Line #14 PlayingWith/LittleBrotherIsWatching


1	'''Basic Trope''': More sinful characters yield in the presence of {{children\|AreInnocent}}.
2	* '''Straight''': [[TheStoner Alice]] lights up and starts smoking, only to stop in [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horror]] when she notices her little brother, [[ChildrenAreInnocent Bob]], watching.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Emperor Evulz, BigBad and resident EldritchAbomination, yields in his rampage when he comes across a child.
5	** There's ''always'' a child watching someone, preventing them from doing bad things.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Alice stops in horror when she notices Bob watching her smoke, but either tries shutting the door, putting out the blunt or tries to tell him it's NotWhatItLooksLike.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alice doesn't want to BreakTheCutie or CorruptTheCutie.
9	** Alice is an AntiRoleModel, but the last person she would ever want to influence is her little brother, Bob.
10	** EveryoneHasStandards.
11	* '''Inverted''':
12	** Alice stops her smoke when she spots an older character doing the same.
13	** It's ''Bob'' who influences Alice into copying his habits.
14	* '''Subverted''': Alice isn't afraid of influencing her brother, but she is afraid that he'll rat her out to their mom.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': However, she is afraid, in some way, of influencing her brother, when she thinks hard about it.
16	* '''Parodied''':
17	** Alice is cheating on a test, but then she notices her brother watching her, [[FridgeLogic somehow]], and [[SkywardScream screams]] "{{WHAT HAVE I BECOME}}?!"
18	** Heroes employ babies as weapons to guilt-trip villains.
19	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice will stop doing weed in front of her younger brother, but will actively teach her younger sister, Claire, how to shoplift and streak.
20	* '''Averted''': Alice isn't a [[TheStoner stoner]] or doesn't care if Bob watches.
21	* '''Enforced''': The executives wanted to deliver AnAesop against drug use.
22	* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh no! Not my younger brother!"
23	* '''Invoked''': When Alice gets an unexpected PromotionToParent, she realizes that means providing for Bob, which necessitates having a steady job and serving as a moral example for him.
24	* '''Exploited''': [[KidHero Bob]] is a GuileHero, who knows his sister loves him and knows that DrugsAreBad. So, when he notices Alice lighting up, he makes his presence known so that Alice would stop.
25	* '''Defied''': Alice scoffs and either slams the door on Bob or continues anyway.
26	* '''Discussed''':
27	-->'''Bob''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Alice, what's that you got in your hand?]]
28	-->'''Alice''': Bob! I... I'm sorry, I shouldn't be doing this.
29	* '''Conversed''': "As hard as the show tries to depict Alice as bad, she's an AntiVillain at best. Most criminals in RealLife wouldn't stop committing crimes just because they realized a child was watching them."
30	* '''Played for Laughs''':
31	** Bob catches Alice [[FelonyMisdemeanor doing gymnastics badly]]. He clucks disapprovingly and tries to show her how to do gymnastics properly, [[HypocriticalHumor but has an]] EpicFail.
32	** Bob catches Alice smoking. He asks her what she has and she stutters out BlatantLies. Somehow, he buys them.
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