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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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Context PlayingWith / ThereAreNoAdults