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** WordOfGod {{Jossed}} the [[WildMassGuessing 16-year-old Alice is a dream WMG]].

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** WordOfGod {{Jossed}} the The [[WildMassGuessing 16-year-old Alice is a dream WMG]].WMG]] has been {{Jossed}}.
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** [[AllJustADream 16-year-old Alice is a dream]].


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** WordOfGod {{Jossed}} the [[WildMassGuessing 16-year-old Alice is a dream WMG]].

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* '''Subverted''': We're introduced to a girl that looks like she could be an aged-up Alice, but she's actually just a friend of Alice's teenaged brother, Charlie.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...which is what we're led to believe until their parents come into the room and call the girl Alice.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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We're introduced to a girl that looks like she could be an aged-up Alice, but she's actually just a friend of Alice's teenaged brother, Charlie.
** It's eventually revealed that some time has passed between the first season and the next season.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''':
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which is what we're led to believe until their parents come into the room and call the girl Alice.Alice.
** But still not enough time for Alice to somehow be a teenager.



* '''Enforced''': The child actress playing Alice left the show, so the producers aged Alice up to avoid going through the trouble of finding another actress who looks similar to her.

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The child actress playing Alice left the show, so the producers aged Alice up to avoid going through the trouble of finding another actress who looks similar to her.her.
** The child playing Alice got older in between seasons and there was no possible replacement.

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* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???
"Kids in TV shows sure age quickly..."
* '''Implied''': ???Alice is a background character who is constantly seen cycling around the neighbourhood on her pink bike. After a few episodes, the girl on the pink bike seems older, although it's never outright said that she's Alice.
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* '''Zig Zagged''':

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* '''Zig Zagged''':Zagged''': ???



* '''Enforced''': The child actress playing Alice left the show, and instead of going through the trouble of finding another actress who looks similar to her, the producers simply decided to age Alice up for convenience.

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* '''Enforced''': The child actress playing Alice left the show, and instead of so the producers aged Alice up to avoid going through the trouble of finding another actress who looks similar to her, the producers simply decided to age Alice up for convenience.her.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???[[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Charlie finds Alice annoying]], so he gets her to run away from home and come back in a few years, hoping that she'll return as a sensible and mature teenager.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice's parents are planning to live abroad and ask Alice if she wants to go with them. She says she'd rather stay put because if she leaves, she'll be a teenager when they inevitably return back home, and Alice likes being a kid.
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'''Basic Trope''': A child character is suddenly older without explanation.
* '''Straight''': In the first episode we're introduced to Alice, who is a 10-year-old in elementary school. One season later and Alice is now a 16-year-old in high school.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice goes from 10 years old to ''50'' years old.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice goes from 10 years old to 12 years old. While it doesn't make perfect sense, the age gap isn't as big and Alice looks pretty much the same.
* '''Justified''': Alice has a biological condition that makes her age rapidly.
* '''Inverted''': Alice goes from 10 years old to 5 years old. For some reason...
* '''Subverted''': We're introduced to a girl that looks like she could be an aged-up Alice, but she's actually just a friend of Alice's teenaged brother, Charlie.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...which is what we're led to believe until their parents come into the room and call the girl Alice.
* '''Parodied''': With every scene change, Alice's age changes too, going from a young adult to a baby to a 100-year-old woman in a wheelchair on life support.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
* '''Averted''': Alice remains the same age.
* '''Enforced''': The child actress playing Alice left the show, and instead of going through the trouble of finding another actress who looks similar to her, the producers simply decided to age Alice up for convenience.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wait, since when was Alice 16? Wasn't she just a kid last week?"
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* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': ???
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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