History Main / SpinoffBabies

* ''Le Petit Spirou'' is a spin-off of Franco-Belgian comic ''SpirouAndFantasio'', starring a younger, and markedly more impertinent and irreverent version of the main character. Some of the one page gags are {{flashback}}s to the protagonist years as a toddler (rather than an elementary school kid). Their storyline centers mostly on the many hazards awaiting the dangly bits of a small child running half naked around the house.
* The French ComicBook ''{{Sillage}}'' (''Wake'') had a spin off series called ''Navis'', which was about the title character's childhood on a jungle planet and was written and drawn in a more humorous style than the parent series.

* The Danish (original) movie series ''{{Olsen-Banden}}'' (''Olsen gang'') and the Norwegian ''Olsenbanden'' and Swedish ''Jönssonligan'' (''The Jonsson gang'') remakes had spin-off movies with the titular gang as kids.

* There's a MahouSenseiNegima [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/negiho_ito_bun/ spin off]][[hottip:*:[[AdaptationOverdosed Go figure]] that [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this trope]] a bit by featuring [[hottip:*: [[KidHero the normally 10 year old]] Teenage!Negi as 3-A's kindergarten teacher.

* ''KamenRider SD'', a joke OVA that depicted horrifically adorable, super-deformed versions of the Kamen Riders (from [[Series/KamenRider Rider 1]] to [[KamenRiderBlackRX Black RX]]). In retrospect, it deliberately makes ''[[{{Kamen Rider Den-O}} Den-O]]'' look like ''[[KamenRiderBlack Black]]''.

* The original ''Manga/DragonBall'' came off as this to some American viewers due to ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' being far, far more popular and having much more exposure; ''Manga/DragonBall'' was first aired in America in 1995, but it didn't do well and was largely forgotten until ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' caught on.

* Teenie Beanies, which were available at [=McDonald's=] for several years, were this to BeanieBabies. Some Teenie Beanies were even given diminutive names of their larger counterparts; e.g., the Teenie version of Ants the Anteater was called "Antsy."

Note that those are usually ''not'' {{prequel}}s, and not part of the original show's continuity. It's usual for people who supposedly met for the first time in the original show to meet in the "younger" show, or for characters with notably different ages in the original show to be babies/middle-schoolers at the same time. If you have descendants, then it's SpinOffspring.

* Like many other tropes, this one was parodied on MuppetsTonight, when a tape of {{Seinfeld}} and a tape of MuppetBabies (yes, in-universe) got tangled together, resulting in the sketch 'Seinfeld Babies'.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'' sort of counts. Spider-Man was certainly introduced as a teenager, and both WhiteTiger and the new ComicBook/{{Nova}} are [[CanonImmigrant CanonImmigrants]] anyway. However, LukeCage and [[ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]] are both traditionally portrayed as adults in the comics, as is the Rhino.

* ''PetitEva'', a LighterAndSofter adaptation of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

** [[YoungJustice It came to pass]].

* The Disney ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' cartoon, who was technically that age during the movie, but not for most of it (it happens inbetween Hercules being accepted as Phil's apprentice and the completion of his hero training).

* ''IronManArmoredAdventures'' Tony, Pepper, Rhodey, and the BigBad the Mandarin are all re-imagined as teenagers in high schools.

* SquareEnix did this with a couple of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' characters in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series. Most of these characters were originally in their late teens or early 20s in their respective ''Final Fantasy'' games, but their ''Kingdom Hearts'' [[AlternateUniverse counterparts]] are in their early to mid teens. This includes Zack from ''FinalFantasyVII''[[note]]Actually, Zack makes his first appearance in ''KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', which takes place 10 years before the [[{{VideoGame/KingdomHearts}} original game]]. So, he's likely in his 20s in the present, just like his ''Final Fantasy'' counterpart.[[/note]], Selphie, Seifer, Fuu (Fujin), and Rai (Raijin) from ''FinalFantasyVIII'', and lastly, Tidus and Wakka from ''FinalFantasyX''.
** Subverted with Squall "Leon" Leonhart from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII]] who is instead aged up to his early to mid twenties.

** BruceTimm has stated that before doing ''Batman Beyond'', the network had initially wanted them to do a series focusing on Batman mentoring teen versions of the [[JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]]. Probably better that idea didn't come to pass.....

* "Those meddling kids" from ''ScoobyDoo'' went from their late teens to their pre-teens for ''APupNamedScoobyDoo''.

*** There are at least two shorts where the Elmer/Bugs rivalry started as kids. One of them is part of a movie, where Bugs thinks they must have been the youngest... and then sees a baby Coyote in diapers chasing a Road Runner egg with legs.
*** Done in 1944 in Clampett's "The Old Gray Hare" and in 1980 in Jones' "Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Bunny". And arguably even earlier in 1943 in Clampett's "A Corny Concerto" - depends on whether the Ugly Duckling character is a representation of Daffy as a baby or not (and that's up to you).

* The ''PowerpuffGirls'' spoofed this in the "City of Clipsville" episode by depicting a flashback where Professor Utonium accidentally turns the girls into babies, then he does it on the rest of Townsville. There's another flashback later on that spoofs the TimeSkip variant, by having the girls speed up time and give up fighting crime to become air-headed teens.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', in which Milhouse asks AlanMoore to sign his copy of ''[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Watchmen Babies]] In: [[VForVendetta V For Vacation]]''. (pictured above)

* ''Little Rosie,'' NotQuiteStarring an animated [[{{Roseanne}} Roseanne Barr]] and featuring, in one episode, an animated John Goodman. We will speak no more of this.

* Similar to the [=SpongeBob=] episode "Goo Goo Gas", an episode of SmilePrettyCure have a bottle of chemicals turn the 5 girls, Wolfrun and Akaoni into little kids and Candy into a baby. [[spoiler: They transform back into their normal forms a few minutes before the episode ends.]]