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It's a cliché (and Truth in Television) that when a parent finds that their child's goldfish or other beloved pet has died, they'll try to replace it with a new one and pretend the original pet never died. The Replacement Goldfish trope is when a character follows this line of thinking to fill in the emotional void of a loss they've suffered. The Motherly Scientist is someone who legitimately loves the new creation for themselves; either as the original creator or surrogate. When a lonely Evilutionary Biologist fills the void by cloning himself, he is a Truly Single Parent.

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  • It's a cliché (and Truth in Television) that when a parent finds that their child's goldfish or other beloved pet has died, they'll try to replace it with a new one and pretend the original pet never died. The Replacement Goldfish trope is when a character follows this line of thinking to fill in the emotional void of a loss they've suffered. The Motherly Scientist is someone who legitimately loves the new creation for themselves; either as the original creator or surrogate. When a lonely Evilutionary Biologist fills the void by cloning himself, he is a Truly Single Parent.
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  • It's a cliché (and Truth in Television) that when a parent finds that their child's goldfish or other beloved pet has died, they'll try to replace it with a new one and pretend the original pet never died. The Replacement Goldfish trope is when a character follows this line of thinking to fill in the emotional void of a loss they've suffered. In realistic settings, this could be an orphan taken in by a parent who has recently lost a child (to death, relocation, etc). In a sci-fi setting, the typical trope is the lonely scientist who creates a robot, android, artificial intelligence, clone, or robot-clone in the image of the deceased (probably first seen in this form in the classic Metropolis). Often it's a Robot Girl or Robotic Spouse, or Robot Kid in the case of a dead child. If the new "goldfish" is unlucky, they constantly live in the shadow of the dead person and feel they can't measure up, which can also be the secret disappointment of the Mad Scientist. If unwary visitors are unlucky, the Living Doll Collector will try to use them as parts or playmates for their replacement in The Doll Episode. The Motherly Scientist is someone who legitimately loves the new creation for themselves; either as the original creator or surrogate. When a lonely Evilutionary Biologist fills the void by cloning himself, he is a Truly Single Parent. Not to be confused with the Doppelganger Replacement Love Interest. Examples of Replacement Goldfish include:
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