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Probably one of Hollywood's biggest [[Acceptable Targets]], the [[Former Child Star]] is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|just what it sounds like]]: a star of TV or film whose career was at its peak in their formative years. Alas, such an unorthodox childhood can leave its mark on anyone (especially if they were [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]), and it always does in fictional depictions of the Former Child Star. In adulthood, they may be a struggling actor who finds it hard to be taken seriously when everyone remembers them as "[[IAlways Aman Not SpockActor|that one kid from that one show]]", if they're remembered at all. And that's if they're lucky: the unlucky ones wind up mourning their glory days in a dead-end job, or (dis)gracing the covers of tabloids after a run-in with the law. Sadly, a case of [[Truth in Television]], as the troubled biographies of some real-life Former Child Stars will show. On the other hand, there are other child actors who grew up well, like [[Jodie Foster]] and Bill Mumy, because their parents took care to raise them up right under the circumstances.