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* '''Justified''': Bob always wanted to be a parent, but doesn't think he could handle a smaller child, so he adopted an adolescent.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob always wanted to be a parent, but doesn't think he could handle a smaller child, so he adopted an adolescent.



* '''Subverted''': Bob looks like he's in mid-twenties, but turns out to be [[OlderThanTheyLook older than he looks]] and is more than 20 years older than Alice.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob looks like he's in mid-twenties, but turns out to be [[OlderThanTheyLook older than he looks]] and is more than 20 years older than Alice.



* '''Enforced''': It's commented formally and casually that there's an overdemand for babies and more preteens and teenagers than people are willing to adopt, while agencies seek them so the older kids can have a chance.

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* '''Enforced''': It's commented formally and casually that there's an overdemand for babies and more preteens and teenagers than people Executives are willing reluctant to adopt, while agencies seek them so put a middle-aged person in the older kids can have a chance.story, but don't want to include the UnfortunateImplications, so adoption is how they got both ways.



* '''Invoked''': Executives are reluctant to put a middle-aged person in the story, but don't want to include the UnfortunateImplications, so adoption is how they got both ways.

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* '''Invoked''': Executives are reluctant Bob sees a sad, adolescent Alice, and decides to put a middle-aged person in the story, but don't want adopt her to include the UnfortunateImplications, so adoption is how they got both ways.at least give her a friend to be around.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???It's commented formally and casually that there's an overdemand for babies and more preteens and teenagers than people are willing to adopt, while agencies seek them so the older kids can have a chance.
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* '''Justified''': Bob always wanted to be a parent, but doesn't think he could handle a smaller child, so he adopted an adolescente.

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* '''Justified''': Bob always wanted to be a parent, but doesn't think he could handle a smaller child, so he adopted an adolescente.adolescent.



* '''Invoked''': Executives are reluctante to put a middle-aged person in the story, but don't want to include the UnfortunateImplications, so adoption is how they got both ways.

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* '''Invoked''': Executives are reluctante reluctant to put a middle-aged person in the story, but don't want to include the UnfortunateImplications, so adoption is how they got both ways.



* '''Conversed''': "Isn't it crazy that you can adopt an adolescente before 30? Imagine explaining why your grandkid was born when you were on your thirties."
* '''Implied''': Alice is a HappilyAdopted adolescente with a dad that looks and acts (relatively) young, but nobody seens to mind.
* '''Played for Laughts''': People mistaking Alice and Bob for siblings or dates (and their reactions) is a RunningGag.

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* '''Conversed''': "Isn't it crazy that you can adopt an adolescente adolescent before 30? Imagine explaining why your grandkid was born when you were on your thirties."
* '''Implied''': Alice is a HappilyAdopted adolescente adolescent with a dad that looks and acts (relatively) young, but nobody seens to mind.
* '''Played for Laughts''': Laughs''': People mistaking Alice and Bob for siblings or dates (and their reactions) is a RunningGag.
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** Bob and Alice are actually siblings, and Bob [[PromotedToParent became here guardian]] at some point.

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** Bob and Alice are actually siblings, and Bob [[PromotedToParent became here her guardian]] at some point.

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* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Nobody is adopted in the work.
** All parents are at least 20 years older than their children, adopted or otherwise.



* '''Defied''': Nobody is adopted in the work.
** All parents are at least 20 years older than their children - adopted or otherwise.

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* '''Defied''': Nobody is adopted in the work.
** All parents are at least
The in-universe adoption agencies don't allow adoptions with less than 20 years older than their children - adopted or otherwise. of difference.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is the adopted child of another that isn't old enough to be their biological parent (at least not without FridgeHorror).
* '''Straight''': Bob is a 25 years old man and has 12 years old Alice as adopted daughter.
* '''Exaggerated''': 18 years old Bob adopts 17 years old Alice and act in ways more fitting to friends or siblings than parent and child.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a 30 years old man and adopts 12 years old Alice during the plot.
* '''Justified''': Bob always wanted to be a parent, but doesn't think he could handle a smaller child, so he adopted an adolescente.
** Bob himself has been through the foster system and knows older children have bad odds, so he was decided to take one in when he could.
** Bob and Alice are actually siblings, and Bob [[PromotedToParent became here guardian]] at some point.
* '''Inverted''': 38 years old Bob have a long list of physical problems - so 25 years old Alice lets him adopt her to facilitate her become his caretaker.
* '''Subverted''': Bob looks like he's in mid-twenties, but turns out to be [[OlderThanTheyLook older than he looks]] and is more than 20 years older than Alice.
** People assume this is the case because of the small age gap, but turns out that Bob is Alice's biological dad - UnfortunateImplications all true.
* '''Double Subverted''': ... is what they say to mess with others.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some characters are this case, others refuse to take in kids so little younger, others don't adopt ever.
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': It's commented formally and casually that there's an overdemand for babies and more preteens and teenagers than people are willing to adopt, while agencies seek them so the older kids can have a chance.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice's adopted? Oh, good, I got scared for a moment."
* '''Invoked''': Executives are reluctante to put a middle-aged person in the story, but don't want to include the UnfortunateImplications, so adoption is how they got both ways.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad uses the small age gap to drill on Alice that [[BreakThemByTalking she never had an actual parent]].
* '''Defied''': Nobody is adopted in the work.
** All parents are at least 20 years older than their children - adopted or otherwise.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Isn't it crazy that you can adopt an adolescente before 30? Imagine explaining why your grandkid was born when you were on your thirties."
*'''Implied''': Alice is a HappilyAdopted adolescente with a dad that looks and acts (relatively) young, but nobody seens to mind.
*'''Played for Laughts''': People mistaking Alice and Bob for siblings or dates (and their reactions) is a RunningGag.
*'''Played for Drama''': Alice starts seeking for her biological parents as an adult and the small age gap is one of the reasons she doesn't feel like an actual daughter to Bob.
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