History PlayingWith / TeensAreMonsters

* '''Exploited''': The military recriuts teens because unleashing them as they are is more effective than having to train non teen soldiers at causing death and destruction.
* '''Defied''': Alice tries her best to be a good daughter for her parents, a good sister for her siblings, and a good student for her teachers.

** Alice discovers that growing up is hard. She's tired of being treated as a kid, so she rebels, which causes her to be treated even more as a kid. Alice eventually learns that growing up means getting along with others, but does not necessarily mean blindly following authority all the time. As a result, she becomes a rebel who learns when it's right to listen to authority and when not to, but is always considerate of other people and will help them out whenever they are in need, even if that means going against authority.

* '''Subverted''': Alice dresses like a rebel and is always listening to rap and heavy metal music on her headphones, but she does all her chores, takes good care of her little siblings, and is overall a good person, [[GoodIsNotNice albeit not particularly nice]].

** Teenagers have raging hormones but their pre-frontal cortex is yet to develop

* '''Subverted''': Alice dresses like a rebel and is always listening to rap and heavy metal music on her headphones, but she does all her chores, takes good care of her little siblings, and is overall a good person.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice looks like a rebel, but she listens to her parents and volunteers at her church. But at night, she gets drunk and vandalizes public property. But she feels bad for this the next day and turns herself in and agrees to repair the damage she's done.

** Teens are [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With A Heart Of Gold]].

* '''Straight''': Alice, the 16 year old girl, becomes a JerkAss who rebels against authority, gets drunk at parties, and picks on her little siblings.

* '''Downplayed''': Teens are kinda thoughtless.

** Alice acts like a monster, gets caught, punished, and learns not to do that anymore.

** "We know teens are total bitches. [[DesignatedHero We need a main character that appeals to them]]."

* '''Enforced''': "We know that teenagers are hard to deal with. Let's create a character that reflects this."

** Alice is a teenager, trying to transitions into being an adult while still being treated like a kid. She rebels against authority to give herself a sense of power and breaks the rules to prove that she can make her own decisions.

* '''Inverted''': Alice is a good teenager, always listens to her parents, volunteers at the homeless shelter during the weekend, and helps anyone in need.

** [[TeenageWasteland All Teens Are]] {{Complete Monster}}s

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice discovers that growing up is hard. She's tired of being treated as a kid, so she rebels, which causes her to be treated even more as a kid. Alice eventually learns that growing up means getting along with others, but does not necessarily mean blindly following authority all the time. As a result, she becomes a rebel who learns when it's right to listen to authority and when not to, but is always considerate of other people and will help them out whenever they are in need, even if that means going against authority.

** On top of all that, Alice joins a gang, robs stores, mugs old ladies, [[KickTheDog kicks several small puppies]], and [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking listens to gangsta rap and heavy metal music]].

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Justified''': Teens have less life experience than most adults but are expected to act as mautre. The contrast is not always flattering.

* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''':

* '''Exaggerated''': On top of all that, Alice joins a gang, robs stores, mugs old ladies, [[KickTheDog kicks several small puppies]], and [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking listens to gangsta rap and heavy metal music]].
* '''UpToEleven''': [[TeenageWasteland All Teens Are]] {{Complete Monster}}s

* '''Justified''': Alice is a teenager, trying to transistion into being an adult while still being treated like a kid. She rebels against authority to give herself a sense of power and breaks the rules to prove that she can make her own decisions.
** Teenagers have raging hormones but their prefrontal cortex is yet to develop

* '''Parodied''': All teenagers are evil overlords trying to TakeOverTheWorld.
** Or the the teens are literal monsters, once a child reaches the age of 13 they become a bloodthirsty demon until the reach their mid twenties, when they become [[AdultsAreUseless somewhat apathetic adults]]
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a terrible teenager, never listening to authority, breaking several laws, and never going to any of her classes. She alienates herself from her family and her friends and all of her teachers have given up on her a long time ago. Her behavior causes her parents to kick her out of the house. Without a home or friends to rely on, and without any skills or qualifications to get a decent job, she resorts to a life of crime. She is thrown in prison, where she dies alone.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice discovers that growing up is hard. She's tired of being treated as a kid, so she rebels, which causes her to be treated even more as a kid. Alice eventually learns that growing up means getting along with others, but does not necessarily mean blindly following authority all the time. As a result, she becomes a rebel who learns when it's right to listen to authority and when not to, but is always considerate of other people and will help them out whenever they are in need, even if that means going against authority.

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* '''Exaggerated''': On top of all that, Alice joins a gang, robs stores, mugs old ladies, [[KickTheDog kicks several small puppies]], and [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking listens to gangsta rap music]].

* '''Subverted''': Alice dresses like a rebel and is always listening to rap music on her headphones, but she does all her chores, takes good care of her little siblings, and is overall a good person.

* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm a teenager! I'm supposed to be a bitch and this is what I will be, [[ForTheEvulz BECAUSE I FUCKING CAN!}}"

* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm a teenager! I'm supposed to act this way!"

* '''Conversed''': "Teenages are so horrible in this show."

** Teenagers have raging hormones yet their prefrontal cortex is yet to develop

* '''Straight''': Alice, the 16 year old girl, rebels against authority, gets drunk at parties, and picks on her little siblings.
* '''Exaggerated''': On top of all that, Alice joins a gang, robs stores, mugs old ladies, [[KickTheDog kicks several small puppies]], and [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking listens to rap music]].
** Or rather, Alice actually ''does'' turn into a CompleteMonster!

** Or rather, Alice actually ''does'' turn into a monster!

** Or the the teens are literal monsters, once a child reaches the age of 13 they become a bloodthirsty demon until the reach their mid twenties, when they become [[AdultsAreUseless: somewhat apathetic adults]]