History Main / TeenageTropes

* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: A 16th birthday party which is disastrous.

* TeensAreShort: Teens in short stature.

Some of these can apply to children or adults but because they are named for those who are growing up they go here. If the title has the word "child" or "kid" in it then it only counts if it means non-adult (under 18). Comes after or blends with {{Youngsters}} and precedes AdultTropes.

* AllPeriodsArePMS: Irritability during the menstrual cycle.

* TVTeen: The media version of adolescence is portrayed positively.

* {{Chuunibyou}}: Coolness is rooted in awkward middle school experience.

* TotallyEighteen: A work emphasizes a character, usually an 18-year-old, being above the legal age of majority despite still looking like a minor.

* BittersweetSeventeen: A 17-year-old in their ComingOfAge.

* FirstPeriodPanic: A girl becomes shocked over having her first period.

* GradeSchoolCEO: A minor holds a high-ranking position in a company.
* GraduationForEveryone

* KiddieKid: A teenager who's very childish and immature.
* KidHero: Children save the day.

* MenstrualMenace: Periods are linked to supernatural powers.
* MinorWithFakeID: A character under 18 presents a fake ID to be granted access to an adult-only place.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: A female character of child-bearing age is never shown going through her menstrual cycle.

* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: A minor disguises themselves as an adult.

* TeenageWasteland: Kids now have adult power and responsibility and rule over society.

* TVTeen: The media depiction of adolescence.

Tropes about teenagers, adolescents, and youth, as well those in [[SchoolTropes middle/high school]] and [[PubertyTropes puberty]], typically aged 13-19. Set apart by having left elementary school and being filled with hormones but not yet legal adults, they tend to lead adventurous and dramatic lives--at least in fiction.

Some of these can apply to children or adults but because they are named for those who are growing up they go here. If the title has the wordd "child" or "kid" in it then it only counts if it means non-adult (under 18). Comes after or blends with {{Youngsters}} and precedes AdultTropes. See also SchoolTropes.

* ChildPopstar: Child and adolescent pop singers.

* ChildrenForcedToKill: A child or teenager is forced to kill someone.

* CollegeIsHighSchoolPart2: College often has a lot of the same components as high school.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Story revolves around a character maturing from childhood into adolescence.

* ElaborateUniversityHigh

* FreshmanFears: Freshmen at secondary or tertiary level who gain fears at their education institution.
* GottaPassTheClass: A teen needs to get good grades lest they fail and possibly have to attend summer school.

* HighSchoolAU: FanFic where the characters are in high school.
* HighSchoolDance: A high school prom.
* HighSchoolHustler: Someone who gets through high school using rebellion.
* HighSchoolRejects
* HighSchoolRocks: High school is portrayed as fun.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: High schoolers who enter a relationship.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: High school student who appears normal at the start of the series.

* ThePromPlot: Teens attending their junior and/or senior prom and all of the hijinks involved with the night and the build-up to the night.
* ThePromposal: The request to go to prom with someone.

* SeniorYearStruggles: A high school senior faces stress about their future.
* SexMiseducationClass: Teenagers will never learn anything from sex ed.

* TotallyEighteen: A work emphasizes on a character, usually an 18-year-old, being above the legal age of majority despite still looking like a minor.

Some of these can apply to children or adults but because they are named for those who are growing up they go here. If the title has the word "child" or "kid" in it then it only counts if it means non-adult (under 18). Comes after or blends with {{Youngsters}} and precedes AdultTropes. See also SchoolTropes.

Some of these can apply to children or adults but because they are named for those who are growing up they go here. If the title has the word "child" or "kid" in it then it only counts if it means non-adult (under 18). Comes after or blends with {{Youngsters}} and precedes AdultTropes. See also SchoolTropes and PubertyTropes.

* MinorWithFakeID: A character under 18 presents a fake ID to be granted access to an adults-only place.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: A female character is never shown going through her menstrual cycle.

Tropes about teenagers, adolescents, and youth as well those in [[SchoolTropes middle/high school]] and puberty, typically aged 13-19. Set apart by having left elementary school and being filled with hormones but not yet legal adults, they tend to lead adventurous and dramatic lives--at least in fiction.

Some of these can apply to children or adults but because they are named for those who are growing up they go here. If the title has the word child or kid in it then it only counts if it means non-adult (under 18). Comes after or blends with {{Youngsters}} and precedes AdultTropes. See also SchoolTropes and PubertyTropes.

* AppearanceAngst: Adolescence is prime time for being self-conscious over appearance.
* ArtisticLicenseChildLaborLaws: Kids(below 14) are shown working despite being too young to work in real life.

* CarloadOfCoolKids: A car with the windows down passes by to reveal students making harassing remarks to passerbys.

* AChildShallLeadThem: A child leads a group of adults.

* ChildrenForcedToKill: A child is forced to kill someone.

* DawsonCasting: (Young) Adults play teenagers on TV or in the movies.

* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: A random group of teenagers are assembled to save the day.

* MenstrualMenace: Awkwardness ensues as a girl gets her first period.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: A female character is incapable of going through her menstrual cycle.

* ArtisticLicenseChildLaborLaws: Kids (below 15) are shown working despite being too young to work in real life.

* DawsonCasting: Adults play teenagers on TV or in the movies.

Tropes about teenagers, adolescents, and youth as well those in [[SchoolTropes middle/high school]] and puberty. Set apart by having left elementary school and being filled with hormones but not yet legal adults, they tend to lead adventurous and dramatic lives--at least in fiction.

* ChildPopstar
* AChildShallLeadThem
* ChildSoldiers
* ChildrenForcedToKill

* CollegeIsHighSchoolPart2

* GlassesCuriosity: Wanting to try on other people's glasses happens often among teenagers.

* KiddieKid
* KidHero

Some of these can apply to children or adults but because they are named for those who are growing up they go here. If the title has the word child or kid in it then it only counts if it means non-adult. Comes after or blends with {{Youngsters}} and precedes AdultTropes. See also SchoolTropes and PubertyTropes.