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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