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You see, the father, as the head of the family and the most "sensible and grounded" member, is the last person to encounter (or admit encountering) these bizarre events. The children see them, the [[Haunted Heroine|wife/mother]] sees them, Hell, even the [[Animal Reaction Shot|family dog]] [[Evil-Detecting Dog|sees them.]] But the dad is always the last person to see and believe. Although it's debatable whether or not they're the least susceptible, or just plain [[Somebody Else's Problem|in denial]]. This is a depressingly common trope in "Haunted House" style stories, and may also be used by elder brothers/best (male) friends, etc.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
* Subverted in ''[[Bleach]],'' where Isshin Kurosaki appears to be this at first, complaining about being the only member of his family not to see ghosts, then later turns out to be faking it, and, technically speaking, ''being'' a ghost in a fake body the whole time, or something. Point is, he's the ''source'' of their genetically heritable supernatural wackiness, and not an exception.▼
* Inverted in ''[[
** And the Village Elder who always turns into quivering jelly when Guu is around.▼
*** Though that could be more due to what Guu did to him in the first episode than fear of the supernatural.▼
== [[Film]] ==
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* In "The Canterville Ghost," people can only see ghosts if they already believe in ghosts. The dad, because he doesn't believe in ghosts, can't see them, and because he can't see them, it reinforces his belief that ghosts aren't real. He blames the ghost's activities to pranks on the part of the children, to the shock of the ghost in question.
== [[Literature]] ==
* This trope is analyzed in detail in Berkeley professor Carol J. Clover's treatise on gender in horror films ''Men, Women, and Chainsaws''.
* ''[[The Colour Out of Space]]'' by [[H.P. Lovecraft]], where the father is the last one in the Gardner family who is alive and relatively sane.
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* In ''[[Round the Twist]]'', Tony Twist, father of the three kid protagonists, is the last to believe the ghost in the first episode is real. Despite continuing strange goings on in Port Niranda, he's also most prone to [[Arbitrary Scepticism]].
* In ''[[American Horror Story]]'' Ben takes much longer than the others to realize something is going on, despite this requiring some [[Selective Obliviousness]]. {{spoiler|After seeing Hayden killed and helping ''bury her'' and building a ''gazebo'' over her body, when he sees her ghost he decides she faked her death.}}
▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
▲* Subverted in ''[[Bleach]],'' where Isshin Kurosaki appears to be this at first, complaining about being the only member of his family not to see ghosts, then later turns out to be faking it, and, technically speaking, ''being'' a ghost in a fake body the whole time, or something. Point is, he's the ''source'' of their genetically heritable supernatural wackiness, and not an exception.
▲* Inverted in ''[[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu|Haré+Guu]]'', where Guu's [[Weirdness Censor]] renders her horror inconspicuous to everyone except Haré, the main character, and to a much lesser degree Dr. Clive, Haré's father.
▲** And the Village Elder who always turns into quivering jelly when Guu is around.
▲*** Though that could be more due to what Guu did to him in the first episode than fear of the supernatural.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Discovery Channel]] has a show about real-life hauntings, and it's usually the father/husband who's the last to freak out. In some episodes, he never acknowledges whatever weirdness drove his family from their home.
** Some examples seem to imply that whatever may have been haunting the family was specifically aiming for this trope, by only tormenting the ones that believe most and driving a wedge between the family members when they still don't believe.
* ''The Haunted'', a show on [[Animal Planet]] featuring stories of hauntings connected to the family pets (often very loosely), also often had this trope in effect.
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