History Main / LittleBoySeeksBigGirl

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[[caption-width-right:312:You can definitely see in his face he got the girl [[MarshmallowHell where he wants it]].]]

When a cute little boy has a crush on a grown woman.

For extra points, the girl will find him adorable and spend lots of time hugging him and playing with him. Expect the girl to remain [[ObliviousToLove oblivious]] and all other males to be intensely jealous. Almost always PlayedForLaughs, of course.

Mainly occurs in preteen shows where the main character is a girl, and the crush-ee is a friends little brother, but may also occur when the boy is the hero.

Mostly PrecociousCrush [[XMeetsY meets]] [[LikesOlderWomen someone who like older women]], but the girl's age never goes higher than 25. Might go as far as StalkerWithACrush or DirtyKid.

And no, it has nothing to do with TinyGuyHugeGirl or MasculineGirlFeminineBoy (which inspired the trope's original title).

Now has a [[PlayingWith/LittleBoySeeksBigGirl a playing with page.]]
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!!Examples

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', Romano (ageless nation who back then had the looks and mentality of a boy under ten) used to have a crush on Belgium (another ageless nation, with looks and mindset of a girl in her late teens) while he was living in Spain's house.
* In ''[[Anime/AbenobashiMahouShoutengai Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]'', 12-year old Sasshi is this way toward fanservice girl Mune-Mune; which is ironic considering [[spoiler:she's really his grandmother, who looks perpetually like her 19-year old self, thanks to a time paradox]]!
* Naota Nandaba develops a crush on Haruko Haruhara in ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''. It's implied that he's around 12 years old, and she's ''at least'' 19.
** An interesting case, in that he only decides he loves her after she spends several episodes flirting with him and teasing him and basically doing everything [[{{squick}}everything short of molesting him]] to get him to notice her. Then when he finally responds to her advances she plays this trope straight, saying that he's too young for her [[spoiler: and leaving him behind when she leaves Earth.]]
* Garcia Lovelace (no older than 13) from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' has a crush on his MamaBear maid Roberta (mid-to-late 20's). [[spoiler: Confirmed in ''El Baile de la Muerte'', where ''[[http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo91/StayuplateInsomiac/Black%20Lagoon/1256542123920.jpg he kisses her]]''.]]
* 8-year-old Momonosuke in ''Manga/OnePiece'' has a crush on 20-year-old Nami, who, true to the trope, remains oblivious and lets him sleep in her bed.

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* Anakin and Padme in ''ThePhantomMenace''. He's just nine and she's fourteen, as Music/WeirdAlYankovic pointed out in his song, "The Saga Begins."
--> "Yeah, he's probably gonna marry her someday."
* ''Film/CrazyStupidLove'': Robbie has a longstanding crush on Jessica, his babysitter. He's in middle school (so about 12) and she's about 17.
* Done in an inadvertently disturbing manner in ''BlankCheck''. The main character tricks an adult bank teller into going on a date with him and later, she even kisses him on the lips after agreeing to [[JailBaitWait wait a few years]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' has 12-year-old Ted crushing for high school girl Audrey.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Bran toward Meera Reed in ''ASongOfIceAndFire''. He's 8 and she's 16.
* Played for utter drama in ''El niño que enloqueció de amor'' (The boy who lost it because of love). An unnamed little boy who's no older than 12 gets a massive crush on his beautiful neighbor Angélica, who's in her late teens/early 20's. When not only she rejected his PrecociousCrush, but it turned out she had a boyfriend... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the]] [[DespairEventHorizon title]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation says]] [[DownerEnding all.]]

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''HannahMontana'': The first episode of Season 2 has Rico crushing on Miley, even going so far to manipulate her into going out with him because he knew Miley was scared that "He knows her secret and will spill it out" (she thought that the "secret" was being Hannah Montana). In the end, turns out that the secret was [[spoiler:She still has her teddy bear with her, despite being in high school.]]
* ''LizzieMcGuire'': The episode "Working Girl" had this in effect when Matt was depressed, then Miranda gave him advice, and then he starts falling for her. This went as far as ''asking her on a date''.
* ''ANTFarm'' has Fletcher immediately liking Paisley whenever the latter notices him. Examples are in the episodes "[=TransplANTed=]" (as shown in the picture above) and "[=ManagemANT=]", but luckily, Chyna doesn't seem to mind. Doubles as a "just for his adorableness" {{Shotacon}} in Paisley's part.
* ''TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' has this with Zack over Maddie throughout the show. By ''On Deck'', he got his kiss from her. One of the most memorable moments is in the episode "A Prom Story" where they shared a prom dance.
** Also from ''On Deck'', the 8-year old prince of Liechtenstamp crushing on Maddie. He even was near to marrying her, too! On this same same episode, Zack still had feelings for Maddie, but it evolved into a LikesOlderWomen situation.
* ''ShakeItUp'' had this in one episode's B-plot, where Ty is teaching Flynn how to attract the girl he likes. The said girl is older than him and is portrayed by the same actress who plays Paisley in the ''A.N.T. Farm'' example above (Allie [=DeBerry=]).
* On ''Series/{{House}}'', a young boy's overly aggressive pursuit of his crush on Cameron is yet another datum for the Case of the Week.
* Luke is this to ''{{Jessie}}''... sometimes. He also did this with Shaylee Michaels in "Jessie's Big Break".
* In the first episode of ''ModernFamily'', 10-year old Manny writes a love poem to a 17-year old girl.
** Manny also has a crush on 16/17-year old Haley Dunphy. No, the fact that they're cousins (by marriage) doesn't bother him.
* British satire show "Big City" (a satire of american preteen shows) features Liam Youngs, an 8 year old kid who has a huge crush on his older sister's friend, Mia Sanders who's 16. In one episode, Liam tricks Mia into going on a date with him.
* ''Series/CrashAndBernstein'' has Pesto, about age 12 is this towards Amanda who is 16 and clearly older than him.

[[AC:Visual Novels]]
* In ''VisualNovel/InYourArmsTonight'', some laughs are had at Koichi's expense thanks to the prepubescent son of one of the protagonist's close friend, who is bold enough to consider himself a rival for the affection of Koichi's thirty-two-year-old ''wife''. The lady in question and the boy's mother laugh it off; Koichi is considerably less amused.
* During Prince Keith Alford's sequel route in ''VisualNovel/BeMyPrincess'', one of the boys at the orphanage where Keith and the protagonist are doing volunteer work develops a crush on the protagonist, who is in her early twenties. To the protagonist's bemusement, Keith insists on taking it seriously, arguing that to do otherwise would be an insult to the boy's feelings.

[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* The next-door neighbor's son in the webcomic ''OutAtHome'' has a crush on Katie's best friend. He's 10; she's 17.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* The ''HeyArnold'' episode "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Crush on Teacher]]". Not to mention Arnold's like for Ruth, a sixth-grader, until he ended it because [[spoiler:he and Ruth are different]].
** And alongside Arnold, Gerald had one, too, in "Sixth Grade Girls".
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has Spike, who is sort of like an adopted son/brother to Twilight Sparkle, and in personality is much like a preteen. He has a major crush on Rarity, who is clearly an adult (and a fashion designer of great renown, ''much'' more renown than you can get if you're only ''recently'' an adult.)
* ''TheSimpsons'': Bart Simpson had a one-episode crush on his baby sitter then on an older delinquent girl who showed him her breasts.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', 13-year old Finn has a crush on [[Really700YearsOld 18-year old]] Princess Bubblegum.
* Ferb from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', given the VagueAge of being "under 15", has a crush on the MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter, Vanessa. WordOfGod says they'll go on a date at least once when they're older.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': Dexter has a crush on his teenage baby sitter.
* In one ''FamilyGuy'' episode, Stewie has a crush on his teen/young adult baby sitter.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has one in Dipper having a crush on Wendy.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', Mac has a huge crush on the home's caretaker, Frankie.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has Spike, who is sort of like an adopted son/brother to Twilight Sparkle, in her social circle as a result of being her only friend (before [[RememberTheNewGuy Shining Armor]] came along) before going with her to Ponyville to encourage her to make some more friends, and has a major crush on Rarity, who is in said social circle.

** An interesting case, in that he only decides he loves her ater she spends several episodes flirting with him and teasing him and basically doing [[{{squick}}everything short of molesting him]] to get him to notice her. Then when he finally responds to her advances she plays this trope straight, saying that he's too young for her [[spoiler: and leaving him behind when she leaves Earth.]]

** An interesting case, in that he only decides he loves her ater she spends several episodes flirting with him and teasing him and basically doing everything short of molesting him to get him to notice her. Then when he finally responds to her advances she plays this trope straight, saying that he's too young for her [[spoiler: and leaving him behind when she leaves Earth.]]

* Anakin and Padme in ''ThePhantomMenace''. He's 9, she's 14.

** Also from ''On Deck'', the 8-year old prince of Liechtenstein crushing on Maddie. He even was near to marrying her, too! On this same same episode, Zack still had feelings for Maddie, but it evolved into a LikesOlderWomen situation.

[[PlayingWith/LittleBoySeeksBigGirl a playing with page.]]

* In ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', Romano (ageless nation who back then had the looks and mentality of a boy under ten) used to have a crush on Belgium (another ageless nation, with looks and mindset of a girl in her late teens) while he was living in Spain's house.

* 8-year-old Monomosuke in OnePiece has a crush on 20-year-old Nami, who, true to the trope, remains oblivious and lets him sleep in her bed.

* Monomosuke in OnePiece has a crush on Nami, who, true to the trope, remains oblivious and lets him sleep in her bed.

For every main female character, there will usually be a boy in her ThreeAmigos friendship, or a little brother who doesn't give a dang about her, Or, in some cases, the main character is a boy, but is a child. But wait! The little brother/best friend/little male protagonist has a big crush on either the friend's BFF, the girl of the episode, or a recurring girl character. Said boy would end up having a big crush on the girl until something causes it to end, or if kept, this would be at least PlayedForLaughs.

This mostly happens in preteen shows where the main character is, you guessed it, a girl. only happens when her boy best friend is younger like her, the boy is a child and is the main title character, or if the lead is a teen girl, her little brother. For the girl's part, she would be at least ObliviousToLove to the little boy.

* ''Series/ICarly'' had this temporarily in the episode "iHave a Lovesick Teacher" where Freddie is struck with a bit of a crush on their teacher when she came in red for Spencer's date with her.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', 13-year old Finn has a crush on 18-year old (?) Princess Bubblegum.

For every main girl character, there will usually be a boy in her ThreeAmigos friendship, or a little brother who doesn't give a dang about her, Or, in some cases, the main character is a boy, but is a child. But wait! The little brother/best friend/little male protagonist has a big crush on either the friend's BFF, the girl of the episode, or a recurring girl character. Said boy would end up having a big crush on the girl until something causes it to end, or if kept, this would be at least PlayedForLaughs.

This mostly happens in most Preteen shows where the main character is, you guessed it, a girl. only happens when her boy best friend is younger like her, the boy is a child and is the main title character, or if the lead is a teen girl, her little brother. For the girl's part, she would be at least ObliviousToLove to the little boy.

* Naota Nandaba develops a crush on Haruko Haruhara in ''{{FLCL}}''. It's implied that he's around 12 years old, and she's ''at least'' 19.
* Garcia Lovelace (no older than 13) from BlackLagoon has a crush on his MamaBear maid Roberta (mid-to-late 20's). [[spoiler: Confirmed in ''El Baile de la Muerte'', where ''[[http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo91/StayuplateInsomiac/Black%20Lagoon/1256542123920.jpg he kisses her]]''.]]

* ''HannahMontana'': The first episode of Season 2 has Rico crushing on Miley, even going so far to manipulate her into doing it with him because he knew Miley was scared that "He knows her secret and will spill it out" (she thought that the "secret" was being Hannah Montana). In the end, turns out that the secret was [[spoiler:She still has her teddy bear with her, despite being in high school.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', 13-year old Finn has a crush on 18-year old Princess Bubblegum.

* ''TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' has this with Zack over Maddie throughout the show. By ''On Deck'', he got his kiss from her. One of the most memorable moments is in the episode "A Prom Story" where they shared a prom dance.
** Also from ''On Deck'', the 8-year old prince of Liechtenstein crushing on Maddie. He even was near to marrying her, too!

* Luke is this to ''{{Jessie}}''... sometimes.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has Spike, who is sort of like an adopted son to Twilight Sparkle, in her social circle as a result of being her only friend (before [[RememberTheNewGuy Shining Armor]] came along) before going with her to Ponyville to encourage her to make some more friends, and has a major crush on Rarity, who is in said social circle.

Mostly PrecociousCrush [[XMeetsY meets]] [[LikesOlderWomen someone who like older women]], but the girl's age never goes higher than 25. Might go as far as StalkerWithACrush.

* Naota Nandaba develops a crush on Haruko Haruhara in ''{{FLCL}}''. It's implied that he's around 12 years old, and she's 21.