"My grandmother had nine children, those nine children gave her 40 grandchildren (of which I'm one), and so far we've given her 87 great-grandchildren- NO NO, Don't applaud, it's revolting! We're like a tumor! Every two years we have to have a family reunion... to ward against incest!"
That's for thyself to breed another thee,
Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
— William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 6"
One boy, ten girls, wouldn't trade it for the world!
— From the theme of The Loud House
Zelda: ...Twelve children?
Ganondorf: I want a large family! And I will not move from this spot unti—
Zelda: How about three?
Ganondorf: That's practically an empty home! Nine!
Zelda: Five.
Ganondorf: Ten!
Zelda: One.
Ganondorf: Fine! Six! But that's as low as I'll go!!!
Marina: There's nine of us. I've got two younger brothers, three older brothers, an older sister and two little sisters.
Amber: (whistles) Damn. That's a big-ass Christmas card.
Marina: Right? At some point it's just like, "Aren't you ever gonna stop?" I'm almost out of fingers to count on!
Amber: (whistles) Damn. That's a big-ass Christmas card.
Marina: Right? At some point it's just like, "Aren't you ever gonna stop?" I'm almost out of fingers to count on!
Nami: Luffy, how many children do you have?
Luffy: Nami, we both know I can’t count that high.
Karen: Awww, this little one yours?
Boopkins: Oh, no he's my brother.
Karen: He reminds me of my 1000 children I have to look after.
Boopkins: [Shocked] You...You have 1,000 children?!
Boopkins: Oh, no he's my brother.
Karen: He reminds me of my 1000 children I have to look after.
Boopkins: [Shocked] You...You have 1,000 children?!
Rizzo: Rats don't understand these things.
Charles Dickens: You were never a lonely child?
Rizzo: I had twelve hundred and seventy-four brothers and sisters.
Gonzo: Geesh, rats don't understand these things.
Chilli: (looks a family picture of Coco, Bella, and their family) Are these all of your children?
Bella: Yup.
Chilli: I thought Coco was your first.
Bella: Nah, I got eight kids! No wait, nine.
— Bluey, "Baby Race"
See, Pa Pike, who could never afford this ordinarily, won this trip through work, then hired Mary Anne and Stacey to come along as mother's helpers. I have two major problems with this. One: If I were offering this vacation? I would rig it so the guy with eight children could NOT POSSIBLY WIN. That isn't even fair to the company; that will more than double the cost of a vacation package that already cost in the thousands of dollars. Isn't it normally a "trip for four" or something? They do that FOR A REASON.
Two: I thought it was stupid when the Pikes dragged two babysitters along to the shore in Boy-Crazy Stacey, because, look, I'm not usually keen on telling people how many kids are the right number to have, but if you have so many children that you can't even take a simple family vacation without hiring people — TWO, people PLURAL, in ADDITION to two parents — to manage them all, YOU HAVE TOO MANY DAMN CHILDREN. But at least then that was like, okay, you were already renting the house and driving down there, so it doesn't really make a difference to shove a couple more people in the car. But do you KNOW how much plane tickets cost? Do you know how much a cruise costs? Do you know how much EVERYTHING at Disney World costs? Even back then? Taking two babysitters along probably put the Pikes, a family constantly in money trouble, about two grand in the hole for the luxury of keeping track of their OWN children on an otherwise FREE vacation. Christ.
— 3_foot_6
pointing out the obvious problems of this trope during their review of The Babysitters Club Super Special #1: Baby-Sitters on Board!
pointing out the obvious problems of this trope during their review of The Babysitters Club Super Special #1: Baby-Sitters on Board!