History Main / BumblingDad

* ''Peppa Pig'''s Daddy Pig is a rare pre-school kid's show example.

* Jake Morgendorffer (''{{Daria}}''), who grew increasingly clownish as the series progressed.

* In ''Dexter's Laboratory'', both parents, though their primary flaw was being clueless to ''Dexter's Laboratory'' (and he has a memory erasing gun, so its more like they look stupid by comparison to their supergenius son.)

* Homer Simpson of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

** And in one episode [[spoiler:Mr. Crocker]]. Ironically, despite normally being a ChildHater, he's shown to genuinely care for [[spoiler:[[strike:Denzel Jr.]] [[strike:DJ]] Poof]]. Though, his parental skills are quite questionable since [[spoiler:Crocker]] tried to teach him how to shave in total darkness and how to drive... despite the latter being an infant.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' downplayed this trope with Kim's father, who is a rocket scientist and is more an AbsentMindedProfessor than a real BumblingDad, and who has often dispatched sage advice, even if he does still refer to her as "Kimmy-cub". Ron's Dad, on the other hand, once showed up in public wearing a cape.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' averts somewhat this trope with Kim's father, who is a rocket scientist and is more an AbsentMindedProfessor than a real BumblingDad, and who has often dispatched sage advice, even if he does still refer to her as "Kimmy-cub". Ron's Dad, on the other hand, once showed up in public wearing a cape.

* All the fathers in ''OjamajoDoremi'', to some degree. Special mention goes to Kenji Senou, Aiko's single father.

** It's easier to just include every father from Family-Based sitcoms than naming then, from ''StillStanding'' to ''GroundedForLife''.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Isshin Kurosaki, Ichigo's widower father. [[spoiler:However, we learn later on that Isshin is in fact an exiled captain-level shinigami, and that his goofiness is a put-on]]. He's still goofy after TheReveal, just more of a {{Badass}}. Also, most of his goofiness with relation to Ichigo was actually him being a StealthMentor, teaching Ichigo how to fight without Ichigo even realizing it]]. He is still, however, a complete incompetent boob when it comes to Yuzu and Karin.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Isshin Kurosaki, Ichigo's widower father. [[spoiler:However, we learn later on that Isshin is in fact an exiled captain-level shinigami, and that his goofiness is a put-on]. He's still goofy after TheReveal, just more of a {{Badass}}. Also, most of his goofiness with relation to Ichigo was actually him being a StealthMentor, teaching Ichigo how to fight without Ichigo even realizing it]]. He is still, however, a complete incompetent boob when it comes to Yuzu and Karin.

* Pop of ''HappyTreeFriends''. Its usually fatal for Cub when he's DistractedByTheShiny. He means well, but he doesn't exactly live in a world which pities mistakes or oversights. (Or seemingly safe and sensible decisions for that matter.)

* [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Gomez Adams]], on the other hand, had eccentric habits and interests and could lean towards CloudCuckoolander tendencies at times, but was still depicted as a selfless, loving and attentive husaband and father. In addition to being HappilyMarried, he and his wife Morticia usually worked together to solve various family problems.

* Lawrence Fletcher of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. While he is neither dumb nor irresponsible nor lazy, he can be quite dorky.

[[caption-width-right:300:If you're guessing that he falls, you're half right. [[note]]The roof caves in and he falls into the living room[[/note]]]]]]

* WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} in ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' and, earlier, in his '50s cartoon shorts where he is named George Geef. However, he can probably be forgiven for this; bumbling has always been part of his personality.

* Both Fred and Barney from ''TheFlintstones'' were bumbling dads when Pebbles and Bam-Bam came along. They'd been bumbling husbands since the start of the show, though, so it wasn't really new for them.

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* WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} in ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' and, earlier, in his '50s cartoon shorts where he is named George Geef. However, he can probably be forgiven for this; bumbling has always been part of his personality. WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} can also be a fairly bumbling dad on ''Goof Troop'' depending on the episode, and has more of the stereotypical traits such as laziness and gluttony, but generally speaking he's actually ''[[AbusiveParents worse]]'', with most of his "bumbling" coming in non-parenting forms such as not thinking through his schemes.

* Goku from Manga/DragonBall. Despite being one of the strongest beings in the universe, he still has traits of this trope.