History PlayingWith / WeaponJr

* '''Exaggerated''': Back when they were kids [[BlackMagicianGirl Alice]] played with a [[PlayingWithFire lighter]], Bob carried a slingshot, [[WhiteMagicianGirl Claire]] was always cleaning with a mop, [[AnAxeToGrind Danny]] was always chopping wood and BigBad [[{{Necromancer}} Elaina the Enchantress]] owned [[MyLittlePanzer Lord Cackly's Lil'monster occult and necromancy kit]][[note]]Ages 8 to ageless, MayContainEvil[[/note]].

** As a child Bob is shown practicing with a wooden sword and making fun of his AloofOlderBrother for training with a bow.
** As a child, Bob is training with a bow while his AloofOlderBrother tries to save the world armed with a slingshot.

* '''Double Subverted''': Bob puts aside the slingshot because it's too childish. He wants a ''real'' weapon.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...who proceeds to use it to launch burning bits of paper.

* '''Averted''':
** No one is ever shown as a child.
** Bob used a slingshot as a kid, but a sword as an adult.

* '''Invoked''': Bob et al's parents wanted their kids to be adventurers. So they gave them their toys/weapons/chore to make sure that they'd pick a weapon they knew would allow them to form an effective group with.

* '''Deconstructed''': All the characters had disturbing childhoods, hence why their childhood interests eventually turned to combat.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...but only because they decided they wanted to be adventurers when they grew up; a highly respectable profession in their universe.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob gives his kid a slingshot hoping he'll follow in his footsteps.

* '''Averted''': No one is ever shown as a child.

* '''Exploited''': The villain gives the children of vague prophecy diffficult to use toy weapons to discourage them from using said weapons when they grow old.

* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Bob et al's parents wanted their kids to be adventurers. So they gave them their toys/weapons/chore to make sure that they'd pick a weapon they knew would allow them to form an effective group with.

* '''Reconstructed''': ....but only because they decided they wanted to be adventurers when they grew up; a highly respectable profession in their universe.

'''Basic Trope''': A child version of a character (either actually them when they were younger or a suspiciously similar infant) uses a kiddy version of their weapon.

* '''Subverted''': Bob appears to be playing with a slingshot...but immediately hands it back to BlackMage Alice.

** As a child, Bob is training with a boy while his AloofOlderBrother tries to save the world armed with a slingshot.

---> As a child Bob is shown practicing with a wooden sword and making fun of his AloofOlderBrother for training with a bow.
---> As a child, Bob is training with a boy while his AloofOlderBrother tries to save the world armed with a slingshot.

* '''Inverted''': As a child Bob is shown practising with a wooden sword and making fun of his AloofOlderBrother for training with a bow.

* '''Exaggerated''': Back when they were kids [[BlackMagicianGirl Alice]] played with a [[PlayingWithFire lighter]], Bob carried a slingshot, [[WhiteMagicianGirl Claire]] was always cleaning with a mop, [[AnAxeToGrind Danny]] was always chopping wood and BigBad [[{{Necromancer}} Elaina the Enchantress]] owned [[MyLittlePanzer Lord Cackly's Lil'monster occult and necromancy kit]][[hottip:*:Ages 8 to ageless, MayContainEvil]].

* '''Justified''': The familiar action of pulling back something elastic meant Bob took to archery as he got older. The same goes for the rest of the cast (Alice loved to burn things and went straight for the fire spells, Claire continued to feel comfortable carrying a stave after becoming a healer, Danny simply transferred his chopping skills to war axes and Elaina continued down the slippery slope [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope until she jumped off it]]).

* '''Parodied''': The protagonist's parents are shown using the same weapons as them and doing their best to ensure they follow in their footsteps.
* '''Deconstructed''': All the characters had disturbing childhoods, hence why their childhood interests eventually turned to combat.
* '''Reconstructed''': ....but only because they decided they wanted to be adventurers when they grew up; a highly respectable proffession in their universe.

* '''Exploited''': Bob et al's parents wanted their kids to be adventurers. So they gave them their toys/weapons/chore to make sure that they'd pick a weapon they knew would allow them to form an effective group with.

Here's a beginner's link back to [[WeaponJr Weapon Jr]], aww.

* '''Straight''': Bob uses a [[TheArcher bow]], as a kid he was [[BratsWithSlingshots a brat with a slingshot]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Back when they were kids [[BlackMagicianGirl Alice]] played with a [[PlayingWithFire lighter]], [[TheArcher Bob]] carried a slingshot, [[WhiteMagicianGirl Claire]] was always cleaning with a mop, [[AnAxeToGrind Danny]] was always chopping wood and BigBad [[{{Necromancer}} Elaina the Enchantress]] owned [[MyLittlePanzer Lord Cackly's Lil'monster occult and necromancy kit]][[hottip:*:Ages 8 to ageless, MayContainEvil]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Back when they were kids [[BlackMagicianGirl Alice]] played with a [[PlayingWithFire lighter]], [[TheArcher Bob]] carried a slingshot, [[StaffChick Claire]] was always cleaning with a mop, [[AnAxeToGrind Danny]] was always chopping wood and BigBad [[{{Necromancer}} Elaina the Enchantress]] owned [[MyLittlePanzer Lord Cackly's Lil'monster occult and necromancy kit]][[hottip:*:Ages 8 to ageless, MayContainEvil]].