History PlayingWith / DysfunctionJunction

* '''Played For Laughs''': [[DomCom Dom Coms]], especially ones centered on [[DysfunctionalFamily dysfunctional families]] (as seen on ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and ''Series/{{Titus}}'')

* '''Played For Laughs''': [[DomCom Dom Coms]], especially ones centered on [[DysfunctionalFamily dysfunctional families]] (as seen on ''MarriedWithChildren'', ''TheSimpsons'', and ''{{Titus}}'')

** The series is about patients in a halfway house.

* '''Subverted''': Bob complains about his parental issues, depression, and unhappy life, but he is actually practicing for a monodrama. His wife, Alice, seems to be dissatisfied with her family life, but after the bad day had passed, she is back to her normal self again.

* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone is so screwed up that they're completely unable to do their job, or live day to day, possibly even becoming prone to dying.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** ...But they are [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[HeroicWillpower strong-willed]] enough to do their jobs without succumbing to their problems.
** But working together (in a non-EpiphanyTherapy manner), they manage to slowly deal with their problems one at a time and heal emotionally/mentally.

* '''Lampshaded''': "You would think that there would be at least one or two people here without issues."

* '''Discussed''': "I think it must be 'misery loves company', there's no other way to explain how all the people we know and befriend are as messed up as we are."

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] struggles to suppress his [[TheDarkSide darker sides]] [[TheChainsOfCommanding while enduring the stress of leading the team.]] [[TheLancer Charlie]] is a bloodthirsty berserker who seeks to avenge his DoomedHometown by any means necessary. [[TheChick Alice]] had been neglected by her parents and thus is [[{{Yandere}} violently infatuated]] with Bob and is barely [[MurderTheHypotenuse hiding her murderous jealousy towards Charlie.]] [[TheSmartGuy Betty]] is also a CloudCuckoolander who is going even more paranoid and schizophrenic thanks to [[PsychoSerum an experimental drug]] she was forced to take to increase her intelligence. Even [[{{Mentor}} Luke]] is a former underling of Emperor Evulz who is being driven mad from the "screams" he believes coming from his dead loved ones...

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] struggles to suppress his [[TheDarkSide darker sides]] [[TheChainsOfCommanding while enduring the stress of leading the team.]] [[TheLancer Charlie]] is a bloodthirsty berserker who seeks to avenge his DoomedHometown by any means necessary. [[TheChick Alice]] had been neglected by her parents and thus is [[{{Yandere}} violently infatuated]] with Bob and is barely [[MurderTheHypotenuse hiding her murderous jealousy towards Charlie.]] [[TheSmartGuy Betty]] is also a CloudCuckoolander who is going even more paranoid and schizophrenic thanks to [[PsychoSerum an experimental drug]] she was forced to take to increase her intelligence.. Even [[{{Mentor}} Luke]] is a former underling of Emperor Evulz who is being driven mad from the "screams" he believes coming from his dead loved ones...

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] struggles to suppress his [[TheDarkSide darker sides]] while leading the team. [[TheLancer Charlie]] is a bloodthirsty berserker who seeks to avenge his DoomedHometown by any means necessary. [[TheChick Alice]] is [[{{Yandere}} violently infatuated]] with Bob and is barely [[MurderTheHypotenuse hiding her murderous jealousy towards Charlie.]] [[TheSmartGuy Betty]] is also a CloudCuckoolander who is going even more paranoid and schizophrenic as time passes. Even [[{{Mentor}} Luke]] is a former underling of Emperor Evulz who is being driven mad from the "screams" he believes coming from his dead loved ones...

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] struggles to suppress his [[TheDarkSide darker sides]] while leading the team. [[TheLancer Charlie]] is a bloodthirsty berserker who seeks to avenge his DoomedHometown by any means necessary. [[TheChick Alice]] is [[{{Yandere}} violently infatuated]] with Bob and is barely [[MurderTheHypotenuse hiding her murderous jealousy towards Charlie.]] Even [[{{Mentor}} Luke]] is a former underling of Emperor Evulz who is being driven mad from the "screams" he believes coming from his dead loved ones...

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] struggles to suppress his [[TheDarkSide darker sides]] while leading the team. [[TheLancer Charlie]] is a bloodthirsty berserker who seeks to avenge his DoomedHometown by any means necessary. [[TheChick Alice]] is [[Yandere violently infatuated]] with Bob and is barely [[MurderTheHypotenuse hiding her murderous jealousy towards Charlie.]] Even [[Mentor Luke]] is a former underling of Emperor Evulz who is being driven mad from the "screams" he believes coming from his dead loved ones...

* '''Straight''': Everyone has a significant psychological issue, [[DarkAndTroubledPast a troubled past]], or parental issue.
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone is hyper-neurotic, a StepfordSmiler, AxCrazy, or worse.

* '''Justified''': The field of work that the characters work in is well known for causing psychological issues.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But, [[BeneathTheMask deep down]], they're all badly hurting.

* '''Reconstructed''': ...But they are [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[HeroicWillpower strong-willed]] enough to do their jobs without succumbing to their problems.

* '''Averted''': No one has any issues, and everyone is able to deal with work and day to day life effectively.

* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why those people don't try and get group therapy discounts?"

* '''Reconstructed''': But working together (in a non-EpiphanyTherapy manner), they manage to slowly deal with their problems one at a time and heal emotionally/mentally.

* '''Inverted''': Everyone starts out normal, but over the course of the story everyone gets an issue.
* '''Subverted''': No one has any apparent psychological issues, regardless of what happens.

* '''Downplayed''': Everyone has ''some'' issues, but they more or less deal with it in a healthy way. There are therapists.

* '''Defied''': Everyone has issue, but realizing this they agree not to let those problems rule their lives, and use as clear communication as they can.

* '''Played For Laughs''': DomCom
** DysfunctionalFamily

* '''Straight''': Everyone has a significant psychological issue, a troubled past, or parental issue.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Everyone has issues, except they were just method actors pretending, but they have ''other'' issues instead that get therapied away.

** The characters can't [[ThereAreNoTherapists seek out professional help]] without risking revealing the {{Masquerade}}, and, as a result their mental health suffers.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But, deep down, they're all badly hurting.

* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone is so screwed up that they're completely unable to do their job, or live day to day, or even become prone to dying.

* '''Exaggerated UpToEleven''': NeonGenesisEvangelion.

* '''Played for Drama''': SoapOperas

* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone is so screwed up that they're completely unable to do their job, or live day to day.

* '''Played''' for Drama: SoapOperas

* Played for Drama: SoapOperas