History Main / PrecociousCrush

* Speaking of {{squick}}, there's a particularly disturbing example in the ''Literature/{{Petaybee}}'' series when 'Cita, who was raised by a cult and married off at the age of 12, develops a thing for [[BigBad Matthew Luzon]]. [[{{Jerkass}} She probably isn't the only one]], but still.

** Lulu, a young girl, in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' becomes infatuated with the teenage [[{{Bishounen}} Young Cricket]], clinging onto his arm at the end of his level and Cricket just sees her as a lost child.

** "Seeds of Magic", a [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive]] AlternateUniverse spinoff of the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', has something similar happen to that universe's version of Applejack--she meets Shining Armor due to befriending Twilight in school and develops a crush on him. She claims to have long since gotten over it, however.
** ''Fanfic/LifeInManehattan'': Since Twilight and Spike [[AlternateUniverseFic never went to Ponyville]], they never met Rarity, so Octavia instead becomes the object of Spike's affections.
** In ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'', Sweetie Belle has a crush on Cheerilee, her teacher, at one point.
** ''Fanfic/BeneathYourFeetWhatTreasures'' is about Spike dealing with the fact that he is [[DidNotGetTheGirl not going to get Rarity]].

In the Myth/ArthurianLegend, Mordred has a crush on and later proposes to Guinevere who is old enough to be his mother.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10264509/25/Tales-of-Fairies Tales of Fairies]]'' Asuka, [[Manga/FairyTail Alzack and Bisca's]] six-year-old daughter, tells her father that she's in love with Pantherlily, the sullen and tall Exceed who while not having his age revealed is at least older than Mystogan. [[OverprotectiveDad Alzack]] doesn't take it well, and tells Lily to stay away from Asuka, much to the latter's befuddlement.

* Subverted in the first ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' manga. It appears that the prepubescent-looking Link has this sort of crush towards the teenaged Zelda, however Zelda is actually ''younger'' than Link. As Link is [[HalfHumanHybrid half-elf]], he ages slower than humans. Link is older than Zelda [[spoiler: and is in fact her [[BrotherSisterIncest older]] [[SurpriseIncest brother]].]]

* ''Fanfic/RazputinVodelloAU'':
** After Lizzie gives him a kiss as part of some light teasing, Raz winds up developing a crush on her. After a quick heart to heart, the two of them manage to diffuse it before it escalates.
** Gisu tells Raz that she had a crush on a much older teenager. She spent years without telling him, only to suffer heartbreak when she found out that he was gay.
** Lizzie confesses to Raz that she can relate to Raz's crush on her because she had a crush on [[spoiler:Milla Vodello]].

* In ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', Hasta falls in love with Mahiro after he shows him kindness and even repeatedly asks if they can be lovers. Mahiro refuses because Hasta's a child, [[IncompatibleOrientation they're both boys]], and he's really the avatar of [[EldritchAbomination Hastur, The King in Yellow]].

* Played with in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' chapters 925 through 927. Ai Haibara takes it badly when she learns her favorite athlete, Ryusuke Higo (in his early-to-mid 20s), is rumored to be dating local idol Yoko Okino (around his same age). She refuses to listen to Yoko's songs anymore and even hires Kogoro, a fan Yoko's, to investigate the affair. When they all inevitably get involved in a murder case, Haibara's interaction with the pair include things like instantly agreeing to whatever Ryusuke says and ''dis''agreeing with Yoko, even if they're saying essentially the same thing. After everything is resolved, we learn the rumors are fake and Ryusuke personally thanks Haibara for her help in the case and even makes an offhand remark about putting her on his team. The final panel shows Haibara insisting on playing soccer despite stormy weather and singing Yoko's newest song. The twist that plays with the trope is that Haibara is actually an 18-year-old [[FountainOfYouth physically regressed]] to about age 7 and is typically a LittleMissSnarker on top of that... [[HilarityEnsues yet her behavior throughout these chapters ends up matching almost exactly what one would expect of her grade-schooler appearance.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', it's implied that the reason why [[TheDragon Fink]] [[InsistentTerminology insists]] on referring to her [[ParentalSubstitute adoptive father-figure]] Professor Venomous as "Boss" rather than "Dad"--even firmly correctly Darrell when he calls Venomous "[your] daddy"--is because she has this sort of crush on him. Since she's very subtle about it and ''acts'' far more like a BrattyTeenageDaughter than a SmittenTeenageGirl, he never seems to catch on, always loving her like his daughter and very much treating her like one.

* Poor, poor Masato (Max) from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' (who is not old enough to be a Pokemon trainer) developed such a crush on the youngest Kachinuki (Winstrate). She is more naive than he and ends up breaking his heart.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' has 12-year-old Ted crushing for high school girl Audrey.

* Dameon in ''Literature/WaysideSchool'' gets one for Mrs. Jewls, but fears being teased by his friends, so he plays pranks on her. When he admits the truth, Mrs. Jewls replies that she [[LoveYouAndEverybody loves him and everybody]], but loves Mr. Jewls in a more specific way.

* {{Exaggerated}} to an uncomfortable degree in ''WesternAnimation/AllenGregory''. Not only does the title character, who is only seven years old, have a crush on his elderly, overweight principal, but he sexually lusts for her to the point where he actually wishes to have sex with her.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[http://isaia.deviantart.com/art/First-Crush-125866525 "Just thinkin' about someone special…"]] ]]

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'':

* ''Manga/ChocoMimi'': Misaki, an eighth-grader, has a crush on Mr. Take, her 60 year old teacher. This attraction is frequently PlayedForLaughs.

** In ''Literature/StarWarsKenobi'', after Ben Kenobi saves her in a BigDamnHeroes moment, seventeen-year-old Kallie Calwell can't get enough of the man (who has about 20 years on her), going so far as to sneak out to his place and eavesdrop on his meditations. Ben's ''actual'' LoveInterest is Kallie's mother Annileen, a DeterminedWidow.

* Played with in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' chapters 925 through 927. Ai Haibara takes it badly when she learns her favorite athlete, Ryusuke Higo (in his early-to-mid 20s), is rumored to be dating local idol Yoko Okino (around his same age). She refuses to listen to Yoko's songs anymore and even hires Kogoro, a fan Yoko's, to investigate the affair. When they all inevitably get involved in a murder case, Haibara's interaction with the pair include things like instantly agreeing to whatever Ryusuke says and ''dis''agreeing with Yoko, even if they're saying essentially the same thing. After everything is resolved, we learn the rumors are fake and Ryusuke personally thanks Haibara for her help in the case and even makes an offhand remark about putting her on his team. The final panel shows Haibara insisting on playing soccer despite stormy weather and singing Yoko's newest song. The twist that plays with the trope is that Haibara is actually an 18-year-old [[FountainOfYouth physically regressed]] to about age 6 and is typically LittleMissSnarker on top of that... [[HilarityEnsues yet her behavior throughout these chapters ends up matching almost exactly what one would expect of her grade-schooler appearance.]]