History Main / PrecociousCrush

* Played [[TearJerker for tragedy]] in the Chilean novel "El Niño que Enloqueció de Amor" ("The boy who went crazy For love"). A boy no older than 12 falls in love with his beautiful neighbor Angélica and becomes obsessed with her. To say ItGotWorse is, well, an {{understatement}}.

* Played with in ''TheTimeTravelersWife'': the title character makes an awkward attempt to seduce her future husband when she is sixteen and he is visiting from the future. He refuses, telling her that he can't because he has a wonderful wife who he loves very much. She is crushed, and it isn't until years later that she learns that she herself is that wife.
** Um...she knew at age 11 that she married him in the future (both figured it out and a ouija board told her). That's why at 16 she's trying to seduce him early.

* In ''{{Durarara}}'', Shinra has been harboring an intense and ''very'' vocal crush on his [[HeadlessHorseman Dullahan]] housemate, Celty, for the last twenty years. He's only twenty-four. Do the math.

* ''TheBradyBunch'': for one episode Marcia wanted to become "Mrs. Marcia Dentist", having a crush on her dentist at the time (and not even knowing his last name!).
* An episode of LeaveItToBeaver had Beaver having a crush on his 2nd grade teacher.

* In an episode of {{Frasier}}, Frasier's visiting 8-year-old son Frederick has a very adult crush on Daphne, much to Niles' chagrin.

* In {{House}}, the 8-year-old brother of one of House's child patients gets an enormous crush on Cameron. It starts with him stealing flowers for her, then he grabs her butt, and later he attacks Chase. . .

* Lumina from HarvestMoon: A Wonderful Life apparently has a crush on you. In the PS2 version she 18 and is a potential bride, but in the Gamecube version she's about 11 and is a potential bride for your son.

* Also in ''Jack'' when the titular character gets a crush on his [[JenniferLopez school teacher]]. Played with and justified in that since he suffers a disorder that speeds up his aging four-fold (so he looks and appears 40 when he's actually 10 at heart), he sees it as OK because he looks like a grown-up (and thus, has zero interest in girls his own age).

* BridgeToTerabithia - Jesse has a crush on his music teacher, Ms. Edmunds.

** Not to mention her obsession with Corey magazine (and the hotline) in earlier seasons, all full of boys who were at least in their teens.

* In Hilary [=McKay's=] third book in the popular CassonFamilySeries, the implication in ''Permanent Rose'' is that Rose (who is only eight/nine at the time) has a crush on Tom Levin, who is at least twelve/thirteen at the time, but she isn't aware of it herself that she has a crush on him, whereas everyone else in her family is cognizant of it.

* Samantha Puckett on ''{{iCarly}}'' revealed her crush on Spencer in the episode ''iGet Pranky''.

** By the same author, [=~Ranma ½~=] begins with Akane Tendo having a onesided crush on Dr. Tofu, a chiropractor who has apparently been something of the family physcian for many years, having been responsible for treating Akane's sprains and bruises since she was a little girl. He is completely oblivious to her feelings for her, though, and this coupled with his freakish [[MayDecemberRomance obsession with her elder sister Kasumi]] helps her to get over it.

* In ''{{Durarara}}'', Shinra has been harboring an intense and ''very'' vocal crush on his [[HeadlessHorseman Dullahan]] housemate Certy for the last twenty years. He's only twenty-four. Do the math.

* In Jeff Smith's ''[[{{Shazam!}} Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil]]'', Billy Batson has a crush on beautiful reporter, Helen Fidelity (a blonde expy of Lois Lane). Also, in a rather odd variation of the LoveTriangle, Helen has a crush on Captain Marvel.

* On ''PhineasAndFerb'', Ferb ([[VagueAge stated as "less than 15"]] but looks about 10) has a crush on Vanessa Doofenshmirtz (16). And somehow, the fans are actually OK with this one.
** It didn't help that the episode "Vanessassary Roughness" actually seemed to encourage this.
** Not to mention the fact that Phineas himself seems to support this in "Summer Belongs to You".
*** ''Some'' fans are okay with it; others opt to pair Ferb with Isabella or Gretchen.

* 8 year old Rebecca Hopkins from YuGiOh (less {{Squick}}y in the Japanese version, where she's 12 years old)

* In the SailorMoon anime Usagi's brother Shingo develops a crush on Ami. This really isn't all that unreasonable given that the age difference between them is just four years (Shing's around eleven, Ami is fifteen) exactly the same for his older sister and Mamoru.

** She also expresses a certain fondness for Shingo, who is her uncle.

*** ''Some'' fans are okay with it (This Troper included); others opt to pair Ferb with Isabella or Gretchen.

**In Persona 3 Portable, should you choose to play as a female, the [[spoiler: Justice]] Social Link is changed to be Ken Amada. And over the course of the social link, Ken and the main character can develop feelings for each other.