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** Carl's parents had embarrassing parents themselves and decided to avoid making too bringing attention to themselves unless neccessary and not call Carl by his EmbarrasingNickname when he became old enough to not like it.
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** Carl's parents had embarrassing parents themselves and decided to avoid making too bringing attention to themselves unless neccessary necessary and not call Carl by his EmbarrasingNickname EmbarrassingNickname when he became old enough to not like it.
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** Carl's parents had embarrassing parents themselves and decided to avoid making too bringing attention to themselves unless neccessary and not call Carl by his EmbarrasingNickname when he became old enough to not like it.
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** Carl's parents had embarrassing parents themselves and decided to avoid making too bringing attention to themselves unless neccessary and not call Carl by his EmbarrasingNickname when he became old enough to not like it.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob, who are Carl's parents, are ''very'' much so MeddlingParents and continue to do things that embarrass him when he's an adult.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob, who are Carl's parents, are ''very'' much so MeddlingParents HelicopterParents and continue to do things that embarrass him when he's an adult.
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** Alice and Bob are AbusiveParents / MeddlingParents, and them constantly humiliating Carl lowers his self-esteem.
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** Alice and Bob are AbusiveParents / MeddlingParents, AbusiveParents, and them constantly humiliating Carl lowers his self-esteem.
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* '''Enforced''': ???
The series creator wants to set up conflict between parents and their children that many people can relate to.
* '''Lampshaded''':???"Mom, stop embarrassing me in front of everyone!"
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* '''Conversed''': ???"Wow, I already feel a lot of secondhand embarrassment towards Carl."
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* '''Defied''': Carl lets his parents know that he finds some of their antics embarrassing and asks them to stop.
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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
** Carl lets his parents know that he finds some of their antics embarrassing and asks them tostop.stop.
** Alice doesn't want to ruin her public image, so she starts being less embarrassing.
** Carl lets his parents know that he finds some of their antics embarrassing and asks them to
** Alice doesn't want to ruin her public image, so she starts being less embarrassing.
* '''Deconstructed''': Carl never reaches independence because his mother still bothers and humiliates him, which ends up severely damaging his self-esteem.
* '''Reconstructed''': [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Alice realizes what she has done for Carl,]] so she starts listening to Carl and gaining more empathy.
* '''Reconstructed''': [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Alice realizes what she has done for Carl,]] so she starts listening to Carl and gaining more empathy.
* '''Played for Horror''': The severe embarrassment causes Carl to become an UngratefulBastard AbusiveOffspring who [[SelfMadeOrphan tortures and tries to kill his mother]] [[OffingTheAnnoyance to shut her up]] [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption by himself.]]
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You forgot your link to AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents, sweetie! Here, I'll come bring it to you.
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You forgot your link to AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents, sweetie! Here, I'll come and bring it to you.
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'''Basic Trope''': A parent who does things that their kids find embarrassing.
* '''Straight''': Alice, who is Carl's mom, picks her son up from school while doing a goofy song and dance, calling Carl by his EmbarrassingNickname, and telling Carl's peers about embarrassing things he did as a kid.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob, who are Carl's parents, are ''very'' much so MeddlingParents and continue to do things that embarrass him when he's an adult.
* '''Downplayed''': Carl forgets his school project at home. His mom brings it in for him, and while she ''could'' have done it in a less embarrassing way (such as by bringing it to the front office), she comes right into Carl's classroom and tells him "Hey, [[EmbarrassingNickname Carlie-Poo]], you forgot this!" in front of the whole class.
* '''Justified''':
** Carl's parents have NoSocialSkills and aren't aware of what kids find humiliating.
** Carl has AbusiveParents that are ''trying'' to humiliate him.
** Carl is an EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster in general.
* '''Inverted''':
** Carl's parents are very embarrassed by their son.
** Carl finds his parents really cool.
* '''Subverted''': Carl is at first annoyed, but he privately admits to his mom that what she did while picking him up from school was ActuallyPrettyFunny.
* '''Double Subverted''': He changes his mind when the AlphaBitch Dana starts teasing him, though.
* '''Parodied''': The only "embarrassing thing" that Alice does is wear a shirt with a small stain on it sometimes. This is portrayed as FauxHorrific by everyone.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Carl's parents are not present.
** Carl's parents never do things that are embarrassing.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Alice does something embarrassing in public to punish her son for negative behavior.
* '''Defied''': Carl lets his parents know that he finds some of their antics embarrassing and asks them to stop.
* '''Discussed''': "My parents are really embarrassing."
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Carl's friend Ethan brings up a NoodleIncident: "Oh, man, this won't be like the time your mom came in calling you her fuzzy bunny milk monkey, will it?"
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice humiliating her son is played as CringeComedy.
* '''Played for Drama''':
** Alice and Bob are AbusiveParents / MeddlingParents, and them constantly humiliating Carl lowers his self-esteem.
** Alice ''wants'' to get closer to her son, but doesn't know how to, and is having difficulty believing Carl isn't her little boy anymore. She doesn't realize she's embarrassing him, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feels horrible]] when she realizes that's what she's been doing.
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You forgot your link to AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents, sweetie! Here, I'll come bring it to you.
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* '''Straight''': Alice, who is Carl's mom, picks her son up from school while doing a goofy song and dance, calling Carl by his EmbarrassingNickname, and telling Carl's peers about embarrassing things he did as a kid.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob, who are Carl's parents, are ''very'' much so MeddlingParents and continue to do things that embarrass him when he's an adult.
* '''Downplayed''': Carl forgets his school project at home. His mom brings it in for him, and while she ''could'' have done it in a less embarrassing way (such as by bringing it to the front office), she comes right into Carl's classroom and tells him "Hey, [[EmbarrassingNickname Carlie-Poo]], you forgot this!" in front of the whole class.
* '''Justified''':
** Carl's parents have NoSocialSkills and aren't aware of what kids find humiliating.
** Carl has AbusiveParents that are ''trying'' to humiliate him.
** Carl is an EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster in general.
* '''Inverted''':
** Carl's parents are very embarrassed by their son.
** Carl finds his parents really cool.
* '''Subverted''': Carl is at first annoyed, but he privately admits to his mom that what she did while picking him up from school was ActuallyPrettyFunny.
* '''Double Subverted''': He changes his mind when the AlphaBitch Dana starts teasing him, though.
* '''Parodied''': The only "embarrassing thing" that Alice does is wear a shirt with a small stain on it sometimes. This is portrayed as FauxHorrific by everyone.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Carl's parents are not present.
** Carl's parents never do things that are embarrassing.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Alice does something embarrassing in public to punish her son for negative behavior.
* '''Defied''': Carl lets his parents know that he finds some of their antics embarrassing and asks them to stop.
* '''Discussed''': "My parents are really embarrassing."
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Carl's friend Ethan brings up a NoodleIncident: "Oh, man, this won't be like the time your mom came in calling you her fuzzy bunny milk monkey, will it?"
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice humiliating her son is played as CringeComedy.
* '''Played for Drama''':
** Alice and Bob are AbusiveParents / MeddlingParents, and them constantly humiliating Carl lowers his self-esteem.
** Alice ''wants'' to get closer to her son, but doesn't know how to, and is having difficulty believing Carl isn't her little boy anymore. She doesn't realize she's embarrassing him, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feels horrible]] when she realizes that's what she's been doing.
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You forgot your link to AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents, sweetie! Here, I'll come bring it to you.
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