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== 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 ===
▲* 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]]''.
* 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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