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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' has C and his party. C himself is the oldest in the group for a majority of his route due to his true identity being [[spoiler:Rufus Albarea, who was formerly a major antagonist in the Erebonia arc at age 29.]] His companions meanwhile are in their early teens and a talking doll who has only been active for half a year.
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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' has C and his party. C himself is the oldest in the group for a majority of his route due to his true identity being [[spoiler:Rufus Albarea, who was formerly a major antagonist in the Erebonia arc at age 29.]] His companions meanwhile are in their early teens and a talking doll who has only been active for half a year.
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* This trope has popped up a few times in the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries''.
** Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' as half of the playable cast are in their early to late twenties, some even in their thirties while the main duo, Estelle and Joshua Bright, are still in their mid-teens.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'' has Randy Orlando who was in his early 20s while the rest of his teammates are still in their late teens.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'' has [[BadassTeacher Sara Valestein]] who accompanies Class VII throughout the CivilWar. Meanwhile in ''Cold Steel III'', this position is taken up by [[TheHero Rean Schwarzer]] who is the field instructor to his students in the new Class VII.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' has C and his party. C himself is the oldest in the group for a majority of his route due to his true identity being [[spoiler:Rufus Albarea, who was formerly a major antagonist in the Erebonia arc at age 29.]] His companions meanwhile are in their early teens and a talking doll who has only been active for half a year.
** Played straight in the first two chapters of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsThroughDaybreak'' where Van Arkride unwittingly leads his employees who are still in their teens in his daytime job as a Spriggan, a worker who takes on jobs that skirts near the line of the law. This is then averted through the rest of the series where at least half of the roster are adults, though amusingly enough, Van is the second oldest member of the cast.
** Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' as half of the playable cast are in their early to late twenties, some even in their thirties while the main duo, Estelle and Joshua Bright, are still in their mid-teens.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'' has Randy Orlando who was in his early 20s while the rest of his teammates are still in their late teens.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'' has [[BadassTeacher Sara Valestein]] who accompanies Class VII throughout the CivilWar. Meanwhile in ''Cold Steel III'', this position is taken up by [[TheHero Rean Schwarzer]] who is the field instructor to his students in the new Class VII.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' has C and his party. C himself is the oldest in the group for a majority of his route due to his true identity being [[spoiler:Rufus Albarea, who was formerly a major antagonist in the Erebonia arc at age 29.]] His companions meanwhile are in their early teens and a talking doll who has only been active for half a year.
** Played straight in the first two chapters of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsThroughDaybreak'' where Van Arkride unwittingly leads his employees who are still in their teens in his daytime job as a Spriggan, a worker who takes on jobs that skirts near the line of the law. This is then averted through the rest of the series where at least half of the roster are adults, though amusingly enough, Van is the second oldest member of the cast.
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* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei Devil Summoner'' (1995) has an interesting aversion with Demon Hunter Kyouji, who could have been this to the protagonist, and his girlfriend, who are both college students. Except, shortly after they meet in the beginning, [[AnyoneCanDie Kyouji dies under suspicious circumstances]].
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* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei Devil Summoner'' ''VideoGame/DevilSummoner'' (1995) has an interesting aversion with Demon Hunter Kyouji, who could have been this to the protagonist, and his girlfriend, who are both college students. Except, shortly after they meet in the beginning, [[AnyoneCanDie Kyouji dies under suspicious circumstances]].
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* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Bernie Hayes]] is the sole adult on the three-man Team Godzilla led by the teenaged Madison Russell, who recruits him for the aid he can provide in investigating Apex. Although [[BunnyEarsLawyer he's definitely not the most mature-acting member of the team, which is quite the achievement when both his teammates are literally high school aged]].
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* ''Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}'': Their former bassist Bill Wyman is 7-10 years older than the rest of the band. After he "retired" they didn't officially add another bassist.
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* ''Music/{{The Music/{{Descendents}} first formed when guitarist Frank Navetta, drummer Bill Stevenson, and later singer Milo Auckerman were all in the range of 15 to 17 years old. Bassist Tony Lombardo, meanwhile, was in his mid-thirties.
* Music/TheOffspring provide a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example; guitarist Noodles was only two years older than the other members of the band and was a janitor at the high school that the other members went to, but joined because the small age gap meant he was the only person who could buy everyone beer.
* Music/{{The RollingStones|Band}}'': Stones|Band}}: Their former bassist Bill Wyman is 7-10 years older than the rest of the band. After he "retired" they didn't officially add another bassist.
* Music/TheOffspring provide a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example; guitarist Noodles was only two years older than the other members of the band and was a janitor at the high school that the other members went to, but joined because the small age gap meant he was the only person who could buy everyone beer.
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* In ''Manga/YuriIsMyJob'', most of the staff at Liebe Girls' Academy Salon are teenagers, but Mai is significantly older than most of them, as she is older than Nene, who was 18 at the time of the salon's founding two years prior to the start of the story.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has one adult that helps out almost every episode. Sometimes it's Officer Jenny or Nurse Joy, but there's a whole list of others they come across depending on the episode. The main characters never age past their teen years.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has one adult that helps out almost every episode. Sometimes it's Officer Jenny or Nurse Joy, but there's a whole list of others they come across depending on the episode. The main characters never age past their teen years.years.
* Some ''Anime/PrettyCure'' seasons give the Cures an adult friend who they often hang out with, and who occasionally helps them out.
** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'': The 14-year-old Cures are good friends with Akane Fujita, an alumna of their school who now runs a food truck. In the SequelSeries, Akane gets a spotlight boost as she becomes the guardian of Hikari.
** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'': Like the ''Futari wa'' Cures, the teenage ''Fresh!'' Cures are good friends with an adult food truck owner, this time being a male donut maker named Kaoru.
** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'': Of Tsubomi's allies, there are 14 year olds Erika and Itsuki, 17 year old Yuri, the young fairies Chypre and Coffret, the baby fairy Potpourri, and then her 70s-age grandmother Kaoruko, who served as Cure Flower in her youth.
** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'': The teenage Cures (and one preteen) are helped by the adult Joe, [[spoiler:a former knight of the Trump Kingdom]].
** Toyed with in ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'': Lala is thirteen like all the other Cures, but claims that on her planet, thirteen is considered adult-age.
** ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'': Halfway through the series, an Earth spirit takes on the form of a human named Asumi, who is physically twenty years old, making her technically an adult among the other Cures despite being chronologically a newborn.
** ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'': Of the six main teammates, all are 13-14 except for Rosemary, whom was specifically designed to be a Token Adult to show that adults could indeed help Cures with their missions.
** ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'': At eighteen years old, Ageha Hijiri/Cure Butterfly is the oldest character to become a Cure (not counting Asumi above due to technicalities), and is the only adult among 14 year old Sora and Mashiro and 12 year old Tsubasa.
* Some ''Anime/PrettyCure'' seasons give the Cures an adult friend who they often hang out with, and who occasionally helps them out.
** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'': The 14-year-old Cures are good friends with Akane Fujita, an alumna of their school who now runs a food truck. In the SequelSeries, Akane gets a spotlight boost as she becomes the guardian of Hikari.
** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'': Like the ''Futari wa'' Cures, the teenage ''Fresh!'' Cures are good friends with an adult food truck owner, this time being a male donut maker named Kaoru.
** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'': Of Tsubomi's allies, there are 14 year olds Erika and Itsuki, 17 year old Yuri, the young fairies Chypre and Coffret, the baby fairy Potpourri, and then her 70s-age grandmother Kaoruko, who served as Cure Flower in her youth.
** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'': The teenage Cures (and one preteen) are helped by the adult Joe, [[spoiler:a former knight of the Trump Kingdom]].
** Toyed with in ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'': Lala is thirteen like all the other Cures, but claims that on her planet, thirteen is considered adult-age.
** ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'': Halfway through the series, an Earth spirit takes on the form of a human named Asumi, who is physically twenty years old, making her technically an adult among the other Cures despite being chronologically a newborn.
** ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'': Of the six main teammates, all are 13-14 except for Rosemary, whom was specifically designed to be a Token Adult to show that adults could indeed help Cures with their missions.
** ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'': At eighteen years old, Ageha Hijiri/Cure Butterfly is the oldest character to become a Cure (not counting Asumi above due to technicalities), and is the only adult among 14 year old Sora and Mashiro and 12 year old Tsubasa.
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** ''VideoGame/Mother1'': Most of the main characters aren't over 12 except for Teddy who is about or over 20 years old.
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** ''VideoGame/Mother1'': ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'': Most of the main characters aren't over 12 except for Teddy who is about or over 20 years old.
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* ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'': The titular robot is a six-man piloted and five of them are piloted by teenagers. The last pilot is Mizuki Tachibana, an adult woman and a complete MsFanservice with GagBoobs to match. [[spoiler:She's also a spy from the EFA, a job that only adults like her could undertake.]]
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* ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'': The titular robot is a six-man piloted and five of them are piloted by teenagers. The last pilot is Mizuki Tachibana, an adult woman and a complete MsFanservice with GagBoobs a huge chest to match. [[spoiler:She's also a spy from the EFA, a job that only adults like her could undertake.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'' has a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example with [[spoiler:Shadow-San]], a former member of VILE's high command who joins Carmen's crew of young adults after he betrays the organization. It helps that he used to be one of Carmen's teachers and is an OldSoldier, so he's able to divulge information on VILE's inner workings that Carmen simply doesn't have.
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Contrast TagalongKid and TokenMiniMoe, this trope's opposite. Compare TheChick, TheMentor, AdultsAreUseless, ThereAreNoAdults.
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Contrast TagalongKid and TokenMiniMoe, this trope's opposite. Compare TheChick, TheMentor, AdultsAreUseless, AdultsAreUseless and ThereAreNoAdults.
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* ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'': The titular robot is a six-man piloted and five of them are piloted by teenagers. The last pilot is Mizuki Tachibana, an adult woman and a complete MsFanservice with {{Gainaxing}} GagBoobs to match. [[spoiler:She's also a spy from the EFA, a job that only adults like her could undertake.]]
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* ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'': Among the humans trapped in the digital world, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Professor]] is the only adult, while the rest are around elementary or middle school age.
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* ''Music/TheRollingStones'': Their former bassist Bill Wyman is 7-10 years older than the rest of the band. After he "retired" they didn't officially add another bassist.
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* ''Music/TheRollingStones'': ''Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}'': Their former bassist Bill Wyman is 7-10 years older than the rest of the band. After he "retired" they didn't officially add another bassist.
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* ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'': Daggeron is the SixthRanger but also a full adult compared to the young adults making up the core team. As such he also becomes a secondary mentor to them alongside Udonna.
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** Professor Agasa generally serves this for the Detective Boys, since he's the only adult who supervises them on a regular basis and has created gadgets for them. It helps that he's one of the few people who knows about Conan's and Haibara's secret identities.
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* Jun Kim of ''Literature/{{Galactiquest}}'' feels like this, being nearly a decade older than most of their crewmates, including the captains. However, they're still [[ImprobableAge pretty young for their mission]] being only 27, and two of their friends on the crew are closer in age. But those two aren't really [[{{Delinquent}} typical]] [[CloudCuckooLander adults]].
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* Jun Kim of ''Literature/{{Galactiquest}}'' feels like this, being nearly a decade older than most of their crewmates, including the captains. However, they're still [[ImprobableAge pretty young for their mission]] being only 27, and two of their friends on the crew are closer in age. But those two aren't really [[{{Delinquent}} typical]] [[CloudCuckooLander adults]].
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* ''Series/MickeyMouseClub'' had two adults, Jimmie Dodd and Roy Williams, who regularly interacted with the cast of children who were the Mouseketeers.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFunnyCompany'' was a group of children--and a Native American man in a stereotypical feather headdress called Super Chief, who sounded like a train horn when he opened his mouth ("Super Chief" was the name of a well-known train that used Native American themes).
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** Middle-aged Detective Kogoro Mouro (Richard Moore in the dub) is an adult watching over KidHero Conan. Except he's kind of a {{Jerkass}}, and [[AdultsAreUseless he's not good]] [[CompetenceZone at his job]] [[ButtMonkey either]]. Since he's an adult, people are more willing to listen to him than Conan who uses Kogoru's adult status, solves the crimes for him, and lets him take the credit for it on almost every case. Since he's an on and off ally to Conan it's a ZigZaggingTrope.
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** Middle-aged Detective Kogoro Mouro (Richard Moore in the dub) is an adult watching over KidHero Conan. Except he's kind of a {{Jerkass}}, and [[AdultsAreUseless he's not good]] [[CompetenceZone at his job]] [[ButtMonkey either]]. Since he's an adult, people are more willing to listen to him than Conan Conan, who uses Kogoru's adult status, solves the crimes for him, and lets him take the credit for it on almost every case. Since he's an on and off ally to Conan it's a ZigZaggingTrope.
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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'': The main hero groups will usually have one of these. ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'' has Paul London in his late thirties as part of White Gestalt while ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' and ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'' has Amelia Hughes (she in her sixties) for the Red Lotus Quarto later turned Travelers of Wisteria.
** In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'', both London and Amelia become this for their respective groups once more, with Augustine Sycamore becoming this for the Windchasers since Yuri is 11, Vaillant is 15 and Garchomp, Tobe and Netto fall under VagueAge.
** In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'', both London and Amelia become this for their respective groups once more, with Augustine Sycamore becoming this for the Windchasers since Yuri is 11, Vaillant is 15 and Garchomp, Tobe and Netto fall under VagueAge.
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Tends to be TheBigGuy, because they're older, taller, and stronger, at least in the beginning. They could also be the SmartGuy based on their years of experience. You can expect YearsTooEarly comments in either case. If they're a badass most of the time they're a CoolOldGuy but they could be a ColonelBadAss or TheCaptain depending on the setting, or a BadAssBookworm. If they were TheLeader of TheTeam at one point, but isn't TheHero, they're probably the BigGood. If they're the {{Foil}} to the TheHero they might end up becoming TheLancer. If played for [[PluckyComicRelief comedic effect]], they might be a DeadPanSnarker who employs [[InsultComic Insult humor]] on their younger peers. They could also be OneOfTheKids, might be a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, or if [[AdultsAreUseless Adults really are useless]] they may be used by the author to [[ButtMonkey drive that]] [[CompetenceZone point home]].
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Tends to be TheBigGuy, because they're older, taller, and stronger, at least in the beginning. They could also be the SmartGuy TheSmartGuy based on their years of experience. You can expect YearsTooEarly comments in either case. If they're a badass most of the time they're a CoolOldGuy but they could be a ColonelBadAss or TheCaptain depending on the setting, or a BadAssBookworm. If they were TheLeader of TheTeam at one point, but isn't TheHero, they're probably the BigGood. If they're the {{Foil}} to the TheHero they might end up becoming TheLancer. If played for [[PluckyComicRelief comedic effect]], they might be a DeadPanSnarker who employs [[InsultComic Insult humor]] on their younger peers. They could also be OneOfTheKids, might be a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, or if [[AdultsAreUseless Adults really are useless]] they may be used by the author to [[ButtMonkey drive that]] [[CompetenceZone point home]].
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* ''Series/ICarly'': Spencer often gets involved in the teenage PowerTrio's antics, despite being a good ten-fifteen years older than them.
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* ''Series/HenryDanger'': Ray/Captain Man was this by a technicality through most of the show’s run, as Schwoz never got added to the opening credits until Season 5.
* ''Series/ICarly'': Spencer often gets involved in the teenage PowerTrio's antics, despite being a good ten-fifteen years older thanthem. them.
* Donald Davenport, played by Creator/HalSparks, from ''Series/LabRats'', is the only adult credited as a lead on the show, though you could argue Maile Flanagan as Perry is unofficially a lead character.
* Horace Diaz from ''Series/MightyMed'' is the only main adult character on the show (though technically he never made it past guest star status), unless you count Wallace and Clyde in the first season.
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' only credits Gordy as a main character amongst the faculty (although Mr. Monroe got starring credits in the first season).
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* Donald Davenport, played by Creator/HalSparks, from ''Series/LabRats'', is the only adult credited as a lead on the show, though you could argue Maile Flanagan as Perry is unofficially a lead character.
* Horace Diaz from ''Series/MightyMed'' is the only main adult character on the show (though technically he never made it past guest star status), unless you count Wallace and Clyde in the first season.
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' only credits Gordy as a main character amongst the faculty (although Mr. Monroe got starring credits in the first season).
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* Mr. Moseby from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' became this for ''On Deck'' after Carey left the show.
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* ''VisualNovel/KindredSpiritsOnTheRoof'' has Tsukuyo Sonou, a 24-year-old teacher who's the oldest regularly appearing character(not counting the ghosts), [[OlderThanTheyLook even if she doesn't look the part]].
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* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}} The Thing from Another World]]'', [[SparedByTheAdaptation Tom]] is put in charge of Jake, Cassie, and Marco on a mission investigate a crashed [[TheGreys Skrit Na]] ship because the military wanted a legal adult to supervise them. It's {{downplayed}} because he's only a few years older than them.
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* ''Film/TheRocker'': Rainn Wilson plays failed drummer "Robert Fishman" who joins a band of people 20 years younger.
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* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' has Mr. Belding, the only adult to be credited as a main character (except Max in the first season). The rest of the adults appear in only a few episodes at most, but Mr. Belding appears in nearly every episode. He occasionally even hangs around the 6 main students.
