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Author: Caravelle

Jan 7th 2010 at 3:12:23 AM

I was the source of the Famous Five example, and although a fan of the books I've never watched the TV series so I can't vouch for it. Maybe they go on fewer solo (well, quinto) week-long trips in a gypsy caravan in the TV series.

"congrats, you've brought up the whole notion of kids having adventures away from their parents. getting away from the parents being the prerequisite to having an adventure. "

Well, there's getting away from the parents and then there's getting away from the parents. Lots of kids have adventures in the interval between the end of school and dinner, with the occasional sneaking around if necessary. During holidays they might have adventures all day, coming home for meals or again sneaking around. Or they have adventures somewhere where an adult is officially supervising but in practice isn't really, such as adventures in [[TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe a big house]].

I'd say this trope is when you go further than that, especially if the parents don't seem to worry about it (i.e. no sneaking required).
It also depends on the age, obviously.

Hey how's this for an example : the entire underage cast of TheWire ;) (more of a deconstruction in this case...)