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Compare [[Tagalong Kid]], [[Kid Appeal Character]], [[Bratty Half-Pint]] and [[Baker Street Regular]]. Contrast [[Older Sidekick]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Jim Hawking in ''[[Outlaw Star]]''.
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* Hayate's partner, Reinforce Zwei in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Her non-[[Fun Size]] form looks around ten, [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|with her actual age]] [[Younger Than They Look|being younger]].
* Lin and Bat in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''.
* Wendy Garret of ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' is a teenage example of this. She very rarely helps out in battle, but she's better at thinking than Van is. She functions as a manager, handling the money and making travel arrangements.
* Eve of [[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]] is one, but she hardly has trouble keeping up.
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*** Nolan has gone on record to say that at this point in Batman's life, Robin would probably have to be played by someone like [[Malcolm in the Middle|Frankie Munez]], which is a pretty good explanation for why he isn't in the recent movies.
** He's also stated that at this point in Batman's life Dick Grayson is most likely still sleeping in a crib.
* Step forward Rick Jones. For decades Rick has been [[Marvel Comics]]' stock sidekick. He has been partners with [[The Hulk]], [[Captain America (comics)]], two [[Captain Mar-Vell|Captains Marvel]], and [[ROM Spaceknight]]. Must be some kind of record.
* Following the [[Batman]] formula, other younger sidekicks to adult superheroes include [[Superman|Supergirl]], Speedy to [[Green Arrow]], and [[X-Men|Wolverine]]'s various sidekicks, usually of the young girl type. (Kitty Pryde, Rogue, X-23, Jubilee)
** Also on the sidekick squad: Aqualad to [[Aquaman]]. Kid Flash to [[Flash]].
** Wonder Girl, Spoiler, Flamebird ([[Canon Discontinuity|or not]]).
* DC thrives under this trope. Darkly parodied with Kid Devil, whose adult counterpart and idol [[Blue Devil]] was barely aware of his existence, despite having made a [[Deal with the Devil]] to be a [[Superhero]] with him.
* [[The Clock]], a very first [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] hero (last seen in 1944) and his kid sidekick Butch (a girl). Butch, incidentally, originally wanted to be the Clock's "moll", much to the hero's mortification. She eventually got over it.
* Johnny Bates, AKA Kid Miracleman, from the comic ''[[Miracleman]]''. (Originally known in the UK as Kid Marvelman and ''Marvelman''.) [[Alan Moore]]'s 1980s revival of the series not only aged the character to adulthood but gave him one of the most horrific [[Face Heel Turn
* The [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]]-inspired ''Freedom Force'' computer games give us ''Liberty Lad'', sidekick to [[Super Patriot]] ''The Minuteman.'' Young Nick Craft, founder and president of the Freedom Force Fan Club, tags along after the team as they try to bring down mobster-turned-supervillain Pinstripe. Naturally, he gets shot.
{{quote|'''Pinstripe:''' Now youse gotsta choose, heroes. Come afta me, or save da brat! Mentor reports that he needs an immediate transfusion... ''or he'll die!'' Minuteman, feeling responsible for the plucky youngster, valiantly volunteers to give his own blood to the boy. Mentor warns him that they have no idea what will happen, because Minuteman's blood is infused with... ''Energy X''.
'''Minuteman:'' By the Constitution, Mentor, '''there's no time!''' The Energy X in Minuteman's blood gives Liberty Lad super strength and agililty and a penchant for red, white and blue tights. He's one of the more fun and effective characters in the game. }}
** And from the same game, we have ''Man-O-War'' and his preteen sidekick, ''The Sea Urchin.''
* Bucky Barnes was this to [[Captain America (comics)]] in [[World War II]]. On the Invaders as well was the first [[Human Torch]], who had sidekick Toro, with near identical powers.
* Oddly enough, [[Moon Knight]] had an adult sidekick (or at least young adult) who was [[Death Is Cheap|temporarily killed off]] and [[We Can Rebuild Him|rebuilt]] as an [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul|evil cyborg]] named Midnight.
* German detective ''[[Nick Knatterton]]'' had Toni Knatter, in one story. The [[Meaningful Name]] was [[Lampshaded]] by our hero.
* [[Spider-Man]] started as a deliberate subversion of this trope. [[Stan Lee]] had grown sick of teen sidekicks, so he decided to create a series that featured a teenager as the main star, rather than as support to an adult hero. Everyone thought that [[It Will Never Catch On]]...but it did.
== [[Film]] ==
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* The Red Lama and Kim in [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''Kim''. Interestingly Kim is [[The Sidekick]] to several different characters including the Red Lama, Mahbub Ali, and so on as well as being [[The Hero]].
* ''[[Doc Wilde]]'', a ''[[Doc Savage]]'' parody, has his two kids who he's been raising to be [[Badass|badasses like himself]] come up with him on his adventures.
* In ''[[Wearing the Cape]]'', Hope (18 years old) becomes Atlas' sidekick in order to learn the butt-kicking ways of [[Flying Brick|Atlas-type heroes]]. The whole mentor/sidekick angle is played up for the media (her costume is even color-coordinated to match his), but it's clearly understood to be a temporary arrangement, more like an apprenticeship.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* From the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] hero Barnstormer was always accompanied by his
* In the [[Backstory]] of the [[Whateley Universe]], the pre-[[World War II]] superhero Champion had two: Miss Champion and Champion Junior. In a [[Shout-Out]] to the way heroes age in [[Comic Books]], Miss Champion only aged (from then on) at about one-fourth normal, which really messed up her social life. Miss Champion is still around, and one of the important side characters of the universe.
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* The [[Transformers]] have a bad habit of dragging young humans into their battles - young humans who tend to have no powers or skills that make letting them within a mile of Decepticons anything less than criminal negligence. Giving them a reason to be around ''at all'' is relatively new to the franchise.
* ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' has the main characters being sidekicks to members of the Justice League (Robin to [[Batman]], Aqualad to [[Aquaman]], Kid Flash to [[The Flash]] and Speedy/Red Arrow to [[Green Arrow]]).
* The Cadets in ''[[Voltron Force]]'' are a fairly good example. They bring considerable talents to the team - Vince's [[
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