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* '''Downplayed''': Only a few of Bob's family members are killed.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Only a few of Bob's family members are killed.



** Bob initally appears to break down over his family being dead, before saying "Who could have done this?! ...me."

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** Bob initally initially appears to break down over his family being dead, before saying "Who could have done this?! ...me.Only I could've."



* '''Double Subverted''': However, this is because Bob is blaming himself over their deaths by not being there.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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However, this is because Bob is blaming himself over their deaths by not being there.there, saying "I may not have been the one to pull the trigger, but I'm responsible for their deaths. MyGodWhatHaveIDone"
** Someone who's not Bob is offended by this prank, and kills them for real.

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* '''Defied''': Bob installs various security measures in place to prevent any member of his family from getting murdered.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Bob installs various security measures in place to prevent any member of his family from getting murdered.murdered.
** Before his retirement as a superhero, [=SuperBob=] walks up to [[ManipulativeBastard Anda Bulwark]] (the leader of [[SinisterSpyAgency B.A.U.L.K.]]) and tells her that if for some particular vicissitudes of fate his family dies and he (and maybe [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness it will be a hallucinative flash of deranged paranoia]], he admits) believes that she had even the most infinitely small degree of involvement, he will put on the [=SuperBob=] costume again [[BewareTheSuperman just so he will look good as he stomps her head into mulch]]. Bulwark, who was already entertaining of killing Bob's family to recruit him into her Forlorn Squad, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm decides it's too much of a hassle]].
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** Bob's family is hurt and that leads him to take revenge
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???Bob's family was TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether. The killer killed them either in self-defense or in revenge for their misdeeds.
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** A criminal [[SerialKiller specializes]] in the destructions of families.
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** A criminal [[SerialKiller specializes]] in the destruction of families.

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** A criminal [[SerialKiller specializes]] in the destruction destructions of families.
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** A criminal [[SerialKiller specializes]] in the destruction of families.
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* '''Straight''': Bob comes home to discover his whole family is killed. Because of that, he becomes SuperBob out of revenge.

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* '''Straight''': Bob comes home to discover his whole family is killed. Because of that, he becomes SuperBob [=SuperBob=] out of revenge.



* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob to have a motivation to become SuperBob. Let's have his loving family get killed."

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* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob to have a motivation to become SuperBob.[=SuperBob=]. Let's have his loving family get killed."



* '''Invoked''': Bob is a sociopath who doesn't care about his family, and deliberately puts them in a situation where they get killed in order to get sympathy and be seen as having a good reason for being SuperBob.

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* '''Invoked''': Bob is a sociopath who doesn't care about his family, and deliberately puts them in a situation where they get killed in order to get sympathy and be seen as having a good reason for being SuperBob.[=SuperBob=].



* '''Implied''': When someone asks why Bob is SuperBob, Bob answers "family problems" and doesn't elaborate further.

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* '''Implied''': When someone asks why Bob is SuperBob, [=SuperBob=], Bob answers "family problems" and doesn't elaborate further.
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** [TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether The family all works together to kill people.]

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** [TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether [[TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether The family all works together to kill people.]]]



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'''Basic Trope''': A character's family is killed by someone else, often being the motive of said character.
* '''Straight''': Bob comes home to discover his whole family is killed. Because of that, he becomes SuperBob out of revenge.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's whole extended family is killed, even relatives he didn't know about.
* '''Downplayed''': Only a few of Bob's family members are killed.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob himself gets killed, with the family working to avenge him.
** [TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether The family all works together to kill people.]
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob initally appears to break down over his family being dead, before saying "Who could have done this?! ...me."
** The family pretends to be dead as a cruel prank.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, this is because Bob is blaming himself over their deaths by not being there.
* '''Parodied''': Each time a family member gets a minor injury, such as a small cut or bruise, Bob breaks down and screams that he is going to avenge them.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Family members are continuously killed off and brought back DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': No family members are killed.
* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob to have a motivation to become SuperBob. Let's have his loving family get killed."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Bob is a sociopath who doesn't care about his family, and deliberately puts them in a situation where they get killed in order to get sympathy and be seen as having a good reason for being SuperBob.
* '''Exploited''': Alice wants to have Bob join an organization where Bob can use his strength for good, but he has no reason to do so. Therefore, Alice arranges the deaths of Bob's family to have him want to join the organization to prevent such incidents from happening.
* '''Defied''': Bob installs various security measures in place to prevent any member of his family from getting murdered.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': When someone asks why Bob is SuperBob, Bob answers "family problems" and doesn't elaborate further.
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%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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