Basic Trope: A character with an abnormally long lifespan.
- Straight: Alice is 400 years old.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice is older than the universe, and still looks very young.
- Alice doesn't just have a long lifespan, but she's immortal and cannot die from any cause.
- Downplayed: Alice is around 120 years old, and looks quite old - her actual lifespan is closer to 150.
- Justified:
- Alice is some sort of non-human species that lives for a long time, such as a vampire, witch, or werewolf.
- Alice is a magic-user who uses magic to extend her lifespan.
- Inverted: Alice has a very short lifespan.
- Subverted: Alice reveals she was lying when she said she was 400 years old.
- Double Subverted: She's actually 1000 years old!
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Alice has a regular lifespan.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "So uh, how old is Alice?"
- Invoked: Alice uses magic to make herself live longer.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I wonder how Alice has lived for over a hundred years!"
- Implied: Alice has a Vague Age, but it's mentioned that she's witnessed some historical events such as the American Civil War even though the series takes place in the present day.
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