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* Calvin of ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' is more deeply philosophical than most 6-year-olds, and is allowed to ride his wagon all over creation, because behind his house apparently there's some kind of national park.

** This may be a case of an [[Unreliable Narrator]], like the time Calvin runs away from home and figures he must be in the next state by the time he's a few hundred feet away. Everything looks bigger to six-year-old Calvin.

* ''[[Peanuts]]''. The ~~stip~~ began in 1950 but hit this trope due to being a [[Long Runner]] and with the introduction of Peppermint Patty's [[Cast Herd]], who take the bus across town by themselves whenever they visit Charley Brown's neighbourhood. Then again, adults barely exist except for the "wah-wah" speech in the cartoons, or a few brief appearances in a few of them.

* ''[[Peanuts]]''. The strip began in 1950 but hit this trope due to being a [[Long Runner]] and with the introduction of Peppermint Patty's [[Cast Herd]], who take the bus across town by themselves whenever they visit Charley Brown's neighbourhood. Then again, adults barely exist except for the "wah-wah" speech in the cartoons, or a few brief appearances in a few of them.

** Linus's Halloween tradition of spending all night in the Pumpkin Patch was cut short by being forced inside at 9PM the year his Gramma was babysitting. The opinion his parents have of the matter is never brought up.

*** ''[[The Perishers]]'', being a kind of quirky British take on the same concept, also does this. Every year the kids go off on summer holiday without any kind of adult supervision.

* Most every character in ''[[Mafalda]]'', despite a prominent adult presence. Though most of the time, they ''are'' implied to have been sent on errands by their parents, or walking back and forth between home and school.

* ''[[Rupert Bear (Comic Strip)|Rupert Bear]]'' and his chums have lots of adventures, often in exotic far-off places, but their parents never worry about their safety.

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