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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