1 | '''Basic Trope''': In a story about children or teens, no adults seem to be present. |
2 | * '''Straight''': All visible characters -- heroes, villains, and background characters -- are under 18. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': All visible characters are under ''12''. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': All the [[KidHero main characters]] are children, but a few adults are shown in the background. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** [[TeenageWasteland A group of children are left to fend for themselves.]] |
7 | ** All the adults are ''dead'', perhaps [[EnfantTerrible killed by children]]. |
8 | ** [[NotAllowedToGrowUp No one ages.]] |
9 | ** The BigBad kidnapped all the adults, and it's up to the children to rescue them. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': |
11 | ** [[HideYourChildren All the characters are adults.]] |
12 | ** [[ChildlessDystopia All the children are dead.]] |
13 | * '''Subverted''': A TokenAdult shows up and decides to accompany the {{Kid Hero}}es. |
14 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
15 | ** The TokenAdult dies or goes missing. |
16 | ** The "adult" was really two children disguised as an adult or a very large child. |
17 | * '''Parodied''': Only older adults (those over 50) have been wiped out, and the survivors are worried that it's TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, just as if ''all'' the adults had died. |
18 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': The {{Kid Hero}}es find no adults in most places, but they do meet a handful of adults, but the adults turn out to be {{Red Shirt}}s. |
19 | * '''Averted''': Characters of all ages coexist. |
20 | * '''Enforced''': "We want the show to appeal to children. Let's make all the characters FreeRangeChildren and show as few adults as possible." |
21 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Why aren't there any adults present? And why is it that none of us remembers our own parents?" |
22 | * '''Invoked''': The villains release a toxin that is OnlyFatalToAdults. |
23 | * '''Exploited''': [[TeensAreMonsters Teenagers start doing horrible things in a now lawless world.]] |
24 | * '''Defied''': AliceAndBob learn that adults are dying, escape the threat, and then come back once it's passed. |
25 | * '''Discussed''': "What would you do if all the grownups went missing?" |
26 | * '''Conversed''': "It's strange how this show never depicts any adults. Do these kids live alone or what?" |
27 | * '''Deconstructed''': Society is falling apart due to the lack of adults. |
28 | * '''Reconstructed''': Laws are made and enforced by robots, {{Teen Genius}}es, or both. |
29 | * '''Implied''': All the characters seen are children and they never refer even obliquely to any adults. |
30 | * '''Played for Laughs''': The children do dumb things because they are too young to know better. |
31 | * '''Played for Drama''': What is left of society makes a turn for the worse. |
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33 | Let's go back to ThereAreNoAdults. Maybe we'll find adults there. |
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35 | %%Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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