History Main / KidsVersusAdults

If the children win, this may lead to a TeenageWasteland. If the adults win, may invoke a ChildlessDystopia.

Closely related to IntergenerationalRivalry. Contrast IntergenerationalFriendship (A friendship between two people from different generations) and PrecociousCrush (when a child falls in love with an adult). However, these relationships may still leave room for conflict.

* ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' film series is an endless parade of cultist children killing adults.
* While it's only two adults and two children, ''Film/LittleSweetheart'' is a prime example. Two bank robber criminals vs. two blackmailing, stalking, thieving little girls.

** ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader''

* The MusicalEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', "School's Out", has this as a major theme. During summer, the adults want to reign in the chaotic kids, so Flappy Bob introduces his "Learnatorium", which is overly-sterilized and boring. Tommy decides that [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic adults ruin everything]] and wishes kids ruled the world. He gets his wish, and it devolves into both sides at each other’s throats because of the manipulations of the Pixies, who engineered the conflict to gaincntrol of Fairy World.

* ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' has this as the center of its conflict. The Warriors of Hope, a group of kids who hate adults due to their AbusiveParents, attempt to stage a revolution in Towa City. This means [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans slaughtering the entire adult populace of the city in order to create a peaceful paradise for children]]. [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Komaru]], the protagonist gets caught up in the middle of it all. [[spoiler: Although, it turns out to just have been a fallacy by Monaca, who didn't really care about a children's paradise; she just wanted to reignite [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Tragedy]] by starting a war between adults and children, and also to drive Komaru into despair with the news that the children killed her parents.]]

* The MusicalEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', "School's Out", has this as a major song, as, how do you say, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic adults ruin everything]].

* This is the entire premise of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', with the KND fighting against adult tyranny.

* In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''No Future'' by Creator/PaulCornell, the Doctor and Benny visit the Mediasphere, a sort of 1970s British collective unconscious comprising TV of the period warped by the anxieties of the age. At one point they see a vicious fight between teenagers based on ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople1973'' and pensioners based on ''Series/TilDeathUsDoPart''.

* In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''No Future'' by Creator/PaulCornell, the Doctor and Benny visit the Mediasphere, a sort of 1970s British collective unconscious comprising TV of the period warped by the anxieties of the age. At one point they see a vicious fight between teenagers based on ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople1973'' and pensioners based on ''Series/TilDeathDoUsPart''.

** The premise of the flash game involves a newbie ice cream vendor having to fight against waves of bratty kids obsessed with destroying ice cream trucks by [[EdibleAmmunition using his ice cream products and ingredients as ammo]].

** The premise of the flash game involves a newbie ice cream vendor having to fight against waves of bratty kids obsessed with destroying ice cream trucks by using his ice cream products and ingredients as AbnormalAmmo.

** The Christmas-themed sequel ''Kids vs. Santa'' is very much the same, with Santa and his elves taking the side of the adults and using objects commonly associated with Christmas as weaponry/ammo. The only notable difference is that Krampus (depicted as an adult too) is the TokenAdult on the kids' side, being the one responsible for taking away the flying powers of Santa's sleigh and the FinalBoss of the game.

** The Christmas-themed sequel ''Kids vs. Santa'' is very much the same with Santa and his elves taking the side of the adults and using objects commonly associated with Christmas as weaponry/ammo. The only notable difference is that Krampus (depicted as an adult too) is the TokenAdult on the kids' side, being the one responsible for taking away the flying powers of Santa's sleigh and the FinalBoss of the game.

** The Christmas-themed sequel ''Kids vs. Santa'' is very much the same with Santa and his elves taking the side of the adults and using Christmas-themed weaponry/ammo. The only notable difference is that Krampus (depicted as an adult too) is the TokenAdult on the kids' side, being the one responsible for taking away the flying powers of Santa's sleigh and the FinalBoss of the game.

** The Christmas-themed sequel ''Kids vs. Santa'' is very much the same with Santa and his elves taking the side of the adults. The only notable difference is that Krampus (depicted as an adult too) is the TokenAdult on the kids' side, being the one responsible for taking away the flying powers of Santa's sleigh and the FinalBoss of the game.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E11WildBartsCantBeBroken Wild Barts Can't Be Broken]]" involves the adults of Springfield enforcing a curfew, and the kids rebelling against it by broadcasting all the adults' dirty secrets. [[spoiler:Subverted in that, during the grand finale song-and-dance number, the elderly got in on the fight and won, forcing everyone under 50 to adhere to the curfew, allowing them free roam of the streets.]] The irony to all this is that the mess started because a few adults (Namely Homer, Barney, Lenny and Carl) went on a drunken bender after seeing the hometown baseball team win the championship, trashing the school in the process. And thus [[KarmaHoudini were never found out]], so it was instantly assumed kids were the culprits.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' had the adults enforcing a curfew, and the kids rebelling against it by broadcasting all the adults' dirty secrets. [[spoiler:Subverted in that, during the grand finale song-and-dance number, the elderly got in on the fight and won, forcing everyone under 50 to adhere to the curfew, allowing them free roam of the streets.]] The irony to all this is that the mess started because a few adults (Namely Homer, Barney, Lenny and Carl) went on a drunken bender after seeing the hometown baseball team win the championship, trashing the school in the process. And thus [[KarmaHoudini were never found out]], so it was instantly assumed kids were the culprits.

* ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' has this as the center of its conflict. The Warriors of Hope, a group of kids who hate adults due to their AbusiveParents, attempt to stage a revolution in Towa City. This means [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans slaughtering the entire adult populace of the city in order to create a peaceful paradise for children]]. Protagonist [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Komaru]] gets caught up in the middle of it all. [[spoiler: Although, it turns out to just have been a fallacy by Monaca, who didn't really care about a children's paradise; she just wanted to reignite [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Tragedy]] by starting a war between adults and children, and also to drive Komaru into despair with the news that the children killed her parents.]]