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StarTropes
Since: May, 2014
2025-05-03 00:34:56
Vaguely sounds like All for Nothing; this specific example might be Too Rare to Trope.
Edited by StarTropes
eroock
Since: Sep, 2012

Basically, a character gets things ship-shape in preparation for a visit from their strict Military Parent/Former Commanding Officer, to the point of doing it to their friends, as well. Only, it turns out, when the visitor arrives, that they've mellowed out massively because they've developed a heart condition.