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== Western Animation ==

* The main plot of the "Benchwarmer" episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' is the basketball coach's insistence that the other players give all of the most important roles to his son, even when he was not the best at them or if it meant a less surefire victory. Thus most of their drilling revolved around learning how to "get the ball to Tucker."

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'':

* In ~~one~~ ~~episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''~~, Mr. Krabs gives his daughter Pearl control of the restaurant. She promptly flips the place upside-down and changes the target demographic to vegetarian teenagers, much to SpongeBob's dismay.

** In "Bossy Boots", Mr. Krabs gives his daughter Pearl control of the restaurant. She promptly flips the place upside-down and changes the target demographic to vegetarian teenagers, much to SpongeBob's dismay.

** Squidward [[Lampshaded]] this trope when introducing Pearl at the Krusty Krab's talent show. Patrick found it hilarious.

** Squidward [[Lampshaded]] this trope when introducing Pearl at the Krusty Krab's talent show in "Culture Shock". Patrick found it hilarious.

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* ~~''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':~~ In "Brother from the Same Planet", the soccer coach selects Nelson to attend Pele's soccer and acting camp and Nelson thanks his dad. In "Bart Star", Homer coaches Bart's pee-wee football team.

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':

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** In "Brother from the Same Planet", the soccer coach selects Nelson to attend Pele's soccer and acting camp and Nelson thanks his dad. ** In "Bart Star", Homer coaches Bart's pee-wee football team.

{{quote|'''Homer:''' Now, just because I'm his father, he will get no special treatment. He calls me coach just like everyone else. Which he'll be doing, as our new starting quarterback!}}

** In another episode, Homer becomes the coach of Lisa's new soccer team.

:* In another episode, Homer becomes the coach of Lisa's new soccer team.

* One might think this is how Sterling [[Archer]] keeps his job, the abuse [[My Beloved Smother|Malory]] heaps on him notwithstanding.

* In ''[[Dinosaucers]]'', Teryx claims that the reason Bonehead - Anklo's [[The Ditz| woefully stupid nephew]] - in only on the team because he's Anklo's nephew. The [[Big Bad]] actually feels a little sorry for Anklo after learning this.

* In ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'', it is implied that Mariner's "unorthodox" methods would have gotten her court-marshaled and thrown in the brig years ago, had her mother not been the Captain of the ''Cerritos'', and that might have happened ''anyway'' if not for the fact that ~~her Mariner's~~ [[Daddy's Girl|father is an Admiral.]]

* In ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'', it is implied that Mariner's "unorthodox" methods would have gotten her court-marshaled and thrown in the brig years ago, had her mother not been the Captain of the ''Cerritos'' - and that might have happened ''anyway'' if not for the fact that [[Daddy's Girl|Mariner's father is an Admiral]].