parental pride theme
A parent shows pride in their offspring.
15 total · 3 major · 12 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| columbo1971e3x06 | major | Dr. Marshall Cahill took pride in his son, Neil Cahill, being named Scientist of the Year and resorted to murder to prevent Neil from being outed as a fraud. The elder Cahill said "I'm proud of you" to Neil, and later acknowledged to Columbo that he was proud of his son. |
| movie: How Green Was My Valley (1940) | major | Huw was the apple of his father's eye. The father did his best to secure for Huw a good education, so that the boy would not need to work in the coal mines as he had done his entire life. |
| voy7x19 | major | Q lacked confidence in Q Junior whereas Janeway believed in Q Junior's ability to reform |
| ds92x16 | minor | Benjamin was proud of Jake when Jake expressed an interest, albeit a lukewarm one, in following in his father's footsteps by pursuing a career in Starfleet. |
| ds93x25 | minor | Rom was took pride in his son Nog's impending acceptance into Starfleet Academy. |
| movie: 21 Jump Street (2012) | minor | David and Annie Schmidt embarrassed their son, Schmidt, in front of his partner on the force with their excessive fawning over him. |
| movie: And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991) | minor | The inventor Walter Kotzwinkle uttered the phrase "that's by boy" twice about his inventor son Dwayne. |
| movie: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | minor | Fred's parents were visibly proud as they read about the heroic acts he had performed while serving as a bomber crewman during the war. |
| movie: The Godfather Part III (1990) | minor | Michael and Kay were visibly proud that their son Anthony had made a name for himself in the Sicilian opera scene. |
| movie: The Tomorrow War (2021) | minor | Daniel expressed to his daughter that he was proud of her for having graduated from MIT. |