Quotes / Parental Marriage Veto

Barney: Sir, hi. My name is Barney Stinson.
Robin Sr.: This is Barney? This man is blond. Grown men are not blond!
Robin Jr.: Dad!
Robin Sr.: Please to meet you. That's a very...fun hair color.
[...]
Barney: Sir...I, um, uh—
Robin Sr.: Permission denied.

— How I Met Your Mother, "Band or DJ?"

Jason: This isn't right. [...] We're married now, but we still haven't told your dad.
Janet: Once again, Michael is not my dad.^note Since she is not human, Janet has no parents, but Michael is the closest thing she has to a parent/authority figure And we shouldn't tell him. If Michael finds out that we're married, then he'll know you're not Tahani's soulmate, and then he'll know you're really Jason and not Jianyu. And then he'll send you to the Bad Place.

— The Good Place

Valentina Scanarotti: With your consent, I'd like to marry Gnaghi.
Mayor Scanarotti: This - horrible - thing?
Valentina: I'm not such a great catch either, Daddy.
Scanarotti: Not as long, dear, as I've got a breath in my body.
Valentina: All right. We'll fix that right away.

—Cemetery Man

Teammate: So, are you like promised to someone?
Jess: Nah. My sister's getting married. It's a love match.
Teammate: So if you can choose, does that mean you can marry a white boy?
Jess: White? No. Black? Definitely not. A Muslim? Unh-uh.
Jules: Guess you'll be marrying an Indian, then.
Jess: Probably.

—Bend It Like Beckham

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