Basic Trope: A grandparent (or grandparents) who abuse their grandchildren.
- Straight: Carl's grandparents, Alice and Bob, beat him, yell at him, and insult him at every opportunity.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice and Bob not only physically and verbally abuse Carl, but they also attempted to kill him multiple times.
- Alice and Bob sexually molested Carl.
- Downplayed: Alice and Bob are extremely strict to Carl and aren't afraid to physically discipline him.
- Justified:
- Alice and Bob were abusive towards their children and haven't really changed their behavior.
- Carl crossed the Moral Event Horizon.
- Inverted: Carl is abusive to his grandparents, Alice and Bob.
- Subverted: Alice and Bob act abusive, but it turns out later on, they warm up to Carl.
- Double Subverted: That wasn't until they begin berating him for no reason.
- Parodied: A Grumpy Old Man threatens kids who won’t get off his lawn by brandishing his grandkids as weapons.
- Zig-Zagged: Alice and Bob are loving to Carl given he was born from married couple Dave and Elaine, but strict to Frank who was born to teenage mother Georgia.
- Averted: Alice and Bob treat Carl kindly.
- Enforced: The author thinks of finding a way to explain Carl's father's abusive behavior.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Dave and Elaine, Carl's parents, make it clear to Alice and Bob that they will not allow them to abuse Carl. Bonus points if both Dave and Elaine are abused by both of them.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played For Laughs: Bob strikes Carl with his cane, only to double over in pain as the blow hurt Bob more then Carl.
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