Tropescilloscope: Age Lift

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

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