Basic Trope: A character is the youngest and/or most childlike in their group.
- Straight: Alice is the youngest member of The Trope Team and doted on by the other members because of her meek and childlike nature.
- Exaggerated: Alice is babied by the other members to the point where they won't let her do anything on her own.
- Downplayed: Although Alice is a bit more childish than the others, she is still able to handle things mostly on her own and the others only pay special attention to her when needed
- Justified: Alice is a lot weaker than her teammates which is why they are more protective of her.
- Inverted: Alice is the most elderly member of the team, and everyone else pampers her and caters to her whim due to her seniority.
- Subverted: Alice is actually the same age as the rest of the team, and she tells them to stop treating her like a child.
- Double Subverted: The team is initially surprised to learn of Alice's real age, but they couldn't stop doting on her because of how cute she looks.
- Parodied: Alice is literally a newborn, and the team draws up a babysitting shift to take care of her. When someone asks the team why they are traveling with the baby, they all agree that it's because she's adorable.
- Zig-Zagged:
- Alice is a Mood-Swinger who sometimes acts mature and sometimes childish and/or her age changes constantly and she's only sometimes the youngest.
- Alice's youth means she is the youngest of the group, but it also allows her to relate to a group of actual children as a Cool Big Sis.
- Averted: All the members of the team are the same age.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Alice acts more childlike just so she can get doted on by the other members.
- Exploited: Alice is a Deliberately Cute Child because she loves the attention.
- Defied: Alice threatens to leave the team if they continue with their excessive pampering, and the others reluctantly obey.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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