The Dark Lords of Nerima: The Dark Lords Ascendant: Zhang is revealed to have killed his father and fellow students to prevent anyone from going after him when he struck out on his own with his school's full array of assassination skills.Unfortunately, Shinji -helped by his teammates- had to kill his mother Yui to achieve that goal. When the Children realized what was happening they rebelled and resolved to destroy the dream world. However, their stolen power was gradually corrupting that world. Children of an Elder God: Gendo and Yui used the power of the Outer Gods to create a perfect world.In Atonement, it's hinted that Ruin's Power Incontinence killed her parents.An extreme aversion of Honor Thy Parent.Īs this is a Death Trope, unmarked spoilers abound. Another case could be if the parents were suffering something bad, like And I Must Scream, and their child stops it by putting them to death.Ī Sub-Trope of Murder in the Family. If said parent's child also happens to be a Mook of the parent, it can also overlap into The Dog Bites Back. ![]() One subversion is to have this happen by accident and/or for the parents' death be ultimately caused by their own actions involving the child. The extreme version, where a person kills not just their parents but their entire people or clan is Genocide from the Inside. If only the father or mother are killed, then it's Patricide or Matricide, respectively. If it happens before the murderer is born, this is the Grandfather Paradox. As a result, while this trope is a Moral Event Horizon for many people, especially if the parents were innocent and loved their child who killed them, it often is considered significantly less bad if said parents totally deserved their death for whatever reason.Ĭontrast with Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas, which is based on the premise that no one, no matter how bad, would act this way. Or, it may just be because the child Hates Their Parent. It can also be justifiable if said parent was going to be Offing the Offspring anyway, and the offspring in question needed to defend themself and had no choice. In addition, there are also instances where the child either unintentionally killed their parents or something genuinely horrific happened to their parents so that they were forced to kill them. It's more justifiable if the parent is an outright villain. It can be justified if the parents happen to be abusive or cruel mockeries of humanity from beyond the void - insofar as murder can be, but at least it's then the domain of the dark and troubled protagonists. ![]() ![]() It's the ultimate mark of an Enfant Terrible, Antagonistic Offspring, Adult Hater, or the Abusive Offspring, the end result of a Betrayal by Offspring, and a likely origin of an Evil Orphan (who may also be abusive). An Evil Prince or princess can also do that if they’re impatient enough. Any character behaving this way will probably be Ax-Crazy and/or a Psycho for Hire. What might be considered the inverse of Offing the Offspring, and is equally aberrant behavior, is when a character murders their own parents.
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