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* [[Classy Cat Burglar|Parker]] had this as her back story on [[Leverage]] as she had left the foster system as a teenager after spending six months in Juvie. Notable in that she managed to [[Affectionate Pickpocket|pickpocket]] one of the best thieves in the world and later became his apprentice.
* Phoebe Buffay in [[Friends]] may well have been an Artful Dodger in her teens. She had to live on the streets from the age of 14 and is unlikely to have been an instance of [[The Woobie]] judging by her character during the series. In one episode it's revealed that she once mugged a young Ross Geller.
 
== Real Life ==▼
* Colton Harris-Moore, more commonly known as the Barefoot Bandit. He started living in the wild at the age of seven, and would break into vacation homes; stealing blankets, food and water before disappearing into the forest for days. His first conviction for stolen property came at age 12, and by the time he was 13, he had three more. He's suspected of about 100 thefts in Washington, Idaho, and Canada, including bicycles, automobiles, LIGHT AIRCRAFT, and SPEEDBOATS. He most likely learned how to fly small planes by reading aircraft manuals and playing flight simulator computer games. He was captured in the Bahamas: he'd stolen a small plane and flown it down there, then was captured by police after they shot out his speedboat's engine during a FRIGGIN' HIGH-SPEED WATER CHASE. He is nick-named the Barefoot Bandit (or Barefoot Burglar, if you prefer) because he would [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|filch items from stores whilst barefoot]] and painted footprints on the floor to taunt police... In April 2010, 20th Century Fox bought the rights to make a movie about him.▼
 
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* Mission Vao from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]''. She's very cheerful, good at picking locks and pockets, looks out for her Wookiee buddy (she's the brains, he's the brawn), an excellent scout (high stealth), and higher on the [[Karma Meter]] than the party's ''Jedi.'' And grew up in one of the filthiest [[Wretched Hive|WretchedHives]] in the galaxy despite being of an age, attractiveness level, species, and gender that would have normally railroaded her into slavery and / or prostitution.
 
== WebcomicsWeb Comics ==
* Lil' Ragamuffin in ''[[Guttersnipe]]'' is a parody of this trope, a street girl fanatically devoted to the "urchin life" and proud of her "unfancy" living situation.
* Rabble-Rouser {{spoiler|(real name Reginald)}} in ''[[RPG World]]'' counts. {{spoiler|He's actually Diane's little brother}} that was actually abandoned in South City as a baby because {{spoiler|his father was a human and his mother was a monster. They used a magic spell to make [[Fantastic Racism|Diane look more human because otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to keep her.]]}} The spell didn't work so well on Rabble-Rouser, so he was left to grow up on the streets.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* In ''[[Thundercats (2011 series)|ThunderCats (2011)]]'', the Thunderkittens are [[Fantastic Caste System|lower-caste]] slum-dwelling [[Trickster Twins]] who manage to survive fairly well in the [[Fantastic Ghetto]]s of Thundera. As a [[Magical Flautist]], Wilykit puts their [[The Mark|marks]] into a trance while her brother Wilykat uses a [[Five-Finger Discount]] to rob them blind. Their skill at what they do helps keep them cheery and optimistic.
* [[Carmen Sandiego]] learned her thieving skills at a ''very'' young age, mostly because she was an orphan raised by the staff of a school for thieves. She'd not only filch valuables this way, but use them for pranks, like swiping someone's belt and laughing as their pants fell down. Seeing as she was the ''only'' child there, she could get away with almost anything. [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Coach Brunt]] didn't take kindly to students who tried to hurt children, and [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit| Carmen knew how to exploit that fact.]]
 
▲== Real Life ==
▲* [[w:Colton Harris- Moore|Colton Harris Moore]], more commonly known as the Barefoot Bandit. He started living in the wild at the age of seven, and would break into vacation homes; stealing blankets, food and water before disappearing into the forest for days. His first conviction for stolen property came at age 12, and by the time he was 13, he had three more. He's suspected of about 100 thefts in Washington, Idaho, and Canada, including bicycles, automobiles, LIGHT''light AIRCRAFT,aircraft'' and SPEEDBOATS''speedboats''. He most likely learned how to fly small planes by reading aircraft manuals and playing flight simulator computer games. He was captured in the Bahamas: he'd stolen a small plane and flown it down there, then was captured by police after they shot out his speedboat's engine during a FRIGGIN''friggin' HIGHhigh-SPEEDspeed WATERwater CHASEchase''. He is nick-named the Barefoot Bandit (or Barefoot Burglar, if you prefer) because he would [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|filch items from stores whilst barefoot]] and painted footprints on the floor to taunt police... In April 2010, 20th Century Fox bought the rights to make a movie about him.
 
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