History Main / WeaponJr

* In ''KingdomHearts'' which featured child versions of several ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' characters had sword-wielding Tidus use a wooden pole, and nunchaku-wielding Selphie had a jump rope. Wakka may count too, if you consider some of his spikier [[ImprobableWeaponUser Blitzballs]] in FFX.

* [[EpicFlail Flail]]: [[KillerYoYo Yo-yos]] or toy [[FightingWithChucks nunchucks]]. For those who are cheap, a ball or rock attached to a string also works.

** Interestingly, Link's arsenal in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' mostly consists of kid-sized[[note]](though just as effective, if not more so)[[/note]] versions of the same weapons he used as an adult in the previous game, showing how he's [[CharacterDevelopment grown more into the hero role]] despite still having a child's body.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' Link gets the slingshot, and uses it until he can get the bow (which he can only use as an adult). ** Interestingly, Link's arsenal in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' mostly consists of kid-sized[[note]](though just as effective, if not more so)[[/note]] versions of the same weapons he used as an adult in the previous game, showing how he's [[CharacterDevelopment grown more into the hero role]] despite still having a child's body.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' Link gets the slingshot, and uses it until he can get the bow (which he can only use as an adult). ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' takes the trope even further, with Link (only an adolescent in this game) [[JustifiedTutorial showing off]] his aiming skills with a slingshot, and his sword skills with a wooden sword.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Yasopp uses a rifle to snipe at his foes. His son Usopp uses a slingshot for the same purpose. Usopp seems to have no intention to graduate beyond a slingshot, however, and by the looks of things, does not need to use anything more advanced.
** That's because he advances the slingshot itself instead, notably with Skypea's superpowered seashells to the point where he can hit targets a normal rifle can't reach.

* ''SuperMario'': In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', Bowser used his Koopa Clown Car in his showdown against Mario. In VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii, Bowser Jr. uses his own, miniature version of the Koopa Clown Car in his attempts to take out Mario (and Luigi, Blue Toad, and Yellow Toad).

* [[HeroesPreferSwords Swords]] ([[ILikeSwords and other blades]]): Wooden swords are the most common, followed by [[BatterUp baseball bats]], but a simple stick or any object longer than it is thin will also do. More [[{{Delinquents}} violent children]] might instead use a [[KnifeNut smaller blade until they're older]]. Bonus points if they also use a trash can lid as a shield.

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'''s "Hearthfire" expansion you can buy wooden swords for the children you adopt. They are also equipable weapons.

* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', small wands are used for magic training and as emergency magical foci. [[WeaselMascot Chamo]] even describes them as beginner wands.
* In ''OnePiece'', Yasopp uses a rifle to snipe at his foes. His son Usopp uses a slingshot for the same purpose. Usopp seems to have no intention to graduate beyond a slingshot, however, and by the looks of things, does not need to use anything more advanced.

* "Training lightsabers" can be seen in use in ''AttackOfTheClones''. The ExpandedUniverse elaborates on these lightsabers: they are built using the "kiddy" Bondar crystal which produces a merely zapping blade, rather than a deadly blade produced by the lethal, adult Ilum crystal. There's also a middle-ground crystal, called an Adegan Kathracite, which produces a cutting blade, but not as powerful as the real deal; Padawans tend to use these crystals in their sabers.

* In ''{{Berserk}}'', Guts used a full sized sword as a kid, as the mercs raising him didn't have any kid-sized weapons...but as an adult he also scales up his weapon and uses a {{BFS}}.

* ''SuperMario'': In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', Bowser used his Koopa Clown Car in his showdown against Mario. In NewSuperMarioBrosWii, Bowser Jr. uses his own, miniature version of the Koopa Clown Car in his attempts to take out Mario (and Luigi, Blue Toad, and Yellow Toad).

In fictionland, however, if someone with an IconicItem WeaponOfChoice is [[SpinoffBabies shown as a child]], [[FollowInMyFootsteps has a child]] or meets a younger counterpart (a {{fanboy}} who wants to grow up to be just like them, perhaps) then you can expect them to own a toy or weapon with some perceived similarity to it.

* [[HeroesPreferSwords Swords]] ([[ILikeSwords and other blades]]): Wooden swords are the most common, followed by [[BatterUp baseball bats]], but a simple stick or any object longer than it is thin will also do. More [[{{Delinquents}} violent children]] might instead use a [[KnifeNut smaller blade until they're older]]. Bonus points for using a dustbin lid as a shield.

* In ''{{Berserk}}'', Guts still uses a full sized sword as he grows up...but as an adult he also scales up his weapon and uses a {{BFS}}.

* "Training lightsabers" can be seen in use in ''AttackOfTheClones''. The ExpandedUniverse elaborates on these lightsabers: they are built using the "kiddy" Bondar crystal which produces a merely zapping blade, rather than a deadly blade produced by the lethal, adult Ilum crystal. There's also a middle-groung crystal, called an Adegan Kathracite, which produces a cutting blade, but not as powerful as the real deal; Padawans tend to use these crystals in their sabers.

* "Training lightsabers" can be seen in use in ''AttackOfTheClones''.

* ''SuperMario'': In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', Bowser used his Koopa Clown Car [is it car or copter?] in his showdown against Mario. In NewSuperMarioBrosWii, Bowser Jr. uses his own, miniature version of the Koopa Clown Car in his attempts [did he only use it the one time?] to take out Mario (and Luigi, Blue Toad, and Yellow Toad).

* Roy Greenhilt of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' had, as a kid, a toy mockup of his family's ancestral sword, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0113.html as seen in a flashback]] when the real one is [[WreckedWeapon broken]].

In real life weapons are similar to music instruments... [[InstrumentOfMurder no, not like that]]. What we mean is, no matter what someone's WeaponOfChoice may be, using it is a finely honed art that they must practise to the point where [[DamnYouMuscleMemory using another weapon might prove problematic]].

* [[TheArcher Bows]]: [[BratsWithSlingshots Slingshots]] are the most common one, however [[SufferTheSlings slings]][[note]]Which makes no sense at all, since they require considerable skill to use, are very damaging, and turn up in cultures that lack bows.[[/note]] and crossbows[[note]]Which makes ''some'' sense, since it requires less training than a bow... but they're still martial weapons.[[/note]] are also popular.

** ''BirthBySleep'' had a teenaged version of Axel, when his name was Lea, wielding a pair of frisbees.

* The armour varient of this trope is shown briefly in ''LegendOfDragoon''; TheHero Dart wears a red vest (similar to his red curaise) and his LoveInterest Shana wears a white dress which is exactly the same shape as her armour (minus her MiniDressOfPower). There is also a kid who's a fan of Lavitz in his hometown who wears a BucketHelmet and carries a hoe (Lavitz wields BladeOnAStick).