History Main / TheGenerationGap

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': A major reason why Renly doesn't get along with both Robert and Stannis is that both of them are over a decade older than him.

* ''Series/FamilyTies'' is the Generation Gap after the generation that caused the first Gap... The hippy parents now have a conservative, money-obsessed son.
* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' exemplifies the Generation Gap in its late stages. The Weir parents are clearly pre-Boomers, while the Weir kids are early Generation-X'ers. Needless to say, when it comes to issues like sex and drug use, the Weir parents are little (if any) help.

* Speaking of, ads for ''Series/TheGreatIndoors'' play up Joel [=McHale's=] jaded, cynical, worldly Gen-X-er's distaste for his [[StrawmanPolitical idealistic but]] [[KnowNothingKnowItAll clueless]], [[ManChild shallow, immature]], [[NewMediaAreEvil distracted]], and [[TheDitz downright odd]] Millennial/hipster coworkers (Creator/StephenFry is there too).

* ''Webcomic/{{Millennials}}'' webcomics often shows generation gap between X and Y generation, like in the [[http://www.kotopopi.com/millennials-technology-gap/ "Technology gap"]] and the [[http://www.kotopopi.com/vote/"Vote"]] episodes.

* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Most of the Silver Age Teen Titans stories would either feature the Titans' adult mentors disapproving of those darned youngsters and their rock 'n' roll music while the sidekicks complain that the adults "just aren't with it" or the Titans helping bridge the Generation Gap between some small-town teens and their parents.

* The dated nature of this trope was one of the main complaints critics had with the 2012 film ''ParentalGuidance''.

However, there have been signs of a renewed Generation Gap between [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the jaded, conservative younger "Boomers" and older "Gen-X'ers" squabbling with the idealistic, progressive younger members of the latter generation as well as "Millennials"/"Gen-Y'ers" and "Gen-Z'ers"/"Zoomers", with "Gen-Z'ers" also mocking "Millennials" in the process]],[[note]]Based on The Other Wiki's article mentioned in the first note, Generation X were born between [[TheSixties 1965]] and [[TheEighties 1980]], Millennials/Generation Y between [[TheEighties 1981]] and [[TheNineties 1996]], Generation Z between [[TheNineties 1997]] and [[TheNewTens 2012]] (as defined by Pew Research Center, with the U.S. Library of Congress and Statistics Canada citing Pew's definition for Gen Z's span), and the most recent generation, Generation Alpha, born beginning from the early [[TheNewTens 2010s]] and expected to end in the mid-[[TheNewTwenties 2020s]].[[/note]], [[CyclicTrope this essentially being another far-reaching confrontation between those over 45-50 and those younger]] the main difference being that the late-2000s financial crisis and the resulting strain on welfare state has put economics on a prominent position, whereas it had been a non-issue during the 60s (to say nothing of how most Western institutions failed to account for inflation rates over the course of roughly half a century, give or take a decade). Gun control, a minor issue for most of the 20th century (save for a brief flareup after the failed assassination attempt on UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in 1981 and the 1994 ban on assault weapons), has become more prominent as well thanks to a multitude of high-profile mass shootings from 1999 onwards getting lots of attention from the mainstream media.

A trope commonly from the period in which it was named, the 1960s. The Generation Gap is the idea that the psychological differences between members of the "G.I./Greatest Generation"[[note]]Born between 1910 and 1927 approximately[[/note]] that lived through TheGreatDepression and fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and their "Baby Boomer" children[[note]]Born between 1946 and 1964[[/note]] were so significant that they were incapable of understanding each other, and so were in conflict, often devolving into KidsVersusAdults. This mostly occurred because, at the time, the United States' political climate was changing, with many boomers vehemently protesting things like racism and the Vietnam War, all the while using [[ThePowerOfRock rock-and-roll]] as a weapon against these issues. Many World War II-era adults disapproved of this (as did many MoralGuardians), so the generational gap became a widespread phenomenon.

However, there have been signs of a renewed Generation Gap between [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the jaded, conservative younger "Boomers" and older "Gen-X'ers" squabbling with the idealistic, progressive younger members of the latter generation as well as "Millennials"/"Gen-Y'ers" and "Gen-Z'ers"/"Zoomers", with "Gen-Z'ers" also mocking "Millennials" in the process]],[[note]]While there are conflicting timespans, officially the Pew Research Center defines that Generation X were born between 1964 and 1982, Millennials/Generation Y between 1983 and 1999, and Generation Z between 2000 and 2018[[/note]], [[CyclicTrope this essentially being another far-reaching confrontation between those over 45-50 and those younger]] the main difference being that the late-2000s financial crisis and the resulting strain on welfare state has put economics on a prominent position, whereas it had been a non-issue during the 60s (to say nothing of how most Western institutions failed to account for inflation rates over the course of roughly half a century, give or take a decade). Gun control, a minor issue for most of the 20th century (save for a brief flareup after the failed assassination attempt on UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in 1981 and the 1994 ban on assault weapons), has become more prominent as well thanks to a multitude of high-profile mass shootings from 1999 onwards getting lots of attention from the mainstream media.

However, there have been signs of a renewed Generation Gap between [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the jaded, conservative younger "Boomers" and older "Gen-X'ers" squabbling with the idealistic, progressive younger members of the latter generation as well as "Millennials"/"Gen-Y'ers" and "Gen-Z'ers"/"Zoomers", with "Gen-Z'ers" also mocking "Millennials" in the process]][[note]]While there are conflicting timespans, officially the Pew Research Center defines that Generation X were born between 1964 and 1982, Millennials/Generation Y between 1983 and 1999, and Generation Z between 2000 and 2018[[/note]], [[CyclicTrope this essentially being another far-reaching confrontation between those over 45-50 and those younger]], the main difference being that the late-2000s financial crisis and the resulting strain on welfare state has put economics on a prominent position, whereas it had been a non-issue during the 60s (to say nothing of how most Western institutions failed to account for inflation rates over the course of roughly half a century, give or take a decade). Gun control, a minor issue for most of the 20th century (save for a brief flareup after the failed assassination attempt on UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in 1981 and the 1994 ban on assault weapons), has become more prominent as well thanks to a multitude of high-profile mass shootings from 1999 onwards getting lots of attention from the mainstream media.

Many social historians will tell you that the Generation Gap was always to a large degree a "manufactured controversy", and that most of the cultural clashes between young people and old people were concerned not as much with values and belief systems as with codes of decorum and behavior. It's been noted, for example, that most members of the WWII generation disapproved of racism; it's just that [[DontShootTheMessage they disapproved even more of the (to them) radical tactics used to combat it]]. Same with the Vietnam War, although at least there was a fairly solid consensus behind that. The values of baby boomers weren't that liberal to start with: many polls in the late '60s and early 70s saw a rather large proportion of young adults espousing relatively conservative views, with members of the "Silent" Generation having far more liberal opinions, also being the ones to lead the numerous protests of the '60s. To boot, most people between 18 and 25 voted for ''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon'' of all people in the 1972 election[[note]]The first since the voting age was reduced from 21 to 18[[/note]], something that contributed to his landslide win, and high rates of conservatism among the baby boomer generation can also be attributed as a factor in the rise of the "conservative revolution" of the 1980s.

* ''Webcomic/{{Millennials}}'' webcomics often shows generation gap between X and Y generation, like in the [[http://www.kotopopi.com/millennials-technology-gap/ "Technology gap"]] and the [[[[http://www.kotopopi.com/vote/ "Vote"]] episodes.

A trope commonly from the period in which it was named, the 1960s. The Generation Gap is the idea that the psychological differences between members of the "G.I./Greatest Generation"[[note]]Born between 1901 and 1927 approximately[[/note]] that lived through TheGreatDepression and fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and their "Baby Boomer" children[[note]]Born between 1946 and 1964[[/note]] were so significant that they were incapable of understanding each other, and so were in conflict, often devolving into KidsVersusAdults. This mostly occurred because, at the time, the United States' political climate was changing, with many boomers vehemently protesting things like racism and the Vietnam War, all the while using [[ThePowerOfRock rock-and-roll]] as a weapon against these issues. Many World War II-era adults disapproved of this (as did many MoralGuardians), so the generational gap became a widespread phenomenon.

However, there have been signs of a renewed Generation Gap between [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the jaded, conservative younger "Boomers" and older "Gen-X'ers" squabbling with the idealistic, progressive younger members of the latter generation as well as "Millennials"/"Gen-Y'ers" and "Gen-Z'ers"/"Zoomers", with "Gen-Z'ers" also mocking "Millennials" in the process]][[note]]While there are conflicting timespans, officially the Pew Research Center defines that Generation X were born between 1965 and 1980, Millennials/Generation Y between 1981 and 1996, and Generation Z between 1997 and 2012[[/note]], [[CyclicTrope this essentially being another far-reaching confrontation between those over 45-50 and those younger]], the main difference being that the late-2000s financial crisis and the resulting strain on welfare state has put economics on a prominent position, whereas it had been a non-issue during the 60s (to say nothing of how most Western institutions failed to account for inflation rates over the course of roughly half a century, give or take a decade). Gun control, a minor issue for most of the 20th century (save for a brief flareup after the failed assassination attempt on UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in 1981 and the 1994 ban on assault weapons), has become more prominent as well thanks to a multitude of high-profile mass shootings from 1999 onwards getting lots of attention from the mainstream media.

However, there have been signs of a renewed Generation Gap between [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the jaded, conservative younger "Boomers" and older "Gen-X'ers" squabbling with the idealistic, progressive younger members of the latter generation as well as "Millennials"/"Gen-Y'ers" and "Gen-Z'ers"/"Zoomers", with "Gen-Z'ers" also mocking "Millennials" in the process]][[note]]While there are conflicting timespans, officially the Pew Research Center defines that Generation X were born between 1965 and 1980, Millennials/Generation Y between 1981 and 1996, and Generation Z between 1997 and 2012[[/note]], [[GenerationXerox this essentially being another far-reaching confrontation between those over 45-50 and those younger]], the main difference being that the late-2000s financial crisis and the resulting strain on welfare state has put economics on a prominent position, whereas it had been a non-issue during the 60s (to say nothing of how most Western institutions failed to account for inflation rates over the course of roughly half a century, give or take a decade). Gun control, a minor issue for most of the 20th century (save for a brief flareup after the failed assassination attempt on UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in 1981 and the 1994 ban on assault weapons), has become more prominent as well thanks to a multitude of high-profile mass shootings from 1999 onwards getting lots of attention from the mainstream media.

[[OlderThanTheyThink Earlier (and somewhat milder)]] variants of this gap occurred when the "Lost Generation"[[note]]The first "officially-designed" cohort, born between 1900 and 1915 approximately[[/note]] rebelled against Victorian societal norms as it came of age during TheRoaringTwenties, and [[TheFifties thirty years later]] as those in the "Silent Generation"[[note]]Born between 1928 and 1945 approximately[[/note]] questioned the RedScare, segregation[[note]]Which actually had been wiped out after WWII... except in the DeepSouth of course[[/note]] and the conformism of their parents, who in turn chastised them for their culture, [[TheNewRockAndRoll especially their music]]. This latter gap might be considered as a preview of sorts of what happened during the 1960s.

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Many social historians will tell you that the Generation Gap was always to a large degree a "manufactured controversy", and that most of the cultural clashes between young people and old people were concerned not as much with values and belief systems as with codes of decorum and behavior. It's been noted, for example, that most members of the WWII generation disapproved of racism; it's just that [[DontShootTheMessage they disapproved even more of the (to them) radical tactics used to combat it]]. Same with the Vietnam War, although at least there was a fairly solid consensus behind that. The values of baby boomers weren't that liberal to start with: many polls in the late '60s and early 70s saw a rather large proportion of young adults espousing relatively conservative views, with members of the "Silent" Generation having far more liberal opinions, also being the ones to lead the numerous protests of the '60s. To boot, most people between 18 and 25 voted for ''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon'' of all people in the 1972 election[[note]]The first since the voting age was reduced from 21 to 18[[/note]], something that contributed to his landslide win, and high rates of conservatism among the baby boomer generation can also be attributed as a factor on the rise of the "conservative revolution" of the 1980s.

--> '''Nadya''': I never even knew such words as these: "Let someone else do it."

-->--"The Living Years" by Music/MikeAndTheMechanics

--> '''Nadya''': I never even knew such words as these: "Let someone else do it.”

* ''Literature/ThirdGirl'': Creator/AgathaChristie takes on TheSixties and swinging London. She does so by having her old detective Literature/HerculePoirot and her AuthorAvatar Ariadne Oliver interact with a bunch of drug-using hippie artists, with the old folks boggling about the strange ways of Kids Today. In the first chapter Poirot evaluates Norma Restarick's short skirt, high boots, and unkempt hair: "She wore what were presumably the chosen clothes of her generation....Anyone of Poirot’s age and generation would have had only one desire--to trop the girl into a bath as soon as possible." Mrs. Oliver nicknames David Baker "the Peacock" for his long curly hair and flashy dress, although Poirot notes that long hair and frilly cuffs and collars are OlderThanTheyThink and that David would look perfectly at home in Regency-era England.

“We're just tryin' to be friendly, come and watch us sing and play. We're the young generation, and we've got somethin' to say.”

* ''Film/AClockworkOrange''

* ''Webcomic/{{Millennials}}'' webcomics often shows generation gap between X and Y generation, like in the "Generation gap" ''[[http://www.kotopopi.com/millennials-technology-gap/]]'' and the "Vote" ''[[http://www.kotopopi.com/vote/]]''episodes.

A trope commonly from the period in which it was named, the 1960s. The Generation Gap is the idea that the psychological differences between members of the "G.I./Greatest Generation"[[note]]Born between 1915 and 1930 approximately[[/note]] that lived through TheGreatDepression and fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and their "Baby Boomer" children[[note]]Born between 1946 and 1964[[/note]] were so significant that they were incapable of understanding each other, and so were in conflict, often devolving into KidsVersusAdults. This mostly occurred because, at the time, the United States' political climate was changing, with many boomers vehemently protesting things like racism and the Vietnam War, all the while using [[ThePowerOfRock rock-and-roll]] as a weapon against these issues. Many World War II-era adults disapproved of this (as did many MoralGuardians), so the generational gap became a widespread phenomenon.

[[OlderThanTheyThink Earlier (and somewhat milder)]] variants of this gap occurred when the "Lost Generation"[[note]]The first "officially-designed" cohort, born between 1900 and 1915 approximately[[/note]] rebelled against Victorian societal norms as it came of age during TheRoaringTwenties, and [[TheFifties thirty years later]] as those in the "Silent Generation"[[note]]Born between 1930 and 1945 approximately[[/note]] questioned the RedScare, segregation[[note]]Which actually had been wiped out after WWII... except in the DeepSouth of course[[/note]] and the conformism of their parents, who in turn chastised them for their culture, [[TheNewRockAndRoll especially their music]]. This latter gap might be considered as a preview of sorts of what happened during the 1960s.

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* This basically happens on the Internet on a daily basis with [[WhenIWasYourAge older generations]] complaining about how lazy the new generation is on the very same [[{{Hypocrite}} technology they use]] and the new generation blaming them for causing the problems that landed them in this mess in the first place. Both in [[InternetJerk the most melodramatic, angry way possible]] and with varying degrees of credibility.

However, there have been signs of a renewed Generation Gap between [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the jaded, conservative younger "Boomers" and older "Gen-X'ers" squabbling with the idealistic, progressive younger members of the latter generation as well as "Millennials"/"Gen-Y'ers" and "Gen-Z'ers"/"Zoomers", with "Gen-Z'ers" also mocking "Millennials" in the process]][[note]]While there are conflicting timespans, officially the Pew Research Center defines that Generation X were born between 1965 and 1980, Millennials/Generation Y between 1981 and 1996, and Generation Z between 1997 and 2012[[/note]], [[GenerationXerox this essentially being another far-reaching confrontation between those over 45-50 and those younger]], the main difference being that the late-2000s financial crisis and the resulting strain on welfare state has put economics on a prominent position, whereas it had been a non-issue during the 60s (to say nothing of how most Western institutions failed to account for inflation rates over the course of roughly half a century, give or take a decade). Gun control, a minor issue for most of the 20th century (save for a brief flareup after the failed assassination attempt on UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in 1981 and the 1994 ban on assault weapons), has become more prominent as well thanks to a multitude of high-profile mass shootings from 1999 onwards.

* This basically happens on the Internet on a daily basis with [[WhenIWasYourAge older generations]] complaining about how lazy the new generation is on the very same [[{{Hypocrite}} technology they use]] and the new generation blaming them for causing the problems that landed them in this mess in the first place. Both in [[{{GIFT}} the most melodramatic, angry way possible]] and with varying degrees of credibility.

* Music/CatStevens' "FatherAndSon"