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* KiddyCoveralls: Kids wear overalls to show they're messy and troublemaking.
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* BoyishShorts: Shorts on young male characters to convey their youth and/or immaturity around adults.
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* PropellerHatOfWhimsy: Propeller hats as a visual shorthand for whimsical and/or youthful people.
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* RemoteControlRuckus: Two or more characters (usually children) fight over a remote control when they can't agree on what TV show to watch.
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* HideAndSeekHorror: A game of hide-and-seek is played for horror.
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* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: A minor pretends to be an adult.

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* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: Really17YearsOld: A minor pretends to be an adult.
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* JuniorVariant: A simplified board game variant made for kids.
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* ForcedBath: Someone, usually a child, is forced by several people to take a bath.

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* TrappedAtTheDinnerTable: The stock punishment of not letting a picky eater leave the dinner table until they've eaten everything on their plate.


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* TrappedAtTheDinnerTable: The stock punishment of not letting a picky eater leave the dinner table until they've eaten everything on their plate.
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* TrappedAtTheDinnerTable: The stock punishment of not letting a picky eater leave the dinner table until they've eaten everything on their plate.
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* LittlestCancerPatient: A little girl who's suffering from the effects of a terminal, or possibly-terminal, disease (not necessarily actual cancer, but it can be).

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* LittlestCancerPatient: A little girl kid who's suffering from the effects of a terminal, or possibly-terminal, disease (not necessarily actual cancer, but it can be).

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* TheDreadedPretendTeaParty: Someone hates being part of a child's (usually a girl's) pretend tea party.



* EntertainmentAboveTheirAge: A child watches/reads/etc fiction that's meant for someone older.



* InfantSiblingJealousy: A child is [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] of their newborn sibling.



* LittlestCancerPatient: A little girl who's suffering from the effects of cancer.

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* LittlestCancerPatient: A little girl who's suffering from the effects of cancer.a terminal, or possibly-terminal, disease (not necessarily actual cancer, but it can be).


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* PlayingDoctor: Two kids play a game that involves seeing the opposite sex naked, out of curiosity.

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* TeamKids



* TeamKids
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* AnnoyinglyRepetitiveChild: Someone is annoyed by a kid saying or doing something over and over.
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* TrojanVeggies: Tricking a child into eating vegetables by hiding them in a different food.
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* NeverARunaway: Not always a youngster, but generally targeted at young people who are believed to have run away but did not.
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* TeachersUnfavoriteStudent: A teacher really hates one particular student.

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Removing tropes exclusively or mostly about teenagers since tropes from a sub-index don't belong on the main one.


''Entries concerning children and teenagers. See AdultTropes and {{Elders}} for the opposite.''

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''Entries concerning children and teenagers.children. See AdultTropes and {{Elders}} for the opposite.''



* AdultHater: A child or teenager who despises adults.

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* AdultHater: A child or teenager who despises adults.



* BrattyTeenageDaughter: A teenage daughter who's immature and self-centered.



* ChildPopstar: A child or teenager who's famous in the pop music industry.

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* ChildPopstar: A child or teenager who's famous in the pop music industry.



* DumbassTeenageSon: Teenage son who is slow on the uptake.



* EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster: A child or teenager who's easily embarrassed.

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* EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster: A child or teenager who's easily embarrassed.



* EmoTeen: A teenager who can't find their place in life joins the nonconformists.



* KidHero: Kids and teenagers are portrayed as heroes.

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* KidHero: Kids and teenagers Children are portrayed as heroes.



* PhoneaholicTeenager: A teenager who is obsessed with their phone.



* SmittenTeenageGirl: Teenage girls have nonsensical and obsessive crushes.



* TeenGenius: A teenager who's intellectual.
* TeenSuperspy: Agents who are teenagers.



* TVTeen: The media depiction of teenagers.



* CarloadOfCoolKids: A car with the windows down passes by and the students inside make harassing remarks to their less fortunate schoolmates.



* ComingOfAgeStory: Character matures into adolescence or adulthood over the course of the story.

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* ComingOfAgeStory: Character Child character matures into adolescence or adulthood over the course of the story.



* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: The Sweet 16's exact opposite.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Daughter brings home a boyfriend of whom her father disapproves.
* DawsonCasting (sort of); adults are cast as child or teenage characters.

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* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: The Sweet 16's exact opposite.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Daughter brings home a boyfriend of whom her father disapproves.
* DawsonCasting (sort of); adults are cast as child or teenage characters.



* EntertainmentBelowTheirAge: Although fully capable of extending to adults, children and teenagers can also enjoy fiction intended for much younger kids.

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* EntertainmentBelowTheirAge: Although fully capable of extending to adults, children and teenagers can also enjoy fiction intended for much younger kids.



* GlassesCuriosity: Wanting to wear other people's glasses is common behavior among both children and teenagers.

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* GlassesCuriosity: Wanting to wear other people's glasses is common behavior among both children and teenagers.children.



* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Instead of trained adults, teenagers save the day.



* TeensAreMonsters: Teenage characters are portrayed as sociopathic and rebellious.
* TeensAreShort: Teenagers are short in stature.
* TeensLoveShopping: Teenage characters, usually girls, have a love for shopping.
* TeenHater: A character who hates teenagers.
* TeenIdol: A singer popular with adolescents.
* TeenPop: Music primarily aimed at 9-18 year olds.



* ThereAreNoAdults: A setting devoid of adults, leaving the population inhabited by children and teenagers.

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* ThereAreNoAdults: A setting devoid of adults, leaving the population inhabited by children and teenagers.children.



* TroubledTeen: A teenager dealing with serious problems and displays at-risk behavior.



* WildTeenParty: A rambunctious party full of rebellious teenagers.



* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Kids and teenagers can be quite stupid.

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* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Kids and teenagers can be quite stupid.
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* InnocentAwkwardQuestion: A child asks an adult a question that inadvertently makes the adults feel awkward.
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* NewKidStigma: The new pupil at school is disliked by classmates.
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* TroubledToybreaker: An abused, neglected or otherwise troubled child vents their anger by destroying toys.
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-->-- '''Creator/{{Confucius}}''', ''Analects''

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-->-- '''Creator/{{Confucius}}''', ''Analects''
''The Analects''



* DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult: A child physically harms an adult.

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* DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult: A child physically harms an adult.adult, but this is treated non-seriously and ''would'' have been treated seriously if the roles were reversed.
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* EarPiercingPlot: A young character wants their ears pierced, but is either too scared to do it or is forbidden from doing so by their parents.
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* YouMeddlingKids: Teenagers get away with their criminal behavior on account of their legal minor status.

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* YouMeddlingKids: Teenagers get A villain blames the young characters for exposing their crime, because the villain would have gotten away with it had the kids not foiled their criminal behavior on account of their legal minor status.plans.
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* ProtectedByAChild: Character is under the care of a child.

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* ProtectedByAChild: Character is under A child jumps right in to save the care life of a child.distressed and threatened person.

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