Basic Trope: Characters bond with each other because of their deceased or otherwise missing family members (usually parents).
- Straight: Leo and Caitlyn are two people who are orphans, and they end up becoming close friends with each other because of this.
- Exaggerated: Leo and Caitlyn meet many people who are orphans and become friends with all of them.
- Downplayed:
- Leo and Caitlyn's parents are still available, but they're abusive and/or neglectful and they bond over this.
- Leo's parents are dead, Caitlyn's are neglectful. Nevertheless, they consider their experiences to be similar enough.
- Justified: Leo met Caitlyn while he was venturing, and they decided that they needed to stick together.
- Inverted:
- Leo and Caitlyn are both orphans, but they're mortal enemies because of this.
- Leo and Caitlyn were parents, but their children died, so they bonded over this.
- Leo and Caitlyn were friends, but the deaths of their parents made them drift apart.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: Leo and Caitlyn are siblings who fall in love after their parents die.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Characters with deceased/missing family members don't bond with each other.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: After meeting Caitlyn and getting to know her, Leo asks what they should do next. Caitlyn suggests that they become friends and learn to stick together, since they'll be better protected that way.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: "We have to stick together, Leo - we're the only family we've got."
- Conversed: "I think it's really nice when characters get along because of their missing family."
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