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* The entire point to watching [[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]. |
* The entire point to watching [[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]. |
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* ''Samourais''- a Japanese woman is pregnant with a demonic entity, and she, as well as the main characters, is trying to stop it from being born. {{spoiler|They fail. She gives birth to a cocoon-like sac, which a fully grown man rips out of.}} |
* ''Samourais''- a Japanese woman is pregnant with a demonic entity, and she, as well as the main characters, is trying to stop it from being born. {{spoiler|They fail. She gives birth to a cocoon-like sac, which a fully grown man rips out of.}} |
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* In the horror movie ''Embryo'', Rock Hudson is a scientist who develops a way of fast-aging fetuses in incubators, so they're adults by the time they become conscious. Said fetuses (fetii?) also have super learning skills, allowing them to become an [[Instant Expert]] in anything they study. Unfortunately the development process has some [[Rapid Aging|unfortunate]] [[Enfant Terrible|side effects]]... |
* In the horror movie ''Embryo'', Rock Hudson is a scientist who develops a way of fast-aging fetuses in incubators, so they're adults by the time they become conscious. Said fetuses (fetii?) also have super learning skills, allowing them to become an [[Instant Expert]] in anything they study. Unfortunately the development process has some [[Rapid Aging|unfortunate]] [[Enfant Terrible|side effects]]... |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* In ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'', {{spoiler|Yackle}} turns out to have been born {{spoiler|well past}} full-grown from the Grimmerie. |
* In ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'', {{spoiler|Yackle}} turns out to have been born {{spoiler|well past}} full-grown from the Grimmerie. |
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* [[Disney Fairies]]: Fairies come into being appearing to be young adults. |
* [[Disney Fairies]]: Fairies come into being appearing to be young adults. |
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* The cloned super-soldiers of the Ghost Brigades in the [[Old |
* The cloned super-soldiers of the Ghost Brigades in the [[Old Man's War]] series. |
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* The golems in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels are created (forged) in adult form. And they stay that way for a [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|long, very long time]]. |
* The golems in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels are created (forged) in adult form. And they stay that way for a [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|long, very long time]]. |
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* [[Frankenstein]]'s Monster. |
* [[Frankenstein]]'s Monster. |
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** If the Clone and Stasis Clone spells were used on adults, the clones they created would be adults too. |
** If the Clone and Stasis Clone spells were used on adults, the clones they created would be adults too. |
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** In the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting, Living Constructs ({{spoiler|Alias}} and her "sisters") were based on one of their creators' modified clone and thus created in adult form. The first has escaped after receiving [[Fake Memories]], but the second generation was released as is and thought they had an incurable amnesia. Their built-in protection from divination magic prevented anyone from discovering the truth. |
** In the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting, Living Constructs ({{spoiler|Alias}} and her "sisters") were based on one of their creators' modified clone and thus created in adult form. The first has escaped after receiving [[Fake Memories]], but the second generation was released as is and thought they had an incurable amnesia. Their built-in protection from divination magic prevented anyone from discovering the truth. |
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* ''[[Promethean: The Created]]'': The vast majority of [[Frankenstein's Monster|Prometheans]] come into the world as adults. In fact, it's a necessity for the creation process that the body used has to have undergone puberty. Mind you, when they're born, all they have is a rudimentary understanding of the old body's main language and a set of autonomic functions. |
* ''[[Promethean: The Created]]'': The vast majority of [[Frankenstein's Monster|Prometheans]] come into the world as adults. In fact, it's a necessity for the creation process that the body used has to have undergone puberty. Mind you, when they're born, all they have is a rudimentary understanding of the old body's main language and a set of autonomic functions. |
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* ''[[Paranoia]]'' sometimes has clone bodies quick-grown to an adult state. |
* ''[[Paranoia]]'' sometimes has clone bodies quick-grown to an adult state. |
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