History PlayingWith / OffingTheOffspring

* '''Parodied:''' ???

** Alice and Bob have several children, and [[KillEmAll kill all of them]] except Diane.

** Carl's parents were tired of putting up with his [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]], [[SpoiledBrat entitled]], [[RebelliousSpirit rebellious]], careless, and unruly behavior. This was OffingTheAnnoyance.
** Alice and Bob's religion requires [[HumanSacrifice all firstborn sons to be sacrificed to their god]] [[DeliberateValuesDissonance (in a country where this is a cultural norm and legally mandated)]].

* '''Straight:''' [[AbusiveParents Alice and Bob]] murders their son, Carl.

'''Basic Trope''': Parents killing their own children.
* '''Straight''': [[AbusiveParents Alice and Bob]] murders their son, Carl.
* '''Exaggerated''':

** Several parents do this, to the point this a common practice where Alice and Bob live.
* '''Downplayed''':

* '''Justified''':

* '''Inverted''':

* '''Subverted''':

* '''Double Subverted''':

* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Carl dies suddenly. Since Alice and Bob clearly [[TheUnFavourite disliked him]], the police and neighbors immediately assume this trope. An autopsy reveals, however, that Carl naturally died due to disease, not abuse. Further investigation divulges that, howbeit, Alice and Bob deliberately exposed Carl to the illness in the first place, and, when he got deadly sick, refused to take him to a physician, because they wanted Carl to die.
* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob don't murder Carl.
* '''Enforced''': "We need to write Carl off, but how do you write off a child character?" "We could send him [[PutOnABus to live with his aunt,]] but [[RuleOfDrama we want a more dramatic option]]. Let's have his AbusiveParents get tired of his misbehavior and murder him."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Did you and Alice really murder Carl? Surely he wasn't ''that'' misbehaved!"
* '''Invoked''': Carl [[DrivenToSuicide wants to die]], so he abuses his parents until they snap and murder him.
* '''Exploited''': Alice and Bob are employed as a hitman and a hitwoman due to their experience.
* '''Defied''':

* '''Deconstructed''':

* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Played for Laughs''': [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing Everyone celebrates Carl's death]], because he was a rotten son, a bully to other children, and a terror to Alice and Bob's guests.
* '''Played for Drama''':

* '''Played for Horror''': Bob straps Carl to a device that slowly removes all of his bones and makes Diane [[ForcedToWatch watch]] as Carl screams in pain as his bones get removed from his body.

* '''Straight''': [[AbusiveParets Alice and Bob]] murders their son, Carl.

* '''Played for Horror''': Bob straps Carl to a torture device that slowly removes all of his bones and makes Diane [[ForcedToWatch watch]] as Carl screams in pain as his bones get removed from his body.

* '''Straight''': Bob murders his son, Carl.

** King Bob and Queen Alice murder Crown Prince Carl to put favored heir David on the line to the throne, as Bob considers him to be a better monarch. Alice then has David killed as well as Bob, so she can [[RegentForLife rule through her son Earl]]. Once Earl stops becoming submissive, Alice kills him to to become Queen.

** Alice andBob look the other way when [[ParentalFavoritism favored]] son Daniel murders Carl.

** Alice and Bob not only disown Carl, but threaten to kill him if he returns.

** Carl was suffering a painful and incurable disease. It was a MercyKill.

** Bob kills Carl, but then tells one of his co-workers that it was an AccidentalMurder.
** Bob attempts to murder Carl, but fails.

* '''Averted''': No one offs their offspring.

* '''Exploited''': Bob is employed as a hitman due to his experience.

** AmnesiacHero Bob kills Carl, and then learns that Carl is his son. He has a FreakOut due to the guilt.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is acquitted, Bob escapes from prison, and Carl's friends [[ForgottenFallenFriend forget about him]] before long.

** Carl's younger sister, Diane, is ForcedToWatch Carl's murder. This gives her lifelong emotional trauma.
** Alice and Bob have a nasty argument with their son, Carl. As Carl yells at the both of them, telling them that he wished they were dead, Bob angrily pushes Carl to the ground. Carl responds by attacking him. Alice tries to restrain Carl, only for Carl to attack her and choke her. Trying to save Alice from being choked to death, Bob takes out his gun and shoot his son, killing him in the process. Along with Alice, he is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone driven in tears after killing his own child]], and hugs Carl's head, proving that despite how Carl acted, they still loved him.
* '''Played for Horror''': Bob straps Carl to a torture device that slowly removes all of his bones and makes his other son, David, [[ForcedToWatch watch]] as Carl screams in pain as his bones get removed from his body.

* '''Straight''': Bob (and/or Alice) murders his son, Carl.

** AliceAndBob have several children, and [[KillEmAll kill all of them]] except Diane.
** Several parents do this, to the point this a common practice where AliceAndBob live.

** AliceAndBob look the other way when [[ParentalFavoritism favored]] son Daniel murders Carl.

** AliceAndBob are AbusiveParents who believe that MurderIsTheBestSolution.
** AliceAndBob [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent wanted a girl.]] When they got one, Carl became "unnecessary."

** Bob TheHero saves Carl from a murderer.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Carl dies suddenly. Since Alice and Bob clearly [[TheUnFavourite disliked him]], the police and neighbors immediately assume this trope. An autopsy reveals, however, that Carl naturally died due to disease, not abuse. Further investigation divulges that, howbeit, Alice and Bob deliberately exposed Carl to the illness in the first place, and, when he got deadly sick, refused to take him to a physician, because they wanted Carl to die.

** AliceAndBob hate Carl, but know that they would never get away with murder, so they give him up for adoption instead.

* '''Implied''': AliceAndBob are abusive parents, and Carl [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome vanishes without an explanation]].

** Carl's friends suffer from the loss, while AliceAndBob are arrested.

* '''Played For Laughs''': [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing Everyone celebrates Carl's death]], because he was a rotten son, a bully to other children, and a terror to Alice and Bob's guests.
* '''Played For Drama''':

** AliceAndBob look the other way when [[Parental Favoritism favored]] son Daniel murders Carl.

** King Bob and Queen Alice murder Crown Prince Carl to put favored heir David on the line to the throne,as Bob considers him to be a better monarch. Alice then has David killed as well as Bob, so she can [[RegentForLife rule through her son Earl]]. Once Earl stops becoming submissive, Alice kills him to to become Queen.

** AliceAndBob look the other way when [[Parental Favoritism favored son Daniel murders Carl.

** Bob wounds Carl, but not fatally.
** AliceAndBob hire a hitman to murder Carl.

** Alice comes from a tribe of Amazons or LadyLand which historically [[DoesNotLikeMen distrusts males]] and so all (excess) male children are killed as a potential threat to society.

** Alice and Bob have a nasty argument with their son, Carl. As Carl yells at the both of them, telling them that he wished they were dead, Bob angrily pushes Carl to the ground, Carl responds by attacking him. Alice tries to restrain Carl, only for Carl to attack her and choke her. Trying to save Alice from being choked to death, Bob takes out his gun and shoot his son, killing him in the process. Along with Alice, he is then [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone driven in tears after killing his own child]], and hugging Carl's head, proving that despite how Carl acted, they still loved him.

** Carl was evil.

* '''Defied''': AliceAndBob hate Carl, but know that they would never get away with murder, so they give him up for adoption instead.

* '''Played For Drama''': Carl's younger sister, Diane, is ForcedToWatch Carl's murder. This gives her lifelong emotional trauma.

* '''Deconstructed''': Carl's friends suffer from the loss, while AliceAndBob are arrested.

* '''Parodied''': AliceAndBob politely ask Carl to commit suicide, and [[TooDumbToLive he does]].

** Carl was unwanted.

* '''Straight''': Bob murders his son, Carl.

** Several parents do this.

* '''Enforced''': "We need to write Carl off, but how do you write off a child character?" "We could send him [[OnABus to live with his aunt,]] but [[RuleOfDrama we want a more dramatic option]]. Let's have his AbusiveParents get tired of his misbehavior and murder him."

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': "We need to write Carl off, but how do you write off a child character?" "We could send him to live with his aunt, but [[RuleOfDrama we want a more dramatic option]]. Let's have his AbusiveParents get tired of his misbehavior and murder him."

* '''Played For Laughs''': [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing Everyone celebrates Carl's death.]]

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