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** Alice is somehow the world's best driver and a champion at CarFu, even though she's ''a fetus''.
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** The adult driving is having an medical emergency, unconscious or whatever state in which they can't drive, so Alice has no choice but to drive.

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* '''Subverted''': A car comes up with what looks like a child behind the wheel, but it's actually Alice, who's 22 but [[OlderThanTheyLook looks like an 8-year-old]].

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A car comes up with what looks like a child behind the wheel, but it's actually Alice, who's 22 but [[OlderThanTheyLook looks like an 8-year-old]].

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* '''Discussed''': ??

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* '''Discussed''': ??"For crying out loud, there's a kid driving that car!"


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* '''Defied''':
** Alice's parents' keep the keys somewhere locked and secured away from Alice, or at least in a safe place she wouldn't suspect.
** Alice's parents, an responsible adult or an police officer stop Alice before she crashes into or hits anything or anyone.
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** Alice is driving a quadracycle sporting a car-shaped outer shell, at a Traffic-themed educational park.
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** The setting is a TeenageWasteland, and [[AdultsAreUseless there are no adults around to drive]]. All cars are kid-sized.

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** The setting is a TeenageWasteland, and [[AdultsAreUseless there are no adults around to drive]].
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All cars are kid-sized.
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** Alice is at a legal driving age, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.

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** Alice is at a legal driving age, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.license.



** Alice only has her learner’s permit (or the in-universe equivalent) and drives solo.

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** Alice only has her learner’s permit (or the in-universe equivalent) and drives solo.under supervision.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob, an adult, struggles to drive a tiny, child-sized car.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob, '''Inverted''':
** Alice is
an adult, adult but struggles to drive a tiny, child-sized car.car.
** Alice is an 80-year-old woman who's never even been in a car, let alone driven one.
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** A ''duckling'' drives a car.

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* '''Deconstructed''': 8-year-old Alice gets behind the wheel of a car, runs over both her parents, then crashes the car into her house, wrecking both. Alice is left with life-long injuries and emotional scars, and refuses to ever drive as an adult.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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8-year-old Alice gets behind the wheel of a car, runs over both her parents, then crashes the car into her house, wrecking both. Alice is left with life-long injuries and emotional scars, and refuses to ever drive as an adult.adult.
** Alice struggles to drive the car, and doesn’t make it very far before being pulled over by a cop who gets Alice’s parents indicted for negligence and child endangerment.
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** Alice is only driving on private property.
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** Alice is 15-17, plausibly old enough to drive, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.

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** Alice is 15-17, plausibly old enough to drive, at a legal driving age, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.

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** Alice only has her learner’s permit (or the local equivalent) and drives solo.

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** Alice has a car license, and drives a truck/bus.
** Alice only has her learner’s permit (or the local in-universe equivalent) and drives solo.
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** Alice is 15/16, plausibly old enough to drive, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.
** Alice is on her L's (or the local equivalent) and drives solo.

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** Alice is 15/16, 15-17, plausibly old enough to drive, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.
** Alice is on only has her L's learner’s permit (or the local equivalent) and drives solo.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice is 15, plausibly old enough to drive, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice is 15, 15/16, plausibly old enough to drive, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before. before.
** Alice is on her L's (or the local equivalent) and drives solo.
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** Alice is of the legal age to be driving.
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** The setting is a TeenageWasteland, and there are no adults around to drive. All cars are kid-sized.

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** The setting is a TeenageWasteland, and [[AdultsAreUseless there are no adults around to drive.drive]]. All cars are kid-sized.
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** Alice ''is'' a car.
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** A kitten drives a car.
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* '''Subverted''': A car comes up with what looks like a child behind the wheel, but it's actually Alice, who's 22 but [[YoungerThanTheyLook looks like an 8-year-old]].

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* '''Subverted''': A car comes up with what looks like a child behind the wheel, but it's actually Alice, who's 22 but [[YoungerThanTheyLook [[OlderThanTheyLook looks like an 8-year-old]].
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* '''Exaggerated ''':

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* '''Exaggerated ''':'''Exaggerated''':
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* '''Downplayed:''' Alice is 15, plausibly old enough to drive, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.
* '''Justified: '''

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* '''Downplayed:''' '''Downplayed''': Alice is 15, plausibly old enough to drive, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.
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'''Basic Trope''': A child who's way too young to legally or safely drive, drives a car.
* '''Straight''': Alice, who's 8 years old, drives a car.
* '''Exaggerated ''':
**A baby drives a car.
** Alice is somehow the world's best driver and a champion at CarFu, even though she's too small to see over the dashboard.
* '''Downplayed:''' Alice is 15, plausibly old enough to drive, but she doesn't have a license and has never driven before.
* '''Justified: '''
** Alice lives in a place where child labor is routine, she has a lot of experience driving farm equipment, and she's modified the car with a brick and booster seat to make things easier.
** The setting is a TeenageWasteland, and there are no adults around to drive. All cars are kid-sized.
* '''Inverted''': Bob, an adult, struggles to drive a tiny, child-sized car.
* '''Subverted''': A car comes up with what looks like a child behind the wheel, but it's actually Alice, who's 22 but [[YoungerThanTheyLook looks like an 8-year-old]].
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Alice lied about her age, and she really is an 8-year-old.
** Alice may be 22, but with her kid-sized body she has the same struggles as any child with driving.
* '''Parodied''': 8-year-old Alice gets behind the wheel, DrivesLikeCrazy, and kills a bunch of people in an over-the-top {{gorn}} and BlackComedy-filled fashion.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ?
* '''Averted''':
** Alice never drives a car.
** There are no cars or no children in the setting.
* '''Enforced''': Alice was originally written as TheTeam's getaway driver, but the executives demanded the writers insert a KidAppealCharacter, so the writers de-aged her while keeping the rest of the script the same.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Pretty crazy what a good getaway driver Alice is, considering she's way too young to drive."
* '''Invoked''': After kidnapping her, the villain forces Alice to serve as his chauffer.
* '''Exploited''': The villain uses the fact that Alice drove illegally to blackmail her into working for him.
* '''Conversed''': "Why do all these action movies have kids driving cars in them?"
* '''Discussed''': ??
* '''Implied''': Alice's parents' car goes missing, and Alice is later seen walking through a parking lot by herself.
* '''Deconstructed''': 8-year-old Alice gets behind the wheel of a car, runs over both her parents, then crashes the car into her house, wrecking both. Alice is left with life-long injuries and emotional scars, and refuses to ever drive as an adult.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice still kills her parents, but she is determined to never let this happen again, and devotes her life to becoming an incredibly skilled driver, and building special cars that can safely be driven by children.
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