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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:350:Just your [[BlatantLies average suburban family]] who are a lovely bunch.]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ->''"It was about a family that argued a lot and the dad was always wrong. You heard the audience laugh, so you knew it was funny."'' |
| 8 | -->-- ''Series/{{Monk}}'' synopsizes ''The Cooper Clan'', a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional example of this trope]] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | A contraction of "Domestic Comedy", a SitCom which revolves around home and family. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | You're going to see some standard jokes in most of these. Usually, the "wacky" differences between age groups and genders, perennial 'rebellious teenager' issues (including frequently erroneous stories about what kids are like these days), kids doing the darnedest things, and visits from the wacky neighbor. |
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| 14 | Although most of the characters in your standard DomCom will be blood relatives, don't expect them to bear more than a passing resemblance to each other. In fact it's so uncommon for family members to look alike on TV we even have [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting a trope for when they do]]. There's even a long-standing tradition in any show with more than three kids for at least one of them to look absolutely ''nothing'' like any of his or her parents or siblings. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | The DysfunctionalFamily sitcom began as a {{deconstruction}} of this genre, but since so many appeared in the late 1990s, and modern versions tend to {{reconstruct|ion}} many of the old tropes, there's not much of a distinction any more. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Compare with RoommateCom. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused for a]] {{Sitcom}} with [[{{Dominatrix}} dominatrices]] involved. |
| 21 | ---- |
| 22 | !!Examples: Radio and Radio to TV |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[index]] |
| 25 | * ''Series/TheAdventuresOfOzzieAndHarriet'' - began on radio in 1944 with just Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, then they added actors playing their sons David and [[Music/RickyNelson Ricky]], then the actual sons took over the roles, then it jumped to TV in 1952. |
| 26 | * ''Radio/TheAldrichFamily'' |
| 27 | * ''ComicStrip/Blondie1930'' |
| 28 | * ''Radio/TheBurnsAndAllenShow'' |
| 29 | * ''Series/FatherKnowsBest'' - from radio to TV in the 1950s |
| 30 | * ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly'' - mainly on radio, short lived on TV |
| 31 | * ''Radio/TheGoldbergs'' - a LongRunner on both radio and TV |
| 32 | * ''Radio/TheGreatGildersleeve'' |
| 33 | * ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'' - a comedic VarietyShow that eventually incorporated both Dom Com and WorkCom elements. Moved from radio to TV in the 1950s. |
| 34 | * ''Radio/LifeWithTheLyons'' [[note]]- the original dom-com on BBC radio dating from 1948 about the life of a Brit married to an American and the amusing misunderstandings arising therefrom. Later televised, and re-run as a parody in the 1980's - ''Radio/AtHomeWithTheHardies''. [[/note]] |
| 35 | * ''Radio/ThePhilHarrisAliceFayeShow'' - some overlap with WorkCom |
| 36 | * ''Radio/TakeItFromHere'' - introduced the Glum family, who later crossed to TV. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | !!Examples: TV |
| 39 | * ''Series/EighteenToLife'' |
| 40 | * ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'' |
| 41 | * ''Series/TwoTwoSeven'' |
| 42 | * ''Series/EightSimpleRules'' |
| 43 | * ''Series/AboutABoy'' |
| 44 | * ''Series/AccordingToJim'' |
| 45 | * ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' |
| 46 | * ''Series/AllAboutMe'' |
| 47 | * ''Series/AllAmericanGirl1994'' |
| 48 | * ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' and its sequel series ''Series/ArchieBunkersPlace'' |
| 49 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' |
| 50 | * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' |
| 51 | * ''Series/AmericanHousewife'' |
| 52 | * ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy'' |
| 53 | * ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' - lacked most standard features of the traditional DomCom; deconstructed/parodied others (such as Maeby's standard Rebellious Teenager arc, which culminated in her [[spoiler:becoming a powerful Hollywood film executive]] without her parents noticing); also had some WorkCom influence, as one might expect from show centred on a family business. The show takes every opportunity to subvert traditional Dom Com tropes, sometimes with extreme subtlety. Could be called {{Troperiffic}}. |
| 54 | * ''Series/BabyDaddy'' |
| 55 | * ''Series/BabyTalk1991'' |
| 56 | * ''Series/{{Barbara}}'' |
| 57 | * ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' |
| 58 | * ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' |
| 59 | * ''Series/BigWaveDaves'' |
| 60 | * ''Series/TheBigShowShow'' |
| 61 | * ''Series/BlackAF'' |
| 62 | * ''Series/{{Blackish}}'' |
| 63 | * ''Series/BlessThisHouse'' |
| 64 | * ''Series/BlessThisMess'' |
| 65 | * ''Series/{{Blossom}}'' |
| 66 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' |
| 67 | * ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' |
| 68 | * ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' |
| 69 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow'' |
| 70 | * ''Series/{{Broke}}'' |
| 71 | * ''Series/BrotherlyLove1995'' |
| 72 | * ''Series/{{Butterflies}}'' |
| 73 | * ''Series/TheCarmichaelShow'' |
| 74 | * ''Series/CasadosConHijos'' |
| 75 | * ''Series/TheCharmings'' |
| 76 | * ''Series/ChicagoSons'' |
| 77 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' |
| 78 | * ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' |
| 79 | * ''Series/TheConners'' |
| 80 | * ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' |
| 81 | * ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' |
| 82 | * ''Series/{{Cristela}}'' |
| 83 | * ''Series/{{Cuckoo}}'' |
| 84 | * ''Series/{{Cybill}}'' |
| 85 | * ''Series/DaddysDaughters'' |
| 86 | * ''Series/DekhBhaiDekh'' |
| 87 | * ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' - another hybrid of DomCom and WorkCom |
| 88 | * ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' |
| 89 | * ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' |
| 90 | * ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow'' |
| 91 | * ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' |
| 92 | * ''Series/DrKen'' |
| 93 | * ''Series/EinHerzUndEineSeele'' - the [[UsefulNotes/WestGermany German]] "cousin" of ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', due to both series being a ForeignRemake of the BritCom ''Til Death Us Do Part''. |
| 94 | * ''Series/EmptyNest'' |
| 95 | * ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' |
| 96 | * ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' |
| 97 | * ''Series/EverythingsRelative1987'' |
| 98 | * ''Series/{{Fam}}'' |
| 99 | * ''Series/FamilyAffair'' |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' |
| 101 | * ''Series/FamilyMatters'' |
| 102 | * ''Series/FamilyTies'' |
| 103 | * ''Series/TheFarmersDaughter'' |
| 104 | * ''Series/FatherKnowsBest'' |
| 105 | * ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly'' |
| 106 | * ''Series/LesFillesDaCote'' |
| 107 | * ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' |
| 108 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' |
| 109 | * ''Series/ForBetterOrWorse'' |
| 110 | * ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', which also included some WorkCom elements. |
| 111 | * ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'' |
| 112 | * ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' |
| 113 | * ''Series/FridayNightDinner'' |
| 114 | * ''WesternAnimation/FullEnglish'' |
| 115 | * ''Series/FullHouse'' |
| 116 | * ''Series/FullerHouse'' |
| 117 | * ''Series/GaryUnmarried'' |
| 118 | * ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred'' |
| 119 | * ''Series/GettingBy'' |
| 120 | * ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' |
| 121 | * ''Series/GoldenPalace'' |
| 122 | * ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' |
| 123 | * ''Series/GoodTimes'' |
| 124 | * ''WesternAnimation/GoodTimes'' (2024 AnimatedAdaptation of ''Series/GoodTimes'') |
| 125 | * ''Series/GrandmasHouse'' |
| 126 | * ''Series/GroundedForLife'' |
| 127 | * ''Series/GrowingPains'' |
| 128 | * ''Series/HappyDays'' |
| 129 | * ''Series/HausmeisterKrause'' |
| 130 | * ''Series/{{Hazel}}'' |
| 131 | * ''Series/HeartsAfire'', though all of the adult housemates also worked together, making it a DomCom / WorkCom hybrid. |
| 132 | * ''Series/HereWeGo'' |
| 133 | * ''Series/HeyDad'' |
| 134 | * ''Series/TheHoganFamily'' |
| 135 | * ''Series/HomeEconomics'' |
| 136 | * ''Series/HomeImprovement'' |
| 137 | * ''Series/TheHoneymooners'' |
| 138 | * ''Series/HopeAndFaith'' |
| 139 | * ''Series/ILoveLucy'' (the UrExample) |
| 140 | * ''Series/InsideGeorgeWebley'' |
| 141 | * ''Series/ItsGarryShandlingsShow'' |
| 142 | * ''Series/TheJeffFoxworthyShow'' |
| 143 | * ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' |
| 144 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' |
| 145 | * ''Series/JustTheTenOfUs'' |
| 146 | * ''Series/KateAndAllie'' |
| 147 | * ''Series/KevinCanFuckHimself'' |
| 148 | * ''Series/KevinCanWait'' |
| 149 | * ''Series/TheKidsAreAlright2018'' |
| 150 | * ''Series/KimsConvenience'' |
| 151 | * ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' |
| 152 | * ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' |
| 153 | * ''Series/{{Kirk}}'' |
| 154 | * ''Series/LastManStanding2011'' |
| 155 | * ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' |
| 156 | * ''Series/LifeInPieces'' |
| 157 | * ''Series/LifeWithDerek'' |
| 158 | * ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' |
| 159 | * ''Series/LoveThyNeighbour'' |
| 160 | * ''Series/LuckyLouie'' |
| 161 | * ''Series/MadAboutYou'' (A rare ''childless'' — for most of the series — couple! Although sitcoms starring elderly couples usually have the kids long grown up and moved away.) |
| 162 | * ''Series/MajorDad'' |
| 163 | * ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' |
| 164 | * ''Series/MamasFamily'' |
| 165 | * ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' |
| 166 | * ''Series/ManWithAPlan'' |
| 167 | * ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'' |
| 168 | * ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' — Working title: ''The Anti-Cosbys'' |
| 169 | * ''Series/MeetTheBrowns'' |
| 170 | * ''Series/MelissaAndJoey'' |
| 171 | * ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'' |
| 172 | * ''Series/TheMiddle'' |
| 173 | * ''Series/TheMillers'' |
| 174 | * ''Series/MixedIsh'' |
| 175 | * ''Series/ModernFamily'' |
| 176 | * ''Series/AMoodyChristmas'' |
| 177 | * ''Series/MrBelvedere'' |
| 178 | * ''Series/MrsBrownsBoys'' |
| 179 | * ''Series/TheMunsters'' |
| 180 | * ''Series/MyFamily'' |
| 181 | * ''Series/MyThreeSons'' |
| 182 | * ''Series/MyTwoDads'' |
| 183 | * ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'' |
| 184 | * ''Series/TheNanny'' |
| 185 | * ''Series/NannyAndTheProfessor'' |
| 186 | * ''Series/TheNeighbors'' |
| 187 | * ''Series/TheNewNormal'' A deconstruction, as the title suggests: A gay couple living with their surrogate, her bigoted mother, and her school-aged daughter. |
| 188 | * ''Series/NextOfKin'' |
| 189 | * ''Series/OnOurOwn'' |
| 190 | * ''Series/OneDayAtATime1975'' |
| 191 | ** ''Series/OneDayAtATime2017'' |
| 192 | * ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'' |
| 193 | * ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'' |
| 194 | * ''Series/PackageDeal'' |
| 195 | * ''Series/PackedToTheRafters'' |
| 196 | * ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' |
| 197 | * ''Series/PerfectCouples'' |
| 198 | * ''Series/PerfectStrangers'' |
| 199 | * ''Series/LaPetiteVie'' |
| 200 | * ''Series/PetticoatJunction'' |
| 201 | * ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' |
| 202 | * ''Series/QuePasaUSA'' |
| 203 | * ''Series/{{Quintuplets}}'' |
| 204 | * ''Series/RavensHome'' |
| 205 | * ''Series/TheRealONeals'' |
| 206 | * ''Series/{{Reba}}'' |
| 207 | * ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' |
| 208 | * ''Series/TheRoyleFamily'' |
| 209 | * ''Series/RulesOfEngagement'' — Another childless series. |
| 210 | * ''Series/SamanthaWho'' |
| 211 | * ''Series/SarabhaiVsSarabhai'' |
| 212 | * ''Series/SeeDadRun'' |
| 213 | * ''Series/SilverSpoons'' |
| 214 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 215 | * ''Series/{{Soap}}'' |
| 216 | * ''Series/SomethingWilder'' |
| 217 | * ''Series/{{Sorry}}'' |
| 218 | * ''Series/SoupyNorman'' |
| 219 | * ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' |
| 220 | * ''Series/{{Speechless}}'' |
| 221 | * ''Series/SplittingUpTogether'' |
| 222 | * ''Series/StepByStep'' |
| 223 | * ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'' |
| 224 | * ''Series/StillStanding'' |
| 225 | * ''Series/{{Sykes}}'' |
| 226 | * ''Series/TallHopes'' |
| 227 | * ''Series/Ted2024'' |
| 228 | * ''Series/TerryAndJune'' |
| 229 | * ''Series/That70sShow'' |
| 230 | ** ''Series/That90sShow'' |
| 231 | * ''Series/{{Thea}}'' |
| 232 | * ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' - seeing as it's about an expedition of aliens only posing as a family perhaps it's a ''WorkCom''. |
| 233 | * ''Series/ThreesCompany'' |
| 234 | * ''Series/TilDeath'' |
| 235 | * ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'' |
| 236 | * ''Series/{{Titus}}'' |
| 237 | * ''Series/TooCloseForComfort'' |
| 238 | * ''Series/TruthBeTold'' |
| 239 | * ''Series/{{Tucker}}'' |
| 240 | * ''[[Series/HouseOfPayne Tyler Perry's House of Payne]]'' |
| 241 | * ''Series/UnhappilyEverAfter'' |
| 242 | * ''Series/UpperMiddleBogan'' - although it is split across two related families. |
| 243 | * ''Series/TheUpshaws'' |
| 244 | * ''{{Series/Vicious}}'' |
| 245 | * ''Series/VirtuesOfHarmony'' |
| 246 | * ''Series/WandaVision'' - A ScienceFiction SuperheroHorror twist on it. |
| 247 | * ''Series/TheWarAtHome'' |
| 248 | * ''Series/TheWayansBros'' |
| 249 | * ''Series/{{Webster}}'' |
| 250 | * ''Series/WhatsHappening'' |
| 251 | * ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' |
| 252 | * ''Series/TheWildHouse'' |
| 253 | * ''Series/YesDear'' |
| 254 | * ''Series/YoungRock'' |
| 255 | * ''Series/YourFamilyOrMine'' |
| 256 | |
| 257 | !!Examples: Comic Books |
| 258 | * ''ComicBook/KaijuDayz'' -- A dom-com featuring a family of giant monsters. |
| 259 | |
| 260 | !!Examples: Web Comics |
| 261 | * ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'' |
| 262 | |
| 263 | !! Examples: Web Video |
| 264 | * ''WebVideo/EightiesDan'' |
| 265 | * ''WebVideo/{{Dad}}'' |
| 266 | * ''{{WebVideo/Idiotsitter}}'' - Somewhat overlaps with WorkCom, its about Billie, a poor unemployed Harvard grad, hired under false pretenses to watch after spoiled rich adult Gene and help her pass her GED while she's under house arrest. |
| 267 | * ''WebVideo/PittsburghDad'' |
| 268 | * ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' combines this with RoommateCom, mostly because Mario lives with his roommates/friends like Bowser, as well His son Jeffy, His wife Rosalina, and others like Black Yoshi, his frenemy, Bowser Junior and his friends like Joseph, Cody, and Toad. [[/index]] |
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