Basic Trope: An underaged character uses a false identification card to attempt to pass themselves off as an adult.
- Straight: Bob purchases a case of beer from the store using a false ID, that lists his age as 22, despite him being 15.
- Exaggerated: Bob's ID claims that he is 75, despite him being 15.
- Downplayed:
- 15 year old Bob uses his 22 year old brother's ID, and they look enough alike that it works.
- Bob is 20 and about to turn 21 fairly soon, but he still uses a fake ID because he wants to buy alcohol a bit early.
- Justified:
- Bob is part of a police sting.
- Bob developed an addiction at a young age, and needs a fix badly.
- Bob thinks drinking alcohol sounds cool solely because he's not allowed to do it.
- Inverted: Bob is an adult who uses a fake ID to appear to be underage.
- Subverted:
- That was the ID for a character he plays in the school play.
- Bob is looks to be an elementary school aged kid, detained with a "fake" ID. Except he really is thirty seven.
- Double Subverted:
- Bob plays a Minor with Fake I.D..
- Bob is (at age 37) an elementary school aged Tropian, not a human.
- Parodied:
- The ID is not formatted correctly, has an obvious alias, and a clearly fictitious state or country.
- The ID has what would be Bob's actual age, if he wasn't a cartoon character stuck in eternal youth.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Bob waits until he is old enough.
- Bob has an of-age friend or family member buy the liquor for him, or swipes it from the fridge.
- Enforced: The book was written when 15-year-olds were still allowed in the pub for the plot critical meeting with Alice, so the movie had Bob use a fake ID to salvage said plot-point.
- Lampshaded: "Are you really that old?"
- Invoked: Charlie gets a special printer to make convincing IDs to sell for profit.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob refuses to use a fake ID, on principle, or to not get caught.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
Back to Minor with Fake I.D.
