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Many stories sometimes have a token teenager, or may even have a whole sub-cast of children, but this trope is for when most or all of the main cast are teens (or younger). So [[Creator's Pet|Wesley Crusher]] from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' wouldn't count here. However, the trope applies if the singular main character is young. |
Many stories sometimes have a token teenager, or may even have a whole sub-cast of children, but this trope is for when most or all of the main cast are teens (or younger). So [[Creator's Pet|Wesley Crusher]] from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' wouldn't count here. However, the trope applies if the singular main character is young. |
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Similar to [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] and [[Child Soldiers]]. Tangentially related [[Adults Are Useless]]. See also [[Summon Everyman Hero]]. |
Similar to [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] and [[Child Soldiers]]. Tangentially related [[Adults Are Useless]]. See also [[Summon Everyman Hero]]. |
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* Many ''[[City of Heroes]]'' players make their in-game avatars as teenagers. |
* Many ''[[City of Heroes]]'' players make their in-game avatars as teenagers. |
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* Ditto ''[[Champions Online]]'' players. |
* Ditto ''[[Champions Online]]'' players. |
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* ''[[EarthBound]]'''s four main characters are teens (and possibly even younger in the Japanese version), though they were chosen by a prophecy. Unlike many examples, though, the trope is [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] a bit, since what the characters have to go through at the end of the game is meant to signify a loss of innocence. |
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== Webcomics == |
== Webcomics == |
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* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' Susan and Nanase got their magic potential [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-24 unlocked this way], when two immortals recruited them to fight a dangerous vampire-like being called an Aberration they'd had a run in with. This encounter led to Susan getting some [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-31 psychological scars] due to being forced to {{spoiler|kill someone who used to be human}} at the age of 15. [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-14 It later turns out] the Immortals in question had no need to do so as they could have called on several other sources, the fact that they asked teens to do so was a source of great disgust to Jerry, a separate Immortal. |
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' Susan and Nanase got their magic potential [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-24 unlocked this way], when two immortals recruited them to fight a dangerous vampire-like being called an Aberration they'd had a run in with. This encounter led to Susan getting some [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-31 psychological scars] due to being forced to {{spoiler|kill someone who used to be human}} at the age of 15. [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-14 It later turns out] the Immortals in question had no need to do so as they could have called on several other sources, the fact that they asked teens to do so was a source of great disgust to Jerry, a separate Immortal. |
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** At one point several other kids tried to join the team as well, but were ultimately encouraged to return to their homes for awhile. |
** At one point several other kids tried to join the team as well, but were ultimately encouraged to return to their homes for awhile. |
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* Played straight in the new ''[[Hot Wheels Battle Force 5]]'' animated series. When one of the six teens rather sensibly ask their holographic [[Obi Wan]] why they alone were chosen to save the world, she replies that each one brings "something different" to the team. Which one brings ''driving experience'' to a battle for the fate of the world that involves high-speed racing is never said.<ref>Though they ''do'' all have such skills. Given that Vert Wheeler suggested the recruitment of the rest of the initial team, he presumably explained this to the Obi-Wan offscreen.</ref> Whether this is [[Lampshade Hanging]] or [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]] is [[Your Mileage May Vary|entirely in the eye of the beholder]]. |
* Played straight in the new ''[[Hot Wheels Battle Force 5]]'' animated series. When one of the six teens rather sensibly ask their holographic [[Obi Wan]] why they alone were chosen to save the world, she replies that each one brings "something different" to the team. Which one brings ''driving experience'' to a battle for the fate of the world that involves high-speed racing is never said.<ref>Though they ''do'' all have such skills. Given that Vert Wheeler suggested the recruitment of the rest of the initial team, he presumably explained this to the Obi-Wan offscreen.</ref> Whether this is [[Lampshade Hanging]] or [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]] is [[Your Mileage May Vary|entirely in the eye of the beholder]]. |
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* The [[Animesque]] ''[[Totally Spies]]''. Think [[X Meets Y|Power Rangers meets Buffy]]. |
* The [[Animesque]] ''[[Totally Spies!]]''. Think [[X Meets Y|Power Rangers meets Buffy]]. |
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* Explained as the reason why the Mother Planetoid adopted the ''[[Brats of the Lost Nebula]]'' and gave them the equipment they needed to battle the Shock forces, as the Planetoid's creator believed that only teenagers and their chaotic nature could outmaneuver the Shock's forces. |
* Explained as the reason why the Mother Planetoid adopted the ''[[Brats of the Lost Nebula]]'' and gave them the equipment they needed to battle the Shock forces, as the Planetoid's creator believed that only teenagers and their chaotic nature could outmaneuver the Shock's forces. |
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* While most of the cast is, surprisingly, grown up in ''[[Generator Rex]]'' the title character and protagonist, Rex is 15, and working as the top agent for a [[NGO Superpower]]. Completely [[Justified]] thanks to his [[Superpower Lottery|High]] [[Person of Mass Destruction|Level]] [[Superpowers]], the most important of which is [[De-Power|Permanent]] [[Power Nullifier|Power Nullification]] in a world overrun by superpowered, often mindless mutants. |
* While most of the cast is, surprisingly, grown up in ''[[Generator Rex]]'' the title character and protagonist, Rex is 15, and working as the top agent for a [[NGO Superpower]]. Completely [[Justified]] thanks to his [[Superpower Lottery|High]] [[Person of Mass Destruction|Level]] [[Superpowers]], the most important of which is [[De-Power|Permanent]] [[Power Nullifier|Power Nullification]] in a world overrun by superpowered, often mindless mutants. |
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