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* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' has Bowser Junior, Bowser's son, and Donkey Kong Junior, the son of the first VideoGame/DonkeyKong who would grow up to be the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Donkey Kong]] we know today. The series also ran with the concept after Baby Mario appeared in MarioTennis. Since then they've introduced Baby versions of Luigi, Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina existing simultaneously with their adult counterparts. The latter two haven't even appeared in any official non-spinoff titles yet.

** Spidey's daughter and DistaffCounterPart ComicBook/SpiderGirl counts. Like her dad she's bright in science, a chronic {{Determinator}}...and really unlucky when comes to love.

* ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' series: [[PluckyGirl Annabelle Lennox]] to [[TheHero Sam Witwicky]], they were both regular people who became aware of the Cybertonians because of their fathers: [[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.

* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': In certain respects, Jean Grey is a younger female version of her father figure Charles. She's a NiceGirl with a FriendlessBackground who is tormented by her telepathy because she has difficulty blocking out the thoughts of others, and she suffers from BadDreams, which makes the two of them BirdsOfAFeather. Jean becomes a source of emotional support to Scott after [[spoiler:his brother dies]], which mirrors how Xavier comforts her when she's distressed. Jean is compassionate towards a dehumanized Wolverine even after she had witnessed him [[spoiler:butcher ''all'' Stryker's soldiers]], just as Xavier is forgiving of Magneto's mass murder because he can still sense the goodness in his old friend. Jean adopts the PstandardPsychicPstance that her mentor no longer uses, which reinforces the idea that she's a surrogate version of DaddysGirl.[[note]]She fits "The third possible character is the socially awkward one who gets understanding and encouragement from her father" type.[[/note]] Their sameness is also displayed visually because Jean wears a 3/4-sleeve blazer which is similar to the Professor's (albeit in a different colour), and conveniently, they're both beautiful in a feminine way (Charles is a LongHairedPrettyBoy).

* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': In certain respects, Jean Grey is a younger female version of her father figure Charles. She's a NiceGirl with a FriendlessBackground who is tormented by her telepathy because she has difficulty blocking out the thoughts of others, and she suffers from BadDreams. She becomes a source of emotional support to Scott after [[spoiler:his brother dies]], which mirrors how Xavier comforts her when she's distressed. Jean is compassionate towards a dehumanized Wolverine even after she had witnessed him [[spoiler:butcher ''all'' Stryker's soldiers]], just as Xavier is forgiving of Magneto's mass murder because he can still sense the goodness in his old friend. Jean adopts the PstandardPsychicPstance that her mentor no longer uses, which reinforces the idea that she's a surrogate version of DaddysGirl.[[note]]She fits "The third possible character is the socially awkward one who gets understanding and encouragement from her father" type.[[/note]] Their sameness is also displayed visually because she wears a 3/4-sleeve blazer which is similar to the Professor's (albeit in a different colour), and conveniently, they're both beautiful in a feminine way (Charles is a LongHairedPrettyBoy).

* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series has [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Young Link]] and [[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Toon Link]], who are younger, faster versions of the full-grown [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]]. ''Melee'' also has [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]], a younger relative of Pikachu who is [[JokeCharacter weaker and downright reckless]].

* Roy Harper, back when he was GreenArrow's sidekick Speedy, was a young version of Ollie, not only due to his archery abilities, but also because he turned out to be as much of a ladies' man as his mentor.

* Many of the Robins are this in some capacity to Franchise/{{Batman}}, but [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] is perhaps the closest to Bruce, 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 Robin doesn't have a bat or darkness motif at all since he was designed to be PluckyComicRelief.

* Nowi from FireEmblemAwakening is a younger counterpart of Tiki from FireEmblemAkaneia, since both of them are young-looking dragon girls who use Dragon Stones to morph into massive dragons. [[spoiler: And considering that a now OlderAndWiser Tiki can be recruited in ''Awakening''....]]

The JuniorCounterpart is a character that serves as a younger, less experienced {{Foil}} to an older, wiser character. A character of this sort is often present to have similar origins, appearance, or character to the older character, but is either more [[WideEyedIdealist idealistic]], naive, or reckless than the older character. 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.

* In ''Beneath the Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'', the character Brent is a smaller, younger version of Taylor from the first film.

A younger version of an older character. A character of this sort is often present to have similar origins, appearance, or character to the older character, but is either more [[WideEyedIdealist idealistic]], naive, or reckless than the older character. The junior is often present to show how much more experience the senior has.

A younger version of an older character. A character of this sort is often present to have similar origins or appearance to the older character, but is either more [[WideEyedIdealist idealistic]], naive, or reckless than the older character. The junior is often present to show how much more experience the senior has.

The junior is most often presented as being a student or younger relative of the senior, but not always. Sometimes, the junior becomes the sidekick of the senior.

* Usopp in ''Manga/OnePiece'' is the son of Yasopp, a crewmember of an infamous.prate crew Red Hair Pirates. Both of them are avid sharpshooters, with Usopp using a slingshot in similar effectiveness to his father's gun. Luffy recruits him for that reason.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' has Bowser Junior, Bowser's son, and Donkey Kong Junior, the son of the first VideoGame/DonkeyKong who would grow up to be the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Donkey Kong]] we know today.

* {{Invoked}} in ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' wherein the team intentionally patterns themselves of their role models, ComicBook/TheAvengers, in hopes of becoming PromotedFanBoy{{s}}. Some members of the team are even blood related to their counterparts, such as [[ComicBook/AntMan Scott Lang's]] daughter Cassie and ComicBook/ScarletWitch's kids Billy and Tommy (Billy got her with powers whereas Tommy got ComicBook/QuickSilver's SuperSpeed).

** In ''Literature/AStormOfSwords'', Jaime Lannister notes that Loras Tyrell is pretty much himself as a youth: a reckless, impulsive knight very close to his lookalike sister.

* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series had [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Young Link]] and [[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Toon Link]], who were younger, faster versions of the full-grown [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]]. ''Melee'' also had [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]], a younger relative of Pikachu who was [[JokeCharacter weaker and downright reckless]].

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