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* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: A minor has to lie about their age to escape the stigma of being underage.

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* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: Really17YearsOld: A minor has to lie about their age to escape the stigma of being underage.
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* ActingYourIntellectualAge: Children are expected to act immature and idealistic instead of mature and cynical.
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!!Age Neutral

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!!Age NeutralNeutral (some of these can fall also in the Against Elders category below)



* AgingWouldBeHipster: A middle-aged or elderly character tries to break the stereotype that old people can't be hip.

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* AgingWouldBeHipster: A middle-aged (not necessarily "old" in an objective and literal sense) or elderly character tries to break the stereotype that old people can't be hip.



* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Middle-aged people have stereotyped aging trauma in fiction.

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* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Middle-aged people have stereotyped and exaggerated aging trauma in fiction.
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* AgeGapAlgebra: Using calculator math to determine the appropriateness of an age gap in a relationship.

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* AgeGapAlgebra: Using calculator math to determine the appropriateness "appropriateness" of an age gap difference in a relationship.
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* AgeInsecurity: A character feels insecure over their age, which can very much be due to ageist stereotyping.

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* AgeInsecurity: A character feels insecure over their age, which can very much be due to ageist stereotyping.stereotyping and discrimination.
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* FictionalAgeOfMajority: Characters are forced to experience a turning point at a certain chronological age.

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