History Main / DysfunctionalFamilyIndex

* GruesomeGrandparent: A senior acts abusively toward younger relatives.

* CannibalClan: A family [[ImAHumanitarian eat other people]].

* FinancialAbuse

* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity

* PervertDad: A father sexually molests or rapes his daughter (or son).

* ShedTheFamilyName

* UnpleasantParentReveal

* WhereDidWeGoWrong

* BigBrotherAttraction

* DisappointingOlderSibling
* EvilBrunetteTwin

* LittleSisterHeroine

* MeetTheInLaws

* GrandparentFavoritism

-->--'''[[Literature/TheFourGospels Luke 12:52-53]]''', ''Literature/TheBible''

-->--'''[[Literature/TheBible Luke 12:52-53]]'''

* AntagonisticOffspring: A person who hates their parents.

* HatesTheirParent: This should be self-explanatory.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: A big DysfunctionalFamily, except played far more seriously.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The DysfunctionalFamily, except played far more seriously.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The DysfunctionalFamily turned UpToEleven.

+ IncestIsRelative\\
When two people who are genetically related to each other have sexual intercourse. May often be caused by rape, and can lead to increased risk of genetic disorders in offspring.
+ MurderInTheFamily\\
When dysfunction turns deadly.

* DynasticDrama: When the question of who inherits what becomes a major issue in an often large family.

* DynasticDrama: When matters of inheritance within a rich and huge family leads to problems.

* DisinheritedChild

'''Main trope:'''

'''See also:'''

++ IncestIsRelative
++ MurderInTheFamily

** WhiteSheep: The one decent member of a family otherwise composed of scoundrels.

** HonorRelatedAbuse: Abuse that is committed in order to enforce a twisted code of personal honor/pride, and to punish those who are perceived to be violating it.
*** HonorThyAbuser: A character learns to forgive and respect their abusive relatives, usually their AbusiveParents.
** TroubledAbuser: The abuser bullies their family members, because they were also abused themselves.

** CannibalClan: And they also [[ImAHumanitarian eat other people]].

* FreudianExcuse: It's established that a villain (or a {{jerk|ass}}) is the way they are because of something bad that happened to them when they were younger. Examples commonly involve domestic abuse or a beloved family member dying in front of them.
* IncestIsRelative: When two people who are genetically related to each other have sexual intercourse. May often be caused by rape, and can lead to increased risk of genetic disorders in offspring.
** IncestantAdmirer: When incestuous attraction is ''[[AbhorrentAdmirer not]]'' [[AbhorrentAdmirer reciprocated]] in the slightest.
** RoyalInbreeding: When royalty and nobility only marry within their class, it may eventually lead to a smaller gene pool and twisted family trees.
** VillainousIncest: A villain has sex with a blood relative to show how evil and disgusting they are.
*** InbredAndEvil: Being born of incest leads to immorality.

** ItRunsInTheFamily: Craziness or weirdness runs in the family.
* MurderInTheFamily: When dysfunction turns deadly.
** KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Killing a family member is seen as particularly heinous.

'''See also:'''

** HappyMarriageCharade: The married couple pretends that they're happy together to throw other people off.
** TheMasochismTango: A couple who frequently alternate between being affectionate and fighting (essentially BelligerentSexualTension, but with the tension already resolved).
** UnwantedSpouse: Their spouse is stuck being married to them, even though they don't love or necessarily even ''like'' them.

* DivorceAssetsConflict: Divorcing couple fight over their property.

** ParentingTheHusband: The wife caters to every whim of her [[{{Manchild}} immature husband]], treating him like he was her child.

* MarriedTooYoung: A couple gets married young and face relationship problems as a consequence of not waiting until they've matured enough.
** OldManMarryingAChild: An elderly man marries a young girl.

** BastardBoyfriend: A man abuses his girlfriend/wife and is made to look good doing it.
** BastardGirlfriend: A woman abuses her boyfriend/husband and is made to look good doing it.

** BlackWidow: A woman who marries men so she can eventually kill them.
** TheBluebeard: A man who marries women so he can eventually kill them.

* UnholyMatrimony: Marriage between two people who are evil.
* YourCheatingHeart: AKA adultery or infidelity; when someone goes behind their partner/spouse's back to have a romantic/sexual affair with another person.
** {{Cuckold}}: A man who is being cheated on by his partner and probably knows, but can't/won't do much about it.
** ADeadlyAffair: An extramarital affair results in the murder of one or more person(s) involved or affected by it.
** AFamilyAffair: A character cheats on their spouse with someone their spouse is related to (such as their spouse's sibling).
** SecretOtherFamily: A character has a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin secret second family]] the other family knew nothing about.

'''See also:'''

** AbusiveAlienParents: Extraterrestrials are shown to be worse at raising their offspring than humans are.
** ArchnemesisDad: Abusive fathers.
** EvilMatriarch: Abusive mothers.
*** WickedStepmother: Abusive stepmothers (or stepfathers) mistreating their spouse's biological children from another marriage.
** HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: A character is shown to have a ludicrously rough childhood for BlackComedy purposes.
** OffingTheOffspring: A parent kills their own child or children.
*** PaterFamilicide: Someone kills their entire immediate family (spouse and children) and then themselves in a MurderSuicide.

** BumblingDad: The father of the family is a complete moron.
** ParentalNeglect: Parents who tend to ignore their kids' emotional needs, and don't seem to care much about whatever happens to them.
*** HandsOffParenting: Parents who are ''very'' irresponsible when it comes to raising their kids.
** UselessBystanderParent: A parent who does little or nothing to protect their child from abuse by the other parent.

** BetrayalByOffspring: Someone backstabs their parents.
** ElderAbuse: Someone abuses their parents or other older family members.
** IHateYouVampireDad: An [[TragicMonster angsty vampire]] hates the person who turned them into one (who may be a [[ParentalSubstitute parental figure]], or even their actual parent).
** SelfMadeOrphan: Someone murders their own parents.
*** {{Matricide}}: Killing one's mother.
*** {{Patricide}}: Killing one's father.

** BastardBastard: A person who is a bastard in both senses of the word (i.e. he was born out of wedlock ''and'' he's a jerk).
** ChildByRape: A child whose mother was ''forced'' to conceive them due to the actions of their rapist father.
** ChocolateBaby: A child doesn't quite look like one or both of their parents, suggesting that their real father is [[YourCheatingHeart someone their mother cheated on her husband with]].
*** AffairBlameTheBastard: Taking out your anger from your spouse's infidelity on the bastard child born of said infidelity.
*** NotActuallyHisChild: A man finds out his child is not biologically his.
** SonOfAWhore: Someone is the child of a [[SingleMomStripper prostitute]], and was fathered by one of their mother's clients.

** SpoiledBrat: A child who is rude and obnoxious because their parents give them whatever they want, whenever they want.

** DumbassTeenageSon: A teenage boy who acts stupid or ungrateful towards his parents.

** YoureNotMyFather: A character tells a parent/parental figure that they're not their parent.
* InadequateInheritor: A child's or heir's worthiness of an inheritance is questioned by their elders.
** DisinheritedChild: And so they decide to just cut them out of the will.

** AlcoholicParent: Particularly if they are drunk on booze most of the time.

** MyBelovedSmother: A mother who is clingy, controlling, and overbearing to their children.
** OverprotectiveDad: A father who is controlling and overbearing towards his children (especially teen daughters).

** ParentalMarriageVeto: They try to discourage their kid from marrying a fiancé(e) whom they dislike.

** AbandonedWarChild: Children who were fathered by a disappeared soldier during wartime. They either live with a single mother, or perhaps they have become orphaned by her as well.
** AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: When it's not exactly obvious if someone's parent(s) are around or not.
** DisappearedDad: A character's mother is present, but not their father.
*** GlorifiedSpermDonor: When a man abandons the mother of his child soon after impregnating her.
** MissingMom: A character's father is present, but not their mother.
** NotoriousParent: A parent runs away from their offspring because they are a fugitive criminal wanted by law enforcement.

** TheUnfavourite: A child who is ignored and neglected by their parents in favor of their siblings.
*** MiddleChildSyndrome: The middle child is unable to get as much affection or attention as their older and younger siblings.
*** WhyAreYouNotMySon: When a parent (unfavorably) compares their own child not to their sibling, but to that child's ''friend''.

** OedipusComplex: Someone has sexual feelings for their mother (or father). Murder may be involved.
** PervertDad: A father sexually molests or rapes his daughter (or son).
** WifeHusbandry: Adopting a child for the purpose of marrying them when they're old enough.

** CallingParentsByTheirName: A child addresses their parents by their given names, often as a sign of disrespect.
** NewParentNomenclatureProblem: A child is unsure what to call their new step/adoptive/newly discovered parent.

** SingleMomStripper: A prostitute, stripper, or other sex worker does this job in order to feed her kid(s).

** WellDoneSonGuy: A son who wishes his father would respect him.

** WantedAGenderConformingChild: Parents take issue with their son or daughter not conforming to traditional gender stereotypes.
** WantedASonInstead: A parent is disappointed when their new child isn't a boy (or more rarely, a girl).

** InfantSiblingJealousy: Feeling annoyed that your cute baby brother/sister gets all of your parents' attention.

** BigBrotherAttraction
** LittleSisterHeroine
** {{Twincest}}: Twins have sex.

** EvilBrunetteTwin

** CainAndAbel: Brothers who don't get along well.
*** CainAndAbelAndSeth
** TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Sisters who don't get along well.
** SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome

** CreepyUncle: An uncle who has an incestuous interest in his niece or nephew.
* IllegalGuardian: A [[ParentalSubstitute parental figure / guardian]] with not-so-benevolent intentions towards the child they're looking after.

** MeetTheInLaws

* ParentalTitleCharacterization
** CallingParentsByTheirName
** NewParentNomenclatureProblem: A child is unsure what to their new step/adoptive/newly discovered parent.

* NewParentNomenclatureProblem: A child is unsure what to their new step/adoptive/newly discovered parent.

* AffairBlameTheBastard: Taking out your anger from your spouse's infidelity on the bastard child born of said infidelity.

** AFamilyAffair: A character cheats on their spouse with someone their spouse is related to (such as a sibling-in-law).

* IllegalGuardian

** TheMasochismTango: A couple who frequently alternate between being affectionate and fighting (essentially BelligerentSexualTension but with the tension already resolved).
** UnwantedSpouse: Their spouse is stuck married to them even though they don't love or necessarily even ''like'' them.

* DivorceRequiresDeath: Someone tries to ends their marriage by either killing their [[TilMurderDoUsPart spouse]], or [[DrivenToSuicide themselves]] (or [[MurderSuicide both]]).

* HenpeckedHusband: The husband submissively lets his wife order him around.