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'''Cordelia''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Tell me]] we don't live in a soap opera.|''[[Angel]]'', "A New World"}}
'''Cordelia''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Tell me]] we don't live in a soap opera.|''[[Angel]]'', "A New World"}}


SORAS (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome) is the device by which writers -- possibly frustrated with a [[Cousin Oliver]] -- send a young child off in order to get back someone old enough to remember lines ''and'' have hot and steamy romances. (Not to mention the avoidance of all those [http://www.sag.org/content/coogan-law pesky child labor laws] aimed at protecting children in show business, and [http://www.nyspcc.org/nyspcc/ the public and private agencies] that investigate abuses.)
Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome (or SORAS) is the device by which writers -- possibly frustrated with a [[Cousin Oliver]] -- send a young child off in order to get back someone old enough to remember lines ''and'' have hot and steamy romances. (Not to mention the avoidance of all those [http://www.sag.org/content/coogan-law pesky child labor laws] aimed at protecting children in show business, and [http://www.nyspcc.org/nyspcc/ the public and private agencies] that investigate abuses.)


On daytime soaps, pregnancy is a staple storyline. However, the resulting child is rarely seen after his paternity and/or baby switch has been resolved. When a few years have passed, he returns as a teenager old enough to have a summer romance.
On daytime soaps, pregnancy is a staple storyline. However, the resulting child is rarely seen after his paternity and/or baby switch has been resolved. When a few years have passed, he returns as a teenager old enough to have a summer romance.

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Different from [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]] in that the latter is at least explained via magic/[[Applied Phlebotinum]]/[[Bizarre Alien Biology]], or the transformation is actually shown on-screen. [[I Thought It Meant|Do not confuse the two]] when adding examples.


Stephen King referred to this as the "Kid Trick" in ''Danse Macabre'', his text on American horror media in the 20th century.
Stephen King referred to this as the "Kid Trick" in ''Danse Macabre'', his text on American horror media in the 20th century.


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SORAS is [[I Thought It Meant|a distinct trope]] from [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]]; in the latter, rapid aging is shown on-screen, or at least stated to be the result of some fantastic element (e.g. magic, [[Applied Phlebotinum]], [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]) or the transformation is actually shown on-screen.
Not to be confused with a certain character from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''<ref> (although there ''has'' been an instance of [[Kingdom Hearts 3D|multiple Soras appearing at once]] recently)</ref>, nor with certain characters from ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' or ''[[Naruto]]''. Contrast with [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]] and [[Comic Book Time]].

Contrast with [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]] and [[Comic Book Time]].
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