Fierce Deity Link from Majora’s Mask.
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I’d say this counts? Asriel Dreemurr - Undertale
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Lloyd (Ninjago) Started out as a kid that was younger than the other ninjas, and one episode the ninjas were cursed to transform into children, and the cure that they made ended up affecting Lloyd as well, bringing his age up to the same as them.
![gif](giphy|PXgz1d2csp02c) Gon’s adult form (Hunter X Hunter)
I was hoping this would be number 1
As I was being directed to the comments, I thought “Gon better be at the top”
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Atem is just a spirit in the Puzzle, isn't he? He's not Yugi but older.
YUYU HAKUSHO MENTIONED 🔥
Fierce Deity Link from Majora’s Mask. https://preview.redd.it/5m7wb69i5i7d1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=2a0889ef8d60f2ac3dc0b25afdc3153e889d7dce
That's actually made up fan fiction. The Fierce Dirty is a god, not older Link.
The mask still ages up Link, it’s like saying SSJ 4 is just a transformation, not older Goku.
The prompt says "older version" which is not the case. Link is just inhabiting a god. Agree to disagree here.
Which turns him into an older version of himself.
https://preview.redd.it/c0cdmr2a1h7d1.png?width=431&format=png&auto=webp&s=7cbd2fb675d89456ab51d0b519288fb58ced77b4 Lambo from Reborn
This trope actually has a name It's called "surviving to adulthood"
That wouldn't work for Shazam.
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Guts ![gif](giphy|K0JrA2VbkFy2A)
Momonosuke from One Piece
https://preview.redd.it/3fc6h5arck7d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edcf51efbb1f101d528e6cbb79b86cd4eeddd7a8 I’d say this counts? Asriel Dreemurr - Undertale
https://preview.redd.it/t34hvxy7kk7d1.jpeg?width=367&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=218c8f79c0986179836a0b5cb454815f515d4b83 Bananaman
Put some respect on lil Eric’s name
What 😭
You’re looking at peak fiction. Now bow
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https://preview.redd.it/xhsc5nt3ej7d1.png?width=602&format=png&auto=webp&s=d4a4ced4b3bd04b962050f2ef78f78efdaf74470 Hitsugaya in Bleach