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11->''"We played Creator/{{Nintendo}}!\
12This was her very first date\
13I didn't wanna make it seem too fly.\
14We ate cereal!\
15She couldn't stay out late\
16Her mother told her to be home at nine!"''
17-->-- '''Another Bad Creation''', "Iesha"
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19Awww! Don't they make a cute couple? C'mon! You know they were totally [[RedStringOfFate made for each other]]!
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21Yeah, we know they're only 8 years old, what's your point?
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23Sometimes, it happens that two characters display a startling amount of chemistry, even though they're both barely old enough to be interested in dating--heck, in an opposite-sex example they might even be making an exception to [[GirlsHaveCooties "Boys/girls have cooties!"]] (which may help explain their proneness to the CrushBlush; it's embarrassing!) It may be attempted by the authors if the show deals with characters of that age group, but still wants to add in a romantic subplot.
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25This trope can be TruthInTelevision as many people get their first crush sometime during elementary school. And sometimes this can turn into [[ChildhoodFriendRomance a lifelong marriage/relationship]]... although that ''is'' extraordinarily rare.
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27In most cases, those relations are [[ChastityCouple completely devoid of sexual stuff]], and won't qualify as {{squick}} for the audience. The simpler way is to ignore it completely, but it can also be used for humor. For example, the kids are so completely in the dark about sex, that they will do something completely trivial and think that ''that'' was sex. In other cases, they may discover what is sex really about, and react with some DisgustTropes. Kissing? Who would want to taste the spit of someone else? The rare case where a kid couple knows exactly what sex is and/or participate in it is generally considered to be very unhealthy and [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior cause for concern]].
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29Sometimes, a couple that's a bit older will reference this as their backstory; one partner (usually a woman) says she started chasing the other (usually a man) back when they were kids, and that "it took me X years to catch him--but it was worth it."
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31May be due to a case of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading or the fact that MostWritersAreAdults.
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33A SisterTrope to ToyShip (the {{Shipping}} version), ChildhoodMarriagePromise, {{Kidanova}}. May develop into a ChildhoodFriendRomance as the characters age and subsequently cement itself as HighSchoolSweethearts.
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35Compare PrecociousCrush (kid having affection for someone older), FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother. Contrast DecemberDecemberRomance and AffectionHatingKid.
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37Not to be confused with PreciousPuppy.
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44* In ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', Mira and Ao first met when they were elementary schoolers. The fact that Mira had a long-standing crush on Ao (after mistaking Ao for a ''boy'') indicates this trope is in operation.
45* In the final episode of the 1980s version ''Manga/AstroBoy'', Astro falls for a robot girl named Nyoka ([[DubNameChange Niki]] in English). Astro was sent on a spy mission in a foreign country to find the blueprints to a prototypical version of himself that had a bomb built in. The robot turned out to have already been built and was Nyoka. [[spoiler:Nyoka doesn't make it past the episode due to being unable to disarm the bomb inside her. In memory of her, Astro decides to replace his legs with Nyoka's after her death]]. Considering Nyoka is based off an earlier version Astro Boy, this can be seen as BrotherSisterIncest.
46* Inverted in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' with [[CreepyTwins Hansel and Gretel]]. While they are two young kids in a pretty loving relationship, it is played ''purely'' for {{squick}} value.
47* The protagonists of ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'' start the manga as middle schoolers. With just the main trio in mind, Ryousuke makes a girlfriend [[spoiler:that he later dumps]] while Marika is in love with the slightly older Parou. The characters aren't presented as completely chaste despite their young ages, unlike many examples of this trope.
48* ''Literature/ByTheGraceOfTheGods'': Main character Ryoma is an 11-year-old boy who finds himself in this with 11-year-old girl Eliaria Jamil. Even when they are split off (since she attends a WizardingSchool while he works on his own business), they keep sending letters to each other. Fans joke that Eliaria's family are helping Ryoma increase his standing so he can marry Eliaria when they become older. The first anime's opening makes things obvious from the get-go as it shows the two on a day-long date.
49* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': Sakura and Syaoran fall in love and confess to each other when they're in elementary school. Although, [[Manga/CardcaptorSakuraClearCard the sequel]] confirms they don't officially start dating until middle school because Syaoran had to go back to Hong Kong for a while.
50* A flashback chapter in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' reveals that Shinichi fell for Ran when they met in preschool, when he first saw her smile at him.
51* In ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' Obotchaman is deeply in love with Arale. (Both are {{Ridiculously Human Robot}}s with the shapes and minds of children).
52* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
53** Goku and Chi-Chi were very sweet together as kids in ''Manga/DragonBall'' though Goku misunderstood the ChildhoodMarriagePromise that Chi-Chi made him keep which caused some grief when they meet as teenagers. The anime [[AdaptationalExpansion expanded]] this with {{Filler}} of Goku and Chi-Chi meeting again when they were young and having an adorable fistfight together.
54** Kid Trunks and kid Mai in ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'', Trunks boasts that she's his girlfriend and later they're seen in a tree watching the stars together. In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' they got even more scenes together. Of course, [[BrokenBase depending]] on who you ask, this is cute or creepy as hell, since Mai was originally closer in age to Trunks' ''mother'' before getting [[FountainOfYouth de-aged]] into a baby around the same time he was born.
55* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Natsu had a childhood friend named Lisanna who liked PlayingHouse with him as the husband and [[TalkingAnimal Happy]] as their son. Lisanna said she wanted to marry Natsu for real when she grew up, but she died in an accident during a mission. [[spoiler:Lisanna turns out to be alive, but she and Natsu don't show signs of any sort of romantic feelings for each other after their reunion.]]
56* Kisa and Hiro in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. They're both in their first year of middle school and are the youngest members of the Sohma clan's EasternZodiac. Hiro has a crush on Kisa and she's very implied to reciprocate, but the family head has forbidden the Zodiac members from having romantic relationships. Sadly, when Hiro admitted to liking Kisa, she was the one punished and he hasn't dared to act on his feelings ever since.
57* Al and May in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. May is a 13 year old but [[OlderThanTheyLook looks to be about 8]] while Al is 14 but technically is the soul of a 10-year-old boy who got trapped inside a large armor. The ending seems to imply that [[spoiler:they may have become a couple after growing up, as they're both shown in a family photograph along with Ed, Winry and their children.]]
58* Mamoru and Hana in ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. One episode even mentions a possible ChildhoodMarriagePromise… even though they're still ''in'' their childhood. At the end of the anime, [[spoiler:all the other little kids get Hana into full wedding regalia to give him a kiss goodbye]].
59* The five chapter manga ''Manga/TheGodsLie'' has two 11-year-old elementary schoolers falling for each other and [[TheRunaway running off together]].
60* Avoided in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. One episode has Rico sparking a bond with a boy named Emilio on an assassination mission. Nothing ever becomes of it because she kills him later that day in order to LeaveNoWitnesses.
61* Hayate and Athena in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' had this when they were 6. (Or at least he was. She might be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.) When they met again 10 years later, Hayate still loved her.
62* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': Chibitalia and the Holy Roman Empire. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/43.gif They even kissed in canon]]. And lots of hints point at them being together ''[[NewOldFlame again]]'' as adults, LaserGuidedAmnesia [[spoiler:and [[DudeLooksLikeALady HRE apparently mistaking Chibitalia as a girl]] thanks to the maid outfit]] notwithstanding.
63* ''Manga/IThinkOurSonIsGay'': Flackbacks to Hiroki's first and fifth grades show that he had unsubtle crushes on his male classmates at the time. Looking back to them, his mother muses that she could have worked out the truth much earlier if she'd been more open-minded.
64* In the anime of ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', Kagome's younger brother Souta hooks up with Hitomi, one of his elementary school classmates.
65* The kitsune Kon from ''Manga/KemonoJihen'' developes a crush on the main character Kabane after getting to know him better. And while she is already fourteen years old, her abusive upbringing under [[BigBad Inari]] has stunted her emotional growth. As a result, she often acts more like a younger kid and has no experience with emotions like love or jealousy, causing her to [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove mistake them for an illness]] [[note]] And since Kabane's developement is even [[TheStoic more stumped]] [[NotUsedToFreedom than hers]], he is completely clueless as well[[/note]]. Eventually, the two develope an innocent and very sweet friendship with each other.
66* ''Manga/LoveHina'': When Keitaro was five years old, he had a crush on a girl around his age and they made a ChildhoodMarriagePromise. Turns out there were actually ''two'' girls who liked Keitaro back then; Mutsumi who is the same age as him and Naru who is three years younger. Keitaro can't remember which of them is the girl of his promise, but Naru thinks it must be Mutsumi because Naru was only two years old when Keitaro made his promise. [[spoiler:However, Naru is eventually confirmed to be the girl of Keitaro's promise, but naturally forgot about it because she was a toddler at the time she and Keitaro first fell in love.]]
67* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'': Erio and Caro are set up as this, up to and including their CrashIntoHello. This would make it one of the few overt (and straight) relationships in the fandom, and yet the theme of TrueCompanions is so strong in the series they aren't even aware of being set up for a date at one point. Then again, Erio also doesn't seem to notice he's the [[TheOneGuy only boy]] either… Subsequent stories make it clear that Caro was aiming for him all along, and has been managing a 3-year plot to ''get'' him. She succeeds.
68* The main couple of ''Manga/ManOfManyFaces'' are the 9-year-old GentlemanThief Akia and the 5-year-old [[TheOjou Ojou]] Utako.
69* In both ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/ShinMazinger'', Kouji's younger brother Shiro (no older than 10) has a huge crush on the NewTransferStudent Lorelei Heinrich who's around his same age. And she quite likes him back, too! [[spoiler:Then she turns out to be a RobotGirl ''and'' a MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter, built to fight Mazinger Z. [[StarCrossedLovers It ends in tears]].]]
70* Kanna and Saikawa from ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', with a dash of MayflyDecemberRomance. Although, their relationship is ''far'' more [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior adult in nature]] than is the standard for elementary school kids. Saikawa {{Squee}}s whenever Kanna does something adorable, and Kanna… well…
71-->'''Kanna:''' I wanted to ████ her.
72* Esteban and Zia from ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold''. Although their relationship isn't overtly romantic, Esteban and Zia are an adorably inseparable couple. They're always holding hands, Esteban is always protecting her and whenever something scary happens they always cling together.
73* ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'':
74** Ririka turns ten in the first episode. She [[CrashIntoHello bumps into]] Nozomu and falls for him instantly.
75** Nozomu is a ChickMagnet and has his own fanclub. The AlphaBitch Miyuki has feelings for him, which makes her get along with Ririka even less.
76** Ririka herself has an admirer in her childhood friend Seiya however she doesn't notice his affections. Dewey also gains a crush on Ririka [[spoiler:after his HeelFaceTurn.]]
77** Ririka's younger brother has a crush on a girl in his kindergarten class. However, she [[PrecociousCrush likes Dewey]] instead.
78** The topic of young love is discussed in episode 7. Ririka's father believes ten year olds are too young for crushes and should spend time playing instead. One of Ririka's classmates tells him that he's old fashioned and asks him if he had crushes at that age. She convinces him that ten year olds are old enough to be infatuated.
79* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Vivi and Kohza were very cute when they were kids together, Vivi got particularly overcome when Kohza risk his life to protect her and swore that he would die if kept her safe. Years later Vivi and Kohza are still very close but due to the [[NoHuggingNoKissing nature of the series]] remain platonic.
80* There's quite a bit of romantic tension in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', despite most Pokédex Holders being under 14 (at first, at least, since the series averts ComicBookTime):
81** Misty has an unrequited crush on Red. They first met when they were both 10 but, though [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Red did seem to like her]] at first, Red is a ChasteHero.
82** Yellow has a crush on Red, but whether he likes her back is left ambiguous.
83** Ruby and Sapphire are all but an OfficialCouple. They like each other and [[spoiler:[[LoveConfession confess]] their feelings]]. However, Ruby [[spoiler:forgetting the confession]] puts a dent in them currently being a couple.
84** 12-year-old Lacktwo broke up with his girlfriend Yancy at the start of his arc. The [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]] did feature a romance option between his game counterpart (Nate) and Yancy, however, Nate is [[VagueAge implied]] to be a little older than 12.
85* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
86** The first few seasons of the anime played a fair bit of ShipTeasing between the 10-year-old Ash and Misty, which the dub cranked up a little further.
87** In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'', 10-year-old Serena has a huge crush on Ash. True to his nature, Ash is [[ObliviousToLove completely unaware]] of her feelings. [[spoiler:Surprisingly for a show that normally plays NoHuggingNoKissing straight for the main characters, she ends up kissing him in the final episode before leaving him, and even promises to become a more mature woman for him by the time they meet again]].
88* Subverted by [[spoiler:Prince Juda and Princess Alexandra]] in ''Manga/RedRiver1995''. They meet when they're very young teenagers, but don't fall in love and marry until quite a while later.
89* ''Anime/SonicX'' has Tails, an 8-year-old kit, fall in love with Cosmo, a young-looking anthropomorphic flower. [[spoiler:[[DidNotGetTheGirl It ends tragically]]]].
90* Chris and Joy, in ''Anime/{{Superbook}}'' of all places. She even mentions that they will get married when they grow up.
91* ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'':
92** A straight example happens in the 12th novel (episode 13), when second-grader Nako says she's going to give ChocolateOfRomance to a male classmate over Valentine's.
93** As for the main recurring cast (all of them being seventh graders), despite most of them still [[JustFriends cast their relationships in friendship terms]], it's the kind of friendship where GreenEyedMonster can occasionally occur. As a result, older readers tend to see a case of ReverseHarem from this MiddleGradeLiterature.
94* [[GenkiGirl Bu-ling]] and [[BrattyHalfPint Taruto]] in ''Manga/TokyoMewMew''. Both are the kids of their teams and despite being enemies, they get a cute crush on each other after he [[RescueRomance saves her from his own monster]].
95* ''Manga/UFOBaby'' includes Momo, age 3, who has a crush on Ruu (or Luu), a ''baby''.
96* ''Manga/WanderingSon'' being mainly set in late elementary and middle school has quite a sum of this:
97** Riku and Maho begin dating by their second year of middle school and stay together even to the end, when they're roughly 19.
98** Maho's sister Nitori begins dating Anna when she's around 11 to 12, but Anna is at least 2 years older. They break off for a bit a while later, but begin dating again in high school.
99** Saori has a huge crush on Nitori however it is very unrequited. Saori in turn has her own admirer in Fumiya, but she hates him [[spoiler:until they begin dating in high school]].
100** Nitori had a crush on Takatsuki in 6th grade. She confessed to them, but was turned down. That same week Saori confessed to ''her'', which she turned down.
101** Mako is crushing prone but mid-middle school she starts having an unrequited crush on Oka.
102* Nate from ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' is an elementary boy who has an unrequited crush on his classmate Katie. [[spoiler:Thirty years later in ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside'' they are married]].
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106* ''Art/PsycheAndCupidBouguereau'': "Cupid and Psyche as Children" captures the beginning of the title character's romantic love. They are both toddlers.
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110* ''Animation/{{Pucca}}'': The titular character is a CuteMute who has a crush on her ninja boyfriend Garu.
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114* ''ComicBook/AmeliaRules'', despite being great in most other respects, abuses this trope and seems to have built later parts around it. Although occasionally averted or lampshaded, this trope is mostly played straight; the eponymous character (who is 9) has two love interests (also 9).
115* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': {{Child Prodig|y}}ies Valeria Richards and Bentley 23 (child clone of The Wizard). Lampshaded: [[spoiler:When Bentley admits his love to her, Valeria quips that's she's only 3 years old. Bentley just asks her to avoid spoiling the mood]]
116* ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'':
117** In ''Thor Son of Asgard'' young Thor and young Sif have multiple moments together which they clearly carried (over millions of years) into their adulthood.
118** ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'':
119*** Kid Loki and the mistress of Hel's handmaiden, Leah. Like [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin and Susie]], they also show a degree of [[BelligerentSexualTension sexual tension]], though Loki insists that they're "B.F.F."s. [[spoiler:After Leah re-merges with Hel, a distraught Loki snaps that "I don't care about the stupid kissing. She was much more important than that."]]
120*** When, later, [[spoiler:Leah returns from the dead as a servant of Surtur, Kid Loki deliberately gambles both Asgardia's fate and his reputation among the other Asgardians to increase the odds of freeing and saving her. She is impressed enough]]. [[spoiler:After all, to him, she was "The stern girl whose few kind words were more precious than Asgard's whole treasury"]]
121* The ''Little Archies'' spinoff of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' features younger versions of the characters. None of them are over 9, but Archie, Betty, and Veronica still had their infamous LoveTriangle going on.
122* Post-Crisis ComicBook/{{Robin}} (Dick Grayson) and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} (Barbra Gordon) had multiple moments of this and developed their relationship further in their adult life. Similarly Tim Drake and Stephine Brown had a relationship when they were teenagers but unlike Dick and Barb drifted apart when they grew older.
123* In the ''Smallvile'' comic ComicBook/WonderWoman as a girl meets ComicBook/SteveTrevor when he washes ashore home island as a boy leading to this ridiculously adorable line.
124-->'''Diana''': My name is Diana of Themyscira... (she grabs his hand) and you Steve Trevor will be my ''[[LadyLand secret]] boy!''
125* ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'' features some of this. For example, Beast Boy is head over heels for Terra, but Terra hates him and frequently throws rocks at him.
126* Romance develops between young Carl and Sophia in ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''. Averted in the TV series as Sophia dies early on in it.
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130* Calvin and Susie from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' have [[BelligerentSexualTension Toy Belligerent Sexual Tension]], of all things. It's a bit blatant in the earlier strips, but got more subtle as time went by and Bill Watterson got a better sense of both characters' personalities and could let them bounce off each other.
131* ''ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}'': Miles and Carla. Though Miles [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend denies it at first]], [[https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2021/01/08 this comic]] leaves no doubt about his true feelings for her.
132* ''ComicStrip/CulDeSac'':
133** 10-year-olds Viola D'Amore and Petey Otterloop.
134** And Dill has already said that he plans to marry Alice when they grow up. They're '''4'''!
135* ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis the Menace|US}}'': Dennis Mitchell and Gina Gillotti. [[LoveTriangle And Margaret]].
136* Jason Fox and Eileen Jacobson in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot''. They're 10.
137* ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'': Nemo and the Princess.
138* ''ComicStrip/LoveIs'' is ostensibly cutesy expressions of love illustrated by cherubim. However, it also fits [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson's]] description: "It's about two naked 8-year-olds who are married."
139* [[http://comics.com/nancy/ Nancy]] and Sluggo.
140* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' has several, although they're all unrequited crushes.
141** Charlie Brown is in love with the Little Red Haired Girl.
142** Lucy is in love with Schroeder, to the point of fantasizing about them being married.
143** Sally is in love with Linus.
144** Both Peppermint Patty and Marcie have shown interest in Charlie Brown.
145* The Chilean line of Daily Planners with comic storyline ''Pascualina'' and ''Artilugia'' are based on this. ''Artilugia'' even more so, because the plot is about Aldonza, a girl of about 10-11 years old (and the [[SheIsAllGrownUp now teenage]] Pascualina's younger sister) who, after moving back to the town she used to live some years ago, discovered that Bruno, the boy she extorted a ChildhoodMarriagePromise back then, is now being approached by the AlphaBitch of their class and seems to return her affections… In a attempt to seduce him back she creates the alternate persona of "Artilugia", essentially a more extroverted and eccentric version of herself. With the irony that now she is in a sort of TwoPersonLoveTriangle, because Bruno is truly in love with Aldonza and now is falling too for Artilugia, but StatusQuoIsGod so he's too dense to realize both are the same person.
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149* There exists a fanfic of Cody and Penny from ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder Down Under]]'' titled ''Adventures in the Outback''.
150* Franklin Richards and Maria Stark in ''[[http://kijikun.livejournal.com/855334.html All That Remains]]'', an ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]]'' fanfic by Kijikun.
151* There is [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6125036/1/bonded Bonded]], where [[OneTrueThreesome Harry, Ginny, and Hermione]] form an unbreakable [[MindlinkMates soul bond]] between them when Harry is about '''6'''. Admittedly, Dumbledore doesn't expect any action for the next 9 years or so...
152* For one episode, a LoveTriangle emerges in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' between [[NotSoAboveItAll Andy]], who is in love with [[OneShotCharacter Maria]], but she has eyes for [[HeManWomanHater Calvin]], who doesn't want to be any part of the situation.
153* Lian Harper and Ceridian (Tempest's little boy) in ''Roleplay/DCNation''.
154%%* ''Fanfic/{{Deserving}}'' [[http://szaleniec1000.livejournal.com/tag/toddlerslash introduces one between two toddlers.]]
155* A number of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' fics pair Micah with Molly. They do have a fair amount in common, especially after [[spoiler:Micah's parents are both killed.]]
156* ''Fanfic/{{Jigsaw}}'': Takatsuki is a middle schooler with (likely unrequited) feelings on their classmate Saori.
157* In ''Fanfic/LadyAndTheTrampIIIFamilyTroubles'', Scamp's father gets into an argument with him on his literal case of puppy love. Tramp doesn't think that Angel and Scamp could genuinely be in love considering their ages. Scamp rebukes this by mentioning his father fell for his mother quickly as well:
158-->'''Scamp''': "But… I love her, Dad."\
159'''Tramp''': "Whirlwind, you're a puppy. I know you like her a lot, but you don't love her - truth be told, you barely even know her. You can't just say you love her after a couple days- "\
160'''Scamp''': " -A couple days? And how long did you know Mom before deciding you loved her? Oh, right, just a couple days!"
161* ''Fanfic/LincolnsMemories'': [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Clyde McBride]] has been crushing on Lori since he was five (and she was eleven).
162* Deconstructed in ''Fanfic/LoveWorthWaitingFor'' when Little Brother's soulmate turns out to be [[spoiler:Peter Pan]]. For a boy that prides himself in never growing up, romance is the farthest thing [[spoiler:Peter]] wants. He initially rejects Little Brother.
163* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6350913/1/Harry-Potter-The-New-Marauders The New Marauders]]'' by [=PotterFanSteve=] has Al Potter and [[OriginalCharacter Carolyn]], who are pretty clearly [[NoLovesIntersect destined for each other]] from the age of 2 (actually 3, as Al continually reminds everyone) when Carolyn plants a (childish, innocent) kiss on him on Valentine's Day. It's kind of adorable and not really squicky, mostly because the story makes it pretty clear that Carolyn was imitating Harry and Ginny. After that, the two are just best friends until they're 12 and 11, respectively, and even when they start dating not much more than cuddling and a bit of kissing goes on until the two really hit puberty.
164* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Sanakan and Hugh have been in love with each other since they met each other as [[StreetUrchin orphaned pickpockets]]. [[spoiler:Then, they grow as hunters and literally make out in Chapter 18.]]
165* In ''Fanfic/OperationSoulmate'', Wally and Kuki are in love with each other despite being 9, and never able to age past 10.
166* ''Fanfic/PhoenixsSSBBCaseFiles'' has a case where Pearl has an obvious crush on [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]].
167* It's implied in ''Fanfic/TheRoadBuiltInHope'' that Dorothy likes her [[PseudoRomanticFriendship best friend]] Ozma (or that she [[ChildhoodFriend could like her someday]]).
168* A combination of reveals around series 4 of ''Series/{{Skins}}'' has resulted in a clutch of fics exploring Naomi and Emily's Toy Ship potential (the book notes that Emily's been in love with Naomi since middle school (approx. ages 8 to 12), while the [=S4=] finale reveals that Naomi fell in LoveAtFirstSight when she was 12).
169* It's deconstructed in ''Literature/Wonder2012'' where the preteen protagonists decide they're too young to be dating. This also justifies why August and Summer are {{Implied Love Interest}}s.
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173* ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega''
174** In the prologue of the first movie, Kate and Humphrey are shown to have some degree of cute chemistry when they're younger. Then again, Humphrey's been smitten with her since they were pups.
175** A literal example occurs in ''Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games'' between Humphrey and Kate's daughter Claudette and a Northern Region cub named Fleet who become fond of and try to help each other despite being competitors in the titular games.
176* [[RebelliousPrincess Eilonwy]] and Taran in ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''. Their ages are rather vague, but they seem to be around 14 years old at most.
177* In the ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' films, the werewolf puppy Winnie has a big crush on Dennis, Dracula's little {{Dhampyr}} grandson. By ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'', Winnie tries to get Dennis to look her in the eyes to make a "zing" with him, but he feels he's [[NoGuyWantsToBeChased too young to zing]].
178* Appears in ''WesternAnimation/JungledyretHugo'', between Hugo and the fox Rita. Doubles as an InterspeciesRomance.
179* A literal example occurs in ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTrampIIScampsAdventure'' where the main couple are Scamp and Angel, a pair of puppies.
180* ''Franchise/TheLionKing'':
181** The [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 first movie]] contains strong hints that Simba and Nala already had feelings for each other as cubs, despite them being grossed out by the idea of getting married when they grew up. When they reunite as adults, they do fall in love.
182** In ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride Simba's Pride]]'', Kiara and Kovu first meet as young cubs and quickly hit it off, with Kiara acting quite flirty while Kovu gets embarrassed. Like Simba and Nala, they become a couple when they're adults.
183* ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'': Implied to be the case with Dax and Kim. Kim is quick to invite Dax and his family to join her flock on their migration. [[spoiler: She hugs him when they reunite in Jamaica, and they even salsa dance together.]]
184* The theatrical animated film based on the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' book "Prisoners of the Sun" has a very touching, PlayedForDrama one between Zorrino, a poor little boy, and Mahita, the young princess of the hidden Inca city.
185* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryThatTimeForgot'': Trixie the triceratops is, at most, 4 years old, [[note]] Her owner, Bonnie, isn't even old enough to be in school[[/note]] and Reptilus Maximus has only been out of his packaging for 2 days. He does his best to make her feel like a real dinosaur, she shows him what it means to be a toy, and they're both absolutely adorable.
186* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': Carl and Ellie first met when they were little kids. It was love almost at first sight.
187* Cecilia and Louie from ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory''.
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191* ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'' Wednesday and Joel.
192-->'''Wednesday''': Joel, I may never see you again. There are forces tearing us apart--Gary, Debbie, 7th grade.
193* ''Film/TheBlueLagoon'' (film, more than book) starts out this way.
194* ''Film/{{Casper}}'' has a gender-flipped BoyMeetsGhoul variation between Casper (a ghost who died when he was 12) and Kat (who's 13).
195* ''Film/{{Fido}}'': Many of the interactions between Timmy and Cindy (both of whom are about ten). There first scene actually has a moment where he's staring at her as the Donny Osmond song ''Puppy Love'' is playing.
196* ''Film/{{Flipped}}'': The basic love story of Bryce and Juli who meet since they were second graders and their [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo switching feelings]] as they grow up as 7th graders.
197* ''Film/ForrestGump'': Forrest falls in LoveAtFirstSight with Jenny on their first day at elementary school.
198* ''Film/LetMeIn'' is mainly about the budding relationship between a lonley, bullied 12 year old boy and a vampire whose stuck mentally and physically at the age of 12. Despite the film being a rather brutal horror film, their relationship is shown to be very innocent and sweet. Their bonding usually invovles long hugs and they only kiss twice in the entire film and those amounted to two quick pecks on the boy's cheek and lips. Their most intimiate moment was when after killing someone she snuck into his room to comfort herself. Despite the fact that involved her stripping naked, crawling into his bed and cudding with him it was portrayed more as a innocent sleepover than anything sexual.
199* Shows up in ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'' between 12 year old boy and a little vampire girl [[spoiler:[[UnsettlingGenderReveal who is not actually a girl]]]].
200* ''Film/LittleManhattan'' is Puppy Love: The Movie, as it's about a 10-year-old boy who falls in love with his 11-year-old friend.
201* ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' has Alfalfa and Darla in all incarnations of the series. The short "Hearts Are Thump" has the boys scoffing at Valentine's Day and [[GirlsHaveCooties saying they hate women]], to the point where they start the He-Man Woman Haters Club. Darla then walks by and Alfalfa becomes smitten with her, ignoring his oath. In the 1994 movie, they still act this way until the sudden break-up (no thanks to Spanky's plan to botch the date), making Alfalfa try to win Darla back in the course of the movie, and at the last part of the movie, everyone in the cast end up with one.
202* ''Film/ALittleRomance'' is also ''Puppy Love: The Movie''. Lauren and Daniel are about 12 and attempt to conduct their affair as mature partners would, even going to Venice with an adult friend. One of Diane Lane's first pictures, and some still think her best.
203* In ''Film/LoveAtTheChristmasTable'', Sam and Kat meet at the age of four, and fall in and love with each other over the years.
204* ''Film/MaVieEnRose'': Ludovic has a crush on Jérôme, a boy around her age who's the son of her dad's boss, and stages a mock wedding with him. She even says she'll marry Jérôme when they grow up for real.
205* ''Film/MelodySWALK'' is this with 10-and-a-half-year-olds Daniel Latimer and Melody Perkins, complete with an unofficial wedding and elopement at the end, which came decades earlier than ''Film/MoonriseKingdom'' and helped inspire it.
206* ''Film/MirrorMirror'' the Queen tricks Prince Andrew into drinking a coffee that is laced with a LovePotion, although she realizes that potion is actually a puppy love potion, which makes the prince [[LiteralMetaphor act like a puppy]].
207* ''Film/MoonriseKingdom'' is mainly about two 12-year-old misfits who fall in love as pen pals and decide to run away together. [[spoiler:They even get "married". By a Boy Scout leader.]]
208* Played with regarding Pete and Natalie in ''Film/PetesDragon2016'' though it's never outright confirmed.
209* The 2003 film version of ''Film/PeterPan'' had a lot of critics creeped out. However, this one is from the book. Peter never grew up so he doesn't understand this, but Wendy and Tinkerbell are not competing to be his best friend, hence the whole thing with the "kiss". The actors playing Peter and Wendy were in their early teens, so realistically the characters could be experiencing actual crushes.
210* ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' gives us 9-year-old Anakin and 14-year-old Padme. This, of course, gets reciprocated; but not until he's much older.
211* ''Film/RiddleOfFire'': One of the main conflicts of the film is the romantic tension between Alice and Hazel, who are both just starting to enter puberty.
212* The second ''Film/StuartLittle'' features a romance between Stuart and a [[InterspeciesRomance bird]] named Margalo. The characters [[VocalDissonance voices]] muddle up [[VagueAge their ages]] but Stuart is treated as the younger son in the Little family.
213* ''Film/Super8'' has this between Joe and Alice - something muddled up because their fathers intensely dislike each other (Alice's dad indirectly caused Joe's mum's death) and because Joe's best friend also likes Alice.
214* ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'' is about Laure, a pre-teen girl [[SweetPollyOliver passing as a boy]] named Mickaël. She starts a relationship with another pre-teen girl, Lisa, who doesn't know that "Mickaël" is a girl.
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218* In Creator/RosemaryWells's stories, we have Timothy and Yoko, [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hfDZzUMdL._SX321_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg it's been implied]] [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C3VM7DV7L._SX317_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg in her books starring Yoko or Timothy that they both have a crush on each other]]. Helps that they are both best friends. Especially in the {{Creator/Nelvana}} [[WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool animated adaptation]]. This also applies to [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy Felix and Fiona]], and [[BelligerentSexualTension Benjamin and Tulip]]. It's also slightly implied with Otto and Melanie, ''literally''.
219* Tom and Becky in ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'', who get "engaged" shortly after meeting. Before he met her, Tom was "engaged" to another girl named Amy Lawrence, which causes no small amount of trouble between them when Becky finds out.
220* ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': Just like in the [[Literature/DirtyBertie parent series]], Angela has an unrequited crush on Bertie and thinks of herself as his girlfriend.
221* ''Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret'' is loaded with this, seeing as it's a book about puberty.
222* In ''Literature/ArielBlock'' Ariel and Erskine, both twelve, have become good friends, and while Erskine cracks [[VulgarHumor crude sex jokes]] all the time, they agree that they don't really want to have sex, ''because'' [[IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship they are friends]].
223* Kate from ''Literature/TheArtOfBeingNormal'' has been in love with Zachary Olsen for ten years ago when she was four.
224* ''Literature/AscendanceOfABookworm'': When Lutz's older brother Ralph is introduced, one of the first things he does is [[PervertedSniffing smell Tuuli's hair and give her a compliment he seems to appreciate a lot]]. Myne promptly becomes a silent ShipperOnDeck for them.
225* ''Literature/TheBabysittersClub'': In a Valentine's Day-themed book, the girls discuss how cute the crushes that a couple of kids they regularly sit for have on each other are.
226* A pretty weird example in a short story called ''The Brushwood Boy'' by Creator/RudyardKipling, it follows the life of a man named George Cottar from childhood to a glittering public school career and finally distinguished army service in India. Throughout it all, he remains totally uninterested and unaware of women, despite them constantly throwing themselves at him. However, since early childhood he's nightly had dreams about a girl he met once at a pantomime, sharing adventures with her in an unchanging dreamscape. He thinks she's a figment of his imagination, but, when he's on leave from the army decades later, his mother invites an old friend and her daughter (who's just composed this charming song about dream adventures she's has all her life with an imaginary boy) to tea… Long story short, it ends the day after she arrives with the two of them lamenting the fact that they need to go through the formality of getting engaged before marrying.
227* In ''Literature/DragonBlood,'' it is mentioned that Ward was in love with a servant girl when he was about 15, followed her everywhere like a puppy, and carried her things for her. His brother Tosten (about 12 at the time) was jealous because he had a crush on the same girl. The reasons for this are not quite so cute; the girl was shoved into Ward's room by his aunt, to protect her from being raped by his father. His following her around may have been out of devotion, but likely it also was to protect her from a second rape attempt. People made fun of it because Ward was ObfuscatingStupidity at the time, and everyone thought he was mentally retarded.
228* The ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' series has several cases that Encyclopedia solves involve friends of his or other kids around the same age as him and their love interests.
229* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'': Will and Lyra become the OfficialCouple. At the close of ''The Amber Spyglass'', they are (implicitly) 13, and [[OurSoulsAreDifferent their daemons]] have ''just'' "settled", indicating they are on the verge of puberty. Some fans are a little put off by this, especially because, to fulfill ThePowerOfLove, after a slow, tense, sensuous buildup to their FirstKiss, the two touch each other's daemons, a powerfully forbidden and intimate act on par with having sex. It does help that [[WiseBeyondTheirYears neither of them really act as young as they really are]], though.
230* ''Literature/TheHolts'': It was love as first sight when twelve-year-olds Mike Holt and Eden Brentwood first met at a friends and family gathering in Oklahoma. [[spoiler:They do eventually marry three novels later]].
231* ''How to Get Married… by Me, the Bride'', a picture book, by Sally Lloyd Jones and Sue Heap.
232* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' starts off this way between Percy and Annabeth in the beginning, but their relationship doesn't actually begin until they're both 16.
233* Christine and Raoul from ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' were adorable together as children as entailed in a flashback. They first met when Christine's scarf was blown into the sea and Raoul ran in to retrieve it getting soaked as a result, but Christine laughed and kissed Raoul in thanks and they were inseparable until they were teenagers. Most adaptations don't tend to go into Christine and Raoul's childhood which is a shame because it might’ve swayed fans away [[MisaimedFandom from wanting Christine to be with the titular Phantom]].
234* Most of ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'''s main characters and their love interests are about 13, and Matthias and Cornflower were actually engaged at that age and had a kid within a year (though, being mice and there being timeline issues throughout the series, it's possible that was the equivalent of 4 years in a human lifespan).
235* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': Lionel has a very obvious crush on Precieuse, his personal doctor[=/=]hairdresser[=/=]future mistress. [[DeliberateValuesDissonance She's 14. He's 8.]]
236* Matteo and Ruth in ''Literature/SomeoneElsesWar'', though it's by no means the main focus of the book.
237* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
238** Jaime and Cersei. [[{{Twincest}} Well,]] [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior technically.]] It seems like it's been going on for as long as either of them can remember.
239** Tweens Myrcella and Dornish prince Trystane Martell.
240** Eleven-year-old Sansa Stark is delighted by her ArrangedMarriage to the tall, handsome twelve-year-old crown prince Joffrey Baratheon. Joffrey even makes a show of courting her. It's not long after that, though, that his veneer slips and he turns out to be a petulant brat at best and an abusive sociopath at worst.
241* ''Literature/TheThingsTheyCarried'': Tim O'Brien's semi-autobiographical novel features the love story of Timmy and Linda, quite possibly the saddest story in a novel centered around UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
242* Scout and Dill in ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''--although it's rather ambiguous if they actually have crushes on each other, or are just claiming they do as part of acting grown up.
243* In the third ''Literature/WarriorCats'' arc, Lionpaw and Heatherpaw (who are both young apprentices) become friends and begin to sneak away at night to play with each other, and they start to realize that they have actual feelings for each other.
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247* More than one episode of ''Series/TheBabySittersClub1990'' revolves around the 12 and 13 year old protagonists having crushes on boys.
248* ''Series/{{Carrusel}}'' in particular had several, seeing that around 80% of the cast was formed by kids no older than 10[[DawsonCasting -12]]. The most notorious ones were [[DoggedNiceGuy Cirilo]]'s one-sided crush on [[{{Tsundere}} Maria Joaquina]] as well as [[NiceGuy David]] and [[{{Meganekko}} Valeria]] (and the brief love triangle with [[NewTransferStudent Margarita]]).
249* ''Dårfinkar & dönickar'' (''Loonies & Phonies''), a Swedish TV series from 1989 about a 12-year-old girl, Simone, who goes to school as a boy. Simone and her classmate Isak fall in love, while another classmate, Kattis, crushes on the boy she thinks Simone is, and Isak and Kattis have a brief flirtation. Two other kids in their class, Anna and Pepsi (yes, Pepsi is a nickname, not an actual Swedish name) also seem to have a thing.
250* In ''Ebba och Didrik'', also a Swedish kids' TV show, 9-year-old Ebba and her best friend and sweetheart Philip love one another devotedly. They are building a house together in the woods and plan on living there, till Ebba meets Martin, a poor little rich boy with lots of flashy toys.
251* ''El Club de los Tigritos'' was big at this. Venezuelans old enough to have been a kid in TheNineties would remember all the [[SoapOpera tween soaps]] this show spawned, especially the ones done as kid salsa orchestra ''Salserín'' vehicles. It seemed that once you surpassed the 11 years old mark you could engage in your first LoveTriangle.
252* ''Eva & Adam'', yet another Swedish kids' TV show, follows the romantic fortunes of its title characters, about 11 to 13, who become a couple early on. Their classmates have various romantic entanglements too; indeed, Eva and Adam ship their respective best friends as a couple and try to get them together. [[spoiler:It almost works.]]
253* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' Chris and his big love, Tasha (although the other Wiki describes their relationship to be deliberately ''platonic''). To strengthen their newly-forged friendship (which he had been looking forward to for more than a season), he invites his notary public with a stack of documents. Ironically, [[spoiler:it is Chris, who ultimately breaks up with Tasha. In the same episode.]]
254* ''Series/{{Gentefied}}'': Ana's elementary school-aged sister Nayeli starts off a childish, long-distance flirtation with a classmate who moves away. She steals Ana's phone and they talk about snacks.
255* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' has [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] and [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] as a preteen and an early teenager respectively. As [[DatingCatwoman is the norm]] they hit it off.
256* ''Series/LetTheRightOneIn'': Eleanor and Isaiah are both twelve (though for her, only [[NotAllowedToGrowUp in appearance]]). After becoming friends, Isaiah falls for Eleanor, [[LoveConfession telling her how he loves her]]. This may well be the first girl he's ever liked that way.
257* On ''Series/HappyDays'', Joanie suffers a case of puppy love when Potsie (in a practice session) sings "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" to her.
258* ''Series/{{House}}'': The episode "Two Stories" subverted its usual formula of opening with a scene of someone doing something and then someone (sometimes the same person, sometimes someone else) falling extremely sick, instead focusing on a pair of kids about to make out behind the school at recess when a teacher catches them… and then when they get taken to the principal's office, Dr. House is there as well and is in trouble for some shenanigans at Career Day. Most of the episode is then told in flashbacks, and upon seeing the class that House was talking to, it becomes quite obvious that this is an ''elementary school''. (It eventually comes to light that these characters-of-the-day are fifth graders, which is actually about the right time for kids to begin putting aside their "girls/boys are yucky" feelings from when they're younger.) The kids then manage to show that they're much more mature than House when it comes to handling relationships.
259* ''Series/LittleLunch'': The episode "The Kiss-Chasey Oval" deals with Tamara having a crush on Batty, although he's [[AbhorrentAdmirer less than reciprocating]] - [[spoiler:until she kisses him at the end of the episode, which he seems to surprisingly enjoy]]. The episode "The Relationship" deals with Rory being asked out by a girl in grade 6, whom we never actually meet, [[spoiler:but eventually it turns out the girl he really likes is Debra Jo]].
260* ''Livet enligt Rosa'' (''Life According to Rosa''), another Swedish kids' TV show, portrays its 12-year-old protagonist having crushes on five guys and relationships with three of them before [[spoiler:she realises her best friend Ville was the one for her all along.]]
261* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': Although he doesn't start high school until the 4th season, Malcolm has quite a few girlfriends and love interests before then.
262* ''Series/MyDeadEx'': Ben and Charley had once "dated" as pre-teen kids. Even now that it's years later and Charley's drawn to a different boy, Ben is still into her.
263* ''Series/TheNanny'' occasionally has moments of this with Grace and boys her age, as well as with Brighton while a preteen and girls his age.
264* Ned and Chuck of ''Series/PushingDaisies'' first fell in love as children.
265* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': J.D. and Turk try to hook up their children with each other even when they are still infants, mostly so the two fathers could spend more time together as soon as possible. The finale of the eighth season has J.D. visioning his son affiancing with Turk's daughter.
266* The series 4 finale of ''Series/{{Skins}}'' makes it clear that, from Naomi's side at least, she and Emily were always this.
267--> '''Naomi:''' "[[LoveAtFirstSight I loved you from the first time I saw you.]] I think I was twelve."
268* ''Series/StrangerThings'':
269** Mike and Eleven, who are both around twelve years old and clearly crushing hard on the other. [[spoiler:With TheBigDamnKiss and invite to the school dance included in the first season finale. And ''another'' TheBigDamnKiss while actually getting to have that dance at the end of season 2. EarnYourHappyEnding indeed.]]
270** Season 2 introduces Max, who becomes this with Lucas, and they become an OfficialCouple come Season 3.
271* ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'': In their first scene together, which takes place on May 26, 1465, Anne Neville is 8 years old and Richard of Gloucester is 12. It's made plain from the way they gaze dreamily at each other that they share a mutual crush, and it's hinted that their romantic feelings had developed when Richard had stayed at her father's castle to train as a knight. Anne has a CrushBlush in front of her sister and mother when they discuss the possibility that Anne might be betrothed to Richard in the near future (although the king ends up rejecting the match). Whenever her father brings up the topic of an upcoming ArrangedMarriage for her, Anne expresses her hope on two separate occasions that her intended will be Richard. Richard retains a deep fondness for Anne even when they are kept apart by war and politics, and he's genuinely shocked and upset when he learns that she's engaged to his enemy's son. He receives a lingering ReactionShot to drive home to viewers that he still adores her.
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274[[folder:Music]]
275* The appropriately named "Puppy Love" by Music/PaulAnka is about the singer falling in love at seventeen, and getting defensive when adults dismiss it as "just puppy love," insisting it is true love.
276* The video for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AfTl5Vg73 A Lambada]]'' by the Brazilian band Kaoma has a dorky-looking Afro-Brazilian percusionist boy as the sort-of TeamPet of the band, and he falls for the just as young blonde waitress of the beach local they're playing in. [[spoiler:The girl's boss [[KickTheDog slaps her]] when she skips off to [[DanceOfRomance dance with the boy]], but [[EarnYourHappyEnding by the end of the video]] they do it again and the singer of the group convinces him to dance with her ''and'' let the kids have fun.]]
277* "Iesha" by Another Bad Creation, the song quoted above. [=ABC=] were a preteen quartet discovered by Michael Bivin. The song recounts the lead singer meeting Iesha at the playground and falling in love with her "on the monkey bars".
278%% * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpaPBCBjSVc Tighten Up]]" by The Black Keys.
279* "Europa and the Pirate Twins" Thomas Dolby, a song about very young lovers separated by war. Possibly allegorical.
280* "Rebecca Lynn" by Bryan White. It's about two children, including the title character, who fall in love "long about the start of second grade", and grow up to become each other's VictoriousChildhoodFriend.
281* The similarly themed "Check Yes Or No" by Music/GeorgeStrait. The narrator and his crush, Emmylou Hayes, fall in love in third grade.
282* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNYA4pAGjI&feature=channel Concrete Angel]]" by Music/MartinaMcBride. The little neighbor boy falls for the little girl protagonist. It [[AbusiveParents doesn't]] [[OffingtheOffspring end]] [[TooGoodforthisSinfulEarth well]]. [[TogetherinDeath Or it might.]] [[EpilepticTrees Or is that boy her guardian angel?]]
283* "I Was Made To Love Her" by Music/StevieWonder; the song starts out describing this trope and how it evolves into a ChildhoodFriendRomance.
284* The music video for "Everything Has Changed" by Music/TaylorSwift shows two kids (who look remarkably similar to Taylor and Music/EdSheeran, who collaborated with her on the song) falling in love over the course of a school day.
285* The Israeli song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CeUKqDfR6U Bad Boy]]" is about a girl just short of ten, in love with a somewhat younger boy. What she describes is a rather clear case of DomesticAbuse.
286* The 1929 song "If I Had A Talking Picture" has a section where a little boy sings about how he wants a talking picture of a similarly aged girl.
287* "I'm Already Taken" by Music/SteveWariner has the "it took years to catch them" variant: the narrator eventually married the girl he liked in third grade, but she rejected him both then and when they were teenagers because she liked someone else.
288* Music/JanAndDean's "Baby Talk":
289-->I am only five years old and my baby's three\
290But I know that she's the girl, just you wait and see
291* Nat King Cole's "Too Young".
292-->They try to tell us we're too young\
293Too young to really be in love
294* "It's 'Orrible Being in Love (When You're 8½)" by Claire and Friends. (Claire was, in fact, nine at time of recording.)
295* In the Louvin Brothers' "Tiny Broken Heart" the seven-year-old protagonist is devastated because the neighbors are moving.
296-->Oh no, he cried, dear God don’t let it be\
297They can’t take my sweetheart away
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300[[folder:Theater]]
301* William Barfée and Olive Ostrovsky in ''Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee''.
302* Winthrop and Amaryllis in ''Theatre/TheMusicMan.''
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305[[folder:Video Games]]
306* ''VideoGame/AlbaAWildlifeAdventure'': Juanito appears to have a crush on Alba, but has no idea what to do about it.
307-->"Uhm... anyway, it's a great beach, and if you ever... wanted to take a relaxing walk, we... er... you should do that."
308* ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' has a side story involving a young boy named Billy Parson, who left behind a letter for [[CreepyChild a Little Sister]] that he had a crush on, saying [[FreakinessShame he thinks her glowing eyes are pretty]] and her Big Daddy chaperone -- even though many are scared of him -- [[ChildrenAreInnocent looks like a superhero]]. This didn't go anywhere (tragically in large part because based on the context, [[JustBeforeTheEnd it was written just before Rapture went to hell]]), but the letter mentions he left behind a gift for her at a secret location -- go there and punch in the passcode he provided, and you'll find a box containing a single rose. Aww.
309* ''VideoGame/Castlevania64'': One of the imperfect endings suggests a likely relationship between Carrie and Malus. It would be cuter if Malus wasn't, [[{{Dracula}} you know]]...
310* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'': In Leftwyne, you will find a boy and a girl. Talk to the girl and she will complain that you are interrupting a lovers' tryst.
311* Ness and Paula of ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' is implied, though the only true OfficialCouple of the series is Ninten/Ana in ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings''.
312* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Cloud and Tifa have an iconic moment of Puppy Love on top of the well where they make ThePromise together. The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake remake]] adds more adorable Puppy Love scenes, including one in which Tifa as a little girl asks Cloud to come and play with her -- because of his big crush on her, Cloud moves past shyly, making Tifa think that he's rudely ignoring her.
313* Herve and Cecilia in ''VideoGame/{{Folklore}}'' are a particularly sad and sweet case. Even though both of them were only children, [[spoiler:she risked her life and soul to save him, and in the end he gave his life willingly to save hers.]]
314* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' and ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'':
315** In some of the games, you essentially take part in this yourself if you decide to ship your first character's child with another child.
316** There are more conventional examples throughout the series: Stu and May in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature Back to Nature]]'' and ''Friends of Mineral Town'', Hugh and Katie in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife A Wonderful Life]]'' and ''HM DS'', Charlie and Eliza in ''Island Of Happiness'', Rahi and Ying in ''The Tale of Two Towns'', Cecilia and Nicholas in ''Rune Factory'' and Candy and Marco in ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryFrontier''.
317** In ''VideoGame/RuneFactory2'', you can invoke this for your own character--the game's second half has the protagonist's child as the player character. He or she can "get married"[[note]]explicitly referred to as "playing married", however[[/note]] to one of their friends. One of your options is a pair of CloudCuckooLander twin sisters who don't really get the whole thing and think "marriage" [[MakesSenseInContext has something to do with toast.]]
318* In ''VideoGame/HarvestTown'', all the boys are attracted to Peach. Justin collects bottles to give to Peach, who uses them to send MessageInABottle for her parents. Glen often brings baby chicks from his farm to show to Peach, while Jerry wishes to give Peach a pony when they're both grown up.
319* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
320** This is partly what has earned ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''[='s=] Link his reputation as a [[ChickMagnet Kirk-level ladies' man]]. Saria (though since Kokiri look like children all their lives, there's no telling how old she actually is) and Princess Ruto both had crushes on him (though how much he reciprocated those crushes varied, as he seems more afraid of Ruto than anything). There is also the fact that one of the Gossip Stones talks about how Malon is waiting for a "Knight in Shining Armor" to come sweep her off her feet. Link carries a shield and sword and is possibly related to the Knights of Hyrule. Her father offers to let Link marry her when he's young as a joke, with the player given the option to say yes or no (with the same result either way).
321** The ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'' versions of Link and Zelda may be kids, but the implied attraction between them is palpable, complete with {{Crush Blush}}es and {{Held Gaze}}s. Heck, the last shot before the credits roll is of [[spoiler:them holding hands while gazing into the sunset]].
322* ''VideoGame/PacMan'' Junior fell for a ghost named Yum-Yum in one game. It's also a case of StarcrossedLovers, since the two species hate each other (and ghosts apparently eat Pac-people).
323* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', one Schoolgirl[[note]]a Trainer class that appears to be around preschool or kindergarten age in this game[[/note]] in the Battle Tower claims she's going to go vent to her boyfriend in her defeat quote.
324* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Laura wishes to marry her best friend Russo when she grows up.
325* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'': Lili and Raz end up kissing, even though both are 10. Lili and Raz are far from the only pairing. It almost makes one suspect that PsychicPowers accelerate psychological development. After all, understanding other people would be much easier and you'll probably pick up ''[[DirtyMindReading details]]'' from nearby adults.
326* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'': Ranmaru Mori and [[TokenMiniMoe Itsuki]] often hang around together and Itsuki sometimes does scenes on him. She acts rather {{Tsundere}}, fighting him and in the end making him dinner (in ''Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes'').
327* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', where one of the towns has a house with a pair of ''married'' children!
328-->'''Boy husband''': Age means nothing, as long as there's love! Adults just don't get it!
329* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' manages to take this up a level by mixing it with LesYay. Latooni Subota and Shine-hime have some very ''interesting'' dialogue, not to mention their combination attack in the [[ElegantGothicLolita Faerlions]].
330* ''VideoGame/TadpoleTreble'' stars Baton, a tadpole who ReallyWasBornYesterday. The level Midnight Bayou is home to fellow tadpole, Sonata, who sings a heartfelt love song to Baton as that stage's musical score. The whole thing is played for laughs. The game even points out that Sonata thinking that Baton is the most beautiful girl he's seen in his life doesn't mean much when his entire life only extends to yesterday.
331''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
332** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' Genis and Presea. Although, [[spoiler:Presea is actually 28 (30 in the sequel). However, she's still got the body of a 12/14-year-old. [[PrecociousCrush This really didn't stop Genis too much after he found out]].]]
333** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has [[LovableCoward Karol]] and [[ActionGirl Nan]], with Karol something of a DoggedNiceGuy to her. They even have some BelligerentSexualTension (all at the age of twelve) due to Nan being {{Tsundere}} and Karol being ObliviousToLove even once he starts [[TookALevelInBadass taking levels in badass]] that make Nan more receptive to his advances. Should note they are the ''only'' OfficialCouple in Vesperia: at most you get ShipTease otherwise.
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337* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': According to Riki, he briefly had a crush on Rin in middle school [[GreenEyedEpiphany when he realized that other guys were starting to notice her]]. It didn't really last, though.
338* A prominent feature of the ''VisualNovel/OurLife'' series of games. Both ''VisualNovel/OurLifeBeginningsAndAlways'' and ''VisualNovel/OurLifeNowAndForever'' allow for the player character to have a (reciprocal) crush on each game's respective main love interest(s) from childhood.
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342* The two protagonists of ''Webcomic/TheBoyInPinkEarmuffs'' are this, [[QueerRomance though a rare case of two boys]].
343* ''Webcomic/Elwood2015'':
344** The webcomic continues the ShipTease between D.W. and James from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', [[TimeSkip who are now eight years old]], and it seems that EveryoneCanSeeIt, even themselves, though [[TwiceShy neither of them can quite admit it]]. There's a whole arc, "[[Main/DWS2Arc4PlayDate Play-Date]]," dedicated to exploring their feelings for each other. After the conclusion of that arc, [[spoiler:they have finally all but confessed to each other]].
345** Two of D.W. and James' classmates, Sarah and Liam, are also shown to have feelings for each other, although they are a lot more open about it. Unlike the D.W. and James example, this one has virtually no canon precedent.
346** Another one of D.W.'s classmates, Lucy, is shown to have a crush on Bud Compson.
347** On the preteen side of things, [[spoiler:Ladonna Compson and George Lundgren]] are shown to have feelings for each other; they kiss while watching TV together in one strip.
348* ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'': There's a good amount of ShipTease between Erma and her buck-toothed classmate Connor.
349* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'' takes this literally when one of King's pups, Olive, develops a crush on the cougar cub Pueblo.
350* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' Although they didn't recognize each other when they met as adults, it turns out that Bob and Jean had met briefly as children. [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/815/ And they were adorable together.]]
351* ''Webcomic/{{JL8}}'' is an AffectionateParody of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague where all the main characters are pre-adolescent. After some initial reluctance on her part, Batman and Power Girl are now "dating" (Bruce takes her to his favorite restaurant, which serves artisan peanut butter sandwiches, but what initially piqued her interest is the fact that Bruce owns ponies).
352* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'': Nigel and Coney, seemed to have this (until Nigel was written out of the comic). Eventually replaced by Lin and Wendell (Coney's cousin).
353* ''Webcomic/MaxOveracts'': Max and Janet. [[spoiler:And Max towards Auryn]]… Klaus and Becky… possibly Max and Chieka… Ronny and Racine… oh, pretty much the whole comic. It's hilarious and rather touching.
354** Played with by Max and Moonchild
355** Most of the child characters come from happy, heterosexual married households. Ms. Cheng the teacher appears to be a lesbian, but it's low-key and mostly a joke about the characters not understanding what's happening. Andi is a largely conventional teenager, there's a rather sweet subplot about one of the childminders getting together with a boy she fancies. Ronny's father is divorced, we learn, but Ronny clearly doesn't think much of his decision.
356** Also rather sadly, Max being let down none-too-gently by a slightly older girl during a lakeside holiday.
357* ''Webcomic/NineteenNinetySomething'': Michelle's little sister, Jenny and Kendra's little brother Eric. They declare themselves "boyfriend and girlfriend" in the rebooted continuity. [[https://1990somethingcomic.com/comic/february-13-1993/ Their older siblings]] [[ShipperOnDeck enthusiastically approve.]]
358* Sarah from ''Webcomic/ThePrincess2009'' attracts the attention of a neighborhood boy however he bullies her due to her being transgender [[spoiler:and because he has an abusive mother.]]
359* From ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', Jinx and Kasi, though at present the feeling is somewhat [[GirlsHaveCooties one-sided]] on Jinx's part.
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363* A Website/{{Google}} LogoGag made for a ValentinesDayEpisode during 2012 features a short animation about a young boy who was trying to impress a girl jumping rope outside by looking up Valentine's Day-related items and gifts like flowers and chocolate, but the girl refuses them and continues to jump rope. The boy continues to give the girl more items, but she still refuses and continues jumping rope, until finally the boy gives up and brings his own rope to jump with when the girl immediately drops her jump rope, hugs him, and start jumping together with the boy's jump rope. Can be found [[http://www.google.com/doodles/valentines-day-2012 here]].
364* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'': It's hinted at times that Cavin and Calla nurse crushes on each other.
365* Gumball/Penny from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''. Even his mom Nicole [[ShipperOnDeck seems to think they're cute together.]] In Season 3, [[spoiler:they actually become an OfficialCouple.]] Also, Darwin and Carrie who [[spoiler:become an OfficialCouple eventually too.]]
366* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', Sprig Plantar and Ivy Sundew, two frog children around the age of 10, are initially JustFriends, but develop romantic feelings towards each other by the end of Season 1.
367* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
368** The episode "[[Recap/ArthurS2E14SueEllensLostDiaryArthursKnee Sue Ellen's Lost Diary]]" {{implie|dTrope}}s that [[NewTransferStudent Sue Ellen Armstrong]] has a crush on the show's titular eight-year-old aardvark when she teasingly tells him that she wrote "nice things" about him in her diary, and he blushes in response, implying the feeling may be mutual.
369** "[[Recap/ArthurS2E12ArthursFarawayFriendArthurAndTheSquareDance Arthur and the Square Dance]]" also has ShipTease in the form of SheIsNotMyGirlfriend for Arthur and his classmate Francine.
370** In "[[Recap/ArthurS8E9FleaToBeYouAndMeKissAndTell Kiss and Tell]]," Arthur's second youngest sister D.W. hears from her friend Emily that she was kissed ([[IKissYourHand on the hand]]) by a boy while visiting UsefulNotes/{{France}} and how it made her feel like a princess in a fairytale, and she sets out to find a "prince" of her own, choosing her classmate [[ShrinkingViolet James]] as her "prince" when he votes for her suggestion for what song to play at naptime in her preschool and spends the rest of the episode trying to get a kiss from him via HintDropping. [[spoiler:She does ultimately get him to kiss her simply by asking him to]]. She later takes her [[ShipTease seeming crush on James]] even further in the S14 episode "[[Recap/ArthurS14E2TheAgentOfChangeDWUntiesTheKnot D.W. Unties the Knot]]," where she sees a reality show about fancy wedding parties on TV and decides to have [[TokenRichStudent Muffy Crosswire]] set one up for herself and James (telling her that the bride's name is "[[SesquipedalianSmith Deeangelenora Woo]]," which makes her not realize that the bride is supposed to be D.W. herself). [[spoiler:However, the twist here is that D.W. actually doesn't realize that a wedding doesn't just mean having a fancy party, but actually marrying the groom and living with him for the rest of one's life. When Muffy explains to her what marriage actually entails, she immediately starts having second thoughts about the whole thing and says "No" at the ceremony (not that it would have been legal for her and James to really get married anyway, since they are four)]]. Unfortunately for D.W.'s father, he still ended up with the ShockinglyExpensiveBill for the wedding arrangements, as per tradition.
371* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Aang, who's 12, has a crush on Katara, who's 14. [[spoiler:They get together in the last episode]].
372* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Kai, the girl Ben had a crush on for one episode despite being of the opinion that GirlsHaveCooties most of the rest of the time.
373* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Cricket and his girlfriend Gabriella are only ten, but that does not stop them from being a couple.
374* ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'': Casper and Wendy anyone? In the old comic books, they're ambiguously canon.
375* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' loves this trope (it has to, with all its heroes under the age of 13). As the show usually parodies action and sci-fi movies and shows, it would not be complete without romantic subplots. KND even has a rare ''villain'' example of this trope: Numbuh Three's mean baby sister Mushi and the self-proclaimed King Sandy. They get bonus points for being even younger than the other couples.
376* Given that most characters in ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' are the kids that play in the Creek, this is bound to happen, especially with the main trio:
377** J.P. and Maney have plenty of cute moments any time they're on screen together.
378** Kelsey and [[spoiler:Stacks]] had a number of hints before becoming official in "Fire & Ice".
379** Special notice to Craig and [[spoiler:Wildernessa]] for even having an episode named after the trope itself.
380* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'': Shiny, a child ''Pteranodon'', has a crush on Gilbert, the Conductor's nephew. It is hinted occasionally that Gilbert returns her feelings.
381* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' had Doug and Patti, who were both in sixth grade when the series began and just finishing up seventh grade when it ended. There was also Skeeter and Beebe. One episode had Mr. Dink explicitly mention this when talking about [[LiteralMetaphor Porkchop.]]
382* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy Turner, despite being a 10-year-old (and mentally [[IdiotHero even lower]]), repeatedly sought a relationship with the resident RichBitch Trixie and was sought after by two other girls, Tootie and Veronica. Trixie and Tootie are the two most likely to get Timmy, and they've both had their moments with him. According to WordOfGod, both are likely candidates [[spoiler:though Tootie is currently the canonical future wife of Timmy.]]
383* Though Franklin and Samantha from the ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' special ''Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure'' start out having a somewhat antagonistic relationship, by the end of it, they definitely seem like they might be in puppy love.
384* Li'l Gideon's one-sided crush on Mabel in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' [[spoiler:starts out as this. Once his [[AxCrazy true]] [[{{Yandere}} nature]] is revealed, it turns into a VillainousCrush.]]
385* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has many examples:
386** Helga/Arnold is the most notable couple on the show, although Helga takes it more seriously than most people of her age. Hints are dropped several times that there will be a future relationship between the two. Had the canceled "Jungle Movie" been made ([[UnCanceled it is now]], better late than never), the series would have ended with Arnold and Helga as an OfficialCouple.
387** Gerald/Phoebe. This is more of a hinted couple, but it is clear from some of the moments they have that they like each other. They hold hands, go to school dances together, and they have even gone to the Cheese Festival together.
388** Harold/Rhonda or Harold/Patty. Harold has been paired with both girls, and Word of God has confirmed that Harold and Rhonda have a reciprocated crush on each other, but Rhonda won't admit it. Harold's friendship with Patty is still a friendship, but they have been called a couple and seem to work well together. Before they met, Harold claimed that he didn't even like girls.
389* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'': The 80's animated series has two TV movies (''Jonny's Golden Quest'' and ''Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects'') both of which feature Race's daughter Jesse. She and Jonny appear to be about 10 to 12. She kisses him in both movies. The early 90's series has both Jonny and Jesse as teenagers. They're still a buttload of ShipTease between them.
390* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Kids' Stuff", the heroes are all turned into kids, with mental states to match, which causes Wonder Woman's interest in Batman to turn into this. Batman seems to reciprocate, although trying to be cool about it. Hilariously, Superman is [[ObliviousToLove completely blind to it]] which causes John Stewart to poke fun at him.
391* ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'': Henry and June; it's rather obvious that they have crushes on each other.
392* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Kai and Jinora. They're 12-year-olds when they first meet and become infatuated right away. After a timeskip, they're a little older, but still together.
393* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMorning'': Martin and Roxanne. They are referred to as "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" in-show despite being primary schoolers, and Roxanne even gives Martin a kiss on occasion, although [[AnywhereButTheirLips it's always on the cheek]].
394* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'': Orel and Christina. Unfortunately, due to their families, they're also StarCrossedLovers.
395* ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'': Pepper Ann is totally smitten by an eighth-grader Craig Bean.
396** And also, her younger sister Moose has a crush on Sean, who turns out to be the son of Margaret - someone who Lydia didn't get along with in her younger years - in "Moose in Love".
397* Much comedy in the series ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' comes from Isabella's crush on Phineas, which he doesn't (yet) reciprocate. Their ages are ambiguous, but "somewhere between 9 and 13".
398** After the TimeSkip episode "Act Your Age", they are finally together.
399* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'':
400** Between Brian (who is explicitly 10) and Rainbow Brite. The first episode ends with Rainbow throwing Brian a kiss while she leaves, which causes him to blush. He shows jealousy when Rainbow compliments Red Butler and comments that he knows why red isn't his favorite color.
401** Lala Orange has a huge crush on Red Butler.
402* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'':
403** In one episode, Gus/Cornchip Girl have ShipTease, but they're only officially "friends".
404** There's also the kiss episode between T.J. and Spinelli, with the implication that there's a lot more chemistry than either admits. In another episode, Spinelli's mom even mentions that T.J.'s the one Spinelli has a crush on.
405** It's implied that Ashley A. also has a crush on T.J.
406** In "That Stinking Feeling", Spinelli gets her first crush. The others make fun of her for being a "boy lover".
407* ''WesternAnimation/SeaPrincesses'': In "The Crush", Ester thinks love stories are ridiculous. Well, maybe it's not so ridiculous when Ester is struck with a crush for the new boy Caton.
408* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
409** Lisa and her ongoing BelligerentSexualTension with Milhouse, yet both of them have been through plenty of other relationships, one well-known one being Samantha Stanky in the episode "Bart's Friend Falls in Love."
410*** In flash-forward episodes showing scenes from the future, Lisa is often either married to Milhouse or it's mentioned that they ''were'' married but are now divorced.
411** Lisa also has more than a few episodes where she's paired off with Nelson.
412** Applies to Bart, to the point that there was an episode starring practically ''all'' the relationships he's been through.
413* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
414** A canonical example would be Stan and Wendy, who actually are "boyfriend and girlfriend".
415** Cartman accidentally admits to having a crush on a girl named Patty Nelson in Season 11, but she's otherwise never mentioned.
416** Cartman and Wendy usually hate each other, but one episode of Season 4 has Wendy realizing she has feelings for him, much to her dismay.
417** Cartman and Heidi were dating back in Season 20 before she tired of his sociopathic ways in Season 21 and dumped him.
418** Craig and Tweek are a canonical same-sex pair who got their start when a group of Asian girls at the school did a presentation of [[YaoiGenre yaoi art]] featuring them. They've been known to do daring things like hold hands in public.
419* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Steven and Connie. Their relationship is close enough that it manages to activate Steven's BizarreAlienBiology and fuse the two of them together into a single entity briefly. Despite both being too young and clearly knowing nothing whatsoever of romance or the icky stuff it leads to, they manage to go through several quite mature relationship-driven episodes.
420* ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet'': Leonard Helperman is hopelessly in love with his girl classmate Leslie Dunkling. They have been best friends since they were babies.
421* In the AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/RosemaryWells's ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''. Yoko and Timothy are best friends and have tons of moments like this. This also shows up in the original books, which is implied that Timothy and Yoko have a crush on each other.
422* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': Since the gang encounters historical figures [[YoungFutureFamousPeople when they were children]], sometimes they have strange crushes/blush a lot around them. For example, Yadina is smitten with Kid!George Washington and even moreso with her favorite president, Kid!Abraham Lincoln.
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