She's All Grown Up: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[RahXephon]]'' Haruka makes a comment about Ayato finally growing taller than her just before admitting to him that not only is [[May–December Romance|she in love with him]] but that {{spoiler|she's ''still'' in love with him, as they used to be [[High School Sweethearts|middle-school sweethearts]] before the universe decided to fuck things up between them with [[Year Inside, Hour Outside|time dilation]] and a mind wipe.}}

* In the first ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]'' sound stage, Shamal notes that Suzuka has become quite beautiful in the ten years since A's.

* Suzuna tries to get this reaction out of Sena in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' and beats up Monta when he pulls this...on Mamori. Poor Sena gets stomped on too.

* [[Camp Gay|Leeron]] makes comments about this in respect to [[Bishonen|Rossiu]] after ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'''s [[Time Skip]]. There's also Simon, who as a teenager is a short and scrawny [[Beady-Eyed Loser]]. None of these attributes can apply to him [http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/317959.jpg after seven years].

** In the very first issue, Alex refers to Nico as "that dorky girl" who borrowed his DVDs of ''[[The Prisoner]]'' the previous year and never returned them. When he sees her again, he is literally speechless. A flashback much later on shows that the younger Nico had shorter hair, glasses, and a much more conservative wardrobe.

** In the second volume, the gang meets a future version of Gert, described in Brian K. Vaughan's script as "busty" and "very, very attractive." The Gert fans know and love is an overweight, bespectacled nerd.

* Gender-swapped in ''Zot!'': Short-and-nebbish Woody, who has a crush on Jenny (who of course only has eyes for hero Zot), goes to France for the summer. When he returns, he's six inches taller and quite a bit buffer. Jenny's reaction: "My God, he's ''adorable''!!"

* An [[Archie Comics]] story titled "A Date with Suzy Stringbean!" had Betty set up a date between Reggie and an old classmate who had a crush on him, Susan Starn (or Suzy Stringbean, nicknamed because she was the skinniest girl in the class). Reggie fakes an illness to get out of the date, so Betty sends Archie in his place. When Reggie sees Suzy the next day:

** Speaking of Julia Ormond films, that Indian girl from ''[[Legends of the Fall]]'' also counts. She even marries Tristan.

* In ''[[13 Going on 30|Thirteen Going On Thirty]]'', the main character finds out that her pudgy best friend grows up to be a pretty good-looking guy. Unfortunately, he's also engaged to someone else.

* [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Nala]] in ''[[The Lion King]]''.

** Kiara in the sequel

* Likewise, ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' with Winnie Cooper. This trope was pretty much a major plot point.

** Done again with Kevin's cousin in an episode starring Soleil Moon Frye.

* Parodied in ''[[The Monkees]]'' episode "The Monkees in Texas". Mike visits his aunt in the Lone Star State and meets his cousin Lucy, whom he has not seen in years and of course is now gorgeous. He marvels over how the knock-kneed girl with bad teeth he used to hang around with is now a beautiful swan, until his aunt informs him that he is confusing Lucy with his other cousin, Clara, who still looks the same.

* [[Gender Flip|Gender flipped]] in ''[[Sister, Sister]]''. Tia and Tamera's neighbor Roger was always trying to get a date/a kiss/SOMETHING from either one of them and they'd always blow him off with "[[Catch Phrase|go home Roger]]!" Over one summer however, he goes through puberty, turns into a hunk ("from AS IF...to ALL THAT!"), and the girls spend an episode fighting over him before realizing they'd still rather just be friends with him.

== Video Games ==

* 8 year old Kaylie from Hunter: The Reckoning returns in Hunter: The Reckoning: Redeemer as an 18 year old hottie.

* One of the most interesting bits of ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' 2. The game features an interactive prologue where the protagonist is in grade school, and meets the various female characters as children. After the prologue, the protagonist moves out of town, and is only reunited with his childhood friends when he starts high school (the game proper): naturally, they're all grown up. The protagonist and Hikari, [[Childhood Friend Romance|his closest childhood friend]], regularly have discussions of how much and in which way they have changed, throughout the storyline. Also, if the protagonist is a Track & Field Club member, and sees Hikari if [[The Peeping Tom|he peeks at the girls' bathroom]] during Summer Training Camp, he'll make a comment on how much she has grown physically.

* Male example: In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[Ocarina of Time]]'', Nabooru, upon meeting up again with Link after seven years, expresses much annoyance over the fact that she never gets the chance to give him that "Something Special" now that he's a smokin' [[Bishonen]].