'''Basic Trope''': A large family full of issues.
* '''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.]]
* '''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.
* '''Downplayed''': The Tropers hardly see eye to eye, but that doesn't mean they completely hate each other.
* '''Justified''':
** 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).
** The Tropers are [[LawfulStupid part of]] a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} that places HonorBeforeReason.
** The Tropers are members of a DecadentCourt.
** Generations of RoyalInbreeding eventually took its toll.
* '''Inverted''':
** The Tropers are a perfectly normal family, or at worst a QuirkyHousehold.
** The Tropers are the quintessential "perfect" family.
** ThickerThanWater.
* '''Subverted''': While the Tropers [[DysfunctionalFamily have issues getting along]] the rumors about them turn out to be just that.
* '''Double Subverted''': While the rumors are untrue, the Tropers turn out to have some skeletons in the closet (literally or figuratively).
* '''Parodied''': The Tropers celebrate the birth of a new Troper by killing a relative.
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** Some royal/noble families are like this, others are very well-adjusted.
** Some of the Tropers have more problems than others
* '''Averted''': The Tropers are a perfectly normal family. They have problems, yes, but nothing serious, and they really care about each other.
* '''Enforced''':
** DarkerAndEdgier.
** Also, this ''is'' the logical extreme of the DysfunctionalFamily.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You guys have a lot of problems..."
* '''Invoked''': Several generations worth of power struggles and marriages between close relatives.
* '''Exploited''': The Tropers' neighbors avoid ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping by giving them secondhand knives as gifts.
* '''Defied''': The Tropers resolve power issues fairly, without bloodshed. And they don't promote or condone things like incest, drug use, etc.
* '''Discussed''': "What? You thought we were a family of murderers? At worst, we're a DysfunctionalFamily."
* '''Conversed''':
-->'''Bob''': How is that family going to survive all those issues?
-->'''Alice''': The same way they always have. It's a ViciousCycle living in a family like that.
* '''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''.
* '''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.
* '''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.
* '''Played for Laughs''': The Tropers literally have skeletons in the closet, but the "skeletons" are just realistic {{Halloween|Episode}} decorations.
* '''Played for Drama''': The show is shot from the POV of the youngest Troper child and depicts their life as utter hell on earth.
* '''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.
* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': Bob is an AntiRoleModel.
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