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Action-Hero Babysitter

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19 feature instances
14 referencing feature instances

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Action-Hero Babysitter	label	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter	page	ActionHeroBabysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter	comment	A typecast actor known for their macho action roles is cast in a movie where they play a tough guy Action Hero or macho guy type put in a position of responsibility for children. Sometimes this takes the form of a Badass and Child Duo. This usually results in a Fish out of Water situation that is Played for Laughs as the macho manly man struggles to deal with new and unfamiliar problems that most family men would consider par for the course, such as dealing with a Potty Emergency, trying to cook meals, balancing work and family, and putting up with a Mouthy Kid. The macho man is forced to learn new skills, though he often finds creative ways to apply his action hero skills to a more domestic situation. Usually the children are bad or mischievous, and usually the "Action Hero" begins the movie "hating children" and gradually grows to love them over the course of the film. To qualify as this trope, the casting is as important as the plot. A primary factor in this trope is to see the actor in an unusual (for them) and often humorous situation. The specific details of the character are often less important than just the fact that they are a badass or Action Hero, because that is what the actor invariably plays. This is similar to Playing Against Type, but instead of having the actor play someone unlike what they normally play, they play their regular character type but in an unusual situation. However, while the bulk of the movie will focus on domestic hijinks, there will often be at least a few action scenes, especially at the conclusion of the movie. Sometimes pops up in Child Care and Babysitting Stories. See also A Day in Her Apron.
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Action-Hero Babysitter	processingUnknown	The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun
Action-Hero Babysitter	isPartOf	DBTropes
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_1377df	comment	T-800 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day, also played by Arnold, has to protect the pre-teen John Connor. Also the T-800 from Terminator Genisys, which was sent back to 1973 to protect young Sarah Connor and was nicknamed "Pops".
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_2a15962e	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_2a15962e	comment	The premise behind Beelzebub. So far there are four of them.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_4e953a12	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_4e953a12	comment	The Game Plan The Rock as a football player unexpectedly having to raise a ballerina daughter. Dwayne Johnson's The Tooth Fairy also has an element of this.
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The Game Plan	hasFeature	Action-Hero Babysitter / int_4e953a12
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_4fa1f17b	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_4fa1f17b	comment	The Cowboys with John Wayne has elements of this as his character is forced to learn how to deal with children he must use on a cattle drive (but also somewhat subverts this trope when John Wayne's character is killed and the kids learn to kill in order to avenge his death and recover the stolen cattle).
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_5852c4c7	comment	Mr. Nanny, with Hulk Hogan as a former pro wrestler taking a job as a nanny/bodyguard to a couple of bratty kids.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_6276800c	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_6276800c	comment	As The Nostalgia Critic points out, this trend started with Arnold Schwarzenegger going undercover in a kindergarten in Kindergarten Cop.
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The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)	hasFeature	Action-Hero Babysitter / int_6276800c
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_66daa8fa	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_66daa8fa	comment	In Shōnen Onmyōji, Gurren, the most feared of Abe no Seimeis 12 familiars, is shown to have taken care of Masahiro when he was a child.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_679edf73	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_679edf73	comment	Also the T-800 from Terminator Genisys, which was sent back to 1973 to protect young Sarah Connor and was nicknamed "Pops".
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_9e2f90f4	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_9e2f90f4	comment	One Piece: In one filler episode Zoro is forced to take care of some babies after being forcibly adopted into a family that takes in kids with no home.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_a68c19b8	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_a68c19b8	comment	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War: In the first part, Finn was introduced as the disciple of Duke Quan. In the second part and in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, he is the caretaker of Quan's son Leif and Lady Lachesis's daughter Nanna who, depending on the player's actions, can actually be Finn's biological daughter. Oifey and Shanan, who were respectively the Non-Action Guy and Tagalong Kid in the first part of Geneaology, have also become this by the time the second part begins.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_b232bbe9	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_b232bbe9	comment	How to Hero mentions babysitters who are secretly superheroes. The Guide advises them to stay with the children they're supposed to be watching and fighting crime some other time.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_bdcf62e5	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_bdcf62e5	comment	The Rotten Tomatoes Show has a song called "Action Hero Babysitter".
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_c10dc0ac	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_c10dc0ac	comment	The Babysitters Club: One of the baby sitters charges has been established from his first appearance as someone who hates all girls, including his own mother and sisters. But when the sitters decide to baby sit a bunch of kids together, they are stunned when the boy is very gentle and playful with the babies.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_d8bb728e	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_d8bb728e	comment	Twin Sitters is a two-for-one deal. The twin Paul brothers (aka Barbarian Brothers) act as babysitters for some bratty kids. Hilarity ensues.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_df7e11cd	comment	Manly Guys Doing Manly Things: Commander Badass is an in-universe example, being a former Super Soldier and (mostly) Amicably Divorced father of two young children. He's probably better at looking after them (and being a Parental Substitute to Jared the intern) than he was at being an action hero, but it's implied by some flashback panels that this was a long learning process.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_e4b1ab1e	comment	Pictured above: In The Pacifier, Vin Diesel plays a Navy SEAL tasked with babysitting the children of a dead scientist. Including two babies.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_ec19bd89	comment	Saiyuki: What Sanzo thinks he's become in the Burial arc before he visits the three aspects and realizes Goku isn't just some little kid who was stuck in a cave.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_ecd3889f	comment	John Cena in Playing with Fire (2019). He's the rugged and manly firefighter, they're the three kids that have to stay in the fire station until their parents are found.
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Action-Hero Babysitter / int_f655ed11	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Action-Hero Babysitter / int_f655ed11	comment	In an episode of Frasier, the macho Bulldog Briscoe proves himself to be a remarkably good, sensitive, babysitter to Alice Doyle. It isn't completely a cynical ploy to win her mother over: he really does seem to bond with Alice and take pleasure in doing so.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Action-Hero Babysitter	processingCategory2	Always Male
Action-Hero Babysitter	processingCategory2	Plots
How to Hero (Blog) / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Old Man Logan (2015) (Comic Book) / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Spy x Family Project: W.E.B. (Fanfic) / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Kindergarten Cop / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Playing with Fire (2019) / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
The Pacifier / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
The Spy Next Door / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Er Ha He Ta De Bai Mao Shi Zun / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Shōnen Onmyōji / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
Bad Lip Reading (Music) / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter
The Game Plan / int_428197ae	type	Action-Hero Babysitter

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