# TV movie: 14 going on 30 (1988)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-14-going-on-30-1988/756287>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 2, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-14-going-on-30-1988/756287 "2016-06-02T07:10:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-14-going-on-30-1988/756287/21 "2016-06-10T15:54:26Z")

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> [@DrFidelius](#):
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> That’s because it is the sequel to 13 Going on 30, which was released 16 years later.

Did not know that. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-14-going-on-30-1988/756287/22 "2016-06-11T04:22:31Z")

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That was a joke. The two movies have very vaguely similar plots but no other connections. It’s barely possible that the makers of _13 Going on 30_ saw _14 going on 30_ and used some ideas from that earlier film, but there’s no proof of that.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-14-going-on-30-1988/756287/23 "2016-06-11T11:49:17Z")

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Time travel.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-14-going-on-30-1988/756287/24 "2016-06-13T18:59:52Z")

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> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#):
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> That was a joke. The two movies have very vaguely similar plots but no other connections. It’s barely possible that the makers of _13 Going on 30_ saw _14 going on 30_ and used some ideas from that earlier film, but there’s no proof of that.

I’m assuming anything **Mahaloth** posts in this thread is also a joke.

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