Basic Trope: Among a team of young protagonists, there is one adult.
- Straight: Alice and Bob are two 15-year-olds who get up and save the world, backed up by the 30-year-old Charlie.
- Exaggerated: Alice and Bob are five-year-old kids, and Charlie is 80.
- Downplayed: Alice and Bob are in high school, while Charlie just graduated from college.
- Justified:
- Charlie is their parent or guardian.
- Alice and Bob are Child Soldiers, and Charlie is their older commanding officer.
- Inverted:
- Subverted: Alice and Bob are Really 700 Years Old.
- Double Subverted: But they are still considered underage by their species standards.
- Parodied:
- Charlie always tries to be down with the kids everytime he's around Alice and Bob.
- Charlie is part of the group solely because Alice and Bob needed someone to drive them around.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- There is no adult in the cast.
- The cast is comprised of Alice and Bob, two 15-year-olds, Charlie, a 30-year-old, and Diane, an 80-year-old.
- Enforced: The people funding the show insist on an adult character to make sure there is someone in the main cast older viewers can relate to.
- Lampshaded: Charlie snarks that he is going to be the one baby sitting them.
- Invoked: Alice and Bob needed for somebody experienced to help them save the world, so they asked Charlie to join them.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Alice and Bob refuse to travel with Charlie since he's too old.
- Discussed: "So Charlie is the only person on this team that is old enough to drive?"
- Conversed: "Isn't a bit odd that this old guy in this movie is wandering around with people young enough to be his kids?"
- Implied: Charlie looks a lot older than Alice or Bob, but no ages are ever given.
- Deconstructed: Charlie cannot connect to his teammates due to the generation gap.
- Reconstructed: He compensates by offering his wisdom and experience to the younger generation.
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