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** DeathByDeaging: Becoming so young they stop existing or die.
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* GrowingIntoTheirPaws: A (usually non-human) child has some body part that is already at its adult size, and the rest of their body eventually grows so that it becomes proportional.
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* ChildHater: Someone who despises children, often to ridiculous levels.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Children are generally shown as being devoid of malicious intentions.
* ChildrenAreSpecial: Children have feats that are exclusive to them.
* ChildrenAreSpecial: Children have feats that are exclusive to them.
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* DomesticAbuse: Your parents start fighting and make you contemplate your values.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Someone who can't handle the world's hardships anymore commits suicide so they no longer have to suffer.
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* FreeRangeChildren: Children can now go outside without adult supervision.
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* HormoneAddledTeenager: Body full of hormones, mind full of sex.
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* KidsAreCruel: Children who are outright mean and spiteful.
* LongingForFictionland: You were allowed to behave like an immature fictional character back when you were a child because you were responsibility-free and naïve. You're longing for those days now that you're older and more responsible.
* LongingForFictionland: You were allowed to behave like an immature fictional character back when you were a child because you were responsibility-free and naïve. You're longing for those days now that you're older and more responsible.
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* ParentalNeglect: Character gets neglected by their parents or caregiver, often resulting in mental trauma.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Teenagers are mean people.
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* VocalDissonance: A character's voice is inconsistent with their age.
* VocalEvolution: You become more vocally experienced.
* VocalEvolution: You become more vocally experienced.
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* HumanlikeAnimalAging: Animals don't age like they realistically do.
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* OldDog: A dog who is getting on in years.
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* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Mothers aged 40 years or older already gave birth to children.
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* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Mothers aged 40 years or older already gave birth are too old to have children.
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* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Mothers aged 40 years or older already gave birth to children.
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* TeenageWasteland: Being post-pubescent makes you complete and utter scum to the adult population.
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* TeenageWasteland: Being post-pubescent makes you complete and utter scum to the Kids now have adult population.powers and responsibility and rule over adult society.
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* DigitalDeaging: Digital effects used to make an actor/actress look younger, typically for {{Flashback}}s or {{Prequel}}s.
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* PubertyIsEvil: Puberty turns one into a monster.
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* DomesticAbuse: Your parents start fighting and make you contemplate your values.
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* HarmfulToMinors: Something harms minors in ways that it wouldn't someone over the age of majority.
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* ImmortalImmaturity: Being immortal doesn't stop you from behaving like a child.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: The age you become immortal is 20.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: The age you become immortal is 20.
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* LongingForFictionland: You were allowed to behave like an immature fictional character back when you were a child because you were responsibility-free and naïve. You're longing for those days now that you're older and more responsible.
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* OnlyFatalToAdults: Something harms adults in ways that it wouldn't children.
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* PubertyIsEvil: Puberty turns one into a monster.
* PubertySuperpower: Being in the stage of puberty grants one powers.
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* TeenageWasteland: Being post-pubescent makes you complete and utter scum to the adult population.
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* InnocenceLost: Your childlike sense of idealism.
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* AgeDownRomance: Character's age rapidly changes, allowing new romance options.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: A preteen/teen girl has her first menstruation. It marks her transition to womanhood.
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* DualAgeModes
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* DualAgeModesDualAgeModes: Character shifts between ages.
* FreeRangeChildren: Children can now go outside without adult supervision.
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HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Middle age period includes depression and self-doubt.
*HollywoodOldHollywoodOld: A young and attractive actress plays the role of an elderly woman without alterations to her appearance.
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* MaamShockMaamShock: Referring to female characters as "m'am" reminds them of the youth they lost.
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* MistakenAge
MistakenAge: A character's age is wrongfully assumed.
*MonoNoAwareMonoNoAware: All good things must come to an end.
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* OldMaid
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* OldMaidOldMaid: An 'older' woman who has never been married or in a real relationship.
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* OvernightAgeUp
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* OvernightAgeUpOvernightAgeUp: Characters grows older overnight.
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* PlotRelevantAgeUp
PlotRelevantAgeUp: A child ages up for plot purposes.
*TheProblemWithFightingDeath
TheProblemWithFightingDeath: If you punch out death, it'll be furious eventually when you die.
*ProportionalAgingProportionalAging: Living beings gradually grow and develop physical signs of aging across their entire lifespans to the respective rates of other species/races.
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ReallyWasBornYesterday: The character was born yesterday, jokes be damned.
*SeniorCreepSeniorCreep: Elderly person with a detestable appearance and/or personality.
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* SicklyChildGrewUpStrongSicklyChildGrewUpStrong: Child who was asthmatic and sickly as a kid grew up into a badass.
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* WeAreAsMayflies
WeAreAsMayflies: Humans are the shortest-lived intelligent race.
*WizardsLiveLonger
WizardsLiveLonger: An expanded lifetime granted by a spellcaster.
*YoungerMentorOlderDiscipleYoungerMentorOlderDisciple: An expert teaches an older person their skills.
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* TookALevelInCynic: Mainly as a result of their InnocenceLoss, a character who was formerly a WideEyedIdealist sees how the world truly is and becomes cynical as a result.
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* TookALevelInCynic: Mainly as a result of their InnocenceLoss, InnocenceLost, a character who was formerly a WideEyedIdealist sees how the world truly is and becomes cynical as a result.
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* NeverGrewUp: Physical maturity does not prevent emotional maturity.
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* NeverGrewUp: Physical maturity does not prevent emotional maturity.immaturity.
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* SheIsAllGrownUp: A woman's puberty experience contributes to the presence at a reunion.
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* SheIsAllGrownUp: A woman's puberty experience contributes to the her presence at a reunion.
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* ChildlessDsytopia: Life becomes miserable without children.
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* ChildlessDsytopia: ChildlessDystopia: Life becomes miserable without children.
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* AgeCutAgeCut: A MatchCut that portrays a character growing older.
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* AgeIsRelativeAgeIsRelative: The more competent or mature you are, the older you look.
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* AlwaysAChildToParentAlwaysAChildToParent: A parent has trouble treating their children like adults as they mature over the course of the series.
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* BittersweetSeventeenBittersweetSeventeen: A 17-year-old's ComingOfAge.
* ChildlessDsytopia: Life becomes miserable without children.
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* ChildrenAreSpecial
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* ChildrenAreSpecialChildrenAreSpecial: Children have feats that are exclusive to them.
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* DreadedKidsTableDreadedKidsTable: The kiddie table becomes insufferable as a character matures.
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EmotionalMaturityIsPhysicalMaturity: Emotional maturity automatically equates to physical maturity.
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EmotionalRegression: Reverting to an immature emotional state.
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HormoneAddledTeenager: Body full of hormones, mind full of sex.
*IGotBiggerIGotBigger: A character underwent a growth spurt.
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** CompetenceZone
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** CompetenceZoneCompetenceZone: Certain age ranges are portrayed as useful as opposed to others.
* JadeColoredGlasses: Characters become wiser as they get older and as a result are more jaded to reality.
* JadeColoredGlasses: Characters become wiser as they get older and as a result are more jaded to reality.
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MusicAgeDissonance: Children listen to music not suitable for them.
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NeverGrewUp: Physical maturity does not prevent emotional maturity.
*NotAllowedToGrowOldNotAllowedToGrowOld: Characters whose physical state remains childlike despite their technical aging.
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* OdeToYouthOdeToYouth: A song that embraces youth.
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* OlderAlterEgoOlderAlterEgo: A character possesses an alter-ego older than themselves.
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* ParentalNeglectParentalNeglect: Character gets neglected by their parents or caregiver, often resulting in mental trauma.
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SexierAlterEgo: A character creates a beautiful alter-ego to make up for their ugliness.
*SheIsAllGrownUpSheIsAllGrownUp: A woman's puberty experience contributes to the presence at a reunion.
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* StrongerWithAgeStrongerWithAge: Characters become stronger as they age.
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* TookALevelInCynicTookALevelInCynic: Mainly as a result of their InnocenceLoss, a character who was formerly a WideEyedIdealist sees how the world truly is and becomes cynical as a result.
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* VocalDissonanceVocalDissonance: A character's voice is inconsistent with their age.
* VocalEvolution: You become more vocally experienced.
* VocalEvolution: You become more vocally experienced.
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* GrowingIntoTheirPaws
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ACupAngst: A young girl is self-conscious about not having large breasts.
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AdultsAreUseless: Children are the only ones intelligent and competent enough to deal with their problems.
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AdultsDressedAsChildren: An adult tries to impersonate a child.
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AndYourRewardIsInfancy: The story ends with the main character becoming a baby.
*AnimationAnatomyAgingAnimationAnatomyAging: Animated works make the difference between ages more noticeable.
* BabyMorphEpisode: An episode where a character gets turned into an infant.
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BloodBath: Bathing in blood to stay young.
*BornAsAnAdult
BornAsAnAdult: A character is a full-grown adult at birth.
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ChildHater: Someone who despises children, often to ridiculous levels.
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ComingOfAgeStory: The story is about a child or adolescent learning to mature.
*DangerousSixteenthBirthdayDangerousSixteenthBirthday: The 16th birthday ends badly for the person who's turned 16.
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* ElderlyImmortalElderlyImmortal: An immortal being who was already elderly when they gained immortality.
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FirstGrayHair: Someone becoming old is first signaled by finding that there hair is starting to turn gray.
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** AbsurdlyYouthfulMotherImprobableAge: A character's age is inconsistent with their occupation.
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* KidsAreCruelKidsAreCruel: Children who are outright mean and spiteful.
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* MerlinSicknessMerlinSickness: Aging in reverse.
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NotAllowedToGrowUp: Children and teenagers remain the same age regardless of how long the series lasts.
*NotGrowingUpSucksNotGrowingUpSucks: An immortal being who stays a child is upset about never growing up.
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* OlderThanTheyLookOlderThanTheyLook: Someone's physical appearance is younger than their true age.
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* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndromeSoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: A character becomes significantly older between appearances with no explanation.
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Characters growing older and its consequences.
consequences. The tropes themselves are [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not necessarily]] [[DeadHorseTrope Dead Horse Tropes]].
