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* LovingParentCruelParent: Michael Laemle's parents, Nick and Lilly, are both cannibals. Nick gets his meat from killing people. When Michael begins snooping around his father's business, Nick acts more hostile to Michael, even as he tries to get his son to adapt to eating human meat. Lilly, on the other hand, is more loving towards her son (and it's implied she too was forced by her husband into eating people). [[spoiler:It comes to a head when Lilly dies while trying to save Michael from Nick's wrath.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: While Nick acts affectionate to Michael at first, it's when he starts snooping around in his father's business is when Nick starts to treat him with more hostility. Threatening him and even outright telling him he hates him.
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* StandardFiftiesFather: At first glance, Nick appears to be your typical middle-class family patriarch. [[SubvertedTrope The truth is much darker.]]
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* AffablyEvil: Lilly is genuinely loving toward Michael and considerably less evil than Nick. It helps that it's hinted that she was forced to partake in cannibalism until she developed stockholm syndrome and that she herself never personally killed anyone. Likewise, Michael's grandparents, while implied to also be cannibals, are portrayed as far more loving toward Michael and far less creepy than Nick.
* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed stockholm syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed stockholm syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
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* AffablyEvil: Lilly is genuinely loving toward Michael and considerably less evil than Nick. It helps that it's hinted that she was forced to partake in cannibalism until she developed stockholm Stockholm syndrome and that she herself never personally killed anyone. Likewise, Michael's grandparents, while implied to also be cannibals, are portrayed as far more loving toward Michael and far less creepy than Nick.
* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developedstockholm Stockholm syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed
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* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
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* AffablyEvil: Lilly is genuinely loving toward Michael and considerably less evil than Nick. It helps that it's hinted that she was forced to partake in cannibalism until she developed StockholmSyndrome stockholm syndrome and that she herself never personally killed anyone. Likewise, Michael's grandparents, while implied to also be cannibals, are portrayed as far more loving toward Michael and far less creepy than Nick.
* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed stockholm syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed stockholm syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed stockholm syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed Stockholm Syndrome stockholm syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
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* LargeAndInCharge: Nick is the head of the household, and being portrayed by the 6'5 Randy Quaid, towers over everyone.
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* VillainousParentalInstinct: Also crossing over with HighHeelFaceTurn, Lilly was involved in cannibalism and murder too, but she tries to stop Michael from killing Nick when he won't participate, and ultimately gets killed for it.
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* VillainousParentalInstinct: Also crossing over with HighHeelFaceTurn, Lilly was involved in cannibalism and murder too, cannibalism, but she tries to stop Michael from killing Nick when he won't participate, and ultimately gets killed for it.
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* HighClassCannibal: Downplayed. Nick and Lilly are a wealthy upper middle class couple who move their family to spotless suburbia, and they're also cannibals.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: It's Michael's mother, Lilly, who turns on Nick and protects him.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: It's Michael's mother, Lilly, who turns on Nick and protects him.
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* VillainousParentalInstinct: Also crossing over with HighHeelFaceTurn, Lilly was involved in cannibalism and murder too, but she tries to stop Michael from killing Nick when he won't participate, and ultimately gets killed for it.
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* AbusiveParents: Nick acts like a DotingParent towards Michael until he starts snooping around his father's business about where he gets his food. After that he starts acting more hostile towards his son, even telling "stories" to frighten him into submission. And when that fails, he tries to kill him.
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* AbusiveParents: Nick acts like a DotingParent towards Michael until he starts snooping around his father's business about to find out where he gets his food. After that he starts acting more hostile towards his son, even telling "stories" to frighten him into submission. And when that fails, he tries to kill him.
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* ControlFreak: Nick is this when he tries to get Michael to eat human meat and implied he's done so with Lilly, whom she acquired a taste of it.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: On the surface, Nick seems like a [[StandardFiftiesFather loving family man to his wife and son.]] But when Michael starts to dig deeper into the food source, he gets more hostile talking to him, though keeping an eerily calm tone. And even keeps it when he tries to get him to adapt to eating human meat. It's only when he gets stabbed by Michael that he finally loses his composure.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Nick wears glasses and very cannibalistic among other things.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Nick wears glasses and very cannibalistic among other things.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: On the surface, Nick seems like a [[StandardFiftiesFather loving family man to his wife and son.]] But when Michael starts to dig deeper into the food source, he where the family gets their food, he becomes more hostile talking to him, though threatening, all the while keeping an eerily up his calm tone. And even keeps it when he tries demeanor. His attempts to get him to adapt to eating human meat.sway Michael into adopting cannibalism sound almost like a father cajoling his son into picking up a new hobby. It's only when he gets stabbed by Michael that he finally loses his composure.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Nick wears glasses andvery is a cannibalistic among other things.SerialKiller.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Nick wears glasses and
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''Parents'' is a 1989 horror-comedy film directed by Creator/BobBalaban, starring Creator/RandyQuaid, Creator/MaryBethHurt, Creator/SandyDennis, and Creator/BryanMadorsky.
In 1950s America, ten-year-old Michael Laemle moves to a new neighborhood with his parents Nick and Lilly. They all seem to be a civilized family. But Michael begins having nightmares, leading him to wonder about where the family is getting their food from.
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''Parents'' is a 1989 American horror-comedy film directed by Creator/BobBalaban, Creator/BobBalaban and starring Creator/RandyQuaid, Creator/MaryBethHurt, Creator/SandyDennis, and Creator/BryanMadorsky.
In1950s America, 1958 California, ten-year-old Michael Laemle moves to a new neighborhood with his parents Nick and Lilly. They all seem to be a civilized family. But Michael begins having nightmares, leading him to wonder about where the family is getting their food from.
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In 1950s America, ten-year-old Michael Laemle moves to a new neighborhood with his parents Nick and Lilly. They all seem to be a civilized family. But Michael begins having nightmares, leading him to wonder about the source where the family is getting their food.
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* AbusiveParents: Nick is more loving towards Michael until he starts snooping around his father's business of where he gets his food and lands on the emotional variety, acting more hostile towards him, even telling "stories" to frighten him into submission. And when that fails, he tries to kill him.
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* AbusiveParents: Nick is more loving acts like a DotingParent towards Michael until he starts snooping around his father's business of about where he gets his food and lands on the emotional variety, food. After that he starts acting more hostile towards him, his son, even telling "stories" to frighten him into submission. And when that fails, he tries to kill him.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: On the surface, Nick seems like a [[StandardFiftiesFather loving family man to his wife and son.]] But when Michael starts to dig deeper into the food source, he gets more hostile talking to him, though keeping an eerily calm tone. And even keeps it when he tries to get him to adapt to eating human meat. It's only when he gets stabbed by Michael is when that he finally loses his composure.
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''Parents'' is a 1989 horror-comedy film starring Creator/RandyQuaid, Creator/MaryBethHurt, Creator/SandyDennis and Creator/BryanMadorsky and directed by Creator/BobBalaban.
In 1950s America, ten year old Michael Laemle moves to a new neighborhood with his parents Nick and Lilly. They all seem to be a civilized family. But Michael begins having nightmares, leading him to wonder about the source where the family is getting their food.
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''Parents'' is a 1989 horror-comedy film directed by Creator/BobBalaban, starring Creator/RandyQuaid, Creator/MaryBethHurt, Creator/SandyDennis Creator/SandyDennis, and Creator/BryanMadorsky and directed by Creator/BobBalaban.
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In 1950s America,ten year old ten-year-old Michael Laemle moves to a new neighborhood with his parents Nick and Lilly. They all seem to be a civilized family. But Michael begins having nightmares, leading him to wonder about the source where the family is getting their food.
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* FamousLastWords: Lilly's last words before being killed by Nick are "You'll hurt him, Nick!" Nick's last words before dying are "You say something, sport."
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* AffablyEvil: Lilly is genuinely loving toward Michael and considerably less evil than Nick. It helps that it's hinted that she was forced to partake in cannibalism until she developed StockholmSyndrome and that she herself never personally killed anyone. Likewise, Michael's grandparents, while implied to also be cannibals, are portrayed as far more loving toward Michael and far less creepy than Nick.
* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed Stockholm Syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
* AlasPoorVillain: Lilly was perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to Nick's murders and even partook in eating human meat herself, but she was also a mentally ill woman who was implied to have been forced by her husband to engage in cannibalism until she developed Stockholm Syndrome and came to enjoy it. There is no indication she herself ever personally killed anyone, and she dies saving Michael from Nick, which is played as a HeroicSacrifice.
* CreepyChild: Michael is a very strange boy who doesn't act like a typical boy for his time period and shows little emotion, though he's still a nice boy with a good heart.
* EvilOldFolks: While they are [[AffablyEvil very kind to Michael]], his grandparents who appear at the end of the film are implied to not only have introduced their son Nick to his practice of cannibalism, but still engage in it themselves even in old age.
* FamousLastWords: Lilly's last words before being killed by Nick are "You'll hurt him, Nick!" Nick's last words before dying are "You say something, sport."
* EvilOldFolks: While they are [[AffablyEvil very kind to Michael]], his grandparents who appear at the end of the film are implied to not only have introduced their son Nick to his practice of cannibalism, but still engage in it themselves even in old age.
* FamousLastWords: Lilly's last words before being killed by Nick are "You'll hurt him, Nick!" Nick's last words before dying are "You say something, sport."
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* SerialKiller: Nick is a cannibal who kills people for food. It's implied his own parents were this as well.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: On the surface, Nick seems like a loving family man to his wife and son. But when Michael starts to dig deeper into the food source, he gets more hostile talking to him, though keeping an eerily calm tone. And even keeps it when he tries to get him to adapt to eating human meat. It's only when he gets stabbed by Michael is when he finally loses his composure.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: On the surface, Nick seems like a [[StandardFiftiesFather loving family man to his wife and son. son.]] But when Michael starts to dig deeper into the food source, he gets more hostile talking to him, though keeping an eerily calm tone. And even keeps it when he tries to get him to adapt to eating human meat. It's only when he gets stabbed by Michael is when he finally loses his composure.
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* HeroicSacrifice: "Heroic" might be a bit questionable debatable it considering she partook in eating human meat, but she Lilly does end up performing one when she tries to stop Nick from killing Michael, only to end up dead herself.
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* VillainousBreakdown: After being stabbed by Michael, Nick snaps and attempts to kill Michael. When Lilly attempts to stop him, he kills her.
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* VillainousBreakdown: After being stabbed by Michael, Nick snaps and attempts to kill Michael. When Lilly attempts to stop him, he kills her.her.
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''Parents'' is a 1989 horror-comedy film starring Creator/RandyQuaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis and Bryan Madorsky.
In 1950s America, ten year old Michael Laemle moves to a new neighborhood with his parents Nick and Lilly. They all seem to be a civilized family. But Michael begins having nightmares, leading him to wonder about the source where the family is getting their food.
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* The50s: The movie takes place in 1958.
* AbusiveParents: Nick is more loving towards Michael until he starts snooping around his father's business of where he gets his food and lands on the emotional variety, acting more hostile towards him, even telling "stories" to frighten him into submission. And when that fails, he tries to kill him.
* CannibalClan: A lot of the elements in the trope get subverted as Nick himself is the leader of the pack who's managed to get Lilly to eat human meat and tries to force Michael to do the same.
* ControlFreak: Nick is this when he tries to get Michael to eat human meat and implied he's done so with Lilly, whom she acquired a taste of it.
* FauxAffablyEvil: On the surface, Nick seems like a loving family man to his wife and son. But when Michael starts to dig deeper into the food source, he gets more hostile talking to him, though keeping an eerily calm tone. And even keeps it when he tries to get him to adapt to eating human meat. It's only when he gets stabbed by Michael is when he finally loses his composure.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Nick wears glasses and very cannibalistic among other things.
* GoodParents: Lilly is more affectionate towards Michael and even dies for him when Nick tries to kill him.
* GolfClubbing: How the school counselor Millie Dew dies when she discovers the family secret and hides in the kitchen closet, managing to evade getting stabbed by Nick but then gets killed with a golf club to the head. Then later on in the day, after Nick prepares dinner, he gets attacked with said club by Michael.
* HereWeGoAgain: After being orphaned and moving in with his grandparents, they tuck him in and leave him a sandwich, which is implied to be of human meat, [[SharedFamilyQuirks showing that Nick learned it from them.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: "Heroic" might be a bit questionable it considering she partook in eating human meat, but she does end up performing one when she tries to stop Nick from killing Michael, only to end up dead herself.
* OffingTheOffspring: Nick tries to do this to Michael when he refuses to eat the meat and stabs Nick in the shoulder.
* PrimalScene: Michael does this once late at night while his parents are making out in the living room.
* RasputinianDeath: Nick gets stabbed in the shoulder by Michael and then when he goes after him, he gets stabbed in the back by Lilly. After he kills her, he chases his son down the basement where at this point is getting weaker from his stab wounds and falls down the stairs. He then stumbles onto his wine shelf, which falls on top of him and crushes him. And if that by any chance didn't finish him off, he would be blown up when the house explodes from a broken gas line (due to his earlier stumbling).
* SkywardScream: Millie does this when she discovers a corpse in the Laemles' basement, which goes all the way through the vents all the way up to the chimney.
* VillainousBreakdown: After being stabbed by Michael, Nick snaps and attempts to kill Michael. When Lilly attempts to stop him, he kills her.
''Parents'' is a 1989 horror-comedy film starring Creator/RandyQuaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis and Bryan Madorsky.
In 1950s America, ten year old Michael Laemle moves to a new neighborhood with his parents Nick and Lilly. They all seem to be a civilized family. But Michael begins having nightmares, leading him to wonder about the source where the family is getting their food.
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!! This film has the following tropes:
* The50s: The movie takes place in 1958.
* AbusiveParents: Nick is more loving towards Michael until he starts snooping around his father's business of where he gets his food and lands on the emotional variety, acting more hostile towards him, even telling "stories" to frighten him into submission. And when that fails, he tries to kill him.
* CannibalClan: A lot of the elements in the trope get subverted as Nick himself is the leader of the pack who's managed to get Lilly to eat human meat and tries to force Michael to do the same.
* ControlFreak: Nick is this when he tries to get Michael to eat human meat and implied he's done so with Lilly, whom she acquired a taste of it.
* FauxAffablyEvil: On the surface, Nick seems like a loving family man to his wife and son. But when Michael starts to dig deeper into the food source, he gets more hostile talking to him, though keeping an eerily calm tone. And even keeps it when he tries to get him to adapt to eating human meat. It's only when he gets stabbed by Michael is when he finally loses his composure.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Nick wears glasses and very cannibalistic among other things.
* GoodParents: Lilly is more affectionate towards Michael and even dies for him when Nick tries to kill him.
* GolfClubbing: How the school counselor Millie Dew dies when she discovers the family secret and hides in the kitchen closet, managing to evade getting stabbed by Nick but then gets killed with a golf club to the head. Then later on in the day, after Nick prepares dinner, he gets attacked with said club by Michael.
* HereWeGoAgain: After being orphaned and moving in with his grandparents, they tuck him in and leave him a sandwich, which is implied to be of human meat, [[SharedFamilyQuirks showing that Nick learned it from them.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: "Heroic" might be a bit questionable it considering she partook in eating human meat, but she does end up performing one when she tries to stop Nick from killing Michael, only to end up dead herself.
* OffingTheOffspring: Nick tries to do this to Michael when he refuses to eat the meat and stabs Nick in the shoulder.
* PrimalScene: Michael does this once late at night while his parents are making out in the living room.
* RasputinianDeath: Nick gets stabbed in the shoulder by Michael and then when he goes after him, he gets stabbed in the back by Lilly. After he kills her, he chases his son down the basement where at this point is getting weaker from his stab wounds and falls down the stairs. He then stumbles onto his wine shelf, which falls on top of him and crushes him. And if that by any chance didn't finish him off, he would be blown up when the house explodes from a broken gas line (due to his earlier stumbling).
* SkywardScream: Millie does this when she discovers a corpse in the Laemles' basement, which goes all the way through the vents all the way up to the chimney.
* VillainousBreakdown: After being stabbed by Michael, Nick snaps and attempts to kill Michael. When Lilly attempts to stop him, he kills her.
