'''Basic Trope''': A child or preteen genius.
* '''Straight''': Billy is 10 years old, and already attending college.
* '''Exaggerated''': Billy is 4 years old, and already holds 3 Ph.D's.
* '''Downplayed''': Billy is 12 years old, and in the Gifted and Talented program at his school.
* '''Justified''': There really are children who are very [[TheSmartGuy intellectually gifted]].
* '''Inverted''':
** Billy is 10 years old, and has been held back in the third grade...twice.
** Billy is an adult who hasn't even made it past the first grade.
* '''Subverted''': Although Billy boasts very high grades, he's still only a 5th grader.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But then he gets a letter inviting him to be part of a program for gifted students.
** At parents' night, Billy's teacher raves about what a good student Billy is, and she recommends that he be skipped ahead a grade level so he can get more of a challenge.
* '''Parodied''': Billy has been part of UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} ever since his umbilical cord was cut. (He was barely out of the womb and already speaking coherently and doing complex math problems.)
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Billy starts out as a genius, but then starts acting like TheDitz due to PhlebotinumInducedStupidity. But then it turns out [[ObfuscatingStupidity it was all Billy's act,]] because he's tired of people [[IJustWantToBeNormal treating him differently]] than other children. Or maybe [[FeigningIntelligence he really is stupid and is lying about it]].
* '''Averted''': Billy is no smarter or dumber, no more or less capable than any of his peers.
* '''Enforced''': TokenMiniMoe, FreeRangeChildren.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Our top student, Billy Troper..".
* '''Invoked''': Billy is forced by his [[EducationMama mother]] into all sorts of programs to try and boost his intelligence.
* '''Exploited''': Charlie, Billy's friend, persuades him to always do his home work for him.
* '''Defied''': Billy uses ObfuscatingStupidity, so that he won't be picked on or alienated for being a nerd.
* '''Discussed''': "Billy could solve linear equations at age four? He sounds like one of those kid geniuses that always appear on TV".
* '''Conversed''': "Children on these kind of shows are always ridiculously smart".
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Billy has ''huge'' emotional issues because he is a ChildProdigy.
** InnocentProdigy
* '''Reconstructed''': Good thing he has [[ThePowerOfFriendship friends]] to keep him from going into a downward psychological spiral.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Billy uses his intelligence mainly to fool strangers into thinking he's older than he looks, and then shocking them with his real age.
* '''Played For Drama''': Billy becomes a BrokenAce.
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