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* Chopper from ''[[One Piece]]''.
* Hwang Bu-ling/Mew Pudding of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' fits here: eight years old, wears bright {{color|yellow|yellow}}, equal member of the team, and dove right into danger even before she or anyone knew she had any powers. Even her [[Verbal Tic]] (nano da!) screams cute exuberance.
* [[Naruto]] is a rare occasion where the [[Kid Appeal Character]] is the main character. Brightly colored, often obnoxious and alternatively very weak and ridiculously strong, and to top it all off, his leader [http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/File:Kakashi2.jpg wears a mask over] [http://images.wikia.com/naruto/images/e/e0/Kakashi9.jpg the lower part of his face].
** While until the [[Time Skip]] and several [[Took a Level In Badass|power ups]] made took place.
** [[Blood Knight|Gaara]] is a rather interesting case, being a [[Defeat Means Friendship|former]] [[Ax Crazy]] antagonist, he becomes a [[The Stoic|stoic]] variation of this trope among the 5 kages once he takes up the mantle of kazekage, becoming the youngest to hold the title.
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* The twins in ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'', as [[Michael Bay]] [[Word of God|states]], were meant to be this (hell, they're even stuck with Bumblebee for much of the movie)... in spite of being violent [[Jive Turkey|Jive Turkeys]] who keep beating up each other. Their toy bios essentially say that being among the few Autobots who made it to Earth made them living their dream of working directly alongside Optimus Prime, which is certainly a common trait for this type of character. Their immature wrestling and talking about being "quiet like a ninja" also highlights their relative youth.
** In the third film, Bumblebee's kid-friendly nature gets taken advantage of by {{spoiler|Laserbeak}}, who turns into a mini pink Bumblebee to convince a little girl to let him in {{spoiler|so that he can assassinate her father}}.
** In ''Dark of the Moon'' the character type is also embodied by the duo of Wheelie and Brains, who are small robots and basically act like kids during the course of the movie. Unlike Skids and Mudflap, though, they have relatively little screen time and would rather be chilling at Sam's home watching TV instead of being involved with the [[Robot War]].
* Skippy Rabbit from [[Disney]]'s ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'' falls into the Ankle Biter category.
* Weak but lovable type in Olivia from ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''.
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* Imoen in ''[[Baldur's Gate]]''. Nothing like as sexy as other female characters, Imoen is certainly the most innocent, and one of the best (and nicest) thieves you'll find. Pretty much a sister figure to the main character. {{spoiler|And it turns out you're right, by the way.}}
* Tails from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' is probably the first Kid Appeal character [[Sega]] made, featuring in just about every cartoon as Sonic's best friend.
** Also Charmy.
** Cream and Cheese.
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** Cheetor from ''[[Beast Wars]]'' is also yellow, fast and the youngest one on the Maximal Team. And if that weren't enough to tell that he's the kid of the team, he's got ''freckles''. Unlike Bumblebee however, he is actually quite a competent warrior and [[Character Development|later became]] [[The Lancer]] to Optimus Primal.
** Hot Shot, from ''[[Transformers Armada]]'', also yellow, falls under the third version. A bit of a goofball but [[Let's Get Dangerous|surprisingly competent in battle]].
** Wedge, from ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'', is small, orange and gutsy, but where the typical Bumblebee-type in Transformers is fast, Wedge's assets are strength and engineering know-how. (that, and being the leader of a team that forms a [[Combining Mecha]].)
*** Side Burn also fills the role, a type 1 clown who [[Running Gag|constantly tries to hit on non-sentient red sports cars]] driven by the [[Butt Monkey]] bystander.
** This is all parodied in the [[Transformers Trans Tech|Botcon script reading]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4rUveSq7vg "Bee in the City,"] where Bumblebee from ''Animated'' is identified as the kid-appeal character and is asked if he's a Bumblebee or a Hot Shot (also referencing how he was originally supposed to be a new Hot Shot). Over the course of the program various characters also called him Wheelie, Side Burn, Cheetor, and even [[MASK|T-Bob]], much to his annoyance.
*** And amusingly, it was ''Beast''-era Megatron who called ''Animated'' Bumblebee "Cheetor," given that he never actually referred to Cheetor by his name during ''[[Beast Wars]]'' or ''[[Beast Machines]]''.
** In [[Transformers Prime]] this is sort of true, with Bumblebee based on his film counterpart and partnered with the youngest of the human characters.
** [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75783&pid=1725359&mode=threaded&start=0#entry1725359 According to] [[Word of God]], in [[Bizarro Universe]] ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass|Shattered Glass]]'', Soundwave is intended as filling the Kid Appeal Character role, and has a personality that's mostly #1 with a little of #2 and #5.
* And on that note, T-Bob from ''[[MASK]]'' fits here as well.
* Scooter from ''[[Challenge of the Go Bots]]''
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* Tuck from ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]''.
* Chameleon Boy from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''' [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]''. Funny that they're both shapeshifters.
* ''[[Thundercats]]'' and ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'': Wilykat and Kit. in the latter they are, as a [[Brother-Sister Team]] of [[Trickster Twins]], a combination of 1 and 3, Clowns and Ankle-biters. As [[Artful Dodger|Artful Dodgers]], teasing, trickery and theft ''are'' their forms of attack, from baiting monsters into tripwire to stealing others' weapons.
* Orko from ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''. He didn't exist in the original toyline, [[Filmation]] created him to appeal to younger kids.
* Buji from ''Mi Familia es un Dibujo'' (originally introduced in the movie ''Dibu: La [[Pel Ã]]cula'').
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* Enzo from ''[[Re Boot]]'' was [[Annoying Younger Sibling|written in specifically for this purpose]]. The producers of the show admitted that during pre-production they were instructed to put a kid in the show by the execs and they were against having a kid "mess up our kick-ass action show." But they came to love the character, feeling he was the heart and soul of the show, and after he received a [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]] they worked to bring back [[Cloning Blues|the original kid (for a certain value of "original")]] because they missed him.
* Ahsoka from ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' was to give the show a kid-perspective in a series filled with adults.
* Richie Foley in ''[[Static Shock]]''. He replaces Frieda Goren as Static's best friend because the show was geared towards a younger audience than the comics were. He's the second definition of Kid Appeal Character. He was also given superpowers because the writers were having a hard time keeping him in the episodes, but often his attempts at defeating the enemy don't work. He's been kidnapped at least four times and he's been turned into a mind slave twice.
* In ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'', android Buzzwang is the Rangers' [[Plucky Comic Relief]] [[Robot Buddy]]--and a substantial portion of the fanbase will never forgive him for it.
* Rusty the Boy Robot in ''[[Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (animation)|Big Guy and Rusty The Boy Robot]]'' is type 3. He's seriously determined to be a hero and actually has enormous powers, but his inexperience is always getting in the way.
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