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  • Finn and Jake's parents in Adventure Time. Not only did they adopt the human Finn as their child and raise him equal to their own, they grew up to be the greatest heroes of the land of Ooo. Jake even shows that he'll raise his pups just like how his parents raised him, in one of the series's most adorable, "aww"-inducing scenes. "Joshua and Margaret Investigates" takes it even further with The Reveal that they lovingly raised Jake as their son despite his bizarre origin.
  • Zachary and Eliza Foxx on Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers: Happily Married? Check. Their kids turned out okay (despite Eliza's capture and forced separation)? Check. Even with the less than ideal circumstances, they are a strong, loving family.
  • Mr. Charlie Chan on The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan may lead a busy life solving crimes, but he's always there for his kids and seems to appreciate their help even if they bungle more often than not. He's even very supportive and proud of his older kids' rock band.
  • In Amphibia:
    • Although Anne’s parents may tend to be strict with their daughter (particularly Mrs. Boonchuy), they are very loving and caring towards Anne and were very overjoyed when she returned home to them.
    • Felicia Sundew is a very sweet, loving and caring mother towards her daughter Ivy. Despite being prim and proper, Felicia allows Ivy to be her free-spirited self, especially since she herself was a daring adventurer and learned self-defense. Felicia even taught Ivy martial arts to prepare her for the adventure she wants.
  • Arcane:
    • Though he can be a bit stern, Vander is fiercely protective of his adoptive kids, and tries his very hardest to guide them in the right direction. Despite growing up in the polluted slums, their childhoods are as happy and stable as they reasonably could be given the terrible circumstances. He also allows himself to be arrested by the Enforcers as their fall guy in order to protect the kids.
    • Manages to get deconstructed with Silco. He is a genuinely loving father who would do anything to protect his daughter and doesn't even attempt to pretend otherwise; everyone in his organization is well aware of how much he cares for her. He is also a ruthless drug lord holding half the city in thrall, and his beloved daughter is happy to help with the family business. His attempts to help his daughter, while genuine, do nothing but make her worse because he's just a terrible person. Even when Jinx accidentally kills him, his last words are to praise her as "perfect." She then takes her hextech rocket and blows up his political enemies, who were in the process of voting to give him everything he wanted.
  • Most of the parents in Arthur can count, the most known ones being the titular character's parents, David and Jane Read, who athough have made their mistakes and have their rare moments where they can be a bit biased towards their children, with a conflict ending in the younger child's side being taken (We're looking at you, Arthur's Big Hit!), are mostly more attentive towards their children and do anything to step in and try to help all of them out.
  • As Told by Ginger Later in the series, Jonas Foutley becomes a good parent to his daughter Ginger, often giving her good advice and comforting her about her problems. Sadly, at the same time he has trouble being a parent to his son Carl, mainly because, unlike Ginger, he has trouble forgiving Jonas for leaving the family when he was born, and Carl has already found a father in his mother's second husband Dr. David Dave. During a Thanksgiving dinner, when Jonas apologizes to Carl and explains he figured his kids would be better off without a father than with two parents that didn't get along, Carl starts to forgive him, and it's implied that he would be a good parent to him, if Carl let Jonas into his life.
  • Phil and Vivian Felt from Atomic Puppet to Joey and Abigail. Phil really loves spending time with Joey and will do anything to protect him and Abigail, while Vivian can be a bit of a smother, but is an absolute sweetheart towards her children.
  • Even though Avatar: The Last Airbender has a smorgasbord of parents who are abusive/evil/missing (Zuko and Azula), overprotective/stupid (Toph), repressive/preoccupied/snobbish (Mai), absent/with-their-hands-full (Ty Lee), or dead (pretty much everyone else at least once), there are a few characters lucky enough to have Good Parents. Sokka and Katara's dad Hakoda (and their mom Kya, when she was still alive), Haru's parents, Teo's dad, and a few others are good examples, and Zuko and Aang each have/had a Good Parental Substitute in Uncle Iroh and Monk Gyatso. Also, while Fire Lord Ozai most certainly does not count, his wife Ursa does. She loves her children, does her best to temper Azula's sociopathic tendencies, and is banished from her home after killing her father-in-law to save Zuko's life.
  • Big City Greens: Bill and Nancy Green. While they do have their share of flaws as people, both of them love Cricket and Tilly unconditionally and do their best to instill them with the right values and support them no matter what.
  • Bluey: This is the entire point of Bandit’s character, since he’s meant to be a heavy aversion of the Bumbling Dad trope that so many other cartoon dads seem to fall into (Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Fred Flintstone, etc.). Like most cartoon dads, he is portrayed as being a bit on the sillier side, but other than that, he’s mostly a competent dad who actually knows how to raise his kids. Chilli is no slouch either, since she loves her kids just as much as her husband, and always has her family’s best interests at heart. So much so, in fact, that part of the show’s Periphery Demographic comes from real life parents and expecting parents, who look to Bandit and Chilli for advice on how to raise their kids.
  • Bob's Burgers: The Belcher parents seem to flip-flop between this and Parents as People. Linda can be embarrassing and a little crazy and Bob has trouble connecting to people emotionally, but they both love and support their kids in their endeavors, and are quick to remind them of how much they care. Bob especially does not belittle or invalidate his children's unorthodox interests as you'd expect a sitcom father to do, even if he thinks something is conceptually stupid, like cheer-leading, and usually only objects if he feels it will pose a threat to them (like when Tina decided to read her erotic friend-fiction out loud at school). They also take genuine pride in how intelligent, creative, and strong-willed their kids are, and will stand up for them if anyone dares to insult or cause problems for them. In Bob's case, his parenting style seems partially born out of a determination to be a better father than his dad, who was stubborn, overly-controlling, and made Bob spend his childhood outside of school working at the diner instead of playing like the other kids. In one episode Bob even fires the kids so they won't waste their childhood working like he was made to. In addition, Linda's crazy side does actually help when trying to keep her very willful, defiant children (read: Louise) in check, and despite Bob and Linda's imperfections, they still raised kids who are far-and-away more intelligent and generally competent than most of the other kids in their school (and a fair number of the adults).
  • In Breadwinners SwaySway's parents are affectionate and supportive towards their son, but make him promise to be responsible before giving him their business.
  • In The Brothers Flub Fraz and Guapo's parents are shown to be caring, especially their dad who is aware of Fraz's problems and stands up for him. Both parents worry for their sons when they move out.
  • Maggie's parents from The Buzz on Maggie.
  • Although they can be very oblivious at times, Joe and Millie Tabootie of ChalkZone are this to Rudy. Same with Dr. Sanchez to Penny.
  • All the parents of the core Sector V team in Codename: Kids Next Door qualify. Which is why they — despite being a group who's clearly in the Good Is Not Nice area and not afraid to rudely oppose most adults — quickly turn very well-behaved around their own parents.
  • In Code Lyoko, Jeremie's dad is explicitly shown to be this trope since he's willing to accept whatever decision his son makes and is not shown to resent his son's computer nerd lifestyle. Jeremie's mom isn't shown but the dialogue implies she's this trope as well.
  • Tony Parson's parents from The Cramp Twins are definitely this. They always treat their son well and always look out for his best interests. Points to Mr. Parson who is a Reformed Criminal and one of the most level-headed characters in the show.
  • Both of Daniel's parents from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. They both really love and care about him.
  • They're not perfect and they're quite oblivious until the series finale, at least but it's clear that Jack and Maddie Fenton of Danny Phantom fame love their children and will do anything to protect them.
  • The Fairly Oddparents:
    • Chester's father is a loving father to Chester, despite their lower-class life.
    • A.J.'s parents are a bit overprotective, but are definitely loving towards their son.
    • Wanda and Cosmo are this to their baby Poof, being almost endlessly patient with his accidental mischief. Heck, they even make better parents to Timmy than Timmy's own biological parents.
  • Leela's parents on Futurama fit the bill, despite having abandoned her — technically — after she was born. As revealed in "Leela's Homeworld", both were mutants living in the sewers, and when Leela was born with no mutations other than a single eye, they wanted her to have a better life than what she could have there. But they were always close — a flashback montage at the end of the episode shows how they covertly helped her and watched over her all along. (Even Bender is touched.)
  • In Gargoyles, Xanatos and Fox turn out to be pretty good parents for their son Alexander. Once Goliath gets over his cultural bias, he starts being a better father for Angela. According to Word of God, even Demona is eventually redeemed by Angela, too. In spirit, anyway. Elisa's parents fit this, too. When their son Derek reveals his new mutated form, they immediately embrace him once they realize it's him.
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee
    • Pete and Sharon McGee are loving and supportive of their two children, Molly and Darryl, as well as Scratch, who they quickly accept as part of the family.
    • Libby's doting mother Leah certainly qualifies as well, in sharp contrast to her father, who is a deadbeat who left the family to focus on his writing career.
  • Goof Troop:
    • Goofy is a combination between an Amazingly Embarrassing Parent and this. Though his son Max does find him weird and embarrassing, and feels self-conscious about having things in common with him, Goofy is clearly a very caring parent. Multiple episodes draw attention to this. In one episode, Max defended Goofy from the Department of Child Disservices, as did Pete's wife Peg, and Goofy was shown to do things for Max even when he was supposed to be under the custody of the Pete family. In another, Goofy and Max won an award for being the best father/son pair in town. In the first movie, Goofy and Max had some fights, but it was due to Goofy wanting to protect Max, and once he hears Max's part of the story, he works to help him reach his goal. It's made clear Max loves Goofy deep down. At least once, Goofy has acted as a Parental Substitute to Pete's son PJ, whose own father is an outright Abusive Parent.
    • Peg herself is one of these. Whenever she notices Pete being abusive or even neglectful she immediately steps in and stops him and, unlike her husband, actually understands the appropriate level of discipline to give to her children. Pete mostly only gets away with what he does when Peg is not around. Like Goofy, she has also behaved as a Parental Substitute, this time to Goofy's son Max, who has a Missing Mom.
  • Green Eggs and Ham: Guy's entire extended family are nothing but encouraging in his mechanical interests and never stop encouraging his creativity in inventing. It takes Guy a while to realize that they're not just pitying him.
  • Harvey Beaks has the title character's own mom and dad, Irving and Miriam. Both are very supportive of Harvey and deeply care for him.
  • Hilda:
    • Johanna, despite sometimes coming off as stern and overprotective, is nonetheless extremely loving and caring towards Hilda and won't hesitate to throw herself into danger for her daughter's sake. Hilda's father, Anders - when he does finally show up - is shown to deeply care for his daughter as well despite his irresponsibility and frequent absences, eventually resolving to get a job and apartment in town to be a more active part of his daughter's life.
    • Lydia and Phinium, Johanna’s parents, are revealed to be even better parents, as montage of Johanna’s chilhood memories is filled happiness. Even if they left her at age of ten, it was done because they made a Deal with the Devil to save her life and kept watching over her.
  • Judy and Hugh Neutron from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is this to Jimmy, even though Hugh can be a Bumbling Dad sometimes.
  • Kim's parents on Kim Possible are loving, supportive, and extremely proud of their three children and also of Ron, whose own parents (or at least his mother) seem to take little interest in their son.
  • King of the Hill:
    • Hank himself. While he does have trouble to connecting to Bobby and can disagree with whatever fad Bobby partakes in, he can usually be behind Bobby and bail him out when the fad gets him trouble.
    • Dale Gribble. He's a crazed Conspiracy Theorist and can sometimes throw Hank under a bus, but he deeply cares for Joseph and can show affection to him more easily than Hank can with Bobby. It's the main reason why no one has told him that Joseph was the product of an affair between Nancy and John Redcorn.
  • Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: Lio Oak is clearly a very loving father, inspiring his daughter love for his field of study, as well as sharing his love of music with her. Kipo loves him dearly and greatly wants to find him again.
  • Gus is a great dad to his son Kissyfur, even after the death of Kissyfur's mother. He even never hesitates to protect him and his friends from becoming dinner for the local gators, Floyd and Jolene.
  • In The Legend of Korra:
    • Korra's parents definitely qualify. Though they seem to be rather minor characters, Tonraq and Senna are alive and well and shown to be loving and supportive parents. From what we've seen so far Korra doesn't seem to have any issues with her parents at all.
    • At least in Book 2, when Korra gets mad at Tonraq and Tenzin for keeping her in the compound. Later, it's revealed that Unalaq had tried turning her against Tonraq, and the Red Lotus had tried stealing her when she was a kid. After the truth is revealed, she makes up with her father.
    • Also Tenzin and his wife Pema count.
    • In Book 3, there is the character of Suyin Beifong, one of Toph's two daughters. Su has five children. She is very proud of her children, encourages them greatly, and is very close to all of them. However, she admits after talking with her daughter that she's a bit too overprotective, and sends her daughter to the Northern Air Temple after she gains airbending. This is in contrast to how she grew up, as both Su and Lin were pretty much free-range.
    • In "The Ultimatum", after hearing what was happening to Ba Sing Se, Zuko decides to take his dragon and head back to the Fire Nation to protect his daughter, who is the current Fire Lord. This is a complete change from the behavior of Azulon and Ozai and shows that he's become a better father than they. His daughter Izumi is only in the show for one scene but she’s competent a Fire Lord determined to not make the mistakes her ancestors did. She’s also the most well-adjusted of all the Spin-Offspring in the show, all a testament to Zuko’s skill as a father and mentor.
  • Metalocalypse gives us Oscar and Rose Explosion, parents of Nathan Explosion. Pretty much their only offense is being typical embarrassing parents. Nathan even mentioned in the episode "Fatherklok" that he loves hanging out with his father. The other members of Dethklok weren't as lucky.
  • Miraculous Ladybug: Gabriel Agreste is a strong candidate for (Worst) Father of the Year, but most of the other parents shown have much healthier relationships with their children.
    • Tom and Sabine are definitely at the top of the list. They can be stern when necessary, but they encourage Marinette's creative impulses and often express their pride in her. They regularly spend time with her, whether it's helping out in the bakery, shopping for shoes or playing video games. They also support her relationship with Adrien, not because he's rich and famous but because they can see he's a genuinely Nice Guy who will treat their daughter well.
    • Otis and Marlena Césaire have only appeared a few times, but they appear to be good parents to all four of their daughters.
    • Nadja Chamack manages to balance her career as a TV news anchor with being a devoted mother to Manon. The occasional childish tantrum aside, Manon clearly adores her mother.
    • Roger Raincomprix dotes on Sabrina to the point that it repeatedly saves him from akumatization in "Startrain".
    • Within the limits of her job, Nathalie does what she can as a mother surrogate to Adrien. She tries to comfort him after each Gabriel no-show and tries to convince Gabriel to spend more time with his son. When Adrien mistakenly believes Gabriel has romantic feelings for Nathalie, he welcomes the idea since he already considers her "part of the family". After she becomes utterly disillusioned with Gabriel at the beginning of Season 5 and refuses to continue helping him, she still sticks around to protect Adrien. She openly calls out Gabriel for his mistreatment and manipulation, even physically threatening him at one point.
    • André Bourgeois isn't a very good father to Chloé. While he showers her with material goods and abuses his power to indulge her every whim, he never seems to spend any time with her or make any effort to rein in her rude, cruel and self-centered behavior. Oddly though, he seems to have a much better relationship to Zoé, despite the fact that she's the product of his wife's infidelity. He encourages her to pursue her dreams and protects her from the worst of Chloé's abuse. When André sends Chloé off to New York with her mother late in Season 5, Zoé isn't seen on the plane and has presumably chosen to stay in Paris with André and her new friends.
    • Armand is the closest thing Chloé has to a father figure given André's effective absence in her life. While he doesn't have any authority to make her do anything, he does at least try to encourage her to be a better, kinder person. Despite years of rude and insulting behavior including her not even bothering to remember his name, he still seems to have some genuine affection for her. The man clearly has the patience of a saint.
  • Molly of Denali has many examples, since families are an important aspect of indigenous culture. To start off, Walter and Layla Mabray are intelligent, patient and supportive to Molly. While Kenji and Atsaq Ookami, Tooey's dad and mom, may not be at home much, they are still shown to be caring parents when they do show up. Daniel Mumford does a good job at raising Trini by himself when her mother is serving in the military. And when we finally do meet Joy Mumford, she is responsible, protective and warm-hearted.
  • Moral Orel actually does manage to have at least two sets of these: Orel Puppington and his wife Christina, and Reverend Putty (to his newly-discovered daughter, Stephanie).
  • The Gordys, Dutch's parents in Motorcity, are this to him and his brother Dar, despite the fact that they're separated from him. They're also one of the few examples of this trope, as most characters' parents are absent for unexplained reasons, save Julie's father, Abraham Kane.
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
    • Twilight Sparkle's parents, Twilight Velvet and Night Light. They feed their daughter's love of learning, help her apply to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns and are there to encourage her during her entrance exam. Both show up and appear very proud of their children when attending Shining Armor's wedding and their daughter's coronation. Twilight Velvet, in particular, is shown crying Tears of Joy at both occasions.
    • Shining Armor and Princess Cadence are both very loving parents to their daughter Flurry Heart, despite being worn out taking care of her and keeping her alicorn powers in check. In "A Flurry of Emotions" they broke down in tears because of Spearhead's art reminding them of her; they couldn't stand being apart from her for so long.
  • About a metric ton of shows from Canada's Nelvana studio have this. Let's see:
    • Babar, King of the Elephants, as well as his wife Celeste, are this to their four kids, Pom, Flora, Alexander, and Isabelle. They're both a very loving to their children, offering them advice in any way they can and only being firm when it is absolutely necessary.
    • Eddie Storkowitz' parents on Birdz. The mother Betty is rather laid-back and supportive, while the father Morty is somewhat stricter but never comes off as mean. Most episodes show Eddie generally getting along with his parents.
    • Braceface: Although Sharon's parents are divorced, both of them are loving and supportive of their kids.
    • All of the parents on Franklin seem to be this, though it's perhaps most easily noticeable with Franklin and Harriet's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Turtle, since they show up far more often than any of the other parents. It's very unusual for them to even raise their voices, yet they seem to have raised very nice kids on the whole in Franklin and Harriet. Mr. Turtle does very occasionally slip into Bumbling Dad characteristics, but otherwise has a good, level head and is also quite handy around the house (well, except when it comes to plumbing, anyway). And Franklin likes that Mrs. Turtle always reads him two stories before bed, even when she's tired.
    • Mother and Father Bear from Little Bear are some of the best parents in all of western animation.
    • Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends: Miss Spider and Holley are this to their children, both their biological kids and their adopted ones. Surprisingly, Spiderus also turns out to be this in the show's third season when he and Spindella have spiderlings of their own.
    • My Dad the Rock Star: Rock Zilla (the eponymous rock star) and his wife Crystal. As wacky as they are, both of them are clearly extremely supportive and loving parents to their kids Willy and Serenity and always mean well with their actions — something that Willy, despite usually finding it kinda embarrassing to be related to them, understands very well about them.
    • Rolie Polie Olie: Percy and Polina Polie are kind, playful, and loving parents with Olie and Zowie.
    • Mama on Seven Little Monsters is a very kind and nurturing mother towards her seven monster children, always providing them with support and occasionally imparting an important lesson or two when she has to.
    • All the parents featured in the Animated Adaptation of Rosemary Wells's Timothy Goes to School series. Especially Timothy's parents, Yoko's mother, the Franks' father, and Juanita's parents. Helps that Timothy's mother is voiced by the same woman who voiced Little Bear's mother.
  • OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes: K.O. is a Momma's Boy, and with a "mommy" like Carol, it's easy to see why; she's loving, affectionate, and supportive to her son, and gives him excellent guidance and encouragement in his efforts to become a great hero.
  • Phineas and Ferb:
    • Linda and Lawrence are a Happily Married couple raising the children from their respective first marriages together, and while mostly oblivious to their exploits take care of them very well.
    • From the same series, Doofenshmirtz to his daughter Vanessa, who begins to realize over the course of the series that he's not so bad a father despite his usual doting. Averted, however, by Doofenshmirtz's own parents, who were basically horrible. In fact, it could be interpreted that his own horrible upbringing is the reason he so desperately wants to be a good father.
    • In the TV film, it was shown that Doofenshmirtz's alternate self (who is far more competent and evil) is very overprotective towards the alternate Vanessa in a deleted scene and is very disappointed in her lack of interest of doing evil, though he remains civil with her. Eventually, in the episode sequel, it is revealed that the alternate Doof is still married to his wife (the alternate Charlene), as they faked their divorce to ensure their family's safety and finances; even the alternate Doof entrusts the alternate Charlene to have full custody of their Vanessa in case he would be overthrown and imprisoned. This paid off well as the alternative Vanessa formulates an escape plan for her family in case they would be arrested for their crimes.
  • Professor Utonium in The Powerpuff Girls is usually portrayed as being a good dad to Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup as their creator and adoptive father. He is doting, kindhearted, protective, reasonably strict, and selfless. He offers them good advice and encouragement when they are feeling defeated, insecure, or scared, and learns to overcome his fears of them getting hurt when fighting crime with their superpowers. He cooks, cleans, does the laundry, gives the girls a share of their chores, and hangs out with the girls whenever he can. He has moments where he’ll genuinely become threatening to anyone who messes with his kids, or tries to exploit them, and he’s willing to risk or sacrifice anything to save the girls' lives, including himself, when he’s in situations with them where they can’t defend themselves, or need his help.
  • George and Nicole from The Raccoons are loving parents to their children Bentley and Lisa and treat them with proper responsibility.
  • Carrot and Celery Propulsion from Ready Jet Go!. They are some of the best depictions of parents in western animation. They may be a bit loony at times, but they're by no means stupid, as they are very knowledgeable on space, and even have a job as intergalactic travel writers. They are also kind and friendly to everyone, and take good care of their son, Jet.
  • Sid's parents on Sid the Science Kid not only support Sid's curious nature they also humor all his questions. Plus they encourage him to explore his questions in more detail.
  • The Simpsons:
    • Ned and Maude Flanders, fundamentalist tendencies aside. In the episode where the Simpsons children were taken in by them after Child Services took them from Marge and Homer, Maggie showed more affection to Ned than she ever did to Homer. In the movie Bart outright wishes for Ned to have been his father after Homer's Jerkass behavior reaches a peak.
    • Chief Wiggum to his son Ralph. He is very supportive of him, and often uses his authority to help him—unfortunately for the rest of Springfield.
    • Marge is a very loving and caring mother who has a close bond with all her children. She has her issues and sometimes argues with Bart or Lisa, but her intentions are good, and is always willing to support her children and give them advice.
  • Sofia the First: both, King Roland and Queen Miranda takes seriously their task of being a good influence for their natural and step-son/daughters, they're not perfect as many episodes shows, but they makes a true effort nonetheless.
  • Despite the adults being completely useless and borderline insane, Wendy's parents and Token's parents of South Park qualify.
  • Norman Osborn in Spider-Man: The Animated Series qualifies, contrasting to his comic counterpart.
  • Steven Universe:
    • Greg Universe is this to Steven, or at least tries his hardest. Despite being homeless (he lives out of his van*) and extremely apprehensive about his son going on magical adventures with the Gems (though ends up supporting him nonetheless), he is supportive of his son and will do anything in his power to help and encourage him. He encourages Steven's musicality, understands Steven's emotional sensitivity, and doesn't fault him for either like one would expect a TV father to do. He also tries to appear responsible to Connie's parents so that they'll continue to allow Connie and Steven's friendship.
    • In addition to Greg, you also have Garnet of the Crystal Gems. While not biologically Steven's mother, she is one of the three who take care of him at a regular basis. And while Amethyst is a tad bit immature and vindictive, and Pearl coddles Steven and seems to hold resentment for Rose's disappearance, Garnet has been nothing but kindhearted, open-minded and supportive of the boy. She lets him make mistakes, learn from them, and better himself as a person without being too clingy to him; also, her interactions with Steven provide some of the most sweetest moments in the series.
  • Hugh and Jean (Taz's parents) from Taz-Mania are such loving parents to their 3 children. Several people would have abandoned Taz, but these two? They are very tolerant of their son's crazy antics and stick by him, no matter what.
  • Dwayne from Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race despite being a Bumbling Dad, he always looks out for Junior's best interest, always volunteering to take on the more dangerous challenges in his place.
  • Most of the parents shown on The Weekenders, Tino's especially, but Tish's as well. Lor's, not so much.
  • Winx Club: regardless that Bloom is not their natural daughter, Mike and Vanessa care and love her dearly after Mike saved a baby bloom in a fire.
  • Work It Out Wombats!: Quique is an excellent father to Sammy. He raised his son to be mellow and thoughtful, much like he is. Made even more impressive when you realize that he's a single father.
  • Young Justice (2010):
    • Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly, depending on one's experience with the character), Batman. He is a Reasonable Authority Figure and is stern yet fair with the team and willing to praise them if they do a good job. When Robin was jealous that Batman was privately lecturing Aqualad and Batman realized, he didn't reprimand Robin or ignore him but rather, invited him out for a basketball game to assure Robin that no one would be replacing him.
    • He particularly stands out next to Superman, who, understandably, is having some trouble adjusting to Superboy. In time, however, he does come to accept Superboy as his brother, even bestowing upon him a Kryptonian name: Kon-El.
    • Wally's parents support his superhero career and take its inherent strangeness in stride, providing the most "normal" version of this trope. There's also Artemis' mother, who gave up a life of crime to give her a better life.
    • Red Arrow officially becomes one in the third season after he retires from the superhero business and starts going by "Will Harper", having settled into the role of a House Husband and establishing a very successful private security company. One of the things he prioritizes is getting home in time to have dinner with his daughter Lian. Lian's mother Jade, despite leaving her and Will to go back to being Cheshire, is shown to love Lian very much and is an extremely far cry from her sociopathic counterpart in the comics. Though it's implied Jade did not go back to her masked persona of her own free will and is hiding the reason why from Will and her sister Artemis.

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