History Main / TokenMiniMoe

* [[VideoGame/MassEffect Normandy SR-2]] in ''Fanfic/FleetOfTheHomewardBound''. Her frigate designation means she has a younger-looking form than the other shipgirls(like in ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'', a shipgirl's designation determines the physical growth of their form) and her much smaller size(each shipgirl is still as tall as her normal form's length) only compounds the effect, being roughly half the height of the second smallest of the fleet (the ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199 Yamato]]''). Her quiet demeanor and impish personality only makes her seem cuter. Later, when their universe partially intrudes into the ''Franchise/{{Stargate}}'' universe, Normandy encounters the International Space Station in the form of a seven-year-old in a spacesuit.

* Flute from David Eddings' ''Literature/TheElenium'' books qualifies, [[spoiler: even if she's a goddess incarnated and counts as TheChessmaster for the good guys]].

* In ''Literature/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', the Vanadis [[spoiler: Olga is this; Tigre meets her in Volume 6.]]

* The Witch mercenary in ''VideoGame/AtlanticaOnline''.

** Carrie from the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania 64}}''/''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLegacyOfDarkness Legacy of Darkness]]''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' has two; the above mentioned [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Maria Renard]] as well as [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines Eric Lecarde]].

* ''VideoGame/ExaPico'':
** Misha in ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia''. [[spoiler:At least at first.]]
** Cocona fills this role in [[VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica the second game]].
* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series has Hanako and Yukimaru (the latter happens to be [[OlderThanTheyLook 20 years old with a much younger appearance]]) in the [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories second game]], [[OlderThanTheyLook Raspberyl]] in the [[VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice third]], Desco in the [[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten fourth]], Usalia in the [[VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance fifth]], and Bieko in the [[VideoGame/Disgaea6DefianceOfDestiny sixth game]].
* Among the player characters, the [[CuteWitch Female Mage]] and [[{{Meganekko}} Creator]] from ''VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline'' count. Among the non-player characters, Princess Erje of Empyrean is one.

** ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon'': Melodia
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Yuffie (a teenager, but UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} enough to count). Shelke from VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus also counts (She's a 19 year old girl trapped at physical age 9).
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Selphie (compare Yuffie, and [[GenkiGirl energetic]] to boot)

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' averted the trope: Both Rikku and Penelo fit the character type, but they're definitely too old and mature to count.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': Vanille could look like one and might act like one, but she's physically 19. [[spoiler: 519, counting the time spent as a crystal.]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Iris is just a bit younger than Yuffie and Selphie (age 15), but she counts.

** Maria and Est from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'', joined by Norne in the last. Also [[InconsistentSpelling Chiki/Tiki]], for the CuteMonsterGirl.
** Tina in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'' has CuteMonsterGirl Fae, as well as the male [[PolarOppositeTwins Raigh and Lugh]].
** Nino in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''.

** Mist in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' (along with a few more male versions in Rolf, Sothe, and Tormod).

** Princess Sakura of Hoshido and Princess Elise of Nohr in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''.
** Tiki (Or a Mirage version of her) and Mamori in ''VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE''.
** Bernadetta (Or Bernie) is this to the Black Eagles, Annette for Blue Lions, Lysithea for Golden Deer, and Flayn for the Church of Seiros in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''. [[spoiler: They all grow out of it after the time skip except Flayn, who is a dragon.]]

* May from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', also the (junior) captain of a pirate ship, with a crew comprised of almost all girls to boot.

* ''VideoGame/InfiniteSpace'' has the Garner twins, who are ValleyGirl {{Idol Singer}}s, who are some of the most useful crew members you can get.
* [[CreepyChild Annie]] from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', 'thou she's less [[{{Moe}} cute]] and more [[PyroManiac crazy]].

* Sunny Gurlukovich from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' is the first time the series had one of these (unless you count Emma).
* [[CheerfulChild Roll]] from the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' series, especially in the comic book series and ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''.
* ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' has the (at the start of the game) 12-year old Laury Callwell as the Token Mini Moe and youngest character in the whole cast, girls and boys included. And considering this game's setting is a CrapsaccharineWorld, she's stalked by a creepy paedophile foreigner who eventually [[spoiler: [[DamselInDistress kidnaps her]], and, [[BigDamnHeroes if the player]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential doesn't save her]], kills her by strangulation]].

* Shinatama, the Simulated Living Doll ([[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Almost-human Android]]) from ''VideoGame/{{Oni}}'', as a rare Western video game example. An heavily [[{{Animesque}} anime-inspired]] Western example, though.
* ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'' has [[TheHero Lip]], Windy, Sherbet, and their expies/successors from the ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection'' sequel.
* In ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series.
** Maiko is the female Token Mini Moe Social Link in ''VideoGame/Persona3''. Ken Amada is the male version.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' has Nanako Dojima. Also Ayane, one of the two choices for the Sun social link. She might be a better example [[spoiler: given the player can eventually date and sleep with her]]
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Futaba Sakura, the youngest member of your party, is considerably shorter and less physically developed than both your male and female party members.

* Sailor outfit-sporting Sherry Birkin in, of all things, in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''.

* The ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' games (the second also has a male version) each have one, usually with a name [[AlphabeticalThemeNaming beginning with the letter P]]:
** Perisie in ''VideoGame/StarOcean1''.
** Precis in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory''.
** Peppita in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime''.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky The Liberl arc]]'' has Tita Russell, the granddaughter of a renowned scientist and a brilliant engineer in her own right who [[BadassAdorable fights with what can only be described as portable cannons]] at the tender age of 12. The villains also get a Mini-Moe in the form of [[spoiler:Renne, who's 11.]].

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' has a few. Not nearly as many as the memes would have you think, particularly considering the size of the rest of the cast. It should be mentioned all of them are ReallySevenHundredYearsOld... though some of them don't act like it.
** [[TheDitz Rumia]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse Cirno]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Remilia]], and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Flandre]] in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''.
** [[CatGirl Chen]] in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom''.
** [[CuteBruiser Suika]] in ''Immaterial and Missing Power''.
** [[TheTrickster Tewi]] in ''Imperishable Night'', who more than once is regulated to ''dwarf sized'' in fan art.
** [[PoisonousPerson Medicine]] in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''.
** [[PhysicalGod Suwako]] in ''Mountain of Faith''.
** [[ShrinkingViolet Kisume]] in ''Subterranenean Animism''.
** [[OnlySaneMan Nazrin]] in ''Undefined Fantastic Object''.
** [[CuteButCacophonic Kyouko]] in ''Ten Desires''.
** [[LittlePeople Sukuna]] in ''Double Dealing Character''.
** ZUN's art style tends to make ''everyone'' look a bit young, though, which is another source of its reputation.
* Aruruw in ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}''. One of only three girls not to be sexualized in the game, and also one of only two who doesn't love the lead. Romantically, anyway. Yeah.

* Rhyme from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''.

* Michiru from ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' [[spoiler:is a spirit, but still]] doesn't have her own route in the VisualNovel, probably for squick reasons.

* Hagino in ''VisualNovel/Canvas2''.
* Fuuko in ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' is the Token Mini Moe [[spoiler:astral projection]] who has her own route. While there is another little girl in the cast (Sunohara Mei) she isn't part of the main cast.

* ''VisualNovel/CrossChannel'' has Miki Yamanobe, albeit she's a more mature [[spoiler: and sociopathic]] example. [[spoiler: In her route, she's assumed to be a year older than when she entered the loop due to avoiding the reset for years, but she still looks the same.]]
* Sakura in ''VisualNovel/DaCapo''. She's [[OlderThanTheyLook really the same age]] as the main character, though.
* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'':
** Subverted with Hiyoko Saionji, the Ultimate Traditional Dancer from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. She looks like a cute little girl, but she's actually the same age as the rest of the high school-aged cast, and she's a foul-mouthed brat who constantly bullies almost everyone.
** Played straight with Chihiro Fujisaki from [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]] and Himiko Yumeno from [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony the third game]] with the former being [[NiceGuy a very kind sweetheart]] and the latter being a CuteWitch.

* Illya in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. She doesn't get her own path even though it ''is'' [[HGame that kind of game]], (it was cut out before the game was released, though some of its backstory was eventually adapted into ''Literature/FateZero'') and she's revealed to be [[OlderThanTheyLook slightly older than Shirou]]. One [[HaveANiceDeath Tiger Dojo]] has Illya mention those [[RapeAsDrama bad end HCGs where she rapes Shirou]] were also left on the cutting room floor due to time constraints.

* Following Key's tradition of having one of these, ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' has Kud.
* In ''[[VisualNovel/OneKagayakuKisetsuE ONE: To The Radiant Season]]'' Shiina fills this role.

* Kokoro from ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''. She doesn't get a route in the original game, but does have it in the Summer Days "sequel"... including two (very rape-like) sex scenes. [[MoralGuardians The Japanese media was NOT amused.]]
* Mana in ''VisualNovel/SharinNoKuni'', where she acts as a MoralityPet for Sachi.

* ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'':
** ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' has both Rika and Satoko. [[spoiler:However, for Rika the "moe" aspect is an act, since she's mentally much older and much more cynical than she appears.]]
** In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', we have nine-year-old Maria Ushiromiya. Thing is, the younger member here is [[CreepyChild very creepy]] ([[{{Narm}} to hilarious extremes]], sometimes).

* Jacquline from ''Webcomic/SamuraiPrincess'' is so much of a mini moe, the site named a the Jacquline themed skin off of this fact.

** ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBaby'': The dynamic is maintained despite this series taking place in the body of a newborn infant and all of the normally-adult cells being presented as children or preteens as a result. This is because the Platelets are outright toddlers, complete with ever-present pacifiers. They are still every bit as competent in their job as their adult counterparts, in some cases moreso than the bigger cells, who are still working out what everything is.
* It seems like the mangaka of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' was trying to appeal to any demographic he could, so of course the show has a Token Mini Moe in Azmaria. A joke in one of the Omakes actually shows what ''Chrono'' would have been like if he'd been one of these, as well.

* Pia in ''Manga/DragonHalf''. It should be noted she's completely androgynous, at least until the epilogue.

* Wendy from ''Manga/FairyTail'', and it's almost {{Lampshaded}} when she's included in {{Fanservice}} covers that only otherwise use Fairy Tail members. [[spoiler:Then she joins them, and those covers turn into [[SpoilerOpening spoileriffic foreshadowing]].]]

* Ruka Essenpolka from ''Anime/IdolProject'' is this among a cast of tall, scantily-clad teenage girls.

* Dia from ''Anime/KiddyGirlAnd'', with the added twist that she regularly kisses the main characters. Okay, it's mainly to [[spoiler:turbo-charge their powers]] and it's treated more as something between sisters, but she seems to enjoy it ''very'' much.
* Haruka Kotoura of ''Manga/KotouraSan'' is a {{Downplayed|Trope}} version in the mini department. She is [[OneHeadTaller Two Heads Taller]] than [[TheShortGuyWithGlasses Dai'chi]] [[ShorterMeansSmarter Muroto]], but she is still significantly short when compared to the other [[TrueCompanions ESP Society members]] who have more realistic heights. However, Haruka is most definitely TheCutie of the group whereas Dai'chi has no {{Moe}} traits at all.

* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
** Caro and Vivio in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. Kind of odd, as the first two seasons were full of Mini Moe girls. On the villain we have Lutecia and Cinque, the latter ironically one of the [[OlderThanTheyLook oldest]] members of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]] group.
** ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' adds the [[EnfantTerrible also-villainous]] Stella Irvine, the youngest and the most cheerful among the Hückebein.

* Miyako from ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood''. At first glance, she doesn't appear to even be wearing pants. (Though she really is wearing very short cut-off jeans.) The other little girl in the cast, Len, actually has plot relevance. Miyako on the other hand seems to have been added to fill out a quota.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has Kanna, who looks up to Kobayashi as a mother. There are two other child characters (Saikawa and Shouta), but they don't show up as often.
* Asami in ''Anime/MezzoDSA''. Being specialists in ''danger'', the DSA don't actually encourage her to hang around, but they can't shake her.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' had Elpeo Puru [[note]]now [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn officially]] [[InconsistentSpelling translated]] as Elpeo Pull[[/note]], whose name was even a play on words based on the Lolicon magazine Lemon People.
* Shizuku from ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'' -- the only Mini Moe girl in the [[HaremGenre Harem]]. There are two others, but [[SupportingHarem neither is actually a major character as of yet]].

* ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'' has Ichigo Morino, although the fact she actually looks like one and is probably a draw to someone is only pointed out in the second season.

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
** Chibiusa Tsukino, A.K.A. Sailor Chibi-Moon and Hotaru Tomoe, A.K.A. Sailor Saturn. The former spends most of her first arc being chased by the bad guys only to be {{Mind Rape}}d by the arc's BigBad and turned into an evil adult version of herself; in the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] she also qualifies for OlderThanTheyLook. The latter spends most of her initial arc as a [[HumanResources carrying case]] for the BigBad's final lieutenant, who in the end [[GrandTheftMe bodyjack's]] her to fight the heroes until Hotaru herself destroys the {{Eldritch Abomination}} from within, then winds up turned back into a baby as a result of using her most powerful move against aforementioned BigBad in order to destroy him.
** In the ''Stars'' [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] season Hotaru's age seems somewhere between baby and teen (due to rapid aging at the start). There's also [=ChibiChibi=].
* Yuuki Kataoka and Koromo Amae from ''Manga/{{Saki}}'' both qualify as this, [[{{Moe}} even for the standards of that series]].
* ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'':
** Kokoro is Katsura Kotonoha's younger sister that hangs out with Kotonoha and Makoto, and is the only person in the show under a certain age. [[spoiler:In the ''Summer Days'' spinoff, she's a viable option. This was considered [[MoralEventHorizon too far.]]]]
** Also, Setsuna may count as the OlderThanTheyLook version.

* ''Manga/SomedaysDreamers'' has Runa, who likes to hang out in the salsa club owned by Yume's magic instructor.
* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'' has Kirika Akatsuki and Shirabe Tsukuyomi, making their debut in the second season.
* Sasami, from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''. Naturally enough, she tends to behave more maturely than her elders....
** In the spin-off series ''Anime/PrettySammy'', the villain team (known variously as the Lovely Madams, Team Sexy Mrs, or Hitozuma-tai [Married Woman Squad]) has one member, Chisato or Mrs. Roku (literally "Mrs. Sixth", as the sixth member recruited), who is somewhere between kindergarten and junior high. She is the only unmarried member of the villain team, although she has an arranged marriage. One of the soldiers confronting the villains was heard to exclaim "''She's'' supposed to be a ''wife''?!"

* Leopard serves as this for [[LegacyCharacter her generation's version]] of the Doronbo Gang in ''Anime/YattermanNight''.

What defines a Token Mini Moe is a number of factors. First, they appear prepubescent, regardless of whether they are actually children or not. Why someone so much younger appearing is mixed in with a group of older looking people may be addressed, but it's just as likely that it will be noted and then the story will move on. In a harem series where they are used as a love interest, they will almost never be the main one and are frequently overshadowed, their arcs amounting to a PrecociousCrush that is gently rebuffed. Since they are the Token Mini Moe, if there are other similarly young looking characters in the cast then it is probably not this trope.

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* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' has that one girl called Akane that [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep calls Kero No-No]] in the episode, Sakura and Kero Big Fight.

** [[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyueHarbor Qiqi]] is a centuries-old jiangshi who has been zombified as a child. She died during a fight involving demons and the adepti due to crossfire while collecting HealingHerb, and centuries later still does the same job for Bubu pharmacy.