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-->'''Adult:''' "Sometimes I miss the children."\\
'''Child:''' "I'm standing right here, dad!"\\
'''Adult:''' "Sometimes I can still hear their voices in my memory."

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-->'''Adult:''' "Sometimes Sometimes, I miss the children."\\
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'''Child:''' "I'm I'm standing right here, dad!"\\
dad!\\
'''Adult:''' "Sometimes Sometimes, I can still hear their voices in my memory."
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* '''Inverted''': ThereAreNoAdults, only children.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** A TeenageWasteland where
ThereAreNoAdults, only children.children.
** Futuretropia is a utopian SocietyOfImmortals whose inhabitants have stopped reproducing. They don't miss the presence of children at all, as they mostly view them [[ChildHater as a hassle and a nuisance]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Humans become fertile again.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Humans become fertile again.again...for a few years, then suddenly become infertile for the next 20 or 25. There's uncertainty about whether the next "cycle" will come, since the previous one isn't understood well enough.

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

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* '''Exploited''': ???The BigBad sells evil, child-like robots to depressed couples.



* '''Implied''': No children appear, even in places they logically should, but it's never explained why.
* '''Deconstructed''': Society can't tolerate the lack of children. Women end up being forced into rape rituals so there can be more babies.
* '''Reconstructed''': Society can't tolerate the lack of children. People pour millions of dollars into research for anti-aging or restoration of fertility.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Parents are shown taking luxurious adult vacations and celebrating about their lack of kids.
* '''Played For Drama''': Parents are seen mourning the end of humanity, with many a shot of run-down playrounds.



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** A DangerouslyGenreSavvy GeneralRipper decided the best way to eradicate his enemies is to [[WouldHurtAChild wipe out all the enemies' offsprings]].

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** A DangerouslyGenreSavvy GeneralRipper decided the best way to eradicate his enemies is to [[WouldHurtAChild wipe out all the enemies' offsprings]].
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** A DangeroulsGenreSavvy GeneralRipper decided the best way to eradicate his enemies is to [[WouldHurtAChild wipe out all the enemies' offsprings]].

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** A DangeroulsGenreSavvy DangerouslyGenreSavvy GeneralRipper decided the best way to eradicate his enemies is to [[WouldHurtAChild wipe out all the enemies' offsprings]].
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** A DangeroulsGenreSavvy GeneralRipper decided the best way to eradicate his enemies is to [[WouldHurtAChild wipe out all the enemies' offsprings]].

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* '''Parodied''': The Futuretropians we meet just pretend there are no children in an attempt to avoid responsibility for raising them. "Sometimes I miss the children." "I'm standing right here!" "Sometimes I can still hear their voices in my memory."

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* '''Parodied''': The Futuretropians we meet just pretend ''pretend'' there are no children in an attempt to avoid responsibility for raising them. them.
-->'''Adult:'''
"Sometimes I miss the children." "\\
'''Child:'''
"I'm standing right here!" here, dad!"\\
'''Adult:'''
"Sometimes I can still hear their voices in my memory."

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* '''Downplayed''': There are a few children in Futuretropia; the fertility rate is very low.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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There are a few children in Futuretropia; the fertility rate is very low.low.
** Children are raised in creches out of the public view and not allowed to mingle with adults until they have reached full growth.



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* '''Parodied''': ???The Futuretropians we meet just pretend there are no children in an attempt to avoid responsibility for raising them. "Sometimes I miss the children." "I'm standing right here!" "Sometimes I can still hear their voices in my memory."

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* '''Parodied''': After a Gendercide, the survivors invent HomosexualReproduction.

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* '''Parodied''': After a Gendercide, the survivors invent HomosexualReproduction.???



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* '''Defied''': ???After a {{Gendercide}}, the survivors invent HomosexualReproduction in order to prevent this trope.



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* '''Straight''': In the year 2070, Futuretropia is a dystopian society where no babies have been born for 20 years due to a SterilityPlague.

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* '''Straight''': In the year 2070, Futuretropia is a dystopian society where no babies have been born for 20 years due to a SterilityPlague.years.



** All of Earth has been afflicted with a SterilityPlague.

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** All No children are present in ''any'' part of Earth has been afflicted with a SterilityPlague.the world.



* '''Downplayed''': There are children in Futuretropia, but the fertility rate is very low.

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* '''Downplayed''': There are a few children in Futuretropia, but Futuretropia; the fertility rate is very low.



** [[SterilityPlague The human race is sterile.]]

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** [[SterilityPlague The conditions within dystopia caused the human race is to became sterile.]]]]
** Upon learning the costs and responsibilities of raising them, couples are unwilling to have children themselves and always go for contraception.



* '''Subverted''': Children do exist, but [[InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers they've all been kidnapped by villains]].
* '''Double Subverted''': The villains kidnapped the children and then killed them.

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* '''Subverted''': Children Turns out children do exist, but exist; [[InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers they've all been kidnapped by villains]].
* '''Double Subverted''': The villains who kidnapped the children and then killed them.
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???The BigBad causes a SterilityPlague.
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* '''Zig Zagged''' <note> Continued from "Double Subverted" </note>: Humans become fertile again.

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* '''Zig Zagged''' <note> Continued from "Double Subverted" </note>: Zagged''': Humans become fertile again.
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* '''Zig Zagged''' [note] Continued from "Double Subverted" [/note]: Humans become fertile again.

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* '''Zig Zagged''' [note] <note> Continued from "Double Subverted" [/note]: </note>: Humans become fertile again.
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'''Basic Trope''': There is an entire society with no children in a work set in the future.
* '''Straight''': In the year 2070, Futuretropia is a dystopian society where no babies have been born for 20 years due to a SterilityPlague.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** All of Earth has been afflicted with a SterilityPlague.
** We see Futuretropia in 2130; only elderly people are left.
* '''Downplayed''': There are children in Futuretropia, but the fertility rate is very low.
* '''Justified''':
** [[{{Gendercide}} All men or all women have been killed off.]]
** [[SterilityPlague The human race is sterile.]]
* '''Inverted''': ThereAreNoAdults, only children.
* '''Subverted''': Children do exist, but [[InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers they've all been kidnapped by villains]].
* '''Double Subverted''': The villains kidnapped the children and then killed them.
* '''Parodied''': After a Gendercide, the survivors invent HomosexualReproduction.
* '''Zig Zagged''' [note] Continued from "Double Subverted" [/note]: Humans become fertile again.
* '''Averted''': Both genders still exist and the human race is still fertile.
* '''Enforced''': "We want to show Futuretropia as a dismal and hopeless society, to make the SurprisinglyHappyEnding that much happier and more surprising."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why aren't there any children around?" "All Futuretropians are sterile."
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