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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]] (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 as Mayflies|age more slowly than Men]].
* In ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', Indy's hat momentarily blocks his face for this cut.
* 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.
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* ''[[Ghost Rider (film)|Ghost Rider]]'' combines a close up on the eyes with digital morphing. The effect is ultimately bizarre: the two actors have different eye colors (ditto ''[[National Treasure]]''). And the generic-looking actor turning into the much more distinctive-looking Nicolas Cage.
* 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.
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* 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 (film)|Eragon]]'' appears to have this, with the young Saphira flying up behind a cloud and the adult Saphira flying down - but it's inexplicably averted, as the film implies that this massive growth happened in ''real-time'', as the scene continues where it left off and the fast growth is not even [[Hand Wave|handwaved]].
* ''[[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]] ==
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* Lampshaded in a [[Looney Tunes|Daffy Duck]] short.
* In the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode where Spongebob sells Pretty Patties, [[Daydream Surprise|he apparently falls asleep and dreams one of these]]. He shouts to the world, "I'm ready!", and it cross-fades to a middle-aged Spongebob with a mustache saying "I'm ready!" with a nasally voice, then to an elderly Spongebob who gasps "I'm ready!" as his pineapple house rots away, and finally to a tombstone with the inscription "I'm ready", and an empty patch where his pineapple was.
* The ''[[Futurama]]'' episode Jurassic Bark ends with
* In the ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' episode "[[The Legend of Korra/Recap/
* In the ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' episode "Into the Astral Plane" [[Broken Ace]] and [[The Lancer]] Tygra is bitterly glowering when a closeup on his face begins a [[Flash Back]], fading into a smiling, big-eyed, gawky, [[Adorkable]] adolescent version of himself.
* Happens on ''[[Invader Zim]]'' with older teenaged Dib becoming an adult in Zim's simulation.
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