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{{trope}}
A type of [[Match Cut]] that shows a character aging, sometimes from [[A Minor Kidroduction]]. Often, [[Timeshifted Actor|different actors are used for the young and old version of the character]]. By showing both in the same position and location, it is shown that it is the same person, only older.
One common version of this trope starts with a slow zoom in on a characters eyes, which then cuts to the older version and zooms out. Another is to dissolve from one version to another.
The same technique can be used to start a [[Flash Back]], in which case the character gets ''younger''.
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== [[Film]] (Animated) ==
* ''[[Lady and
** Disney does this again in ''[[The Lion King]]'', during the Hakuna Matata song and dance number.
*** Which is then parodied in ''The Lion King 1 1/2''. As Timon walks across the log that was in the 'Hakuna Matata' song, he says, "I'm going to get old walking across this thing."
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== [[Film]] (Live Action) ==
* As seen at the start of the first ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' movie, the scene cuts from young Elizabeth Swann to her older counterpart, where, suddenly, all her freckles have disappeared.
* This happens with Elrond in the first ''[[Lord of the Rings (film series)|Lord of the Rings]]'' movie, as he talks to Gandalf about the past. Note that in this case, both Elronds look ''exactly'' the same age, despite several thousand years passing. Elves [[We Are
* In ''[[Indiana Jones and
* The ending of ''[[Zardoz]]'' involves an extended Age Cut of Zed (Sean Connery, in his most pantless role), his wife, and child. Of note is that the child is conceived, born, and ages and leaves over the course of this particular Age Cut.
** There's a strangely similar extended cut (including child growing up and leaving) with the Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz (her RL husband) in the "Road to Nowhere" video.
* The ending of ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' does something similar.
* Played at the ending of the film ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''. The beginning also seems to be one, since we don't know if the old man is Tom Hanks (Miller) or Matt Damon (Ryan). {{spoiler|But it cuts to Miller, and he is Ryan}}.
* ''[[Ghost Rider (
* The zoom on eyes version happened to Rose in ''[[Titanic]]'', when she was being painted.
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** Also happens to the eponymous ship at the beginning of the film.
* ''[[The Departed]]'' does this with Colin Sullivan.
* At the beginning of ''[[Tommy Boy]]'', exhaust billows from the school bus, covering the screen completely. When the smoke clears away, it shows the grown-up Tommy standing there having missed a smoking commuter bus.
* This is done at the beginning of ''[[Casanova (
* In ''[[Matilda (
* ''[[Almost Famous]]'' showed the 9-year-old protagonist's focus on a spinning record, dissolved to him doodling in class, and pulled back to reveal that he's now 15.
* In the [[Robin Hood]] spinoff ''[[Princess of Thieves]]'', we see Robin Hood's young daughter folding the blanket at the bottom of her bed, then we see the same scene with Kiera Knightley in the place of the young girl.
* ''[[City of God]]'' has a "flashback/cuts to younger self" example, with the camera spinning around Rocket and stopping when he's a child.
* ''[[Eragon (
* ''[[Gypsy]]'' has a flickering dissolve during which June, Louise, and the boys are replaced by their older counterparts as they dance.
* ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'' began with one of these for its eponymous characters.
* In ''[[The Lovely Bones]]'', there is a scene where a picture of Susie as a toddler is shown which then cuts to a picture of her at fourteen.
* In ''[[Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears]]'', the 1981 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, the main character sets her alarm clock and goes to bed. The film cuts to the alarm clock ringing to wake her
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* Every episode of ''[[
* Used often in ''[[Lost]]'' flashbacks involving a [[Timeshifted Actor]]. Frequently, these flashbacks will begin the episode, and then cut to the character on the island in the present.
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'': J.D. is imagining growing old with his girlfriend, and the shot fades into that of them in heavy old-people makeup. They take off the makeup onscreen a few seconds later, and it turns out they just wanted a picture of what they would look like old.
* ''[[
* The ''[[Growing Pains]]'' opening does this, once the show's been around long enough for the cast to have aged significantly between their introduction and that season (some for three or more distinct stages!).
* Happens both in ''[[The Pacific]]'' and ''[[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]]'', when the actual veterans memorize their war memories.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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== [[Theater]] ==
* The stage version of this is done in the musicals ''Damn Yankees'' and ''Mame'' by having the main character sit down to write at a desk with his back to the audience, and dimming the lights for a few moments so the actors can change places. (In ''Damn Yankees'', Joe ends up ''younger'' due to his [[Deal
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Used in an early cinematic in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]]'', using a closeup on the secret apprentice's eyes.
* Used in ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* This happens to Pebbles in The Flintstone Comedy Hour (later called The Flintstone Comedy Show in syndication) during one of "The Bedrock Rockers'" musical numbers. Specifically, it happens while she's on a swing.
* Lampshaded in a [[Looney Tunes|Daffy Duck]] short.
* In the ''[[
* The ''[[Futurama]]'' episode Jurassic Bark ends with
* In the ''[[
* In the ''[[Thundercats 2011
* Happens on ''[[Invader Zim]]'' with older teenaged Dib becoming an adult in Zim's simulation.
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