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* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Elmo is 3 1/2 years old, putting him close to the age of the show's target audience. As the youngest and most vulnerable character, Elmo appears often in outreach videos to teach kids in sensitive situations that they aren't alone and their loved ones will be there for them. He's been at the center of the episode addressing the trauma of the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11 attacks]], the death of a family member, befriending a girl whose mother is dealing with an opioid addiction, and having a parent in the armed forces.

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* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Elmo is 3 1/2 years old, putting him close to the age of the show's target audience. As the youngest and most vulnerable character, Elmo appears often in outreach videos to teach kids in sensitive situations that they aren't alone and their loved ones will be there for them. He's been at the center of the episode addressing the trauma of the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11 attacks]], the death of a family member, befriending a girl whose mother is dealing with an opioid addiction, and having a parent in the armed forces.
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* Todomatsu, AKA Totty, is the youngest of the ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' sextuplets. He has quirks such as shiny eyes and a CatSmile, still needing to be walked to the bathroom at night, being a BitchInSheepsClothing, and [[TheRuntAtTheEnd being the last for things.]]

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* Todomatsu, AKA Totty, is the youngest of the ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' sextuplets. He has quirks such as shiny eyes and a CatSmile, cat smile, still needing to be walked to the bathroom at night, being a BitchInSheepsClothing, and [[TheRuntAtTheEnd being the last for things.]]

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* ''Franchise/DespicableMe'': At 5 (later 6) years old, Agnes is the youngest of the three girls that Gru adopts. She's cute, sweet, innocent, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a little odd]], and has little impulse control. The others readily indulge her flights of fancy, knowing that she doesn't know any better, and find it ''very'' tough to say "no" to her or disappoint her in any way.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlMermaid'': Ariel is the youngest of her seven sisters and is the most curious.
* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': Dopey is this within the dwarf clan, being the youngest and the silliest.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlMermaid'': ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'': Ariel is the youngest of her seven sisters sisters, and is the most curious.
curious. She's also generally considered flighty and silly, and in serious need of some stern discipline.
* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': Dopey is this within the dwarf clan, being clan: the youngest and sillest, viewing everything as a chance for fun. He doesn't even speak, because "he never tried." Less pleasantly, the silliest.other dwarfs view him as expendable: he's the one who is sent to explore the bedroom where "the monster" (actually Snow White) is sleeping.



* In ''Film/TheHobbit'' Ori, who got a AgeLift from the book, is the youngest member of Thorin's party in the movie. Ori gets babied by his oldest brother Dori and the other dwarves. In the book, Fíli and Kíli were the youngest and far more cheerful than their more stoic brethren.

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* In ''Film/TheHobbit'' Ori, who got a an AgeLift from the book, is the youngest member of Thorin's party in the movie. Ori gets babied by his oldest brother Dori and the other dwarves. In the book, Fíli and Kíli were the youngest and far more cheerful than their more stoic brethren.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlMermaid'': Ariel is the youngest of her seven sisters and is the most curious.
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* This is the motivation behind the attack on Davey that starts the plot of [[Film/IllSleepWhenImDead I'll Sleep When I'm Dead]].
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* Ginny Weasley in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' lampshaded during the battle in the Department of Secrets as the AxCrazy Bellatrix Lestrange threatens to “[[AndYourLittleDogToo torture the youngest]],” at which Harry and the others instinctively crowd around Ginny. Among the [=DA=] aka Dumbledore’s Army Colin and Dennis Creevey are ([[spoiler: or were]]) in Colin’s case the youngest members.

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* Ginny Weasley in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' lampshaded during the battle in the Department of Secrets as the AxCrazy Bellatrix Lestrange threatens to “[[AndYourLittleDogToo torture the youngest]],” at which Harry and the others instinctively crowd around Ginny. Among the [=DA=] aka Dumbledore’s Army Colin and Dennis Creevey are ([[spoiler: or were]]) were in Colin’s case case]]) the youngest members.
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* In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', Utopia is the youngest among the known adults and the first and "for a while" the only kid in the creche growing up in the ''Stratospheric''. Even in adulthood, she'll always be known as their [[AffectionateNickname "Little Baby Pia".]]
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* ''VideoGame/CrescentPrism'': According to the [=RPGMaker.net=] character page, Maru is 4 months old in Chapter 1, making him the youngest party member by a large margin.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BigBlue'': Bacon Berry is a fairy-like magical guardian with the personality of a toddler, serving as the baby of the surrogate family that is the Calypso crew. Her innocent nature means she often sees the good in others where her older crewmates might not.


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* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterLovingManiacs'': Bo is the youngest of the Van Alten family at a tender 5 years old, with an innocent, playful nature and a love for stuffed animals. She's also a FriendToAllLivingThings as a result of her personality, often befriending the monsters that the family deals with.
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* In ''Theatre/TheWiz'', the Scarecrow [[ReallyWasBornYesterday was only sewn together two days before Dorothy meets him]], making him literally the youngest of her three friends, and he's usually cast as a young man too, while the Tin Man and Cowardly Lion tend to be cast older. Creator/HintonBattle was only nineteen when he created the role on Broadway, as was Music/MichaelJackson in [[Film/TheWiz the film version]], while Creator/ElijahKelley was twenty-nine (and still much younger than [[Music/NeYo the Tin Man]] and [[Creator/DavidAlanGrier the Lion]]) in the 2015 live TV version.

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