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1	'''Basic Trope''': Everyone in a work is somehow related.
2	* '''Straight''': Over the course of ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'', Bob finds out TheLancer Alice is his half-sister, BigBad Charles is his father, and TricksterMentor Diana is his paternal aunt.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': And that one innkeeper he once stayed with is his second cousin once removed. Who knew?
4	* '''Downplayed''': Bob only discovers Alice is his half-sister over the course of ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia''.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Diana kidnapped baby Bob from Charles and tried to raise him in ignorance of his evil heritage, but still surrounded by family.
7	** ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' is about several royal and noble families. They are all related through various historical marriages.
8	* '''Inverted''': Nobody in the series is related by blood; it seems that families don't exist in the story.
9	* '''Subverted''': The old Charles family tree doesn't list Bob as his son or Alice as his daughter, thus they are not his children.
10	* '''Double Subverted''': But the DNA test says that indeed they are.
11	* '''Parodied''': Every character Bob meets on his journeys is somehow a blood relative of his.
12	* '''Zigzagged:''' There are many characters in Bob's journey that aren't related to him, but there are quite a few who are.
13	* '''Averted''': No one is related to anyone.
14	* '''Enforced''': "So, if Alice isn't Bob's love interest, she needs a reason to follow him on his quest. Let's make them brother and sister."
15	* '''Lampshaded''':
16	** The Charles family tree is the size of a large room.
17	** [[TalkingAnimal "Hi Bob, my name is Ethan. You don't know this yet, but I'm your mother's sister's dog's cousin."]]
18	* '''Invoked''': Charles, back in his younger days, ReallyGotAround, and thus has several dozen sons and daughters running around the town.
19	* '''Exploited''': A con artist poses as a relative of Bob's, knowing he is related to much of the town, to scam him.
20	* '''Defied''': We learn that, after a GroinAttack, Charles was left infertile long before Alice and Bob could have been born, so he could not be their father and Diana could not be their aunt.
21	* '''Discussed''': ???
22	* '''Conversed''': ???
23	* '''Implied''': We see the Charles family tree is quite large, and notice many familiar names around the tree.
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29	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
30	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
31	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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