Topic on Talk:Legal Jailbait
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I believe Legal Jailbait is when a character looks like he/she is underage, but in the plot of the story, is confirmed to be older than legal age, possibly much older, and there is proof of this in-story. The scene in Buffy where Drusila (I believe) can't order alcohol in a bar despite being centuries over legal age is an example.
Totally Eighteen is when a character looks like he/she is underage, the plot or the script is insisting the character is legal age; no actual proof is given in-story. Often a meta example. For instance, in Aladdin (1992 Disney film) and Tangled Jasmine and Rapunzel clearly look like teenagers, but both are 18 according to the scripts.