Badly-Battered Babysitter: Difference between revisions

Compare [[No Sympathy]], [[Escort Mission]]. [[Babysitter From Hell]] is the inversion of this trope.

 

 

== [[Animated Films]] ==

** It also happened once with Pachirisu and Happiny.

** A similar incident happened to Pika in the ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' manga. Here, the role of baby was taken by Kitty, Yellow's recently caught Caterpie who Yellow told Pika to look after while she went on a quick errand. Kitty then decided to follow a drifting leaf from one danger to another, much to Pika's horror.

* Estonia from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Hetalia]]'' ends up being this [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|to the mochis]].

* A second flashback in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' introduces the reader to Curly Dadan, Luffy and Ace's foster mother. Forced into taking care of the brothers under threat of imprisonment for her banditry by Garp, she wonders whether or not jailtime would be worse than putting up with the D children.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

** It was also pulled for other things, like the implication that the Kents hired the babysitter so they could have a quiet night together. Also played with a bit at the end where the Kents get home, see the wrecked house, and compliment Letitia and ask if she's available next week. Another thing that irked the censors was a scene where little Clark gets himself a drink of milk straight from the udders of a cow.

* Speaking of [[The DCU]], this showed up in ''[[Young Justice (Comic Book)|Young Justice]]'' a couple of times: once when Wonder Girl and Arrowette babysat a child who was hypnotized by a children's video into attempting to kill them, and again when the young and old superheroes switched ages, forcing the now-adult sidekicks to babysit their now-child mentors. During the midst of the latter situation, Wonder Girl even mentions the former one, lamenting how she'd promised never to babysit again afterward.

* There's an episode of ''[[Arthur (Animation)|Arthur]]'' when Arthur has to take care of the terrible [[Bratty Half Pint|Tibble Twins]].

* Subverted in the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Suddenly Suzy". When Candace has to take care of her boyfriend's evil and sadistic sister Suzy, she's sure she's in for this... only for Suzy to explain that if Jeremy isn't there, [[Punch Clock Villain|she's off the clock]]. They proceed to bond.

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Did It. Bart has actually abused so many babysitters that the family is effectively blacklisted by every one in Springfield (and one who is convinced to come back has post-traumatic flashbacks on seeing Bart and runs away screaming).

* An incredibly weird variation occurs in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. The girls are given a random babysitter who, by chance, is their [[Arch Nemesis]] Mojo Jojo. The girls are deliberately the worst kids ever, even at one point getting Mojo run over by a car, and ultimately driving him completely insane.

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