Tropescilloscope: Intergenerational Friendship

Two friends have a different age gap. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Naked People Are Funny Bare Your Midriff Comically Missing the Point Contrived Coincidence Pragmatic Villainy Unusually Uninteresting Sight Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Bavarian Fire Drill The Voiceless Anti-Villain Face–Heel Turn Blatant Lies Pyrrhic Victory Hoist by His Own Petard Dissonant Serenity Rich Bitch Karmic Death Anguished Declaration of Love Historical Villain Upgrade Country Matters The Dog Bites Back Soft Glass This Is Gonna Suck Stepford Smiler Japanese Films Insistent Terminology Becoming the Mask Bloody Hilarious Bowdlerise Brutal Honesty Dogged Nice Guy Canon Foreigner Deal with the Devil Ms. Fanservice Your Cheating Heart Big Eater Red Herring Nothing Is Scarier Too Dumb to Live Epic Movie I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Fatal Family Photo Creator Cameo Let's Get Dangerous! 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Take a Third Option Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Hate Sink Agony of the Feet I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Wham Line Laughing Mad Epic Fail Science Fiction Films Aluminum Christmas Trees The Reveal Slasher Smile Real Life Blood Knight An Aesop Be Careful What You Wish For Loads and Loads of Characters Conspicuous CG Dark Is Not Evil Market-Based Title From Bad to Worse Big Brother Instinct Dies Wide Open Pre-Mortem One-Liner Informed Ability She's Got Legs The '60s Sanity Slippage