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** Sarah thinks baby is adorable, so she wants to have one as her sibling.
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** Sarah wants to remain an only child, and gives her expectant mother grief over it.
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** Sarah [[InfantSiblingJealousy wants to remain an only child, child]], and gives her expectant mother grief over it.
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* '''Invoked''': Sarah's classmates tease her because she's the ''only'' peer without siblings they know.
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** Sarah's favorite show tells her that having siblings is good, leading her to want one.
** Sarah's classmates tease her because she's the ''only'' peer without siblings they
** Sarah's favorite show tells her that having siblings is good, leading her to want one.
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** Sarah has [[BigBrotherBully three older brothers]] and no sisters, and is tired of being the OutnumberedSibling.
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** Sarah has [[BigBrotherBully three older brothers]] and no sisters, and is tired of being the OutnumberedSibling.only girl.
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* '''Exploited''': Alice and Bob have company one day, and tell Sarah that they will get her a sibling if she's good. (This statement is obviously a lie.)
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* '''Exploited''': Alice and Bob have company one day, and tell Sarah that they will get her a sibling if she's good. (This statement is obviously a lie.)[[note]]unless said company is an adoption agency[[/note]])
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice gives birth to a baby girl, and Sarah [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets wishing for a sibling]].
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Alice gives birth to a baby girl, and Sarah [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets wishing for asibling]].sibling]].
** Sarah witnesses people who have siblings that have bad relationships, making her change her mind about wanting them.
** Alice gives birth to a baby girl, and Sarah [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets wishing for a
** Sarah witnesses people who have siblings that have bad relationships, making her change her mind about wanting them.
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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': In an episode about families, we learn that [[OnlyChildSyndrome several characters on the show are only children.]] Some of them wish that they had siblings, and the writers decide to continue to apply the concept to Sarah in later episodes.
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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': In an episode about families, we learn that [[OnlyChildSyndrome several characters on the show are only children.]] children. Some of them wish that they had siblings, and the writers decide to continue to apply the concept to Sarah in later episodes.
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* '''Discussed''': "Why does your little girl keep asking for a sibling?" "We don't know. It's not like she's lonely."
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* '''Discussed''': "Why does your little girl daughter keep asking for a sibling?" "We don't know. It's not like she's lonely."
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* '''Exaggerated''': All of the children in the story (even teens and adults) repeatedly request siblings.
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* '''Exaggerated''': All of the children characters in the story (even teens and adults) repeatedly request siblings.
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** All of the children in the story repeatedly request siblings.
** All of the children in the story repeatedly request siblings.
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* '''Exaggerated''':
**'''Exaggerated''': All of the children in the story (even teens and adults) repeatedly request siblings.
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* '''Downplayed''':
** Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced, one has been sterilized, or the family is on a tight budget.
** Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced, one has been sterilized, or the family is on a tight budget.
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* '''Downplayed''':
**'''Downplayed''': Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced, one has been sterilized, or the family is on a tight budget.
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** She's using ReversePsychology.
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**Subverted''': She's using ReversePsychology.
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** Alice and Bob adopt a dog or a cat instead, and successfully convince Sarah that pets are just as good as younger siblings, in the event that one cannot have both.
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** Alice and Bob adopt a dog or a cat instead, cat, and successfully convince Sarah that pets are just as good as younger siblings, in the event that one cannot have both.
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** Alice and Bob explain the concept of overpopulation to Sarah so that she will view the lack of siblings as an advantage.
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** Alice and Bob explain the concept of overpopulation to Sarah so that she will view the lack of siblings as an advantage.feel better about having no siblings.
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'''Basic Trope''': A child, usually an only child, asks their parents for a little brother or sister.
* '''Straight''': 5-year-old Sarah repeatedly asks her parents, AliceAndBob, to have a baby.
* '''Straight''': 5-year-old Sarah repeatedly asks her parents, AliceAndBob, to have a baby.
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'''Basic Trope''': A child, usually an only child, asks their parents for Someone wants a little brother or sister.
sibling.
* '''Straight''': 5-year-old Sarah repeatedly asks her parents, AliceAndBob,to have for a baby.sister.
* '''Straight''': 5-year-old Sarah repeatedly asks her parents, AliceAndBob,
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** Every time Sarah sees a child younger than she is, she asks her parents, "Can we take him/her home?"
** Every time Sarah sees a child younger than she is, she asks her parents, "Can we take him/her home?"
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** This is all that Sarah ever talks about.
** Every time Sarah sees a child younger than she is, she asks her parents, "Can we take him/her home?"All of the children in the story repeatedly request siblings.
** Every time Sarah sees a child younger than she is, she asks her parents, "Can we take him/her home?"
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** Sarah only mentions her desire for a sibling occasionally.
** Sarah's parents announce that they are pregnant. Sarah is delighted, and squeals that she has always wanted a baby brother or sister.
** Sarah's parents announce that they are pregnant. Sarah is delighted, and squeals that she has always wanted a baby brother or sister.
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** [[TruthInTelevision It is not uncommon for children to want siblings]] in RealLife.
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** Sarah envies her friends, most of whom have at least one younger sibling.
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** Sarah envies her friends, most of whom have at least one younger sibling.
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** Alice was recently pregnant, but had an abortion or a ConvenientMiscarriage. Sarah was heartbroken when she found out that she wouldn't get to be a big sister after all, and has been begging her parents to "try again" ever since.
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** She's trying to be "good" for some other reason.
* '''Parodied''': Sarah asks her parents to somehow get her an ''older'' sibling. (This would be possible through adoption, but Sarah probably doesn't know that.)
* '''Parodied''': Sarah asks her parents to somehow get her an ''older'' sibling. (This would be possible through adoption, but Sarah probably doesn't know that.)
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Sarah, we've been over this again and again. We can't have a baby."
* '''Invoked''': Sarah's classmates tease her because she's the ''only'' only child they know.
* '''Invoked''': Sarah's classmates tease her because she's the ''only'' only child they know.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Sarah, we've been over this again and again. We can't have a another baby."
* '''Invoked''': Sarah's classmates tease her because she's the ''only''only child peer without siblings they know.
* '''Invoked''': Sarah's classmates tease her because she's the ''only''
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** AliceAndBob arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping that Sarah will change her mind.
** Alice and Bob adopt a child just to shut Sarah up.
** Alice and Bob adopt a child just to shut Sarah up.
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** AliceAndBob Alice and Bob arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping have their own relatives visit more often, so that Sarah will change can regularly meet her mind.
cousins and potentially develop sibling-like bonds with them.
** Alice and Bob adopt achild just to shut dog or a cat instead, and successfully convince Sarah up.that pets are just as good as younger siblings, in the event that one cannot have both.
** Alice and Bob explain the concept of overpopulation to Sarah so that she will view the lack of siblings as an advantage.
** Alice and Bob adopt a
** Alice and Bob explain the concept of overpopulation to Sarah so that she will view the lack of siblings as an advantage.
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* '''Implied''': Sarah [[LonelyDollGirl plays with baby dolls all the time]], and gets excited when her parents babysit.
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* '''Implied''': Sarah [[LonelyDollGirl plays with baby dolls and stuffed animals all the time]], and gets excited when her parents babysit.
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** Sarah's parents announce that they are pregnant. Sarah is delighted, and squeals that she has always wanted a baby brother or sister.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice gives birth to a baby girl, and Sarah [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets wishing for a sibling]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Sarah learns to accept her sister.
* '''Reconstructed''': Sarah learns to accept her sister.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice gives birth to a baby girl, and Sarah [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets wishing for a sibling]].
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Sarah learns to accept her sister.
** AliceAndBob give their baby up for adoption, making Sarah their only child once again.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Sarah learns to accept her sister.
** AliceAndBob give their baby up for adoption, making Sarah their only child once again.
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** Sarah tells her parents, "I want a baby sister." several times a day.
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** This is all that Sarah tells her parents, "I want a baby sister." several times a day.ever talks about.
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** Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced or on a tight budget.
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** Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced divorced, one has been sterilized, or the family is on a tight budget.
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** Alternatively, she's trying to be "good" for some other reason.
* '''Parodied''': Sarah asks her parents to somehow get her an ''older'' sibling.
* '''Parodied''': Sarah asks her parents to somehow get her an ''older'' sibling.
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** Alternatively, she's She's trying to be "good" for some other reason.
* '''Parodied''': Sarah asks her parents to somehow get her an ''older'' sibling. (This would be possible through adoption, but Sarah probably doesn't know that.)
* '''Parodied''': Sarah asks her parents to somehow get her an ''older'' sibling. (This would be possible through adoption, but Sarah probably doesn't know that.)
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* '''Invoked''': Sarah's friends tease her because she's the ''only'' only child they know.
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* '''Invoked''': Sarah's friends classmates tease her because she's the ''only'' only child they know.
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** Alice and Bob arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping that Sarah will change her mind.
** Either Alice or Bob has been sterilized, but they adopt a child just to shut Sarah up.
** Either Alice or Bob has been sterilized, but they adopt a child just to shut Sarah up.
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** Alice and Bob AliceAndBob arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping that Sarah will change her mind.
**Either Alice or and Bob has been sterilized, but they adopt a child just to shut Sarah up.
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** AliceAndBob give their baby up for adoption.
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** AliceAndBob give their baby up for adoption.adoption, making Sarah their only child once again.
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* '''Unparodied''': Alice and Bob adopt Melanie, who is older than Sarah.
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* '''Discussed''': "Why does your little girl keep asking for a sibling?" "We don't know."
* '''Conversed''': "I can relate to Sarah; I wanted a baby sister when I was her age."
* '''Conversed''': "I can relate to Sarah; I wanted a baby sister when I was her age."
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* '''Discussed''': "Why does your little girl keep asking for a sibling?" "We don't know. It's not like she's lonely."
* '''Conversed''': "I can relate to Sarah; I wanted a baby sister when I was about her age."
* '''Conversed''': "I can relate to Sarah; I wanted a baby sister when I was about her age."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice gives birth to a baby girl, and Sarah [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets wishing for a sibling]].
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Sarah learns to accept her sister.
** AliceAndBob give their baby up for adoption.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Sarah learns to accept her sister.
** AliceAndBob give their baby up for adoption.
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* '''Unparodied''': Alice and Bob adopt Melanie, who is older than Sarah.
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* '''Straight''': 5-year-old Sarah asks her parents, AliceAndBob, to have another baby.
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* '''Straight''': 5-year-old Sarah repeatedly asks her parents, AliceAndBob, to have another a baby.
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* '''Downplayed''': Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced or on a tight budget.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced or on a tightbudget.budget.
** Sarah only mentions her desire for a sibling occasionally.
** Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced or on a tight
** Sarah only mentions her desire for a sibling occasionally.
** Alice was recently pregnant, but had an abortion or a ConvenientMiscarriage. Sarah was heartbroken when she found out that she wouldn't get to be a big sister after all, and has been begging her parents to "try again" ever since.
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** Sarah has MassiveNumberedSiblings and wants her parents to put them up for adoption (or ''kill'' them).
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** Sarah has MassiveNumberedSiblings and wants her parents to put them up for adoption (or ''kill'' them).adoption.
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** Alice and Bob are divorced, but one of them adopts a child just to shut Sarah up.
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** Either Alice and or Bob are divorced, has been sterilized, but one of them adopts they adopt a child just to shut Sarah up.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': In an episode about families, we learn that [[OnlyChildSyndrome several characters on the show are only children.]] Some of them wish that they had siblings, and the writers decide to continue to apply the concept to Sarah in later episodes.
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* '''Averted''': Sarah is happy with the size of her family.
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* '''Averted''': Sarah is happy with the size of her family.family situation.
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* '''Defied''': Sarah's parents arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping that Sarah will change her mind.
* '''Defied''': Sarah's parents arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping that Sarah will change her mind.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
Alice and Bob have company one day, and tell Sarah that they will get her a sibling if she's good. (This statement is obviously a lie.)
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** Alice and Bob arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping that Sarah will change hermind.mind.
** Alice and Bob are divorced, but one of them adopts a child just to shut Sarah up.
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** Alice and Bob arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping that Sarah will change her
** Alice and Bob are divorced, but one of them adopts a child just to shut Sarah up.
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* '''Implied''': Sarah [[LonelyDollGirl plays with baby dolls all the time]], and gets excited when her parents babysit.
* '''Implied''': Sarah [[LonelyDollGirl plays with baby dolls all the time]], and gets excited when her parents babysit.
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'''Basic Trope''': A child, usually an only child, asks their parents for a little brother or sister.
* '''Straight''': 5-year-old Sarah asks her parents, AliceAndBob, to have another baby.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Sarah tells her parents, "I want a baby sister." several times a day.
** Every time Sarah sees a child younger than she is, she asks her parents, "Can we take him/her home?"
* '''Downplayed''': Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced or on a tight budget.
* '''Justified''':
** [[TruthInTelevision It is not uncommon for children to want siblings]] in RealLife.
** Sarah has very few friends and is lonely.
** Sarah envies her friends, most of whom have at least one younger sibling.
** Sarah has [[BigBrotherBully three older brothers]] and no sisters, and is tired of being the OutnumberedSibling.
* '''Inverted''':
** Sarah wants to remain an only child, and gives her expectant mother grief over it.
** Sarah has MassiveNumberedSiblings and wants her parents to put them up for adoption (or ''kill'' them).
** Sarah is an adult, and her parents bug her because [[IWantGrandkids they want grandchildren]].
* '''Subverted''': Sarah stops asking her parents for a sibling.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** She's using ReversePsychology.
** Alternatively, she's trying to be "good" for some other reason.
* '''Parodied''': Sarah asks her parents to somehow get her an ''older'' sibling.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Sarah has a BigBrotherBully, and wants him out of the picture. However, at the same time, she wants a younger brother ... at least some of the time.
* '''Averted''': Sarah is happy with the size of her family.
* '''Enforced''': When she was a child, the head writer wanted a sibling but never got one. She decides to use this aspect of her own childhood on Sarah.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Sarah, we've been over this again and again. We can't have a baby."
* '''Invoked''': Sarah's friends tease her because she's the ''only'' only child they know.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Sarah's parents arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping that Sarah will change her mind.
* '''Discussed''': "Why does your little girl keep asking for a sibling?" "We don't know."
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': Sarah's desire for a sibling is a RunningGag.
* '''Played For Drama''': Sarah attempts to abduct her best friend's newborn sister.
* '''Untwisted''': Sarah's parents babysit for a family friend, and Sarah is exposed to the unpleasantries of baby care. ''She still wants a younger sibling.''
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* '''Straight''': 5-year-old Sarah asks her parents, AliceAndBob, to have another baby.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Sarah tells her parents, "I want a baby sister." several times a day.
** Every time Sarah sees a child younger than she is, she asks her parents, "Can we take him/her home?"
* '''Downplayed''': Sarah wishes that she had a sibling, but knows it wouldn't be realistic to beg her parents for one; perhaps they're divorced or on a tight budget.
* '''Justified''':
** [[TruthInTelevision It is not uncommon for children to want siblings]] in RealLife.
** Sarah has very few friends and is lonely.
** Sarah envies her friends, most of whom have at least one younger sibling.
** Sarah has [[BigBrotherBully three older brothers]] and no sisters, and is tired of being the OutnumberedSibling.
* '''Inverted''':
** Sarah wants to remain an only child, and gives her expectant mother grief over it.
** Sarah has MassiveNumberedSiblings and wants her parents to put them up for adoption (or ''kill'' them).
** Sarah is an adult, and her parents bug her because [[IWantGrandkids they want grandchildren]].
* '''Subverted''': Sarah stops asking her parents for a sibling.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** She's using ReversePsychology.
** Alternatively, she's trying to be "good" for some other reason.
* '''Parodied''': Sarah asks her parents to somehow get her an ''older'' sibling.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Sarah has a BigBrotherBully, and wants him out of the picture. However, at the same time, she wants a younger brother ... at least some of the time.
* '''Averted''': Sarah is happy with the size of her family.
* '''Enforced''': When she was a child, the head writer wanted a sibling but never got one. She decides to use this aspect of her own childhood on Sarah.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Sarah, we've been over this again and again. We can't have a baby."
* '''Invoked''': Sarah's friends tease her because she's the ''only'' only child they know.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Sarah's parents arrange to look after a neighbor's infant for one day, hoping that Sarah will change her mind.
* '''Discussed''': "Why does your little girl keep asking for a sibling?" "We don't know."
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': Sarah's desire for a sibling is a RunningGag.
* '''Played For Drama''': Sarah attempts to abduct her best friend's newborn sister.
* '''Untwisted''': Sarah's parents babysit for a family friend, and Sarah is exposed to the unpleasantries of baby care. ''She still wants a younger sibling.''
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