1 | '''Basic Trope''': A child character who is introduced mid-series. |
2 | * '''Straight''': In season 5 of ''Long Runner'', Billy becomes the SixthRanger. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Billy becomes a one-kid SpotlightStealingSquad |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Billy is introduced, but is mostly a background character. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Alice was PutOnABus when she had a baby, but TheBusCameBack, and she now has a little boy with her. |
7 | ** Billy is actually relevant to the plot. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': |
9 | ** Billy was [[KidAppealCharacter part of the cast from the beginning]]. |
10 | ** Alternatively, a CoolOldGuy (or other adult character) is added to the roster, in a series (such as a KidCom or a TeenDrama) where most of the characters are children or teenagers. |
11 | ** From his point of view, Billy feels he's pretty normal. It's his ''own cousin'' and the main cast he views as the CousinOliver. |
12 | * '''Subverted''': |
13 | ** Billy makes his first appearance and has ADayInTheLimelight, but is then promptly PutOnABus or DemotedToExtra. |
14 | ** Billy is an AscendedExtra. |
15 | ** Billy is an adult. |
16 | ** Billy is not the only child in the cast. |
17 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
18 | ** Billy ends up CommutingOnABus. |
19 | ** The extra screen time, and/or the fact that Billy becomes the CreatorsPet, causes the audience to [[TheScrappy dislike him]]. |
20 | ** Billy is a ManChild, OneOfTheKids, TheDitz, and/or TheMillstone. |
21 | ** But, he makes his appearance after the other child characters grow up and "stop being cute" [[RealLifeWritesThePlot (or their actors move onto bigger and better things)]]. |
22 | * '''Parodied''': ??? |
23 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
24 | * '''Averted''': |
25 | ** No child characters are introduced. |
26 | ** No new characters are introduced, period. |
27 | * '''Enforced''': |
28 | ** "We need to keep our characters "fresh" and possibly open up new plot possibilities". |
29 | ** The {{executive|Meddling}}s thought it'd be a good idea to add a TokenMiniMoe. |
30 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Nothing has been the same since that meddling kid joined our team!" |
31 | * '''Invoked''': AliceAndBob, the two protagonists, have a baby. |
32 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
33 | * '''Defied''': "No no! You tell Aunt Alice I am not babysitting my cousin Billy. In fact, I'll buy them both a bus ticket back to their home town!" |
34 | ** "But Mom! I don't wanna [[SixthRanger tag along]] with these stuffy grown-ups." |
35 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
36 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
37 | * '''Deconstructed''': Billy upsets the character dynamic, especially if he's the only child character, and especially if he's something of a MouthyKid or other annoyingly bratty type of kid. |
38 | * '''Reconstructed''': Billy meets another local kid in the neighborhood who's [[RememberTheNewGuy relevant to the story]], someone his age whose personality can bounce off his, someone who can make him relevant to the story as well. |
39 | * '''Played For Drama''': Billy is a LivingMacguffin. |
40 | ---- |
41 | Back to CousinOliver |
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43 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
44 | %% |
45 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
46 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
47 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
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