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** Bob is a member of a species with ProportionalAging. While 100 may seem old to humans, in his species' years, he's only about 10.
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** Bob acts childlike but not due to immaturity. His childlike personality is a result of wisdom and deep insight into the human condition. [[ThePhilosopher Bob has recognized that reducing one’s desires reduces suffering]]. As such, he has learned to find deep joy in even the smallest things and is uninterested in money, sex, fame, etc.

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** Bob acts childlike but not due to immaturity. His childlike personality is a result of wisdom and deep insight into the human condition. [[ThePhilosopher Bob has recognized that reducing one’s desires reduces suffering]]. As such, he has learned to find deep joy in even the smallest things and is uninterested in money, sex, fame, etc.etc. After centuries of meditation he has finally obtained long lasting happiness and views the simple act of existing as a gift.
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** Bob acts childlike but not due to immaturity. His childlike personality is a result of wisdom and deep insight into the human condition. [[ThePhilosopher Bob has recognized that reducing one’s desires reduces suffering]]. As such, he has learned to find deep joy in even the smallest things and is uninterested in money, sex, fame, etc.
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* '''Inverted''': [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Bob is five years old]] [[AdorablyPrecociousChild and acts as if he's 100]] [[InsufferableGenius and learned the ways of the world.]]

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* '''Inverted''': [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Bob is five years old]] [[AdorablyPrecociousChild and acts as if he's 100]] [[InsufferableGenius [[SeenItAll and learned the ways of the world.]]

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* '''Justified''': Bob became a cosmic entity as a kid, ergo he never had to face the consequences of being human, i.e., death and consequences.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob became a cosmic entity as a kid, ergo he never had to face the consequences of being human, i.e., death and consequences.consequences.
** Bob will never have to grow old, die, and look back on his life and ask what he has accomplished. He also never has to come to grips with his time running out.
** Past a certain age and level of accomplishment, there is nothing left to do but enjoy existence. If he spent the rest of eternity striving to be more, he would ''never'' be happy.

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'''Basic Trope''': Being immortal and infinite = being immature and childish
* '''Straight''': Bob stills plays with toys and has a child-like mentality despite being more than 100 years old.

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'''Basic Trope''': Being immortal and infinite = equals being immature and childish
childish.
* '''Straight''': [[ManChild Bob stills plays with toys and has a child-like childlike mentality despite being more than 100 years old.]]



* '''Justified''': Bob became a cosmic entity as a kid, ergo he never had to face the consequences of being human i. e. death and consequences.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is 5 years old and acts as if he's 100 and learned the ways of the world.

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* '''Justified''': Bob became a cosmic entity as a kid, ergo he never had to face the consequences of being human i. e. human, i.e., death and consequences.
* '''Inverted''': [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Bob is 5 five years old old]] [[AdorablyPrecociousChild and acts as if he's 100 100]] [[InsufferableGenius and learned the ways of the world.]]



* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''': The challenger defeats Bob through ways that a child would take seriously such as cooties, being in time-out for 5 mins, and being put in Santa's naughty list.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob collects toys, which is something many grown people do. He acts likes he doesn't likes girls, yet doesn't know if he likes women to begin with. He lives with his mom despite having a business of his own.

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* '''Double Subverted''':
Subverted''': ...that is, only when he's with others. In private, he acts like a thumb-sucking toddler.
* '''Parodied''': The challenger defeats Bob through ways that a child would take seriously such as cooties, being in time-out for 5 mins, five minutes, and being put in Santa's naughty list.
* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob collects toys, which is something many grown people do. He acts likes like he doesn't likes like girls, yet doesn't know if he likes women to begin with. He lives with his mom despite having a business of his own.



* '''Enforced''': To avoid making Bob too threatening, they made him naive and immature.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know for a guy that's more a century old, you act like you're only 10.

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* '''Enforced''': To avoid making Bob too threatening, they made him naive naïve and immature.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know for a guy that's more a century old, you act like you're only 10.ten."



* '''Exploited''': See Parioded

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* '''Exploited''': See PariodedParodied.



* '''Implied''': In the background of Bob's room, there's a collection toys, wasted junk food all over the floor and a "No Girls Allowed" sign on his door.
* '''Deconstructed''':

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* '''Implied''': In the background of Bob's room, there's a collection of toys, wasted junk food all over the floor floor, and a "No Girls Allowed" sign on his door.
* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':



** Bob finds like minded people who do accept him for who he is.

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** Bob finds like minded likeminded people who do accept him for who he is.



* '''Played For Laughs''': The first thing Bob does when he comes to Earth is hijack all of the cookies in the world.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob [[PsychopathicManchild kills people for fun because he's either bored and has nothing to do with his life or doesn't understand the full consequences of his actions]].

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* '''Played For for Laughs''': The first thing Bob does when he comes to Earth is hijack all of the cookies in the world.
* '''Played For for Drama''': Bob [[PsychopathicManchild kills people for fun because he's either bored and has nothing to do with his life or doesn't understand the full consequences of his actions]].



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* '''Subverted''':
* '''Double Subverted''':

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* '''Subverted''':
'''Subverted''': Bob's childish behaviour is ObfuscatingStupidity. He's actually as wise and insightful as his age would allow.
* '''Double Subverted''':Subverted''':
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* '''Lampshaded''': "You know for a guy that's more a century old, who act like you're only 10.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "You know for a guy that's more a century old, who you act like you're only 10.



* '''Defied''':

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* '''Defied''': Bob chooses to act his age rather than have his immortality belied by acting like a child.



* '''Implied''': In the backgorund of Bob's room, there's a collection toys, wasted junk food all over the floor and a "No Girls Allowed" sign on his door.

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* '''Implied''': In the backgorund background of Bob's room, there's a collection toys, wasted junk food all over the floor and a "No Girls Allowed" sign on his door.



* '''Played For Drama''': Bob kills people for fun because he's either bored and has nothing to do with his life or doesn't understand the full consequences of his actions.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob [[PsychopathicManchild kills people for fun because he's either bored and has nothing to do with his life or doesn't understand the full consequences of his actions.actions]].
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* '''Parodied''': The challenger defeats Bob through ways that a child would take seriously such as cooties, being in time-out for 5 mins, and
* '''Zig Zagged''':

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* '''Parodied''': The challenger defeats Bob through ways that a child would take seriously such as cooties, being in time-out for 5 mins, and
and being put in Santa's naughty list.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob collects toys, which is something many grown people do. He acts likes he doesn't likes girls, yet doesn't know if he likes women to begin with. He lives with his mom despite having a business of his own.



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* '''Exploited''':

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* '''Invoked''':
'''Invoked''': To appeal to kids and/or teens, Bob tries to act like them.
* '''Exploited''': See Parioded

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* '''Lampshaded''': Jim is getting stomped. In the middle of it all, he says "You bitch...you're cheating by beating on me while female!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': Jim is getting stomped. In the middle of it all, he says "You bitch...know for a guy that's more a century old, who act like you're cheating by beating on me while female!"only 10.



* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''':
* '''Played For Drama''':

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** Because of Bob's childlike personality, no one takes him seriously when he's trying to be.
** Alternatively, Bob is taking town down easily because he never took his job/goals seriously.
* '''Reconstructed''':
'''Reconstructed''':
** Bob finds like minded people who do accept him for who he is.
** Alternatively, Bob learns from his mistakes and grows through character development. He now knows when to act serious while keeping his childlike demeanor.
* '''Played For Laughs''':
Laughs''': The first thing Bob does when he comes to Earth is hijack all of the cookies in the world.
* '''Played For Drama''':Drama''': Bob kills people for fun because he's either bored and has nothing to do with his life or doesn't understand the full consequences of his actions.
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'''Basic Trope''': Being immortal and infinite = being immature and childish
* '''Straight''': Bob stills plays with toys and has a child-like mentality despite being more than 100 years old.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is an eon old and still acts like a toddler.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is 90 years old and still acts like a teenager.
* '''Justified''': Bob became a cosmic entity as a kid, ergo he never had to face the consequences of being human i. e. death and consequences.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is 5 years old and acts as if he's 100 and learned the ways of the world.
* '''Subverted''':
* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''': The challenger defeats Bob through ways that a child would take seriously such as cooties, being in time-out for 5 mins, and
* '''Zig Zagged''':
* '''Averted''': Being more than 100 years old, Bob acts his age.
* '''Enforced''': To avoid making Bob too threatening, they made him naive and immature.
* '''Lampshaded''': Jim is getting stomped. In the middle of it all, he says "You bitch...you're cheating by beating on me while female!"
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* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''':
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Implied''': In the backgorund of Bob's room, there's a collection toys, wasted junk food all over the floor and a "No Girls Allowed" sign on his door.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''':
* '''Played For Drama''':
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