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Basic Trope: A character kills his or her father.

  • Straight: Bob kills his father Andrew.
  • Exaggerated: Bob dedicated all his life to the task of killing his father.
  • Justified: Bob didn't know Andrew was his father.
    • Andrew is evil beyond redemption, and Bob is the only one in position to kill him.
  • Inverted: Andrew kills his son Bob
  • Averted: Bob doesn't kill his father.
  • Subverted: Bob attacks his father with murdering intentions, but backs away then...
  • Double Subverted: ...Because he is not actually good in swordfight. He poisons Andrew an hour later.
  • Parodied:
  • Deconstructed:
  • Reconstructed:
  • Zig Zagged:
  • Enforced:
  • Lampshaded: "What have you done, Bob? He was your father!"
  • Invoked: His death by his son's hand is part of Andrew's Thanatos Gambit.
  • Defied: "You are my father. I won't kill you, no matter what you've done."
  • Discussed:
  • Conversed:
  • Played For Laughs:
  • Played For Drama: