Daddy's Girl: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"But I loved her first''

''I held her first''

''And a place in my heart''

 

We've all seen it. Usually, it's where the daughter utterly adores the father-figure and at times the mother (if there is one) feels completely left out. The daughter, who is usually, but not always, either a single child or the only girl in the family, is likewise the [[Parental Favoritism|father's favorite]]. In extreme instances, this can all be part of [[Wife Husbandry]] or can result in the daughter becoming obsessed with her father to the point of developing an Electra Complex. Due to their close contact to the male parent, Daddys' Girls can sometimes acquire boyish traits and interests at odds with expected female personality types like [[One of the Boys]]. On the opposite end of the spectrum, she might be especially girly like his sweet [[Princess Phase|little princess]]. The third possibile character is the socially awkward one who gets understanding and encouragement from her father, and of course any girl who looks up to her father so much that she wants to follow in his footsteps like in [[Never a Self-Made Woman]]. In the likely chance that she has a younger brother, she is very protective of him.

Compare [[Daddy's Little Villain]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* April Eagle/Marianne Louvre and Commander Eagle/Charles Louvre from ''[[Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs]]''/''[[Sei Juushi Bismarck]]''.

** The album ''Lunarock'' has a song called "Daddy's Girl", which could be about either Serena or Rini.

* Of the three Marui sisters of ''[[Mitsudomoe]]'', Futaba is the Daddy's Girl.

* Nina Wang in [[Mai-Otome]], although it turns out that [[Parental Incest|her love for Sergay goes beyond daughterly love]].

* From ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Kogoro may exasperate his daughter Ran with his constant drinking, womanizing, and over all laziness, but if you call him a lousy detective, or take away his business, she'll [http://imageshack.us/f/545/rano.jpg/ do this.] On the other hand, Kogoro is pretty much an [[Overprotective Dad]] and [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|the best way to make him act competent]] is to [[Papa Wolf|look at his little girl in anything similar to a wrong way.]]

 

 

* In the ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' fanfics, the [[Oneiroi Series]], both [[Ambiguous Innocence|Tiasal]] and [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|Deirdre]] are Daddy's Girls. Tiasal loves spending time with her dad (and her mother, but she has different sorts of relationships with both parents) and is very physically affectionate. (It's implied she might [[Father, I Want to Marry My Brother|have a little girl crush]] on him.) Deirdre has a [[Oedipus Complex|sexual fixation on her father.]] That one doesn't turn out too well.

* In the ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' [[Fanfic]], ''[[The Joy of Battle]]'', Joy's love for her father and hatred of her mother borders on an electra complex. Her desire to be like her father drives her to become a soldier.

* Abby Sciuto to Gibbs in ''[[NCIS]]'', despite them not actually being related.

* Rudy in ''[[The Cosby Show]]''.

* Zoe Bartlet in ''[[The West Wing]]'', even moreso than her sisters. Also, since the show takes the [[True Companions]] idea very seriously, CJ's relationship with the President qualifies as well.

* Joanie Cunningham in ''[[Happy Days]]''.

* Delinda Delinda to Ed Deline on ''[[Las Vegas]]''.

== Newspaper Comics ==

* [[Little Orphan Annie]] with Daddy Warbucks.

* Dolly in ''[[Family Circus]]''—being the only daughter out of four kids probably helps.

 

== Video Games ==

* Ina from the ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' series. Lampshaded by a few people who interact with either her or her father, Tadakatsu.

* in ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak X]]'', [[Wrench Wench|Keira]] is irritated by her status as [[Team Dad|Samos']] "little girl" because he won't let her compete in the tournament her life depends on. Of course, she does it anyway.

* ''[[Silent Hill: Shattered Memories]]''. Full Stop.

{{quote|"I love my daddy. I love my daddy. I LOVE MY DADDY!"}}

* Flora's backstory in ''[[Professor Layton]] and the Curious Village'' shows that she was this to her late father, Baron Reinhold. {{spoiler|After the events of this game, she's unofficially adopted by Layton himself, and becomes Daddy's Girl all over again; the third game in particular makes this clear, and reveals Layton as a [[Papa Wolf]] to boot.}}

* Though their interaction is brief, it's evident in [[The Witcher]] 2 that between King Foltest's two bastard children, Anais and Boussy, the former is much closer and more accepting of her father than the latter, going so far as to immediately rush out to hug him when he appears, and reaches out for him as she walks away.

 

== Webcomics ==

* Beatrice and her father in ''[[The Dreamer]]''.

* Shelly of ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' had tendencies towards this, partially because her mother died when she was around nine.

 

 

{{quote|'''Trigon''': No matter what you do, you'll always be ''daddy's little girl.''}}

* A few in ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Damon Gray's relationship with Valerie is the biggest one in the series; one obviously filled with love and the show emphasizes that to its fullest. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Quite heartwarming really]]. Paulina's father is more straightforward, even giving the [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]] speech to Danny. Considering his '''BIG''' build, it's best to stay on his good side. And of course Jack Fenton who has shown several scenes of adoration to his daughter (not that he ignores his son), so much to the point that Jazz's often obsessive personality may have been received by Jack's influence—no matter how much she would [[Black Sheep|deny it]].

** Maggie is also an example. In fact, her first (and thus far only) spoken word throughout the series was "daddy."

* Sasha Caylo from ''[[Titan Maximum]]''. Like the Pizzazz example above, her father is also unable to deal with her bullshit and just throws money at her to keep her out of his hair.

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