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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'': Red Puckett tricks the Wolf into falling into a river by handing her hooded cloak off to some hummingbirds. As predicted, the Wolf takes the bait.

* The title character of the movie ''Film/CurlySue''.

* The whole premise of ''Film/MatchstickMen''.

* Addie Loggins from ''Film/PaperMoon''.

* Minerva Paradizo from the fifth ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' book.
* The titular Markie, from Robert Aspirin's novel ''[[Literature/MythAdventures Little Myth Marker]]'', is a combination of this and TheMole. She looks like an 8-year-old girl, but [[spoiler:is the most dangerous "character assassin" in the trade. Also a subversion, since she's actually an adult woman from the dimension of [[IncrediblyLamePun Cupy]], where it's about average to grow to the size of a human child.]]
* A poem titled ''20th Street After Dark'' features a couple of preteen girls who pose as underage prostitutes and then, once the one girl has the guy in a vulnerable position, they mug him.
* [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Claudia]] from the ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'' series plays up her eternal childhood to lure in her victims.

* Aphrael the Child-Goddess of ''Literature/TheElenium'' is quite happy to manipulate others in order to get what she wants. Just sitting in a obstructive person's lap and being cute is usually enough for her to subtly bring them around. She was also the one who stole Ghwerig's rings, which were needed to control Bhelliom.

* Megan Parker on ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', her two titular brothers being the usual marks.

* This is, essentially, Aleli's role in the Argentinean tv series ''Series/CasiAngeles'': she's eight and an orphan who robs men and women while they're distracted with street performances put on by her fellow members of an orphanage. Of course, this is all forced onto her by the abusive head of the orphanage, but still...
* The two little British girls that Sam and Cat babysit in ''Series/SamAndCat''.

* Willie in the ''Series/MagnumPI'' episode "Basket Case".
* "The Lemonade Scammer" skit from ''Series/AllThat'' which features a little girl (played by Katrina Johnson) who sells lemonade at outrageous prices and if the customers complained, she would cry and whine until they feel guilty enough to pay.
* One episode of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has Dennis mentoring one of these in a water park, with the two successfully conning several people out of money and possessions. The girl eventually becomes a BastardUnderstudy who manages to con Dennis himself out of all of their loot.
* The title character from Netflix series ''Series/NoGoodNick'' is this. She is forced to do it by her first foster family, though. [[spoiler: Her motives for targeting the Thompsons also turn out to be far more sympathetic than it initially appeared.]]
* Cassie Lenue from the ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' episode "Miss Taken." She makes a HeelFaceReturn in a later episode, putting her skills to a more benevolent use.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'':
** Tewi Inaba. If she's not pranking, she's selling lies.
** Also Mystia Lorelei, who runs a con on two levels using her power (singing that causes night blindness) to sell grilled lamprey (purported to ''cure'' night blindness, which she removes as they eat), which reduces the patrons' consumption of poultry, which as an avian youkai she naturally finds hideous.

* ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' has a [[StreetUrchin "Zaunite Urchin"]], depicted in her card art as a helpless young girl begging on the streets of [[TheCityNarrows Zaun]] for coin. However, the [[https://img.rankedboost.com/wp-content/plugins/legends-of-runeterra/assets/unit-and-champion-artwork/01PZ045-full.png FULL artwork]] shows that she's actually making far more bank than it appears, and she has many interactions with her friends (various young hooligans in their own right), most of which are them helping out her DeliberatelyCuteChild act.

* ''Webcomic/FarOutThere'': Layla was basically [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1563953/page-474-the-story-of-layla-continues/ this]] when she was younger, using her cuteness to make both herself and her parents look more trustworthy.

* Penny from the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E13CityOfThieves City of Thieves]]" is definitely this, because [[spoiler:her 'losing' her basket was an elaborate plot to get the pure Finn to steal a treasure chest guarded by a barrier that keeps thieves like herself out. Even after being purified by Finn at the end, she STILL steals his clothes]].
* Gender reversed with Flim Flam from ''WesternAnimation/TheThirteenGhostsOfScoobyDoo''.
* Deidre from ''WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury'' is a fence and scam artist who basically sells useless things for a price, or stolen things for cheap. [[YoungerThanTheyLook She's also twelve.]]

* ''Manga/OnePiece [[Anime/OnePieceFilmZ Film Z]]'': [[spoiler: While Nami taking advantage of her cuteness to get what she wants isn't anything new, in this movie she also takes advantage of the fact that [[FountainOfYouth she was turned into a child]] to get information about Z from a bunch of Marines.]]
* In episode 41 of the anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'', our heroes in Team Japan see a cute little girl (named Kahlua in the Japanese version, and Coconut in the English dub) being attacked by Team Caribbean pirates led by Captain Gene, since they're accusing her of stealing their chocolate. Naturally our heroes come to the little girl's defense, and she fawns over and hero-worships them for saving her. Out of the goodness of their hearts, our heroes even invite the little girl to watch their training session and give her their autographs. Then when Team Japan is set to Robattle Team Caribbean, the little girl appears behind Captain Gene, and at first Metabee assumes Captain Gene must have captured her. [[spoiler:Nope, actually she's Captain Gene's ''daughter''; the pirates were only ''pretending'' to attack the little girl earlier, it was all a plan for her to spy on Team Japan so she can report their weaknesses to her father and give him an edge.]]

* In ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', China Girl can manipulate the ConMan Oz by turning on the waterworks.
* In ''Film/LogansRun'', to steal a bracelet, a street urchin distracts 20-something Jessica-6 by calling her "a nice old lady." This in a society wherected people "renew" at 30.
* ''Film/LeapOfFaith'': The rare [[GenderFlip male]] variant, as Boyd, the wheelchair-bound brother of the woman Jonas is attracted to, reveals that he's been faking being handicapped for ''years'', and offers to join his ministry. It leads to Jonas' OhCrap moment and eventual HeelRealization.
-->'''Jonas:''' Look, I run a show here. It's a lot of smoke and noise and it's strictly for the suckers. I've been pulling one kind of scam or another since I was your age, and if there's one thing I know it's how to spot the genuine article because that's what you've got to watch out for. Not the cops, you can always get around the cops. But the one thing you can never, ever get around is the genuine article, [[NotSoDifferentRemark and you, kid, are the genuine article.]]

-->'''Girl''': I think I'm worth more than two new dollies per [[TheMark mark]].

-->'''Jonas:''' Look, I run a show here. It's a lot of smoke and noise and it's strictly for the suckers. I've been pulling one kind of scam or another since I was your age, and if there's one thing I know it's how to spot the genuine article because that's what you've got to watch out for. Not the cops, you can always get around the cops. But the one thing you can never, ever get around is the genuine article, [[NotSoDifferent and you, kid, are the genuine article.]]

** Fiona and Sasha in ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' stole what they could to survive when they were kids, since they were homeless and had no one to rely on but each other. One day they ran into a man named Felix and tried to pick his pocket; not only did he catch them in the act, but he taught them how to do it better, thus becoming their ParentalSubsitute and mentor in [[ConMan the art of the con.]]

* Eliza from ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' plays this role masterfully. To the point of selling people lethally exploding vehicles, knocking them out when their back is turned, all so she can steal any valuables and money they happen to have on them at the time. Then when she reunites with her long lost brother, she proceeds to abscond with all the best merchandise from his shop!

* Green from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' started out as this but it has since dimmed down. Her fingers are still as quick as ever.

* The title character from Netflix series ''Series/NoGoodNick'' is this. She is forced to do it by her first foster family, though.

* ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' has a [[StreetUrchin "Zaunite Urchin"]], depicted in her card art as a helpless young girl begging on the streets of [[TheCityNarrows Zaun]] for coin. However, the [[https://img.rankedboost.com/wp-content/plugins/legends-of-runeterra/assets/unit-and-champion-artwork/01PZ045-full.png FULL artwork]] shows that she's actually making far more bank than it appears, and she has many interactions with her friends (various young hooligans in their own right), and many of them are helping out her DeliberatelyCuteChild act.

* Cassie Lenue from the ''Series/Elementary'' episode "Miss Taken." She makes a HeelFaceReturn in a later episode, putting her skills to a more benevolent use.

* A gender-inverted example. The first scene in ''Disney/BigHero6'' shows the film's protagonist, Hiro, shyly walking into a (highly illegal) bot fight and asking if he can try to fight the undefeated robot, while holding out one of the saddest excuses of a robot possible along with a crumpled up ball of betting money. After getting absolutely crushed in the first round, he asks to try again, offering a tidy, folded wad of cash. He sits down, gets his bot ready to fight... and reveals that the bot is ''much'' more deadly than anticipated, ''demolishing'' his opponent's bot.

* ''Literature/ProvostsDog'' has Beka stopping a couple of pickpockets who play a trick where the cute little girl distracts the mark while her partner lifts their purse.

* Addie Loggins from ''Film/PaperMoon''

* Claudia from the ''Literature/VampireChronicles'' series plays up her eternal childhood to lure in her victims.

* Roxanne Thorburn from ''{{Literature/Pact}}'' is this: she's twelve, still cute as a button, for all her teenage years are swiftly approaching... and not above using {{Gaslighting}}, [[ConsummateLiar lying]], occasional theft and [[ManipulativeBastard general, all-purpose manipulation]] to get what she wants or to get others into trouble, the little sociopath. Her older half-sister, [[{{Delinquents}} Ellie]], might well have had a shot at this when she was younger, but Roxanne is outright better at covering her [[CreepyChild creepy]] up with the cute and getting away with it: not for her the lengthy juvie rap sheet of her hair-trigger sister. Well, she gets away with it unless you're family of the same generation as her, of course. Most with a brain cell working know. Even if not all the adults or those outside family have twigged.
* Helen, from ''Literature/{{Twig}}''. Looks to be about twelve years old, cute as a button, and is actually a nonhuman creature grown in a vat who was designed to look like a twelve year old girl. In her default state, she's a pure EmotionlessGirl who doesn't have any physical tics to indicate reactions, but in order to better pass as human she's become a MasterActor by pure necessity, slipping on personas and discarding them at will.

* Megan Parker on ''Series/DrakeAndJosh''. All the time.

* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' had a little girl who helped her father fake an injury and sue the hotel. Turns out she was the brains of the operation, as her father [[CallBack just comes up with the names of their schemes.]] Meanwhile, she took orders for Girl Scout cookies from the entire staff... none of whom ever got their orders.

* The two little British girls that Sam and Cat babysit in ''Series/SamAndCat''

* The title character from Netflix series Series/NoGoodNick is this. She is forced to do it by her first foster family, though.

** Tewi Inaba

* GoldDigger [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Anise]] [[CuteBruiser Tatlin]] of ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' is this in spades. After a minor time skip, the first reunion between her and [[TheHero Luke]] is proceeded by her conning a woman out of gald.

* ''Webcomic/FarOutThere'' - Layla was basically [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1563953/page-474-the-story-of-layla-continues/ this]] when she was younger, using her cuteness to make both herself and her parents look more trustworthy.

* Penny from the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode 'City of Thieves' is definitely this, because [[spoiler:her 'losing' her basket was an elaborate plot to get the pure Finn to steal a treasure chest guarded by a barrier that keeps thieves like herself out. Even after being purified by Finn at the end, she STILL steals his clothes]].

* The first scene in ''Disney/BigHero6'' shows the film's protagonist, Hiro, shyly walking into a (highly illegal) bot fight and asking if he can try to fight the undefeated robot, while holding out one of the saddest excuses of a robot possible along with a crumpled up ball of betting money. After getting absolutely crushed in the first round, he asks to try again, offering a tidy, folded wad of cash. He sits down, gets his bot ready to fight... and reveals that the bot is ''much'' more deadly than anticipated, ''demolishing'' his opponent's bot.

* Blue (Green in the Viz translation) from ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' started out as this but it has since dimmed down. Her fingers are still as quick as ever.

* In one ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' comic, the adventurers find a young girl on her own in the woods. Being GenreSavvy, they assume that she's a shapeshifted monster or deity, and she agrees to let them live if they leave their valuables as an offering. Once they've fled, her parents arrive to collect the loot.

Aww, look at sweet little Sally. So adorable, so innocent...

...[[BreadEggsMilkSquick wait, where's my wallet?]]

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* Helen, from ''Literature/{{Twig}}''. Looks to be about twelve years old, cute as a button, and is actually a nonhuman creature grown in a vat who was designed to look like a twelve year old girl. In her default state, she's a pure EmotionlessGirl who doesn't have any physical tics to indicate reactions, but in order to better pass as human she's become a MasterActor by pure necessity, slipping on personas and discarding them at will.
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* ''Film/LeapOfFath'': The rare [[GenderFlip male]] variant, as Boyd, the wheelchair-bound brother of the woman Jonas is attracted to, reveals that he's been faking being handicapped for ''years'', and offers to join his ministry. It leads to Jonas' OhCrap moment and eventual HeelRealization.

* In episode 41 of the anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/Medabots'', our heroes in Team Japan see a cute little girl (named Kahlua in the Japanese version, and Coconut in the English dub) being attacked by Team Caribbean pirates led by Captain Gene, since they're accusing her of stealing their chocolate. Naturally our heroes come to the little girl's defense, and she fawns over and hero-worships them for saving her. Out of the goodness of their hearts, our heroes even invite the little girl to watch their training session and give her their autographs. Then when Team Japan is set to Robattle Team Caribbean, the little girl appears behind Captain Gene, and at first Metabee assumes Captain Gene must have captured her. [[spoiler:Nope, actually she's Captain Gene's ''daughter''; the pirates were only ''pretending'' to attack the little girl earlier, it was all a plan for her to spy on Team Japan so she can report their weaknesses to her father and give him an edge.]]

'''Penny:''' And.... I'M A THIEF!

When she grows up, she'll probably become the DecoyDamsel, who uses her beauty to fool people in the same way LittleMissConArtist uses her cuteness. Compare DeliberatelyCuteChild and DaddysLittleVillain.