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* Petey in ''{{Bully}}''.

* In ''[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', Spike the baby dragon serves as assistant and de facto little brother to Twilight Sparkle, and frequently comes along on the ponies' adventures.

* The Thunderkittens in ''{{Thundercats 2011}}''.

* The Thunderkittens in ''{{Thundercats}}''.

* Anime ur-example: Bat from ''{{Fist of the North Star}}'', as well as Lin.

* Son Gohan of ''DragonBallZ'' starts off as this in the early arcs, [[spoiler:only to subvert it in the Cell arc when he becomes the most powerful character in the show]]. After Gohan grows up, [[CheerfulChild Goten]] and [[BrattyHalfPint Trunks]] share the role.

* Max from the ''Advance'' seasons of ''[[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]''.

* ''GetBackers'' offers a subversion in the form of [[TeenGenius 14-year-old MakubeX]], who in flashbacks is shown to be something of a tag-along to Ginji. But upon the latter's departure from their hometown, he goes on to become its ruler and has several adults working for him. Some of the said adults "tag along" for their own purposes (Takuma Fudo being the most notable example) while the others are devoted followers who would go to the ends of the earth for him.

* ''GetBackers'' offers a subversion in the form of [[TeenGenius 14-year-old MakubeX]], who in flashbacks is shown to be something of a tag-along to Ginji. But upon the latter's departure from their hometown, he goes on to become its ruler and has several adults working for him. Several of the said adults "tag along" for their own purposes (Takuma Fudo being the most notable example) while the others are devoted followers would go to the ends of the earth for him.

* In ''{{Yotsubato}}'', [[GenkiGirl Yotsuba]] is ''everyone's'' Tagalong Kid.
* [[CuteBruiser Goku]] of ''{{Saiyuki}}'' has the personality and relationships of a BrattyHalfPint down pat -- but he's the closest thing the series has to a genuine hero, and it's his relationship with Sanzo/Konzen that is the impetus of...pretty much every thing that happens in the plot.

* [[CuteBruiser Goku]] of ''{{Saiyuki}}'' has the personality and relationships of a BrattyHalfPint down pat -- but he's the closest thing the series has to a genuine hero, and it's his relationship with Sanzo/Konzen that is the impetus to...pretty much every thing that happens in the plot.

* [[CuteBruiser Goku]] of ''{{Saiyuki}}'' has the personality and relationships of a StrongerThanHeLooks BrattyHalfPint down pat -- but he's the closest thing the series has to a genuine hero, and it's his relationship with Sanzo/Konzen that is the impetus to...pretty much every thing that happens in the plot.

* ''[=~Jojo's Bizarre Adventure~=]'' loves this trope. Part 1 has Poco, a kid who is rescued from vampires by the heroes. Part 2's is Smokey Brown, a kid who is rescued from a DirtyCop. Part 3 features an unnamed girl who is rescued from an assassin sent by the BigBad (seeing a pattern here?). Parts 4 and 5 finally break the trend with Koichi Hirose and Narancia Ghirga, respectively, who actually have some combat skill. Part 6 then returns to form WHILE subverting it with Emporio Alnino, a kid hiding out in the prison where this story is set. [[spoiler:His power is arguably the weakest in the entire series, but due to circumstance he ends up being the one who finally defeats the arc's BigBad.]] Part 7 finally breaks the trend; the entire cast is composed of adults and no-one is anyone's tag-along.

* Subversion- ''GetBackers''. Makubex, aged 14, becomes the leader of lower town and has several adults working under him. Several of them "tag along" for their own purposes, Takuma Fudo comes to mind here, and others would go to the ends of the earth for him.

* In ''{{Yotsubayo}}'', Yotsuba is ''everyone's'' Tagalong Kid.
* Goku of ''{{Saiyuki}}'' has the personality and the relationship to the group, but he's actually the closest thing the series has to a genuine hero, and it's his relationship with Sanzo/Konzen that is the impetus of...well, pretty much every thing that happens in the plot? Something like that.
* Scar has May Chang in ''FullmetalAlchemist''.

* ''[[JojosBizarreAdventure Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' loves this trope. Part 1 has Poco, a kid who is rescued from vampires by the heroes. Part 2 has Smokey Brown, a kid who is rescued from a DirtyCop. Part 3 features an unnamed girl who is rescued from an assassin sent by the BigBad (seeing a pattern here?). Parts 4 and 5 finally break the trend with Koichi Hirose and Narancia Ghirga, respectively, who actually have some combat skills. Part 6 then returns to form WHILE subverting it with Emporio Alnino, a kid hiding out in the prison where this story is set. [[spoiler:His power is arguably the weakest in the entire series (being able to store objects in an unmovable pocket dimension), but due to circumstance he ends up being the only one able to bring down the BigBad, who so happened to achieve the strongest ability seen yet in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (being able to destroy and remake the universe by speeding up time).]]

See also: ImprobableAge, ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, TheBumblebee, KidSidekick, and TheTeamNormal. TokenLoli is an AlwaysFemale subtrope in which the TagalongKid is there for either {{Lolicon}} fanservice, {{Moe}} in its purest form, or both.

* Ray Thompson, in the episode "Justice" from ''JusticeLeague''. For the most part, he's simply a useless sidekick who cheers on the heroes featured in that episode, the Justice Guild. [[spoiler: The twist here is that the Guild and in fact the entire city are an illusion created by Ray, who in reality is a mutated psychic child living out his fantasies by warping the world to his whims.]]

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* Gordito in ''TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''. A 12-year-old Mexican [[TheGunslinger GunSlinger]]... with a full-grown mustache. At one point, the good Doctor highlights that Gordito does not merely "[[{{Badass}} tag along]]".

* The WonderfulWizardOfOz is an inversion. Sure, Dorothy's not a native, and at 11, she's likely the youngest of the bunch. Still, it's obvious that she's the one in charge.

* ''[[JojosBizarreAdventure Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]''loves this trope. Part 1 has Poco, a kid who is rescued from vampires by the heroes. Part 2 has Smokey Brown, a kid who is rescued from a DirtyCop. Part 3 features an unnamed girl who is rescued from an assassin sent by the BigBad (seeing a pattern here?). Parts 4 and 5 finally break the trend with Koichi Hirose and Narancia Ghirga, respectively, who actually have some combat skills. Part 6 then returns to form WHILE subverting it with Emporio Alnino, a kid hiding out in the prison where this story is set. [[spoiler:His power is arguably the weakest in the entire series (being able to store objects in an unmovable pocket dimension), but due to circumstance he ends up being the only one able to bring down the BigBad, who so happened to achieve the strongest ability seen yet in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (being able to destroy and remake the universe by speeding up time).]]

* JojosBizarreAdventure loves this trope. Part 1 has Poco, a kid who is rescued from vampires by the heroes. Part 2 has Smokey Brown, a kid who is rescued from a DirtyCop. Part 3 features an unnamed girl who is rescued from an assassin sent by the BigBad (seeing a pattern here?). Parts 4 and 5 finally break the trend with Koichi Hirose and Narancia Ghirga, respectively, who actually have some combat skills. Part 6 then returns to form WHILE subverting it with Emporio Alnino, a kid hiding out in the prison where this story is set. [[spoiler:His power is arguably the weakest in the entire series (being able to store objects in an unmovable pocket dimension), but due to circumstance he ends up being the only one able to bring down the BigBad, who so happened to achieve the strongest ability seen yet in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (being able to destroy and remake the universe by speeding up time).]]