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** Even better, [[EnforcedMethodActing The poor boy playing him had no idea what he was in for]]!

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** Even better, [[EnforcedMethodActing The poor boy playing him had no idea what he was in for]]!for]]. The fear is quite genuine.
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** Even better, [[EnforcedMethodActing The poor boy playing him had no idea what he was in for]]!
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* [[LieToMe Emily Lightman]] is the sixteen-year-old daughter of the world's foremost expert on [[LivingLieDetector deception]], Cal Lightman. She expects her father to pull something like this on her date for the evening, so she makes him promise not to use any "covert tactics" to freak out the guy. But, since she never said anything about ''overt'' tactics:

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* [[LieToMe ''Series/LieToMe'': Emily Lightman]] Lightman is the sixteen-year-old daughter of the world's foremost expert on [[LivingLieDetector deception]], Cal Lightman. She expects her father to pull something like this on her date for the evening, so she makes him promise not to use any "covert tactics" to freak out the guy. But, since she never said anything about ''overt'' tactics:
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* In ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' by Fred Perry, Theodore Diggers is the master. As it's put by his adoptive daughter Brittany, "Some dads polish a shotgun in front of their daughters' dates. My dad [[DemonHead magically sets his]] [[FlamingSkulls head on fire]]." Oh, and his quip? "Mind if I smoke?" It would be a crowning moment of funny, if this wasn't as humorous as a Joss Whedon show!

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* In ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' by Fred Perry, Theodore Diggers is the master. As it's put by his adoptive daughter Brittany, "Some dads polish a shotgun in front of their daughters' dates. My dad [[DemonHead magically sets his]] [[FlamingSkulls head on fire]]." Oh, and his quip? He even quips "Mind if I smoke?" It would be a crowning moment of funny, if this wasn't as humorous as a Joss Whedon show!
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* In ''Series/GoldDigger'' by Fred Perry, Theodore Diggers is the master. As it's put by his adoptive daughter Brittany, "Some dads polish a shotgun in front of their daughters' dates. My dad [[DemonHead magically sets his]] [[FlamingSkulls head on fire]]." Oh, and his quip? "Mind if I smoke?" It would be a crowning moment of funny, if this wasn't as humorous as a Joss Whedon show!

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* In ''Series/GoldDigger'' ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' by Fred Perry, Theodore Diggers is the master. As it's put by his adoptive daughter Brittany, "Some dads polish a shotgun in front of their daughters' dates. My dad [[DemonHead magically sets his]] [[FlamingSkulls head on fire]]." Oh, and his quip? "Mind if I smoke?" It would be a crowning moment of funny, if this wasn't as humorous as a Joss Whedon show!
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* From {{Clueless}}: "Anything happens to my daughter, I have a .45 and a shovel. I doubt anyone would miss you."
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** In the pilot, Phil explains his technique of acting perfectly friendly to his daughter's boyfriends, except for giving them a cold, dead stare. He doesn't pull it off as well as he thinks.
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** The series "The Chosen" does the same thing with the whole gang; Dawn's date is mostly completely smooth and prepared in the face of all their questions...except when Giles enters and goes a bit Ripper on him.
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* On ModernFamily, Dylan is sitting (uncomfortably) on the couch with Phil, waiting for Haley, watching baseball. Phil makes a comment about one of the players being "stuck at second base, and thinking about trying to steal third, which is just a terrible idea" then turns to him and asks how things are going with Haley. Phil may or may not have even realized the double entendre, but Claire, in the background, seems pleased to see Dylan squirm awkwardly.
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* One episode of ''FullMetalAlchemistBrotherhood'' features a [[ExaggeratedTrope particularly silly example]], with Maes Hughes telling a group of ''three-year old boys'' playing with his daughter not to "try anything funny", all while holding a pistol and looking threatening.
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* Done in ''TheGeorgeLopezShow'' when Carmen's first boyfriend is at her house. George tells him that he will be watching him everywhere. Done with another boyfriend when he says that he has another boyfriend buried under the roses and that's what makes them bloom, causing the kid to run out of the backyard. Done again with Carmen's boyfriend Jason, when they interview him but can't find anything wrong with him.
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* Slight variation in Lucy, Daughter Of the Devil. In the first episode, Lucy's date is made to wait in the living room while her father (literally Satan) distracts her with a phone call so he can telepathically induce her pet hellhound to convince her date to jump out of the window in her honor, a la the nanny in ''TheOmen''.
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* Quite a few TF2007 fanfics assume that Ironhide adopts the Lennox family, becoming "Uncle Hyde" to Lennox's baby daughter, even Twerp Sweating her prospective dates. Most of the time he uses a holographic projection (usually of a very big and scary man), but occasionally he Twerp Sweats the hapless boys in his alt mode.

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* Quite a few TF2007 [[TransformersFilmSeries 2007 Transformers movie]] fanfics assume that Ironhide adopts the Lennox family, becoming "Uncle Hyde" to Lennox's baby daughter, even Twerp Sweating her prospective dates. Most of the time he uses a holographic projection (usually of a very big and scary man), but occasionally he Twerp Sweats the hapless boys in his alt mode.

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* Phil Jupitus in his ''Quadrophobia'' show:
-->I've got me own problems. I'm a dad, I've got two daughters, and the other day the eldest brought a boy home for the first time. And I think it's safe to say that I reacted ''quite badly''. She came in and she went "All right, Dad? This is Billy" And I went "''Billy?''" ''[twitch]'' "You go and put the kettle on, darling, while I talk to ''Billy''". She went out of the room, and I went up to this Billy, and I said "If ''you'' so much as ''touch'' her, I'll ''cut'' you". So this Billy starts crying! Still, that's seven-year-olds for you, no spine.
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* A variant appears in ''UncleBuck'', where Buck realizes his niece's boyfriend, Bug, is only interested in sex and sets out to scare him off, constantly talking amiably. It's actually [[strike: borderline]] creepy:

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* A variant appears in ''UncleBuck'', where Buck realizes his niece's boyfriend, Bug, is only interested in sex and sets out to scare him off, constantly talking amiably. It's actually [[strike: borderline]] creepy:
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* Quite a few TF2007 fanfics assume that Ironhide adopts the Lennox family, becoming "Uncle Hyde" to Lennox's baby daughter, even Twerp Sweating her prospective dates. Most of the time he uses a holographic projection (usually of a very big and scary man), but occasionally he Twerp Sweats the hapless boys in his alt mode.
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* Subverted in ''{{Twilight}}'' the movie, when Edward is obviously not intimidated by Charlie, Bella's dad. Though Charlie is the ''sheriff'', not to mention cleaning his shotgun at the time... none of that really matters, as it's not at all close to an even match physically or mentally.

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* Subverted in ''{{Twilight}}'' ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' the movie, when Edward is obviously not intimidated by Charlie, Bella's dad. Though Charlie is the ''sheriff'', not to mention cleaning his shotgun at the time... none of that really matters, as it's not at all close to an even match physically or mentally.
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* Crops up in ''{{Megatokyo}}'' to the point of deconstruction; the father is a government agent, and plans on using his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] to [[strike:commit [[ValuesDissonance massive privacy invasion]]]] follow him ''very'' closely.

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* Crops up in ''{{Megatokyo}}'' to the point of deconstruction; the father is a government agent, and plans on using his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] to [[strike:commit [[strike: commit [[ValuesDissonance privacy invasion]] on a massive privacy invasion]]]] scale]] follow him ''very'' closely.
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* Crops up in ''{{Megatokyo}}'' to the point of deconstruction; the father is a government agent, and plans on using his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] to [[strike:commit [[ValuesDissonance massive privacy invasion]]]] follow him ''very'' closely.
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* Subverted in ''{{Twilight}}'' the movie, when Edward is obviously not intimidated by Charlie, Bella's dad. Though Charlie is the ''sheriff'', not to mention cleaning his shotgun at the time.

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* Subverted in ''{{Twilight}}'' the movie, when Edward is obviously not intimidated by Charlie, Bella's dad. Though Charlie is the ''sheriff'', not to mention cleaning his shotgun at the time.time... none of that really matters, as it's not at all close to an even match physically or mentally.
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Topics of discussion may include Dad's gun collection or prison time, or perhaps the mysterious, unfortunate fates of the daughter's former suitors. The date will become emphatically aware of the daughter's curfew, as well as the fact that he is dating [[DaddysGirl Daddy's Little Girl]], and that [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer if he ever does anything to hurt her]], he will live only long enough to regret it.

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Topics of discussion may include Dad's gun collection collection, combat experience or prison time, or perhaps the mysterious, unfortunate fates of the daughter's former suitors. The date will become emphatically aware of the daughter's curfew, as well as the fact that he is dating [[DaddysGirl Daddy's Little Girl]], and that [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer if he ever does anything to hurt her]], he will live only long enough to regret it.

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* The subject of Jens Lekman's "A Postcard to Nina", except the tension is because he doesn't want to reveal that he's TheBeard.
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* [[LieToMe Emily Lightman]] is the sixteen-year-old daughter of the world's foremost expert on [[LivingLieDetector deception]], Cal Lightman. She expects her father to pull something like this on her date for the evening, so she makes him promise not to use any "covert tactics" to freak out the guy. Cal does, but she never specifies any ''overt'' tactics:

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* [[LieToMe Emily Lightman]] is the sixteen-year-old daughter of the world's foremost expert on [[LivingLieDetector deception]], Cal Lightman. She expects her father to pull something like this on her date for the evening, so she makes him promise not to use any "covert tactics" to freak out the guy. Cal does, but But, since she never specifies any said anything about ''overt'' tactics:
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Topics of discussion may include Dad's gun collection or prison time, or perhaps the mysterious, unfortunate fates of the daughter's former suitors. The date will become emphatically aware of the daughter's curfew, as well as the fact that he is dating [[DaddysGirl Daddy's Little Girl]], and that IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer, he will live only long enough to regret it.

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Topics of discussion may include Dad's gun collection or prison time, or perhaps the mysterious, unfortunate fates of the daughter's former suitors. The date will become emphatically aware of the daughter's curfew, as well as the fact that he is dating [[DaddysGirl Daddy's Little Girl]], and that IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer, [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer if he ever does anything to hurt her]], he will live only long enough to regret it.
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* A variant appears in ''UncleBuck'', where Buck realizes his niece's boyfriend, Bug, is only interested in sex and sets out to scare him off, constantly talking amiably. It's actually borderline creepy:

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* A variant appears in ''UncleBuck'', where Buck realizes his niece's boyfriend, Bug, is only interested in sex and sets out to scare him off, constantly talking amiably. It's actually borderline [[strike: borderline]] creepy:



** And when Tia tells Bug that Buck is "all talk", Buck produces the hatchet from the boot of his car!

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** And when Tia tells Bug that Buck is "all talk", Buck produces the hatchet from the boot trunk of his car!
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* {{Gender Flip}}ped ''[[TroperWorks/UltimateSpiderWoman Ultimate Spider-Woman: Change With The Light]]''. Instead of the OverprotectiveDad threatening his daughter's potential boyfriend, in this case the OverprotectiveDad is threatening his ''son's potential girlfriend.'' Andrew Reilly hates Mary Jane Watson and bluntly warns her to stay away from his son Ben, threatening to make her life very miserable if she doesn't stop dating him. Ben himself is not amused when he finds out.
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* In ''NewWarriors'', Marvel Boy gets this treatment from Firestar's father on their first date. She's apparently used to it, only smiling and commenting that he used to be worse.

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* In ''NewWarriors'', Marvel Boy gets this treatment from Firestar's father on their first date. (The fact that Mr. Jones is a normal human that Marvel Boy could smack down without lifting a finger makes absolutely no difference to the intimidation factor.) She's apparently used to it, only smiling and commenting that he used to be worse.



---> '''Beckett''': Now you mention it, he looked ''terrified''. All this time, I thought he was scared of ''me''.

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---> --> '''Beckett''': Now you mention it, he looked ''terrified''. All this time, I thought he was scared of ''me''.
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* Done with several entertaining twists in ''SecretSix''; the "twerp" is an good-natured adult lesbian, the "innocent girl" is the team leader and an immortal badass, and the ''very'' "overprotective dad" is ''Bane''.
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** Then played with further in the episode ''Punked'', when Castle didn't realise Alexis had brought a boy home, and walked in waving a very large antique revolver. The boy was, understandably, rather disconcerted.
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** He later gets to make good on the spirit of his threats (if not the letter) when the kid does turn out to be a slimeball whose only interested in getting it on and takes some liberties with Buck's niece... by practicing his golf. And using the kid as a target.

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** He later gets to make good on the spirit of his threats (if not the letter) when the kid does turn out to be a slimeball whose who's only interested in getting it on and takes some liberties with Buck's niece... by practicing his golf. And using the kid as a target.

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