Basic Trope: A character opposes a couple being together.
- Straight: Alice's father disapproves of her being with her boyfriend Bob, so he forbids her from seeing him.
- Exaggerated: If Bob so much as gets within a foot of Alice, her father threatens him with a shotgun.
- Downplayed: Alice's father doesn't forbid her from seeing Bob, but he's a little wary of him and tells Alice to be careful.
- Justified:
- Bob is a repeat delinquent, so her father is reasonably distrusting of him.
- Alice's father is a Boyfriend-Blocking Dad.
- Alice's father has arranged for her to marry someone else.
- There is a 98% chance that Bob is his son by mistress.
- Inverted: Alice's father enthusiastically supports Alice/Bob.
- Subverted: Alice's father disapproves of her seeing Bob at first, but warms up to him later on.
- Double Subverted: When Alice’s mother meets Bob, however, she immediately disapproves of their relationship.
- Parodied: Whenever Alice gets within a mile of Bob, her father grounds her for 80 years.
- Zig Zagged: Alice’s father has back-and-forth feelings on Bob; sometimes he loves him like a son, sometimes not.
- Averted: Alice's father approves of her relationship with Bob and leaves them be.
- Enforced:
- Alice and Bob are in a forbidden romance story.
- The writer wants the audience to hate Alice's father.
- Lampshaded: "Wow Alice, your dad really doesn't like me being with you."
- Invoked: Bob intentionally does something bad to make Alice’s father hate him.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Alice's father hides his feelings about Bob, since Alice is a grown woman and she can date whoever she wants.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Alice's father doesn't say anything out loud about Alice and Bob's relationship, but he shoots a disapproving glare in Bob's direction every time he comes to visit.
- Deconstructed: Because her father is constantly trying to ruin her relationship with Bob, it puts a great strain on Alice's relationship with her father to the point that she starts to resent him. Eventually Alice confronts her father about it and they end up in a shouting match, they stop being on speaking terms afterwards.
- Played For Laughs: Alice's father repeatedly tries to convince her to break up with Bob, but she always refuses and he responds with a simple "darn it" and leaves the room.
- Played For Drama: Alice's father disapproves of Alice being with Bob so much, he has Bob arranged to be killed.
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