Tropescilloscope: Parental Neglect

Parents who don't seem to care about their kids. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Eureka Moment Together in Death Fantastic Racism Closed Circle Femme Fatale Offscreen Teleportation Pyrrhic Victory Real Life Writes the Plot Darker and Edgier Translation Convention Composite Character Daylight Horror Posthumous Character Re-Cut Police are Useless Obfuscating Stupidity Improbable Aiming Skills Meet Cute Crapsack World Rule of Symbolism Red Right Hand Disproportionate Retribution Grey and Gray Morality BFG The Quiet One Neck Lift Eldritch Abomination Woman in White Dumb Blonde Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Cloudcuckoolander Roaring Rampage of Revenge Big Eater Exactly What It Says on the Tin Henpecked Husband Product Placement Large Ham Romantic False Lead Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping The Dog Bites Back Accidental Murder Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Fourth Date Marriage Pre-Mortem One-Liner A Father to His Men The Bad Guy Wins Heel–Face Turn She's Got Legs Only a Flesh Wound Genre Savvy Fatal Flaw Double-Meaning Title May–December Romance Nothing Is Scarier Ungrateful Bastard Maybe Ever After Bond Villain Stupidity Deliberately Monochrome Same Language Dub Wrong Genre Savvy All There in the Manual Ominous Latin Chanting Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Noodle Incident Foreshadowing Good Is Not Nice Shower Scene An Axe to Grind Amusing Injuries Creepy Child Room Full of Crazy The Great Depression Parental Incest Awesome, but Impractical Intrepid Reporter Psycho for Hire Shirtless Scene Meaningful Background Event Heroes Want Redheads Hate Sink Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Police Brutality The Faceless Dies Wide Open Epic Fail Broken Aesop Dramedy She Cleans Up Nicely Call-Forward Brick Joke How We Got Here Freeze-Frame Bonus Credits Gag Black Dude Dies First Never Trust a Trailer Military and Warfare Films Pragmatic Villainy Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Cat Fight Your Head A-Splode Leaning on the Fourth Wall Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Deadpan Snarker It's All About Me Overly Long Gag Camera Abuse Victoria's Secret Compartment Zombie Stories Parental Neglect Historical-Domain Character Sadistic Choice Wham Line Blatant Lies Only Known by Their Nickname Hidden Depths Mad Scientist Badass Longcoat Early Installment Weirdness Not Using the "Z" Word Loads and Loads of Characters Anachronic Order Guns Akimbo Parental Abandonment Instant Death Bullet Badass Bookworm Parental Substitute Deconstruction Adaptational Heroism Your Cheating Heart "Shaggy Dog" Story Adaptational Villainy Gender Flip Idiot Ball Adapted Out The '80s Playing Gertrude From Bad to Worse The Mafia Mythology Gag Rule of Three The Chick Insistent Terminology Ambiguously Gay Irony Retcon A Minor Kidroduction Asshole Victim Flashback Curb-Stomp Battle The Load Conspicuous CG Bolivian Army Ending Unresolved Sexual Tension The Alcoholic The Ghost Wham Shot Heroic Sacrifice Adaptational Badass Corrupt Corporate Executive Sir Swears-a-Lot Made of Iron Establishing Character Moment Action Survivor He Who Fights Monsters Celebrity Paradox Adaptational Attractiveness Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Artistic License – Biology Cluster F-Bomb Adorkable Public Domain Feature Films Logo Joke Covers Always Lie One-Man Army The Film of the Book Break the Cutie Damsel in Distress Nice Guy Ascended Extra Adaptation Dye-Job Only in It for the Money Up to Eleven Butt-Monkey Cain and Abel Chase Scene Our Zombies Are Different Music Stories Age Lift Cool Old Guy Not Quite Dead The '60s Chewing the Scenery Artistic License – History Daddy's Girl Shut Up, Hannibal! Author Avatar Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Even Evil Has Loved Ones Domestic Abuse Rasputinian Death Overprotective Dad Dark Is Not Evil Hope Spot Card-Carrying Villain Actor Allusion Insult Backfire Villain with Good Publicity Stock Footage Aluminum Christmas Trees Sealed Evil in a Can Rousing Speech The Stinger Redshirt Army Index of Film Westerns Dramatic Irony Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Meaningful Name Documentary The Cameo Ambiguous Ending Mistaken for Gay Plucky Comic Relief Eagleland Straight Gay The Sociopath Whole Plot Reference Bittersweet Ending Five-Man Band Deliberate Values Dissonance Video Credits You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Morality Pet The Dragon No-Sell Despair Event Horizon Italian Films Dirty Coward Plot Hole As the Good Book Says... Wicked Cultured Evil-Detecting Dog The Vamp "Well Done, Son!" Guy Pay Evil unto Evil Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Jerk with a Heart of Gold Fire-Forged Friends Unspoken Plan Guarantee Coming-of-Age Story Author Appeal The Place Depraved Bisexual Bad Boss Slasher Movie You Killed My Father Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Villain Song Token Minority Those Two Bad Guys Bloodless Carnage Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Yandere It Will Never Catch On Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Dirty Cop Villain Ball Leave the Camera Running Bury Your Gays Call-Back Contrived Coincidence Fake Shemp Mooks Dramatic Gun Cock Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Failed a Spot Check Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Bait-and-Switch O.O.C. Is Serious Business Abhorrent Admirer Evil Is Petty Race Against the Clock Self-Deprecation Christmas Movies Index Book-Ends Famous Last Words Drowning My Sorrows Ghost Fiction Slashed Throat Be Careful What You Wish For Hypocrite Beta Couple Developing Doomed Characters Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Foregone Conclusion Every Car Is a Pinto Recycled IN SPACE! Riddle for the Ages Betty and Veronica Undying Loyalty I Want My Beloved to Be Happy After the End Annoying Younger Sibling The Dreaded Alas, Poor Villain Historical In-Joke Sinister Minister Gone Horribly Right Cool Shades Lampshade Hanging Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Auto Erotica Shipper on Deck Cool Old Lady Broken Pedestal Action Genre Silent Movie Improbable Weapon User Not What It Looks Like Not Even Bothering with the Accent Calling the Old Man Out Mr. Fanservice Did Not Get the Girl Taking the Bullet Match Cut Male Frontal Nudity Disappeared Dad What the Hell, Hero? Storming the Castle Not So Stoic Big Damn Heroes Get Out! Spared by the Adaptation Downer Ending Foil Deal with the Devil Abusive Parents Danny Peary Cult Movies List A.I. Is a Crapshoot The '70s Faux Affably Evil Star-Crossed Lovers Properly Paranoid Time Skip Animated Credits Opening Cruel and Unusual Death Anachronism Stew Authority Equals Asskicking Word of God Smoking Is Cool It's Personal Improvised Weapon Fainting Ass Shove Hypocritical Humor Country Matters Love at First Sight Bond One-Liner Gold Digger Dark and Troubled Past Anti-Villain Captain Obvious Moment Killer Fiery Redhead Character Development Big Bad Duumvirate Hero Antagonist Final Girl Precision F-Strike Accidental Misnaming No Celebrities Were Harmed Manly Tears Darkest Hour Monumental Damage Truth in Television "Awesome McCool" Name Love Triangle Combat Pragmatist Those Two Guys Destination Defenestration Novelization Artistic License – Gun Safety Eye Scream The End... Or Is It? Once More, with Clarity! Dark Action Girl The Mole Evil Laugh Adult Fear Biopic For the Evulz Missing Mom Big Fancy House Dutch Angle Catch-Phrase Sci-Fi Horror Hollywood Darkness Unwitting Instigator of Doom Shoot the Shaggy Dog Oh, Crap! Australian Movies Let's Get Dangerous! Body Horror Important Haircut Chiaroscuro Shown Their Work Pretty in Mink Big Brother Instinct Show Within a Show Reality Is Unrealistic Sacrificial Lion Bad "Bad Acting" Canadian Movies Small Name, Big Ego Almost Kiss Broken Bird Big "NO!" Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Red Eyes, Take Warning A God Am I Silence Is Golden Early-Bird Cameo Ms. Fanservice Badass Grandpa Say My Name Kill 'em All Ax-Crazy Anguished Declaration of Love Back from the Dead Title Drop Superhero Even Evil Has Standards Badass Normal Worthy Opponent I'm a Humanitarian Papa Wolf Neck Snap Took a Level in Badass A Date with Rosie Palms Toplessness from the Back From Nobody to Nightmare Determinator Here We Go Again! Black Comedy Red Oni, Blue Oni Scare Chord Grievous Bottley Harm Hollywood Law Film Series There Is No Kill Like Overkill Lighter and Softer The Power of Love Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Mind Screw '80s Hair Bloodier and Gorier It Can Think Vomit Discretion Shot B-Movie Diabolus ex Machina Does This Remind You of Anything? Sequel Hook Beauty Is Never Tarnished Death Seeker Imagine Spot Due to the Dead Nice Hat Genre Shift Leitmotif Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Mood Whiplash Tap on the Head Artistic License – Law Visual Pun Evil Is Hammy Offscreen Moment of Awesome Martial Arts Movie Would Hit a Girl Continuity Nod Artistic License – Geography Make It Look Like an Accident Historical Villain Upgrade Insane Troll Logic Historical Hero Upgrade Kids Are Cruel Outrun the Fireball The Chessmaster Bi the Way Politically Incorrect Villain Sports Stories Cool Car Intergenerational Friendship Unreliable Narrator I Need a Freaking Drink Vomit Indiscretion Shot Last-Name Basis Bar Brawl Dark Reprise Wretched Hive Dwindling Party Half the Man He Used to Be Older Than They Look Pragmatic Adaptation Babies Ever After Film Noir Death of a Child The X of Y The Casanova Dropped a Bridge on Him I Have Your Wife Captain Ersatz Reality Ensues Chuck Cunningham Syndrome NO INDOOR VOICE And the Adventure Continues Hair-Trigger Temper Obviously Evil Flipping the Bird Hoist by His Own Petard Demonic Possession Green-Eyed Monster The Lancer Creative Closing Credits Fatal Family Photo Berserk Button Badass in a Nice Suit He Knows Too Much The Smurfette Principle Arc Words Protagonist Title My Greatest Failure Epic Movie folderlabel Narrator Freudian Excuse Extreme Doormat Chekhov's Skill Punch-Clock Villain Names to Run Away from Really Fast Attempted Rape La Résistance Adults Are Useless Armor-Piercing Question Bowdlerise All Girls Want Bad Boys I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Paper-Thin Disguise Faking the Dead Belligerent Sexual Tension Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Russian Films Spell My Name with an "S" Major Injury Underreaction Suspiciously Similar Substitute Mexican Standoff Stalker with a Crush Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Reckless Gun Usage Face–Heel Turn My Beloved Smother Evil Counterpart This Is Gonna Suck The Atoner Sexy Discretion Shot Spanner in the Works Cold-Blooded Torture Homage All Just a Dream Adaptation Distillation Skewed Priorities Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Black Comedy Rape Didn't Think This Through Mama Bear For Want of a Nail No OSHA Compliance Drives Like Crazy Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Getting Crap Past the Radar Crucified Hero Shot Disguised in Drag Kick the Son of a Bitch Four-Temperament Ensemble Bottomless Magazines Naïve Newcomer Cowboy Cop Central Theme The Stoic Defrosting Ice Queen Dogged Nice Guy Bullying a Dragon Based on a True Story Unusual Euphemism Mr. Exposition Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Heroic BSoD Stylistic Suck Funny Background Event Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Blood Knight Car Fu Real Life Scenery Gorn Loophole Abuse Advertised Extra MacGuffin Death by Irony The Brute Running Gag No Name Given Arch-Enemy Dull Surprise Immune to Bullets Hero of Another Story Only One Name Light Is Not Good Horror Films Fingore Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Suddenly SHOUTING! Batman Gambit Crazy-Prepared Horror Comedy True Companions Shell-Shocked Veteran The Hero Fan Disservice Heterosexual Life-Partners Serial Killer Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality You Have Failed Me Off-into-the-Distance Ending timeperiod Funny Foreigner Friend to All Children Bound and Gagged As Long as It Sounds Foreign Costume Porn Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Curse Cut Short Gainax Ending Hong Kong Films Dual Wielding Men Are the Expendable Gender Chekhov's Gun Well-Intentioned Extremist Super Strength Pet the Dog Gilligan Cut Reality Has No Subtitles Knight Templar The '90s Adaptation Expansion Drugs Are Bad Spiritual Successor Disney Villain Death Brainless Beauty The Remake Affably Evil Fish out of Water Agony of the Feet Lock and Load Montage Jitter Cam The Lost Lenore Bilingual Bonus The '50s Fun with Acronyms Red Herring War Is Hell Actually Pretty Funny Manipulative Bastard Would Hurt a Child The Un-Reveal Bland-Name Product Framing Device Antagonist Title Happily Married Laser-Guided Karma Works Set in World War II Ironic Echo Ambiguous Disorder Have a Gay Old Time Crazy Jealous Guy In Medias Res The Bully Market-Based Title The Oner Black and Gray Morality Canon Foreigner Empathic Environment Big Bad Take That! Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? The Hero Dies No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Shout-Out "The Reason You Suck" Speech Vampire Fiction Artistic License – Physics Romantic Comedy Ripped from the Headlines Tempting Fate Bring My Brown Pants Stepford Smiler Deus ex Machina Took a Level in Jerkass Adaptation Name Change No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Arranged Marriage Serious Business Madness Mantra Made of Explodium The Voiceless Poor Communication Kills Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Demoted to Extra Science Fiction Films Not So Above It All Jerkass Brother–Sister Incest The Big Guy You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Becoming the Mask Blackmail Twist Ending Camp Gay Earn Your Happy Ending Stuff Blowing Up Manchild Double Entendre British Films Bare Your Midriff Never My Fault Award-Bait Song Wounded Gazelle Gambit Slap-Slap-Kiss More Dakka Rule of Funny Retirony Break the Haughty Breaking the Fourth Wall Male Gaze The Smart Guy Vacation Films Implacable Man Eiffel Tower Effect Sole Survivor Cool Guns Bunny-Ears Lawyer As You Know Married to the Job Scenery Porn The Musical Bavarian Fire Drill Vitriolic Best Buds Better to Die than Be Killed Tranquil Fury Department of Redundancy Department Artistic License – Military Decoy Protagonist Non-Indicative Name Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Revenge Children Are Innocent Totally Radical Manic Pixie Dream Girl Heel Realization Villain Protagonist Fate Worse than Death Only Sane Man Evil Sounds Deep Killed Mid-Sentence Scary Black Man All for Nothing Brutal Honesty Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Animal Title Index One Steve Limit Tagline Not So Different Mercy Kill Sassy Black Woman Alpha Bitch As Himself Frame-Up Informed Ability Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Rape as Drama Film Noir Index In the Back French Films World of Ham Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking And Starring Karma Houdini Chekhov's Gunman The Cavalry Mystery and Detective Films Fanservice Extra Cassandra Truth Corpsing The Starscream Refuge in Audacity Catapult Nightmare Death by Sex Soundtrack Dissonance Kick the Dog Malevolent Masked Men Man on Fire Action Girl Karmic Death Facial Horror Those Wacky Nazis Our Vampires Are Different Blood from the Mouth Humiliation Conga German Films Spiteful Spit Hell Is That Noise Greater-Scope Villain Villain Opening Scene Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Setting Update Expository Hairstyle Change Casting Gag Kubrick Stare Face Death with Dignity Beard of Evil Death Glare What You Are in the Dark Random Events Plot Off with His Head! Taking You with Me Air-Vent Passageway Race Lift "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Black Best Friend Villainous Breakdown Hooker with a Heart of Gold Evil Brit Punny Name Stealth Pun Soft Glass Death by Adaptation Drill Sergeant Nasty Put on a Bus Groin Attack Cat Scare Disney Death Genre Throwback Dying Moment of Awesome Ship Tease Determinator aka: The Determinator All There in the Script Driven to Suicide Psychopathic Manchild Slasher Smile Redemption Equals Death Dissonant Serenity Training Montage Smug Snake Bald of Evil Enemy Mine Apocalypse How Beware the Nice Ones Red Shirt Really Gets Around Guile Hero Exact Words Distracted by the Sexy Reasonable Authority Figure Sequel Escalation All Men Are Perverts I Did What I Had to Do Thriller And I Must Scream Interrupted Suicide Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Line-of-Sight Name Animal Motifs Action Prologue Laughing Mad Left the Background Music On Anti-Hero Kill It with Fire Rewatch Bonus Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Honor Before Reason Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Too Dumb to Live Mugging the Monster Fantasy Films One-Word Title Pimped-Out Dress Take a Third Option Jerk Jock Defiant to the End Fat Bastard Retired Badass An Arm and a Leg Big Applesauce In Name Only No Ending Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Evil Plan Affectionate Parody Comically Missing the Point Motor Mouth Gory Discretion Shot Jump Scare The Alleged Car The Stoner The Reveal Badass Boast Stealth Hi/Bye Dressing as the Enemy Easily Forgiven My God, What Have I Done? Rich Bitch Rule of Cool 20 Minutes into the Future Television Movie Index Amoral Attorney The Ace Suspiciously Specific Denial Psychological Thriller Gratuitous English Alliterative Name The Ditz Pretty Little Headshots What Happened to the Mouse? Gorn Never Found the Body Does Not Like Shoes Trailers Always Spoil Sanity Slippage Extremely Short Timespan Dirty Old Man Naked People Are Funny Meaningful Echo Eyepatch of Power An Aesop N-Word Privileges Evil vs. Evil Japanese Films Mighty Whitey Woman Scorned Knife Nut Unusually Uninteresting Sight Very Loosely Based on a True Story Expy Fanservice Throwing Your Sword Always Works Everyone Has Standards No Antagonist Humans Are Bastards Handicapped Badass Obstructive Bureaucrat Aside Glance Jerkass Has a Point Creator Cameo Rated M for Manly Anyone Can Die