Adam and Eve Plot/Playing With

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    • 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:
    • 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:
    • Played For Drama: Jealousy ensues as people begin to pair off.

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