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{{trope}}
[[File:suntzu1 7622.png|link=Family Guy|frame|"[[Just a Kid|Stewie, those books aren't for babies...]]"]]
{{quote|'''See-n-say:''' The cow goes SHAZOO!
'''Stewie:''' ... it most certainly does NOT.|From [[Family Guy]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}LDyXdAf3LR0 (see here for context)]}}
Genius is a very rare thing, and it often takes years of education, study and work to attain it. But genius can begin to show itself at a very young age, resulting in [[Teen Genius]]es and [[Child Prodigy|Child Prodigies]]. But what happens if it shows up even sooner than that? The result is the Brainy Baby.
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Some cases of this trope are actually smart adults or teenagers who've been subjected to [[Fountain of Youth|reverse]] [[Merlin Sickness|aging]]. Others are some variety of [[Immortality|immortal]] and [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|age much slower physically]] than mentally.
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== Advertising ==
* Ads for baby formulas abuses this trope, especially in Hong Kong, with play-school age children demonstrating remarkable vocabularies, problem-solving abilities, and mathematical skills. An egregious example, courtesy of Abbott Laboratories, is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cWp7VTEPTs this]
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Ivan Whisky/Cyborg 001 of ''[[Cyborg 009]]'' plays the trope straight, but in the 2001 one he's a subversion. He's a very powerful telepath and telekinetic with the intelligence level of an adult, but also is trapped in the body of a baby since he was (unwillingly) given all of this through cyborg enhancements. This means, poor 001
* Pulmo Allen of ''[[Amuri in Star Ocean]]'' is the commanding officer of a [[Space Station]], wears make-up and high-heels, and is called 'Professor' by her elders, all at the tender age of 3. The fact that she is an [[Mutants|Adapter]] probably has something to do with it.
* Turbo {{spoiler|Norimaki}} from [[Dr. Slump]] becomes this after {{spoiler|being killed by aliens and then revived by them}}, gaining [[Psychic Powers]] and a genius-like intellect in the process.
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