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* '''Straight''': In an American-like setting, Alice and Bob have jobs at a burger place despite being 10.

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In an American-like setting, Alice and Bob have jobs at a burger place despite being 10. 10.
** In an American-like setting, Alice and Bob work at a steel mill despite being only 16.



** Alice and Bob are teenagers who work at BurgerFool instead of going to school.



* '''Implied''': Alice and Bob are visibly younger and shorter than their coworkers.



** Alice and Bob are lawyers. While they still have the brains of children, [[BunnyEarsLawyer they are really good at their jobs.]]

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** Alice and Bob are lawyers. While they still have the brains of children, [[BunnyEarsLawyer they are really good at their jobs.]]]]
* '''Played for Horror''': The reason Alice and Bob are working despite being children is because they were [[MadeASlave enslaved]].

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* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob appears to be working, but they’re only doing a quick favor for the manager.
** '''Double Subverted''': But they are soon hired as actual employees.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice and Bob appears to be working, but they’re only doing a quick favor for the manager.
** [[TheIntern It's only an internship as the work-experience part of their education]].
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'''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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But they are soon hired as actual employees. employees.
** The work Alice and Bob are made to do exceeds what is allowable even for an internship. [[note]] They may even be treated as [[DisposableIntern disposable]].[[/note]]

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice and Bob are doctors.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Laughs''':
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Alice and Bob are doctors.doctors.
** Alice and Bob are lawyers. While they still have the brains of children, [[BunnyEarsLawyer they are really good at their jobs.]]
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* '''Defied''': A coworker reports that the boss is trying to hire minors. OSHA shows up and shuts the whole thing down.
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* '''Played for Drama''': Alice and Bob are exploited as illegal workers.

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* '''Played for Drama''': Alice and Bob are exploited as illegal workers. workers...until OSHA finds out what's going on. The feds come and shut the place down, and their boss is thrown in prison.
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** Alice and Bob are both [[FormerChildStar former children actors]].

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** Alice and Bob are both [[FormerChildStar former children child actors]].
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** The boss keeps his illegal child-labor practices a secret.

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'''Basic Trope''': Children are depicting with jobs (paid or not) that, in RealLife, they could not legally hold for whatever reason.

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'''Basic Trope''': Children are depicting with depicted having jobs (paid or not) that, in RealLife, they could not legally hold for whatever reason.


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** Alice and Bob are only 6 years old, yet perform dangerous tasks at a construction site.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob sometimes pitch at a family farm, a FamilyBusiness, do odd jobs for a neighbour (such as shoveling the driveway or mowing the lawn) or hold jobs like a lemonade stand.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice and Bob sometimes pitch at a family farm, a FamilyBusiness, do odd jobs for a neighbour (such as shoveling the driveway or mowing the lawn) or hold jobs like a lemonade stand.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob have jobs despite being 3.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice and Bob have jobs despite being 3.3.
** Everybody gets a job and starts working ''the moment they leave their mother’s womb''.
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*** Even if, in RealLife, child labour is illegal at the time the work was made, it's a period piece.

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*** ** Even if, in RealLife, child labour is illegal at the time the work was made, it's a period piece.



* * '''Double Subverted''': But they are soon hired as actual employees.

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* * ** '''Double Subverted''': But they are soon hired as actual employees.
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* Child labour is legal in the world where Alice and Bob live in.
** Even if, in RealLife, child labour is illegal at the time the work was made, it's a period piece.

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* ** Child labour is legal in the world where Alice and Bob live in.
** *** Even if, in RealLife, child labour is illegal at the time the work was made, it's a period piece.
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* '''Straight''': In Eagleland, Alice and Bob have jobs at a burger place despite being 10.

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* '''Straight''': In Eagleland, an American-like setting, Alice and Bob have jobs at a burger place despite being 10.

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* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob have jobs when they are too young to legally have them.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob have jobs at an ImprobableAge.

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* '''Straight''': In Eagleland, Alice and Bob have jobs when they are too young to legally have them.at a burger place despite being 10.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob have jobs at an ImprobableAge.despite being 3.



** Alice and Bob assist in the FamilyBusiness or on the family farm.
** Child labour is much more common in the world where Alice and Bob live in.
*** Even if, in RealLife, child labour is illegal at the time the work was made, it's a period piece.
* '''Inverted''': Adults are all retired, the children make up the labour force.

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** * Child labour is legal in the world where Alice and Bob assist in the FamilyBusiness or on the family farm.live in.
** Child Even if, in RealLife, child labour is much more common in illegal at the world where time the work was made, it's a period piece.
* '''Inverted''': Despite being 16,
Alice and Bob live in.are too young to work.
*** Even if, in RealLife, child labour is illegal at * '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob appears to be working, but they’re only doing a quick favor for the time the work was made, it's a period piece.
manager.
* '''Inverted''': Adults * '''Double Subverted''': But they are all retired, the children make up the labour force.soon hired as actual employees.



* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice and Bob hold improbable jobs.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice and Bob hold improbable jobs.are doctors.
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** Alice and Bob are both [[FormerChildActor former children actors]].

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** Alice and Bob are both [[FormerChildActor [[FormerChildStar former children actors]].
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** Alice and Bob are both [[FormerChildActor former children actors]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob sometimes pitch at a family farm, a FamilyBusiness, do odd jobs for a neighbour (such as shoveling the driveway or mowing the lawn) or hold jobs like a lemonade stand .

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob sometimes pitch at a family farm, a FamilyBusiness, do odd jobs for a neighbour (such as shoveling the driveway or mowing the lawn) or hold jobs like a lemonade stand . stand.
** Alice and Bob are specified as volunteering or doing community service.


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* '''Discussed''': Alice and Bob complain about child labour laws, to which their parents Charlie and Diane remind them that as a FamilyBusiness, it ''is'' legal for them to work within legal parameters.
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*** Even if, in RealLife, child labour is illegal, it's a period piece.

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*** Even if, in RealLife, child labour is illegal, illegal at the time the work was made, it's a period piece.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob sometimes pitch at a family farm, a FamilyBusiness, do odd jobs for a neighbour (such as shoveling the driveway or mowing the lawn) or hold jobs like a LemonadeStand.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob sometimes pitch at a family farm, a FamilyBusiness, do odd jobs for a neighbour (such as shoveling the driveway or mowing the lawn) or hold jobs like a LemonadeStand.lemonade stand .



** Alice and Bob work in a place with NoOHSACompliance and suffer ''serious'' injuries.

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** Alice and Bob work in a place with NoOHSACompliance NoOSHACompliance and suffer ''serious'' injuries.
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'''Basic Trope''': Children are depicting with jobs (paid or not) that, in RealLife, they could not legally hold for whatever reason.

* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob have jobs when they are too young to legally have them.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob have jobs at an ImprobableAge.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob sometimes pitch at a family farm, a FamilyBusiness, do odd jobs for a neighbour (such as shoveling the driveway or mowing the lawn) or hold jobs like a LemonadeStand.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice and Bob assist in the FamilyBusiness or on the family farm.
** Child labour is much more common in the world where Alice and Bob live in.
*** Even if, in RealLife, child labour is illegal, it's a period piece.
* '''Inverted''': Adults are all retired, the children make up the labour force.
* '''Parodied''': The children hold jobs in an ImprobableAge - including positions that would be impossible for them to hold in real life.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice and Bob have jobs ''sometimes''.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Aren't you a little young to be working here...?"
** "Well, I need some money, so I took a part time job. This is the only place willing to hire minors."
* '''Exploited''': Child labour is cheap, this may be AVerySpecialEpisode talking about exploitation of child labour.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Alice and Bob work in a place with NoOHSACompliance and suffer ''serious'' injuries.
** Alice and Bob are glad to work jobs, but find the working life isn't quite what they thought it was.
* '''Reconstructed''': But once they get their pay, they find it's not so bad.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice and Bob are exploited as illegal workers.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice and Bob hold improbable jobs.

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