The Character's Real Ages

[DanP740]

So I decided to figure out a few of the character's real ages based on what little we know.

So Whit was in WWII, so I guess he was 18 in 1941, which means he was born in 1923, which made him 64 when the show started, and he is now 87, although the Inspiration Station changed him to a younger self, so he's probably 60 now.
Connie was 16 when she appeared on the show in 1987, so she was most likely born in 1971, which makes her 39 today. Of course, she's stuck in a time warp which made her age only 2 years in the last 13.
Eugene was my guess 20 in 1987 when he started on the show, which means he was born in 1967, making him 43 now, although he is around 25 now on the show.
Jason's is a little more guessy... Using an average Vietnam date of 1970 and guessing Jason was 10 then, he was born in 1960 and is 50 now.
Eugene's brother Everett... By my figuring, he is about 8 years younger than Eugene, which puts him at 35 now, but they say he's only 10, which makes him 15 years younger than what Eugene's current age seems to be... so, let's just call him 10.

That's all I bothered to figure out...

[Galaxy X]

Wow, cool.

[TigerintheShadows]

That's pretty good, Dan!

[Alyssa]

Wow that took work! That is really cool, dan.

[American Eagle]

I've thought about Whit's age lots of times. Thanks for that info, KBT!

[King Butter Turtle]

I've thought about Whit's age lots of times. Thanks for that info, KBT!

Haha, thank you!

Very cool, Dan. I've given up on trying to figure out characters' ages. In the grand scheme of things, it really doesn't matter and if you really look into it, it just doesn't work at all. But, nice observations.

[The Top Crusader]

Haha, yeah, in the long run obviously this is meaningless, but it IS interesting.

Wasn't Connie briefly 15? Maybe not.

[EMBEE]

Very impressive Dan.

Wasn't Connie briefly 15? Maybe not.

Yeah, I seem to recall her saying in her first episode that she was 15, but its been ages since I heard that one, so I could be wrong.

[Taps]

Sweet! hey arn't you the guy who was annoyed by me?

[Irwin]

Connie said she was 15 in "Connie, Part 1".

[DanP740]

She was mainly 16, then 18. She may have been 15 when she was introduced, but she wasn't for long.

[LizzieG]

For the most part, I see Odyssey as following "real time" until the first hiatus. Episodes aired all throughout the year, Christmas episodes aired at Christmas, summer episodes aired during the summer, and characters generally refer to the timing of past events as when those episodes first aired (example: It was mentioned in "The Homecoming" that the Blackgaard-related events of album 5 had taken place two years ago; that was when those episodes aired) -- when, of course, timing is mentioned at all. There definitely are some major (Connie) and minor exceptions, but I think of (most of) the characters aging normally (or close to it) until 1996. Then the seasons started and timing became more muddled, and while it's pretty clear that 20 years haven't passed in Odyssey time, I've given up trying to lay out a theory that makes sense of timing and ages as they are now.

[Marvin D.]

Nice job Dan! Though time never runs right.

[TigerintheShadows]

In Odyssey? Odyssey is one of the best examples of comic book time.

[Dallas R.]

One character that we can be pretty sure of his age is Eugene. If we look at the timeline in the official guide and listen to the episodes, we can figure out that he's at least 27. He was seven when his parents disappeared to Africa. Then I think Eugene says a couple of times that it has been twenty years since his dad disappeared, and the Ashantis say it was twenty years ago that Morati lived with them.

But, then again, according to the time-line in the guide, the episode where Eugene finds out that his Grandfather has recently passed away is supposedly before Everett is even born. Eugene would have had to be at least twenty when he found out about his Grandfather. Since Everett is ten, that means that at least ten years have passed in Odyssey since Album 11, when Eugene learns about his Grandfather. So Eugene must be at least 30? And Connie would be at least 26? Well, I really don't think either of them are quite that old, so yeah, I guess it really just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[TigerintheShadows]

This is one of the many examples of SORAS, which KODY 105, being awesome, explained to me when we were discussing the AIO kid characters many, many threads ago. I think it stands for "soap opera rapid aging syndrome" (still unsure of what the R is, random or rapid) and Odyssey time goes with it. Connie and Rodney haven't really aged all that much (Rodney's been a teenage bully for the past, what, fifteen years?) and I think Whit's no older than about sixty-something, given his portrayal (how many 80-year-olds do you know who still go on archeological digs and sneak into hotels to catch international criminals?). Consider too that apparently Jared's pretty much in/out of college, since he's working for the CIA and only a few seasons ago, he was no more than two years older than his younger brother, who was aged rapidly from about two to twelve/thirteen (don't know where some people got the idea that he was ten when he first appeared) and is either eighth or ninth grade at this point. Then there's Mandy, who went from five to ten in a few episodes flat. I personally don't think there's any point trying to find out ages in Odyssey, though we can probably approximate. It'll only confuse us all.

[Sapphire]

Nice work, Dan!

Haha, yeah, in the long run obviously this is meaningless, but it IS interesting.

Wasn't Connie briefly 15? Maybe not.

Yes, she was briefly fifteen.

[The Top Crusader]

(how many 80-year-olds do you know who still go on archeological digs and sneak into hotels to catch international criminals?).

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[TigerintheShadows]

Yes, Top. I'm sure you can go every day to your local nursing home and find those fifty-seven eighty year-olds who remind you of Whit to a T.

[Marvin D.]

Yes, Top. I'm sure you can go every day to your local nursing home and find those fifty-seven eighty year-olds who remind you of Whit to a T.

Yes Top, I'm sure you do. Say hi to them for me.