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* BabyAsPayment: A child is used as payment for something and (usually) raised by the adult that paid for them.

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* AdoptedIntoRoyalty: Someone gets adopted into a royal family.



* AdoptedIntoRoyalty: Someone gets adopted into a royal family.



* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Someone claims to be a different sort of relative (e.g. a parent pretends to be a sister, a grandparent pretends to be a parent, etc)

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* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Someone claims to be a different sort of relative (e.g. a parent pretends to be a sister, a grandparent pretends to be a parent, etc)etc.)



* NewParentNomenclatureProblem: Someone who was adopted or similar but their birth parents are still alive feels unsure about calling the person "mom" or "dad".

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* NewParentNomenclatureProblem: Someone who was adopted or similar but their whose birth parents are still alive feels unsure about calling the person "mom" or "dad".



* RedHeadedStepchild: A redhead who's teased for being ginger (not necessarily related to adoption but the name comes from adopted redheads.)
* ReplacementGoldfish: A character tries to replace their dead acquaintance (often their child by adopting another one.)
* ResentfulGuardian: A character is not happy about their new role of having to guard another character

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* RedHeadedStepchild: A redhead who's teased for being ginger (not necessarily related to adoption but the name comes from adopted redheads.)
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* ReplacementGoldfish: A character tries to replace their dead acquaintance (often their child by adopting another one.)
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* ResentfulGuardian: A character is not happy about their new role of having to guard another charactercharacter.
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* AdultAdoptee: Someone is adopted into a family despite being legally (almost) an adult.
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* CircusBrat: Often (but not always) an orphan or runaway who grows up with a circus or carnival.
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* CriminalFoundFamily: A group of criminals adopts each other.
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Welcome to the Tropes Adoption Agency. If you do not have a family, get yourself one here.

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Welcome to the Tropes Adoption Agency. If you do not have a family, an index, get yourself one here.
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* AdoptiveNameChange: A character gets their name changed upon being adopted.

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* AdoptiveNameChange: A character Someone gets their name changed upon being adopted.
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* AdoptiveNameChange: A character gets their name changed upon being adopted.
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* AdoptionAngst: A character finds out he/she is adopted, and doesn't take it well.
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* PlatonicCoParenting: A child is raised by two or more people who are not romantically involved, often having been adopted (officially or unofficially) by at least one of them.
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* MistakenSpeciesAdoption: Someone or something is adopted while being mistaken for another type of creature.
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* MistakenSpeciesAdoption: Someone or something is adopted while being mistaken for another type of creature.
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* RaisedByTheCommunity: An entire community of people not related to a child raise the child.
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* FamilyOfChoice: A group of friends see themselves as a family.

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* FamilyOfChoice: A group of friends see sees themselves as a family.



* AFatherToHisMen: A military leader acts like a parent to his (or her) inferiors.

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* AFatherToHisMen: A military leader acts like as a parent to his (or her) inferiors.



* LikeBrotherAndSister: Two best friends of the opposite genders who see each other like siblings and are occasionally [[MistakenForRomance falsely thought to be dating.]]

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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Two best friends of the opposite genders who see each other like as siblings and are occasionally [[MistakenForRomance falsely thought to be dating.]]



* RaisedByHumans: A sub-trope of Interspecies Adoption, where a human adopts an animal as their child rather than pet.

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* RaisedByHumans: A sub-trope of Interspecies Adoption, where a human adopts an animal as their child rather than pet.



* RaisedByWolves: Sub-trope of Interspecies Adoption and inversion of Raised by Humans. This is when animals raise a human kid.

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* RaisedByWolves: Sub-trope of Interspecies Adoption and inversion of Raised by Humans. This is when animals Animals raise a human kid.
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* RaisedByTheSupernatural: A supernatural being raises a non-supernatural child.
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* HumanRaisedByFairies: A human or human-like being raised by magical/supernatural creatures.
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* HumanRaisedByFairies: A human or human-like being raised by magic supernatural creatures.

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* HumanRaisedByFairies: A human or human-like being raised by magic supernatural magical/supernatural creatures.
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* HumanRaisedByFairies: A human or human-like being raised by magic supernatural creatures.
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* AnachronisticOrphanage

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* AnachronisticOrphanageAnachronisticOrphanage: A traditional orphanage in a setting where there logically shouldn't be one.
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* RaisedByRival: A child is raised by the rival or enemy of their parent.
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* AnachronisticOrphanage
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* AdoptTheFood: Turning a potential meal into a child or pet.
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* ResentfulGuardian: A character is not happy about their new role of having to guard another character
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* AdoptAServant: Someone adopts a child to work for them.
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If you do not have a family, get yourself one here.

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Welcome to the Tropes Adoption Agency. If you do not have a family, get yourself one here.

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* AbandonedPetInABox
* AdoptedToTheHouse
* AdoptionDiss
* AdoptedIntoRoyalty
* AdoptionIsNotAnOption
* AdoptivePeerParent
* ArtificialFamilyMember
* ChildrenRaiseYou
* DoorstopBaby
* EvilOrphan
* FamilyOfChoice
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo
* AFatherToHisMen
* FosterKid
* GoodStepmother
* HappilyAdopted
* HeartwarmingOrphan
* HeritageFaceTurn
* HonoraryUncle
* {{Imprinting}}
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe
* InterspeciesAdoption
* LikeASonToMe
* LikeBrotherAndSister
* MuggleFosterParents
* NewParentNomenclatureProblem
* ObliviousAdoption
* OrcRaisedByElves
* ParentalSubstitute
* PetBabyWildAnimal
* PromotionToParent
* RaisedByGrandparents
* RaisedByHumans
* RaisedByNatives
* RaisedByOrcs
* RaisedByRobots
* RaisedByWolves
* RedHeadedStepchild
* ReplacementGoldfish
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood
* TeamDad
* TeamMom
* WickedStepmother
* WildChild

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* AbandonedPetInABox
AbandonedPetInABox: A ([[CuteKitten usually]] [[PreciousPuppy young and adorable]]) cat or dog found in a cardboard box, who usually gets adopted by the hero.
* AdoptedToTheHouse
AdoptedToTheHouse: Taking in a homeless acquaintance until they can find a permanent home.
* AdoptionDiss
AdoptionDiss: An insult that has to do with being adopted.
* AdoptedIntoRoyalty
AdoptedIntoRoyalty: Someone gets adopted into a royal family.
* AdoptionIsNotAnOption
AdoptionIsNotAnOption: A couple wants a child but never considers adopting one, even if they hypothetically could.
* AdoptivePeerParent
AdoptivePeerParent: Someone adopts a son or daughter who's too old to be their biological child.
* ArtificialFamilyMember
ArtificialFamilyMember: Somebody who was made instead of born and sees their creator as family.
* ChildrenRaiseYou
ChildrenRaiseYou: Someone (usually an inexperienced parent) is forced to adopt a kid, who teaches them how to be a better person.
* DoorstopBaby
DoorstopBaby: Someone (usually the mom, although sometimes the dad or another person) leaves a baby on someone else's doorstep, usually leading to the person whose doorstep it is adopting the baby.
* EvilOrphan
EvilOrphan: A couple adopts an orphan (normally a young girl but sometimes a young boy) who turns out to be evil.
* FamilyOfChoice
FamilyOfChoice: A group of friends see themselves as a family.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo
FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Someone claims to be a different sort of relative (e.g. a parent pretends to be a sister, a grandparent pretends to be a parent, etc)
* AFatherToHisMen
AFatherToHisMen: A military leader acts like a parent to his (or her) inferiors.
* FosterKid
FosterKid: A child who's basically temporarily adopted.
* GoodStepmother
GoodStepmother: A stepmother who is benevolent and intelligent.
* HappilyAdopted
HappilyAdopted: A character is perfectly happy with being adopted.
* HeartwarmingOrphan
HeartwarmingOrphan: An orphan child who normally ends up being adopted and is a good character who makes the audience emotional.
* HeritageFaceTurn
HeritageFaceTurn: Someone has been fighting against a group, but then they find out that they were adopted and their biological parents were part of that group (or a variation) so they stop fighting against that group.
* HonoraryUncle
HonoraryUncle: Someone's parents' non-related friends call themselves the kids' uncles or aunts.
* {{Imprinting}}
{{Imprinting}}: A baby animal forms a bond with a person, another animal, or even an object, normally believing him/her/it to be a parent.
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe
ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Someone, usually a child, wants to adopt a cute animal or kid.
* InterspeciesAdoption
InterspeciesAdoption: Somebody adopts a child who's a different species.
* LikeASonToMe
LikeASonToMe: A character describes a younger friend as being like their son or daughter.
* LikeBrotherAndSister
LikeBrotherAndSister: Two best friends of the opposite genders who see each other like siblings and are occasionally [[MistakenForRomance falsely thought to be dating.]]
* MuggleFosterParents
MuggleFosterParents: A SuperHero raised by adoptive parents without powers.
* NewParentNomenclatureProblem
{{Nephewism}}: A child is brought up by their aunt or uncle.
* ObliviousAdoption
NewParentNomenclatureProblem: Someone who was adopted or similar but their birth parents are still alive feels unsure about calling the person "mom" or "dad".
* OrcRaisedByElves
ObliviousAdoption: Someone doesn't know they're adopted.
* ParentalSubstitute
OrcRaisedByElves: Someone from a villainous group is adopted by heroes.
* PetBabyWildAnimal
ParentalSubstitute: An adult and a child are good friends and the adult sort of acts as the child's parent.
* PromotionToParent
PetBabyWildAnimal: A child tries to keep a baby wild animal as a pet and either the pet dies, the pet must be set free, or the pet stays as a pet.
* RaisedByGrandparents
PromotionToParent: The eldest sibling acts like the younger siblings' parent.
* RaisedByHumans
RaisedByGrandparents: A child's grandparents raise them.
* RaisedByNatives
RaisedByHumans: A sub-trope of Interspecies Adoption, where a human adopts an animal as their child rather than pet.
* RaisedByOrcs
RaisedByNatives: An orphan child is adopted by people from a world different from the one the orphan is from.
* RaisedByRobots
RaisedByOrcs: A child is raised by a species that's mostly or [[AlwaysChaoticEvil always]] evil.
* RaisedByWolves
RaisedByRobots: A {{robot}} raises a non-robot child.
* RedHeadedStepchild
RaisedByWolves: Sub-trope of Interspecies Adoption and inversion of Raised by Humans. This is when animals raise a human kid.
* ReplacementGoldfish
RedHeadedStepchild: A redhead who's teased for being ginger (not necessarily related to adoption but the name comes from adopted redheads.)
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily
ReplacementGoldfish: A character tries to replace their dead acquaintance (often their child by adopting another one.)
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood
SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: A group of people who've been experimented on or created in a lab adopt each other as a family.
* TeamDad
SinkOrSwimFatherhood: A man is expected to raise his child but he's inexperienced.
* TeamMom
TeamDad: A bossy leader (or almost-leader) of a group, who's usually a man.
* WickedStepmother
TeamMom: Somebody, usually a woman, who is the friendly leader of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits.
* WildChildWickedStepmother: A stepmother who's mean to her stepchildren.
* WildChild: A child who grew up feral.
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* AdoptedIntoRoyalty
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* GoodStepmother

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