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{{trope}}
[[File:the_simpsons_250x365_2229the simpsons 250x365 2229.png|link=The Simpsons|frame|There's also the family pets, but who's counting?]]
 
Or a Boy, a Girl and Baby siblings. Not only are families with three kids common in TV land, but often they are made with a boy, a girl and a baby of either sex (nearly 50/50 ratio).
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* Just because one can't walk or talk yet does not mean that the infant sibling is [[The Load|good for nothing]] or powerless. On the contrary, the infant is often shown to be the most powerful in the family (if applicable), or a [[Brainy Baby]], or a [[Little Miss Badass]]. Even when they are only the [[Plucky Comic Relief]] for most of the story, the baby can save the day at the very end as the [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Hero]].
 
The reason? Brother and Sister have the target audience's age and allow everyone in the audience to identify himself with the sibling of the same gender. The baby is a substitute for a child with his siblings as "parents". It also allows the writers to have starring characters for [[Always Male]] and [[Always Female]] plots or tropes, and the baby as a child substitute, a third man or younger sibling role. The sex of the baby varies as gender doesn't make as much of a difference for infant characters. Alternatively, the baby can take the role of a [[Team Pet]].
 
See also [[Sibling Team]].
{{examples|Examples}}▼
 
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== [[Film]] -- Animated ==
* Dash, Violet and Jack-Jack Parr in ''[[The Incredibles]]''.
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== [[Film]] -- Live-Action ==
 
* Pugsley, Wednesday and Pubert Addams in the second movie of ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]''.
* Nick, Amy and Adam Szalinski in ''[[Honey I Shrunk the Kids (Film)|Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'' franchise (although they didn't appear together).
 
== [[Literature]] ==
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* Holy, Polo and Elis in ''[[Irregular Elis]]''.
* Riyuokoan, Mimi and Enigma in ''[[Fiyora Nya]]''.
* Rudy, Lindesfarne and Coney Dewclaw of ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' for the first decade or so - but [[Time Marches On|time marches on]] and Coney has started growing up.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* Chris, Meg and [[Evil Genius|Stewie Griffin]] in ''[[Family Guy]]''.
** Cleveland Jr., Roberta and Rollo in ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''.
* Arthur, DW and Baby Kate in ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]''.
* Doug, Judy and Cleopatra "Dirtbike" Funnie in ''[[Doug]]'' when the last one was born in the Disney version.
* ''[[PB and J Otter]]'': Peanut (brother), Butter (baby sister) and Jelly Otter (sister).
* ''[[The Lionhearts (Animation)|The Lionhearts]]'' also plays this straight.{{context}}
* ''[[Birdz (Animation)|Birdz]]'' too.{{context}}
* ''[[Chip and Potato]]'': The Pug family consists of son Spud, oldest daughter Chip, and baby daughter Tot.
 
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[[Category:A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family]]
[[Category:Youngsters]]
[[Category:Family Tropes]]
[[Category:Babies Babies Everywhere]]
[[Category:Ensembles]]
[[Category{{DEFAULTSORT:A Boy, Aa Girl, Andand Aa Baby Family]], A}}
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