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May 11th 2024 at 5:26:30 AM

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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Parodied in the "Little Orphan Cassidy" sketch. After Cassidy (Chloe Troast) is passed over for adoption again, she sings a song to Mr. Moon (Timothee Chalamet), where she wonders why no one wants to adopt her. It soon emerges that there are several legitimate reasons why, starting with the fact Cassidy is actually ''27 years old''.
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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Parodied {{Parodied|Trope}} in the "Little Orphan Cassidy" sketch. After Cassidy (Chloe Troast) is passed over for adoption again, she sings a song to Mr. Moon (Timothee Chalamet), where she wonders why no one wants to adopt her. It soon emerges that there are several legitimate reasons why, starting with the fact Cassidy is actually ''27 years old''.

May 10th 2024 at 11:54:32 PM

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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', Anya was adopted and returned by four foster families in the past, implicitly due to her {{Telepathy}}.
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', ''Manga/SPYxFamily'', Anya was adopted and returned by four foster families in the past, implicitly due to her {{Telepathy}}.

May 10th 2024 at 1:01:45 PM

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----Proposed indices: AdoptAnIndex, OrphanedIndex, {{Youngsters}}
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----Proposed indices: AdoptAnIndex, OrphanedIndex, {{Youngsters}}----

May 10th 2024 at 1:01:45 PM

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An orphan that no one adopts. (adopted by [=AquaEclipse=]; '''launching Friday/Saturday''')
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An orphan that no one adopts. (adopted by [=AquaEclipse=]; '''launching Friday/Saturday''')Friday/Saturday, final call''')

May 7th 2024 at 5:28:55 PM

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An orphan that no one adopts. (adopted by [=AquaEclipse=])
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An orphan that no one adopts. (adopted by [=AquaEclipse=])[=AquaEclipse=]; '''launching Friday/Saturday''')

May 7th 2024 at 5:27:29 PM

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Oftentimes, the nicer orphans ''do'' end up getting adopted by the end of the story. Alternately, getting adopted after years of failure is the premise of the story. Sometimes, this involves mentions of the child being "returned" repeatedly by parents who couldn't stand them.
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Oftentimes, the nicer orphans ''do'' end up getting adopted by the end of the story. Alternately, getting adopted after years of failure is ''is'' the premise of the story. Sometimes, this involves mentions of the child being "returned" repeatedly by parents who couldn't stand them.

May 7th 2024 at 5:26:52 PM

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An orphan who doesn't find themselves getting adopted. (adopted by [=AquaEclipse=])
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An orphan who doesn't find themselves getting adopted.that no one adopts. (adopted by [=AquaEclipse=])

May 7th 2024 at 9:55:47 AM

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* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/RedThreadSisters''.
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* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/RedThreadSisters''.''Literature/RedThreadSisters'': PlayedForDrama.

May 7th 2024 at 9:55:24 AM

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* The titular ''Literature/OliverTwist'' is born in a workhouse, i.e. into poverty in a time period where relief towards them was discouraged, starts out being under the brutal employment of authority figures, and is plagued by many misfortunes throughout the story, even after fleeing his original circumstances after the first few chapters.* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/RedThreadSisters''. After being abandoned by her family after the birth of her younger brother (due to the One Child Policy in China), the 11-year-old protagonist Wen spent many years of her childhood in an orphanage as a "waiting child" before being adopted at the start of the story. The story itself is interspersed with flashbacks to her childhood, where Wen recalls children being sent back to the orphanage for being "bad" and ungrateful, and trying to be the best daughter she can so the same fate wouldn't befall upon her. Meanwhile, there are repeated mentions to how older children are less likely to be adopted than babies, and the main plot revolves around Wen trying to ensure her disabled best friend from the orphanage, Shu Ling, is adopted and brought to America like herself before she ages out of being adoptable at all under the orphanage's policy.
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* The titular ''Literature/OliverTwist'' is born in a workhouse, i.e. into poverty in a time period where relief towards them was discouraged, starts out being under the brutal employment of authority figures, figures and is plagued by many misfortunes throughout the story, even after fleeing his original circumstances after the first few chapters.* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/RedThreadSisters''. ''Literature/RedThreadSisters''.** After being abandoned by her family after the birth of her younger brother (due to the One Child Policy in China), the 11-year-old protagonist Wen spent many years of her childhood in an orphanage as a "waiting child" before being adopted at the start of the story. The story itself is interspersed with flashbacks to her childhood, where Wen recalls children being sent back to the orphanage for being "bad" and ungrateful, and trying to be the best daughter she can so the same fate wouldn't befall upon her. her.** Meanwhile, there are repeated mentions to how older children are less likely to be adopted than babies, and the main plot revolves around Wen trying to ensure her disabled best friend from the orphanage, Shu Ling, is adopted and brought to America like herself before she ages out of being adoptable at all under the orphanage's policy.

May 7th 2024 at 9:49:25 AM

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* Lux in ''Series/LifeUnexpected'' has been passed over for adoption because she has a heart defect that needs to be surgically fixed.

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* Lux in ''Series/LifeUnexpected'' has been passed over for adoption because she has a heart defect that needs to be surgically fixed.

Apr 19th 2024 at 1:21:17 PM

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[[folder:Fan Works]]* In the ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' fan series ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2332319 The Aizawa-Yamada Family]]'', Hitoshi sees himself as unadoptable because his brainwash quirk is seen as villainous and all of his prior foster parents returned him to the group home when they found out his quirk. He is in disbelief when Aizawa and Yamada say they want to adopt him.[[/folder]]

Apr 18th 2024 at 6:49:56 AM

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* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/RedThreadSisters''. After being abandoned by her family after the birth of her younger brother (due to the One Child Policy in China), the 11-year-old protagonist Wen spent many years of her childhood in an orphanage as a "waiting child" before being adopted at the start of the story. The story itself is interspersed with flashbacks to her childhood, where Wen recalls children being sent back to the orphanage for being "bad" and ungrateful, and trying to be the best daughter she can so the same fate wouldn't befall upon her. Meanwhile, there are repeated mentions to how older children are less likely to be adopted than babies, and the main plot revolves around Wen trying to ensure her best friend from the orphanage, Shu Ling, is adopted and brought to America like herself before she ages out of being adoptable at all under the orphanage's policy.
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* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/RedThreadSisters''. After being abandoned by her family after the birth of her younger brother (due to the One Child Policy in China), the 11-year-old protagonist Wen spent many years of her childhood in an orphanage as a "waiting child" before being adopted at the start of the story. The story itself is interspersed with flashbacks to her childhood, where Wen recalls children being sent back to the orphanage for being "bad" and ungrateful, and trying to be the best daughter she can so the same fate wouldn't befall upon her. Meanwhile, there are repeated mentions to how older children are less likely to be adopted than babies, and the main plot revolves around Wen trying to ensure her disabled best friend from the orphanage, Shu Ling, is adopted and brought to America like herself before she ages out of being adoptable at all under the orphanage's policy.

Apr 17th 2024 at 8:28:36 PM

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Alternately, the orphan could be a perfectly decent person, but either face extraordinary circumstances that prevent them from finding a family, or be passed aside due to lack of interest from potential parents. A common reason for this lack of interest may be their age, as younger children are generally perceived to be more adoptable than older ones, or that they have a medical condition that causes them to require extra care.
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Alternately, the orphan could be a perfectly decent person, but either face extraordinary circumstances that prevent them from finding a family, or be passed aside due to lack of interest from potential parents. A common reason for this lack of interest may be their age, as younger children are generally perceived to be more adoptable than older ones, or that they have a medical condition or disability that causes them to require extra care.care, which potential parents may not be able to afford on top of adopting a child in general.

Apr 17th 2024 at 10:54:31 AM

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* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloGoToMars'': {{Implied|Trope}} with Orville, a {{Manchild}} who's thirty-eight but somehow still living in the Hideaway Orphans Home and, despite his age and his responsibilities there[[note]]he's shown watching out for the other kids and one of the supervisors is heard asking him to take care of the lawn shortly before the main plot kicks off[[/note]], is still considered one of the orphans waiting to be adopted.

Apr 16th 2024 at 10:04:13 AM

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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', Anya was a Weirdo Orphan having been adopted and returned by four foster families in the past, implicitly due to her {{Telepathy}}.
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', Anya was a Weirdo Orphan having been adopted and returned by four foster families in the past, implicitly due to her {{Telepathy}}.

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