Overprotective Dad/Playing With

Basic Trope: A father is way overprotective of his daughter.

Straight: Tom regularly threatens the potential boyfriends of his daughter, Alice.
Exaggerated: Tom wields a shotgun at all times, and, when any male so much as shows the slightest bit of interest in Alice, puts the gun to their face.
Justified: Tom really wants to protect his daughter Alice from any bad influences; also, he figures that any guy who's man enough to stand up to him is of good stock himself.
Inverted: Tom practically pimps his daughter - he doesn't care what any guy (or guys...or even girls) do with his daughter.
- Alice is an Overprotective Daughter: when any woman tries to date her dad, who's single, she doesn't take kindly to her.
- Alice's mom is the overprotective one.
- Tom is an Overprotective Dad to Bob. He makes it very clear to Alice that if she tries anything with his son, she's going to regret it.
Subverted: Bob shows up to pick up Alice. Tom greets him warmly and doesn't threaten him once.
Double Subverted: ...But at the end of the date, he takes Bob aside and gives him the "she's my little girl" speech.
Parodied: Tom insists on following Alice around on the date to make sure she doesn't do anything funny. Awkwardness ensues.
Deconstructed: Tom scares away all of Alice's potential suitors, which causes her to fear the very concept of dating. This, in turn, causes her to die bitter and alone.
- Tom's very concerned for his daughter's well-being; this just means that the Affably Evil Jerk Jock Charles is able to get into his good graces (and into Alice's pants) while the Jerk with a Heart of Gold Bob is left out in the cold.
- Bob is outraged at being threatened. When Alice comes back proceeds to bluntly tell her that the date is over before it's even begun because he doesn't appreciate being threatened by people like her father. He then storms out and leaves for good, leaving Tom with egg on his face as Alice proceeds to yell at him for ruining her date.
Reconstructed: Tom scares away all of Alice's potential suitors...except one. Through his dogged determination, he's able to eventually win Tom over, which causes them to have a lifelong friendship.
- Due to his concern however, Tom gradually gets suspicious of Charles when he seems too nice, and runs a check on him. Soon afterwards, Charles gets his ass kicked, and Tom ends up finding Bob is a much nicer person then he gave him credit for soon after.
Zig Zagged: Bob shows up to take Alice on a date. Tom greets him warmly and doesn't threaten him. Then, at the end of the date, he walks up to Bob with a stern look on his face...then shakes his hand.
Averted: Tom is protective of his daughter, but is by no means extreme about it.
Enforced: ???
Lampshaded: "Listen, boy, I've got no problem going back to prison."
Invoked: Twerp Sweating
Exploited: Tom is a Magnificent Bastard who wants Alice to actively rebel against him; so he dons the guise of an Overprotective Dad.
Defied: "And Dad, I swear if you threaten this one, no grandchildren for you whatsoever."
- "Nice bluff there, sweet cheeks. Next time load the weapon you're pointing at my head, it's a little more intimidating."
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???
Played For Laughs: Alice has been married to Bob for about 10 years - and they have kids, but Tom still calls him every day to threaten him with the "she's my little girl" speech.
- Tom is a scrawny, weak, pitiful example of a man, who makes the "she's my little girl" threat to Bob, the star linebacker on the Trope High football team.
Played For Drama: Tom is a working dad and is often away from home - he, in his mind, views that threatening his daughter's potential suitors is a way to compensate. Alice disagrees.

Listen son, you seem like a smart kid. That's my baby girl, and if she gets hurt, no one's gonna miss you. I've got a shotgun and a shovel, and I'll bury you myself. So make sure you're back at Overprotective Dad by a quarter to ten and we won't have any problems, OK?