1 | '''Basic Trope''': The mother of one of the characters is an antagonist, sometimes the BigBad. |
2 | * '''Straight''': [[TheHero Alice]]'s mother, Betty, is one of the villains. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice's mother, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Betty the Terrible]], wants to kill her with her own hands along with all of her siblings because she can't stand her children. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice's mother, Betty is kind of annoying and self-centered, and sometimes gets in the way of her daughter's plans. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Alice's parents live in an UnholyMatrimony and her mother is just as bad as her father, if not worse. |
7 | ** [[MommysLittleVillain Alice has to get her evil from somewhere.]] |
8 | * '''Inverted''': |
9 | ** TeamMom |
10 | ** CoolOldLady |
11 | ** AntagonisticOffspring |
12 | * '''Gender Inverted''': ArchnemesisDad |
13 | * '''Subverted''': Betty might seem to be in league with the villains, except that she's TheMole there, to keep them from harming her daughter. |
14 | * '''Double Subverted''': That's what she says, while in reality she's just in it for the power and doesn't give a damn about any of her children. |
15 | * '''Parodied''': A first-time pregnant girl reads a book labeled "From nubile to EvilOverlord: a mother's guide." |
16 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
17 | * '''Averted''': Alice is an orphan. |
18 | * '''Enforced''': [[FreudianExcuse The author is estranged from his/her mother, and can't help but portray mother figures in his/her story as monstrous]]. |
19 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
20 | ** "If you think my father was an asshole, wait before you meet my bitch of a mother." |
21 | ** "You won't stand in my way, child of mine! ''No one'' stands in the way of Queen Betty the Terrible!" |
22 | * '''Invoked''': MonsterIsAMommy |
23 | * '''Exploited''': Evulz allies himself with TheHero's mother to oppose him/her. |
24 | * '''Defied''': "I may not be the best mother around, but I won't let you kill my daughter." |
25 | * '''Discussed''': "Your mother really can't stand you, Alice." "No shit! But you know, she can't stand my brothers either. Nor my sister. Nor my father... [[HatesEveryoneEqually Or anyone really.]]" |
26 | * '''Conversed''': "Why is Alice's mom so evil?" "Because motherhood has never turned a horrible bitch into a saint." |
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28 | "You must go back to EvilMatriarch!" "No, Mom, NOOO!!!" |
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30 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
31 | %% |
32 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
33 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
34 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
35 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
36 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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