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* AnticsEnablingWife: A wife who let's her husband work out his plans despite telling him they won't do so well.

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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: A father who is overly controlling of his daughter's love life.



* OverprotectiveDad: A father who is controlling and overbearing towards his children (especially teenage daughters).
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* GrandparentFavoritism: These grandparents love their grandchildren...because they're more likable or superior to their own children.

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* GrandparentFavoritism: These grandparents love their grandchildren... because they're more likable or superior to their own children.



* ParentalIncest: Sex between a parent and a child.

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* ParentalIncest: Sex or romantic relationship between a parent and a child.



* BrotherSisterIncest: Sex between siblings.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: Sex or romantic relationship between siblings.



* {{Twincest}}: Twins have sex.

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* {{Twincest}}: Twins have sex.sex or they are romantically related.
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* FamilyDisunion: DinnerAndAShow taken UpToEleven (involving big events among extended family, such as weddings or funerals).

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* FamilyDisunion: DinnerAndAShow taken UpToEleven to the next level (involving big events among extended family, such as weddings or funerals).
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* ResentfulOutnumberedSibling: Someone dislikes that they are the only brother or sister in the family.
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* {{Kichiku}}: UsefulNotes/AnimeFanspeak for a male FetishizedAbuser.
* KichikuMegane: UsefulNotes/AnimeFanspeak for a male FetishizedAbuser who wears glasses to indicate that he is smart, sophisticated, and successful.

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* 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.


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* FetishizedAbuser: A person abuses their lover and is made to look good doing it.
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* KidsVersusAdults: A well-known conflict in many families

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* KidsVersusAdults: A well-known conflict in many familiesfamilies, either between siblings, between parents and kids, or with extended family.
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* KidsVersusAdults: A well-known conflict in many families
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* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: A wife is smarter than her husband.
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* HereditarySuicide: Suicide runs in families.

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* ToughLove: Parents treating their children harshly in order to make them better.


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* ToughLove: Parents treating their children harshly in order to make them better.
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* GuineaPigFamily: A scientist uses their relatives for (usually unethical) experiments.
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* DivineInfernalFamily: Cosmic opposites as family. [[GodKartingWithBeelzebub Sometimes not dysfunctional]], but that's usually the exception to the rule.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: When children call out their parents for their actions.
* CallingTheYoungManOut: When parents call out their children for ''their'' actions.
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* AdoptionAngst: A character has issues with their parents because they were adopted.
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* AbusiveOffspring: Children who are abusive towards their own parents.

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* InTheBlood: Villainy runs in the family.


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* VillainousLineage: Villainy runs in the family.
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* ContraceptionDeception: One partner deceives the other about their ability to conceive children. Can be considered rape-by-fraud.

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* FormerlyFriendlyFamily: Family members were once close, but grew to hate each other.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Adultery or infidelity; when someone goes behind their partner/spouse's back to have a romantic/sexual affair with another person.



* ChocolateBaby: A child doesn't quite look like one or both of their parents, suggesting that their real parent is [[YourCheatingHeart someone their other parent cheated with]].

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* ChocolateBaby: A child doesn't quite look like one or both of their parents, suggesting that their real parent is [[YourCheatingHeart someone their other parent cheated with]].with.
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* SpartanSibling
* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome

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* SpartanSibling
SpartanSibling: A character who is unsympathetic to their sibling's struggles and expects them to fend for themselves.
* SuccessfulSiblingSyndromeSuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Someone feels overshadowed by their sibling's achievements.

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* RacistGrandma: An elderly relative (often though not always a grandparent) who causes drama by spouting bigoted views.


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* RacistGrandma: An elderly relative (often, though not always, a grandparent) who causes drama by spouting bigoted views, especially with the younger generations.
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* RacistGrandma: An elderly relative (often though not always a grandparent) who causes drama by spouting bigoted views.
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* GruesomeGrandparent: Parental abuse, but it skips a generation.
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* SafetyWorst

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* SafetyWorstSafetyWorst: Parents go overboard keeping their child safe, stopping them from having fun or being independent.

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

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* AlcoholicParent: Particularly People don't tend to be good parents if they are drunk on booze most of the time.


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* ParentalSavingsSplurge: A character's parent uses up all or most of the money that was supposed to be for their child (e.g. college fund).
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%%* Gruesome Grandparent: A senior acts abusively toward younger relatives.

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