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Earwig

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Re: The Named Characters Speculation
« on: February 11, 2013, 08:42:43 pm »
Well, not all kids are the same height at the same age, a lot of it has to depends with genetics and family history.

Now with Binky and Brain, yes, it makes a little sense, considering both were held back (Binky in third grade, Brain in kindergarten... but who holds a kid back in kindergarten), but other than that, again, it just depends on many different factors.

I inherited a lot from my mother's side of the family (which is really odd, considering her side is made up mostly of Scotch/Irish and Cherokee ancestory, and those are some really big and burly people), and a lot of the people on her side of the family are rather short (she's only 4'9''), so when I was a kid growing up, I was usually one of the shorter kids within my grade and age; conversely, there were also some kids in the same grade and age that were rather tall for their age... some of them were like two heads taller than me, so again, a lot of it has to do with genetics and family history, which can be unpredictable at times.

Another example within the world of animation is Alvin and The Chipmunks: Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are triplets, Alvin is five minutes older than Simon, and Simon is five minutes older than Theodore, yet even though Simon is technically the middle child, he's the tallest (and Alvin used to be the shortest, even though he's the oldest); same with The Chipettes: age order is Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor, but Jeanette is the tallest even though she isn't the oldest.

Now for something REALLY intriguing: my niece is just about the tallest member of the family (almost as tall as me)... and she's only 13... she'll probably grow up to be Cameron Diaz, lol.

I'm surprised no one ever raised the peculiar issue of why characters only have same species parents.