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A character type which has some measure of the DeadpanSnarker, based on the humor that comes from the mismatch of personality and body type when the body is that of a young girl. She is both smart and perceptive, capable of pointing out exactly what other characters hope to keep concealed -- often their feelings for another character.

A sub-trope of WiseBeyondTheirYears. Compare TheDaria, which is pretty much this minus being a child.

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!!Examples:

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* Kiri Koshiba from ''BeautyPop''.
* Hoshino Ruri of ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'', whose CatchPhrase is "{{Baka}} bakka" ("I'm {{surrounded by idiots}}").
* Yurikasa Chika from ''AsagiriNoMiko''.
* Morino Ichigo from ''OnegaiTeacher'' and ''OnegaiTwins'' (much more so in ''OnegaiTwins'').
* To an extent, Yue Ayase from ''MahouSenseiNegima''. Recent arcs Chisame takes this role, thanks to some liberal use of age changing pills so she's a bespectacled ([[TheGlassesComeOff or not]]) 10 year old. Before her abuse of age pills she didn't fit the body type requirement.
* Kisaka Rui in ''[[JinkiExtend Jinki: Extend]]''.
* Imai Hotaru in ''GakuenAlice''.
* Guu from ''[[JungleWaItsumoHaleNochiGuu Haré+Guu]]'' is this trope taken to its ([[GagSeries il]])logical extreme.
* Kirino from ''AiKora''.
* Akira from ''LuckyStar'', once her {{Kawaiiko}} exterior [[TheKrusty cracks]], though she quickly does away with the "Deadpan" part and starts with the shouting and physically abuse.
* Hinata from ''{{Amaenaideyo}}''. It says something about her that her pet is a miniature fire-breathing demon.
* Kotoko in ''{{Chobits}}'', who's actually a super-intelligent robot about the size of a guinea pig.
* Chiaki from ''{{Minami-ke}}''.
* Rio in ''{{Spiral}}'' and its prequel.
* Miura from ''[[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba&!]]'' has hints of this, though she's more likely to use her insights to manipulate others, rather than just snark.
* The [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld eternal]] [[{{Lolicon}} loli]] Vita of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', who takes the role of the prickly officer to the new recruits after she joins the [[HeroesRUs Space-Time Administration Bureau]].
* Anya Alstreim from ''CodeGeass''. C.C.'s also a pretty good fit, not so much in the short or undeveloped part, but she does contrast child-like mannerisms (like playing with a stuffed animal) with being so snarky that ''Lelouch'' initially thinks of her as downright inhuman.
* Momoka from ''DaaDaaDaa'' is a three-year-old little girl whose first scene in the series has her berating the heroine, Miyu, for aiding global warming by not recycling. From the back of a tricycle. Her snarkiness only increases as the series goes on.
* A rare male example is Naota from ''{{FLCL}}''. The light novel explicitly mentions that his body hasn't kept up with his mental maturity. In the anime, his pajamas don't even fit a 12-year-old girl. He overuses '[[JapanesePronouns ore]]' to compensate.
* Likewise Jin in ''{{Kannagi}}'', has let's call them 'body issues'. He acts older than he is, and a lot older than he looks.
* Saki in ''ShikabaneHime''. She has a habit of speaking aloud her contracted monk's inner thoughts.
* Another rare male example: Ryoma Echizen from ''ThePrinceOfTennis''.
* Loco in ''{{MAR}}''. Her aloof, gloomy attitude is sort of justified because [[spoiler:she's actually much older than she appears, a curse induced by her choice weapon keeps her adult self looking like a very coldhearted 10-year-old.]]
* Felli Loss from ''Chrome Shelled Regios'' fits this rather well, with a bit of EmotionlessGirl mixed in, which is promptly subverted in her introduction, where she is seen her screaming and shouting insults down one of the city's ventilation shafts to relieve some frustration.
* Mayuko from ''{{Sola}}''.
* Haibara Ai from ''DetectiveConan'' fits this trope beautifully.
* Ar from ''IonoTheFanatics''. "[[{{Lolicon}} Pedophilia]] is a crime, you know".
* Eve from ''BlackCat'' fits this trope to the "T".
* Anju from {{Karin}}, who is a near-epitome of EmotionlessGirl as well.
* Coco from ''{{Basquash}}''.
* Rika from ''{{Higurashi no Naku Koro ni}}'' fits the trope [[spoiler:since she's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld actually centuries old]] if you count the years she was stuck in the time loop]]. She also fits into the OracularUrchin category.
* CuteWitch [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Bernkastel]] also fits this, since she sort of ''is'' Rika, [[MindScrew almost]]-[[{{Expy}} ish]].
* Rima in ''{{Shugo Chara}}''.
* Micchon in ''EdenOfTheEast''.
* To some extent, Kuro Kagami from ''{{Kodomo No Jikan}}''.
* Saki Amano from ''{{Kanamemo}}'', who, despite being in elementary school, knows when the employees at her office act out of line and isn't afraid to tell them so.

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* Jubilee of the ''{{X-Men}}'' began as one of these. Boom Boom tended this way as well.
* Earlier example: {{Mafalda}}

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*This is what you get when you GenderFlip [[Fanfic/SuzumiyaHaruhiNoSeitenkan Kyon]].
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* In ''BeautifulGirls'' a young Natalie Portman plays one of these.
* Dakota Fanning's characters in the movies ''{{Push}}'' and ''UptownGirls'' pretty much fit this to a T.
* Drew Barrymore's character in ''ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' is Gertie, Elliott's mischievous five-years-old sister. She makes several snarky remarks throughout the film that nobody remarks upon.
* Dani from ''HocusPocus''.

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*Dr. K in PowerRangersRPM. A little old at nineteen or so, but the trope fits like a glove.
* Stephanie Tanner in ''FullHouse''.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* Elva from the ''InheritanceCycle''.
* Adah in ''ThePoisonwoodBible''.
* Jenny Wren in [[CharlesDickens Dickens']] ''Our Mutual Friend''. She has a good reason for being so jaded, since her father's irresponsibility and severe alcholism leave her, at the age of about thirteen, to be the responsible adult of the household.
* Elani from ''BrokenSky''.
* Ginny from ''HarryPotter'', anyone?

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Vanilla H. of ''GalaxyAngel'', though in the anime, she is a bit more nonsensical than most deadpan snarkers.
* Etna from ''{{Disgaea}}''.
* Setsuna Kiyoura from ''{{School Days}}''.
* Shiori Momono in ''[=~11eyes~=]'', a returnee from Italy who spends most of her time reading. The other part of her time is spent berating Tadashi. Everyone berates Tadashi, but she does it in a manner that hits him where it hurts.
* [[EnfantTerrible Lieselotte]] of ''ArcanaHeart'', especially in her story route.
-->'''[[IdiotHero Heart:]]''' Hey-o! Miss Kidnapper-Person! [[BigDamnHeroes Are you ready for an awesome rescue]]~? ♪ \\
'''Lieselotte:''' [[FunetikAksent (...zat girl is very odd...)]]
* Jacqli of ''ArTonelico 2'' serves this purpose. [[spoiler:Also ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, and the BigBad of the previous game]].
* Nephilim of the ''{{Xenosaga}}'' series. She [[spoiler:died close to 4000 years before the series takes place, making her [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld really close to four thousand years old]]]], so she's now a ghost-type thing with the appearance of a twelve-year-old and a habit of giving cryptic messages instead of just coming out with it. She fits the OracularUrchin trope extremely well, too.
* Anise from ''TalesOfTheAbyss''.
** Presea fills this role in ''TalesOfSymphonia'' as well, when the situation requires it.
** Suzu does this in ''{{Tales of Phantasia}}'', though this only becomes obvious in later remakes of the title/Tales of Fandom II.
** Jay from ''TalesOfLegendia'' could be considered a Deadpan Shota.
** Beryl from ''{{Tales of Hearts}}'' combines a HurricaneOfPuns with a great deal of bemoaning the {{hotblooded}}ness of her companions.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Toph of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''
* Fang from ''DaveTheBarbarian''.
* Lisa [[TheSimpsons Simpson]].
* Gwen Tennyson from ''{{Ben 10}}'' has her moments of deadpan snarker.
* Tanya Mousekewitz in the direct-to-video sequels of ''AnAmericanTail''.
* Mandy of ''TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' lives and breathes this.
-->"Power tools in the dark? Darwin should be paying you two goons royalties."

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* Marie Swanson in ''[[ErikasNewPerfume Erika's New Perfume]]'', post [[FountainOfYouth regression]]. There's something to be said about the most snarky (and for that matter, arguably most clever) character in the series being three years old.

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