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4 | All the complex ties of blood and marriage. |
5 | |
6 | Check that your trope doesn't belong in one of the subcategories before you add it here. |
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8 | Compare CohabitationTropes. |
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10 | !!Tropes: |
11 | [[index]] |
12 | [floatboxright: |
13 | '''Subcategories:''' |
14 | + AdoptAnIndex |
15 | + DysfunctionalFamilyIndex |
16 | + FamilyTwistsIndex |
17 | + GenerationalTropes |
18 | + GeneticTropes |
19 | + IncestIsRelative |
20 | + InterracialAndInterspeciesLoveIndex |
21 | + MarriageTropes |
22 | + MurderInTheFamily |
23 | + OrphanedIndex |
24 | + OurClonesAreIdentical |
25 | + TheParentTrope |
26 | + ParentalIssues |
27 | + PaternityTropes |
28 | + RoyaltyAndNobilityTropes |
29 | + SiblingTropes |
30 | + SonOfTropeDaughterOfIndex |
31 | + ThisIndexIsNotLikeHisFamily |
32 | + TwinTropes |
33 | ] |
34 | * AccentsArentHereditary: A character speaks with an accent different from the rest of their family. |
35 | * AdoptionAngst: A character discovers they are adopted, and don't take it well. |
36 | * AdoptionConflict: The biological and adoptive parents of a character fight over who's actually the characters family. |
37 | * AdoptionIsNotAnOption: A couple who are struggling to have children never think about adopting a kid. |
38 | * AdoptingTheAbused: An abused child is taken in by a healthier and much more loving family. |
39 | * AdultAdoptee: An adult character is adopted into a different family despite being legally of age. |
40 | * AlternateTimelineAncestry: A character, or an AlternateSelf, is born anyway despite their ancestry being changed. |
41 | * AmbiguousFamilyTies: Spouses assume a distant relative comes from each other's family. |
42 | * AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: A character has a parental figure missing from their life without any explanation as to why. |
43 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: Characters' actions and similarities suggest they might be related. |
44 | * AmicableExes: Parents remain on good terms with each other despite being divorced. |
45 | * AncestorVeneration: The veneration, exaltation, and/or outright worship of one's ancestors. |
46 | * AntiNepotism: A character treats their family members coldly at work to avoid committing nepotism. |
47 | * AppealToFamilialWisdom: My relative told me this, so it must be right. |
48 | * ApronMatron: An imposing mother figure. |
49 | * AristocratTeam: A team where it is possible that certain members of rich/noble bloodlines team-up together. |
50 | * ArtificialFamilyMember: A robot or an ArtificialHuman that is treated as their creator's own child. |
51 | * AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: A father tries to bond with his son, who is quite reluctant to do so. |
52 | * BabyAsPayment: A family is broken apart after a parent (willing or otherwise) gives away their child in exchange for something else. |
53 | * BabiesEverAfter: A couple is shown to have started a family at the end of the story. |
54 | * BadassFamily: A family who battles together. |
55 | * BandOfRelatives: A musical group comprised of relatives. |
56 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: A horribly bleak, loveless, and all around dysfunctional family. |
57 | * BlackSheep: A character who sticks out from the rest of their family. |
58 | * BlendedFamilyDrama: Tension among new stepparents and stepsiblings. |
59 | * BondingOverMissingParents: Characters become close with each other upon finding out they both have missing/dead parents. |
60 | * ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: A family where the children consist of one son, one daughter, and a baby of either gender. |
61 | * BreakfastInBed: Family members making the first meal of the day for another as a show of love and appreciation. |
62 | * BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: A parent or parental figure who is shown as a better parent than their own. |
63 | * BrotherSisterTeam: Siblings who work together. |
64 | * CainAndAbelAndSeth: Two well known siblings have a third sibling no one really pays much thought to. |
65 | * CannibalClan: A family who kills and eats their dinner guests. |
66 | * ChasteToons: Characters who have nieces and nephews but never any children of their own. |
67 | * ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: The mother is plump while the father is thin. |
68 | * TheClan: A large extensive family, often one of nobility. |
69 | * CoattailRidingRelative: A character who tries to leech off their family's wealth/status. |
70 | * CommonLawMarriage: A family where the parents aren't legally married for some reason. |
71 | * CoolUncle: An uncle ([[GenderInvertedTrope or sometimes aunt]]) that is beloved by their niece/nephew. |
72 | * ClashingCousins: Cousins who either form a rivalry or dislike each other. |
73 | * CountryCousin: A relative that lives out in the rural south. |
74 | * CreepyFamily: A very strange or downright scary family, often one literally of supernatural origin. |
75 | * CreepyUncle: The uncle (or sometimes aunt) who lusts after their niece/nephew. |
76 | * CriminalFoundFamily: A gang of outlaws treat each other like family. |
77 | * CrossoverRelatives: A work combining two franchises makes characters from one related to those of the other. |
78 | * DaddyDNATest: A DNA test done to figure out who a child's father is. |
79 | * DadsOffFightingInTheWar: A character's parents are off fighting in a war. |
80 | * DenyingTheDeadParentsSins: A character refuses to believe that their deceased parent has a dark past. |
81 | * DidNotDieThatWay: A family member's death turns out to be not what a character thought it was. |
82 | * DinnerAndAShow: When dysfunctional families eat together, fights are likely to break out. |
83 | * DisappearedDad: A character's mother is accounted for, but their father isn't so much as mentioned. |
84 | * DisneylandDad: A divorced parent who spoils their children. |
85 | * DisownedParent: A child of any age disowns at least one of their parents. |
86 | * DontSplitUsUp: Siblings are threatened with being separated from each other by divorce or foster care. |
87 | * DontTellMama: A character doesn't want their family to know about their criminal activities. |
88 | * DotingGrandparent: A grandparent who's affectionate and spoils their grandchildren. |
89 | * DoubleInLawMarriage: Two pairs of siblings are married to each other. |
90 | * DreadedKidsTable: During large family meals, kids who aren't quite adults are forced to sit with smaller children, much to their dismay. |
91 | * TheDreadedPretendTeaParty: When a family has a young daughter, it's inevitable that one of the members will be subjected to one of her pretend tea parties. |
92 | * DyingAlone: Someone dies without the presence of family, friends, or anyone else who personally cares about them to give them final comforts. |
93 | * DysfunctionalFamily: The family where everyone behaves as though they don't like each other. |
94 | * ElderAbuse: A character treats their elderly family members horribly, either by physical abuse or FinancialAbuse. |
95 | * EmancipatedChild: A child who splits off legally from their parents. |
96 | * EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher: A relative becomes staff at a child's school, and humiliates them. |
97 | * EmptyNest: A home where a couple's children have grown up and left the house. |
98 | * EstrangedSoapFamily: Family members never show up for their relative's important life events. |
99 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Evil characters have their mother as their MoralityPet. |
100 | * EvilMatriarch: A mother or mother figure who is terribly wicked to her children. |
101 | * EvilNephew: The villainous nephew who plots to murder his uncle. |
102 | * EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Villainous characters who become parents strive to raise their children to be model citizens. |
103 | * EvilUncle: The wicked uncle (or sometimes aunt) that mistreats their niece/nephew. |
104 | * FamilialBodySnatcher: A BodySnatcher who only possesses members of their own family and/or descendants. |
105 | * FamilialChiding |
106 | * FamilyBusiness: A business such as a store or a restaurant that's owned by a family. |
107 | * FamilyDisunion: Family reunions are a source of major drama. |
108 | * FamilyEyeResemblance: Family members with the same, distinctive-looking eyes. |
109 | * FamilyHonor: Families with a huge degree of honor and respect expect their members to live up to it. |
110 | * FamilyOfChoice: A group of friends who don't have any blood/marital relations among themselves still treat each other as though they were family. |
111 | * FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization: A family portrait tells us something about the members. |
112 | * TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: A family of murderers or other kinds of rogues. |
113 | * FamilyVersusCareer: How ''dare'' a woman be good at her career job '''''[[FalseDichotomy and]]''''' have a family, too! |
114 | * FamousAncestor: A character is a descendant of someone famous. |
115 | * FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother: A child expresses an innocent desire to marry a family member. |
116 | * FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: A mother is more traditionally feminine than her daughter, which may cause conflict. |
117 | * FeudingFamilies: Families who despise each other to the point of actually going to war. |
118 | * FinancialAbuse: A character abuses their family member by using money to control them. |
119 | * FollowingInRelativesFootsteps: Character is inspired by their relative and decides to take up the same job. |
120 | * FormerlyFriendlyFamily: Family members were once close, but grew to hate each other. |
121 | * FoundFamilyViaWork: A group of coworkers treat each other like family. |
122 | * FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: A character has a bad relationship with their family but a good relationship with their friends. |
123 | * GenerationalTrauma: Conflict arises due to unresolved baggage passed down from generation to generation. |
124 | * GettingMyOwnRoomPlot: A family member wants their own room. |
125 | * GiftForAnOutgrownInterest: A gift-giver's idea of what the recipient would like is based on ''very'' outdated memories. |
126 | * GrandparentalObliviousness: A grandparent left in charge of their grandchildren is too senile to keep a proper eye on them. |
127 | * GrandparentFavoritism: A grandparent who shares a close bond with/had a preference for their children's offspring that they don't (or didn't) have with their children. |
128 | * GruesomeGrandparent: A grandparent who is abysmal to their grandchildren. |
129 | * HappilyAdopted: A character lives a happy life with their adoptive family. |
130 | * HereditaryCurse: A curse is passed on through a family. |
131 | * HereditaryHairstyle: A hairstyle that's passed down through a family. |
132 | * HeroicLineage: Heroism is passed down through the family. |
133 | * TheHilariousTable: Family members are shown laughing and joking with each other around a table. |
134 | * HippieParents: Former flower children that have become parents. |
135 | * HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: Two historical domain characters are related differently in HistoricalFiction, or aren't related at all, or the dynamic of their relationship is changed. |
136 | * HonorRelatedAbuse: A character is mistreated or killed by their family for the sake of preserving the family's honor. |
137 | * HonoraryUncle: A character who is considered an honorary member of their friend's family. |
138 | * HowDadMetMom: A character tells their children the story of how they met their spouse. |
139 | * IAmNotMyFather: A character actively defies becoming like their parent. |
140 | * IHaveAFamily: A character pleads for their life by mentioning they have a family to care for. |
141 | * IHaveNoSon: A character is disowned by their family. |
142 | * IdenticalGrandson: A character closely resembles their ancestor. |
143 | * IllegalGuardian: A wicked relative of a character gains guardianship of them through unscrupulous means in order to get their money. |
144 | * IntrafamilialClassConflict: Class conflict between relatives. |
145 | ** HumbleParentSpoiledKids: One or both parents in a family are down to earth people while their kids are [[SpoiledBrat Spoiled Brats]]. |
146 | ** RichSiblingPoorSibling: One sibling is wealthy and/or showered in love and praise; the other is degraded and impoverished. |
147 | * InterracialAdoptionStruggles: A kid is adopted by a family with a different race or ethnicity, struggles and cultural clashes ensue. |
148 | * InTheBlood: Family members tend to have similar personalities, behaviors and/or moralities. |
149 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: Insanity and quirkiness runs in the family. |
150 | * LamarckWasRight: A character inherits a non-genetic trait from their parents. |
151 | * LivingDistantAncestor: An ancestor many generations removed (usually an immortal) is still alive. |
152 | * LongLostRelative: A character meets someone that's later revealed to be related to them. |
153 | * LoveFatherLoveSon: The child of a character's unrequited crush marries said character |
154 | * LoveObstructingParents: The parents of the protagonist's LoveInterest make their love life difficult. |
155 | * LukeIAmYourFather: A character finds out their parentage in a plot twist. |
156 | * MageBornOfMuggles: Two non-magical characters give birth to a child who has magic. |
157 | * MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The family of a criminal denies that their child could ever be such a thing. |
158 | * MeetTheInLaws: A character is introduced to their future spouse's relatives. |
159 | * MissingMom: A character's father is present, but their mother is never accounted for. |
160 | * AMistakeIsBorn: A character is unwanted by their family or the character is unplanned. |
161 | * MotherhoodIsSuperior: Mothers tend to love the children more than their fathers do. |
162 | * MuggleBornOfMages: Magic using characters have a non-magical child. |
163 | * MultigenerationalHousehold: A home where a character lives with their parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. |
164 | * MyGrandsonMyself: An immortal passes themselves off as their own descendant. |
165 | * {{Nephewism}}: A character lives with another relative (often an aunt or an uncle) without any explanation on where their parents are. |
166 | * {{Nepotism}}: A character shows favoritism towards a relative at work. |
167 | * NotActuallyHisChild: One character is believed the biological parent of another. Turns out they were wrong. |
168 | * NuclearFamily: The standard issue family consisting of a mother, a father, and their children. |
169 | * ObnoxiousInLaws: A character is hated on/mistreated by their spouse's relatives. |
170 | * OdeToFamily: A song about family relationships. |
171 | * OffingTheOffspring: A character kills or tries to kill their child. |
172 | * OneNormalNight: An embarrassing family pretends to be normal when meeting their child's date. |
173 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: A character's children die before they do. |
174 | * PaidForFamily: A character pays some strangers to pretend to be their family. |
175 | * ParentalAbandonment: Neither the character's mother or father is seen or mentioned. |
176 | * ParentChildTeam: Parents work together with their children. |
177 | * ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Parents are able to recognize their children even when they're in disguise. |
178 | * ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: Parents have a habit of walking in on their children hanging out with their LoveInterest. |
179 | * ThePatriarch: A man who is the head of his family. |
180 | * PaterFamilicide: A man murders his family. |
181 | * PlatonicCoParenting: Characters who aren't romantically involved raise children together. |
182 | * PlayingCatchWithTheOldMan: A (possibly surrogate) parent and their child's relationship is efficiently explained by showing them playing catch. |
183 | * ThePowerOfFamily: Members of a family share unbreakable bonds. |
184 | * PursuingParentalPerils: A character decides to take up their dead parent's occupation. |
185 | * QuirkyHousehold: A family that looks out for each other, in spite of having wacky moments. |
186 | * RaisedByGrandparents: A character is raised by their grandparents rather than their parents. |
187 | * RealMenHateAffection: The men in the family refuse to openly show affection for each other. |
188 | * RefusedReunion: Upon discovery, a character who's missing or presumed dead by their family chooses to remain missing and presumed dead. |
189 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: Two or more characters are related in a derivative work when they weren't in what said work is based on. |
190 | * RelativeRidicule: Making fun of someone's family members, or mocking them for whom they are related to. |
191 | * RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: A character claims to be the main character's relative. |
192 | * ReplacementSibling: A child is born to a couple whose previous child died. |
193 | * RoboFamily: Robots depicted as being related to one another, or built and programmed so as to resemble a family. |
194 | * RoyallyScrewedUp: Royal families that are prone to breeding mentally ill/evil members. |
195 | * RulingFamilyMassacre: A nation's royal family is murdered when an enemy nation seizes control. |
196 | * SatelliteFamilyMember: A character defined by their familial relationship to another character. |
197 | * SearchingForTheLostRelative: A character is searching for a lost relative. |
198 | * SecretLegacy: TheHero discovers his extraordinary family legacy. |
199 | * SecretOtherFamily: A character has another family that's unbeknownst to their other one. |
200 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: Family members tend to have similar behavioral traits. |
201 | * SharedSignatureMove: A BadassFamily or family consisting of action heroes can have a SignatureMove that multiple members use. |
202 | * ShedTheFamilyName: A character changes their family name in order to disassociate themself from a hated family member. |
203 | * SingleSexOffspring: A family produces exclusively (or nearly so) male or female children. |
204 | * SmallParentHugeChild: A character is noticeably larger than one or more of their parents. |
205 | * SteppingStoneSpouse: A partner sacrifices for their spouse only to be left behind when fortunes increase. |
206 | * StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids: Super strict parenting causes the children to become good at hiding things from their parents. |
207 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Children closely resemble their parents. |
208 | * StrugglingSingleMother: An unwed/widowed mother who deals with the stress of raising children on her own. |
209 | * SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: A character feels overshadowed by their more successful sibling. |
210 | * SuperFamilyTeam: A superhero team who happens to be a family. |
211 | * SupportYourParents: A child decides to financially support their parents. |
212 | * TangledFamilyTree: A family tree with a little too much incest going on. |
213 | * TeasingParent: Parent(s) teasing their children and/or playing jokes on them. |
214 | * ThatThingIsNotMyChild: A character refuses to consider a clone or artificially created person made from their DNA to be their family member. |
215 | * ThickerThanWater: Loyalty to family members always comes first. |
216 | * ThreeSuccessfulGenerations: Successive family members that have achieved success. |
217 | * TokenHouseguest: Someone who lives with a family, even though they might not be related. |
218 | * TurnOutLikeHisFather: A character ends up becoming like their parent. |
219 | * UnknownRelative: A relative is unknown. |
220 | * UnpleasantParentReveal: A character meets their missing parent, only to find out that they're not anything like the child had hoped they would be. |
221 | * VillainousLineage: When characters are born into an evil family, they run the risk of becoming evil themselves. |
222 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: The parent is spontaneous and goofy while the child is more sensible and TheStoic. |
223 | * WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: A parent to be worries about their child inheriting their negative traits. |
224 | * WhiteSheep: A non-evil member of an evil family. |
225 | * WoobieFamily: A family that's prone to misfortune. |
226 | * WrestlingFamily: A family of professional wrestlers. |
227 | * YourTraditionIsNotMine: A character rebels against their family's way of living. |
228 | [[/index]] |
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