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{{trope}}
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''Every kid alive is gonna know my name''
''An overnight phenomenon like there's never been''
''A motivated, supersonic king of the scene
{{quote|''"I'll be a teenage idol, just give me a break''<br />▼
''I'll be a teenage idol, no matter how long it takes''<br />▼
''You just don't know what it means to me''<br />▼
''I'm gonna find myself a place in history''<br />▼
''A teenage idol, that's what I'm gonna be"''.|'''[[Elton John]]''', "(I'm Going To Be A) Teenage Idol", written for his friend Marc Bolan (T-Rex).}}▼
''A teenage idol, that's what I'm gonna be.''
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An entertainer who is idolized by teenagers.
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# Either they are teenaged themselves when they first become stars, or they are in their twenties and can pass for teenage with [[Dawson Casting]] (or both).
# They are attractive and photogenic, often becoming the target of the [[Celeb Crush]] ([[Beauty Equals Goodness]], right?).
# They act, [[Idol Singer|sing]], or both. It tends to be both if their managers have a say in it. Their talent is irrelevant to being a
# They create a [[Periphery Hatedom]] for anyone not a teenager, and of course some teenagers (Of course, [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on this one).
The most basic way to tell if a celebrity is truly a
Often, if the teens of the era have a social conscience, a Teen Idol will be the way [[The Man Is Sticking It to
▲Often, if the teens of the era have a social conscience, a Teen Idol will be the way [[The Man Is Sticking It to The Man]].
Often overlaps with the [[Idol Singer]], although not all teen idols are singers.
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== [[Film]] ==
* Chronicled in part in the movie ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''.
* [[Elvis Presley]].
* [[James Dean]]
* [
** Considering he looks like Zac Efron, this troper isn't suprised.
* [[Twilight (
** This is mainly because many of the fans who cannot differentiate fiction from reality and they actualy think that Pattinson is Edward and Stewart is Bella. This has led to many fans attempting to get "Edward" to bite them so they can become a vampire too, and all sorts of [[Squick]] things. Both actors have said on numerous occasions that they are less than pleased.
* All of the stars of ''[[High School Musical]]''.
* Rudolf Valentino.
* [[Leonardo
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* Farrah Fawcett during her ''[[Charlies Angels]]'' days.
* Nina from ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'' was said to have been this in her former days as a model. She would frequently run into men who had had a poster of her on their wall as teens.
* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' with Daisy Duke for the boys, and Bo and Luke for the girls.
* Seven-Of-Nine in [[Star Trek: Voyager]]. While a part of the fandom hated her for ''being'' [[Ms. Fanservice]], she still had a sizable following.
* Several [[Power Rangers]], to most people when they think of the Pink Ranger they think of Amy Jo Johnson's Kimberly.
* [[Star Trek:
* David Cassidy of ''[[The Partridge Family]]''. Interestingly, he's one of the few real-life [[Teen Idols]] who was also portrayed that way on the show.
* Shaun Cassidy, half-brother to David, on ''[[The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries]]''. His singing career never quite got in the way of solving mysteries.
** His co-star, Parker Stevenson, also had a sizable teen following & teen mag status.
* ''[[The Monkees]]'', for both their music and TV Show.
* All three of the brothers on ''Here Come The Brides'', although Robert Brown was way up at the top end of the
* Practically all of the [[Disney Channel]]'s teen actors since 2002. Most of them are also [[Idol Singer
** [[Lizzie
** [[That's So Raven|Raven Symone]], Disney's second attempt at creating a teen idol. Symone was also a part of [[
** [[Hannah Montana|Miley Cyrus]], probably their most successful to date.
** [[Sonny With a Chance|Demi Lovato]].
** [[Wizards of Waverly Place|Selena Gomez]].
** Before the Disney Channel, Hayley Mills, Annette Funicello, Robert Considine and Tommy Kirk were
*** Later on, believe it or not, Kurt Russell and Jodie Foster were, too. [[Tom Hanks Syndrome|They grew out of that]].
* [[Nickelodeon]]'s now catching up to Disney Channel too, with 2 starting ones.
** [[Miranda Cosgrove]] (''[[
** [[Victoria Dawn Justice]] (''[[Victorious]]'')
* Fictional example: Robin Sparkles in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.
* [[Beverly Hills, 90210|Brian Austin Green]]
* [[Johnny Depp]] on ''[[
== [[Music]] ==
* Any [[Boy Band]].
* Debbie Harry from [[Blondie (
** She was actually 30 when Blondie was formed.
* [[Britney Spears]] was the late 1990's/early 2000's version. Yes...
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* Debbie Gibson.
* Tiffany.
* [[New Kids
* T-Rex, in England.
* Ricky Nelson.
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* [[Miley Cyrus]]
* [[Taylor Swift]]
* [[Alanis Morissette]] ([[Canon
* [[Restart]]
* [[
* [[Leif Garrett]]
* Donny Osmond and the Osmonds.
* Cody Simpson
* Grayson Chance
* Wham! in [[The Eighties]] ([[George Michael]] would also be a
* [[New Edition]] in the beginning.
* [[Hanson]].
* [[The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries|Shaun Cassidy]]
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* Lampooned in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0WDr0fJV2I "The Old Payola Roll Blues"] by [[Stan Freberg]]. At the start a record producer is ready to create a new rock'n'roll record, but realizes something's missing. It takes a member of the band to point out he's missing a Teen Idol. So he goes and grabs the first kid walking by the studio to be his singer.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Pin-up girls of [[World War Two]] (and onwards) fame.
* Many a [[Page Three Stunna]], but most notably Samantha Fox, Linda Lusardi, Melinda Messenger and Keeley Hazell.
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