Adorably Precocious Child: Difference between revisions

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This kid is barely past puberty—if that old—but acts as if always preoccupied with responsibility. He (or she) works hard at whatever he does and treats things seriously, but every once in a while he does indeed act like a kid (and hates the subsequent teasing). Usually not taken too seriously by anyone and hates being treated like a kid by adults, even if they secretly like the attention.

Often his family situation is problematic, although he may have a [[Cool Big Sis|big sister]] or [[Big Brother Mentor|brother]] he respects and admires. Said sibling may not appear (letting the audience take that role) and the '''Adorably Precocious Child''' can attach to the closest adult who lets him—this is especially common if he's also a [[Mouthy Kid]]. Sometimes this works in reverse, and the adult character may have to defend himself against [[Shotacon|unwholesome]] [[Lolicon|comments]] by other characters by insisting they're [[Like Brother and Sister]], or, alternately, [[Older Than They Look]]. If they grow up, they're likely to become hot, especially if they had a [[Hot Dad]] or [[Hot Mom]], due to the [[Generation Xerox]] effect.

 

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Former [[Trope Namer]] Shotaro Kaneda from ''[[Gigantor]]'', or, as he's known in the United States, Jimmy Sparks, so embodies this trope that he's the Trope Namer for [[Shotacon]].

* ''[[Haré+Guu|Haré+Guu]]'': Haré has to take care of his [[Hard-Drinking Party Girl|drunken partying]] [[Hot Mom|mom]]([[Absurdly Youthful Mother|who is only in her 20s]]) and as the the straight man ends up being driven crazy by Guu's craziness.

* Otto in ''[[Someone Else's War|Someone Elses War]]'' is this trope [[Up to Eleven]].

 

* Flynn Jones of ''[[Shake It Up]]''. He handwaves that he's "the only responsible person around here", and even got a model to like him, saying he's adorable.

* Doctor Sweets of ''[[Bones]]'' definitely qualifies. He's the youngest member of the team and cannot get himself taken seriously because of it, tends to lapse into [[Sophisticated As Hell]] mid psych-babble, looks up to the two main characters as [[Parental Substitute]]s, and is all around [[Adorkable]].

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Bugsy from [[Pokémon]], one of the youngest Gym Leaders in the series, but also one very dedicated researcher. And while he's always deep into his research (bug Pokemon in the game, ruins in the manga), he sometimes shows a very child-like enthusiasm about what he likes. It also adds to his charm that he's [[Viewer Gender Confusion|often confused for a girl]].

* Another adorable and confusing nerd is Rief from ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]''. While his age is ambiguous, his appearance, [[Voice Grunting|voice squeaks]], and behavior all suggest that he is on the young side of ''Golden Sun'''s traditional [[Kid Hero]]es.

** Thirty years prior to them in ''[[Golden Sun]]: The Lost Age'', Eoleo was a [[Adorkable|dorky-looking]] toddler too young to talk, but not too young to fake crying to throw off attention, experiment with his new Psynergy powers, ''break his father out of prison'', and reason that Felix can solve the traps in Treasure Island that had the pirates stumped. And when addressed telepathically through Mind Read, he had a perplexing case of [[Little Professor Dialogue]].

* Caillou from [[Recettear]] is a good example of this trope. He's a powerful mage, running a serious investigation, but inside he's still just a kid who can't resist candy.