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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: {{spoiler|Shown with Chris and Cathy. The four children themselves are from this kind of union; Their parents were at first said to be half-uncle and half-niece, but the final book in the series revealed that they were actually half-siblings.}}
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: {{spoiler|Shown with Chris and Cathy. The four children themselves are from this kind of union; Their parents were at first said to be half-uncle and half-niece, but the final book in the series revealed that they were actually half-siblings.}}
* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Cathy. Corrine aspires to become this again.
* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Cathy. Corrine aspires to become this again.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: This was one of the problems with the film adaptation. The actors playing the elder children are the size of full-grown adults but *act* as though they're relatively young children. This even [[Plot Hole|breaks the plot]] - the male lead is large enough to physically overpower the abusive grandmother, which would make escaping from the large, empty mansion trivial.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: This was one of the problems with the film adaptation. The actors playing the elder children are the size of full-grown adults but ''act'' as though they're relatively young children. This even [[Plot Hole|breaks the plot]] - the male lead is large enough to physically overpower the abusive grandmother, which would make escaping from the large, empty mansion trivial.
* [[Different As Night and Day]]: Cory is quiet, polite and gentle. Carrie is loud, adamant and forceful.
* [[Different As Night and Day]]: Cory is quiet, polite and gentle. Carrie is loud, adamant and forceful.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The Grandmother punishes severely for the most minor infractions, including simply existing {{spoiler|as the products of incest}}.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The Grandmother punishes severely for the most minor infractions, including simply existing {{spoiler|as the products of incest}}.