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* '''Played Straight''': Alice brings Bob over to meet her parents, who act very cold towards him.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's [[Overprotective Dad|father]] chases Bob away with a gun.
** [[Honor -Related Abuse|Alice and Bob are killed by Alice's parents]].
** Alice is sent by her parents to live with a relative in a foreign country, because they don't want her to see Bob again.
** Alice's parents ''hate'' Bob despite never having met him even once.
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* '''Averted''': Alice's parents really like Bob.
** [[Alice and Bob]] are not a couple and/or Alice's parents have never met Bob.
* '''Invoked''': [[Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind|Bob]] shows up at Alice's house looking like a punk-rocker or other such "undesirable" (as defined by the likes of Alice's parents)
* '''Defied''': Alice and Bob's parents make an effort to accept Alice's [[Love Interests]] just the way they are, and get to know them before judging or critiquing them.
* '''Discussed''': "Now, I have to warn you, baby, my parents are tough to impress."
* '''Conversed''': "What the hell does it matter what Mr. and Mrs. Troper think of Bob, as long as he loves Alice?!"
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice's father [[Jerkass|slams the door in Bob's face.]]
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice suffers [[Honor -Related Abuse]] for getting together with Bob.
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