Basic Trope: A character dislikes being the only one of their gender among their siblings.
- Straight: Bob is the only boy in a family of 9 other kids, who are all girls. He hates it.
- Exaggerated: Bob is the only boy in a family of over 100 girls. He hates it so much that he spends every day wishing he was dead.
- Downplayed: Bob has 4 sisters, and he has the tendency to wish he had a brother sometimes.
- Justified:
- Bob also has a Disappeared Dad, making him the only male member of his immediate family. No wonder he feels left out.
- Bob is a He-Man Woman Hater.
- Bob's sisters bully him.
- Inverted:
- Bob loves having 9 sisters and is even considered One of the Girls.
- Bob is of a family where there are 5 sisters and 5 brothers. He hates that the boundary is so evenly-split.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Bob ordinarily doesn't have an issue with being the only brother in his family, but there are occasional episodes where he finds it annoying.
- Averted:
- Bob doesn't have a lot of siblings.
- Bob is the only boy in a family of mostly sisters, and doesn't mind it at all.
- Enforced: The creators want there to be a reason why Bob dislikes his home life.
- Lampshaded: "Have you seen how many sisters I have? I'm stressed, like, 24/7!"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob's parents decide to adopt some male children so that Bob won't feel too left out.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Poor Bob - I'd feel pretty left out if I were the only boy in a family of sisters, too."
- Implied: Bob's home life is rarely brought up, but does make an offhand comment that he's a bit of a Stepford Smiler because of his family, and it was previously shown that he has a lot of sisters.
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