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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	* ChildrenRaiseYou: Someone (usually an inexperienced parent) is forced to adopt a kid, who teaches them how to be a better person.
27	* CircusBrat: Often (but not always) an orphan or runaway who grows up with a circus or carnival.
28	* CriminalFoundFamily: A group of criminals adopts each other.
29	* 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.
30	* EvilOrphan: A couple adopts an orphan (normally a young girl but sometimes a young boy) who turns out to be evil.
31	* FamilyOfChoice: A group of friends sees themselves as a family.
32	* 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.)
33	* AFatherToHisMen: A military leader acts as a parent to his (or her) inferiors.
34	* FosterKid: A child who's basically temporarily adopted.
35	* GoodStepmother: A stepmother who is benevolent and loving towards her stepchild(ren); she may end up formally or informally adopting the stepchild(ren).
36	* HappilyAdopted: A character is perfectly happy with being adopted.
37	* HeartwarmingOrphan: An orphan child who normally ends up being adopted and is a good character who makes the audience emotional.
38	* 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.
39	* HonoraryUncle: Someone's parents' non-related friends call themselves the kids' uncles or aunts.
40	* {{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.
41	* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Someone, usually a child, wants to adopt a cute animal or kid.
42	* InterracialAdoptionStruggles: Somebody adopts a child who's a different race or ethnicity, which subsequently causes problems.
43	* InterspeciesAdoption: Somebody adopts a child who's a different species.
44	* KillTheParentRaiseTheChild: A character looks after the child of someone they killed.
45	* LikeASonToMe: A character describes a younger friend as being like their son or daughter.
46	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Two best friends of the opposite genders who see each other as siblings and are occasionally [[MistakenForRomance falsely thought to be dating.]]
47	* MuggleFosterParents: A SuperHero raised by adoptive parents without powers.
48	* {{Nephewism}}: A child is brought up by their aunt or uncle.
49	* NewParentNomenclatureProblem: Someone who was adopted or similar but whose birth parents are still alive feels unsure about calling the person "mom" or "dad".
50	* NotBloodNotFamily: An adopted character is denounced as not being "real family."
51	* ObliviousAdoption: Someone doesn't know they're adopted.
52	* OrcRaisedByElves: Someone from a villainous group is adopted by heroes.
53	* ParentalSubstitute: An adult and a child are good friends and the adult sort of acts as the child's parent.
54	* 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.
55	* 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.
56	* PromotionToParent: The eldest sibling acts like the younger siblings' parent.
57	* RaisedByGrandparents: A child's grandparents raise them.
58	* RaisedByHumans: A human adopts an animal as their child rather than pet.
59	* RaisedByNatives: An orphan child is adopted by people from a world different from the one the orphan is from.
60	* RaisedByOrcs: A child is raised by a species that's mostly or [[AlwaysChaoticEvil always]] evil.
61	* RaisedByRival: A child is raised by the rival or enemy of their parent.
62	* RaisedByRobots: A {{robot}} raises a non-robot child.
63	* RaisedByTheCommunity: An entire community of people not related to a child raise the child.
64	* RaisedByTheSupernatural: A supernatural being raises a non-supernatural child.
65	* RaisedByWolves: Animals raise a human kid.
66	* RedHeadedStepchild: A redhead who's teased for being ginger (not necessarily related to adoption but the name comes from adopted redheads).
67	* ReplacementGoldfish: A character tries to replace their dead acquaintance (often their child by adopting another one).
68	* ResentfulGuardian: A character is not happy about their new role of having to guard another character.
69	* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: A group of people who've been experimented on or created in a lab adopt each other as a family.
70	* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: A man is expected to raise his child but he's inexperienced.
71	* TeamDad: A bossy leader (or almost-leader) of a group, who's usually a man.
72	* TeamMom: Somebody, usually a woman, who is the friendly leader of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits.
73	* WickedStepmother: A stepmother who's mean to her stepchildren.
74	* WildChild: A child who grew up feral.
75	[[/index]]

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