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* ''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]] gets caught up in the middle of it all. [[spoiler: Although it turns out to just have been a fallacy by Monaca Towa, 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.]]

%%* Some ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episodes have this.

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* ''WebOriginal/TheInnocent'' is a series of [[EmergencyBroadcast emergency alerts]] following a WorldWarThree between kids and adults, ending in a [[spoiler: TeenageWasteland]]
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* [=Avogado6=]'s "Children's Kingdom" short manga concerns a nation of children living alone in a guerilla war against adults with masks over their heads. One child has an older brother around middle school age, who frets about what'll happen to him as soon as he's considered an "adult". [[spoiler:The child later is able to kill an adult, who turns out to be his older brother after he disappeared one night. His spirit is so broken by the time he is an adult himself that he's perfectly willing to follow the Adult Kingdom's orders.]]

* [=Avogado6=]'s "Children's Kingdom" short manga concerns a nation of children living alone in a guerilla war against adults with masks over their heads. One child has an older brother around middle school age, who frets about what'll happen to him as soon as he's considered an "adult". [[spoiler:the child later is able to kill an adult, who turns out to be his older brother after he disappeared one night.]]

* Avogado6's "Children's Kingdom" short manga concerns a nation of children living alone in a guerilla war against adults with masks over their heads. One child has an older brother around middle school age, who frets about what'll happen to him as soon as he's considered an "adult". [[spoiler:the child later is able to kill an adult, who turns out to be his older brother after he disappeared one night.]]

Often goes hand-in-hand with AdultsAreUseless. A war between kids and adults will, of course, almost always include ChildSoldiers and/or AbusiveOffspring on the side of the children, and AbusiveParents on the side of the adults. May contain one or more children (intentionally or [[AccidentalMurder not]]) becoming [[SelfMadeOrphan Self-Made Orphans]] or one or more parents (intentionally or [[AccidentalMurder not]]) OffingTheOffspring. However, may also be a VelvetRevolution FriendlyRivalry.

Often goes hand-in-hand with AdultsAreUseless. A war between kids and adults will, of course, almost always include ChildSoldiers and/or AbusiveOffspring on the side of the children, and AbusiveParents on the side of the adults. May contain one or more children (intentionally or [[AccidentalMurder not]]) becoming [[SelfMadeOrphan Self-Made Orphans]] or one or more parents (intentionally or [[AccidentalMurder not]]) OffingTheOffspring. However, may also be a VelvetRevolution or be FriendlyRivalry.

Often goes hand-in-hand with AdultsAreUseless. See also TeenageWasteland and IntergenerationalRivalry.

* "The Grandfathers' War", one of Creator/MurrayLeinster's ''Literature/MedShip'' stories, featured a war between generations (although the younger was of the age of maturity).

Often goes hand-in-hand with AdultsAreUseless. See also TeenageWasteland.

* The 1968 film ''Wild in the Streets'' has the voting age lowered to 14; the 24-year-old rock star subsequently elected president then has everyone over 30 put in re-education camps. The film ends on a punchline suggesting a FullCircleRevolution when the young president pisses off a couple of 7-year-olds.

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[[caption-width-right:320:In the aftermath, it was learned that Superintendent Chalmers drew first blood.]]

* A majority of Series/KamenRiderGaim is spent focusing on the conflict between the kids (Beat Riders) and the adults (Yggdrasil), however, the sides get skewered as the series goes on. The kids have grown up ideals (fighting for what is right, might makes right) while the adults have childish goals (half of them wanna be an all-powerful being). The conflict between Sid and Kouta perfectly highlights this, as Sid's banters often involves how kids often are stupid and need to be ruled over by their adult superiors.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has this as the premise.

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

* ''VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls'' 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]] gets caught up in the middle of it all. [[spoiler: Although it turns out to just have been a fallacy by Monaca Towa, 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.]]

* ''Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' film series is an endless parade of cultist children killing adults.

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

* 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 and were never found out]], so it was instantly assumed kids were the culprits.

* This is the entire premise of Codename: Kids Next Door, with the KND fighting against adult tyranny.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has this as the premise.

* Happens now and again in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.

* Some ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episodes have this.

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* ''Film/BattleRoyale 2'' goes down this road.
** It also occurred in the backstory of the original.

* The 1968 film ''Wild in the Streets'' has the voting age lowered to 14; the 24-year-old rock star subsequently elected president then has everyone over 30 put in re-education camps.
** The film ends on a punchline suggesting a FullCircleRevolution when the young president pisses off a couple of 7-year-olds.

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* 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 a the hometown team win the championship, trashing the school in the process. And thus [[KarmaHoudini and were never found out]], so it was instantly assumed kids were the culprits.