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* '''Deconstructed''': Billy snoops around trying to solve a crime. Along the way, he misses all of the obvious clues, jumps to all the wrong conclusions, and have become a hindrance in the police's investigation. By sheer dumb luck, he eventually discovers the bad guys' hideout and decides to snoop around inside and see what he can find. But he's not very stealthy and gets caught by the criminals and is killed.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Billy '''Deconstructed''':
**Billy
snoops around trying to solve a crime. Along the way, he misses all of the obvious clues, jumps to all the wrong conclusions, and have become a hindrance in the police's investigation. By sheer dumb luck, he eventually discovers the bad guys' hideout and decides to snoop around inside and see what he can find. But he's not very stealthy and gets caught by the criminals and is killed.killed.
** Billy tries to solve the case and thinks he’s found the culprit...only for them to be completely innocent because Billy only relied on the clues he could see and wasn’t actually trained on proper procedure. The police chief is later fired for handing off such a high-profile case to a little boy.
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* '''Justified''': Billy is [[BornDetective raised by detectives]] [[SnoopingLittleKid to be naturally]] [[CuriousAsAMonkey curious]] and concerned about upholding the law.

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* '''Justified''': Billy is [[BornDetective raised by detectives]] [[SnoopingLittleKid to be naturally]] [[CuriousAsAMonkey curious]] {{curious|AsAMonkey}} and concerned about upholding the law.



* '''Parodied''': All kids are detectives and are all naturally better at solving crimes than the adult detectives. Regardless, the adult detectives [[NotNowKid never listen to any of them]].

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* '''Parodied''': All kids are detectives and are all naturally better at solving crimes than the adult detectives. Regardless, the adult detectives [[NotNowKid [[NotNowKiddo never listen to any of them]].



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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Billy's father asks him for help in some of his cases, figuring that a little kid could be helpful without anyone noticing.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Billy's dad is a detective, and Billy likes hearing about cases and sometimes provides help, whether by setting up a EurekaMoment or by actually having heard something from a source Dad didn't know or suspect was connected to the case.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Billy snoops around trying to solve a crime. Along the way, he misses all of the obvious clues, jumps to all the wrong conclusions, and have become a hindrance in the police's investigation. By sheer dumb luck, he eventually discovers the bad guys' hideout and decides to snoop around inside and see what he can find. But he's not very stealthy and gets caught by the criminals and is killed.
* '''Reconstructed''': Billy is raised by detectives and has been trained by them about proper procedure, deductive thinking, among other things. He uses these skills to find clues where the police never think to look and snoop around places before the police are able to get the warrants for them. Billy eventually unravels the mystery.



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* '''Deconstructed''': Billy snoops around trying to solve a crime. Along the way, he misses all of the obvious clues, jumps to all the wrong conclusions, and have become a hindrance in the police's investigation. By sheer dumb luck, he eventually discovers the bad guys' hideout and decides to snoop around inside and see what he can find. But he's not very stealthy and gets caught by the criminals and is killed.
* '''Reconstructed''': Billy is raised by detectives and has been trained by them about proper procedure, deductive thinking, among other things. He uses these skills to find clues where the police never think to look and snoop around places before the police are able to get the warrants for them. Billy eventually unravels the mystery.



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* '''Exaggerated''': 10-years-old Billy snoops around the city and uncovers several bank heists and attempted murders.

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* '''Exaggerated''': 10-years-old 5-years-old Billy snoops around the city and uncovers several bank heists and attempted murders.
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* '''Subverted''': A painting from the local museum has gone missing and Billy plans to figure out who took it, but is told by his parents to stay out of the way and let the police handle it.
* '''Double Subverted''': Billy doesn't listen.
* '''Parodied''': All kids are detectives and are all naturally better at solving crimes than the adult detectives. Regardless, the adult detective [[NotNowKid never listen to any of them]].

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* '''Subverted''': A painting from the local museum has gone missing and Billy plans to figure out who took it, but is told by his parents to stay out of the way and let the police handle it.
it, and he does.
* '''Double Subverted''': Billy doesn't listen.
It seems as though he will do as told, and even does so, only to change his mind later.
* '''Parodied''': All kids are detectives and are all naturally better at solving crimes than the adult detectives. Regardless, the adult detective detectives [[NotNowKid never listen to any of them]].

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