Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Difference between revisions

When [[Abusive Parents]] are [[Played for Laughs]].

 

 

In the media, on the other hand, a fair amount of [[Black Comedy]] (or, in the worst cases, [[Dead Baby Comedy]]) can come from a character's horrible childhood. Notably, such comedy seldom includes sexual abuse, [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|which tends to take things into]] [[Dude, Not Funny]] territory. It's usually [[Parental Neglect]] or seriously bizarre methods of parenting [[Crosses the Line Twice|exaggerated to the point of comedy]].

** Cusack's film ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'' seems to reference the earlier film in the backstory of protagonist Martin Blank, which appears to have been similarly hilariously abusive. By the time of the movie, Martin's mother has gone completely over the bend and is in an asylum and doesn't recognize him, and his father is implied to have been an abusive drunk (Martin does a [[Libation for the Dead]] at his grave and ultimately dumps the entire bottle out and leaves it there). In Martin's case, this unhinged him enough to become a professional assassin.

* Hinted at with Charlie in ''[[Mystery Team]]''. Two throwaway gags imply that his dad is abusive/pedophilic, and an alcoholic.

* In the first [[Gremlins]] film, Phoebe Cates's character, who hates Christmas, tells the sad story of her dad dying on Christmas Day, whilst climbing down the chimney to surprise for her and her mum. In the sequel, she starts going on about some other awful thing that happened to her on Lincoln's Day, at which point her husband says something like 'Not now, honey'.

 

 

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[[Category:Parental Issues]]

[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]

[[Category:Truth in Television]]

[[Category:Dude, Not Funny]]

[[Category:Abuse Tropes]]