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* Again from [[Pixar]], Remy from ''[[Ratatouille]]'' tries his best to show his father that he can be a chef and get along with humans, despite both these things seeming impossible due to them being rats.
* In ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'', Flint wants his father's approval, and {{spoiler|finally gets it with the help of a monkey translator. Revealing he was always proud of his son, he was just unable to say it}}.
* Both Mario ''and'' Donkey Kong are this in ''[[The Super Mario Bros Movie]]''. In fact, when each learns that the other has a father who "thinks I'm a joke!" they realize they're [[Not So Different]], which leads to becoming [[Fire-Forged Friends]]. Both get a [[So Proud of You]] from their respective fathers by the end of the movie.
== Films -- Live-Action ==
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== Literature ==
* Neville Longbottom from ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Throughout the series Neville is the [[Butt Monkey]], the lamest, most pathetic wizard in existence. All he wants is to live up to his parents' legacy, and it's mentioned how his grandmother was so ashamed of his clumsiness. Then after his epic [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], in both The Battle at the Ministry, and in ''[[
** Also, to some extent, Ron Weasley. He's always been [[Overshadowed by Awesome|overshadowed by his brothers]] and simply wants to be set apart, and earn the recognition of his parents. However, the Weasley family is an extremely loving one, so while he doesn't necessarily feel "special" in their eyes, he does know that he's loved.
** Also Draco Malfoy, although more so in the films than in the books. Draco obviously worships his father and is constantly trying to live up to his considerable reputation.
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* ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''. Legs in "The Greatest Mother of them All"/"Ma Parker."
== Newspaper Comics ==
* ''[[Peanuts]]'':
** Charlie Brown; [[Word of God| Sparky claimed]] numerous times that most of the strips where Charlie Brown's father was mentioned were based on memories of his own father.
** Snoopy and his siblings are this too, admiring his father for befriending rabbits.
** Peppermint Patty is a [[Daddy's Girl]] who both admires and worries about her father.
== Tabletop Games ==
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* The ''[[Ace Attorney]] Investigations'' game focusing on Miles Edgeworth shows that this is most likely true for Franziska. In the fourth case, 13-year-old Franziska competes with Miles, presumably to receive her father's attention. Considering he barely seems to acknowledge her skills compared to Miles, this explains a lot about how caught up she was in Manfred's worldview.
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' has Eva Ushiromiya, towards [[Abusive Parents|her father Kinzo]]. [[Drunk with Power|This]] [[Cain and Abel|causes]] [[Kill'Em All|problems]].
* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'': If {{spoiler|Tohsaka}} had ''just'' been a little bit less of a bitch to her sister {{spoiler|[[The Woobie|Sakura]]}} and a bit more supportive instead of, say, threatening to kill her (even if she's just insecure herself), then {{spoiler|Sakura}} wouldn't have gone all [[
* In ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'', it is very strongly implied that Shizune Hakamichi's [[Spirited Competitor]] personality stems largely from a desire to earn the approval of her [[Jerkass]] [[Abusive Dad]] Jigoro. Unfortunately, he seems to view most of her accomplishments, including her position as [[Student Council President]], with contempt.
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** Nale also feels this way to his [[Evil Overlord]] father. Nale wants to prove that he can be even better [[Big Bad]] material than the old man, and he wants him to acknowledge that.
* In ''[[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.]
* In ''[[DDG]]'' Zip, it turns out, feels this way towards 'Netta since she see 'Netta as a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140504043113/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 ''[[The Specialists]]'', [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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** Goliath and Angela get a moment of this when he finally acknowledges her as his daughter - not because he hadn't approved of her, but because gargoyles in his clan traditionally didn't keep track of their own offspring, and he really doesn't like abandoning or changing 'the gargoyle way'.
*** Not to mention that he doesn't want her focusing on her [[Fantastic Racism]]-fueled biological ''mother''...
* Jeff's one and only motivation in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** Don't forget poor Grim! He pretended to become a country rock star just to please his father, only to discover later that his father would have preferred having the Grim Reaper for a son (and, of course, now will not believe Grim to be the Reaper).
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', it's been often implied through flashbacks and certain episodes that Homer very much had a relationship like this with his father Abe, which would explain why Homer has such a numb and uncaring sentiment towards his dad now during Abe's old age. This was particularly looked at in the episode "Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy".
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