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'''Basic Trope''': Somebody confronts their parent or parental figure over their transgressions.
* '''Straight''': Monty is a self-absorbed prat who has treated his son Jake like dirt for years. Jake finally snaps and tells him off.
* '''Exaggerated''': Monty is a selfish, egocentric, abusive [[Jerkass]] who has done his damnest to drag his son down with him, blaming him for his mother's death, regularly beating him, and just generally making it somewhat of a miracle that Jake has ''lived'' this long. Jake finally snaps and gives him [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] in the form of a [[Punctuated Pounding]] [[Extreme Melee Revenge]].
* '''Justified''': Monty really deserves to be chastised for how horribly he's treated his son.
* '''Inverted''':
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