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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Bobby starts using skills he picked up in Home Ec to help around the house and [[TheScrappy Peggy]], who normally defends him when Hank chastises him for [[FantasyForbiddingFather not being "manly" enough]], starts feeling threatened when Hank supports him for once. She eventually snaps and runs off with the Thanksgiving turkey he was cooking, [[TheUnfairSex and the show treats Hank as the bad guy for not paying her enough attention]].

* PlayedWith in ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'', deep down the titular antagonist does actually love his son Zargeus but still holds bitterness towards him due to the circumstances of his birth. [[spoiler: He was born a stillborn which caused his mother Persephone to leave the Underworld, before Nyx had Zargeus revived. The idea that Persephone (whom Hades loves dearly) literally would’ve of only stayed for their son, hurts Hades deeply and he takes that heartache out on Zargeus. When Zargeus bring his mother back to the Underworld, the relationship between father and son improves immensely.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'',: In an episode when Donna's constant affection for Rallo gets in the way of their sex life, Cleveland acts like this. While he does act somewhat self-centered and childish about it, he is at least somewhat justified since his stepson is deliberately trying to pry the two away from each other out of his own jealousy. Eventually, the two negotiate.

->'''Wife 1:''' You said, "If a bus is coming and they're going to run both of you over, [[MamaBear I would help the baby]]." And I was like, "Ok, that's understandable."
->'''Wife 2:''' No, but I think she got really upset and I think that was like a turning point in our relationship, because I think you were like, "I thought I was the center of your universe, and now I'm not."

* Deconstructed in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The manga explains that Gendo Ikari ignored Shinji after his wife Yui's death because he envied how much she cared for [[MommasBoy Shinji]] and how much attention she placed on him.[[note]]''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelionCampusApocalypse'' -- though it is an alternate universe -- presents a version of how Gendo and Yui got together that's probably not too different from "reality": Gendou was a severe social introvert who had no friends until Yui [[ManicPixieDreamGirl forcefully inserted herself into his life]], because she thought he was cute when he smiled; he even cancelled the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt for her sake. Small wonder, then, that Gendou considers Shinji to have "stolen" Yui from him.[[/note]]
* ''Manga/ElfenLied'': Mayu's mother reacts to the news that her stepfather had been routinely ''raping her'' with jealousy that she had seduced her man that way. Also overlaps with KarmaHoudini as she and the stepfather are never seen getting their comeuppance, and beyond Mayu confessing everything to her new family, rarely mentioned.

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-->'''Wanda:''' Oh. ''(crying)'' I WANT TO BE THE DAD FOR A WHILE!

* In ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' Brian Banner, Bruce’s appallingly abusive father cites this as a reason why he hates his only son -- because Bruce took all of his wife Rebecca’s love. Brian stated he never wanted kids and thought Bruce was a monster from the get-go so seeing said child get nothing but love and care from his mother whom Brian wanted purely for himself eventually made him snap. [[TilMurderDoUsPart Cumulating in Brian murdering Rebecca]] [[HarmfulToMinors in front of Bruce]] as the mother and son were trying to escape from the abusive piece of shit.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': An ExaggeratedTrope with vampire lovers Lestat and Louis and their vampire daughter Claudia, escalating all the way to MurderTheHypotenuse. Lestat fell in LoveAtFirstSight with Louis and [[ILoveYouVampireSon turned him into a vampire to be his lover and companion for all of eternity]]. He's a CrazyJealousGuy when anything gets in the way of that plan. The couple turn and adopt a daughter, Claudia, as [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter "a band-aid for a shitty marriage."]] In vampire terms, she is Lestat's daughter because he's her maker, but Louis is the primary caregiver, more of a parent to her than Lestat is. This culminates in a scene between the three in [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart episode 5]] with Lestat and Claudia both simultaneously begging Louis to choose them over the other. Before Louis can make a choice, Lestat resorts to [[DomesticAbuse domestic violence]]. During a calm "honeymoon" phase in the cycle of abuse, a HopeSpot follows, with Louis trying to balance the two, and asking each to make more of an effort with the other. He wants the three of them to be a family. Lestat and Claudia each want a family, too -- but a two-person, Louis-and-me version, without the other. As Lestat puts it, "We endure each other for Louis's happiness." By the end of [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod episode 6]], Claudia wants to [[{{Patricide}} kill her abusive, controlling father Lestat]] so she and Louis can be free. Lestat has likewise concluded that Claudia ruined his relationship with Louis, and his solution is OffingTheOffspring.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': An ExaggeratedTrope with vampire lovers Lestat and Louis and their vampire daughter Claudia, escalating all the way to MurderTheHypotenuse. Lestat fell in LoveAtFirstSight with Louis and [[ILoveYouVampireSon turned him into a vampire to be his lover and companion for all of eternity]]. He's a CrazyJealousGuy when anything gets in the way of that plan. The couple adopt a daughter, Claudia, as [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter "a band-aid for a shitty marriage."]] In vampire terms, she is Lestat's daughter because he's her maker, but Louis is the primary caregiver, more of a parent to her than Lestat is. This culminates in a scene between the three in [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart episode 5]] with Lestat and Claudia both simultaneously begging Louis to choose them over the other. Before Louis can make a choice, Lestat resorts to [[DomesticAbuse domestic violence]]. During a calm "honeymoon" phase in the cycle of abuse, a HopeSpot follows, with Louis trying to balance the two, and asking each to make more of an effort with the other. He wants the three of them to be a family. Lestat and Claudia each want a family, too -- but a two-person, Louis-and-me version, without the other. As Lestat puts it, "We endure each other for Louis's happiness." By the end of [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod episode 6]], Claudia wants to [[{{Patricide}} kill her abusive, controlling father Lestat]] so she and Louis can be free. Lestat has likewise concluded that Claudia ruined his relationship with Louis, and his solution is OffingTheOffspring.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,'' the episode "Tennis the Menace" had Marge swapping Homer for Bart as her doubles partner because Bart is a much better player, causing Homer to experience what Lisa describes as "{{Oedip|usComplex}}al anxiety."

This is often the flip side of the UsefulNotes/OedipusComplex. Sub-trope of ParentsAsPeople. Audience sympathy tends to vary according to how well they knew the parents before they became parents: TheHero who marries his LoveInterest and has BabiesEverAfter tends to be more sympathetic than the guy we meet mid-tantrum as his wife is changing their son's nappy.