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[[File:~~17_phixr~~.jpg|link=Batman: The Animated Series|frame|Sorry, Baby Doll, but you're stuck on this side of the mirror.]]

[[File:17 phixr.jpg|link=Batman: The Animated Series|frame|Sorry, Baby Doll, but you're stuck on this side of the mirror.]]

{{quote|'''Oskar:''' Are you really my age?

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Oh, and in live-action television, there's one more thing to worry about. The actor who ''plays'' you is going to keep on aging, so [[Real Life Writes the Plot|sooner or later they'll probably kill you off]]. Vampire children are especially susceptible to this.

Common causes for not being able to grow up include but are not limited to: Being a robot, [[Brain Uploading|virtual copy]], [[Golem|magically animated puppet]], being [[~~Curse|cursed~~]] or an [[Undead Child]].

Common causes for not being able to grow up include but are not limited to: Being a robot, [[Brain Uploading|virtual copy]], [[Golem|magically animated puppet]], being [[curse]]d or an [[Undead Child]].

May or may not overlap with [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] and [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]]. [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Blessed with Suck]]. Not to be confused with [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]], which is about characters being forced to remain the same age via [[Executive Meddling]], not any in-story reason. Closely related to [[Never Grew Up]] (which is a voluntary decision by the child to not grow up).

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* A [[Monster of the Week]] in the final season of ''[[Forever Knight]]'' was Lucien LaCroix's <s>step-</s>daughter Divia, circa eight years old when she was turned (and who in turn sired LaCroix into vampirehood). In life, LaCroix was Roman general Lucius from Pompeii; Divia turned LaCroix the day Mt. Vesuvius erupted. She was a "child" for over 1900 years.

* In ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' there was the child immortal, Kenny. He would never age, and as such had difficulty creating new identities for himself, getting work, would never be able to date. He had severe physical disadvantages compared to other immortals as well. He allowed his frustration over all of this to send him over quite a few [[Moral Event Horizon~~|Moral Event Horizons~~]]. He learned to convince powerful immortals to 'adopt' him, and then slayed them when they were vulnerable, such as being asleep. In one case, due to the interference of an immortal's mortal wife, he slew ''her''. The widower then hunted down the child immortal, until he met Duncan MacLeod, the child's current protector. Duncan managed to create mental justifications for the child until he found out that the innocent that had been slain was mortal, and thus not a valid target for the mutual immortal hunt.

* In ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' there was the child immortal, Kenny. He would never age, and as such had difficulty creating new identities for himself, getting work, would never be able to date. He had severe physical disadvantages compared to other immortals as well. He allowed his frustration over all of this to send him over quite a few [[Moral Event Horizon]]s. He learned to convince powerful immortals to 'adopt' him, and then slayed them when they were vulnerable, such as being asleep. In one case, due to the interference of an immortal's mortal wife, he slew ''her''. The widower then hunted down the child immortal, until he met Duncan MacLeod, the child's current protector. Duncan managed to create mental justifications for the child until he found out that the innocent that had been slain was mortal, and thus not a valid target for the mutual immortal hunt.

* There was a [[Monster of the Week]] on ''[[Moonlight]]'' who was a vamp stuck in puberty for <s>a hundred</s> 200 years.

** Even better, he's been channelling his rage into killing prostitutes.

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* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', Presea Combatir was subjected to an experiment when she was a child, giving her immense physical strength but severely suppressing her emotions and stopping her from aging. After regaining her emotions and learning of just what she has been made to do all these years, she has a breakdown. In the ending, it's revealed that she's actually 28 years old chronologically, yet still looks no older than 12.

* {{spoiler|Ilya}} from ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' is about twenty. While not on business, she appears to be quite a [[Cheerful Child]], but [[Hidden Depths|there's a ruthless, realistic side hidden under the]] [[Cheerful Child]] facade, one that will break through nearly anything to accomplish what she wants. It's not really surprising, since she ''is'' {{spoiler|[[The Unfettered|Kiritsugu's]]}} daughter. She doesn't mind looking so young, and {{spoiler|her eventual early death from [[Clone Degeneration]]}} is something that she accepts with only mild feelings of melancholy.

* Babette from ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' is a 300+ year old vampire who was turned when she was a child. She puts the [[Cheerful Child]] facade to good use on her assassination missions for the Dark Brotherhood, but she's pretty straightforward about not really being kid anymore. As she puts it, she's no more a child than the protagonist is. She looks and sounds exactly like other little girls in the game (except for the telltale red eyes and fangs) but comes across as one of the most mature and level-headed members of the Brotherhood (which admittedly isn't that much of an accomplishment since they are a cult of death-worshippers). Babette doesn't really seem to mind her ~~condition -- most~~ vampires in the series are evil/sociopathic and don't really care about little things like "love", so no "never being able to grow up and marry someone" angst for Babette.

* Babette from ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' is a 300+ year old vampire who was turned when she was a child. She puts the [[Cheerful Child]] facade to good use on her assassination missions for the Dark Brotherhood, but she's pretty straightforward about not really being kid anymore. As she puts it, she's no more a child than the protagonist is. She looks and sounds exactly like other little girls in the game (except for the telltale red eyes and fangs) but comes across as one of the most mature and level-headed members of the Brotherhood (which admittedly isn't that much of an accomplishment since they are a cult of death-worshippers). Babette doesn't really seem to mind her condition—most vampires in the series are evil/sociopathic and don't really care about little things like "love", so no "never being able to grow up and marry someone" angst for Babette.