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{{quote| Q. What did the 5th-grade firecracker say to the 4th-grade firecracker?<br />

This [[Stock Phrase]] and its variants (my dad is stronger/faster/smarter/richer/better than yours) are a common [[Badass Boast]] between schoolyard kids. The implication is, of course, that [[Badass]] is [[In the Blood]]. (Or that their Dads will get involved in any fight between them.) Any argument can lead to this, and actual physical violence may break out over it as well. A variation replaces "father" with other older male relatives like siblings or cousins for matter of availability (fathers would be thought to be working but older siblings or brothers may be available in school). Female relatives are rarely cited, ignoring [[Action Girl|Action Girls]]s and [[Action Mom|Action Moms]]s, but even with a whole [[Badass Family]], male examples are far more common.

Occasionally, grownups will do it too, especially those who have [["Well Done, Son" Guy|had]] [[Disappeared Dad|daddy]] [[Parental Abandonment|issues]], though they're more likely to compare their kids, if they have any.

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** And the competition of Goku and Vegeta continues even with the wives in [[Dragon Ball GT]]. After Vegeta's ([[Applied Phlebotinum|Bulma assisted]]) transformation to [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep|Super]] [[Hell -Bent for Leather|Saiyan]] [[Fetish Fuel|4]] Bulma adamantly asserts to Chi Chi that "my husband is hotter than your husband".

* In the ''[[Transformers Victory]]'' [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_<!-- 28manga29%28manga%29 manga]], it's "my adoptive transforming-robot-alien father can beat up your adoptive transforming-robot-alien father" whenever Jean Minakaze, adopted son of Autobot leader Star Saber, and manga-exclusive Solon Kitakaze, adopted son of Decepticon leader Deathsaurus, run into each other in the early chapters. -->

* [http://www.dcindexes.com/boltinoff/strips.php?feature=bebe&choice=3 This]{{Dead link}} ''Bebe'' strip from an issue of ''Batman'' has this as its premise. Bebe's mother persuades her husband into not taking it seriously, which results in him getting beaten up at the inevitable meeting.

{{quote| Dad: Whatever happened to "My dad can beat up your dad?"<br />

{{quote| "You're a coward and a pup. I'll tell my big brother on you, and he can thrash you with his little finger, and I'll make him do it, too."<br />

* In the ''[[Battle TechBattleTech]]'' novel series Warriors of Kerensky, Kai Allard-Liao tells the story of how he got into a contest with a boy about this. Kai ended it by saying that his dad could kill the boy's dad. Since Justin Allard (Kai's dad) is one of the finest [[Mech Warriors]] in the Inner Sphere, a respected war hero, a deep-cover spy, an all-around [[Badass]], and has killed men in an arena for sport on TV, this causes the boy to go home crying. Justin has a talk with his son after this.

== Live -Action TV ==

* The NBC show [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad]] 'Nuff said.

*** In one Father's Day strip, Violet brags about her dad to Charlie Brown, who takes her to his dad's barber shop and points out that his dad will stop work to say hello to him just because Charlie Brown is his son, which shuts Violet up.

== Recorded and Stand Up Comedy ==

* In ''[[BioBioShock Shock(series)|BioShock]]'', Gatherer's Garden uses this trope to prey on adult insecurities in order to sell plasmids: "My daddy's ''smarter'' than Einstein, ''stronger'' than Hercules and can light a fire with a ''snap'' of his fingers. Are you as good as my daddy, Mister? Not if you don't visit the Gatherer's Garden, you aren't!"

* In ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver (Video Game)|Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'', Gym Leaders Falkner and Janine can be found arguing in the Celadon Department Store about this. If you take Falkner's side, he'll give you his number so you can call for rematches against him.

* In ''[[Sim CitySimCity]] 2000'', the in-game newspaper will occasionally run fluff pieces about peace talks in foreign countries that invariably degenerate into "the really big country that backs me can beat up the really big country that backs you", referred to in-game as the "my dad can beat up your dad" strategy.

* One of the side-missions in [[Dynasty Warriors]] 4 is "Husbands and Wives", in which various [[Battle Couple|Battle Couples]]s team up and fight it out. Their taunts toward each other include variants on "my honey can trounce yours".

== Web OriginalComics ==

== Web WebcomicsOriginal ==

* An episode of ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory]]'' had this between [[Mad Scientist|Dexter]] and [[The Rival|Mandark]]. It lead to a a fight between Dexter's [[Salaryman]] father and Mandark's Hippie father. {{spoiler|The result was a draw. Which then leads them to argue over, "My mom can beat up your mom."}}.

* In ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', Jade and Paco are always arguing over whether Jackie (Jade's uncle) or [[Masked Luchador|El Toro]] (of whom Paco is a huge fan) is the greatest.

== Other Media ==

*** There's also ''[[The Running Man (Filmfilm)|The Running Man]]'', which features the two of them before either was elected into office.

* Then there was the [[Dude, Not Funny|well nasty]] [[Pedophile Priest|"My priest had your altar boy"]].

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