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Bob is Conveniently an Orphan, and lives a life of adventure and excitement with his friends. Then, one day, he gains some parents -- either his real parents turn up alive, or he meets somebody who would just love to adopt him. The new parents are loving and attentive and everything parents should be -- but they're determined that Bob should have nothing further to do with his True Companions. All that running around having adventures may have been all right when he had no parents to teach him better, but they're here now. So Bob bids a tearful farewell to his friends, especially those he'd come to think of as parental figures, and off he goes to what everybody is firmly telling themselves will be a happy life.

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  • The Trap Parents
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  • Bob is Conveniently an Orphan, and lives a life of adventure and excitement with his friends. Then, one day, he gains some parents -- either his real parents turn up alive, or he meets somebody who would just love to adopt him. The new parents are loving and attentive and everything parents should be -- but they're determined that Bob should have nothing further to do with his True Companions. All that running around having adventures may have been all right when he had no parents to teach him better, but they're here now. So Bob bids a tearful farewell to his friends, especially those he'd come to think of as parental figures, and off he goes to what everybody is firmly telling themselves will be a happy life.
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  • Bob is Conveniently an Orphan, and lives a life of adventure and excitement with his friends. Then, one day, he gains some parents -- either his real parents turn up alive, or he meets somebody who would just love to adopt him. The new parents are loving and attentive and everything parents should be -- but they're determined that Bob should have nothing further to do with his True Companions. All that running around having adventures may have been all right when he had no parents to teach him better, but they're here now. So Bob bids a tearful farewell to his friends, especially those he'd come to think of as parental figures, and off he goes to what everybody is firmly telling themselves will be a happy life. Then Status Quo Is God takes a hand: Once Bob is on his own, it's not long before he discovers that the whole loving parent thing has been an act to get him in their power for some sinister purpose. Then it's up to Bob to escape (or his True Companions, who never quite trusted those two), to rescue him. If the fake parents are not the real antagonist, but have been employed by somebody else, they may find themselves Becoming the Mask and help Bob escape. It also counts if the audience knows that the new parents are phonies before Bob and his friends find out. Not to be confused with The Parent Trap. Examples of The Trap Parents include:
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