1 | '''Basic Trope''': The parents don't approve of the LoveInterest. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice brings Bob over to meet her parents, who act very cold towards him. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Alice's father chases Bob away with a gun. |
5 | ** [[HonorRelatedAbuse Alice and Bob are killed by Alice's parents]]. |
6 | ** Alice is sent by her parents to live with a relative in a foreign country, because they don't want her to see Bob again. |
7 | ** Alice's parents ''hate'' Bob despite never having met him even once. |
8 | ** Alice's parents kidnap Bob and send him to a foreign country to prevent him from ever meeting Alice again. |
9 | ** Alice's parents reject Bob for having a pulse. |
10 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice's parents would have preferred that she marry Charles instead, but know of other men who are worse than Bob. |
11 | * '''Justified''': |
12 | ** Alice's parents are [[MalignedMixedMarriage xenophobic]]. |
13 | ** Alice's parents are homophobic and her partner is a woman. |
14 | ** Alice's parents already know Bob, and they know he's a terrible person. |
15 | ** Bob is well into his 20s or 30s, while Alice is still in HighSchool. |
16 | ** Bob has [[NoSocialSkills no manners or social skills]]. |
17 | ** Alice is still living with her parents, and therefore still subject to their rules and expectations. |
18 | ** Alice's parents want her to remain single. |
19 | ** Alice and Bob are of different social classes. |
20 | ** Bob is sterile, and Alice's parents [[IWantGrandkids want to have grandchildren someday]]. |
21 | ** Charles knows (or at least suspects) that Bob is his [[SurpriseIncest son by his mistress]] |
22 | * '''Inverted''': |
23 | ** [[ObnoxiousInLaws Bob does not like Alice's parents]]. |
24 | ** Alice's parents really like Bob, and encourage her to keep seeing him. |
25 | ** Alice and Bob are married. Alice wants to divorce Bob, but her parents don't want to let her. |
26 | ** Alice's daughter, Carol, [[DisappearedDad doesn't want her single mother to marry]], perhaps because she's used to their one-on-one relationship. |
27 | * '''Subverted''': |
28 | ** When Alice takes Bob to meet her parents, she warns him that they don't like him. However, Alice's parents are very polite to Bob during the visit. |
29 | ** Alice respects her parents' wishes and breaks up with Bob. |
30 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
31 | ** But once he leaves, they have nothing but bad things to say about him. |
32 | ** [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse Alice's new boyfriend David dies]], and Alice gets back with Bob against her parents' wishes. |
33 | * '''Parodied''': Alice's parents suspect Bob wants to marry their daughter and tell him she's off-limits every time they meet him. Never mind that Bob is ninety years old, happily married for seventy of them, and doesn't know who Alice even is. |
34 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Alice's parents are selective. They like some of her boyfriends, hate others, and want Alice's sister Claire to remain single no matter what. |
35 | * '''Averted''': |
36 | ** Alice's parents get along with Bob. |
37 | ** Alice's parents have never met Bob. |
38 | ** AliceAndBob are not a couple. |
39 | * '''Enforced''': |
40 | ** ValuesDissonance. |
41 | ** The author remembers this happening to them. |
42 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Look, I know you hate Bob, but we're getting married anyway. And there's nothing you can do about it." |
43 | * '''Invoked''': [[FreakyFashionMildMind Bob]] shows up at Alice's house looking like a punk-rocker or other such "undesirable person", specifically so Alice's parents will hate him. |
44 | * '''Exploited''': RomanticRunnerUp Charles kills Bob and frames Alice's parents. |
45 | * '''Defied''': |
46 | ** Alice's parents make an effort to accept Alice's LoveInterests just the way they are, without judging or critiquing them. |
47 | ** Alice [[SelfMadeOrphan murders her parents]]. With them out of the picture, she can marry Bob without hassle. |
48 | ** Alice never lets her parents meet Bob. |
49 | ** Alice and Bob get married anyways, even if they have to elope in order to do so. |
50 | * '''Discussed''': "Now, I have to warn you, baby, my parents are tough to impress. Maybe we shouldn't visit them until after the wedding." |
51 | * '''Conversed''': "What the hell does it matter what Mr. and Mrs. Troper think of Bob, as long as he loves Alice? It's Alice's choice, after all." |
52 | * '''Implied''': AliceAndBob never visit Alice's parents, though they live in the same city. |
53 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
54 | ** They may be making a rush to judgment, based on Bob's appearance or social class or simply out of concern for Alice. |
55 | ** Alice starts hating her parents for it. |
56 | ** Alice's parents attempt to thwart Alice and Bob's wedding, and are arrested. |
57 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
58 | ** But Bob proves what a good person he is, and proves his love for Alice. Her parents eventually come to accept him, though they still wish that Alice had gone with Charles. |
59 | ** Alice's parents are arrested for attempting to thwart Alice and Bob's wedding, but have a friend who is still plotting to break them up. |
60 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Alice's father [[JerkAss slams the door in Bob's face]]... Don't worry! [[IronButtmonkey He'll be fine!]] |
61 | * '''Played For Drama''': Alice suffers HonorRelatedAbuse for getting together with Bob. |
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