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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta in ''[[Detective Conan]].'' They style themselves [[Kid Detective|Kid Detectives]]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]].
** It could be said that Conan himself is this, at least from the perspective of the other characters.
* Spridle and Chim-Chim from ''[[Speed Racer]]''.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* In [[Little Women]]'s [[The Movie of the Book]], Beth (played by Margaret O'Brien) and Amy (played by [[Elizabeth Taylor]]) fulfill the role in the Christmas party (which is actually a mix between the Christmas party of the book and the parties Meg attends when in the moffat household). Then they overhear some [[Gossipy Hens]] speculating about their belief that Marmee wants Jo or Meg to go [[Gold Digger]] mode on Laurie, which causes both girls (an specially poor Beth) to have [[Heroic BSOD|Heroic BSODs]]s...
* Being adapted from the book, ''[[Harriet the Spy]]''.
 
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* The ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theatre 3,000]]'' episode featuring ''[[Angels Revenge]]'' (a low-budget feature film knockoff of ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'') spoofs this trope. In the scene with a meeting of the film's several female protagonists, the heroines are making plans to launch an assault on a drug cartel, when a young blonde girl character who hangs out with them (probably added for comic relief) bursts into the room, acting excited at the plan. In the film itself, the heroines think this is cute and amusing, but one of the audience members remarks, in a menacing voice imitative of more sinister characters, "Kill her!"
* In the ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' episode "Caesar and Me", the nosy niece of the apartment landlord spies on her aunt's tenant, which leads to his arrest.
* There must be a million German TV shows and movies for kids that feature this trope. One example is ''[[Tom Turbo]]'', in which some [[Snooping Little Kid|Snooping Little Kids]], often with the same name as the kid actor who plays them, stop the villain and their criminal scheme. This even comes complete with many [[Bound and Gagged]] situations.
* Bronson Twist often takes on this role in ''[[Round the Twist]]'', particularly in Season 2. The Twist kids as a whole get called this at least once by Mr Gribble.
 
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* Penny from ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' is a perfect example of this trope. She is always sneaking around the enemy's latest hideout, trying to discover their plans and stop them. She would sometimes narrowly escape capture or detection, and other times would get caught, at which point her captor would utter the quote at the top of the page.
* Jade in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''.
* The main characters of ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' were [[You Meddling Kids|treated this way]], despite the fact they clearly weren't little kids.<ref>they were all teenagers</ref>. Hanna-Barbara made up for this with actual kids in most of their subsequent Scooby-clones (See: ''Clue Club'', ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]'', and the 80's cartoon called ''A Pup Named [[Scooby Doo]]'' that followed the same characters when they were children.)
* TJ in the ''[[Recess]]'' movie.
* In ''[[An American Tail]]'', Fievel was being a [[Snooping Little Kid]] when he snuck into the secret hideout of the cats and found out Warren T. Rat {{spoiler|was really a cat in disguise.}} He ends up captured and locked in a bird cage.
 
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