History PlayingWith / ABoyAndhisX

* '''Averted''': Adam has no "X"

* '''Untwisted:''': Adam suddenly gets a cat, and the other characters talk about his cat as if he's always had it.

* '''Hand-Waved''': The audience is told that Adam must have a relationship with this creature or die. ([[FridgeLogic How the heck is that supposed to work?]])

* '''Reconstructed''': Adam eventually learns to have friends other than his "X".

** Alternatively, Both of them [[TogetherInDeath die together]] of course.

%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:

** Alternatively, Adam gets an alien friend. They get such an emotional and physical bond that their life is dependent on each other and at the end, they fuse together.
** Alternatively, Adam has an alien friend who has a RidiculouslyCuteCritter friend.

* '''Downplayed''': Adam would consider his dog a friend, but his bonds with his human friends are closer.

** Adam lives in a world where many people have close relationships with non-humans.
** Adam must have a relationship with this creature or die.
** Adam's life is such that he needs X, or X is his only friend (he is bullied and/or abused, he has a disability or disorder that makes being social difficult, he just moved to a new place and X is the first thing he becomes close to, and so on)
** Adam really likes and is good with animals, aliens, or whatever the X is (if it's an inanimate object, he might have a collection or a deep interest)

* '''Averted''':
** Adam has no "X"
** Adam and his "X" are not unusually close.

* '''Invoked''': "I'm lonely, I wish I had a companion of some kind."

* '''Conversed''': ""Wow, I love Adam's new puppy! I hope they show it more, and they become really close."

** The family exploits or seeks to end their relationship.

%%* '''Untwisted:''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Implied:''' Adam is seen happy around his X fairly often, but he never talks about it.

* '''Exploited''': ???

%%* '''Implied:''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** A ''Girl'' and ''Her'' "X".
** The X turns on Adam.
** Adam is delusional and the X is imaginary.

** The "girl" turns out to be a boy.

** The creature turns on Adam.
** Adam is delusional and the creature is {{imaginary|Friend}}.

** The creature momentarily turns against Adam, but after he reminds it of the great moments they have spent together, it manages to snap out of its confusion [[ThePowerOfFriendship and they remain friends from that point onwards]].
** However, [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve thanks to the strength of Adam's imagination]], and either AppliedPhlebotinum or Magic's help, the creature manages to turn itself real.

** A ''Girl'' and ''Her'' "X".
** The X turns on Adam.
** Adam is delusional and the X is imaginary.

** The "girl" turns out to be a boy.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** The family doesn't pay attention to Adam and his "X" is his only friend.
** Alternatively, once the parents discover that Adam has an X, they pay their attention to X only.
** The family exploits or seeks to end their relationship.
* '''Reconstructed''': Adam eventually learns to have friends other than his "X".
* '''Analyzed''': Bob wonders why a human-like behavior to non-alien friend causes a great affection compared to normal human/human friendship.

* '''Discussed''': "You know, you're really that kind of child who could use a non-human friend"

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* '''Straight''': Adam, a 7-year old boy has a close animal friend.

* '''Exaggerated''': Adam becomes friends with [[CompanionCube an inanimate object]].

* '''Justified''': Adam lives in a world where many people have close relationships with non-humans.

* '''Inverted''': A non-human and his human sidekick.

* '''Subverted''': Adam has a ghost alien friend. However, it turns out to be a hologram prank by bullies.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But it turns out the hologram was contacting the REAL ghost alien, who comes to visit Adam.

* '''Parodied''': An RubberForeheadAlien boy and his RubberForeheadAlien dog.

* '''Deconstructed''': The family doesn't pay attention to Adam and his "X" is his only friend.

* '''Averted''': Adam has no "X"

* '''Played For Drama''': The "X" dies, leaving Adam alone.

* '''Exaggerated''': Adam becomes friends with a paranormal creature.

** Adam becomes friends with [[CompanionCube an inanimate object]].

** Alternatively, Both of them die together of course.

** Both of them die.

** Adam becomes friends with an inanimate object.