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* The [[Dork Age|infamous]] "Teen Tony" era of ''[[Iron Man]]''. They turned adult Tony Stark evil and so they got a teenage version of Tony from the past and had them fight. The whole thing was rebooted and no one ever talked about it again.
* The "Batch SW6" clones in the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]''; they were even given a title of their own to allow this trope to coexist with the original Legion in the TMK era. The [[Continuity Reboot]] of the Legion after Zero Hour also resulted in this trope.
* The objective behind the ''[[One More Day]]'' arc of ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'', based on [[Joe Quesada]]'s belief that no-one can relate to a married superhero. Further casualties are [[Jean Grey]] (with Scott and Emma ''kissing over her grave'') and the Wasp (killed to "make Ant-Man more interesting," just like Spidey.) That some of the love interests that get [[Dropped a Bridge
* Kyle Rayner, whom DC trumpeted as "the One True [[
* Jaime Reyes as [[Blue Beetle]] is another case in addition to being an [[Affirmative Action Legacy]].
== Films -- Animated ==
* Defied by [[Pixar]] with ''[[Up (
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* In the cartoons, ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' was voiced by then-sixty-something actor Don Adams, and the character himself was portrayed as if he was in his late 30s or early 40s. When it came time to cast him for the live-action version, they went with babyfaces Matthew Broderick and French Stewart, neither of whom look like they were in their late 30s or early 40s.
* The ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' film cast the younger, hipper Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor rather than the fifty-something Ringo Starr or George Carlin.
* The 2009 ''[[Star Trek (
** There were plans to make ''[[Star Trek VI]]'' out of this: the movie would've been called ''Star Trek: The Academy Years'' and centred around younger and hipper (and cheaper salary-wise) versions of Kirk, Spock, Bones and Scotty. The plans ultimately fell through and they decided to make one last original-cast movie instead.
* The Shakespeare adaptations of the 1990s.
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* ''[[The City of Ember]]'' used the "older and hipper" inversion. The lead characters are twelve in the original book, but are teenagers in the film.
* ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' used the "older and hipper" inversion as well. The ''[[The Chosen One]]'' lead is also twelve in the original book, with age progression that is intertwined with a prophecy that spans the entire series. They are teenagers in the film to allow for romantic entanglements.
* In the original ''[[Dawn of the Dead (
* Joe Leland, the hero of the novel ''Nothing Lasts Forever'' is in his sixties and is as solemn and serious a character as can be found. When the novel was turned into the movie ''[[
** Likely justified in that the film has far more action than the source novel, and it's hard to find older actors willing to do those kinds of stunts ([[Rambo
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** Actually, most of the comedians on SNL are in their 30's.
* Parodied in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "200".
** And executed in reality with the young cast and relationship-centric nature of ''[[
* As it went on for [[Long Runners|longer and longer]], ''[[ER]]'' replaced pretty much all of its older actors with younger hipper ones.
* In season one of [[Mork and Mindy]], the main characters were [[Captain Obvious|Mork, Mindy]], Mindy's father Fred, and Mindy's grandmother Cora. The series was a huge success. For season two, [[Executive Meddling|the producers decided to change the timeslot, and eliminate the older characters of Fred and Cora,]] replacing them with a brother and sister from New York who run a deli that the two leads are now regulars at. However, this backfired in that it caused ratings to fall. In season 3, the producers tried to fix their mistakes and return to their original premise, but this failed. For season 4 they attempted to make the show more interesting by having the two leads, who were originally just friends, get married, and end up with a kid played by the much older Jonathan Winters.
** Let's not forget the new theme song in Season 2, which was a disco-fied rendition of Season 1's theme song. Season 3's version of the show's theme was more like the Season 1 version (if a little harsher), while Season 4's version was a more upbeat and comical version of the theme.
* Although not always the case, overall new incarnations of the Doctor in the old series of ''[[
** Explained in universe as the Doctor wanting to look older when he was young, and wanting to look younger as he ages.
** Moffet specifically wanted an older actor for the 11th doctor, but then met Smith and decided he'd be perfect for the part.
* This is the trend that's being followed by both the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' franchises. The earliest seasons had their protagonists typically somewhere within their mid-twenties but somewhere around five years ago, the protagonists tend to either be in their very early twenties or late teens. As it stands, the protagonist ''[[
== Music ==
* ''The Music Age Ghetto'': The media, in general, seems to have picked up this weird notion that, once you get to be about 26, you're no longer supposed to be interested in modern music. Rock journalists, for example, will often lump fans of popular bands as being "teenagers and young adults" (ie. anybody 25 or under), as if implying that anybody older would have no interest in them. This is not [[Truth in Television]]. Many people in their thirties, middle ages and, yes, even senior ages listen to modern rock radio and are fully aware of the latest bands and music fashions. At the same time, there are many teenagers who listen mostly to oldies, classical music, etc. and have no interest in the latest bands or fashions.
* Defied by bands like [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] and [[
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== Web Originals ==
* Parodied in the [[Homestar Runner
== Western Animation ==
* Deconstructed in an episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
** The irony? Calendar Girl herself is a younger-and-hipper update of Calendar Man, a somewhat lame [[C
* ''[[
** Though the trope was played very straight (not only was Batman in high school, it was also set in the future), it was also inverted with Bruce Wayne himself, who (being too old to be Batman himself) became [[The Obi-Wan]] to his successor, growing into a [[Badass Grandpa]] [[Cool Old Guy]].
** The show demonstrated an inherent fact about the trope: it can work and be well received, but the concept can't crutch entirely on characters being just younger.
* ''[[
* ''[[All Grown Up]]'' inverted this trope by presenting an ''Older'' and Hipper version of the ''[[Rugrats]]'' characters. Although not as well liked as Rugrats, it still had a decent fanbase
** [[Quack Pack]] also did this by turning Donald Duck's nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie into teenagers.
* Whereas the original ''[[Transformers]]'' featured a team of grizzled veterans and a couple of rookies, ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' features a team of brash rookies with one grizzled mentor.
* ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]'' has Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, and Rhodey all in high school and fighting bad guys. When it was announced, the [[High School AU|fanfic-like premise]] and memories of [[Dork Age|Teen Tony]] made people cry [[Ruined FOREVER]], but the final product has proven this wrong. [[Word of God]] was that, with Tony's post-movie Flanderization as pretty much nothing more than a hard-drinking jerkass, making an alternate, younger and (most of all) cleaner Tony Stark was the only way to get the show on the air.
* The [[Disney Channel]] inverted this with its "Zoog Disney" block by way of aging up the Zoog characters into "older" and hipper versions of themselves through an [[Animation Bump]].
* The page image is from [[Yo Yogi]], the spinoff of [[
* For a much better example than the one right above, [[Goof Troop]] doesn't de-age Goofy, but introduces his son, Max, and focuses on his life as well as Goofy's.
* The 1996 ''[[Flash Gordon
* [[Muppet Babies]] half-played this trope. The characters were definitely "younger" but were by no means "hipper" than their adult counterparts. They were basically more naive and imaginative versions of their adult selves.
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