History Main / BoyfriendBlockingDad

This trope might overlap with KnightTemplarParent if the dad goes to dangerous extremes in their overprotectiveness.

** Heck, [[spoiler:even Ariel is like this to her own daughter, Melody. She doesn't even let her go in the water, probably to keep her safe from Morgana and to hope she doesn't do a repeat of the mistakes she made concerning Ursula]].

* {{Dracula}} in ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' has built a giant castle in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a haunted forest and a perpetual mist in order to protect his daughter Mavis from the greatest threat known to all monsters -- [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans]]. With good reason, as it turns out, as [[spoiler:humans killed his wife, Mavis's mother]]. Unfortunately, he has promised Mavis to let her leave the castle on her 118th birthday, and that day is here.

[[caption-width-right:350:Remember that he's speaking to three-year-olds.[[note]]And just to clarify, the little girl standing behind him is ''not'' his daughter.[[/note]]]]

* ''Fanfic/FreedomForTheHellhound'': [[HelluvaBoss Blitzo]] is utterly mortified that Loona is dating a human, Caleb, and tries to talk her out of it. Even when he seemingly concedes, he forces Moxxie to stalk her to the beach to spy on her and make sure Caleb doesn't do anything untoward with her. Eventually he visits Caleb's workplace with the intent of killing him, but after hearing Caleb unknowingly [[spoiler: complimenting Blitzo's father skills]], he comes around.

Depending on how the trope is played and how much the creator wants to to dissect it, it can carry all of the same problems as MyGirlIsNotASlut and may imply that the woman in question is less an agent of her own destiny than [[MenActWomenAre under control of her male relatives]]. Worse yet, that she's somehow their property. The concept can also easily become even {{Squick}}ier with a PervertDad. Ironically, if the father has a son, he may [[{{Hypocrite}} applaud or encourage him]] if he treats girls in the [[DoubleStandard exact way that he doesn't want other boys to treat his own daughter.]]

SpearCounterpart of MyBelovedSmother. See also HelicopterParents and TwerpSweating. Compare MySisterIsOffLimits. Contrast FantasyForbiddingFather. Closely overlaps with ParentalMarriageVeto.

* A farmer's three teenage daughters were all going on dates on the same night, so he waited by the door with a shotgun. The first boy arrived and said, "Hi, I'm Joe, I'm here for Flo, we're gonna watch the show, is she ready to go?" The farmer was impressed and sent them on their way. The second boy arrived and said, "Hi, I'm Eddy, I'm here for Betty, we're gonna go eat spaghetti, is she ready?" Again, the farmer sent them on their way. The third boy arrived, and he said, "Hi, I'm Chuck--" [[KilledMidSentence and the farmer shot him.]]

* ''Fanfic/BetweenTheLinesMrQuestionMark'': In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10979729/84/Between-The-Lines "The Obvious Hate for a Future Son-In-Law"]], Mikoto's father kidnaps Touma because he wants to test his worthiness as his future son-in-law by [[spoiler:kidnapping him and taking him to a conflict in Palestine to see if he can help stop it like he stopped World War 3]]. Unfortunately for the man, his wife and daughter are smart enough to track, find and ''board'' his plane ''mid-flight''. [[spoiler:And it turns out he did it because he saw his wife had Touma's number under "Future Son-In-Law", which Mikoto's mother wrote to mess with him.]]