1 | '''Basic Trope''': A child or preteen genius. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Billy is 10 years old, and already attending college. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Billy is 4 years old, and already holds 3 Ph.D's. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Billy is 12 years old, and in the Gifted and Talented program at his school. |
5 | * '''Justified''': There really are children who are very [[TheSmartGuy intellectually gifted]]. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': |
7 | ** Billy is 10 years old, and has been held back in the third grade...twice. |
8 | ** Billy is an adult who hasn't even made it past the first grade. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': Although Billy boasts very high grades, he's still only a 5th grader. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
11 | ** But then he gets a letter inviting him to be part of a program for gifted students. |
12 | ** At parents' night, Billy's teacher raves about what a good student Billy is, and she recommends that he be skipped ahead a grade level so he can get more of a challenge. |
13 | * '''Parodied''': Billy has been part of UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} ever since his umbilical cord was cut. (He was barely out of the womb and already speaking coherently and doing complex math problems.) |
14 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Billy starts out as a genius, but then starts acting like TheDitz due to PhlebotinumInducedStupidity. But then it turns out [[ObfuscatingStupidity it was all Billy's act,]] because he's tired of people [[IJustWantToBeNormal treating him differently]] than other children. Or maybe [[FeigningIntelligence he really is stupid and is lying about it]]. |
15 | * '''Averted''': Billy is no smarter or dumber, no more or less capable than any of his peers. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': TokenMiniMoe, FreeRangeChildren. |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Our top student, Billy Troper..". |
18 | * '''Invoked''': Billy is forced by his [[EducationMama mother]] into all sorts of programs to try and boost his intelligence. |
19 | * '''Exploited''': Charlie, Billy's friend, persuades him to always do his home work for him. |
20 | * '''Defied''': Billy uses ObfuscatingStupidity, so that he won't be picked on or alienated for being a nerd. |
21 | * '''Discussed''': "Billy could solve linear equations at age four? He sounds like one of those kid geniuses that always appear on TV". |
22 | * '''Conversed''': "Children on these kind of shows are always ridiculously smart". |
23 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
24 | ** Billy has ''huge'' emotional issues because he is a ChildProdigy. |
25 | ** InnocentProdigy |
26 | * '''Reconstructed''': Good thing he has [[ThePowerOfFriendship friends]] to keep him from going into a downward psychological spiral. |
27 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Billy uses his intelligence mainly to fool strangers into thinking he's older than he looks, and then shocking them with his real age. |
28 | * '''Played For Drama''': Billy becomes a BrokenAce. |
29 | ---- |
30 | Back to ChildProdigy and you're... How old again?! |
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32 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
33 | %% |
34 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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