History PlayingWith / TurnOutLikeHisFather

* '''Parodied''': Charlie was an ice cream salesman, and Alice lives in morbid fear that Bob will be - gasp! - an ice cream man as well.

* '''Enforced''': Turns out Charlie wasn't dead at all, just alienated from Bob by Alice; he sues her for primary custody, wins, and raises his son to be just like him.

* '''Straight''': After John dies in battle, before his son, Bob, is born, Jane raises Bob far away from military installations and does not tell him anything about his father's military career.
* '''Exaggerated''': Jane raises Bob in the forest, so ''no one'' could tell him anything about the military.
* '''Downplayed''': Jane tells Bob about the military, some local installations, and some relatives who were in the military (obviously not including John), but that's it.

** Jane is terrified that Bob will die, too.

* '''Inverted''': Jane eagerly tries to mold Bob into acting just like John.

** It looks like Jane is trying to raise Bob to be different, but then it turns out that she is subtly trying to mold him into John.
** Jane made up John's military career to have an excuse to control her son.

* '''Parodied''': John was an ice cream salesman, and Jane lives in morbid fear that Bob will be - gasp! - an ice cream man as well.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Whenver Bob does something, Jane immediately compares it to what John would do. Then she decides whether to encourage or discourage it based on how well it worked for John.
* '''Averted''': Jane is okay with him being whatever he wants to when he grows up.
* '''Enforced''': Turns out John wasn't dead at all, just alienated from Bob by Jane; he sues her for primary custody, wins, and raises his son to be just like him.

* '''Exploited''': The Big Bad makes sure Jane raises Bob so that he doesn't grow up to be a hero.

* '''Discussed''': "The chances are that Jane will raise Bob to be different from his father."

* '''Deconstructed''': Jane's pathological need to [[MyBelovedSmother control Bob]] is part guilt over how she treated John, part making her son wholly her own, and results Bob revolting and fleeing her. To join the army.

** Jane does not control Bob but instead just encourages any safe interest he has. Bob does not feel especially controlled and she succeeds.
* '''Implied''': Bob asks about his father, and Jane suddenly gets very serious and refuses to tell him. The camera pauses meaningfully on what might be a posthumous medal of honor.

* '''Exaggerated''': Jane raises Bob in the LostWoods, so ''no one'' could tell him anything about the military.

** John was the BigBad. Jane raises Bob to be good.

** John was the BigBad Jane raises Bob to be evil.

* '''Defied''': "Nah."

* '''Reconstructed''': She has, however, installed in him some sense, so that while he turns a soldier, he is less headstrong and survives.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

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

* '''Justified''': Jane is terrified that Bob will die, too.

* '''Double Subverted''': Except then she's not.

* '''Subverted''': It looks like Jane is trying to raise Bob to be different, but then it turns out that she is subtly trying to mold him into John.

* '''Deconstructed''': Jane's pathological need to [[MyBelovedSmother control Bob]] is part guilt over how she treated John, part making her son wholly her own, and results Bob revolting and fleeing her. To join the army.
* '''Reconstructed''': She has, however, installed in him some sense, so that while he turns a soldier, he is less headstrong and survives.

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** John was the [[BigBad]]. Jane raises Bob to be good.

** John was the [[BigBad]] Jane raises Bob to be evil.

* John was the [[BigBad]]. Jane raises Bob to be good.

* John was the [[BigBad]] Jane raises Bob to be evil.

* '''Straight''': After John dies in battle, Jane raises their son far away from military installations and does not tell him anything about his father's military career.
* '''Exaggerated''': Jane raises their son in the LostWoods, so ''no one'' could tell him anything about the military.
* '''Justified''': Jane is terrified that her son will die, too.
* '''Inverted''': Jane eagerly tries to mold her son into acting just like John.
* '''Subverted''': It looks like Jane is trying to raise their son to be different, but then it turns out that she is subtly trying to mold him into John.

* '''Parodied''': John was an ice cream salesman, and Jane lives in morbid fear that her son will be - gasp! - an ice cream man as well.
* '''Deconstructed''': Jane's pathological need to [[MyBelovedSmother control her son]] is part guilt over how she treated John, part making her son wholly her own, and results in her son revolting and fleeing her. Possibly to join the army.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Whenver the son does something, Jane immediately compares it to what John would do. Then she decides whether to encourage or discourage it based on how well it worked for John.

* '''Enforced''': Turns out John wasn't dead at all, just alienated from his son by Jane; he sues her for primary custody, wins, and raises his son to be just like him.

* '''Discussed''': "The chances are that Alice will raise Bob to be different from his father."

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Enforced''': Jane's ex-husband, having primary custody, can raise his son without much interference from Jane.

* '''Enforced''': ???