'''Basic Trope''': A person is an orphan so that they don't have to deal with responsibilities that come with family.
* '''Straight''': Alice is orphaned, allowing her to leave home to collect the {{Power Crystal}}s without having to deal with family.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Both of Alice's parents died the moment she was [[DeathByChildbirth born]], and Alice was RaisedByWolves which also pass away, allowing her to do whatever she wants throughout her entire life without familial responsibilities.
** Both of Alice's parents died [[FridgeLogic years before she was born]] and her adoptive parents die when she's 5.
** Alice loses her entire family as soon as she's born.
** Alice doesn't even ''have'' a living family to speak of.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's parents are PutOnABus or made [[AdultsAreUseless useless]]. They're still alive but unable to truly interfere in Alice's adventures.
* '''Justified''':
** This is a CrapsackWorld, Alice lost her father in war. And her mother was kidnapped when group of bandits raid her poor village.
** Alice was too young to remember her parents when they died, or at least she didn't know them well enough to feel bothered.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice's parents are still alive, and she can't go on an adventure to collect the {{Power Crystal}}s because her parent's say she can't.
** Alice's parents are still alive, and the only reason she ''can'' go on an adventure is because they raised her to be the hero. If they'd died at any time before the quest, she could never succeed.
** Alice has a very large family so she can angst over missing them while she's away on adventures.
** Alice is an adult, she can do what she wants.
** Alice is an orphan, [[OrphansOrdeal but damn it sucks to be one.]]
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice's parents are still alive, but they are AbusiveParents who never care about her. So Alice going for adventure, promise them that she will bring back some money.
** Bob is an orphan. TheHero adopts him and takes him on adventuring.
** Alice’s parents aren’t dead, just missing.
** Alice’s parents aren’t dead, they just [[DoorstopBaby couldn’t take care of her.]]
** Alice’s parents faked their deaths.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Her parents are killed off shortly afterward, allowing her to go on her adventure without return.
** Not so long after Bob was adopted, TheHero is [[TheHeroDies killed]] and Bob continue his adventure.
* '''Parodied''': Everyone is an orphan. Everyone in town? They're orphans. The BigBad? Orphan. The protagonist and her friends? Orphans.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has been led to believe her parents have been killed, and goes on an adventure to avenge them. During the course of her adventure, she discovers one or both of her parents alive and well and suspends her quest for vengeance. Shortly thereafter, her parent(s) are actually killed and she must resume her quest.
* '''Averted''': Alice is not restricted to go on an adventure by her parents, who are alive.
* '''Enforced''': "Her parents would never let her go on such a suicidal journey. We're going to have to kill them off."
* '''Lampshaded''':
** "My parents are dead. Bye friends, I'm off to have a parental free adventure!"
** "It's not as bad as you think, being an orphan. It's actually quite convenient."
* '''Invoked''': SelfMadeOrphan.
* '''Exploited''': [[TheBaroness Madame Malicious]] realizes that the best way to tempt the heroes isn't her [[FemmeFatale seductive abilities]], bribery, or offers of power but [[ThePowerOfLove familial love they desperately crave]]. She is able to turn Alice [[UndyingLoyalty forever loyal]] just through exploiting her abandonment and mother issues.
* '''Defied''': Orphans are not allowed to go off to wherever they please, they have to be taken care of through foster care or placed in an orphanage, where they can grow up safely with proper supervision.
* '''Discussed''': "Shouldn't someone be supervising you, even if you don't have parents?"
* '''Conversed''': "She's an orphan because the writers couldn't think of any other way the kid could get around authority this blatantly."
* '''Deconstructed''': The [[OrphansOrdeal suffering of her parents' deaths]], and the emotional neglect of the orphanage, have left Alice so emotionally traumatized that she can not form healthy relationships; she compensates by having a severe case of ChronicHeroSyndrome and WalkingTheEarth so no one gets too attached to her.
* '''Reconstructed''': Looking back on it though, she eventually concludes that this was a good thing, because of what it allowed her to do, and what it allowed her to become.
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