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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a8a4bcf8_dadc_4cdd_9b16_90215991f18a.jpeg]][[caption-width-right:300:[[{{Tagline}} Before adulthood comes...]] [[note]]From left to right: [[AntiHero Trife]], [[TeenPregnancy Alisa]], [[LowerClassLout Jay]], [[FilleFatale Becky]], [[PluckyComicRelief Moony]], [[LoveMartyr Claire]], & [[BullyBrutality Sam]][[/note]]]]
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3	''Kidulthood'' ([[CapsLock stylised as KiDULTHOOD]]) is a 2006 urban crime/drama film and the first film in ''Film/TheHoodTrilogy''. It's about the lives of several teenagers in inner west London and is generally seen as [[TropeCodifier the first]] [[BritishFilms British]] HoodFilm. Set in [[{{UsefulNotes/London}} Inner West London]] during the [[{{TurnOfTheMillennium}} 2000s]], it depicts, [[ExtremelyShortTimespan over a day]], [[KitchenSinkDrama the lives of working-class teenagers]] revolving around aggressive and lawless behaviour with recreational drug taking, under-age drinking, sex, crime & violence all of which is based on RealLife. The movie was written by Creator/NoelClarke of ''Series/DoctorWho'' fame who portrayed the TheAntagonist and would later write, direct and star in its [[Film/TheHoodTrilogy sequels]]. The first sequel ''Adulthood'' was released in 2008 and the final entry in the trilogy; ''Brotherhood'', was released in 2016.
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5	!!''[=KiDULTHOOD=]'' features examples of:
6	* AuthorAvatar: Trife's character is based largely around Creator/NoelClarke and is the main [[TheProtagonist protagonist]] of the story.
7	* BatterUp: [[TheAntagonist Sam Peele]] is seen in the posters for the film holding a baseball bat. In the film he has one in his room which he uses to threaten Jay & Moony when he catches them in his home,[[spoiler: and in the film's climax uses it to beat down and ultimately kill Trife.]]
8	* ChekhovsGun: The [[BatterUp baseball bat]] Sam is seen brandishing in the posters [[spoiler:is used to kill Trife]].
9	%%* CurbStompBattle:
10	* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:[[AuthorAvatar Trife]] is killed by Sam at the end of the movie and]] does not return in any of the sequels, [[spoiler:it is in fact Sam who]] is TheProtagonist of the Hood trilogy [[spoiler:after Kidulthood as both sequels Adulthood & Brotherhood revolve around him.]]
11	%%* DoNotDoThisCoolThing:
12	%%** {{Everybody Smokes}}/{{Smoking Is Cool}}:
13	%%** {{Fight Scene}}:
14	%%** LowerClassLout: All the main characters act like this but none more so than Jay.
15	* TheYardies: Uncle Curtis with a Jamaican accent and the slang to emphasise.

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