Line #15 PlayingWith/TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character who practices a certain profession fails to notice that their family members need assistance in that field.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob is a therapist specializing in child psychology, but his relationship with his own children is distant and dysfunctional.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob is a doctor, yet does nothing when his own children get fatally ill.
5	** The WhiteMage can't heal himself.
6	* '''Downplayed''': While Bob is shown to struggle when dealing with family problems, he still has a good relationship with all of them.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Bob is able to recognize and diagnose his patients because he is unrelated to them. It's not so easy with his kids.
9	** Bob is a veterinarian, and therefore doesn't understand human diseases.
10	** Bob's children developed issues from Bob treating them like patients instead of his children.
11	** Bob is a workaholic who spends all his time dealing with everyone else's problems, leaving him with no time to deal with things at home.
12	* '''Inverted''': Bob is excellent at diagnosing and helping his children - not so much with his patients.
13	* '''Subverted''': It seems like Bob is going to be set up as an ineffectual father to his children, but that turns out to be a RedHerring of sorts - he's a good, attentive father.
14	* '''Double Subverted''': ...to one child, at least. The others get a mix of emotionlessness and apathy from him.
15	* '''Parodied''':
16	** Bob is a mechanic, yet refuses to fix his own car when it breaks down.
17	** Bob is literally a cobbler, but everyone else in his family PrefersGoingBarefoot, and they all refuse to wear them despite his insistence.
18	* '''Zig Zagged''': He's a good father some days. Others, he's just not very good at all.
19	* '''Averted''': He's competent as both a father and therapist.
20	* '''Enforced''': "Those [[ViewersAreMorons blue-collar idiots watching at home]] won't sympathize with this highly-paid therapist unless his home life is in shambles."
21	* '''Lampshaded''': "My son's in trouble at school? Why didn't I see this coming?"
22	* '''Invoked''': "Can't talk to you now, son, daddy has to go to work."
23	* '''Exploited''': School bullies bully the child, knowing that the father won't help.
24	* '''Defied''': "Huh, you know, if I remember my schooling, some of that could probably be applied to my home life."
25	* '''Discussed''': "It sickens me that there are people who say they are better psychologists than me, but can't see what's right in front of them."
26	* '''Conversed''': "Is he blind!? Look at his kids!"
27	* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's troubling home life takes a huge toll on his ability to relate to others. As a result, he fails as both a therapist and a father.
28	* '''Reconstructed''': Working with his patients, Bob eventually sees a parallel between them and his troubled family, [[HeelRealization realizing]] his children are important too. This prompts him to take them to a family councilor who can help [[DysfunctionalFamily them]] ''and'' [[{{Workaholic}} himself]] work through their collective issues.
29	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob's a great therapist, but when he applies his skills to his dysfunctional family, HilarityEnsues (as well as screwball hijinks and wacky antics).
30	* '''Played For Drama''': Bob {{Wangst}}s about how he can help everybody except the people he loves.
31	* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is unable to help his child even as they start showing [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior obviously problematic behavior]], which costs him his life when they grow up into a murderous, resentful adult.
32	* '''Implied''': Bob's family is not shown, but when he is treating a kid with dysfunctional parents, he makes a weary comment suggesting he might also be a bad dad.
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34	Please go back to TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes and edit it - my father, despite being a Troper, refuses to do so himself.
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