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** Faye and Alice have a falling out.
*** Alternatively, Faye dies.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Alec struggles to support his daughter Bobbie.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Alec Adam struggles to support his daughter Bobbie.Betty.

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* '''Justified''': Alice dropped out of high school when she gave birth to Bob, and thus doesn't have an education to fall back on.

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Alice dropped out of high school when she gave birth to Bob, and thus doesn't have an education to fall back on.on.
** Alice doesn't work so she can stay home and take care of her son.
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** Bob's father is there, but is unemployed and frequently out of the house.

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** Bob's father is there, still a part of his life, but is unemployed and frequently out of the house.
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** Alice's sister, Faye, is donating money to support AliceAndBob.
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* '''Inverted''': GlamorousSingleMother

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* '''Inverted''': GlamorousSingleMotherGlamorousSingleMother.

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* '''Inverted''':
** GlamorousSingleMother
** Alec struggles to support his daughter Bobbie.

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'''Inverted''': GlamorousSingleMother
** * '''Gender Inverted''': Alec struggles to support his daughter Bobbie.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice occasionally has to stretch to make end meet, but is mostly financially stable.

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Alice occasionally has to stretch to make end meet, but is mostly financially stable. stable.
** Bob's father is there, but is unemployed and frequently out of the house.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob constantly worries that his presence makes his mother's life harder, while Alice constantly wonders if she's being a bad mother for not being able to provide for Bob.



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

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* '''Downplayed''': ???
Alice occasionally has to stretch to make end meet, but is mostly financially stable.
* '''Justified''': ???Alice dropped out of high school when she gave birth to Bob, and thus doesn't have an education to fall back on.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice is a GlamorousSingleMother. Then she loses her job and has to become a cashier. She remarries only for her husband to die a few years later. She then enters a game show and wins a million dollars.



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

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"Why aren't there any single moms with high-paying jobs?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
Alice leaves her husband, bringing along her infant son, though she knows she will no longer be financially dependent.
* '''Exploited''': Bob brings up his mom's circumstances to invoke pity.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Really, how often do you see a GlamorousSingleMother?"



* '''Implied''': Only one scene is set at Bob's house, where his mom is seen reading bills and looking worried.



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'''Basic Trope''': A single mother struggles to support her child/children.
* '''Straight''': Alice is single and takes odd jobs to support her son Bob.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is homeless and supports Bob through prostitution.
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* '''Inverted''':
** GlamorousSingleMother
** Alec struggles to support his daughter Bobbie.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice wins the lottery.
** Alice gets remarried to Dan.
** Alice starts off like this when Bob is first born, but works her way to the top.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** It turns out she read the ticket wrong.
** Dan leaves Alice after she gets pregnant again.
** Alice gets fired.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Alice doesn't have any real problems supporting Bob.
** Alice and Charlie raise Bob together.
* '''Enforced''': "You know what would add some drama in Bob's life? A StrugglingSingleMother."
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* '''Defied''': After becoming a teen mother, Alice goes directly to college and gets an amazing job--all while raising her son.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "It must be tough for Alice to have to raise Bob all on her own."
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