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In fictionland, however, if someone with an [[Iconic Item]] [[Weapon of Choice]] is [[Spinoff Babies|shown as a child]], [[Follow in My Footsteps|has a child]] or meets a younger counterpart (a [[Fan Boy]] who wants to grow up to be just like them, perhaps) then you can expect them to own a toy or weapon with some perceived similarity to it.
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Some stock examples of
* [[The Archer|Bows]]: [[Brats with Slingshots|Slingshots]] are the most common one, however [[Suffer the Slings|slings]] (which makes no sense at all, since they require considerable skill to use are very damaging and turn up in cultures that lack bows) and crossbows (which makes some sense, since it requires less training than a bow...but they're still martial weapons) are also popular.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Borderlands]]'''s opening cutscene shows a picture of the [[Player Character
* In ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'' Link gets the slingshot, and uses it until he can get the bow (which he can only use as an adult). ''[[Twilight Princess]]'' takes the trope even further, with Link (only an adolescent in this game) [[Justified Tutorial|showing off]] his aiming skills with a slingshot, and his sword skills with a wooden sword.
* In ''[[Fallout 3]]'', the tutorial has the player learn to shoot with a BB gun on their 10th birthday.
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