History PlayingWith / MotherMakesYouKing

** Lady Alice's support for and control over Bob's campaign for the throne fluctuate.
** Lady Alice promotes Bob's candidacy for the throne, then backs Lord Charlie when he challenges Bob; then she backs Bob again in his bid to oust Charlie.

* '''Exploited''': Charlie knows Lady Alice is scheming to get her son on the throne, and he believes she will succeed, one way or another. However, Bob would be a terrible ruler, so Charlie kills Bob. With him dead, Lady Alice will get her younger, more competent son David made king.

* '''Discussed''': "Charlie, stop. I ''don't'' want Bob to be king. [[PrestigePeril Do you have any idea what the life expectancy for kings is?]] I don't want that for my son."

* '''Deconstructed''': Lady Alice is a StageMom to Bob, and she put a lot of pressure on him. As a result, they have a strained relationship. After Bob becomes king, Alice tells him everything he should do and puts more pressure on him than ever. She only ever thought of his kingship as ''her'' means of rule, [[DidntThinkThisThrough it never occurring to her]] that after ''he'' became king, ''he'' would suddenly have more power than she and he wouldn't ''have'' to obey her. King Bob realizes this before she does, and uses his new power to [[TheExile exile]]--or perhaps even [[SelfMadeOrphan execute]]--his mother.

* '''Defied''':
** Bob says, "Mother, you have ''got'' to stop this scheming: I ''don't want'' to be king."
** Lady Alice gets caught and executed for treason.

%% Enforced means the trope occurs for a reason OTHER THAN the author wanting to include it.

* '''Exploited''': Charlie knows Lady Alice is scheming to get her son on the throne, and he believes she will succeed, one way or another. However, Bob would be a terrible ruler, so Charlie kills Bob; with him dead, Lady Alice will get her younger, more competent son David made king.

* '''Deconstructed''': Lady Alice is a StageMom to Bob, and she put a lot of pressure on him. As a result, they have a strained relationship. After Bob becomes king, Alice tells him everything he should do and puts more pressure on him than ever. She only ever thought of his kingship as ''her'' means of rule, [[DidntThinkThisThrough it never occurring to her]] that after ''he'' became king, ''he'' would suddenly have more power than she and he wouldn't ''have'' to obey her. King Bob realizes this before she does and uses his new power to [[TheExile exile]], or perhaps even [[SelfMadeOrphan execute]], his mother.

* '''{{Gender Inverted|Trope}}''': Lord Bob schemes to make his daughter, Princess Alice, queen regnant.

** Alice schemes to make Bob the PuppetKing or get him some other position with AuthorityInNameOnly, if that.

* '''Deconstructed''': Lady Alice is a StageMom to Bob, and she put a lot of pressure on him. As a result, they have a strained relationship. After Bob becomes king, Alice tells him everything he should do and puts more pressure on him than ever. She only ever thought of his kingship as ''her'' means of rule, [[DidntThinkThisThrough it never occurring to her]] that after ''he'' became king, ''he'' would suddenly have more power than she and he wouldn't ''have'' to obey her. King Bob uses his new power to [[TheExile exile]], or perhaps even [[SelfMadeOrphan execute]], his mother.

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%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

* '''Invoked''': When Bob decides to usurp the throne, the first thing he does it ask his mother for help.

* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Implied''': We never meet Lady Alice or Prince Bob, but during a SuccessionCrisis, he's mentioned as a possible heir, and someone remarks, "His mother is ambitious."

%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

** Alice, as a woman in a patriarchal realm, cannot wield power in her own name, [[TheManBehindTheMan but she can do so in her son's name]].

** Lady Alice's support for and control over Bob's campaign for the throne fluctuates.

** Bob is a SelfMadeMan, and came to power purely by his own doing.

* '''Downplayed''': Lady Alice is a supporter of her son's claim, and she talks a few people into supporting him, but she doesn't singlehandedly get him on the throne.

** Alice, as a woman, cannot wield power in her own name, but she can in her son's.
** Being the king's mother is a powerful position in its own right--for example, Alice and Bob live in the Ottoman Empire, and as the mother of the sultan, Alice will be the ''valide sultan'': effectively his queen, and the most powerful woman in the empire.

** Lady Alice schemes to ''prevent'' her some from becoming king.

* '''{{Gender Inverted|Trope}}''': Lord Bob schemes to make his daughter queen.
* '''Subverted''': Lady Alice is scheming around court, talking up her son Bob to various powerful people. The camera always cuts away right as these conversations get to the chase, but we know Alice is ambitious. At the end of the episode, it's revealed that she's wants to make her son… a general.

* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': KingBobTheNth has a MultipleChoicePast. Some versions have his mother helping him accend to the throne, others don't.

* '''Exploited''': Charlie knows Lady Alice is scheming to get her son on the throne, and he believes she will succeed, one way or another. However, Bob would be a terrible ruler, so Charlie kills Bob--with him dead, Lady Alice will get her younger, more competent son David made king.

** Bob says, "Mama, you've ''got'' to stop this scheming: I ''don't want'' to be king."
** Lady Alice gets caught, and executed for treason.

* '''Discussed''': "Charlie, stop. I ''don't'' want Bob to be king. [[PrestigePeril Do you have any idea what the life-expectancy for kings is?]] I don't want that for my son."

* '''Deconstructed''': Lady Alice is a StageMom to Bob, and she put a lot of pressure on him. As a result, they have a strained relationship. After Bob becomes king, Alice tells him everything he should do, and puts more pressure on him than ever. She only ever thought of his kingship as ''her'' means of rule, and didn't think about the fact that after ''he'' became king, ''he'' would suddenly have more power than her, and he wouldn't ''have'' to obey her. Bob uses his new power to [[TheExile exile]], or perhaps even [[SelfMadeOrphan execute]], his mother.

%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%%
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': ???

** Charlie doesn't want Bob to come to power. To prevent this, Charlie assassinates not Bob, but Alice.

* '''Deconstructed''': Lady Alice is a StageMom to Bob, and she put a lot of pressure on him. As a result, they have a strained relationship. After Bob becomes king, Alice tells him everything he should do, and puts more pressure on him than ever. She only ever thought of his kingship as ''her'' means of rule, and didn't think about the fact that after ''he'' became king, ''he'' would suddenly have more power than her, and he wouldn't ''have'' to obey her. Bob uses his new power to [[SelfMadeOrphan have his mother executed]].

* '''Subverted''': Lady Alice is scheming around court, talking up her son Bob to various powerful people. She's wants to make him… a general.

* '''Deconstructed''': Lady Alice is a StageMom to Bob, and she put a lot of pressure on him. As a result, they have a strained relationship. After Bob becomes king, Alice tells him everything he should do, and puts more pressure on him than ever. She only thought of his kingship as ''her'' means of rule, and didn't think about the fact that after ''he'' became king, ''he'' would suddenly have more power than her, and he wouldn't ''have'' to obey her. Bob uses his new power to [[SelfMadeOrphan have his mother killed]].

* '''Deconstructed''': Lady Alice is a StageMom to Bob, and she put a lot of pressure on him. As a result, they have a strained relationship. After Bob becomes king, Alice tells him everything he should do, and puts more pressure on him than ever. She only thought of his kingship as ''her'' means of rule, and didn't think about the fact that after ''he' became king, ''he'' would suddenly have more power than her, and he wouldn't ''have'' to obey her. Bob uses his new power to [[SelfMadeOrphan have his mother killed]].

** Alice is a {{good parent|s}}, and she's very supportive of her son in ''everything'' he does, including, but not limited to, coming to power.

** Bob is a SelfMadeMan.
** Bob is ConvenientlyAnOrphan.

* '''Discussed''': "Charlie, stop, I ''don't'' want Bob to be king. [[PrestigePeril Do you have any idea what the life-expectancy for kings is?]] I don't want that for my son."

* '''Deconstructed''': Lady Alice is a StageMom to Bob, pushing him very hard to be king, even though Bob isn't interested. The kingdom falls apart unde Bob's leadership, and Alice ruins her relationship with her son.

* '''Inverted''': Lady Alice schemes to ''prevent'' her some from becoming king.

** Alice is a {{good parent|s}}, and she's very supportive of her son in ''everything'' he does.

%% Enforced means the trope occures for a reason OTHER THAN the author wanting to include it.

* '''Implied''': We never meet Lady Alice or Prince Bob, but during a SuccessionCrisis, he's mentioned as a possible heir, and someone remarks that "his mother is ambitious."

* '''Deconstructed''': Lady Alice is a StageMom to Bob, pushing him very hard to be king, even though Bob isn't interested in beginning king. The kingdom falls apart unde Bob's leadership, and Alice ruins her relationship with her son.

* '''Double Subverted''': That's phase one of her plan. Once Bob has more experience, ''then'' she'll make him king.

* '''Averted''': Bob is a SelfMadeMan.

* '''Deconstructed''': ???