1 | '''Basic Trope''': A family in the story are badasses when together. |
2 | * '''Straight''': In the RPG ''Legendary Heroes'', the main characters Alice, Bob, Carol, and Dan are all cousins and siblings (Bob and Dan are brothers to Alice and Carol respectively). |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Their [[{{MamaBear}} Moms]] [[{{BattleCouple}} and]] [[{{PapaWolf}} Dads]] join the party. |
5 | ** Their [[{{RetiredBadass}} Grandparents]] occasionally join the party as [[{{MentorArchetype}} Old Mentors]]. |
6 | ** Their [[{{ActionPet}} pets]] join the party and become [[{{Familiar}} familiars]]. |
7 | *** It turns out that their whole bloodline is a {{Heroic Lineage}} that, due to inheriting an [[{{FriendtoAllLivingThings}} affinity for animals]], leads to a trend of pretty cool [[{{FluffyTamer}} pets]] too. |
8 | * '''Downplayed''': David and his son Edgar are martial artists but his brother and wife are not. |
9 | * '''Justified''': |
10 | ** The main characters inherit the power of the five children. |
11 | ** The main characters are part of a warrior caste trained from childhood in martial arts. |
12 | ** EveryoneIsASuper |
13 | ** The couple is a BattleCouple with superpowers, and their children either find out through the story or already knew they have [[SuperpowerfulGenetics inherited their parents superpowers]] and either use the same powers or a variant that gives the family a lot of battle options. |
14 | * '''Inverted''': With more relatives, they become a PowerLimiter for each other. |
15 | * '''Subverted''': The family members are all fighting ''[[BigScrewedUpFamily each other]]''. |
16 | * '''Double Subverted''': The family was fighting each other for only a short time. Then they continue fighting the villains. |
17 | * '''Parodied''': A family of badasses who [[DysfunctionalFamily continuously bicker]] while they fight the villains. |
18 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Some families are martial artists (or otherwise skilled in fighting) but other families aren't skilled in fighting. |
19 | * '''Averted''': The family have no fighting skills whatsoever. |
20 | * '''Enforced''': "We need more badasses, but we can't add more characters! I know, let's make an existing family fighting experts!" |
21 | * '''Lampshaded''': "The family that kicks butt together, stays together." |
22 | * '''Invoked''': |
23 | ** MamaBear and PapaWolf saving their kids, or the [[ParentsInDistress kids saving their parents]]. By the end of the story, the entire family fights the villain together. |
24 | ** The family starts training in fighting. |
25 | ** The BattleCouple knows that their enemies will likely target the kids. Why not make sure the kids can hold their own? |
26 | ** The family is part of a ProudWarriorRace. To not train your kids in fighting would be as unthinkable as not teaching them to read. |
27 | * '''Exploited''': The family's enemies know that if you can get [[RetiredBadass Grandma]], then you can lure everyone else into a trap. |
28 | * '''Defied''': The family stops fighting. |
29 | * '''Discussed''': "Look, honey. You're an action mom, I'm an action dad. The only way our kids are going to ''survive'' to adulthood is if we train them to keep up." |
30 | * '''Conversed''': "You ever noticed that ass-kicking seems to run in the family as far as these kind of shows are concerned?" |
31 | * '''Implied''': Mom and dad's careers are well-known, but when they're out on a mission, some dumb crooks break in. One GilliganCut later, the kids have the crooks hogtied and are arguing over whose turn it is to polish the weapons. |
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35 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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38 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
39 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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