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** Everything from X-treme Charlie still sticks in the nineties. This includes [[ValuesDissonance his outdated ideology too]], leading to WhatTheHellHero reactions from the younger generation, and X-treme Charlie receives an AllOfTheOtherReindeer treatment from them.

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** Everything from X-treme Charlie still sticks in the nineties. This includes [[ValuesDissonance his outdated ideology too]], Many X-treme Charlie's worldviews and things don't age well]], leading to WhatTheHellHero reactions from the younger generation, and X-treme Charlie receives an AllOfTheOtherReindeer treatment from them.
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** X-treme Charlie turns out to be an English professor who only trys to look "cool" to appeal to teenagers.

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** X-treme Charlie turns out to be an English professor who only trys tries to look "cool" to appeal to teenagers.
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** Everything from X-treme Charlie still sticks in the nineties, this includes [[ValuesDissonance his outdated ideology too]], lead to WhatTheHellHero reactions from the younger generation, and X-treme Charlie receives an AllOfTheOtherReindeer treatment from them.

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** Everything from X-treme Charlie still sticks in the nineties, this nineties. This includes [[ValuesDissonance his outdated ideology too]], lead leading to WhatTheHellHero reactions from the younger generation, and X-treme Charlie receives an AllOfTheOtherReindeer treatment from them.
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** Everything from X-treme Charlie still sticks in the nineties, this includes [[ValueDissonance his outdated ideology too]], lead to WhatTheHellHero reactions from the younger generation, and X-treme Charlie receives an AllOfTheOtherReindeer treatment from them.

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** Everything from X-treme Charlie still sticks in the nineties, this includes [[ValueDissonance [[ValuesDissonance his outdated ideology too]], lead to WhatTheHellHero reactions from the younger generation, and X-treme Charlie receives an AllOfTheOtherReindeer treatment from them.
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** Everything from X-treme Charlie still sticks in the nineties, this includes [[ValueDissonance his outdated ideology too]], lead to WhatTheHellHero reactions from the younger generation, and X-treme Charlie receives an AllOfTheOtherReindeer treatment from them.

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** X-treme Charlie acts like someone's grandfather, offering people tea and shouting "Get off my lawn!" to his enemies.



** X-treme Charlie reveals that the whole slang-slinging sk8ter boy thing was an act put on just to mess with the grownups...

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** X-treme Charlie reveals that the whole slang-slinging sk8ter boy thing was an act put on just to mess with the grownups...grownups.



* '''Invoked''': X-treme Charlie deliberately uses his dated "coolness" to induce groans.

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* '''Invoked''': X-treme Charlie deliberately uses his dated "coolness" to induce groans.groans and mess with people.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Not a single word that comes from X-treme Charlie's mouth isn't some sort of slang.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Not a Every single word that comes from X-treme Charlie's mouth isn't is some sort of slang.

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** X-treme Charlie is much older than he looks.

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** X-treme Charlie is much older than [[OlderThanTheyLook older]] [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld than]] [[TheAgeless he looks.looks]] and is somewhat out-of-touch with current youth.
** X-treme Charlie is a [[TimeTravelTropes time traveler]] from the past.
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** X-treme Charlie is much older than he looks.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': There is an elaborate, intentionally ridiculous slang that X-treme Charlie uses.
* '''Played For Drama''': X-treme Charlie is a ManChild who desperately tries to sound cool in order to deny that he is aging.

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* '''Played For for Laughs''': There is an elaborate, intentionally ridiculous slang that X-treme Charlie uses.
* '''Played For for Drama''': X-treme Charlie is a ManChild who desperately tries to sound cool in order to deny that he is aging.
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*** X-treme Charlie grew up in a home with no satellite TV, only cable that ran nothing but old nineties shows.

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*** ** X-treme Charlie grew up in a home with no satellite TV, only cable that ran nothing but old nineties shows.
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*** X-treme Charlie grew up in a home with no satellite TV, only cable that ran nothing but old nineties shows.
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* '''Played For Drama''': X-treme Charlie is a [[Manchild]] who desperately tries to sound cool in order to deny that he is aging.

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* '''Played For Drama''': X-treme Charlie is a [[Manchild]] ManChild who desperately tries to sound cool in order to deny that he is aging.

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

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???X-treme Charlie is supposed to be cool, and how successful this is depends on the writer.



* '''Played For Laughs''': There is an elaborate, intentionally ridiculous slang that X-treme Charlie uses.
* '''Played For Drama''': X-treme Charlie is a [[Manchild]] who desperately tries to sound cool in order to deny that he is aging.



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* '''Exploited''': Denise is a spy infiltrating [[WelcomeToEvilMart Evil Mart]]'s corporate headquarters. She pulls some strings to get X-Treme Charlie hired as the company's mascot, knowing his dated coolness would alienate potential customers and ruin the business.

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* '''Exploited''': Denise is a spy infiltrating [[WelcomeToEvilMart Evil Mart]]'s corporate headquarters. She pulls some strings to get X-Treme Charlie hired as the company's mascot, knowing his dated aggressive lack of coolness would alienate potential customers and ruin the business.
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* '''Exploited''': Denise is a spy infiltrating [[WelcomeToEvilMart Evil Mart]]'s corporate headquarters. She pulls some strings to get X-Treme Charlie hired as the company's advertising mascot, knowing his dated coolness would alienate potential customers and ruin the business.

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* '''Exploited''': Denise is a spy infiltrating [[WelcomeToEvilMart Evil Mart]]'s corporate headquarters. She pulls some strings to get X-Treme Charlie hired as the company's advertising mascot, knowing his dated coolness would alienate potential customers and ruin the business.
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* '''Exploited''': Denise is a spy infiltrating [[WelcomeToEvilMart Evil Mart]]'s corporate headquarters. She pulls some strings to get X-Treme Charlie hired as the company's advertising mascot, knowing his dated coolness would alienate potential customers and potentially ruin the business.

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* '''Exploited''': Denise is a spy infiltrating [[WelcomeToEvilMart Evil Mart]]'s corporate headquarters. She pulls some strings to get X-Treme Charlie hired as the company's advertising mascot, knowing his dated coolness would alienate potential customers and potentially ruin the business.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Denise is a spy infiltrating [[WelcomeToEvilMart Evil Mart]]'s corporate headquarters. She pulls some strings to get X-Treme Charlie hired as the company's advertising mascot, knowing his dated coolness would alienate potential customers and potentially ruin the business.
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** X-treme Charlie lives in the nineties, so the slang fits for the time period of the work's setting.

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* '''Inverted''': X-treme Charlie, [[NonindicativeName despite his name]], speaks in SpockSpeak or LittleProfessorDialogue and enjoys sophisticated entertainment.

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X-treme Charlie, [[NonindicativeName despite his name]], speaks in SpockSpeak or LittleProfessorDialogue and enjoys sophisticated entertainment.entertainment.
** X-treme Charlie is (or at least claims to be) interested in Shakespeare's works. He often tries to speak FloweryElizabethanEnglish, but [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe gets it very wrong]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': X-treme Charlie accepts the flaws of the nineties, comes to terms with the changes that occurred between the nineties and today, and adapts to these changes. But he also finds a healthy balance of nostalgia. He sports his dated aesthetic with pride, making it a part of his own unique identity in the present.

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* '''Reconstructed''': X-treme Charlie accepts the flaws of the nineties, comes to terms with the changes that occurred between the nineties and today, and adapts to these changes. But he also finds a healthy balance of nostalgia. He still sports his dated aesthetic with pride, making it a but as part of his own unique identity in the present rather than as an escape from the present.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The two generations can't understand each other, since the kids have built up their own incomprehensible-to-outsiders culture that they don't ''want'' adults being a part of, and the adults find their culture [[TheNewRockAndRoll strange and disturbing]].

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The two generations can't understand each other, since the kids have built up their own incomprehensible-to-outsiders culture that they don't ''want'' adults being a part of, and the adults find their culture [[TheNewRockAndRoll strange and disturbing]].disturbing]].
** X-treme Charlie's mannerisms reflect an excessive nostalgia for the nineties, one that causes psychological problems for him. He is so convinced that everything was better back then that he struggles to function in the present-day world.
* '''Reconstructed''': X-treme Charlie accepts the flaws of the nineties, comes to terms with the changes that occurred between the nineties and today, and adapts to these changes. But he also finds a healthy balance of nostalgia. He sports his dated aesthetic with pride, making it a part of his own unique identity in the present.



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* '''Averted''': X-treme Charlie is portrayed as an accurate interpretation of the modern-day teenager, or he simply doesn't attempt to be "hip".

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X-treme Charlie is portrayed as an accurate interpretation of the a modern-day teenager, or he simply teenager.
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doesn't attempt to be "hip"."hip" in the first place.
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** X-treme Charlie is very nostalgic, or just fan of old slang, and he doesn't care if he sounds outdated.

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** X-treme Charlie is very nostalgic, or just fan of old slang, and he slang. He doesn't care if he sounds outdated.
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** X-treme Charlie is a fan of old slang and doesn't care if he sounds outdated.

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** X-treme Charlie is a very nostalgic, or just fan of old slang slang, and he doesn't care if he sounds outdated.
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** X-treme Charlie, just likes old slange

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** X-treme Charlie, just likes Charlie is a fan of old slangeslang and doesn't care if he sounds outdated.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Teenage characters are inclined to yell, "COOOOOL!" when they see something that's cool.



* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': X-Treme Charlie is a superhero who rides a skateboard, speaks in '90s slang, and wears a backwards baseball cap. It turns out to be an indication that he's secretly a time traveler, and doesn't know what's currently cool.



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'''Basic Trope''': The writer attempts to appeal to a younger demographic through an out-of-date or awkward interpretation of youth culture. This usually takes the form of outdated/awkward slang.

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'''Basic Trope''': The writer attempts to appeal to a younger demographic through an out-of-date or awkward interpretation of youth culture. This usually takes the form of outdated/awkward outdated[=/=]awkward slang.



* '''Justified''': X-treme Charlie works at a restaurant or club with a nineties theme, so the slang becomes an odd form of [[BusmansVocabulary jargon]] to him.

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X-treme Charlie works at a restaurant or club with a nineties theme, so the slang becomes an odd form of [[BusmansVocabulary jargon]] to him.



* '''Subverted''': X-treme Charlie reveals that the whole slang-slinging sk8ter boy thing was an act put on just to mess with the grownups...

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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X-treme Charlie reveals that the whole slang-slinging sk8ter boy thing was an act put on just to mess with the grownups...



* '''Parodied''': X-treme Charlie's slang is treated as an entirely different language that requires translation, a la ''{{Airplane}}''. Bonus points if it [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue translates to something intelligent.]]
** X-treme Charlie's slang includes overly ridiculous words like [[CloneHigh "cyber"]] and [[RobotChicken "Reaganomics"]].
* '''Deconstructed''': The two generations can't understand each other, since the kids have built up their own incomprehensible-to-outsiders culture that they don't ''want'' adults being a part of, and the adults find their culture [[TheNewRockAndRoll strange and disturbing]].
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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X-treme Charlie's slang is treated as an entirely different language that requires translation, a la ''{{Airplane}}''.''Film/{{Airplane}}''. Bonus points if it [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue translates to something intelligent.]]
** X-treme Charlie's slang includes overly ridiculous words like [[CloneHigh "cyber"]] [[WesternAnimation/CloneHigh "Cyber"]] and [[RobotChicken "Reaganomics"]].
* '''Deconstructed''': The two generations can't understand each other, since the kids have built up their own incomprehensible-to-outsiders culture that they don't ''want'' adults being a part of, and the adults find their culture [[TheNewRockAndRoll strange and disturbing]].
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
[[WesternAnimation/RobotChicken "Reaganomics"]].



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



* '''Deconstructed''': The two generations can't understand each other, since the kids have built up their own incomprehensible-to-outsiders culture that they don't ''want'' adults being a part of, and the adults find their culture [[TheNewRockAndRoll strange and disturbing]].





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** X-treme Charlie, just likes old slange
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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"Do you think we should maybe tell X-treme Charlie that the slang he uses hasn't been used since 1993?" "Nah -- it'd be funnier to see how long it takes for him to discover he's not cutting edge anymore for himself."
* '''Conversed''': ???"Do these writers seriously think ''anyone'' talks like that these days, much less kids?"

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