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* '''Straight''': All visible characters - heroes, villains, and background characters - are under 18.

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* '''Straight''': All visible characters - -- heroes, villains, and background characters - -- are under 18.



* '''Subverted''': A TokenAdult shows up and decides to accompany the heroes.
* '''Double Subverted''':

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* '''Subverted''': A TokenAdult shows up and decides to accompany the heroes.
{{Kid Hero}}es.
* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':



** The "adult" was really two children disguised as an adult.
* '''Parodied''': Only older adults (those over 50) have been wiped out, and the survivors are worried that it's the end of the world, just as if ''all'' the adults had died.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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** The "adult" was really two children disguised as an adult.
adult or a very large child.
* '''Parodied''': Only older adults (those over 50) have been wiped out, and the survivors are worried that it's the end of the world, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, just as if ''all'' the adults had died.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???'''Zig-Zagged''': The {{Kid Hero}}es find no adults in most places, but they do meet a handful of adults, but the adults turn out to be {{Red Shirt}}s.



* '''Enforced''': "We want the show to appeal to children. Let's make all the characters FreeRangeChildren, and show as few adults as possible."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why aren't there any adults present? And why don't we have any memory of our own parents?"

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* '''Enforced''': "We want the show to appeal to children. Let's make all the characters FreeRangeChildren, FreeRangeChildren and show as few adults as possible."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why aren't there any adults present? And why don't we have any memory is it that none of us remembers our own parents?"



* '''Exploited''': Teenagers start doing horrible things in a now lawless world.
* '''Defied''': Not applicable. (This trope is beyond human control.)
* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': [[TeensAreMonsters Teenagers start doing horrible things in a now lawless world.
world.]]
* '''Defied''': Not applicable. (This trope is beyond human control.)
AliceAndBob learn that adults are dying, escape the threat, and then come back once it's passed.
* '''Discussed''': ???"What would you do if all the grownups went missing?"



* '''Reconstructed''': Laws are made and enforced by robots, or by {{Teen Genius}}es.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The children do dumb things because they are too young to know better.
%%* '''Played For Drama''': What is left of society makes a turn for the worse.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Laws are made and enforced by robots, or by {{Teen Genius}}es.
Genius}}es, or both.
* '''Implied''': All the characters seen are children and they never refer even obliquely to any adults.
* '''Played For for Laughs''': The children do dumb things because they are too young to know better.
%%* * '''Played For for Drama''': What is left of society makes a turn for the worse.



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%%* '''Played For Drama''': What is left of society makes a turn for the worse.



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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Teenagers start doing horrible things in a now lawless world.
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** All the adults are ''dead''.

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** All the adults are ''dead''.''dead'', perhaps [[EnfantTerrible killed by children]].



** All the adults were [[EnfantTerrible killed by children]].

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** All The BigBad kidnapped all the adults were [[EnfantTerrible killed by children]].adults, and it's up to the children to rescue them.



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

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* '''Defied''': ???Not applicable. (This trope is beyond human control.)
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** All the adults were [[EnfanteTerrible killed by children]].

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** All the adults were [[EnfanteTerrible [[EnfantTerrible killed by children]].
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Ever wonder why there are no adults present?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Ever wonder why "Why aren't there are no any adults present?"present? And why don't we have any memory of our own parents?"



* '''Conversed''': "It's strange how this show never depicts any adults."

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* '''Conversed''': "It's strange how this show never depicts any adults." Do these kids live alone or what?"



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Back Let's go back to ThereAreNoAdultsThereAreNoAdults. Maybe we'll find adults there.
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** All the adults were killed by children.

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** All the adults were [[EnfanteTerrible killed by children.children]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': Laws are made and enforced by robots, or by [[TeenGenius Teen Geniuses]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Laws are made and enforced by robots, or by [[TeenGenius Teen Geniuses]].{{Teen Genius}}es.
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'''Basic Trope''': In a story about children or teens, no adults seem to be present.
* '''Straight''': All visible characters - heroes, villains, and background characters - are under 18.
* '''Exaggerated''': All visible characters are under ''12''.
* '''Downplayed''': All the [[KidHero main characters]] are children, but a few adults are shown in the background.
* '''Justified''':
** [[TeenageWasteland A group of children are left to fend for themselves.]]
** All the adults are ''dead''.
** [[NotAllowedToGrowUp No one ages.]]
* '''Inverted''':
** [[HideYourChildren All the characters are adults.]]
** [[ChildlessDystopia All the children are dead.]]
* '''Subverted''': A TokenAdult shows up and decides to accompany the heroes.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** The TokenAdult dies or goes missing.
** The "adult" was really two children disguised as an adult.
* '''Parodied''': Only older adults (those over 50) have been wiped out, and the survivors are worried that it's the end of the world, just as if ''all'' the adults had died.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Characters of all ages coexist.
* '''Enforced''': "We want the show to appeal to children. Let's make all the characters FreeRangeChildren, and show as few adults as possible."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Ever wonder why there are no adults present?"
* '''Invoked''': The villains release a toxin that is OnlyFatalToAdults.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "It's strange how this show never depicts any adults."
* '''Deconstructed''': Society is falling apart due to the lack of adults.
* '''Reconstructed''': Laws are made and enforced by robots, or by [[TeenGenius Teen Geniuses]].
* '''Played For Laughs''': The children do dumb things because they are too young to know better.
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