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I was very intrigued by the posts in this board, given that I'm an avid Troper myself. I thought I should do something similar on this forum, so here you go. These can be about people you love or hate. Politicians, criminals, historical figures... no one is safe. I'll use a few as examples.

Joe Jackson- Father of Michael Jackson
* Abusive Parents: He physically and emotionally treated his sons like dogs, especially Michael, in pursuit of money.
* Greed: Seemingly his only raison d'etre.
* Jerkass: To the point of being a sociopath.
* Lack of Empathy: On receiving news of Michael's death, he briefly mentioned how successful his son was and then went on to pitch his own work on camera.
* Slimeball: Sleazy, manipulative, and utterly crass about it.
* Smug Snake: Comes off as rather haughty and arrogant.
* The Sociopath: Completely self-centered, manipulative, possesses a penchant for violence, parasitic lifestyle, failure to have meaningful long-term goals... Joe is a textbook example of a low-functioning sociopath.
* Stage Dad: Quite possibly the poster boy.

Alyssa Bustamante http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes ... amante.jpg
* Ax Crazy: But you probably guessed that looking at the picture in the link.
* Complete Monster: She brutalized and buried a little girl for her own sadistic amusement. If that doesn't qualify her as this trope, I don't know what does.
* For The Evulz: The reason she killed Elizabeth Olton? Because she could.
* The Sociopath
* Teens Are Monsters

Adam Lanza, the Newtown shooter
* Abusive Parents: His mother may have been this.
* Autistic Equals Violent: Around the time of the shooting, a lot of idiots blamed what he did on the fact he had Asperger's.
* Ax Crazy: You think?
* Complete Monster: Duh.
* Hidden Agenda Villain: Two years later, and we still don't know why he did it.
* The Sociopath: Apparently, he was obsessed with mass murderers.
* Teens Are Monsters

Adoptive parents at their worst- Had to put this in. Consider it a form of self-satire!
* Abusive Parents: They tend to range from the selfish/apathetic variety to the well-intentioned, but utterly screwed up variety.
* Affably Evil / Faux Affably Evil: Manage to be both.
* Blatant Lies
* Entitled Bastards/B*tches
* Freudian Excuse: Infertility can make you do some cruel things.
* The Fundamentalists: Often claim to be "called by God" to adopt.
* Hypocrites: Promise to be the best parents possible to your children one second, abusing them the next.
* Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains
* It's All About Us
* Jerkasses: At the worst.
* Karma Houdinis
* Knight Templars: Often convinced that they, and they alone, are the ones to raise your children.
* Manipulative Bastards/B*tches
* Moral Event Horizon: Preying on young pregnant women in the hopes of adopting their children.
* Narcissists: In a sense, some adoptive parents live vicariously through their kids.
* Slimeballs: Often crass in their efforts to get children.
* Small Names, Big Egos
* Smug Snakes: Arrogant, manipulative and often let their sense of superiority get the better of them.
* The Social Darwinist: Some have a very "us or them" attitude.
* Sugary Malice: Manipulate, intimidate, and abuse all while maintaining cheerful facades.
* Tough Love: Tend to rationalize their parenting styles this way.
* The Unfettered: Will do anything to get a child. Period.
* Unfortunate Implications: Taking newborns from young mothers? A-Okay. Adopting kids from orphanages or from the foster care system? Don't even think about it.
* Villains With Good Publicity: Rarely do you hear anything negative about them on the news.
* Well-Intentioned Extremists: Or at least they think they are.

Richard Allen Davis, killer of Polly Klaas
* Ax Crazy: Had a long history of violence before committing the murder.
* Complete Monster
* For The Evulz: He's not a pedophile by nature. Apparently, he had nothing better to do when killing Polly.
* Jerkass: In addition to being a vicious child murderer, he was also ridiculously obnoxious during his trial, flipping off the judge at one point and bullying Polly's father Marc to tears.
* The Sociopath: Unapologetically.

I've watched a Dr. Phil episode about an adoptive mother who gave her son hot sauce and cold showers every time he got in trouble. I usually support adoption. The poor kid was given hot sauce and cold showers in the orphanage.

I wouldn't doubt that Adam Lanza's mother might have been abusive.

Joe Jackson is a very obvious example. Michael needed to create the childhood he never had.

Richard Allen is a monster

Alyssa Bustface is the perfect example of a mean girl. It makes me wonder if the child she murdered was special needs or not.

Here's clips of the Hot Sauce Mother:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tErbtKl78as[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4c-s7Qbg3s[/youtube]

Meh lol too lazy to Google what a T.v trope is, so I'll let someone here who has the time to explain it to me, tell me instead

Here's some more.

Carl Panzram http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Panzram
* Ax Crazy
* Complete Monster: "In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings, I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies, larcenies, arsons and, last but not least, I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings. For all these things I am not in the least bit sorry." His words.
* For The Evulz: Seemingly, this was his only raison d'etre.
* Nietzsche Wannabe
* Serial Killer: In addition to being a thief, arsonist and mass sodomite.
* The Sociopath

Amy Chua
* Abusive Parents: Emotionally, to an extreme.
* Education Mama: A rather unscrupulous example.
* Jerkass
* Smug Snake
* The Social Darwinist: Generally looks down on those who don't have a degree from Harvard or make over hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Don't worry little Hot Sauce Mother, it's only a prison cell.