Basic Trope: A person enjoys a work that is considered too mature for their age group.
- Straight: Francine is 8, but she likes to watch R-rated movies.
- Exaggerated:
- Francine is 3, and her favorite movie is an NC-17 Euroshlock flick about a Serial Killer Predatory Prostitute that murders people to pay for drugs.
- Francine is barely 1 year old, and she constantly watches load of Snuff Films, Hentai, and pornography.
- Francine is a Fetus and habitually watches videos on the aftermath of nuclear fallouts.
- Downplayed:
- Francine is 10 and likes a PG-13 movie.
- Francine is 15 and watches some R-rated movies that are more suitable for ages 18+.
- The work Francine likes is completely G or PG-rated, but isn't necessarily something that someone in her age group would be interested in, likely due to its Darker and Edgier themes.
- Francine is a preschooler and likes media that's aimed at older children or younger teens.
- Justified:
- Francine is more emotionally mature.
- Francine is a Nightmare Fetishist and/or Dirty Kid, in cases where she likes something more gory/sexual.
- Francine doesn't actually understand why the film is unsuitable for her age group, but finds other aspects of it interesting.
- Francine's parents showed the work to her falsely assuming it was something for children, and even though it wasn't, Francine enjoyed it anyway.
- Francine's parents don't really care what she watches.
- Francine's parents rightfully don't believe the rating given to it by the Moral Know-It-Alls
- Inverted: Entertainment Below Their Age - Francine is a teen/adult that likes children's movies.
- Subverted:
- Francine is introduced as a kid who's watching an adult film, but it turns out she's actually Older Than They Look.
- Francine's favorite movie looks R-rated, but it's actually completely fine for kids her age to watch.
- Francine says her favorite movie is A Serbian Film, but it's actually another Serbian movie which is fine for kids to watch.
- Francine makes a Shout-Out to an R-rated movie, but it turns out she hasn't actually seen it and only knows the reference through Pop-Cultural Osmosis.
- Double Subverted:
- Although Francine looks older than she really is, it's only by a few years.
- The movie is fine for kids to watch... but only the first half.
- The movie is fine for all ages to watch, but still isn't something that kids Francine's age would be interested in.
- Parodied: Francine watches Nick Jr., but everyone reacts like she's watching a pornographic film.
- Zig-Zagged:
- Francine is an elementary schooler who likes to watch R-rated movies, but she mostly listens to children's music.
- Francine is an elementary schooler who watches a lot of movies - some aimed at her age, some not.
- Averted: Nobody ever enjoys any works that are too mature for them.
- Enforced: To establish to the audience that Francine is more mature than she looks.
- Lampshaded: "Your mom lets you watch that movie, Francine?"
- Invoked: Francine's older brother Billy shows her a movie for more mature audiences.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Francine is about to watch an R-rated movie, but her parents put a stop to it.
- Discussed: "Should we be allowing Francine to watch this movie?"
- Conversed: "How is this 8 year old watching an R-rated movie? When I was 12, I wasn't even allowed to watch PG-13 films!"
- Implied:
- Francine makes a reference to a movie that someone her age shouldn't be watching, but it's unclear whether or not she's actually watched that movie.
- The content of the film that Francine watches is unknown, but someone does offhandedly mention "It doesn't look appropriate for an 8 year old".
- Deconstructed: After watching R-rated movies too much, Francine ends up mimicking inappropriate behaviors from the film.
- Reconstructed: Francine's parents watch the movie with her, and explain its messages as well as teaching her about "bad" behaviors from the movie. Francine understands these messages quite well and becomes Wise Beyond Her Years.
- Played for Laughs: Francine tries to sneak an R-rated movie with some other kids by doing a Totem Pole Trench.
- Played for Drama: Francine ends up getting in serious trouble after her parents find out that she watched a movie that's inappropriate for her.
- Played for Horror: Francine is a Creepy Child and/or Enfant Terrible, and her watching R-rated movies is treated as Troubling Unchildlike Behavior.
Let's go to Entertainment Above Their Age and watch The Godfather with my little cousin!
