History PlayingWith / AbusiveParents

** [[Deceased Parents Are the Best Carl's parents died or disappeared after his birth.]]

** Carl's parents died or disappeared after his birth.

** [[AbusiveOffspring Carl constantly yells Alice and Bob for the most minor things, give them painful injuries, and]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking plays]] [[Music/Pinkfong Baby Shark]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking for the entire night every time they try to sleep.]]

** OAlice and Bob were abused as children themselves, spurring them to abuse Carl in turn.

** Alice and Bob put Carl in {{Film/Saw}}-like traps every day just [[ForTheEvulz for their evil amusement.]]

** Alice and Bob put Carl in ((Film/Saw))-like traps every day just [[ForTheEvulz for their evil amusement.]]

* '''Straight''': Carl's parents "forget" to feed him and [[HairTriggerTemper yell at him for everything]].

** Carl's kind's ancestors/gods [[AbusivePrecursors were horrible people.]]
** Carl's parents take turns [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating]] him and they ''[[{{Sadist}} enjoy]]'' it.
** Carl's parents lock him in a basement, starve him for several days, and try to frame him up for crimes he never did.
** OffingTheOffspring
** [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Carl's parents lock him in the basement and take away the stairs... because he is grounded]]!
** Carl's parents partake in ParentalIncest with him.
** [[EvilMatriarch Carl's parents]] [[ArchnemesisDad are the main antagonists]].

** Carl's parents are only abusive to him on certain occasions, but they are nice to him most of the time.
** ParentalNeglect.
** ParentsAsPeople
** Carl's parents love him, but are very strict and don't know how to discipline a child appropriately.

** SocialServicesDoesNotExist
** Carl's parents suffer from a mental disorder that hinders them from treating Carl normally and being patient and nice with him.
** ''Carl'' has a mental disorder that twists the way he sees his parents. To him, even innocent remarks can feel like crushing criticism.
** Carl's parents [[TroubledAbuser were abused by their parents when they were children]] so [[TheChainOfHarm they take all their anger out on him]].
** Carl's parents are {{Child Hater}}s. They gave birth to Carl for the sole purpose of making him miserable.
** Carl's parents are [[HatesEveryoneEqually abusive to everyone]], why should they leave him out?
** Carl’s parents [[AlcoholicParent are under the influence of alcohol 24/7]].

** Carl is an AbusiveOffspring.
** GoodParents

** Carl's parents are abusive towards their son... till it turns out that these are random thugs who bought him from the streets and not his actual parents.
** Or they are abusive towards their son... till it turns out that he's just a young servant and not their own son.
** Carl is an UnreliableNarrator who lied about his parents mistreating him for attention.
** Carl's parents angrily tell him to go to his room. They close the door and only Carl's screams can be heard from behind it. The door opens and it's revealed that they were just tickling him.

** Then it's revealed that those thugs are Carl's true parents.
*** But after doing a DNA test, it turns out that Carl is their own son, after all.

** Carl may have lied about the bruises and scars part; however, the psychological abuse part was true.
* '''Parodied''': [[{{Troll}} Carl's parents]] use really complicated and expensive methods, such as setting {{Bear Trap}}s on his way, using the TheLudovicoTechnique, or hiring a TortureTechnician to torment him instead of just... hitting him or something because they think spanking and slapping are boring and outdated.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** Carl's parents are only nice to him when they are in good moods, though they have no problems repeatedly kicking him when their mood turns sour.
** [[ParentsAsPeople Carl's parents are sometimes abusive and sometimes kind, depending on his manners; if he behaves well, they don't harm him and even praise him, but if he misbehaves, then they punch him]].

** The writer is trying to vent about his own abusive parents through his characters.

* '''Invoked''': "'''HitMeDammit'''"
* '''Exploited''': Carl is a masochist. He does his best to make his parents mad so that they can hurt him as much as possible.

** Carl runs away from home immediately the moment his parents start behaving strangely.
** Carl calls child protective services before his parents do anything to him...
** Or, he [[SelfMadeOrphan murders them]] instead.
** Alternatively, Carl's parents had abusive parents of their own, and refusing to give Carl the same kind of life they had, [[BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting they decide to raise him well instead]].
* '''Discussed''': "That villain must have been abused as a child."
* '''Conversed''': "What is ''with'' all this stuff? If they did that to their son in RealLife, they'd be locked up!"
* '''Implied''': Carl noticeably doesn't talk about his parents or avoids going home as much as possible. He's also prone to getting bruises and gets really uncomfortable when someone asks how he got them.

** The constant abuse from his parents leads Carl to believe that life is meaningless and he is DrivenToSuicide.
** Carl gets sick of his constant abuse, [[TheDogBitesBack snaps]], get {{Revenge}} and [[SelfMadeOrphan finally kill his parents.]]
** Because Carl only knows abuse from his parents, he ends up becoming just as abusive to his own children when he has a family of his own, and starts a cycle of abuse that will result in his children abusing their families as payback for his actions and this cycle will continue for future generations.

** Carl's teachers notice how scrawny and sickly he became, so they take it upon themselves to investigate his home situation to find the cause and help him get away from this abusive household when they learn it's his parents' doing.
** He grows up to [[BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting try to be different from his abusive parents and becomes a loving and caring father, raising/becoming the next hero.]]

* '''Played For Laughs''': HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood.
* '''Played For Drama''':
** One or both of Carl's parents were abused as children themselves, spurring them to abuse Carl in turn.
** Carl's PanickyExpectantFather antics take a turn for the dramatic when he voices concerns about hurting his child like his parents hurt him.

** Carl breaks under the abuse, and brutally murders his parents. He's acquitted, [[InsaneTrollLogic on the grounds of being an orphan who watched his parents get brutally murdered by a stark-raving madman]].
** Or... Someone calls child protective services, and, while the parents are serving time (or whatever they do after CPS does their job), they see other parents treating their children right. After a while, they see the error of their ways, and do what they can to patch things up with their child, [[HumanizingTears tearfully apologizing for what they've done]] and [[FreudianExcuse explaining why they did it]].

[[AbusiveParents No! Please don't hit me! I'm sorry...]]

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** Carl's parents take turns beating him and they ''[[{{Sadist}} enjoy]]'' it.

** Carl’s parents [[AlcoholicParents are under the influence of alcohol 24/7]].

** Carl's parents are [[{{Jerkass}} abusive to everyone]], why should they leave him out?