Children in Tow/Playing With

Basic Trope: A parent creature followed by babies.
 * Played Straight: A mother duck crosses the road with 5 ducklings trailing behind her.
 * Exaggerated: The duck has 50 ducklings trailing behind her.
 * Inverted: The ducklings walk ahead of the mother duck.
 * Justified: The ducklings imprint on their mother, so she can protect them and better teach them how to be, well, ducks.
 * Subverted: The duck appears and crosses the street by herself.
 * Double Subverted: But then several ducklings cross the street when she calls to them.
 * Deconstructed:
 * Reconstructed:
 * Parodied:
 * The ducklings are used in a Disney Acid Sequence
 * A long line of ducklings causes a traffic jam.
 * Lampshaded:
 * Averted:
 * The duck has no babies.
 * The duck crossing the street is...a drake.
 * Enforced: Shown Their Work
 * Invoked: The ducklings hatch and imprint on their mother.
 * Defied: The mother duck never leaves the nest.
 * Discussed:
 * Conversed:
 * Played For Laughs: See "Parodied"
 * Played For Drama: Someone runs over the ducks because they're too impatient and uncaring.

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