History Main / AdorablyPrecociouschild

* Brainiac 5 in the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' cartoon was made into this kind of (pre-)TeenGenius for the first season, in contrast to his snarky InsufferableGenius characterization in recent comics.

* Brainiac 5 in the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' cartoon was made into this kind of (pre-)TeenGenius for the first season, in contrast to his snarky InsufferableGenius characterization in recent comics.

* Dipper Pines from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls.'' At twelve, he's the OnlySaneMan, already fancies himself a [[ParanormalInvestigation paranormal investigator]] and is repeatedly trying to befriend the cool older kids, particularly his [[PrecociousCrush crush]], [[CoolBigSis Wendy]]. A mild {{Deconstruction}}, as his arc near the end of the series is learning not to rush adulthood so much ([[{{Foil}} in contrast to]] his [[PolarOppositeTwins twin sister]] [[CloudCuckoolander Mabel]], who becomes afraid of growing up).
* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' OWNS this trope. Acts as if he's preoccupied with responsibility, once had a crush on an older girl (well, she was only two grades ahead), and one of the most adorable kids on the show.

* Spike, the iconic baby dragon of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', is at least five years younger than the mane cast, but more often than not acts as a StraightMan to their antics, usually showing just as much (if not ''more'') maturity and understanding of a situation. However, he often acts his age, usually when [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E24OwlsWellThatEndsWell jealous]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E10SpikeAtYourService overeager to show results]]. Then again, [[ManChild this is a franchise where the adult characters constantly jump between holding down jobs and excitedly playing Pin-the-Tail-On-the-Donkey]].

* Carl Clover from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', despite being just a kid, he's a vigilante that has captured many criminals with the help of Nirvana. He always talks in a very professional matter and dislikes being treated as a kid. His attitude does hide a rather vulnerable side of him, though.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Silver the Hedgehog, despite being 14 years old, can be considered this too, as he's a young boy who is naive and cute-looking, but repeatedly tries to stop a BadFuture.
%% ** Miles "Tails" Prower from Team Sonic, Cream the Rabbit from Team Rose, and Charmy Bee from Team Chaotix.

* ''Anime/HareGuu'': Haré has to take care of his [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drunken partying mom]] ([[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother who is only in her 20s]]) and as the straight man ends up being driven crazy by Guu's craziness.

* Negi of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' (was the basic polite version earlier on in the manga, while Kotaro Inugami is more of a MouthyKid. Both of them, however, are extremely capable on their own. Due to GenreShift and liberal use of magical age-up pills, Negi has this trope more or less [[BreakTheCutie beaten out of him]] by various physical and emotional trauma by the midpoint of the story, although he hasn't been broken of the habit entirely.

* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': Claire, or, as she [[CatchPhrase always introduces herself]], "Claire Sawyer, Future Lawyer," is a middle school student who, as her name indicates, already has serious plans to become an attorney. She wears a pencil skirt and blazer (or, occasionally, a [[LadyInAPowerSuit power suit]]) to school every day, carries a briefcase, and has business cards, which she passes out as she represents her classmates in "cases" against each other or the faculty. Claire very much falls into TheComicallySerious, with her maturity and stoicism being both weird and endearing.

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* Creator/DavisCleveland. [[http://twitter.com/DavisCleveland His tweets are proof of this]] and was brave enough to even be at peace with those who bullied him [[http://alexirob.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/lovatics-attacks-shake-it-up-to-defend-demi/ just because he defended his show.]]
* Subverted by Ruth Lawrence, a child prodigy who at nine succeeded in passing the advanced examination in pure maths that British school pupils do not normally do before eighteen. While she became the youngest undergraduate ever at Oxford University, it was noted that her brilliance in mathematics did not confer special maturity on her, and in all other respects she was a markedly opinionated ten year old girl who was hard for other undergraduates to relate to, and could on occasion be disruptive in a way the university was not equipped to handle. (While Ruth was undoubtedly precocious, she certainly was not adorable: fellow undergraduates went so far as to call her "obnoxious"). Oxford has since reviewed its policy for making such exceptional admissions.
* Featured all the time in photographer Creator/AnneGeddes' work.
* ''WebSite/NotAlwaysFriendly'' has [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-best-and-worst-idea-to-date/ this six-year-old]] giving his parent's friend dating advice, like how to make the girl [[NauseaFuel throw up]] if she isn't nice at dinner.
--->'''Friend:''' What the hell kind of things have you been teaching your kids?
--->'''Parent:''' I really don't know...
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* Negi of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' (pictured above) was the basic polite version earlier on in the manga, while Kotaro Inugami is more of a MouthyKid. Both of them, however, are extremely capable on their own. Due to GenreShift and liberal use of magical age-up pills, Negi has this trope more or less [[BreakTheCutie beaten out of him]] by various physical and emotional trauma by the midpoint of the story, although he hasn't been broken of the habit entirely.

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* Dipper Pines from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls.'' At twelve he's the OnlySaneMan, already fancies himself a [[ParanormalInvestigation paranormal investigator]] and is repeatedly trying to befriend the cool older kids, particularly his [[PrecociousCrush crush]], [[CoolBigSis Wendy]]. A mild {{Deconstruction}}, as his arc near the end of the series is learning not to rush adulthood so much ([[{{Foil}} in contrast to]] his [[PolarOppositeTwins twin sister]] [[CloudCuckoolander Mabel]], who becomes afraid of growing up).

* Orel Puppington of WesternAnimation/MoralOrel, he's the only one in a corrupt town that has no ill intentions and genuinely loves God and (most) everyone in town.
* Spike, the iconic baby dragon of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', is at least five years younger than the mane cast, but more often than not acts as a StraightMan to their antics, usually showing just as much (if not ''more'') maturity and understanding of a situation. However, he often acts his age, usually when [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E24OwlsWellThatEndsWell jealous]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E10SpikeAtYourService overeager to show results]]. Then again, [[ManChild this is a franchise where the adult characters constantly jump between holding down jobs and excitedly playing Pin-the-Tail-On-The-Donkey]].

* Robin from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', though he's thirteen and technically ''juuust'' outside of the proper age range. But since he's the youngest ''and'' the most experienced crime fighter of the six main characters, the effect is pretty much the same. See also: [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]].

* Morgan Stark from ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is heavily implied to be a prodigious tech genius as, while most girls her age are playing with dolls and stumbling through a jumbo puzzle, Morgan explores the garage, plays with her mother's high tech battle helmet and enjoys watching her father work and otherwise proves to be a bit more advanced than most 4 year-olds, all on top of being tooth-achingly cute.

* Czeslaw Meyer of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' deliberately tries to cultivate this image, despite being ReallySevenHundredYearsOld. He claims he isn't used to being treated any other way.

%% * Orel Puppington, ''especially'' in ''[[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Beforel Orel]]''.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SilfofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics, UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s seven year old grandson Tsukitora (mothered by their son Masa and fathered by the [[PosthumousCharacter late]] Oyamada Nobushige) has memorized some magic by [[HotWitch Kyogoku Maria]] and is ungoing through some ninja training from [[BigBrotherMentor Sarutobi]] [[UsefulNotes/SarutobiSasuke Sasuke]], and is shown to be quite cute in [[https://www.deviantart.com/misakiyu misakiyu]]'s illustrations.

* An oddly disturbing example is found in the titular protagonist of ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil'', who is a ruthless [[ItsAllAboutMe self-serving]] BloodKnight and a ''very'' CreepyChild... and is also an adorable 10-year-old girl with blonde hair, azure eyes, and porcelain skin, who so happens to be a natural leader and powerful mage. Tanya sometimes uses this to ''her advantage'', to get rival commanders to underestimate her, among any other uses she may need to act cute for, even if she loathes every second of it. On one memorable occasion, she wanted to attack an enemy munitions factory, but ethical guidelines required her to first announce on an international channel her intention of attacking the factory so civilian workers would have time to evacuate... but she broadcast her warning in the ''cutest'' voice she could muster, so everyone would think it was some kind of prank, and nobody evacuated, and she went ahead and blew up the factory with everyone still inside.

* Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto, the protagonist of the wacky series ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' is the adorable homeroom teacher of Class 1-C, who somehow graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (whose name she's barely able to pronounce, no less.) at the age of 10 and somehow received a job at Japanese high school soon after, and also has long multi-colored hair, [[CryCute an adorable cry when she's scared or hurt]], and often teaches her students in a lab coat that goes all the way to her ankles[[note]]after failing to be taken seriously in a gothic lolita dress in episode 2[[/note]].

* Child Emperor from ''Manga/OnePunchMan'' is one of the world's top superheroes, and for a good reason: not only is he extremely intelligent, capable of creating all sorts of mechs, but he's also really skilled in hand-to-hand combat when it comes down to it. He's also a master strategist and, ironically, one of the most mature members of the association, despite being one of the youngest. All said, he still has his childish side: hates being treated like a child, can get cocky about his status, gets grumpy whenever he has to get out of school to do hero work and he's constantly snacking on a lollipop, even in battle. Also, [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51j9InvnuTS.jpg seems he's not above enjoying his action figures]].

* Bram, from ''Webcomic/BramAndVlad'', has alrady written four scientific monographs, and he is a precocious 13-years-old genius who inspires some respect. When he is not being a huge dork.
* Twenty-Fifth Bam from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', a cute young boy with a talent to befriend people and who '''really''' wants his [[GirlInTheTower best friend back]]. He is very diligent, honest and compassionate, extraordinarily humble and talented. [[spoiler:[[DarkerAndEdgier Jue]] [[TookALevelInBadass Viole]] [[AntiVillain Grace]] on the other hand…]]