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4	A young child or adolescent who aspires to be a {{Ninja}}, but has a long way to go and a lot yet to experience before they become a real ninja. Of course, some of them can already be a ninja and kick ass.
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6	Compare KidSamurai, YoungGun, and KungFuKid. Contrast ChildSoldiers.
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9	!!Examples:
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13	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
14	* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'':
15	** ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' focuses on the adventures of the titular young ninja, his friends Sakura and Sasuke, and their class of the Hidden Leaf Village - all belonging to the same age bracket (early teens at the most). Partway through the story, there's a TimeSkip that ages them to their mid-to-late teens.
16	** ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'', the sequel and spin-off, features Naruto's son, Boruto. Like his father before him, the show features him in his early teens, and having adventures with the children of the previous generation of ninjas (depicted in ''Naruto'' and ''Shippuden'').
17	* The Narutaki Twins from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' could be this trope.
18	* ''Manga/{{Ninja Hattori}}-kun'' centres around a young {{Ninja}} who [[ABoyAndHisX befriends the main character]].
19	* Shinobu from ''Manga/NinjaNonsense'' is a total airhead. It doesn't help that she has a terrible teacher.
20	* ''Manga/NintamaRantarou'' is about the school life of playful ninja students.
21	* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The Wano Arc gives us Tama, a little girl who not only aspires to be a "bewitching" kunoichi, but to also join Ace's pirate crew. [[spoiler: Sadly, by the time the plot makes it to Wano, Ace had been already killed in the Paramount War Arc.]] While she has no fighting ability, she ''does'' have a Devil Fruit power where she can create ''dango'', and if an animal eats that ''dango'' they become her friends.
22	* Black*Star from ''Manga/SoulEater'' isn't called a ninja InUniverse, but he fits the trope.
23	* In ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'', Gozarutchi is a school-going boy who comes from Gozaru Village, which has a huge population of ninjas. Gozarutchi does have quite a few ninja techniques down, such as [[WalkOnWater walking on water]], but he still practices with his [[FrogNinja ninja toad]] friend Gamanosuke and only gets the hang of the "[[SelfDuplication Art of Shadow Cloning]]" when he has to save Kikitchi and has no other choice.
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26	[[folder:Comic Books]]
27	* The ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' in most media. Michelangelo seems to fit this trope best of them in the later incarnations. Occasionally there are also flashbacks to the turtles' childhoods, when they were small adorable ninjas-to-be.
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30	[[folder:Fan Works]]
31	* In chapter 2 of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfic ''Finally Home'', UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura's grandson Tsukitora (mothered by their son Masa and fathered by the [[PosthumousCharacter late]] Oyamada Nobushige) undergoes some ninja training taught by UsefulNotes/SarutobiSasuke, who he [[BigBrotherMentor looks up to]].
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34	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
35	* All of the new students attending at ''Film/NinjaAcademy''.
36	* Spritle in the film version of ''Film/SpeedRacer'', but he doesn't pull it off very well.
37	* The three protagonists from the ''Film/ThreeNinjas'' film series.
38	* The Filipino film, ''Film/NinjaKids''.
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41	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
42	* ''Series/SupahNinjas''
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45	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
46	* El Hijo del Ninja, El Ninja Jr and Último Ninja on the Mexican circuit, the latter of whom debuted in his ''preteens''. All three grew up to be respectable luchadors.[[/folder]]
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48	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
49	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Shinobigami}}'', shinobi from Otogi Private Academi can be as young as primary school.
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52	[[folder:Video Games]]
53	* Kay Faraday of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth''. As Edgeworth muses repeatedly, while she claims to be a PhantomThief in training, she seems to actually want to be a ninja.
54	* Yomiko in ''VideoGame/ExitFate'', possibly.
55	* Hokutomaru from ''VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves''.
56	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
57	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' features the Ninja job class. The protagonists are a group of ''fifteen-year-old kids''. Do the math.[[note]]Though you wouldn't know if from the NES sprites, the [[VideoGameRemake DS release]] puts it in a little more detail.[[/note]]
58	** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Yuffie Kisaragi is the materia-stealing teenage ninja who is the daughter of the leader of an East Asian-esque region named Wutai.
59	* Sayu of ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is trained to be a ninja, but is still a child prone to laziness and trying to sleep in hopes of growing taller.
60	* Izuna, from ''VideoGame/IzunaLegendOfTheUnemployedNinja''.
61	* Kid Niki, in ''VideoGame/KidNikiRadicalNinja''.
62	* ''VideoGame/MiniNinjas'' - all of the playable characters are kids (preteens at the oldest)
63	* ''VideoGame/NinjaMastersHaoNinpoCho'': Kasumi is an aspiring kunoichi, and her childish mannerisms and doe-eyed appearance clearly indicate that she is young and inexperienced.
64	* Jajamaru, from Jaleco's ''Ninja Jajamaru-kun'' video game series.
65	* The ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' series and fan flashes has Hanzo, the odd person out of the Goth-Punks. Everyone ''else'' is themed after some type of goth or punk subtype, but Hanzo in particular is a HighlyVisibleNinja who on the flip side cannot be reasoned with in battle and must be slaughtered.
66	* The Ninja Boy trainer class from the 3rd-gen and 4th-gen ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games. They are young ninjas in training who hide in the background to surprise trainer with impromptu battles.
67	* Ayame from ''VideoGame/PowerStone''.
68	* Natsu, Taki's apprentice and Manga/{{Naruto}}'s genderflipped {{Expy}} from ''VideoGame/SoulCaliburV''.
69	* Ibuki from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' is a high-school age ninja who struggles to balance her obligations to her clan and her desires for a teenage social life.
70	* Kat and Ana from the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series are twin ninjas-in-training who are young enough to be in kindergarten.
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73	[[folder:Web Animation]]
74	* Garu and Tobe from ''Animation/{{Pucca}}''.
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77	[[folder:Webcomics]]
78	* In ''Webcomic/{{Marilith}}'', Yulia's granddaughter Monika wants to be a ninja when she grows up.
79	* Robin's brother in ''Webcomic/TheWotch'', due to being a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fan.
80	* The McNinja family in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' have been trained as ninja since birth, although by the time the story begins both the Doc and his little brother Sean have aged out of this trope.
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83	[[folder:WebOriginal]]
84	* In ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', Ninja Brian's daughter Ninja Audrey (age two) is more powerful than he is, although unlike him she doesn't have a Ph.D.
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