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* GirlsLove VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'' has Asama Sakuya, who is 17-''[[spoiler:centuries]]'' old despite looking early 30s. She says that she's old enough to drink alcoholic beverages and rent adult videos.

* Ozpin in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has been cursed to reincarnate for thousands of years, as divine punishment for failing to stop [[BigBad Salem]]. His OddNameOut hints at this; the ColorfulThemeNaming is an in-universe tradition, which Ozpin ''long'' predates. Salem herself is also as ancient as Ozpin, but in her case [[spoiler:she was cursed with immortality and being left alone on a planet with no other humans for ages, as a punishment for trying to disrupt the natural order of life and death.]]

An extreme version of OlderThanTheyLook, Really 700 Years Old covers ancient, perhaps immortal beings, and (usually) the total opposite of ReallyWasBornYesterday. Subjective age only--a form of suspended animation alone does not count. [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]] tend to fall into this trope quite a bit in modern fantasy in part because their BeautyIsNeverTarnished. Same with [[VampireTropes Vampires]] and other undead subspecies who are unaging/dying beings who get to keep their mind and body. If it's purely artistic rather than biological, it's ArtisticAge. For characters who look far younger than they are, but haven't yet lived longer than a human possibly could (say, an 80 year-old woman who looks 20), they're OlderThanTheyLook. See also ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty, NotGrowingUpSucks. For the really, ''really'' extreme version, see TimeAbyss. Optimistic characters will say [[LivingForeverIsAwesome this trope is sweet.]]

* There are many, many characters in ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'' who are hundreds or thousands of years old due to a huge variety of technologies ranging from advanced medical technology to mind uploading. Regardless of age most people in the Sephirotic Empires appear to be whatever age they want to be.

* Methuselah in the Book of Genesis is said to have lived for 969 years, and is the longest-lived normal human in Literature/TheBible. In older American culture, his name used to be proverbial for old age.

** Of particular note is [[Myth/AztecMythology Tezcatlipoca]]. One of his titles is Telpochtli, "The Young Man", and he was perpetually presented as the most youthful-looking of the gods. And if you think that means [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty]], think again; Telpochtli was explicitly depicted as a ''teenager''. [[JerkassGods Which honestly]] [[TeensAreMonsters explains a lot]].

* Several characters in ''Roleplay/MarvelsRPG'' are demons, angels, aliens, or just really long lived... while looking like they are still in their prime.

* Most ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' characters have lifespans that can reach triple digits, yet many of them are seen acting like kids. In the case of the Matoran Universe races, this makes some sense, since they were created that way and most of them don't visibly age, at least normally. Outside that universe, where beings are born fully organic, this gets a little strange. Especially Gresh, a rookie fighter who acts like a teenager, despite ''also'' being a few dozen millenia old.

* In ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'', Marigold the unicorn has supposedly seen "oceans become forests become deserts".

* A majority of the characters in ''VisualNovel/ShallWeDateObeyMe'' are angels and demons who are thousands of years old.

* Pick a deity. Any deity. Unless special circumstances require it they will ''always'' appear in a form that is at least recognisably human, if not necessarily young, despite ages being anywhere from centuries to as old as the universe, or ''[[TimeAbyss even older]]''.

* The title character of ''Theater/{{Iolanthe}}'' is a fairy who looks like a 17-year-old girl. In the backstory, she married a mortal and had a son, Strephon; in the play, his age is 25. This causes problems for Strephon when he is seen in Iolanthe's company, since no one will believe that's she's his mum.
* The opera singer Emilia Marty, in [[Creator/KarelCapek Karel Čapek]]'s play (and Leoš Janáček's opera) ''The Makropulos Affair'', is really 300 years old. She gets more than a bit tired of life, however.

* ''Theater/DamnYankees'':

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An extreme version of OlderThanTheyLook, Really 700 Years Old covers ancient, perhaps immortal beings, and (usually) the total opposite of ReallyWasBornYesterday. Subjective age only--a form of suspended animation alone does not count. [[OurElvesAreBetter Elves]] tend to fall into this trope quite a bit in modern fantasy in part because their BeautyIsNeverTarnished. Same with [[VampireTropes Vampires]] and other undead subspecies who are unaging/dying beings who get to keep their mind and body. If it's purely artistic rather than biological, it's ArtisticAge. For characters who look far younger than they are, but haven't yet lived longer than a human possibly could (say, an 80 year-old woman who looks 20), they're OlderThanTheyLook. See also ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty, NotGrowingUpSucks. For the really, ''really'' extreme version, see TimeAbyss. Optimistic characters will say [[LivingForeverIsAwesome this trope is sweet.]]

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* Pick a deity. Any deity. Unless special circumstances require it they will ''always'' appear in a form that is at least recognisably human, if not necessarily young, despite ages being anywhere from centuries to as old as the universe, or ''even older''.

* Ozpin in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has been cursed to reincarnate for thousands of years, as divine punishment for failing to stop [[BigBad Salem]]. His OddNameOut hints at this; the ColorfulThemeNaming is an in-universe tradition, which Ozpin ''long'' predates. Salem herself is also as ancient as Ozpin, but in her case it is due [[spoiler:being cursed with immortality and being left alone on a planet with no other humans for ages, as a punishment for trying to disrupt the natural order of life and death.]]

* Valentine of ''Literature/LastMage'' is ''very old''. In specifics, we know he was there at the founding of the United States, so he's at least 235 years old.
* April, in ''Literature/TheLayOfPaulTwister'', apparently has a very extended lifespan, [[WizardsLiveLonger even for a magic user.]] When Paul hears about her, he takes it as confirmation that she is like him, except that his aging got slowed down [[CantGrowUp at a much earlier point.]]