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'''Basic Trope''': AbusiveParents that are PlayedForLaughs.
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'''Basic Trope''': AbusiveParents (or other forms of child abuse) that are PlayedForLaughs.
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** Chris is TheChewToy, and ''everyone'' in his life has done something awful to him that's entirely played as comedy.
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** The humor is more in how Chris actually gets mistreated, since it's played in [[CrossesTheLineTwice a ridiculously over-the-top way]] (with some CoolAndUnusualPunishment possible) that makes it hard to actually take seriously.
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** [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Chris's own mother somehow didn't show up for his birth]].
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** [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Chris's Chris' own mother somehow didn't show up for his birth]].
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** To [[AcceptableTargets make fun of]] AbusiveParents.
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** To [[AcceptableTargets make fun of]] of AbusiveParents.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes child abuse is portrayed for laughs, and sometimes it isn't.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes child abuse is portrayed played for laughs, and sometimes it isn't.
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* '''Justified''': Chris is an EnfantTerrible, so it's funnier to watch him get in trouble for his actions.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Chris is an EnfantTerrible, so it's funnier to watch him get in trouble for hisactions.actions.
** An adult Chris is retelling the stories of the terrible his parents did to him in his childhood and is deliberately framing the events in a ([[BlackComedy darkly]]) comedic way. It is very evident that it is his way of coping with the trauma that was inflicted upon him.
** Chris is an EnfantTerrible, so it's funnier to watch him get in trouble for his
** An adult Chris is retelling the stories of the terrible his parents did to him in his childhood and is deliberately framing the events in a ([[BlackComedy darkly]]) comedic way. It is very evident that it is his way of coping with the trauma that was inflicted upon him.
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** Chris's own mother somehow didn't show up for his birth.
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** [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Chris's own mother somehow didn't show up for his birth.birth]].
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* '''Conversed''': ???
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* '''Conversed''': ???"I feel like it'd be a lot less funny if Chris were a real child."
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* '''Parodied''': Chris is shown [[{{squick}} being abused in ways meant to be disturbing as possible]] before a laugh track as a satire of the concept.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Chris is shown [[{{squick}} being abused in ways meant to be disturbing as possible]] before a laugh track as a satire of theconcept.concept.
** Chris's own mother somehow didn't show up for his birth.
** Chris is shown [[{{squick}} being abused in ways meant to be disturbing as possible]] before a laugh track as a satire of the
** Chris's own mother somehow didn't show up for his birth.
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* '''Justified''': A NegativeSpaceWedgy resukts in [[CompleteMonster Charlie]] getting the role of the child and [[YouKilledMyFather Alice]] and [[DoomedHometown Bob]] were victimized by him and are taking advantage of the situation for revenge, although both agree ImGoingToHellForThis
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* '''Justified''': A NegativeSpaceWedgy resukts in [[CompleteMonster Charlie]] getting the role of the child and [[YouKilledMyFather Alice]] and [[DoomedHometown Bob]] were victimized by Chris is an EnfantTerrible, so it's funnier to watch him and are taking advantage of the situation get in trouble for revenge, although both agree ImGoingToHellForThishis actions.
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* '''Parodied''': Charlie is shown [[{{squick}} being abused in ways meant to be disturbing as possible]] before a laugh track as a satire of the concept.
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* '''Parodied''': Charlie Chris is shown [[{{squick}} being abused in ways meant to be disturbing as possible]] before a laugh track as a satire of the concept.
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* '''Justified''': ???A NegativeSpaceWedgy resukts in [[CompleteMonster Charlie]] getting the role of the child and [[YouKilledMyFather Alice]] and [[DoomedHometown Bob]] were victimized by him and are taking advantage of the situation for revenge, although both agree ImGoingToHellForThis
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* '''Parodied''': ???Charlie is shown [[{{squick}} being abused in ways meant to be disturbing as possible]] before a laugh track as a satire of the concept.
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'''Basic Trope''': AbusiveParents that are PlayedForLaughs.
* '''Straight''': Chris's parents Alice and Bob do lots of mean things to him, which is all played for comedy.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice and Bob berate their son for everything, repeatedly hit him with a sledgehammer, make him bathe in hot oil whenever he does anything wrong, and even [[{{Squick}} sexually abuse him]]. [[CrossesTheLineTwice This is all played for laughs]].
** Chris has a humorous MultipleChoicePast consisting of various awful things his parents did to him.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob once got overly mad at Chris for a simple misunderstanding, which is treated as a joke.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''':
** AbusiveParents are treated as a MoralEventHorizon crossover.
** DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult; Chris treats his parents horribly, which is played for laughs.
* '''Subverted''': Due to CerebusRetcon, Alice and Bob's constant treatment of their son is now considered more serious.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Chris remembers the time they called him "stupid ass" for failing a math test and finds it pretty funny.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes child abuse is portrayed for laughs, and sometimes it isn't.
* '''Averted''':
** There is no child abuse.
** Child abuse is portrayed seriously.
* '''Enforced''':
** "What BlackComedy joke have we not done yet? How about portraying AbusiveParents as a joke?"
** To [[AcceptableTargets make fun of]] AbusiveParents.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Chris [[DudeNotFunny doesn't find it funny]], and runs away from home to stop getting abused.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
* '''Straight''': Chris's parents Alice and Bob do lots of mean things to him, which is all played for comedy.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice and Bob berate their son for everything, repeatedly hit him with a sledgehammer, make him bathe in hot oil whenever he does anything wrong, and even [[{{Squick}} sexually abuse him]]. [[CrossesTheLineTwice This is all played for laughs]].
** Chris has a humorous MultipleChoicePast consisting of various awful things his parents did to him.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob once got overly mad at Chris for a simple misunderstanding, which is treated as a joke.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''':
** AbusiveParents are treated as a MoralEventHorizon crossover.
** DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult; Chris treats his parents horribly, which is played for laughs.
* '''Subverted''': Due to CerebusRetcon, Alice and Bob's constant treatment of their son is now considered more serious.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Chris remembers the time they called him "stupid ass" for failing a math test and finds it pretty funny.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes child abuse is portrayed for laughs, and sometimes it isn't.
* '''Averted''':
** There is no child abuse.
** Child abuse is portrayed seriously.
* '''Enforced''':
** "What BlackComedy joke have we not done yet? How about portraying AbusiveParents as a joke?"
** To [[AcceptableTargets make fun of]] AbusiveParents.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Chris [[DudeNotFunny doesn't find it funny]], and runs away from home to stop getting abused.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
