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Meg.</div>        </p><p><div class='indent'><em>"If my son talked like that, I'd beat him to within an inch of his life, I'd whip him senseless with my belt, and hold his head in the toilet till he was begging for mercy! I still don't see why the judge cut off my visitation rights."</em> <div class='indent'>— <strong>Sosumi</strong>, <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/UltimateMuscle' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/UltimateMuscle' data-format='QW5pbWUvVWx0aW1hdGVNdXNjbGU='>Ultimate Muscle</a></em> </div></div></p><p>Parents are supposed to be the protectors of children, but these parents are either so damaged themselves that they can't do the job, greedy or villainous to the point that they never had any interest in doing the job properly, or would rather use the child as a means to an end. Sometimes, they're just <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Sadist' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Sadist' data-format='e3tzYWRpc3R9fWlj'>sadistic</a> assholes. </p><p>This includes parents who are emotionally, verbally, physically, or mentally abusive, or who neglectfully allow their children to be abused by others if they don't abuse the child themselves; <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalIncest' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalIncest' data-format='W1tQYXJlbnRhbEluY2VzdCBzZXh1YWwgYWJ1c2VdXQ=='>sexual abuse</a> in particular is typically treated as <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil' data-format='W1tSYXBlSXNBU3BlY2lhbEtpbmRPZkV2aWwgYSBzcGVjaWFsIGtpbmQgb2YgZXZpbF1d'>a special kind of evil</a>. Sometimes, the abuse at the hands of their parents becomes a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudianExcuse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudianExcuse' data-format='RnJldWRpYW5FeGN1c2U='>Freudian Excuse</a> for a villain. Other times, the character manages to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefiedTrope' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefiedTrope' data-format='W1tEZWZpZWRUcm9wZSBub3QgZ3JvdyB1cCBicm9rZW4sIGJpdHRlciwgYW5kIGhhdGVmdWxdXQ=='>not grow up broken, bitter, and hateful</a>, and instead <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharacterDevelopment' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharacterDevelopment' data-format='W1tDaGFyYWN0ZXJEZXZlbG9wbWVudCBhIGRpZmZlcmVudCBhbmQgYmV0dGVyIHBlcnNvbl1d'>a different and better person</a> than the upbringing would incline one to think; they may even pass down their newfound betterment <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting' data-format='W1tCcmVha2luZ1RoZUN5Y2xlT2ZCYWRQYXJlbnRpbmcgdG8gdGhlaXIgb3duIGNoaWxkcmVuXV0='>to their own children</a>. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior' data-format='VHJvdWJsaW5nVW5jaGlsZGxpa2VCZWhhdmlvcg=='>Troubling Unchildlike Behavior</a> is often a tell-tale sign that things are not right at home. </p><p>Abusive Parents are commonplace in <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FairyTale' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FairyTale' data-format='e3tmYWlyeSB0YWxlfX1z'>fairy tales</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Myth/ClassicalMythology' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Myth/ClassicalMythology' data-format='TXl0aC9DbGFzc2ljYWxNeXRob2xvZ3k='>Classical Mythology</a> which makes this trope <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanFeudalism' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanFeudalism' data-format='T2xkZXJUaGFuRmV1ZGFsaXNt'>Older Than Feudalism</a>. Note that <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/TheBrothersGrimm' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/TheBrothersGrimm' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9UaGVCcm90aGVyc0dyaW1t'>The Brothers Grimm</a>, when they collected European fairy tales, were uncomfortable with the idea of Abusive Parents and so frequently changed the Abusive Parents in the traditional stories into abusive <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WickedStepmother' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WickedStepmother' data-format='W1tXaWNrZWRTdGVwbW90aGVyIHN0ZXAtcGFyZW50c11d'>step-parents</a>. </p><p>Sometimes, a parent will go as far as to kill the child in question, in which case this is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffingTheOffspring' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffingTheOffspring' data-format='T2ZmaW5nVGhlT2Zmc3ByaW5n'>Offing the Offspring</a>. In other cases, the parent's abuse occasionally drives the offspring to <em>snap</em>, commit <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Revenge' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Revenge' data-format='e3tSZXZlbmdlfX0='>Revenge</a> and finally kill <em>them</em>, thus becoming a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfMadeOrphan' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfMadeOrphan' data-format='U2VsZk1hZGVPcnBoYW4='>Self-Made Orphan</a>. Although other times, the parents end up as a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KarmaHoudini' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KarmaHoudini' data-format='S2FybWFIb3VkaW5p'>Karma Houdini</a>. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallingTheOldManOut' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallingTheOldManOut' data-format='Q2FsbGluZ1RoZU9sZE1hbk91dA=='>Calling the Old Man Out</a> occurs when a fed-up child retaliates with a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReasonYouSuckSpeech' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReasonYouSuckSpeech' data-format='VGhlUmVhc29uWW91U3Vja1NwZWVjaA=='>"The Reason You Suck" Speech</a>. If the child <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdoptingTheAbused' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdoptingTheAbused' data-format='W1tBZG9wdGluZ1RoZUFidXNlZCBnZXRzIG91dCBvZiB0aGUgYnJva2VuIGZhbWlseSBhbmQgZm9ybXMgaGVhbHRoeSBmcmllbmRzaGlwc11d'>gets out of the broken family and forms healthy friendships</a>, but reacts badly when their abusive parents show up again, well, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent' data-format='RnJpZW5kc0FyZUNob3NlbkZhbWlseUFyZW50'>Friends Are Chosen, Family Aren't</a>. Their new friends/family will likely be horrified/infuriated to learn what the parents did, as <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChildAbuseIsASpecialKindOfEvil' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChildAbuseIsASpecialKindOfEvil' data-format='W1tDaGlsZEFidXNlSXNBU3BlY2lhbEtpbmRPZkV2aWwgc3VjaCBhY3Rpb25zIGFyZSBldmlsXV0='>such actions are evil</a>. </p><p>Bear in mind that <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfParentShamingInFiction' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfParentShamingInFiction' data-format='W1tTbGlkaW5nU2NhbGVPZlBhcmVudFNoYW1pbmdJbkZpY3Rpb24gbm90IGV2ZXJ5b25lIGFncmVlcyBvbiB0aGUgbGluZSBiZXR3ZWVuIGFjdHVhbCBhYnVzZSBhbmQgbWVyZWx5IGhlYXZ5LWhhbmRlZCBwYXJlbnRpbmddXQ=='>not everyone agrees on the line between actual abuse and merely heavy-handed parenting</a> (or even <em>normal</em> parenting). Is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MovingTheGoalposts' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MovingTheGoalposts' data-format='TW92aW5nVGhlR29hbHBvc3Rz'>Moving the Goalposts</a> merely inspiring the child to achieve more, or the most insidious form of abuse to instill mistrust and paranoia in the children? Some include <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff' data-format='W1tEb250TWFrZU1lVGFrZU15QmVsdE9mZiBzcGFua2luZ11d'>spanking</a> as abuse; others think it's appropriate given certain guidelines. Some believe it's okay to make a kid go without a meal (they won't starve that easily); others disagree. Making a kid miss a friend's birthday sleepover — is that <em>emotional</em> abuse? Raising a kid without exposure to TV? Telling your daughter she's getting fat? A little name-calling? There's a line here somewhere, but not everyone agrees on where it is. </p><p>If a parent has just dumped the child, for whatever reason, that's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalAbandonment' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalAbandonment' data-format='UGFyZW50YWxBYmFuZG9ubWVudA=='>Parental Abandonment</a>; if they aren't paying attention, that's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalNeglect' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalNeglect' data-format='UGFyZW50YWxOZWdsZWN0'>Parental Neglect</a>. If the parents refuse to discipline their kids, they are <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PushoverParents' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PushoverParents' data-format='UHVzaG92ZXJQYXJlbnRz'>Pushover Parents</a>. Contrast <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MamaBear' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MamaBear' data-format='TWFtYUJlYXI='>Mama Bear</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PapaWolf' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PapaWolf' data-format='UGFwYVdvbGY='>Papa Wolf</a> (where <em>others</em> abuse the children and the parents abuse the abusers), the more extreme variant of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnightTemplarParent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnightTemplarParent' data-format='S25pZ2h0VGVtcGxhclBhcmVudA=='>Knight Templar Parent</a> (where the abusive parent is violently overprotective) and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbusiveOffspring' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbusiveOffspring' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZU9mZnNwcmluZw=='>Abusive Offspring</a> (where the children are abusive to their parents). <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbusivePrecursors' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbusivePrecursors' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVByZWN1cnNvcnM='>Abusive Precursors</a> can be considered this, on a metaphorical level. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy' data-format='QmxhY2tDb21lZHk='>Black Comedy</a> is often connected in the comedic aspect of it, and a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigScrewedUpFamily' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigScrewedUpFamily' data-format='QmlnU2NyZXdlZFVwRmFtaWx5'>Big, Screwed-Up Family</a> may be involved if it is adult comedy. In keeping with the above note, some may call the show on it and say <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DudeNotFunny' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DudeNotFunny' data-format='RHVkZU5vdEZ1bm55'>Dude, Not Funny!</a>. Abusive-type parents are mostly <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NotoriousParent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NotoriousParent' data-format='W1tOb3RvcmlvdXNQYXJlbnQgd2FudGVkIGNyaW1pbmFscyBiZWluZyBjaGFzZWQgYnkgdGhlIGxhd11d'>wanted criminals being chased by the law</a>. </p><p>While they do not have to be the child's actual, technical parents to be part of this trope, they must be closely related and live together, like a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WickedStepmother' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WickedStepmother' data-format='V2lja2VkU3RlcG1vdGhlcg=='>Wicked Stepmother</a> or an <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilUncle' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilUncle' data-format='RXZpbFVuY2xl'>Evil Uncle</a> taking care of the Parentally Deprived. After all, it's <em>much</em> more disgusting that somebody related to the child could bring themselves to hurt them, rather than a mere foster family. </p><p>As in <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealLife' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealLife' data-format='UmVhbExpZmU='>Real Life</a>, this trope can make a child <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HatesTheirParent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HatesTheirParent' data-format='W1tIYXRlc1RoZWlyUGFyZW50IEhhdGUgVGhlaXIgUGFyZW50XV0='>Hate Their Parent</a>. </p><p>The psychological damage of abusive parenting can lead to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConditionedToBeWeak' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConditionedToBeWeak' data-format='Q29uZGl0aW9uZWRUb0JlV2Vhaw=='>Conditioned to Be Weak</a>, where the abused child is too scared of their abuser to retaliate so they just follow orders to avoid their wrath. </p><p>Subtropes include: <!—index—> <ul ><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArchnemesisDad' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArchnemesisDad' data-format='QXJjaG5lbWVzaXNEYWQ='>Archnemesis Dad</a>: An evil father. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting' data-format='QnJlYWtpbmdUaGVDeWNsZU9mQmFkUGFyZW50aW5n'>Breaking the Cycle of Bad Parenting</a>: The abused child in question grows up and starts their own family, vowing not to make the same mistakes their parents did with them and will try to treat their own children better. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChildAbuseIsASpecialKindOfEvil' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChildAbuseIsASpecialKindOfEvil' data-format='Q2hpbGRBYnVzZUlzQVNwZWNpYWxLaW5kT2ZFdmls'>Child Abuse Is a Special Kind of Evil</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DelusionsOfParentalLove' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DelusionsOfParentalLove' data-format='RGVsdXNpb25zT2ZQYXJlbnRhbExvdmU='>Delusions of Parental Love</a>: The abused child insists that their parents are good people despite their mistreatment. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilMatriarch' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilMatriarch' data-format='RXZpbE1hdHJpYXJjaA=='>Evil Matriarch</a>: An evil mother. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GruesomeGrandparent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GruesomeGrandparent' data-format='R3J1ZXNvbWVHcmFuZHBhcmVudA=='>Gruesome Grandparent</a>: A grandparent is abusive. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood' data-format='SGlsYXJpb3VzbHlBYnVzaXZlQ2hpbGRob29k'>Hilariously Abusive Childhood</a>: When this is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExaggeratedTrope' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExaggeratedTrope' data-format='W1tFeGFnZ2VyYXRlZFRyb3BlIGNyYW5rZWQgdXAgdG8gYWJzdXJkIGxldmVsc11d'>cranked up to absurd levels</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedForLaughs' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedForLaughs' data-format='UGxheWVkRm9yTGF1Z2hz'>Played for Laughs</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LovingParentCruelParent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LovingParentCruelParent' data-format='TG92aW5nUGFyZW50Q3J1ZWxQYXJlbnQ='>Loving Parent, Cruel Parent</a>: One parent is abusive and the other isn't. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffingTheOffspring' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffingTheOffspring' data-format='T2ZmaW5nVGhlT2Zmc3ByaW5n'>Offing the Offspring</a>: A parent <em>kills</em> their child. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalIncest' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalIncest' data-format='UGFyZW50YWxJbmNlc3Q='>Parental Incest</a>: A sexually abusive parent. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalNeglect' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalNeglect' data-format='UGFyZW50YWxOZWdsZWN0'>Parental Neglect</a>: Cruel apathy to your children. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PimpingTheOffspring' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PimpingTheOffspring' data-format='UGltcGluZ1RoZU9mZnNwcmluZw=='>Pimping the Offspring</a>: A parent prostitutes their own (usually underage) child for profit. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UselessBystanderParent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UselessBystanderParent' data-format='VXNlbGVzc0J5c3RhbmRlclBhcmVudA=='>Useless Bystander Parent</a>: The parent allows someone else to abuse their kid. </li></ul><!—/index—> </p><p>The polar opposite, of course, is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodParents' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodParents' data-format='R29vZFBhcmVudHM='>Good Parents</a>. Also not to be confused with <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeasingParent' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeasingParent' data-format='VGVhc2luZ1BhcmVudA=='>Teasing Parent</a>, who plays harmless jokes on their kids without intending to hurt them. </p><p>Unfortunately, Abusive Parents are <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TruthInTelevision' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TruthInTelevision' data-format='VHJ1dGhJblRlbGV2aXNpb24='>Truth in Television</a> and a very sensitive topic for many, so <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease' data-format='QWRtaW5pc3RyaXZpYS9Ob1JlYWxMaWZlRXhhbXBsZXNQbGVhc2U='>No Real Life Examples, Please!</a> It is sufficient to say <a class='urllink' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse'>they do exist<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> and that they are also too common. </p><p><strong>Note:</strong> Please do not use this trope for complaining about parents you don't like. <hr data-format='——' /> <h2>Example subpages:</h2> </p><p><!—index—> <ul ><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/AnimeAndManga' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/AnimeAndManga' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMvQW5pbWVBbmRNYW5nYQ=='>Anime & Manga</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/ComicBooks' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/ComicBooks' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMvQ29taWNCb29rcw=='>Comic Books</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/FanWorks' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/FanWorks' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMvRmFuV29ya3M='>Fan Works</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/AnimatedFilms' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/AnimatedFilms' data-format='W1tBYnVzaXZlUGFyZW50cy9BbmltYXRlZEZpbG1zIEZpbG1zIOKAlCBBbmltYXRpb25dXQ=='>Films — Animation</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/LiveActionFilms' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/LiveActionFilms' data-format='W1tBYnVzaXZlUGFyZW50cy9MaXZlQWN0aW9uRmlsbXMgRmlsbXMg4oCUIExpdmUtQWN0aW9uXV0='>Films — Live-Action</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/Literature' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/Literature' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMve3tMaXRlcmF0dXJlfX0='>Literature</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/LiveActionTV' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/LiveActionTV' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMvTGl2ZUFjdGlvblRW'>Live-Action TV</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/Music' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/Music' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMve3tNdXNpY319'>Music</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/Theatre' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/Theatre' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMve3tUaGVhdHJlfX0='>Theatre</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/VideoGames' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/VideoGames' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMvVmlkZW9HYW1lcw=='>Video Games</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/VisualNovels' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/VisualNovels' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMvVmlzdWFsTm92ZWxz'>Visual Novels</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/WebAnimation' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/WebAnimation' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMvV2ViQW5pbWF0aW9u'>Web Animation</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/Webcomics' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/Webcomics' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMve3tXZWJjb21pY3N9fQ=='>Webcomics</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/WebVideos' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/WebVideos' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMvV2ViVmlkZW9z'>Web Videos</a> </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/WesternAnimation' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AbusiveParents/WesternAnimation' data-format='QWJ1c2l2ZVBhcmVudHMvV2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbg=='>Western Animation</a> </li></ul><!—/index—> </p><p><h2>Other examples:</h2> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="toggleAllFolders();">    open/close all folders  </div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder0');">    Advertising </div><div id="folder0" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> There's a series of Jell-o pudding commercials that feature parents punishing their children for stealing it for themselves in ways that can only be described as this. One of them has a mother telling her daughter a story which is a not-so-disguised threat that she'll take her daughter's favorite things (a bike, her teddy bear) and throw them away until the girl gives her the empty containers. Another is told in nursery-rhyme style, featuring a little girl who is sent to work at a coal mine for stealing a pudding. The latter is ambiguous enough so one doesn't know if the child is merely being threatened or if she's already been sent away. There was another ad where two parents scare their children lifeless over the pudding, giving a campfire-story threat involving the "Chocobeast." </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Advertising/Skittles' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Advertising/Skittles' data-format='QWR2ZXJ0aXNpbmcve3tTa2l0dGxlc319'>Skittles</a></em>: The mother in "Harvest the Rainbow" refuses to call a doctor for her son, who has a skittles tree growing out of his stomach, because he's her orchard. Similarly, she considers his dream of going to college silly. From the state her son is in, he's not had a bath or change of clothes in a long time and may not be let into the house anymore. As a bonus, the mother is played by <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/BethGrant' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/BethGrant' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9CZXRoR3JhbnQ='>Beth Grant</a>, who often gets cast as an abusive monster. </li><li> All of NSPCC's ads. Especially 1999’s “Don’t Look”, which features a baby being murdered offscreen. </li><li> An Australian charity ran a campaign trying to challenge public perception that victims of child abuse should somehow forget or "get over" the trauma as adults. It ran a PSA with a father giving a speech at his daughter's wedding about how he sexually abused her as a child, and everyone (including the bride and groom) laughing along. A radio campaign took a similar format with an athlete giving an acceptance speech thanking his abusive father for making him learn to run fast, and a woman happily reminiscing at her elderly mother's birthday party about how the mother neglected and emotionally abused her daughter. </li><li> <a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpReQprVjag'>Another NSPCC PSA<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> showed a father abusing an animated version of his son, complete with a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WildTake' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WildTake' data-format='V2lsZFRha2U='>Wild Take</a> or two and over-the-top reactions and pratfalls... until the end, when he throws the boy down the stairs. The real kicker is the message at the end: Real children don't bounce back. </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder1');">    Fairy Tales </div><div id="folder1" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheFoolOfTheWorldAndTheFlyingShip' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheFoolOfTheWorldAndTheFlyingShip' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9UaGVGb29sT2ZUaGVXb3JsZEFuZFRoZUZseWluZ1NoaXA='>The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship</a>": The fool's parents are verbally abusive to the fool, not being supportive of him when he wanted to go out and build a flying ship. They also only gave him scraps of food for his journey instead of the lovely meal they gave to his two brothers. </li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Morozko' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Morozko' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS97e01vcm96a299fQ=='>Morozko</a>": The old woman constantly berates her stepdaughter, to the point that the poor child cries every night, and in the beginning of the tale the old woman attempts to get her killed. </li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/MaidMaleen' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/MaidMaleen' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9NYWlkTWFsZWVu'>Maid Maleen</a>": The titular princess refuses to go through with an arranged marriage, so her father tries to "break her spirit" by locking her away in a tower for seven years. </li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/HansTheHedgehog' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/HansTheHedgehog' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9IYW5zVGhlSGVkZ2Vob2c='>Hans the Hedgehog</a>": Hans' father regrets having wished for his half-urchin son to be born and literally wishes him dead. He is all too happy when Hans leaves home on his own initiative, and he does not even care when Hans returns with a big herd of pigs to feed the village with. He only starts caring when Hans returns again, now fully human and married to a princess. </li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/MotherHolle' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/MotherHolle' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9Nb3RoZXJIb2xsZQ=='>Mother Holle</a>": The main character's stepmother forces her to work until her hands are bleeding. In the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Erstwhile' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Erstwhile' data-format='V2ViY29taWMve3tFcnN0d2hpbGV9fQ=='>Erstwhile</a></em> version, it is seen that the woman dotes on her biological daughter as long as she obeys orders and does not talk back. </li><li> "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/PrinceIvanTheWitchBabyAndTheLittleSisterOfTheSun' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/PrinceIvanTheWitchBabyAndTheLittleSisterOfTheSun' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9QcmluY2VJdmFuVGhlV2l0Y2hCYWJ5QW5kVGhlTGl0dGxlU2lzdGVyT2ZUaGVTdW4='>Prince Ivan, the Witch Baby, and the Little Sister of the Sun</a>": In Arthur Ransome's version, Prince Ivan's parents cared little for his mute son, whose "dumbness" they were constantly moaning about, so it should not come as a surprise that Ivan "spent all his time in the stables, listening to the tales of an old groom". </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder2');">    Jokes </div><div id="folder2" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> Real child abuse isn't funny, period. However there is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackHumor' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackHumor' data-format='QmxhY2tIdW1vcg=='>Black Humor</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ComedicSociopathy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ComedicSociopathy' data-format='Q29tZWRpY1NvY2lvcGF0aHk='>Comedic Sociopathy</a>. With that being said: <ul ><li> There's a whole line of short "Mommy Mommy" jokes that are popular: <div class='indent'>"Mommy-mommy, why do I keep walking in circles?"<br data-format="\\" />"Shut up dear, or I'll nail your other foot to the floor."<br data-format="\\" /><br data-format="\\" />"Mommy-mommy, why is Daddy running back and forth across the field?"<br data-format="\\" />"Shut up and reload, dear."<br data-format="\\" /><br data-format="\\" />"Mommy-mommy, why can't Daddy have a proper burial?<br data-format="\\" />"Shut up and keep flushing, dear."<br data-format="\\" /><br data-format="\\" />"Mommy-mommy, Grandma has a huge mole on her leg!"<br data-format="\\" />"Shut up and eat around it, dear." </div></p><p></li><li> A mother is making jam in the kitchen, and her legless son plays in the other room. He calls for her to bring him some jam, and she answers that he can easily walk to the kitchen. "But I have no legs..." "No legs, no jam!" <ul ><li> This joke is also told in the "No arms, no cartoons" variety. </li></ul></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder3');">    Myths & Religion </div><div id="folder3" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Myth/ClassicalMythology' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Myth/ClassicalMythology' data-format='TXl0aC9DbGFzc2ljYWxNeXRob2xvZ3k='>Classical Mythology</a> is full of child abuse. <ul ><li> Ouranos and Cronos both made a practice of imprisoning their children at birth: Ouranos threw them in Tartarus, while Cronos <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwallowedWhole' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwallowedWhole' data-format='W1tTd2FsbG93ZWRXaG9sZSBzd2FsbG93ZWQgdGhlbSB3aG9sZV1d'>swallowed them whole</a>. </li><li> Greek mortals abuse their children just as often in myth. For example, Echetus stabbed out his daughter's eyes, chained her in a cellar, and made her grind bronze chunks to dust. Acrisius locked his daughter Danae in solitary confinement to prevent her from having children, and then threw her in a box and dumped her in the sea when she got pregnant from Zeus. Mythical women suffer various physical punishments and sometimes death for getting pregnant out of wedlock, even when they were raped. Beating kids barely even gets mentioned in Classical Greece, except when someone like comedian <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/Aristophanes' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/Aristophanes' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci97e0FyaXN0b3BoYW5lc319'>Aristophanes</a> mocks moral relativists by depicting them as opposed to beating them. </li><li> When Hephaestus was born, his mother Hera tossed him off a cliff because she <em>thought he was too ugly.</em> (He survived.) </li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IronWoobie' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IronWoobie' data-format='W1tJcm9uV29vYmllIEt1bGxlcnZvXV0='>Kullervo</a> in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheKalevala' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheKalevala' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9UaGVLYWxldmFsYQ=='>The Kalevala</a></em> is abused so badly he becomes an <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OmnicidalManiac' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OmnicidalManiac' data-format='T21uaWNpZGFsTWFuaWFj'>Omnicidal Maniac</a> and kills himself. At the end of the canto, Väinämöinen especially warns of abusing children, stating that "a boy abused will never have the mind of a man". </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder4');">    Podcasts & Radio </div><div id="folder4" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/CompelledDual' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/CompelledDual' data-format='UG9kY2FzdC9Db21wZWxsZWREdWFs'>Compelled Dual</a></em>: Leoril and Phirora's father, Morlin, regularly used enchantment magic on Leoril before he left, and deadnames him behind closed doors. He also <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > casts Dominate Person on Phirora</span> in episode 17. It's little wonder that Leoril's ultimate goal is to see the man dead. </li><li> 3 of the 4 main dads in season 1 of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/DungeonsAndDaddies' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/DungeonsAndDaddies' data-format='UG9kY2FzdC9EdW5nZW9uc0FuZERhZGRpZXM='>Dungeons & Daddies</a></em> had very bad relationships with their fathers that contained varying levels of abuse. <ul ><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NamedAfterSomebodyFamous' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NamedAfterSomebodyFamous' data-format='W1tOYW1lZEFmdGVyU29tZWJvZHlGYW1vdXMgR2xlbm4gQ2xvc2UmIzAzOTtzXV0='>Glenn Close's</a> dad Bill, while the least objectively evil of the Omega Daddies, still really sucks. He was neglectful throughout Glenn's childhood and did very little to prevent Glenn from being cosmically written out of Nick's life and sent to maximum security prison. While he does help a bit in the final battle and try to make half-hearted amends with his son, Glenn still wishes he could've killed him. </li><li> Barry (or Bear Ri'Oak) is emotionally abusive to both his wife Autumn and son Henry. He never cared for Henry beyond his magic, is extremely emotionally distant, and forcibly kept Autumn and Henry away from each other for years. </li><li> Ron Stampler's dad Willy was the worst of the three villain dads. He was neglectful, emotionally and physically abusive, and altogether just a terrible person. The emotional gut-punch of an episode that is Episode 61: <em>Death of a Salesman</em>, goes into the details of Ron's childhood growing up with Willy as a dad. When Ron was very young, Willy would leave him with his incredibly ill mother who wasn't physically well enough to take care of him, forcing him to fend for himself and often leaving him in physical danger. He nearly let Ron drown as a child as a way to "toughen him up" and likely would have killed his dog Rogue (the only real friend that Ron had) if Ron and his mom hadn't snuck away to bring him to a no-kill shelter (it's also heavily implied that he was abusive towards Ron's mom as well, and outright stated that she only stayed with him because she knew that she couldn't care for Ron on her own because of her debilitating illness). <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > The abuse culminates in Willy attempting to murder a teenage Ron, holding his head underwater after Ron accidentally hurt his ear with a fishing lure. Ron is able to escape his father's grasp, which unintentionally leads to Willy slipping and hitting his head on a rock before falling into the water himself. Ron silently watches his dad, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MurderByInaction' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MurderByInaction' data-format='W1tNdXJkZXJCeUluYWN0aW9uIGNvbnRlbXBsYXRpbmcgd2hldGhlciBoZSBzaG91bGQganVzdCBsZXQgdGhpcyBhYnVzaXZlIG1vbnN0ZXIgZGllLl1d'>contemplating whether he should just let this abusive monster die.</a> By the time he swims out to try and save him, it's too late.</span> </li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/EdeValley' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/EdeValley' data-format='UG9kY2FzdC9FZGVWYWxsZXk='>Ede Valley</a></em>: Tommy's father is verbally and physically abusive, exploding at him for playing with Tarot cards, burning him with cigarettes, and <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >nearly choking him to death with a belt.</span> </li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/InStrangeWoods' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/InStrangeWoods' data-format='UG9kY2FzdC9JblN0cmFuZ2VXb29kcw=='>In Strange Woods</a></em>, Howl's father was emotionally and physically abusive to him, and he grew up in a house without love. </li><li> Main character Julian in podcast <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/TheOrbitingHumanCircusOfTheAir' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/TheOrbitingHumanCircusOfTheAir' data-format='UG9kY2FzdC9UaGVPcmJpdGluZ0h1bWFuQ2lyY3VzT2ZUaGVBaXI='>The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air)</a></em> was beaten by his stepfather, and one time was hit so hard on the side of the head it's possible he got brain damage.  </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder5');">    Professional Wrestling </div><div id="folder5" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> Before awareness campaigns of the 1980s, a child "physical abuse"-type promo <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood' data-format='W1tIaWxhcmlvdXNseUFidXNpdmVDaGlsZGhvb2Qgd2FzIG9mdGVuIHBsYXllZCBmb3IgbGF1Z2hzXV0='>was often played for laughs</a>. More common with regional promotions that had their own syndicated TV programs, a heel wrestler or tag team would seriously and in a normal but concerned tone of voice deliver a promo recounting a supposed meeting with a sad-eyed boy or girl, who is crying because (s)he can no longer take his/her father's physical abuse, the wrestler then asking the child if he'd go live with his/her mother to which the boy claims she beats him/her also, then asking who he'd like to live with, to which the kid says, "I wanna go live with (whatever face wrestler/tag team said heels are currently feuding)... because he/they don't beat nobody!" ...with the heel wrestler's demeanor suddenly turning from somber to mocking as he delivers the punch line. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/VinceMcMahon' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/VinceMcMahon' data-format='W1tXcmVzdGxpbmcvVmluY2VNY01haG9uIFZpbmNlIDxzcGFuIGNsYXNzPSdlc2Mtc2VxJyB0aXRsZT0nbm9uLXdpa2l3b3JkJz5NY01haG9uPC9zcGFuPl1d'>Vince <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>McMahon</span></a> often acted this way toward his son <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon' data-format='V3Jlc3RsaW5nL1NoYW5lTWNNYWhvbg=='>Shane McMahon</a>, daughter <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon' data-format='W1tXcmVzdGxpbmcvU3RlcGhhbmllTWNNYWhvbiBTdGVwaGFuaWUgPHNwYW4gY2xhc3M9J2VzYy1zZXEnIHRpdGxlPSdub24td2lraXdvcmQnPk1jTWFob248L3NwYW4+XV0='>Stephanie <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>McMahon</span></a>, and his <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kayfabe' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kayfabe' data-format='W1t7e0theWZhYmV9fSBvdXQtb2Ytd2VkbG9jayAic29uIl1d'>out-of-wedlock "son"</a> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Hornswoggle' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Hornswoggle' data-format='V3Jlc3RsaW5nL3t7SG9ybnN3b2dnbGV9fQ=='>Hornswoggle</a> in angles. <ul ><li> When Shane returned to RAW on February 22, 2016, people at the stadium heard something <a class='urllink' href='https://youtu.be/gLir-eIPOfs'>that was censored from the TV broadcast.<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> <div class='indent'><strong>Vincent</strong>: <em>(Into the mic)</em> Good, because I have one last opportunity- <em>(further away, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IsThisThingStillOn' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IsThisThingStillOn' data-format='W1tJc1RoaXNUaGluZ1N0aWxsT24gYnV0IHN0aWxsIGF1ZGlibGUgdmlhIG1pY11d'>but still audible via mic</a>)</em> to give you a fucking beating. </div></li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Raven' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Raven' data-format='V3Jlc3RsaW5nL3t7UmF2ZW59fQ=='>Raven</a> claimed that both of his parents beat the crap out of him. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/CMPunk' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/CMPunk' data-format='V3Jlc3RsaW5nL0NNUHVuaw=='>CM Punk</a> also said he had issues with his dad, and that he was going to beat Raven because he saw his father in Raven. Some cycle there, huh? </li><li> Toward the end of 2005, <em>Raw</em> wrestler <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam' data-format='W1tXcmVzdGxpbmcvVGhlV29ybGRzR3JlYXRlc3RUYWdUZWFtIFNoZWx0b24gQmVuamFtaW5dXQ=='>Shelton Benjamin</a> began losing most of his matches. It wasn't long before his overbearing "Momma" (actually actress Thea <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>Vidale</span> in "granny" glasses and a muumuu) showed up on television to reprimand him, threatening to beat him (just as she supposedly did when he was a boy) if he didn't start winning matches. Benjamin began cheating to win or allowing Momma Benjamin to cheat for him, thus turning heel. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa' data-format='V3Jlc3RsaW5nL0NoZWVybGVhZGVyTWVsaXNzYQ=='>Cheerleader Melissa</a> would joke about how her rival, "Sweet" Saraya, would treat her kids and declared she was going to beat <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Paige' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Paige' data-format='W1tXcmVzdGxpbmcve3tQYWlnZX19IEJyaXRhbmkgS2lnaHRdXQ=='>Britani Kight</a> in her mother's steed when they met in <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/SHIMMER' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/SHIMMER' data-format='V3Jlc3RsaW5nL3t7U0hJTU1FUn19'>SHIMMER</a>. </li><li> During his early hype vignettes, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/BrayWyatt' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/BrayWyatt' data-format='V3Jlc3RsaW5nL0JyYXlXeWF0dA=='>Bray Wyatt</a> said his daddy was a mean man who made him work on his shrimping boat instead of going to school. Bray <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillItWithFire' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillItWithFire' data-format='W1tLaWxsSXRXaXRoRmlyZSBzZXQgZmlyZV1d'>set fire</a> to his dad's boat - and implied that <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfMadeOrphan' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfMadeOrphan' data-format='W1tTZWxmTWFkZU9ycGhhbiBoaXMgZGFkIGRpZWQgaW4gdGhhdCBmaXJlXV0='>his dad died in that fire</a>. </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder6');">    Roleplays </div><div id="folder6" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues' data-format='Um9sZXBsYXkvRGF3bk9mQU5ld0FnZU9sZHBvcnRCbHVlcw=='>Dawn of a New Age: Oldport Blues</a></em>: <ul ><li> Mrs. Miller forced all her expectations onto Jacob, which eventually developed into her emotionally abusing him if he didn't match up to her standards. His <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScheduleFanatic' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScheduleFanatic' data-format='W1tTY2hlZHVsZUZhbmF0aWMgb2JzZXNzaW9uIHdpdGggcm91dGluZV1d'>obsession with routine</a> is his way of coping with it. </li><li> Benedict's father micromanages his life, expecting him to get the best possible grades so that he can inherit the family legacy. Even worse, he's blatantly homophobic, going so far as to hurl slurs at his son. As a result, Benedict has become haughty and stand-offish in order to conceal his issues of self-worth. </li><li> Daigo's father and stepmother physically abused him, outed him as bisexual, and frequently mocked his Japanese heritage. This only stopped when his stepmother passed away, and his father grew too frail to hurt him anymore- which, in turn, led to Daigo <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BestServedCold' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BestServedCold' data-format='W1tCZXN0U2VydmVkQ29sZCBleGFjdGluZyBoaXMgcmV2ZW5nZV1d'>exacting his revenge</a> against the old man. </li><li> Emmanuel's lack of self-esteem and self-control are a result of his mother, who verbally abuses him about being overweight. Even after he gained a super metabolism and slimmed down, she still tore into him when she found him eating cookies. </li></ul></li><li> Fairly common as a backstory for characters in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest' data-format='Um9sZXBsYXkvU3Vydml2YWxPZlRoZUZpdHRlc3Q='>Survival of the Fittest</a></em>, in that there are at least several examples per version. It was particularly common in v1 and v2, and while it isn't as common in later versions they still pop up. V2's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkActionGirl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkActionGirl' data-format='W1tEYXJrQWN0aW9uR2lybCBNYXJpYXZlbCBWYXJlbGxhXV0='>Mariavel Varella</a> is one such example, having been abused physically (and in a retconned thread, sexually) by her father, who also <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffingTheOffspring' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffingTheOffspring' data-format='W1tPZmZpbmdUaGVPZmZzcHJpbmcga2lsbGVkIGhlciBicm90aGVyXV0='>killed her brother</a>. </li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Roleplay/TouhouAGlimmerOfAnOutsideWorld' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Roleplay/TouhouAGlimmerOfAnOutsideWorld' data-format='Um9sZXBsYXkvVG91aG91QUdsaW1tZXJPZkFuT3V0c2lkZVdvcmxk'>Touhou: a Glimmer of an Outside World</a></em>, Marisa's father. Amongst other things, he threw her out — despite Marisa's being sixteen or seventeen at the most — and hit her when she tried to get back in. </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder7');">    Tabletop Games </div><div id="folder7" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/ArsMagica' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/ArsMagica' data-format='VGFibGV0b3BHYW1lL0Fyc01hZ2ljYQ=='>Ars Magica</a></em> has it come up both in a blood-relation manner and a mentor-student manner. The Gift causes people to feel a great sense of discomfort around magi, and those children born with the Gift frequently find themselves on the wrong end of their parents's irritation. As for master-student, the Code that magi follow allows all sorts of nastiness done to apprentices, up to and including <em>murder</em>. Even passing the Apprentice's Gauntlet and becoming a full-fledged magus might not be enough to escape this; the Flaw "Tormenting Master" indicates that once per year, your parens clears two weeks out of their schedule and spends them trying to break your life to pieces. (Because House Tytalus is built around interpersonal conflict, most Tytalus magi might as well put this Flaw on their character sheet before they even start spending points.) </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder8');">    Websites </div><div id="folder8" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> The "extreme neglect" part of this trope is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedForLaughs' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedForLaughs' data-format='UGxheWVkRm9yTGF1Z2hz'>Played for Laughs</a> in this <em><a class='urllink' href='http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/dave-engledow-worlds-best-father'>World's Best Father<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a></em> photo series by photographer Dave Engledow. </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/DragonCave' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/DragonCave' data-format='V2Vic2l0ZS9EcmFnb25DYXZl'>Dragon Cave</a></em>: Neglected dragons are the result of an egg not getting any views until close to its time of death. They are extremely rare however, and ironically they are very sought after because of their rarity (the process usually results in killing the egg instead). </li></ul></div> <hr data-format='——-' /> </p></div> <div class="lazy-video-script"> <a id="VideoExamples"></a> <div> </div> <div class="video-examples has-thumbnails"> <div class="video-examples-header"> <a href="#feedback" class="font-s float-right text-blue" data-modal-target="login" >Feedback</a> <h3 class="bold">Video Example(s):</h3> </div> <div class="video-examples-featured"> <div class="example_video_box"> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="uvrhep" data-video-descrip="Mothpaw and Hawkpaw evidently had a terrible mother." data-video-title="Parenting by Sasha" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/uvrhep_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/uvrhep.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/uvrhep.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/uvrhep.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="9" data-video-media-sources="WebAnimation/Moonkitti" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link featured-widget-vid"> <div class="featured-widget-vid-iframe"> <div id="tvtropes_no_volume_player" data-video-image="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/uvrhep.jpg" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/uvrhep_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/uvrhep.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/uvrhep.m3u8" data-controls="0" data-muted="1"> <script> tropes_videos_commands.push(function(){ new_video_project.load_video("tvtropes_no_volume_player", false); }); </script> </div> </div> </a> </div> <h2 class="bold font-l">Parenting by Sasha</h2> <p class="_pmvv-vidbox-descTxt"> Mothpaw and Hawkpaw evidently had a terrible mother. </p> </div> <div class="video-examples-thumbs"> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="l19d4b" data-video-descrip="Already angry at his son for dating a Puerto Rican girl, Chris' father becomes even more shocked to learn that Daniela also happens to be transgender - which, in his mind, not only makes her a &quot;man&quot;, but makes his son a &quot;faggot&quot; too." data-video-title="Daniela" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/l19d4b_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/l19d4b.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/l19d4b.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000018237_7.png" data-video-trope="Main/ItIsDehumanizing" data-video-tropename=""It" Is Dehumanizing" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/TransEqualsGay,Recap/ColdCaseS2E3Daniela,Series/ColdCase" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000018237_7.png"> <p><span class="bold">Daniela</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="eeipjc" data-video-descrip="Tony finally has enough of Livia disparaging Janice's failed relationships and calls her out for the monstrously abusive parent that she was. Instead, Livia plays victim, justifying her actions and accusing Tony of being cruel. Frustrated, Tony leaves, only to trip and fall, much to Livia's amusement." data-video-title="Babies are like animals..." data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/eeipjc_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/eeipjc.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/eeipjc.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/eeipjc.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/MotiveRant" data-video-tropename="Motive Rant" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/EvilLaugh,Main/EvilMatriarch,Main/FreudianExcuse,Main/NeverMyFault,Main/PlayingTheVictimCard,Main/ScrewThisImOutOfHere,Recap/TheSopranosS2E12TheKnightInWhiteSatinArmor,Series/TheSopranos,Main/CallingTheOldManOut" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/eeipjc.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Babies are like...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="zfaw74" data-video-descrip="Nicole's mother is a perfectionist and a bigger Control Freak. Her father is quite apathetic toward her and readily expresses his anger issues in front of her." data-video-title="Nicole's Parents" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/zfaw74_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/zfaw74.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/zfaw74.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zfaw74.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/ComicallyMissingThePoint,Main/ControlFreak,Main/EducationMama,Main/FreezeFrameBonus,Main/HairTriggerTemper,Main/SecondPlaceIsForLosers,Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E5TheChoices,WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zfaw74.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Nicole's Parents</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="25raew" data-video-descrip="The cold open features the Griffins watching the Eight is Enough reunion show whiich contains a scene where Tom slaps one of his daughters eight times after she made a snarky remark about how he thinks he can fix every problem by making a sandwich. He's calmed down by being told, &quot;Eight is enough!&quot; and they all laugh it off. The Griffins (minus Stewie) are appalled." data-video-title="Eight is Enough Reunion" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/25raew_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/25raew.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/25raew.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/25raew.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/ComedicSociopathy" data-video-tropename="Comedic Sociopathy" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Recap/FamilyGuyS1E7BrianPortraitOfADog,WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy,Main/TheTeaser" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/25raew.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Eight is Enough...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="dao1n4" data-video-descrip="When reliving a particularly ugly memory from his childhood, Bobby finally finds the courage to confront his past and stand up to his father." data-video-title="Bobby's Worst Memory" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/dao1n4_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/dao1n4.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/dao1n4.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20241018_135444_6.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CallingTheOldManOut" data-video-tropename="Calling the Old Man Out" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind,Main/DomesticAbuse,Main/ShutUpHannibal,Recap/SupernaturalS07E10DeathsDoor,Series/Supernatural" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20241018_135444_6.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Bobby's Worst M...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="hnu8qe" data-video-descrip="Heihachi Mishima showcases his stellar parenting skills towards his son, Kazuya, by repeatedly insulting him, beating him to a pulp, and finally tossing him off a cliff, thus kickstarting the boy's descent into villainy." data-video-title="Heihachi and Kazuya" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/hnu8qe_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/hnu8qe.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/hnu8qe.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4660_6.jpeg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/ArchnemesisDad,Main/KickTheDog,Main/MoralEventHorizon,Main/StartOfDarkness,Main/YouKilledMyFather,VideoGame/Tekken7" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4660_6.jpeg"> <p><span class="bold">Heihachi and Ka...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="j9uv8p" data-video-descrip="Homelander, jealous of Billy Butcher's connection with Ryan, lashes out at his son and attempts to emotionally manipulate him, all while failing to understand Ryan's feelings due to his self-centered mindset." data-video-title="Homelander and Ryan" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/j9uv8p_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/j9uv8p.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/j9uv8p.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/j9uv8p.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/GreenEyedMonster,Main/ItsAllAboutMe,Main/LackOfEmpathy,Main/PlayingTheFamilyCard,Main/PsychopathicManchild,Recap/TheBoysS04E03WellKeepTheRedFlagFlyingHere,Series/TheBoys2019" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/j9uv8p.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Homelander and ...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="9z1ufh" data-video-descrip="Kyoya's father doesn't seem to like what his son is doing in the Host Club." data-video-title="Kyoya Gets Slapped" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/9z1ufh_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/9z1ufh.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/9z1ufh.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_09_04_155220.png" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses,Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub,Main/ComicallyMissingThePoint" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_09_04_155220.png"> <p><span class="bold">Kyoya Gets Slapped</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="b2gbax" 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But that doesn't stop them from loving each other." data-video-title="DoncaSis " data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/b2gbax_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/b2gbax.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/b2gbax.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_07_27_175820.png" data-video-trope="Main/FlirtyStepsiblings" data-video-tropename="Flirty Stepsiblings" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/IrisOut,Manga/PopTeamEpic" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_07_27_175820.png"> <p><span class="bold">DoncaSis </span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="cqkzop" data-video-descrip="Nagisa's mother wants to control how her son should live out his future. " data-video-title="Nagisa's Mom" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/cqkzop_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/cqkzop.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/cqkzop.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_07_18_233133.png" data-video-trope="Main/MyBelovedSmother" data-video-tropename="My Beloved Smother" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/WantedASonInstead,Manga/AssassinationClassroom" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_07_18_233133.png"> <p><span class="bold">Nagisa's Mom</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="qvb5hd" data-video-descrip="For daring to defy his orders, Odin murders Thor, his own son, with no remorse." data-video-title="Odin (God Of War)" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/qvb5hd_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/qvb5hd.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/qvb5hd.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/qvb5hd.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CompleteMonster" data-video-tropename="Complete Monster" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok,Main/AbusiveParents,Main/OffingTheOffspring,Main/NoBodyLeftBehind,Main/BigNo,Main/NeverMyFault" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/qvb5hd.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Odin (God Of War)</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="3gj6iy" data-video-descrip="Homer is cut in half and has to be fused to David's lower half to live, but, considering the fact that he deliberately abandoned Bart in the woods and lied to the rest of the family that Bart went to culinary school." data-video-title="B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/3gj6iy_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/3gj6iy.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/3gj6iy.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/3gj6iy.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AssholeVictim" data-video-tropename="Asshole Victim" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AllJustADream,Main/HalfTheManHeUsedToBe,Main/HumanShield,Main/KilledMidSentence,Main/LaserGuidedKarma,Main/OhCrap,Main/PoweredArmor,Main/SawBladesOfDeath,Main/ThreatBackfire,Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVI,WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror,Main/AbusiveParents" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/3gj6iy.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">B.I.: Bartifici...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="izcfvg" data-video-descrip="Maria makes a fuss on a train, much to her mother's fury." data-video-title="Umineko train scene" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/izcfvg_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/izcfvg.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/izcfvg.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/izcfvg.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/KiddieKid" data-video-tropename="Kiddie Kid" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/BitchSlap,Main/BrattyHalfPint,Main/InnocentlyInsensitive,VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/izcfvg.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Umineko train s...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="tdre7e" data-video-descrip="Rinny gives her daughter, Nappy, a brutal beating. And that's not as bad as what happens next..." data-video-title="Pretty Blood" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/tdre7e_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/tdre7e.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/tdre7e.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/tdre7e.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/NoHoldsBarredBeatdown" data-video-tropename="No-Holds-Barred Beatdown" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/BreakTheCutie,WebAnimation/PrettyBlood" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/tdre7e.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Pretty Blood</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="kz9qfz" data-video-descrip="After years of suffering his father's abuse and seeing him abuse the servants, Grey disowns his father and leaves his home forever." data-video-title="Grey Leaves His Home" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/kz9qfz_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/kz9qfz.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/kz9qfz.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/kz9qfz.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/DisownedParent" data-video-tropename="Disowned Parent" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Film/TheScarletSails,Main/AbusiveParents,Main/MeanBoss,Main/ThreatBackfire" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/kz9qfz.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Grey Leaves His...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="w6dvr9" data-video-descrip="Rosa destroys the beloved lion plushie that she had given to her own daughter." data-video-title="Sakutaro's death" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/w6dvr9_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/w6dvr9.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/w6dvr9.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/w6dvr9.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CrushTheKeepsake" data-video-tropename="Crush the Keepsake" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/OffWithHisHead,VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/w6dvr9.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Sakutaro's death</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="dpyw32" data-video-descrip="Rosa smashes one of her daughter's beloved rabbit toys against a wall. (But that's far from the worst thing that she'll break today...)" data-video-title="Umineko" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/dpyw32_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/dpyw32.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/dpyw32.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/dpyw32.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CrushTheKeepsake" data-video-tropename="Crush the Keepsake" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/TantrumThrowing,VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/dpyw32.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Umineko</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="zccqx4" data-video-descrip="Heffer's biological father is, to say the least, not a very pleasant person." data-video-title="Heffer's real dad" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/zccqx4_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/zccqx4.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/zccqx4.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zccqx4.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/Jerkass,WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife,Main/UnpleasantParentReveal" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zccqx4.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Heffer's real dad</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="g5uty4" data-video-descrip="Of all the fathers we've seen on HB so far, Crimson is a strong contender for the worst, being physically and verbally abusive towards him throughout his life and straight out killing his wife because of disagreements on how to raise him. He continues this behaviour in the present, demanding Moxxie marry his ex Chaz in order to financially benefit from it and threatening to kill her if he doesn't go through with it." data-video-title="Crimson" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/g5uty4_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/g5uty4.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/g5uty4.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/g5uty4.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/CementShoes,Main/ChildrenForcedToKill,Main/MamaBear,Main/MissingMom,Main/MommasBoy,Main/TroubledBackstoryFlashback,Recap/HelluvaBossS2E3ExesAndOohs,WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/g5uty4.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Crimson</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="jn5cf9" data-video-descrip="All of Duel and North Academies stand up for Chazz when his brothers bully him, shouting them off the stage." data-video-title="The Princeton Brothers" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/jn5cf9_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/jn5cf9.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/jn5cf9.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/jn5cf9.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/ShamedByAMob" data-video-tropename="Shamed by a Mob" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Anime/YuGiOhGX,Main/AbusiveParents,Recap/YuGiOhGXS1E26TheSchoolDuel2" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/jn5cf9.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">The Princeton B...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="sv9w1g" data-video-descrip="The episode Fairytale takes place during Bandit's childhood in the 80s. During which we're treated to the different culture and standards of the time, which seem bizarre to his children." data-video-title="It was the 80s" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/sv9w1g_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/sv9w1g.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/sv9w1g.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/sv9w1g.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/The80s" data-video-tropename="The '80s" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/DeliberateValuesDissonance,Recap/BlueyFairytale,WesternAnimation/Bluey" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/sv9w1g.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">It was the 80s</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="f4uoq6" data-video-descrip="Kevin has a mean father who forces him to be tough, and when he's later arrested, Kevin promises to be tough and devote his life to justice. He would later save a koala bear and raise her before setting her free to teach it tough love, but she gets run over by a car, devastating Kevin. These events would make Kevin become Koala Man." data-video-title="Koala Man Begins" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/f4uoq6_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/f4uoq6.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/f4uoq6.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/km_s1e05_koala_man_begins.png" data-video-trope="Main/SuperheroOrigin" data-video-tropename="Superhero Origin" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/HighKoalatyCuteness,Main/LookBothWays,Main/SkywardScream,Recap/KoalaManS1E05OdeToAKoalaBear,WesternAnimation/KoalaMan" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/km_s1e05_koala_man_begins.png"> <p><span class="bold">Koala Man Begins</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="2yr97w" data-video-descrip="Jeff's father does a sarcastic bit where he acts like Jeff's awards were stolen and hears he never had any, in order to call him a worthless loser." data-video-title="Jeff's Dad" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/2yr97w_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/2yr97w.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/2yr97w.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/2yr97w.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/Jerkass" data-video-tropename="Jerkass" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Recap/AmericanDadS3E19JointCustody,WesternAnimation/AmericanDad,Main/AbusiveParents" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/2yr97w.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Jeff's Dad</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="8cnfv8" data-video-descrip="Is it any wonder that Sheen is as messed up as he is today?" data-video-title="The Bedfellows" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/8cnfv8_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/8cnfv8.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/8cnfv8.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/8cnfv8.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/FemaleFelineMaleMutt,Main/FlippingTheTable,Webcomic/TheBedfellows,Main/UsedToBeASweetKid" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/8cnfv8.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">The Bedfellows</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="jmuudj" data-video-descrip="Ragyo experiments on her own children when they were babies and when one of them seemingly dies she throws it into the trash and leaves it there. This action causes Satsuki and Ragyo's husband to go against her." data-video-title="Ragyo Kiryuin" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/jmuudj_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/jmuudj.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/jmuudj.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/jmuudj.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CompleteMonster" data-video-tropename="Complete Monster" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Anime/KillLaKill,Main/AbusiveParents,Main/MoralEventHorizon,Main/OffingTheOffspring,Main/WouldHurtAChild" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/jmuudj.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Ragyo Kiryuin</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="ywbph5" data-video-descrip="The Sacred One's (her named revealed to be Melissa) parents were this Up to Eleven. She tried to please them by cleaning and cooking for them, only for them to yell at her. They ruin the dinner she made them to count their stolen loot and call her selfish when she is understandably upset by this. When she decides to move away, they express shock that she had packed a running away suitcase, only to get defensive when she points out that they were the ones who packed it for her. This certainly explains everything from her Obsessively Normal standards towards families and Ax-Crazy disposition." data-video-title="Melissa's "Pieces of Trash"" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/ywbph5_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/ywbph5.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/ywbph5.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ywbph5.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Recap/NormalBritishSeriesE3APlaceForGood,WebVideo/BrandonRogers" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ywbph5.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Melissa's "Piec...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="9kj3qf" data-video-descrip="Luna may be an Ax-Crazy Dark Action Girl, but it isn't without reason.&lt;br&gt;In the climax, she reveals to her hostages Tom DuBois and Robert Freeman (who's also her latest boyfriend) her backstory of how she ran away from home as a young girl, due to having an Abusive Dad who slapped her mother around for petty reasons like undercooking his fried chicken. She then dated a series of men who were also physically, emotionally, and/or verbally abusive to her. Her first boyfriend, a mob boss from Hong Kong named Kenny Wu, even slapped her for the same reason that her dad hit her mom (serving chicken that was too cold)." data-video-title="Luna's life sucked" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/9kj3qf_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/9kj3qf.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/9kj3qf.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/9kj3qf.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/DomesticAbuse" data-video-tropename="Domestic Abuse" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/BlackComedy,Main/CrossesTheLineTwice,Main/FreudianExcuse,WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/9kj3qf.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Luna's life sucked</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="brf8kv" data-video-descrip="Iroh narrates how Zuko got his scar from his father Ozai when Zuko spoke against sacrificing soldiers and refusing to fight his father." data-video-title="Ozai" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/brf8kv_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/brf8kv.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/brf8kv.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/brf8kv.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CompleteMonster" data-video-tropename="Complete Monster" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheStorm,WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender,Main/AbuseDiscretionShot,Main/DisproportionateRetribution,Main/EstablishingCharacterMoment,Main/GoryDiscretionShot,Main/ICantLookGesture,Main/NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished,Main/OhCrap,Main/WouldHurtAChild" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/brf8kv.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Ozai</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="gvl8cx" data-video-descrip="After helping defend King's Landing, Tyrion asks his father Tywin for the right to Casterly Rock, their family's ancestral home. Tywin does not take this well." data-video-title="Tywin Lannister" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/gvl8cx_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/gvl8cx.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/gvl8cx.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/gvl8cx.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Series/GameOfThrones" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/gvl8cx.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Tywin Lannister</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="djv2d5" data-video-descrip="Frank tells the story of how cruel his father was to him." data-video-title=""Big Bill" Murphy" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/djv2d5_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/djv2d5.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/djv2d5.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/djv2d5.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Recap/FIsForFamilyS4E1FatherConfessor,WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/djv2d5.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">"Big Bill" Murphy</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="rmam90" data-video-descrip="Harry is abused and exploited while his cousin Dudley is pampered." data-video-title="Life at Privet Drive" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/rmam90_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/rmam90.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/rmam90.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/rmam90.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/TheUnFavourite" data-video-tropename="The Un-Favourite" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone2001" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/rmam90.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Life at Privet ...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="wlk38j" data-video-descrip="Frank, his father-in-law, and his friends argue over who had the worst father." data-video-title="Bad Dad Contest" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/wlk38j_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/wlk38j.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/wlk38j.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/wlk38j.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/wlk38j.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Bad Dad Contest</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="u8b6rj" data-video-descrip="He doesn't want people to know Eric/Bobby is his son, and joins the bullies tormenting him." data-video-title="Coach Best" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/u8b6rj_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/u8b6rj.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/u8b6rj.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/u8b6rj.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="WebVideo/BrandonRogers" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/u8b6rj.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Coach Best</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="nvm2kv" data-video-descrip="At a low point and spending the night in jail, Cassie Bowden is forced to reckon with her past. She comes to see that the happy, shiny memories she has of life with her father Hank and brother Davey are largely a lie. Her father was an abusive alcoholic jerk who regularly insulted and belittled his own son, and abused her in his own way by turning her into his &quot;drinking buddy&quot; and getting her to collude in his treatment of Davey." data-video-title="Why Did That Change?" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/nvm2kv_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/nvm2kv.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/nvm2kv.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/why_did_that_change_1.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Series/TheFlightAttendant,Main/FakeMemories" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/why_did_that_change_1.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Why Did That Ch...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="ql8bui" data-video-descrip="The neglectful and emotional abuse variety, what with Helga Pataki living with an alcoholic mother and workaholic father that neglect her and prefer to praise her older sister Olga." data-video-title="Helga Pataki's Abusive Parents" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/ql8bui_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/ql8bui.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/ql8bui.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ql8bui.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/HeyArnold" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ql8bui.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Helga Pataki's ...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="7m6m2t" data-video-descrip="The reason Pacifica is the Alpha Bitch we know today is because her parents raised her that way; they force her to live up to the family name the way they want her to do despite her protests, to the point where Preston has to ring a bell to get her to obey them." data-video-title="Pacifica's struggle" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/7m6m2t_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/7m6m2t.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/7m6m2t.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/7m6m2t.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/GravityFalls,Recap/GravityFallsS2E10NorthwestMansionMystery" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/7m6m2t.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Pacifica's stru...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="fzztm5" data-video-descrip="Amity's parents forced her to end her friendship with Willow and live up to their name." data-video-title="Amity's Past" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/fzztm5_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/fzztm5.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/fzztm5.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/fzztm5.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Recap/TheOwlHouseS1E15UnderstandingWillow,WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse,Main/ArrangedFriendship" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/fzztm5.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Amity's Past</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="zzyi1l" data-video-descrip="Danny stands up to his bully and reduces him to a puddle." data-video-title="Melting Bully" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/zzyi1l_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/zzyi1l.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/zzyi1l.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zzyi1l.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/ImMelting" data-video-tropename="I'm Melting!" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="WebVideo/DannyGonzalez,Main/AbusiveParents" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zzyi1l.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Melting Bully</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="bfl36d" data-video-descrip="To Achmed Junior, although AJ isn't above making cracks and practical jokes at his expense." data-video-title="Achmed the Dead Terrorist" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/bfl36d_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/bfl36d.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/bfl36d.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/bfl36d.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Creator/JeffDunham" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/bfl36d.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Achmed the Dead...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="fbzbjb" data-video-descrip="Naturally, the Devil himself is a shitty parent; seeing his daughter Jezebel as a political piece in his war against Heaven and threatening her for not agreeing to it. " data-video-title="Satan" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/fbzbjb_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/fbzbjb.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/fbzbjb.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/fbzbjb.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/fbzbjb.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Satan</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="7hv78j" data-video-descrip="Maki's mother divorced his father not long ago because he's an abusive asshole, stealing their hard earned money and beating Maki over the slightest provocation. Unfortunately, due to how divorce laws work in Japan, he's still able to track them down and continue to raise hell for them. Sadly, he's not even the only bad parent in this show." data-video-title="Maki's Dad" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/7hv78j_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/7hv78j.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/7hv78j.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/7hv78j.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Anime/StarsAlign" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/7hv78j.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Maki's Dad</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="nr0knp" data-video-descrip="Even as an adoptive father to Quasimodo, Frollo is highly abusive of his adopted ward and makes Quasimodo emotionally dependent on him. Shown in the grape scene of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, where he explodes on Quasimodo for letting Esmeralda escape Notre Dame and that all of Paris is burning because of him, despite the fact that Frollo is the one actually torching the city." data-video-title="Grape Scene" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/nr0knp_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/nr0knp.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/nr0knp.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/nr0knp.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney,Main/NeverMyFault" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/nr0knp.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Grape Scene</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="hgp2t8" data-video-descrip="Throughout his life, Beatrice was emotionally &amp; psychologically abusive towards Bojack, blaming him for supposedly ruining her life." data-video-title="Beatrice Horseman" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/hgp2t8_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/hgp2t8.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/hgp2t8.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/hgp2t8.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E09TheShot,WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/hgp2t8.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Beatrice Horseman</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="ou41ep" data-video-descrip="Where did Christina get wire hangers anyway?" data-video-title="No Wire Hangers Ever" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/ou41ep_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/ou41ep.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/ou41ep.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ou41ep.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Literature/MommieDearest" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ou41ep.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">No Wire Hangers...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="vy2n7m" data-video-descrip="Butterscotch Horseman displays the full extent of his emotional abuse/manipulations towards BoJack while driving him home. " data-video-title="Bojack's Father Monologue" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/vy2n7m_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/vy2n7m.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/vy2n7m.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/vy2n7m.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/vy2n7m.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Bojack's Father...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="44f0ut" data-video-descrip="Diamond Tiara has an emotionally abusive mother, Spoiled Rich, who berates her for losing the 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data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000018237_7.png"> <p><span class="bold">Daniela</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="eeipjc" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Tony finally has enough of Livia disparaging Janice's failed relationships and calls her out for the monstrously abusive parent that she was. Instead, Livia plays victim, justifying her actions and accusing Tony of being cruel. Frustrated, Tony leaves, only to trip and fall, much to Livia's amusement." data-video-title="Babies are like animals..." data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/eeipjc_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/eeipjc.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/eeipjc.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/eeipjc.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/MotiveRant" data-video-tropename="Motive Rant" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.75" data-video-rating-count="4" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/EvilLaugh,Main/EvilMatriarch,Main/FreudianExcuse,Main/NeverMyFault,Main/PlayingTheVictimCard,Main/ScrewThisImOutOfHere,Recap/TheSopranosS2E12TheKnightInWhiteSatinArmor,Series/TheSopranos,Main/CallingTheOldManOut" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/eeipjc.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Babies are like...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="zfaw74" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Nicole's mother is a perfectionist and a bigger Control Freak. Her father is quite apathetic toward her and readily expresses his anger issues in front of her." data-video-title="Nicole's Parents" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/zfaw74_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/zfaw74.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/zfaw74.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zfaw74.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.94" data-video-rating-count="18" data-video-media-sources="Main/ComicallyMissingThePoint,Main/ControlFreak,Main/EducationMama,Main/FreezeFrameBonus,Main/HairTriggerTemper,Main/SecondPlaceIsForLosers,Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E5TheChoices,WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zfaw74.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Nicole's Parents</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="25raew" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="The cold open features the Griffins watching the Eight is Enough reunion show whiich contains a scene where Tom slaps one of his daughters eight times after she made a snarky remark about how he thinks he can fix every problem by making a sandwich. He's calmed down by being told, &quot;Eight is enough!&quot; and they all laugh it off. The Griffins (minus Stewie) are appalled." data-video-title="Eight is Enough Reunion" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/25raew_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/25raew.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/25raew.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/25raew.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/ComedicSociopathy" data-video-tropename="Comedic Sociopathy" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.67" data-video-rating-count="9" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Recap/FamilyGuyS1E7BrianPortraitOfADog,WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy,Main/TheTeaser" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/25raew.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Eight is Enough...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="dao1n4" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="When reliving a particularly ugly memory from his childhood, Bobby finally finds the courage to confront his past and stand up to his father." data-video-title="Bobby's Worst Memory" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/dao1n4_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/dao1n4.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/dao1n4.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20241018_135444_6.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CallingTheOldManOut" data-video-tropename="Calling the Old Man Out" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="11" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind,Main/DomesticAbuse,Main/ShutUpHannibal,Recap/SupernaturalS07E10DeathsDoor,Series/Supernatural" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20241018_135444_6.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Bobby's Worst M...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="hnu8qe" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Heihachi Mishima showcases his stellar parenting skills towards his son, Kazuya, by repeatedly insulting him, beating him to a pulp, and finally tossing him off a cliff, thus kickstarting the boy's descent into villainy." data-video-title="Heihachi and Kazuya" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/hnu8qe_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/hnu8qe.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/hnu8qe.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4660_6.jpeg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="9" data-video-media-sources="Main/ArchnemesisDad,Main/KickTheDog,Main/MoralEventHorizon,Main/StartOfDarkness,Main/YouKilledMyFather,VideoGame/Tekken7" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4660_6.jpeg"> <p><span class="bold">Heihachi and Ka...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="j9uv8p" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Homelander, jealous of Billy Butcher's connection with Ryan, lashes out at his son and attempts to emotionally manipulate him, all while failing to understand Ryan's feelings due to his self-centered mindset." data-video-title="Homelander and Ryan" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/j9uv8p_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/j9uv8p.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/j9uv8p.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/j9uv8p.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="8" data-video-media-sources="Main/GreenEyedMonster,Main/ItsAllAboutMe,Main/LackOfEmpathy,Main/PlayingTheFamilyCard,Main/PsychopathicManchild,Recap/TheBoysS04E03WellKeepTheRedFlagFlyingHere,Series/TheBoys2019" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/j9uv8p.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Homelander and ...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="9z1ufh" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Kyoya's father doesn't seem to like what his son is doing in the Host Club." data-video-title="Kyoya Gets Slapped" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/9z1ufh_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/9z1ufh.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/9z1ufh.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_09_04_155220.png" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="5" data-video-media-sources="Main/YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses,Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub,Main/ComicallyMissingThePoint" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_09_04_155220.png"> <p><span class="bold">Kyoya Gets Slapped</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="b2gbax" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="When their parents marry each other, Iyo and her Senpai (whom she has a crush on) become step-siblings. But that doesn't stop them from loving each other." data-video-title="DoncaSis " data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/b2gbax_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/b2gbax.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/b2gbax.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_07_27_175820.png" data-video-trope="Main/FlirtyStepsiblings" data-video-tropename="Flirty Stepsiblings" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="5" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/IrisOut,Manga/PopTeamEpic" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_07_27_175820.png"> <p><span class="bold">DoncaSis </span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="cqkzop" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Nagisa's mother wants to control how her son should live out his future. " data-video-title="Nagisa's Mom" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/cqkzop_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/cqkzop.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/cqkzop.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_07_18_233133.png" data-video-trope="Main/MyBelovedSmother" data-video-tropename="My Beloved Smother" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="7" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/WantedASonInstead,Manga/AssassinationClassroom" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_07_18_233133.png"> <p><span class="bold">Nagisa's Mom</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="qvb5hd" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="For daring to defy his orders, Odin murders Thor, his own son, with no remorse." data-video-title="Odin (God Of War)" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/qvb5hd_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/qvb5hd.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/qvb5hd.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/qvb5hd.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CompleteMonster" data-video-tropename="Complete Monster" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.96" data-video-rating-count="25" data-video-media-sources="VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok,Main/AbusiveParents,Main/OffingTheOffspring,Main/NoBodyLeftBehind,Main/BigNo,Main/NeverMyFault" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/qvb5hd.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Odin (God Of War)</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="3gj6iy" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Homer is cut in half and has to be fused to David's lower half to live, but, considering the fact that he deliberately abandoned Bart in the woods and lied to the rest of the family that Bart went to culinary school." data-video-title="B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/3gj6iy_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/3gj6iy.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/3gj6iy.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/3gj6iy.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AssholeVictim" data-video-tropename="Asshole Victim" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.90" data-video-rating-count="21" data-video-media-sources="Main/AllJustADream,Main/HalfTheManHeUsedToBe,Main/HumanShield,Main/KilledMidSentence,Main/LaserGuidedKarma,Main/OhCrap,Main/PoweredArmor,Main/SawBladesOfDeath,Main/ThreatBackfire,Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVI,WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror,Main/AbusiveParents" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/3gj6iy.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">B.I.: Bartifici...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="izcfvg" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Maria makes a fuss on a train, much to her mother's fury." data-video-title="Umineko train scene" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/izcfvg_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/izcfvg.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/izcfvg.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/izcfvg.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/KiddieKid" data-video-tropename="Kiddie Kid" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="9" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/BitchSlap,Main/BrattyHalfPint,Main/InnocentlyInsensitive,VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/izcfvg.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Umineko train s...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="tdre7e" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Rinny gives her daughter, Nappy, a brutal beating. And that's not as bad as what happens next..." data-video-title="Pretty Blood" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/tdre7e_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/tdre7e.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/tdre7e.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/tdre7e.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/NoHoldsBarredBeatdown" data-video-tropename="No-Holds-Barred Beatdown" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="9" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/BreakTheCutie,WebAnimation/PrettyBlood" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/tdre7e.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Pretty Blood</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="kz9qfz" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="After years of suffering his father's abuse and seeing him abuse the servants, Grey disowns his father and leaves his home forever." data-video-title="Grey Leaves His Home" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/kz9qfz_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/kz9qfz.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/kz9qfz.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/kz9qfz.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/DisownedParent" data-video-tropename="Disowned Parent" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="4" data-video-media-sources="Film/TheScarletSails,Main/AbusiveParents,Main/MeanBoss,Main/ThreatBackfire" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/kz9qfz.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Grey Leaves His...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="w6dvr9" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Rosa destroys the beloved lion plushie that she had given to her own daughter." data-video-title="Sakutaro's death" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/w6dvr9_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/w6dvr9.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/w6dvr9.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/w6dvr9.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CrushTheKeepsake" data-video-tropename="Crush the Keepsake" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="7" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/OffWithHisHead,VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/w6dvr9.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Sakutaro's death</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="dpyw32" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Rosa smashes one of her daughter's beloved rabbit toys against a wall. (But that's far from the worst thing that she'll break today...)" data-video-title="Umineko" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/dpyw32_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/dpyw32.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/dpyw32.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/dpyw32.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CrushTheKeepsake" data-video-tropename="Crush the Keepsake" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="4" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/TantrumThrowing,VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/dpyw32.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Umineko</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="zccqx4" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Heffer's biological father is, to say the least, not a very pleasant person." data-video-title="Heffer's real dad" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/zccqx4_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/zccqx4.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/zccqx4.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zccqx4.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.96" data-video-rating-count="24" data-video-media-sources="Main/Jerkass,WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife,Main/UnpleasantParentReveal" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zccqx4.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Heffer's real dad</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="g5uty4" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Of all the fathers we've seen on HB so far, Crimson is a strong contender for the worst, being physically and verbally abusive towards him throughout his life and straight out killing his wife because of disagreements on how to raise him. He continues this behaviour in the present, demanding Moxxie marry his ex Chaz in order to financially benefit from it and threatening to kill her if he doesn't go through with it." data-video-title="Crimson" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/g5uty4_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/g5uty4.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/g5uty4.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/g5uty4.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="37" data-video-media-sources="Main/CementShoes,Main/ChildrenForcedToKill,Main/MamaBear,Main/MissingMom,Main/MommasBoy,Main/TroubledBackstoryFlashback,Recap/HelluvaBossS2E3ExesAndOohs,WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/g5uty4.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Crimson</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="jn5cf9" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="All of Duel and North Academies stand up for Chazz when his brothers bully him, shouting them off the stage." data-video-title="The Princeton Brothers" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/jn5cf9_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/jn5cf9.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/jn5cf9.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/jn5cf9.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/ShamedByAMob" data-video-tropename="Shamed by a Mob" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="12" data-video-media-sources="Anime/YuGiOhGX,Main/AbusiveParents,Recap/YuGiOhGXS1E26TheSchoolDuel2" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/jn5cf9.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">The Princeton B...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="sv9w1g" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="The episode Fairytale takes place during Bandit's childhood in the 80s. During which we're treated to the different culture and standards of the time, which seem bizarre to his children." data-video-title="It was the 80s" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/sv9w1g_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/sv9w1g.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/sv9w1g.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/sv9w1g.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/The80s" data-video-tropename="The '80s" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.95" data-video-rating-count="39" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/DeliberateValuesDissonance,Recap/BlueyFairytale,WesternAnimation/Bluey" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/sv9w1g.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">It was the 80s</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="f4uoq6" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Kevin has a mean father who forces him to be tough, and when he's later arrested, Kevin promises to be tough and devote his life to justice. He would later save a koala bear and raise her before setting her free to teach it tough love, but she gets run over by a car, devastating Kevin. These events would make Kevin become Koala Man." data-video-title="Koala Man Begins" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/f4uoq6_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/f4uoq6.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/f4uoq6.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/km_s1e05_koala_man_begins.png" data-video-trope="Main/SuperheroOrigin" data-video-tropename="Superhero Origin" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="5" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/HighKoalatyCuteness,Main/LookBothWays,Main/SkywardScream,Recap/KoalaManS1E05OdeToAKoalaBear,WesternAnimation/KoalaMan" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/km_s1e05_koala_man_begins.png"> <p><span class="bold">Koala Man Begins</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="2yr97w" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Jeff's father does a sarcastic bit where he acts like Jeff's awards were stolen and hears he never had any, in order to call him a worthless loser." data-video-title="Jeff's Dad" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/2yr97w_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/2yr97w.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/2yr97w.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/2yr97w.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/Jerkass" data-video-tropename="Jerkass" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="12" data-video-media-sources="Recap/AmericanDadS3E19JointCustody,WesternAnimation/AmericanDad,Main/AbusiveParents" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/2yr97w.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Jeff's Dad</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="8cnfv8" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Is it any wonder that Sheen is as messed up as he is today?" data-video-title="The Bedfellows" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/8cnfv8_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/8cnfv8.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/8cnfv8.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/8cnfv8.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="14" data-video-media-sources="Main/FemaleFelineMaleMutt,Main/FlippingTheTable,Webcomic/TheBedfellows,Main/UsedToBeASweetKid" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/8cnfv8.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">The Bedfellows</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="jmuudj" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Ragyo experiments on her own children when they were babies and when one of them seemingly dies she throws it into the trash and leaves it there. This action causes Satsuki and Ragyo's husband to go against her." data-video-title="Ragyo Kiryuin" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/jmuudj_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/jmuudj.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/jmuudj.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/jmuudj.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CompleteMonster" data-video-tropename="Complete Monster" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.98" data-video-rating-count="52" data-video-media-sources="Anime/KillLaKill,Main/AbusiveParents,Main/MoralEventHorizon,Main/OffingTheOffspring,Main/WouldHurtAChild" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/jmuudj.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Ragyo Kiryuin</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="ywbph5" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="The Sacred One's (her named revealed to be Melissa) parents were this Up to Eleven. She tried to please them by cleaning and cooking for them, only for them to yell at her. They ruin the dinner she made them to count their stolen loot and call her selfish when she is understandably upset by this. When she decides to move away, they express shock that she had packed a running away suitcase, only to get defensive when she points out that they were the ones who packed it for her. This certainly explains everything from her Obsessively Normal standards towards families and Ax-Crazy disposition." data-video-title="Melissa's "Pieces of Trash"" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/ywbph5_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/ywbph5.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/ywbph5.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ywbph5.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="7" data-video-media-sources="Recap/NormalBritishSeriesE3APlaceForGood,WebVideo/BrandonRogers" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ywbph5.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Melissa's "Piec...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="9kj3qf" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Luna may be an Ax-Crazy Dark Action Girl, but it isn't without reason.&lt;br&gt;In the climax, she reveals to her hostages Tom DuBois and Robert Freeman (who's also her latest boyfriend) her backstory of how she ran away from home as a young girl, due to having an Abusive Dad who slapped her mother around for petty reasons like undercooking his fried chicken. She then dated a series of men who were also physically, emotionally, and/or verbally abusive to her. Her first boyfriend, a mob boss from Hong Kong named Kenny Wu, even slapped her for the same reason that her dad hit her mom (serving chicken that was too cold)." data-video-title="Luna's life sucked" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/9kj3qf_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/9kj3qf.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/9kj3qf.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/9kj3qf.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/DomesticAbuse" data-video-tropename="Domestic Abuse" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="34" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Main/BlackComedy,Main/CrossesTheLineTwice,Main/FreudianExcuse,WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/9kj3qf.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Luna's life sucked</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="brf8kv" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Iroh narrates how Zuko got his scar from his father Ozai when Zuko spoke against sacrificing soldiers and refusing to fight his father." data-video-title="Ozai" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/brf8kv_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/brf8kv.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/brf8kv.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/brf8kv.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/CompleteMonster" data-video-tropename="Complete Monster" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.98" data-video-rating-count="53" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheStorm,WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender,Main/AbuseDiscretionShot,Main/DisproportionateRetribution,Main/EstablishingCharacterMoment,Main/GoryDiscretionShot,Main/ICantLookGesture,Main/NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished,Main/OhCrap,Main/WouldHurtAChild" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/brf8kv.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Ozai</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="gvl8cx" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="After helping defend King's Landing, Tyrion asks his father Tywin for the right to Casterly Rock, their family's ancestral home. Tywin does not take this well." data-video-title="Tywin Lannister" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/gvl8cx_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/gvl8cx.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/gvl8cx.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/gvl8cx.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="17" data-video-media-sources="Series/GameOfThrones" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/gvl8cx.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Tywin Lannister</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="djv2d5" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Frank tells the story of how cruel his father was to him." data-video-title=""Big Bill" Murphy" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/djv2d5_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/djv2d5.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/djv2d5.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/djv2d5.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.88" data-video-rating-count="8" data-video-media-sources="Recap/FIsForFamilyS4E1FatherConfessor,WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/djv2d5.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">"Big Bill" Murphy</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="rmam90" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Harry is abused and exploited while his cousin Dudley is pampered." data-video-title="Life at Privet Drive" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/rmam90_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/rmam90.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/rmam90.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/rmam90.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/TheUnFavourite" data-video-tropename="The Un-Favourite" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.92" data-video-rating-count="13" data-video-media-sources="Main/AbusiveParents,Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone2001" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/rmam90.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Life at Privet ...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="wlk38j" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="Frank, his father-in-law, and his friends argue over who had the worst father." data-video-title="Bad Dad Contest" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/wlk38j_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/wlk38j.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/wlk38j.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/wlk38j.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="11" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/wlk38j.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Bad Dad Contest</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="u8b6rj" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="He doesn't want people to know Eric/Bobby is his son, and joins the bullies tormenting him." data-video-title="Coach Best" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/u8b6rj_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/u8b6rj.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/u8b6rj.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/u8b6rj.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="4" data-video-media-sources="WebVideo/BrandonRogers" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/u8b6rj.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Coach Best</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="nvm2kv" data-vimeo-id="" data-video-descrip="At a low point and spending the night in jail, Cassie Bowden is forced to reckon with her past. She comes to see that the happy, shiny memories she has of life with her father Hank and brother Davey are largely a lie. Her father was an abusive alcoholic jerk who regularly insulted and belittled his own son, and abused her in his own way by turning her into his &quot;drinking buddy&quot; and getting her to collude in his treatment of Davey." data-video-title="Why Did That Change?" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/nvm2kv_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/nvm2kv.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/nvm2kv.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/why_did_that_change_1.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="6" data-video-media-sources="Series/TheFlightAttendant,Main/FakeMemories" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/250/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/why_did_that_change_1.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Why Did That Ch...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="ql8bui" data-vimeo-id="479110102" data-video-descrip="The neglectful and emotional abuse variety, what with Helga Pataki living with an alcoholic mother and workaholic father that neglect her and prefer to praise her older sister Olga." data-video-title="Helga Pataki's Abusive Parents" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/ql8bui_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/ql8bui.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/ql8bui.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ql8bui.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="24" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/HeyArnold" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ql8bui.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Helga Pataki's ...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="7m6m2t" data-vimeo-id="447234748" data-video-descrip="The reason Pacifica is the Alpha Bitch we know today is because her parents raised her that way; they force her to live up to the family name the way they want her to do despite her protests, to the point where Preston has to ring a bell to get her to obey them." data-video-title="Pacifica's struggle" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/7m6m2t_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/7m6m2t.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/7m6m2t.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/7m6m2t.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.97" data-video-rating-count="29" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/GravityFalls,Recap/GravityFallsS2E10NorthwestMansionMystery" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/7m6m2t.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Pacifica's stru...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="fzztm5" data-vimeo-id="445081237" data-video-descrip="Amity's parents forced her to end her friendship with Willow and live up to their name." data-video-title="Amity's Past" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/fzztm5_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/fzztm5.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/fzztm5.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/fzztm5.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.67" data-video-rating-count="39" data-video-media-sources="Recap/TheOwlHouseS1E15UnderstandingWillow,WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse,Main/ArrangedFriendship" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/fzztm5.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Amity's Past</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="zzyi1l" data-vimeo-id="441223749" data-video-descrip="Danny stands up to his bully and reduces him to a puddle." data-video-title="Melting Bully" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/zzyi1l_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/zzyi1l.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/zzyi1l.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zzyi1l.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/ImMelting" data-video-tropename="I'm Melting!" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="18" data-video-media-sources="WebVideo/DannyGonzalez,Main/AbusiveParents" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/zzyi1l.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Melting Bully</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="bfl36d" data-vimeo-id="439134406" data-video-descrip="To Achmed Junior, although AJ isn't above making cracks and practical jokes at his expense." data-video-title="Achmed the Dead Terrorist" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/bfl36d_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/bfl36d.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/bfl36d.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/bfl36d.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="3.75" data-video-rating-count="4" data-video-media-sources="Creator/JeffDunham" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/bfl36d.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Achmed the Dead...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="fbzbjb" data-vimeo-id="424662230" data-video-descrip="Naturally, the Devil himself is a shitty parent; seeing his daughter Jezebel as a political piece in his war against Heaven and threatening her for not agreeing to it. " data-video-title="Satan" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/fbzbjb_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/fbzbjb.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/fbzbjb.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/fbzbjb.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.92" data-video-rating-count="12" data-video-media-sources="VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/fbzbjb.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Satan</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="7hv78j" data-vimeo-id="424805247" data-video-descrip="Maki's mother divorced his father not long ago because he's an abusive asshole, stealing their hard earned money and beating Maki over the slightest provocation. Unfortunately, due to how divorce laws work in Japan, he's still able to track them down and continue to raise hell for them. Sadly, he's not even the only bad parent in this show." data-video-title="Maki's Dad" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/7hv78j_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/7hv78j.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/7hv78j.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/7hv78j.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.88" data-video-rating-count="17" data-video-media-sources="Anime/StarsAlign" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/7hv78j.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Maki's Dad</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="nr0knp" data-vimeo-id="421751692" data-video-descrip="Even as an adoptive father to Quasimodo, Frollo is highly abusive of his adopted ward and makes Quasimodo emotionally dependent on him. Shown in the grape scene of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, where he explodes on Quasimodo for letting Esmeralda escape Notre Dame and that all of Paris is burning because of him, despite the fact that Frollo is the one actually torching the city." data-video-title="Grape Scene" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/nr0knp_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/nr0knp.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/nr0knp.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/nr0knp.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.86" data-video-rating-count="22" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney,Main/NeverMyFault" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/nr0knp.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Grape Scene</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="hgp2t8" data-vimeo-id="407731145" data-video-descrip="Throughout his life, Beatrice was emotionally &amp; psychologically abusive towards Bojack, blaming him for supposedly ruining her life." data-video-title="Beatrice Horseman" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/hgp2t8_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/hgp2t8.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/hgp2t8.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/hgp2t8.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="20" data-video-media-sources="Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E09TheShot,WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/hgp2t8.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Beatrice Horseman</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="ou41ep" data-vimeo-id="399668247" data-video-descrip="Where did Christina get wire hangers anyway?" data-video-title="No Wire Hangers Ever" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/ou41ep_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/ou41ep.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/ou41ep.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ou41ep.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="5.00" data-video-rating-count="9" data-video-media-sources="Literature/MommieDearest" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/ou41ep.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">No Wire Hangers...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="vy2n7m" data-vimeo-id="385627162" data-video-descrip="Butterscotch Horseman displays the full extent of his emotional abuse/manipulations towards BoJack while driving him home. " data-video-title="Bojack's Father Monologue" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/vy2n7m_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/vy2n7m.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/vy2n7m.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/vy2n7m.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.80" data-video-rating-count="20" data-video-media-sources="WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/vy2n7m.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Bojack's Father...</span></p> </a> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="44f0ut" data-vimeo-id="356765621" data-video-descrip="Diamond Tiara has an emotionally abusive mother, Spoiled Rich, who berates her for losing the election and is revealed to have raised her to be the bully she is today." data-video-title="Spoiled Rich" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/44f0ut_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/44f0ut.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/44f0ut.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/44f0ut.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/AbusiveParents" data-video-tropename="Abusive Parents" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.15" data-video-rating-count="20" data-video-media-sources="Main/RichBitch,WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/44f0ut.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Spoiled Rich</span></p> </a> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var cleanCreativeEnabled = ""; var donation = ""; var live_ads = "1"; var img_domain = "https://static.tvtropes.org"; var snoozed = cookies.read('snoozedabm'); var elem = document.createElement('script'); elem.async = true; // if page type is article or homepage load bundle_nojquery. otherwise load regular bundle.js if(tvtropes_config.universal_page_type == "Article" || tvtropes_config.universal_page_type == "HomePage") { elem.src = 'https://assets.tvtropes.org/design/assets/bundle_nojquery.js?rev=a1fdc3097a55e179219cd1bf535ab41b48dc60da'; } else { elem.src = 'https://assets.tvtropes.org/design/assets/bundle.js?rev=a1fdc3097a55e179219cd1bf535ab41b48dc60da'; } elem.onload = function() { } document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(elem); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> function send_analytics_event(user_type, donation){ // if(user_type == 'uncached' || user_type == 'cached'){ // ga('send', 'event', 'caching', 'load', user_type, {'nonInteraction': 1}); // return; // } var event_name = user_type; if(donation == 'true'){ event_name += "_donation" }else if(typeof(valid_user) == 'undefined'){ event_name += "_blocked" }else if(valid_user == true){ event_name += "_unblocked"; }else{ event_name = "_unknown" } ga('send', 'event', 'ads', 'load', event_name, {'nonInteraction': 1}); } send_analytics_event("guest", "false"); </script>  <script type="text/javascript"> window._qevents = window._qevents || []; (function() { var elem = document.createElement('script'); elem.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? 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