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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.
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43%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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45%%* '''Implied''': ???
46%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
47%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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