Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
215,481
edits
m (update links) |
No edit summary |
||
(21 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
'''<big>Adultism</big>'''
'''Cute esoteric name that would be better over on TVTropes: <big>No Place for Any Adolescent</big>'''
''Mod note: Please don't use <nowiki>[[Category:No Real Life Examples, Please]]</nowiki> as a bare category. Use the <nowiki>{{noreallife|insert reason here}}</nowiki> template instead, replacing "insert reason here" with the reason why there should be no real life examples on the page. Place this template on the page immediately before the <nowiki>{{examples}}</nowiki> header template. --[[User:Robkelk|Robkelk]] ([[User talk:Robkelk|talk]]) 14:43, 21 May 2018 (UTC)''
''Another Mod note: We're moving away from using "Type 1", "Type 2", "Type 17Q", and so on in examples. Please give the subtypes actual names. --[[User:Robkelk|Robkelk]] ([[User talk:Robkelk|talk]]) 14:48, 21 May 2018 (UTC)''
''Yet another Mod note: Please don't use <nowiki>[[Category:Needs More Examples]]</nowiki> as a bare category. Use the <nowiki>{{Needs More Examples}}</nowiki> template instead. Place this template on the page immediately before the <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> template. --[[User:Robkelk|Robkelk]] ([[User talk:Robkelk|talk]]) 14:43, 21 May 2018 (UTC)''
{{trope}}
{{
[[File:StateLibQld 1 113036 Cartoon of students receiving the cane, 1888.jpg|thumb|[[The Wall| Hey Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone]]]]
{{tl|trope workshop}}
{{Quote| ''"You want to know the best part about childhood? At some point, it stops."''|'''Malcolm'''|''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''}}
Depending
The official term for this is called "Adultism" and [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|it's
* Ephebiphobia: Fear or loathing of teenagers
* Pedophobia: Fear of children, those who yet to hit puberty
For the purpose of this trope, a societal element is required since [[Abusive Parents]] are
The term "underage" varies
While an age being mentioned is optional, the work has to apply the existence of this trope. This means, just as long the trope is being used in a work, the age of the characters doesn't have to mention just as long as it's been implied.
'''''
* '''
** ''
** ''
** ''
* '''
** Bonus
* '''
'''Note''': This is different from a [[Childless Dystopia]] because it's unclear whether there are any children around, [[Hide Your Children|hidden]] or not. [[Teenage Wasteland]], on the other hand, type 4 is an exception because even if the young are in charge, life isn't any easier.
'''<big>Different Reasons Why Things Are Not Kid Friendly</big>'''
* School has [[Child-Hater|haters]], [[Sadist Teacher|sadists]], and [[Evil Teacher|evil]] educators.
** Bonus, if the person in question is the principal.
*
* Where it's common to abuse in where adolescents are in detention, especially if a [[Dirty Cop]]
* A situation that could
Due to the nature of this trope, it's advised [[No Real Life Examples, Please| Real Life Examples aren't to be in included]]. While there is [[Truth in Television| truth]] behind this tropes,
However, if the work is
'''<big>Sub-Tropes</big>'''
Line 44 ⟶ 57:
* [[Harmful to Minors]] - Sadly, yes that does includes fatalities.
* [[Hide Your Children]]
* [[Teenage Wasteland]], where
Compare to [[Would Hurt a Child]] and [[Crapsack World]]. Often takes the form of a [[Dystopian Edict]].
{{noreallife|insert reason here}}
{{Examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Gakuen Alice]]'': Alice Academy – Type 2
* ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'': Since it’s set during and following the firebombing of Kobe,
==
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'': [[Ruritania|Vulgaria]]... NO CHILDREN ALLOWED!
* ''[[Class of 1984]]'': Students are forced to pass to metal detector thanks to an
* ''[[Class of Nuke 'Em High]]'':
* ''[[The Faculty]]'': A group of students must survive an alien invasion that
* ''[[Kids in America (Film)| Kids in America]]'': A bully for a principal vs. a group of students
== [[Literature]] ==
* Works by [[Roald Dahl]] tends to fit this trope. <!-- how so? -->
* ''[[Battle Royale]]'' and ''[[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games trilogy]]'': Teenagers are selected to take in battles to the death. As a result, a Type 1B case on both works.
* ''[[Captain Underpants]]'': A Type 2 circumstance, forcing George and Harold to take revenge by hypnotizing their principal, Mr. Krupp, into the title character whenever someone snaps their fingers. The rest is history. <!-- more explanation, please - how is it history? -->
* ''[[The Chocolate War]]'' <!-- how so? -->
* ''[[Divergent]]'' Series: Teenagers who are confirmed to be “divergent” are targeted for death. Due to this, the protagonist must found about before she’s found out herself, marking this Type 1. <!-- bad grammar and unclear meaning in English - please re-phrase -->
* ''[[Delirium Series| Delirium]]'': Love is declared a mental illness and teenagers must undergo a surgical procedure to be “cured”, making this mostly a Type 1.
* [[Gone (novel)|''Gone'' series]]: Adolescents are left behind after an unknown phenomenon causes everyone over the age of 15 to disappear. A dome is put in place over the Californian town where it happened, but life isn't made easier for the survivors. This would fit a Type 3 situation due to the uncertainty the survivors face.
* ''[[Jane Eyre]]'': the title character is sent to Lowood School, where there is a typhus outbreak, making this both a Type 2 scenario and [[Older Than Radio]].
* ''[[Little Brother]]'': just the plot of a teenager rebelling against a police organization for kidnapping a friend of his during a takeover makes sense by itself. <!-- bad grammar and unclear meaning in English - please re-phrase -->
* Kristen Landon’s novel ''The Limit'' tells of a society where the government can legally take custody a child, sending the child to a workhouse if their family gets into financial trouble. It becomes '''double-subverted''' for Matt when he learns what is happening to others despite being the most advantaged of workers.
* ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'': A group of boys find themselves on an island without adults. The oldest, Ralph, is twelve years old. The group attempts to set up a form of government until help can arrive.
* ''[[Never Let Me Go]]'': '''Double Subverted''', while the staff is [[Friend to All Children| kid-friendly]], they struggle to convince the public that {{spoiler|the children - who are clones - are just as human as they are}}, even protesting [[Save Our Students|to spare them]].
* ''The Program'' series: '''Double Subverted''', parents try out a new suicide prevention method to “help” the youth population, but it comes at a cost. One does wonder why many are being [[Driven to Suicide]] in the first place.
* ''[[Shade's Children]]'': An alien invasion leads to the death of adults and the harvesting of children for their organs.
* ''[[Shadow Children]]'':
* ''[[Truancy]]'': A student rebellion forms, thanks to the strict system in a totalitarian city via education. <!-- unclear meaning in English - this says the totalitarianism came into existence because of education. please re-phrase -->
* ''[[Unwind]]'' series: An agreement over abortion leads to a system where teenagers can be put to death and have their organs harvested.
* ''The Declaration Trilogy'', child birth is discouraged in order to prevent overpopulation when immortality has been understood unless they “Opt Out” and is allowed to have one child. Children born to those who didn’t “Opt Out” (or had but are already parents) are known as “Surpluses”. While most of them are killed, some are taken to institutions by the state, which was Anna's situation. This would make it a Type 2 except for the social input, which makes this a clear Type 1.
** However, a Surplus could later be declared a Legal if left orphaned. {{spoiler|This happens to Anna upon learning the truth and witnessing her parents deaths, which was done to have her and her brother, Ben, declared Legals. Peter, another Surplus, is told he was just made into a Legal after his father's death.}}
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Good Wife]]'': “Lifeguard” focuses on a judge who is caught getting kickbacks in exchange for sending juveniles to private detention centers, [[Ripped from the Headlines| based on the Kids for Cash Scandal]].
* ''[[iCarly]]'': In "iHave My Principals", the school under Howard and Briggs meets this trope. This is mostly on a Type 2 situation since it's unclear if any adult from the outside would've helped.
* ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'': '''Averted''', In “Principals” Crubbs almost makes the school a Type 2 case, but {{spoiler| the job was given to Wright, who turns out to be a [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] compared to Crubbs.}}
* ''[[The Tribe]]'': A New Zealand program about adolescent survivors of a plague that left them orphaned. This is a full-blown Type 3 situation due in part of the [[Only Fatal to Adults|adults being killed by the plague]]. The series focuses on survivors and new societies they must formed as a result.
* The 1985 revival of ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' episode, '''Examination Day''', children are given an examination by law, which only those who score at the ‘legal’ limit are allowed to return home. {{Spoiler| Dickie wasn’t as lucky.}}
** In the 2002 take of the episode, '''Evergreen''', a gated community found a solution to handle juvenile offenders… {{spoiler| have them executed and turned into plant food.}}.
==
== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':
** "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays": Springfield temporary becomes this after a baby riot. When plans to [[Up to Eleven|make matters worse]] arrive, Marge has come up with her own plan for families although it’s {{spoiler|Bart and Lisa}} who save the day for the children of Springfield.
** '''Downplayed''' in “Wild Barts Can't Be Broken”: After Homer and his friends crashed a Springfield Elementary School after the Springfield Isotopes winning the National League pennant, a curfew is put in place and a few kids (including Bart) get sentenced to community service for breaking it. Chef Wiggum drives off, with his car throwing mud at the kid, prompting Bart to form a rebellion. {{Spoiler| Of course, a group of seniors led by Abe Simpson gets a new curfew passed [[What an Idiot!|thanks to Homer]], that affects those under 70}}.
** In "My Fair Laddy", gym class under Coach Krupt fits this trope, thanks to his sadistic ways towards children. It comes to the point where Bart is forced to take action.
** In "Blazed and Confused", the brutality of Jack Lassen forces Bart to take action for his peers, this time with Milhouse helping out, when Lassen's abuse of the students became too much - [[Even Evil Has Standards|even for Nelson, who's became fair game]].
<!-- No Real Life Examples, Please -->
{{reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:You Would Not Want to Live In Dex]]
[[Category:Help Help This Index Is Being Repressed]]
|