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* While most of the cast is, surprisingly, grown up in ''GeneratorRex'' the title character and protagonist, Rex is 15, and working as the top agent for a NGOSuperpower. Completely [[Justified Justified Trope]] thanks to his [[SuperpowerLottery High]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction Level]] {{Superpowers}}, the most important of which is [[DePower Permanent]] [[PowerNullifier Power Nullification]] in a world overrun by superpowered, often mindless mutants.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Averted, mostly. Most of the Scoobies weren't exactly recruited - they were just swept up in events. Anya and Tara were genuinely recruited, but they had extensive knowledge of demons and magic, respectively (and in Anya's case, was over a thousand yeras old despite physically being a teenager). Also, in later seasons, they stopped being teenagers. Slayers though are always chosen from teenage girls, and few of them live past 18. About the only explanation for this is that the creepy old men who created the Slayer role figured younger girls would be easier to control. Look, they lived before "teenager" appeared as a concept, cut them a little slack.
** A better explanation would be that the Slayer was created when the concept of a 'teenager' did not exist (as it is largely a product of the post-WWII generations), since the average life expectancy was around 30 years or so. Which would have likely made the first Slayer an adult for her time and place.

** ''KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' from SuperSentai is probably the TropeCodifier, it's the first Sentai team to consist of just teenagers, but they've yet to be referred as 'Teenagers With Attitude' (this is before PowerRangers was even conceived).

* In ''ElGoonishShive'' Susan and Nanase got their magic potential [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-24 unlocked this way]], when two immortals recruited them to fight a dangerous vampire-like being called an Aberration they'd had a run in with. This encounter led to Susan getting some [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-31 psychological scars]] due to having to be the one [[spoiler:who killed someone who used to be human]] at the age of 15. [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-14 It later turns out]] the Immortals in question had no need to do so as they could have called on several other sources, the fact that they asked teens to do so was a source of great disgust to Jerry, a separate Immortal.

--> '''Zordon''', ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers''... but only in [[NeverTrustATrailer the opening]].

--> '''Zordon''', ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers''... but only in [[BeamMeUpScotty the opening]].

** A better explanation would be that the Slayer was created when the concept of a 'teenager' did not exist (as it is largely a product of the post-WWII generations), as the average life expectancy was around 30 years or so. Which would have likely made the first Slayer an adult.

* ''Mao-chan'' one-ups this. Due to publicity issues, Japanese military had to resort to getting a trio of [[MoeMoe ridiculously cute]] little girls to stop alien invasion. And make a television show about it.

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* In ''ElGoonishShive'' Susan and Nanase got their magic potential [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-24 unlocked this way]], when two immortals recruited them to fight a dangerous vampire-like being called an Aberration they'd had a run in with. This encounter led to Susan getting some [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-31 psychological scars]] due to having to be the one [[spoiler:who killed someone who used to be human]] at the age of 15. [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-14 It later turns out]] the Immortals in question had no need to do so as they could have called on several other sources, the fact that they asked teens to do so was a source of great disgust to Jerry, a separate Immortal.

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->"''Alpha, Rita's escaped! [[TropeNamer Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude]]!''"

[[caption-width:339: Alpha shows the world that he does not know the definition of the word [[{{Badbutt}} "attitude"]]. Or "[[DawsonCasting teenagers]]".]]

Similar to RagtagBunchOfMisfits and ChildSoldiers. Tangentially related to ProfessorXLikesWatchingTeenagersSweat and AdultsAreUseless.

* In ''ElGoonishShive'' Susan and Nanase got their magic potential [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-24 unlocked this way]], when two immortals recruited them to fight a dangerous vampire-like being called an Aberration they'd had a run in with. This encounter led to Susan getting some [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-31 psychological scars]] due to having to be the one [[spoiler:who killed someone who used to be human]] at the age of 15. [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-14 It later turns out]] the Immortals in question had no need to do so as they could have called on several other sources, much the disgust of Jerry, a separate Immortal.

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* ''SailorNothing'' also [[{{Deconstruction}} deals with the absurdity]] of choosing teenaged girls to save the world. Who would come up with such a ridiculous idea? A villain who actually wants the good guys to lose?

* In {{Persona3}}, a powerful, well funded company knows about the [[TheHeartless Shadow Threat.]] This company has the resources to create an artificial human being with it's own ID and Ego to help fight, as well as create a multitude of weapons that can blow a person's own [[{{Avatar}} inner hero]] out of their skull to go and fight for them. Who do they send in to combat the EldritchAbomination? A bunch of [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld local high school kids.]]

* Kyle Rayner, who was for a decade or so the only GreenLantern, started out this way. Ganthet needed to five the last ring and power battery to somebody, and Kyle was standing there, so Ganthet literally said, "You'll do," and gave them to him.