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ComicBookTime, also known as a ''floating timeline'', applies this concept to an entire setting. This can be particularly problematic if the main characters, such as superheroes, have children over the course of the series. The kids will age a few years--maybe up to 10--then abruptly stop, as making them any older would mean aging the main hero to an undesirable degree. Don't be surprised if this trope is applied inconsistently, such as ComicBook/KittyPryde going from 13 in 1980 to her mid/late-20's today, while [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]] hasn't so much as reached puberty despite his first appearance being his birth back in ''1968''.

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ComicBookTime, also known as a ''floating timeline'', applies this concept to an entire setting. This can be particularly problematic if the main characters, such as superheroes, have children over the course of the series. The kids will age a few years--maybe up to 10--then abruptly stop, as making them any older would mean aging the main hero to an undesirable degree. Don't be surprised if this trope is applied inconsistently, inconsistently in shared universes, such as ComicBook/KittyPryde going from 13 in 1980 to her mid/late-20's today, while [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]] hasn't so much as reached puberty despite his first appearance being his birth back in ''1968''.
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ComicBookTime, also known as a ''floating timeline'', applies this concept to an entire setting. This can be particularly problematic if the main characters, such as superheroes, have children over the course of the series. The kids will age a few years--maybe up to 10--then abruptly stop, as making them any older would mean aging the main hero to an undesirable degree. In shared universes, don't be surprised if this trope is applied inconsistently across properties.

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ComicBookTime, also known as a ''floating timeline'', applies this concept to an entire setting. This can be particularly problematic if the main characters, such as superheroes, have children over the course of the series. The kids will age a few years--maybe up to 10--then abruptly stop, as making them any older would mean aging the main hero to an undesirable degree. In shared universes, don't Don't be surprised if this trope is applied inconsistently across properties.
inconsistently, such as ComicBook/KittyPryde going from 13 in 1980 to her mid/late-20's today, while [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]] hasn't so much as reached puberty despite his first appearance being his birth back in ''1968''.

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