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** Bob adopts Alice.

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** [[RaisedByWolves Bob adopts Alice.]]



* '''Parodied''': Alice has to release Bob into the wild but can't see why because she hangs out with Dave who keeps a space creature, Ellen who keeps a fox, and Fred who keeps a unicorn.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice has to release Bob into the wild but can't see why because she hangs out with [[UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople Dave who keeps a space creature, Ellen who keeps a fox, and Fred who keeps a unicorn.unicorn]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A young character adopts a baby wild animal and either has to release the animal back to the wild, tries but fails to release it back to the wild, or the animal dies.
* '''Straight''': Nine-year-old Alice finds a baby squirrel in the forest and adopts him, naming him Bob. When Bob grows up, her mother Carol makes her set him free.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice adopts a whole litter of baby squirrels.
** All the kids in town adopt a baby animal each.
** Alice outright makes a wild-animal nursery in her backyard.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob is an ''adolescent'' squirrel.
** Alice only has Bob stay the night.
* '''Justified''': Bob was orphaned and needed looking after, but squirrels should still not be pets.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob is an ''elderly'' squirrel.
** Bob adopts Alice.
** Bob is Alice's kitten. She tries to make him into a wild cat, but it doesn't work out.
* '''Subverted''': Alice appears to be carrying Bob home, but she's actually taking him to the humane society.
* '''Double Subverted''': When the humane society announces they've got no room for Bob, Alice adopts him.
* '''Parodied''': Alice has to release Bob into the wild but can't see why because she hangs out with Dave who keeps a space creature, Ellen who keeps a fox, and Fred who keeps a unicorn.
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice adopts a litter of squirrel babies. One she keeps, one dies, one gets sent away, and one she tries to send away but it comes back.
* '''Averted''': Alice does not adopt a baby wild animal.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "I know this ain't gonna work out, but who cares! You're so adorable!"
* '''Invoked''': Bob pretends to be orphaned in hopes that a human will adopt him.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice sees Bob and considers adopting him, but decides not to.
* '''Discussed''': "My cousin took home a baby squirrel. Looked after it until it grew up."
* '''Conversed''': "Oh no... She's adopting an exotic pet... I've seen this too many times, she's gonna have to send it back and I'm a sucker for that ending!"
* '''Implied''': A photo of Alice holding a baby squirrel is seen.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has no idea how to survive in the wild.
* '''Reconstructed''': Before releasing him into the wild, Alice and Carol give Bob lessons in "nature simulators" to teach him how to survive.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Funny moments happen when Alice awkwardly tries to keep Bob a secret from Carol.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob dies and we get a VerySpecialEpisode about death.
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