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Or superpowered, godlike infants and very young children.

 

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* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'':

** Goku was sent to Earth because he'd easily be able to wipe out all life on the planet ''as a newborn baby.'' That's not speaking highly of Goku; [[Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond|that's speaking badly of Earth]]. We're so back-water and worthless we're not even worth a proper invasion, just send a baby there, let it full-moon-rampage for a few years, then send someone to clean up whatever's left over.

* [[Akira]] from the eponymous manga is a child with extreme psychokinetic powers. He was so powerful that he had to be sealed away in an underground facility at below freezing temperatures.

 

* Alexander Luthor Jr. made his debut as the ultimate [[MacGuffin]] in ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]''. And from there, he eventually went on to become the [[Dimension Lord]] [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Infinite Crisis]]''.

* ''[[Fantastic Four]]'':

** His little sister Valeria aka Val has [[Teen Genius|genius-like intellect]]... and is not older than five. (Notably, genius ''adult'' intellect, as a five-year old with a genius IQ might have the intelligence of, say, a nine-year old.)

* ''[[X-Men]]'':

** Gabriel Summers a.k.a. Vulcan, [[X-Men|Cyclops's]] [[The Other Brother|long-foreshadowed second brother]]. He was found as a baby and raised to adolescence by aliens, and has the power to absorb literally ''any'' form of matter or energy and fire it back, survive in the vacuum of space, and shut off superpowers. He was described as "beyond Omega-level", but since Omega-level already means a mutant of unlimited potential, the part about being beyond a mutant of unlimited potential is [[Did Not Do the Research|most likely a regretful mistake]]. Still, he's very powerful.

* A further [[Marvel Universe]] example was Hyperstorm, the alternate future child of two of these, Franklin Richards and Rachel Summers. His powers include controlling the fundamental forces of the universe, moving to any point in the universe instantly through hyperspace, and ridiculous levels of psychic power. (He was still vulnerable to being eaten by Galactus, though.) This isn't terribly surprising with a dad who can re-arrange reality and a mum who is so powerful a telekinetic she can create a black hole and then destroy it just as easily, and that doesn't even start on all of her other abilities.

* Sometimes this applies to even Normals. ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' has the powerless Dr. Moira MacTaggart, whose status as Professor Xavier's ''ex-girlfriend'' was enough to knock her son, Kevin aka Proteus, into [[Green Lantern Ring]] power levels.

* ''[[Superman]]'':

** In ''[[JLA: Act of God]]'', the child of the depowered Supes and Wonder Woman is shown using telekinesis.

* Black Bolt of [[The Inhumans]] nearly destroyed his home [[Make Me Wanna Shout|just by crying]] as a child.

 

* Baby Jack-Jack of ''[[The Incredibles]]'', for a [[The Reveal|reveal]]. The short ''Jack-Jack Attack'' rather hilariously deconstructs the implications of godlike babies for those who have to look after them. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXNuUKOMJUg Observe.]

* In the film ''[[Day Watch]]'', Yegor is a super-powerful Dark One able to lead the dark ones (or light ones) to victory over the never ending struggle between the two forces. Naturally he's a small boy who's just about to enter pubescence. He's a lot younger in the first film [[Night Watch]]

* In the climax of ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', David Bowman's final, god-like form is the "Star Child", which mostly resembles a human baby.

 

* ''[[Charmed]]'':

** Piper's son will be the ultimate agent of either good or evil. This is mostly due to the fact that he's a son of both a White-lighter and a Charmed One.

* ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'': Melinda's future child will have more/different powers over spirits then his mother; just what those powers are haven't been revealed yet, but it's enough to disturb the spirit world into haunting Mel with [[Creepy Child|faceless children]] and [[Brown Note|books of doom]].

* Isabelle from ''[[The 4400]]'' is extremely powerful as an adult in series three and four, but back in series two she was just a baby, and still powerful enough to terrify her own father. When her family is being pursued by rednecks, the infant Isabelle mentally forces them to kill each other. She was even powerful enough to temporarily incapacitate Jordan Collier ''while still in the womb''.

 

* In [[Robin McKinley]]'s ''Spindle's End'' (an [[Adaptation Expansion|expansion]] of the various "Sleeping Beauty" stories) magic permeates ''everything'' and the "Fairies" are actually normal people who happen to have the inborn ability to control it. The Fairy condition may not necessarily be hereditary and most Fairies come into their power [[Puberty Superpower|as teens]]. However, a few Fairies manifest powers ''very'' early, a phenomenon known in the novel as "Baby Magic". As cutesy as that sounds, it's actually very dangerous and unpredictable, especially because yu never know how those powers will manifest. A baby Fairy may be able to intuitively understand [[Animal Talk]]. Or, he may be able to [[Baleful Polymorph|transform the nanny into a terrier]] and pull a [[One-Winged Angel]] act ''every'' time he has a tantrum....

* Coin the Sourcerer from ''[[Discworld]]''. Shortly after being born he get hit by lightning and merely absorbs its power. By the time he's a teenager he's the most powerful force in the world.

* Surprise Golem from ''[[Xanth]]'' appears to be one of those initially, but turns out to have a significant handicap later on (though the handicap is less significant than it initially seems). Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm are legitimate examples.

* Charlie McGee, the eponymous incredibly powerful pyrokinetic of Stephen King's ''[[Firestarter]]''.

* Anton and Sveta's daughter in ''[[Twilight Watch]]''.

* Eriond from the ''Belgariad'' and ''Mallorean''. {{spoiler|He becomes a literal god in the end.}}

 

* [[Greek Mythology]]:

** Hercules. His first heroic act was before he was a month old, when he killed two serpents created by Hera to take out him (and his normal twin) with his bare hands. This was discovered by his parents when baby Herc was found using the dead snakes as rattles.

** Hermes, according to the Homeric Hymn dedicated to him, was one day old when he walked across the countryside, stole a herd of cattle from the god Apollo, drove them back to his mother's cave while cleverly covering their tracks, sacrificed and burned one or two of them, and invented the lyre. Apollo was not amused, and chased Hermes all the way up to Olympus. Hermes then talked his way out of punishment.

 

* ''[[Kirby]]''. The little pink [[Eldritch Abomination]] slayer with a bottomless stomach is specifically said in the anime based on the games to be a ''baby'', and he acts like one.

* Wynaut from ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]''. Most baby Pokémon are useless but [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|cute]] [[Joke Character]]s. But through a simple exploitation of its extremely limited moveset, Wynaut becomes a [[Lethal Joke Character]] capable of taking down the most powerful mons in the game, include the actual [[Olympus Mons|Gods]]. It had been put in the "Uber" tier, a banlist from normal competitive gaming, although the ban was at least partly because it can cause an infinite stand-off with another Wynaut.

* [[Handwaved]] in ''[[Golden Sun]]: The Lost Age'', it's stated that Eoleo got the same [[Green Rocks|Psynergy Stone]] exposure that a few others got in the course of the first game. Additionally, he's on par with everybody else in ''Dark Dawn'', so maybe Adept kids are just a handful like that.

 

* This is the entire premise of ''[[Minus]]'', a webcomic about an omnipotent little girl. The title character has created and destroyed entire worlds while playing. Frequently involves disturbing [[Fridge Logic]] / [[Fridge Brilliance]] which proves that even a sweet-tempered, happy little kid like Minus can do some mind-warpingly horrible things when given godlike power. One of the last things she does on earth is [[Kill'Em All|killing 'em all]]. That's not as bad as it sounds, though.

 

* ''[http://youtu.be/HQpoHcSaZA8 My Son Zack]'' is a short film that explores this trope from the point of view of the godlike child's (understandably deeply stressed) parent. And it is one heck of a [[Tear Jerker]]...

 

** Wanda and Cosmo's Baby Poof is "the most powerful baby in the universe". His father [[The Ditz|Cosmo]] also was very powerful as a baby, and he was why Jorgen outlawed fairy babies in the first place.

** [[Enfante Terrible|Foop]]. He gains [[A God Am I|godhood]], drains the power of 2 planets, defeats [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Jorgan Von Strangle]], sends a plague on [[Crapsack World|Dimsdale]], and changes said planets within an hour of his life, EFFORTLESSLY, with nothing but a bottle. His only weakness is his mindset of a newborn and weaknesses of one.

* One ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' episode had the duo discover the baby [[Superman|Kal-El]] before the Kents. Although Brain initially wants to turn the kid into a [[Tyke Bomb]] after seeing his amazing powers, he eventually realizes he's not cut out to raise a kid, let alone one with superpowers. Pinky and the Brain return Kal-El to his ship, right before the Kents arrive.

 

* The concept of [[wikipedia:Indigo children|"indigo children"]], developed in [[The Seventies]] within New Age circles and popularized in the late '90s, claims that some children now are being born with special, unusual and/or supernatural traits. At least one variation of the idea claims that these children are the [[Evolutionary Levels|next stage in human evolution]].

 

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