Patricide/Playing With

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: