Snooping Little Kid: Difference between revisions

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The Snooping Little Kid will hide where the bad guys are and try to listen in on their conversations, usually [[Exact Eavesdropping|picking up just enough information]] to prove that something sinister is going on, even if the kid doesn't know exactly ''what''. That often is what kickstarts the plot, or at least advances it into high gear.

 

If the kid does more investigative work than just eavesdropping, they're a [[Kid Detective]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta in ''[[Detective Conan]].'' They style themselves [[Kid Detective]]s, but aren't quite up to snuff without Conan or Haibara helping them. They ''do'' show potential though, when they try to beat Conan to solving a mystery. They still need help, but Hattori mostly dropped hints for them to work it out themselves. They also provide the occasional [[Eureka Moment]].

* Being adapted from the book, ''[[Harriet the Spy]]''.

 

* A curious example: There used to be a long series of Disney Comics rooted in their ''Little Hiawatha'' shorts, who were basically family sitcom adventures about a little Native American boy. Whenever there were enemy tribes, dishonest white traders or greedy settlers wanting to steal stuff off tribal lands about, Hiawatha (who is eight, tops) and his little sister Sunflower would be the only ones who would notice. Appearently [[Adults Are Useless]] regardless of your ethnicity.

 

* Lyra from the ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' trilogy does this repeatedly.

* Happens all the time in ''[[Animorphs]]'' with the kids snooping on people while in some small morph.

* Children's book and later movie ''[[Harriet the Spy]]''. She's not so much a spy as a snoop, and snoops for the sake of it.

* Harry, Ron and Hermione fit this pretty well in the first two or three ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books.

* The thirteen year old protagonist of the ''[[Trixie Belden]]'' series was not exactly 'little', but did often stick her nose into places that required an adult.

 

* Ruthie from ''[[7th Heaven]]'' often took to spying on the older members of her family, until she became a teenager.

* Every [[CBBC]] Sunday afternoon drama of the 1980s featured a young protagonist snooping around and stumbling on the [[Big Bad]]'s plan.

 

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[[Category:Youngsters]]

[[Category:Cops and Detectives]]

[[Category:Seekers]]