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* ReallyWasBornYesterday: A seemingly unwise character is mocked as having been born
* EmbarrassedByAChild: A child, often accompanied by a parent/guardian and in a public setting, makes another character feel embarrassed by sticking their nose in their business and criticizing them, with the parent usually taking the child's side. Notice how most of the victims tend to be adults or teenagers.
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AnnoyingYoungerSibling: A bratty and childish sibling who's a pest to their older sibling.
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BrattyHalfPint: A whiny and immature child.
*BrattyTeenageDaughter
BrattyTeenageDaughter: A stuck-up, obnoxious drama queen of a teenage daughter.
*ChildishToothGap
ChildishToothGap: Immature characters are depicted with a gap in their teeth.
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DeliberatelyCuteChild: A child uses their endearing nature as a manipulation tactic.
*DumbassTeenageSon
DumbassTeenageSon: An adolescent son of a family who's stupid, weak, immature and incompetent.
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EmoTeen: Teenagers are the most expected to conform to the {{emo}} subculture, due to stereotypes that they're whiny, angsty, hormonal, and lost for identity.
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GrumpyOldMan: An old man who is cranky.
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HormoneAddledTeenager: A teenager who is impulsed by their sex drive.
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KidsHateVegetables: Children have an immature disgust for vegetables.
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LittleJimmy: A young character with no awareness of a subject they are talking about.
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LittleMissSnarker: A young girl with a sassy attitude.
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MouthyKid: Children who act like they know everything.
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OldWindbag: An old character rambles to their young chagrins while on an adventure.
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PhoneaholicTeenager: A teenager who obsessively uses their phone.
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ScatterbrainedSenior: An absentminded senior citizen.
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ScratchyVoicedSenior: An old person with a scratchy voice.
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* GamesOfTheElderly: Stereotypical old person games, such as bingo.
* NeedleworkIsForOldPeople
* ReluctantRetiree: A character is mandated to retire
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* AgeGapAlgebra: Using calculator math to determine the appropriateness of an age gap in a relationship.
* AgeGapRomance: Differences between romantic partners are subject to societal stigma.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: The belief that animation is exclusively a children's medium.
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* ReallyWasBornYesterday: A semigly unwise character is mocked as having been born yesterday, but it turns out they really are chronologically only 1 day old.
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* ReallyWasBornYesterday: A semigly seemingly unwise character is mocked as having been born yesterday, but it turns out they really are chronologically only 1 day old.
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* AdultHater: Character who hates adults.
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* KidsVersusAdults: A setting where the child characters face a rivalry with the adult characters.
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* RamblingOldManMonologue: A stereotype to portray old folks as cranky.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: The misguided belief that being old makes a person self-entitled.
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* MistakenAge: Assuming someone's age based on physical appearance.
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!!Age Neutral
* AgeAppropriateAngst: A character's age determines what is appropriate for them to angst over.
* AgeInappropriateDress: Age dictates how a character dresses.
* AgeInsecurity: A character feels insecure over their age.
* AgeStereotypicalFood: A character is thought of as immature or childish for being a PickyEater.
* EntertainmentAboveTheirAge: A character enjoying entertainment for an older demographic is considered unusual.
* EntertainmentBelowTheirAge: A character enjoying entertainment for a younger demographic is considered unusual.
* GrowingUpSucks: Social norms dictate the things people can no longer do as a result of getting older.
* ImprobableAge: A character's age determines the appropriateness of their occupation.
* MusicAgeDissonance: A character's age determines the appropriateness of their music taste.
* ReallyWasBornYesterday: A seemingly unwise character is mocked as having been born yesterday, but it turns out they really are chronologically only 1 day old.
* TooOldToTrickOrTreat: A character is deemed too old to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
!!Against Elders
* AdultHater: Character who hates adults.
* DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult: The same kind of violence an adult would inflict upon children is seen as acceptable for children to inflict upon adults.
* ElderAbuse: Old people are physically harmed.
* ElderEmployee: (When PlayedForDrama) The older employees/eldest employee at a job is discriminated against due to their age (having them is a liability, they're incompetent at the job, etc).
* HistoricalLongevityJoke: A character's age is joked about by an exaggerated or misunderstood perception of their time.
* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Middle-aged people have stereotyped aging trauma in fiction.
* OldMaid: Woman is deemed too old to find a husband.
* OldPeopleAreNonsexual: The stereotype that libido dies as you approach old age.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Adult characters are portrayed as utterly unhelpful to the youth and even abuse their experience to look down upon them.
* ChildHater: A character who hates children.
* ChildrenAreAWaste: Having kids is considered useless.
* DreadedKidsTable: An older child is forced to eat at the little kids' table during dinner.
* JustAKid: A young character has their abilities doubted based on age.
* JuvenileHell: Juvenile detention centers in fiction are abusive to kids when in reality they are supposed to rehabilitate them.
* KidsAreCruel: Kids are stereotyped as malicious beings.
* NotNowKiddo: When a child is dismissed simply because they're a kid.
* TeenHater: A character who hates teenagers.
* TeensAreMonsters: Teenagers are stereotyped as dangerous people.
* WhenIWasYourAge: The older generation looks down upon today's youth for having it different than them.
* WouldHurtAChild: A character would willingly harm a child.
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Young people are considered stupid.
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!!Age Neutral
* AgeAppropriateAngst: A character's age determines what is appropriate for them to angst over.
* AgeInappropriateDress: Age dictates how a character dresses.
* AgeInsecurity: A character feels insecure over their age.
* AgeStereotypicalFood: A character is thought of as immature or childish for being a PickyEater.
* EntertainmentAboveTheirAge: A character enjoying entertainment for an older demographic is considered unusual.
* EntertainmentBelowTheirAge: A character enjoying entertainment for a younger demographic is considered unusual.
* GrowingUpSucks: Social norms dictate the things people can no longer do as a result of getting older.
* ImprobableAge: A character's age determines the appropriateness of their occupation.
* MusicAgeDissonance: A character's age determines the appropriateness of their music taste.
* ReallyWasBornYesterday: A seemingly unwise character is mocked as having been born yesterday, but it turns out they really are chronologically only 1 day old.
* TooOldToTrickOrTreat: A character is deemed too old to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
!!Against Elders
* AdultHater: Character who hates adults.
* DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult: The same kind of violence an adult would inflict upon children is seen as acceptable for children to inflict upon adults.
* ElderAbuse: Old people are physically harmed.
* ElderEmployee: (When PlayedForDrama) The older employees/eldest employee at a job is discriminated against due to their age (having them is a liability, they're incompetent at the job, etc).
* HistoricalLongevityJoke: A character's age is joked about by an exaggerated or misunderstood perception of their time.
* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Middle-aged people have stereotyped aging trauma in fiction.
* OldMaid: Woman is deemed too old to find a husband.
* OldPeopleAreNonsexual: The stereotype that libido dies as you approach old age.
!!Against Kids
* AdultsAreUseless: Adult characters are portrayed as utterly unhelpful to the youth and even abuse their experience to look down upon them.
* ChildHater: A character who hates children.
* ChildrenAreAWaste: Having kids is considered useless.
* DreadedKidsTable: An older child is forced to eat at the little kids' table during dinner.
* JustAKid: A young character has their abilities doubted based on age.
* JuvenileHell: Juvenile detention centers in fiction are abusive to kids when in reality they are supposed to rehabilitate them.
* KidsAreCruel: Kids are stereotyped as malicious beings.
* NotNowKiddo: When a child is dismissed simply because they're a kid.
* TeenHater: A character who hates teenagers.
* TeensAreMonsters: Teenagers are stereotyped as dangerous people.
* WhenIWasYourAge: The older generation looks down upon today's youth for having it different than them.
* WouldHurtAChild: A character would willingly harm a child.
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Young people are considered stupid.
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