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* [[The Smart Guy]] -- [[Teen Genius]], or maybe [[Improbable Age|preteen]]. The [[Bratty Half-Pint]] can also fill the "smartass" variation of this role.
* [[The Big Guy]] -- Stronger than he first appears, the kid is a [[Cute Bruiser]] capable of benchpressing ten adult men.
* [[The Face]]--Younger and less mature but posessing [[Wise Beyond Their Years|certain]] [[From the Mouths of Babes|insight]] their older companions miss.
Compare [[Improbable Age]], [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]], [[Kid Appeal Character]], [[Kid Sidekick]], [[The Team Normal]], [[The Team Wannabe]]. [[Token Mini-Moe]] is sort of the inverse trope; a cute kid added to appeal to older viewers through [[Moe]] in its purest form.
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* Chibi-usa of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is one of the [[Bratty Half-Pint]] variety.
* Mokuba Kaiba and Rebecca Hawkins of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!''
* Akira of the Shiseiten in ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]].''
* ''[[GetBackers]]'' offers a subversion in the form of [[Teen Genius|14-year-old MakubeX]], who in flashbacks is shown to be something of a tag-along to Ginji. But upon the latter's departure from their hometown, he goes on to become its ruler and has several adults working for him. Some of the said adults "tag along" for their own purposes, while the others are devoted followers who would go to the ends of the earth for him.
* Clare is Teresa's Tagalong Kid in ''[[Claymore]],'' and Raki becomes hers.
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** In later arcs, we also have Nel.
* In ''[[Yotsubato]]'', [[Genki Girl|Yotsuba]] is ''everyone's'' Tagalong Kid...when she's in the mood for it.
* [[Cute Bruiser|Goku]] of ''[[Saiyuki]]'' has the personality and relationships of a [[Bratty Half-Pint]] down pat -- but he's the closest thing the series has to a genuine hero, and it's his relationship with Sanzo/Konzen that is the impetus of...pretty much everything that happens in the plot.
* Scar has May Chang in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
* Shiro in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''.
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** Team Rocket got a [[Tagalong Kid]] in the Sinnoh Arc, in the form of James' Mime Jr.
* Conan Edogawa of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' was first considered by the Detective Boys as such, but, well... [[Teen Genius|his intelligence]] could hardly be covered.
* Chiru from ''Xabungle''... by that show's standards.
* Antonio from ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]'', though he's quite [[Genre Savvy]] and competent as well.
* July in ''[[Darker
* Nieble from ''[[Rave Master]]'' is introduced as a child Sieg knows who instantly starts following him around. Once {{spoiler|Sieg passes away}} he ends up with Belnika at all times.
* Rua from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' is this to the main team. He's the same age as his twin sister, Ruka, but not having any Signer powers he tends to default to this role. {{spoiler|Much later on he [[Took a Level In Badass]] and becomes a Signer himself.}}
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* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Takamichi is a [[Badass Teacher]] and [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] who acts as a mentor to Negi and outside help to his group the Ala Alba. But in flashbacks, it's revealed Takamichi used to be the Tagalong Kid for Negi's father's group, the Ala Rubra.
* Son Gohan of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' starts off as this in the early arcs, {{spoiler|only to subvert it in the Cell arc when he becomes the most powerful character in the story}}. After Gohan grows up, [[Cheerful Child|Goten]] and [[Bratty Half-Pint|Trunks]] share the role.
* Capella of ''[[07-Ghost]]'' becomes this after Teito and Frau rescue him from slavery. {{spoiler|He later leaves the group when he is reunited with his mother.}}
* In ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'', Takeru is pretty much this. Prior to Hikari joining the team, his Digimon Patamon only evolved to Adult and fought, twice. Once Hikari joins the team he becomes a lot more active, but he and Hikari still have shades of Tagalong Kids. Ironically, Patamon's evolutions were the most powerful of the team, and is probably why they didn't appear much ([[Best for Last|he was always the last to evolve]] -- HolyAngemon didn't debut until 3 episodes before the end!).
** In ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' we also had Jianliang's little sister Xiaochung. Her partner Lopmon didn't get too much action in the final arc partly because of this.
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* Woody in ''[[Sky Blue]]''. He suffers.
* Alice in ''[[The Illusionist (animation)|The Illusionist]]''.
* [[Averted]] in ''[[The Lion King]]''. Nala was intended to have a brother who was even younger than her that was a [[Tagalong Kid]] however he was scrapped in the final product.
* Skippy the rabbit in ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Disney's Robin Hood]]''. He even has a sister called "Tagalong".
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* ''[[Doc Wilde]]'', a ''[[Doc Savage]]'' parody, brings his kids with him on his adventures. He's been raising them to be just like him.
* The [[Wonderful Wizard Of Oz]] is an inversion. Sure, Dorothy's not a native, and at 11, she's likely the youngest of the bunch. Still, it's obvious that she's the one in charge.
* Gavroche in ''[[Les Misérables]]'' is this to the students at the barricade.
* Adam's younger brother James in [[Shatter Me]] who he and Juliette have no choice but to take on the run with them to stop Warner from harming him.
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* River Tam on ''[[Firefly]]'', although she has a much bigger role in the movie.
* Dawn on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', though she is essential to the plot in Season 5, where she first appears.
* Justin in ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'' is literally a kid who tagged along and was given Ranger Powers. For reasons that are never adequately explained in the series, [[Stock Footage|he morphs into a fully grown adult blue Ranger]], unless he takes off his helmet, which shrinks him down to his normal size until he puts it back on.
* Robin's younger brother Much from ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]''.
* Debatably Kate from ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]''. Her age was unclear, yet the [[Dawson Casting|thirty-year old actress]] seemed to be channelling a bratty teenage girl.
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== Video Games ==
* Vaan in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' -- a bit unusual in that he's the viewpoint character. Also, his eventual role in the group is dependent on how the player develops his skills (though it's easiest to send him along the [[Fragile Speedster]] route).
** Vaan is likely a subversion. Gameplay-wise (and keeping in mind that there's a large amount of [[Gameplay and Story Integration]]) Vaan is [[Lightning Bruiser|out and out the best character on the team]], assuming you use him at all. This would seem to imply that Vaan is a [[The Big Guy|monster killing machine]] the team just fortunately has lying around.
** Later games show Vaan has gone into business as a [[Impossible Thief|god-like thief]] and have him be a skilled enough fighter to hold off a [[Physical God]] for a long time. So, the FFXII team probably [[God Was My Co-Pilot|didn't know what they had on their hands]]. As incidental as Vaan's inclusion on the team maybe, and a child he may be, he's probably the single most powerful weapon at their disposal, if not instrumental to their success.
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]: Oblivion'', winning all Arena matches saddles you with the "Adoring Fan", a small boy who follows you around gushing about your deeds. Due to his catchphrase of "By Azura, By Azura, By Azura!", amoung other things, he's almost universally considered [[The Scrappy]]. In fact, it's become popular to take him to high ledges and make him fall to his death, though he (un)fortunately respawns.
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* ''[[Fire Emblem]] : Seisen no Keifu'' : You've got two of them in the First Generation : Oifaye, who's the army's [[Teen Genius]] [[The Strategist|Strategist]], and Shannan who starts as a [[James Bondage]]. Both of them become [[Badass|badasses]] in the Second Generation.
* Adell's younger siblings, Taro and Hanako, from ''[[Disgaea]] 2'' fill this role, while also acting as [[Those Two Guys]] for the party. Taro and Hanako double as [[The Big Guy]] (gameplay-wise) and [[The Smart Guy]] (story-wise), respectively.
* Mission Vao and Zaalbar from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]''. Mission is more obvious, being [[Hot-Blooded]] and a [[Fragile Speedster]] (her dexterity is very high), with a bit of the "genius" as her true strengths come from being more well-rounded in the skills department than the droids. She's also higher on the [[Karma Meter]] than ''the party's Jedi'' (tied with Carth, surprisingly). Zaalbar is definitely [[The Big Guy]], who's actually marginally higher on the [[Karma Meter]] than Jolee, but still light-sided. He doesn't really appear to be a kid (Wookiees age differently than humans), but his interactions with Mission, and the fact that he's constantly referred to as "young" mean you likely have two adolescents along for the ride.
* Pearl from ''[[Phoenix Wright]]'', who, in the second game, is pretty much Maya when Maya isn't being {{spoiler|framed for murder or kidnapped.}}
* By exploiting a glitch, you can get six-year-old Bumble to tag along after you throughout ''[[Fallout]] 3''.
* Hope of ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''. Unlike some kids, though, he's incredibly useful, having the [[Squishy Wizard|highest magic stat]] in the game.
* Aila to Geddoe's mercenary group in ''[[Suikoden III]]'', at least in the mercenaries' opinion. She [[Doomed Hometown|was]] a warrior in her home village, but still young and naive compared to the rest, and at the end of the game {{spoiler|Geddoe doesn't let her join the group officially, but he does let her stay around, making her an official Tagalong Kid}}.
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* Ray Thompson, in the episode "Legends" from ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]''. For the most part, he's simply a useless sidekick who cheers on the heroes featured in that episode, the Justice Guild. {{spoiler|The twist here is that the Guild and in fact the entire city are an illusion created by Ray, who in reality is a mutated psychic child living out his fantasies by warping the world to his whims.}}
* Tails on ''[[Sat AM Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', which provides for some [[Character Development]] as he trains under his [[Big Brother Mentor]] to become a more effectual Freedom Fighter.
* Sheila's younger brother Bobby, from the animated ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (animation)|Dungeons & Dragons]]''.
* Sari, for the first two seasons of ''[[Transformers Animated]]''.
* The ''[[Histeria!]]'' episode "The Legion of Super Writers" has Loud Kiddington play this role to the team of the episode's title.
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