History Main / PlayingHouse

* In ''ShinChan'', Ai declares to Penny that she's pregnant because she and Shin kissed while playing house.

* There's a variation in ''JungleWaItsumoHaleNochiGuu'' where Marie gets everyone in Hale's family to play house with her, but ''she's'' the child and it ends up being a ploy to be able to get parental affection.

* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''LightNovel/ChuunibyouDemoKoiGaShitai'', Touka (in her mid to late 20s) and Yumeha (4 or 5) have been seen playing house with a ''divorce'' theme several times throughout the season.

* In ''{{Doraemon}}'', Nobita tried to use one of Doraemon's gadgets to get out of playing house with his younger cousin (as his friends were teasing him about how girly that was), but of course HilarityEnsues.

* In addition to the page quote above, Calvin and Susie of ''CalvinAndHobbes'' play house a few times, once with Calvin refusing to accept Mr. Bun as their child, and another ending with him deciding to be a [[NatureHero jungle man]] and running off in his underwear. For these sequences, the strip had an ArtShift to a ''MaryWorth'' style soap opera comic.

* Yotsuba and Ena play house briefly in the second volume of ''[[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba&!]]'', before being distracted by the prospect of cake. Yotsuba later sets up house, complete with kitchen, under her father's desk. And then there's the zoo of wooden blocks ...

* ''GreatTeacherOnizuka'' played house with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Tomoko]] and discovered that she had a real talent for acting.

* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''LightNovel/ChuunibyouDemoKoiGaShitai'', Touka (in her mid to late 20s) and Yumeha (4 or 5) have been seen playing house of a ''divorce'' theme several times throughout the season.

* In Judy Blume's ''Iggie's House'', Winnie Bates and the three Garber children play house in a house that's being constructed in the neighborhood while they're on their way to a picnic near the end of the story.

* In Judy Blume's ''Iggy's House'', Winnie Bates and the three Garber children play house in a house that's being constructed in the neighborhood while they're on their way to a picnic near the end of the story.

* Margaret always wants to do this with Dennis in ''[[DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]]''.

->'''Susie:''' Hey Calvin, you want to play "house"?\\

A game in which children take on adult roles, focusing on domestic matters.

In fiction, kids playing "house" can be evidence of a ToyShip (though often one-sided), demonstrate a childish misunderstanding of family life (either innocently or because their home is actually that twisted), or be a commentary on the goings-on of the adults who are the main focus of the story. A common "bit" is a young boy forced into a humiliating "baby" or "mommy" role by an innocently sadistic female playmate.

Not to be confused with [[Series/{{House}} what Hugh Laurie does for a living]], which in turn should not be confused with [[PlayingDoctor playing "doctor"]]; nor with HouseRules.

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* Shizuru and Tomoe did this a few times near the end of ''MaiOtome''. [[FetishFuel When two grown women play house, it's not quite as innocent as usual.]] [[DieForOurShip Shizuru X Natsuki shippers were not amused.]]

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* ''{{Rugrats}}'' did it a lot.
* ''FamilyGuy'' did a version of this with Stewie and Oliva but Stewie ends up getting angry over the lack of sex... whatever that is. [[PingPongNaivete Some sort of cake]]?

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->[[AC:Susie]]: Hey Calvin, you want to play "house"?\\
[[AC:Calvin]]: I don't know. How do you play?\\
[[AC:Susie]]: Okay... first, you come home from work. Then I came home from work. We'll gripe about our jobs, and then we'll argue over whose turn it is to microwave dinner.
-->-- ''{{Calvin and Hobbes}}''

* In one episode of ''LightNovel/ChuunibyouDemoKoiGaShitai'', Touka (in her mid to late 20s) and Yumeha (4 or 5) are playing house (and finalizing a divorce) when Yuuta walks in. He's not very pleased with what Touka is teaching his little sister.

* [[TokenMiniMoe Nono]] from ''FireEmblemAwakening'' likes to play house with her comrades, among other games. [[ImmortalImmaturity She's actually a dragon that's centuries old]].

* Emma and Otacon from ''Franchise/MetalGear'' used to play house.

* Emma and Otacon from ''MetalGearSolid'' used to play house.

* In one episode of LightNovel/ChuunibyouDemoKoiGaShitai, Touka (in her mid to late 20s) and Yumeha (4 or 5) are playing house (and finalizing a divorce) when Yuuta walks in. He's not very pleased with what Touka is teaching his little sister.

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* Emma and Otacon from ''MetalGearSolid'' used to play house.
* [[TokenMiniMoe Nono]] from ''FireEmblemAwakening'' likes to play house with her comrades, among other games. [[ImmortalImmaturity She's actually a dragon that's centuries old]].

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* In one episode of ChuunibyouDemoKoiGaShitai, Touka (in her mid to late 20s) and Yumeha (4 or 5) are playing house (and finalizing a divorce) when Yuuta walks in. He's not very pleased with what Touka is teaching his little sister.

Not to be confused with [[{{House}} what Hugh Laurie does for a living]], which in turn should not be confused with [[PlayingDoctor playing "doctor"]]; nor with HouseRules.

* On ''{{Doraemon}}'', Nobita tried to use one of Doraemon's gadgets to get out of playing house with his younger cousin (as his friends were teasing him about how girly that was), but of course HilarityEnsues.