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'''Simba''': Huh? What? Who?<br />
'''Nala''': She's just like you were when you were young.<br />
'''Simba''': Exactly. Do you remember the dangers we put ourselves in?|''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King 2]]''}}
 
{{quote| ''"Do as I say, not as I do."''}}
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* A teacher example: [[Sensei Chan-chan|Kuroi Sensei]] from ''[[Lucky Star]]'' plays the same online game as [[Gamer Chick|Konata]], and has been into MMORPG's since before she was Konata's age, but she tells Konata off for doing that very thing, and ''uses in-game chat to remind her to do her homework''. When Konata calls her out on this, she remarks that, as a teacher, she has a duty to uphold, which Konata accepts as understandable, but still...
* Played for laughs in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi Vid (Manga)ViVid|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi Vid]]''. Attempts by Fate to complain about Vivio's [[First Episode Spoiler|newly revealed]] [[Older Alter Ego|adult form]] out of worry were eventually short-circuited when Vivio reminded her that, based on Nanoha's stories...
{{quote| '''Vivio''': I heard that [[Has Two Mommies|mamas]] were quite unruly at Vivio's age, right?<br />
'''Fate:''' [[Dark Magical Girl|Uh... That's, umm...]] <br />
'''Nanoha:''' [[Jumped At the Call|Ahaha...]] }}
* Misae from [[Crayon Shin Chan-chan]] beats bother her [[Domestic Abuse|husband]] and [[Abusive Parents|Shin]] if they flirt with women. However, she is [[Not So Above It All]] when it comes to handsome men.
 
== Comic Books ==
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== Film ==
* In ''[[The Notebook]]'', Allie's mother scoffs at Allie falling in love a day-laborer in the first act. In the third act, however, she shows Allie that she once loved a day-laborer as well, but instead married Allie's father. She still has feelings for the working man as well.
* In ''[[Back to Thethe Future (Filmfilm)|Back to The Future]]'', Marty's mother scoffs at Marty for his behavior with Jennifer. "In my day, we never parked and made out." It's quite the shock to Marty when he travels back in time to find his mother willing to "park for a while".
* In ''[[The Patriot]]'', Gabriel spends the night with his fiancee, Anne Howard, and her family. Mrs. Howard sews Gabe into a bundling bag for the night, to keep him and Anne from getting up to anything. Afterwards, Gabe and Anne talk, while her dad listens nervously at the door.
{{quote| '''Mrs. Howard:''' Don't worry, I'm a better seamstress than my mother was. <br />
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== Music ==
* Trisha Yearwood's "She's in Love With the Boy" is about a [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|girl who's in love with a boy]] while her father complains about how stupid and worthless the boy is. After the boy and girl come home late from a date, the father's about to berate the boy, but the mother reminds him that her father used to [[Dual-Meaning Chorus|think the same way]] about him when they were younger.
 
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'', Homer is upset because his 10 year old son Bart got his ear pierced.
{{quote| '''Bart:''' Come on, Dad. Didn't you ever do anything wild when you were a kid?<br />
'''Homer:''' Well, when I was ten I got my ear pierced. But this is completely different! }}
* In ''[[As Told Byby Ginger]]'' Ginger's mom Lois forbids her teen daughter things like using makeup and shaving her legs, but it's immediately shown that Lois have a whole bathroom full of beauty products that she keeps locked.
** This is also because Lois believes that Ginger is ''too young'' to be using those things.
* In the [[South Park]] [[The Movie|movie]], Kyle's mom is willing to start a war if it means stopping her son from beaving improperly. The episode "It's a Jersey Thing" reveals that she's from [[Joisey]].
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