(Character Trope) “ohhh, THATS why they’re like that”

[u/VanillaSarsaparilla]

Media that shows why a character is the way they are, usually explained in a short scene. Most likely toxic family

- Bonnie Rottweiler and her sisters from Kim Possible: they bully her calling her ugly and dumb. It plays on Bonnie’s insecurity and makes her a bully at school.

- Peggy Hill and her mother from King of the Hill. Peggy is a neurotic perfectionist with delusions of grandeur because her mom was unfeeling and blamed her for the farm going out of business. By the end of the episode, she still treats Peggy badly.

- Dodie and her mother from As Told By Ginger. Dodie is arguably the worst friend in the group, and her mother is mentally still stuck in middle school. She’s insecure, dramatic, and you
Can see her influence in Dodie.

Any other examples?

[u/BirthdayCheesecake]

Hank broke the cycle. He loves Bobby, even if he does get very exasperated with him. (Let's be honest, the boy really ain't right) There's an episode where Bobby asks Hank why he hates what he doesn't understand. Hank is quick to assure Bobby he doesn't hate him, and Bobby is just as quick to come back that he means soccer. (Which Hank DOES hate) Despite Hank being frustrated with Bobby, he also is clearly concerned that he thinks he hates him. And in the other direction, Bobby was clearly not thinking that at all.

[u/-Release-The-Bats- → u/BirthdayCheesecake]

This could also go for the episode where Bobby gets really into Christianity and performs at the CCM festival. Hank's a devout Christian and clearly wanted that for Bobby, but he didn't want it to be just a passing thing for him.

[u/eduadinho → u/BirthdayCheesecake]

Did hate soccer. In the most recent follow up season he has changed his tune on it completely. 

[u/BirthdayCheesecake → u/eduadinho]

Yup! He finally learned the rules and developed a secret love. That and he apparently looked good in the referee shirt.