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Fathers in anime, and often in [[Sitcom]]s, tend to be <s> borderline</s> homicidal in protecting the celibacy and chastity of their daughters. To these endearingly [[Overprotective Dad|overprotective fathers]], their daughters will ''always'' be their little girls; for a boy to even hold hands with her, much less take her [[First Kiss]] or give her heavy petting, is as bad as rape in his eyes. And [[Papa Wolf|God help you]] if you are [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|caught in bed with her]], even if its [[Not What It Looks Like]].

 

 

An increasingly common subtrope of [[Doting Parent]]. Mothers who follow this trope enthusiastically play matchmaker and offer invaluable assistance, such as dressing her up for dates, setting up these dates (which will often include a keepsake from ''her'' mother for luck), offering advice to the would be knight in shining armor on her likes and hobbies, or setting up situations that will bring the two young lovebirds closer together.

* Pam's mom in ''[[Meet the Parents]]'' is supportive of her daughter's relationship with Gaylord Focker, as opposed to her frighteningly [[Knight Templar Parent]] of a CIA-Agent Dad Jack.

* In ''[[Kare Kano]]'', Yukino's mother Miyako {{spoiler|figures out that she's pregnant before anyone else does (including Soichiro), and acts as her confidante.}} She warns Yukino that when she recently brought up the subject of her relationship with Soichiro to her father Takashi, his reaction was that "Yukino's too young to even kiss." Needless to say, when Soichiro {{spoiler|asks her parents for permission to marry and explains why}}, her father's [[The Tokyo Fireball|less than thrilled]].

** [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Akio: "Congratulations... YOU BASTARD!!!"]]

* [[Roseanne]] warms up to her daughters' boyfriends much sooner than Dan, who's an [[Overprotective Dad]] to the letter.

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