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1[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
2->'''Betsy Heron''': Where's Cady?\
3'''Chip Heron''': She went out.\
4'''Betsy''': She's grounded.\
5'''Chip''': Are they not allowed out when they're grounded?
6-->--''Film/MeanGirls''
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9->"It took me three years to [[BigFancyHouse put it together]]. And you know what? I'm already sick of it after two months. I can't eat the food, [[TooMuchInformation there are skid marks on my toga]], and I have plantar fasciitis from walking around on these stone floors. [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife What is the point of my life]]?" He looked at Quentin furiously, as if he actually expected an answer, as if Quentin were concealing it from him. "Would someone tell me that, please? Because I have no idea, none!"
10->Alice glared at her father like he'd just killed her pet. Quentin stayed perfectly still, as if that meant that Alice's father, like a dinosaur, couldn't see him. They all three sat in awkward silence for a long beat. Then he stood up: "''Gratias'' - and good night!" He tossed the train of his toga over his shoulder and strode out of the room. The marionettes ''click-clacked'' on the stone floor as they mopped up the spilled wine he left behind.
11->"''[[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents That's my dad!]]''" Alice said loudly, and rolled her eyes as if she expected a laugh track to kick in behind her. None did.
12-->--''Literature/TheMagicians''
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15->''"Hurdy hurdy hurr, That's our father. He's an idiot."''
16-->-- '''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''' summing up the trope in nearly all forms of media.
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18[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
19->''"I have raised three kids, and [[{{Manchild}} one husband.]]"''
20-->-- '''Nicole Watterson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''

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