Before his death, Eleanor's father had implored her to act as a mother towards her toddler brother, and it was a request she made good upon for the rest of Hall's life.

On one occasion the father of Jince, the maiden who served as arranger of his bed-chamber, lost a valuable buckle in a deep cistern, and implored Cugel to bring it forth.

"Well, be careful how you shoot those things off," his father implored, from the Lester Dawes, "Get one inside the crater and we won't have any spaceport."

His father, because of a new attack, implored him to lead the army.

And the time his father implored him to graduate from college.

In the cold opening, Marshall and Lily discuss their upcoming housewarming party with Lily's father, Mickey, imploring him not to ruin the night.

His Polish father implored him to change his mind.

Her father implored her to practice her American accent as opposed to her more familiar language, Russian.

Noret's father also implored him to forgive the training robot Chirox who was the cause of Zon's death.

Her father implored her not to come home, at least for the time being.