History Main / LazyHusband

%% In ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Debra Barone frequently berates her easygoing husband Ray for his failings and general willingness to leave the housework to her. But his father Frank makes him look positively workaholic domestically.
%% Doug Heffernan in ''KingOfQueens'' is another example. his idea of division of labour around the house is that he eats and Carrie washes up after him.

* TheSimpsons: Homer Simpson, who sits on the couch with a beer when he's home.

Contrast HouseHusband. Also see MenCantKeepHouse.

%% * TheSimpsons: Homer Simpson.

* In ''Theatre/TheAddingMachine'', Mr. Zero is so MarriedToTheJob that he refuses to do anything for his wife around the house or out of it. She berates him for just sitting on a chair while she slaves her life away without vacations or pay, but he responds to her harangues with cold silence.

* Al Bundy from [[MarriedWithChildren Married... With Children]].

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* Leroy Lockhorn of ''TheLockhorns''.
* {{Blondie}}: Dagwood.
* AndyCapp.

* TheSimpsons: Homer Simpson.

* {{Family Guy}}: Peter
* TheAmazingWorldOfGumball: Richard

->''"I know--I've only myself to blame!" she wailed. "My family saw through all those fine promises of yours thirty-five years ago. They warned me you were a loafer and a Lothario, that you'd never lift a finger around the house. Other women have husbands--I've got a cheap facsimile of George Brent, a cluck too lazy to put up a clothesline... I beg you to carry the ashes out of the cellar, to put in a few pothooks, to sweep the leaves off the porch, and what satisfaction do I get? Nyet--all you do is lie there guzzling over your pinups while the moths and silverfish eat us out of house and home."''

-->-- '''[[SJPerelman S. J. Perelman]]''', "Samson Shorn, or The Slave of Love"

* The episode 26 alternate universe of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has Yui gently berating Gendo for being lazy, saying that she'll get complaints from Fuyutsuki if he's late from work. His only reaction is to hum and continue to read the newspaper.

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Sometimes the LazyHusband is a bit bossy and expects everyone to wait on him, and sometimes he's just more laid-back. His laziness often extends to work as well.

* Oscar from HeyArnold.

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Depending on who is portrayed as more sympathetic, this could overlap with either WomenAreWiser (if the husband being lazy is emphasized, especially in the cases where he's also lazy at work) or HenpeckedHusband (if the wife is portrayed as being overly naggy and bossy). Also similar to BumblingDad, but this is more about the husband-wife dynamic than just focusing on the dad being stupid (and not all {{Lazy Husband}}s are fathers).

Depending on who is portrayed as more sympathetic, this could overlap with either CloserToEarth (if the husband being lazy is emphasized, especially in the cases where he's also lazy at work) or HenpeckedHusband (if the wife is portrayed as being overly naggy and bossy). Also similar to BumblingDad, but this is more about the husband-wife dynamic than just focusing on the dad being stupid (and not all {{Lazy Husband}}s are fathers).

Contrast HouseHusband. Also see [[{{ptitley72npfsy}} Men Can't Keep House]].

Also see [[{{ptitley72npfsy}} Men Can't Keep House]].

-->-- '''S. J. Perelman''', "Samson Shorn, or The Slave of Love"

--> '''Homer''' ''(after "giving Bart a bath" by [[ItMakesSenseInContext filling his quarantine-ball with water]] and then kicking said ball away)''''':''' ''"That's being a parent! I'm going at Moe's!"''
--> '''TheSimpsons'''