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[[File:250px-Bumblebee anim toy.jpg|link=Transformers Animated|frame| Little. Yellow. 'Special'. Kids love him!]]
The [[Kid Appeal Character]] is typically the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|character designed to appeal to a younger demographic]]. Cute, popular, tiny, likely to be [[Totally Radical]], and almost always the youngest character on the team, he's invariably obnoxious and thinks he's so totally cool, in a frantic effort to convince viewers that this is a family friendly show.
As well as that, the Kid Appeal Character is all too often portrayed as seeing [[The Hero]] and [[The Captain|leader]] of the Good Guys as his Father Figure. If the Leader is also quite young, chances are he'll see him as his Big Brother. In the same regard, he may look at [[The Lancer]] as being his uncle. Oh, and being {{color|goldenrod|yellow}} is not compulsory—but many kid-appeal characters are oddly brightly colored...
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Kids love to purchase his [[Toys]]. [[Fanfic]] writers love to give them [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|massive sex roles]] and [[Slash Fic|pair them up with their father figure.]]
See also [[Tagalong Kid]], [[Bratty Half-Pint]], [[Kid Sidekick]], [[Plucky Comic Relief]]. The kid appeal character is not quite the same as the Tagalong. The Kid Appeal Character is an official full member of the team while the Tagalong is either not a member or holds some sort of secondary membership status like team [[Mascot]]. They will likely be great friends, though. A Tagalong that [[Took a Level in Badass|takes a level in badass]] can be promoted to the Kid Appeal Character. If the kid appeal character has been a father, he becomes a [[Bumbling Dad]]. If he has been a sidekick, he becomes a [[Bumbling Sidekick]]. Compare [[Cousin Oliver]].
When an actual child and in a [[Science Fiction]] series, the Kid Appeal Character may well be an instance of the "kid" side of [[Kids and Cute Robots]].
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== [[Anime]] ==
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'': Ed, being the youngest and most playful plays Kid Appeal Character to Spike Spiegel's Hero, Jet Black's Lancer.
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