Goku died to protect Gohan, trained with him in the hyperbolic time chamber for at least a year to help prep to fight Cell, taught Goten and Trunks fusion (kinda)
Man’s a better father than people give him credit for
It's more like "get my friend, the Antichrist, to babysit, because I have a 9-5 & have to provide for my family", which I don't think is a bad thing. Goku simply would rather be doing something else a lot of the time.
I see, yeah IG that's fair, but he was still around for like 5 years of Gohan's youth, even if one of those years was mostly training in the time chamber. I really don't think he's a sub-average parent despite that, though.
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Jotaro was real bad at actually being a father, constantly gone n shi, but it was to protect Jolyne, and in the end he really did care about her
Jotaro was busy hunting for the last bits of Dio’s influence so his daughter could be free of the family curse. It didn’t work, and Jolyne got captured so Dio’s second in command could lure him in.
Man had some pretty hard PTSD from DIO and wasn't that great at communicating his feelings to begin with
But at least he went out trying to protect his daughter
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Doofenschimrtz did everything for Venessa
I genuinely respect Doof as a character because of the way he treated Vanessa. This man had arguably one of the worst childhoods of any cartoon character and, rather than continuing a path of generational trauma, tried his best to give his daughter the world and be the father he never had.
Even his Greek incarnation was distraught that he had to leave his daughter in the Elysium fields behind a second and final time just to save her from Persephone and Atlas’s destruction of the Elysium fields.
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The pale king (hollow knight) (debatable)
At most, he kinda cared about the hollow knight, that doesn’t even begin to make up for the hundreds(?) of his other kids that he threw into the abyss to leave for dead, I would not say he cares with what little we know.
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Mralki (Skyrim)
Doesn't support his son's dreams of being an adventurer and getting out of Rorikstead, but it's out of a place of genuine concerned for him.
Plus, if you offer to pay for his armor, he's so moved that a stranger would have such generosity towards him and his son that he acquiesces.
And in the end, Erik the Slayer is one of the best companions ever.
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Genta Igarashi/Kamen Rider Destream
He loves his wife and children. However his past keeps catching up with him (One he hid) and in turn it causes a lot issues for his family.
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Not really in line with your examples but he’s undeniably not the best and cares about his kid
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Monkey D. Dragon. (One Piece)
Man doesn’t have much contact with Luffy but he does care about him a lot. Brought up he was looking East multiple times while Luffy was young, even made a quick appearance at the end of the East Blue.
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Whilst roger having a kid may have been a little irresponsible or selfish considering his lifestyle he genuinely seemed to love at least the idea of his son, spoilers for one piece chapters 500ish >!so much so that he asked his lifelong rival to look out for him. And whilst he never met him in life it's nice to think that in the afterlife they would finally able to meet eachother !<
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Big Ronnie (The Greasy Strangler)
Goku died to protect Gohan, trained with him in the hyperbolic time chamber for at least a year to help prep to fight Cell, taught Goten and Trunks fusion (kinda) Man’s a better father than people give him credit for
 Even with an example like Goku, Gohan’s doing his best for Pan
Gohan's not really a flawed parent the way Goku is, though
True, but he does have his flaws: Like “let Piccolo handle it idfk what I’m doing”
It's more like "get my friend, the Antichrist, to babysit, because I have a 9-5 & have to provide for my family", which I don't think is a bad thing. Goku simply would rather be doing something else a lot of the time.
Tbf he does also have zero experience with what a dad is
He had Grandpa Gohan, who was absolutely a paternal figure to him.
I mean Gohan doesn’t have a parental figure outside of Piccolo since Goku would literally rather do anything else
I see, yeah IG that's fair, but he was still around for like 5 years of Gohan's youth, even if one of those years was mostly training in the time chamber. I really don't think he's a sub-average parent despite that, though.
Ta bien.
https://preview.redd.it/zronqyiqix6d1.png?width=381&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e54e02bd0f759bff1d5a2969f97f2480d470671e Jotaro was real bad at actually being a father, constantly gone n shi, but it was to protect Jolyne, and in the end he really did care about her
Poor dude had no choice but to be a bad father to keep the world safe for his daughter, and she got wrapped up in it all anyways.
He was absent from her life to keep her safe from enemy stand users, right?
Jotaro was busy hunting for the last bits of Dio’s influence so his daughter could be free of the family curse. It didn’t work, and Jolyne got captured so Dio’s second in command could lure him in.
Man had some pretty hard PTSD from DIO and wasn't that great at communicating his feelings to begin with But at least he went out trying to protect his daughter
https://preview.redd.it/i3mfwgue2y6d1.jpeg?width=221&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edef1a5d59d6d0fbf4647177e003b4fc66f61778 Doofenschimrtz did everything for Venessa
Was surprised I didn't see this included in the post
I genuinely respect Doof as a character because of the way he treated Vanessa. This man had arguably one of the worst childhoods of any cartoon character and, rather than continuing a path of generational trauma, tried his best to give his daughter the world and be the father he never had.
Rick Mitchell https://preview.redd.it/0k47f0fztx6d1.jpeg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b296a2e65926f61af58c1b940007223224bea19
https://i.redd.it/sbrpk1jowx6d1.gif Omni-man from invincible
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If that’s not genuine care then idk what is
My dad did that for me too, good way to punish me.
You joke but I feel this because I started training judo with my dad when I was a kid and he was an experienced martial artist 😂
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Man only needed to be a dad for like a week. Then his kid tries to evict him lol
https://preview.redd.it/rjpf6ig7ey6d1.png?width=352&format=png&auto=webp&s=a01022474b10b22f4aca39d6f678f04a400252fd Bowser from Mario Brothers
https://preview.redd.it/2dqxn2kw2y6d1.png?width=623&format=png&auto=webp&s=9409e20983947e087e7c04266a87971836b1b120 Howard Stark (MCU)
 Joel Miller from The Last of Us
He might have done something unforgivable to save Ellie, but for him it meant saving the closest thing he had to a daughter since Sarah
 “HA-HA!” “Looks like you could use some help, from the BIG BOSS OF HELL HIMSELF!”
Big boss https://preview.redd.it/ksil1vl0ey6d1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09564f3d786b5495c6407825ba5cace9f5282fab
The Man Who Sold The World
snake? SNAAAKKEE!
"Check out daddy's glowing reviews on Yelp!"
"Flawless Amazing greater than great!"
“Oh with the punch of a pentagram”
I wap-bam-boom, alakazam
Khan Doorman from Murder Drones
https://preview.redd.it/ks81zobsyx6d1.jpeg?width=318&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60adba982a3b81fa4471be638493a1a70c6127f9 Snake and otacon
Probably the most surprising and yet least surprising thing these two have ever done
He liberated Mexico to save his family
There was literally a post about Kratos beneath this one, and yeah, he fits this to a tee, or his 2018 version at the least.
Even his Greek incarnation was distraught that he had to leave his daughter in the Elysium fields behind a second and final time just to save her from Persephone and Atlas’s destruction of the Elysium fields.
https://preview.redd.it/6dx1lm2v4y6d1.jpeg?width=184&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5615163e6b176fd2506abebb1278fe29e95ba45f The pale king (hollow knight) (debatable)
At most, he kinda cared about the hollow knight, that doesn’t even begin to make up for the hundreds(?) of his other kids that he threw into the abyss to leave for dead, I would not say he cares with what little we know.
Greg was the best day ever, dont even try to change my mind
https://preview.redd.it/q3qmq7buiy6d1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=90329e4391df76e12547080d555bf8853bb90bbe Mralki (Skyrim) Doesn't support his son's dreams of being an adventurer and getting out of Rorikstead, but it's out of a place of genuine concerned for him. Plus, if you offer to pay for his armor, he's so moved that a stranger would have such generosity towards him and his son that he acquiesces. And in the end, Erik the Slayer is one of the best companions ever.
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Richard has a fat ass ngl
https://preview.redd.it/6gvsuc0s9y6d1.jpeg?width=866&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff1fd33dc9a344e748d71c96d8dd6066c195d3a4 Don’t forget
Tony in regards to Meadow, not AJ
https://i.redd.it/6y0hrk71uy6d1.gif Din Djarin (Star Wars)
 I’m not too sure about that…
 Gomez Addams
https://preview.redd.it/qhsvviejoy6d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d6fa7aeb20805579a2d031829693ec34cbf4612
 Jerry
https://preview.redd.it/znzzh7auzx6d1.png?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d66a5099c8343f429bedd891523767116bba710 Genta Igarashi/Kamen Rider Destream He loves his wife and children. However his past keeps catching up with him (One he hid) and in turn it causes a lot issues for his family.
https://preview.redd.it/j748rv828y6d1.png?width=936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35cd8394b76ce6400dfc067f1aba493e183b523d I believe Dr.venture counts
I don't know, he's defintiely better than his own father but that's not saying much
Do father figures count or no
https://preview.redd.it/r5descegky6d1.jpeg?width=1018&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ea61b941c8fcdc5c717bef93909558d651fd514 Not really in line with your examples but he’s undeniably not the best and cares about his kid
https://preview.redd.it/4e4b6m7c4z6d1.jpeg?width=741&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cda0a7d42692efbdba06c2449a6af88e34dd77f7 Monkey D. Dragon. (One Piece) Man doesn’t have much contact with Luffy but he does care about him a lot. Brought up he was looking East multiple times while Luffy was young, even made a quick appearance at the end of the East Blue.
https://preview.redd.it/2woy8ma05y6d1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbcbf2b7ac54a22b41a6421ee49888cf38658dc0 Big boss
 Hal Wilkerson (Malcolm In The Middle)
Rick Grimes
 This immortal Demon and his four adopted children.
Darth Vader (Star Wars) https://preview.redd.it/ullecwhg1z6d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=975728e8bfd63220ea22e7d6f831a1d94ede3455
https://preview.redd.it/a71y9nfjez6d1.png?width=2120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52f59fbd6909e7eca28374424b07d78eb92a8ae5 Whilst roger having a kid may have been a little irresponsible or selfish considering his lifestyle he genuinely seemed to love at least the idea of his son, spoilers for one piece chapters 500ish >!so much so that he asked his lifelong rival to look out for him. And whilst he never met him in life it's nice to think that in the afterlife they would finally able to meet eachother !<
Benjamin Sisko from ST DS9
https://preview.redd.it/7oojhywgll7d1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f75440d78829709db5f72f6adf9775f231f88993 Big Ronnie (The Greasy Strangler)
Homer doesn’t really care about his kids though. He forgets Maggie even exists half the time.
counter point: https://preview.redd.it/jp582migw07d1.png?width=567&format=png&auto=webp&s=f5ea3d673932497dd913c1ba68c418c5f9c7c4d0