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* ComicBook/{{Superboy}} is this to ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' in continuities where he's not literally a younger version of Supes. Typically like his mentor he's a young person trying to help people (but without the cape). ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} also counts in continuities where she's physically younger than her cousin.

* ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' series: [[PluckyGirl Annabelle Lennox]] to [[TheHero Sam Witwicky]], they were both regular people who became aware of the Cybertonians because of their respective families: [[Film/{{Transformers}} Archibald Witwicky discovered Megatron when he was frozen in ice and had the location of the Allspark imprinted on his glasses; William Lennox was attacked by a number of Decepticons and works with the Autobots in NEST.]] Sam and Annabelle have also befriended one Autobot in particular, [[KidAppealCharacter Bumblebee]] and [[TheBigGuy Ironhide]], respectively.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': Captain Marvel, Jr. was one of, if not the first. ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, [[ComicBook/TheFlash Kid Flash]], ComicBook/WonderGirl and the rest were all created to cash in on ''his'' popularity.

* In ''Fanfic/BlueMoon'', although Bella and Buffy don't meet [[spoiler:until near the end]], a few characters seem to consider Bella basically a younger version of Buffy given her relationship to Edward mirroring Buffy's relationship with Angel, save for the fact that this one has a chance as Bella can become a vampire to be with Edward without losing her soul. When Faith joins the Slayer army sent to Forks, she calls Bella 'Little B' as a further reflection of this, and the Slayers as a whole trust Bella to wield the Scythe in the fight with the Volturi.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' has a few.

* ComicBook/YoungJustice's core four and founding members are junior counterparts to four of the founding members of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica with ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}} (Kon-el), ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}} (Tim), ComicBook/WonderGirl(Cassie) and ComicBook/{{Impulse}} (Bart).

** Many of the Robins are this in some capacity to Batman, but [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] is perhaps the closest to Bruce in origin, as his own parents were murdered and Dick was motivated to get revenge on the ones responsible. Unlike most sidekicks of his era or the rest of the Bat Family, he doesn't have a bat or darkness motif at all since he was designed to be PluckyComicRelief. Later the third Robin, [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] would grow to be the most like Bruce in personality and the way he approaches tactics.

** Margaery Tyrell is presented a younger Cersei Lannister, both being daughters of a great noble house having, both having great ambitions, both marrying kings, and having a great dependence on an older relative (Cersei's father Tywin; Margaery's grandmother Olenna).

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'':

Often generates a [[YouRemindMeOfX "You remind me of me"]] statement and might even carry a WeaponJr. If the junior is a descendant of the senior, overlaps with GenerationXerox. Compare SpinOffBabies and LegacyCharacter.

The Junior Counterpart is a character that serves as a younger MirrorCharacter to an older character. A character of this sort is often present to have similar origins, appearance, or personality to the older character, but is either more [[WideEyedIdealist idealistic]], naive, or reckless than the older character and always less experienced. It's far more likely that the junior is the protagonist as he is most often shown to be the underdog, with the senior functioning as a DecoyProtagonist.

-->-- '''Speed''' to '''Quicksilver''', ''Comicbook/AvengersTheChildrensCrusade''

* ''LightNovel/ShounenHollywood - HOLLY STAGE'' has Daiki Tomii, the second "Tommy" of the eponymous group. Like Minoru, the first one, he shares his orphanage background, media interests, marketing color, and even his role as TheHeart. The Hollywood Tokyo president chose him for Shounen Hollywood exactly because of those similarities.

* The main and recurring characters of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' are teenage (barring certain characters like Sweetie and Sneezer) counterparts of the characters from the classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons, often even sharing the ''Looney Tunes'' characters' personality traits. While still considered the junior counterpart of Elmer Fudd, Elmyra's personality contrasts that of her mentor, in the sense that [[Main/AndCallHimGeorge she means no true harm to animals she sees, yet is considered a dangerous threat to them]].

* Virtually everyone on the Team in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' is a sidekick, relative, clone, or LegacyCharacter to an older superhero. Even Static, who had no prior relationship to any heroes before he got his powers, quickly attaches himself to Black Lightning.