History PlayingWith / OutlivingOnesOffspring

** Alice and Bob become depressed, believing themselves to be failures as parents. They eventually [[DrivenToSuicide take their own lives out of guilt.]]

** Alice and Bob outlive their adopted son, Ben.

* '''Implied''': Alice and Bob are [[RaisedByGrandparents raising their grandson, John.]] Ben is nowhere to be seen.

** Ben was murdered or killed-in-action during his military duty.

** Ben was murdered.

** Ben is StuffedIntoTheFridge by a villain who wants to spite Bob.

** Alice and Bob had [[MassiveNumberedSiblings 12 children]], and outlived them all -- even their youngest, who lived to the age of 75, which is not young.

** Alice and Bob were AbusiveParents.

* '''Inverted''': Ben outlives his parents.

* '''Averted''': Ben and his parents are all alive throughout the story.

** Alice and Bob outlive their ''adopted'' son, Ben.

* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob outlive their son, Ben.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob outlive their grandchildren.
** Alice and Bob had 12 children, and outlived them all -- Even their youngest, who lived to the age of 75.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice died a few years ago, while Bob and Ben are both critically ill and on their death beds. Ben succumbs to his illness mere moments before Bob.
** Alice and Bob outlive their ''adopted'' son, Ben.
** Ben is outlived by his mother, but not his father. (Or vice versa)

** Ben died of disease, or had cancer.

** Ben dies again after he is resurrected, and Bob is still alive at the same time.
* '''Parodied''': Alice breaks one of her dolls, and wails melodramatically about losing her child, even holding a mock-funeral service for Teddy.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice and Bob's son Ben is apparently killed during an accident while on a trip abroad, but he returns alive and well a few months after he is declared dead. Alice and Bob are overjoyed, until he finds out that this "Ben" is an impostor trying to gain inheritance. The one who tipped him off turns out to be the real Ben, but he's a ghost, and disappears for good shortly after a brief reunion with his father.
* '''Averted''': Ben and his parents are both alive throughout the story.
* '''Enforced''': It's a {{biopic}} of either Ben or Bob.

* '''Implied''': Alice and Bob' are [[RaisedByGrandparents raising their grandson, John.]] Ben is nowhere to be seen.

* '''Conversed''': "Did you hear that Ben died yesterday?" [[BigWhat "WHAT??]] Aren't his parents still alive?!"
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob's poor parenting skills were the proximate cause of Ben's early death.
** Alice and Bob become depressed, believing themselves to be failures as parents. They eventually [[DrivenToSuicide take their own lives out of guilt.]]

* '''Played for Drama''': Bob could have saved Ben but didn't, which he regards as MyGreatestFailure.
** Ben had children before his death, so his parents have to go through the trouble of [[RaisedByGrandparents raising his children while attempting to console them over their father's abrupt death.]]

* '''Straight''': Bob outlives his son, Ben.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob outlives all his children, and even his grandchildren.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob dies moments after Ben does.

** Ben died of disease.
** Ben was killed.
** Bob is LongLived, possibly even being TheAgeless, while Ben had a normal lifespan.
* '''Inverted''': Ben outlives his father.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob's son Ben is apparently killed during an accident while on a trip abroad, but he returns alive and well a few months after he is declared dead. Bob is overjoyed, until he finds out that this "Ben" is an impostor trying to gain inheritance. The one who tipped him off turns out to be the real Ben, but he's a ghost, and disappears for good shortly after a brief reunion with his father.
* '''Averted''': Bob and Ben are both alive throughout the story.

* '''Implied''': Bob lives with his grandson, John, while his son, Ben, is nowhere to be seen.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's poor parenting skills were the proximate cause of Ben's early death.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob learns from his mistakes with Ben and successfully raises Adam.
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob could have saved Ben but didn't, which he regards as MyGreatestFailure.

'''Basic Trope''': A parent survives longer than their child does.

** Bob is LongLived, possibly even being TheAgeless, Ben had a normal lifespan.

* '''Double Subverted''': But the returned Ben is an impostor.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob's son Ben is apparently killed during an accident while on a trip abroad, but he returns alive and well a few months after he is declared dead. Bob is overjoyed, until he finds out that this "Ben" is an impostor trying to gain inheritance. The one who tipped him of turns out to be the real Ben, but he's a ghost, and disappears for good shortly after a brief reunion with his father.

* '''Defied''': Bob fears outliving his son, so he raises Ben to stay as healthy as possible.

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob's son Ben is apparently killed during an accident while on a trip abroad, but he returns alive and well a few months after he is declared dead. Bob is overjoyed, until he finds out that this "Ben" is an impostor trying to gain inheritance. The one who tipped him of turns out to be the real Ben, but he's actually a ghost, and disappears for good shortly after a brief reunion with his father.

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Implied''': Bob lives with his grandson, John, while his son, Ben, is nowhere to be seen at all.

* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': ???

Back to OutlivingOnesOffspring.

** Bob is LongLived, possibly even being TheUnaging, Ben had a normal lifespan.

* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob dies moments after Ben does.
** Ben [[DeathIsCheap doesn't stay dead]] (maybe even coming back after only a few hours tops).

* '''Subverted''': Ben turns out to be alive.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then he dies.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** The child [[DeathIsCheap doesn't stay dead]] (maybe even coming back that very day).

* '''Downplayed''': Bob dies moments after Ben does.

* '''Double Subverted''': but then he dies.

* '''Defied''': Bob fears outliving his son, so he raises, Ben, to stay as healthy as possible.

'''Basic Trope''': A parent survives longer then their child does.
* '''Straight''': Bob outlives his son Ben.

* '''Invoked''': [[OffingTheOffspring Bob killed his son]].
* '''Defied''': Bob fears outliving his son, so he raises Ben to stay as healthy as possible.

* '''Implied''': Bob lives with his grandson John while the latter's father is nowhere to be seen at all.

* '''Double Subverted''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': A parent survives their children's death.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''':
** OffingTheOffspring; Bob killed his son.

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Implied''': Bob lives with his grandson John while the latter's father is nowhere to be seen at all.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob outlives all his children.

* '''Exaggerated''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???