History Main / KidHasAPoint

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'': Anduin Wrynn is calmer and more diplomatic than his father, which sometimes leads to this trope.
* ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': Mission is a snarky, teenaged Twi'lek [[ArtfulDodger street kid]] who looks up to the PlayerCharacter like an older sibling. She is also tied with Carth as having the highest KarmaMeter score in the party. She will often argue against unfair or openly oppressive situations or encourage the player to be the nice guy.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In the episode "Bridle Gossip", Apple Bloom is the only one to assume that Zecora isn't evil, contrast to the Mane 6 who are much older than her and guess Zecora is evil. Turns out Apple Bloom's assumption was correct all along.

* Gher from ''TheRedemptionOfAlthalus''. He's not just TheSmartGuy, he's a young smart guy.

* ''TheSimpsons''. There are a lot of episodes where Lisa manages to come up with a solution where adults have failed. She is usually more intelligent than Homer as well.

* Talen from the {{Elenium}} has a knack for figuring out things before the adults.

* This is a recurring theme in the {{Deryni}} works generally; younger people are seen to question and doubt old ideas: the fears promulgated by the Church hierarchy and the received wisdom (untested) of the High Deryni Lords of the Camberian Council. Some of the younger people even act on their different notions of the proper and the just. In particular:

* The protagonists of WesternAnimation/SouthPark tend to invoke this in episodes with AnAesop.

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* The Baudelaire Orphans repeatedly in ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents.

* The movie SleeplessInSeattle is based on this premise. Jonah wants his sad father to remarry, so the boy takes the initiative to call a radio psychiatrist, setting off the whole sequence of events.
* In the movie GregorysGirl by Bill Forsyth, Gregory's younger sister Madeline is a classic example of this trope.

* In the movie Gregory's Girl by Bill Forsyth, Gregory's younger sister Madeline is a classic example of this trope.

* In the movie GregorysGirl by Bill Forsyth, Gregory's younger sister Madeline is a classic example of this trope.

* In the movie Gregory'sGirl by Bill Forsyth, Gregory's younger sister Madeline is a classic example of this trope.

* In the movie 'Gregory's Girl' by Bill Forsyth, Gregory's younger sister Madeline is a classic example of this trope.

* Played for laughs in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "The Politics of Human Sexuality"; after some [[WackyFratboyHijinx Wacky College Hijinx]] involving [[ItMakesSenseInContext an attempt to break into the Dean's office to view a large fake penis in preparation for an STD Fair]], the Dean forces Annie, Shirley and Britta into a meeting with the Greendale counsellor, who immediately picks up that Annie -- who, although older than the typical example of the trope, is clearly the youngest, most naive and sheltered of the three -- clearly has some hang-ups about saying the word 'penis'. After a very condescending reaction on the part of the counsellor, who attempts to passive-aggressively force Annie to say 'penis' in front of everyone, Annie angrily snaps and declares that she's [[SpoofAesop actually okay with being sexually repressed]], pointing out that maybe if a few more people were a bit more reluctant to express themselves sexually like her they wouldn't need to have an STD fair in the first place.

* The protagonists of WesternAnimation/SouthPark tend to invoke this in episodes with AnAesop.

* In the movie 'Gregory's Girl' by Bill Forsyth, Gregory's younger sister Madeline is a classic example of this trope.
* ''TheSimpsons''. There are a lot of episodes where Lisa manages to come up with a solution where adults have failed. She is usually more intelligent than Homer as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In the episode "Bridle Gossip", Apple Bloom is the only one to assume that Zecora isn't evil, contrast to the Mane 6 who are much older than her and guess Zecora is evil. Turns out Apple Bloom's assumption was correct all along.
* ''WorldOfWarcraft'': Anduin Wrynn is calmer and more diplomatic than his father, which sometimes leads to this trope.
* The movie SleeplessInSeattle is based on this premise. Jonah wants his sad father to remarry, so the boy takes the initiative to call a radio psychiatrist, setting off the whole sequence of events.

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* Once the rest of the ''PowerRangersTurbo'' cast changed over, lone holdover Justin tended to be the first one to figure out what Divatox's Evil Plan of the Week was.

* The protagonists of SouthPark tend to invoke this in episodes with AnAesop.

** ''High Deryni'': In a meeting of the Camberian Council, Tiercel deClaron (the youngest member) mounts an eloquent defence of Morgan and Duncan when two other members deride them for being [[HalfBreed half-breeds]]. Tiercel starts with the proposition that they should be sought out "on bended knee, begging them to share their great knowledge with us" (referring to the pair's rumoured rediscovery of Healing, a talent lost for some two centuries). He goes on to suggest, based on what they know of the powers, that being Deryni may be an all-or-nothing proposition like other traits. After a long silence, Barrett [=deLaney=] quietly says, "We are well instructed by our juniors."

* Once the rest of the ''PowerRangersTurbo'' cast changed over, lone holdover Justin tended to be the first one to figure out what Divatox's Evil Plan of the Week was.

Compare AdultsAreUseless.

NotNowKiddo is the inversion of the trope.

* The Baudelaire Orphans repeatedly in ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents.
* The protagonists of SouthPark tend to invoke this in episodes with AnAesop.
* TheBible originated the expression, "Out of the Mouths of Babes" that relates to this trope.
* This is a recurring theme in the {{Deryni}} works generally; younger people are seen to question and doubt old ideas: the fears promulgated by the Church hierarchy and the received wisdom (untested) of the High Deryni Lords of the Camberian Council. Some of the younger people even act on their different notions of the proper and the just. In particular:

* Talen from the {{Elenium}} has a knack for figuring out things before the adults.
* In the movie 'Gregory's Girl' by Bill Forsyth, Gregory's younger sister Madeline is a classic example of this trope.

* The movie {{Sleepless in Seattle}} is based on this premise. Jonah wants his sad father to remarry, so the boy takes the initiative to call a radio psychiatrist, setting off the whole sequence of events.

* Wesley in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had such occasions, then [[CreatorsPet started doing it a little too often]], leading to some fan backlash.

** ''High Deryni'': In a meeting of the Camberian Council, Tiercel deClaron (the youngest member) mounts an eloquent defence of Morgan and Duncan when two other members deride them for being half-breeds. Tiercel starts with the proposition that they should be sought out "on bended knee, begging them to share their great knowledge with us" (referring to the pair's rumoured rediscovery of Healing, a talent lost for some two centuries). He goes on to suggest, based on what they know of the powers, that being Deryni may be an all-or-nothing proposition like other traits. After a long silence, Barrett [=deLaney=] quietly says, "We are well instructed by our juniors."

* Wesley in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had such occasions, then [[CreatorsPet started doing it a little too often]], leading to some fan backlash.

* TheWesley in StarTrek. YMMV on how annoying this is.

* MyLittlePony:FriendshipIsMagic: In the episode "Bridle Gossip", Apple Bloom is the only one to assume that Zecora isn't evil, contrast to the Mane 6 who are much older than her and guess Zecora is evil. Turns out Apple Bloom's assumption was correct all along.