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* '''Straight''': The main team of heroes is a FiveManBand consisting of [[TheHero Alan]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheSmartGuy Charles]], [[TheBigGuy Dale]], and [[TheChick Emily]]. They are frequently joined by Bob's six-year-old niece, Florinda. She loves the excitement of accompanying the heroes, but is uninvited and gets kidnapped more often than not.

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* '''Straight''': The main team of heroes is a FiveManBand consisting of [[TheHero Alan]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheSmartGuy Charles]], [[TheBigGuy Dale]], and [[TheChick [[TheHeart Emily]]. They are frequently joined by Bob's six-year-old niece, Florinda. She loves the excitement of accompanying the heroes, but is uninvited and gets kidnapped more often than not.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only three years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the {{Big Bad}}'s [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped in ''every episode'', sometimes more than {{once per episode}}.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only three years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the {{Big Bad}}'s BigBad's [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped in ''every episode'', sometimes more than {{once per episode}}.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only three years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the {{Big Bags}}'s [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped in ''every episode'', sometimes more than {{once per episode}}.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only three years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the {{Big Bags}}'s Bad}}'s [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped in ''every episode'', sometimes more than {{once per episode}}.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only three years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the UltimateEvil's [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped in ''every episode'', sometimes more than {{once per episode}}.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only three years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the UltimateEvil's {{Big Bags}}'s [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped in ''every episode'', sometimes more than {{once per episode}}.
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** Florinda's innocent yet badass PluckyGirl personality makes her a fan favorite, writers want an actual tagalong kid, so they introduce George, who takes Florinda's childlike personality UpToEleven.

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** Florinda's innocent yet badass PluckyGirl personality makes her a fan favorite, writers want an actual tagalong kid, so they introduce George, who takes Florinda's childlike personality UpToEleven.up to eleven.
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** Florinda is sixteen years old.
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** Florinda's innocent yet BadAss PluckyGirl personality makes her a fan favorite, writers want an actual tagalong kid, so they introduce George, who takes Florinda's childlike personality UpToEleven.

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** Florinda's innocent yet BadAss badass PluckyGirl personality makes her a fan favorite, writers want an actual tagalong kid, so they introduce George, who takes Florinda's childlike personality UpToEleven.
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** Florinda has the personality and attributes of the tagalong kid, but she's actually the oldest member of the group, being 18, while the rest of the heroes are 15-16 years old.


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** Florinda's innocent yet BadAss PluckyGirl personality makes her a fan favorite, writers want an actual tagalong kid, so they introduce George, who takes Florinda's childlike personality UpToEleven.
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* '''Justified''': Florinda [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan has no parents]] and lives with only her uncle Bob, so our heroes ''have'' to take her along.

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Florinda [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan has no parents]] and lives with only her uncle Bob, so our heroes ''have'' to take her along.
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** Florinda is really interested in becoming a hero when she grows up. So, she follows her uncle and his friends to learn more about it.

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** Florinda is really interested in becoming joins the team because she wants to a hero be a heroine like her uncle when she grows up. So, she follows her uncle and his friends to learn more about it.up.
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** Florinda is really interested in becoming a hero when she grows up. So, she follows her uncle and his friends to learn more about it.
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* '''Reconstructed''': But then the kid finds a good teacher and trains himself to become a useful member of the team. He acknowledges the risks and consequences that he has to take, [[Determinator but he is determined to go along.]] As the adults realize that the kid has become more matured, they accept him as a part of the team.

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* '''Reconstructed''': But then the kid finds a good teacher and trains himself to become a useful member of the team. He acknowledges the risks and consequences that he has to take, [[Determinator [[{{Determinator}} but he is determined to go along.]] As the adults realize that the kid has become more matured, they accept him as a part of the team.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Being a TagAlongKid is proven to be too dangerous and risky for the adults and perhaps the kid to bear. Soon enough he gets injured during a conflict, so he's forced to go home and stay out of the rest of the adventure.
* '''Reconstructed''': But then the kid finds a good teacher and trains himself to become a useful member of the team. He acknowledges the risks and consequences that he has to take, [[Determinator but he is determined to go along.]] As the adults realize that the kid has become more matured, they accept him as a part of the team.



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* '''Zig Zagged''': The kid is useful and useless based on the circumstances. He has been sent home multiple times, but in the end he still sticks around with the team. As time passes, [[CharacterDevelopment the kid grows up (physically and mentally) and develops into]] [[TookALevlInBadass someone who can be considered a proper team member.]]

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* '''Zig Zagged''': The kid is useful and useless based on the circumstances. He has been sent home multiple times, but in the end he still sticks around with the team. As time passes, [[CharacterDevelopment the kid grows up (physically and mentally) and develops into]] [[TookALevlInBadass [[TookALevelInBadass someone who can be considered a proper team member.]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???The kid is useful and useless based on the circumstances. He has been sent home multiple times, but in the end he still sticks around with the team. As time passes, [[CharacterDevelopment the kid grows up (physically and mentally) and develops into]] [[TookALevlInBadass someone who can be considered a proper team member.]]
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* '''Straight''': The main team of heroes is a FiveManBand consisting of [[TheHero Alan]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheSmartGuy Charles]], [[TheBigGuy David]], and [[TheChick Emily]]. They are frequently joined by Bob's 6-year-old niece, Florinda. She loves the excitement of accompanying the heroes, but is uninvited and gets kidnapped more often than not.
* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only 3 years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the UltimateEvil's [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped in ''every episode'', sometimes more than once per episode.
* '''Downplayed''':

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* '''Straight''': The main team of heroes is a FiveManBand consisting of [[TheHero Alan]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheSmartGuy Charles]], [[TheBigGuy David]], Dale]], and [[TheChick Emily]]. They are frequently joined by Bob's 6-year-old six-year-old niece, Florinda. She loves the excitement of accompanying the heroes, but is uninvited and gets kidnapped more often than not.
* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only 3 three years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the UltimateEvil's [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped in ''every episode'', sometimes more than once {{once per episode.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':



* '''Inverted''': A TokenAdult accompanies a group of [[KidHero Kid Heroes]].
* '''Subverted''': Florinda tags along and Bob tells her to go home.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': A TokenAdult accompanies a group of [[KidHero Kid Heroes]].
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* '''Subverted''': Florinda tags along and Bob tells her along, but is forced to go home.
home upon Bob's command.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Then she sneaks out of her bedroom and catches up to them using a combination of [[TheCutie cuteness]] and [[WoundedGazelleGambit underhanded guile]], so as to make herself more 'mature'.
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* '''Justified''': Florinda [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan has no parents]] and [[{Nephewism} lives with only her uncle Bob]], so our heroes ''have'' to take her along.

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* '''Justified''': Florinda [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan has no parents]] and [[{Nephewism} lives with only her uncle Bob]], Bob, so our heroes ''have'' to take her along.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only 3 years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the UltimateEvil's [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped ''in every episode''.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only 3 years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the UltimateEvil's [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped ''in every episode''.in ''every episode'', sometimes more than once per episode.



* '''Justified''': Florinda [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan has no parents]] and lives with only her uncle Bob, so our heroes ''have'' to take her along.

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* '''Justified''': Florinda [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan has no parents]] and [[{Nephewism} lives with only her uncle Bob, Bob]], so our heroes ''have'' to take her along.



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

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* '''Subverted''': ???Florinda tags along and Bob tells her to go home.



* '''Played For Drama''': Florinda is seriously injured and has to go to a hospital. Bob blames himself, beats himself up about it for months, and is eventually DrivenToSuicide.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob locks Florinda in her room and boards up the window ... but she ''still'' manages to get out.
* '''Played For Drama''': Florinda is seriously injured and has to go to a hospital. Bob [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone blames himself, himself]], [[ItsAllMyFault beats himself up about it for months, months]], and is eventually DrivenToSuicide.



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* '''Justified''': Florinda [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan has no parents]] and [[Nephewism lives with only her uncle Bob]], so our heroes ''have'' to take her along.

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* '''Justified''': Florinda [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan has no parents]] and [[Nephewism lives with only her uncle Bob]], Bob, so our heroes ''have'' to take her along.
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* '''Inverted''': A [[TokenAdult]] accompanies a group of [[KidHero Kid Heroes]].

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* '''Inverted''': A [[TokenAdult]] TokenAdult accompanies a group of [[KidHero Kid Heroes]].
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'''Basic Trope''': An enthusiastic child follows the heroes around and is [[TheLoad an inconvenience to them]].
* '''Straight''': The main team of heroes is a FiveManBand consisting of [[TheHero Alan]], [[TheLancer Bob]], [[TheSmartGuy Charles]], [[TheBigGuy David]], and [[TheChick Emily]]. They are frequently joined by Bob's 6-year-old niece, Florinda. She loves the excitement of accompanying the heroes, but is uninvited and gets kidnapped more often than not.
* '''Exaggerated''': Florinda is only 3 years old, accompanies our heroes ''everywhere'' including the UltimateEvil's [[ExploringTheEvilLair castle]], and gets kidnapped ''in every episode''.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Florinda is [[KidHero actually useful to the team]].
** Or, she is not helpful but is old enough to know what she is doing.
* '''Justified''': Florinda [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan has no parents]] and [[Nephewism lives with only her uncle Bob]], so our heroes ''have'' to take her along.
* '''Inverted''': A [[TokenAdult]] accompanies a group of [[KidHero Kid Heroes]].
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Florinda [[ChildrenForcedToKill singlehandedly defeats]] the BigBad.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': There is no TagalongKid.
* '''Enforced''': "We need [[KidAppealCharacter someone to appeal to younger viewers]]. Let's add a CheerfulChild to the main cast."
* '''Lampshaded''': "We shouldn't take the kid into the villain's castle." "Where else is she going to go? We can't leave her out here by herself."
* '''Invoked''': Bob takes Florinda with him because she's too little to stay home by herself.
* '''Exploited''': A villain kidnaps Florinda to create a diversion for the heroes.
* '''Defied''': Bob is sensible enough to know that a villain's hideout is no place for a child, and finds a sitter for Florinda.
* '''Discussed''': Bob tells Alan, "If I can't find a sitter tonight, Florinda's coming with us to fight [[BigBad Captain Nogood]]."
* '''Conversed''': "What kind of heroes are they? They shouldn't let that little kid tag along with them."
* '''Played For Drama''': Florinda is seriously injured and has to go to a hospital. Bob blames himself, beats himself up about it for months, and is eventually DrivenToSuicide.
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[[TagalongKid Go home, kid! This is no place for you!]]
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