Line #5 PlayingWith/EvilMatriarch

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1	'''Basic Trope''': The mother of one of the characters is an antagonist, sometimes the BigBad.
2	* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Alice]]'s mother, Betty, is one of the villains.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's mother, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Betty the Terrible]], wants to kill her with her own hands along with all of her siblings because she can't stand her children.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Alice's mother, Betty is kind of annoying and self-centered, and sometimes gets in the way of her daughter's plans.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Alice's parents live in an UnholyMatrimony and her mother is just as bad as her father, if not worse.
7	** [[MommysLittleVillain Alice has to get her evil from somewhere.]]
8	* '''Inverted''':
9	** TeamMom
10	** CoolOldLady
11	** AntagonisticOffspring
12	* '''Gender Inverted''': ArchnemesisDad
13	* '''Subverted''': Betty might seem to be in league with the villains, except that she's TheMole there, to keep them from harming her daughter.
14	* '''Double Subverted''': That's what she says, while in reality she's just in it for the power and doesn't give a damn about any of her children.
15	* '''Parodied''': A first-time pregnant girl reads a book labeled "From nubile to EvilOverlord: a mother's guide."
16	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
17	* '''Averted''': Alice is an orphan.
18	* '''Enforced''': [[FreudianExcuse The author is estranged from his/her mother, and can't help but portray mother figures in his/her story as monstrous]].
19	* '''Lampshaded''':
20	** "If you think my father was an asshole, wait before you meet my bitch of a mother."
21	** "You won't stand in my way, child of mine! ''No one'' stands in the way of Queen Betty the Terrible!"
22	* '''Invoked''': MonsterIsAMommy
23	* '''Exploited''': Evulz allies himself with TheHero's mother to oppose him/her.
24	* '''Defied''': "I may not be the best mother around, but I won't let you kill my daughter."
25	* '''Discussed''': "Your mother really can't stand you, Alice." "No shit! But you know, she can't stand my brothers either. Nor my sister. Nor my father... [[HatesEveryoneEqually Or anyone really.]]"
26	* '''Conversed''': "Why is Alice's mom so evil?" "Because motherhood has never turned a horrible bitch into a saint."
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28	"You must go back to EvilMatriarch!" "No, Mom, NOOO!!!"
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30	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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32	%%* '''Implied''': ???
33	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
34	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
35	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
36	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / EvilMatriarch