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* ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' had ''WesternAnimation/CliffordsPuppyDays''. As a grown up, he was bigger than a house but as a pup he was so small that fits inside a cup of tea.

* ''Titans'': In-universe example. In the one-shot ''Titans Sell-out Special'', the team signs off their likenesses to be explored by television studios and toy companies. One of the projects is a cartoon with some of the heroes as babies: Night-nighty (Nightwing), Presto-Change'o (Changeling/Beast Boy), Daddy's Little Princess (Starfire), Kitty Lit'r (Pantha) and Beeesty (Baby Wildebeest).

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* Example that never was: The CBBC wanted the current production team to make them a ''Young Series/DoctorWho'', which presumably would have been titled ''[[Creator/StevenMoffat Moffat]] [[JustForPun Babies]]''. The idea horrified Creator/RussellTDavies, so he pitched ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' to them instead.

* ''Anime/UltramanKids'', based on the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' (and with characters more or less "[[CaptainErsatz inspired]]" by ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', the latter's anime adaptation becoming popular at the time). While the kids in question are Series/{{Ultraman}}, Series/{{Ultraseven}} and Series/UltramanTaro (and a new character, Ultragirl Piko who's a blatany Shizuka expy), various monsters and aliens from the show appears as classmates as well, with Alien Baltan and Alien Guts (respectively expies of Gian and Suneo) being the resident school bullies.

* ''Anime/UltramanKids'', based on the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''. While the kids in question are Series/{{Ultraman}}, Series/{{Ultraseven}} and Series/UltramanTaro, various monsters and aliens from the show appears as classmates as well, with Alien Baltan and Alien Guts being the resident school bullies.

* When the producers of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' were told to do a "teenage Batman" show, at first they seriously thought about quitting but instead they came up with ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (a sequel series featuring Bruce Wayne's successor). Creator/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 ComicBook/JusticeLeague.

* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHoodMischiefInSherwood'' is about a pre-teen RobinHood and his friends John, Marion, Scarlet ([[GenderFlip who's a girl]]) and Tuck battling the adult forces of a pre-teen Prince John.

* ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild'' is set during Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria's child years at the zoo, before the events of the film series.

* ''WesternAnimation/KidLucky'', adapted from the eponymous spinoff comics of ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke''.

* ''WesternAnimation/KidLucky'', adapted from the eponymous spinoff comics of ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke''.

* ''Kid Lucky'' (2020-), based off the comics in the ''Franchise/LuckyLuke'' franchise.

* ''ComicBook/LePetitSpirou'' is a spin-off of Franco-Belgian comic ''ComicBook/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) which centers mostly on the many hazards awaiting the dangly bits of a small child running half naked around the house. Has a bad, ''bad'' case of ComicBookTime, the first albums were set in the 60s/70s with a grandfather who'd been in WWI, nowadays the gags are modern (and the grandfather still the same age).

* An episode of ''Series/WonderShowzen'' features a sketch titled "Wonder Showzen Preemies" with the regular cast as babies in an obvious ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' spoof (Nanny even appears, shown from the socks up as a large pair of lips on legs -- in keeping with the style of ''Series/WonderShowzen'', the preemies actually have [[HasTwoMommies "two nannies"]]). At the end of the sketch, the children watch their own favorite show, "Wonder Showzen Embryos."

* [[https://toddlerstuck.tumblr.com/ Toddlerstuck]], a ''Webcomic/Homestuck'' AU in which the Alpha Kids, Beta Kids, Cherubs, and Alternian Trolls are children at a daycare center.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12179850/1/Rainbow-Dash-vs-The-Toilet Rainbow Dash vs the Toilet]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction where the six main characters, Princess Luna, and Big Macintosh are toddlers, but Princess Celestia (who, in canon, is only a bit older than Luna and Luna in canon is ''[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld way]]'' older than the protagonists) is the same age as she is in canon and Twilight is still literate.
* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaKids'', a fancomic by Deviantart user Kika-ila that has the teenage contestants of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'', ''World Tour'', and ''Revenge of the Island'' as children attending elementary school together. With the debut of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'', the whole thing becomes HilariousInHindsight.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ABOSm_k-Y A 2023 April Fool's video]] from Creator/{{Disney}} features the intro to a ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' spin-off created for Creator/DisneyJunior called ''Baby City Greens'', featuring the show's cast (save for Gramma Alice) as babies. Yes, Bill is about the same age as his two children, Tilly and Cricket.

** ''Series/TradingSpaces'': Boys vs. Girls

** Gladiators 2000 (''Series/AmericanGladiators'')
** Jep! (''Series/Jeopardy'')
** Joker! Joker! Joker! (''Series/TheJokersWild'')
** Storybook Squares (''Series/HollywoodSquares''),
** Wheel 2000 (''Series/WheelOfFortune''),
** ''Series/Taskmaster'' Junior (announced)
** Also, ''Series/Jeopardy'' had a canonical two-week "Teen Tournament" in the U.S. at least once a season 1987-2014 and on occasions thereafter;

** "''Series/MasterChef'' Junior",
** "''Series/TopChef'' Junior"
** "''Series/{{Chopped}}'' Junior"
** "''Series/ProjectRunway'' Junior"
** "''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' Juniors"
** "''Series/TradingSpaces'': Boys vs. Girls"
** Also, ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' also added that age group to teams in its much maligned, but canonical "Family Edition" in Season 8;

Cartoons have a tendency to get [[{{Spinoff}} spun off]] into new shows with younger versions of the original characters. No one is quite sure why producers do this, aside from the opportunity to make a new franchise for a new demographic out of an older, successful property. Often the concept of the original show is dropped entirely and replaced, but sometimes it's adapted to an elementary- or middle-school setting. Frequently parodied, due to the absurdity of some of the examples. This trope is named after ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies''.

* ''Mini-Jon's Experiments'' is a particularly odd example, as it is a spin-off for the Canadian comic ''Super Agent Jon Le Bon!'', which revolves around a kid clone of Jon having experiments while [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter making life hard for Henry]]. [[AllThereInTheManual As it turns out, he was born from Tiberius' attempt to make super soldier clones of Jon, so Mini-Jon was adopted by the Agency after destroying the lab.]]