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* In ''{{Theatre/Heathers}}'', Big Bud Dean, J.D.'s father, is emotionally abusive to his son, makes some [[DirtyOldMan very unsettling]] comments about his son's girlfriend, apparently drove his wife to suicide, and is constantly drunk. Physical abuse is also heavily implied.

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* In ''{{Theatre/Heathers}}'', ''Theatre/HeathersTheMusical'', Big Bud Dean, J.D.'s father, is emotionally abusive to his son, makes some [[DirtyOldMan very unsettling]] comments about his son's girlfriend, apparently drove his wife to suicide, and is constantly drunk. Physical abuse is also heavily implied.
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** More overtly, Stephanie's dad clearly doesn't care one whit about her, considering her to be useless and a burden, and is far more concerned with his polling numbers than his daughter. He insults her every time they interact, and doesn't bother to try and actually ''raise'' her. When she gets caught cheating, he doesn't care that she's done something dishonest, and outright says he doesn't care if she lies, cheats, or steals to get good grades--but she ''better'' get good grades, since it would look bad for the mayor's daughter to flunk out. [[spoiler:He also orders her and her friends to make a DealWithTheDevil to stop Max's ghost from destroying the world, and is uncaring of the fact the danger this puts Steph in.]]

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** More overtly, Stephanie's dad clearly doesn't care one whit about her, considering her to be useless and a burden, and is far more concerned with his polling numbers than his daughter. He insults her every time they interact, has her phone bugged so he can track her, and doesn't bother to try and actually ''raise'' her. When she gets caught cheating, he doesn't care that she's done something dishonest, and outright says he doesn't care if she lies, cheats, or steals to get good grades--but she ''better'' get good grades, since it would look bad for the mayor's daughter to flunk out. [[spoiler:He also orders her and her friends to make a DealWithTheDevil to stop Max's ghost from destroying the world, and is uncaring of the fact about the danger this puts Steph in.]]
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* ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'':
** JerkJock Max Jägerman implies that his father is emotionally abusive, saying that if he runs away from his fears, his father will call him a coward and a "cuck." He also has a ''very low bar'' for what constitutes kindness, and presumably didn't learn that from nowhere.
** More overtly, Stephanie's dad clearly doesn't care one whit about her, considering her to be useless and a burden, and is far more concerned with his polling numbers than his daughter. He insults her every time they interact, and doesn't bother to try and actually ''raise'' her. When she gets caught cheating, he doesn't care that she's done something dishonest, and outright says he doesn't care if she lies, cheats, or steals to get good grades--but she ''better'' get good grades, since it would look bad for the mayor's daughter to flunk out. [[spoiler:He also orders her and her friends to make a DealWithTheDevil to stop Max's ghost from destroying the world, and is uncaring of the fact the danger this puts Steph in.]]
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* ''Theatre/FatHam'':
** Pap constantly bullied and best Juicy over nothing, and despised him for his non-traditionally masculine behavior. He was eventually sent to prison for killing a man in front of Juicy, who was still a child at the time.
** Rev doesn't treat Juicy any better. He spends all of Juicy's tuition money on getting a bath mat for himself, bullies him for being "soft", and punches him in the stomach at one point for annoying him.
** Tedra genuinely loves Juicy and feels guilty about Rev stealing his tuition, but she's so desperate to have someone love her that she's willing to stay with Rev no matter how unhappy or makes him. She also dismisses his complaints and victim-blames him for annoying Rev.
** Downplayed with Rabby. She's a loving mother, but she forces her children on set career paths and refuses to acknowledge what they actually want.
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* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'',
** Jasper's cynical world view stems from the emotional abuse of his parents, and the fact that he secretly thinks it's partly his fault that his parents aren't better people.

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* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'',
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** Jasper's cynical world view stems from the emotional abuse of his parents, and the fact that he secretly thinks it's partly his fault that his parents aren't better people.

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