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'''Basic Trope''': A baby animal thinks someone else (usually a human) is its parent.
* '''Straight''': A baby bird thinks Alice is its mother.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** The baby bird thinks Alice is its ''father''.
** The baby bird thinks an ''inanimate object'' is its mother.
** The baby bird thinks a ''cat'' is its mother.
** The baby bird thinks Alice is its mother, Bob is its father, Carol is its aunt, Dave is its grandpa, etc.
** The whole cast meets a family of baby birds and everyone has a bird who thinks they're its mother or father.
* '''Downplayed''':
** The baby bird [[TalkingAnimal can talk]] and it ''asks'' Alice if she's its mother.
** The baby bird thinks its aunt is its mother.
* '''Justified''':
** The bird belongs to a type of species that bonds with the first animal it sees.
** The baby bird doesn't know what its species looks like.
** The baby bird thinks Alice [[InterspeciesAdoption adopted it]].
** Alice was disguised as a bird.
** Alice ''is'' another bird, but just not this one's mother.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is delusional and thinks a baby bird is her kid.
** A baby bird thinks its mother is a human.
* '''Subverted''': The baby bird loves Alice, but then it turns out that it knew she wasn't its mother.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Alice still has to explain that Bob isn't the bird's father.
* '''Parodied''': The baby bird can talk and it calls Bob, "Mommy". Bob doesn't mind being mistaken for the bird's parent but demands it call him "Daddy" instead.
* '''Zigzagged''': The bird has trouble deciding what to think of Alice, and wonders if she's its mother or sister or a predator or what.
* '''Averted''': The baby bird recognises that Alice is a human.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Do I look like a bird to you?"
* '''Invoked''': Alice tries to fool the baby bird into thinking she's its mother.
* '''Exploited''': The baby bird belongs to an aggressive species, so Alice thinks, "If it thinks I'm its mother, it won't hurt me!".
* '''Defied''': Alice avoids baby animals lest they think she's their mother.
* '''Discussed''': "What if they think I'm their mother when the eggs hatch?"
* '''Conversed''': "How come in that episode of ''Alice and Bob'', the baby bird thought Alice was its mother? She doesn't look anything ''like'' a bird!"
* '''Implied''': The baby bird follows Alice around.
* '''Deconstructed''': The baby thinks Alice is its mother, so when its real mother arrives, it doesn't trust her.
* '''Reconstructed''': The baby realises its mistake upon seeing Mrs. Bird.
* '''Played for Laughs''': The baby bird acts like a stereotypical little kid, demanding Alice read it a bedtime story, give it dessert, etc.
* '''Played for Drama''': [[MissingMom The baby bird's mother died]] and so it latched onto Alice as its surrogate mother.
* '''Played for Horror''':
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* '''Straight''': A baby bird thinks Alice is its mother.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** The baby bird thinks Alice is its ''father''.
** The baby bird thinks an ''inanimate object'' is its mother.
** The baby bird thinks a ''cat'' is its mother.
** The baby bird thinks Alice is its mother, Bob is its father, Carol is its aunt, Dave is its grandpa, etc.
** The whole cast meets a family of baby birds and everyone has a bird who thinks they're its mother or father.
* '''Downplayed''':
** The baby bird [[TalkingAnimal can talk]] and it ''asks'' Alice if she's its mother.
** The baby bird thinks its aunt is its mother.
* '''Justified''':
** The bird belongs to a type of species that bonds with the first animal it sees.
** The baby bird doesn't know what its species looks like.
** The baby bird thinks Alice [[InterspeciesAdoption adopted it]].
** Alice was disguised as a bird.
** Alice ''is'' another bird, but just not this one's mother.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is delusional and thinks a baby bird is her kid.
** A baby bird thinks its mother is a human.
* '''Subverted''': The baby bird loves Alice, but then it turns out that it knew she wasn't its mother.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Alice still has to explain that Bob isn't the bird's father.
* '''Parodied''': The baby bird can talk and it calls Bob, "Mommy". Bob doesn't mind being mistaken for the bird's parent but demands it call him "Daddy" instead.
* '''Zigzagged''': The bird has trouble deciding what to think of Alice, and wonders if she's its mother or sister or a predator or what.
* '''Averted''': The baby bird recognises that Alice is a human.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Do I look like a bird to you?"
* '''Invoked''': Alice tries to fool the baby bird into thinking she's its mother.
* '''Exploited''': The baby bird belongs to an aggressive species, so Alice thinks, "If it thinks I'm its mother, it won't hurt me!".
* '''Defied''': Alice avoids baby animals lest they think she's their mother.
* '''Discussed''': "What if they think I'm their mother when the eggs hatch?"
* '''Conversed''': "How come in that episode of ''Alice and Bob'', the baby bird thought Alice was its mother? She doesn't look anything ''like'' a bird!"
* '''Implied''': The baby bird follows Alice around.
* '''Deconstructed''': The baby thinks Alice is its mother, so when its real mother arrives, it doesn't trust her.
* '''Reconstructed''': The baby realises its mistake upon seeing Mrs. Bird.
* '''Played for Laughs''': The baby bird acts like a stereotypical little kid, demanding Alice read it a bedtime story, give it dessert, etc.
* '''Played for Drama''': [[MissingMom The baby bird's mother died]] and so it latched onto Alice as its surrogate mother.
* '''Played for Horror''':
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