History PlayingWith / SelfMadeOrphan

'''Basic Trope''': A child kills their parents.
* '''Straight''': Carl shoots both AliceAndBob [[BoomHeadshot in their faces]].
* '''Exaggerated''':

** Carl goes back in time to shortly before he was born. In addition to killing his father, he also somehow arranges for [[DeathByChildbirth his mother to not survive giving birth to him]].

** Carl [[KarmicRape rapes his sexually abusive mother]] to death after torturing his physically abusive father into pleading for his life.
* '''Downplayed''':

** Carl wounds his parents, but does not kill them.

** Carl has the opportunity to prevent his parents' death, but [[MurderByInaction deliberately avoids doing it.]]
** Carl plans to kill his parents, ''eventually'', [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness but not while he's still dependent on them.]]
* '''Justified''':
** Carl's parents were {{abusive|Parents}}.
** Carl's parents were [[EvilMatriarch vill]][[ArchnemesisDad ains]].

** Carl's parents were about to kill him and he did it in self-defense.
** Carl does this to save innocent bystanders who were about to be harmed by his parents.

** Carl's parents were crippled to the point of near death by someone else and were unable to recover from their condition, and so poor Carl [[MercyKill had no other choice but to put them out of their misery]].
** Carl is {{rebellious|Spirit}} and hates his parents telling him what to do.
** Carl is TheEvilPrince who wanted to off [[RulingCouple Queen Alice and King Bob]] before they could pass the law abolishing the HeirClubForMen and allowing his sister, Princess Daniella, to inherit the throne before him.
* '''Inverted''':

** Carl saves his parents from a murderer.
** Carl [[DisneyDeath resurrects his parents]] from the dead.
* '''Subverted''':
** It appears that the murder of Carl's parents was an {{accident|alMurder}}.
** It appears that Carl was framed for killing his parents.

** It turns out that Carl did kill his parents.
* '''Parodied''':
** Carl kills his parents because they [[GroundedForever grounded him for 20 years]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for accidentally spilling milk]].

** Carl goes back in time and spits in the primordial soup of the first prokaryotes to alter his family tree to rid his parents, [[Main/ButterflyOfDoom not realizing he's drastically changing the timeline]] [[Main/CrapsackWorld into a hellhole run by]] [[CatFolk anthropomorphic cats]] where humanity is a SlaveRace.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': It looks like Carl killed his parents, but then it turns out Bob did it. Of course, [[TheManBehindTheMan this is because Alice payed him to]], but [[TheChessmaster Alice is bankrolled by Carl...]] Or rather, Carl's SplitPersonality, Steven. It then turns it was [[BitchInSheepsClothing the 'good' side]], Carl, that ordered the hit after a SplitPersonalityMerge.
* '''Averted''': Carl never kills his parents.
* '''Enforced''':
** "Okay, so Emperor Evulz gets defeated. We want [[SequelHook an early sign]] that Carl will grow up to be the new BigBad." "Let's have him kill his own parents."
** "We want an AntiHero with a DarkAndTroubledPast, let's have him as the son of Emperor Evulz and have him killed his evil parents?"

* '''Invoked''':
** Carl's parents deliberately raise him to be a murderer.
** Carl's parents abuse him in the hope that he kills them.
* '''Exploited''':

** Carl kills his parents to get his inheritance early.
* '''Defied''':
** Carl refuses to kill his parents, no matter what they do to him.
** Worried that Carl might be murderous, his parents give him what he wants so he doesn't kill them.
** After Carl attempts to murder his parents, they give him up for adoption in another city.
* '''Discussed''':
** "Mom and Dad are so evil. I would kill them, but that would be wrong."

* '''Conversed''': "Carl killed his parents at the end of the episode? About time! [[TheScrappy I never liked them anyways.]]"
* '''Implied''': Carl walks into his parents' house carrying a knife. The next time we see him, he's [[RaisedByGrandparents living with his grandparents]].
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Carl is soon exposed for the murder of his parents and is tried as an adult. As he becomes an adult, he is sentenced for 25 years in prison.
** Alex and Claire team up to avenge their parents' deaths by killing Carl.
** Carl [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes too late that this was a terrible idea]], and he now misses AliceAndBob. He becomes a pariah to the rest of the world, and his siblings shun him.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Although this didn't stop him from being satisfied in killing his parents. Also, he breaks out at the first opportunity.
** Of course, Alex and Claire were abusive siblings towards Carl, so Carl kills them successfully.

* '''Played for Laughs''': Carl's parents ground him. When he kills them as revenge, his friend Adam says "It's good to have you back, Carl!"
* '''Played for Drama''':
** Carl has killed Alice and Bob while [[ForcedToWatch making his siblings, Alex and Claire, watch.]]

* '''Plot Foundation''': Carl averting ChildrenAreInnocent makes it that much easier to believe he's a CompleteMonster later in the story.

** Carl is {{rebellious|spirit}} and hates his parents telling him what to do.

** Carl's parents were pretty [[ToughLove strict]] towards him, which was enough to set him off.

** Carl uses it to get his inheritance early.

** "The term "orphaned" implies someone ''else'' made me an orphan...Not so much as it turns out."

* '''Straight''': Carl has shot both AliceAndBob [[BoomHeadshot in both of their faces]].

** Carl kills his parents because they [[GroundedForever grounded him for 20 years]] for accidentally spilling milk.

* '''Played for Laughs''': Carl's parents ground him. When he kills them as revenge, his friend Adam says, "It's good to have you back, Carl."

* '''Zig Zagged''': It looks like Carl killed his parents, but then it turns out Bob did it. Of course, [[TheManBehindTheMan this is because Alice payed him to]], but [[TheChessmaster Alice is bankrolled by Carl...]] Or rather, Carl's SplitPersonality, Steven. It then turns it was [[BitchInSheepsClothing the 'good' side]], Carl, that ordered the hit after a SplitPersonalityMerge.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Carl's parents ground him. When he kills them as revenge, his friend Adam says, "It's good to have you back, Carl."
* '''Played For Drama''':

** Carl goes back in time and spits in the primordial soup of the first prokaryotes to alter his family tree to rid his parents, [[Main/ButterflyOfDoom not realizing he's drastically changing the timeline]] [[Main/CrapsackWorld into a world dominated by an Arabesque hellhole run by]] [[CatFolk Anthropomorphic Sand cats]] where humanity is a SlaveRace.

** Several characters kill their parents, leading to a TeenageWasteland.

** Several characters kill their parents.

** Carl is TheEvilPrince who wanted to off [[RulingCouple Queen Alice and King Bob]] before they could pass the law abolishing the HeirClubForMen and allowing his sister, Princess Daniella, from inheriting the throne before him.

** Carl has a nasty argument with his parents. Carl yells at the both of them, telling them that he wished they were dead, which earns him a slap from Bob. Carl then punches Bob in return, earning the rage of Alice who scolds him for doing that to his own father. Carl pushes Alice down, which then leads to a fight between him and Bob. Losing the fight, Carl grabs a gun out of desperation and shoots Bob, killing him in the process. Carl turns to Alice, who is shocked that Bob would kill his own father, and to her horror, she gets shot and killed too. A few minutes have passed and Bob [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes what he has done]] and leaves the house with no idea what to do next.

** Carl goes back in time and spits in the primordial soup of the first prokaryotes to alter his family tree to rid his parents, [[Main/ButterflyOfDoom not realizing he's drastically changing the timeline]] [[Main/CrapsackWorld into a world dominated by an Arabesque hellhole run by]] [[Main/PettingZooPeople Anthro Sand cats]] where humanity is a SlaveRace.

** Carl's parents were pretty [[ToughLove strict]], which was enough for him to kill them.

* '''Played For Drama''': Carl has killed Alice and Bob while [[ForcedToWatch making his siblings, Alex and Claire, watch.]]

** * Carl goes back in time and spits in the primordial soup of the first prokaryotes to alter his family tree to rid his parents, [[Main/ButterflyOfDoom not realizing he's drastically changing the timeline]] [[Main/CrapsackWorld into a world dominated by an Arabesque hellhole run by]] [[Main/PettingZooPeople Anthro Sand cats]] where humanity is a SlaveRace.

** * Carl goes back in time and spits in the primordial soup of the first prokaryotes to alter his family tree to rid his parents, [[Main/ButterflyOfDoom not realizing he's drastically changing the timeline]] [[Main/CrapsackWorld into a world dominated by a]] [[Main/Qurac Arabesque]] [[Main/CrapsackWorld hellhole run by]] [[Main/PettingZooPeople Anthro Sand cats]].

** * Carl goes back in time and spits in the primordial soup of the first prokaryotes to alter his family tree to rid his parents, [[Main/ButterflyOfDoom not realizing he's drastically changing the timeline]] [[Main/CrapsackWorld into a world dominated by a]] [[Qurac]] [[Dystopia]] run by [[Main/PettingZooPeople Anthro Sand cats]].

** * Carl goes back in time and spits in the primordial soup of the first prokaryotes to alter his family tree to rid his parents, [[Main/ButterflyOfDoom not realizing he's drastically changing the timeline]] [[Main/CrapsackWorld into a world dominated by a]] Qurac Dystopia run by [[Main/PettingZooPeople Anthro Sand cats]].

* '''Lampshaded''': "[[WhatTheHellHero What have you done, Carl!?]] Those were your parents!"

** Carl is soon exposed for murder of his parents and is tried as an adult. As he becomes an adult, he is sentenced for 25 years in prison.

** Carl realizes too late that this was a terrible idea, and he now misses AliceAndBob. He becomes a pariah to the rest of the world, and his siblings shun him.

** [[TabletopeGame/{{Paranoia}} In court,]] [[RefugeInAudacity Carl pleads for clemency on account that he's an orphan.]]

** Carl commits Genocide from the Inside.