History Main / DaddysGirl

* In the fanmade novelization ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild'', Mipha is once again displayed as being very loving towards her dad, King Dorephan. Likewise, [[spoiler: her daughter Princess Lochlia is shown being just the same with her own father, Link, both as an adult in the present and as a child in the past.]]

** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', [[spoiler: little Morgan Stark takes after her father, being a dark-haired, dark-eyed tech prodigy with attitude and a gift for trouble, and Tony in turn adores and loves his daughter. After Morgan says she loves her daddy "3000" Tony in true Stark fashion goes to Pepper to gloat, Morgan also "saves" her father by interrupting Cap's attempts to talk Tony back into the Avengers]].
*** In the same movie we see that Clint cherishes his daughter Lila teaching her archery and [[spoiler: she's the first to hug him when Hawkeye reunites with his family]].

* Snow White is implied to have been this to her father in ''Film/MirrorMirror'' before he [[DisappearedDad went missing]]. [[spoiler:She gets him back in the end.]]

* In a change from both the Grimm tale and the Disney film, not only does her father feature in the story, but Lilli is his pet in ''Film/SnowWhiteATaleOfTerror''. His not taking action to save his daughter from his wife is thoroughly justified by Claudia's manipulation and a timely injury.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Richard Castle may be a horndog, an egotist, and a bestselling writer of pulp noir mysteries, but he'd move heaven and earth for his daughter Alexis. For her part, Alexis is (against all odds and most understandings of genetics ''and'' environment) a sensible, studious, smart young girl who loves and understands her father. One episode opens with them fencing, quoting ''Myth/RobinHood'', and talking about Alexis's new crush (at the same time); another has them playing laser tag. It's clearly an absolute blast for both. Say what you want about Richard Castle, but he's a ''great'' father. One nice quote:

* [[HeroicBastard Ziyal]] from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' adores her father Dukat. He in turn deeply loves her to the point that he publicly acknowledges her as his daughter despite it costing him his marriage and his career. [[spoiler:[[MoralityChain When she ends up being killed, what little good and sanity he had died with her]].]]
* On ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Miles O'Brien has a strong bond with his daughter Molly.
* It's subtle, but a couple of moments in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' suggest that Janeway was this with her now-deceased father. The most prominent example is probably "Coda", where she encounters [[spoiler:an alien masquerading as her father]].

* ''Literature/FamilyTreeSeries'' has this with the second generation in Dana Burley with her father Zander. She takes his side even when he's clearly wrong, such as his [[TheAlcoholic severe drinking problem]], and overlooks his faults while amplifying all of her mother's. Which means she's devastated when [[spoiler:Zander dies when she's ten years old, especially because he fell overboard and off the ferry in front of her and drowned in icy waters]]. She not only [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] but accuses her mother of being unhelpful and mean to him; years later, she says Abby "nagged" him about his drinking, when it was clearly a severe problem to the point that after [[spoiler:his death]] Abby's the one who has to pick up the pieces and keep the family financially afloat because of [[MsRedInk Zander's financial frivolity]].

** To some extent May "Mayday" Parker aka ComicBook/SpiderGirl true she gets along very well with her mother ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, but having inherited her father's nerdish propensities and his super-powers, she is clearly following in her father's footsteps, and her web-slinging activities cause Mary Jane to worry a lot about her daughter. May is so committed to this trope when she meets all the other Spider-Men from the other universes in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', she states she doesn't consider any of them to be the real deal because to her the only true Spider-Man ''was her dad''.

* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Gamora]] was like this to her adoptive father the Mad Titan ComicBook/{{Thanos}} who rescued her destruction of her homeworld. It is fairly twisted since Thanos subjected Gamora to TrainingFromHell and raised her to be the [[TykeBomb perfect assassin from a tender age]] but surprisingly he did [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes legitimately care for her]]. Gamora thanks to [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] eventually rebelled against him [[spoiler: and even killed him in a later comic, but in spite of everything she can’t help but miss him]].

* Cassie Lang of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' would do anything to bring her father back. [[spoiler: She finally succeeds in bringing her father back at the cost of her own life.]]

** ComicBook/RachelSummers acts like this whenever she's with her father ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}}, notably Scott tends to be quicker to accept Rachel as his daughter than her mother Jean does.

** 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 was 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. Pietro and Luna do reconcile in ''All-New X-Factor'' however, after he made a full confession on network television about the lies he had told and owned up to his deceptions.]]

* Webby from ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'' has openly admired Scrooge her whole life and he has been an HonoraryUncle to her since late in the first season [[spoiler:though neither of them were aware that they were biologically father and daughter until the finale]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': Bluey Heeler is very much this. While Heeler family is generally very close and she and Bingo adore their parents equally, and their parents don't play favorites, it's clear through the way Bandit and Bluey interact that she's very much Bandit's girl and emulates him in many ways, plus they especially connect down to Bluey seeming to take after Bandit's tenacity as she likes to play with him while Bingo gravitates a little more towards Chilli is taking after Chilli's softer personality as she likes to do softer things. For example, season three's episode "Mini Bluey" establishes that Bluey is developing the same brashness and honesty that her father has, while Bingo is developing more politeness like her mother.

** The Spider-Man/Deadpool series seems to show she spends the night at his place sometimes, where she has her own room. When she lives with the Prestons, she has to share a room with her step-brother.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': Bluey Heeler is very much this. The Heeler family is generally very close, but it's clear through the way Bandit and Bluey interact that they especially connect, down to Bluey seeming to take after Bandit's tenacity as she likes to play with him while Bingo is taking after Chili's softer personality as she likes to do softer things. For example, season three's episode "Mini Bluey" establishes that Bluey is developing the same brashness and honesty that her father has, while Bingo is developing more politeness like her mother.

** 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.

* In the manhwa, ''Manhwa/{{Ragnarok}}'', Lord Irine is often a clam, respected, dignified, and powerful ruler, but as soon as he sees his daughter, Iris, he resorts to passionate hugging, baby talk, and constant spoiling of his daughter, at least when his wife is not looking.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** Holy Cujoh from [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]] to her father Joseph despite being a grown woman [[https://youtu.be/gdkQ4buzMa4?t=11 she hugs him tightly, calls him "Papa", and tickles him in public]]. Likewise [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7Zp8sVqwQ Joseph dotes on her]] and his bigotry towards the Japanese stems from Jotaro's dad taking Holy away from him.
** Subverted with Joylne Cujoh in [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6]], she rightly spites her father Jotaro for being a DisappearedDad and it's only when Jotaro makes it clear how much he cherishes her that Joylne gives her dad some love. [[https://youtu.be/QrvMLGnHW6Q?t=47 Played adorably straight]] in the ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven'' ending.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
** Usagi herself is ''very'' much a Daddy's Girl and one of the things about Mamoru she likes the most is that he ''reminds'' her of her father.
** [=ChibiUsa=]/Rini is a perfect example, monopolizing her future father Mamoru/Darian's time and fighting over him with her future mother Usagi/Serena. Her unfortunate transformation into Black Lady even twists her innocent need for approval and love for Mamoru into a vision of her kissing him ([[Anime/SailorMoon first anime]]) and her actually taking him hostage and kissing him ([[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] and Anime/SailorMoonCrystal). Even in the future, [=ChibiUsa=] appears to have a more normal relationship with her father Endymion; while she loves her mother Neo-Queen Serenity dearly, [[WellDoneSonGuy she also idolizes her to the point of an inferiority-complex]]. Which is ''really'' not helped by [[spoiler: how Usagi/Serenity got seriously injured and then frozen in crystal in the BadFuture of Crystal Tokyo... by TakingTheBullet for Chibi-Usa during the Black Moon invasion.]]
** The album ''Lunarock'' has a song called "Daddy's Girl", which could be about either Serena or Rini.

* ''Anime/KnightHunters'': [[spoiler: Ouka]] is like this towards her father, [[spoiler: BigBad Reiji Takatori.]] In fact, [[spoiler: she's pretty much the ''only'' of his kids [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes that he cared for]].]]
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Nami is like this towards her ParentalSubstitute Genzo, who is very protective of her too even if they aren't related by blood. Nami even got a tattoo of pin wheel (something Genzo always wears) symbolizing her love of him. Nami's sister Nojiko outrights says to Genzo he's a father to her and her sister.
** Princess Vivi is an unabashed version of this to her father Cobra, having inherited her [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething compassionate royal attitude]] from him and is closer to him thanks to the death of her mother. This probably why Vivi breaks down horrified when her father is captured and tortured by Crocodile. Though she loves her father Vivi does not necessarily agree to all her father's opinions, like how he wants her to settle down with a suitor so [[IWantGrandKids his legacy can continue]] after his death, while Vivi wants to be [[SpiritedYoungLady free spirited]] like her friends the Straw Hat Pirates.
** Princess Shirahoshi adores her father Neptune and docilely gives into his 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.
** This trope seems to the [[CentralTheme ongoing theme]] with princesses in ''One Piece'' as Rebecca lost her mother [[spoiler: and her father Kyros has been protecting and raising her his whole life even though he was a toy soldier whom Rebecca couldn't recognize. When Kyros gets his human body back he has a heartwarming reunion with Rebecca who even gives up living in the Dressrosa castle in order to live with Kyros in his humble shack]].
** Reiju ''seems'' to play this straight as she made a point of walking by her father Judge as a child and boasts about his reputation while doing his every command. [[spoiler: But actually subverted as [[ArchNemesisDad she hates his guts]] for abusing and neglecting her [[CoolBigSis beloved]] baby brother Sanji, Reiju simply can't defy her father because it's coded into her DNA to be loyal to him]].
** Toko from Wano was shown to adore her father Yausie dearly [[spoiler: so of course was a grief-stricken mess when Yausie was executed by Shogun Orochi. If that wasn’t enough of a [[TearJerker gut punch]] Toko proceeds to tearfully try and revive her father’s corpse with [[MedicineShow Toad Oil]] she got from Usopp]].

* ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'':
** Himawari Uzumaki is like this with her daddy Naruto, even forgiving him when he sent a shadow clone of himself to her birthday when he got [[WhenYouComingHomeDad caught up in his work]] as Hokage.
** Chocho Akimichi has her father Choji wrapped around her lil fingie!
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': Yuuna as seen in chapter 174 of the manga. It starts as more of a FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother type thing, although a later incident implies that she might be [[ParentalIncest a little too fond of him]]. Completely PlayedForLaughs, though.
* ''Anime/MyOtome'': Nina Wang, although it turns out that [[ParentalIncest her love for Sergay goes beyond daughterly love]].

* In the manhwa, "Ragnarok", Lord Irine is often a clam, respected, dignified, and powerful ruler, but as soon as he sees his daughter, Iris, he resorts to passionate hugging, baby talk, and constant spoiling of his daughter, at least when his wife is not looking.

* ''Manga/LudwigRevolution'' has Katrein from the ''Frogking'' story. She clearly loves her father very much and knows that he can't always spend a whole lot of time with her, because of his duties as king and knows that his gifts to her are ways to make her happy. In turn, her father is protective of her, finding her too dear to him to arrange a marriage for her yet.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has Ochaco Uraraka, who is partly motivated to become a Pro because she wants to help earn some money for her parents, in particular, her father.
* In ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'', no mention is made of Idola's mother, but Idola was incredibly close to her father and was inspired by his tireless efforts to better the lives of others even after losing the title of Royal Family's Wand. Slights against his name are the one thing that's [[BerserkButton guaranteed to set her off.]]
* Wendi Nakajima from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. While Genya doesn't play favorites with his six daughters, Wendi is by far the most affectionate towards him. There's no mother in the equation, his wife had been dead for nine years by the time she was adopted.
* In ''Manga/ShiNiAruki'', Tokiko Kurosu was close to her adoptive father, despite the fact that she got along poorly with most of the rest of the family, as well as her lack of reaction to his death at the start of the series. She always sought to show him respect and obedience in order to repay him, and became furious when one of her middle school classmates stole one of her father's books and got it dirty.
* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': Komi and her father get along beautifully, to the point they can understand each other through body language alone (which is good since both of them have the same communication disorder).

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': Betty Ross with [[ComicBook/RedHulk her father]], but that bond is eventually shattered over time.
* The [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ComicBook/GreenLantern and his daughter Jade. In this case, the excluded figure wasn't a mother (a long-dead schizophrenic supervillain) but TheUnfavorite twin Obsidian (also a schizophrenic).
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** To some extent May "Mayday" Parker aka ComicBook/SpiderGirl true she gets along very well with her mother ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, but having inherited her father's nerdish propensities and his super-powers, she is clearly following in her father's footsteps, and her web-slinging activities cause Mary Jane to worry a lot about her daughter. May is so committed to this trope when she meets all the other Spider-Men from the other universes in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', she states she doesn't consider any of them to be the real deal because to her the only true Spider-Man ''was her dad''.
** During the opening of ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfJeanDeWolff'', it's revealed that Jean was this to her stepfather, Carl Weatherby, a cop -- to the point she followed in his footsteps and knowing, despite not openly expressing it, that he was proud of her.

* The ComicBook/XMen, being a "family" unit, play around with this trope on occasion.
** ComicBook/JeanGrey has a surrogate version with ComicBook/ProfessorX whom she respects and adores, which makes sense they are both telepaths and Jean is the only Xavier trust with Cerebro besides himself. Though things get kinda gross as Xavier had some [[DirtyOldMan unfatherly]] feelings for her which he kept suppressed until [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Onslaught]] brought them to Jean's attention, though Jean appears to have forgiven Xaiver.
** ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}} completely plays this straight with the professor, she loves the old man deeply and their connection is made stronger by the fact he met her as a child. Like Jean, Storm had some issues with him but only when it came to stuff like putting Cyclops back in charge of the X-Men even when it was her position, Xavier even gives Storm his blessing to marry ComicBook/BlackPanther which results in Storm giving him a heartwarming hug. Storm's devotion to Xavier is best shown during the aftermath of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' where despite siding with Cyclops throughout ''Schism'' [[spoiler: she drops Scott like a sack of bricks for his role in the Professor's death]].
** Downplayed with ComicBook/KittyPryde and ComicBook/{{Rogue}} though they care very much for Professor, it's not as high as the amount of affection that Jean and Storm give him. Kitty tried to invoke this trope with Xavier so he let her back into the X-Men and by extension Colossus. Really out of the other X-girls ComicBook/{{Magik}} specifically was closest to Xavier as a girl, enough to get a CoolDownHug from him. Rogue plays this straight in later comics with her [[InnerMonologue thought bubbles]] saying things like “Do it for Charles” which makes sense since Xavier was the one who willingly to accepted Rogue into the X-Men despite her villainous past with Mystique.
** Played with ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} as she is the most disrespectful towards Xavier and considered him "bald headed geek", Jubliee generally acts more like a Daddy's Girl with ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} whom she adores. Though Jubilee does warm up to the "Prof" and is delighted when he gives her rollerblades as a present.
** ComicBook/RachelSummers acts like this whenever she's with her father ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}}, notably Scott tends to be quicker to accept Rachel as his daughter than her mother Jean does.
** Downplayed with ComicBook/{{X 23}} and her older OppositeSexClone Wolverine, she does eventually warm up to Logan but Laura is so [[TheStoic hardened]] that she rarely gets cozy with him. Though Wolverine can calm her down her UnstoppableRage with a CoolDownHug so there’s still shades of this trope. Interestingly X-23 tends to act more like this to ComicBook/{{Gambit|MarvelComics}}, enough to make Logan somewhat jealous.
** 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.
*** Played straighter in ''House of X'' with Wanda out of the picture (at the time), Mags treats Lorna like this as he likes having her by his side while teaching her.
*** 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.
** 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 was 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. Pietro and Luna do reconcile in ''All-New X-Factor'' however, after he made a full confession on network television about the lies he had told and owned up to his deceptions.]]
* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Gamora]] was like this to her adoptive father the Mad Titan ComicBook/{{Thanos}} who rescued her destruction of her homeworld. It is fairly twisted since Thanos subjected Gamora to TrainingFromHell and raised her to be the [[TykeBomb perfect assassin from a tender age]] but surprisingly he did [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes legitimately care for her]]. Gamora thanks to [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] eventually rebelled against him [[spoiler: and even killed him in a later comic, but in spite of everything she can’t help but miss him]].
* The ''ComicBook/SinCity'' short story "Daddy's Little Girl" takes this to the [[ParentalIncest obvious extreme]].

%%* Jenny Quantum of ComicBook/TheAuthority, pretty much by default.
* Panda Delgado and her father Mack in ''ComicBook/BodyBags.'' They nearly kill each other at one point but eventually reconcile, and it's clear that Panda has always idolized her daddy.

* More predominately in ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' than in ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'', Lian Harper was this to her dad, Roy. Then she was [[StuffedInTheFridge killed off]]... [[spoiler: and then [[BackFromTheDead brought back]] in ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''.]]
* Cassie Lang of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' would do anything to bring her father back. [[spoiler: She finally succeeds in bringing her father back at the cost of her own life.]]
* ''ComicBook/Dynamo5'': [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]. According to Chrysalis, Captain Dynamo/William Warner was close to Cynthia and told her that flying with her was one of the happiest times of his life. Cynthia outright questions if Dynamo 5 is worthy of inheriting their father's name and points out that she was the one he raised.

%%* Smurfette (and later Sassette) with Papa Smurf in ''Franchise/TheSmurfs''.

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* 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 [[ParentalIncest sexual fixation on her father]]. That one doesn't turn out too well.
* In the ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Metal Gear Solid 3]]'' {{Fanfic}}, ''Fanfic/TheJoyOfBattle'', Joy's love for her father and hatred of her mother borders on an Electra complex. Her desire to be like her father drives her to become a soldier.
* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/~mrevil Mr. Evil's]] (now deleted) fanfic to ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' had Gwen's daughter Cleo being a daddy's girl. And nearly murdered her cousin Ken because he accidentally destroyed the outfit he gave her.

* In ''Fanfic/ColdTemperaturesWarmHearts'': Cream the Rabbit has a loving relationship with her father Ice and is determined to find him.
* Elissa Cousland in ''Fanfic/ShadowAndRose'' describes herself as having been this before the story began.
* ''Fanfic/TheWandererOfTheNorth'': Nikóleva was very close to her father Maiëlindir, and Maiëlindir loved his daughter back. [[spoiler: When Maiëlindir was killed by a Diamond Dog, Nikóleva grieved a lot, along with Maiëlindir's HeterosexualLifePartner Henarion]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' OriginalGeneration stories, any daughter of the titular characters or Buford is guaranteed to be this with a prominent example being Marie Flynn who also happens to have inherited her father's (Phineas) love of inventing (though not necessarily his knack for it).
* ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'':
** Valerie Payne was much closer to her late police father than her mother since she was mostly raised by him while her mother was pursuing her own career.
** [[PrecursorHeroes Lo Pei's]] daughter Lo Mei is implied to have been this as well; his LivingStatue tells Valerie that Pei and Mei were as close as a father and daughter could be.
* In the ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' series ''Fanfic/{{Legacy|Series}}'', Oliver and his son often butt heads, but he and his daughter get along beautifully. He is very protective of her, and he tends to let her have her way. Felicity finds this a little frustrating. "I can't be the bad guy all the time," she complains. "I don't have a mustache to twirl.”

* In ''Fanfic/AnArmAndALeg'', it's mentioned that Anna favoured their mother while Elsa was a Daddy's Girl. This only makes Elsa's introverted upbringing more tragic.
* ''Fanfic/WarriorsRewrite'': Silverpaw is a bit spoiled because she's the only child of Stormstar (whose mate [[DeathByChildbirth died in kitting]]).
* Emerald in ''Fanfic/RelicOfTheFuture'' is this to Jaune. It's actually deconstructed a little, as she's built up so much of her life around Jaune and his wants, needs, and desires that it's absolutely unhealthy. She ''is'' getting better, slowly, but she still cares more about her father than literally anyone else on the planet. Yang accuses her of being this, [[InsultBackfire and Emerald agrees with her instantly.]]
* In ''Fanfic/TheSmeetSeries'', Ilk has an extremely close and loving relationship with her father. Red may be a bit overprotective and overbearing at times, but Ilk knows he means well and quickly forgives him even when she's angry at him for it.
* ''Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY'': Cinder to her adoptive father Nicholas, [[{{Tsundere}} despite how she denies it]]. When she was first brought into the Salem household she often sought refuge with him since he was the only normal human around, and when he finally shows up in the story proper he outright calls her his eighth daughter. While she refuses to call him "dad," they still speak like father and daughter, with him gently chastising her for fighting and her immediately apologizing.
* ''Fanfic/{{Clementine}}'': Hollyleaf has always been closest to her father Brambleclaw, in contrast with her MommasBoy brothers.
* ''Fanfic/FateBlackDawn'': Mordred to Shirou, immediately and shamelessly. She lived under the thrall of her abusive mother Morgan until Shirou showed up, protected her from Morgan, cooked food for her, play-fought with her, and dragged Morgan into being a decent mother almost on accident. Since Mordred was so young she just assumed Shirou was her father, but once she got older and understood the difference she didn't care. She also trained in his fighting style and became a master archer, unlike in canon where she used a bastardized self-taught version of Arturia's sword style.
* ''Fanfic/{{What Lies Beneath|OrangeCat64}}'': While both her parents are GoodParents, Zephyr is particularly close to her father.

* In the fanmade novelization ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild'', Mipha is once again displayed as being very loving towards her dad, King Dorephan. Likewise, [[spoiler: her daughter Princess Lochlia is shown being just the same with her own father, Link, both as an adult in the present and as a child in the past.]]
* ''Fanfic/MaFille'': Katrina adores her father Joe more than anyone else in the world. In fact, the first chapter of the story is even titled "Daddy's Girl".

* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'': What [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]] wants more than anything -- outside her classmates and society in general to ''stop pushing her to be like her dad'' -- is for her Dad to actually notice her problems and wants instead of constantly praising and giving his research fellows (Ash and Goh) everything ''they'' ask for and leaving her behind. However, due to a bad event in the past, she's been filled with anger and spite towards him to really qualify and by the time she wants to start again [[spoiler:he gets train-bound.]]

* Kiara from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' is shown to be very affectionate to her father, even if she's not crazy about the idea of being queen someday
* Jasmine from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' is very close to her father even though they don't always see eye-to-eye. The Sultan is fully aware that he can choose Jasmine's husband but doesn't want to force her into marriage with someone she hates.
* Jane Porter in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' is very close to her goofy scientist father, Archimedes, and even works as his assistant.
* In ''Franchise/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.

* Belle in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' adores her eccentric father Maurice, and vice versa.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'' was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally conceived]] as a film that would explore the relationship between the female protagonist and her father Buck [=McCluck=].
* The eponymous ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' is close with her family ([[MultigenerationalHousehold including her grandmother]]), but it's clear she is the closest with her father.
* Tiana in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is an only child, and shown to be her daddy's darling as a young girl; as an adult, she still keeps his picture close (it's suggested he died in the war).
** Charlotte, Tiana's best friend, fits this trope down to T. She adores her father, and as a child, she clearly got many of her dresses made by twisting his arm until he paid for each one.

* Mavis from ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' is this with her father Count Dracula. She is an only child, loves her father very much, and given the circumstances of the family's MissingMom status, Drac is extremely doting and overprotective of her. Likewise, Drac loves his daughter immensely, with nearly all of his actions in the movie being driven by his desire to see her happy and keep her safe. The song he sings to her when she's little is all about her Daddy's Girl status and is titled "Daddy's Girl" to that effect.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dreambuilders}}'': Minna is very close to John, especially with her mother having left her. She's resistant towards the prospect of Helene and Jenny moving in, as she feels she and her father are family enough as it is. [[spoiler: It's Jenny trying to spite Minna by becoming close to John that ultimately spurs Minna to try and get rid of her by scaring her away with a nightmare.]]

* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': A surrogate variation occurs between Jean Grey and Professor X, who is her ParentalSubstitute. Jean is shunned by her classmates because they're afraid of her inability to fully control her powers, and Xavier, who knows all too well the isolation that telepathy can bring, is her steadfast provider of emotional support. She thus falls under "The third possible character is the socially awkward one who gets understanding and encouragement from her father" category. Before Scott's arrival, Charles is the only person at the school whom Jean feels close to, and Xavier is more attentive towards her compared to the other young mutants under his care, which parallels how he had favoured Hank over the other teenage recruits in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' because he and [=McCoy=] shared more in common. Because Jean admires her father figure, she emulates some of his behaviour (she is Professor X's JuniorCounterpart in the story).
* Bonnie Blue has a relationship like this with her father, Rhett Butler, in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. Scarlett O'Hara has a somewhat similar relationship with her father, Gerald.
* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', this dynamic drives Sarah's relationship with her stepmother and half-brother.
* Subverted in ''Film/TheGeneralsDaughter''. We're initially led to believe that Campbell was an archetypal father's daughter military brat who emulated his choice of a career in the army because she looked up to him. She was a Daddy's Girl originally (though General Campbell wasn't above using his daughter for PR purposes), but as Brenner and Sunhill discover, they viciously hated each other and evolved into mortal enemies because [[spoiler:of what happened at West Point, where he covered up her gang rape to save West Point's reputation and secure his own advancement.]]
* Danielle was very much Daddy's Girl in ''Film/EverAfter'', which was the main reason for her stepmother's intense dislike of her.
* TruthInTelevision in ''Film/TheKingsSpeech.'' Bertie (later King George) adores his daughters Elizabeth and Margaret and makes it clear; he is shown as a very affectionate father, hugging his little girls and being silly with them.

%%* Kenya is very much this ''Film/SomethingNew''.
%%* Bethany Hamilton in ''Film/SoulSurfer'', another TruthInTelevision.
%%* Annie and later Megan in ''FatherOfTheBride''.

* In a change from both the Grimm tale and the Disney film, not only does her father feature in the story, but Lilli is his pet in ''Film/SnowWhiteATaleOfTerror''. His not taking action to save his daughter from his wife is thoroughly justified by Claudia's manipulation and a timely injury.
* In the Hungarian film ''Film/{{Kontroll}}'', Szofi brings her train driver father Béla his lunch every day, not because she has to, but so that she can spend some time with her dear old dad. They clearly have a close, happy relationship.

* Marina in ''Film/{{Attenberg}}''. Much of her strange behavior in the film could be explained as her trying to cope with her dad's impending death.
* ''Film/InAWorld'': Played with. Lake Bell and her father have a difficult relationship, but they are definitely close.
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Katniss Everdeen's father was clearly her favored parent. The fact that her mother lapsed into a catatonic depression when he died, [[PromotionToParent leaving Katniss to practically raise Prim herself]], certainly did no favors for Katniss' relationship with her mom.
* ''Film/IKnowWhereImGoing'' has Joan Webster who clearly loves her father very much, and calls him "darling".
* Sam, the protagonist of ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' is an example of the tomboyish variation, complete with a TomboyishName, with a WickedStepmother on top. Her happy ending includes going to Princeton, like he wanted her to, and inheriting his diner.
* The titular character of ''Film/LadyBird'' is far closer to her father, as she frequently clashes with her mother's very domineering, critical personality.

* ''Film/EightWomen'': The younger daughter Catherine and her father Marcel have a very close relationship. [[spoiler:A rather dark example, as Catherine's attachment to him leads her to hatch a scheme with him involving faking his murder to expose the awfulness of the other seven women and show him that she's the only one he can rely on. It backfires on her though, as he kills himself at the end out of despair at the revelations.]]
* ''Film/ListenToYourHeart'': Ariana was very close to her father, who died when she was young. After that, she was left with her very controlling, overprotective mother, who loves Ariana in her own way but doesn't let her live a free life. She also prefers being called Sam, the name her father had used for her.
* ''Film/LittleVoice'': LV was attached to her father. She's depressed after he died.
* In ''Film/KnivesOut'', Linda clearly idolized her father and is the only one seen to openly grieve for him. Likewise, it appears she is the only one of the adult descendants that Harlan was genuinely on good terms with and he did not single her out for any wrongdoing.

* ''Film/MeanGirls2'': Jo is very close to her dad at first (her mom's dead, and he raised her alone), with the same interests (e.g. auto repair) which show her as a tomboy early on.
* ''Film/DuckButter'': In sharp contrast with her mom, Nima was always quite close with her dad, to the point that he bought her a ''huge'' house (she's a bit embarrassed about this).
* ''Film/ShowMeLove'': Agnes. She's closest to him as her dad is doting and deferential to her, while Agnes' mom (though kind) doesn't know how to relate with her as well.
* ''Film/TheQuiet'': Dot was one to her late father and is still in mourning. Nina is one too, [[spoiler: but it's not what everyone thinks. He has actually raped Nina.]]

* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', men are so rare that some girls don't even have a father who lives with the family. As a result, those women who do have a father consider themselves very lucky. One woman mentions that the sight of a dead man upsets her especially because he reminds her of her father.
%%* Sara Crewe from ''Literature/ALittlePrincess''.
%% * Anne Shirley and Matthew Cuthbert develop this relationship ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables''.

%%* Emily Starr in ''Literature/EmilyOfNewMoon.''
* Merry in Louisa May Alcott's ''Jack and Jill''. Expected, since Merry is the youngest member of the Grant family... and has three ''much'' older brothers.

%%* Eppie in ''Literature/SilasMarner''.
%%* Lisa in ''Literature/LottieAndLisa''.
* Elizabeth Bennet from ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' is her father's favorite daughter and the two are very close. She is coincidentally her mother's ''least'' favorite child.

* Maree-Celee from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' has a close relationship with her father but no one knows who or where her [[MissingMom Mom]] is.

* In King's ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne'', father and daughter share a bond until he starts sexually harassing and molesting her.
* Margaret Hale from ''Literature/NorthAndSouth'' is the favorite child of her father, and returns the sentiment. Conversely, her brother is a MommasBoy and her mother's favored child.
%%* Odile in Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/TheBlackSwan.''
%%* Svetlana Borisovna in ''Literature/{{Tranquilium}}''.
%%* Soraya in the ''Literature/FarsalaTrilogy''.
* [[ManipulativeBastard Cleo Judson]], the wealthy but insecure socialite from Dorothy West's ''The Living is Easy'', is a rare overtly negative version of this trope. As a child, her father recognizes her manipulative, callous ways, which he admits he cannot bring himself to correct.
-->''A man who loved his wife couldn't help loving his first-born best, the child of his fiercest passion. When that first-born was a girl, she could trample on his heart, but he would swear on a stack of Bibles that it didn't hurt''.
* Princess Danae is this to Sparhawk in ''Literature/TheElenium'' and ''Literature/TheTamuli'' trilogies by Creator/DavidEddings. This isn't playing the trope entirely straight, however; Sparhawk is [[spoiler:the only one who knows that Danae is really the Child-Goddess Aphrael, and she became his daughter through ''sheer self-determination'']]. Doesn't change the fact that they adore one another, though.
* A few of the [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]] books imply this sort of relationship between Dorothy and her beloved Uncle Henry.
* The title character of ''Literature/BeautyARetellingOfBeautyAndTheBeast'' and her two sisters are all Daddy's Girls, although Beauty is his favorite.

* ''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. She, [[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.
* [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Princess Elizabeth]], in ''Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor'' from ''Literature/TheRoyalDiaries'', completely adores her father but she feels that he never notices her. For a moment though, she is truly his favorite when she defends her weak brother and he tells her that she is the true Tudor rose. Many historians have noted that all three of Henry VIII's children idolized him, while his affection for them was strong but tended to wax and wane depending on what else was happening.
* In the ''Literature/{{Deryni}}'' novels by Creator/KatherineKurtz:
** Alaric Morgan's daughter Briony (his firstborn child). In ''King Kelson's Bride'', this "bright-haired girl-child of about five" is described as running to meet her father when the royal party arrives at Coroth "dodging among the forest of moving horses' legs with reckless abandon" on her way to greet him with a flurry of kisses. Later in the book, while awaiting the start of the dedication ceremony for the Camber chapel, Morgan is shown gently playing with one of her curls.
** Nigel Haldane's daughter Eirian (his youngest child to date and only daughter). When he accompanies Kelson, Morgan, and Dhugal to the royal family's private garden at Rhemuth late in ''King Kelson's Bride'', father and daughter have this exchange:
---> '''Eirian:''' Papa, have you come to play with me? I've missed you so!
---> '''Nigel:''' ''[indulgently]'' What, since breakfast?
* ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'':
** Shakuntala was a reconstruction. Her father was a SugarAndIcePersonality who had trouble showing affection. However she knew her daddy loved her because he had done something even better than hugging her; he had gotten the greatest WarriorPoet in India as her trainer, bodyguard, mentor, and (unintentionally) eventually her husband.
** Eon's wife was the daughter of an Arab sheik and loved her father so much that she could hardly bear to leave him even to marry a king. Her father had been a DotingParent that actually taught her to read in defiance of custom.
* Literature/TrappedOnDraconica: Daniar, being TheCape, looks up to her GoodKing father Alister. This later causes conflict between her and her older sister Zarracka, who sees her as a goody-two-shoes attention whore because she herself isn't this trope.

* ''Literature/WivesAndDaughters'': Mr. Gibson, a respected doctor, is extremely fond of Molly, his only child. Emphasised by the fact that he's widowed and they have only each other. They share a special bond and she absolutely adores him.
%% * ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'':
%% ** Cathy
%% ** Her mother Corrine was also this as a girl and seeks to become her father's pet again.
%% * In ''Literature/FortHope'':
%% ** Rachael is a daddy's girl to her father Alexander.
%% ** Alexander is also very fond of his niece, Emma.
* Zeus outright declares Aphrodite his favorite child ''[[Literature/ZeusIsDead Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure]]''. [[spoiler: That trust is helpful when she conspires to murder him.]]
* Sasha in ''Literature/TheTenetsOfFutilism.'' Her dad loved her. Her mom didn't, and she returned the sentiment. That being said, she did listen well when her father told her he was far from perfect and shouldn't be idealized.
* Literature/NancyDrew is definitely this with her father, Carson Drew--justified in that Nancy's mother died when she was pretty young (10 in the original version, 3 in the revised version) and especially since Nancy's an only child, although she did have a motherly figure in the form of [[KindlyHousekeeper their live-in cook/housekeeper, Hannah Gruen]]. Carson dotes on her, even as he becomes worried about how often her life is threatened by her cases, and on more than one occasion, she has jumped in to defend him when he or his reputation is being threatened.
* In ''Literature/SixGunSnowWhite'', Mr. H treats Snow White more like a possession than a daughter, but up until she's eleven, he gives her everything money can buy.

* ''Literature/TheDinosaurLords'': Melodía plays her father like a fiddle and he can't refuse her... when he remembers he has a daughter, that is. The two clearly have a bond, although it can be shaky at times.
* Creator/AstridLindgren was herself a Daddy's girl to her father Samuel August, and quite a few of her characters are this too.
** Literature/PippiLongstocking is very fond of her father Ephraim, a pirate captain. Of course, it helps that her mother died when she was a baby, so she would only come to know her father. But there still is a close connection between them.
** Literature/{{Madicken}} is the {{tomboy}}ish older sister, who has developed a growing sense of social justice. So there is no wonder that she has a very special relationship with her socialist father, who happens to also be more lenient than her more uptight mother is.
** Literature/RonjaTheRobbersDaughter is very close to her mother Lovis too, but it's her relationship with her father Mattis that is the heart of the story. They do have a big falling out, but they still really love each other and reconcile in the end.
* In ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' the heroine Christine was extremely close to her fiddler father Gustave and when their mother died she traveled around Paris with him and continued to do so when he remarried. Christine got her love of music from her father who equally adored her and promised to send “The Angel of Music” to her when he died, when he did pass away Christine became depressed and lost her enthusiasm for singing. The titular phantom who is obsessed with Christine takes advantage of this pretending to be the Angel of Music and filling the void in Christine’s life after her father’s death before being found out.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' features Luna and her father, whom she adores. While she definitely seems to have adored her mother equally, her early death eventually creates this dynamic between Luna and her father.
* In ''Literature/VoidCity'', Greta, Eric's adopted daughter who he transformed into a vampire. She is one of the only people in the world he loves, and she in turn loves him to the point of obsessive insanity. She treats anyone Eric is currently dating as her mother, acting with respect and deference -- but always making it bluntly clear that however much they love her father, she loves him more. And when Eric inevitably breaks up with them, she will gleefully take any excuse to kill her former "mother" unless Eric explicitly forbids it.
* Mara from Literature/MasksOfAygrima is much closer to her father than her mother due to being his mask-making assistant.
* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Katniss Everdeen was much closer to her father than her mother, sharing a special bond with him that her younger sister Prim did not. It was Mr. Everdeen who taught Katniss how to hunt and gather, and she wears his hunting jacket when she goes out into the woods.
* Fleur in ''Literature/TheForsyteSaga'' is much beloved by her father Soames, who spoils her rotten and won't deny her anything. In return, she develops a very close relationship with him.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': After a rough patch of getting to know each other, Zettai has fully made the transition to this trope by the start of ''Transcending Limitations''. She adores her adoptive father [[spoiler: Basilard]] and wants to make him proud of her. He, in turn, is protective of her and supportive of her interests, such as magecraft.

* ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'': Bria's clearly very close to her father, and vice versa. This is in contrast with her mother and brother, especially the former who tries to control her life.
* In ''Literature/NightmareAlley'', the sweet and innocent Molly was incredibly close to her father as her [[MissingMom mother died]] when she was very young and he raised her single-handedly. She constantly reminisces about him throughout the story.

* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Harriet Conklin is close to her father Osgood Conklin. She can often be seen in his office helping him out.
* Emily Thorne (formerly Amanda Clarke) is this to her father, David Clarke, in ''Series/Revenge2011'' -- enough so to dedicate her entire life and fortune to avenging his wrongful conviction and murder.
* The daughters in ''Series/FullHouse'' (having only father figures around makes it sort of hard not to be a Daddy's Girl). Michelle even gradually develops her father's obsession with cleanliness.
%%* Nicole in ''Series/MyTwoDads''.
%%* Series/PunkyBrewster and Henry.
* ''Series/VeronicaMars'':
** The show's title character and her father, Keith Mars. They've always shared a very close bond, which has only increased when Lianne Mars [[MissingMom left her husband and daughter for good]].
** Trina Echolls is doted on by her father Aaron, and when he finds out that her boyfriend has been hitting her, [[PapaWolf Aaron beats the guy into next Tuesday]]. This is made all the more [[ParentalFavoritism disproportionate]] and jarring because he himself physically abuses her brother Logan.

%% * Abby Sciuto to Gibbs in ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', despite them not actually being related.
%% * Allison Argent to her father, Chris Argent, in ''Series/TeenWolf''. \\
%% Although, not ''always'':
%% --> '''Lydia Martin''': Someone's Daddy's little girl.\\
%% '''Allison''': Sometimes. But not tonight.
%%* Rudy in ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.
* Sheba and her father Commander Cain share a very strong bond in the ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' series, despite Sheba's initial agitation over her father dating young women.
* In the 2000s ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'':
** Kara Thrace is a Daddy's Girl to Bill Adama, even though they're not related (she was engaged to his son, and he took her under his wing after said son's death). She's also revealed to have been an actual Daddy's Girl as a child [[spoiler: before her father Dreilide left her mother Socrata for his musical career]].
** It's implied that [[spoiler:Ellen Tigh]] was very close to her own father, given that she made the first of the humanoid Cylons in his image. Unfortunately, Number One turned out to be a PsychoPrototype.
%% * Zoe Bartlet in ''Series/TheWestWing'', even moreso than her sisters.
%% ** Also, since the show takes the TrueCompanions idea very seriously, CJ's relationship with the President qualifies as well.

%%* Joanie Cunningham in ''Series/HappyDays''.
%%* Delinda Delinda to Ed Deline on ''Series/LasVegas''.
* 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 ever''[[PapaWolf ever]]'' [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge even appear to threaten his daughter]]. Emily Lightman is the non-psychotic twinkle in her father's eye, and don't you forget it.
%%* Hilary Banks on ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.
* Sally Draper on ''Series/MadMen''. This might at first seem peculiar to those of us who know Don Draper, but Season 4 (for which Kiernan Shipka was PromotedToOpeningTitles) reveals that she is like her father in many ways and that her mother Betty has been abusing her physically and emotionally. While Don is a bit distant, he is trying to be a good dad in his own way.
%% * Almost once a season, there tends to be a Father-Daughter team on ''Series/TheAmazingRace''. Gary and Mallory, from Seasons 17 and 18, are a textbook example of this. Heck, Mallory has even stated she's the only girl (has three brothers) and is the youngest.

* ''Series/TheTudors'':
** Princess Mary is alternately her father's favourite and unfavourite to her temperamental father, Henry VIII. Though Henry adores Mary and dotes on her during her early childhood, he sends Mary away to her own estate when he divorces her mother, Catherine of Aragon, and marries Anne Boleyn (leading to some guilt-ridden, intense scenes on the rare occasion Henry sees his estranged daughter during this period). When Mary, a devout Catholic, refuses to recognize her father as head of the church, Henry forces her hand with an indirect threat of execution. As soon as Mary relents, Henry welcomes her back with open arms and restores her status as a princess.
** Princess Elizabeth, Henry's daughter with Anne Boleyn, gets a near-identical pattern of treatment but has a smaller role in the series.
* Subverted on ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' with Joan and her stepfather. She tells Sherlock how much she wanted to be like her stepfather, but his infidelity to her mother has placed him on a BrokenPedestal. Even before the pedestal was broken, they were an interesting example, as she was set on becoming a doctor (and not a writer) and a SelfMadeWoman beforehand.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Arya Stark has a close relationship with her father Ned Stark. Realizing that his daughter is a tomboy who doesn't like the fact that she's being brought up to become a "proper" courtly lady, Eddard eventually allows her to be instructed by a fencing teacher. By contrast, Arya doesn't seem to take after Catelyn at all in looks or personality and is never seen interacting with her directly.
** Sansa Stark is less so than her sister Arya, but the scenes with the doll her father gives her heavily imply she is his darling girl, though she's clearly closer to Cat than Arya was.
** There's little lady Shireen Baratheon -- her first response to seeing Stannis after a while is to squeal and hug him. Stannis, for his part, tries to be a {{Good Parent|s}} to Shireen, but he doesn't often have time to spend with her. Her mother Selyse completely ignores her existence. Shireen also gets on very well with [[NiceGuy Davos Seaworth]]. In "The Dance of Dragons," while Stannis's troops suffer from cold and hunger, she says that she wants to do whatever she can to help her father no matter what, not realizing, of course, that Stannis is going to sacrifice her.
** Brienne of Tarth recalls her father in both "The Children" and "The High Sparrow", smiling fondly whenever she mentions him. It can be assumed she has a similar relationship to him as Arya has to her father, as Brienne clearly does not commit to socially expected female behavior and seems to have been brought up as a warrior in accordance with her own wishes. After she's been taken captive, her father offers a great ransom so she might be set free.
* Agent Dana Scully and her father from ''Series/TheXFiles''. He dies in the first season and she's absolutely shattered. The flashbacks, his "spiritual" appearances, and the way she talks about him are beautiful. In fact, the two even had pet nicknames for one another from ''Literature/MobyDick''.
* ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'':
** Buffy pines after her DisappearedDad in the early seasons, but eventually Giles comes to [[ParentalSubstitute fill this role for her]].
** Amy also pines for her father, who abandoned her and her mother when he discovered that Amy’s mom was a Witch. Amy’s mom is also an {{Abusive Parent}} who apparently padlocks the fridge if either she or her daughter gain “an ounce” and eventually switches bodies with her daughter to relive her glory days as a popular high school cheerleader. After Amy’s mom disappears, Amy moves in with her father, who feels extreme guilt over leaving Amy. He constantly tries to spend time with her and Amy is happy.
** Drusilla adores her sire Angelus, yet paradoxically blames all the bad things he did to her on the "Angel-beast."
** Until season 3 of Buffy, Cordelia definitely fits the trope, constantly going on about her father's fortune, and how he spoils her. After her parents lose said fortune, and she starts a life of her own, the trope is thoroughly subverted, as she barely mentions him or her mother during her run on ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
** Fred invokes this with her dad, given how ready he is to protect her giant cockroach.
* ''Series/CobraKai'': Daniel [=LaRusso=] is a lot closer with his teenage daughter Samantha than with his son Anthony, teaching her karate while Anthony's always got his face buried in video games. Amanda even calls her Daniel's [[Film/AustinPowers "Mini Me"]] on one occasion.
* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'':
** Lady Mary Crawley clearly loves her father very much, even if he can't leave the family estate to her because she's a girl; she's distraught at the idea that he might prefer her cousin Matthew, who is his heir, and always does her best to make him proud, even though her status as his beloved eldest daughter means that she's often the one left to tell him off for being a jerk since no one else could get away with it.
** Lady Mary is a favorite of Carson the butler, who admits that "even butlers can have favourites", and always supports Mary's decisions, however dumbassed, prejudiced, or patently wrong. When Mrs Hughes asks why he adores this cold, stubborn, entitled young woman, Carson tells an adorable story about little Lady Mary. His devotion is paid off [[spoiler: when Mary marries Matthew.]] When she comes down the stairs [[spoiler: in her wedding dress]], both her father and Carson are waiting for her. The first thing she says is "Carson, will I do?".
%% * ''Series/TheBorgias'': Lucrezia Borgia. Also a Renaissance equivalent of a MafiaPrincess.
%%* Donna Noble with her grandfather Wilf in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* Zoe Carter from ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' may not act like it all the time, but she's very close to her father Jack, who's also the town sheriff. It's generally accepted in Eureka that it's not a good idea to mess with the sheriff's daughter, because not only can she hold her own, [[PapaWolf her father]] ''will'' kick your ass.

* Although she's not his actual daughter, either biological or adopted (just taken in by him and his wife at age 16), Detective Erin Lindsay and Sergeant Hank Voight on ''Series/ChicagoPD'' have an incredibly close relationship. In fact, Erin is the one person in Voight's life who is always loyal to him and makes excuses for his often questionable ethics.

* ''Series/TheNanny'': Of the three Sheffield children, Gracie, who is the youngest, seems to be the closest with father Maxwell.
%% * Riley Matthews in ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' is very much this, though she loves her mom too. Being a mirror of Cory in personality and beliefs is a big part of it.

* Michaela Quinn on ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' was the youngest of five daughters and a favorite child of her father, becoming a doctor like he was and working with him in his office. All her dialogue makes it obvious that she adored and idolized him. She is not even able to connect with her mother until after her father had died.
* ''Series/That70sShow'' has this dynamic between Red and his daughter Laurie. She is his [[ParentalFavoritism favorite]] but has a difficult relationship with her mother. Her brother Eric is always sparring with Red but is a MommasBoy.
%% * The four ''Series/{{Sisters}}'' were all this to some extent. Even the fifth sister Charlie, despite never knowing him (she was the child he had with his mistress), but actually turns out to be the most like him, being a doctor just like he was.
* In ''Series/OliversTravels'', Diane's father calls her every day, no matter where she is. (She's in her forties.)
* In ''Series/TrueBlood'', Bill Compton is very much a surrogate father for his vampire protegee Jessica Hamby. She's much closer to him than she ever was with her human family.

* Eleven from ''Series/StrangerThings'' towards MadScientist Dr Brenner aka “Papa” who [[AbusiveParents exploits]] this in order make Eleven do his bidding and has no qualms about punishing her when she doesn’t.

* ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'': Richard of Gloucester observes with respect and admiration that Anne Neville is her father's daughter because she chose to fight on and remain with her in-laws' army instead of fleeing the battle like her mother did (Lord Warwick was Richard's instructor in warfare, so this is high praise). Other characters (including Anne herself) sometimes refer to her as the Kingmaker's Daughter, and interestingly, this label doesn't apply to her sister Isabel.
* ''Series/{{Innocent}}:'' DefectiveDetective Yusuf is a doting dad to preteen daughter Elif, who runs off to join him after fighting with mom Feride and wants nothing more than for her parents to live together again.
* [[HeroicBastard Ziyal]] from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' adores her father Dukat. He in turn deeply loves her to the point that he publicly acknowledges her as his daughter despite it costing him his marriage and his career. [[spoiler:[[MoralityChain When she ends up being killed, what little good and sanity he had died with her]].]]
* It's subtle, but a couple of moments in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' suggest that Janeway was this with her now-deceased father. The most prominent example is probably "Coda", where she encounters [[spoiler:an alien masquerading as her father]].
* ''Series/ModernFamily'': Haley is much closer to her father Phil than her mother Claire. Haley and Claire spend most of their screentime arguing, while Haley finds her dad embarrassing but never doubts how much he cares. Also gender-flipped in that Claire is pretty close with her son Luke. At one point, Claire is trapped in a bathroom with a plumber and complains that daughters are the worst. The plumber (who has a daughter and a son of his own) points out that the problem is that Claire and Haley [[NotSoDifferentRemark aren't so different.]]
* ''Series/{{Yellowstone}}'': Beth Dutton is a ruthless corporate raider who holds absolutely nothing in reverence except her father, the family patriarch. She says that she will do absolutely anything he asks. This is in sharp contrast to (and partially because of) the relationship she had with her late mother, which was prickly at ''best''.
* ''Series/TheOriginals'':
** Hope is this to Klaus. He sacrificed himself for her. She's an artist like him and was the one to redeem him.
** Also, Freya to Mikael. She was the apple of his eye and he was devastated when she died. [[spoiler: She turns out to be still alive. When they reunite he weeps. Freya was the only one of the siblings to cry when he died]]. Rebekah to a lesser degree to Mikael. He might have seen her as a replacement for Freya but he ended up despising her because she took the side of her half-brother, Klaus.
** Davina to her adoptive father, Marcel. He saved her when her even tried to sacrifice her. He kept her safe and alive. He swore revenge on the Mikaelsons when she died.
* ''Series/NeverHaveIEver'': Devi was much closer to her dad, as seen in flashbacks of them together, while conversely, her relationship with her mom is quite strained. This made his death especially hard on her.
* ''Series/WeAreWhoWeAre'': Caitlin is clearly closer to her dad. She's shown practicing boxing with him, going to watch a baseball game on TV together, and they share political views. Meanwhile she's always at odds with her mom.
* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': Alexis Rose begins the series much closer to her father, Johnny, than her mother. Johnny apparently indulged and spoiled Alexis, even paying for expensive musical coaching despite her total lack of talent. He even has a favorite track from her terrible album. Johnny is also the one who expresses horror whenever he learns of one of Alexis's wild adventures, while her mother usually seems indifferent.

* ''Series/TheWilds'': Fatin was much closer to her dad in her flashbacks, since he was more like her and not pushing constantly for her to succeed like her mom.
* ''Series/{{Clarice}}'': Clarice was very close with her father before his death, believing him to be the best man she ever knew for a long time.
* ''Series/{{Hightown}}'': Jackie is quite fond of her dad, and the pair have a good time together in Season 2. This means she also takes it hard when he asks her to flirt with a dealer or worse when he's after a fix.
* ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': Ginny really adores her dad Zion, and they connect much more than she does with her mom, despite the fact that he's not around too much.
* ''Series/TheMurders'': From her uniformly positive mentions and the fact she followed him into the police force, it seems Kate was closer to her deceased dad. This contrasts with her more contentious relationship with her mom. Kate later admits she was always on her dad's side when they divorced, and says regretfully that she'd never really given her mom a chance.
* ''Series/{{Impulse|2018}}'': It's implied that Henry was always closest to her dad, as they're shown playing together happily when she was little in her flashbacks, while in stark contrast her relationship with her mom is very difficult. His vanishing was probably even more devastating as a result.
* ''Series/TwoSentenceHorrorStories'': In "[[Recap/TwoSentenceHorrorStoriesS3E6TheKillerInside The Killer Inside]]" their brief interactions make clear that Shiraz is devoted to her father, and she's willing to kill to save his life (over his protests). While he clearly feels that way toward her too, her dad doesn't want Shiraz to become a murderer for him.
* ''Series/KeepBreathing'': Liv was always closest to her dad, as her mom mostly neglected her. Though it was a relative thing, as we see she also had many spats with him as a girl and is pretty callous when he's been hospitalized after she's an adult. He in turn withheld postcards which her mom sent her as a girl. It's made clear she always loved him dearly though despite this.
* ''Series/ResidentAlien'': Asta is very fond of and close to her adopted dad Dan, who's a loving, protective father in turn.

%%* ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie with Daddy Warbucks.
* Peppermint Patty in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' (her mother [[MissingMom is probably dead]]). Her dad gave her the ever-present sandals she wears and calls her [[AffectionateNickname a Rare Gem]].
* Dolly in ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' - being the only daughter out of four kids probably helps.

* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', Hiyoko Saionji's father is the only person in her entire BigScrewedUpFamily whom she likes (in large part because he married into the family), but she's separated from him as a result of her grandmother's interference. Chiaki Nanami also speaks quite fondly of her father, [[spoiler:or rather her creator, as the person in question, is strongly implied to be Chihiro Fujisaki from the original game]].

* [[spoiler: Carolina]] is a rather tragic example of this to [[spoiler: The Director]] in the “many years ago” plotline in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''‘s ninth and tenth season. Everything she does is for [[spoiler: The Director’s]] approval, and he remains cold and distant to everyone around him, including her. Made worse once Tex [[spoiler: who is actually the Beta AI fragment, which embodies the Director’s memory of his wife who died in the Human-Covenant War]] enters the scene and quickly becomes his favorite. [[spoiler: the end of Season 9 reveals that Carolina, who was long thought dead, is still alive and wants to kill the Director, setting up the “present day” plotline for Season 10. She finds him at the end of the season, a broken old man whom she takes pity on. It’s finally revealed that Carolina really is his daughter in the same scene where he [[DrivenToSuicide asks Carolina to leave him her pistol]], stating that she was his greatest creation.]]
* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''' Stolas absolutely treasures his daughter, as highlighted in "Loo-Loo Land." The episode features highs and lows, including this bit near the end, but at the end of the day, Stolas is ''devoted'' to Octavia, even if he and her mother [[AwfulWeddedLife despise each other]].
-->'''Octavia:''' [[DisappearedDad ...Are you gonna run off with him]]? And leave me behind? [[PleaseDontLeaveMe Go away where I can't find you?]]\\
'''Stolas:''' What? No! ''[pulls her into a hug]'' [[GoodParents No, no, never. I'd never do that.]] ''Never''.

* Faye and her father in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''. [[spoiler:The fact that he committed suicide in front of her was hence extremely traumatic.]]
%%* Veithel of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}''.

%%* ''Webcomic/IrregularElis'': Luk River loves so much her daughter Elis.
%%* Beatrice and her father in ''Webcomic/TheDreamer''.
* Shelly of ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' had tendencies towards this, partially because her mother died when she was around nine.
%%* Layla from ''Webcomic/FarOutThere'' was [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1556459/page-471-confessions-of-a-daddys-girl/ most]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1559063/page-472-no-commentary-please/ certainly]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1563953/page-474-the-stoyr-of-layla-continues/ one]]. Ironically, she'd previously referred to Tabitha as [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090125/page-296-parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/ this]], with good reason.
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* Sora Jeon from ''Webcomic/{{Forestdale}}'' was raised by her father for the majority of her life after losing her mother to cancer at a young age, so it's no surprise that the two have a deep bond.
* Jade Harley from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' was very close with her Grandfather, who turns out to have been her biological father due to weird time shenanigans. She even honored a family tradition by [[spoiler:[[{{Squick}} stuffing his corpse when he died]]]]. Later in the comic, we find out that [[spoiler:Calliope]] was this to her ParentalSubstitute [[spoiler:Gamzee]], who made a [[GoodParents surprisingly good dad]], all things considered.
* Colin of ''Webcomic/ForestHill'' tends to spoil his daughter, Tanya, as it's the only way he knows how to connect with her.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Punderworld}}'', when Artemis is officially inducted into the pantheon with her first temple, the party Zeus throws was done with the idea that she would be treated like a Queen for a day.

* Blog/OffThePageAndIntoLife gives us Gail Rubens, who is not only her father's one and only [[MoralityPet soft spot]], but also extremely devoted to him. [[spoiler:This leads to a rather heartbreaking moment after he's killed in a tornado, when Gail admits that all these years, a little part of her thought he was invincible.]]
* Evilina from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, her daddy being {{satan}}.

** Vi is clearly the closest to Vander out of all his adoptive children. Her BoxingBattler fighting style is modeled on Vander's own, and during her second fight against Sevika in "The Monster You Created" when she's briefly down for the count, she has a hallucination of Vander encouraging her to get back up and keep fighting.

* Numbuh 86 from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' despite her father being the villainous Mr. Boss.

** While Jerrica and the others were close to their dad, Kimber was the closest and she is most scarred by his death as shown in "Father's Day". She becomes depressed and bitter on the first Father's Day after his death. When she shows up to a Father's Day banquet arm-in-arm with Pizzazz's father that [[BerserkButton makes Pizzazz more furious than almost anything else in the series]] (which is saying something because she's frequently mad)...

** Diamond Tiara is one of only two fillies paying attention to her dad's presentation during "Family Appreciation Day". Indeed, she hangs on his every word with an adoring look on her face.

** 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 [[AffectionateNickname Mittens]] because when she was younger he would use his abomination magic to make her abomination "mittens" whenever she was cold.

%%* All of ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', but especially Bubbles.

** Lisa. While her father is a complete idiot and often manages to embarrass her, she still loves him no matter what. Examples: In "Lisa's Wedding", she stops her own wedding because her British fiance was disgusted with her family (that, and he wasn't wearing her father's cufflinks. Which look like pigs.). Homer even - not once, ''twice'' - sacrificed buying an air conditioner for his family to buy Lisa a new saxophone. ''And'' he sold his ride on the Duff Blimp to enter her in a beauty pageant when she was suffering from a lack of self-esteem. Several times, she comes to realize this and loves him back. The current page picture is from the ending of "Lisa's Wedding" when she reunited with him.
** Maggie. In fact, her first spoken word throughout the series was "daddy". "And Maggie Makes Three" was very sweet when Homer was worried about having a third baby in the family, but the minute he saw her, she won his heart. Even more so since Maggie's been the only one who called him "daddy" as a baby instead of "Homer".
** And let us not forget Maggie [[spoiler: saving Homer's life by sniping Fat Tony and the rest of his crew when they came to whack him ]] in "Poppa's Got A Brand New Badge".

* On ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'', flashbacks show that [[ActionGirl Nova]] had this kind of relationship with the team's creator, the Alchemist.

** The villain Killer Moth had a spoiled brat daughter named Kitten who interrupted his plans to conquer the city to make Robin take her to prom.

* Jessie from the ''WesternAnimation/TheRealAdventuresOfJonnyQuest'' and her father Race adore each other.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', Stella and King Radius are very close despite Stella's distress over her parents' divorce. Radius is extremely indulgent to Stella (when he isn’t under a curse from a WickedStepmother), and Stella earns her Encahntix by [[spoiler: almost sacrificing her life for him during an attack.]] She does not seem to be at all close to her mother.

** ComicBook/JeanGrey has a surrogate version with ComicBook/ProfessorX whom she respects and adores, which makes sense they are both telepaths and Jean is the only Xaiver trust with Cerebro besides himself. Though things get kinda gross as Xaiver had some [[DirtyOldMan unfatherly]] feelings for her which he kept suppressed until [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Onslaught]] brought them to Jean's attention, though Jean appears to forgiven Xaiver.
** ComicBook/{{Storm}} completely plays this straight with the professor, she loves the old man deeply and their connection is made stronger by the fact he met her as a child. Like Jean, Storm had some issues with him but only when it came to stuff like putting Cyclops back in charge of the X-Men even when it was her position, Xavier even gives Storm his blessing to marry ComicBook/BlackPanther which results in Storm giving him a heartwarming hug. Storm's devotion to Xavier is best shown during the aftermath of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' where despite siding with Cyclops throughout ''Schism'' [[spoiler: she drops Scott like a sack of bricks for his role in the Professor's death]].

** ComicBook/RachelSummers acts like this whenever she's with her father ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, notably Scott tends to be quicker to accept Rachel as his daughter than her mother Jean does.
** Downplayed with ComicBook/{{X 23}} and her older OppositeSexClone Wolverine, she does eventually warm up to Logan but Laura is so [[TheStoic hardened]] that she rarely gets cozy with him. Though Wolverine can calm her down her UnstoppableRage with a CoolDownHug so there’s still shades of this trope. Interestingly X-23 tends to act more like this to ComicBook/{{Gambit}}, enough to make Logan somewhat jealous.

* The eponymous ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' is close with both her father, as well as her mother and ([[MultigenerationalHousehold including her grandmother]]).

** Surprisingly Mileena [[DaddysLittleVillain was this]] to [[BigBad Shao Kahn]], 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 Kahn actually ''[[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes feels the same way about her]]'' as when he discovered that Mileena has been killed in ''11'', he flies into a rage and tries to kill D'Vorah who did the deed]].