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== Anime & Manga ==

** Any Saiyan [[Half-Human Hybrid]] can be relied on to crush a Big Bad who has otherwise proved unstoppable. Two of the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] of the series (Vegeta and Cell) are defeated by Gohan as a toddler and teenager respectively. However, it's also subverted in that these power spurts are the result of short-lived moments of [[Unstoppable Rage]]; Gohan didn't constantly train and focus to keep up his might or to hold his temper in check, and that's largely why Goku is the one to defeat Frieza and Majin Buu.

** This grows worse as the series progresses, too: Goku and Vegeta had to go through great suffering to obtain Super Saiyan. Gohan merely had to imagine going through great suffering. Goten merely had to get scared sparring with his mother, and Trunks could do it because Goten did it. Vegeta [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this both in Japanese and English.

* Ivan Whisky aka Cyborg 001 in ''[[Cyborg 009]]'': he's just a little baby, but has insanely powerful psychic powers and is extremely intelligent.

* While not at all godlike in any way, Hiei of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' needed to be wrapped in a special cloth and sealed with many talismans because he was surrounded by an aura of fire that was especially hazardous to the ice demons around him.

** Brock's Happiny is an amusing case of [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|"doesn't know her own strength"]]. The father of the egg must have been a Granbull... This is of course, ignoring the fact that, [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|at least in the games,]] Happiny has ''the lowest attack power of any Pokémon''. That may well be intentional.

** And, to a point, Togepi did in earlier seasons... sort of. Its Metronome was very convenient in many situations, even if none of the cast realized it. In the games, Metronome (which randomly uses almost any move in the game, except for whichever moves the Pokémon actually knows and a handful of other exceptions) is too unreliable to be useful. In the anime, though, whenever Togepi used Metronome, you could count on something impressive (and usually explosive) happening.

* Vivio of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', the title character's adopted 6-year-old daughter who {{spoiler|slapped around her mother's [[Super Mode]] silly during the final battle of the third season and managed to remain conscious while taking ''five'' [[Wave Motion Gun|Starlight Breakers]] at full blast}}. Looks like Nanoha has a worthy successor to the "[[Fan Nickname|White Devil]]" name. Being {{spoiler|a [[Clone Jesus|clone of Sankt Kaiser Olivie]], perhaps the most powerful mage in history}}, explains pretty well why she's so powerful.

* All of the naturally born [[Mutants|Mu]] children from ''[[Toward the Terra]]'', but especially Tony who, at the age of three, [[Enfant Terrible|almost killed a man (deliberately!)]] with his [[Psychic Powers]].

 

 

== Comics ==

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

** Franklin Richards, son of two members of the Fantastic Four, can do [[Reality Warper|literally anything]]. Basically, Franklin has two separate superpower sets: he is explained as possessing both the cosmic radiation which empowered his parents ''and'' being a [[Witch Species|Mutant]]. Mutants usually acquire their powers during puberty (with physical mutations, such as Nightcrawler's physicality, happening sooner), but his are unlocked faster because he inherited power from his parents.

** Nathan Christopher Summers of the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] is an amusing twist: he generally appears as the time-travelling adult Cable, in which persona he is among the mightiest mutants in the world... but the present-time infant version has shown bursts of even greater power, thanks to Apocalypse being pissy and giving Nathan a techno-organic virus. However Nathan ''Grey'' of ''[[Age of Apocalypse]]'' was never infected and was shown to be much stronger than his [[Phlebotinum Rebel|biologically identical]] [[Alternate Universe|counterpart from]] [[Evil Twin|another mother]]. The Summers' [[Tangled Family Tree]] is so much fun.

** Cable's [[Evil Twin|evil]] [[Cloning Blues|clone]] Stryfe was originally far more powerful as well (since he too lacks the techno-organic virus), but not to the extreme levels that Nate Grey reached. Cable's power has greatly increased since the last time he fought Stryfe, so they're probably on more even terms now.

* 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.

* In the WildStorm universe (home of [[The Authority]], [[Planetary]], and more), several superpowered "century babies" were born in the year 1900. Jenny Sparks, seemingly the most powerful of these, was actually the embodiment of the 20th century, and died shortly after it ended. Thus far, only a single century baby is known to have been born in the year 2000: Jenny Quantum, Sparks' godlike spiritual successor and quite possibly the most powerful being in the WildStorm universe. She's even singlehandedly, effortlessly defeated [[Lobo]].

* The Blake twins in ''[[Spawn]]'' are not godlike: {{spoiler|one IS God, and the other, Satan.}} Cyan had also some power over Spawn during her baby years, but now, as a preteen, she has become more of a protegé.

* 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 was originally one of these as a child; these days he's usually portrayed as having [[Puberty Superpower|Puberty Superpowers]]. The often unintentionally unsettling "Superbaby" comics and cartoons are a good demonstration of why so many comics try to avoid all this. Kyle Baker did a story called [[wikipedia:Letitia Lerner%2C Supermanchr(27)s Babysitter|"Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter,"]] which was initially pulled from the ''Elseworlds'' collection it was destined for as the then-president of DC didn't think Superbaby in a microwave was funny.

** Ariella Kent, the daughter of an [[Alternate Universe]] Superman and [[Supergirl]] (they're [[Not Blood Siblings|not cousins]] in that world) has greater-than-[[Silver Age]] Kryptonian powers, plus an array of [[Psychic Powers]] and [[Time Travel]]. She causes massive collateral damage every time she... well, does anything.

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

* {{spoiler|The baby Celestial}} born in ''S.H.I.E.L.D'' #4.

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* 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]]

 

 

== Live-Action TV ==

** 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.

** Phoebe's son was also destined to be an ultimate agent of either good or evil, since it was the child of a [[Big Bad|The Source]] and a Charmed One. {{spoiler|It didn't go well. Or long}}

== Literature ==

* 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....

* ''[http://nickelkid.net/docs/greats/its_a_good_life.html It's a GOOD Life]'' by Jerome Bixby. This kid's a [[Reality Warper]], he can use [[People Puppets]], he has [[Telepathy]]... and he's an instant generator of horror. {{spoiler|[[Superpowerful Genetics|His daughter]] makes it better.}}

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

== Video Games ==

* ''[[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.

 

 

** [[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.

* Baby Smurf is enchanted and often demonstrates magic powers when a [[Deus Ex Machina]] is required without the other ''Smurfs'' knowledge with the lone exception of Papa.