Tropescilloscope: Disappeared Dad

The dad is absent. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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The Casanova Silence Is Golden Silent Movie Artistic License – Law Brother–Sister Incest I Did What I Had to Do Call-Back The Place Australian Movies Reality Is Unrealistic Monumental Damage As You Know Star-Crossed Lovers Canon Foreigner Male Gaze Film Noir Once More, with Clarity! Captain Ersatz Took a Level in Badass The Film of the Book Eldritch Abomination "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Arranged Marriage Not So Above It All Race Lift Drowning My Sorrows Humans Are Bastards In Medias Res N-Word Privileges Bottomless Magazines Sequel Escalation Bolivian Army Ending Vacation Films Film Series Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome The Chessmaster Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Wicked Cultured Ship Tease Sinister Minister Alpha Bitch French Films Shout-Out Improbable Weapon User Affably Evil Kubrick Stare Vomit Indiscretion Shot Coming-of-Age Story Beard of Evil Neck Lift Evil Is Petty Every Car Is a Pinto One-Man Army Death by Adaptation Serious Business Slap-Slap-Kiss '80s Hair The Power of Love Bad "Bad Acting" Those Two Guys Crazy Jealous Guy Domestic Abuse Show Within a Show Historical-Domain Character Artistic License – Biology Took a Level in Jerkass And I Must Scream Spiteful Spit Kids Are Cruel Older Than They Look Dark Action Girl Spiritual Successor Villain with Good Publicity Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Four-Temperament Ensemble Beware the Nice Ones Leave the Camera Running Disguised in Drag Playing Gertrude Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Paper-Thin Disguise Rated M for Manly Children Are Innocent Vitriolic Best Buds Whole Plot Reference Novelization Crazy-Prepared Not Even Bothering with the Accent Funny Foreigner Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Tranquil Fury Hell Is That Noise Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Bowdlerise Death Glare Frame-Up Mystery and Detective Films Those Wacky Nazis Big Brother Instinct Well-Intentioned Extremist The Vamp Idiot Ball All Men Are Perverts Badass Longcoat And Starring Romantic False Lead Love at First Sight Hope Spot Taking the Bullet Setting Update Poor Communication Kills Dying Moment of Awesome Breaking the Fourth Wall Heroic Sacrifice Logo Joke The Bully Loophole Abuse Everyone Has Standards Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Genre Shift Psychopathic Manchild Military and Warfare Films Ax-Crazy Exactly What It Says on the Tin May–December Romance Red Shirt Guile Hero Hidden Depths Rule of Funny Fantastic Racism Obviously Evil Meaningful Name Belligerent Sexual Tension Dressing as the Enemy Blatant Lies Translation Convention Police Brutality Even Evil Has Loved Ones Fire-Forged Friends Bloodless Carnage Extreme Doormat All There in the Manual Deliberately Monochrome Irony Gender Flip Creator Cameo Ambiguous Disorder War Is Hell Gory Discretion Shot Dogged Nice Guy Animal Motifs Vampire Fiction All There in the Script Immune to Bullets Action Prologue Handicapped Badass Abusive Parents Mighty Whitey Bi the Way You Killed My Father Camera Abuse Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping The Musical Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! 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Left the Background Music On Groin Attack Heroic BSoD Central Theme Too Dumb to Live Killed Mid-Sentence Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Final Girl Card-Carrying Villain Cruel and Unusual Death Big Fancy House Half the Man He Used to Be Big Bad Race Against the Clock Destination Defenestration Mistaken for Gay Brick Joke Adult Fear Cat Fight Only a Flesh Wound Cowboy Cop Rousing Speech Adaptation Name Change Sci-Fi Horror Bittersweet Ending Curse Cut Short This Is Gonna Suck Accidental Murder Betty and Veronica Off-into-the-Distance Ending Anachronic Order Beauty Is Never Tarnished Motor Mouth Heterosexual Life-Partners Greater-Scope Villain Demoted to Extra The Ghost Bury Your Gays The Mafia Suddenly SHOUTING! 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Unusual Euphemism No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Shown Their Work Antagonist Title Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Only One Name Non-Indicative Name Would Hit a Girl The Quiet One Smoking Is Cool The '50s Bait-and-Switch Badass Bookworm The Atoner Villain Ball Black Best Friend The Sociopath Eye Scream Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Major Injury Underreaction She's Got Legs "Awesome McCool" Name What You Are in the Dark Daddy's Girl Truth in Television Deadpan Snarker Red Herring Ungrateful Bastard Punny Name Rasputinian Death Dark and Troubled Past Air-Vent Passageway Evil vs. Evil Manic Pixie Dream Girl Sexy Discretion Shot Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Madness Mantra Decoy Protagonist Revenge Bond Villain Stupidity Off with His Head! Amoral Attorney Small Name, Big Ego Casting Gag Dull Surprise Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Bullying a Dragon Bunny-Ears Lawyer Jitter Cam Fanservice Sacrificial Lion Face Death with Dignity Red Right Hand Arch-Enemy An Aesop The Bad Guy Wins Neck Snap Mind Screw Martial Arts Movie Depraved Bisexual Naked People Are Funny Morality Pet Big Eater The Voiceless Stealth Pun Camp Gay Dwindling Party Driven to Suicide Your Head A-Splode Riddle for the Ages Laser-Guided Karma Disappeared Dad Cool Old Guy Bound and Gagged Blackmail Ambiguous Ending Karma Houdini The Big Guy Crapsack World Dirty Cop Tempting Fate Five-Man Band Skewed Priorities Fish out of Water Chase Scene Parental Abandonment Pyrrhic Victory You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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