Just a Kid: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Prince Zuko:''' I've spent years preparing for this encounter... training, meditating... you're just a child!

 

Common theme running through initial seasons of shows featuring a [[Kid Hero]]. The young hero meets a series of [[Not Now Kid|dismissive]] characters who assume ineptness because (wait for it) -- "You're just a kid." The dismissive characters can be good or bad, but will meet their comeuppance by the end of the episode (or the season, if it's a multi-episode arc).

 

Not to be confused with ''Just a Kid'', the Australian name for ''[[Caitlin's Way]]''.

 

* Nue of ''[[Air Gear]]'' is the Thunder King making him one of the top riders of the series and is also one of the youngest of the Kings.

* The Girl part of ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'' means that this is the usual reaction to them, even from people who have heard of their existence. The gunslinger part means that said people die soon after making this mistake.

 

 

* ''[[Spider-Man|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'': Spidey gets unmasked by Dr. Octopus in an early issue, but thanks to Peter Parker's youth (and Spidey's poor performance in the proceeding fight) [[Your Costume Needs Work|neither Ock nor the assembled crowd believe Parker is really Spidey]], assuming that Peter just donned a Spider-Man costume to play the hero. Years later, when Spidey unmasks on national TV, Doc Ock goes on a rampage fueled by the humiliation of being constantly beat by a high-schooler.

** Subverted a lot in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', where Spiderman is normally a well-respected threat to the bad guys until he begins to quip. His talking points normally date him (making pop-culture references or naïve assumptions), prompting the bad guy to reply along the lines of "Wait, how old are you?"