History Main / JockDadNerdSon

** Prince Maekar is a medieval version of this in the ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg'' prequel series. He is famed for his joint military exploit in the Blackfyre Rebellion alongside his brother, and tries to coach his sons to be great warriors like himself. Only one of his kids becomes a good warrior, and that one turns into a deplorable sadist as well, while the other three become a well-meaning but craven drunk, a mild-mannered scholar and a rebellious runaway hanging out with commoners. Maekar has a blindly antagonistic PapaWolf moment in response to the prowess of his children being brought to question by the events of the first novella.

** Aegon the Conqueror was a muscular, charismatic general who brought about the union of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros through military force. His son heir apparent, Aenys, was a spindly nerd who had no interest in fighting, and preferred the company of septons and maesters than knights. Many people at the time complained that Aenys was not fit to be his father's successor, and dreamed of Aegon's other son, Maegor, who did inherit his father's physical prowess, of becoming king. Unfortunately, Maegor would go down in history as [[TheCaligula Maegor the Cruel]]...

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in one 90s ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' story, where a {{Flashback}} showed us that Flash Thompson's dad was a brilliant academic, who was totally unimpressed by his son's prowess on the football field. Flash bullied Peter because he saw him as the sort of son his father wanted. However this was eventually made [[Retcon non-canon]] with his father actually being established as an abusive alcoholic and a cop who pressured Flash into athletics.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in one 80s ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' story, where a {{Flashback}} showed us that Flash Thompson's dad was a brilliant academic, who was totally unimpressed by his son's prowess on the football field. Flash bullied Peter because he saw him as the sort of son his father wanted. However this was eventually made [[Retcon non-canon]] with his father actually being established as an abusive alcoholic and a cop who pressured Flash into athletics.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in one 80s ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' story, where a {{Flashback}} showed us that Flash Thompson's dad was a brilliant academic, who was totally unimpressed by his son's prowess on the football field. Flash bullied Peter because he saw him as the sort of son his father wanted.

** In the episode "Boy in the TimeCapsule", Alex Stinson, an uber-nerd science kid, was the son of a jock football player (Terry Stinson) and his [[TheCheerleader head cheerleader]] ChildhoodSweetheart Janelle Stinson, and the father was disappointed at him being a nerd. It turns out the nerd was [[spoiler:actually [[GenerationXerox the son]] of the VictimOfTheWeek, Roger Dillon (the titular "boy"), an uber-nerd computer geek who nobody in his class liked and who was the AbhorrentAdmirer of the AlphaBitch - that is, until they had to do a paper together, she fell for him, and they had sex]]. The [[spoiler:"]]father[[spoiler:", [[{{Cuckold}} who had discovered the affair]]]], as well as [[spoiler:another nerd (Gil Bates), who was the victim's best friend with whom he had created a computer program [[{{greed}} that would make him very rich by the time the Jeffersonian was investigating the crime]]]], were [[spoiler:the murderers]].

* For a given value in ''WesternAnimation/MyDadTheRockstar'' between Willy Zilla and his father Rock. Both are musically talented, but whereas Rock is a boisterous RockGod, Willy is far more reserved and into jazz with his trombone. The inverted relationship exists between Rock and his own father who is a world famous classical cellist.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8552991/1/XXY-Evolution XXY:Evolution]]'', where most of the characters are [[RuleSixtyThree genderbend]], Kit Pryde (male Shadowcat) is a dorky kid who likes sci-fi and fantasy while his dad Carmen was said to have been a great quarterback in high school. Because of this, Kit believes to be [[WellDoneSonGuy a disappointment to his dad]], which [[KickTheDog even the bullies, his coach, and one of his dad's buddies think so]], and his emerging mutant ability makes it more difficult. But his dad does accept him for who (and what) he is, and apologizes for making him think otherwise.

* Inverted with Marty McFly and his father George McFly in ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''. Unlike his cool popular skateboarding son Marty, George was an unpopular shy nerd who is constantly bullied.

* Inverted in one 80s ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' story, where a {{Flashback}} showed us that Flash Thompson's dad was a brilliant academic, who was totally unimpressed by his son's prowess on the football field. Flash bullied Peter because he saw him as the sort of son his father wanted.

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* Stan and Steve Smith from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' provide the trope's page image. Stan constantly tries to help his son with various "masculine" activities [[spoiler:to avoid letting Steve repeat the same poor experience Stan had in high school.]]

* ''Film/HoneyWeShrunkOurselves'': {{Inverted}}. Wayne is a tech nerd whose youngest son, Adam, plays baseball. At the beginning of the movie, Adam asks Wayne to let him go to baseball camp instead of science camp. Wayne ultimately obliges (and is overjoyed to discover how much math there is to it).

* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8552991/1/XXY-Evolution XXY:Evolution]]'', where most of the characters are [[RuleSixtyThree genderbend]], Kit Pryde (male Shadowcat) is a dorky kid who likes sci-fi and fantasy while his dad Carmen was said to have been a great quarterback in high school. Because of this, Kit feels like [[WellDoneSonGuy a disappointment to his dad]], which [[KickTheDog even the bullies, his coach, and one of his dad's buddies think so]], and his emerging mutant ability making it harder. But his dad does accept him for who (and what) he is, and apologizes for making him think otherwise.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8552991/1/XXY-Evolution XXY:Evolution]]'', where most of the characters are [[RuleSixtyThree genderbend]], Kit Pryde (male Shadowcat) is nerdy while his dad Carmen was said to have been a great quarterback in high school. Because of this, Kit feels like [[WellDoneSonGuy a disappointment to his dad]], which [[KickTheDog even the bullies, his coach, and one of his dad's buddies think so]], and his emerging mutant ability making it harder. But his dad does accept him for who (and what) he is, and apologizes for making him think otherwise.

* The Isle of Armor DownloadableContent of ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' has Mustard and Hyde. Mustard was [[TheAce the Galar region Pokemon Champion]] in his prime (for 18 years) and still remains [[OldMaster a formidable Pokemon trainer even in his current age]]. Hyde, his son, is a ChildProdigy who has made inventions that are utilized by those living in the dojo located on the very isle and has yet to show any capacity in Pokemon battles. That being said, there's no known conflict between the two of them.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8552991/1/XXY-Evolution XXY:Evolution]]'', where most of the characters are [[RuleSixtyThree genderbend]], Kit Pryde (male Shadowcat) is nerdy while his dad Carmen was said to have been a great quarterback in high school. Because of this, he feels like [[WellDoneSonGuy a disappointment to his dad]], which [[KickTheDog even the bullies, his coach, and one of his dad's buddies think so]], and his emerging mutant ability making it harder. Unlike his female counterpart, Kit has a crush on Katrina (female Nightcrawler) almost immediately, due to resembling a dark elf from one of his favorite fantasy stories.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8552991/1/XXY-Evolution XXY:Evolution]]'', where most of the characters are [[RuleSixtyThree genderbend]], Kit Pryde (male Kitty Pryde) is nerdy while his dad Carmen was said to have been a great quarterback in high school. Because of this, he feels like [[WellDoneSonGuy a disappointment to his dad]], which [[KickTheDog even the bullies, his coach, and one of his dad's buddies think so]], and his emerging mutant ability making it harder. Unlike his female counterpart, Kit has a crush on Katrina (female Kurt) almost immediately, due to resembling a dark elf from one of his favorite fantasy stories.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8552991/1/XXY-Evolution XXY:Evolution]]'', where most of the characters are [[RuleSixtyThree genderbend]], Kit Pryde (male Kitty Pryde) is nerdy while his dad Carmen was said to have been a great quarterback in high school. Because of this, he feels like [[WellDoneSonGuy a disappointment to his dad]], which [[KickTheDog even the bullies, his coach, and one of his dad's buddies think so]], and his emerging mutant ability making it harder. Unlike his female counterpart, Kit has a crush on Katrina (female Kurt) almost immediately, due to resembling an elf from a fantasy story he likes to read.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8552991/1/XXY-Evolution XXY:Evolution]]'', where most of the characters are [[RuleSixtyThree genderbend]], Kit Pryde (male Kitty Pryde) is nerdy while his dad Carmen was said to have been a great quarterback in high school. Because of this, he feels that [[WellDoneSonGuy he's a disappointment to his dad]], which [[KickTheDog even the bullies, his coach, and one of his dad's buddies think so]], and his emerging mutant ability making it harder. Unlike his female counterpart, Kit has a crush on Katrina (female Kurt) almost immediately, due to resembling an elf from a fantasy story.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8552991/1/XXY-Evolution XXY:Evolution]]'', where most of the characters are [[RuleSixtyThree genderbend]], Kit Pryde (male Kitty Pryde) is nerdy while his dad Carmen was said to have been a leading football star in his youth. Because of this, he feels that [[WellDoneSonGuy he's a disappointment to his dad]]. Unlike his female counterpart, Kit has a crush on Katrina (female Kurt) almost immediately, due to resembling an elf from a fantasy story.
* Lightly touched upon in “Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama”, when [[spoiler: Lila and her mother]] turn into an akuma. [[spoiler: Lila]] shoots beams that turn people into their opposite, while [[spoiler: her mom]] makes people tell truths they’ve buried deep inside. One boy she hits is a basketball player. After her beam hits him, he admits that he hates basketball and only joined the team because his dad made him. He really wanted to do theater, but his father said it was for gays.

Related to a BillyElliotPlot, but is part of the underlying characterization as opposed to a single episode plot. Subtrope to LikeFatherUnlikeSon. Could be considered an intergenerational version of SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan, as well as a loose gender inversion to FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter.

* Lightly touched upon in “Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama”, when [[spoiler: Lila and her mother]] turn into an akuma. [[spoiler: Lila]] shoots beans that turn people into their opposite, while [[spoiler: her mom]] makes people tell truths they’ve buried deep inside. One boy she hits is a basketball player. After her beam hits him, he admits that he hates basketball and only joined the team because his dad made him. He really wanted to do theater, but his father said it was for gays.