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** One episode had an adult mind in a baby's body, who is the CEO of a major television network, use his fleet of transmission satellites to broadcast a deagging ray across the whole world to turn everyone into babies so he'll never be called a baby again. He's thwarted when hit by his own ray and is mentally regressed to infancy to match his body, leaving his assistants to reveal they're his parents and vow to raise him better. The central component of his plan, a gadget resembling a cigar, comes back into play in another episode where it's used to manipulate the ages of the characters.

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** One episode had an adult mind in a baby's body, who is the CEO of a major television network, use his fleet of transmission satellites to broadcast a deagging de-aging ray across the whole world to turn everyone into babies so he'll never be called a baby again. He's thwarted when [[HoistByHisOwnPetard hit by his own ray ray]] and is mentally regressed to infancy to match his body, leaving his assistants to reveal they're his parents and vow to [[RaiseHimRightThisTime raise him better.better]]. The central component of his plan, a gadget resembling a cigar, comes back into play in another episode where it's used to manipulate the ages of the characters.
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** For the [[TheEmpire Imperium of Man]], "juvenat treatments" are available to the wealthy and to valued Imperial servants. These extend the human lifespan, with repeated treatments capable of extending a human lifespan to several centuries and keeping a person hale for most of that, though they seem to have a hard cap at about five centuries, though this is largely up to [[DependingOnTheWriter author fiat]]. There had once been the implication that these were made from [[HumanResources actual juveniles]], but the concept never caught on; in an ostensibly [[DarkerAndEdgier Grimdark]] universe, this was one of the instances of "[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy Grimderp]]," and was never pursued or brought up again.

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** For the [[TheEmpire Imperium of Man]], "juvenat treatments" are available to the wealthy and to valued Imperial servants. These extend the human lifespan, with repeated treatments capable of extending a human lifespan to several centuries and keeping a person hale for most of that, though they seem to have a hard cap at about five centuries, though this is largely up to [[DependingOnTheWriter author fiat]]. There had once been the implication that these were made from [[HumanResources actual juveniles]], but the concept never caught on; in an ostensibly [[DarkerAndEdgier Grimdark]] universe, this was one of the instances of "[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy "[[TooBleakStoppedCaring Grimderp]]," and was never pursued or brought up again.
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** For the [[TheEmpire Imperium of Man]], "juvenat treatments" are available to the wealthy and to valued Imperial servants. These extend the human lifespan, with repeated treatments capable of extending a human lifespan to several centuries and keeping a person hale for most of that, though they seem to have a hard cap at about five centuries, though this is largely up to [[DependingOnTheWriter author fiat]]. There had once been the implication that these were made from [[HumanResources actual juveniles]], but the concept never caught on; in an ostensibly [[DarkerAndEdgier Grimdark]] universe, this was one of the instances of "[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy Grimderp]]," and was never pursued or brought up again.
** Other forms of preservation also exist. [[SuperSoldier Astartes super soldier implants]], the artificial organs and process used to make SpaceMarines extends the human lifespan to several centuries before juvenat treatments (and there's some circumstantial implications that the two are incompatible). [[Literature/BloodAngels]] bloodlines of Space Marines are particularly notable for longevity, as Dante, current Chapter Master of the original Blood Angels, is more than a thousand years old, and still kicking ass as an old super soldier.
** The Adeptus Mechanicus, on the other hand, replace their flesh with cybernetics, and with juvenat treatments, can extend their lives to millennia. To complicate things, they also can use cloning to replace their biological components, which is especially handy when certain cloning techniques fully enforces GeneticMemory.
** Chaos Marines have a cheat. While the influence of [[GodOfEvil the Dark Powers]] can extend their life to many millennia, for the most part, they mostly live within [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Warp anomalies]], which means time doesn't pass quite the same way. A Chaos Space Marine might fight one war, retreat to their home for a few subjective decades to build up again, and reemerge to find that centuries have passed in sections of realspace where Warp anomalies don't exist.
** For [[SpaceElves the Eldar]], expanding their psychic powers also has the curious side-effect of extending their lifespan. Eldar, in the [[PlanetSpaceship Craftworlds]] at least, run a society that's not quite caste-based but highly departmentalized; those who take a job on the Path of the Seer, or Warlocks, actively train their powers, and those that become lifers in this job, accidentally or otherwise, become Farseers, who can live for millennia until death in battle or they succumb to the career-specific physical breakdown of their bodies turning to crystal. The average Eldar lives about a thousand years before dying of old age, and one particular Farseer, Eldrad Ulthran, has staved off turning to crystal to live for at least eleven or twelve millennia.
** [[EvilCounterpart Dark Eldar]] have a different cheat. They don't allow for psychic powers other than a type of vampirism to suck up suffering of other beings, so they have evolved into a piratical society based around an insatiable slave trade. This kind of "feeding" can extend their life indefinetly, but requires more and more feeding the older they get.
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* In one 1965 episode of '' Bewitched'', Junior Executive, Endora turns Darrin into a young boy.She does the same thing in 1971's Out of the Mouths of Babes, though Darrin still has his adult voice. He has to talk in falsetto to keep the illusion. An additional episode, Just a Kid Again, has a store clerk who wants to be a child again getting his wish.

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* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'': In one 1965 episode of '' Bewitched'', Junior Executive, episode, "Junior Executive", Endora turns Darrin into a young boy.boy. She does the same thing in 1971's Out "Out of the Mouths of Babes, Babes", though Darrin still has his adult voice. He has to talk in falsetto to keep the illusion. An additional episode, Just "Just a Kid Again, Again", has a store clerk who wants to be a child again getting his wish.

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* An episode of ''Anime/JewelpetSunshine'' involves Labra transforming almost everyone in the Plum class into babies after being teased for being a baby. The ones who were aged back into infants were Ruby, Sapphie, Garnet, Peridot, Gakuto, Yaginuma, and even Mikage.
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* In ''Manga/FourKnightsOfTheApocalypse'', the SequelSeries to ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', Ardbeg's Reverse ability allows him to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin reverse]] the age of every living thing within a certain radius, rejuvenating them to infancy.

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* In ''Manga/FourKnightsOfTheApocalypse'', the SequelSeries to ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', Ardbeg's Reverse ability allows him to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin reverse]] the age of every living thing within a certain radius, rejuvenating them to infancy.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/WishKid'' episodes "A Grand Ol' Time?", Nick wishes that his grandpa was young again and becomes a little younger than his grandson and starts playing tricks on the bully next door. Unfortunately, it doesn't last long
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* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'': In "Baby Bean", Raj orders a bunch of labor-saving gadgets, repeated use of which cause his limbs to atrophy from lack of use. When Lazlo and Clam come back to him later, they find that he's now a baby, so they leave him in the care of Scoutmaster Lumpus, who looks after Raj until he progresses through the other stages of his life up to that point (around ages 1, 4, and 8) until he's back to his normal age (around age 10). The episode ends with Raj getting rid of his gadgets and Lumpus finding them, leading to him becoming a baby himself.
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* The Kids arc of ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' where the resident [[TheTrickster magical troublemaker]] {{Schmuck Bait}}s ("What does this [[CrystalBall glowing orb]] do?!") the other main cast members into this and we learn that some people changed [[FormerTeenRebel a lot]]... others [[StaticCharacter not so much]]. Thank god the magic only lasted thirteen hours.

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* The Kids arc of ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' where the resident [[TheTrickster magical troublemaker]] {{Schmuck Bait}}s ("What does this [[CrystalBall glowing orb]] do?!") the other main cast members into this and we learn that some people changed [[FormerTeenRebel a lot]]... others [[StaticCharacter not so much]].much. Thank god the magic only lasted thirteen hours.
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* ''Film/OnceBitten'': Blood from a virgin keeps vampires looking young.

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* ''Film/OnceBitten'': Blood from a virgin keeps vampires looking young. The female vampire antagonist needs a male virgin, and they're in very short supply in her area.
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the skesis exterminated the gelflings due to the prophecy that gelfling would defeat them and their reign by healing the dark crystal. Them being useful for youth fluid was a side benefit


* In ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', the Skeksis use the light of the Crystal, focused by a reflector, to drain the vital essence of other creatures into a liquid form that they can consume to restore their youth. Podlings restore youth for a handful of seconds. Gelflings restore it for a longer period, but the rejuvenation is still ultimately fleeting. The Skeksis exterminated nearly the entire Gelfling race for their essence which ran out as a result.

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* In ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', the Skeksis use the light of the Crystal, focused by a reflector, to drain the vital essence of other creatures into a liquid form that they can consume to restore their youth. Podlings restore youth for a handful of seconds. Gelflings restore it for a longer period, but the rejuvenation is still ultimately fleeting. The Skeksis exterminated nearly the entire Gelfling race for their essence which ran out as due to a result.prophecy, resulting in a shortage of supply.

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* This is the point of ''Film/SeventeenAgain''.
* Also the plot of the very early made-for-TV Creator/KeanuReeves movie ''Young Again'', from which ''17 Again'' seems to be ''heavily'' drawn. ''17 Again'' is practically an unofficial(?) remake of the film.

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* This is the point of ''Film/SeventeenAgain''.
''Film/SeventeenAgain''. Mike falls into the river, and comes out of it in his 17-year-old body.
* Also the plot of the very early 1986 Disney made-for-TV Creator/KeanuReeves movie ''Young Again'', from which ''17 Again'' seems to be ''heavily'' drawn. ''17 Again'' is practically an unofficial(?) remake of A mysterious man grants Michael Riley's wish to be young again. It doesn't work out the film.way Michael expects, and like many a Disney film, Michael's only way to return is to be content with what he had.

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* The MacGuffin weapon of the BigBad in ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' did exactly this.

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* The MacGuffin weapon of the BigBad in ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' did exactly this. The Pacifier seemed to have only a 6-to-12-month-old baby setting, or that's what Royal Pain had it locked on.
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* In the Dark Tournament arc of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Ura Urashima uses a special mist meant to de-age its victims past the point of conception. Unfortunately for him, his target was Kurama, and once his human body went into non-existence, his previous incarnation - full-powered demon Yokokurama - manifested. Ura is so freaked out that it's Kurama rather than someone just using his name [[spoiler:his team captain]] has to kill him to keep him from spilling all the beans.

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* In the Dark Tournament arc of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Ura Urashima uses a special mist meant to de-age its victims past the point of conception. Unfortunately for him, his target was Kurama, and once his human body went into non-existence, his previous incarnation - full-powered demon Yokokurama - manifested. Ura is so freaked out that it's Kurama rather than someone just using his name [[spoiler:his team captain]] has to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obfeTl5_S18 kill him him]] to keep him from spilling all the beans.

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Kurama/Yokokurama didn't kill the little twerp in the manga.


* In the Dark Tournament arc of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', an enemy uses a special mist meant to de-age its victims past the point of conception. Unfortunately for him, his target was Kurama, and once his human body went into non-existence, his previous incarnation - full-powered demon Yokokurama - manifested and quickly dispatched him.

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* In the Dark Tournament arc of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', an enemy Ura Urashima uses a special mist meant to de-age its victims past the point of conception. Unfortunately for him, his target was Kurama, and once his human body went into non-existence, his previous incarnation - full-powered demon Yokokurama - manifested and quickly dispatched him.manifested. Ura is so freaked out that it's Kurama rather than someone just using his name [[spoiler:his team captain]] has to kill him to keep him from spilling all the beans.
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* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', [[spoiler: Neliel Tu Oderschvank originally had the appearance of a late teenager/young woman, but after being attacked by her rival Nnoitra and having him crack her Hollow mask, she ended up reverting into a small child.]] Later [[spoiler: Urahara uses his devices to let her return to her original age.]]

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* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', [[spoiler: Neliel [[spoiler:Neliel Tu Oderschvank Oderschvank]] originally had the appearance of a late teenager/young woman, but after being attacked by [[spoiler:by her rival Nnoitra and having him crack her Hollow mask, mask,]] she ended up reverting into a small child.]] child. Later [[spoiler: Urahara Urahara]] uses his devices to let her return to her original age.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' Warp is reduced to infancy after his time suit malfunctions.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode, "How Long is Forever?" after a battle where his time suit is dmaged, Warp is reduced to infancy after his time suit malfunctions.infancy.
** In the Season 4 finale, Trigon uses Raven as a portal to enter Earth's dimension. While this initially appeared to destroy Raven, Robin later found her, now a child with no powers, and (aledgedly) no memories.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'':
** The episode "Goofy Baby" revolves around Mickey and the gang trying to care for Goofy when he gets turned into a baby by Ludwig von Drake's Tick-Tock Time Machine.
** The same issue is dealed with in "Goofy Babysitter", only this time, Mickey and all his friends but Goofy get transformed.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' episode "The Weird Kid," Emily wishes on a magic pendant to be closer to her daughter, Candice. The next morning he wakes up in the body of a five year old, closer to Candice in size.



* The ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' episode "Back to the Past" features Oggy, Jack, and Bob accidentally facing the wrath of a witch and turned into elementary school-aged kids, with Olivia and Joey forced to track the witch down to reverse the spell, while Dee Dee and Marky watch over the three. [[spoiler: In the end, the same ends up happening to Joey, Dee Dee, and Marky.]]

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* The ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' episode "Back to the Past" features Oggy, Jack, and Bob accidentally facing the wrath of a witch and turned into elementary school-aged kids, with Olivia and Joey forced to track the witch down to reverse the spell, while Dee Dee and Marky watch over the three. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the end, the same ends up happening to Joey, Dee Dee, and Marky.]]
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'''Sheriff:''' Where? '''''Swimming in the fountain of youth?!'''''\\

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'''Sheriff:''' Where? '''''Swimming ''Swimming in the fountain of youth?!'''''\\youth?!''\\
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* The prologue to the ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' episode, "Opposites Attack" has [[EvilCounterpart Evil Jim]] use his Chrono-Laser to [[OvernightAgeUp age Jim and Peter Puppy into seniors]]. The elderly Jim spits out his false teeth, putting the Chrono-Laser in reverse and causing it to de-age him and Peter into babies. The infant versions of Peter and Jim then use their [[TastesLikeDiabetes cuteness]] to scare Evil Jim away.

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* The prologue to the ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' episode, "Opposites Attack" has [[EvilCounterpart Evil Jim]] use his Chrono-Laser to [[OvernightAgeUp age Jim and Peter Puppy into seniors]]. The elderly Jim spits out his false teeth, putting the Chrono-Laser in reverse and causing it to de-age him and Peter into babies. The infant versions of Peter and Jim then use their [[TastesLikeDiabetes cuteness]] SickeninglySweet cuteness to scare Evil Jim away.
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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo and the gang by, in a Marvel comic story, are hired by an obsessive millionaire in looking for the Fountain of Youth, which is guarded by the (supposed) ghost of a Spanish conquistador. The conquistador turns out to be a midget who believed that he was still working for Ponce de Leon. The millionaire pays the guy a bundle for the Fountain, and it turns out to be real. He regresses to infancy.

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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo and the gang by, gang, in a Marvel comic story, are hired by an obsessive millionaire in looking for the Fountain of Youth, which is guarded by the (supposed) ghost of a Spanish conquistador. The conquistador turns out to be a midget who believed that he was still working for Ponce de Leon. The millionaire pays the guy a bundle for the Fountain, and it turns out to be real. He regresses to infancy.
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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo and the gan, in a Marvel comic story, iare hired by an obsessive millionaire in looking for the Fountain of Youth, which is guarded by the (supposed) ghost of a Spanish conquistador. The conquistador turns out to be a midget who believed that he was still working for Ponce de Leon. The millionaire pays the guy a bundle for the Fountain, and it turns out to be real. He regresses to infancy.

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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo and the gan, gang by, in a Marvel comic story, iare are hired by an obsessive millionaire in looking for the Fountain of Youth, which is guarded by the (supposed) ghost of a Spanish conquistador. The conquistador turns out to be a midget who believed that he was still working for Ponce de Leon. The millionaire pays the guy a bundle for the Fountain, and it turns out to be real. He regresses to infancy.
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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo and the gan, in a Marvel comic story, iare hired by an obsessive millionaire in looking for the Fountain of Youth, which is guarded by the (supposed) ghost of a Spanish conquistador. The conquistador turns out to be a midget who believed that he was still working for Ponce de Leon. The millionaire pays the guy a bundle for the Fountain, and it turns out to be real. He regresses to infancy.
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** Another ''Captain Marvel'' story has Sterling Morris drink a youth serum after feeling old and tired, only for said serum to make him younger and younger until he reaches the age of sixteen. Luckily, he takes an antidote before he can get any younger.
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* One ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'' comic story has Bugs and Porky go looking for the Fountain of Youth. An old witch tries to trick them into thinking that a random spring is the fountain, but it turns out to be the REAL fountain, although they lose track of its location in a storm.
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* This is basically the point of ''Mayonaka Lolita'': Mishiru Kachiwabara, a very beautiful young girl, is given a strange juice by a male student (Aoi Makimura) she had never seen before. As it turns out, that juice is a rejuvenation potion, which their teacher [[WhatAnIdiot had mistakenly given to Aoi as juice]], and Mishiru regresses into a little girl. Her teacher tells her the only way to get back to normal is to kiss the person she loves, but tough luck, Mishiru doesn't love anybody. Because she can't go back home as a child, Aoi brings her to his house and allows her to stay there. [[spoiler:They eventually do kiss at the end of the first chapter, and Michiru turns back to normal... before turning into a child again.]]

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* This is basically the point of ''Mayonaka Lolita'': Mishiru Kachiwabara, a very beautiful young girl, is given a strange juice by a male student (Aoi Makimura) she had never seen before. As it turns out, that juice is a rejuvenation potion, which their teacher [[WhatAnIdiot had mistakenly given to Aoi as juice]], juice, and Mishiru regresses into a little girl. Her teacher tells her the only way to get back to normal is to kiss the person she loves, but tough luck, Mishiru doesn't love anybody. Because she can't go back home as a child, Aoi brings her to his house and allows her to stay there. [[spoiler:They eventually do kiss at the end of the first chapter, and Michiru turns back to normal... before turning into a child again.]]



* Rufus finds it in Episode 23 of ''WebVideo/WorldsGreatestAdventures''... it's a sink. One tap for aging water, one tap for rejuvenating water. [[WhatAnIdiot Guess which one he drinks from.]]

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* Rufus finds it in Episode 23 of ''WebVideo/WorldsGreatestAdventures''... it's a sink. One tap for aging water, one tap for rejuvenating water. [[WhatAnIdiot Guess which one he drinks from.]]
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* The ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'' episode "Pup Daddy" has an invention of Keswick's end up turning Keswick, the Chief, Kitty Katswell and Snaptrap, and later Snaptrap's underlings Ollie, Francisco and Larry, into teenagers. As time goes on, the characters affected continue to get younger, regresing to childhood and infancy, with Dudley having to keep his de-aged allies and enemies out of trouble and reverse the effects before they all undergo DeathByDeaging.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'' episode "Pup Daddy" has an invention of Keswick's end up turning Keswick, the Chief, Kitty Katswell and Snaptrap, and later Snaptrap's underlings Ollie, Francisco and Larry, into teenagers. As time goes on, the characters affected continue to get younger, regresing regressing to childhood and infancy, with Dudley having to keep his de-aged allies and enemies out of trouble and reverse the effects before they all undergo DeathByDeaging.

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** In the episode "Forever Is A Long Time Coming" from ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', because of the effects of the Quintessons' time travel device, female captain Marissa Faireborn is zapped by a ray and temporarily transformed into a baby.

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** In the episode "Forever Is A Long Time Coming" from ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', because of the effects of the Quintessons' time travel device, female captain Marissa Faireborn is zapped by a ray and temporarily transformed into a baby.


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* ''VideoGame/[[{{Civilization}} V'' features a Fountain of Youth as a Natural Wonder. All units that move adjacent to it gain the Double Healing promotion for free.

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* ''VideoGame/[[{{Civilization}} ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V'' features a Fountain of Youth as a Natural Wonder. All units that move adjacent to it gain the Double Healing promotion for free.

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