I Want Grandkids: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Japan Inc]]'': [[Butt Monkey|Ueda's]] mom comments that Miss Amamiya (his boss!) has the right shape to get many children, hint hint. When the latter can hear it.

* Lady Ramia expresses this desire in the ''[[Vampire Game]]'' epilogue.

* Mentioned in a [[Naruto]] flashback, when {{spoiler|the Konoha children and tenagers are banned from joining the adults in fighting the Kyuubi on the loose. The one leading the operation is Kurenai's father, who tells the trope almost word by word to not ''just'' his daughter but to the boys he's taking to safety as well.}}

* In [[Rosario to Vampire]], both Mizore and Kurumu's mothers tell them that they expect Tsukune to pop out some kids with them, much to his chagrin.

* A hilariously pragmatical example can be found in chapter ten of Don Rosa's ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', where Beagle Boys conclude that four of them against Scrooge in not enough anymore, so Blackheart Beagle tells his sons that "You boys need to start raising families. We need more Beagle Boys", which prompts one of them to make an [[Aside Glance]].

* In ''[[Empire State]]'', the protagonist's mom sets him up on a blind date, and explains:

'''Jimmy:''' Geez, Ma. }}

 

** He'll probably get his wish soon, now that {{spoiler|Charlie has married Amita}}.

* ''[[Black Books]]'': When Manny's parents believe he's dating Fran:

'''Manny's mother:''' Babies. }}

* Both Ross and Emily's parents in ''[[Friends]]'' seem to be keen on the idea, since Ross threatens them with "No Grandkids!" when they are squabbling at his wedding.

== Newspaper Comics ==

* Now that [[Garfield|Garfield's]] owner Jon is regularly dating Liz the veterinarian, his mother comes right out and says she wants to see grandchildren before she dies.

* Shows up a lot in ''[[Cathy]]''. It's to show the differences between the attitudes and aspirations of Cathy and her mother; Cathy wants to further her career; marriage and children were not high on her priority list. {{spoiler|Although, much to her mother's delight, both eventually happened.}} Meanwhile, her mother was raised with the idea that a woman's purpose in life is to get married and produce [[Babies Ever After]].

 

== Western Animation ==

* [[Genius Ditz|Amy Wong]]'s parents in ''[[Futurama]]'' are an extreme example.

'''Amy's Dad:''' [[Damned By Faint Praise|He's not very ugly]].<br />

'''Amy's Mom:''' You should marry him. Or at least use him to conceive a grandchild for us.<br />

'''Amy's dad:''' And why isn't he here right now, fathering our grandchild? }}

** When Kif [[Bizarre Alien Biology]] [[Mister Seahorse|gets pregnant]], Amy struggles to explain to her parents. Their response?

'''Mrs. Wong:''' Yeah, yeah. We don't care how [[Bizarre Alien Biology|squishy alien get pregnant]]. All we care is that we have grandchild now!<br />

'''Kif:''' You're very open-minded, Mrs. Wong.<br />

** Interestingly, in a later episode, they bug her again. Possibly they were disappointed that {{spoiler|their grandkids are tadpoles who have about a decade or two until they metamorph into children}}.

** There's also the episode where {{spoiler|the crew (including Amy) are all reverted to their early teenage years}}:

* Used in ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'', of all places, where, when [[Patton Oswalt|the writer of the Crimson Chin comic book]] gets kidnapped by one of his fictional villains, his mother ([[Basement Dweller|who he lives with]]) doesn't notice, and simply shouts "And don't come back unless you bring ''grand''children!" at him as he's being dragged out.

* On ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', in a later episode, Marge makes the comment that her greatest fear is "dying without being a grandmother."

*** In the episode "The Burns and the Bees", Marge makes the comment about dying without grandchildren.

* In ''[[King of the Hill]]'' when Bobby has joined a cult of geeks -- after he got sent to the Principal's office for what they think is witchcraft --, when Hank and Peggy are called over; Bobby does this dance to provide a positive vibe. Peggy says:

* On ''[[Daria]],'' the title character writes about the ideal future for her family, with Helen performing this trope (despite already having [[Massive Numbered Siblings|several]] grandchildren through Quinn).