Adam and Eve Plot/Playing With


 * Basic Trope: Earth's population has been greatly reduced.
 * Played Straight: After the End, Alice and Bob have an awfully hard time finding other survivors.
 * Exaggerated: Alice and Bob are literally the only people left.
 * Justified:
 * A major catastrophe has happened, and decimated Earth and its population.
 * Alice and Bob are Starfish Aliens that can reproduce asexually as well as sexually.
 * Inverted: Alice and Bob are just two members of Earth's large population, which is reaching the tipping point.
 * Subverted: Alice and Bob find other fertile adults
 * Double Subverted: But not enough of them to maintain a genetically-diverse enough population for more than a couple of generations.
 * Deconstructed: Two people cannot repopulate (or populate) a whole planet. There needs to be a sufficient number of non-related fertile adults to accomplish this and ensure the long-term survival of the species. Plus there could be squabbles over who gets to mate with whom and when depending on the male-to-female ratio and how marriage and relationships are handled (if they're handled.)
 * Reconstructed: Alice and Bob and the others (if there are any) find a way to overcome the DNA issue...or just make the best of their time if that's not an option.
 * Parodied: Adam and Steve are the only survivors...and must figure out this whole Homosexual Reproduction thing.
 * Zig Zagged: The population fluctuates between too many fertile, non-related adults, just enough of them, and not enough of them throughout history.
 * Lampshaded: "Is anyone else out there?"
 * Averted:
 * Alice and Bob have plenty of potential mates to choose from.
 * Alice and Bob were wiped out along with everyone else.
 * Enforced: Rule of Drama in a post-apocalyptic Sci Fi series.
 * Invoked:
 * A meteor hits Earth, causing a string of natural disasters, leaving only a handful of survivors.
 * A bunch of wars happen, and only a few people survive.
 * Defied: Alice and Bob decide not to reproduce; they're not attracted to one another, and there aren't enough non-related, fertile adults to sustain the population anyway.
 * Discussed: "Alice, what if I were the last guy on Earth?" Beat "Over my dead body, Bob."
 * Conversed: "Two people cannot repopulate an entire planet."
 * Played For Laughs:
 * Adam and Steve are the only ones left, and must figure out a way to use Homosexual Reproduction. It works, much to the ire of Steve.
 * Alice and Bob don't get along.
 * Played For Drama: Jealousy ensues as people begin to pair off.

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