Line #22 PlayingWith/BigScrewedUpFamily


1	'''Basic Trope''': A large family full of issues.
2	* '''Straight''': The Tropers, a well-known {{Blueblood}} family revolving around parents Amy and Ben and their [[MassiveNumberedSiblings many children]], have all sorts of issues, including (but not limited to) incest, patricide, fratricide, alcoholism, drug abuse and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pouring the milk before the cereal.]]
3	* '''Exaggerated''': The Tropers have a TangledFamilyTree, and are always {{feuding\|Families}} with each other. A member of this family is lucky to survive past puberty.
4	* '''Downplayed''': The Tropers hardly see eye to eye, but that doesn't mean they completely hate each other.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Because of their status, there was a lot of internal power struggle within the family (it also doesn't help if there was a long history of inbreeding; inbred lines have been known to show increased aggression).
7	** The Tropers are [[LawfulStupid part of]] a {{Proud Warrior Race\|Guy}} that places HonorBeforeReason.
8	** The Tropers are members of a DecadentCourt.
9	** Generations of RoyalInbreeding eventually took its toll.
10	* '''Inverted''':
11	** The Tropers are a perfectly normal family, or at worst a QuirkyHousehold.
12	** The Tropers are the quintessential "perfect" family.
13	** ThickerThanWater.
14	* '''Subverted''': While the Tropers [[DysfunctionalFamily have issues getting along]] the rumors about them turn out to be just that.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': While the rumors are untrue, the Tropers turn out to have some skeletons in the closet (literally or figuratively).
16	* '''Parodied''': The Tropers celebrate the birth of a new Troper by killing a relative.
17	* '''Zig-Zagged''':
18	** Some royal/noble families are like this, others are very well-adjusted.
19	** Some of the Tropers have more problems than others
20	* '''Averted''': The Tropers are a perfectly normal family. They have problems, yes, but nothing serious, and they really care about each other.
21	* '''Enforced''':
22	** DarkerAndEdgier.
23	** Also, this ''is'' the logical extreme of the DysfunctionalFamily.
24	* '''Lampshaded''': "You guys have a lot of problems..."
25	* '''Invoked''': Several generations worth of power struggles and marriages between close relatives.
26	* '''Exploited''': The Tropers' neighbors avoid ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping by giving them secondhand knives as gifts.
27	* '''Defied''': The Tropers resolve power issues fairly, without bloodshed. And they don't promote or condone things like incest, drug use, etc.
28	* '''Discussed''': "What? You thought we were a family of murderers? At worst, we're a DysfunctionalFamily."
29	* '''Conversed''':
30	-->'''Bob''': How is that family going to survive all those issues?
31	-->'''Alice''': The same way they always have. It's a ViciousCycle living in a family like that.
32	* '''Implied''': Everyone is very afraid of the Tropers, but [[TheGhost the audience never sees them]] because the main characters are ''too scared to go anywhere near the family's house''.
33	* '''Deconstructed''': The Tropers develop serious FreudianExcuse and MommyIssues, possibly leading to a StartOfDarkness (and if they are inbred, that doesn't help any; see Justified). They will eventually [[TooDumbToLive kill themselves off]] this way.
34	* '''Reconstructed''': The Tropers stop marrying within their family line, which reduces genetic problems and aggression over time. They also learn to resolve problems constructively and peacefully. The next generations are [[EarnYourHappyEnding better adjusted]], and their legacy lives on.
35	* '''Played for Laughs''': The Tropers literally have skeletons in the closet, but the "skeletons" are just realistic {{Halloween\|Episode}} decorations.
36	* '''Played for Drama''': The show is shot from the POV of the youngest Troper child and depicts their life as utter hell on earth.
37	* '''Played for Horror''': The things that the Troper family do to each other on a constant basis make [[Series/GameOfThrones the War of the Five Kings of Westeros]] and every single atrocity that was ever done in it (yes, including the Red Wedding) look like an argument over who left the toilet seat up.
38	* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': Bob is an AntiRoleModel.
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