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--> '''Mrs. McFist''': Go ahead. If you don't destroy the Ninja now, it's all you'll talk about on the way home.
--> '''McFist''': You're the best!
--> '''McFist''': You're the best!
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--> '''Mrs. McFist''': [=McFist=]''': Go ahead. If you don't destroy the Ninja now, it's all you'll talk about on the way home.
-->'''McFist''': '''[=McFist=]''': You're the best!
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* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'': [=McFist's=] wife knows that he's a supervillain, but he's such an unsuccessful one (not to mention already a billionaire) that she's apparently decided that it's easier just to let him have his way. Best shown in the first episode:
--> '''Mrs. McFist''': Go ahead. If you don't destroy the Ninja now, it's all you'll talk about on the way home.
--> '''McFist''': You're the best!
--> '''Mrs. McFist''': Go ahead. If you don't destroy the Ninja now, it's all you'll talk about on the way home.
--> '''McFist''': You're the best!
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Often the result of media that combines WomenAreWiser with the idea of dads being the head of the house, she will know that his plan is a bad one and is bound to fail but will do next to nothing to stop it beyond mild nagging and "[[IWarnedYou I told you so]]" after the fact. When the kids try to go to her in hopes of stopping the dad's latest scheme, her response will be a strained "Listen to your father, kids". She will suffer in relative silence as her husband continues to make the situation worse and then will proceed to [[NeverMyFault blame the husband despite doing next to nothing to try to stop the situation]].
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Often the result of media that combines WomenAreWiser FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife with the idea of [[GenderInvertedTrope dads being the head of the house, house]], she will know that his plan is a bad one and is bound to fail but will do next to nothing to stop it beyond mild nagging and "[[IWarnedYou I told you so]]" after the fact. When the kids try to go to her in hopes of stopping the dad's latest scheme, her response will be a strained "Listen to your father, kids". She will suffer in relative silence as her husband continues to make the situation worse and then will proceed to [[NeverMyFault blame the husband despite doing next to nothing to try to stop the situation]].
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* ''Series/TheUpshaws'' leans into how the roles of AnticsEnablingWife and BumblingDad feed off each other, and [[PlayedForDrama plays it for drama]]. Regina and Bennie are highschool sweethearts who've been together for roughly 30 years, in a paradoxically [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor rocky]]-but-consistent relationship. Bennie is a layabout car mechanic and a {{Manchild}} who never grew up, in a frustrating but realistic way. Regina, in contrast, is the stable, responsible parent who holds their household together, but she's no saint. Regina is perpetually fed up with Bennie's bullshit, but she has taken him back time and time again. Since Bennie can depend--accurately--on her eventual forgiveness, he has little reason to change. The show is very blunt about how Regina is a major player in creating this situation. She's not trapped in this marriage--her sister Lucretia would ''love'' to help her leave Bennie. But she doesn't.
-->'''Regina:''' I don't even know why I let you back in.\\
'''Regina:''' Cause you a mess too. And we the only people that we can be with.
-->'''Regina:''' I don't even know why I let you back in.\\
'''Regina:''' Cause you a mess too. And we the only people that we can be with.
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Companion trope to the {{bumbling dad}}s. These are the wives of those dads who, despite clearly knowing better, do next to nothing to curb their husbands' antics. They act as if they have no control over the situation that the dad placed them in. While it can sometimes be played as the mom's faith in the dad overriding their common sense, it can also come off as voluntary martyrdom.
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Companion trope to the {{bumbling dad}}s.dad}}s and contrast to WetBlanketWife. These are the wives of those dads who, despite clearly knowing better, do next to nothing to curb their husbands' antics. They act as if they have no control over the situation that the dad placed them in. While it can sometimes be played as the mom's faith in the dad overriding their common sense, it can also come off as voluntary martyrdom.
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Other times, she may come in at the absolute last minute with a solution that fixes everything. And yet the audience is left to wonder why she only stepped in now and not twenty failed attempts ago. While the point is to make the dad look stupid for not thinking of the solution, it often makes her look cruel for not intervening before things get catastrophically worse before she steps in. Contrasts with WetBlanketWife.
A sub-trope of AdultsAreUseless, UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the bumbling husband of her or she's sharing this role with him) and UselessBystanderParent (when she also did nothing when children are suffering from husband or other relatives, being it deliberate abuse or accidental results of their stupidity). See also ThisIsGonnaSuck (the usual state of Antics Enabling Wife) and IWarnedYou (her biggest response).
A sub-trope of AdultsAreUseless, UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the bumbling husband of her or she's sharing this role with him) and UselessBystanderParent (when she also did nothing when children are suffering from husband or other relatives, being it deliberate abuse or accidental results of their stupidity). See also ThisIsGonnaSuck (the usual state of Antics Enabling Wife) and IWarnedYou (her biggest response).
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Other times, she may come in at the absolute last minute with a solution that fixes everything. And yet the audience is left to wonder why she only stepped in now and not twenty failed attempts ago. While the point is to make the dad look stupid for not thinking of the solution, it often makes her look cruel for not intervening before things get catastrophically worse before she steps in. Contrasts with WetBlanketWife.
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A sub-trope of AdultsAreUseless, UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the bumbling husband of her or she's sharing this role with him) and UselessBystanderParent (when she also did nothing when children are suffering from husband or other relatives, being it deliberate abuse or accidental results of their stupidity). See also ThisIsGonnaSuck (the usual state of Antics Enabling Wife) and IWarnedYou (her biggest response).
A sub-trope of AdultsAreUseless, UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the bumbling husband of her or she's sharing this role with him) and UselessBystanderParent (when she also did nothing when children are suffering from husband or other relatives, being it deliberate abuse or accidental results of their stupidity). See also ThisIsGonnaSuck (the usual state of Antics Enabling Wife) and IWarnedYou (her biggest response).
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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': Andy starts off as an Enabler Wife to Roger's bumbling antics but over time starts to put down her foot a lot more with him and has at times simply opted out of some of his schemes, leaving the kids to deal with it. Double points for Roger getting smarter with time and having to deal with ''Andy's'' antics (who is an extreme MoralGuardian and very prone to HypocriticalHumor and other stupid shenanigans (and thanking to {{Flanderization}}, she TookALevelInDumbass and [[TookALevelInJerkass Jerkass]] too)).
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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': Andy starts off as an Enabler Wife to Roger's bumbling antics but over time starts to put down her foot a lot more with him and has at times simply opted out of some of his schemes, leaving the kids to deal with it. Double points for Roger getting (relatively) smarter with time and having to deal with ''Andy's'' antics (who is an extreme MoralGuardian and very prone to HypocriticalHumor and other stupid shenanigans (and thanking to {{Flanderization}}, she TookALevelInDumbass and [[TookALevelInJerkass Jerkass]] too)).
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* ''HomeImprovement'': Jill is a mild example in that she is often more proactive in trying to stop Tim's repair schemes, often resulting in Tim trying to find ways to work around her. Still after a while, one has to wonder why she lets Tim bring any tools into the house.
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* ''HomeImprovement'': ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Jill is a mild example in that she is often more proactive in trying to stop Tim's repair schemes, often resulting in Tim trying to find ways to work around her. Still after a while, one has to wonder why she lets Tim bring any tools into the house.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Petunia Dursley and her husband Vernon have the hatred for wizards and witches. Vernon would try desperately to separate his nephew Harry Potter from the Wizarding World. Petunia, despite being smarter than her husband, would let Vernon work out his plans even though they backfire constantly.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Petunia Dursley and her husband Vernon have the hatred for both hated wizards and witches. Vernon would try desperately to separate his nephew Harry Potter from the Wizarding World. Petunia, despite being smarter than her husband, would let Vernon work out his plans even though they backfire constantly.
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Companion trope to the {{bumbling dad}}s. These are the wives to those dads who, despite clearly knowing better, do next to nothing to curb their husbands' antics. They act as if they have no control over the situation that the dad placed them in. While it can sometimes be played as the mom's faith in the dad overriding their common sense, it can also come off as voluntary martyrdom.
Often the result of media that combines WomenAreWiser with the idea of dads being the head of the house, she will know that his plan is a bad one and is bound to fail but will do next to nothing to stop it beyond of mild nagging and "[[IWarnedYou I told you so]]" after the fact. When the kids try to go to her in hopes of stopping the dad's latest scheme, her response will be a strained, "Listen to your father kids". She will suffer in relative silence as her husband continues to make the situation worse and then will proceed to [[NeverMyFault blame the husband despite doing next to nothing to try to stop the situation]].
Often the result of media that combines WomenAreWiser with the idea of dads being the head of the house, she will know that his plan is a bad one and is bound to fail but will do next to nothing to stop it beyond of mild nagging and "[[IWarnedYou I told you so]]" after the fact. When the kids try to go to her in hopes of stopping the dad's latest scheme, her response will be a strained, "Listen to your father kids". She will suffer in relative silence as her husband continues to make the situation worse and then will proceed to [[NeverMyFault blame the husband despite doing next to nothing to try to stop the situation]].
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Companion trope to the {{bumbling dad}}s. These are the wives to of those dads who, despite clearly knowing better, do next to nothing to curb their husbands' antics. They act as if they have no control over the situation that the dad placed them in. While it can sometimes be played as the mom's faith in the dad overriding their common sense, it can also come off as voluntary martyrdom.
Often the result of media that combines WomenAreWiser with the idea of dads being the head of the house, she will know that his plan is a bad one and is bound to fail but will do next to nothing to stop it beyondof mild nagging and "[[IWarnedYou I told you so]]" after the fact. When the kids try to go to her in hopes of stopping the dad's latest scheme, her response will be a strained, strained "Listen to your father father, kids". She will suffer in relative silence as her husband continues to make the situation worse and then will proceed to [[NeverMyFault blame the husband despite doing next to nothing to try to stop the situation]].
Often the result of media that combines WomenAreWiser with the idea of dads being the head of the house, she will know that his plan is a bad one and is bound to fail but will do next to nothing to stop it beyond
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A sub-trope of AdultsAreUseless, UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the bumbling husband of her or she's sharing this role with him) and UselessBystanderParent (when she also doing nothing when children are suffering from husband or other relatives, being it deliberate abuse or accidental results of their stupidity). See also ThisIsGonnaSuck (the usual state of Antics Enabling Wife) and IWarnedYou (her biggest response).
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A sub-trope of AdultsAreUseless, UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the bumbling husband of her or she's sharing this role with him) and UselessBystanderParent (when she also doing did nothing when children are suffering from husband or other relatives, being it deliberate abuse or accidental results of their stupidity). See also ThisIsGonnaSuck (the usual state of Antics Enabling Wife) and IWarnedYou (her biggest response).
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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': Andy starts off as a Enabler Wife to Roger's bumbling antics but over time starts to put down her foot a lot more with him and has at times simply opted out of some of his schemes, leaving the kids to deal with it. Double points for Roger getting smarter with time and having to deal with ''Andy's'' antics (who is an extreme MoralGuardian and very prone to HypocriticalHumor and other stupid shenanigans (and thanking to {{Flanderization}}, she TookALevelInDumbass and [[TookALevelInJerkass Jerkass]] too)).
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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': Andy starts off as a an Enabler Wife to Roger's bumbling antics but over time starts to put down her foot a lot more with him and has at times simply opted out of some of his schemes, leaving the kids to deal with it. Double points for Roger getting smarter with time and having to deal with ''Andy's'' antics (who is an extreme MoralGuardian and very prone to HypocriticalHumor and other stupid shenanigans (and thanking to {{Flanderization}}, she TookALevelInDumbass and [[TookALevelInJerkass Jerkass]] too)).
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* ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'': Nora Krank goes by her husband Luther's decision to skip Christmas. His plans causes everyone in town to turn against them. Despite being smarter than Luther, she has no other option but to stay on his good side even if it means getting humiliated.
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* ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'': Nora Krank goes by her husband Luther's decision to skip Christmas. His plans causes cause everyone in town to turn against them. Despite being smarter than Luther, she has no other option but to stay on his good side even if it means getting humiliated.
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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': Mama Bear tells her husband Papa to do a task like getting honey from the store or buy a Christmas tree, but he would do it the old fashioned way. She has no other option but to let him drag the cubs to his quest to find something. When Papa didn't got something as planned he would follow Mama's advice as he should have done in the first place.
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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': Mama Bear tells her husband Papa to do a task like getting honey from the store or buy buying a Christmas tree, but he would do it the old fashioned old-fashioned way. She has no other option but to let him drag the cubs to on his quest to find something. When Papa didn't got get something as planned planned, he would follow Mama's advice as he should have done in the first place.
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* Deconstructed '''hard''' in ''Series/KevinCanFuckHimself''. Before the start of the series Allison had tolerated Kevin's buffoonish behavior even when it ended up hurting her. As the series begins she starts to realize how unhealthy the relationship is and plotting to extricate herself from the marriage.
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* Deconstructed '''hard''' in ''Series/KevinCanFuckHimself''. Before the start of the series series, Allison had tolerated Kevin's buffoonish behavior even when it ended up hurting her. As the series begins begins, she starts to realize how unhealthy the relationship is and plotting plots to extricate herself from the marriage.marriage...[[MurderIsTheBestSolution permanently]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Lois starts off as Enabler Wife to Peter's antics, but as the series progresses she becomes equally zany and is just as often the source of the problems.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Marge is a classic example of the Antics Enabling Wife, often doing next to nothing to stop Homer's antics aside from glares and mild nagging and while suffering in silence through the consequences.
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Companion trope to the {{bumbling dad}}s. These are the wives to those dads who, despite clearly knowing better, do next to nothing to curb their husbands' antics. They act as if they have no control over the situation that the dad placed them in. While it can sometimes be played as the mom's faith in the dad overriding their common sense, it can also come off as voluntary martyrdom.
Often the result of media that combines WomenAreWiser with the idea of dads being the head of the house, she will know that his plan is a bad one and is bound to fail but will do next to nothing to stop it beyond of mild nagging and "[[IWarnedYou I told you so]]" after the fact. When the kids try to go to her in hopes of stopping the dad's latest scheme, her response will be a strained, "Listen to your father kids". She will suffer in relative silence as her husband continues to make the situation worse and then will proceed to [[NeverMyFault blame the husband despite doing next to nothing to try to stop the situation]].
Sometimes when things start to go bad, the Antics Enabling Wife may angrily tell the husband to fix the problem but without offering any help or advice on how they think the problem should be solved. He is left to fumble his way through a solution that often makes things worse.
Other times, she may come in at the absolute last minute with a solution that fixes everything. And yet the audience is left to wonder why she only stepped in now and not twenty failed attempts ago. While the point is to make the dad look stupid for not thinking of the solution, it often makes her look cruel for not intervening before things get catastrophically worse before she steps in. Contrasts with WetBlanketWife.
A sub-trope of AdultsAreUseless, UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the bumbling husband of her or she's sharing this role with him) and UselessBystanderParent (when she also doing nothing when children are suffering from husband or other relatives, being it deliberate abuse or accidental results of their stupidity). See also ThisIsGonnaSuck (the usual state of Antics Enabling Wife) and IWarnedYou (her biggest response).
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': The mom is shown to hate the camping trips the dad takes the family on just as much as Calvin and yet does nothing to stop these apart from complaining and having a sour attitude.
* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': Andy starts off as a Enabler Wife to Roger's bumbling antics but over time starts to put down her foot a lot more with him and has at times simply opted out of some of his schemes, leaving the kids to deal with it. Double points for Roger getting smarter with time and having to deal with ''Andy's'' antics (who is an extreme MoralGuardian and very prone to HypocriticalHumor and other stupid shenanigans (and thanking to {{Flanderization}}, she TookALevelInDumbass and [[TookALevelInJerkass Jerkass]] too)).
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'': Played with in the case of Linda. While she goes along with Rick's idea of the cross-country road trip despite her not thinking it's the right course of action, during the trip she actively tries to help Rick repair his relationship with Katie.
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* ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'': Nora Krank goes by her husband Luther's decision to skip Christmas. His plans causes everyone in town to turn against them. Despite being smarter than Luther, she has no other option but to stay on his good side even if it means getting humiliated.
* ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'': All throughout the series of films, Ellen will make the mildest attempts to talk Clark out of his schemes and yet stand by quietly as things continue to get worse.
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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': Mama Bear tells her husband Papa to do a task like getting honey from the store or buy a Christmas tree, but he would do it the old fashioned way. She has no other option but to let him drag the cubs to his quest to find something. When Papa didn't got something as planned he would follow Mama's advice as he should have done in the first place.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Petunia Dursley and her husband Vernon have the hatred for wizards and witches. Vernon would try desperately to separate his nephew Harry Potter from the Wizarding World. Petunia, despite being smarter than her husband, would let Vernon work out his plans even though they backfire constantly.
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* ''Series/TheCosbyShow'': Claire Huxtable will often fuss at Cliff, but is rarely seen actively trying to stop him from fixing things. One time involves him trying to repair the dishwasher and having parts spread out all over the place.
* ''HomeImprovement'': Jill is a mild example in that she is often more proactive in trying to stop Tim's repair schemes, often resulting in Tim trying to find ways to work around her. Still after a while, one has to wonder why she lets Tim bring any tools into the house.
* In ''Series/ModernFamily'', Claire rarely stands in the way of Phil's ManChild proclivities, be it his [[StageMagician magic act]], HomemadeInventions, [[CollectorOfTheStrange odd collections]], or his "DidntThinkThisThrough" large purchases/major household decisions, which tends to conflict with her otherwise ControlFreak characterization. However, unlike many examples, she is perfectly willing to help fix the situation and numerous episodes have Phil's shenanigans lead to an overall positive outcome that wouldn't have happened had Claire intervened (or, sometimes, ''despite'' her intervention).
* Deconstructed '''hard''' in ''Series/KevinCanFuckHimself''. Before the start of the series Allison had tolerated Kevin's buffoonish behavior even when it ended up hurting her. As the series begins she starts to realize how unhealthy the relationship is and plotting to extricate herself from the marriage.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': The Janitor grabs J.D. to punish him for [[ItMakesSenseInContext convincing everyone to come to his wedding]]. J.D. asks his fiance Lady if she's just gonna stand by, to which she says "I gotta let my man be my man!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Francine Smith will often do very little to stop Stan and even identifies as an enabler.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Lois starts off as Enabler Wife to Peter's antics, but as the series progresses she becomes equally zany and is just as often the source of the problems.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Mrs. Turner will often flip between being an Antics Enabling Wife and being just as nuts as Mr. Turner. The trope is played more straight with Cosmo and Wanda.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Marge is a classic example of the Antics Enabling Wife, often doing next to nothing to stop Homer's antics aside from glares and mild nagging and while suffering in silence through the consequences.
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Often the result of media that combines WomenAreWiser with the idea of dads being the head of the house, she will know that his plan is a bad one and is bound to fail but will do next to nothing to stop it beyond of mild nagging and "[[IWarnedYou I told you so]]" after the fact. When the kids try to go to her in hopes of stopping the dad's latest scheme, her response will be a strained, "Listen to your father kids". She will suffer in relative silence as her husband continues to make the situation worse and then will proceed to [[NeverMyFault blame the husband despite doing next to nothing to try to stop the situation]].
Sometimes when things start to go bad, the Antics Enabling Wife may angrily tell the husband to fix the problem but without offering any help or advice on how they think the problem should be solved. He is left to fumble his way through a solution that often makes things worse.
Other times, she may come in at the absolute last minute with a solution that fixes everything. And yet the audience is left to wonder why she only stepped in now and not twenty failed attempts ago. While the point is to make the dad look stupid for not thinking of the solution, it often makes her look cruel for not intervening before things get catastrophically worse before she steps in. Contrasts with WetBlanketWife.
A sub-trope of AdultsAreUseless, UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (the bumbling husband of her or she's sharing this role with him) and UselessBystanderParent (when she also doing nothing when children are suffering from husband or other relatives, being it deliberate abuse or accidental results of their stupidity). See also ThisIsGonnaSuck (the usual state of Antics Enabling Wife) and IWarnedYou (her biggest response).
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': The mom is shown to hate the camping trips the dad takes the family on just as much as Calvin and yet does nothing to stop these apart from complaining and having a sour attitude.
* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': Andy starts off as a Enabler Wife to Roger's bumbling antics but over time starts to put down her foot a lot more with him and has at times simply opted out of some of his schemes, leaving the kids to deal with it. Double points for Roger getting smarter with time and having to deal with ''Andy's'' antics (who is an extreme MoralGuardian and very prone to HypocriticalHumor and other stupid shenanigans (and thanking to {{Flanderization}}, she TookALevelInDumbass and [[TookALevelInJerkass Jerkass]] too)).
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'': Played with in the case of Linda. While she goes along with Rick's idea of the cross-country road trip despite her not thinking it's the right course of action, during the trip she actively tries to help Rick repair his relationship with Katie.
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* ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'': Nora Krank goes by her husband Luther's decision to skip Christmas. His plans causes everyone in town to turn against them. Despite being smarter than Luther, she has no other option but to stay on his good side even if it means getting humiliated.
* ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'': All throughout the series of films, Ellen will make the mildest attempts to talk Clark out of his schemes and yet stand by quietly as things continue to get worse.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': Mama Bear tells her husband Papa to do a task like getting honey from the store or buy a Christmas tree, but he would do it the old fashioned way. She has no other option but to let him drag the cubs to his quest to find something. When Papa didn't got something as planned he would follow Mama's advice as he should have done in the first place.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Petunia Dursley and her husband Vernon have the hatred for wizards and witches. Vernon would try desperately to separate his nephew Harry Potter from the Wizarding World. Petunia, despite being smarter than her husband, would let Vernon work out his plans even though they backfire constantly.
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* ''Series/TheCosbyShow'': Claire Huxtable will often fuss at Cliff, but is rarely seen actively trying to stop him from fixing things. One time involves him trying to repair the dishwasher and having parts spread out all over the place.
* ''HomeImprovement'': Jill is a mild example in that she is often more proactive in trying to stop Tim's repair schemes, often resulting in Tim trying to find ways to work around her. Still after a while, one has to wonder why she lets Tim bring any tools into the house.
* In ''Series/ModernFamily'', Claire rarely stands in the way of Phil's ManChild proclivities, be it his [[StageMagician magic act]], HomemadeInventions, [[CollectorOfTheStrange odd collections]], or his "DidntThinkThisThrough" large purchases/major household decisions, which tends to conflict with her otherwise ControlFreak characterization. However, unlike many examples, she is perfectly willing to help fix the situation and numerous episodes have Phil's shenanigans lead to an overall positive outcome that wouldn't have happened had Claire intervened (or, sometimes, ''despite'' her intervention).
* Deconstructed '''hard''' in ''Series/KevinCanFuckHimself''. Before the start of the series Allison had tolerated Kevin's buffoonish behavior even when it ended up hurting her. As the series begins she starts to realize how unhealthy the relationship is and plotting to extricate herself from the marriage.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': The Janitor grabs J.D. to punish him for [[ItMakesSenseInContext convincing everyone to come to his wedding]]. J.D. asks his fiance Lady if she's just gonna stand by, to which she says "I gotta let my man be my man!"
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Francine Smith will often do very little to stop Stan and even identifies as an enabler.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Lois starts off as Enabler Wife to Peter's antics, but as the series progresses she becomes equally zany and is just as often the source of the problems.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Mrs. Turner will often flip between being an Antics Enabling Wife and being just as nuts as Mr. Turner. The trope is played more straight with Cosmo and Wanda.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Marge is a classic example of the Antics Enabling Wife, often doing next to nothing to stop Homer's antics aside from glares and mild nagging and while suffering in silence through the consequences.
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