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If the '''Kid Detective''' comes from a detecting family, odds are they are a [[Born Detective]]. One who regularly wears a fedora and trenchcoat is probably trying to be a [[Hardboiled Detective]].

== Anime ==

* ''[[CLAMP School Detectives]]''.

* Narutaki from ''[[Steam Detectives]]'', son of Steam City's greatest detective and a child genius.

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== Fanfics ==

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* ''[[Detective Story]]'' Has Keito, a 7 year old boy with the deductive abilities of a 26 year old detective (well, sort of, the 26 year old detective who raised him is still more cunning and smarter that him) See also ''[[Born Detective]]''

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''[[Detective Story]]'' Has Keito, a 7 year old boy with the deductive abilities of a 26 year old detective (well, sort of, ~~THE~~ 26 year old detective who raised him is still more cunning and smarter that him) See also ''[[Born Detective]]''

== Film ==

* The comedy ''[[Mystery Team]]'' is a [[Parody]] of this character type. The main characters are 18-year olds still stuck in their crime-solving days and are [[Adult Child]]ren. To increase their actual cred, they take on a little girl's case, which is looking for her parents' murderer.

* The plot of the movie ''[[Clubhouse Detectives]]'' about a group of kids who work together to solve the murder of an opera writer's wife.

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== Literature ==

* Flavia Gemini of ''[[The Roman Mysteries]]'' is a Kid Detective in [[The Roman Empire]]. She is assisted by three friends and various adults.

* PK Pinkerton in the ''[[The Western Mysteries]]''.

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* Brains Benton and his Watson, Jimmy Carson, solved six cases in the late 50s and early 60s. Brains himself was a strong [[Sherlock Holmes]] expy, and possibly (for his age) even a better scientific detective.

* Max the Wolf from ''[[Down the Mysterly River]]'' is this.

* Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose in the A to Z Mysteries series.

* Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose in the ''A to Z Mysteries'' series.

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== Live Action TV ==

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== Live Action TV ==

* The Bloodhound Gang on ''[[3-2-1 Contact]]'' are a whole detective agency of kids.

* PBS's ''[[Ghostwriter (TV series)|Ghostwriter]]'' involves kids and a ghost who solve mysteries. The ghost communicates only by typing, as it cannot speak.

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== Video Games ==

* Naoto Shirogane of ''[[Persona 4]]''. Dissected, as well: the police force ''hates'' having to call Naoto in on the serial murder case, and {{spoiler|she's passed herself off as a boy for years because of how male-dominated the police are. Her Shadow taunts her over how mature she tries to act to get past the "young detective" bit - it's worth noting that her Shadow flip-flops between overly mature dialog and crying like a baby.}}

* Mackenzie from ''[[Touch Detective]]'' is a [[Born Detective]] in the Kid Detective phase of her life.

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* ''[[Suikoden III]]'' has a Kid Detective named, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|wait for it]], Kidd. His look also seems to be heavily inspired by [[Detective Conan]].

* As each of the characters in ''[[Guilty Party]]'' is based on a classic detective archetype, Rudy (AKA Kid Riddles) represents this particular trope. His cousin Ling-Ling is one too, but she's a teenager and skews more towards being a [[Nancy Drew]]-alike.

== Webcomics ==

* Parodied with the Mystery Solving Teens from ''[[Hark! A Vagrant]]'' - unlike most teenage detectives, they act like typical teenagers, meaning they rarely ''do'' anything relevant to the case.

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' is a borderline example; although they are old enough to drive, they are called "you meddling kids" all the time. However, they have many spinoffs with younger heroes, such as ''[[Clue Club]]'', whose youngest member complains about [[Competence Zone|not being allowed to come along on the adventures]].

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:The series also has the variant that the local sheriff is well aware of how skilled the kids are and regularly consults with them (He must have severe budget constraints for investigations if he has to turn to a group of teen amateurs, albeit skilled ones).

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** A more straight example is in ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'' where the characters are younger than in other series.

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The series also has the variant that the local sheriff is well aware of how skilled the kids are and regularly consults with them (He must have severe budget constraints for investigations if he has to turn to a group of teen amateurs, albeit skilled ones).

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A more straight example is in ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'' where the characters are younger than in other series.

* Penny, the niece of ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'', is well-known for her snooping, her being captured, and her ability to stop the bad guys singlehandedly [[Once an Episode|every single episode]].

* This is what Hank and Dean, ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', ''want'' to be. This is what the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Giant Boy Detective]] is.