Basic Trope: A child betrays a parent.
- Straight: Alex betrays his parents Bob and Carol.
- Exaggerated:
- Alex not only betrays his parents, but also kills them.
- All of Bob and Carol's children betray them.
- Downplayed: ???
- Justified:
- Bob and Carol have always been controlling and abusive to Alex until he had enough of their mistreatment and returns the favor by betraying them.
- Alex has always been rebellious and ungrateful to his parents who were doing their best to give him a good life. The betrayal was done out of sheer spite.
- Alex is the son of King Bob who rules the Troperia Kingdom. He wants to overthrow his father so he can rule it for himself.
- Bob and Carol had been ignoring Alex in favor of his siblings, Dave and Eric.
- Inverted: Parental Betrayal
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: The reason for Alex betraying his parents: they didn't give him a flat-screen tv for his bedroom.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Bob doesn't betray his parents.
- Enforced: "We need a shocking moment between family members. Let's have Alex betray his parents."
- Lampshaded: "We gave you life and you turned your back on us!"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Alex decides it would be very low of his character to betray his parents whom he has so much love and respect for.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played For Laughs: "You want to know why I did it? It's because you were never there for me when I needed you. You loved my older brother and younger brother more than me, and you didn't give me a Ferrari for my 16th birthday!"
- Played For Drama: Alex's parents are heartbroken by his betrayal, especially when they raised him well and had a decent relationship with him.
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