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** Bob initially couldn't afford to go to school, even public school, while he was still in the Compulsory School Age. Now that he's in his mid-to-late teens with enough money to get by, he opts for high school first.
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** Bob [[NotGrowingUpSucks stopped growing during childhood]], and he has to [[CompulsorySchoolAge repeat his current year over and over with kids he looks like age-wise]], even though he is ready to be promoted.
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** Bob is ReallySevenHundredYearsOld who [[NotGrowingUpSucks stopped growing during childhood]], and but he has to [[CompulsorySchoolAge repeat his current year over and over with kids he looks like age-wise]], even though he is ready to be promoted.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Despite having poor grades, Bob isn't interested in learning, and continues his goofing around normally.
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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
** Despite having poor grades, Bob isn't interested in learning, and continues his goofing aroundnormally.normally.
** Bob's parents decide to move him to a school for special-needed children, and he start performing better in school, even ''slightly'' better is enough to make him feels less depressed.
** When his peers mock him, he points out their hypocrisy, since bullying makes them more childish than he is.
** Despite having poor grades, Bob isn't interested in learning, and continues his goofing around
** Bob's parents decide to move him to a school for special-needed children, and he start performing better in school, even ''slightly'' better is enough to make him feels less depressed.
** When his peers mock him, he points out their hypocrisy, since bullying makes them more childish than he is.
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** Through no fault of his own, Bob is held back by a private institution that wants to get extra tuition revenue from his parents.
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** The DeanBitterman in charge of Bob's school sabotaged Bob's grades just to spite him.
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** Bob gets Held Back because the high school wanted to keep him around to play football longer.
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** Bob gets Held Back held back because the high school wanted to keep him around to play football longer.
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* '''Enforced''': The need for a character who can make {{double entendre}}s without coming across as particularly {{creepy| child}} adds sixteen-year-old Bob to the case of middle-schoolers.
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** The need for a character who can make {{double entendre}}s without coming across as particularly {{creepy| child}} adds sixteen-year-old Bob to thecase cast of middle-schoolers.
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** The need for a character who can make {{double entendre}}s without coming across as particularly {{creepy| child}} adds sixteen-year-old Bob to the
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* '''Exploited''': Due to his grade retention, Bob [[ObfuscatingStupidity does some really immature things and pretends he doesn't know better]].
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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
** Due to his grade retention, Bob [[ObfuscatingStupidity does some really immature things and pretends he doesn't know better]].
** Due to his grade retention, Bob [[ObfuscatingStupidity does some really immature things and pretends he doesn't know better]].
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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob becomes depressed after realizing that he has been classified as immature.
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob becomes depressed after realizing that he has been classified asimmature.immature.
** Bob failing all of his classes makes him a laughing stock among his peers.
** Bob becomes depressed after realizing that he has been classified as
** Bob failing all of his classes makes him a laughing stock among his peers.
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** Bob is held back all the way to preschool, before being expelled.
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** Bob reached Compulsory School Age just after the previous school year started, his class mates just before this one started.
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** Bob's children are adults who have jobs at the school while their dad is still unable to pass his current grade.
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** Bob’s parents signed him into elementary school almost a year later. This is why he starts high school at age 15.
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** Bob’s parents signed him into elementary school almost a year later.after he was 7. This is why he starts high school at age 15.
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** Bob’s parents signed him into elementary school almost a year later.
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** Bob’s parents signed him into elementary school almost a year later. This is why he starts high school at age 15.
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* '''Justified''': Bob is a grade behind in school because he did not test well enough to advance from the third grade the first time.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Bob is a grade behind in school because he did not test well enough to advance from the third grade the firsttime.time.
** Bob’s parents signed him into elementary school almost a year later.
** Bob is a grade behind in school because he did not test well enough to advance from the third grade the first
** Bob’s parents signed him into elementary school almost a year later.
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* '''Enforced''': The need for a character who can [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar evade the radar]] without coming across as particularly {{creepy|Child}} adds sixteen-year-old Bob to the case of middle-schoolers.
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* '''Enforced''': The need for a character who can [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar evade the radar]] make {{double entendre}}s without coming across as particularly {{creepy|Child}} {{creepy| child}} adds sixteen-year-old Bob to the case of middle-schoolers.
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** Bob has gone through puberty, while his classmates have not. As a result, he can help the teacher keep the other students in check with his surprisingly deep voice, and nobody tries to mess with him. Bonus points if he's still irregularly tall for his age ''even then.''
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'''Basic Trope''': For some reason, a character goes to school with people significantly younger than they are.
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'''Basic Trope''': For some reason, a character goes to school with people significantly at least a year younger than they are.
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** Despite being an adult with a driver's licence, Bob hasn't made it out of elementary school.
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** Bob is demoted from 5th grade to 4th grade.
** Bob is only starting high school at the age of twenty.
** Despite being an adult with a driver'slicence, license, Bob hasn't made it out of elementary school.
** Bob is only starting high school at the age of twenty.
** Despite being an adult with a driver's
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* '''Parodied''': Bob gets Held Back because the high school wanted to keep him around to play football longer.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob '''Parodied''':
**Bob gets Held Back because the high school wanted to keep him around to play footballlonger.longer.
**Bob [[NotGrowingUpSucks stopped growing during childhood]], and he has to [[CompulsorySchoolAge repeat his current year over and over with kids he looks like age-wise]], even though he is ready to be promoted.
**Bob gets Held Back because the high school wanted to keep him around to play football
**Bob [[NotGrowingUpSucks stopped growing during childhood]], and he has to [[CompulsorySchoolAge repeat his current year over and over with kids he looks like age-wise]], even though he is ready to be promoted.
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'''Basic Trope''': For some reason, a character goes to school with people significantly younger than he/she is.
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'''Basic Trope''': For some reason, a character goes to school with people significantly younger than he/she is.they are.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Despite being an adult with a driver's licence, Bob hasn't made it out of elementary school.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Despite being an adult with a driver's licence, Bob hasn't made it out of elementaryschool.school.
** Bob is 95 years old and still hasn't made it past kindergarten.
** Despite being an adult with a driver's licence, Bob hasn't made it out of elementary
** Bob is 95 years old and still hasn't made it past kindergarten.
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** Bob scores 50 on an IQ test, but he's not failing anything. Regardless, he is retained in school.
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** Bob scores 50 on an IQ test, but he's not failing anything.anything; he just had a bad day, or the computer glitched up and mixed up his results with one of the "slow" kids. Regardless, he is retained in school.
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** It's been stated that Bob is older than what is considered normal for the his grade.
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** Bob is [[YoungerThanTheyLook older than he looks]], but still fell back by one grade (even though it looks like he lost four).
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** Bob is [[YoungerThanTheyLook older younger than he looks]], but still fell back by one grade (even though it looks like he lost four).
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* '''Enforced''': The need for a character who can deliver {{Parental Bonus}}es without coming across as particularly {{creepy|Child}} adds sixteen-year-old Bob to the case of middle-schoolers.
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* '''Enforced''': The need for a character who can deliver {{Parental Bonus}}es [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar evade the radar]] without coming across as particularly {{creepy|Child}} adds sixteen-year-old Bob to the case of middle-schoolers.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': The series focuses on Bob teaching kid-friendly WackyFratboyHijinx to kids who really need to loosen up a little.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': The series focuses on Bob teaching kid-friendly WackyFratboyHijinx to kids who really need to loosen up a little.being just OneOfTheKids.
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'''Basic Trope''': For some reason, a character goes to school with people significantly younger than he/she is.
* '''Straight''': Bob is only starting high school at the age of fifteen.
* '''Exaggerated''': Despite being an adult with a driver's licence, Bob hasn't made it out of elementary school.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is one year behind in school because his parents felt he wasn't ready to start kindergarten with everyone else who was around five at the same time.
* '''Justified''': Bob is a grade behind in school because he did not test well enough to advance from the third grade the first time.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is a GradeSkipper.
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob scored 50 on an IQ test, but he does well enough in his grade to move up.
** Bob is [[YoungerThanTheyLook younger than he looks]].
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Bob scores 50 on an IQ test, but he's not failing anything. Regardless, he is retained in school.
** Bob is [[YoungerThanTheyLook older than he looks]], but still fell back by one grade (even though it looks like he lost four).
* '''Parodied''': Bob gets Held Back because the high school wanted to keep him around to play football longer.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob gets Held Back, but then, years later, becomes a GradeSkipper.
* '''Averted''': Bob is seventeen and entering his senior year of high school.
* '''Enforced''': The need for a character who can deliver {{Parental Bonus}}es without coming across as particularly {{creepy|Child}} adds sixteen-year-old Bob to the case of middle-schoolers.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Isn't it strange that we're all eight but we hang around with a kid twice that age? He should be in high school."
* '''Invoked''': A character applies this trope to his or her child after learning that his or her test scores are far below the other children's scores.
* '''Exploited''': Due to his grade retention, Bob [[ObfuscatingStupidity does some really immature things and pretends he doesn't know better]].
* '''Defied''':
** A school administrator says, "[[ThisIsReality I know they leave all the dumb kids behind in fiction, but all children should have peers their own age.]]"
** Bob tries his best in school so as to graduate in good time.
* '''Discussed''': "I know that Bob's already a teenager, it doesn't necessarily make him the dumbest person in the whole school."
* '''Conversed''': "There's always an annoying ManChild in every KidCom."
* '''Implied''': Despite the fact that it's never stated that Bob was HeldBackInSchool, the actor playing Bob looks like he's twenty years old, and it's canon that Bob shaves, drinks, and smokes.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob becomes depressed after realizing that he has been classified as immature.
* '''Reconstructed''': Despite having poor grades, Bob isn't interested in learning, and continues his goofing around normally.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The series focuses on Bob teaching kid-friendly WackyFratboyHijinx to kids who really need to loosen up a little.
* '''Played For Drama''': The series focuses on the isolating elements of it, or Bob's feeling demeaned by having peers so much younger than himself.
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Sorry, Alice, but you'll be HeldBackInSchool this September. Until then, enjoy your summer vacation, and I will try to help you advance yourself.
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* '''Straight''': Bob is only starting high school at the age of fifteen.
* '''Exaggerated''': Despite being an adult with a driver's licence, Bob hasn't made it out of elementary school.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is one year behind in school because his parents felt he wasn't ready to start kindergarten with everyone else who was around five at the same time.
* '''Justified''': Bob is a grade behind in school because he did not test well enough to advance from the third grade the first time.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is a GradeSkipper.
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob scored 50 on an IQ test, but he does well enough in his grade to move up.
** Bob is [[YoungerThanTheyLook younger than he looks]].
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Bob scores 50 on an IQ test, but he's not failing anything. Regardless, he is retained in school.
** Bob is [[YoungerThanTheyLook older than he looks]], but still fell back by one grade (even though it looks like he lost four).
* '''Parodied''': Bob gets Held Back because the high school wanted to keep him around to play football longer.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob gets Held Back, but then, years later, becomes a GradeSkipper.
* '''Averted''': Bob is seventeen and entering his senior year of high school.
* '''Enforced''': The need for a character who can deliver {{Parental Bonus}}es without coming across as particularly {{creepy|Child}} adds sixteen-year-old Bob to the case of middle-schoolers.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Isn't it strange that we're all eight but we hang around with a kid twice that age? He should be in high school."
* '''Invoked''': A character applies this trope to his or her child after learning that his or her test scores are far below the other children's scores.
* '''Exploited''': Due to his grade retention, Bob [[ObfuscatingStupidity does some really immature things and pretends he doesn't know better]].
* '''Defied''':
** A school administrator says, "[[ThisIsReality I know they leave all the dumb kids behind in fiction, but all children should have peers their own age.]]"
** Bob tries his best in school so as to graduate in good time.
* '''Discussed''': "I know that Bob's already a teenager, it doesn't necessarily make him the dumbest person in the whole school."
* '''Conversed''': "There's always an annoying ManChild in every KidCom."
* '''Implied''': Despite the fact that it's never stated that Bob was HeldBackInSchool, the actor playing Bob looks like he's twenty years old, and it's canon that Bob shaves, drinks, and smokes.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob becomes depressed after realizing that he has been classified as immature.
* '''Reconstructed''': Despite having poor grades, Bob isn't interested in learning, and continues his goofing around normally.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The series focuses on Bob teaching kid-friendly WackyFratboyHijinx to kids who really need to loosen up a little.
* '''Played For Drama''': The series focuses on the isolating elements of it, or Bob's feeling demeaned by having peers so much younger than himself.
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Sorry, Alice, but you'll be HeldBackInSchool this September. Until then, enjoy your summer vacation, and I will try to help you advance yourself.
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