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|[[Obscurus Lupa]], reviewing ''Christmas Eve on [[Sesame Street]]'' }}
Something unusual happens, and the camera pans out, revealing a small child staring intently at the subject in blank amazement. The context of this can vary widely. In romantic comedies, the staring children will be present any time the main couple argue or have an awkward romantic moment. In action movies, they can show up anytime [[Stuff Blowing Up|something explodes]] or the hero does something cool. This can be [[Played for Laughs]] by highlighting the absurdity of the moment, or [[Played for Drama]] to emphasize the horror of the event. [[Bonus Points]] if accompanied by a "What are you looking at, kid?" or a dropped ice cream cone.
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Using one of these is a good way to toy with breaking [[The Masquerade]], since a child who reports seeing an unusual event [[Not Now Kid|may not be]] [[Adults Are Useless|believed by adults.]]
If the child's staring is just a little too eerie for comfort, then it's a [[Creepy Child]]. May overlap with [[Deer in
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]]
* Erza gets a whole group of them in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' when she accidentally breaks into a men's public bath, complete with [[Corner of Woe]].
** In the manga, all the grown-up men are terrified and cover up with towels or steam, while a young boy with wide eyes just stares at her curiously and [[Male Frontal Nudity|doesn't care to cover up]].
* In ''[[Lovely Complex]]'', Otani gathers a small crowd of these after making a scene during the [[Beach Episode]].
* The kids watching Yukiho dig a hole in the sand in the anime adaptation of ''[[The Idolmaster (
== [[Film]]
* The kid on the tricycle from ''[[The Incredibles]]'', complete with a "what are you looking at?"
* In ''[[Innerspace]]'', a child stares at Mr Igoe after he shoots a scientist with his gun hand.
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* In ''[[Up]]'' a kid sees the house fly away.
* In ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', a kid in the dentist's waiting room reacts in horror at the commotion heard inside the office when Nemo escapes.
* In the original ''[[Iron Man (
** The little kid in ''[[Iron Man (
* The first ''[[Spider
* The boy on the beach stabbing the jellyfish in the first ''[[X
* The little girl at the end of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''.
* The kid in the Lost World [[Jurassic Park]] who sees a T-Rex in his window.
== [[Live
* In ''[[
* ''[[Firefly]]'': Jayne gets his own personal one in ''Jaynestown''.
* ''[[Fringe]]''. ''Fringe. Fringe. Fringe. Fringe.'' You could actually make a drinking game out of this if you watched only the teasers.
* Used in the teaser of the ''[[X Files]]'' episode "Fearful Symmetry."
== [[Literature]]
* The little girl in ''[[
* The kid from ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' who always tries to point out the titular superhero's antics to his mum, but she never believes him. He doubles as [[Cassandra Truth]].
* Cindy Lou Who from ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]'' flash video has a little kid with an ice cream cone standing there.
== [[Western Animation]]
* This kid was a recurring character in ''[[Megas XLR]]'', standing around, drinking a Mega Slush or something, and proclaiming "''cooooooool''" at all the destruction going on in the episode.
* ''[[Sym
* In a ''[[
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