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* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', Loki takes four apprentices - his nephew Harry, Hermione and the Weasley Twins - largely on a whim and teaches them the basics of wandless magic. However, the situation means that it quickly becomes a distance learning apprenticeship.

*** The fifth apprentice, the original is later revealed to be [[spoiler: Apocalypse]]. To say that he was a disaster would be ''gravely'' underselling it.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': The end of Chapter 4 of the original marks the beginning of Kyril recruiting for his Workshop. Sanakan and Hugh are his initial students. Later on, Lily joins after the ''Feoh/Ur Arc'', while Soren joins after the ''Ansur Arc''. Rigorously [[TalentedButTrained trained]] as [[OneManArmy adept]] [[HunterOfMonsters hunters]], the four of them plus their master form a nigh-unstoppable BadassCrew.

-->-- ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''

* Jotaro and Iori to Musashi in ''{{Manga/Vagabond}}''.

* Every ComicBook/{{Robin}} ever is Franchise/{{Batman}}'s apprentice.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': When ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} crash-lands on Earth in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'', Superman does not adopt her but he starts training her to use her powers properly until [[ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl she is ready to become a public hero]].

* FanFic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan (given that it's in the name) features Nova Shine, Night Apprentice of Princess Luna.
* ''FanFic/TheBridge'' has [[Franchise/SailorMoon Mariner Chibi Moon]] becoming the pupil of Godzilla Junior to learn how to control her powers better while away from her mother who otherwise could teach her.

* The main character Attelus Kaltos of the 40k fic ''Fanfic/SecretWar'' is an apprentice, mercenary assassin. This despite being far older than most apprentices are being in his mid twenties, this is due to him being recruited far older than most assassins.
* In Fanfic/TheSagesDisciple, Team Caster and associates are a chain of this. Crow (the main character) is this to Caster, while [[spoiler: Shinji]] is this to him.

* Mitch in ''Film/{{Waiting}}'', who remains the ButtMonkey up until the final RantInducingSlight.

A character who is in training for something, usually under some kind of [[{{Mentors}} Mentor]]. Since they're still learning, they are usually not good, but if the show is long enough, they'll improve. Their teacher might even hope from the very beginning that [[SurpassedTheTeacher they might to able to surpass them]] at some point.

* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Shallan is accepted as Jasnah's ward early in the first book, to be trained in scholarship. While Shallan only sought Jasnah out in order to steal her [[AlchemyIsMagic Soulcaster]], she quickly finds herself enjoying the work. [[spoiler:When Jasnah finds out, she is furious, and cuts Shallan off. But then Shallan discovers Jasnah's Soulcaster was fake all along, and convinces Jasnah to allow her to help with her real work]].

* In ''Literature/HackAlleyDoctor'', Derrick is an apprentice mod-doc, learning under Tony. He goes from tweaking a prosthetic leg’s dampeners to [[spoiler: saving his own mentor from multiple stab wounds]].

* ComicBook/AnyaCorazon'' had a master-pupil dynamic with Miguel, Carol Danvers, Jessica Drew, and William Braddock, being a younger, enthusiastic hero who's almost fanatically dedicated to them and the causes they espouse.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': When ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} crash-lands on Earth in ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber252'', Superman does not adopt her but he starts training her to use her powers properly until [[ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl she is ready to become a public hero]].

* In ''[[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-fan-fiction/828948-transformers-meta.html Transformers Meta]]'', Bumblebee is a scout apprentice, along with Evac, who is a medic apprentice.

* FanFic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan (given that it's in the name) features Nova Shine, Night Apprentice of Princess Luna.
* ''FanFic/TheBridge'' has [[Franchise/SailorMoon Mariner Chibi Moon]] becoming the pupil of Godzilla Junior to learn how to control her powers better while away from her mother who otherwise could teach her.

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'', the protagonist teaches the title character much more about music than how to play instruments; in fact, the later lessons are more about learning how to play ‘’in public’’ (something that he has done extensively) than anything else.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has MARIA, the Apprentice Witch of Origins.

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%%* Doremi and her friends from ''Anime/MagicalDoremi''.
%%* Sugar from ''Anime/ALittleSnowFairySugar''.
%%* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Schierke and Flora.
%%* Akari, Aika and Alice from ''Manga/{{ARIA}}''.
%%* Mana to Mahad in ''Anime/YuGiOh''

* The main cast of ''Manga/UraraMeirocho'' are apprentice fortune tellers.

* Padawans abound in ''Franchise/StarWars''. Obi-Wan Kenobi in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Anakin in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', and Luke in ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. The Sith are divided into a master and an apprentice, though the Sith [[TheSocialDarwinist being]] who [[TheCorrupter they]] are, the actual ''teaching'' part is somewhat reluctant, and for the three apprentices in the films, two were poached as Jedi well beyond Padawan status (former Jedi Master Dooku at some point prior to ''Attack of the Clones'' and Jedi Knight who plausibly could expect being elevated to Master Anakin Skywalker in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'').

%%* Dave Stutler in ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice''

* The Famulus (Latin for 'apprentice') in the silent movie ''Film/TheGolem'', part of a SorcerersApprenticePlot.
* Rod Rescueman from ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'' is a clumsy superhero-in-training whom the Fairy Godmother only hires because she's a bit desperate.
* Daniel [=LaRusso=] from ''Film/TheKarateKid1984'', as pictured above, is the sole student of the WaxOnWaxOff school of training.

%%* Skeeve in the ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series.
%%* Merrin from the ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' series.
* ''Literature/NightfallSeries'': Myra unwillingly becomes Prince Vladimir's protege and apprentice as he teaches her to become a better writer.
* Ged becomes the apprentice of the mage Ogion in ''Literature/AWizardOfEarthsea'', the first novel in Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series.
* ''Taran Wanderer'', book 4 in Creator/LloydAlexander's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain''. During his wanderings, Taran briefly becomes the apprentice of three different crafters.
* The ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' series, where each Ranger learns by being taught for five years by a current Ranger.
* Molly Carpenter in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. She's got talent in the finer details of magic, which complement her mentor whose talent lies in [[MadeOfExplodium blowing things up]] who ends up learning more about the finer points of magic as a result. [[spoiler: She stops being his apprentice after his [[OnlyMostlyDead "death"]] in ''{{Literature/Changes}}'' and her becoming the [[TheFairFolk Winter Lady]] in ''Literature/ColdDays'']]
* Elena in ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms The Fairy Godmother]]'' by Creator/MercedesLackey ends up apprenticed to, well, a fairy godmother. Comparatively little of the book is actually devoted to her apprenticeship, however; the plot doesn't really kick in until the job has officially been handed over to her.
* ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'' begins with Strange wishing to learn under the tutelage of Norrell.

%%* Katherine in ''[[Literature/{{Swordspoint}} The Privilege of the Sword]]'', and possibly Michael Godwin as well.
* In ''Literature/ThePillarsOfTheEarth'' by Ken Follet, Alfred and [[spoiler: Jack later on]] are Mason apprentices under Tom Builder.
* In ''Literature/WorldWithoutEnd'', Merthin, as an apprentice carpenter, is actually much smarter and more competent than his master and ArchEnemy Elfric.
* Jamie ends up as an apprentice in the [[MonsterClown Clown Division]] of ''Literature/ThePiloFamilyCircus.'' Because of the mishaps that beset the clowns, he doesn't get to perform much, but he still ends up better off than the previous apprentice...

* Shan is [[EccentricMentor kidnapped into his apprenticeship]] in ''Literature/ChroniclesOfMagravandias''.
* The protagonist of the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series of books, Constable Peter Grant, is a fully qualified policeman as of the first book, but also an apprentice wizard indentured to Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale. There used to be a WizardingSchool but the birthrate of people who could use magic dropped making it unsustainable [[spoiler:that and most of the people who would've been able to teach magic were killed during World War II.]]
* In the ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'' this is the standard method for education amongst the [[TheMasquerade mantically-aware]].
* ''Literature/TheApprenticeRogue'': Artamos is a apprentice black knight. This mission is his test to become a full fledged member.
* Johnny Tremain in ''Johnny Tremain'' by Esther Forbes starts out as an apprentice silversmith.
* Maggie Mulligan in ''Faraway Dream'' by Jane Flory is an apprentice milliner.
* Nabby Jones in ''Touchmark'' by Mildred Lawrence eventually becomes an apprentice pewterer.

* ''Literature/AMagesPower'': Everyone who joins the Dragon's Lair mercenary company starts off with this rank. Eric is Basilard's apprentice until he proves that he can handle himself in a fight. He's technically a ''novice'' for the rest of the book but he's still learning magic from Basilard (and Dengel).
* In ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheBlackSun'', Kell, an extremely powerful and sadistic Blood-Mage, has an apprentice, Rasten. However, the relationship isn't exactly good — despite being a very powerful mage in his own right, Rasten is basically a slave to Kell, having been broken into obedience through torture. He eventually rebels.

** Nijiri is Ehiru's Gatherer-Apprentice in ''The Killing Moon'' and idolises his teacher. He has striven to become Ehiru's apprentice ever since their first meeting. In an interesting twist, while everyone agrees that Nijiri will become a capable Gatherer, Nijiri himself only follows this path to be as close to Ehiru as possible because he [[spoiler:is in love with Ehiru]] and would have chosen any path to achieve this goal.

* In ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'', thirteen-year-old Rest is apprenticed to battle mage Veres for the entirety of the book. This is mostly PlayedForLaughs, first when he tries to 'avenge' his master who he thinks was killed and eaten by [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] [[FirstPersonSmartass Shelena]] but has to use.. [[RunningGag creative methods]] due to his lack of any actual skills yet, then when he and Veres break half of Shelena's kitchen utensils while trying to teach Rest levitation. As it turns out, Rest has a history of being apprenticed to various masters and getting kicked out. Based on this Shelena questions his adequacy for becoming a mage, but both [[ParentalSubstitute Veres]] and Rest, especially Rest, are adamant that this time, it's going to work out just fine.

* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Clan kittens become apprentices at six months old. They're renamed with the suffix "-paw" until they're made full-fledged warriors around six months later.
* ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': Apprentices, if they try doing anything interesting before completing their training, are sure to have it blow up in their faces. If they run away on an adventure though, it's sure to aid in their learning, and they will probably also be revealed as a [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal Missing Heir]].

%%* Henry is this to Captain Man in ''Series/HenryDanger''.

* Apprenticeship is the standard way to learn magic in ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'', to the point that a character's apprenticeship (15 years for the default Hermetic magus, and a good few other traditions) is incorporated into character creation. Then again, it's set in 13th-century Europe, so apprenticeship is the standard way to learn a lot of things.

* In the ''[[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy Devil Summoner:]] [[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Raidou Kuzunoha]]'' games, Raidou is an apprentice detective (who does nearly all the actual detecting because the detective he's supposed to be learning from is really lazy).
* Luke from the ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' series, though interestingly, Luke claims to be his apprentice, and Layton denies it (while letting Luke follow him around and teaching him things).
* Starkiller from ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'', to the extent that [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him The Apprentice.]]
* The Force-sensitive classes in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' take on at least one padawan/apprentice in the course of their respective storylines, because teaching the younger generation in the ways of the Force is an integral part of being a Jedi or a Sith. The Sith Inquisitor even gets two: a fallen Jedi Padawan (who strayed from the Jedi Code with no small input from the Inquisitor themselves) and an official Sith Academy acolyte.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has MARIA, the Apprentice Witch of Origins.
* The apprentice warmage from ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie''.

* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'':
** In the backstory to ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove'', Gemini Sunrise was a student of Mifune, her swordmaster, before [[spoiler:he died in a HeroicSacrifice while fighting Ranmaru]].
** In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019'', Sakura Amamiya was trained in swordsmanship by her master, Hakushu Murasame.

* ''Webcomic/SuitorArmor:'' CourtMage Norrix asks Lucia to become his apprentice. Partly because she illegally used magic and could get in trouble, but also because he's attracted to her. (Too bad she's actually falling for the AnimatedArmor he created.)

* In Webcomic/AwfulHospital, the Oozing Skull became one to the Crooked Spine, and Maggie was one to Magatha.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Pandora [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2016-10-12 offers]] to help Sarah achieve a magic awakening by teaching her as an apprentice magic user.

* WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}} is one of these to Mung Daal; other child characters are apprenticed to other chefs.
* Brainy Smurf is this to Papa Smurf on ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''; likely not the best decision Papa Smurf ever made, and at least on one occasion, he scolds Brainy and says he "has the right mind" to get a new apprentice after Brainy causes a disaster.
* Although Terry was technically Batman in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', he could still be considered this to Bruce Wayne. Defied in one episode where Bruce was getting treatment from the Lazarus Pit and the possibility of him becoming Batman again was brought up; Terry said firmly that he was "not wearing the Robin suit".

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': Uncle decides to take on an apprentice in order to pass down his Chi-magic knowledge. Rather than Jackie or Jade, who are his family members, Uncle chooses Tohru, his shopkeeper and former enemy. Tohru does go on to become a full-fledged chi-wizard of his own.

* The apprenticeship system is still widely used for most crafts in Germany. You start as an apprentice under a master [[note]] a rank that usually doesn't have anything to do with the academic degree, though it is held in equal - or higher - regard [[/note]], and become a journeyman [[note]] a name that comes from the fact that in a lot of crafts, you were required to travel and not come back into a 200 kilometer radius around your home for anything between a year and a day and four years to be a fully accepted craftsman. This is something that is still practiced by some young journeymen in Germany. [[/note]] afterwards, with a chance of becoming a master with enough effort and skill. Nowadays, the journeyman rank isn't named as such in most cases - once you aren't an apprentice anymore, you'll just give your profession as a title. You're still not allowed to call yourself a master, though, unless you've passed the proper exams. This old (as in: originating in medieval times) system is still very popular in Germany, despite the more streamlined education systems also existing.

Related to TheSquire. See StudentAndMasterTeam, when a RetiredBadass trains a younger student to follow in his/her footsteps.

Related to TheSquire.

* In ''Webnovel/ColdObsidian'' a young mortal man becomes an apprentice of the creators of his world.

* Every ComicBook/{{Robin}} ever. Unless, of course, it's in their own comic book or until they graduate to something else (ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick dead]], Comicbook/RedRobin, ComicBook/RedHood, [[Comicbook/Batgirl2009 Batgirl]] ...)

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%%* Luso is this to Ensei in ''FanFic/TheTaintedGrimoire''.
%%* AB to Brandon in ''FanFic/{{Pokeumans}}''.