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Very often [[The Smart Guy]] in a [[Five-Man Band]], particularly in [[Super Robot]] shows.
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* [[Azumanga Daioh|Chiyo-chan]] is 10 when she starts high school. While she consistently gets better grades than everyone, being 5 years younger than everyone means she has problems during P.E. and Sex Ed talks.
* Negi in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', kinda. He graduated from [[Wizarding School]] at the age of nine and became a teacher in Japan and mastered the language
** To be fair, Negi spent an inordinate amount of time in [[Year Inside, Hour Outside|magic resorts, scrolls, and the like]], to the point where he's now actually twelve years old.
** Kurt Godel is also explicitly stated to be one of these. (Or at least, he was when he was still a child.)
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** It's revealed in the [[Comic Book Adaptation|supplementary manga]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' that the math used in earth and Mid-Childa are very similar, and using advanced magic requires a firm grasp of mathematical formulas. Needless to say, Nanoha and Fate are math geniuses who always ace the subject in school, much to the chagrin of the competitive [[Those Two Guys|Alisa]], and Fate even helps Nanoha's older sister Miyuki with her school work.
* Ai Haibara from ''[[Detective Conan]]'' is implied to have been one: if she has a PhD and already led [[The Syndicate]]'s lab before the age of 18, she must be one in her preteen years.
** Hiroki Sawada from the [[Non-Serial Movie]] ''Phantom of Baker Street'' is more of a book example; he was a grad student in MIT at the age of ''ten''. However, a mixture of [[Parental Abandonment]] and [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]] means his case [[Starts with a Suicide|is not]] [[Deconstruction|played]] [[Tear Jerker|for the
** The titular character ''seems'' like a
* Sou Touma from [[Q.E.D.]], likewise, is MIT-graduated before high school age; he is now in a [[High School]] for the needed socialization to prevent [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]].
* May Chang from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. She looks to be around 8 years old, but she has the mentality, mannerisms, and [[Cute Bruiser|fighting skills]] of an adult. She was even able to {{spoiler|decode Scar's brother's research notes mostly by herself}}.
** Justified in that she is a
** A straight and much more obvious example from the same series: the Elric brothers. They tried to raise their mother from the dead when they were 11 and 10, and had learned alchemy by themselves when much younger. Winry probably also counts - c'mon, were you able to make mechanic limbs when you were eleven?
*** While valid, that makes it sound even more extraordinary than it is in context; the FMA universe is more technologically advanced than ours [[Schizo-Tech|in the area of]] [[Artificial Limbs]], so it's not just a matter of Winry being a [[Gadgeteer Genius]].
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* A whole slew of characters from ''[[Naruto]]''. To name a few: Sasuke Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, Neji Hyuuga, Gaara, Itachi Uchiha, and {{spoiler|Naruto's [[Disappeared Dad]]}} Minato Namikaze.
** And the most recent one is {{spoiler|Killer Bee.}}
* In ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', while most of the qualifiers are 13, and thus [[Teen Genius]] material, Maria entered the school at 10 and graduated at 13. Nagi, Isumi and Sakuya are most of the way through their first year of High School, meaning that they were
* The [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Professor]] in [[Nichijou]], despite being eight years old, has managed to build, among other things, a speech-giving scarf and a [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] (which she constantly modifies without the robot noticing).
* Taiki Kudou in [[Digimon Xros Wars]] who is not aware that he is this. He is both exceedingly athletic and intelligent, and has engaged various sports like a pro. Further more he is capable of forming brilliant strategies within a flash of a second in the heat of battle.
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* The titular character in ''[[Matilda (novel)|Matilda]]'' is so smart, she can multiply large numbers in her head {{spoiler|and develops psychic powers}}.
* Sophie from ''[[Child of the Hive]]'' is shown at the age of seven capable of speaking near-perfect German after only three lessons. She also has knowledge of Latin by that age and is later shown reading a book in the original French. As a teenager, she is acknowledged as being a mathematical genius and being extraordinarily good at computer programming.
* [[Older Than They Think]]: one of the first novels to feature a
* Reynie from ''[[The Mysterious Benedict Society]]''
** Actually, all four members of the Mysterious Benedict Society (with the possible exception of Kate, who is less [[Book Smart]], but has plenty of skills and general intelligence to make up for it) were chosen specifically because they were some version of this trope. Constance, however, takes the cake. Sure, she's stubborn, sleepy, and slightly bratty- she's also {{spoiler|TWO YEARS OLD.}}
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* Doogie Howser, M.D, in his backstory. In the present he's a [[Teen Genius]] instead.
* [[Sixth Ranger|River Tam]] from ''[[Firefly]]'' was once this. In the show she may be too old.
** In the show's present and the R. Tam Sessions, she's a [[Teen Genius]]. She was definitely a
* Micah Sanders from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' shows incredible political prowess and was able to {{spoiler|lead the resistance against a [[Government Conspiracy]]}} at the age of eleven.
** Oddly enough, his actor [[wikipedia:Noah Gray-Cabey|Noah Gray-Cabey]] is somewhat of a prodigy in real life too. By the time he was 4 he was on Ripley's Believe It Or Not for his amazing piano skills - notably being the youngest soloist to perform with an orchestra at the Sydney Opera House. By the time he was 9 years old he was in a 9th grade math class.
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* {{spoiler|Jennifer}} of ''[[Disgaea]]'' is said to have been a child prodigy and quite a technology genius, but by the time the plot happens {{spoiler|she}}'s no longer a child.
* The protagonist is apparently a battling prodigy in ''[[Pokémon]]''. S/He begins their journey years before most other people, at age 10 - 14 ([[Word of God|RBYG FRLG for eleven]]) years old. You not only beat everyone in your region (two for GSC and HGSS) with ease, including the [[That One Boss|Elite Four]] and [[To Be a Master|Champion]], but take down a gang of terrorists (two gangs in Emerald).
* In ''[[The Sims]] 2'', the highest aspiration ranking<ref>A sort of mood-meter that measures how many of their wants and/or fears have come true lately</ref> for child Sims is "Child Prodigy". However, the game's not programmed to let children do things like go to college or write novels, so it's not really possible to make a legitimate
** Sim children in the Sims 3 can write novels, though.
* Genis from [[Tales of Symphonia]] is right on the border between this and [[Teen Genius]]. Rita from [[Tales of Vesperia]] ''is'' a [[Teen Genius]], but she started researching blastia technology and magic when she was ''ten''.
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* Mechanic Puck from [[Vanguard Bandits]]. He works faster than the best engineers in a nation and is small enough to fit under the seat of one the [[A Mech by Any Other Name|ATACs]] he works on.
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Albert Wesker]] of the [[Resident Evil]] series is eventually revealed to have been one of these.
* Raz from [[Psychonauts]] is often considered a
* We meet [[Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones|Prince Innes]] as an adult in his early-to-mid 20's, but Moulder's supports with Vanessa explain that he was one of these. At age 10-12 he was already defeating famous adult archers with ease ''and'' doing so via his own efforts. (i.e., he refused help or advantages when he was offered., etc.)
* Leon Gheste from ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story]]'' is a prime example of this trope. Aside from being a doctor at age 12, he is also the sharpest mind in the largest country on the planet and the creator of the [[Wave Motion Gun|Lancour Hope.]]
* [[Professor Layton|Luke Triton]] is a bit of a puzzle master for his age. {{spoiler|It is assumed that [[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future|Clive]] was a
* Pearl "Pearly" Fey from ''[[Ace Attorney]]''. Her cousin Maya has said that she's the most powerful medium '''ever''' in the Fey clan, and she's ''9''. {{spoiler|1=Too bad her mother Morgan is a total [[Evil Matriarch]]/[[Stage Mom]] who tries to use Pearl as her ticket to take leadership of the clan...}}
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{{quote|'''Dr Bliss:''' "That's very astute for a 4th grader."}}
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'''s niece Penny, so much so that she and their dog Brain are the ones who actually do most of the work.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has Aang, Toph, and Azula, each of whom is shown to be extremely talented in their respective superpowered martial arts. All three become [[Teen Genius
** Aang is the youngest Master Airbender in history and a [[Physical God]] who mastered all three remaining bending arts within a span of twelve months, a feat that took many years for the previous Avatars.
** Toph is 12 years old and already the self-proclaimed “Best earthbender in the world”. She backs this talk up by beating the crap out of people twice her size and who have much more experience. She is also the inventor of {{spoiler|metalbending}}, a skill previously thought to be [[Beyond the Impossible]].
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