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* Subverted in ''Manga/BlackButler''. Doll, aside from not being the eldest (though that is justified due to her elder "siblings" being GenreBlind), gives Ciel help, covers for him, and basically fits this trope to a T [[spoiler: before Ciel goes into an episode and orders for her death.]]

* Luke and, to a lesser extent, Flora in the ''ProfessorLayton'' games are variations on this trope. Flora mostly fits in the sense of being [[spoiler:an orphan who gets adopted by the protagonist]]. Luke plays the trope almost straight; however, his parents are still alive and perfectly comfortable financially, and he must [[spoiler:surrender the post at the end of the third game, when the family moves overseas]].
** In fact, it's thanks to his parents that Luke is hanging around -- Clark Triton is an old friend of the professor's, which probably explains why they're willing to let a grown man take their preteen son gallivanting off to solve murders impeded by hordes of people who insist you use thirteen coins to spell "waffle".

* Subverted in ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}''. Doll, aside from not being the eldest (though that is justified due to her elder "siblings" being GenreBlind), gives Ciel help, covers for him, and basically fits this trope to a T [[spoiler: before Ciel goes into an episode and orders for her death.]]

* Short Round in ''[[IndianaJones Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''.

* Akechi Kogoro had several as well, including Yoshio Kobayashi, [[CuteShotaroBoy who later became famous for something else entirely]].

* Kit Cloudkicker in ''{{TaleSpin}}''. Molly can also apply in most episodes she's in.

* Dick Tracy, Jr, from ''DickTracy'' is one of the examples of a street urchin who gets adopted.

* Short Round in ''[[IndianaJones Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''.

* In the third book of the ''Bardic Voices'' series, ''The Eagle and the Nightingale'', Nightingale hires a group of street children to be her eyes and ears.

* Subverted in ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}''. Doll, aside from not being the eldest (though that is justified due to her elder "siblings" being GenreBlind), gives Ciel help, covers for him, and basically fits this trope to a T before Ciel goes into an episode and orders for her death.

* The Baker Street Irregulars from ''SherlockHolmes''.
* Akechi Kogoro had several as well, including Yoshio Kobayashi, [[CuteShotaroBoy who later became famous for something else entirely]].
* Dick Tracy, Jr, from ''DickTracy'' is one of the examples of a street urchin who gets adopted.

* ''SolarPons'' has the Praed Street Irregulars.
* Short Round in ''[[IndianaJones Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''.
* Lilly in ''{{Ceville}}''.

* Nobby Nobbs is introduced in ''Discworld/NightWatch'' as one of these. Vimes sees Nobby spying on him for a whole slew of people, and begins paying Nobby to, in turn, spy on them.

* Ostap Bender from Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov's ''TheTwelveChairs'' employed them to track one of the titular, possibly treasure-holding chairs.
* Ben Fischer had apparently started as this in his {{backstory}} in ''HellHouse'', before his powers awakened.

* Kit Cloudkicker in ''{{TaleSpin}}''. Molly can also apply in most episodes she's in.

->''"No, it's not quite so bad as that. It is the unofficial force?the Baker Street irregulars."''

* Penny, {{Inspector Gadget}}'s niece, fits this description
** Or not. Penny ''is'' the real detective, is never a StreetUrchin, has a home, and so on. She's a SnoopingLittleKid, but that's as close to this trope as she gets.

The Baker Street Regular is a pun on the {{Trope Namer}}, the Baker Street Irregulars, who were a network of orphaned street urchins that had been under the employment of Sherlock Holmes to gather rumors, gather clues, and do various odd jobs, in which he made sure to pay what was, to them, an outrageous sum of money for their discretion and loyalty.

After you manage to win the respect of the Baker Street Regular, he will be an invaluable tool and assistant to your group. Life on the street is going to make him able to hear rumors that you won't be able to while you are out on your investigations. He is always good at hiding, especially in situations where the {{Big Bad}} is nearby. Expect him to have a slingshot or other projectile weapon to help you out if you need a distraction: He never misses unless the plot demands he does.

->''As he spoke, there came a swift pattering of naked feet upon the stairs, a clatter of high voices, and in rushed a dozen dirty and ragged little street Arabs. There was some show of discipline among them, despite their tumultuous entry, for they instantly drew up in line and stood facing us with expectant faces. One of their number, taller and older than the others, stood forward with an air of lounging superiority which was very funny in such a disreputable little scarecrow.''

* As far as this troper could tell, Ben Fischer had started as this in his {{backstory}} in ''HellHouse'', before his powers awakened.

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