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{{quote|'''Malory:''' For god's sake, Sterling, she's turning seventeen!
{{quote|'''Malory:''' For god's sake, Sterling, she's turning seventeen!
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'''Archer:''' Come on, she doesn't look like she's turning seventeen.
'''Archer:''' Come on, she doesn't look like she's turning seventeen.
'''Lana:''' No, she looks like she's turning ''eighteen''.
'''Lana:''' No, she looks like she's turning ''eighteen''.
'''Archer:''' ''Exactly!'' Plus, [[Comically Missing the Point|the Europeans use the metric system, so...]]|''[[Archer]]''}}
'''Archer:''' ''Exactly!'' Plus, [[Comically Missing the Point|the Europeans use the metric system, so...]]
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{{quote|She's just 16 years old, leave her alone, they say...|Benny Mardones, ''Into the Night''}}
{{quote|She's just 16 years old, leave her alone, they say...|Benny Mardones, ''Into the Night''}}
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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* In [[Mirai Nikki]], the two protagonists are both 14 years old. However, the story makes it ''reeeeeeeeeal'' easy to forget that fact. Besides almost being raped at one point, the female lead is constantly seen in a bra and panties (or less), chapter 52 {{spoiler|showcases the two of them having sex, complete with fully-exposed breasts.}} A case of [[Values Dissonance]] since the age of consent in Japan is 13.
* In [[Mirai Nikki]], the two protagonists are both 14 years old. However, the story makes it ''reeeeeeeeeal'' easy to forget that fact. Besides almost being raped at one point, the female lead is constantly seen in a bra and panties (or less), chapter 52 {{spoiler|showcases the two of them having sex, complete with fully-exposed breasts.}} A case of [[Values Dissonance]] since the age of consent in Japan is 13.
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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* [[Shotacon|Male example]] in ''[[Haunted 2005]]''. {{spoiler|Brandon Whittier is a thirteen-year-old boy suffering from progeria, which causes him to age at seven times the normal rate. He amasses a fortune by telling his nurses he's eighteen, begging them not to let him die a virgin, and then revealing his age and demanding money in exchange for not reporting them.}}
* [[Shotacon|Male example]] in ''[[Haunted (Palahniuk novel)|Haunted]]''. {{spoiler|Brandon Whittier is a thirteen-year-old boy suffering from progeria, which causes him to age at seven times the normal rate. He amasses a fortune by telling his nurses he's eighteen, begging them not to let him die a virgin, and then revealing his age and demanding money in exchange for not reporting them.}}
* In the early ''[[Posleen War Series]]'' novels, Cally O'Neill's apparent age, actual age, and willingness to defend her virtue at gunpoint caused posters with her picture on it to be put up all around her home town with the message: WARNING: Jailbait. To be considered armed and dangerous.
* In the early ''[[Posleen War Series]]'' novels, Cally O'Neill's apparent age, actual age, and willingness to defend her virtue at gunpoint caused posters with her picture on it to be put up all around her home town with the message: WARNING: Jailbait. To be considered armed and dangerous.