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* '''Deconstructed:''' Alice and Bob are loving parents, but Carl is a horrible person. They try their best to remain good to him despite this, but they eventually snap and become AbusiveParents.

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* '''Deconstructed:''' '''Deconstructed:'''
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Alice and Bob are loving parents, but Carl is a horrible person. They try their best to remain good to him despite this, but they eventually snap and become AbusiveParents.



* '''Reconstructed:''' Carl's parents becoming very abusive because of his awful behavior causes reality to hit him like a truck full of bricks. He improves his ways, and Carl's parents are once again loving. [[AnAesop A life without friends is a depressing one indeed.]]

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* '''Reconstructed:''' '''Reconstructed:'''
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Carl's parents becoming very abusive because of his awful behavior causes reality to hit him like a truck full of bricks. He improves his ways, and Carl's parents are once again loving. [[AnAesop A life without friends is a depressing one indeed.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''': Carl's parents are both {{Incorruptible Pure Pureness}}es.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Carl's parents are both {{Incorruptible Pure Pureness}}es.Pureness}}es.
** Carl's kind's ancestors/gods [[BenevolentPrecursors were benevolent people]].
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** Or Carl's father is a positive role model who's a caring parent towards him, while his mother is anything but a loving mom.
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* '''Reconstructed:''' Carl's parents becoming very abusive because of his awful behavior causes reality to hit him like a truck full of bricks. He improves his ways, and Carl's parents are once again loving. [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped A life without friends is a depressing one indeed.]]

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* '''Reconstructed:''' Carl's parents becoming very abusive because of his awful behavior causes reality to hit him like a truck full of bricks. He improves his ways, and Carl's parents are once again loving. [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped [[AnAesop A life without friends is a depressing one indeed.]]
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** Carl's mother is very loving to him, but his father is a douche.


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** Carl's parents are very loving towards him...but [[ParentalFavoritism not to his siblings.]]


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* '''Deconstructed:''' Alice and Bob are loving parents, but Carl is a horrible person. They try their best to remain good to him despite this, but they eventually snap and become AbusiveParents.
** Alice and Bob are PushoverParents, and as a result Carl doesn't learn that his actions have consequences.
* '''Reconstructed:''' Carl's parents becoming very abusive because of his awful behavior causes reality to hit him like a truck full of bricks. He improves his ways, and Carl's parents are once again loving. [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped A life without friends is a depressing one indeed.]]
** Alice and Bob eventually put their feet down, to Carl's surprise. They remain loving parents, albeit more strict, so that Carl knows right from wrong.

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* '''Subverted''': Carl's mom and dad were so kind until they later act so abusive towards him.

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Carl's mom and dad were so kind until they later act so abusive towards him.him.
** Carl always talks about how great his parents are, but the more his parents are shown, the more apparent it becomes that they are actually abusive towards him.



* '''Averted''': Carl's parents neither love nor hate him.

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Carl's parents neither love nor hate him.him.
** Carl is an orphan who never met his parents.
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* '''Straight''': Carl's mom and dad are loving and compassionate towards him.

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* '''Straight''': Carl's mom Alice and dad Bob are loving and compassionate towards him.
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** ParentalNeglect
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???"Treat our kids right? Hell no! I'm not gonna be nice to the little brat [[ResentfulGuardian who ruined our life the day it came out of my wife's womb!]]"

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* '''Inverted''': AbusiveParents

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* '''Inverted''': AbusiveParents'''Inverted''':
** AbusiveParents
** Carl is a well-behaved and kind-hearted child to his parents.

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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???'''Justified''':
** Carl's parents are good people who want to do the best for their son.
** One or both of Carl's parents had terrible parents growing up, and they swore to never be like them.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Sometimes Carl's parents are benevolent, sometimes they're nasty; their intelligence also varies, and his mother and father don't necessarily act the same way on the same day.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Carl's parents are [[GoodIsDumb good but dumb]] and Carl takes advantage of this to get away with all kinds of dangerous stunts.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Carl's parents are StupidGood.
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** Could be justified if the plot requires that the parents be GoodParents because otherwise, the protagonist would just be too much of a Woobie or otherwise beleaguered. For example, if Carl is bullied at school, his teacher hates him for no reason, his best friend just moved to Australia, and his girlfriend just dumped him, he darn well might NEED some GoodParents. In a less extreme example, the trope could be justified if the writer is trying to present an intact family, if the parents are supposed to be good examples of a religion with otherwise bad publicity (Islam and Christianity come to mind), or if the fact that the parent is good is integral to the plot.
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**Could be justified if the plot requires that the parents be GoodParents because otherwise, the protagonist would just be too much of a Woobie or otherwise beleaguered. For example, if Carl is bullied at school, his teacher hates him for no reason, his best friend just moved to Australia, and his girlfriend just dumped him, he darn well might NEED some GoodParents. In a less extreme example, the trope could be justified if the writer is trying to present an intact family, if the parents are supposed to be good examples of a religion with otherwise bad publicity (Islam and Christianity come to mind), or if the fact that the parent is good is integral to the plot.
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* '''Conversed''': "''Troperville'' has way better parents than the parents in real life."

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* '''Conversed''': "''Troperville'' has way better parents than the parents in real life.my parents."
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The author loved his parents and wanted to make parent characters for the hero as a tribute to them.



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* '''Conversed''': ???"''Troperville'' has way better parents than the parents in real life."
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'''Basic Trope''': Parents are good to their children.
*'''Straight''': Carl's mom and dad are loving and compassionate towards him.
*'''Exaggerated''': Carl's parents are both {{Incorruptible Pure Pureness}}es.
*'''Downplayed''':
** Carl's parents are strict, but treat him well at the end of the day.
** Or Carl's parents are [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With A Heart Of Gold]].
*'''Justified''': ???
*'''Inverted''': AbusiveParents
*'''Subverted''': Carl's mom and dad were so kind until they later act so abusive towards him.
*'''Double Subverted''': But this [[ToughLove treatment was to make him a better person]]. They soon drop the act when he improves.
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*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Carl's parents neither love nor hate him.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "My parents are awesome!"
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*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': "I wish my parents were like Carl's."
*'''Conversed''': ???
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