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** Alice and Bob are second generation immigrants, their grandparents are still living in the OldCountry.

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** Alice and Bob are second generation immigrants, their grandparents are still living in the OldCountry.TheOldCountry.

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* '''Justified''': The characters live in an area with an extremely short life expectancy.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The characters live in an area with an extremely short life expectancy.expectancy.
** Alice and Bob are second generation immigrants, their grandparents are still living in the OldCountry.
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** No one has ''any'' extended family, period. [[NuclearFamily The only relatives]] we see for each character are their siblings ([[OnlyChildSyndrome if they have any]]) and one or both parents.

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** No one has ''any'' extended family, period. [[NuclearFamily The only relatives]] we see for each character are their siblings ([[OnlyChildSyndrome if (if they have any]]) any) and one or both parents.

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* '''Enforced''': "We don't want any irrelevant grandparents cluttering up the cast. [[LawOfConservationOfDetail It would be too confusing]], and [[EconomyCast we can't afford more actors than we need]]."

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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"We don't want any irrelevant grandparents cluttering up the cast. [[LawOfConservationOfDetail It would be too confusing]], and [[EconomyCast we can't afford more actors than we need]].""
** Protagonist Alice is orphaned at a young age, and the directors decide it would seem more tragic if she was sent to live at the OrphanageOfFear instead of grandparents.

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'''Basic Trope''': None of the characters have any grandparents.
* '''Straight''': No one has any grandparents. If we see any extended family, it's uncles or aunts.
* '''Exaggerated''': No one has ''any'' extended family, period. [[NuclearFamily The only relatives]] we see for each character are their siblings ([[OnlyChildSyndrome if they have any]]) and one or both parents.
* '''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob each have one living grandparent, but no one else does.

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'''Basic Trope''': None of the characters have any grandparents.
Grandparents are never seen and are only rarely (if ever) mentioned.
* '''Straight''': No one has None of the characters appear to have any living grandparents. If we see any extended family, it's [[{{Nephewism}} uncles or aunts.
aunts]], and if ancestors are mentioned, they are at least great-grandparents.
* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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No one has ''any'' extended family, period. [[NuclearFamily The only relatives]] we see for each character are their siblings ([[OnlyChildSyndrome if they have any]]) and one or both parents.
** No grandparents or other ancestors are ever mentioned.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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AliceAndBob each have one living grandparent, but no one else does.else's grandparents are mentioned.
** Grandparents are occasionally mentioned, but only dead ones.



* '''Inverted''': We see all four grandparents (and both parents) of each character, including characters who ''themselves'' are too old to realistically be alive.

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* '''Inverted''': We see [[TheClan all four grandparents (and both parents) of each character, character]], including characters who ''themselves'' are too old to realistically be alive.



* '''Enforced''': "We don't want any irrelevant grandparents cluttering up the cast. It would be too confusing."

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* '''Enforced''': "We don't want any irrelevant grandparents cluttering up the cast. [[LawOfConservationOfDetail It would be too confusing.confusing]], and [[EconomyCast we can't afford more actors than we need]]."

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* '''Invoked''': No one in [[BadFuture Futuretropia]] is [[WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture allowed to live past 55]] due to overpopulation.

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* '''Invoked''': No one in [[BadFuture Futuretropia]] Tropeland]] is [[WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture allowed to live past 55]] due to overpopulation.



* '''Defied''': The government of Futuretropia extends the legal lifespan limit to 75, so future generations will get to know their grandparents.
* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Defied''': The government of Futuretropia extends the legal lifespan limit to 75, so future generations will get to know their grandparents.
* '''Discussed''': ???"Why did you just assume I didn't have any grandparents? It's not like our town has a particularly short life expectancy."



* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice tells her parents, "It's a good thing I don't have any grandparents, because you two are all the family I need."
* '''Played For Drama''': Charlie is [[CynicismCatalyst depressed]] because he really misses his grandparents. His depression drives him to insanity and eventually causes him to [[FaceHeelTurn become evil]].



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** EconomyCast
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* '''Invoked''': No one in [[BadFuture Futuretropia]] is [[WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture allowed to live past 60]] due to overpopulation.

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* '''Invoked''': No one in [[BadFuture Futuretropia]] is [[WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture allowed to live past 60]] 55]] due to overpopulation.



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

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* '''Defied''': ???The government of Futuretropia extends the legal lifespan limit to 75, so future generations will get to know their grandparents.
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* '''Exaggerated''': No one has ''any'' extended family, period. The only relatives we see for each character are their siblings ([[OnlyChildSyndrome if they have any]]) and one or both parents.

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* '''Exaggerated''': No one has ''any'' extended family, period. [[NuclearFamily The only relatives relatives]] we see for each character are their siblings ([[OnlyChildSyndrome if they have any]]) and one or both parents.



* '''Implied''': Some grandparents are ''mentioned'', but never seen, implying that they are all dead.

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* '''Implied''': Some characters' grandparents are ''mentioned'', mentioned, but never seen, implying they are always referred to in the past tense (e.g. "My mother tells me my grandmother ''was'' a great cook.") and none are ever seen. This strongly implies that they are all dead.
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* '''Inverted''': We see all four grandparents (and both parents) of each character, including characters who are ''themselves'' unrealistically old.

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* '''Inverted''': We see all four grandparents (and both parents) of each character, including characters who are ''themselves'' unrealistically old.are too old to realistically be alive.



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???Hoping to ambush the heroes, the BigBad hides in the cemetery, knowing that all the heroes' grandparents are buried there.
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* '''Inverted''': We see all four grandparents of each character.

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* '''Inverted''': We see all four grandparents (and both parents) of each character.character, including characters who are ''themselves'' unrealistically old.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"Ever notice how there are no grandparents on this show? What's up with that?"
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob each have one living grandparent, but no one else does.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob AliceAndBob each have one living grandparent, but no one else does.



* '''Invoked''': No one is allowed to live past 60 due to overpopulation.

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* '''Invoked''': No one in [[BadFuture Futuretropia]] is [[WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture allowed to live past 60 60]] due to overpopulation.
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'''Basic Trope''': None of the characters have any grandparents.
* '''Straight''': No one has any grandparents. If we see any extended family, it's uncles or aunts.
* '''Exaggerated''': No one has ''any'' extended family, period. The only relatives we see for each character are their siblings ([[OnlyChildSyndrome if they have any]]) and one or both parents.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob each have one living grandparent, but no one else does.
* '''Justified''': The characters live in an area with an extremely short life expectancy.
* '''Inverted''': We see all four grandparents of each character.
* '''Subverted''': No grandparents are seen at first, but then Bob's grandfather - who lives far away - comes for a visit.
* '''Double Subverted''': Neither of Bob's parents recognizes the mysterious CoolOldGuy claiming to be Bob's grandfather; it turns out he was lying, and is really a villain.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Most characters have at least one living grandparent, and some have all four.
* '''Enforced''': "We don't want any irrelevant grandparents cluttering up the cast. It would be too confusing."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why haven't we met anyone's grandparents? Are they all dead or what?"
* '''Invoked''': No one is allowed to live past 60 due to overpopulation.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Some grandparents are ''mentioned'', but never seen, implying that they are all dead.
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