Basic Trope: An adult is mistaken for being the parent of a child.
- Straight: Alice and Bob are outside with Chris, and Diane asks them if Chris is their son. Alice and Bob are simply Chris's babysitters.
- Exaggerated:
- There are a whole bunch of kids Alice and Bob are with, and Diane assumes that all of them are their kids.
- Alice and Bob don't even know Chris, he's just a random kid that was near them at the park for a few seconds.
- Downplayed:
- Alice and Bob are related to Chris, but they're his aunt/uncle or something similar.
- Alice is Chris's mom, but Bob isn't (or vice versa).
- Justified: Chris does resemble Alice and Bob, so it's understandable that Diane would think he's their son.
- Inverted: Chris is Alice and Bob's son, but Diane thinks they're just babysitting.
- Subverted: Diane seems very excited about Alice and Bob being with a child, but she just thinks it's good they're getting a job and being responsible.
- Double Subverted: But then she says, "No, no, he must be your kid."
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Alice and Bob are with lots of kids - some of them are their children, and some aren't.
- Averted: No adults are mistaken to be the parents of a child.
- Enforced: "We need to establish early on that Alice and Bob don't actually have kids."
- Lampshaded: "Why does everyone think Chris is my kid? I'm sixteen, and we don't even look alike."
- Invoked: Bob intentionally arranges to babysit Chris so women will be attracted to him as a seeming single dad.
- Exploited: Bob has a crush on Alice, and uses the opportunity to enthusiastically insist they are a couple.
- Defied: Alice and Bob immediately clarify that they are just Chris's babysitters.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played for Drama: Alice is slut shamed when she is mistaken for a teen mom.
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