Abuse Tropes

Related:
 * A Tortured Index
 * Dirty Social Tricks
 * Parental Issues

In a work of fiction, there will be two people, most likely in a close relationship with each other, as parent and child, siblings, friends, or romantic partners. But unfortunately, one is abusing the other partner, either, emotionally, financially, physically, sexually, or a combination of some or all of these. The person may also be required to be in a certain place or institution, such as a school, that they have no choice but to be in, making them perfect captives for the abusive staff member(s) who work(s) there. Sadly, abuse is all too common in Real Life and is a very serious and terrible thing. Fortunately, there are a significant amount of works that recognize this and treat it as such, but then there are those who downplay abusive behaviors and even portray it as funny or even romantic.

If you or someone you know is being abused, here are some websites and hotlines you can go to:


 * National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
 * The National Centre for Domestic Violence
 * National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
 * National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
 * 1-800-799-7233 (the National Domestic Violence Hotline in the US)

For information on how abuse and abusers present themselves in Real Life, consult our handy Abuse page in the Useful Notes section. To look up characters who have been or are on the receiving end of abuse, consult This Index Has Had a Hard Life.

Tropes

 * Abuse Mistake
 * Abusive Parents
 * Archnemesis Dad
 * Evil Matriarch
 * All Abusers Are Male
 * All Take and No Give
 * Babysitter From Hell
 * Bedlam House
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension (in extreme cases)
 * Takahashi Couple
 * Big Brother Bully
 * Boarding School of Horrors
 * The Bully
 * Cure Your Gays
 * Destructive Romance
 * Domestic Abuse
 * Domestic Abuser
 * Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off
 * Double Standard Abuse (Female On Male)
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty
 * Financial Abuse
 * Fostering for Profit
 * Gaslighting
 * Hilariously Abusive Childhood
 * If I Can't Have You
 * Kiss Kiss Slap
 * Lima Syndrome
 * Love Martyr
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Masochism Tango
 * Netorare Genre
 * Offing the Offspring
 * Orphanage of Fear
 * Parental Favoritism
 * The Unfavorite
 * Parental Incest (excepting cases of Surprise Incest and consensuality)
 * Parental Neglect
 * Pedophile Priest
 * Romanticized Abuse
 * Bastard Boyfriend
 * Bastard Girlfriend
 * Sadist Teacher
 * Sex Slave
 * Sink or Swim Mentor
 * Slap Slap Kiss
 * Stockholm Syndrome
 * A Match Made in Stockholm
 * Troubled Abuser
 * Tsundere (when she uses physical violence against her love interest)
 * Shana Clone
 * Tsunshun
 * Why Did You Make Me Hit You?
 * Wicked Stepmother
 * Wife Husbandry
 * Yandere