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* Wendy Moira Angelina, John, and Michael Darling from ''Disney/PeterPan''.

* PJ, Teddy, and Gabe in GoodLuckCharlie, before the titular baby Charlene came into the picture. Gabe is no longer the baby of the family, and this dynamic plays out with PJ, Teddy, and Charlie now.

* On the opposite, the youngest is far from them, between five and 14 years.

* Just because he can't walk or talk yet does not mean that the infant sibling is [[TheLoad good for nothing]] or powerless. On the contrary, he is often shown to be the most powerful in family ([[TheIncredibles Jack-Jack Parr]]), or a BrainyBaby, a LittleMissBadass, ([[TheSimpsons Maggie Simpson]], [[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Sunny Baudelaire]]), or even a KillerRabbit ([[TheAddamsFamily Pubert Addams]], [[FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]]). Even when he is only the PluckyComicRelief for most of the story, the baby can save the day at the very end as the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] (Maggie in ''TheSimpsonsMovie'', Jack-Jack in ''The Incredibles'', Pubert in ''Addams Family Values'').

The reason? Brother and Sister have the target audience's age, and allow everyone in the audience to identify himself with the sibling of the same gender. The baby is a substitute for a child with his siblings as "parents". It also allows the writers to have starring characters for AlwaysMale and AlwaysFemale plots or tropes, and the baby as a child substitute, a third man or younger sibling role. The sex of the baby varies as gender doesn't make as much of a difference for infant characters.

* Dash, Violet and Jack-Jack Parr in ''TheIncredibles''.

* Just because he can't walk or talk yet does not mean that the infant sibling is [[TheLoad good for nothing]] or powerless. On the contrary, he is often shown to be the most powerful in family ([[TheIncredibles Jack-Jack Parr]]), or a genius, a LittleMissBadass, ([[TheSimpsons Maggie Simpson]], [[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Sunny Baudelaire]]), or even a KillerRabbit ([[TheAddamsFamily Pubert Addams]], [[FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]]). Even when he is only the PluckyComicRelief for most of the story, the baby can save the day at the very end as the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] (Maggie in ''TheSimpsonsMovie'', Jack-Jack in ''The Incredibles'', Pubert in ''Addams Family Values'').

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* Just because he can't walk or talk yet does not mean that the infant sibling is [[TheLoad good for nothing]] or powerless. On the contrary, he is often shown to be the most powerful in family ([[TheIncredibles Jack Incredible]]), or a genius, a LittleMissBadass, ([[TheSimpsons Maggie Simpson]], [[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Sunny Baudelaire]]), or even a KillerRabbit ([[TheAddamsFamily Pubert Addams]], [[FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]]). Even when he is only the PluckyComicRelief for most of the story, the baby can save the day at the very end as the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] (Maggie in ''TheSimpsonsMovie'', Jack-Jack in ''The Incredibles'', Pubert in ''Addams Family Values'').

* Just because he can't walk or talk yet does not mean that the infant sibling is [[TheLoad good for nothing]] or powerless. On the contrary, he is often shown to be the most powerful in family (Jack Incredible), or a genius, a LittleMissBadass, (Maggie Simpson, Sunny Beaudelaire), or even a KillerRabbit (Pubert Addams, Stewie Griffin). Even when he is only the PluckyComicRelief for most of the story, the baby can save the day at the very end as the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] (Maggie in ''TheSimpsons Movie'', Jack-Jack in ''TheIncredibles'', Pubert in ''Addams Family Values'').

The reason? Brother and Sister have the target audience's age, and allow everyone in the audience to identify himself with the sibling of the same gender. The baby is a substitute for a child with his siblings as "parents". It also allows the writers to have starring characters for MaleOnly and FemaleOnly plots or tropes, and the baby as a child substitute, a third man or younger sibling role. The sex of the baby varies as gender doesn't make as much of a difference for infant characters.

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* Zoe, Hammie and Wren from ''BabyBlues''.

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The reason? Brother and Sister have the target audience's age, and allow everyone in the audience to identify himself with the sibling of the same gender. The baby is a substitute for a child with his siblings as "parents".

** The two elder siblings are very close in age, between one and three years. The eldest sibling can be either sex.
** On the opposite, the youngest is far from them, between five and 14 years.
** The boy and girl are between ages 7 and 15 years: not too young children, and not too old teens, either.
** The baby is not an infant: more like a toddler between 6 months and 2 years old, but before the age of learning to talk.
** Just because he can't walk or talk yet does not mean that the infant sibling is [[TheLoad good for nothing]] or powerless. On the contrary, he is often shown to be the most powerful in family (Jack Incredible), or a genius, a LittleMissBadass, (Maggie Simpson, Sunny Beaudelaire), or even a KillerRabbit (Pubert Addams, Stewie Griffin). Even when he is only the PluckyComicRelief for most of the story, the baby can save the day at the very end as the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] (Maggie in ''TheSimpsons Movie'', Jack-Jack in ''TheIncredibles'', Pubert in ''Addams Family Values'').

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Or a Boy, a Girl and Baby siblings. Not only the three kids families are common in TV land,but often made with a boy,a girl, and a baby wich sex can be equally male or female (nearly 50/50% ratio).

And that kind of family have immutable rules:
** The two olders are very close in age (between 1 and 3 years). The oldest's gender is very variable.
** On the opposite, the youngest is far from them (between 5 and 14 years).
** The boy and girl are between 7 and 15 years old: not too young children,and not too old teens as well.
** The baby is not an infant: more like a toddler between 6 months and 2 years old (but before the age of learning to talk).
** Just because he can't walk or talk yet does not mean that the infant sibling is [[TheLoad good for nothing]] or powerless. On the contrary, he is often shown to be the most powerful in family (Jack Incredible), or a genius, a LittleMissBadass, (Maggie Simpson,Sunny Beaudelaire), or even a KillerRabbit (Pubert Addams,Stewie Griffin). Even when he is only the PluckyComicRelief for most of the story, he can save the day at the very end as the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] (Maggie in TheSimpsons Movie, Jack-Jack in TheIncredibles,Pubert in The Addams's Family values).

The reason? Brother and Sister have the target audience's age; and allow everyone in the audience to identify himself with the sibling of his/her own gender. The baby is a substitute for a child with his siblings as "parents".

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* Hammie, Zoe, and Wren from ''BabyBlues''.

* Nick, Amy and Adam Szalinski in ''HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' franchise( altough they didn't appear together).

* Peter, Valentine, and Ender in ''EndersGame''.

* Robbie, Charlene, and Baby in ''{{Dinosaurs}}''.

* Bart ,Lisa and Maggie Simpson in ''TheSimpsons''.

* Arthur, DW, and Baby Kate in ''{{Arthur}}''.
* Cleveland Jr., Roberta, and Rollo in ''TheClevelandShow''.

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* Dash,Violet and Jack-Jack Parr in ''TheIncredibles''.

* Klaus,Violet and Sunny Baudelaire in ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''.
* Pugsley,Wednesday and Pubert Addams in the second movie of ''TheAddamsFamily''.
* Nick,Amy and Adam Szalinski in ''HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' franchise( altough they didn't appear together).

* Bart,Lisa and Maggie Simpson in ''TheSimpsons''.
* Chris,Meg and Stewie Griffin in ''FamilyGuy''.

* Bart,Lisa and Maggie Simpson in ''TheSimpsons''.
* Klaus,Violet and Sunny Baudelaire in ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''.

* Chris,Meg and Stewie Griffin in ''FamilyGuy''.

* Hammie, Zoe, and Wren from ''BabyBlues''.

* Peter, Valentine, and Ender in ''EndersGame''.

* Fievel, Tanya and Tasha Mouskewitz in ''AnAmericanTail''.

Or a Boy, a Girl and Baby siblings. Not only the three kids families are common in TV land,but often made with a boy,a girl, and a baby wich sex can be equally male or female.(nearly 50/50% ratio)

** The two olders are very close in age (between 1 and 3 years).The oldest's gender is very variable.
** On the opposite,the youngest is far from them (between 5 and 14 years)

** The baby is not a baby infant: more a toddler between 6 months and 2 years old (before the age of talk learning)
** It's not because he can't walk or even talk yet that the infant sibling is good for nothing or useless.On the contrary,he can save the day at the very end because he's a genius, a LittleMissBadass, (Maggie Simpson,Sunny Beaudelaire),the most powerful in family (Jack Incredible)or even a KillerRabbit (Pubert Addams,Stewie Griffin).

The reason? Brother and Sister have the targeted audience age;and are mixed for everyone in the audience can identify himself with the sibling of his/her own gender.The baby is not for identification: more like a substitution child with his siblings as "parents" ,a PluckyComicRelief,or as he posseses special abilities, the end's [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] (Maggie in TheSimpsons Movie, Jack-Jack in TheIncredibles,Pubert in The Addams's Family values.).

See also SiblingTeam

Exemples:

* Bart,Lisa and Maggie Simpson in TheSimpsons.
* Klaus,Violet and Sunny Baudelaire in ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents.
* Dash,Violet and Jack-Jack Parr in TheIncredibles.
* Chris,Meg and Stewie Griffin in FamilyGuy.
* Pugsley,Wednesday and Pubert Addams in the second movie of TheAddamsFamily.
* Nick,Amy and Adam Szalinski in HoneyIShrunkTheKids franchise(altough they didn't appear together)
* Robbie, Charlene, and Baby in {{Dinosaurs}}
* Hammie, Zoe, and Wren from BabyBlues
* Arthur, DW, and Baby Kate in {{Arthur}}
* Peter, Valentine, and Ender in EndersGame
* Cleveland Jr., Roberta, and Rollo in TheClevelandShow
* Fievel, Tanya and Tasha Mouskewitz in AnAmericanTail

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