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An entertainer who is idolized by teenagers, preteens, and young adults. People have been declared teen idols for as long as being a teenager has been recognizednote which, by the way, is Newer Than They Think - until the 1940s, anybody under the age of 21 was simply a "child" or "young adult". Many, but not all, have been specifically groomed for this purpose. They generally have several things in common: Either they are teenaged themselves when they first become stars, or they are in their twenties and can pass for teenage with Dawson Casting (or both). They are attractive and photogenic, often becoming the target of the Celeb Crush (Beauty Equals Goodness, right?). They act, sing, or both. It tends to be both if their managers have a say in it. Their talent is irrelevant to being a Teen Idol in the first place, but it makes a difference about whether they're Vindicated by History. They create a Periphery Hatedom for anyone not a teenager, and, of course, some teenagers will react in disgust at being pandered to. The most basic way to tell if a celebrity is truly a Teen Idol is by whether they wind up in magazines aimed at the teenage market (like Sassy, Tiger Beat, YM, Seventeen, and Teen People) and by whether they become a poster celebrity. It should be emphasized that Tropes Are Not Bad and many idols, particularly musicians that legitimately wrote their own material, gain critical defenders as time goes on. Often, if the teens of the era have a social conscience, a Teen Idol will be the way The Man Is Sticking It to the Man. This trope commonly overlaps with the Idol Singer, although not all teen idols are singers. See also Boy Band, Girl Group, and Teen Pop. Not to be confused with the Meg Cabot novel Teen Idol (though it is about one), or Marina Diamandis' song "Teen Idle" (though Marina is given to playing with the trope). |
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Ricky Nelson. His sons, Matthew and Gunnar (who performed as Nelson), also became teen idols for a time in the early '90s, extending the family tradition to a third generation. As patriarch Ozzie Nelson had No. 1 hits on the Billboard charts in the late 1930s/early '40s, and Ricky followed with his string in the late '50s/early '60s, Nelson became one of the few multi-generation families to each have No. 1 hits, turning the trick in 1990 with "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection." | |
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The Dukes of Hazzard with John Schneider and Tom Wopat (Bo and Luke) for the girls, and Catherine Bach (Daisy) for the guys, although only Schneider was the only actual teenager when the series began (Schneider was 18, while Wopat was 26 and Bach 25). | |
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All of the stars of High School Musical, especially Zac Efron. | |
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Several Power Rangers, to most people when they think of the Pink Ranger they think of Amy Jo Johnson's Kimberly. | |
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Patty Duke with her self-titled sitcom. She later found modest success in more dramatic fare. | |
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Paul Anka became an idol at the age of 14 and had a massive teenage fan base all throughout The '50s and '60s. | |
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Nina from Just Shoot Me! was said to have been this in her former days as a model. She would frequently run into men who had had a poster of her on their wall as teens. | |
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In Turning Red, In-Universe, the members of 4*Town are this showing up on the cover of "Tween Beat" magazine. | |
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Welcome To Wonderland: The second book, Beach Party Surf Monkey, has Aidan Tyler, one of the co-stars of the movie being filmed at the Wonderland. As Gloria finds out, he's quite difficult to work with. | |
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Wonder Woman: Leif Garrett guest starred in "My Teenage Idol Is Missing". | |
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The Rolling Stones were this in the United States during The British Invasion. | |
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Lesley Gore was 16 when her debut "It's My Party" went to #1. After attending college in 1965, she started a modestly successful adult career with the entirely self-written comeback album, Someplace Else Now, in 1972. She remained on the oldies and cabaret circuit while recording the occasional album until her death in 2015. | |
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The Lennon Sisters, though they achieved this status on a smaller scale, via the Lawrence Welk television series. | |
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Ricky Nelson, who parlayed his TV fame into a legitimate music career, and carried on his family's tradition (Ozzie had been a huge star as a bandleader in the 1930s and '40s). | |
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The Brady Bunch: Barry Williams, who played oldest son Greg, began getting his fan mail — most from teen-aged girls — relatively early, but it really started picking up midway through the 1970-1971 season when his voice deepened to its adult pitch and he physically matured. (FWIW, Williams was an aversion to the rule that the kids only matured physically and otherwise at the start of each new season; his happened during the second season, all the others followed this basic rule.) Incidentally, the only episode where Greg is truly presented as a teen idol — and then, only briefly — is in a scene in "Adios, Johnny Bravo," where a bunch of paid teen-aged actresses mob Greg and tear off all his clothes during a photo shoot for the (intended) first Johnny Bravo album. Williams' co-star, Maureen McCormick (Marcia) became a teen queen during the fourth season, when she really started getting hot. Chris Knight (Peter) finally developed his following in 1973, just as Year 5 got underway. |
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Step by Step: Although oldest teen star Staci Keanan was supposed to be the designated teen queen of the series — and at least in the early going it was this way — by 1995 her popularity was completely eclipsed by co-star Christine Lakin (who played youngest daughter Al Lambert), once she entered puberty, became completely hot and became the apple of many young men's eyes (and those in their late teens). In contrast — and as an aversion to rule that the oldest teenage boy character being a family sitcom's designated teen idol — Brandon Call never came close to achieving true teen idol status, and the followings of Angela Watson (middle daughter Karen, who fancied herself as the teen queen of the family) and Christopher Castile (who in the later years of the show was a teenager) were modest at best. Sasha Mitchell, who was in his mid 20s when the series started, was the one who got the most fan mail from teenaged girls. |
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The Jackson 5, and Michael Jackson the solo singer when he was in his teens. The "King of Pop," incidentally, was one of the few teen idols who parlayed his teen stardom into a career in adulthood, and to say it was successful would be a gross understatement. | |
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The Monkees, for both their music and TV Show. | |
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The stars of the Twilight movies, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, all experienced this. Stewart and Pattinson were less than pleased with the status and have mixed feelings about the films as a result, and both later pivoted to more adult fare once the series ended. | |
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All three of the brothers on Here Come the Brides, although Robert Brown was way up at the top end of the Teen Idol age range. Most teenaged girls were enamored of Bobby Sherman, but some preferred David Soul (which turned out to be a wise choice). Bridget Hanley (the youngest bride) was the female Teen Idol from the same show. | |
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*NSYNC was this in the late '90s/early 2000s. Justin Timberlake during his time in the band and as he transitioned to a solo career. | |
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Death of a Pop-Idol, a short story, has Johnny, teenaged music sensation!... Also a suberversion: He quits because he can't stand the whole thing. | |
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Seven-Of-Nine in Star Trek: Voyager. While a part of the fandom hated her for being Ms. Fanservice, she still had a sizable following. | |
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How I Met Your Mother: Robin Scherbatsky eventually reveals that she was a teen popstar known as "Robin Sparkles" back in Canada. She's incredibly embarrassed about the whole thing and tries to keep the truth from her friends in America. | |
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