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* '''Straight''': Alice, Bob, Charlie, Dylan, and Erika are a [[Five-Man Band]] of twenty-somethings and are expert robot pilots. Freddie, a 12-year-old, and George, a 52-year-old, are both considered incompetent for whatever reason.
* '''Exaggerated''': The [[Five-Man Band]] are all 24 years of age. The instant they turn 25, they become incompetent - and they were considered incompetent before their 24th birthday.
* '''Downplayed''': Younger people are more competent than their elders at physical tasks, but both are just as competent at mental ones.
* '''Justified''': The [[Competence Zone]] exists for a reason. Freddie is too young to be a skilled pilot, and George's older body is too frail to handle the strains of robot piloting.
** Only people born after a world-shattering apocalypse can pilot, as their genetics and mind has been influenced by the event.
* '''Inverted''': Everyone in the twenty-something age range is useless, and saving the day falls to Freddie, the [[Kid Hero]] and George, the [[Cool Old Guy]].
* '''Subverted''': Henry shows up. He's outside of the zone, but he proves to be more than competent enough.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...For a while, anyway. He ends up needing to be rescued by the [[Five-Man Band]].
* '''Parodied''':
'''Bob''': But I can still...
'''Alice''': No you can't! Now leave! Go!}}
* '''Deconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to realize that all twenty-somethings are dangerous and wipes all of them out. Since they were the only ones who stood a chance, he's able to [[Take Over the World]].
* '''Reconstructed''': However, the remaining pilot candidates remind Emperor Evulz that there's a huge gap between "very competent" and "incompetent", and show that they have the skills necessary to reclaim the world from him.
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