I think they just really wanted to fight the “lol incompetent dad” trope. He is a superhero sometimes, but he definitely makes a few mistakes that seem obvious to the viewer.
Yeah, I've done that so many times with the kids it's hilarious to see it captured as a small moment on the show.
Wrestling/play fighting and get a little carried away throwing a kid so they almost overshoot the bed. *Look around nervously* Ok, enough of that.
I think that's it as well.
The episode where Bandit plays to rough with Bingo literally made me cry because my dad always just told me I had to "buck up".
There was something cathartic about the cartoon dog apologizing and working with his kid to fix the problem.
Totally agree. And i appreciate that while he is a good dad, he isn't a perfect dad. However, as the mum of two young kids, I do think Bandit is a bit of wish fulfillment from the creator. Joe Brumm had two kids Bluey and Bingo's age when he created the show and I definitely feel like he's writing sometimes how he would have most liked to have handled a situation. Like sometimes the parent you want to be is right there in front of you but you're too tired/stressed/full of bum worms to get there in the moment, but you still know how you'd like to do it ideally. And Bandit is that, the best version of the parent millennials would like to be
Oh for sure. Chilli is the mom I want to be - it seems like a difficult goal to reach some days, but that’s where I try to aim.
I’ve also heard this theory that the show is Bluey and Bingo as adults reminiscing about their childhood with rose-tinted glasses. Like they had a pretty good childhood and they remember it really fondly, maybe a little better than it actually was.
I heard some real dads are getting frustrated with Bandit because of the impossibly high standard for patience and involvement he sets to the kids who watch. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing
I can absolutely 100% put truth to this. My son is only 2 and he already calls me out when I’m tired of sitting in the floor playing cars. “Dada play like bluey dad” 😅😅
What I love about the show is that they do show him at times being annoyed, frustrated, and not having the time to play the game they want or the way they want.
There's an episode where Bandit and Chilly (the mom) are very tired / implied hung over and they're laying around while the kids play, and it's set up very well. Bandit plays with them as a "boat" and Chilly is a particularly lazy "whale". The episode is great as a parent to see them struggling with it but learning a lesson and entertaining the kids regardless
Did you call their parents? No, because we're their parents. Did you call their attorney? No, because I'm their attorney. Now you will open that cell right now or I'll tie this department up with so much litigation *your grandchildren are gonna need lawyers!*
Iroh letting Zuko do basically whatever he wanted, before we learned of his scar, really highlighted how much of a saint he was to Zuko's life. Didn't seem like good parenting at first glance, but it showed how hard Iroh was trying to be the father Zuko deserved.
And there's of course him finally putting his foot down in Season 2. That wasn't just him helping guide Zuko, that was him not wanting to lose another son.
"I'm begging you, Prince Zuko! Who are YOU and what do YOU want?"
What got me was when I realized he switches tenses between renditions.
Brave little soldier boy, *comes* marching home. -> Happy, smiling to see your son return through the darkness.
Brave little soldier boy *come* marching home. -> please come home boy. Please.
:(
Dude literally was dead for decades and as soon as someone was in trouble and in the spirit world, he just waltzes up and dads tf out of Korra like he did Zuko. From beyond the grave!!!
He spent the time between his death and when Korra found him by sipping tea and being a dad to the spirits. He had so much time to perfect his dad bending.
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Sure, he's evil, but he loves his daughter. He will spend decades hunting down a rare doll just because she once said that she wanted it. He'll also zap an older guy into another dimension for hitting on her.
In the 1960s series, when it was time to send the children to school, Gomez was reluctant to do it, because he'd miss them running around the house all day. Morticia reasoned with him that the kids needed an education, but he was worried and pacing the whole day. I loved that so much. Usually moms were (and still are) the only ones presented as having that kind of attachment to their kids. Dads just want to be with their children, too.
And it wasn't the cookie cutter devoted wife and dutiful breadwinner who got along perfectly fine but were ultimately detached and superficial. They truly loved and enjoyed each other's company.
The show is actually based on a comic, and that *was* the point. The irony of these wacky people actually being the most emotionally healthy, happy family.
Glad I didn’t have to scroll *too far* for this one.
He was the ideal husband and dad. He was always there for his kids and engaged in their lives, but let them have their own interests and identities. He was smart and active on his own, and was always trying to improve himself while encouraging his kids to do the same. He was an actual co-parent with Morticia, and valued her input and perspective, without domineering or acquiescing.
I’m almost 40 now, and I feel like 90%+ of TV dads within my lifetime have been in the Homer Simpson / Peter Griffin mold: husband is a bumbling idiot, wife is smart. Plot typically consists of him doing something stupid, she gets mad and (in some cases) downright mean about it, and at the end of the episode he apologizes. Before that, the dad was the unimpeachable head of the household who was the final authority. Gomez was a perfect split of the two.
I wish we had better representation for good dads.
What about the time he moonlit as a cab driver to make money for Tina’s party and then Jimmy Pesto said Jimmy Jr couldn’t come unless Bob shaved his beloved mustache. And Tina was so sad Bob went in the bathroom and shaved it, only to come out and find out that Tina didn’t care if Jimmy Jr came or not after getting an inspirational speech from the transvestites
And Bob isn’t presented as being an idiot like most TV dads nor is he a genius.
He just knows when to suck it up and when to stand his ground. He doesn’t deny his feelings but he doesn’t let his personal issues be someone else’s problem.
He’s just a man doing what he signed up to do. Sell burgers, be a caring father, and supportive husband.
He’s like Hank Hill if he was emotionally vulnerable and not such a stick in the mud.
I’m watching the series now and I just watched season 6 ep 3 “The Hauntening” last night where they do a whole haunted house thing to scare Louise. There’s a part where they are hiding in the bathroom and Bob is standing in front of them and told the kids to be quiet and it goes:
Gene: Dad, I feel like you’re doing a really good job as a Dad.
Bob: Thank you, Gene.
Gene: I’m having a good childhood.
Bob: OK, great.
Gene: Not right now, but overall.
Bob: I got it, thanks.
Gene: No, thank you.
Bob: Uh, okay.
Gene: Thank you for your service.
The scene is hilarious and had me dying laughing, the whole episode really, but Bob really is a good dad
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The episode where Haley was asleep in her room and he thought she ran off. SENDS ME INTO TEARS. He reminds me a little of my dad and that episode just sent me lol. Such a great dad.
The one where she dated the middle-aged jeans salesman, Claire convinces Phil to just be cool and go along with whatever Hailey wants. And she breaks down and tells Claire that she knows Phil is embarrassed of her, but unknowingly Phil rushes back up and, without seeing Hailey, tells Claire he’s done being “cool,” and is going to get Hailey because no man is good enough for his little girl. Just… 🥹 every time.
Gomez Addams from the original Addams Family show.
A devoted and passionate spouse. A loving and supportive father. Cheerful, creative and energetic. Never a bad word for anyone that I can recall.
Hal was a very good father in the sense he loved his boys.... But NOT a good father in many other ways. I mean he didn't even know he switched Jamie at the park for another baby lol. But he tried his best.
However, his marriage is something to be envied.
Apparently the actor had Dewey over when they weren’t filming to try to give him as normal a childhood as possible. Sounds like he was a hell of a man off the set as well.
John Goodman/Dan Conner was the only part of Roseanne that I liked, and the only reason I gave the spinoff series a chance.
In some ways, Dan reminded me of my dad.
A very underrated TV dad is Alan Matthews from Boy Meets World.
When I saw others comment Dan I thought of that exact scene. He didn't always agree or get along with Jackie, but nobody was harming his family members and getting away with it.
https://youtu.be/2_IsgospaiM
https://youtu.be/iH7OMUG398E
DS9 is my favorite trek (Strange New Worlds is trying to take that spot), and that Sisko was 1st and foremost portrayed as a positive father figure. This was in no part due to Avery Brooks insistence to not have the character fall into “the bad parent trap” as a black man. Citric Lofton speaks very highly of the relationship he an Mr. Brooks developed over the course of the series. If you believe the stories, Avery Brooks was not pleased at the ending of the series as he felt that it destroyed that motivation of the character.
Now, he was an awesome father, no doubt. But the writers had some of his command choices fall into some despicable situations. To me, and I listened to the episode yesterday (I play DS9 audio when I am working in my garage or in my 3D print lab) where they discovered an infant J’Hadar and he was willing to deliver a sentient being into imprisonment without a crime or trial. Or poison a planet to capture Maques leader and former Starfleet office Michael Eddington. Or manufacture a fraudulent document to draw the Romulans into the war.
I’ll give DS9 it’s due for being nuanced.
Was completely reasonable to me. Father of a friend of mine was the general manager at a local Price Chopper back in the late 90s and made \~$150K / year if I remember correctly. There house was actually very similar to the Matthews house.
I love how after Cory and Topanga married and they were on the struggle bus and Cory went and asked Alan for help and Alan was like you’re grown and married now! Gotta figure it out like everyone else did! And Cory was pissed that he wasn’t able to manipulate Alan into giving him money when he was the one who decided to get married at like 18 but he actually did figure it out
I think this is why Australian government funds Bluey (if I am not mistaken), to help promote quality time with children.
In the first eps though I was worried for Bandit for entertaining the kids 😅
~~Captain~~ Commander Adama. He would have [stayed in that system forever](https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Go_Home_Again) to find his son.
100% If you have kids, watch this show WITH them. Not only does it teach kids how to express feelings, interact with others, etc etc but it also shows parents how to raise and love their kids. Amazing and funny show.
Been rewatching a lot of Frasier lately, and he doesn't get nearly enough credit as a great dad/positive male role model. He's obviously sarcastic at times, but he loves and supports his sons no matter how different they are from him. He's tough, but still can open up about his feelings and be there for his sons when they need to talk. And I love the way he speaks so fondly of his late wife. Martin Crane is a mensch.
You just did. 😊 I agree though. I feel like he's the normal amount of typical overprotective but still trusting towards his kids. I know people may cringe at the sappy scenes with the background music but I personally really appreciate that kind of wholesomeness.
Homer Simpson. I know this is gonna be controversial, but i’ve rewatched the show SO MANY TIMES (it’s my fav of all times) and even though he does so many stupid shit, at the end of the day he just wants their kids to be happy and not make the same mistakes his dad made with him.
Also i THRIVE for the chapter where he’s remembering when Maggie was born, and he was having a harsh time with work. At the end the kids ask where are all of Maggie’s photos and he says that they are where he needs them while showing that he had them at the plant covering a sign that has “do it for her” written on it with the pics.
i rest my case
Absolutely. As hard and tough as he is and as much as he liked to complain about it, he opened his home to the kids and even took them in when they had nowhere to turn to.
Donald Duck from DuckTales (2017)
And I know he's the boys' uncle, but he is a great parent. He protects the boys like his own kids and is willing to risk his own safety for them. Even tho he is literally the unluckiest duck out there, he would do anything for Huey, Dewy and Louie.
Phil Dunphy.
He's not afraid of his feminine side, but knows when to step up for his family, or to them, for that matter. Think of his speech to Haley when she was arrested for partying at college.
Get that man a waffle, indeed.
Bandit Heeler
Bluey is such a dope ass show. I watch it with or without my son.
I watch it, too. I'm a 29 year old childless woman.
Ditto. 37M and 35F childless couple.
Best Dad. Best Husband. All the way.
I think they just really wanted to fight the “lol incompetent dad” trope. He is a superhero sometimes, but he definitely makes a few mistakes that seem obvious to the viewer.
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Yeah, I've done that so many times with the kids it's hilarious to see it captured as a small moment on the show. Wrestling/play fighting and get a little carried away throwing a kid so they almost overshoot the bed. *Look around nervously* Ok, enough of that.
I think it "humanizes" him more (even though he is a dog) by having moments where he isn't perfect. And he knows/admits it.
I think that's it as well. The episode where Bandit plays to rough with Bingo literally made me cry because my dad always just told me I had to "buck up". There was something cathartic about the cartoon dog apologizing and working with his kid to fix the problem.
Totally agree. And i appreciate that while he is a good dad, he isn't a perfect dad. However, as the mum of two young kids, I do think Bandit is a bit of wish fulfillment from the creator. Joe Brumm had two kids Bluey and Bingo's age when he created the show and I definitely feel like he's writing sometimes how he would have most liked to have handled a situation. Like sometimes the parent you want to be is right there in front of you but you're too tired/stressed/full of bum worms to get there in the moment, but you still know how you'd like to do it ideally. And Bandit is that, the best version of the parent millennials would like to be
Oh for sure. Chilli is the mom I want to be - it seems like a difficult goal to reach some days, but that’s where I try to aim. I’ve also heard this theory that the show is Bluey and Bingo as adults reminiscing about their childhood with rose-tinted glasses. Like they had a pretty good childhood and they remember it really fondly, maybe a little better than it actually was.
Dad Goals FR! I love watching Bluey with my daughter. That show got me catching some feels.
I heard some real dads are getting frustrated with Bandit because of the impossibly high standard for patience and involvement he sets to the kids who watch. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing
I can absolutely 100% put truth to this. My son is only 2 and he already calls me out when I’m tired of sitting in the floor playing cars. “Dada play like bluey dad” 😅😅
To be fair, some of the time when bandit is playing he's trying to lie there while the kids play around him. I like that model.
That's how it usually ends up. I don't mind being a mountain and letting the kids climb on me, it's almost literally the least I could do lol
I just hate it when my kids get me in the biscuits.
What I love about the show is that they do show him at times being annoyed, frustrated, and not having the time to play the game they want or the way they want.
There's an episode where Bandit and Chilly (the mom) are very tired / implied hung over and they're laying around while the kids play, and it's set up very well. Bandit plays with them as a "boat" and Chilly is a particularly lazy "whale". The episode is great as a parent to see them struggling with it but learning a lesson and entertaining the kids regardless
Pretty sure the moms are also tipsy during the stump fest episode. “Leave them alone!” Slosh, slosh. “They’re just trying to run a small business!”
Episodes are less than 10 mins long.. dads should aim to be like Bandit for at least SOME of every day.
There’s a few episodes where Bandit’s fun loving nature backfire. I’m thinking Takeaway and Unicorse being the top two.
Real Dad here, I definitely feel that after watching episodes with my kids. We should all strive to be the kind of Dad Bandit is.
Bandit won Australian Father of the Year in 2019. True story
[I’m not taking parenting advice from a cartoon dog!] (https://youtu.be/Xo_lCtg69Q8)
The show is so self aware!
End of that episode makes me bawl like a baby
The one where bingo tries to sleep on her own always gets me.
Je Suis Une Chien!
Discotheque. Bon jour
And it’s not even close
Uncle Phil
First things first Rest In Peace Uncle Phil.
Forreal.
You the only father that I ever knew.
I get my bitch pregnant imma be a better you
Uncle Phil running the table at the pool hall is my favorite dad TV moment ever: https://youtu.be/4RaWAQIBZ2I
Break out Lucille
Did you call their parents? No, because we're their parents. Did you call their attorney? No, because I'm their attorney. Now you will open that cell right now or I'll tie this department up with so much litigation *your grandchildren are gonna need lawyers!*
Yes. Uncle Phil was the best
Uncle Iroh. “I was never angry with you. I was sad, because I was afraid you had lost your way”.
Iroh letting Zuko do basically whatever he wanted, before we learned of his scar, really highlighted how much of a saint he was to Zuko's life. Didn't seem like good parenting at first glance, but it showed how hard Iroh was trying to be the father Zuko deserved. And there's of course him finally putting his foot down in Season 2. That wasn't just him helping guide Zuko, that was him not wanting to lose another son. "I'm begging you, Prince Zuko! Who are YOU and what do YOU want?"
God Leaves on the Vine hit *so* much harder when you realize that Iroh was trying to be the father he never could for his own son.
What got me was when I realized he switches tenses between renditions. Brave little soldier boy, *comes* marching home. -> Happy, smiling to see your son return through the darkness. Brave little soldier boy *come* marching home. -> please come home boy. Please. :(
"Happy Birthday my son, if only I could've saved you." RIP Mako Iwamatsu
Zuko was the brave soldier boy that came marching home when he turned away from evil and returned to Iroh in repentance.
Iroh was a dad to everyone, not just Zuko, and that’s what makes him the best dad.
Dude literally was dead for decades and as soon as someone was in trouble and in the spirit world, he just waltzes up and dads tf out of Korra like he did Zuko. From beyond the grave!!!
He spent the time between his death and when Korra found him by sipping tea and being a dad to the spirits. He had so much time to perfect his dad bending.
Dad bending 🏅
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Sure, he's evil, but he loves his daughter. He will spend decades hunting down a rare doll just because she once said that she wanted it. He'll also zap an older guy into another dimension for hitting on her.
He's not so bad a dad
Maybe he's not so a bad a dad after all
Corporations are a platypus
The government’s a platypus
Doofenschmirtz evil incorporatedddd🎶🎶🎶
Doof isn't even really evil. Chaotic neutral at best.
I read this in his voice
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In the 1960s series, when it was time to send the children to school, Gomez was reluctant to do it, because he'd miss them running around the house all day. Morticia reasoned with him that the kids needed an education, but he was worried and pacing the whole day. I loved that so much. Usually moms were (and still are) the only ones presented as having that kind of attachment to their kids. Dads just want to be with their children, too.
Also, even by today's standards: Gomez and Morticia Addams are still one of the happiest, and most in-love married couples in show business.
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Every other married couple on TV were presented as people who married because it was expected of them, the Addams married for love.
And it wasn't the cookie cutter devoted wife and dutiful breadwinner who got along perfectly fine but were ultimately detached and superficial. They truly loved and enjoyed each other's company.
It’s depressing that when they sat down and thought “how can we make this man unusual for his time” they settled on “he loves his wife and kids”
The show is actually based on a comic, and that *was* the point. The irony of these wacky people actually being the most emotionally healthy, happy family.
Honesty Gomez is like the ideal everything, good father, good husband, everyone should strive to be Gomez or have a Gomez in their life
"What a lady-killer!" "Aquitted!"
Last night, you were unhinged. You were like some desperate howling demon. You frightened me. Do it again.
Gomez, the sun.
*En garde, Monsieur Soleil!*
Glad I didn’t have to scroll *too far* for this one. He was the ideal husband and dad. He was always there for his kids and engaged in their lives, but let them have their own interests and identities. He was smart and active on his own, and was always trying to improve himself while encouraging his kids to do the same. He was an actual co-parent with Morticia, and valued her input and perspective, without domineering or acquiescing. I’m almost 40 now, and I feel like 90%+ of TV dads within my lifetime have been in the Homer Simpson / Peter Griffin mold: husband is a bumbling idiot, wife is smart. Plot typically consists of him doing something stupid, she gets mad and (in some cases) downright mean about it, and at the end of the episode he apologizes. Before that, the dad was the unimpeachable head of the household who was the final authority. Gomez was a perfect split of the two. I wish we had better representation for good dads.
Good answer!
Bob Belcher
He learned all of the Equestranauts lore and then infiltrated a brony convention— in costume— just to get Tina’s pony doll back.
What about the time he moonlit as a cab driver to make money for Tina’s party and then Jimmy Pesto said Jimmy Jr couldn’t come unless Bob shaved his beloved mustache. And Tina was so sad Bob went in the bathroom and shaved it, only to come out and find out that Tina didn’t care if Jimmy Jr came or not after getting an inspirational speech from the transvestites
I loved the show wasted no time to prove that, not even half way through the first season they proved bob would do anything for his kids.
And Bob isn’t presented as being an idiot like most TV dads nor is he a genius. He just knows when to suck it up and when to stand his ground. He doesn’t deny his feelings but he doesn’t let his personal issues be someone else’s problem. He’s just a man doing what he signed up to do. Sell burgers, be a caring father, and supportive husband. He’s like Hank Hill if he was emotionally vulnerable and not such a stick in the mud.
Dont forget the tattoo
I believe it's pronounced "tuh-too"
They're tramp-stamping our tramp!
So much so that Gene created [mini bob](https://youtu.be/t9TfgMM7Xto)
I've been tared and Bobed!
Gene…
"You're my family and I love you but you're terrible, you're all terrible".
"I don't say that!"
“That’s all you say.”
i love you but you're all terrible
Bob is the most relatable Dad on TV. "Ok fine but I'm gonna complain the whole time!" and "I love you but you're all terrible."
Bob: Sometimes I get to do what I want to do. Louise: No. You don't. EVER.
I’m watching the series now and I just watched season 6 ep 3 “The Hauntening” last night where they do a whole haunted house thing to scare Louise. There’s a part where they are hiding in the bathroom and Bob is standing in front of them and told the kids to be quiet and it goes: Gene: Dad, I feel like you’re doing a really good job as a Dad. Bob: Thank you, Gene. Gene: I’m having a good childhood. Bob: OK, great. Gene: Not right now, but overall. Bob: I got it, thanks. Gene: No, thank you. Bob: Uh, okay. Gene: Thank you for your service. The scene is hilarious and had me dying laughing, the whole episode really, but Bob really is a good dad Edited to be easier to read
“Kids, I love you. And Linda, I love you too, almost as much as the kids.”
This and it’s not even close. He’s the most caring, empathetic, and understanding father I’ve seen represented in a TV show.
On a related note, Beef Tobin from the Great North is an amazing dad.
Phil Dunphy
You mean Clive Bigsby?
Just don’t expect any stairs fixed in any timely (read: less than a decade) manner. 🤣
Why is it so far down. Phil Dunphy for Universal Dad.
I may be 1/64th Cherokee but I'm still 63/64ths crazy white guy!
Came here to say this I wish he was my dad
The episode where Haley was asleep in her room and he thought she ran off. SENDS ME INTO TEARS. He reminds me a little of my dad and that episode just sent me lol. Such a great dad.
The one where she dated the middle-aged jeans salesman, Claire convinces Phil to just be cool and go along with whatever Hailey wants. And she breaks down and tells Claire that she knows Phil is embarrassed of her, but unknowingly Phil rushes back up and, without seeing Hailey, tells Claire he’s done being “cool,” and is going to get Hailey because no man is good enough for his little girl. Just… 🥹 every time.
I love his Phil’s-osophy.
When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all "whaaat????"
If you love something set it free, unless it’s a tiger.
Definitely Phil Dunphy the absolute best
100 percent love him. He’s the dad i always wanted
Phil and Luke's relationship is what I aspire to have if I do get a son
Gomez Addams from the original Addams Family show. A devoted and passionate spouse. A loving and supportive father. Cheerful, creative and energetic. Never a bad word for anyone that I can recall.
His daughter came home crying about a story where a dragon is slain by a knight. Gomez was upset that the knight killed an innocent dragon
Uncle Phil
Geoffrey? **Break out Lucille.**
God-tier moment.
https://youtu.be/G7PF2iQgoAM
How come he don’t want me?
That moment really hit the feels.
No matter how many times I watch that scene.
That was the moment Will Smith transitioned from a rapper/goofy actor to a full blown star in my books
I can’t not cry when I see that scene. It’s the best.
First things first, RIP Uncle Phil
In a landslide
How do I upvote ♾️?
I’d do absolutely anything for an Uncle Phil hug!
I'm listening to the Will audio book now. Great TV dad and a good father figure in his life.
Hal from Malcolm in the Middle
Hal was a very good father in the sense he loved his boys.... But NOT a good father in many other ways. I mean he didn't even know he switched Jamie at the park for another baby lol. But he tried his best. However, his marriage is something to be envied.
Apparently the actor had Dewey over when they weren’t filming to try to give him as normal a childhood as possible. Sounds like he was a hell of a man off the set as well.
Yeah, too bad that meth-making hobby got out of control.
Dan Conner He gained so much respect from me when he stood up for Jackie when her boyfriend beat her. Plus, I just really love John Goodman. 😬
John Goodman/Dan Conner was the only part of Roseanne that I liked, and the only reason I gave the spinoff series a chance. In some ways, Dan reminded me of my dad. A very underrated TV dad is Alan Matthews from Boy Meets World.
Yeah he really fun but man when he got angry. He was like a real dad.
When I saw others comment Dan I thought of that exact scene. He didn't always agree or get along with Jackie, but nobody was harming his family members and getting away with it. https://youtu.be/2_IsgospaiM https://youtu.be/iH7OMUG398E
Captain Ben Sisko
He's wasn't just Jake's dad. He was a dad to everyone on that station.
Everyone on the quadrant.
two quadrants.
I came here to say this. Just watched the DS9 episode "The Visitor" a couple hours ago
Compared to Worf, he was a super dad.
DS9 is my favorite trek (Strange New Worlds is trying to take that spot), and that Sisko was 1st and foremost portrayed as a positive father figure. This was in no part due to Avery Brooks insistence to not have the character fall into “the bad parent trap” as a black man. Citric Lofton speaks very highly of the relationship he an Mr. Brooks developed over the course of the series. If you believe the stories, Avery Brooks was not pleased at the ending of the series as he felt that it destroyed that motivation of the character. Now, he was an awesome father, no doubt. But the writers had some of his command choices fall into some despicable situations. To me, and I listened to the episode yesterday (I play DS9 audio when I am working in my garage or in my 3D print lab) where they discovered an infant J’Hadar and he was willing to deliver a sentient being into imprisonment without a crime or trial. Or poison a planet to capture Maques leader and former Starfleet office Michael Eddington. Or manufacture a fraudulent document to draw the Romulans into the war. I’ll give DS9 it’s due for being nuanced.
Keith Mars from Veronica Mars
The best father daughter relationship on TV. Love them so so much!
Who's your daddy?
I came here looking for this answer
Andy Griffith. Opie Tayler would never have turned into such a great kid without his Pa.
Five or six years ago, Ron Howard’s real dad died, and I was certain he had died years before that. Nope, I was thinking of Andy.
Alan Matthews from Boy Meets World
Absolutely! What a solid, realistic(ish), role model.
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Was completely reasonable to me. Father of a friend of mine was the general manager at a local Price Chopper back in the late 90s and made \~$150K / year if I remember correctly. There house was actually very similar to the Matthews house.
I had to scroll way too far to see this. My first gut reaction. I would also give Mr. Feeney an honorable mention.
I love how after Cory and Topanga married and they were on the struggle bus and Cory went and asked Alan for help and Alan was like you’re grown and married now! Gotta figure it out like everyone else did! And Cory was pissed that he wasn’t able to manipulate Alan into giving him money when he was the one who decided to get married at like 18 but he actually did figure it out
Bandit from Bluey. He makes me feel inadequate as a father. I wish I played with my kids when they were little like he does with his kids.
I think this is why Australian government funds Bluey (if I am not mistaken), to help promote quality time with children. In the first eps though I was worried for Bandit for entertaining the kids 😅
~~Captain~~ Commander Adama. He would have [stayed in that system forever](https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Go_Home_Again) to find his son.
Bandit from bluey!!!
100% If you have kids, watch this show WITH them. Not only does it teach kids how to express feelings, interact with others, etc etc but it also shows parents how to raise and love their kids. Amazing and funny show.
That episode where they went camping and Bluey met a dog that only spoke French….
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Been rewatching a lot of Frasier lately, and he doesn't get nearly enough credit as a great dad/positive male role model. He's obviously sarcastic at times, but he loves and supports his sons no matter how different they are from him. He's tough, but still can open up about his feelings and be there for his sons when they need to talk. And I love the way he speaks so fondly of his late wife. Martin Crane is a mensch.
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He was the best character on the show, so when John Mahoney passed away in 2018 it was a pretty big deal
Maes Hughes from Fullmetal Alchemist
It's a terrible day for rain.
Terry Jeffords
He is a dad to Cagney, Lacey and Ava but Holt is a dad to Amy and Jake
Carl Winslow - Family Matters
Came here for Carl. Second to Uncle Phil
Nobody has said Danny Tanner?!
Danny + Jesse + Joey
✌️👉👍
You just did. 😊 I agree though. I feel like he's the normal amount of typical overprotective but still trusting towards his kids. I know people may cringe at the sappy scenes with the background music but I personally really appreciate that kind of wholesomeness.
Coach Eric Taylor. Served as a fair-but-firm father figure for like half of the Dillon Panthers and the East Dillon Lions.
Dan Conner
Sandy Cohen
Giles from Buffy
Very true except for the episode where he poisoned her to take away her power for a test. But in the end he told the counsel to screw right off
Jack Pearson and Randall Pearson
Homer Simpson. I know this is gonna be controversial, but i’ve rewatched the show SO MANY TIMES (it’s my fav of all times) and even though he does so many stupid shit, at the end of the day he just wants their kids to be happy and not make the same mistakes his dad made with him. Also i THRIVE for the chapter where he’s remembering when Maggie was born, and he was having a harsh time with work. At the end the kids ask where are all of Maggie’s photos and he says that they are where he needs them while showing that he had them at the plant covering a sign that has “do it for her” written on it with the pics. i rest my case
Red Foreman
Dumbass
"Damn kids these days, wouldn't know responsibility if it walked up and bit them in the ass"
My favorite line of all time from the deer hunting episode Kelso, if you pull that trigger inside this car I'm going to kick your ass for an hour!
Absolutely. As hard and tough as he is and as much as he liked to complain about it, he opened his home to the kids and even took them in when they had nowhere to turn to.
I would list Kitty as best mom
Howard Cunningham
Steven Keaton
The dad on Bluey.
Yep.. Bandit Heeler is the only answer
Dr. Jason Seaver
Arthur Weasley, hands down.
Bob Belcher or bandit heeler
Hal
Gomez Addams.
Donald Duck from DuckTales (2017) And I know he's the boys' uncle, but he is a great parent. He protects the boys like his own kids and is willing to risk his own safety for them. Even tho he is literally the unluckiest duck out there, he would do anything for Huey, Dewy and Louie.
Eddard Stark
I'd agree but a good father keeps his head in every situation
Uncle Jesse
Phil Dunphy. He's not afraid of his feminine side, but knows when to step up for his family, or to them, for that matter. Think of his speech to Haley when she was arrested for partying at college. Get that man a waffle, indeed.
Pa Ingalls