History Main / DaddysGirl

** Surprisingly Mileena [[DaddysLittleVillain was this]] to [[BigBad Shao Khan]], she loved him dearly and still calls him "Daddy" long after his death and choose not to ally with Earthrealm because they killed him. Mileena even wields his Warhammer to great effect in the comic.[[spoiler: Even more surprisingly Shao Khan actually ''[[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes feels the same way about her]]'' as when he discovers Mileena has been killed in [=MK11=], he flies into a rage and tries to kill D'Vorah who did the deed]].

** Similarly Jacqui Briggs is this to Jax, she even gave Ermac a beatdown in revenge for literally disarming Jax in [=MK9=], in his turn Jax was highly against Jacqui joining Specials Forces and broke Johnny's jaw when the latter broke the news to him. [[spoiler: Jacqui's ending in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 MK11]] {{exaggerate|dTrope}}s this as she uses TimeTravel to spare father the pain of becoming Quan Chi's undead Revenant, but Jax only met her mother in treatment after he got cured meaning she would delete her own existence. But Jacqui claims it was WorthIt, as [[TearJerker so long as her father can have a peaceful life]] she was happy]].
** Surprisingly Mileena [[DaddysLittleVillain was this]] to [[BigBad Shao Khan]], she loved him dearly and still calls him "Daddy" long after his death and choose not to ally with Earthrealm because they killed him. Mileena even wields his Warhammer to great effect in the comic.[[spoiler: Even more surprisingly Shao Khan actually ''[[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes feels the same way about her]]'' as when he discovers Mileena has been killed in [=MK11=] he flies into a rage and tries to kill D'vorah who did deed]].

* The eponymous ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' is close with her family ([[MultigenerationalHousehold including her grandmother]]), but it's clear she is the closest with her father.

* ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime''[='=]s Meg Murry idolizes her father and misses him very much since he disappeared. But then, when she finds him, she learns that Daddy is very fallible, unable to take care of everything, and [[spoiler:under The Black Thing's influence]] comes to resent, almost hate, Daddy. Fortunately, she gets better and realizes that she (not Daddy) must correct what went wrong. The three Ws even view her as highly likely to succeed where nobody else can -- for one specific reason.

* A few in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. Damon Gray's relationship with Valerie is the biggest one in the series; one obviously filled with love and the show emphasizes that to its fullest. Paulina's father is more straightforward, even giving the IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer speech to Danny. Considering his '''BIG''' build, it's best to stay on his good side. And of course Jack Fenton who has shown several scenes of adoration to his daughter (not that he ignores his son), so much to the point that Jazz's often obsessive personality may have been caused by Jack's influence--no matter how much she would [[BlackSheep deny it]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Princess Amelia]], who adores and admires her father [[LargeHam Phillionel]]. It helps that her mother was killed when she was young and her sister ran away because of it. She apparently modeled her Hero of Justice persona after his.

* Emily Thorne (formerly Amanda Clarke) is this to her father, David Clarke, on ''Series/{{Revenge}}''- enough so to dedicate her entire life and fortune to avenging his wrongful conviction and murder.

* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', Lindesfarne is significantly closer to her adoptive father, Kevin, than she is to her adoptive mother, Angelique, due to the latter being cold, distant and uninterested in raising kids. After Angelique divorces Kevin and he marries Kell, Lindesfarne gives up on [[WellDoneSonGuy her efforts to obtain Angelique's approval]], and gradually comes to see her stepmother Kell as her actual mother, but still spends most of her time with her father.

* Jenny Quantum of ComicBook/TheAuthority, pretty much [[HasTwoMommies by default]].

** This trope is [[HasTwoDaddies doubled]] for Claire with her birth father, Nathan Petrelli, being a second father to her, particularly in Volume 4, when she is reconnected with the Petrelli side of her family. This results in Claire having two protective fathers, Noah and Nathan, who do their best to shield her (zigzagged as their protectiveness tends to strain Claire's relationships with both her dads). Claire has her own love-hate relationship with Nathan, hating his [[WellIntentionedExtremist schemes]] while wanting him to be the "Superman" she knows he can be. On Nathan's side, he loves Claire, wants to be everything for her, and tries to be, in his Nathan-esque way [[spoiler: (protecting her from his government operation, flying in to save her when Danko's agents come for her, etc.)]] but often screws things up - sometimes thanks to his own ambition - resulting in him trying to make it up to her. Though Claire rebelled against both her dads in Volume 4, she later reveals in episode "1961" how much she wanted to impress them.

* ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'': Despite Rachel's strained relationship with her father, she still loves him, and in Episode 2, [[spoiler:she decides to stay with him instead of moving out to take care of him.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** Both Yukari Takeba and Mitsuru Kirijo from ''VideoGame/Persona3''. Yukari is specifically portrayed as having been much closer to her father than her mother, and Mitsuru's mother is not mentioned, but she's very protective of and devoted to her father.
** In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Makoto deeply loved and respected her police officer father, who died three years before the start of the story, and hopes to follow in his footsteps.
** ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'': [[spoiler: The [[OriginalGeneration OG]] {{Deuteragonist}} Hikari is revealed to be one in the fourth labyrinth. Justified because he was the only person before the Persona users who believed in Hikari's dreams.]]
* Ina from the ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' series. Lampshaded by a few people who interact with either her or her father, Tadakatsu.
* In ''VideoGame/JakXCombatRacing'', [[WrenchWench Keira]] is irritated by her status as [[TeamDad Samos']] "little girl" because he won't let her compete in the tournament her life depends on. Of course, she does it anyway.
* Queen Anora and her father, Lohgain Mac Tir in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. Lohgain has a touching farewell to Anora concerning the trope [[spoiler: should the player choose to execute him]]; In return, the two most important things in Anora's life are her country and her father, and she'll do what she must to protect both of them. [[spoiler: If [[ArrangedMarriage her proposed consort]] (either the Warden or Alistair) kills Loghain, she'll immediately call off the agreement. If she's Queen and unmarried, the epilogue states [[CelibateHero she refuses all of her suitors]], because none of them live up to her standard: her father.]]
** Though largely identical in dialog to the Male counterpart, Human Noble Female Warden could also be one, considering Dad calls her [[AffectionateNickname "pup"]][[labelnote:*]]Fereldans are big on dogs[[/labelnote]], [[http://sakuna.deviantart.com/art/PSC-Lady-Cousland-s-Origins-02-163378906 lets her play with sharp objects]], and got his sweet little girl a little mabari puppy some time in the past.
** The Dwarf Noble Female Warden is also this to her father, the King of Orzammar; she is outright stated to be his favorite child and many speculate that he will name her his heir instead of her unpopular older brother Trian. [[spoiler:Of course, then Trian dies and everyone thinks she killed him...]]
** Bethany Hawke, the PlayerCharacter's younger sister in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' was closer to her father than either of her siblings, especially if she was the family's only mage child since Malcolm ''had'' to spend the extra time making sure she didn't get possessed by a demon or just burn the house down.
* Nadia Grell from ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''. Senator Tobias Grell was willing to move ''galactic politics'' to find anyone who could help his Force Sensitive daughter. Nadia, for her part, is very aware of and grateful for her dad's support, constantly looking up to him for approval. [[spoiler: No matter ''what'' you do, a Sith kills Senator Grell. Nadia murders daddy's killer in a fit of rage.]]

* Heather from ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' loves her adoptive father Harry with a passion, as seen how happy she is talking with him over the phone at the start, how she almost punched Vincent out for insulting Harry and [[spoiler: how devastated she was at Harry's death. Naturally Heather was particularly eager to [[YouKilledMyFather avenge her father]], though actually doing so leads to the BadEnd.]]
** ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' has a young Cheryl living a happy life with her father Harry and they both love each other very much. When the two get separated in a car crash, Harry goes on a mission to find his daughter. [[spoiler: The end of the game reveals that Harry had actually died years before the game began and the whole adventure was from the now teenaged Cheryl's mind as a way to cope the loss of her father. Even after all of the time that had passed, Cheryl still sees herself as her daddy's girl. Depending on the ending you get, Chery's love for her father can get [[ParentalIncest really screwed up]].]]

* Flora's backstory in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'' shows that she was this to her late father, Baron Reinhold. [[spoiler:After the events of this game, she's unofficially adopted by Layton himself, and becomes Daddy's Girl all over again; the third game in particular makes this clear, and reveals Layton as a PapaWolf to boot.]]
* Though their interaction is brief, it's evident in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings'' that between King Foltest's two bastard children, Anais and Boussy, the former is much closer and more accepting of her father than the latter, going so far as to immediately rush out to hug him when he appears, and reaches out for him as she walks away.
* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'''s "Blood & Wine" expansion has a quirky inventor enlist Geralt's aid in finding fantastic creatures for him to test a new device on - namely, a primitive version of a polaroid camera. Talking to the Count's bodyguards afterward has them fill Geralt in - the Count and his daughter, Clarissa, used to love going on wildlife excursions together, but getting tossed from her horse 10 years prior had left her paralyzed and unable to go... so her father devised a way to bring the excursions to her.

*** [[spoiler: Lucina as well, though only thanks to time travel, as her father was killed early in her childhood. She more than makes up for lost time, though.]]
*** [[spoiler: Cynthia [[note]]who ''can'' be either Lucina's little sister or Morgan's older sister, depending on whether Sumia married Chrom or the male Avatar or not[[/note]] wants to be one when she takes her share of time travel. She then explains to her dad that she wants to have sweet memories of her own with him before her other self is born and she leaves [[ButNowIMustGo to build and live her own life]].]]

* Sarah and her father Joel, as seen at the beginning of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', clearly have a very close and playful relationship. [[spoiler: Too bad poor Sarah dies the very same day of the outbreak...]]
* Mipha from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' is very fond of her father, King Dorephan. [[spoiler:After Link frees her spirit from Divine Beast Vah Ruta a century after her death in the Great Calamity, her first thought is about her father, with her wishing she could have seen him one more time.]]
* Emily in the ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' series is close with her father Corvo - even when him being her father was still a secret. In return, Corvo dotes on her and serves as her biggest role model, teaching her everything that he knows.
* Princess Daisy in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' is implied to be this as she mentions in ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'' how she never lost to her father when she'd play with him as a child.
* In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'': While Chloe appears to have a good relationship with both her parents at a young age, she clearly adores her cooky father, which is why she's still devastated from his death five years later. Her life spirals downward, and her relationship with her mother suffers, especially after her mother begins a new relationship. It seems Chloe would rebel against any new father figure, but it doesn't help at all that he's a ShellShockedVeteran with NoSocialSkills arounds teens.
* ''VideoGame/CaptiveRPGMaker'': [[spoiler:The protagonist]] really loves her father, to the point of [[spoiler:kidnapping and experimenting on innocents to save him from an unknown sickness]].
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Downplayed in Ayano's relationship with her father. She doesn't feel any real affection for him--or anyone--but she ''does'' pity him when she sees how badly he wants to cure her [[EmotionlessGirl condition]], and puts forth the effort to [[MaskOfSanity act and appear normal]] when around other people so he won't worry about her anymore. ''She'' feels no real desire to appear normal, but it makes her father happy, so she keeps up the charade. It's probably the most selfless thing she ever did in her life.
* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'', Ess loves her [[ParentalSubstitute robot father]] Zed and doesn't take it kindly when Ringo questions how she sees a machine like him as a dad. In ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris2 Tetris 2]]'', Zed telling Ess she's a good girl is met with her making a reaction described as something like "so innocent and pure, as if reminiscent of a time to which we can never truly return".
* Kari from ''VideoGame/DeadInVinland'' frequently quarrels with her mother but is very close to her father. She's of both the "boyish" and "socially awkward" type, having long had [[FriendlessBackground no female friends]] because she isn't interested in traditionally feminine pursuits ''and'' no male friends because [[BeatenByAGirl boys find her threatening]]. He adores her, and one of his greatest fears and sources of guilt is the possibility of one of the dangers of the IslandOfMystery befalling her.

* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': On her route in ''Moonlit Lovers'', [[SixthRanger Chitose Karasuma]] is shown to hold dear the memories of her father, whom she greatly admired and was very attached to before his death, and she pursues a career in the military to follow his footsteps. She also mentions that Tact reminds her a lot of him, very gentle and capable of understanding the pain in people's hearts, [[LikeParentLikeSpouse which contributes to her falling in love with him]].

* In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', Chloe has this relationship with her biological father William. No wonder her life turns on its head when he dies. It doesn't help matters when her mother marries a ShellShockedVeteran with NoSocialSkills.

** In instances where they're actually portrayed as family, [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda]] is this to ComicBook/{{Magneto}} of the MarvelUniverse. [[ComicBook/{{Polaris}} Lorna]] is this in many ways, although it [[DependingOnTheWriter generally]] seems that she mostly ''wants'' to be Daddy's Little Girl, and Wanda ''is''. Reality-warping and alternate universes make it hard to say for certain, in Earth 616 Lorna is ''technically'' closer to Magneto thanks to [[MagnetismManipulation inheriting]] his powers. In one comic Magneto does [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead kiss Lorna on the head]], something Wanda doesn’t usually get from him.

*** Triple twist in ''ComicBook/XMenRed2022'' while it’s clear Magneto does love Wanda and Lorna, it’s his beloved and late first daughter Anya who he actually holds dearest in his heart and whom is his greatest source of pain.

** ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' has a young Cheryl living a happy life with her father Harry and they both love each other very much. When the two get separated in a car crash, Harry goes on a mission to find his daughter. [[spoiler: The end of the game reveals that Harry had actually died years before the game began and the whole adventure was from the now teenaged Cheryl's mind as a way to cope the loss of her father. Even after all of the time that had passed, Cheryl still sees herself as her daddy's girl. Depending on the ending you get, Chery's love for her father can get [[ParentalIncest really screwed up.]]

** In instances where they're actually portrayed as family, [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda]] is this to ComicBook/{{Magneto}} of the MarvelUniverse. [[ComicBook/{{Polaris}} Lorna]] is this in many ways, although it [[DependingOnTheWriter generally]] seems that she mostly ''wants'' to be Daddy's Little Girl, and Wanda ''is''. Reality-warping and alternate universes make it hard to say for certain, in Earth 616 Lorna is ''technically'' closer to Magneto thanks to [[MagnetismManipulation inheriting]] his powers. In one comic Magneto does [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead kiss Lorna on the head]], something Wanda hasn’t gotten from him.
*** Played straighter in ''House of X'' with Wanda out of the picture, Mags treats Lorna like this as he likes having her by his side while teaching her.
** The few times Magneto interacts with his granddaughter Luna makes it clear that they love each other -- despite the fact that Luna is effectively a normal human just like the ones Magneto despises on principle. Luna's relationship with her father Quicksilver is about as far from this trope as it can get -- Luna pretty much disowned him after [[spoiler:he lied about his culpability in his past crimes, claiming that a Skrull impersonated him.]]

** Downplayed with Amity, given the treatment both Blight parents give their youngest, but "Reaching Out" confirms that she's closer to Alador than Odalia, studying the same kind of magic as him and wishing to win the Bonesborough Brawl partly in the hopes of being able to get closer to him. Heck, he taught Amity everything she knows. In "Clouds on the Horizon", [[spoiler:she believes she and the twins have a better shot at convincing their father about Belos's evil plans than their mother. Not only is Amity correct that Alador believes her and is against it, but it turns out her mother already knew and was going along with it to get more power and wealth for their family.]] In "King's Tide," it's revealed Alador is the source of her nickname [[AffecionateNickname Mittens]] because when she was younger he would use his abomination magic to make her abomination "mittens" whenever she was cold.

** Theresia is a classic example, very docile to her father the Count and is blind to his atrocities as he keeps her trapped in a tower. Upon discovering that her father is actually [[HumanoidAbomination a hideous slug monster]], Theresia is terrified of her father and is even more horrified when she discovers that he had eaten her mother. But when the [[GodOfEvil Godhand]] suggests that he sacrifice his daughter, he is unable to do so, and thus gets sucked down the Abyss of souls. Theresia is heartbroken at the loss of her father and says she will make [[BloodKnight Guts]] pay for causing her such grief.

%%* Tulip from ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''.

The daughter adores the father-figure and at times the mother ([[MissingMom if there is one]]) feels left out. The daughter is usually either a single child or the only girl in the family. Likewise she's often the [[ParentalFavoritism father's favorite]]. In extreme instances, this can be WifeHusbandry or result in the daughter becoming obsessed with her father to the point of IncestSubtext.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', Gru's three adopted daughters are each, in her own way, Daddy's Girl. Agnes is the CheerfulChild, Edith is the CloudCuckooLander Tomboy, and Margo is the DeadpanSnarker DefrostingIceQueen. Gru dotes on all three.

Daddy is typically [[OverprotectiveDad very protective of his girl]], ranging from TwerpSweating potential suitors to going full PapaWolf on men who wrong her.

** Kogoro Mouri may exasperate his daughter Ran with his constant drinking, womanizing, and overall laziness, but if you call him a lousy detective or take away his business, she'll [[http://imageshack.us/f/545/rano.jpg/ do this.]] On the other hand, Kogoro is pretty much an OverprotectiveDad and [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass one of the best ways to make him act competent]] is to [[PapaWolf look at his little girl in anything similar to a wrong way]].

** Princess Shirahoshi adores her father Neptune and docilely gives into his OverprotectiveDad wishes to lock her up, especially since she lost her mother Otohime. Though like Vivi she becomes more interdependent, though her care of her dad is shown where freaks out when Hordy Jones nearly beheads him.

* Cal Lightman of ''Series/LieToMe'' is a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Deception Expert]] who constantly stuns his coworkers with outrageous ways to get people to confess to him. But do not [[OverprotectiveDad ever]] ''[[PapaWolf ever]]'' [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge even appear]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to threaten his daughter]]. Emily Lightman is the non-psychotic twinkle in her father's eye, and don't you forget it.

** Played straighter and much more positively with Hopper’s relationship with Eleven In Seasons 2 and 3. It’s clear Hopper and Eleven adore each other however they still argue with each other due to Hopper’s [[OverprotectiveDad overprotective]]-ness and Eleven’s [[SpiritedYoungLady rebelliousness]]. When they do reconcile it makes for some the most [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming moments in the series]].

** Similarly Jacqui Briggs is this to Jax, she even gave Ermac a beatdown in revenge for literally disarming Jax in [=MK9=], in his turn Jax was highly against Jacqui joining Specials Forces and [[OverprotectiveDad broke Johnny's jaw]] when the latter broke the news to him. [[spoiler: Jacqui's ending in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 MK11]] {{exaggerate|dTrope}}s this as she uses TimeTravel to spare father the pain of becoming Quan Chi's undead Revenant, but Jax only met her mother in treatment after he got cured meaning she would delete her own existence. But Jacqui claims it was WorthIt, as [[TearJerker so long as her father can have a peaceful life]] she was happy]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': This version of Augie Doggie gets a GenderFlip, and oh, does she adore her father - to the point of [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror failing to recognize]] [[OverprotectiveDad his approach to parenting]] even when he asks about it to her face.

** Vanessa to Doofenshmirtz. Their father-daughter relationship is somewhat strained, Doof being an incredibly embarrassing OverprotectiveDad who's divorced from Vanessa's mom, but she clearly cares a whole lot about him. Doofenshmirtz goes to crazy lengths to make his daughter happy, even if he's wrong about what would make her happy. The one slam dunk he made was finding a Mary MacGuffin doll for years after Vanessa had given up looking for one and she was so happy she sang a song about how he's "Not so bad a dad after all."

* Emperor Franz Josef I's second daughter (and eldest surviving child), Archduchess Gisela. Franz Josef had some keepsakes from all of his kids and his most treasured one was a poem written for him by a young Gisela one Christmas. [[OverprotectiveDad He's]] also said to [[ShipperWithAnAgenda have personally made sure]] that his "darling girl" got the best available prospect groom among any men with enough noble blood to marry her - this groom being [[KissingCousins her second cousin]] and WarriorPrince Leopold of Bavaria.

The daughter adores the father-figure and at times the mother ([[MissingMom if there is one]]) feels left out. The daughter is usually either a single child or the only girl in the family. Likewise she's often the [[ParentalFavoritism father's favorite]]. In extreme instances, this can be WifeHusbandry or result in the daughter becoming obsessed with her father to the point of ElectraComplex.

* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'': Ryo has an extreme example, the illegitimate daughter of disgraced samurai lord [[KnightTemplar Habaki Kagimura]]. Having a bastard child in such a rigid, honor-bound tradition as the samurai caste is a big taboo, so Ryo understands what it means for a man of her father's station to acknowledge her as his own. She responds to his necessarily distant but very real affection by dedicating herself to training as a swordsman, so she might better follow and serve him. Other characters have mentioned how single-minded [[OedipusComplex Ryo's obsession]] with defending Habaki and his reputation is, [[{{Foreshadowing}} with one character noting that such a complex relationship cannot end well]].

*** Being this trope in the comics is one of the many reasons why fans were [[{{Squick}} grossed out]] by Batgirl having sex with Bruce in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke''. You could even make the argument she has an [[OedipusComplex Electra complex]] in that film.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' fanfics, the ''Fanfic/OneiroiSeries'', both [[AmbiguousInnocence Tiasal]] and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Deirdre]] are Daddy's Girls. Tiasal loves spending time with her dad (and her mother, but she has different sorts of relationships with both parents) and is very physically affectionate. (It's implied she might [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother have a little girl crush]] on him.) Deirdre has a [[OedipusComplex sexual fixation on her father]]. That one doesn't turn out too well.

* Beth from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is this for the most part. She adores her father most of the time but isn't above calling him out if she needs to. Since he was [[DisappearedDad gone most of her life]], she is willing to put up with his antics because she is afraid of him running out on her again. She also allows her children to go on potentially dangerous adventures with him across the universe, partially due to the fact that she would rather her kids end up like him rather than their own father.