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Author: HelloLamppost

Oct 8th 2011 at 1:59:53 AM

Fixing the one-word examples:

* AceLightning: Living video game characters kept secret from grown-ups. 
* [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]: Subverted. Billy is an orphan, so he has no parents to tell. He actually does share his secret with the closest authority figures available to him-- His radio station boss Sterling Morris in the GoldenAge, and {{Superman}} in the ModernAge. 
* ChalkZone: Living chalk drawings kept secret from grown-ups. 
* DenverTheLastDinosaur: Rock n' roll dinosaur kept secret from grown-ups. 
* DialHForHero: Super-power granting device kept secret from grown-ups. 
* DigimonTamers: Digital monsters kept secret from grown-ups. 
* {{Dinosaucers}}: Space dinosaurs kept secret from grown-ups. 
* DragonTales: Dragons kept secret from grown-ups. 
* ETTheExtraTerrestrial: Alien kept secret from grown-ups. 
* FairlyOddparents: Fairies kept secret from grown-ups. 
* [[{{ptitlehtr6l0mz}} Figure 17]]: Aliens kept secret from grown-ups. 
* Five Children And It: Fairy kept secret from grown-ups. 
* TheIndianInTheCupboard: Magic gizmo that can bring toys to life kept secret from grown-ups. 
* TheIronGiant: Giant robot kept secret from grown-ups. 
* LittleMonsters: Parallel universe kept secret from grown-ups. 
* MadokaMagica: [[spoiler: Creepy version where the fantastic being is ripping out their souls and leading them on the path to death. Did I mention this show was based on Faust?]] 
* [[DCComics Melvin And His Monster]]: Supernatural creatures kept secret from grown-ups.
* TheOuterLimits episode "The Special One": Triple subversion. The alien teacher is secretly evil; the parents find out about this and try to warn the kid; and it turns out the kid knew all along that the alien was evil and was tricking him into defeating himself. 
* [[{{Planet51}} Planet 51]]: Inversion because it's a fantasy creature hiding a human from other fantasy creatures, instead of a human hiding a fantasy creature from other humans. 
* PowerPack: Super-hero identities kept secret from grown-ups. 
* SigmundAndTheSeaMonsters: Sea monsters kept secret from grown-ups. 
* SonicX, in the early episodes. Extradimensional talking animals kept secret from grown-ups. 
* SpiderMan, in his younger days. Super-hero identity kept secret from grown-ups. 
* StarStuff: Device that can communicate with the future kept secret from grown-ups. 
* StaticShock: Super-hero identity kept secret from grown-ups. 
* ThreeTwoOnePenguins: Space penguins kept secret from grown-ups. 
* WordGirl: Super-hero identity kept secret from grown-ups.

Oh, and Big Bird is more of an inversion. He was constantly trying to tell the grown-ups about Snuffy, but he could never prove it, and they didn't believe him.  It still counts, though.

Here's another reason kids might keep things secret: If they know they have no way to prove their wild claims (such as with a creature who is InvisibleToAdults), they may decide there's no point embarrassing themselves by talking about it. Poor [[DoctorWho Amy Pond]] could have saved herself a lot of grief by going that route.

Any suggestions for a different title?  Or stick with this one?