Tropescilloscope: Age Lift

Characters' ages are changed in an adaption. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Did Not Get the Girl Artistic License – Physics Hollywood Law Dull Surprise Unusually Uninteresting Sight Lampshade Hanging Big Bad Defiant to the End Actor Allusion Villain with Good Publicity Annoying Younger Sibling Even Evil Has Loved Ones Henpecked Husband Killed Mid-Sentence Villain Protagonist Last-Name Basis Suspiciously Specific Denial Madness Mantra The Film of the Book Bury Your Gays Karmic Death All There in the Script Based on a True Story Lighter and Softer Parental Incest Composite Character Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Curse Cut Short Major Injury Underreaction Drill Sergeant Nasty Evil Plan Big "NO!" Epic Movie Cool Shades Training Montage Match Cut One Steve Limit Made of Explodium Not Quite Dead Sequel Hook Police Brutality Film Noir The Sociopath The '90s The Un-Reveal Fantastic Racism Cool Old Lady Betty and Veronica No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Awesome, but Impractical Covers Always Lie Corpsing Married to the Job Aside Glance Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Stock Footage Bland-Name Product In Medias Res Ambiguous Disorder Bloody Hilarious Villainous Breakdown Driven to Suicide Catch-Phrase Ship Tease Animated Credits Opening The Stoic Obfuscating Stupidity Instant Death Bullet Eyepatch of Power Adaptation Dye-Job Vampire Fiction Contrived Coincidence And the Adventure Continues Tempting Fate Rule of Cool British Films Canadian Movies N-Word Privileges All Men Are Perverts Bring My Brown Pants All There in the Manual Enemy Mine timeperiod Advertised Extra Sequel Escalation Fish out of Water As You Know Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Gone Horribly Right Historical Hero Upgrade All Girls Want Bad Boys Break the Cutie Final Girl Affably Evil Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Dark Reprise Wrong Genre Savvy The Dog Bites Back Crucified Hero Shot The Alcoholic I'm a Humanitarian Badass Grandpa Those Two Guys Improvised Weapon Card-Carrying Villain Neck Lift Visual Pun Flipping the Bird Chiaroscuro The Ditz Politically Incorrect Villain Our Vampires Are Different Rape as Drama Stealth Pun Destination Defenestration Dirty Cop Posthumous Character Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Action Prologue Air-Vent Passageway Artistic License – Gun Safety Would Hit a Girl Expy Interrupted Suicide Gilligan Cut Anachronism Stew Red Herring Would Hurt a Child Informed Ability Guile Hero Everyone Has Standards Toplessness from the Back Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Never Trust a Trailer Bolivian Army Ending Armor-Piercing Question Older Than They Look Auto Erotica My Beloved Smother Mistaken for Gay The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Does Not Like Shoes Shoot the Shaggy Dog Bloodless Carnage Evil Laugh Mystery and Detective Films Early Installment Weirdness Setting Update La Résistance Mind Screw You Killed My Father For Want of a Nail From Nobody to Nightmare Bittersweet Ending Only Known by Their Nickname Fate Worse than Death Rule of Funny Freeze-Frame Bonus Defrosting Ice Queen Crapsack World True Companions Adapted Out Mexican Standoff Vacation Films Only in It for the Money The '70s An Aesop The Dreaded War Is Hell Extremely Short Timespan A Date with Rosie Palms Diabolus ex Machina Body Horror Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday The Voiceless Skewed Priorities Combat Pragmatist Music Stories Bad "Bad Acting" Adaptation Distillation Pragmatic Villainy Knight Templar Romantic False Lead Plot Hole Hypocrite Sole Survivor Insane Troll Logic Kick the Dog Wham Line Needs Wiki Magic Love I Have Your Wife Dumb Blonde Cowboy Cop Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Deliberately Monochrome Drives Like Crazy Those Two Bad Guys Our Zombies Are Different Pragmatic Adaptation Distracted by the Sexy Villain Ball Soundtrack Dissonance Science Fiction Films "Awesome McCool" Name Star-Crossed Lovers Mercy Kill Really Gets Around Obviously Evil Evil-Detecting Dog Your Head A-Splode Animal Motifs Genre Shift Car Fu As the Good Book Says... Ass Shove Deconstruction Serial Killer Slasher Smile Be Careful What You Wish For Adaptational Badass The Reveal Alliterative Name Jerk Jock B-Movie Chekhov's Gun Leaning on the Fourth Wall Logo Joke Recycled IN SPACE! Off-into-the-Distance Ending Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Historical Villain Upgrade Determinator Get Out! The '60s Attempted Rape The Lancer Hate Sink Bottomless Magazines Offscreen Moment of Awesome Jerkass Aluminum Christmas Trees Heroic Sacrifice Papa Wolf Big Fancy House Not Even Bothering with the Accent Evil Brit Exactly What It Says on the Tin Call-Back Fire-Forged Friends Gory Discretion Shot Five-Man Band Daylight Horror Ax-Crazy Earn Your Happy Ending Death Glare Reckless Gun Usage Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Heel–Face Turn Break the Haughty Important Haircut Male Frontal Nudity Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Badass in a Nice Suit Punny Name Meaningful Background Event Fantasy Films Reality Is Unrealistic Novelization Moment Killer Face–Heel Turn Shell-Shocked Veteran Scenery Gorn And Starring Narrator Big Brother Instinct Character Development There Is No Kill Like Overkill Bavarian Fire Drill Bad Boss Manic Pixie Dream Girl All Just a Dream Not So Different Same Language Dub Death by Sex Ugly Guy, Hot Wife All for Nothing Mugging the Monster Action Girl Cluster F-Bomb Ungrateful Bastard Too Dumb to Live Spared by the Adaptation Properly Paranoid Famous Last Words Trailers Always Spoil Black Best Friend Stepford Smiler Improbable Aiming Skills Outrun the Fireball Shower Scene Heterosexual Life-Partners It Can Think Animal Title Index Artistic License – Military Reality Has No Subtitles Scary Black Man Names to Run Away from Really Fast Authority Equals Asskicking For the Evulz Beard of Evil Disney Villain Death Artistic License – History Double Entendre Insult Backfire Line-of-Sight Name Police are Useless Pet the Dog Hoist by His Own Petard Pretty in Mink Re-Cut Meaningful Echo Manchild 20 Minutes into the Future Captain Ersatz Almost Kiss Dark Is Not Evil Wham Shot Ironic Echo Plucky Comic Relief Cold-Blooded Torture Arranged Marriage Anguished Declaration of Love Spiteful Spit Non-Indicative Name Abusive Parents What You Are in the Dark Silent Movie Big Damn Heroes Antagonist Title The Mole Fatal Flaw No Celebrities Were Harmed Blood from the Mouth Neck Snap Take That! Horror Comedy Dirty Old Man Bloodier and Gorier Monumental Damage Depraved Bisexual Romantic Comedy The Faceless Wounded Gazelle Gambit Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality You Have Failed Me May–December Romance Disproportionate Retribution Martial Arts Movie Smug Snake Sci-Fi Horror Conspicuous CG Grey and Gray Morality "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Award-Bait Song Whole Plot Reference Pre-Asskicking One-Liner The Stoner Took a Level in Badass Overprotective Dad A Minor Kidroduction Leave the Camera Running Beware the Nice Ones Arc Words The Atoner Foil Broken Bird Meet Cute My Greatest Failure Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Dramatic Gun Cock Author Avatar Throwing Your Sword Always Works Wicked Cultured Genre Throwback A Father to His Men Dual Wielding This Is Gonna Suck Black Comedy Rape Woman Scorned Black and Gray Morality Jerkass Has a Point Crazy Jealous Guy Coming-of-Age Story Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Accidental Murder Word of God Becoming the Mask Mr. Fanservice Kick the Son of a Bitch Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Heroic BSoD Domestic Abuse Shut Up, Hannibal! Jitter Cam Mooks Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Unusual Euphemism Artistic License – Biology Butt-Monkey Idiot Ball Shirtless Scene It's All About Me Continuity Nod Didn't Think This Through French Films Half the Man He Used to Be Death by Adaptation Evil Sounds Deep Fatal Family Photo Japanese Films Improbable Weapon User Mama Bear Naked People Are Funny Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Sassy Black Woman Brother–Sister Incest Batman Gambit Left the Background Music On Slap-Slap-Kiss As Long as It Sounds Foreign Here We Go Again! Works Set in World War II Berserk Button Ambiguously Gay Not So Stoic Fingore Adaptational Heroism Badass Normal Make It Look Like an Accident Straight Gay Agony of the Feet The '50s Irony Let's Get Dangerous! Ghost Fiction Dwindling Party Costume Porn Retirony Corrupt Corporate Executive Real Life Writes the Plot Damsel in Distress Redshirt Army Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Anti-Hero Smoking Is Cool Shown Their Work The Casanova Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Fainting Spiritual Successor Evil vs. Evil Cool Car Danny Peary Cult Movies List Deadpan Snarker Kubrick Stare Adults Are Useless Love Triangle Chase Scene Video Credits Implacable Man Nothing Is Scarier Mood Whiplash A God Am I Darker and Edgier Grievous Bottley Harm As Himself Happily Married The Quiet One Dramedy Knife Nut Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Evil Is Petty Dies Wide Open Adaptational Attractiveness Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Have a Gay Old Time Good Is Not Nice Celebrity Paradox She Cleans Up Nicely Evil Counterpart Red Shirt The Alleged Car The X of Y The Power of Love Biopic Curb-Stomp Battle Sealed Evil in a Can Eye Scream Getting Crap Past the Radar Action Survivor Mundane Made Awesome Token Minority Evil Is Hammy The Brute Exact Words Faux Affably Evil Victoria's Secret Compartment Ms. Fanservice No Name Given Psychological Thriller Military and Warfare Films Karma Houdini Dutch Angle Dark and Troubled Past Villain Song Paper-Thin Disguise Adaptation Expansion Redemption Equals Death Hair-Trigger Temper Twist Ending Rule of Three Apocalypse How Beauty Is Never Tarnished Television Movie Index Credits Gag Historical-Domain Character Take a Third Option Downer Ending Demoted to Extra Took a Level in Jerkass Retired Badass Sexy Discretion Shot Serious Business Stuff Blowing Up Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism He Knows Too Much Truth in Television Vomit Indiscretion Shot Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds World of Ham Rasputinian Death NO INDOOR VOICE Ambiguous Ending Parental Neglect Children Are Innocent In the Back Dropped a Bridge on Him Dirty Coward Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Film Series Expository Hairstyle Change Casting Gag Deus ex Machina Naïve Newcomer Camp Gay Accidental Misnaming Bunny-Ears Lawyer Big Bad Duumvirate Taking You with Me Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Not Using the "Z" Word Unresolved Sexual Tension Guns Akimbo Fiery Redhead An Axe to Grind Bar Brawl The Cavalry Up to Eleven Precision F-Strike Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Never Found the Body Peek-a-Boo Corpse O.O.C. Is Serious Business Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Blackmail The Remake Hidden Depths Wretched Hive Jump Scare She's Got Legs Nice Guy Artistic License – Law Leitmotif Mighty Whitey Humiliation Conga Stealth Hi/Bye Vomit Discretion Shot Foregone Conclusion Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Early-Bird Cameo Friend to All Children Once More, with Clarity! Love at First Sight Playing Gertrude And I Must Scream Roaring Rampage of Revenge Canon Foreigner Made of Iron Cat Scare Anyone Can Die Despair Event Horizon Alpha Bitch Deliberate Values Dissonance More Dakka Adaptational Villainy Belligerent Sexual Tension Crazy-Prepared Overly Long Gag Gainax Ending Creative Closing Credits Cool Old Guy Red Oni, Blue Oni The Hero Dies He Who Fights Monsters Empathic Environment Pretty Little Headshots Time Skip Central Theme Badass Bookworm Freudian Excuse The Chick The Stinger Dissonant Serenity The Place Big Applesauce Reasonable Authority Figure Tranquil Fury Laser-Guided Karma The Lost Lenore Humans Are Bastards Homage Fanservice Fake Shemp Back from the Dead Arch-Enemy Brainless Beauty Amoral Attorney Say My Name Sinister Minister Psychopathic Manchild Italian Films Four-Temperament Ensemble Funny Background Event Facial Horror Spanner in the Works Broken Pedestal Intergenerational Friendship Closed Circle Death Seeker Sports Stories Adaptation Name Change Frame-Up "The Reason You Suck" Speech Bait-and-Switch Fanservice Extra Femme Fatale Real Life Camera Abuse Tap on the Head Manly Tears Race Lift Every Car Is a Pinto Tagline Suddenly SHOUTING! Abhorrent Admirer Cloudcuckoolander Call-Forward Noodle Incident Christmas Movies Index Bare Your Midriff Random Events Plot Protagonist Title Black Comedy Funny Foreigner Dramatic Irony The End... Or Is It? Big Eater Man on Fire Darkest Hour Bilingual Bonus What the Hell, Hero? Villain Opening Scene Spell My Name with an "S" The Great Depression Department of Redundancy Department Mythology Gag Worthy Opponent Motor Mouth Together in Death Dying Moment of Awesome Hooker with a Heart of Gold No OSHA Compliance Age Lift '80s Hair Disney Death The Load Flashback One-Word Title Meaningful Name Vitriolic Best Buds Pimped-Out Dress Morality Pet Bond One-Liner Light Is Not Good Hell Is That Noise Catapult Nightmare Lock and Load Montage Boom, Headshot! Russian Films Chewing the Scenery Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Bald of Evil Adorkable Fat Bastard Action Genre Never My Fault No Ending Totally Radical Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Zombie Stories Eureka Moment Sadistic Choice Rule of Symbolism Those Wacky Nazis Hypocritical Humor Film Noir Index No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Nice Hat Adult Fear Babies Ever After Bowdlerise MacGuffin The Starscream Dark Action Girl The Big Guy Eiffel Tower Effect Framing Device Intrepid Reporter Only One Name Demonic Possession Eldritch Abomination Disguised in Drag Greater-Scope Villain Gender Flip Bullying a Dragon Chekhov's Skill Broken Aesop Psycho for Hire Determinator aka: The Determinator Reality Ensues Dogged Nice Guy German Films Running Gag Missing Mom The '80s Shout-Out Amusing Injuries Death by Irony Loophole Abuse Beta Couple Only a Flesh Wound Bond Villain Stupidity Riddle for the Ages Extreme Doormat Genre Savvy An Arm and a Leg After the End Due to the Dead You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Market-Based Title Chekhov's Gunman No Antagonist Gold Digger Cat Fight Eagleland Red Right Hand Affectionate Parody Product Placement Sacrificial Lion Sir Swears-a-Lot Does This Remind You of Anything? I Need a Freaking Drink How We Got Here Daddy's Girl A.I. Is a Crapshoot Pyrrhic Victory Malevolent Masked Men Green-Eyed Monster Blood Knight Groin Attack The Oner What Happened to the Mouse? Scenery Porn Cool Guns Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Gorn Scare Chord Index of Film Westerns Horror Films Oh, Crap! Slasher Movie Cassandra Truth I Did What I Had to Do The Dragon Easily Forgiven Woman in White Decoy Protagonist Mad Scientist Retcon Failed a Spot Check Badass Longcoat Suspiciously Similar Substitute Hong Kong Films Foreshadowing Fan Disservice In Name Only Author Appeal Taking the Bullet Only Sane Man Immune to Bullets Male Gaze Red Eyes, Take Warning Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Asshole Victim Book-Ends Dressing as the Enemy Stylistic Suck The Ghost Calling the Old Man Out Refuge in Audacity Unspoken Plan Guarantee Alas, Poor Villain Very Loosely Based on a True Story Not What It Looks Like Establishing Character Moment From Bad to Worse Large Ham Historical In-Joke Hero Antagonist Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor The Musical Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Double-Meaning Title The Smart Guy Creepy Child Pre-Mortem One-Liner Well-Intentioned Extremist Show Within a Show Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Creator Cameo Actually Pretty Funny Storming the Castle Black Dude Dies First Superhero Blatant Lies Mr. Exposition Honor Before Reason Hope Spot Obstructive Bureaucrat Self-Deprecation Documentary Ominous Latin Chanting Shipper on Deck folderlabel Race Against the Clock Unreliable Narrator One-Man Army Brick Joke Translation Convention Heel Realization Thriller Death of a Child Manipulative Bastard Badass Boast Stalker with a Crush BFG Super Strength Unwitting Instigator of Doom Rich Bitch Bound and Gagged It Will Never Catch On No-Sell The Ace Kill It with Fire Offscreen Teleportation Bi the Way The Hero Ascended Extra The Chessmaster Hollywood Darkness You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Parental Abandonment Rousing Speech Public Domain Feature Films The Bad Guy Wins My God, What Have I Done? Rewatch Bonus Kids Are Cruel Epic Fail Drugs Are Bad Revenge Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Even Evil Has Standards Cain and Abel Jerk with a Heart of Gold Fun with Acronyms Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Anti-Villain Insistent Terminology Heroes Want Redheads Undying Loyalty Disappeared Dad Ripped from the Headlines Slashed Throat Australian Movies Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Room Full of Crazy Anachronic Order Men Are the Expendable Gender Country Matters Cruel and Unusual Death The Bully The Smurfette Principle Handicapped Badass Gratuitous English Soft Glass Maybe Ever After Pay Evil unto Evil Face Death with Dignity Brutal Honesty Title Drop "Shaggy Dog" Story The Cameo Yandere Kill 'em All Faking the Dead Fourth Date Marriage Not So Above It All Small Name, Big Ego Off with His Head! Imagine Spot Hero of Another Story Parental Substitute Big-Bad Ensemble Deal with the Devil Developing Doomed Characters Drowning My Sorrows It's Personal Put on a Bus Comically Missing the Point Punch-Clock Villain Rated M for Manly Better to Die than Be Killed Laughing Mad Your Cheating Heart "Well Done, Son!" Guy Poor Communication Kills Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Artistic License – Geography The Mafia Silence Is Golden Breaking the Fourth Wall The Vamp Captain Obvious Loads and Loads of Characters Sanity Slippage