'''Basic Trope''': An adult character becomes more childish due to spending time with children.
* '''Straight''': Bob, a teacher, becomes more like his students because he hangs out with them a lot.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob likes to spend time playing with kindergarten kids. He likes to play with glitter.
** Bob becomes a ManChild as the result of his job.
** Bob acts like the TagalongKid despite being the adult amongst them.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob may act like his students sometimes, but focuses on his job.
** Bob acts like he's the oldest, most mature kid in the classroom.
* '''Justified'''
** Bob's job requires him to have some level of interaction with kids.
** Bob [[GrowingUpSucks hates]] being an adult and hangs out with kids because he finds them more fun to interact with.
* '''Inverted''':
** 8-year-old Charlie becomes more mature because he hangs out with adults.
** Bob is a full-blown ManChild, and he works so well with kids ''because'' he identifies with them.
** TagalongKid
* '''Subverted''': Bob's friends expect this to happen, but it doesn't.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Until Bob settles in, that is.
* '''Parodied''': Bob physically turns back into a child after spending time as a teacher.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob acts more childish sometimes, but seems to keep control of it.
* '''Averted''':
** Bob doesn't spend time with kids.
** Bob's maturity doesn't drop whenever he's around them.
* '''Enforced''': The writer is trying to thank a childish teacher they had who was a good influence on them.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is Bob so childish?" "I'm not sure, but maybe it has to do with the kids he spends time with."
* '''Invoked''':
** Bob is a ManChild who decides to work as a kindergarten teacher, so that his childish behavior don't seem so off-putting.
** Someone suggests Bob should work with kids so he can loosen up.
* '''Exploited''': Ads for education degrees proclaim, "Feel like a kid again! Become a teacher!"
* '''Defied''':
** Bob keeps his maturity no matter what.
** Bob quits his job.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Bob is a ManChild and a teacher, but it's not clear which came first.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's kids don't respect him because of his childishness, and never do what he says.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's childish style means they don't see him as an authority figure, and they see no need to rebel against him.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is fired by the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat administration]] for being too childish.
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???