Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Difference between revisions

** Nanaka's mom is this too, once showing up to a school meeting while in her gardening clothes.

* If [[Parental Substitute|parental substitutes]] count, there's Yayoi from ''[[Koe de Oshigoto!]]'', who reveals a few choice anecdotes about her little sister Kanna to their co-workers.

* Umi's [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]] parents in ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]''. Their daughter is almost squicked when they act like 15-year-olds around her.

* You think these others have it bad? Try being a girl with a father who can [[Making a Splash|summon waves out of nowhere]], is a total spaz, [[Raised as the Opposite Gender|insists you're a man]], and ''lives in your school'' so you won't be able to get rid of him! Ryuunosuke Fujinashi from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' has, and she doesn't like it.

* ''[[Sengoku Youko]]'' has main character Tama's {{spoiler|mother Kuzunoha in a relationship with the [[Big Bad]] of the series. Needless to say, Tama is not very happy about it.}}

* The protagonist in one of the stories of ''Himitsu Kichi'' thinks of his father this way. He's a comedian who's [[So Unfunny It's Funny]] and he's always being silly, which [[The Stoic|his son]] hates.

 

== Comic Books ==

{{quote|'''Loki:''' Daaad, you're embarrassing me!

'''Odin:''' Nonsense! Now, gaze upon these naked baby photos of Loki.

* In ''[[Misfiled Dreams]]'' (a ''[[Misfile]]'' fic), Ash's mother Marie joins in on the action when she cheerfully explains to her daughter the various pros and cons of a ''menage a trois''. [[Bi the Way|And then mentions that she's had three-ways with a man and another woman, as well as with two other girls]].

* Jimmy Michaels of the ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' fic ''[[Jimmy & Kyo]]'' has a particularly bad case. Just mentioning his mom's occupation is enough to embarrass him to death. So what does she do? She's a ''[[Romance Novel|Romance novelist!]]'' It's hinted his older brother Scott is just as embarrassed.

 

== Film ==

* ''[[Anansi Boys]]'' by [[Neil Gaiman]]. The main character, 'Fat Charlie' Nancy, is convinced that he's got the most embarrassing dad on the face of the planet. He's probably right. One could rightfully consider his dad, Anansi, to be a literal GOD of embarrassment.

** The nickname "Fat Charlie" was bestowed on him by his dad, and just stuck all those years, even though he's not really that fat, because {{spoiler|Dad's a [[Physical God]] and [[Reality Warper]]}}.

* Mrs. Bennet in [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' is sort of a version of this trope; her relative lack of breeding and unsubtle attempts to set her daughters up with prospective husbands—and in the case of Mr. Bingley and Jane, to act as if they're already engaged after they've just met—prove mortifying to her two older daughters at least (the younger ones are equally embarrassing as their mother). The consequences of this are more serious than usual, since Jane's embarrassing family is one of the major reasons Mr. Darcy persuades Mr. Bingley not to marry her.

* ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' has a father who is a dignified former naval doctor from a well-thought-of family... and her mother makes up for it in sheer embarrassing abilities. The ''very first thing'' she does onscreen is observe how nice the ass of Honor's second-in-command is, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|and telling her she needs to tap that]].

* Robbie Ray from ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' has moments like this, sometimes unintentionally such as when he brought an embarrassing kitty sweater for Miley's birthday, and sometimes intentionally such as announcing to all of her classmates that she failed her driving licenses and needed daddy to drop her off as punishment for lying and ending up in jail.

** Trey's parents from an early episode also qualify. They're amazingly snooty rich people who spend their entire episode looking down their long, snobbish noses at Miley for being 'a bumpkin' until Trey finally tells them that he's ashamed of them.

** Worf's adoptive parents embarrass him too, but they're not as bad as other examples on this page. It has more to do with Worf's uptight nature than their behavior.

** Bashir's parents in the first half of the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Dr Bashir, I Presume?" Although the second half reveals he has problems with them that go beyond simple embarrassment.

* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode where everyone's worst nightmares were coming true had a typical tough-guy/juvenile delinquent student visited by his babying, over demonstrative mother in front of his friends.

* ''[[CSI]]'' Sara to Grissom, via Skype. "Your mother is talking about our sex life." 'Nuff said.

* The Episode 10 family in ''[[Los Simuladores]]''.

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

'''Walt:''' [pokes head into room] Hey, guys, how's it going?

'''Jeremy:''' I ''rest'' my ''case''!! }}

* Played with a twist on ''[[Sifl and Olly]]''. Olly had Sifl's mom call their show and tried to get her to tell embarrassing childhood stories about Sifl. She did... except the stories all actually ended up being about something Olly did.

* A wonderful "Revenge of the Kid" occurred in ''On the Fast Track'' when Melody was showing Laurel's baby pictures to Bob. Melody excused herself briefly; Laurel followed her out, there was the sound effect of a flash bulb and a piercing scream, and Laurel came back to hand Bob a Polaroid photo with the words, "My mother on the throne." Cue another piercing scream from out-of-frame.

 

== Theater ==

* ''[[Questionable Content]]'':

** Dora's parents, Peter and Elssa Bianchi, are serious stoners, prone to [[Too Much Information|massive over sharing]].<ref>that said, a ''lot'' of people are, in this comic</ref> Plus, Peter shares Dora's taste in porn (who happens to be her boyfriend Marten's mother).

* Cloud from ''[[Sandra and Woo]]'' probably won't [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/09/20/0201-eating-out/ go to a restaurant together with his parents] anytime soon again.

* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' had another variety. Maria Delacroix is a nice lady who [[Silk Hiding Steel|knows when to act hands-off and when to lay down the law]], and is a very supportive and non-intrusive mother. The only problem is that her attempts to put at ease Layla and her friends fail - Maria can be very worldly and relaxed about things like Brooke [[Not What It Looks Like|having a bite mark on the inner thigh after some noise from Layla's room]] or her own "related" ''[[Schoolgirl Lesbians|fond]]'' [[Too Much Information|memories]] of Chloe's mother, while the girls [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/going_through_a_phase visibly aren't ready] to discuss such matters.

 

== Western Animation ==

* Lois and Peter in ''[[Family Guy]]''. Especially where Meg is concerned.

** In the episode "He's Too Sexy For His Fat":

{{quote|'''Lois:''' Will you keep your voice down? You're embarrassing him! [Chris]

'''Peter:''' What are you talking about? If I wanted to embarrass him, I'd do something like this. Hey, hey everybody, hey look what Chris Griffin's father, Peter Griffin's doing! ''(sucks his own nipple)'' }}

* Rainbow Dash's parents in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''; it's very easy to see where she got her arrogant attitude from.

* [[Too Stupid to Live|Randy Marsh]] is the crowning example of this trope in ''[[South Park]]'' even when accounting for the other degrees of [[Adults Are Useless|uselessness of the adults]]. [[Only Sane Man|Stan]] often uses a variation of the [[Face Palm]] where he closes his eyes and pinches the bridge of his nose in response to his father's stupidity.

** Along with the other adults, sends the kids away to keep them from being abducted. When several days later and a Mongolian demolition of the city wall occurs, he thinks the kids have become Mongolians.

{{quote|'''Stan:''' Jesus they've done some stupid crap before, but Jesus Christ.}}

* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' has parents like this. On the other hand, the [[Alpha Bitch]] and [[Big Bad]] Dr. Drakken's mothers are like this too.

** The Mother's Day episode is a train wreck of social awkwardness. And does not mark the only appearance of any of the Mothers.

* Professor Wakeman humiliates Jenny in ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' and Jenny is miserable about it until Brad tells her part of being a teenager is enduring mortifying embarrassment at the hands of their parents. At which point Jenny feels a lot better, knowing all teenagers go through it. "Teenagers. One moment they're operating efficiently, the next moment they're tossing off body parts and calling you a dweeb."—Prof. Wakeman

* Sylvester is this ''and'' a [[Bumbling Dad]] whenever he and his son appear in a ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' skit.

{{quote|"Helga, I want you to take this compass and drive it deep into my forehead."}}

* [[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'s [[Muggle Foster Parents|foster parents]] fell into this trope when it was the day parents visited their children at Hercules' school. To their defense, Hercules would be disappointed anyway since he expected his birth parents to show up.

 

* [http://notalwaysright.com/ah-mothers/1234 This example] from ''[[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]]'':

 

* A lot of long-suffering teenagers (and grown-ups) have found this to be [[Truth in Television]] with their own parents.

* If you've ever suspected that your parents sometimes embarrass you ''INTENTIONALLY'', if they are perhaps doing it out of a sense of vengeance for the dirty diapers, the vomit, the lost sleep and, oh yes... let's not forget all the coitus interruptus... You're right. We are. And if you don't clean your room your girlfriend WILL get to hear about your toilet training.

 

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[[Category:Parental Issues]]

[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]

[[Category:Truth in Television]]

[[Category:Index of Shame]]