Ninja Brat



A kid who aspires to be a Ninja, but he or she has a long way to go and a lot to experience before he or she becomes into a real ninja. Of course, some of them can already be Ninja and kick ass.

Compare Kid Samurai and The Gunfighter Wannabe. Contrast Child Soldiers.

Anime

 * Naruto started out as this.
 * Also, Konohamaru.
 * Nintama Rantarou.
 * The Narutaki Twins from Mahou Sensei Negima could be this trope.
 * Black*Star from Soul Eater may qualify as this.
 * Shinobu from Ninja Nonsense.
 * Ninja Hattori-kun.

Comic Books

 * The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, anyone? Well, to be fair, Michelangelo seems to fit this trope better in the later incarnations..

Film

 * All of the new students attending at Ninja Academy.
 * Spritle in the film version of Speed Racer, but he doesn't pull it off very well.
 * The three protagonists from the Three Ninjas film series.
 * The Filipino film, Ninja Kids.

Live-Action TV

 * Supah Ninjas

Video Games

 * Yuffie from Final Fantasy VII.
 * The ninja kids from the 3rd-gen and 4th-gen Pokémon games.
 * Yomiko in Exit Fate, possibly.
 * Jajamaru, from the Jajamaru-kun video game series.
 * Izuna, from Izuna Legend of the Unemployed Ninja.
 * Kid Niki, in Kid Niki, Radical Ninja.
 * Kat and Ana from the Wario Ware series.
 * Kay Faraday of Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth. As Edgeworth muses repeatedly, while she claims to be a Phantom Thief in training, she seems to actually want to be a ninja.
 * Mini Ninjas - all of the playable characters are kids (preteens at the oldest)
 * Hokutomaru from Garou: Mark Of The Wolves.

Web Comics

 * In Marilith, Yulia's granddaughter Monika wants to be a ninja when she grows up.
 * Robin's brother in The Wotch, due to being a Naruto fan.

Western Animation

 * Garu and Tobe from Pucca.