Line #15 PlayingWith/OneOfTheKids

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1	'''Basic Trope''': An adult character becomes more childish due to spending time with children.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob, a teacher, becomes more like his students because he hangs out with them a lot.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob likes to spend time playing with kindergarten kids. He likes to play with glitter.
5	** Bob becomes a ManChild as the result of his job.
6	** Bob acts like the TagalongKid despite being the adult amongst them.
7	* '''Downplayed''': Bob may act like his students sometimes, but focuses on his job.
8	** Bob acts like he's the oldest, most mature kid in the classroom.
9	* '''Justified'''
10	** Bob's job requires him to have some level of interaction with kids.
11	** Bob [[GrowingUpSucks hates]] being an adult and hangs out with kids because he finds them more fun to interact with.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** 8-year-old Charlie becomes more mature because he hangs out with adults.
14	** Bob is a full-blown ManChild, and he works so well with kids ''because'' he identifies with them.
15	** TagalongKid
16	* '''Subverted''': Bob's friends expect this to happen, but it doesn't.
17	* '''Double Subverted''': ...Until Bob settles in, that is.
18	* '''Parodied''': Bob physically turns back into a child after spending time as a teacher.
19	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob acts more childish sometimes, but seems to keep control of it.
20	* '''Averted''':
21	** Bob doesn't spend time with kids.
22	** Bob's maturity doesn't drop whenever he's around them.
23	* '''Enforced''': The writer is trying to thank a childish teacher they had who was a good influence on them.
24	* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is Bob so childish?" "I'm not sure, but maybe it has to do with the kids he spends time with."
25	* '''Invoked''':
26	** Bob is a ManChild who decides to work as a kindergarten teacher, so that his childish behavior don't seem so off-putting.
27	** Someone suggests Bob should work with kids so he can loosen up.
28	* '''Exploited''': Ads for education degrees proclaim, "Feel like a kid again! Become a teacher!"
29	* '''Defied''':
30	** Bob keeps his maturity no matter what.
31	** Bob quits his job.
32	* '''Discussed''': ???
33	* '''Conversed''': ???
34	* '''Implied''': Bob is a ManChild and a teacher, but it's not clear which came first.
35	* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's kids don't respect him because of his childishness, and never do what he says.
36	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's childish style means they don't see him as an authority figure, and they see no need to rebel against him.
37	* '''Played for Drama''': Bob is fired by the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat administration]] for being too childish.
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