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* ''[[Runaways]]'' from Marvel Comics' Molly Hayes is the eleven-year old physical powerhouse of her team and falls somewhere between this trope and [[Badass Adorable]], [[Depending on the Writer]]. It's thus uncertain how much of the little kid persona we see is veil and how much is her real personality.
* ''[[Sin City]]'' Miho. [[Frank Miller|Deadly little Miho]].
* ''[[X-Factor (Comic Book)|X-Factor]]'' Layla Miller, as written by Peter David. Don't mess with her: ''[[Catch Phrase|she]] [[Confusion Fu|knows stuff]].''
* [[X-Men]] Shadowcat was a master ninja (and experienced superhero and expert hacker) by the age of 14, thanks in part to some [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]] training by [[Wolverine|Wolverine's]] [[Evil Mentor]].
** X-Men also has [[X-23]]. Although now a teenager, when she was being trained to be the killing machine she currently is, she used her cute little kid-ness to get close to her targets and eliminate them.
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* A disturbing example of this pops up in the ''[[Firefly]]'' fanfic ''[[Forward]]'' in the form of Inducer One-One-Nine. While not as overtly powerful as, say, [[Waif Fu|River]], she makes up for it by having terribly powerful [[Mind Manipulation]] powers coupled with frightening subtlety - and is psychotic enough to be an [[Enfant Terrible]] too.
* [[Cardcaptor Sakura|Tomoyo Daidouji]] gets this treatment in the later chapters Shadow Crystal Mage's epic crossover fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6095074/10/Takamachi_Nanoha_of_2814 Takamachi Nanoha of 2814]. It boggles the mind, doesn't it?
* [[Toy Hammer (Fanfic)|Toy HammerToyHammer]] has Emma. She's little, she's a miss, and she's certainly badass as she {{spoiler|is fated to become the God Emperor of Mankind.}}
* In the ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5924482/1/Four_Pirates_and_a_Little_Lady "Four Pirates and a...Little Lady?"] Revy's 13-year-old sister Rachel easily qualifies. {{spoiler|At one point she's fighting a North Korean special-forces type, and holding her own for a while.}} Of course, growing up in a very tough slum tends to lead to this sort of thing.
* Medley is the youngest flier among the seven main heroines of ''[[Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', but underestimating her is a surefire way to get hurt.
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== Video Games ==
* Babette from ''The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim'' is a 300+ year old vampire assassin with the body of a 10 year old girl. Also a master of alchemy, and {{spoiler|one of two Dark Brotherhood members (besides the player) to survive the hideout being swarmed by soldiers and then exploding.}}
* ''[[Ar Tonelicotonelico 2II: (VideoMelody Game)of Metafalica]]'' Cocona pushes this beyond the limits. She not only was a 11-year-old girl who used [[Improbable Weapon User|her metamorphic hairbands(!)]] as her weapon of choice, alongside roundhouse kicks which are somehow capable of destroying doombots with such murderous efficiency that by the end of the game, your [[Magic From Technology|wizard/cyborg/bards]] rarely get to cast their spells before all the enemies are already dead. Her supermove involves her shooting a giant laserblade out of her hair bands... [[Rule of Cool|somehow]]. What makes her go above and beyond the call of being a Little Miss Badass, however, is that she does this while bodily protecting the reyvateil wizards/cyborgs/bards of the party, who are twice her age and body weight, {{spoiler|in spite of actually BEING a reyvateil herself, who is simply too young to manifest any real power.}} In a game filled with robot warriors, and highly trained knights with rocket lances with guns sticking out, the only listed reason for her badassery is that she is "a really energetic girl".
* ''[[Arc Rise Fantasia]]'' Spunky and enthusiastic Cecille is a [[Cute Bruiser]], who can unleash a devastating amount of damage with her fists. {{spoiler|Is also technically [[Older Than They Look|Older Than She Looks]].}}
* ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' Luanne doesn't run. She's so fast, it looks like she's teleporting. Oh, and she's four years old.
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