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{{quote|"''Trunks... Papa has not hugged you once... not since you were born.'' ''[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Please let Papa]]'' ''[[Tear Jerker|hug you]].''"|'''[[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|Vegeta]]''', ''[[Dragonball Z]]''}}
{{quote|"''Trunks... Papa has not hugged you once... not since you were born.'' ''[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Please let Papa]]'' ''[[Tear Jerker|hug you]].''"|'''[[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Vegeta]]''', ''[[Dragonball Z]]''}}


Some characters (and some real people) consider the very natural act of a father showing his love for his children to be un-manly and anathema. They so habitually maintain their [[The Stoic|stoic]] badass attitudes they never tell their children they love them or hug them, not till their dying hour.
Some characters (and some real people) consider the very natural act of a father showing his love for his children to be un-manly and anathema. They so habitually maintain their [[The Stoic|stoic]] badass attitudes they never tell their children they love them or hug them, not till their dying hour.
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* The Terminator may not be able to cry, but his love for his "adoptive son" John was more than affirmed with his one and only embrace for him in ''[[Terminator|Terminator 2: Judgement Day]]''.
* The Terminator may not be able to cry, but his love for his "adoptive son" John was more than affirmed with his one and only embrace for him in ''[[Terminator|Terminator 2: Judgement Day]]''.
* Perhaps not a hug, but the tone of this trope is certainly there in ''[[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]]'' when Darth Vader asks Luke to remove his helmet so he can look at his son through his own eyes 'just one time'. Since they'd been enemies on the opposite sides of the war and all, and Luke's father was in the process of showing us that [[Redemption Equals Death]], it's understandable why this was the first and final display of affection.
* Perhaps not a hug, but the tone of this trope is certainly there in ''[[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]]'' when Darth Vader asks Luke to remove his helmet so he can look at his son through his own eyes 'just one time'. Since they'd been enemies on the opposite sides of the war and all, and Luke's father was in the process of showing us that [[Redemption Equals Death]], it's understandable why this was the first and final display of affection.
* In the 2007 ''[[Beowulf (Film)|Beowulf]]'' movie, {{spoiler|it is revealed the the dragon Beowulf fights to the mutual death is actually his own son, by way of the same creature that was mother to Grendel. After the climax of the movie, wherein the dragon has mortally wounded Beowulf, and he has torn out the dragon's heart, they both crashland on the beach. There, the dragon's form melts away into the waves, revealing a shiny, golden humanoid. It's not quite a hug, but Beowulf looks his son in the eyes and lays a hand on his shoulder before his corpse washes away}}.
* In the 2007 ''[[Beowulf (film)|Beowulf]]'' movie, {{spoiler|it is revealed the the dragon Beowulf fights to the mutual death is actually his own son, by way of the same creature that was mother to Grendel. After the climax of the movie, wherein the dragon has mortally wounded Beowulf, and he has torn out the dragon's heart, they both crashland on the beach. There, the dragon's form melts away into the waves, revealing a shiny, golden humanoid. It's not quite a hug, but Beowulf looks his son in the eyes and lays a hand on his shoulder before his corpse washes away}}.
* ''[[Tron Legacy (Film)|Tron Legacy]]'': The reintegration between [[Big Good|Flynn]] and [[Big Bad|Clu]] looks a lot like this, with Flynn wrapping his arms around his "[[The Starscream|wayward son]]" even as Clu is being absorbed back into his body.
* ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'': The reintegration between [[Big Good|Flynn]] and [[Big Bad|Clu]] looks a lot like this, with Flynn wrapping his arms around his "[[The Starscream|wayward son]]" even as Clu is being absorbed back into his body.


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== [[Video Game]] ==
== [[Video Game]] ==
* {{spoiler|Big Boss}} of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'' hugs {{spoiler|his cloned son for the first and final time as he dies in front of the grave of The Boss, his adoptive mother and teacher. Notable since Solid Snake and Big Boss were enemies in the original ''Metal Gear'' games.}}
* {{spoiler|Big Boss}} of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'' hugs {{spoiler|his cloned son for the first and final time as he dies in front of the grave of The Boss, his adoptive mother and teacher. Notable since Solid Snake and Big Boss were enemies in the original ''Metal Gear'' games.}}
* It's not exactly the trope, but after the final battle of ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'', {{spoiler|after Claus kills himself with his own lightning, he stumbles towards his twin brother Lucas and hugs him for the last time.}} A [[Tear Jerker]] moment, indeed.
* It's not exactly the trope, but after the final battle of ''[[Mother 3]]'', {{spoiler|after Claus kills himself with his own lightning, he stumbles towards his twin brother Lucas and hugs him for the last time.}} A [[Tear Jerker]] moment, indeed.
* It's pretty safe to assume that [[Final Fantasy X|Jecht hasn't praised Tidus once]], at least not that Tidus can recall. So after {{spoiler|the party defeats Sin/Jecht and Jecht collapses, dying For Real}}, it means a lot that Tidus rushes to his dad's side and that Jecht doesn't push him away.
* It's pretty safe to assume that [[Final Fantasy X|Jecht hasn't praised Tidus once]], at least not that Tidus can recall. So after {{spoiler|the party defeats Sin/Jecht and Jecht collapses, dying For Real}}, it means a lot that Tidus rushes to his dad's side and that Jecht doesn't push him away.


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