![]() At the age of eighteen, just three years after Griffith roped him into the Band of the Hawk, he had attained the rank of Captain of the Hawk's Raiders division, effectively answering only to Griffith and having authority over at least a couple hundred men. ![]() At 15 years old, he was showing signs of Charles Atlas Superpower, being far stronger and faster than any grown mercenary and managing to defeat the dreaded knight Bazuso, thereby catching the attention of the equally prodigious young mercenary captain Griffith. By age eleven, however, he was a bona fide warrior, even managing to single-handedly kill a noble enemy commander, and since he was driven out of his former mercenary camp this was also the age when he effectively became responsible for himself. Guts's first battle as a combatant was at age nine, in which he killed his first man, more by luck than anything else. His adoptive father Gambino made him a Child Soldier by forcing him to accompany him into battle as his page and practice fencing with live blades at age six. The Protagonist, Guts, is probably the most Egregious example because of how early he started as a mercenary. ![]() Berserk takes place in a harsh medieval-esque world where one needs to be pretty sharp from an early age to survive until adulthood, but even considering that there are many youths who reach improbable positions.Azumanga Daioh's Chiyo Mihama is a Child Prodigy who's smart enough to start her first year of high school at age ten, and graduates when she's 13 at the end of the series.In this case we actually do address the Fridge Logic of that, revealing the Dark and Troubled Past that led to this. In Assassination Classroom, the students are surprised to discover that their teacher, Irina Jelavić, is only twenty, since she's already considered one of the world's best assassins with a specialty in seduction.Can be easily handwaved by making a character Older Than They Look, or even Really 700 Years Old. If the character is of an appropriate age but the actor is too young, it's Underage Casting. If the people running a society are improbably young, see Teenage Wasteland, though if only one is, it's A Child Shall Lead Them. This can be especially obvious in fields that require extensive physical fitness in real life relatively few frontline soldiers or beat cops will be of retirement age.įor characters whose age seems inappropriate given their maturity (rather than competence), see Wise Beyond Their Years. More rarely this trope works at the opposite end of the scale with characters seemingly inexplicably old for their positions, often as a function of being played by a 'name' actor whose recognition or prestige factor outweighs other concerns. This is often the result of casting actors in their twenties playing full professors when in reality most people are at least 25 when they first get a PhD. There is only so much a kid could learn from his local library. It's a common problem in societies with inherited positions of authority, although usually some adult regent would be appointed until the heir comes of age.Īlthough in the past, competence, skills, and abilities were more necessary at a younger age (as opposed to the modern convention of serious training starting only at age 18 or so), this convention is often abused for fields where expertise is implausible without years of formal training at a more mature level - for example, a teen already being an expert in modern disciplines that require formal university education as well as graduate level education. ![]() It also must be noted that many of the examples below occur in violent settings people growing up in a warlike environment have no choice but to adapt and learn to survive, and the faster the better. This has produced a very curious effect where the longer humans live, the longer the age gap of competence tends to widen. In ages past, life expectancy was shorter and people needed to be capable at a younger age in fact, studies seem to indicate that adolescence is a modern creation. In some cases, an age that is improbable at first glance may actually be Truth in Television. In benign cases, it's because the writers assume the audience better identifies with characters their own age. Sometimes, a disproportionate amount of the (especially female) cast is inexplicably under thirty. Tends to lean to the younger side, resulting in the Teen Genius, Kid Hero. ![]() Luke the Fox, Sonic Dissected Episode 6Ī character whose age seems inappropriate with their occupation or position given the amount of experience they would need, whether or not their age is actually important within the storyline. ![]()
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