In Comic Book s and Strips , some characters will occasionally be allowed to age in real time, or the comic will jump ahead in time to when the characters in question are older teenagers or adults.
This trend may have been first seen in animation in 1971 when Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm Bamm Rubble , the two infant children of the Flintstone and Rubble families, were presented as teenagers on '' The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show ''. However, an earlier example comes from comics of the 1960s , in which the Legion Of Super Heroes were occasionally presented as adults.
As seen when younger versions of cartoon characters are introduced, there is sometimes a problem with Continuity . In '' The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show '', Bamm-Bamm's strength seemed to have disappeared as a teenager, although in the Telefilm '' Hollyrock-a-Bye-Baby '' (made in 1993 ), Bamm-Bamm had regained his strength.
- '' All Grown Up! '', ( Klasky-Csupo , Nickelodeon , 2003 ) based on the series '' Rugrats ''. This series presents the toddler-aged regulars on Rugrats ( Tommy Pickles , Chuckie Finster , etc.) as pre-teens attending Junior High school.
- '' The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show '', ( Hanna-Barbera , 1971 ), based on '' The Flintstones ''. The show followed neighbors Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm Bamm Rubble (the children of Fred and Wilma Flintstone and Barney and Betty Rubble respectively) as teenagers with their friends Moonrock, Penny, and Wiggy. The episodes revolved in part around the teens' activities at Bedrock High School and around the prehistoric town of Bedrock .
- ---The teenage versions of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were also seen in '' The Flintstone Comedy Hour '' ( 1972 ) and '' The Flintstone Comedy Show '' ( 1980 ).
- '' Digimon Adventure 02 '' (2000), also commonly written as Digimon 02/Digimon Zero Two, involves the main enemy the Digi-destined thought they had destroyed in the previous season, but has been putting in practice his evil schemes even after his defeat. In this season, the original Digi-destined grew up into jr. high school students (except for Kari and T.K.) and could no longer watch over the Digital World and be with their Digimon friends. A new generation of Digi-Destined, composed of three new children, as well as Kari and T.K., are given a new kind of digivice known as D3, which allows them to be transported to the Digital World through computers.
- '' Disney's Doug '' ( Jumbo Pictures , Disney , 1996 ) consisted of new episodes for ABC of the former Nickelodeon series. In this series, the characters were aged from 11 to 12½, with the characters now attending Middle School and given several changes (such as a new baby sister for series star Doug, Roger Klotz becoming wealthy, and so forth).
- '' Quack Pack '' ( The Walt Disney Company , 1996 ). This series featured the classic Disney Duck characters ( Donald Duck , Daisy Duck , and Huey, Dewey And Louie ), though with Huey, Dewey and Louie presented as being teenagers who spoke in conventional (and not duck-like) voices. Several 1950s theatrical Disney shorts, however, were the first to present teenage versions of Donald's nephews.
- '' Richie Rich '' ( Hanna-Barbera , 1980 ). The Harvey Comics character appeared in his own animated television series, which shared a timeslot with '' Scooby-Doo And Scrappy-Doo '' as '' The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show ''. In the animated series, Richie and his pals are somewhat older, around 12 years old; Richie wears a red Sweater with the letter "R" in front.
- '' Sabrina's Secret Life '' ( DiC Entertainment , 2003 ) originally aired in syndication in 2003 as a spinoff of Sabrina: The Animated Series. In this series, Sabrina Spellman is a teenager (though a year or two younger than her original comic version) attending Greendale High School. Chloe has moved away, and Gem Stone attends a private school far away from Greendale (Even though none of them is mentioned in a single episode). Sabrina's new best friend is a girl named Maritza; additionally, Sabrina still has a crush on her friend, Harvey Kinkle.
- '' Gadget And The Gadgetinis '' and '' Go Go Gadgetini's '' ( 2001-2003 ) and( 2002-2003 respectively,( DiC Entertainment )starred Gadget as a lieutenant member of an organization called "WOMP" (World Organization of Mega Powers). He is aided in his work by Penny who is now twelve years old), as well as the new robot characters Digit and Fidget, invented by Penny wnile Go Go Gadgetini's features Gadget going to England, and working with his girlfriend, Inspector Prince, a smart, pretty and also somewhat clumsy purple haired lady, who also has gadgets of her own tucked away in her backpack. Penny is now 16 years old The Gadgetini's Digit and Fidgit also have some competition of their own in the form of 2 female Gadgetini's that belong to Inspector Prince called 'Data' and 'Scooter'.
- '''' ( 1991-1993 ) ( CBS )was a cartoon series based on the Back to the Future trilogy of films. The show focused on Marty McFly and Doc Brown, together with Doc's wife Clara, their sons Jules and Verne and dog Einstein, and Marty's girlfriend Jennifer Parker as they travelled through time using the De Lorean and steam train time machines. Marty and Jennifer end up in Hill Valley College after graduating from high school, a year older than in the movies.
- '' The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest '' ( Hanna-Barbera , 1996 ). This spinoff of the 1960s animated series featured Jonny Quest and his friend Hadji as teenagers instead of as children.
- The '' Legion Of Super-Heroes '' occasionally presented in 1960s stories adventures of the "Adult Legion," stories about the adult versions of the Legionnaires.
- The comic strip '' Funky Winkerbean '' initially presented its lead characters as teenagers. In the 1990s , however, the strip decided to jump ahead in time and present its characters as young adults some years after high school.
- The characters in the comic strip '' Luann '' have been continuously aging (approximately one month per reader year) since a character revamp in 1999 .
- '' Nightwing '' features Batman's sidekick Robin (Dick Grayson) as an adult crimefighter.
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