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* Benjamin Berg from ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'' fits this trope to a T:
--> '''Ben''': By year's end I'll have enough dual credits to graduate from this dump [Rivercrest High School] and enter college as a sophomore..
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* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Lucke mentions that the author of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Magic of Engineering]]'' designed a car when she was 15.

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* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'': Mechanica built a fully-powered combat suit, complete with thrusters, at the tender age of 15.
%%* Dmitri and Reese of ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' are younger than teenagers, but they fit the trope.



* Ciel of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' created [[spoiler:Copy-X]], a near-perfect duplicate of [[TechnoWizard Thomas Light's]] greatest work, when she was ''six years old'' and devised a completely new energy source before she'd finished her teenage years. ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX ZX's]]'' backstory indicates she also created the biometals sometime after the Zero series. [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Girl gets around, doesn't she?]]
** [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Tron Bonne]] certainly counts. Aside from the fact that she created the 40 Servbots, most of the machines she makes are made from ''spare parts'', such as a train and Bruno in the first game. She was 13 in the first game (and her spinoff) and 14 in the second.

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* Ciel of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' created [[spoiler:Copy-X]], Brigid Tenenbaum's backstory in ''VideoGame/BioShock'' has her going from young girl in a near-perfect duplicate of [[TechnoWizard Thomas Light's]] greatest work, when she concentration camp to [[LesCollaborateurs helping the scientists improve on their work]].
%%* Lucca from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* Coco Bandicoot from ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot''
was ''six years old'' and devised a completely new energy source tech-genius well before she'd finished her teenage years. ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX ZX's]]'' backstory indicates she also created the biometals sometime after the Zero series. [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Girl gets around, doesn't she?]]
** [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Tron Bonne]] certainly counts. Aside
years.
* MadScientist Mao
from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}''. Despite being [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld several centuries old,]] he's around fifteen by demon standards.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
** In ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', TokenEvilTeammate Myron is this. He has an Intelligence stat of 8 and invented
the fact that she created drug [[FantasticDrug Jet]] despite seeming to be about 15, and can create drugs and Stimpaks for the 40 Servbots, most of player if given the machines she makes are made from ''spare parts'', such right ingredients as well as perform Science checks for them.
** In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', the [[PlayerCharacter Lone Wanderer]] (a 19-year-old) can be this if you use XP right. In fact, with
a train and Bruno in decent Explosives skill, one of the first game. She was 13 things the player can do literally moments after leaving the Vault is offer to defuse the ''nuclear bomb'' that lies in the first game (and center of Megaton.
* Quistis Trepe in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is, like [[Franchise/AceAttorney Franziska von Karma]], an eighteen-year old whip-wielding female genius. She's the youngest instructor in Balamb Garden, having become a [[SuperSoldier SeeD]] at the age of 15. She now lectures students
her spinoff) and 14 in the second.own age.



* [[TheHero Shulk]] of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' is a ScienceHero who starts the game working as an engineer/researcher, despite still being 18. The game makes it very obvious that he has somewhat of a name as the local tech whiz.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' has Lin Lee Koo, 13 years old and one of the more well-respected engineers among the entire city. It is made clear very quickly that she is more than qualified for her position, though she isn't perfect by any means (her introductory scene shows a flight test on a system she designed gone wrong when the mech vented exhaust into the cockpit).
* Lucca from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* Coco Bandicoot from ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' was a tech-genius well before her teenage years.

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* [[TheHero Shulk]] of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' is a ScienceHero who starts All the game working as an engineer/researcher, despite still being 18. The game makes it very obvious that teen-aged fighters in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' have elements of this, but some are more notorious:
** TheProtagonist, Kyo Kusanagi, is said to have properly dominated his pyrokinetic powers and surpassed his father's own skills when
he has somewhat of a name as the local tech whiz.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' has Lin Lee Koo, 13
was 15 years old (which is also the time when [[spoiler: his BigBrotherMentor and one cousin Souji almost lost himself to his darker side and thus asked Kyo to replace him as the family leader]]). Then, he became the winner of the All-Japan Martial Arts Tournament at age 18, and the Team Japan leader at age 19. The rest is history.
** A subtler example is Yuri Sakazaki. She only started training when she was 16-17, and yet she mastered the basics and low techniques of the Kyokugenryu Karate ''within a year''. She didn't stop there, but started imitating other people's techniques as seen above - and developed her own. (Like the infamous Hyakuretsu Binta and her own Super Special, the ''Hien Hou-oh Kyaku''.)
** The biggest one, however, is Ash Crimson. He becomes the VillainProtagonist, [[spoiler: depowers the much
more well-respected engineers among experienced Chizuru and Iori]], brews one HELL of a BatmanGambit [[spoiler: and reveals himself as a GoodAllAlong figure via saving the entire city. It is made clear very quickly that she is more than qualified world from Those Of the Past when he gets himself and his ancestor {{ret gone}}d]]... while being only in his mid-to-late teens.
* In ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends'' this seems to be the rule, not the exception,
for her position, though she youngsters in the [[ScienceHero Piltover]]/[[ForScience Zaun]] district. Champions Ezreal (Piltover) and Ekko (Zaun) are the playable shining stars for their respective city-states. Demacia isn't perfect by any means (her introductory scene shows far behind with Lux, a flight test on a system she designed gone wrong when the mech vented exhaust teenage prodigy in magic forcibly recruited into the cockpit).
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* Lucca Grunt from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* Coco Bandicoot from ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot''
''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is an odd example. He was genetically engineered to be the ultimate Krogan SuperSoldier, being taught via implanted memories and rapidly aged whilst in the tank. Although he's only a tech-genius well few minutes old when Shepard decants him, he's biologically a teenager, who also happens to possess the intelligence of dozens of millennia-old Krogan Warlords. Naturally, in his spare time, Grunt likes [[GeniusBruiser reading Hemingway]] and playing with ''action figures''.
* Ciel of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' created [[spoiler:Copy-X]], a near-perfect duplicate of [[TechnoWizard Thomas Light's]] greatest work, when she was ''six years old'' and devised a completely new energy source
before she'd finished her teenage years.years. ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX ZX's]]'' backstory indicates she also created the biometals sometime after the Zero series. [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Girl gets around, doesn't she?]]
** [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Tron Bonne]] certainly counts. Aside from the fact that she created the 40 Servbots, most of the machines she makes are made from ''spare parts'', such as a train and Bruno in the first game. She was 13 in the first game (and her spinoff) and 14 in the second.
* Sion Eltnam Atlasia from ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', talking about a young teenage girl who can quickly think, she has a mind processing skill equal to that of a supercomputer and can even predict your moves hours or even days before you move.
* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Lucke mentions that the author of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Magic of Engineering]]'' designed a car when she was 15.
* Little Mac from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' is a teenage boxing genius, plowing through the ranks of the [=WVBA=] and beating boxers much taller, bigger and stronger than he is at the impressively young age of 17.



* Dmitri and Reese of ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' are younger than teenagers, but they fit the trope.
* Sion Eltnam Atlasia from ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', talking about a young teenage girl who can quickly think, she has a mind processing skill equal to that of a supercomputer and can even predict your moves hours or even days before you move.

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* Dmitri and Reese of ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' are younger than teenagers, but they fit Rouge the trope.
* Sion Eltnam Atlasia
Bat from ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', talking about a young teenage girl ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', who can quickly think, she has a mind processing skill equal to that of a supercomputer is an expert treasure hunter and can even predict your moves hours or even days before you move.government agent despite only being 18.



* Brigid Tenenbaum's backstory in ''VideoGame/BioShock'' has her going from young girl in a concentration camp to [[LesCollaborateurs helping the scientists improve on their work]].
* MadScientist Mao from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}''. Despite being [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld several centuries old,]] he's around fifteen by demon standards.
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', TokenEvilTeammate Myron is this. He has an Intelligence stat of 8 and invented the drug [[FantasticDrug Jet]] despite seeming to be about 15, and can create drugs and Stimpaks for the player if given the right ingredients as well as perform Science checks for them.
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', the [[PlayerCharacter Lone Wanderer]] (a 19-year-old) can be this if you use XP right.
** In fact, with a decent Explosives skill, one of the first things the player can do literally moments after leaving the Vault is offer to defuse the ''nuclear bomb'' that lies in the center of Megaton.
* Quistis Trepe in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is, like [[Franchise/AceAttorney Franziska von Karma]], an eighteen-year old whip-wielding female genius. She's the youngest instructor in Balamb Garden, having become a [[SuperSoldier SeeD]] at the age of 15. She now lectures students her own age.
* Grunt from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is an odd example. He was genetically engineered to be the ultimate Krogan SuperSoldier, being taught via implanted memories and rapidly aged whilst in the tank. Although he's only a few minutes old when Shepard decants him, he's biologically a teenager, who also happens to possess the intelligence of dozens of millennia-old Krogan Warlords. Naturally, in his spare time, Grunt likes [[GeniusBruiser reading Hemingway]] and playing with ''action figures''.
* All the teen-aged fighters in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' have elements of this, but some are more notorious:
** TheProtagonist, Kyo Kusanagi, is said to have properly dominated his pyrokinetic powers and surpassed his father's own skills when he was 15 years old (which is also the time when [[spoiler: his BigBrotherMentor and cousin Souji almost lost himself to his darker side and thus asked Kyo to replace him as the family leader]]). Then, he became the winner of the All-Japan Martial Arts Tournament at age 18, and the Team Japan leader at age 19. The rest is history.
** A subtler example is Yuri Sakazaki. She only started training when she was 16-17, and yet she mastered the basics and low techniques of the Kyokugenryu Karate ''within a year''. She didn't stop there, but started imitating other people's techniques as seen above - and developed her own. (Like the infamous Hyakuretsu Binta and her own Super Special, the ''Hien Hou-oh Kyaku''.)
** The biggest one, however, is Ash Crimson. He becomes the VillainProtagonist, [[spoiler: depowers the much more experienced Chizuru and Iori]], brews one HELL of a BatmanGambit [[spoiler: and reveals himself as a GoodAllAlong figure via saving the world from Those Of the Past when he gets himself and his ancestor {{ret gone}}d]]... while being only in his mid-to-late teens.
* Rouge the Bat from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', who is an expert treasure hunter and government agent despite only being 18.
* Little Mac from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' is a teenage boxing genius, plowing through the ranks of the [=WVBA=] and beating boxers much taller, bigger and stronger than he is at the impressively young age of 17.
* In ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends'' this seems to be the rule, not the exception, for youngsters in the [[ScienceHero Piltover]]/[[ForScience Zaun]] district. Champions Ezreal (Piltover) and Ekko (Zaun) are the playable shining stars for their respective city-states. Demacia isn't far behind with Lux, a teenage prodigy in magic forcibly recruited into the military.



* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'': Mechanica built a fully-powered combat suit, complete with thrusters, at the tender age of 15.

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* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'': Mechanica built [[TheHero Shulk]] of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' is a fully-powered combat suit, complete with thrusters, at ScienceHero who starts the tender age game working as an engineer/researcher, despite still being 18. The game makes it very obvious that he has somewhat of 15.a name as the local tech whiz.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' has Lin Lee Koo, 13 years old and one of the more well-respected engineers among the entire city. It is made clear very quickly that she is more than qualified for her position, though she isn't perfect by any means (her introductory scene shows a flight test on a system she designed gone wrong when the mech vented exhaust into the cockpit).
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Braille Louis Braille]], blind from age 3, invented the tactile reading/writing system named for him when he was fifteen, based on a simplified version of phonologist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Barbier Charles Barbier]]'s night writing system, with raised dots and dashes inscribed with a slate and stylus. Braille, at twelve already looking for the simplest method possible, used the dots to refine night writing down to a compact arrangement.
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* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': All For One sincerely considers his protege, Luz Noceda, to be this with her Quirks, able to do a lot of AbilityMixing combos on the fly during the various fights she constantly wins. Not only do the vestiges don't degrade her mind as they tried to do with him, due to not seeing them as human, [[spoiler:She awakened the All For One Quirk within a month, something most Quirk users fail to achieve in their entire lives.]]

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* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': All For One sincerely considers his protege, [[Characters/AllForLuzLuzNoceda Luz Noceda, Noceda]], to be this with her Quirks, able to do a lot of AbilityMixing combos on the fly during the various fights she constantly wins. Not only do the vestiges don't degrade her mind as they tried to do with him, due to not seeing them as human, [[spoiler:She awakened the All For One Quirk within a month, something most Quirk users fail to achieve in their entire lives.]]
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** First and foremost, [[ChessMaster Lelouch Lamperouge]], who planned on toppling a continent-spanning empire even before he gained HypnoticEyes. [[MeaningfulName Nina Einstein]] also qualifies for inventing and [[spoiler: (almost) building the first nuclear bomb from the contents of a school lab. She later succeeds when provided with some funding.]] Lelouch is also a subversion in that at the the start of the series, he is bored to death and extremely pessimistic.

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** First and foremost, [[ChessMaster [[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Lelouch Lamperouge]], who planned on toppling a continent-spanning empire even before he gained HypnoticEyes. [[MeaningfulName Nina Einstein]] also qualifies for inventing and [[spoiler: (almost) building the first nuclear bomb from the contents of a school lab. She later succeeds when provided with some funding.]] Lelouch is also a subversion in that at the the start of the series, he is bored to death and extremely pessimistic.



** Light is an especially egregious example--words can't describe his level of thinking.

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** [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]] is an especially egregious example--words can't describe his level of thinking.



** Gohan has always been a scholarly type, and goes out of his way to attend school in his teen years.

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** Gohan [[Characters/DragonBallSonGohan Son Gohan]] has always been a scholarly type, and goes out of his way to attend school in his teen years.



** Sakura Haruno deserves a mention in this category for passing the first Chuunin exam test, which was deliberately designed to be so difficult as to force the participants to cheat, simply by understanding the questions and working out the answers. She was the only test-taker shown to pass without cheating, which is saying something considering that one of said test-takers was the aforementioned Shikamaru.

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** [[Characters/NarutoSakuraHaruno Sakura Haruno Haruno]] deserves a mention in this category for passing the first Chuunin exam test, which was deliberately designed to be so difficult as to force the participants to cheat, simply by understanding the questions and working out the answers. She was the only test-taker shown to pass without cheating, which is saying something considering that one of said test-takers was the aforementioned Shikamaru.



* While it is not mentioned very often in the anime, Asuka from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has already graduated from college at the age of fourteen, making her a candidate for this trope. She's only in high school in Japan to improve her Japanese due to how bad she is at writing/reading it. While Asuka never really uses these skills in the plot itself, they ''are'' quite important for her CharacterDevelopment (c.f. the whole of "Magma Diver"); they don't affect the plot because all the brains in the world won't help you stop the apocalypse.

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* While it is not mentioned very often in the anime, [[Characters/NeonGenesisEvangelionAsukaLangleySoryu Asuka Langley Soryu]] from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has already graduated from college at the age of fourteen, making her a candidate for this trope. She's only in high school in Japan to improve her Japanese due to how bad she is at writing/reading it. While Asuka never really uses these skills in the plot itself, they ''are'' quite important for her CharacterDevelopment (c.f. the whole of "Magma Diver"); they don't affect the plot because all the brains in the world won't help you stop the apocalypse.



* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/KittyPryde was introduced as this. So was her friend Doug Ramsey of the ComicBook/NewMutants -- [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway his powers had to do with languages]] and he was unfortunately [[BlessedWithSuck incapable of contributing anything else to the team]].

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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/KittyPryde [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]] was introduced as this. So was her friend Doug Ramsey of the ComicBook/NewMutants -- [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway his powers had to do with languages]] and he was unfortunately [[BlessedWithSuck incapable of contributing anything else to the team]].



* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker, although, after 40 years and with all his smarts, Peter's still taking pictures for the Daily Bugle.

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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter Parker, Parker]], although, after 40 years and with all his smarts, Peter's still taking pictures for the Daily Bugle.



* [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]], the third Robin and current ComicBook/RedRobin, is regarded as the smartest of Batman's proteges, and Batman had stated that Tim could potentially be smarter than himself. Tim had already figured out the [[SecretIdentity secret identities]] of Batman and the first Robin when he was ''nine'', [[AwesomenessByAnalysis by watching a video of them fighting and recognizing Robin's gymnastic moves as those of former circus star Dick Grayson]].

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* [[ComicBook/Robin1993 ComicBook/Robin1993: [[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]], the third Robin and current ComicBook/RedRobin, is regarded as the smartest of Batman's proteges, and Batman had stated that Tim could potentially be smarter than himself. Tim had already figured out the [[SecretIdentity secret identities]] of Batman and the first Robin when he was ''nine'', [[AwesomenessByAnalysis by watching a video of them fighting and recognizing Robin's gymnastic moves as those of former circus star Dick Grayson]].



* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': Tony Stark. While all comic stories featuring him show him as an adult, it's said he graduated from MIT with double majors in physics and engineering at the age of 17, having started college when he was 14. Tony also mentions discovering sterile neutrinos on a bet at some point in his teenage years, and he has three doctorates, which he apparently earned at Cambridge University between the ages of 17 and 21.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': ComicBook/LexLuthor was just as much a genius as a teen as he became as an adult. He even tried to enter his high-school's science fair with a toaster powered by nuclear fission!

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* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Tony Stark.Stark]]. While all comic stories featuring him show him as an adult, it's said he graduated from MIT with double majors in physics and engineering at the age of 17, having started college when he was 14. Tony also mentions discovering sterile neutrinos on a bet at some point in his teenage years, and he has three doctorates, which he apparently earned at Cambridge University between the ages of 17 and 21.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': ComicBook/LexLuthor [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] was just as much a genius as a teen as he became as an adult. He even tried to enter his high-school's science fair with a toaster powered by nuclear fission!



* Cyborg from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', most of his angst derived from his [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman cybernetic limbs]].
** Actually, all of the Teen Titans are teen geniuses in some way, but Robin, who angsts over everything, is a pretty straightforward example.

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* Cyborg [[Characters/TeenTitans2003Cyborg Cyborg]] from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', most of his angst derived from his [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman cybernetic limbs]].
** Actually, all of the Teen Titans are teen geniuses in some way, but Robin, [[Characters/TeenTitans2003Robin Robin]], who angsts over everything, is a pretty straightforward example.
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* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': All For One sincerely considers his protege, Luz Noceda, to be this with her Quirks, able to do a lot AbilityMixing combos on the fly during the various fights she constantly wins. Not only do the vestiges don't degrade her mind as they tried to do with him, due to not seeing them as human, [[spoiler:She awakened the All For One Quirk within a month, something most Quirk users fail to achieve in their entire lives.]]

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* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': All For One sincerely considers his protege, Luz Noceda, to be this with her Quirks, able to do a lot of AbilityMixing combos on the fly during the various fights she constantly wins. Not only do the vestiges don't degrade her mind as they tried to do with him, due to not seeing them as human, [[spoiler:She awakened the All For One Quirk within a month, something most Quirk users fail to achieve in their entire lives.]]
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* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': All For One sincerely considers his protege, Luz Noceda, to be this with her Quirks, able to do a lot AbilityMixing combos on the fly during the various fights she constantly wins. Not only do the vestiges don't degrade her mind as they tried to do with him, due to not seeing them as human, [[spoiler:She awakened the All For One Quirk within a month, something most Quirk users fail to achieve in their entire lives.]]
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** A flashback shows that Eda Clawthorne, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLilithClawthorne Lilith Clawthorne]] and Raine were all this. Eda was the BrilliantButLazy variant while Lilith had less natural talent but was much more hard working and studious. Raine was also incredibly gifted and kind of struck a balance between the Clawthorne sisters, they didn't goof off all the time like Eda but didn't work themself to death like Lilith either.

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** A flashback shows that Eda Clawthorne, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLilithClawthorne Lilith Clawthorne]] Clawthorne and Raine were all this. Eda was the BrilliantButLazy variant while Lilith had less natural talent but was much more hard working and studious. Raine was also incredibly gifted and kind of struck a balance between the Clawthorne sisters, they didn't goof off all the time like Eda but didn't work themself to death like Lilith either.
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** A flashback shows that [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne Eda Clawthorne]], [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLilithClawthorne Lilith Clawthorne]] and Raine were all this. Eda was the BrilliantButLazy variant while Lilith had less natural talent but was much more hard working and studious. Raine was also incredibly gifted and kind of struck a balance between the Clawthorne sisters, they didn't goof off all the time like Eda but didn't work themself to death like Lilith either.

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** A flashback shows that [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne Eda Clawthorne]], Clawthorne, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLilithClawthorne Lilith Clawthorne]] and Raine were all this. Eda was the BrilliantButLazy variant while Lilith had less natural talent but was much more hard working and studious. Raine was also incredibly gifted and kind of struck a balance between the Clawthorne sisters, they didn't goof off all the time like Eda but didn't work themself to death like Lilith either.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': [[Characters/TheDragonPrinceCallum Callum's]] 14 at the start of the series, and never studied magic, but within circa 2 weeks of casting his first spell, with the help of an AmplifierArtifact, he figures out how to connect to the Sky Arcanum without one- which was thought to be [[BeyondTheImpossible impossible for humans]].
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* When TechnicalDeathMetal band Capharnaum released their first album in ''Reality Only Fantasized'' in 1997, which is widely regarded among fans of the genre, drummer Jordan Suecof was only 13 years old,

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* [[TheDragon Princess Azula]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. At the age of 14, she is arguably the greatest strategic mind in the series, at one point juggling about four different complications into a single grand plan. It ends with her brother switching back to her side, TheHero (temporarily) dead, and Ba Sing Se, a city that had withheld 100 years of siege, conquered, all starting with just her and two BadassNormal friends.

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* [[TheDragon [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderPrincessAzula Princess Azula]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. At the age of 14, she is arguably the greatest strategic mind in the series, at one point juggling about four different complications into a single grand plan. It ends with her brother switching back to her side, TheHero (temporarily) dead, and Ba Sing Se, a city that had withheld 100 years of siege, conquered, all starting with just her and two BadassNormal friends.



** Amity is the star pupil of the Abomination track, was chosen to be Grom Queen (i.e. having the responsibility to fight for the fate of the entire Boiling Isles single-handedly) and has been marked out as a potential future Head Witch or member of the Emperor's Coven. This is due to a combination of natural talent and working incredibly hard.
** Luz has no inherent magic, but has studied all schools of magic, and essentially invented[=/=]discovered glyph magic by herself.
** ZigZagged by the Golden Guard[=/=][[spoiler:Hunter]]. Regime propaganda depicts him as a teen prodigy and master of all forms of magic [[spoiler:although he's actually powerless]]. However [[spoiler:he's a self-taught expert in the theory of magic and has even studied WildMagic against the orders of Emperor Belos]].
** A flashback shows that Eda, Lilith and Raine were all this. Eda was the BrilliantButLazy variant while Lilith had less natural talent but was much more hard working and studious. Raine was also incredibly gifted and kind of struck a balance between the Clawthorne sisters, they didn't goof off all the time like Eda but didn't work themself to death like Lilith either.

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** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] is the star pupil of the Abomination track, was chosen to be Grom Queen (i.e. having the responsibility to fight for the fate of the entire Boiling Isles single-handedly) and has been marked out as a potential future Head Witch or member of the Emperor's Coven. This is due to a combination of natural talent and working incredibly hard.
** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLuzNoceda Luz Noceda]] has no inherent magic, but has studied all schools of magic, and essentially invented[=/=]discovered glyph magic by herself.
** ZigZagged by the [[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheGoldenGuard The Golden Guard[=/=][[spoiler:Hunter]].Guard/Hunter]]. Regime propaganda depicts him as a teen prodigy and master of all forms of magic [[spoiler:although he's actually powerless]]. However [[spoiler:he's a self-taught expert in the theory of magic and has even studied WildMagic against the orders of Emperor Belos]].
** A flashback shows that Eda, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne Eda Clawthorne]], [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLilithClawthorne Lilith Clawthorne]] and Raine were all this. Eda was the BrilliantButLazy variant while Lilith had less natural talent but was much more hard working and studious. Raine was also incredibly gifted and kind of struck a balance between the Clawthorne sisters, they didn't goof off all the time like Eda but didn't work themself to death like Lilith either.



* ZigZagged by Ahsoka Tano in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. She was [[ChildSoldier 14 at the start of the series]] and managed to teach herself the [[FantasticFightingStyle Ataru and Shien forms of lightsaber combat]] as an Initiate before training under Anakin. As a result, she started off as an arrogant MouthyKid before [[CharacterDevelopment developing into a humble and mature yet incredibly talented Jedi]]. As a result of her innate skill and Anakin's training, she's offered promotion to Knight at age 17-18 when the average Jedi usually reaches that point in their 20s.
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' has Varian, the 14-year-old alchemist and engineer. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. Varian is truly a genius the likes of which Corona hasn't known for ages, but he doesn't have the wisdom or emotional maturity to match his brains. He frequently doesn't plan things out, and often overlooks safety. Both of these lead to many of his inventions dangerously failing, and him [[TakenForGranite accidentally encasing his dad in amber]]. [[NeverMyFault He isn't willing to accept his part in the latter]] and can't see the moral issue with holding Rapunzel and Corona responsible. Ultimately his intelligence and the state of his emotional maturity are what cause him to pull a FaceHeelTurn, because he can't realize that he isn't as logical as he thinks he is.]]

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* ZigZagged by [[Characters/StarWarsAhsokaTano Ahsoka Tano Tano]] in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. She was [[ChildSoldier 14 at the start of the series]] and managed to teach herself the [[FantasticFightingStyle Ataru and Shien forms of lightsaber combat]] as an Initiate before training under Anakin. As a result, she started off as an arrogant MouthyKid before [[CharacterDevelopment developing into a humble and mature yet incredibly talented Jedi]]. As a result of her innate skill and Anakin's training, she's offered promotion to Knight at age 17-18 when the average Jedi usually reaches that point in their 20s.
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' has Varian, [[Characters/TangledVarian Varian]], the 14-year-old alchemist and engineer. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. Varian is truly a genius the likes of which Corona hasn't known for ages, but he doesn't have the wisdom or emotional maturity to match his brains. He frequently doesn't plan things out, and often overlooks safety. Both of these lead to many of his inventions dangerously failing, and him [[TakenForGranite accidentally encasing his dad in amber]]. [[NeverMyFault He isn't willing to accept his part in the latter]] and can't see the moral issue with holding Rapunzel and Corona responsible. Ultimately his intelligence and the state of his emotional maturity are what cause him to pull a FaceHeelTurn, because he can't realize that he isn't as logical as he thinks he is.]]
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* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': The Post-Crisis iteration of Bette Kane is written as this.

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* ''Fanfic/IAmNotGoingThroughPubertyAgain'': Boruto and Sarada are apparently scientific prodigies in the field of chakra theory and physics. Boruto in particular discovered uzumachyons.



* Colin C. Wyckoff, better known as WebAnimation/{{Kitty0706}}, produced ''WebAnimation/TeamFabulous2'', perhaps the most well-known ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' machinima of all time, before even turning 18. Tragically, he passed away at the age of 20 due to leukemia.

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* Colin C. Wyckoff, better known as WebAnimation/{{Kitty0706}}, WebAnimation/Kitty0706, produced ''WebAnimation/TeamFabulous2'', perhaps the most well-known ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' machinima of all time, before even turning 18. Tragically, he passed away at the age of 20 due to leukemia.
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* Colin C. Wyckoff, better known as WebAnimation/{{Kitty0706}}, produced ''WebAnimation/TeamFabulous2'', perhaps the most well-known ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' machinima of all time, before even turning 18. Tragically, he passed away at the age of 20 due to leukemia.
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* The late Wrestling/ChrisCandido made his professional wrestling debut at ''14 years of age''. By the time he was given the "Skip" moniker in the WWF he was already a 10 year veteran of the business.

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* The late Wrestling/ChrisCandido made his professional wrestling debut at ''14 years of age''. By the time he was given the "Skip" moniker in the WWF he was already a 10 year 10-year veteran of the business.



* Billie Starkz, currently performing in Wrestling/RingOfHonor, started training in wrestling at age 13 and made her debut a few months later, working the indy circuit on weekends and school breaks before her high school graduation in 2023. Interestingly, she couldn't train or perform in her home state of Kentucky until turning 18, the youngest age at which anyone can train or perform in that state. Fortunately for her wrestling career, there was a wrestling school directly across the Ohio River in Jeffersonville, Indiana, a state where wrestling wasn't subject to regulation at the time. She arguably qualifies outside the ring as well; she was a high school valedictorian while enrolled in the rigorous International Baccalaureate progrem.

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* Billie Starkz, currently performing in Wrestling/RingOfHonor, started training in wrestling at age 13 and made her debut a few months later, working the indy circuit on weekends and school breaks before her high school graduation in 2023. Interestingly, she couldn't train or perform in her home state of Kentucky until turning 18, the youngest age at which anyone can train or perform in that state. Fortunately for her wrestling career, there was a wrestling school directly across the Ohio River from her hometown of Louisville in Jeffersonville, Indiana, a state where wrestling wasn't subject to regulation at the time. She arguably qualifies outside the ring as well; she was a high school valedictorian while enrolled in the rigorous International Baccalaureate progrem.

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* {{Implied| trope}} example in Wrestling/{{WSU}} icon Alicia, who is known for pulling fast ones on ([[OutGambitted almost]]) the entire promotion. The story was she had shown these tendencies since she sought out a wrestling school at 13.

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* {{Implied| trope}} {{Implied|Trope}} example in Wrestling/{{WSU}} icon Alicia, who is known for pulling fast ones on ([[OutGambitted almost]]) the entire promotion. The story was she had shown these tendencies since she sought out a wrestling school at 13.


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--> "An incredible young woman in her own right. She may be the brightest prodigy since..." Mr. Discord trailed off as he thought about it. "Well, since ''me''. Youngest person ever published in Nature. I don't suppose you've ever heard of Twilight Sparkle?"

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--> "An incredible young woman in her own right. She may be the brightest prodigy since..." Mr. Discord trailed off as he thought about it. "Well, since ''me''. Youngest person ever published in Nature.''Nature''. I don't suppose you've ever heard of Twilight Sparkle?"
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* ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'': ''Fanfic/{{Oversaturation}}'': "Tones": Twilight Sparkle is called a "prodigy":
--> "An incredible young woman in her own right. She may be the brightest prodigy since..." Mr. Discord trailed off as he thought about it. "Well, since ''me''. Youngest person ever published in Nature. I don't suppose you've ever heard of Twilight Sparkle?"
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* Janelle Franklin from ''Literature/TrulyDevious'' is a STEM genius and builds machines. The entire school of Ellingham is filled with prodigies, but we see more of Janelle.

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%%* Dilton Doily from ''ComicBook/ArchieComics''.
* Brainiac 5 from ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''. All Coluans are smarter than humans, and his family moreso than everyone else.

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* ComicBook/KittyPryde of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' was introduced as this. So was her friend Doug Ramsey of the ComicBook/NewMutants -- [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway his powers had to do with languages]] and he was unfortunately [[BlessedWithSuck incapable of contributing anything else to the team]].

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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/KittyPryde of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' was introduced as this. So was her friend Doug Ramsey of the ComicBook/NewMutants -- [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway his powers had to do with languages]] and he was unfortunately [[BlessedWithSuck incapable of contributing anything else to the team]].



* [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Mr. Fantastic]], who not only is the biggest nerd in the world ''and'' a RubberMan BadassBookworm, but was attending university at age 14 ''and'' by the time he turned 20 had several science degrees under his belt.
** Meanwhile, Doctor Doom's first origin story shows he'd been a scientific wunderkind in his teen years, developing convincingly life-like robots, and freeze grenades, among other things while travelling around rural Latveria.
* Hiro Okamura from Franchise/TheDCU. He builds a composite robot to save the world from a kryptonite meteor, and Franchise/{{Batman}} states that Hiro's smarter than him.

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* [[ComicBook/FantasticFour ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Mr. Fantastic]], Fantastic, who not only is the biggest nerd in the world ''and'' a RubberMan BadassBookworm, but was attending university at age 14 ''and'' by the time he turned 20 had several science degrees under his belt.
** Meanwhile, Doctor Doom's ComicBook/DoctorDoom's first origin story shows he'd been a scientific wunderkind in his teen years, developing convincingly life-like robots, and freeze grenades, among other things while travelling around rural Latveria.
* Hiro Okamura from Franchise/TheDCU. He builds a composite robot to save the world from a kryptonite meteor, and Franchise/{{Batman}} ComicBook/{{Batman}} states that Hiro's smarter than him.



* Peter Parker, a/k/a ''Franchise/SpiderMan''. Although, after 40 years and with all his smarts, Peter's still taking pictures for the Daily Bugle.

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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker, a/k/a ''Franchise/SpiderMan''. Although, although, after 40 years and with all his smarts, Peter's still taking pictures for the Daily Bugle.



* [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]: While all comic stories featuring him show him as an adult, it's said he graduated from MIT with double majors in physics and engineering at the age of 17, having started college when he was 14. Tony also mentions discovering sterile neutrinos on a bet at some point in his teenage years, and he has three doctorates, which he apparently earned at Cambridge University between the ages of 17 and 21.
* ComicBook/LexLuthor was just as much a genius as a teen as he became as an adult. He even tried to enter his high-school's science fair with a toaster powered by nuclear fission!

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* [[ComicBook/IronMan ''ComicBook/IronMan'': Tony Stark]]: Stark. While all comic stories featuring him show him as an adult, it's said he graduated from MIT with double majors in physics and engineering at the age of 17, having started college when he was 14. Tony also mentions discovering sterile neutrinos on a bet at some point in his teenage years, and he has three doctorates, which he apparently earned at Cambridge University between the ages of 17 and 21.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': ComicBook/LexLuthor was just as much a genius as a teen as he became as an adult. He even tried to enter his high-school's science fair with a toaster powered by nuclear fission!



* Emily the Strange is a 13 year old goth girl who can build bizarre contraptions, such as a "time-out machine" or a computer thing called the "Oddisee".

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* ''Franchise/EmilyTheStrange'': Emily the Strange is a 13 year old goth girl who can build bizarre contraptions, such as a "time-out machine" or a computer thing called the "Oddisee".
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* Hiccup in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''. He's also good at building things and likes learning about dragons.

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* Hiccup in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''. He's also ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' is good at building things and likes learning about dragons.dragons. In the [[WesternAnimation/HowTotrainYourDragon2010 first film]] and several spin-offs, he demonstrates these talents at the age of 15.
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* ''ComicBook/[[FigmentDisneyKingdoms Figment 2]]'': Capri Harmony is a 13-year-old aspiring inventor who wants to follow in the footsteps of her great-great-great-grand-uncle Dreamfinder and attempts to apply to the Academy Scientifica Lucidus despite being too young to attend. [[spoiler:After she helps Figment save Dreamfinder and the Academy from the Doubtfinder, Chairman Auckley decides to make an exception and allow her to attend the school starting the following semester.]]

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* ''ComicBook/[[FigmentDisneyKingdoms ''[[ComicBook/FigmentDisneyKingdoms Figment 2]]'': Capri Harmony is a 13-year-old aspiring inventor who wants to follow in the footsteps of her great-great-great-grand-uncle Dreamfinder and attempts to apply to the Academy Scientifica Lucidus despite being too young to attend. [[spoiler:After she helps Figment save Dreamfinder and the Academy from the Doubtfinder, Chairman Auckley decides to make an exception and allow her to attend the school starting the following semester.]]

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