History Film / MadeasBigHappyFamily

* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Kimberly to Shirley. She arrives at the hospital soon after she passes away.]]

* PartingWordsRegret: In the end, Kimberly never got to tell a [[spoiler: passed on Shirley]] she's sorry.

** During the dinner scene, when Tammy reveals Kimberly had a child at 13, Kimberly is seen staring directly at Byron, [[spoiler: the "baby" in question]].

** It can be said that Shirley's cancer and [[spoiler: eventual death]] is this, as she [[spoiler: covered up the fact that not only was Kimberly raped by an uncle at a young age, but also had said uncle's child, Byron as a result]].

** Byron is justifiably angry when he finds out [[spoiler: Kimberly is his biological mother]], and calls Shirley out for [[{{Hypocrite}} teaching them to never tell lies or keep any secrets yet kept this hidden from him his entire life]]. He then angrily takes his son and leaves.

** Byron is justifiably angry when he finds out [[spoiler: Kimberly is his biological mother]], and calls Shirley out for [[{{Hypocrite teaching them to never tell lies or keep any secrets yet kept this hidden from him his entire life}}]]. He then angrily takes his son and leaves.

** Byron is justifiably angry when he finds out [[spoiler: Kimberly is his biological mother]], and calls Shirley out for {{Hypocrite teaching them to never tell lies or keep any secrets yet kept this hidden from him his entire life}}. He then angrily takes his son and leaves.

** Byron tries to be this, but his criminal record and Sabrina make it difficult for him to.

* SpoiledBrat: Tammy's sons, but mostly because Tammy placates them and Harold is too much of doormat to do otherwise.

[[caption-width-right:329:[[{{Irony}} They're anything]] ''[[{{Irony}} but]]'' [[{{Irony}} a happy family, though.]]]]

''Madea's Big Happy Family'' is a dramedy film concerning an aging woman, named Shirley, with terminal cancer and how she tries to unite them under one roof (and table) to tell them that she hasn't long for this world. However, unfortunately, her family doesn't get along with each other with Tammy and Kimberly at each other's throats, Harold being a doormat to his wife, and Byron not having his life together.

!!''Madea's Big Happy Family'' provides examples of:

* MamaBear: Madea calls out everyone over their flaws, and the first one she chews out is Sabrina for using her baby son to purposely ruin her ex boyfriend’s life while sponging off the child support money and points out her son will certainly grow up resenting her for her behavior. Madea reminds Sabrina that her son is a human being, not a pawn to be used to make his father’s life miserable. She also threatens to beat up Sabrina should she catch her doing her old antics.
* NiceGuy: Calvin. He's nothing but patient with Kimberly, despite how she is and he goes out of his way to help Byron and Shirley, despite Kimberly being less inclined. [[spoiler:He even comes to sympathize with Kimberly when he finds out about her terrible past and he and her have a better marriage as the latter agrees to get help]].

* WhatTheHellHero: Madea rightly calls Tammy out on [[spoiler:the way she revealed to everyone on the table how Bryon was Kimberly’s child instead of her brother]]. She also calls out everyone else on their flaws at the end of [[spoiler:Shirley’s funeral]].

* CallingParentsByTheirName: Tammy’s oldest son calls his mother by her first name.
* ChildByRape: [[spoiler:Byron was revealed to be Kimberly’s son, not her brother, who was conceived after Kimberly was raped by her paternal uncle.]]

* BlackSheep: Kimberly is this for her family.

* ShoutOut: The release poster/DVD cover seems to feature a vague one to ''Series/TheBradyBunch.

* WhatTheHellHero: Madea rightly calls Tammy out on [[spoiler:the way she revealed to everyone on the table how Bryon was Kimberly’s child instead of his sister]]. She also calls out everyone else on their flaws at the end of [[spoiler:Shirley’s funeral]].

* AdaptedOut: In the Play, Shirley had an older kid named "Joyce" but she's not the movie, except for her name being mentioned.

* ReallyGetsAround: Madea admits that when she was young, she "put the 'h' 'ho'", and that if Mr. Brown isn't Cora's father, she no longer remembers who ''could'' be.