1 | %% Recently cleaned up via [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1348708863077800100 this thread]]. |
2 | |
3 | ->"''It's a hard-knock life for us!''" |
4 | -->-- ''Film/{{Annie|1982}}'' |
5 | |
6 | An index about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin characters who have had a hard life]], the things that happened to them, and how such things have affected and continue to affect them. |
7 | |
8 | See also MadnessTropes -- a tragic past ''can'' lead to mental disorder, but [[AngstWhatAngst not all characters who experience tragedy go mad]], and [[SingleIssuePsychology not all madness is the result of a tragic past]]. The former goes here, but the latter does not. |
9 | |
10 | May be overlapped with the SympatheticIndex. |
11 | ---- |
12 | !!Tropes: |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | [floatboxright: |
15 | '''Related indexes:''' |
16 | + AbuseTropes |
17 | ++ ChildAbuseTropes |
18 | ++ ATorturedIndex |
19 | + DysfunctionalFamilyIndex |
20 | + LoserArchetype |
21 | + OrphanedIndex |
22 | + PovertyTropes |
23 | + SympatheticIndex |
24 | + VictimhoodTropes |
25 | + TheWoobie |
26 | + TheUniverseHatesThisIndex |
27 | ] |
28 | * AbusiveParents: Being raised by a terrible father and/or mother can cause a lifetime of angst. |
29 | * AffairBlameTheBastard: Taking out your anger from your spouse's infidelity on the bastard child born of said infidelity. |
30 | * TheAloner |
31 | * AndIMustScream |
32 | * AngstWhatAngst: A character isn't shown to be bothered by a misfortune they've endured when realistically it should upset them at least a little. |
33 | * ArtisticLicenseChildLaborLaws: Kids are shown working despite being too young to work in real life. |
34 | * BadBedroomBadLife: The poor state of a character's bedroom reflects their difficult life. |
35 | * BadlyBatteredBabysitter |
36 | * BastardAngst: A child of unmarried parents faces a tough upbringing. |
37 | * BeingEvilSucks |
38 | * BeingGoodSucks |
39 | * BornIntoSlavery |
40 | * BreakTheBadass: The {{Badass}} breaks down when put up against odds that are too dangerous even for them. |
41 | * BreakTheBeliever: A devout believer is shocked when they realize that their beliefs are wrong. |
42 | * BreakTheCutie: [[TheCutie A sweet-natured, innocent character]] undeservedly suffers a misfortune. |
43 | * BreakTheHaughty: Someone gets their comeuppance from carrying their head too high. |
44 | * BreakTheScientist: A scientific expert loses all hope when their research is proven wrong. |
45 | * BrokenAce |
46 | * BrokenAngel |
47 | * BrokenBird |
48 | * BrokenHero |
49 | * BullyMagnet |
50 | * ButtMonkey: A character whose primary purpose is to suffer a constant string of bad luck. |
51 | * ByronicHero |
52 | * CaregiverAngst |
53 | * CartwrightCurse |
54 | * TheChainsOfCommanding |
55 | * TheChewToy: When their misfortune and suffering is usually PlayedForLaughs. |
56 | * ChildSoldiers: When very young people are forced to fight in wars, well needless to say it will ruin their childhoods. |
57 | * ConditionedToAcceptHorror |
58 | * CorruptTheCutie |
59 | * CosmicPlaything |
60 | * CripplingCastration |
61 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath |
62 | * CynicismCatalyst |
63 | * DarkAndTroubledPast |
64 | * DespairEventHorizon |
65 | * DeusAngstMachina |
66 | * DidNotGetTheGirl |
67 | * DomesticAbuse |
68 | * DoomMagnet |
69 | * DramaticSitDown |
70 | * DreadedKidsPartyEntertainerJob: People who work as entertainers at kids' parties suffer a lot. |
71 | * DreamCrushingHandicap |
72 | * DrivenToSuicide |
73 | * DrivenToVillainy |
74 | * DysfunctionJunction |
75 | * ElderAbuse |
76 | * EmptyShell |
77 | * FaceDeathWithDespair |
78 | * FallenHero |
79 | * FatalAttractor |
80 | * FateWorseThanDeath |
81 | * FictionalDisability |
82 | * FriendlessBackground |
83 | * FreudianExcuse: A villain, jerkass, or other dysfunctional character became the way they are because of something bad that happened to them in the past. |
84 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Whatever happened to them sucked, but it's no excuse for them to not take responsibility for their own misbehavior, let alone a license to mistreat other people. |
85 | * {{Gayngst}} |
86 | * GenocideSurvivor: Someone who somehow managed to survive during a murderous campaign to exterminate their people. May suffer from severe PTSD or SurvivorGuilt. |
87 | * GothsHaveItHard: If someone's a goth, emo, or similar, that means that they've had bad experiences or have a serious psychological problem such as depression. |
88 | * HadToBeSharp |
89 | * HealTheCutie |
90 | * HellholePrison: A horrible place to be for the people who were imprisoned. |
91 | * HerHeartWillGoOn |
92 | * HeroicBSOD: The hero goes into an emotional breakdown. |
93 | * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood |
94 | * HopeIsScary |
95 | * IdentityBreakdown: A character has a mental break because of issues and revelations regarding who or what they are |
96 | * ILetGwenStacyDie |
97 | * ImmortalityHurts |
98 | * IronButtMonkey: A character suffers tons of physical injuries, but manages to get through all of them unscathed. |
99 | * IronWoobie: Despite how much their life sucks, this character [[{{Determinator}} refuses to give up and just keeps carrying on]]. |
100 | * ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne |
101 | * JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife |
102 | * JerkassWoobie: Despite their bad behavior, we still end up feeling sorry for a jerk or villain because of all the bad things they've been through. |
103 | * LastOfHisKind |
104 | * TheLostLenore: For the person who lost the love interest. |
105 | * MadeASlave |
106 | * MentorInSourArmor |
107 | * NeverBeHurtAgain |
108 | * OutOfTheClosetIntoTheFire |
109 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: A parent suffers the tragedy of outliving their child(ren). |
110 | * ParentalAbandonment |
111 | * PlaguedByNightmares: A character has consistent nightmares, hinting at deeper issues. |
112 | * RapeAsDrama |
113 | * RedemptionEqualsAffliction |
114 | * ReducedToRatburgers |
115 | * ResurrectionDeathLoop |
116 | * RevengeIsNotJustice: Whatever happened to them is wrong, but it's no excuse for them to take no responsibility for their own behavior during their revenge quest. |
117 | * ShellShockedVeteran: A soldier is deeply traumatized by [[WarIsHell all the horrors they experienced from the war they fought in]]. |
118 | * SoullessBedroom: Someone who lacks emotions has an unnaturally clean bedroom with few or no personal possessions. |
119 | * SourOutsideSadInside |
120 | * StandardCopBackstory |
121 | * StoicWoobie: An miserable character who [[TheStoic tries their hardest to hide how much they're really hurting on the inside]]. |
122 | * StoppedCaring |
123 | * StrugglingSingleMother |
124 | * SurvivorGuilt |
125 | * SympatheticMurderer |
126 | * SympatheticSentientWeapon |
127 | * TooBrokenToBreak |
128 | * TookALevelInCynic: An idealistic or optimistic person lost their positive outlook and became seriously disillusioned after experiencing the harsher aspects of life. |
129 | * TorturedMonster |
130 | * TragicAbandonedToy: A sentient toy grieves after being lost, abandoned, or forgotten. |
131 | * TragicBigot |
132 | * TragicDropout |
133 | * TragicHero |
134 | * TragicIceCharacter |
135 | * TragicMonster: A character is transformed into a dangerous monster and is miserable because of it. |
136 | * TragicTimeTraveler: A time traveler whose travels through time have brought them no end of misery. |
137 | * TragicVillain: Someone feels they have no choice but to be evil and is miserable because of it. |
138 | * TransTribulations |
139 | * TrappedInVillainy |
140 | * TreatedWorseThanThePet: Someone's status in their family is so low that even animals are treated better or valued more than they are. |
141 | * TroubledAbuser |
142 | * TroubledButCute |
143 | * TroubledSympatheticBigot |
144 | * TykeBomb |
145 | * TheUnfavorite |
146 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: A villain or jerk was a lot nicer when they were younger, but something happened that caused them to grow up to be the bad person they are today. |
147 | * UsedToBeMoreSocial |
148 | * TheVietnamVet: American veterans of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar are especially stereotyped as being sufferers of PTSD. |
149 | * VillainousBreakdown: The villain reacts to defeat by having a psychotic meltdown. |
150 | * VillainousBSOD: The villain becomes paralyzed by sudden pangs of conscience. |
151 | * WarRefugees: WarIsHell, especially for unarmed civilians who get in caught in it, being forced to flee far away from their ruined homes in order to try and survive the bloody chaos. |
152 | * WheelchairWoobie: A character's mental or physical disability is played for sympathy points. |
153 | * TheWoobie: A character whom the audience feels sorry for because of all the misery and misfortune that's happened to them. |
154 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: When someone's misery drives them towards a path of evil and destruction. |
155 | * WoobieFamily: An entire family full of miserable people who've been through a lot of pain together. |
156 | * WoobieOfTheWeek: A one-shot character who needs the hero's help to resolve their personal distress. |
157 | * WoobieSpecies: A whole ''species'' full of beings that have suffered a lot in a world out to get them. |
158 | [[/index]] |
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