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{{quote|''"Okay, we may not have anti-aircraft missiles or underground lairs, but what we do have is community. We look after each other."''|'''Lena''', ''[[Blue Yonder]]''}}
A [[Close-Knit Community
It is not an ensemble or
They lack the privacy of less close-knit communities, the [[Gossipy Hens]] often get word around, but then, if they don't know what is happening to you, how can they help you? And sometimes their help can feel somewhat restricting. [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']] has its unpleasant side.
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[[Hidden Elf Village]] can also be one. Characters in this community do not have to be welcoming.
However, a [[Town with a Dark Secret]] does not qualify, since all the townsfolk are united in the purpose of keeping their secret, and probably with the activities involved in
Because of their mutual support, plots involving the Close-Knit Community either
# Imperil the community, so they have to defend themselves, or have [[The Hero]] defend them. (He may be an outsider, often brought in because one member acted as a [[Good Samaritan]].)
# Have a youngster not appreciate it. [[Small Town Boredom]] or resentment of how the [[Gossipy Hens]] see to it that everyone knows everything, and you [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']] can lead to an escape. Often followed by [[An Aesop]] as the youngster learns that [[Apathetic Citizens]] are worse, and the value of [[Home, Sweet Home]].
# Have an
# As a safe setting for [[Free-Range Children]] to have child-sized adventures.
{{examples}}
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* [[Miss Marple]] comes from one, St. Mary Meade, and is occasionally set to work in one of these
* On [[Discworld]], the Chalk. Tiffany Aching at one point describes how everyone did so because they knew her grandmother was watching them.
* The Ramblings in ''[[Septimus Heap]]''. Mrs. Beetle stayed there because of it after she was widowed, instead of returning to [[Thicker Than Water|her family and her late husband's]] in the
* The Prelapsarians in [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Chaos]]''; they will not move against Olympus while Phaetheusa is hostage, because of their respect for her father, even though he holds no formal position.
* In [[L. M. Montgomery]]'s ''[[Jane of Lantern Hill]]'', Jane is struck by the friendliness of PEI. The narrator comments that she didn't realize that she had changed, no longer having her spirit crushed out of her by her grandmother.
== [[Live Action Television]]
* Although ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' was primarily an ensemble show, the entire population of the space station may count as this.
* Similarly, ''[[Terra Nova]]'', though larger than most such communities, probably counts.
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'s'' Maple Street was like this before the monsters were due.
** In "[[wikipedia:Valley of the Shadow|Valley of the Shadow]]", a quirky town is close-knit. Turns out they have advanced science and don't want their secrets leaking out, pushing it toward [[Town with a Dark Secret]].
* The Hooverville in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes "[[Doctor Who/Recap/
* ''[[The Waltons]]''
* Mayberry on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' also came off as one.
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== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[Blue Yonder]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20150920212201/http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1201813/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-13/ Claremont Apartments]. The washed-up superheroes there work together and protect each other and it.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20121225082703/http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1213691/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-15/ Yuri explains to Jared how his careless actions affect everyone.]
* Mechanicsburg in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' is a city with population mainly made up of minions and monsters [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070601 united by their loyality to the House Heterodyne]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070822 Fooling outsiders] is a ''sport''.
== [[Western Animation]]
* In ''[[The PJs]]'', Thurgood's building is another "dysfunctional yet functional" example, mainly because it's located inside an economically struggling [[Vice City]].
* In ''[[King of the Hill]]'', the fictional town of Arlen, Texas (or at least the Hill's neighborhood). The opening sequence depicts protagonist Hank having his daily can of beer with his [[True Companions]] (all of whom apparently live on the same street) in the alley next to the Hill residence.
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