Amazingly Embarrassing Parents / Anime & Manga

Amazingly Embarrassing Parents in anime and manga.

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• Ah! My Goddess: In a more sinister vein, Hild sometimes does this as part of her Affably Evil shtick by acting overly affectionate with her daughter Urd. However she is the Daimakaicho so as often than not, it's part of a (not necessarily evil) plot.
• Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor: Both Celica (Glen's adoptive mother) and Leonardo (Sisti's biological father and Lumia's adoptive father) are this to their respective children. It's played for Hypocritical Humor, as they criticise the other for their behaviour while refusing to acknowledge that their own behaviour is embarrassing. Celica brings along a camera to Parents' Day^note which is meant for teachers to meet the parents of their students, but Glen and Celica are both teachers, adding another level to the trope and loudly takes photos of Glen in the middle of a lesson. Leonardo calls her out on being disruptive... but turns out to have brought along his own camera.
• When Tamaki's kendo team visits her house in the Bamboo Blade manga, her father wastes no time in breaking out the photo album, much to Tama-chan's chagrin. Then he brings out the video of her bathing as a child...
• BanG Dream!: Ran is frequently embarrassed by her Dad. When her band's first single went on sale, he showed up to buy ten copies◊. And once, he bought deluxe snack waffles for the band, causing Ran to wonder if he really stood in line with the throngs of teen girls◊ who would ordinarily buy them.
• Akihito's mother in Beyond the Boundary is a Cloud Cuckoo Lander who likes to cosplay as animals and often wears provocative clothing. On parent's day in elementary school, she dressed up as a panda and pretended to be one of the students.
• Bocchi the Rock!:
  • Bocchi's mom's solution to Bocchi not knowing what to do when Kita came over is to dress up as a high schooler and try to keep them company, much to Bocchi's dismay.
  • Later on, she dresses as a high school girl again to try to promote Kessoku band. When Bocchi heard some middle aged woman cosplaying as a high schooler was promoting their band she thought it was kinda scary. She would die inside if she found out.
  • Ryo's parents wanted to temporarily close their hospital and have the staff help out promote Kessoku band, and even use a campaign car to play their music. Ryo gets them to just play their songs in the hospital waiting room.
• Bouken Ni Tsuitekonaide Okaa San: The name of the series translates to "Don't follow me on my adventures, Mom!": The protagonist's adoptive Mama Bear is a dragon, who once ate a demon king, thus giving her Super Boss stats. Unfortunately, this does not translate to good social skills, and she does things like accompany him to his trying out for the adventurer's guild (and nearly destroying the entire town when The Freelance Shame Squad laughs at him for it), deciding to change the planet's orbit to extend his birthday (thankfully she realized this would also mean he'd have fewer birthdays), create a magical spy drone to record him while he's working, holding a job interview with a girl he just rescued to see if she's worthy of being his friend, etc.
• Boruto: Sasuke Uchiha tries to bond with his daughter Sarada Uchiha by taking her to Konoha's Parent and Child festival but all his attempts become awry due to his lack of social skills and not being in his daughter's life for so long, much to his dismay. In the end, he encourages Sarada to pursue her ambition to become the Hokage.
• Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa's parents in Case Closed embarrass and annoy him to no end with their eccentric personalities and antics. Both parents possess a flair for dramatic pranks but expertly portray them as life-or-death situations, understandably terrifying and aggravating Conan. Mildly subverted because they can't acknowledge him (Conan) as their child in public situations.
• Mikoto's mother in the Indexverse, who provides advice on improving her bust size. In front of Touma.
  "Put plainly, eat a lot and get bigger"
• One of the few cases where this is Played for Drama is Dear Brother. Mariko Shinobu's father Hikawa is a novelist... but not just any kind of writer, but a writer of erotic novels. While he donates quite the money to the Seiran campus, Mariko is looked down on by other students for being "the daughter of a pornographer". And specially by the local Alpha Bitch, Aya Misaki.
• Dragon Ball Z:
  • Chi-Chi can be this at times. In the Bojack Unbound movie, she does a clumsy cheerleader routine, while cheering for Gohan to fight at the tournament, obviously embarrassing him. Also, in a filler episode called "He's Always Late", when she's dancing, Trunks remarks "Your mom's obviously as cool as your outfit, Goten." Goten then asks Gohan if he thinks her (Chi-Chi's) outfit is cool. Gohan couldn't give a straight answer, as he was embarrassed. Then again, in Chi-Chi's defense, she was raised in seclusion, so she probably lacks good social skills and probably doesn't know she's being embarrassing.
  • Subverted in Dragon Ball GT: Vegeta's preteen daughter Bulla tells him "Dad, that mustache has got to go! It makes you look like a total geek!" and Vegeta is so horrified, either by the idea of looking like a geek or by the idea of his daughter not approving of him, that he immediately shaves the mustache off.
• Even Though I'm a Former Noble and Single Mother: Shirley is this to her daughters, as is the Demon King to his daughter. When they meet, they actually get into a fight over whose daughter(s) is the cutest.
• Played for Drama in Goodnight Punpun. Aiko's mother is a cult member who goes door-to-door trying to get people to join. She drags along Aiko, who finds it all embarrassing and hates it.
• One of Murai's friends in Great Teacher Onizuka is incredibly ashamed of his super unattractive mother, which happens to be the total opposite of Murai's own situation with his mom. Murai's mother also embarrasses him when they drop in on a hot, sweaty day by only wearing a tank top and shorts. No bra.
• Otoha from Happiness, who is prone to greeting her son Yuuma enthusiastically while at school. As a result, Yuuma tends to avoid the cafeteria where she works.
• High School D×D:
  • Issei's parents appear normal at first, having to be magically calmed down after finding him naked in bed with Rias... and then it later turns out the fruit has not fallen far from the tree. His father is openly supportive and playfully jealous of his son's Harem Seeker aspirations, and his mother introduces Asia to the Naked Apron, and then tells Issei point-blank she doesn't mind him having sex in the kitchen as long as they clean up afterward.
  • Rias' family is close to the only thing (short of hurting Issei) that can break her calm and polite exterior. Everyone with eyes might know she fancies Issei, but her father telling Issei to call him "Dad" is enough to make Rias choke on her food and then flee the room. He says, verbatim:
    Rias' Father: I see it as a father's responsibility to embarrass his daughter!
• The protagonist in one of the stories of Himitsu Kichi thinks of his father this way. He's a comedian who's So Unfunny, It's Funny and he's always being silly, which his son hates.
• In Kaiju Girl Caramelise, Kuroe Akaishi's Honorary Uncle Koutarou Hibino ends up meeting her crush Arata Minami at a metal festival. The first thing Koutarou does is jokingly claim to be Kuroe's boyfriend, much to their shock. He then bluntly asks Arata if he is Kuroe's boyfriend; Kuroe manages to awkwardly end that conversation by drawing attention to a band that is starting to play. Downplayed with Kuroe's actual mother Rinko, whose Genki Girl personality and demands for hugs leave Kuroe a bit flustered, but as Rinko largely doesn't interact with anyone other than Kuroe it tends to get nipped in the bud.
• The series Kamisama Kazoku demonstrates why you do NOT want these parents to be gods with Reality Warper powers and total omniscience. When the main character, Samataro, is in school and idly thinking about the school's banning of revealing gym shorts for girls, his dad picks up on the thought. Dad immediately has the male teacher express his love for them, and come from behind the podium wearing them, to the total shock of the class. Also, Samataro's mother surprises the boy when he comes home by having herself and his two sisters wear them! And then Dad himself comes out wearing them!
• If parental substitutes count, there's Yayoi from Koe de Oshigoto!, who reveals a few choice anecdotes about her little sister Kanna to their co-workers.
• Shouko Komi's mother Shuuko of Komi Can't Communicate enjoys acting like a ditzy teenager, even referring to herself as an "eternal 17-year old", much to her daughter's embarrassment. Her father, despite being similar to Komi, isn't much better as when Tadano and his sister first meet him at a shopping center, he's in a godfather's getup, styled by Komi, that unnerves Tadano.
• In Lucky Star, normally Konata is perfectly okay with her dad's otaku tendencies, being as she's just as much one herself, but it would be nice if he toned down the Comedic Lolicon aspects when visiting the school on sports day. Or with friends visiting ^note  (he's why she's unsure about having a sleepover with friends from school at her house). Or while her younger cousin is living with them while she attends Ryou-ou...
• Lyrical Nanoha:
  • The Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha INNOCENT Alternate Universe version of Precia Testarossa is an extremely Doting Parent who is not ashamed to shower both of her daughters with love, attention, and worry in front of their friends, much to her daughters' dismay. This makes the history of the Evil Matriarch Precia from the main continuity all the more tragic, as it gives us a glimpse of what could have been had the death of Alicia not broken her mind.
  • In the main canon, we have Nanoha herself, sneaking into St. Hilde's to take pictures of Vivio while she's in class during the StrikerS epilogue and letting her Blood Knight personality shine through when Vivio introduces her to Einhart in ViVid.
• Umi's Sickeningly Sweethearts parents in Magic Knight Rayearth. Their daughter is almost squicked when they act like 15-year-olds around her.
• Magic User's Club:
  • Aburatsubo's ultra-affectionate and ultra childish mom, Akiko. He does care for his mom but is terrified at the mere prospect of her showing up at his school.
  • Nanaka's mom is this too, once showing up to a school meeting while in her gardening clothes.
• It's a case of embarrassment all around in the fourth episode of the third season of Maria Watches Over Us when the cast's parents arrive for the school athletics carnival:
  • Normally quiet and reserved Shimako curls up in a little ball and whimpers when her father (a Buddhist monk who has just come from presiding over a funeral and is still in his robes) is paraded in front of the entire school as part of the scavenger hunt.
  • In addition to her other issues with her father, Sachiko finds his actions fit this when he meets Yumi, though her judgment may be clouded.
  • Yumi is afraid her parents are going to do this to her when she introduces them to Sachiko for the first time.
  • Yoshino's parents do do this to her in the novel that this episode was adapted from.
• Ouran High School Host Club:
  • Haruhi is embarrassed of her father. He's constantly trying to get her to dress more lady-like. Funny enough, the rest of the club seems fine with it. Oddly, she doesn't really care about the cross-dressing. Her views on gender identity are...relaxed (probably because she grew up with a dad who wears a dress). It seems to be more because Ryouji/Ranka, for all of his good heart, is both bumbling and overprotective.
  • Yuzuru to Tamaki might qualify, though he's more formal with him in the anime. Tamaki doesn't seem to approve of his father's actions, even though they're similar in a couple ways.
• The Planetes manga features several of them, as it concentrates on the lives and personalities of the characters:
  • Tanabe's mom, Yukari, is very enthusiastic about her girl finally getting a boyfriend and is an avid Ai x Hachi shipper.
  • Goro Hoshino, Hachi's dad, is a true Bunny-Ears Lawyer, being a huge Jerk with a Heart of Gold prone to amusing (and often violent) outbursts — his Running Gag, for example, is his constant rivalry with Hachi for the last piece of tonkatsu. But he's just that good as a spacecraft engineer.
• Pokémon: The Series:
  • "Don't forget to change your—" "Alright, mom! Jeez!" Done regardless of who (friends, neighbors) or what (television cameras) is nearby, either. In the English dub, Delia is reminding Ash to change his underwear. In the original Japanese, she's reminding him to brush his teeth. The English dub exaggerated this as it has Delia embarrassing Ash more than she originally did.
  • Lusamine was made into this in the anime, coming across as overly affectionate towards her own children, especially Lillie, even to the point of giving her a noogie, much to her dismay.
• The Prince of Tennis: Ryoma Echizen would be very grateful if his Retired Badass father Nanjirou also wasn't a meddling, smartass slob. He gets along better with his mother Rinko, even if he whines about how she cooks too much Western food for his taste.
• Ranma ½:
  • More than one of Fujinami-san's worst traits slipped into Genma Saotome. His son Ranma really, really hates him when he's in full Jerkass mode. Which, sadly, happens almost 24/7.
  • Soun Tendo sometimes is like this too, but it's more about him being both very old-fashioned and very melodramatic. Oh, and arranging his daughter Akane's marriage to Ranma without really asking her first. Akane cares for him more than Ranma does for Genma, but such stuff won't be forgiven ever.
• After she accepts to take part in the radio show, Ichigo from Seiyu's Life! realizes that not only has her father started following her on Twitter, he's sharing it with the entire family and posting pictures of when she was in kindergarten.
• Sengoku Youko has main character Tama's mother Kuzunoha in a relationship with the Big Bad of the series. Needless to say, Tama is not very happy about it.
• Downplayed in Servant × Service. Kanon doesn't mind her father Kenzou's stuffed bunny avatar too much. She won't however acknowledge him around her friends.
• Shinji Ikari Raising Project:
  • The Neon Genesis Evangelion spinoff manga casts Gendo in this role due to him being an Accidental Pervert (how many times did he trip and groped Ritsuko in public?), his closet containing only copies of his usual outfit, being mistaken for a pervert every time he visits Shinji's school, and his way of showing paternal love being more like a Godzilla attack than anything◊.
  • Asuka's mother Kyoko is more subdued about it, but she still has moments of this. One that springs to mind is during a group picnic at the park, where she playfully needles Asuka about her & Shinji's relationship and jokingly makes comments about their potential future children.
• Soul Eater: Maka's Bumbling Dad Spirit. Deep down, he's a good person who really cares for Maka, and a very powerful Death Scythe, but his tendency to shamelessly hit on anything with a skirt (to the point that his wife finally divorced him over it) pisses her off to no end.
• Goro's mom in Squid Girl. She's quick to admit that she's doing it on purpose.
• Tales of Wedding Rings:
  • Granart's Missing Mom Rubyn re-enters her life during the Sorcerer's Spire arc. She quickly embarrasses Granart by being overly affectionate with her in front of Krystal and Nefritis, and by telling them stories about how Granart couldn't pronounce her own name when she was a child.
  • When the party returns to Maasa in chapter 58, they discover that Saphir's father has gone overboard in preparing for the impending birth of his first grandchild. Not only has he filled his throne room with baby's toys and accessories, but he himself is shaking a pair of rattles when he receives the group. Saphir is left utterly flabbergasted by the sight of him.
• Tenchi Muyo!:
  • Queen Misaki towards her eldest daughter Aeka. (She gets along with Sasami just fine.) This is mostly due to the fact that Misaki still sees Aeka as a little girl, so she expects her to call her "mommy" and act adorable around her. Kind of zig-zagged, as Aeka actually enjoys the excuse to act childish instead of refined, just not in front of others. Such as Ryoko, who finds it finds funny... until Misaki goes Mama Bear on her... and childishly pulls on her cheeks, much to Ayeka's embarrassment.
  • Then, there's Tenchi's own mom, Kiyone Masaki (not to be confused with Kiyone Makibi, one of the six girls vying for him). Unlike his saintly Action Mom Achika in Tenchi Universe, it turns out that Tenchi's mom was actually a major prankster that even turned her own death into a gigantic prank.
  • Washu often does this to Ryoko—as if a Truly Single Parent has a responsibility to be twice as embarrassing.
• You think these others have it bad? Try being a girl with a father who can summon waves out of nowhere, insists you're a man, and lives in your school so you won't be able to get rid of him! Ryuunosuke Fujinami from Urusei Yatsura is the girl in question, and she doesn't like it.
• Mako's eccentric mother from Wandering Son is constantly embarrassing her.
• One episode of Yo-kai Watch has Nate trying to avoid his friends seeing him going grocery shopping with his mother. There's nothing really embarrassing about that, though Nate is a child so his overreaction is understandable. The really embarrassing part is when Nate's mom starts talking about his underwear in front of his friends (including his crush Katie). She mentions that he needs new ones because his old ones are full of holes. This causes Nate to collapse from embarrassment.
• Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun has Sullivan, Iruma's adoptive demon grandfather. Every chance he gets, he acts embarrassingly doting towards Iruma, from showing off a picture of him to every other student at his school, to driving him to said school in a fancy carriage.
• In Your Lie in April Kaori's parents show Kousei old pictures of Kaori, including the ones of her naked as a baby, to her great embarrassment.
• Your Name: In a markedly less comedic way than most examples, Mitsuha's father Toshiki interrupts his political rally to tell her off about her poor posture as she's walking past on the way to school. She is very upset because he embarrassed her in front of a large part of the town's population in the process.

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