History Main / YoungerAndHipper

** ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'': Ben Reilly was a weird example. As Peter's clone they were exactly the same age mentally and physically, but whereas Peter had graduated college and was married with a kid on the way; Ben was a single, leather jacket-wearing, motorcycle-riding dropout who still had a lot of the wisecracking energy and youthful idealism Peter had lost. The plan was to make Ben Spider-Man so they could return the character to his roots without undoing decades of character development for Peter. It... did not work.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Joseph, the hated young [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] from the '90s books. He was initially introduced as the real Magneto, who had supposedly been [[FountainOfYouth de-aged]] and stripped of his memories but was ultimately revealed to just be a youthful clone. [[HeroicSacrifice He was killed off almost immediately after this revelation]].

* ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest'': In the late 1960s/early 1970s, the series ran some stories about the "Super-Sons," Clark Kent Jr. and Bruce Wayne Jr. They looked to be in their twenties and sported [[TotallyRadical the hippest clothes and slang.]] The current ''ComicBook/SuperSons'' comic features much younger, KidAppealCharacter versions ([[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan Samuel Kent]] and Damian Wayne).
* ''ComicBook/TheOracleCode'': Babs was always a college grad with experience as a senator before becoming Oracle before, here she's much younger.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' played this trope straight with its version of [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders the Outsiders]], which consisted primarily of angsty teen versions of ComicBook/BlackLightning, ComicBook/{{Katana}}, and ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}. They were later joined by teen versions of Halo and Geo-Force as the series progressed.

** The Fourth Doctor's tenure started off a bit like this. Creator/TomBaker was at the time the youngest actor to have played the Doctor, and Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe specifically designed elements of his personality to appeal to a PeripheryDemographic of college-aged and childless adults, who would not normally have watched the show. He had decided that 'traditional heroes' like Creator/JonPertwee were 'out of fashion'. At the time, the new Doctor's apparent youth (played by a man in his early 40s, although one known for being able to act his apparent age up and down easily) was a big shock and controversial with the fan base, and even received some lampshading in the show itself, including a HollywoodMidlifeCrisis subplot in "Pyramids of Mars" and an exchange in "The Seeds of Doom" where a man tells him he was expecting someone older and the Doctor insists he's only 749. Of course, by today's standards, a 41-year-old Doctor would be a granddad, and he would be ''immediately'' succeeded by [[Creator/PeterDavidson the youngest Doctor of the classic era]].

** The Fourth Doctor's tenure started off a bit like this. Creator/TomBaker was at the time the youngest actor to have played the Doctor, and Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe specifically designed elements of his personality to appeal to a PeripheryDemographic of college-aged and childless adults, who would not normally have watched the show. He had decided that 'traditional heroes' like Creator/JonPertwee were 'out of fashion'. At the time, the new Doctor's apparent youth (played by a man in his early 40s, although one known for being able to act his apparent age up and down easily) was a big shock and controversial with the fan base, and even received some lampshading in the show itself, including a HollywoodMidlifeCrisis subplot in "Pyramids of Mars" and an exchange in "The Seeds of Doom" where a man tells him he was expecting someone older and the Doctor insists he's only 749. Of course, by today's standards, a 41-year-old Doctor would be a granddad...

*** This series also introduced the idea of Peter Parker knowing [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]], Harry Osborn, and [[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests Gwen Stacy]] in high school, an idea later used in the first ''Film/SpiderMan1''[[note]]at least with the former two; Gwen appeared in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' after they went to college[[/note]], ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' cartoon[[note]]again, just MJ and Harry; while Peter went on an inter-dimensional journey and met ComicBook/SpiderGwen. Normal!Gwen doesn't seem to exist in this universe[[/note]], ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''[[note]]Gwen and he was childhood friends with Harry[[/note]], and ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan''. In the mainstream universe, Peter didn't meet them until he went to college. Similarly, both Peter and the future ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock were childhood friends.

** The objective behind the ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' arc, based on Creator/JoeQuesada's belief that no one can relate to a married superhero. Further casualties are [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] (with Scott and Characters/{{Emma|FrostWhiteQueen}} ''kissing over her grave'') and [[Characters/AntManHeroes The Wasp]] (killed to "make ComicBook/AntMan more interesting," just like Spidey.) That some of the love interests that get [[DroppedABridgeOnHim the bridge dropped on them]] are established characters in their own right and have people who actually care about their treatment is ''entirely'' lost on him.

*** Reed Richards and Sue Storm founded the Fantastic Four at 21 and [[AdaptationNameChange Victor Van Damme]] became Characters/DoctorDoom around the same age.

*** Peter Parker remained around 15-16 for all 160 issues of the series. His successor, [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]], is ''even younger''.

* The main cast of the Literature/SkylarkSeries are all adults with careers. The reimagining ''Literature/AlouettesSong'' makes them (except for [[DiabolicalMastermind DuQuesne]]) teenagers. Oddly enough, they were pretty young and hip [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny compared to the cast of most earlier science fiction]] in the original work to begin with.

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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Joseph, the hated young [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] from the '90s books. He was initially introduced as the real Magneto, who had supposedly been [[FountainOfYouth de-aged]] and stripped of his memories but was ultimately revealed to just be a [[CloningBlues youthful clone]]. [[HeroicSacrifice He was killed off almost immediately after this revelation]].

* Many of ''Franchise/TheDCU'' characters in the 2011 ''ComicBook/New52'' relaunch were de-aged to make them seem more modern and appealing to younger fans. Franchise/{{Superman}} went from middle-aged married man to single man in his early twenties. ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, who was in her early twenties by the end of the preceding era, became fifteen again. [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks The Golden Age]] [[Franchise/TheFlash Flash Jay Garrick]] goes from CoolOldGuy to DoggedNiceGuy college grad DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife in ''ComicBook/Earth2''. [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]], who had previously always been at least seven years older than [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]], became younger than Dick ''and'' Jason Todd when she'd previously worked in congress and become a librarian before Jason even met Bruce.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': When DC reinvented ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} in the Post-Crisis era, Kon-El was reimagined as a (then)-trendy teenager in contrast with the adult Clark Kent, and Kara Zor-El -- who had grown to adulthood in the Pre-Crisis era -- was conceived as a teenager as a way to modernize the character.
* The [[AudienceAlienatingEra infamous]] "Teen Tony" era of ''ComicBook/IronMan''. They turned adult Tony Stark evil and so they got a teenage version of Tony from the past and had them fight. The whole thing was rebooted and no one ever talked about it again.
* When [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Amadeus Cho]] was introduced, his superhero name was Mastermind Excello, having gained the title in an internet game show. However, never in his debut story is the original [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Mastermind Excello, [[AlliterativeName Earl Everett]], mentioned. For reference, Everett looks to be in his forties or fifties at least, while Amadeus Cho was a teenager and even today is 20 at most. Over a year after Amadeus' story, someone got it in their heads to reintroduce the original Excello in the miniseries ''ComicBook/TheTwelve'', while Amadeus quickly outgrew the Excello name and came into his own as a superhero, though he did spend some time as a younger and hipper version of another superhero: [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk The Hulk]].
* The "Batch [=SW6=]" clones in the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''; they were even given a title of their own to allow this trope to coexist with the original Legion in the TMK era. The ContinuityReboot of the Legion after Zero Hour also resulted in this trope.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

* Joseph, the hated young [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] from the '90s ''ComicBook/XMen'' books. He was initially introduced as the real Magneto, who had supposedly been [[FountainOfYouth de-aged]] and stripped of his memories, but was ultimately revealed to just be a [[CloningBlues youthful clone]]. [[HeroicSacrifice He was killed off almost immediately after this revelation]].
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Kyle Rayner, whom DC trumpeted as "the One True Green Lantern" while [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropping a Bridge]] on Hal Jordan and the rest of the Corps. Eventually reversed for the most part, as Hal and the Corps came back 10 years later in ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth''.
* Jaime Reyes as ComicBook/BlueBeetle is another case in addition to being an AffirmativeActionLegacy.

*** ComicBook/IronFist, ComicBook/ShangChi, and ComicBook/SpiderWoman all became teens or young adults, [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]] became Franchise/SpiderMan's [[ChildhoodFriends childhood friend]].

* In addition to Mary Jane, Harry, and Gwen being in high school with Peter in the aforementioned ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', Felicia Hardy (Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}'s alter ego) is in high school with them as a {{new transfer student}}, unlike the ''Ultimate'' comics (which kept her as an adult), her ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' incarnation (where, according to WordOfGod, she's 19) and her incarnation in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' (where she never met Peter and by that point, anyway, he and Harry have graduated high school).
* ''ComicBook/BatmanEarthOne'' portrays Lucius Fox as younger than Batman, in an inverse of tradition, where he's older than Bruce Wayne (especially considering [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy some]] [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman cases]], he's a friend of Thomas Wayne before [[DeathByOriginStory that fateful night]]).
* In the late 1960s/early 1970s, ''World's Finest'' ran some stories about the "Super-Sons," Clark Kent Jr. and Bruce Wayne Jr. They looked to be in their twenties and sported [[TotallyRadical the hippest clothes and slang.]] The current ''ComicBook/SuperSons'' comic features much younger, KidAppealCharacter versions ([[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan Samuel Kent]] and Damian Wayne).

*** Several of the X-Men are depicted as teenagers. Granted, the original five in 616 ([[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]], [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Iceman]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Angel]]), as well as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], ''did'' join as teenagers, but [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Colossus]], and Characters/{{Dazzler}} were all adults when they joined in 616.

*** Several of the X-Men are depicted as teenagers. Granted, the original five in 616 ([[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Beast]], [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Iceman]], and [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Angel]]), as well as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], ''did'' join as teenagers, but [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Colossus]], and Characters/{{Dazzler}} were all adults when they joined in 616.

** Mario was originally written as being a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, to the point where one of his original names (before "Jumpman") was "Ojisan". By ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' his age had been decreased by several years. He isn't much older than Princess Peach and according to WordOfGod he is twenty-four. Obviously his twin brother Luigi has the same thing occur to him. A large number of fans don't notice their young age because they're YoungerThanTheyLook.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': When DC reinvented ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} in the Post-Crisis era, Kon-El was reimagined as a (then)-trendy teenager in contrast with the adult Clark Kent, and Kara Zor-El -who had grown to adulthood in the Pre-Crisis are- was conceived as a teenager as a way to modernize the character.

** ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'', however, gives us a deliberately wide age spread - Yoko is high school age, Hiromu is in his early twenties, Jin looks mid-twenties but is actually seven years older, [[spoiler: being a projection of his true self still in hyperspace]]. Ryuuji is almost thirty.

* In the [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain Netflix reboot]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'', Frizzle (who was voiced in the original by 50-something Creator/LilyTomlin) is replaced by her sister (voiced by millennial Creator/KateMcKinnon)

Parallel to DarkerAndEdgier, LighterAndSofter, DenserAndWackier, BloodierAndGorier, HotterAndSexier (but not to OlderAndWiser, which is a trope about a character, not a franchise installment) and AgeLift (when a character is aged younger or older in an adaptation).

* Younger and Hipper is practically the religion worshiped by every advertising agency around, who have this strange idea that a consumer's money loses all its value once he turns 35. Unless the product in question is directly aimed at "senior citizens" (i.e. anyone on the long end of the 18-34 demographic), expect the people in commercials to all be young. Despite seeming to have been a marketing cliché since time immemorial, this is in fact NewerThanTheyThink. As late as the early 90s, it wasn't uncommon to see seniors advertise products ranging from potato chips (Tony Randall and Jack Klugman reprising their ''Odd Couple'' shtick) to lawnmowers. The cultural shift towards youth during the mid-90s eventually ended this, and nowadays you'd be hard pressed to find a senior in a television commercial advertising ''anything'' other than medication or term-life insurance (unless, perhaps, he/she is advertising some kind of family-run business).
* The resurrection of Wendy's "Where's the Beef" slogan in 2011. In the original ads an old lady screams this angrily at servers of BrandX burger joints, in the new version a twentysomething {{hipster}} finds a [[FunTShirt vintage T-shirt]] with the slogan and various [[PhraseCatcher strangers repeat it]] until they've pointed him to a Wendy's.
* UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken also played with this. First came the initialisms from the full name to "KFC" in 1991. Next, many ad campaigns designed to target young and racial demographics. Remember the animated Colonel Sanders in 2000? That campaign lasted only a year, perhaps because animating a beloved founder still fresh and alive in the minds of many was a bit exploitive.

* Many of ''Franchise/TheDCU'' characters in the 2011 ''ComicBook/New52'' relaunch were deaged to make them seem more modern and appealing to younger fans. Franchise/{{Superman}} went from middle-aged married man to single man in his early twenties. ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, who was in her early twenties by the end of the preceding era, became fifteen again. [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks The Golden Age]] [[Franchise/TheFlash Flash Jay Garrick]] goes from CoolOldGuy to DoggedNiceGuy college grad DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife in ''ComicBook/Earth2''. [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]], who had previously always been at least seven years older than [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]], became younger than Dick ''and'' Jason Todd, when she'd previously worked in congress and become a librarian before Jason even met Bruce.

** The objective behind the ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' arc, based on Creator/JoeQuesada's belief that no-one can relate to a married superhero. Further casualties are [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] (with Scott and Characters/{{Emma|FrostWhiteQueen}} ''kissing over her grave'') and [[Characters/AntManHeroes The Wasp]] (killed to "make ComicBook/AntMan more interesting," just like Spidey.) That some of the love interests that get [[DroppedABridgeOnHim the bridge dropped on them]] are established characters in their own right and have people who actually care about their treatment is ''entirely'' lost on him.
** ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'': Ben Reilly was a weird example. As Peter's clone they were exactly the same age mentally and physically, but whereas Peter had graduated college and was married with a kid on the way; Ben was a single, leather jacket wearing, motorcycle riding dropout who still had a lot of the wisecracking energy and youthful idealism Peter had lost. The plan was to make Ben Spider-Man so they could return the character to his roots without undoing decades of character development for Peter. It... did not work.

*** Subverted with Agatha Harkness. She's appears to be a voluptuous woman in her mid-thirties at most, compared to the regular continuity's much, much older grandmother type, [[spoiler:but she's still thousands of years old]].

*** This series also introduced the idea of Peter Parker knowing [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]], Harry Osborn, and [[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests Gwen Stacy]] in high school, an idea later used in the first ''Film/SpiderMan1''[[note]]at least with the former two; Gwen appeared in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', after they went to college[[/note]], ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' cartoon[[note]]again, just MJ and Harry; while Peter went on a inter-dimensional journey and met ComicBook/SpiderGwen. Normal!Gwen doesn't seem to exist in this universe[[/note]], ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''[[note]]Gwen and he was childhood friends with Harry[[/note]], and ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan''. In the mainstream universe, Peter didn't meet them until he went to college. Similarly, both Peter and the future ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock were childhood friends.

** ComicBook/DoctorStrange is a handsome guy in his early 20's rather than TheAgeless [[OlderThanTheyLook guy born in the 30's who looks perpetually middle-aged]]. Then again, the Strange seen in his appearances is also [[LegacyCharacter the original's son]]. Likewise, Ben Urich, a middle-aged man in the classic Marvel Universe appears to only be in his 30s.

* ''ComicBook/BatmanEarthOne'' portrays Lucius Fox as younger than Batman, in inverse of tradition, where he's older than Bruce Wayne (especially considering [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy some]] [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman cases]], he's a friend of Thomas Wayne before [[DeathByOriginStory that fateful night]]).

* In ''Fanfic/TheOtherSideMemoriaeterna'', after the original Avengers are all killed in the Snap (''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''), Peter Parker ends up becoming the team's new financial backer in his role as the sole heir to Stark Enterprises. With the core Avengers team consisting of Peter, Wanda Maximoff, Yelena Belova and Kate Bishop (Sam Wilson primarily works with the army, Hope Pym focuses on lab work, T'Challa has his duties as Wakanda's king and Bucky Barnes aids Sam when required, although all are willing to help in the field if needed), the team rely on such strategies as livestreaming their fights to help make them more relatable to the general public, with Sam reflecting more than once that he doesn't understand the younger heroes' way of doing things even if he acknowledges how this helps the public trust them.

* ''Film/CityOfEmber'' used the "older and hipper" inversion. The lead characters are twelve in the [[Literature/TheBooksOfEmber original book]], but are teenagers in the film.

* In the original ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'', the main characters are all in their 30s to 40s. [[Film/DawnOfTheDead2004 In the remake]], they're all twenty-somethings, with only one guy who looks like he's on the far side of 35. There are a few elder side characters (Nicole's dad, the two truckers and the gay man), but none of them survive to the end.

** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' explores the younger (and [[TotallyRadical groovier]]) versions of Professor X, Magneto, Mystique and Beast with new actors playing the familiar roles.

* ''Film/{{Blade}}'' does this to both Deacon Frost (casting him a more Generation X type of character. His comic book counterpart is an older, German accented, white haired gentleman that hailed from circa 1868) and Blade himself (shifting his year of birth from 1929 to 1967). ''Film/BladeTrinity'' also does this to Hannibal King, making him younger and more snarky.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' cartoon almost all of the characters are at least twenty years old (with only Kimber being a teen out of high school). The [[Film/JemAndTheHolograms2015 live action film]] changed the titular Jem and the Holograms into all being high schoolers. This changes them dramatically as they're more immature and don't deal with 'adult issues' like jobs or romance. Oddly, the film was aimed at an older audience than the cartoon--tweens and teens instead of girls ten and under.

* If you are a pre-90's kid, you probably remember Nancy Ekholm Burkert's illustrations of ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', which had the Centipede with a mustache and the Spider looking like someone's grandmother. If you are a 90's kid or younger, you probably remember Quentin Blake's illustrations of the book, where both the Centipede and the Spider appear to be in their twenties.

** Creator/InnesLloyd's tenure as producer was an intentional attempt at this. He sacked the companions Steven (from the future) and Dodo (who ''was'' a hip Sixties girl but a rather unflattering caricature of one, since her main characteristic was [[CloudCuckoolander being a total weirdo]]) and drafted in the legitimately hip posh girl Polly and working class sailor Ben, both from the then present day 1966. Then he presided over recasting the Doctor from Creator/WilliamHartnell, whose health had been slowly failing and compromising his acting ability, with Creator/PatrickTroughton, who was younger and much more physically robust. The Doctor's characterisation also shifted in this direction; the First Doctor was a GrumpyOldMan with NoSocialSkills, travelled around with schoolteachers and his granddaughter, and went on pseudoeducational adventures in history in which aliens would not show up. The Second Doctor was TheSocialExpert with a flair for [[WigDressAccent dressing up]] and got to do trendy 60s things like wear a [[Franchise/TheBeatles Beatles]] haircut, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything teach teenagers to overthrow their oppressive square masters by mixing acid]], go on adventures in psychedelic dreamscapes, and wear CoolShades as a disguise.
** The Fourth Doctor's tenure started off a bit like this. Creator/TomBaker was at the time the youngest actor to have played the Doctor, and Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe specifically designed elements of his personality to appeal to a PeripheryDemographic of college-aged and childless adults, who would not normally have watched the show. He had decided that 'traditional heroes' like Creator/JonPertwee were 'out of fashion'. At the time, the new Doctor's apparent youth (played by a man in his early 40s, although one known for being able to act his apparent age up and down easily) was a big shock and controversial with the fan base, and even received some lampshading in the show itself, including a HollywoodMidlifeCrisis subplot in "Pyramids of Mars" and an exchange in "The Seeds of Doom" where a man tells him he was expecting someone older and the Doctor insists he's only 749. Of course, by today's standards, a 41-year old Doctor would be a granddad...

-->When I was younger the actors who interpreted the part all had ages similar to Peter’s today, and it was when we had our first younger Doctor, Creator/TomBaker, that it was a shock. Now things are reversed.

** Jay Garrick, an elderly UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran in the comics, is only about ten years older than Barry. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out he's actually Hunter Zolomon, and roughly the same age as his comics counterpart. The ''real'' Jay Garrick is in his fifties, still younger than in the comics but hardly a Millenial.]]
* In season one of ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', the main characters were Mork, Mindy, Mindy's father Fred, and Mindy's grandmother Cora. The series was a huge success. For season two, [[ExecutiveMeddling the producers decided to change the timeslot, and eliminate the older characters of Fred and Cora,]] replacing them with a brother and sister from New York who run a deli that the two leads are now regulars at. However, this backfired, so in season 3 the producers returned to their original premise, but this also failed. The theme song went through similar changes. In Season 2, it was disco-fied, then went back to a retread of the original for season 3.
* This is the trend that's being followed by both the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchises. The earliest seasons had their protagonists typically somewhere within their mid-twenties but at one point, the protagonists tend to either be in their very early twenties or late teens. As it stands, the protagonist ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' is a high school student, so this trope is more or less in full effect with the franchise by this point. 2012's series showed that this it was not exactly a permanent shift but a choice for that year. Haruto of ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' is played by a 22-year-old actor, and the ReunionShow takes place five years later so even the ''Fourze'' cast will not be high-schoolers in their further appearances.

* Humorously portrayed in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''. Cranky Kong was Donkey Kong in [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong the classic arcade games]] of the early-80's. The then-current DK (who was, presumably, either Donkey Kong Junior in the 80's or Jr.'s son) is, of course, young and hip, while Cranky is a bitter old geezer who obsessively pines for the glory days of his time as DK in the 80's.

** Mario was originally written as being a middle aged man in his thirties or forties, to the point where one of his original names (before "Jumpman") was "Ojisan". By ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' his age had been decreased by several years. He isn't much older than Princess Peach and according to WordOfGod he is twenty-four. Obviously his twin brother Luigi has the same thing occur to him. A large number of fans don't notice their young age because they're YoungerThanTheyLook.

* In the original ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI Legend of Zelda]]'', Impa was described in the manual as Zelda's elderly nursemaid. By ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', she became a badass [[{{Xenafication}} warrior]] [[ActionGirl woman]]. The elderly Impa does appear occasionally but not as often as her younger incarnations. Of course Link, Zelda and Ganon were constantly getting younger replacements depending on the generation, but usually with less changes to the character.

** Both ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' are modern adaptations of old series from the 70's. In the latter the characters are teenagers (as they were in the original series), instead of being in their twenties like many newer versions.

* ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' inverted this trope by presenting an ''Older'' and Hipper version of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' characters. Although not as well liked as ''Rugrats'', it still had a decent fanbase.

* Like other movies from the 80's, the popularity of ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' led to the creation of a cartoon spin-off, and in that case, we get the thankfully short-lived 1991 Creator/FoxKids show, ''WesternAnimation/LittleShop''. ''Little Shop'' ages the protagonists down from twentysomethings to around 13 years old, made the ManEatingPlant a friendly character that eats meat like a normal Venus flytrap and gets repulsed at the idea of people eating vegetables, and turned the DepravedDentist into a school bully with BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' features Spider-Man becoming part of a superhero team connected with ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}, consisting of ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/IronFist, ComicBook/{{Nova}} and ''ComicBook/{{White Tiger|MarvelComics}}'', the first two being older in the comics than they are in the show. A teen version of the Rhino also shows up as one of Spider-Man's former classmates and a similarly deaged version of the Vulture later appeared.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' has, among others, April as a teenager as opposed to a young adult like previous versions. Master Splinter is also younger, as in most continuities he is an old man, where here he is middle aged.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' Alfred is significantly younger, and more physically fit that previous incarnations, and he is stated to be an ex-[[UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] agent with the rank of Major.
* Bruce Wayne in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' seems to be in his twenties (his age is stated as 26 in season one), rather than thirties, and his relaxed and lighthearted attitude during some of his interactions with Alfred suggest that his MillionairePlayboy act is somewhat less of an act than, for example, the Creator/KevinConroy incarnation. The series' aim was of Batman in his early years (with the first episode being Bruce and Alfred looking back, having been 3 years since Bruce became Batman.) He does become darker and more serious as the series progresses, however.

* In the [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain Netflix reboot]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'', Frizzle (who was voiced in the original by 50-something Lily Tomlin) is replaced by her sister (voiced by millennial Creator/KateMcKinnon)

* ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'', and its tie-in merch and comics, rebrand its title character from an adult crimefighter, to a teenage one.

* ''WesternAnimation/FacesMusicParty'': While Face was a goofy ExcitedKidsShowHost in a similar vein to [[Series/YoGabbaGabba DJ Lance Rock]] in the original bumpers, this version of Face was written to act like an older cousin or sibling of sorts to the show's preschool demographic, making them in their teens or early twenties. It should also be noted that Creator/ChrisPhillips, the original voice of Face, was in his early forties at the height of Face's popularity in the late 90s, while Creator/CedricLWilliams was in his late twenties when ''Music Party'' premiered in 2022.

* Bruce Wayne in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' seems to be in his twenties (his age is stated as 26 in season one), rather than thirties, and his relaxed and lighthearted attitude during some of his interactions with Alfred suggest that his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob act is somewhat less of an act than, for example, the Creator/KevinConroy incarnation. The series' aim was of Batman in his early years (with the first episode being Bruce and Alfred looking back, having been 3 years since Bruce became Batman.) He does become darker and more serious as the series progresses, however.

* The [[DorkAge infamous]] "Teen Tony" era of ''ComicBook/IronMan''. They turned adult Tony Stark evil and so they got a teenage version of Tony from the past and had them fight. The whole thing was rebooted and no one ever talked about it again.

* ''WesternAnimation/FacesMusicParty'': While Face was a goofy ExcitedKidsShowHost in a similar vein to [[Series/YoGabbaGabba DJ Lance Rock]] in the original bumpers, this version of Face was written to act like an older cousin or sibling of sorts to the show's preschool demographic, making them in their teens or early twenties. It should also be noted that Creator/ChrisPhillips, the original voice of Face, was in his late thirties to early forties at the height of Face's popularity in the late 90s, while Creator/CedricLWilliams was in his late twenties when ''Music Party'' premiered in 2022.

* ''WesternAnimation/FacesMusicParty'': While Face was a goofy ExcitedKidsShowHost in a similar vein to [[Series/YoGabbaGabba DJ Lance Rock]] in the original bumpers, this version of Face was written to act like an older cousin to the show's preschool demographic, making them in their teens or early twenties. It should also be noted that Creator/ChrisPhillips, the original voice of Face, was in his late thirties to early forties at the height of Face's popularity in the late 90s, while Creator/CedricLWilliams was in his late twenties when ''Music Party'' premiered in 2022.

* ''WesternAnimation/FacesMusicParty'': While Face was a goofy ExcitedKidsShowHost in a similar vein to [[Series/YoGabbaGabba DJ Lance Rock]] in the original bumpers, this version of Face was written to be an older cousin to the show's preschool demographic, making them in their teens or early twenties. It should also be noted that Creator/ChrisPhillips, the original voice of Face, was in his late thirties to early forties at the height of Face's popularity in the late 90s, while Creator/CedricLWilliams was in his late twenties when ''Music Party'' premiered in 2022.

** The relaunch uses this trope. The [[Creator/ChristopherEccleston Ninth]], [[Creator/DavidTennant Tenth]] and [[Creator/MattSmith Eleventh]] Doctors get increasingly younger, with Ten and Eleven having a particularly hipster vibe, in comparison to the generally older Doctors before them. [[Creator/PeterCapaldi The Twelfth Doctor]] is the first of the reboot to return to an older Doctor.
*** This was remarked on by Creator/MarkGatiss in an interview, commenting on how shocked people were by the casting of the Twelfth Doctor:
--->When I was younger the actors who interpreted the part all had ages similar to Peter’s today, and it was when we had our first younger Doctor, Creator/TomBaker, that it was a shock. Now things are reversed.
*** ''[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor Day of the Doctor]]'' deconstructs the idea. Nine-through-Eleven made a conscious effort to seem Younger and Hipper to distance themselves from the older-looking War Doctor, an extreme PragmaticHero who chose to ShootTheDog (the dog being his entire race, including 2.5 billion children). However, the younger doctors could still make questionable decisions, because hiding from mistakes stops you from learning from them. Allowing the grim-but-merciful Twelve to be old again symbolizes Eleven's acceptance of his past.

* Bruce Wayne in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' seems to be in his twenties (his age is stated as 26 in season one), rather than thirties, and his relaxed and lighthearted attitude during some of his interactions with Alfred suggest that his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob act is somewhat less of an act than, for example, the Creator/KevinConroy incarnation. The access to the Batcave is behind a coin-op games cabinet instead of a clock. The series' aim was of Batman in his early years (with the first episode being Bruce and Alfred looking back, having been 3 years since Bruce became Batman.) He does become darker and more serious as the series progresses, however.

** Subverted in most series after the original version. Originally Mystery Inc. were teenagers, with Fred being seventeen and Velma being only fourteen. Most future material present them as adults, with ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'' having them as adults who grew apart as they aged.

This is a type of ToneShift. The moral opposite of DawsonCasting. SpinOffBabies is a SubTrope. If done badly, can result in TotallyRadical or WereStillRelevantDammit

* For the 2014 London Palladium production of ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'', Creator/AndrewLloydWebber decided he wanted to "update" the Rum Tum Tugger character. Originally a rock star based on Music/MickJagger, Tugger was turned into a younger [[TotallyRadical hip-hop "street cat"]] (complete with backwards snapback, gold chains, and [[Music/MCHammer Hammer]] pants) in an [[WereStillRelevantDammit attempt to appeal to a new generation]]. His song was rewritten as a rap, with Lloyd Webber even making the bold ([[https://www.yahoo.com/news/rum-tum-tugger-rap-west-end-revival-cats-162018089.html and to many, absurd]]) claim that Creator/TSEliot, whose poems provided the basis for the musical, [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/10951867/Cats-classic-musical-to-feature-a-rapping-cat.html was "the inventor of rap"]]. The changes to Rum Tum Tugger received so much backlash that the original version of the character was restored.

* Parodied in a ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch where two writers are working on a sequel for ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' and reimagine the original as a rap music video called "The Dark [[{{Pun}} Cristal]]" [[WereStillRelevantDammit in order to drum up interest among the youth]] ([[SuicideAsComedy and then promptly commit suicide via poison when they realize how much it betrays Jim Henson's original vision]]).

* ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' features Spider-Man becoming part of a superhero team connected with ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}, consisting of ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/IronFist, ComicBook/{{Nova}} and ComicBook/WhiteTiger, the first two being older in the comics than they are in the show. A teen version of the Rhino also shows up as one of Spider-Man's former classmates and a similarly deaged version of the Vulture later appeared.