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So you've got Free-Range Children. And it's not The Fifties. How are we to keep them from a life of crime?

Enter the Youth Center, a stock setting since the 70s. Kids go here to have fun. A typical youth center will be like a club, except without the alcohol or all the gay kids. It may also have a rec room. But in fiction, youth centers have new features as the plot demands. Gyms, movie screens, and restaurants are just a few examples.

But, like Christmas, youth centers are always threatened. So it works as a MacGuffin, too.

Examples of Youth Center include:

Film

The entire plot of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo focuses on one.
A deleted scene from the original Star Wars has Luke going to one with Biggs, and his friends Deak, Windy, Camie, and Fixer.

Live Action TV

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers had a youth center. It didn't have a dance club, though. It was more a gym, which explains Wild Mass Guessing about Jason and Tommy.

Western Animation

Parodied in the South Park episode "Asspen".

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 So you've got [[Free-Range Children]]. And it's ''not'' [[The Fifties]]. How are we to keep them from [[Face Heel Turn|a life of crime]]?
-Enter [[Youth Center]]. [[Added Alliterative Appeal|A stock setting since the 70s.]] Kids go here to have fun. A typical youth center will be like a club, except without the alcohol or all the [[Club Kid|gay kids]]. It may also have a rec room. But in fiction, youth centers have [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|new features as the plot demands]]. Gyms, movie screens, and restaurants are just a few examples.
+Enter the '''Youth Center''', [[Alliteration|a stock setting since the 70s.]] Kids go here to have fun. A typical youth center will be like a club, except without the alcohol or all the [[Club Kid|gay kids]]. It may also have a rec room. But in fiction, youth centers have [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|new features as the plot demands]]. Gyms, movie screens, and restaurants are just a few examples.
-But, like Christmas, youth centers are always threatened. So it works as a maguffin too.
+But, like Christmas, youth centers are always threatened. So it works as a [[MacGuffin]], too.
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 == Film ==
-* The entire plot of ''[[Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo]]'' focuses on one.
+* The entire plot of ''[[Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo]]'' focuses on one.
 * A deleted scene from the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' has Luke going to one with Biggs, and his friends Deak, Windy, Camie, and Fixer.
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 == Western Animation ==
 * Parodied in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Asspen".
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