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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25 | Back to EveryoneIsRelated |
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27 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
28 | %% |
29 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
30 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
31 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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