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* In [[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]] trilogy, Katniss is only 16/17 and yet, is the face of the rebellion
** the other characters count as this
* We don't know the age of the average orc in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-Earth]] and at least some seem to have been thousands of years old because they remember events of ages past (which would either real badasses who could survive it, or real garritroopers). However the most commonly accepted backstory of orcs is that the first generations were abducted (and mutated) elves and the later were raised in slave farms to be [[Mooks]]. When there is no Dark Lord wannabe around they were so traumatized by this that they simply existed as bandits. In other words their description sounds [[Adult Fear|uneasily]] [[Nightmare Fuel|like]] that of real child soldiers who are kidnapped at a young age and abused until they were [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil|vicious enough]] to take part in war crimes. And of course many orcs must have been children when they were "trained" and sometimes when they saw combat.
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* The series finale of ''[[JAG]]'' had one of the officers dealing with a marine who is actually only 16 years who lied about his age signing up. To resolve the situation, the lawyer talks the Marine Corps into making the kid an honorary Marine before he is sent home to his mother with a promise that they would be delighted to recruit him legally when the time is right.
* Dealt with in several later-season episodes of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M* A* S* H]]''.
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