Basic Trope: A creature is revealed to be sympathetic because it had a good reason to be aggressive - it was trying to protect or care for its children.
- Straight: Bob is attacked by a large monster. He later learns that he was rather close to the monster's nest, and that the monster believed that Bob was trying to harm its children. Bob is a parent himself, and manages to sympathize with the monster.
- Exaggerated: Bob is attacked by multiple creatures who think that he's trying to harm their children.
- Downplayed: Bob actually does get close to one of the monster's children, and it begins chasing him off.
- Justified: Many species of animal are quite protective of their young.
- Inverted: Mommy Is a Monster: A seemingly ordinary mother turns out to be some sort of monstrous creature.
- Subverted: Bob sees a monster and believes it's trying to harm him in order to keep him away from its offspring. However, he sees the monster's home, and there are no offspring.
- Double Subverted:
- Upon closer inspection, however, he does see eggs.
- The monster goes into labor.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: No monsters are revealed to be parents.
- Enforced: "We need a heartwarming scene in this action-packed story about a guy that hunts monsters. How about Bob refusing to kill this particular monster because it's a parent, and possibly has some rather cute babies?"
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited:
- Bob develops a trust with the monster and it becomes his sidekick, allowing him to have an advantage in battle.
- The monster is Genre Savvy enough to know that if it becomes a parent, it's less likely to be killed off by monster hunters.
- Defied: Bob decides that he doesn't care that the monster is a parent and kills it anyway.
- Discussed: "I bet this monster is attacking me because it thinks I'm trying to hurt its kids."
- Conversed: ???
- Played for Drama: The monster miscarries due to the stress Bob has caused.
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