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[[File:the simpsons 250x365 2229.png|link=The Simpsons|frame|There's also the family pets, but who's counting?]]

Or a Boy, a Girl and Baby siblings. Not only are families with three kids common in TV land, but often they are made with a boy, a girl and a baby of either sex (nearly 50/50 ratio).

And that kind of family has immutable rules:
* The two elder siblings are very close in age, between one and three years. The eldest sibling can be either sex, but it is usually a girl.
* On the opposite, the youngest is far from them, between five and 14 years younger.
* The boy and girl are between ages 7 and 15 years: not too young children and not too old teens, either.
* The baby is not an infant: more like a toddler between 6 months and 2 years old, but before the age of learning to talk.
* Just because one can't walk or talk yet does not mean that the infant sibling is [[The Load|good for nothing]] or powerless. On the contrary, the infant is often shown to be the most powerful in the family (if applicable), or a [[Brainy Baby]], or a [[Little Miss Badass]]. Even when they are only the [[Plucky Comic Relief]] for most of the story, the baby can save the day at the very end as the [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Hero]].

The reason? Brother and Sister have the target audience's age and allow everyone in the audience to identify with the sibling of the same gender. The baby is a substitute for a child with his siblings as "parents". It also allows the writers to have starring characters for [[Always Male]] and [[Always Female]] plots or tropes, and the baby as a child substitute, a third man or younger sibling role. The sex of the baby varies as gender doesn't make as much of a difference for infant characters. Alternatively, the baby can take the role of a [[Team Pet]].

See also [[Sibling Team]].

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== [[Film]] -- Animated ==
* Dash, Violet and Jack-Jack Parr in ''[[The Incredibles]]''.
* Fievel, Tanya and Tasha Mouskewitz in ''[[An American Tail]]''.

== [[Film]] -- Live-Action ==

* Pugsley, Wednesday and Pubert Addams in the second movie of ''[[The Addams Family]]''.
* Nick, Amy and Adam Szalinski in ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'' franchise (although they didn't appear together).

== [[Literature]] ==
* The Baudelaire siblings from ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. Yes, these are the same characters as the above Klaus, Violet and Sunny. Also, the three are orphans in both the films and books.
* The 10-year old twins Kestrel and Bowman Hath and their infant sister Pinto in ''The Wind Singer''. In the later books of ''The Wind On Fire'', the characters age.
* The Balicki family from ''The Silver Sword''.
* ''[[The Berenstain Bears]]'', at least since the addition of baby Honey Bear.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Robbie, Charlene and Baby Sinclair in ''[[Dinosaurs]]''.
* ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'': With a 5th child on the way, the family will have 2 boys, 2 girls and a baby.

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Zoe, Hammie and Wren from ''[[Baby Blues]]''.
* ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'', back when April was still a baby.
* For a short time after Rerun was born, there's Lucy, Linus and Rerun van Pelt in ''[[Peanuts]]''.
* The family from ''[[FoxTrot]]'' would have followed this back when Jason was a baby, although we never get to see that time except in the rare [[Flash Back]].

== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Holy, Polo and Elis in ''[[Irregular Elis]]''.
* Riyuokoan, Mimi and Enigma in ''[[Fiyora Nya]]''.
* Rudy, Lindesfarne and Coney Dewclaw of ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' for the first decade or so - but [[Time Marches On|time marches on]] and Coney has started growing up.

== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson in ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
* Chris, Meg and [[Evil Genius|Stewie Griffin]] in ''[[Family Guy]]''.
** Cleveland Jr., Roberta and Rollo in ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''.
* Arthur, DW and Baby Kate in ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]''.
* Doug, Judy and Cleopatra "Dirtbike" Funnie in ''[[Doug]]'' when the last one was born in the Disney version.
* ''[[PB and J Otter]]'': Peanut (brother), Butter (baby sister) and Jelly Otter (sister).
* ''[[The Lionhearts]]'' also plays this straight.{{context}}
* ''[[Birdz]]'' too.{{context}}
* ''[[Chip and Potato]]'': The Pug family consists of son Spud, oldest daughter Chip, and baby daughter Tot.

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[[Category:A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family]]
[[Category:Youngsters]]
[[Category:Family Tropes]]
[[Category:Babies Babies Everywhere]]
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