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== [[Western]]s ==
=== Comic Books ===
* Rawhide Kid, the Two-Gun Kid, the Ringo Kid (not related to John Wayne's Ringo Kid in ''[[Stagecoach]]''), the Apache Kid, the Arizona Kid, the Prairie Kid, the Texas Kid, the Western Kid, the Gunsmoke Kid, the Dakota Kid and (in a slight variation) Kid Colt, all from [[Marvel Comics]]. According to [[Stan Lee]], Marvel publisher Martin Goodman loved Westerns, and was ''particularly'' fond of this trope for some reason.▼
* [[DC Comics]] character the Wyoming Kid.▼
* The Brimstone Kid from ''[[Youngblood: Judgment Day]]''. He was a gunslinger who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for unbeatable gunslinging skills.▼
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* The babyfaced [[Audie Murphy]] played youthful outlaws and adventurers so often that he joked once that he'd "kidded his way through the movies." Relatively few of his thirty-plus western characters have
* ''[[The Cisco Kid]]''.▼
▲* Rawhide Kid, the Two-Gun Kid, the Ringo Kid (not related to John Wayne's Ringo Kid in ''[[Stagecoach]]''), the Apache Kid, the Arizona Kid, the Prairie Kid, the Texas Kid, the Western Kid, the Gunsmoke Kid, the Dakota Kid and (in a slight variation) Kid Colt, all from [[Marvel Comics]]. According to [[Stan Lee]], Marvel publisher Martin Goodman loved Westerns, and was ''particularly'' fond of this trope for some reason.
* The [[Time Wars]] book ''The Six-Gun Solution'' had a time-traveling character acquire the nickname "The Montana Kid".▼
▲* The babyfaced [[Audie Murphy]] played youthful outlaws and adventurers so often that he joked once that he'd "kidded his way through the movies." Relatively few of his thirty-plus western characters have [[The Trope Kid]] nicknames, though: Billy the Kid in ''The Kid From Texas'', The Cimarron Kid in the film of the same name, The Silver Kid in ''Duel At Silver Creek'', and The Utica Kid in ''Night Passage''.
* The Schofield Kid in the movie ''[[Unforgiven]]''.
* The Sundance Kid from ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''.
* Might count under Parodies as well,
▲* [[DC Comics]] character the Wyoming Kid.
▲* Might count under Parodies as well, but in ''[[Shanghai Noon]]'', Jackie Chan's character is listed on a wanted poster as "The Shanghai Kid." His partner notes, "That's a really cool nickname, too." Jackie's character immediately complains that he's not really from Shanghai.
** In a possible [[Shout-Out]], ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' featured a [[Flash Back]] to a [[Identical Grandson|suspiciously familiar-looking ancestor]] of Jackie's in [[The Western|the Old West]] nicknamed "The Hong Kong Kid". Amusingly enough, Chan is from Hong Kong, so the cartoon comes one step closer to [[Real Life]].
* Fee 'The
* The Ysabel Kid from [[J. T. Edson]]'s ''Floating Outfit'' series.▼
* The titular character from ''[[The Durango Kid]]'', played by Charles Starrett. Between 1940 and 1952, there were 64 movies made featuring the Durango Kid.
* In ''[[Little Big Man]]'', Jack Crabb is known as the Soda Pop Kid during his "gunfighter period".
▲* The Brimstone Kid from ''[[Youngblood Judgment Day]]''. He was a gunslinger who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for unbeatable gunslinging skills.
=== Literature ===
▲* The [[Time Wars]] book ''The Six-Gun Solution'' had a time-traveling character acquire the nickname "The Montana Kid".
▲* The Ysabel Kid from [[J. T. Edson]]'s ''Floating Outfit'' series.
* [[Robert E. Howard]]'s 'The Sonora Kid'.
=== Live-Action TV ===
▲* ''[[The Cisco Kid]]''.
=== Video Games ===
== Non-[[Western]] ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* Professional wrestlers "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, 1-2-3 Kid (later known as [[X-Pac Heat|X-Pac]]),the Dynamite Kid, etc.▼
* [[Troper Tales]]: [[Heart Burn Kid]] and [[Eponymous Kid]].▼
* "Kid Death" from a series of pulp short stories was a [[Gangster]] variant on this trope, so called because of his youthful appearance and the tendency of corpses to appear whenever he was around -- not all by his hand.▼
* Death the Kid from ''[[Soul Eater]]'', and his [[The Gunslinger|Gunslinger]] ways are clearly inspired by this idea. He is the son of the [[Grim Reaper]] too.
* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'': Musyanokoji Shien, the quarterback of the [[Western]]-themed Seibu Wild Gunmen, is [[Only Known by Their Nickname|usually only referred to as "Kid"]]. Also an [[Ironic Nickname]], since he has an [[Younger Than They Look|old man's face]].▼
* Stephen King's novella, ''The Colorado Kid'' is not Western, but rather a semi-detective tale.▼
** And his book [[The Stand]] had a character known just as "The Kid".▼
=== Comic Books ===
* Superheroes: [[Legion of Super-Heroes|Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Kid Quantum]], [[Justice Society of America|Star-Spangled Kid]], [[The Flash|Kid Flash]], [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Kid Eternity, Kid Devil]], [[X-Men|Kid Omega, Kid Vulcan]], Kid <s>Marvelman</s> [[Miracleman]]...
* ''The Cincinnati Kid''▼
=== Film ===
* ''The Heartbreak Kid'' (1972 film, remade in 2007)▼
▲* ''[[The Cincinnati Kid]]''
▲* ''[[The Heartbreak Kid]]'' (1972 film, remade in 2007)
** Also the name of a 1985 song by [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Restless_Heart Restless Heart] actually called Back To (The Heartbreak Kid)
▲* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'': Musyanokoji Shien, the quarterback of the [[Western]]-themed Seibu Wild Gunmen, is [[Only Known by Their Nickname|usually only referred to as "Kid"]]. Also an [[Ironic Nickname]], since he has an [[Younger Than They Look|old man's face]].
* [[Elvis Presley]]'s boxer character in ''Kid Galahad''.
* ''[[The Coca-Cola Kid]]''▼
=== Literature ===
▲* "Kid Death" from a series of pulp short stories was a [[Gangster]] variant on this trope, so called because of his youthful appearance and the tendency of corpses to appear whenever he was
▲* Stephen King's novella
▲** And his book ''[[The Stand]]'' had a character known just as "The Kid".
=== New Media ===
▲* [[Troper Tales]] on [[TV Tropes]]: [[Heart Burn Kid]] and [[Eponymous Kid]].
=== Professional Wrestling ===
▲* Professional wrestlers "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, 1-2-3 Kid (later known as [[X-Pac Heat|X-Pac]]),the Dynamite Kid, etc.
=== Video Games ===
* The Cold Steel Kid, Gus' video game character in ''[[Deadly Games]]''.
* The Sundown Kid in ''[[Live a Live]]''.
▲* ''The Coca-Cola Kid''
== Parodies ==
=== Advertising ===
* In a ''Mad Magazine'' parody of [[Fantasy Island]], the Tattoo stand-in was supposed to spread the fame of a guest's character as "The Babyface Kid", but picked a lower body part to feature instead.▼
▲* The Waco Kid from ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''.
* 'Kid Shelleen', a gray-haired drunk (but still a gunfighter) played by Lee Marvin in the 1965 film ''Cat Ballou''.▼
* Cat in the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' western episode: "They call me the Kid ... the Riviera Kid."▼
* The "Toronto Kid", in a ''[[Kids in The Hall]]'' sketch.▼
* Detroit-based Faygo soda pop had a series of '50s commercials featuring "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_En_xn0JwmQ The Faygo Kid]".
* Nestle has a long-running series of ads for its white chocolate Milky Bar featuring 'the Milky Bar Kid'. [[Ear Worm|The Milkybar Kid is strong and tough, and only the best is good enough...]]
=== Film ===
▲* 'Kid Shelleen', a gray-haired drunk (but still a gunfighter) played by Lee Marvin in the 1965 film ''[[Cat Ballou]]''.
* The Rumpo Kid in ''[[Carry On]] Cowboy''.
=== Literature ===
▲* In a ''Mad Magazine'' parody of [[Fantasy Island]], the Tattoo stand-in was supposed to spread the fame of a guest's character as "The Babyface Kid", but picked a lower body part to feature instead.
* The [[Myth Adventures]] novel ''Little Myth Marker'', being a parody of gambler tropes, gives us the Sen-Sen Ante Kid (he always includes a breath mint in his stake for good luck). Subverted in that he's an old fat guy who got the nickname a loooooong time ago.
* From ''[[The Simpsons]]'', when Moe described to Homer his boxing career:▼
=== Live-Action TV ===
{{quote|'''Moe''': They called me Kid Gorgeous. Later on, it was Kid Presentable. Then Kid Gruesome. And finally, Kid Moe.}}▼
▲* Cat in the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' western episode: "They call me the Kid ... the Riviera Kid."
▲* The "Toronto Kid", in a ''[[Kids in The Hall]]'' sketch.
* The [[Long Runners|long-running]] children's show ''[[Wonderama]]'' had a dance contest segment in the '70s that was introduced by "the Disco Kid," a boy in a [[Lone Ranger]] style Western costume.
▲* The Rumpo Kid in ''[[Carry On]] Cowboy''.
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' The names of "Weird Superheroes" often dip into this trope.
=== Western Animation ===
▲* From ''[[The Simpsons]]'', when Moe described to Homer his boxing career:
▲{{quote|'''Moe''': They called me Kid Gorgeous. Later on, it was Kid Presentable. Then Kid Gruesome. And finally, Kid Moe.}}
== [[Real Life]] ==
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