1 | Welcome to the Tropes Adoption Agency. If you do not have an index, get yourself one here. |
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3 | !!Tropes: |
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5 | Related: |
6 | + OrphanedIndex |
7 | + ParentalIssues |
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9 | [[index]] |
10 | * AbandonedPetInABox: A ([[CuteKitten usually]] [[PreciousPuppy young and adorable]]) cat or dog found in a cardboard box, who usually gets adopted by the hero. |
11 | * AdoptingTheAbused: A character who's been abused in the past ends up in a healthy relationship. |
12 | * AdoptAServant: Someone adopts a child to work for them. |
13 | * AdoptTheFood: Turning a potential meal into a child or pet. |
14 | * AdoptedIntoRoyalty: Someone gets adopted into a royal family. |
15 | * AdoptedToTheHouse: Taking in a homeless acquaintance until they can find a permanent home. |
16 | * AdoptionAngst: A character finds out they are adopted and doesn't take it well. |
17 | * AdoptionConflict: A fight breaks out between a character's biological and adoptive parents over who's really the character's family. |
18 | * AdoptionDiss: An insult that has to do with being adopted. |
19 | * AdoptionIsNotAnOption: A couple wants a child but never considers adopting one, even if they hypothetically could. |
20 | * AdoptiveNameChange: Someone gets their name changed upon being adopted. |
21 | * AdoptivePeerParent: Someone adopts a son or daughter who's too old to be their biological child. |
22 | * AdultAdoptee: Someone is adopted into a family despite being legally (almost) an adult. |
23 | * AnachronisticOrphanage: A traditional orphanage in a setting where there logically shouldn't be one. |
24 | * ArtificialFamilyMember: Somebody who was made instead of born and sees their creator as family. |
25 | * BabyAsPayment: A child is used as payment for something and (usually) raised by the adult that paid for them. |
26 | * ChangelingTale: Fairies take a human child and replace it with one of their own. |
27 | * ChildrenRaiseYou: Someone (usually an inexperienced parent) is forced to adopt a kid, who teaches them how to be a better person. |
28 | * CircusBrat: Often (but not always) an orphan or runaway who grows up with a circus or carnival. |
29 | * CriminalFoundFamily: A group of criminals adopts each other. |
30 | * DoorstopBaby: Someone (usually the mom, although sometimes the dad or another person) leaves a baby on someone else's doorstep, usually leading to the person whose doorstep it is adopting the baby. |
31 | * EvilOrphan: A couple adopts an orphan (normally a young girl but sometimes a young boy) who turns out to be evil. |
32 | * FamilyOfChoice: A group of friends sees themselves as a family. |
33 | * FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Someone claims to be a different sort of relative (e.g., a parent pretends to be a sister, a grandparent pretends to be a parent, etc.) |
34 | * AFatherToHisMen: A military leader acts as a parent to his (or her) inferiors. |
35 | * FosterKid: A child who's basically temporarily adopted. |
36 | * GoodStepmother: A stepmother who is benevolent and loving towards her stepchild(ren); she may end up formally or informally adopting the stepchild(ren). |
37 | * HappilyAdopted: A character is perfectly happy with being adopted. |
38 | * HeartwarmingOrphan: An orphan child who normally ends up being adopted and is a good character who makes the audience emotional. |
39 | * HeritageFaceTurn: Someone has been fighting against a group, but then they find out that they were adopted, and their biological parents were part of that group (or a variation) so they stop fighting against that group. |
40 | * HonoraryUncle: Someone's parents' non-related friends call themselves the kids' uncles or aunts. |
41 | * {{Imprinting}}: A baby animal forms a bond with a person, another animal, or even an object, normally believing him/her/it to be a parent. |
42 | * ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Someone, usually a child, wants to adopt a cute animal or kid. |
43 | * InterracialAdoptionStruggles: Somebody adopts a child who's a different race or ethnicity, which subsequently causes problems. |
44 | * InterspeciesAdoption: Somebody adopts a child who's a different species. |
45 | * KillTheParentRaiseTheChild: A character looks after the child of someone they killed. |
46 | * LikeASonToMe: A character describes a younger friend as being like their son or daughter. |
47 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Two best friends of the opposite genders who see each other as siblings and are occasionally [[MistakenForRomance falsely thought to be dating.]] |
48 | * MuggleFosterParents: A SuperHero raised by adoptive parents without powers. |
49 | * {{Nephewism}}: A child is brought up by their aunt or uncle. |
50 | * NewParentNomenclatureProblem: Someone who was adopted or similar but whose birth parents are still alive feels unsure about calling the person "mom" or "dad". |
51 | * NotBloodNotFamily: An adopted character is denounced as not being "real family." |
52 | * ObliviousAdoption: Someone doesn't know they're adopted. |
53 | * OrcRaisedByElves: Someone from a villainous group is adopted by heroes. |
54 | * ParentalSubstitute: An adult and a child are good friends and the adult sort of acts as the child's parent. |
55 | * PetBabyWildAnimal: A child tries to keep a baby wild animal as a pet and either the pet dies, the pet must be set free, or the pet stays as a pet. |
56 | * PlatonicCoParenting: A child is raised by two or more people who are not romantically involved, often having been adopted (officially or unofficially) by at least one of them. |
57 | * PromotionToParent: The eldest sibling acts like the younger siblings' parent. |
58 | * RaisedByGrandparents: A child's grandparents raise them. |
59 | * RaisedByHumans: A human adopts an animal as their child rather than pet. |
60 | * RaisedByNatives: An orphan child is adopted by people from a world different from the one the orphan is from. |
61 | * RaisedByOrcs: A child is raised by a species that's mostly or [[AlwaysChaoticEvil always]] evil. |
62 | * RaisedByRival: A child is raised by the rival or enemy of their parent. |
63 | * RaisedByRobots: A {{robot}} raises a non-robot child. |
64 | * RaisedByTheCommunity: An entire community of people not related to a child raise the child. |
65 | * RaisedByTheSupernatural: A supernatural being raises a non-supernatural child. |
66 | * RaisedByWolves: Animals raise a human kid. |
67 | * RedHeadedStepchild: A redhead who's teased for being ginger (not necessarily related to adoption but the name comes from adopted redheads). |
68 | * ReplacementGoldfish: A character tries to replace their dead acquaintance (often their child by adopting another one). |
69 | * ResentfulGuardian: A character is not happy about their new role of having to guard another character. |
70 | * SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: A group of people who've been experimented on or created in a lab adopt each other as a family. |
71 | * SinkOrSwimFatherhood: A man is expected to raise his child but he's inexperienced. |
72 | * TeamDad: A bossy leader (or almost-leader) of a group, who's usually a man. |
73 | * TeamMom: Somebody, usually a woman, who is the friendly leader of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits. |
74 | * WickedStepmother: A stepmother who's mean to her stepchildren. |
75 | * WildChild: A child who grew up feral. |
76 | [[/index]] |
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