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* Jim's dad, Rocky, on ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' zigzags this trope. Sometimes he is a voice of reason for his son, as well as for Angel. Other times Rocky is the kid. But he always makes Jim see things froma different perspective.
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Contrast TagalongKid and TokenMiniMoe, this trope's opposite. Compare TheMentor, AdultsAreUseless and ThereAreNoAdults.

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SubTrope of MustHaveLotsOfFreeTime (a character spends a lot of time with protagonists outside their own age or social group). Contrast TagalongKid and TokenMiniMoe, this trope's opposite. Compare TheMentor, AdultsAreUseless AdultsAreUseless, and ThereAreNoAdults.
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* ''VideoGame/CrescentPrism'': At 27 years old, Rain is the only adult party member. After the ten year timeskip, everyone is an adult.

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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'': The main hero groups will usually have one of these. ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'' has Paul London in his late thirties as part of White Gestalt while ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' and ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'' has Amelia Hughes (she in her sixties) for the Red Lotus Quarto later turned Travelers of Wisteria.
** In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'', both London and Amelia become this for their respective groups once more, with Augustine Sycamore becoming this for the Windchasers since Yuri is 11, Vaillant is 15 and Garchomp, Tobe and Netto fall under VagueAge.



* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': Wulfhild is 21 when she becomes Hiccup's concubine (Hiccup and Astrid being 16 and 15 at the time respectively). That being said, the line between "child" and "adult" was much earlier back then so it is more of a downplayed example.



* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'': The main hero groups will usually have one of these. ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'' has Paul London in his late thirties as part of White Gestalt while ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' and ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'' has Amelia Hughes (she in her sixties) for the Red Lotus Quarto later turned Travelers of Wisteria.
** In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'', both London and Amelia become this for their respective groups once more, with Augustine Sycamore becoming this for the Windchasers since Yuri is 11, Vaillant is 15 and Garchomp, Tobe and Netto fall under VagueAge.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ZakStorm'': The 7C's are almost all children in their teens with the exception of the the Chaos, a sentient ship with no known age, and Calabrass, the titular hero's [[TalkingWeapon talking sword]] and mentor.
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** ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'': Returning protagonist Jotaro Kujo, now 28-years-old doctorate student [[spoiler:and DisappearedDad]], is initially the sole adult among the main characters (the rest being high-school students) until 20-years-old mangaka Rohan Kishibe joins the group.
** ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJOJOLands'': 49-years-old Meryl May Qi is the sole adult and leader of her criminal gang, with her subordinates (ranging from the protagonist Jodio at 15 to 19-years-old Paco) being the students from the school she works as their principal.

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** ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'': Returning protagonist Jotaro Kujo, now a 28-years-old doctorate student [[spoiler:and a DisappearedDad]], is initially the sole adult among the main characters (the rest being high-school students) until 20-years-old mangaka Rohan Kishibe joins the group.
** ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJOJOLands'': 49-years-old Meryl May Qi is the sole adult and leader of her criminal gang, with her subordinates (ranging from the protagonist Jodio at 15 to 19-years-old Paco) being high school students. Additionally, she's also the students from principal of the school she works as their principal.that they go to.
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** ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'': Returning protagonist Jotaro Kujo, now 28-years-old doctorate student [[spoiler:and DisappearedDad]], is initially the sole adult among the main characters (the rest being high-school students) until 20-years-old mangaka Rohan Kishibe joins the group.
** ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJOJOLands'': 49-years-old Meryl May Qi is the sole adult and leader of her criminal gang, with her subordinates (ranging from the protagonist Jodio at 15 to 19-years-old Paco) being the students from the school she works as their principal.

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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'' has Randy Orlando who was in his early 20s while the rest of his teammates are still in their late teens.



** Played straight in the first two chapters of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsThroughDaybreak'' where Van Arkride unwittingly leads his employees who are still in their teens in his daytime job as a Spriggan, a worker who takes on jobs that skirts near the line of the law. This is then averted through the rest of the series where at least half of the roster are adults, though amusingly enough, Van is the second oldest member of the cast.

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** Played straight in For the first two chapters of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsThroughDaybreak'' where ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsThroughDaybreak'', Van Arkride unwittingly leads his employees who are still in their teens in his daytime job as a Spriggan, a worker who takes on jobs that skirts near the line of the law. This is then averted through the rest of the series where at least half of the roster are adults, though amusingly enough, Van is the second oldest member of the cast.
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** Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' as half of the playable cast are in their early to late twenties, some even in their thirties while the main duo, Estelle and Joshua Bright, are still in their mid-teens.

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