Tropescilloscope: My Beloved Smother

A controlling, clingy and overly-protective mother. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Death of a Child Smug Snake Show Within a Show Dissonant Serenity All Men Are Perverts Sequel Hook Very Loosely Based on a True Story Pay Evil unto Evil Large Ham Historical-Domain Character The Remake Those Two Guys Face–Heel Turn Plucky Comic Relief Cool Old Guy A Minor Kidroduction Men Are the Expendable Gender Does Not Like Shoes Car Fu Let's Get Dangerous! Chekhov's Gunman Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Eiffel Tower Effect Evil Is Hammy Artistic License – Physics Hypocritical Humor The Dreaded Room Full of Crazy Deal with the Devil Nice Guy Hoist by His Own Petard Outrun the Fireball As Himself Those Wacky Nazis The End... Or Is It? Evil vs. Evil Serial Killer Yandere He Knows Too Much Politically Incorrect Villain Becoming the Mask Works Set in World War II The Lancer And Starring Vitriolic Best Buds Celebrity Paradox Disguised in Drag Creative Closing Credits Crucified Hero Shot True Companions My Greatest Failure Truth in Television Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Deliberate Values Dissonance Jerk Jock Manipulative Bastard Fan Disservice Star-Crossed Lovers The Ace Dying Moment of Awesome Mundane Made Awesome Affectionate Parody Interrupted Suicide Honor Before Reason Film Noir Index Crapsack World Laughing Mad Not So Stoic Red Oni, Blue Oni B-Movie Half the Man He Used to Be N-Word Privileges Worthy Opponent Title Drop The Mole Break the Haughty Amoral Attorney Visual Pun Hell Is That Noise Distracted by the Sexy Match Cut Dramatic Gun Cock Depraved Bisexual Artistic License – Military Setting Update Television Movie Index "Shaggy Dog" Story Animal Motifs Retirony Tagline Suspiciously Specific Denial The Mafia Documentary Fantasy Films The Oner Faking the Dead Bald of Evil Coming-of-Age Story Curb-Stomp Battle Dark Is Not Evil Break the Cutie Morality Pet Anguished Declaration of Love Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique For Want of a Nail Action Genre Anti-Villain Kubrick Stare My God, What Have I Done? Cluster F-Bomb Sadistic Choice Stuff Blowing Up Evil Is Petty Artistic License – Gun Safety Informed Ability Peek-a-Boo Corpse Noodle Incident Improvised Weapon Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Loads and Loads of Characters Heroic Sacrifice Novelization Badass Bookworm Throwing Your Sword Always Works Australian Movies Man on Fire Anti-Hero Despair Event Horizon Artistic License – History What Happened to the Mouse? Shown Their Work Funny Foreigner Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Same Language Dub For the Evulz You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Instant Death Bullet Bring My Brown Pants Wretched Hive Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking A.I. Is a Crapshoot Antagonist Title Important Haircut Psychopathic Manchild Bolivian Army Ending Bloodless Carnage Race Against the Clock Badass Boast Villain with Good Publicity Anachronism Stew Handicapped Badass Damsel in Distress The Sociopath She Cleans Up Nicely Together in Death Crazy Jealous Guy Babies Ever After Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Unusually Uninteresting Sight Animated Credits Opening Gory Discretion Shot Adaptation Dye-Job Deus ex Machina Bad "Bad Acting" Dropped a Bridge on Him Off with His Head! Villain Ball Did Not Get the Girl Betty and Veronica Shell-Shocked Veteran Age Lift Music Stories Jerk with a Heart of Gold Historical Villain Upgrade Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Determinator There Is No Kill Like Overkill Mighty Whitey Adult Fear Red Eyes, Take Warning Only Known by Their Nickname Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Stalker with a Crush Rousing Speech Big-Bad Ensemble Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Naïve Newcomer Unresolved Sexual Tension Affably Evil Happily Married Sir Swears-a-Lot Drives Like Crazy Bi the Way Country Matters The Chick Anachronic Order Narrator Adaptational Badass Roaring Rampage of Revenge Dirty Coward Horror Comedy Badass in a Nice Suit As the Good Book Says... Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Creator Cameo Heroic BSoD Batman Gambit I Have Your Wife No-Sell Police are Useless Undying Loyalty Good Is Not Nice Broken Bird Malevolent Masked Men Gone Horribly Right Evil-Detecting Dog Attempted Rape Pre-Asskicking One-Liner British Films Evil Brit All for Nothing Cruel and Unusual Death Genre Shift She's Got Legs Whole Plot Reference Even Evil Has Loved Ones Catapult Nightmare Redshirt Army Zombie Stories Artistic License – Law Card-Carrying Villain The '50s Only a Flesh Wound Redemption Equals Death Public Domain Feature Films Empathic Environment Rasputinian Death Dull Surprise My Beloved Smother Famous Last Words Everyone Has Standards Meet Cute Body Horror Gorn Shoot the Shaggy Dog I Need a Freaking Drink Not So Different Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Up to Eleven Laser-Guided Karma Berserk Button Awesome, but Impractical I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Stylistic Suck Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! In the Back Based on a True Story He Who Fights Monsters Epic Fail Only in It for the Money Our Vampires Are Different Extremely Short Timespan The Place Brainless Beauty Facial Horror One-Word Title Fish out of Water Poor Communication Kills Frame-Up Deconstruction Bare Your Midriff Re-Cut Idiot Ball Scare Chord Red Shirt It's All About Me Put on a Bus Shout-Out NO INDOOR VOICE Lighter and Softer Pretty Little Headshots The Smurfette Principle Precision F-Strike Missing Mom Fatal Family Photo Drill Sergeant Nasty Ominous Latin Chanting The Hero Black Best Friend Ms. Fanservice The Hero Dies Daylight Horror Fat Bastard Rule of Three Slasher Movie Knight Templar Death by Adaptation Henpecked Husband Central Theme Green-Eyed Monster Fantastic Racism Posthumous Character The Cameo Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Real Life Homage Offscreen Teleportation I'm a Humanitarian Hero Antagonist Kids Are Cruel Epic Movie Take That! Offscreen Moment of Awesome Bound and Gagged Breaking the Fourth Wall Author Avatar Retcon Accidental Misnaming Foregone Conclusion Paper-Thin Disguise Too Dumb to Live Only Sane Man Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Stealth Hi/Bye Your Cheating Heart Ax-Crazy Mistaken for Gay Double-Meaning Title Mama Bear Bond One-Liner Demoted to Extra Line-of-Sight Name Male Gaze Punctuated! For! Emphasis! 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No Name Given Gender Flip All There in the Manual Death Glare The Casanova Psychological Thriller Protagonist Title Be Careful What You Wish For The Power of Love Aluminum Christmas Trees Self-Deprecation La Résistance Spiritual Successor Villain Protagonist Dramedy Hollywood Law Non-Indicative Name Adults Are Useless Stealth Pun Adaptational Villainy Aside Glance Credits Gag The Stoic Actor Allusion Fake Shemp Air-Vent Passageway Getting Crap Past the Radar Calling the Old Man Out Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Science Fiction Films Conspicuous CG Romantic Comedy Token Minority The Un-Reveal Earn Your Happy Ending Rule of Symbolism Kick the Dog Canon Foreigner Pimped-Out Dress Sinister Minister Slap-Slap-Kiss Alpha Bitch Knife Nut Adapted Out Logo Joke Wrong Genre Savvy Bland-Name Product Overprotective Dad Moment Killer Soft Glass Totally Radical Genre Throwback Combat Pragmatist The Reveal The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Hair-Trigger Temper Cloudcuckoolander Actually Pretty Funny Face Death with Dignity Tempting Fate Does This Remind You of Anything? From Bad to Worse Romantic False Lead Driven to Suicide Bloody Hilarious Reality Ensues Manic Pixie Dream Girl Punny Name Ungrateful Bastard Blood from the Mouth Canadian Movies Darkest Hour From Nobody to Nightmare Rated M for Manly Wicked Cultured Femme Fatale Imagine Spot All Just a Dream Leaning on the Fourth Wall Fire-Forged Friends Curse Cut Short It's Personal Black Comedy Big Bad Bottomless Magazines Jitter Cam Love Triangle Mythology Gag Maybe Ever After Continuity Nod Accidental Murder Parental Abandonment Flipping the Bird Index of Film Westerns Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Smoking Is Cool The '80s This Is Gonna Suck Evil Plan Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Dressing as the Enemy Psycho for Hire Abhorrent Admirer Stepford Smiler Alliterative Name Improbable Weapon User Anyone Can Die The Smart Guy Action Prologue Historical Hero Upgrade Deadpan Snarker Cool Old Lady Major Injury Underreaction Pragmatic Adaptation Nothing Is Scarier Captain Ersatz Superhero Wounded Gazelle Gambit Insult Backfire Children Are Innocent The Faceless Obviously Evil Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Not So Above It All Historical In-Joke Married to the Job Genre Savvy More Dakka How We Got Here Victoria's Secret Compartment Spell My Name with an "S" Tranquil Fury Closed Circle The Brute Reckless Gun Usage Hidden Depths The Stinger Bad Boss Heroes Want Redheads Dutch Angle Corrupt Corporate Executive Big Eater What You Are in the Dark Plot Hole "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Cool Shades As You Know Funny Background Event Establishing Character Moment Love at First Sight Blatant Lies Casting Gag Oh, Crap! 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