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Hot Mom has been disambiguated. Examples not clearly fitting into one of the tropes other than Fetish Fuel mentioned on Hot Mom are being removed. If you think it fits one of these tropes, feel free to readd with proper context. Same with Hot Dad.


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* In ''LuckyStar'', Miyuki's mother looks so youthful and cute that she's actually often mistaken for her older sister rather than her mother.

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* In ''LuckyStar'', ''Manga/LuckyStar'', Miyuki's mother looks so youthful and cute that she's actually often mistaken for her older sister rather than her mother.
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* It's never explicitly stated what Niles expected in ''{{Frasier}}'', but he is clearly surprised the first time he meets Daphne, mentioning that Frasier told him she was English and um, well... He most likely assumed she was a stuffy older lady.
-->'''Niles:''' ''You're'' Daphne?
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* In the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', the Thing frequently mentioned his 'Aunt Petunia', with the implication that she was an old woman. When she finally appeared in the comic during JohnByrne's run, Petunia (she prefers 'Penny') was revealed to be his uncle's second wife and an attractive woman about the Thing's own age.

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* In the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', the Thing frequently mentioned his 'Aunt Petunia', with the implication that she was an old woman. When she finally appeared in the comic during JohnByrne's Creator/JohnByrne's run, Petunia (she prefers 'Penny') was revealed to be his uncle's second wife and an attractive woman about the Thing's own age.
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* A RunningGag in ''HannaIsNotABoysName,'' as one of the few things that seems to really aggravate [[ThePollyanna Hanna]] is when people mistake him for a teenager. ("'''''I'm 24.'''''") He certain [[OlderThanHeLooks looks young]], but it's never made clear if that has a [[AmbiguouslyHuman supernatural basis]] or if he's just naturally scrawny.
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* In the ''FantasticFour'', the Thing frequently mentioned his 'Aunt Petunia', with the implication that she was an old woman. When she finally appeared in the comic during JohnByrne's run, Petunia (she prefers 'Penny') was revealed to be his uncle's second wife and an attractive woman about the Thing's own age.

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* In the ''FantasticFour'', ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', the Thing frequently mentioned his 'Aunt Petunia', with the implication that she was an old woman. When she finally appeared in the comic during JohnByrne's run, Petunia (she prefers 'Penny') was revealed to be his uncle's second wife and an attractive woman about the Thing's own age.
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* One ''Oil of Olay'' commercial had a stage psychic guess a woman's age, and undershoot because she was using the product. She plays along, and says the psychic was correct.
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* In ''LuckyStar'', Miyuki's mother looks so youthful and cute that she's actually often mistaken for her older sister rather than her mother.
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* Early in ''[[AuntDimity Aunt Dimity: Detective]]'', Lilian Bunting asks Lori to entertain her nephew "Nicky" while she and her husband attend Prunella Hooper's inquest. Lori expects to receive a visit from a small boy, and is surprised when thirty-something Nicholas Fox introduces himself.
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* This is actually Maria of ''HayateTheCombatButler''s {{Berserk Button}}. She continually states that she's 'only 17' while everyone around her assumes she's older because of the aura she puts up, and being Nagi's {{Cool Big Sis}}/Mother figure.

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* This is actually Maria of ''HayateTheCombatButler''s ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''s {{Berserk Button}}. She continually states that she's 'only 17' while everyone around her assumes she's older because of the aura she puts up, and being Nagi's {{Cool Big Sis}}/Mother figure.



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* It's a running gag in the ''{{Baccano}}'' light novels that, despite nearly half the cast being immortal, only Firo (already [[OlderThanTheyLook a bit young-looking]] before immortality) has to deal with the annoyances of not looking his age, such as getting carded at age ninety, being detained for claiming he was seventy on his passport, and constantly being called 'babyface.'

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* It's a running gag in the ''{{Baccano}}'' ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' light novels that, despite nearly half the cast being immortal, only Firo (already [[OlderThanTheyLook a bit young-looking]] before immortality) has to deal with the annoyances of not looking his age, such as getting carded at age ninety, being detained for claiming he was seventy on his passport, and constantly being called 'babyface.'



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* In an episode of {{Firefly}}, Mal invokes this trope to evade INeverSaidItWasPoison, when asked whether he has seen fugitives, "a brother and sister", by pretending to assume that the pair in question were children, when he actually knows exactly who and where they are.
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* The protagonist of the first story in ''Himitsu Kichi'' mistakes a sixth grader for a college aged student. In turn he mistakes her for a kid his age when she's 18 years old.

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* The protagonist of the first story in ''Himitsu Kichi'' mistakes a sixth grader for a college aged student. In turn he mistakes her for a kid his age when she's 18 16 years old.
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* The protagonist of the first story in ''Himitsu Kichi'' mistakes a sixth grader for a college aged student. In turn he mistakes her for a kid his age when she's 18 years old.
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* In ''TowerOfGod'' this happens commonly since the Shinsoo atmosphere slows down and sommetimes even stops aging. This leads to cases of Ship Leesoo being in his late twenties and Yeon and Hatsu in their late teens whereas Androssi is about 300 years old and her "niece" Anak is even older.
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Compare TomboyishName, ExpectingSomeoneTaller, [=~Actually That's My Assistant~=], OlderThanTheyLook, YoungerThanTheyLook, AgeInappropriateDress.

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Compare TomboyishName, ExpectingSomeoneTaller, [=~Actually That's My Assistant~=], ActuallyThatsMyAssistant, OlderThanTheyLook, YoungerThanTheyLook, AgeInappropriateDress.
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* Picture comes from ''Film/AnchorsAweigh''.

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* Picture comes from ''Film/AnchorsAweigh''.In ''Film/AnchorsAweigh'', two Navy sailors take a runaway kid back to his home, where he lives with his aunt. They think she must be old, and are surprised that she is about their age.
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* It's a running gag in the ''{{Baccano}}'' light novels that, despite nearly half the cast being immortal, only Firo (already [[OlderThanTheyLook a bit young-looking]] before immortality) has to deal with the annoyances of not looking his age, such as getting carded at age ninety, being detained for claiming he was seventy on his passport, and constantly being called 'babyface.'
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* In ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Willie Scott dresses up beautifully for the dinner at Pankot Palace in hopes to impress the wealthy Maja Rajah. She's chagrined when he's revealed to be a kid around the same age as Short Round.

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* In ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Willie Scott dresses up beautifully for the dinner at Pankot Palace in hopes to impress the wealthy Maja Rajah.Maharajah. She's chagrined when he's revealed to be a kid around the same age as Short Round.
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* In ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Willie Scott dresses up beautifully for the dinner at Pankot Palace in hopes to impress the wealthy Maja Rajah. She's chagrinned when he's revealed to be a kid around the same age as Short Round.

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* In ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Willie Scott dresses up beautifully for the dinner at Pankot Palace in hopes to impress the wealthy Maja Rajah. She's chagrinned chagrined when he's revealed to be a kid around the same age as Short Round.
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* In an episode of UnitedStatesOfTara, Kate's boyfriend is about to meet Kate's family, and Kate had previously mentioned that she had a younger brother. Kate's boyfriend buys a toy train, expecting that he'll be quite young, except Marshall (Kate's brother) is in his teens, causing an awkward interaction.
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* This is actually Maria of {{Hayate no Gotoku}}'s {{Berserk Button}}. She continually states that she's 'only 17' while everyone around her assumes she's older because of the aura she puts up, and being Nagi's {{Cool Big Sis}}/Mother figure.

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* This is actually Maria of {{Hayate no Gotoku}}'s ''HayateTheCombatButler''s {{Berserk Button}}. She continually states that she's 'only 17' while everyone around her assumes she's older because of the aura she puts up, and being Nagi's {{Cool Big Sis}}/Mother figure.
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changing that alvin and the chipmunks. I know from the episode she\'s actually a senior citizen.


* In ''AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', Alvin hears about having an oldest fan, and thinks she's just in her twenties, while she is actually middle aged.

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* In ''AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', Alvin hears about having an oldest fan, and thinks she's just in her twenties, while she is actually middle aged.a senior citizen.
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* This is actually Maria of {{Hayate no Gotoku}}'s {{Berserk Button}}. She continually states that she's 'only 17' while everyone around her assumes she's older because of the aura she puts up, and being Nagi's {{Cool Big Sis}}/Mother figure.
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* In ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Willie Scott dresses up beautifully for the dinner at Pankot Palace in hopes to impress the wealthy Maja Rajah. She's chagrinned when he's revealed to be a kid around the same as Short Round.

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* In ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Willie Scott dresses up beautifully for the dinner at Pankot Palace in hopes to impress the wealthy Maja Rajah. She's chagrinned when he's revealed to be a kid around the same age as Short Round.
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* In ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Willie Scott dresses up beautifully for the dinner at Pankot Palace in hopes to impress the wealthy Maja Rajah. She's chagrinned when he's revealed to be a kid around the same as Short Round.
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Compare TomboyishName, ExpectingSomeoneTaller, ActuallyThatsMyAssistant, OlderThanTheyLook, YoungerThanTheyLook, AgeInappropriateDress.

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Compare TomboyishName, ExpectingSomeoneTaller, ActuallyThatsMyAssistant, [=~Actually That's My Assistant~=], OlderThanTheyLook, YoungerThanTheyLook, AgeInappropriateDress.



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