History PlayingWith / ChildProdigy

* '''Defied''': Billy uses ObfuscatingStupidity, so that he won't be picked on or alienated for being a {{Nerd}}.

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'''Basic Trope''': An intelligent teenager.
* '''Straight''': Dylan is 14 years old, and already attending college.
* '''Exaggerated''': Dylan becomes President of the United States at ''age 13''.
* '''Downplayed''': Dylan is already a legal profession at age 19.
* '''Justified''':
** Dylan was a ChildProdigy beforehand.
** Adolescence serves as a prime time for absorbing information on more abstract concepts that children aren't very knowledgeable of, and teens tend to be more capable of discussing serious topics.
* '''Inverted''':
** Dylan is 15 years old, and has been held back in the tenth grade...twice.
** Dylan is the DumbassTeenageSon.
** [[{{Manchild}} Dylan is an adult who hasn't even made it past the first grade]].
* '''Subverted''': Although Dylan gets outstandingly good grades, he's only just stared middle school.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then he gets a letter inviting him to be part of a program for gifted students.
* '''Parodied''': Dylan becomes an adolescent version of UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein on his 13th birthday - prior to which he was a [[ChildrenAreInnocent naive and unworldly child]].
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Dylan starts out as a genius, but then starts acting like TheDitz due to PhlebotinumInducedStupidity. But then it turns out [[ObfuscatingStupidity it was all Billy's act,]] because he's tired of people [[IJustWantToBeNormal treating him differently]] than other teenagers. Or maybe [[FeigningIntelligence he really is stupid and is lying about it]].
* '''Averted''': Dylan is no smarter or dumber, no more or less capable than any of his peers.
* '''Enforced''': TeensAreMonsters and no one in Dylan's peer group thinks before acting on rebellious impulses.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What's a 13-year-old boy doing in college?!"
* '''Invoked''': Dylan is forced by his [[EducationMama mother]] into all sorts of programs to try and boost his intelligence.
* '''Exploited''': Billy, Dylan's friend, persuades him to always do his homework for him.
* '''Defied''': Dylan uses ObfuscatingStupidity, so that he won't be picked on or alienated for being a {{Nerd}}.
* '''Discussed''': "Dyaln could get a PhD at age fourteen? He sounds like one of those teen geniuses who always appear on TV".
* '''Conversed''': "Teenagers on these kind of shows are always ridiculously smart".
* '''Deconstructed''': Dylan struggles with social situations ''because'' he's a TeenGenius who doesn't relate well to [[TeensAreMonsters his]] [[HormoneAddledTeenager peers]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Good thing he has [[ThePowerOfFriendship friends]] to keep him from going into a downward psychological spiral.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Dylan uses his intelligence mainly to fool strangers into thinking he's an adult, and then shocking them by telling them he's only fourteen.
* '''Played For Drama''': Billy becomes a BrokenAce.

Back to TeenGenius. What, you're thirteen and in college already?!
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'''Basic Trope''': A child or preteen genius.
* '''Straight''': Billy is 10 years old, and already attending college.
* '''Exaggerated''': Billy is 4 years old, and already holds 3 Ph.D's.
* '''Downplayed''': Billy is 12 years old, and in the Gifted and Talented program at his school.
* '''Justified''': There really are children who are very [[TheSmartGuy intellectually gifted]].

** Billy is 10 years old, and has been held back in the third grade...twice.
** Billy is an adult who hasn't even made it past the first grade.
* '''Subverted''': Although Billy boasts very high grades, he's still only a 5th grader.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But then he gets a letter inviting him to be part of a program for gifted students.
** At parents' night, Billy's teacher raves about what a good student Billy is, and she recommends that he be skipped ahead a grade level so he can get more of a challenge.
* '''Parodied''': Billy has been part of UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} ever since his umbilical cord was cut. (He was barely out of the womb and already speaking coherently and doing complex math problems.)
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Billy starts out as a genius, but then starts acting like TheDitz due to PhlebotinumInducedStupidity. But then it turns out [[ObfuscatingStupidity it was all Billy's act,]] because he's tired of people [[IJustWantToBeNormal treating him differently]] than other children. Or maybe [[FeigningIntelligence he really is stupid and is lying about it]].
* '''Averted''': Billy is no smarter or dumber, no more or less capable than any of his peers.
* '''Enforced''': TokenMiniMoe, FreeRangeChildren.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Our top student, Billy Troper..".
* '''Invoked''': Billy is forced by his [[EducationMama mother]] into all sorts of programs to try and boost his intelligence.
* '''Exploited''': Charlie, Billy's friend, persuades him to always do his home work for him.
* '''Defied''': Billy uses ObfuscatingStupidity, so that he won't be picked on or alienated for being a {{Nerd}}.
* '''Discussed''': "Billy could solve linear equations at age four? He sounds like one of those kid geniuses that always appear on TV".
* '''Conversed''': "Children on these kind of shows are always ridiculously smart".
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Billy has ''huge'' emotional issues because he is a ChildProdigy.
** InnocentProdigy

* '''Played For Laughs''': Billy uses his intelligence mainly to fool strangers into thinking he's older than he looks, and then shocking them with his real age.

Back to ChildProdigy and you're... How old again?!

* '''Deconstructed''': Billy has ''huge'' emotional issues because he is a ChildProdigy.

'''Basic Trope''': A preteen genius.

* '''Exaggerated''': Billy is 10 years old, and already holds 3 Ph.D's.
* '''Downplayed''': Billy is 10 years old, and in the Gifted and Talented program at his school.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Billy starts out as a genius, but then starts acting like TheDitz due to PhlebotinumInducedStupidity. But then it turns out [[ObfuscatingStupidity it was all Billy's act,]] because he's tired of people [[IJustWantToBeNormal treating him differently]] than other children. Or maybe he really is stupid and is lying about it.

* '''Inverted''': Billy is 10 years old, and has been held back in the third grade...twice.

* '''Basic Trope''': A preteen genius.
* '''Played Straight''': Billy is 10 years old, and already attending college.

* '''Deconstructed''': Billy has ''huge'' emotional issues because he is a ChildProdigy.
* '''Reconstructed''': Good thing he has [[ThePowerOfFriendship friends]] to keep him from going into a downward psychological spiral.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Our top student, Billy Troper..."

* '''Exploited''': Charlie, Billy's friend, persuades him to always do his home work for him.
* '''Discussed''': "Billy could solve linear equations at age four? He sounds like one of those kid geniuses that always appear on TV."
* '''Conversed''': "Children on these kind of shows are always ridiculously smart."

Back to ChildProdigy and you're...how old again?
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* '''Double Subverted''': But then he gets a letter inviting him to be part of a program for gifted students.

* '''Parodied''': Billy has been part of MENSA ever since his umbilical cord was cut. (He was barely out of the womb and already speaking coherently and doing complex math problems.)

* '''Zig Zagged''': Billy starts out as a genius, but then starts acting like TheDitz due to PhlebotinumInducedStupidity. But then it turns out [[ObfuscatingStupidity it was all Billy's act,]] because he's tired of people [[IJustWantToBeNormal treating him differently]] than other children. [[OrIsIt Or maybe he really is stupid]] and is lying about it.

* '''Downplayed''': Billy is above average intelligence, but is not a genius.

* '''Invoked''': Billy is given an IQ test, and manages to score very high.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Billy outsmarts StephenHawking.
* '''Played For Drama''': Please consult BrokenAce.

* '''Basic Trope''': A preteen genius
* '''Played Straight''': Billy is 10 years old, and already attending college
* '''Exaggerated''': Billy is 10 years old, and already holds 3 Ph.D's

* '''Parodied''': Billy has been part of MENSA ever since his umbilical cord was cut. (He was barely out of the womb and already speaking coherently and doing complex math problems.)

* '''Enforced''': TokenLoli, FreeRangeChildren

* '''Defied''': Billy is ObfuscatingStupidity, so that he won't be picked on or alienated for being a {{Nerd}}

* '''Conversed''': "Children on these kinds of shows are always ridiculously smart."
* '''Played For Laughs''': Billy outsmarts StephenHawking

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

Back to ChildProdigy and you're...how old again?

* '''Played For Drama''': Please consult BrokenAce.

* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs: Billy outsmarts StephenHawking
* '''Played For Drama:

* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Deconstructed''':