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| 15 | [[quoteright:299:[[Webcomic/AwkwardZombie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whyuwearingthat.png]]]] |
| 16 | [[caption-width-right:299:[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening What's wrong]] is that being ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, but [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/minor-setback dressing like you're a twenty-something,]] only works if ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty.]] |
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| 18 | ->''"She manages to dress like a grandmother and a toddler at the same time."'' |
| 19 | -->-- '''Kurt Hummel''' (on the fashions of Rachel Berry), ''Series/{{Glee}}'' |
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| 21 | Basically a character dressing in a manner that just doesn't fit the cultural norm for the character's age. It could be in clothing, hairstyle, makeup, or something else. |
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| 23 | The reasons can vary, although dressing up or costumes wouldn't count for this. This is more a character either not realizing how they look dressed like that, or maybe even trying to pretend they are a different age (either as a disguise, or as a denial about one's age). |
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| 25 | This can be justified when characters are OlderThanTheyLook or YoungerThanTheyLook, and dressing their actual age would look like this trope even though it isn't. |
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| 27 | A SuperTrope to AdultsDressedAsChildren. |
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| 29 | Compare MistakenAge, ImprobableAge, DawsonCasting and AgeInappropriateArt. See also NoDressCode, IWasQuiteAFashionVictim. A common cause for a ParentalFashionVeto. |
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| 31 | !!Examples: |
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| 33 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 35 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 36 | * [[TokenMiniMoe Kotoko-01]], from ''Anime/DivergenceEve'', wears a very {{Stripperiffic}} combat outfit when on active duty; her new one in the second season is even more extreme. |
| 37 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 38 | ** Chi-Chi in [[Manga/DragonBall the first series]]. Her outfit, at age ''twelve'', is a blue bikini with pink gloves and boots. |
| 39 | ** The outfit that Bra/Bulla wears in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' (a tube top, miniskirt, and thigh-high boots) is definitely not appropriate for her age. In the Japanese version, she is not older than 10. |
| 40 | * In the anime of ''Manga/HidamariSketch'', Yoshinoya-sensei never reveals her actual age, preferring to say that she's eternally 17 ([[Creator/KikukoInoue oi, oi!]]), but has been seen occasionally wearing outfits more suited to ''students'', such as a sailor ''fuku'' (ironically, not the uniform style at Yamabuki), a cheerleading outfit, SchoolSportUniform, and SchoolSwimsuit. |
| 41 | * ''Literature/HowNotToSummonADemonLord'': The demon lord Krebskulm has the form of a young child and the mentality of one too. Her outfit mostly consists of a skirt that barely covers her sides and back, and two tiny pieces covering her chest. |
| 42 | * Of the Dekoration members in ''Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'', it's 11 year old Miria that has [[https://project-imas.wiki/Miria_Akagi#/media/File%3AMiria_SR8%2B.jpg the skimpiest costume.]] |
| 43 | * ''Manga/InTheHeartOfKunoichiTsubaki'': A decent number of students wear clothing that [[{{Stripperific}} shows a considerable amount of skin]], and while none of their ages have been revealed, said students are shown to look like they are in their early-to-late teens. The worst offending examples is Itadori and Tanpopo, two of the younger students, sporting only a {{Sarashi}} as a top and nothing else. |
| 44 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 45 | ** Lucy Steel from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Part 7]] is only 14, and she shows a lot of cleavage. In one volume cover, she's even topless! |
| 46 | ** Yukako Yamagishi in ''Manga/ThusSpokeKishibeRohan'': "Episode 8 -- D.N.A." continues to wear a SailorFuku, despite the story taking place years after ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond Is Unbreakable]]'', making her 23 years old at the very least. |
| 47 | * Fate of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', whose Barrier Jacket when she was nine can best be described as {{Stripperiffic}} black leather. Interestingly, while she keeps the look for the first movie, Fate's costuming shifts more closer to her adult's look in the second. |
| 48 | * A massive complaint of the ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' manga is just how sexualised Sarada's [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQeGms4zST7HF3--nRmi1KlHJRQw3sVW-H3tg&usqp=CAU outfit is]] despite the fact she’s no older than 11. Notably, this isn't a issue in the anime, where she has an appropriate outfit similar what her mother Sakura wore in Part 1 of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. |
| 49 | * Evangeline from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', who constantly dresses in a {{Stripperiffic}} [[ElegantGothicLolita Goth loli]] manner. She ''is'' [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld considerably older than ten]], but [[UndeadChild she does not look it]]. While Eva is the most obvious example, pick an outfit for the other girls apart from their school uniform or a casual after-school outfit of their own choosing and it's almost certain to be seen as "inappropriate" by someone in real life, considering that the vast majority of the cast are girls under the age of 16. And later on, a handful of boys under the age of 12 end up wearing elaborate tuxedos or business suits. |
| 50 | * Dr. Kureha from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is going on 140 years [[InsistentTerminology young]], but dresses like a teenager. Though you have to admit, [[ButterFace Kureha]] still has the body for the clothing, which is amazing all things considering. |
| 51 | * Crystal from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' switched outfits to match her game counterpart in the remakes... Well that's fine, except that the [[http://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Lyra_walking.png protagonist]] is an eleven year old girl who wears a overalls and a giant hat. Crys is a rather mature girl who is now at age sixteen, [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Crystal_HGSS_Adventures.png so the style really doesn't fit her.]] It was forced upon her by her mom, who is a ManChild and is also a prime example of this. |
| 52 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 53 | ** At the beginning of Dawn's journey in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl,'' her mother Johanna forbids her from carrying too much luggage. One of the dresses Johanna pulled out is [[http://www.pokemopolis.com/pics/eps/dp/maiden02.jpg this...]] |
| 54 | ** [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Misty's classic outfit]] is a bit risqué for a ten year old. She wore short shorts and a midriff-bearing tank top. After leaving, she reappeared in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' and in [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Hoenn]] with more covered up clothes, however her reappearances in ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'' has her back in her original costume for nostalgia sake. |
| 55 | * [[CheerfulChild Mii]] from ''Popotan'' wears an outfit for a BeautyContest that looks like her normal MagicalGirl costume if half of it was cut off. |
| 56 | * Misao from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' and her very short shorts, which are also very out of place in the late 19th century setting. Kenshin even remarks to himself [[LampshadeHanging "A little young to show so much thigh?"]] when he first meets her. |
| 57 | * The Amazon Quartet in ''Anime/SailorMoon''. While the {{Stripperiffic}} clothing they are wearing would not be out of the ordinary on a circus or performing act, the fact the Quartet are physically not much older than Chibiusa can be jarring. |
| 58 | * This is used for its creepy factor in ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''. Lain's thirteen year old friends go to adult-geared clubs dressed in too mature clothes for their ages. |
| 59 | * In ''Manga/SweetnessAndLightning'', Kotori's mom is seen wearing a sailor fuku on a variety TV show. |
| 60 | * Yoko from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' dresses in a very {{Stripperiffic}} manner, including a bikini top and hot pants. In the first half of the series, she's stated to be 14, making it seem like this trope. However, due to decades of isolation, all the villages have different calendars, which means that Yoko is just as old as Kamina, around 17-18. |
| 61 | * ''Manga/UbelBlatt'' has a RunningGag where Peepi, who looks about eight or nine (due only in part to being an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]]), gets stuck in {{Stripperiffic}} clothing for chapters on end... And nobody cares. Something along the lines of "What's wrong, Peepi?" is the typical reaction. Ato's clothes, especially once she joins up with the main character full-time, cover a similar amount of skin. She's not that much older than Peepi. |
| 62 | * ''Anime/UsagichanDeCue'': The girls' uniforms at Haru's high school have tops cropped just below the breasts, and extremely short skirts that guarantee {{Panty Shot}}s galore. |
| 63 | * ''Anime/YattermanNight'': Doronjo keeps her usual [[TheBaroness Baroness]] garb as a [[TokenMiniMoe 9 year old]] in that continuity. |
| 64 | * Anime/YuGiOhSevens has Romin Kirishima, whose default outfit makes her look like a teen rock star (she's only in ''fifth grade'', yet her outfit includes multiple belts, full tights, and red-and-black t-strap high heel pumps). [[spoiler:The rock-star part is at least somewhat accurate, as she is a good guitarist...]] |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 68 | * Creator/EdByrne comes close to identifying this trope by name, in his rant about encountering an 11-year-old girl wearing a tracksuit with "Gorgeous" printed across the arse. |
| 69 | -->''And I thought that was inappropriate, because she was [[BaitAndSwitch a fucking minger]].'' |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': MM's daughter Janine is an odd case: Going by outward appearances, there's nothing inherently wrong about how she dresses, the problem is that due to [[spoiler:the Compound V in her system]], she has the body of an eighteen-year-old (and acts like one) but is actually ''twelve''. |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "Deja View," Bubbles' EvilCounterpart from the Powerpunk Girls, Brat, is a five-year-old who has her midriff exposed. The attire of Buttercup's equivalent Brute includes a more modest dress, but also fishnets and spiked wristbands. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Delirium's clothes would fall into this by default. Since she's been around since the earliest sentient life in the universe, she's really too old for pretty much anything she wears. She is also the youngest of the Endless, so anytime she dresses like a little kid is a subtle nod to what she used to be. In ''The Wake'', she wears a fairy princess costume that looks like it's meant for a much younger kid; the skirt's very short on her. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': During flashback sequences in ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'', the characters generally wear the same or similar clothing as their present-day counterparts for ease of recognition. Doesn't cause a problem most of the time, but Starfire's {{Stripperiffic}} bikini-style outfit looks ''most'' unsettling on a ten-or-so kid. Though this seems to be regular outdoor wear on her home planet, where, it seems, nobody wears pants. |
| 77 | ** Beast Boy's NavelDeepNeckline during his short-lived television career in the same sequence has shades of this as well, as he's a fairly young teen at the time. |
| 78 | * ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'': Evey dressing up as a little girl to trap a pedophile. She was pretending to be just a year younger than her actual age, but her dress really was meant to sell it. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/{{X 23}}'': Laura Kinney almost never dresses appropriately for a teenage girl. It could be the fact that she was never reared to know what was appropriate, a call back to her time as a prostitute, or just {{fanservice}}. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 83 | * Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/BuildYourWingsOnTheWayDown'': Hughes is rather scandalized when he realizes the 12-year old Edward is wearing tight leather pants. |
| 84 | * In ''Fanfic/IllFindHimPursuitAU'', Basil wears clothes similar to his old school uniform for five years in the hopes that Sunny will recognise him when he comes back to Faraway. Aubrey is the most outspoken about the gesture, and when Sunny does return, he's put off by Basil until he changes into something different; Sunny had previously been kidnapped and does not like seeing reminders of how much he hasn't changed compared to everyone else. |
| 85 | * ''Creator/KhaosOmega'' pulls an interesting aversion with a splice of canon mixed in: The amount of midriff Anise exposes in her usual tube top is the part that comes from ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' canon. The aversion is that she did her forced growing up in a much different way, leading to many more miniskirts and high heels ([[AllWomenLoveShoes especially the high heels]]) appearing on her and less of her canon outfit's other parts. |
| 86 | * Mob in the ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OffToTheRaces'' wears pretty much nothing but princess dress-up costumes long after it becomes age-inappropriate. This is due to a combination of not being allowed to grow up and not knowing any other kids her own age besides her little brother Sho. |
| 87 | * Many of the female guests at Renesmee's wedding in ''Fanfic/TheWeddingCrashers'' are vampires whose immortality started before 18, and the clothes they wear -- as noted by the Winchesters -- makes the younger ones look like kids playing dress-up in Mommy's clothes... [[FanDisservice if Mommy was a hooker]]. The bride herself (who looks 17 but [[YoungerThanTheyLook is actually around 10]]) wears a dress with a huge, poofy skirt... and a bit of netting on the top. It's covered up a bit by the [[DiamondsInTheBuff shawl-like necklace]] she's wearing, but it still creeps the boys out. |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 91 | * ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': An off-screen example. Aunt Cass tells Hiro that, downstairs in the cafe, the 80-year-old Mrs. Matsuda is wearing something super inappropriate for her age. |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 95 | * How the two protagonists of ''Film/Thirteen2003'' dress, although it's not quite as jarring as it could have been since they're played by teenagers. Still, "no bra, no panties, Mum." |
| 96 | * Alex's mother in ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' dresses like a [[TheSixties Carnaby Street]] mod. Given that the film seems to be set TwentyMinutesInTheFuture, it may simply be a riff on how current hip fashions will eventually become associated with older people. |
| 97 | * In ''Film/DasepoSonyo'', Big Razor Sister likes to wear schoolgirl uniforms, despite being well past schooling age. This appears to be more of a fetish thing, though, as they later appear dressed in more age-appropriate attire while serving as Poor Girl's lawyer. |
| 98 | * Aunt Ida in Creator/JohnWaters's ''Film/FemaleTrouble'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAa_e_L0rpc is probably the]] TropeCodifier. |
| 99 | * Brooke's mother Cindy in ''Film/HouseArrest''. Unlike the other families whose parents are going through all kinds of strife, Cindy is a single mother whose main problem is that she wears her 16-year-old daughter's clothes. Tries to hang out with Brooke and friends, and insists that daughter Brooke, call her "Cindy" and not "mom". |
| 100 | * In ''Film/FTheProm'', Principal Statszill dresses like a teenage girl headed to a party despite being in her 30's/40's. Made even more inappropriate by the fact she's the school principal, but happily wears revealing minidresses and stilettos in her office. |
| 101 | * ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'' during the titular pageant. Even more [[{{Squick}} disturbing]], this pageant was portrayed realistically by real pageant girls wearing their ''actual'' costumes. |
| 102 | * In ''Film/TheMajorAndTheMinor'', Ginger Rogers pretends to be 12 years old to get a child fare on a train. |
| 103 | * Played straight in ''Film/MysteryTeam'', where the characters dress up like little kids. |
| 104 | * In ''Film/{{Orphan}}'', 9-year-old Esther puts in a sexually provocative cocktail dress and tries to seduce adoptive father John. [[spoiler:Right afterwards, there's the reveal she's a psychotic 33-year-old that only looks like a child.]] |
| 105 | * Downplayed by Uncle Charlie in ''Film/{{Stoker}}''. He dresses in smart polo shirts, sweaters, slacks, and suits, but the particular styles and colors he chooses make him look much more like a teenager fresh out of prep school than a thirtysomething world traveler. The costumer confirmed in the behind-the-scenes features that this was deliberate, chosen to reflect Charlie's status as a PsychopathicManchild. |
| 106 | * In the final third of ''Film/TheyMightBeGiants'', forty-something Mildred Watson wears a poofy white party dress that would look much better on someone a couple of decades younger. Likely justified, as she is having Justin/Holmes over to her apartment for dinner, and it is pointed out earlier in the film that she has virtually no social life. |
| 107 | * In ''Film/TooYoungToKiss'' (1951), June Allyson is a pianist pretending to be 12 to impress a concert promoter. |
| 108 | * This trope is obvious in Tricky People, when Reginald Charming gives the band kids a makeover for their photo shoot. The "cool" clothes make the kids look too mature. Especially the girls, who end up looking like school-aged prostitutes. |
| 109 | * This is PlayedForDrama in ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'' Jane wears ringlets in her hair just like she did as a little girl due to lingering troubles brought on by her missing being a childhood star. Near the end she starts dressing increasingly childishly as she [[spoiler:has a VillainousBreakdown]]. |
| 110 | * The German boy costume worn by Mugatu during the brainwashing sequence in ''Film/{{Zoolander}}''. |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 114 | * ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': |
| 115 | ** Mary Anne's father Richard, as part of his overprotectiveness and worry, picks out Mary Anne's clothes--she's only allowed to wear penny-loafers, jumpers and blouses, or dresses, and has to keep her hair in two GirlishPigtails--specifically, two long braids. She's finally able to dress a little more "teenage" after ''Mary Anne Saves the Day'', where she proves to him she's responsible enough to dress how she'd like to. |
| 116 | ** It isn't given much of an in-depth description in but Stacey's swimsuit in the second book might count. It's mentioned that "[[BarelyThereSwimwear it was skimpy (and we're talking ''very'' skimpy) and yellow, with tiny bows at the side of the bottom part]]". Claudia even mentions that "the top part was filled out pretty nicely". |
| 117 | * ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'': Lundy [[OlderThanTheyLook looks]] like an eight-year-old but dresses and speaks "like a middle-aged librarian". {{Subverted|Trope}} when the protagonist learns that she's a 50-something with MerlinSickness. |
| 118 | * In ''Literature/TheHelp'', Aibileen describes Hilly’s wardrobe as consisting of bright floral dresses and hair bows that would look more appropriate on a ten-year-old than on a grown woman with children of her own. This is supposed to symbolize Hilly’s pettiness and immaturity that drives most of her actions in the story. |
| 119 | * At one point in ''Literature/LolaRose'', Jayni, who is around ten or eleven, dresses up in some of her mother's clothes and make-up, and actually goes out like that, hoping she looks older. This includes high-heels, a tight T-shirt and a bra (stuffed with tissues), as well as "half of Boots' make-up counter" on her face. She does actually succeed in getting a bit of attention from a few boys, though it [[DeconstructedTrope doesn't so end well]] when one boy, Ross, kisses her against her will to show off to his gang. She also gets in trouble with Nikki for wearing her clothes without her permission. |
| 120 | * ''Literature/TheLastHero'': Inverted with Vena the Raven-Haired, a white-haired grandmotherly woman stated to dress "very youngly" (i.e., in a manner appropriate for a Creator/FrankFrazetta painting) and it turns out hasn't lost any of her ActionGirl qualifications. |
| 121 | * ''Literature/ASummonsToMemphis'': Phillip's OldMaid sisters, Betsy and Josephine, are pushing 60 but to his mortification still dress like young women. He writes about how they dress in miniskirts or {{Sexy Backless Outfit}}s or show AbsoluteCleavage, long after they've grown fat and saggy. |
| 122 | * ''Literature/WhereAreTheChildren'': When she was married to Carl, Nancy often wore "childish" dresses that looked more like something a young girl would wear. Nancy recalls that when her mother came to visit her while she was still dating Carl, Priscilla was put-off by the dress Carl had picked out for her, remarking "Isn't it a bit...young?" (Nancy was 18 at the time). Nancy admits she hated wearing these dresses but did it because Carl liked it. Upon being widowed and getting out of prison, the first thing she bought herself was a tweed suit and she now dresses in a more mature style. [[spoiler:Considering that Carl was a pedophile, it's obvious why he liked Nancy to dress like a little girl]]. |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 126 | * Nearly every drama, and some comedies, that are set in a high school feature female students in outfits that would ''never'' fly in a real high school, no matter where they supposedly take place. The students are usually played by [[DawsonCasting women in their early 20's]], and they look like they're headed to a rave. ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' might count as the worst example, as Buffy's school garb included micro-minis, cropped tops and strapless tops that no school would allow. |
| 127 | ** This is actually referenced in universe in the season 2 episode “Go Fish”. After a swim team member tries to sexually assault Buffy, she slams his face into his steering wheel, breaking his nose. When confronted about the incident by the coach and the principal, the swim team member says [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming “Look how she dresses!”]] Principal Snyder tells her to dress more appropriately, commenting “This is a school, not a rave!” |
| 128 | -->'''Joyce:''' You're just too young to wear that.\ |
| 129 | '''Buffy:''' Yeah, and I'm gonna be too young to wear it until I'm too old to wear it.\ |
| 130 | '''Joyce:''' That's the idea. |
| 131 | * In one episode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Dick starts dressing in fashionable clothing and leather pants in a desperate ploy to appear youthful. |
| 132 | * One episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' has a new cast member on Liz's show doing the baby stripper act in both dress and action and honestly seems to be her real personality. [[spoiler:Turns out she's been trying to get close to other men and take on a new identity in order to avoid her insane husband who wants to kill her.]] Liz trying to help her backfires '''INCREDIBLY BAD'''. |
| 133 | * Joe Besser as Stinky on ''[[Creator/AbbottAndCostello The Abbott and Costello Show]]'' wore a Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit as a bratty man-child character. |
| 134 | * An episode of ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'' had Emily getting very upset about getting middle-aged as her birthday approached. She starts dressing in faddish youth clothes, and only snaps out of it when Carol innocently buys her an identical outfit...as a gag gift. |
| 135 | * ''Series/DanceMoms'' may have managed to make it even more disturbing. One episode featured the girls, who were generally between ages 8 and 13, being instructed to perform a ''burlesque-style striptease'', complete with giant pink feathers to cover themselves and the NudeColoredClothes they were given to wear to imply toplessness. The episode is even outright titled "Topless Showgirls". The show understandably received heavy backlash and the episode was pulled from rotation. |
| 136 | -->'''Website/{{Cracked}} [[http://www.cracked.com/article_24815_6-reality-shows-that-screwed-over-their-contestants.html article covering the episode]]:''' It would, through a ''very'' small technicality, not be child pornography. |
| 137 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 138 | ** The Twelfth Doctor starts wearing T-shirts and hoodies in series 9, which is not only unusual wear for the Doctor but also for what looks to be a man in his seventies. Though, the fact that it looks very out-of-place for a man his age does give it that egocentricity the Doctor's costumes have. His hoodie trenchcoat however does look like it might be the most comfortable and functional piece of clothing The Doctor has ever owned. |
| 139 | *** Even his IconicOutfit is based on the kind of mod fashion that young people wore in the Swinging London era. The effect makes him seem either like a slightly underdressed Edwardian gentlemen or a DiscoDan who doesn't know the 60s are over. |
| 140 | ** Of course, that was an intentional inversion of the Eleventh Doctor, played by a man in his late 20s (and who frankly could have passed for younger), but dressed in a tweed jacket and suspenders like a dorky turn-of-the-century university lecturer. |
| 141 | * In an early episode of ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' one of "the most difficult customers" Winfred-Louder had was an old woman who dressed herself in pre-teen clothes. |
| 142 | * In ''Series/FreshofftheBoat'', the younger two Huang children dress too formally in comparison to their peers. This is to portray how children of immigrants don't have the benefit of parents who know how to dress them appropriately. |
| 143 | * In ''Series/{{Glee}}'' one character says of Rachel "She manages to dress like a grandmother and a kindergartner at the same time." |
| 144 | * From ''Series/HemlockGrove'', Sherrif Sworn's twin daughters, about 15, both qualify. In fact, their determination to grow up too fast, including losing their virginities and partying like they're already in college, is part of what drives their friend Christina to drastic action... |
| 145 | * British reality show ''Series/HotterThanMyDaughter'' focuses a lot on mothers who dress (and sometimes act) like they are still teenagers, and where the host makes them over so they wear more age-appropriate outfits. Occasionally it would flip the formula and make over daughters who tended to dress like their mothers, making them look like they were in their thirties or forties. |
| 146 | * In ''Series/KillingEve'' Vilanelle, who is an international assassin, shows up wearing a pink tulle dress that looks like something a small child would wear while meeting with her handler Konstantin. It repents her emotional immaturity and fixation on material goods. |
| 147 | * The original character description for Marina from ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' described her as wearing a skirt "at least ten years too short". This was faithfully depicted on screen. |
| 148 | * Kelly, the daughter on ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', typically is dressed quite literally [[{{Stripperiffic}} like a hooker]], already qualifying for this trope since this began in Season 2 when the character is 16, though unlike many examples here, it's [[RuleOfFunny deliberately over the top for comic effect]]. However, one episode gives us a flashback to Kelly when she looks about eight or nine...and is already dressing this way. |
| 149 | * 44-year old Shirley Henderson's character in the comedy-drama ''Series/MayContainNuts'' dresses as an 11-year old girl in order to take a school entrance exam in her daughter's place. Although she eventually goes for a lank-haired, dowdy appearance on the grounds that "nobody notices ugly children", she had previously tried a colorful short-skirted, midriff-baring, pigtailed look that only succeeded in weirding out her husband. |
| 150 | * UK television: ''Series/MiniPops'' was a 1983 show on -where else?- Channel 4, in which small kids would dress up like grown-up pop stars and perform their singles... without much editing of the lyrics, or consideration of whether an adult performer's stage costume would be appropriate for a preteen. It was on air for about six weeks before viewer complaints reached critical mass. Of course, with hindsight we should've been more worried about ''Jim'll Fix It''... |
| 151 | * One epiosde of ''Series/MindOfMencia'' had Carlos do a skit called the "Age Police" where one of his targets was ticketed for doing 40 in a 25, or being 40-years-old wearing something a 25 would wear, supposedly. |
| 152 | -> '''Carlos''': ''"Know what doesn't go with your'' Franchise/HelloKitty ''backpack? Your Cesarean scar!'' |
| 153 | * ''Series/NeverHaveIEver'': The principal chews Devi out for her self-imposed makeover. She's a fifteen-year-old high school sophomore in a tiny skirt and strappy heels, dressed "like ''Film/ErinBrockovich''." |
| 154 | * In ''Series/{{Popular}}'' Emory Dick's twin sisters Emily and Emma show up at the high school asking Nichole and Mary Cherry to train them to be the {{alpha bitch}}es at their junior high. The girls also wear tight tops and short skirts, and their age is roughly 12 to 13. Their least provocative clothes are their [[PrettyInMink black mink jackets]]. |
| 155 | * One episode of ''Series/{{Reba}}'' has Cheyanne volunteering at a nursing home where she dresses some of the elderly residents in things that seem to be from her own closet (most prominently, a pair of sweatpants with "Juicy" across the butt). Everyone feels that it's a sign of Cheyanne being ditzy and out of touch, but she eventually reveals that the residents ''asked'' for it and enjoyed getting makeovers and putting effort into their appearances (and getting the attention of some of the male residents). |
| 156 | * Jordan putting her hair in pigtails and dressing childishly to persuade her gynocologist that she's younger than she really is on ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. |
| 157 | * ''Series/TheSteveHarveyShow'': |
| 158 | ** Regina (who is in her mid to late 30's) is accused of not being in touch with the students. Her solution? Dressing like them. She resorts to wearing shirts that show her belly button and wearing her hair in GirlishPigtails with loud, colorful accessories. She goes back to normal when Cedric reminds her of how embarrassing her parents were when they tried to act and dress young when she was a teenager. |
| 159 | ** This is played with when it comes to Lovita. She dresses inappropriately for her job but not necessarily her age as she is portrayed as younger and more hip than Steve, Cedric, and Regina. No one really calls her out on it, except Steve (when he wants to make fun of her) and Regina (when Lovita takes it too far). |
| 160 | * ''Series/ToddlersAndTiaras'' is a reality show about beauty pageants for little girls, which shows them in outfits like bikinis, and them even getting spray tans. Already seen as more than a little unsettling, criticism of the show spiked noticeably when it featured a girl dressed in Julia Roberts' prostitute outfit from ''Film/PrettyWoman''. The mother defended it by claiming it wasn't as revealing as some of the other outfits in the competition, an argument that helps ''no-one''. Said little girl was on again, the mother complaining about the backlash she'd gotten over the costume. What's the girl wearing this time? A crop top and a tulle, poofy black skirt, okay. Sure, the boots and stockings are a bit risque but it's not that bad... ''and then she rips the skirt off during the routine to showcase her underwear-like bottoms'' (that match the top) ''and garters''. Yes, that was scripted, they practiced a lot. ''And she won''. |
| 161 | * ''Series/TheWayansBros.'': In the episode "Hip-Hop Pops", Pops is depressed about turning 50. Shawn and Marlon take him out to a nightclub and get a female acquaintance of theirs to dance with Pops in an effort to cheer him up. It works a little too well: Pops starts dressing (and acting) like someone in his 20's, basically the age range of his sons. |
| 162 | * [[StrictlyFormula Several episodes]] of ''Series/WhatNotToWear'' feature a woman who, in her late 40s, continued to wear the same kind of clothing she wore as a young teen and ''only'' that clothing; because she could not buy the fashions and styles she was comfortable with she made all her own outfits from scratch and looked somewhat like a demented circus clown. |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 166 | * Music/{{Eminem}} mocks his own predilection for wearing hip-hop clothing in middle age in "So Far...": |
| 167 | -->Turned 40 and still sag — teenagers act more fuckin' mature, Jack |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 171 | * All the Traptrix monsters wear revealing clothing in the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh card game'', even though they look like prepubescent girls. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 175 | * In ''Theatre/TheGlassMenagerie'', when Jim comes for dinner, Amanda wears an old-fashioned dress from her youth, much more appropriate for a younger woman, as if he were calling on her instead of her daughter. |
| 176 | * In ''Theatre/TheMadwomanOfChaillot'', one of the other Madwomen is an ancient woman who still thinks she can pass for a young maiden. She cannot. |
| 177 | * At the beginning of ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' Wendla tries to convince her mother to let her continue to wear a dress that's too small for her as she's too innocent to realize why this is inappropriate for a pubescent girl in 1891 (her reasoning for wanting it is more of the clinging to your childhood variety, as she says it "makes [her] feel like a little faerie-queen"). |
| 178 | [[/folder]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 181 | * Catherine Kyohbashi of ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' is only 12 years old, but she wears a swimsuit and PlayboyBunny outfit. |
| 182 | * Alyssa, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/ClockTower3'', has [[http://clocktower.wikia.com/wiki/File:Cowgirl.png several]] [[http://clocktower.wikia.com/wiki/File:Toga.png revealing]] [[http://clocktower.wikia.com/wiki/File:Gladiator.png alternate]] [[http://clocktower.wikia.com/wiki/File:Leather_Queen.png outfits.]] Keep in mind that she only turns fifteen at the ''end'' of the game. |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' had such a bad case of giving revealing outfits to the girls, that the localized version of the [[SpinOff Volleyball games]] left all of the girls who were not at least 18 years old as N/A. Ayane herself had some pretty revealing outfits herself in her first appearance of the second game, despite being 16. |
| 184 | * ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'': |
| 185 | ** Etna from ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' wears a {{Stripperiffic}} [[HellBentForLeather black leather]] outfit, but is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld mentally and physically]] around 14 or so. |
| 186 | ** Hanako from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|Cursed Memories}}'' is only 9 years old, but the only thing she wears to cover her chest is a small white tube top. Note that once they meet, Hanako starts wanting to be more like Etna, which naturally horrifies her older brother. |
| 187 | * ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': |
| 188 | ** Abigail Williams's profile states her to be 12 years old, making her increasingly {{Stripperiffic}} outfit quite inappropriate for a girl her age. Her Summer version's First Ascension wears a very skimpy and inappropriate swimsuit. As she ascends further, she wears more sensible and modest swimsuits. |
| 189 | ** The second and third ascensions of Assassin of the Nightless City [[spoiler:aka Wu Zetian]] consists of an open robe, a small ribbon bra, and a LoinCloth. |
| 190 | ** Beast VI/S's young form looks like a preteen girl, but is wearing a modified version of her adult self's BarelyThereSwimwear |
| 191 | ** Chloe von Einzbern's outfit consists of what amounts to lingerie, ''not'' something one would have a young-looking girl like her wear. |
| 192 | ** Although Jack the Ripper is implied to be OlderThanSheLooks, her outfit is still unusually skimpy. Thankfully, she has a cape she can throw on over it. |
| 193 | ** Ushiwakamaru's wears just scant sleeves, a bikini bottom, and later a ChainmailBikini. Her age is never approximated in-game, but Ushiwakamaru was the historical Minamoto no Yoshitsune's childhood name, and traditional Japanese naming convention has children receiving their adult name in their mid-teens, meaning this girl is about 14 at the oldest. |
| 194 | ** Utsumi Erice is 14, yet wears a very revealing short dress that has two side slits up to the shoulder. |
| 195 | * In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' Rikku, for being 15 years old, wore some very short shorts, which is really nothing compared to her {{Stripperiffic}} outfit in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', which takes place only 2 years later. |
| 196 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'': |
| 197 | ** As demonstrated in the page picture, the [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld roughly 1,000-year old]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent manakete]] Nowi from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' wears a dragonscale bikini top and garters that aren't terribly appropriate for her pre-teen looks and [[ImmortalImmaturity childish mannerisms]]. Based on other manaketes in the series, it'll be ''thousands'' of years before she actually looks old enough for such an outfit to be appropriate. |
| 198 | ** Speaking of manaketes, an OlderAndWiser Tiki from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of Emblem]]'' appears about midway through ''Awakening'', and it's clear that the two millennia between games [[SheIsAllGrownUp have been very good to her]]. In the Harvest Scramble DLC map, a conversation between Tiki and Lucina has the latter try to get Tiki into the spirit of the festivities by dressing Tiki up in a replica of the clothes she wore as a child (her main outfit is now a short red dress and matching high-heeled thigh-high boots). The end results aren't shown on-screen, but Tiki is nothing short of mortified at how ill-fitting her old garments are on her adult body. |
| 199 | * ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' |
| 200 | ** Fischl is heavily implied to be no older than a teenager. Yet her outfit appears to consist of what looks like some lingerine, a thigh high stocking on her left leg with a full legged stocking on her right, and a skirt that only covers her back. |
| 201 | ** Diona’s outfit shows off her midriff, and she wears some very short shorts. Problem is, she’s younger than Fischl, being no older than a preteen. |
| 202 | * Rami Nana-Hikari from ''VideoGame/KeioFlyingSquadron'' dresses in a PlayboyBunny outfit in most of the series, and she is only 14 years old. They gave her a more mature age in localization, however. |
| 203 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' has Meru, a [[spoiler:Wingly]] [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld who looks like a 16-year-old girl]] and dresses like a go-go dancer. |
| 204 | * Reco from ''VideoGame/MushihimeSama''. She's 15, but just look at the title image of that page. |
| 205 | * Bad Girl from ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' wears a cutesy little [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] dress, despite being 20. It's apparently part of her mental issues. |
| 206 | * Sherry Birkin of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' franchise has an [[YourRewardIsClothes unlockable costume]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'''s Mercenaries mode that appears to be [[SheIsAllGrownUp her old outfit from 2]]. It doesn't fit her properly. |
| 207 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' gives us Luste Teuber, a [[TagalongKid young]] and {{perky|Goth}} Magus who's entire outfit consist of a two-piece bikini as well as a choker. ''Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel'' makes her usual outfit look slightly more revealing. Lampshaded for laughs by [[EvenEvilHasStandards Pamela]]. |
| 208 | -->'''Pamela:''' What in God's name are you wearing!? There are limits to indecency! |
| 209 | * Eddie from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', a man in his mid-twenties or so, dresses like a bad caricature of a ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'' character. Justified, as a lifetime of mockery regarding his weight and low intelligence seems to have seriously stunted his mental development. |
| 210 | * Amy's {{Stripperific}} ElegantGothicLolita clothes in the ''VideoGame/{{Soul|Series}}'' series, when she's only [[VagueAge a young teenager at most]]. The GirlishPigtails make it [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amy_sorrel_gothic_lolita.jpg even more disorienting.]] Talim's skimpy midriff-revealing outfit from her debut in ''Soulcalibur II'' isn't much better. |
| 211 | * Meracle of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' wears a skintight and revealing outfit despite being a very young teenager - one who is childish and childlike in appearance. |
| 212 | * More often than not, at least one of the costumes for the obligatory young party member in the various ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' games is of this nature. |
| 213 | ** In the [[Platform/PlayStation3 PS3]] version of ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', 12 year [[GenderBlenderName Karol]] gets a costume that consists of nothing more than tight leather pants and black shoes. |
| 214 | ** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'', Elise's ''Anime/StarDriver'' and swimsuit costumes are rather skimpy for a shy girl of 13 years of age (who looks more like she's 10). The Star Driver outfit also gives her some rather flashy red lipstick, which does not help the dissonance. |
| 215 | ** Alice from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' is 18 years old but wears an outfit you would expect from a 5 year old girl. For some reason she seems rather stuffy about her age when Marta points it out, despite still being very young. |
| 216 | ** Sophie from ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' can use [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Rutee's]] midriff bearing outfit as one of her costumes. |
| 217 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tera}}'' is the king of this in the Korean version, with an entire race of girls with animal ears who never seem to grow past 8-10 years old. The outfit models for that race were little more than lingerie, and had to be toned way down for the American release. In fact, most of the cloth shown in the new models was added in for the exported version. |
| 218 | * The [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] ''Sleeping Cocoon'' for the Platform/PlayStation features a RareMaleExample. Cirico, a ChildSoldier who died young and became a GuardianEntity for the player, wears nothing but ''a single string of pearls'' from neck to (barely-covered) crotch should you choose his offensive evolutionary path. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 222 | * Shay from ''Webcomic/BetweenTheLines2006'' is only thirteen and her parents are concerned her clothing is too revealing for her age. Also that [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} she wears girl's clothes]] but that's a different issue. |
| 223 | * [[http://www.bogleech.com/comics/comic71-helloween.htm This Bogleech comic]] has hellish Halloween punishments for crimes such as making "sexy children's costumes" for that day. |
| 224 | * In [[http://limbero.org/jl8/57 this]] ''Webcomic/JL8'' comic, Power Girl dresses up to impress Supes using what she learnt from a magazine. Her mother [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour isn't particularly thrilled]]. |
| 225 | * ''Webcomic/LotusCobraIsEvil'': From [[https://i.imgur.com/UL2UvP4.jpg "Demonic Consultation",]] when Creator/TypeMoon talks about "elementary school girls in lewd outfits", {{Satan}} is surprised and thinks Type-Moon as [[EvenEvilHasStandards possibly more evil than he is]]: |
| 226 | --> '''SATAN:''' You know, sometimes it's hard to tell which one of us is actually SATAN. |
| 227 | * Yuki Oyama in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has a fondness for a "little girl" look that might just make her a fashion victim in her native Japan, while looking a little odd in Canada, where the comic is set. |
| 228 | * [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Angora]] in ''Webcomic/TheMeek'', is a fifteen-year-old girl who, for the beginning of the first chapter completely naked. From there, the only clothes she does wear are some shorts, a scarf and no top. |
| 229 | * Thelma Possum in ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'' is an example of the "dresses way too old-fashioned for her age" during the early strips of the comic. As in, Hortense, Malarkey County's resident "angry feminist", [[http://www.rhjunior.com/nip-and-tuck-0733/ tells her she dresses down too much at one point,]] and hangs a lampshade that if ''she'' is criticizing Thelma's lack of sex appeal, then she is ''desperately'' overemphasizing her modesty. In the "lost strips" from the ''Nip & Tuck-WebVideo/TheFundayPawpetShow'' crossover, Thelma actually states [[http://www.rhjunior.com/nip-and-tuck-0926/ at one point]] that she takes her wardrobe advice from her great-grandmother. Getting out of these clothes and into something more modern [[SheCleansUpNicely makes Tuck realize she really is a lot better looking than he'd thought]]. Like her status as an InsecureLoveInterest, she grows out of this trait due to CharacterDevelopment. |
| 230 | * In ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'', Larissa's dress while doing her [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/images/comics/2016-09-08-0819-the-divine-comedy-page-17-alternative.png "homework"]] in this strip. Age-inappropriate enough that an alternate version with more conservative attire was posted on the main page. |
| 231 | * Ruby Larose, in ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', suffers from this bad, at least until someone points out to her how ''unwise'' her chosen short skirts are. She also wears a granny nightdress for sleeping. Her switch to smart business suits or jeans by day, and outsize T-shirts by night, is a symbol of her rapid CharacterDevelopment. |
| 232 | [[/folder]] |
| 233 | |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 236 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaWomensEden'': Near the end of this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZVIavTk7Dc story]], [[spoiler:Rika still dresses in ''jirai-kei'' fashion well into her forties and still posts selfies to get men's attention. Understandably, the men who see her selfies are grossed out by her immaturity and the fact no one would put up with a "minefield girl" in her forties.]] |
| 237 | [[/folder]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 240 | * ''WebVideo/AnalystBroniesReact'': Razor notes that Vice-Principal Luna's camping outfit in ''Legend of Everfree'' is more fitting for a ten-year-old Pokémon trainer. |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 244 | * This comes up, but is not explicitly-shown, in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''. During the episode where Gumball, Anais and Darwin are TrappedInTVLand by being stuck in a JRPG [[AffectionateParody parody]], the four year-old Anais complains about looking like a RummageSaleReject, to which Gumball counters that she rejected an alternative outfit: |
| 245 | -->'''Anais:''' Yeah, I don't think that was age-appropriate. |
| 246 | * ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': |
| 247 | ** The Chipettes are often accused of this, with the two particular occasions that stand out as the episode "Goin' Down to Dixie" from [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks the 80s series]] and the movie ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure''. In the former, The Chipettes entertain on a riverboat that's also a floating hotel, where they sing Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Proud Mary," while wearing New Orleans-inspired dresses. In the latter, The Chipettes find themselves in Egypt, where the Prince wants to marry Brittany, and they are later dressed in harem attire for the rest of the movie; the fact that they also charmed snakes by singing a song called "[[IntercourseWithYou Gettin' Lucky]]" didn't help matters either. |
| 248 | ** In the ''Crocodile Rock'' music video from ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunksRockinThroughTheDecades'', an unnamed chipmunk girl (often thought to be the original but later scrapped Chipette, Charlene) dresses in a tight red dress while wearing heels and make-up. She doesn't look much older than Alvin. The contrast is even more noticeable as Alvin is wearing a cutesy dinosaur getup for part of the video. |
| 249 | * Invoked deliberately in the ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' episode, "[[Recap/BigMouthS3E1GirlsAreAngryToo Girls Are Angry Too]]" with the "Slut Walk". The girls--around 12 to 14 years old, mind--dress in skimpy, sometimes borderline {{Stripperiffic}} outfits in the name of female empowerment and to protest school dress codes. This ends slightly more realistically than some examples, as the girls feel less empowered and more creeped out by the attention they're getting from both their male peers and certain older teachers. |
| 250 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', Sarah Lynn dresses like a teenager despite recently turning 30, because of her inability to grow up. Later on, there's Wanda, who is at least in her forties, but dresses like she's still in her twenties, because she just got out of a long coma. |
| 251 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': The episode "The Lost Girls" features Val, the middle-aged editor of a teen magazine who dresses like a teenager. |
| 252 | * Downplayed by Pacifica Northwest in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', who is 12 or 13 but dresses like a high-school-aged valley girl. |
| 253 | -->'''Grunkle Stan:''' Is it legal for a child to wear that much makeup? |
| 254 | * PlayedForLaughs in the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Helga's Makeover". To fit in with the girls' slumber party, Helga puts on an outfit and makeup more reminiscent of a 16-year-old, even stuffing her bra to make her look more "girly". Eventually, after rejecting an equally age-inappropriate facial, she calls everyone out on the charade, pointing out they're only 9 years old. |
| 255 | * Although it isn't intended as sexual, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'' first-season finale, "Class Act", has the Rascals dressed like adults: Alfalfa in a zoot suit with straw boater hat; Darla in a pink dress with high-heeled shoes, fancy hat and feather boa; Spanky in a TackyTuxedo, and Buckwheat with a tattered umbrella. |
| 256 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lola Loud's regular outfit consists mainly of a pink dress that's too big for her. |
| 257 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 258 | ** Invoked as AnAesop in the episode "Lard of the Dance" where Alex, a new student and popular girl, persuades Lisa and other schoolgirls to imitate pop culture icons and wear age-inappropriate clothing. |
| 259 | ** Ironically, Lisa's red dress might be considered age-inappropriate to some, due to being strapless. |
| 260 | * The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' treatment of the "trend" of little girls dressing like skanky teenagers is the premise of "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset". |
| 261 | * Fourteen-year-old Ahsoka Tano in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' is a downplayed example, as she wears a cropped tube top -- on a battlefield, no less. [[ExecutiveMeddling George]] [[Creator/GeorgeLucas Lucas]] specifically requested that her original outfit be redesigned to show more skin. A TimeSkip in the third season finally changes this; the older Ahsoka wears a more modest outfit that still features an [[SexyBacklessOutfit open back]] and a CleavageWindow. |
| 262 | ** Incidently, Ahsoka's appearance only becomes ''more modest'' as she ages. She wears a jumpsuit in her walkabout arc in season seven, then a ''beskar'' plated dress during the Siege of Mandalore. She then wore literal armor as an adult in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. |
| 263 | ** When ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTalesOfTheJedi'' showed a training montage taking place across the span of her apprenticeship with Anakin, her outfit from the first two-and-a-half seasons of ''The Clone Wars'' was redesigned from the tube top to a padded sleeveless shirt with only a small bit of midriff exposed. |
| 264 | * Similar to Ahsoka Tano, Wily Kit in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' wears a shirt that is [[https://images.wikia.com/thundercats/images/3/30/WilyKitBig.jpg little more than a tube top.]] |
| 265 | * In ''WesternAnimation/WITCH2004'', the Guardians when transformed wear skimpy, belly-baring outfits. A couple of characters bring this up in-universe, like Cornelia's mother in "W is for Witch", and given that the other side of the transformation involves a bit of an age boost... |
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