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The trope namer is a gadget from one ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoon that was used to detect mice.
The trope namer is a gadget from one ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoon that was used to detect mice.


Compare [[Thing O Meter]], a comedy trope. Contrast with [[Everything Sensor]]. [[The Little Detecto]] is different from [[Everything Sensor]] because it's not an EVERYTHING sensor. It detects only the one thing that is [[Serious Business]] here.
Compare [[Thing-O-Meter]], a comedy trope. Contrast with [[Everything Sensor]]. [[The Little Detecto]] is different from [[Everything Sensor]] because it's not an EVERYTHING sensor. It detects only the one thing that is [[Serious Business]] here.
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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
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* Molly Walker from ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' can find people.
* Molly Walker from ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' can find people.
* [[The Muppet Show|Bunsen Honeydew]] once invented a gorilla detector. It completely failed to detect the gorilla until after it had already attacked his computers, and him. Bunsen originally attributed the failure to the fact that the attacker was not actually a gorilla.
* [[The Muppet Show|Bunsen Honeydew]] once invented a gorilla detector. It completely failed to detect the gorilla until after it had already attacked his computers, and him. Bunsen originally attributed the failure to the fact that the attacker was not actually a gorilla.
* [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] memorably featured the timey-wimey detector. [[Buffy Speak|It goes ding when there's stuff.]] The [[Magic Tool|sonic screwdriver]] is used this way at times, too.
* [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] memorably featured the timey-wimey detector. [[Buffy-Speak|It goes ding when there's stuff.]] The [[Magic Tool|sonic screwdriver]] is used this way at times, too.
** The Cloister Bell is capable of detecting when the Doctor is going to regenerate (except when it doesn't), when there's going to be a hole in space-time the size of Belgium, or when the Doctor is driving erratically.
** The Cloister Bell is capable of detecting when the Doctor is going to regenerate (except when it doesn't), when there's going to be a hole in space-time the size of Belgium, or when the Doctor is driving erratically.
*** In the original series (during the late [[Tom Baker]] era) and the TV-Movie, the Cloister Bell is less of a detecto and more of a major league [[Red Alert]] klaxon. It signals when the TARDIS itself is in danger of destruction.
*** In the original series (during the late [[Tom Baker]] era) and the TV-Movie, the Cloister Bell is less of a detecto and more of a major league [[Red Alert]] klaxon. It signals when the TARDIS itself is in danger of destruction.
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* In ''[[Wall ERP (Roleplay)|WALLE Forum Roleplay]]'', Leonard Ghertivel has a device that detects all the specifics of various robot hardware/upgrades upon scanning of the robot in question.
* In ''[[Wall ERP (Roleplay)|WALLE Forum Roleplay]]'', Leonard Ghertivel has a device that detects all the specifics of various robot hardware/upgrades upon scanning of the robot in question.
* ''[[The Return (Fanfic)|The Return]]'', pattern detectors. Little palmtop things that tell you if the creature currently ripping your heart out through your ribcage is a demon or not.
* ''[[The Return (Fanfic)|The Return]]'', pattern detectors. Little palmtop things that tell you if the creature currently ripping your heart out through your ribcage is a demon or not.
* We have Bakura's Gaydar from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''
* We have Bakura's Gaydar from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''


== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
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* Spoofed on ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' episode "Marooned". Cadet Stimpy pointed one such device at various things on a strange planet, but all that he found out was that "this thing makes the coolest noises."
* Spoofed on ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' episode "Marooned". Cadet Stimpy pointed one such device at various things on a strange planet, but all that he found out was that "this thing makes the coolest noises."
* In ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]],'' Mr. Crocker has a "fairy detector" that he uses to hunt down Timmy's fairies.
* In ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]],'' Mr. Crocker has a "fairy detector" that he uses to hunt down Timmy's fairies.
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Vanessessary Roughness", [[Evil Genius|Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] "just happens" to have a [[Green Rocks|pizzazium]] detector [[Crazy Prepared|in his top pocket]] after he and his [[Mad Scientists Beautiful Daughter|daughter]] stumble upon a sample [[Villains Out Shopping|at the mall.]] It comes in handy when Baljeet snags the [[MacGuffin|pizzazium]] first.
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Vanessessary Roughness", [[Evil Genius|Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] "just happens" to have a [[Green Rocks|pizzazium]] detector [[Crazy Prepared|in his top pocket]] after he and his [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|daughter]] stumble upon a sample [[Villains Out Shopping|at the mall.]] It comes in handy when Baljeet snags the [[MacGuffin|pizzazium]] first.
** In "The Chronicles of Meap", Phineas converts a GPS into a "cute tracker" to find an adorable alien the boys call "Meap". Isabella, who harbors a crush on Phineas, is annoyed that the device apparently ignores her, until Phineas reveals that he deliberately had it ignore Isabella's cuteness. When he adjusts the device to stop ignoring Isabella, it [[Readings Blew Up the Scale|self-destructs]].
** In "The Chronicles of Meap", Phineas converts a GPS into a "cute tracker" to find an adorable alien the boys call "Meap". Isabella, who harbors a crush on Phineas, is annoyed that the device apparently ignores her, until Phineas reveals that he deliberately had it ignore Isabella's cuteness. When he adjusts the device to stop ignoring Isabella, it [[Readings Blew Up the Scale|self-destructs]].
* At the end of ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'''s first season, Jack Spicer builds a Shen Gong Wu detecto-bot.
* At the end of ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'''s first season, Jack Spicer builds a Shen Gong Wu detecto-bot.
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