History Quotes / BumblingDad

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
->'''Betsy Heron''': Where's Cady?\\
'''Chip Heron''': She went out.\\
'''Betsy''': She's grounded.\\
'''Chip''': Are they not allowed out when they're grounded?
-->--''Film/MeanGirls''

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]

->''"I have raised three kids, and [[{{Manchild}} one husband.]]"''
-->-- '''Nicole Watterson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''

->''"Hurdy hurdy hurr, That's our father. He's an idiot."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''' summing up the trope in nearly all forms of media.

->"It took me three years to [[BigFancyHouse put it together]]. And you know what? I'm already sick of it after two months. I can't eat the food, [[TooMuchInformation there are skid marks on my toga]], and I have plantar fasciitis from walking around on these stone floors. [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife What is the point of my life]]?" He looked at Quentin furiously, as if he actually expected an answer, as if Quentin were concealing it from him. "Would someone tell me that, please? Because I have no idea, none!"
->Alice glared at her father like he'd just killed her pet. Quentin stayed perfectly still, as if that meant that Alice's father, like a dinosaur, couldn't see him. They all three sat in awkward silence for a long beat. Then he stood up: "''Gratias'' - and good night!" He tossed the train of his toga over his shoulder and strode out of the room. The marionettes ''click-clacked'' on the stone floor as they mopped up the spilled wine he left behind.
->"''[[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents That's my dad!]]''" Alice said loudly, and rolled her eyes as if she expected a laugh track to kick in behind her. None did.
-->--''Literature/TheMagicians''

->Alice glared at her father like he'd just killed her pet. Quentin stayed perfectly still, as if that meant that Alice's father, like a dinosaur, couldn't see him. They all three sat in {{awkward silence}} for a long beat. Then he stood up: "''Gratias'' - and good night!" He tossed the train of his toga over his shoulder and strode out of the room. The marionettes ''click-clacked'' on the stone floor as they mopped up the spilled wine he left behind.

->''"Hurr dee durr! That's our father! He's an idiot!"''

->''"I have raised three kids, and [[ManChild one husband.]]"''

->''"That's our father! He's an idiot!"''

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''' summing up the trope in nearly all forms of media.

-->-- '''Nicole Watterson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''

->''"I have raised 3 kids, and [[ManChild one husband.]]"''

->''"I have raised raised 3 kids, and [[ManChild one husband.]]"''

-->-- '''Nichole Watterson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''

->-''"I have raised raised 3 kids, and [[ManChild one husband.]]"''