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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