Basic Trope: A dying character tells someone to take care of their children.
- Straight: Bob is dying and asks Charlie to take care of his children when he dies.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob has over 20 children and asks Charlie to take care of all of them.
- Many characters die and ask Charlie to take care of their children.
- Downplayed: Bob isn't dying, but is injured or is going to be away for a while, so he asks Charlie to take care of his kids while he's gone.
- Justified:
- Charlie is Bob's longtime friend. Bob trusts Charlie enough that he'll take care of them.
- Charlene ('charlie' to her loved ones) is Bob's wife.
- Charlie is dating Bob's only kid, saying this is quicker than to explicitly approve of it and given how little time he has left…
- Charlie was a nearby stranger and Bob hoped he could be trusted to take care of his children.
- Inverted: Bob is dying and asks Charlie to take care of his Elderly Parents when he dies.
- Subverted:
- It turns out it was part of Bob's prank.
- It looked as thought Bob is dying and asks Charlie to take care of his children, but it turns out he was talking to someone else.
- It's revealed that Bob doesn't have children.
- Double Subverted: Eventually, Bob is in the verge of dying for real.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Bob doesn't ask Charlie to look after his children.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: Bob was not aware that Charlie isn't good with children or has no desire to look after them because he is childfree.
- Reconstructed: Nevertheless, Charlie tries his best to look after Bob's children for his sake. Or if he doesn't feel up to task in raising his children, he gives them up for adoption.
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