the tomboyish protagonist -- she would rather explore and ride horses than sit and do embroidery. Her mother Martha is a ProperLady from a well-to-do family who expresses exasperation at Felicity's tomboyishness and wishes that her daughter matures into a genteel young woman. Throughout the series, Felicity matures but her mother accepts her less conventional hobbies and interests (even where Felicity would run her father's counter at their store when he is away).
76	** Kit Kittredge's mother (at least before TheGreatDepression wrecks the family's financial stability) is a {{housewife}} who loves hosting garden parties and wants to give her daughter a pink, princess-themed bedroom. Kit, however, is much more into baseball, writing her own newspaper, and idolizing real-life career women like Amelia Earhart.
77	* ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'': While not exactly a tomboy (she's into music, can convincingly pass for a man, and is all but stated to be a ButchLesbian), Eugenie Danglars is much more outspoken than her mother Hermine (who's more of a BrainlessBeauty interested only in her own pleasures, though she's smart enough to participate in insider trading).
78	* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': Honor has shades of this with her mother Allison. Allison is a geneticist, small, beautiful, and from the planet Beowulf that has a very open attitude to sex. Honor is a naval officer, is 6 foot 2, and always felt plain and was content as one of the lads' after some unpleasant experiences at the Naval Academy. While not at each other's throats, Honor was always jealous of her mother's beauty and for her part, her mother was perturbed by Honor's lack of sex life.
79	* ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'': In ''Children of the Lens'', Clarissa Kinnison is described as a womanly feminine lady who tried hard to make her daughters grow up as feminine women too -- and failed. They would not play house, or play with dolls; instead they played with atomic engines, flitters, and speedsters, and they also enjoyed roughhousing with their big brother Kit.
80	* In ''Literature/LittleWomen'', Jo is the most tomboyish of the sisters, being outspoken, rebellious, and thoroughly against romance and her sisters' more feminine goals and traits. In contrast, her mother Marmee is a strong and humble ProperLady and {{Housewife}} who often imparts parental wisdom on her. Marmee once confesses to Jo that she once had a HotBlooded temper to rival Jo's but learned to control it; true to form, Jo matures into a more feminine SpiritedYoungLady.
81	* This is a major sticking point between Katarina and her mother in ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. The original Katarina was spoiled but still well-behaved (when she wasn't acting the AlphaBitch) and active in her engagement to Prince Jerod but the Katarina after regaining her PastLifeMemories is the opposite. Her less than ladylike hobbies such as farming and tree-climbing, and her complete lack of proper decorum for the daughter of a duke (much less the fiancee of a prince) infuriate her mother to no end, leaving her as literally the only person in the story who can't be won over by [[BlitheSpirit her simpleminded charm or quirkiness]].
82	* {{Inverted}} in ''Literature/{{Remnants}}.'' One of the main characters is a teenager who goes by Miss Violet Blake (birth name: [[TomboyishName Austin]]). Violet was part of a clique called "Janes," because they prefer to dress and act in the style of Creator/JaneAusten characters. Her mother, in contrast, was a tough-as-nails businesswoman before the Rock hit, and the two often butt heads.
83	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Catelyn is a tried and true ProperLady, while her middle child and second daughter Arya is a wild and rambunctious tomboy. Although Catelyn's husband Ned indulged Arya's hobbies like sword fighting and horseback riding (in part because of her resemblance to his famously tomboyish deceased sister Lyanna), Catelyn expresses concern about Arya's future, was critical over her lack of feminine skills, and takes pride in the fact that Arya's feminine older sister Sansa was "a lady at three."
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87	* The ''Series/ColdCase'' Season 4 episode "Torn", the oldest unsolved case in the series, focuses on the death of an 18-year-old socialite who falls in with the suffrage movement, much to the dismay of her conservative mother. [[spoiler:The mother turns out to be her killer in the end, though it's an AccidentalMurder.]]
88	* ''Series/EverythingNow'': Mia is a tomboy, and was even as a little girl. In contrast, her mom is a feminine woman who pushed her to wear dresses even when this clearly wasn't what Mia wanted, preferring her dad's clothes. Their contrasting styles are one source of conflict between them.
89	* ''Series/Hawkeye2021'': Eleanor dresses femininely and is ladylike in general, while [[Characters/MCUKateBishop Kate]] is a Tomboy who dresses more masculinely and is highly trained in physical activities such as martial arts, gymnastics, fencing, and archery.
90	* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' establishes this dynamic between Aemma and her daughter Rhaenyra from their very first scene together. Aemma, a demure ProperLady, has to explain to her strongly-opinionated tomboy of a daughter that her role as a woman with royal blood is to provide heirs for the Realm. Rhaenyra dismisses her mother's words and tells her she would rather be a knight who rides to battle and glory. Guess who ends up having 5 children in the end.
91	* ''Series/MadMen'': Bourgeois housewife Betty Draper once called her daughter Sally "daddy's little lesbian" over her love of handiwork. The relationship becomes more strained as Sally starts questioning her domineering and insecure mother's beliefs and toxic traits and the girl adopts a style as preppy as her Creator/GraceKelly esque mother but favors jeans and sweaters rather than shirtwaist dresses.
92	* ''Series/TheMakanaiCookingForTheMaikoHouse'': Mother Azusa is the proper but slightly airheaded former geisha and house manager. Her brusque teenage daughter Ryoko has tomboyish fashion and manners and resents the lifestyle.
93	* ''Series/NeverHaveIEver'': Elise Torres favors skirts and dresses, is introduced trying to bond with her daughter over manicures, and later runs the school bake sale. Fabiola Torres dresses "like the janitor's nephew," is invested in STEM, and has created her own very advanced robot. They do get along better than most examples of this trope and are shown as having a very loving and supportive parent-child relationship compared to the others on the show.
94	* ''Series/TheSpencerSisters'': Victoria is highly feminine, with long hair, a demure manner and always dressing in flattering slacks with blouses or similar outfits. Darby, her daughter, has a slightly tomboyish look in contrast. While she also has long hair, Darby eschews more feminine outfits (like her mother wants her to wear), for shirts and jeans. She's also more bold and unladylike in her attitude.
95	* ''Series/StrangerThings'' implies this to be the dynamic between Max and her mother Susan, which is confirmed and expanded on in the tie-in novel ''Runaway Max''. Max (a TomboyishName for Maxine) is a tomboy who skateboards, drives, plays video games, and hangs out with a group of guys. Susan is dainty and frustrated with Max's tomboyishness.
96	* ''Series/{{Trigonometry}}'': Ray not only goes by this TomboyishName, compared to her mother her clothing style is more androgynous or masculine, though she'll wear dresses as well. Her mother though finds her usual outfits ugly, urges that she put on dresses to look beautiful, and dislikes that she also got a tattoo, having a far more feminine style herself. This causes some strain between them.
97	* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'': Inverted. Caroline is a bubbly, flighty cheerleader, while her mother Liz is usually seen in her cop uniform and has BoyishShortHair.
98	* ''Series/{{Willow}}'': Sorsha has long hair and always wears an elegant, beautiful gown. Her daughter Kit on the other hand is a short-haired tomboy who wears very masculine clothing, eschewing the more feminine things that were expected of her as a princess. [[spoiler:The illusion of Sorsha Kit meets in the Immemorial City apologizes for trying to make Kit something she's not, as part of the Crone's temptation.]]
99	* ''Series/TheWitcher2019'':
100	** Inverted with the corset-hating warrior Queen Calanthe and her more PrincessClassic daughter Pavetta.
101	** Cirilla enjoys masquerading as a boy and playing knucklebones with commoners, takes to being on the run surprisingly well despite her sheltered background, and expressed frustration that Calanthe wasn't teaching her how to fight and rule.
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105	* Blodeuwedd and Kari from ''VideoGame/DeadInVinland''. [[TheFace Blodeuwedd]] is a housewife and excellent cook, who's [[WantedAGenderConformingChild always trying]] to convince Kari to cook, clean, sew, and other traditionally feminine tasks. Kari is rude, snarky, and impatient, has a HairTriggerTemper, wears trousers, and would much rather go hunting with her dad and explore the IslandOfMystery they've ended up stranded on. Blodeuwedd even tells one of the ''[[NonActionGuy male]]'' [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide characters]] that she wishes she had a daughter like him. Complicated in that Blodeuwedd is also an axe-wielding LadyOfWar who's the best [[StoneWall tank]] in the game.
106	* Joyce and Chloe Price, as seen in both ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' and its prequel ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm''. While no pushover, Joyce cooks, dresses in a typically feminine manner, and generally accepts her second husband David's conservative outlook on life. Chloe, on the other hand, dresses in a much more typically masculine style, has cut her hair short, and absolutely cannot stand David. Interestingly, neither party is presented as wholly in the right, and while they may sometimes not get along, both of them deeply love each other.
107	* Caroline and Abigail from ''VideoGame/StardewValley''. Caroline is a {{housewife}} who is happily married to her husband Pierre. She tends a tea garden for a hobby. Abigail is an adventure-seeking tomboy suffering from SmallTownBoredom who wants to fight monsters in the local mine and will quarrel with her parents in several of her friendship events.
108	* ''VideoGame/{{Skyrim}}'': Sigrid and Dorthe, the wife and daughter of Alvor, the local blacksmith. Dorthe spends most of her time helping her father at the forge and dreams of becoming a smith herself when she grows up, much to Sigrid's chagrin, who keeps trying to push her into more "ladylike" interests like cooking, sewing, and gardening.
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112	* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Nagisa is soft-spoken, nurturing, and obsessed with Dango plushies. Meanwhile, her daughter Ushio is more spunky, plays with toy robots, and does baseball.
113	* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', Natsuhi and Jessica Ushiromiya have this dynamic. Natsuhi is refined and tries her hardest to be a YamatoNadeshiko (despite being [[HairTriggerTemper a bit too high-strung]] to play it straight), while Jessica is feisty and tomboyish. Natsuhi clearly WantedAGenderConformingChild, as she often wishes Jessica would be more ladylike.
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117	* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' seems to play with this trope regarding the main character Charlie and her mother Lilith. [[MasculineFeminineGayCouple While Charlie is certainly more feminine than her partner Vaggie,]] she still is more comfortable wearing tuxedos than wearing dresses [[GirlyBruiser and is no slouch in fighting]]. Lilith, in contrast, is always seen in pictures in dresses as a "proper" lady.
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121	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Francine is a bubbly housewife who wears a pink dress, while her daughter Hayley is a confrontational, rebellious TankTopTomboy who always wears jeans.
122	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Felicia Sundew is a very feminine-looking tea shop owner with long hair. Her daughter, Ivy, is a tomboy who wears overalls and hats and enjoys roughhousing and other boyish activities. Felicia [[FollowInMyFootsteps wants Ivy to learn how to run the shop]], but contrary to Ivy's assumption, she has no problem with her daughter being a tomboy, as she herself was an adventurer and learned how to fight on her travels.
123	* ''WesternAnimation/BionicSix'': Meg is a spunky short-haired speedster who enjoys a good fight. Her mother Helen has longer hair and prefers using telekinesis to conquer her foes.
124	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': While Sam's individualist mindset puts her at odds with both her preppy parents, it's especially nasty between her and her mother Pamela, who's determined to stomp out Sam's goth personality and force her into pink dresses.
125	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detention}}'': Shareena Wickett is a goth girl into dark things, while her mother wants her to be into pink and fashion.
126	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'': Bean is a hard-drinking tomboy who favors breeches and tunics, whereas her biological mother Dagmar was a proper queen (at least that's how her father insists on remembering her, the truth is she was kind of ''both'' [[spoiler:and an evil sorceress to boot]]. Her stepmother Oona is also fairly proper (with some odd quirks as a FunnyForeigner) but reveals a tomboyish streak when she takes over a pirate crew in the second season, but they never got close.
127	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Rita Loud is a traditional mom with three of her daughters being tomboys: Luna, Lynn, and Lana.
128	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': Ashley Spinelli is a rough and sarcastic tomboy with a feminine mother who likes shopping, makeup, ballet, and other girly pursuits. It's mentioned that Flo Spinelli has tried a few times to get her daughter to follow in her footsteps.
129	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Episodes set in the future have this dynamic with cookie-cutter housewife Marge and her youngest child, Maggie, who dresses like a punk rocker.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': [[Characters/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilStarButterfly Star Butterfly]] is more of a GirlyBruiser than a tomboy, but she still often clashes with her more "proper" mother, [[Characters/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilMoonButterfly Queen Moon]]. Granted, [[LadyOfWar Moon is perfectly willing to fight if she has to]], but doesn't seek it out like Star, who got that trait from her father.
131	* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': [[GenkiGirl spunky]], [[EarthyBarefootCharacter outdoorsy]] Rapunzel can sometimes be at odds with her demure, ProperLady mother. [[spoiler: However, Rapunzel's Aunt Willow reveals that Queen Arianna definitely had an adventurous streak in her youth like Rapunzel too.]]
132	* ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'': Downplayed with Regina and her mother. Though her mother is not particularly feminine, she still seems to get annoyed that Reggie doesn't seem willing to wear nice dresses, and is confused as to why she doesn't want to embrace typical teen girl things.
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136	* On ''The Sonny and Cher Show'', Music/{{Cher}} would often bring out her young 'daughter' "Chastity" at the end. "Chastity" was always dressed in super feminine and cute attire… then grew up as a "ButchLesbian", later figured out and came out as transgender. He is now known as Chaz Bono.
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