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* AssholeVictim: Bubby's parents who are physically, emotionally, and sexually abusive to him.
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* AssholeVictim: Bubby's parents who are physically, emotionally, and sexually abusive to him.him, and killed by him before he makes his escape.
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* AssholeVictim: Bubby's parents who are physically, emotionally, and sexually abusive to him.
** Also the parents of Angel, the nurse Bubby dates, who are emotionally abusive to her and constantly belittle her for her weight, including using religion to justify such abuse.
** Also the parents of Angel, the nurse Bubby dates, who are emotionally abusive to her and constantly belittle her for her weight, including using religion to justify such abuse.
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* AThreesomeIsHot: Subverted: one is arranged for Bubby as a thank-you by [[spoiler:the band he joins,]] but he isn't really interested, as neither of the women are busty enough to [[OedipusComplex remind him]] of his mother.
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* AThreesomeIsHot: Subverted: one is arranged for Bubby as a thank-you by [[spoiler:the band he joins,]] but he isn't really interested, as neither of the women are busty enough to [[OedipusComplex remind him]] him of his mother.
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* AbusiveParents: Played UpToEleven with the mother of Bubby who also rapes him.
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* AbusiveParents: Played UpToEleven with the mother of Bubby Bubby's mother, who also rapes him.
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* AccidentalPervert: Zigzagged and possibly Subverted: Bubby is raised so that incestuous and inappropriate behaviour is basically normalized in his mind, and is all he knows.
** More direct example: when his father returns, Bubby tries to grope his mother in a way that she has normalized for him. When his father sees this, his mother pretends to be as outraged as his father is.
** Even more direct example: Bubby's innocent forwardness means he is mistaken for a pervert of some kind by the group of suburban housewives he meets [[spoiler:who then attack him.]]
** More direct example: when his father returns, Bubby tries to grope his mother in a way that she has normalized for him. When his father sees this, his mother pretends to be as outraged as his father is.
** Even more direct example: Bubby's innocent forwardness means he is mistaken for a pervert of some kind by the group of suburban housewives he meets [[spoiler:who then attack him.]]
* BlackComedy: About as dark as you can get, but some moments are clearly intended to be humorous.
* CringeComedy: Many awkward moments result from Bubby's total innocence and lack of social restraint, such as the scene in the restaraunt and Bubby meeting Angel's parents.
* CringeComedy: Many awkward moments result from Bubby's total innocence and lack of social restraint, such as the scene in the restaraunt and Bubby meeting Angel's parents.
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* NoSocialSkills: Due to spending his entire life in isolation, Bubby has no idea how to behave in the real world.
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* NoSocialSkills: Due to spending his entire life in isolation, with only his crazy mother for company, Bubby has no idea how to behave in the real world.world.
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: The apparent rationalization used by the carol singer Bubby meets, and possibly by his abusive mother as well.
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: The apparent rationalization used by the carol singer Bubby meets, and possibly by his abusive mother as well.
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** In an equally dark way, this is how some of the people Bubby meets seem to view their relationship with him.
* PrisonRape: When Bubby ends up in a rough county jail, he is taken advantage of.
* RandomEventsPlot: After Bubby leaves his improvisedjail.confinement in the family home and wanders through Australian society with no plan, one event seems to follow another.
* PrisonRape: When Bubby ends up in a rough county jail, he is taken advantage of.
* RandomEventsPlot: After Bubby leaves his improvised
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* Squick: An awful lot of unpleasant situations involving incest and forms of sexual abuse are integral to the plot, covered elsewhere on this page.
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* {{Hikikomori}}: Bubby's mother appears to have no social life whatsoever. Also applies to Bubby, due to his mother not allowing him to leave the apartment for any reason.
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* {{Hikikomori}}: Bubby's mother appears to have no social life whatsoever. Also
**Also applies to Bubby, due to his mother not allowing him to leave the apartment for any reason.
**Also applies to Bubby, due to his mother not allowing him to leave the apartment for any reason.
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* FanDisservice: There is nudity from the outset, but the first examples involve Bubby's large, mature mother and him together in bed.
** Also, when Bubby convinces Angel to show him her body in the shower, it's about her seeking validation that she is not as hideous as her abusive parents have always told her.
** Also, when Bubby convinces Angel to show him her body in the shower, it's about her seeking validation that she is not as hideous as her abusive parents have always told her.
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* {{Hikikomori}}: Bubby's mother appears to have no social life whatsoever. Also applies to Bubby, due to his mother not allowing him to leave the apartment for any reason.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Bubby kills by smothering them with clingwrap.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Bubby [[spoiler:Bubby accidentally kills his awful parents by smothering them with clingwrap.]]
* AThreesomeIsHot: Subverted: one is arranged for Bubby as a thank-you by [[spoiler:the band he joins,]] but he isn't really interested, as neither of the women are busty enough to [[OedipusComplex remind him]] of his mother.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Subverted: one is arranged for Bubby as a thank-you by [[spoiler:the band he joins,]] but he isn't really interested, as neither of the women are busty enough to [[OedipusComplex remind him]] of his mother.
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It relates a story of Bubby, a boy who is held in the apartment by his mother though he is already 35 years old. Then he manages to escape and starts his adventures in the outer world.
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It relates a story of Bubby, a boy mentally disabled man who is held has spent his entire life in the apartment by home of his mother though he is already 35 years old. abusive mother. Then he manages to escape and starts his adventures in the outer outside world.
** Bubby starts dating a nurse named Angel. When he goes to meet her parents, they turn out to be emotionally abusive to her.
* BasementDweller: Bubby has never left his mother's house due to her telling him he'll die if he goes outside.
* BasementDweller: Bubby has never left his mother's house due to her telling him he'll die if he goes outside.
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* {{Hikikomori}}: Bubby's mother appears to have no social life whatsoever.
* ManChild: Bubby ismade 35 but has the one by his mother.mind of kindergartner.
* ManChild: Bubby is
* NoSocialSkills: Due to spending his entire life in isolation, Bubby has no idea how to behave in the real world.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Bubby kills by smothering them with clingwrap.
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** In the first part of the film Bubby remains in the apartment.
** Then he makes his escape and, now at large, tries to adapt to the huge world.
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** In the The first part of the film Bubby remains in the apartment.
** Then he makesshow's Bubby's life with his escape and, now at large, tries mother.
** The second part shows him escaping his mother's house and trying to adapt to thehuge wider world.
* UnnamedParent:Parents The parents are called only Mam and Pop.
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** The second part shows him escaping his mother's house and trying to adapt to the
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It relates a story of Bubby, a boy who is held in the appartment apartment by his mother though he is already 35 years old. Then he manages to escape and starts his adventures in the outer world.
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* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Zigzagged. The father of Bubby indeed arrives after a very long absence. However Bubby is kept in an appartment by lies and regularly abused by his mother. The father is not kind to him either. It is just that his arrival destroys the chancery of lies created by his mother and soon after the father appears Bubby makes his escape.
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* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Zigzagged. The father of Bubby indeed arrives after a very long absence. However Bubby is kept in an appartment apartment by lies and regularly abused by his mother. The father is not kind to him either. It is just that his arrival destroys the chancery of lies created by his mother and soon after the father appears Bubby makes his escape.
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* MindRape: That's how the mother keeps Bubby in the decrepit appartment. She tells him horrible stories about the outside world.
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* MindRape: That's how the mother keeps Bubby in the decrepit appartment.apartment. She tells him horrible stories about the outside world.
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* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Zigzagged. The father of Bubby indeed arrives after a very long absense.absence. However Bubby is kept in an appartment by lies and regularly abused by his mother. The father is not kind to him either. It is just that his arrival destroys the chancery of lies created by his mother and soon after the father appears Bubby makes his escape.
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* UnnamedParent: Parents are called only Mam and Pop.Pop.
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* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Zigzagged. The father of Bubby indeed arrives after a very long absense. However Bubby is kept in an appartment by lies and regulaerly regularly abused by his mother. The father is not kind to him either. It is just that his arrival destroys the chancery of lies created by his mother so and soon after the father appears Bubby makes his escape.
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* {{Hiklikomori}}: Bubby is made the one by his mother.
* {{Hiklikomori}}: Bubby is made the one by his mother.
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* GloriousSpermDonor: GlorifiedSpermDonor: Zigzagged. The father of Bubby indeed arrives after a very long absense. However Bubby is kept in an appartmeте appartment by lies and regulaerly abused by his mother. The father is not kind to him either. It is just that his arrival destroys the chancery of lies created by his mother so soon after the father appears Bubby makes his escape.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bubbyandcat.jpg]]
Bad Boy Bubby is a 1993 Australian film by Rolf de Heer.
It relates a story of Bubby, a boy who is held in the appartment by his mother though he is already 35 years old. Then he manages to escape and starts his adventures in the outer world.
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!! Tropes
* AbusiveParents: Played UpToEleven with the mother of Bubby who also rapes him.
* GloriousSpermDonor: Zigzagged. The father of Bubby indeed arrives after a very long absense. However Bubby is kept in an appartmeте by lies and regulaerly abused by his mother. The father is not kind to him either. It is just that his arrival destroys the chancery of lies created by his mother so soon after the father appears Bubby makes his escape.
* {{Hiklikomori}}: Bubby is made the one by his mother.
* MindRape: That's how the mother keeps Bubby in the decrepit appartment. She tells him horrible stories about the outside world.
* PetTheDog: The cat is the only friend for Bubby in his confinement.
* RandomEventsPlot: After Bubby leaves his improvised jail.
* TwoActStructure:
** In the first part of the film Bubby remains in the appartment.
** Then he makes his escape and, now at large, tries to adapt to the huge world.
* UnnamedParent: Parents are called only Mam and Pop.
Bad Boy Bubby is a 1993 Australian film by Rolf de Heer.
It relates a story of Bubby, a boy who is held in the appartment by his mother though he is already 35 years old. Then he manages to escape and starts his adventures in the outer world.
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!! Tropes
* AbusiveParents: Played UpToEleven with the mother of Bubby who also rapes him.
* GloriousSpermDonor: Zigzagged. The father of Bubby indeed arrives after a very long absense. However Bubby is kept in an appartmeте by lies and regulaerly abused by his mother. The father is not kind to him either. It is just that his arrival destroys the chancery of lies created by his mother so soon after the father appears Bubby makes his escape.
* {{Hiklikomori}}: Bubby is made the one by his mother.
* MindRape: That's how the mother keeps Bubby in the decrepit appartment. She tells him horrible stories about the outside world.
* PetTheDog: The cat is the only friend for Bubby in his confinement.
* RandomEventsPlot: After Bubby leaves his improvised jail.
* TwoActStructure:
** In the first part of the film Bubby remains in the appartment.
** Then he makes his escape and, now at large, tries to adapt to the huge world.
* UnnamedParent: Parents are called only Mam and Pop.
