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* '''Defied''': ???Martin's parents specifically insert in their will that Martin's EvilAunt can never be allowed to adopt him.
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** The writers wish to explore how Alice and Bob would behave as a MamaBear and PapaWolf, but they don't want to deal with giving them children (at least yet) and shoving a random kid into the role feels too ludicrous.
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* '''Inverted''': No one has any uncles or aunts; every adult character is apparently an only child. The children all live with [[NuclearFamily their parents]], and the only other relatives shown are grandparents.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** No one has any uncles or aunts; every adult character is apparently an only child. The children all live with [[NuclearFamily their parents]], and the only other relatives shown are grandparents.
** No one has any uncles or aunts; every adult character is apparently an only child. The children all live with [[NuclearFamily their parents]], and the only other relatives shown are grandparents.
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** Martin's parents travel a lot and aren't always able to bring their son with them, so when he's not with his parents on some trip, he's living with his Aunt Alice and Uncle Bob (along with their kids, who see Martin more as their brother instead of their cousin).
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** Or, if the character who’s with the uncle and/or aunt is female, then it’s gender inverse called “Nieceism”.
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* '''Inverted''': No one has any uncles or aunts; [[OnlyChildSyndrome every adult character is apparently an only child]]. The children all live with [[NuclearFamily their parents]], and the only other relatives shown are grandparents.
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* '''Inverted''': No one has any uncles or aunts; [[OnlyChildSyndrome every adult character is apparently an only child]].child. The children all live with [[NuclearFamily their parents]], and the only other relatives shown are grandparents.
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** AliceAndBob wanted a child but couldn't have one, so they arranged to raise Martin.
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** AliceAndBob wanted a child but couldn't have one, so they arranged to raise Martin.Martin, the son of Alice's sister, who has too many.
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** Alice and Bob [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo are Martin's parents after all]].
** HonoraryUncle
** Alice and Bob [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo are Martin's parents after all]].
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**'''Subverted''': Alice and Bob [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo are Martin's parents after all]].
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* '''Parodied''': ???Martin looks exactly like a younger Bob, whenever Martin's origins are mentioned, Alice and Bob quickly change the subject, and at some point it's let slip that Bob and Alice were only children.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character lives with an uncle and/or an aunt.
* '''Straight''': Martin the KidHero and his TagalongKid sister Melanie live with their [[AliceAndBob aunt Alice and uncle Bob]]. The parents are [[TheGhost mentioned in passing]], but [[ParentalAbandonment the reason for their absence]] is unexplained.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Martin lives with his [[TheClan entire extended family]]: several uncles and aunts (some single and some married), both pairs of [[RaisedByGrandparents grandparents]], and even great-grandparents and second cousins. And yet Martin's parents are never even ''mentioned''.
** Martin's friends also live with uncles/aunts.
* '''Downplayed''':
** A very minor character lives with an uncle and/or an aunt, while the main characters all live with one or both parents.
** Martin lives with his [[DisappearedDad single mother]] as well as his uncle and aunt.
* '''Justified''':
** Martin's parents are too busy with work and/or friends.
** [[MissingMom They're]] [[DisappearedDad dead]]; Martin is ConvenientlyAnOrphan.
** It is traditional for extended family to raise children in Troperville.
** AliceAndBob wanted a child but couldn't have one, so they arranged to raise Martin.
* '''Inverted''': No one has any uncles or aunts; [[OnlyChildSyndrome every adult character is apparently an only child]]. The children all live with [[NuclearFamily their parents]], and the only other relatives shown are grandparents.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice and Bob [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo are Martin's parents after all]].
** HonoraryUncle
* '''Double Subverted''': The above FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo was a lie.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': [[NuclearFamily Martin lives with his parents.]]
* '''Enforced''':
** "So far, everyone has a NuclearFamily. Let's make one character live with an uncle and aunt."
** AliceAndBob were already main characters, but the writers want the characters' ages to remain [[VagueAge ambiguous]] (perhaps they're [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals anthropomorphic animals]]) so they decide to give the couple a nephew rather than a son.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wait, you actually ''live'' with your uncle and aunt? Where are your parents?" "I don't know."
* '''Invoked''': Martin [[SelfMadeOrphan murders his parents]] so that he may live with his uncle and aunt, who are much nicer.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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* '''Straight''': Martin the KidHero and his TagalongKid sister Melanie live with their [[AliceAndBob aunt Alice and uncle Bob]]. The parents are [[TheGhost mentioned in passing]], but [[ParentalAbandonment the reason for their absence]] is unexplained.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Martin lives with his [[TheClan entire extended family]]: several uncles and aunts (some single and some married), both pairs of [[RaisedByGrandparents grandparents]], and even great-grandparents and second cousins. And yet Martin's parents are never even ''mentioned''.
** Martin's friends also live with uncles/aunts.
* '''Downplayed''':
** A very minor character lives with an uncle and/or an aunt, while the main characters all live with one or both parents.
** Martin lives with his [[DisappearedDad single mother]] as well as his uncle and aunt.
* '''Justified''':
** Martin's parents are too busy with work and/or friends.
** [[MissingMom They're]] [[DisappearedDad dead]]; Martin is ConvenientlyAnOrphan.
** It is traditional for extended family to raise children in Troperville.
** AliceAndBob wanted a child but couldn't have one, so they arranged to raise Martin.
* '''Inverted''': No one has any uncles or aunts; [[OnlyChildSyndrome every adult character is apparently an only child]]. The children all live with [[NuclearFamily their parents]], and the only other relatives shown are grandparents.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice and Bob [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo are Martin's parents after all]].
** HonoraryUncle
* '''Double Subverted''': The above FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo was a lie.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': [[NuclearFamily Martin lives with his parents.]]
* '''Enforced''':
** "So far, everyone has a NuclearFamily. Let's make one character live with an uncle and aunt."
** AliceAndBob were already main characters, but the writers want the characters' ages to remain [[VagueAge ambiguous]] (perhaps they're [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals anthropomorphic animals]]) so they decide to give the couple a nephew rather than a son.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wait, you actually ''live'' with your uncle and aunt? Where are your parents?" "I don't know."
* '''Invoked''': Martin [[SelfMadeOrphan murders his parents]] so that he may live with his uncle and aunt, who are much nicer.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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