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Those characters are all unmarried, and since StatusQuoIsGod, they won't ''get'' married. So therefore, since these are children's show characters, they'll never have children.

** The instruction booklet of ''DonkeyKong64'' (in the words of [[SelfDemonstrating/CrankyKong Cranky Kong]]) describes Diddy as "Donkey's little nephew wannabe." Given that they're different species (Donkey's a gorilla and Diddy's a monkey) the likelihood of them actually being related is extremely small, but the Kong family itself seems to be very diverse, spanning many different species of ape, indicating that one needs only be a primate to be called 'Kong'. The quote itself seems to derive from either a writer on the Rare Scribes website (who postulated that Diddy was DK's nephew), or DK's in-game data in SuperSmashBros (although it should be mentioned that this was added to the English localization and wasn't in the Japanese version, suggesting this was never Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s intention).

** Apparently, viewers of the ''Saturday Supercade'' cartoon claim that Pauline was said to be Mario's niece back when it aired. This would be a typical example, if not for the fact that [[HilariousInHindsight we know who Mario's brother is]].

** The instruction booklet of ''DonkeyKong64'' (in the words of [[SelfDemonstrating/CrankyKong Cranky Kong]]) describes Diddy as "Donkey's little nephew wannabe." Given that they're different species (Donkey's a gorilla and Diddy's a monkey) the likelihood of them actually being related is extremely small, but the Kong family itself seems to be very diverse, spanning many different species of ape, indicating that one needs only be a primate to be called 'Kong'. The quote itself seems to derive from either a writer on the Rare Scribes website (who postulated that Diddy was DK's nephew), or DK's in-game data in SuperSmashBros. (although it should be mentioned that this was added to the English localization and wasn't in the Japanese version, suggesting this was never Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s intention).

** Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s strategy guide for ''DonkeyKong64'' claims that Diddy is the big ape's nephew. This doesn't appear to be true in the games themselves. Given that they're different species (Donkey's a Mountain gorilla and Diddy's a chimpanzee) the likelihood of them being related is extremely small, but the Kong family seems to be very diverse, spanning many different species of ape, suggesting that in the DK Universe one needs only be a primate to be called 'Kong'.

** In the ''Saturday Supercade'' cartoon, Pauline was said to be Mario's niece. This would be a typical example, if not for the fact that [[HilariousInHindsight we know who Mario's brother is]].

*** Minnie got a pair of nieces.

** Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s strategy guide for ''DonkeyKong64'' claims that Diddy is the big ape's nephew. This doesn't appear to be true in the games themselves.
*** Various sources have described Diddy as DK's nephew, not just the strategy guide. Given that they're different species (Donkey's a Mountain gorilla and Diddy's a chimpanzee) the likelihood of them being related is extremely small, but the Kong family seems to be very diverse, spanning many different species of ape, suggesting that in the DK Universe one needs only be a monkey to be called 'Kong'.

** Donald had a sister (called "Dumbella Duck" in "Donald's Nephews", the theatrical cartoon that introduced Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and "Della Duck" in the comics by Al Taliaferro), who apparently saddled him with her kids and then [[BrotherChuck dropped off the face of the Earth]].

* The title character of JamesBond, Jr. is actually Bond's ''nephew''. Of course, this hasn't stopped rampant speculation that he's an illegitimate son (this is ''James Bond'' we're talking about here, so there are many opportunities for such children, Bond even impregnated Kissy Suzuki in Ian Fleming's Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice).

* The title character of JamesBond, Jr. is actually Bond's ''nephew''. Of course, this hasn't stopped rampant speculation that he's an illegitimate son (this is ''James Bond'' we're talking about here, so there are many opportunities for such children, Bond even impregnated Kissy Suzuki in Ian Fleming's YouOnlyLiveTwice).

* ''[[ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo]]'''s nephew Scrappy, whose attempts to inject cuteness and humor into the show [[TheScrappy backfired horribly and became a trope unto itself]].

*** DonRosa developed the [=McDuck=] family history into a generation-spanning saga that's one of the deepest Disney comic works. You can get the official family tree [[http://duckman.pettho.com/tree/american.html here.]]

* In the Scrappy Age of Animation (1980s), PlasticMan in his animated series was given a son in the second season. Unlike most of his contemporary toons, Plas actually married his long-time girlfriend and had a kid. An odd fate for Hugh Hefner's favorite superhero.

** A fun example occurs with Jose ("Zé") Carioca. Back in the day when they were running out of stories, they started inserting Zé into unlocalized Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse comics. Thus, Zé's Nephews, Zica and Zeca, exist solely because they needed to replace Huey, Duey, and Louie in stories where Zé was taking Donald Duck's place.

* In Catdog, Rancid Rabbit had a convenient niece who was even ''named'' after him as Rancy.

** As the series wore on into the 1950s, the number of nephews dropped to three, and then two. Clearly done in the name of animation economy, but it always worried me a bit.

* Sonic of ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' only ever referred to his uncle Chuck, not his mother or father (though everyone had missing parents, what with Robotnik Roboticizing them).
** Sonic's Parents appear in the comics.
*** Better: It's essentially Chuck's own fault he suffers from {{Nephewism}}. Chuck originally devised the roboticizer with medical applications in mind, and is forced to use his brother Jules, Sonic's dad, as a test subject when he's grievously injured. When it turned his beloved brother into a mindless automaton as an unforeseen side effect of healing him, he abandoned the project, which ultimately allowed Robotnik to find it and use it to get cheap labor for his takeover campaign.

** The strangest thing about Poopeye (aside from his name; seriously, what self-respecting person would answer to that?) is that he and his brothers first appeared in an episode where Olive Oyl ''dreamed about'' what might happen if she married Popeye and they had children.
*** That cartoon, "Bride And Gloom", came twelve years after the nephews' first short.

Note: The concept of an uncle at least looking after a child is an old tradition: if a parent died, the uncle would become the foster father (and in many cases marry the [[NotBloodSiblings mother]]). For instance: [[TheLordOfTheRings The Hobbit]], Literature/HarryPotter, {{Spiderman}}, StarWars, etc. In some cultures, (such as the [[{{Troperiffic}} ludicrously-often-used-for-examples]] Trobriand Islanders), the uncle is the "standard" parent while fathers have very little to do with raising their biological children (they're busy raising their sister's children instead, obviously).