Lad
Minor
Minor noun - A young person of either sex.
Lad is a synonym for minor in adolescent topic. Sometimes you can use "Lad" instead a noun "Minor", if it concerns topics such as person under legal age of maturity.
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Minor Kingdon Come character Demon Damsel manages to be both this trope and Silver Age of Supernames, as she's allegedly a rejected candidate for the Legion of Super-Heroes, which is why her name fits the "Lightning Lad"-"Saturn Girl" format.
Source: Dark Age of Supernames -
Minor Character, Major Song: "Pinball Wizard" is a popular song that gets talked about a lot, but you'd be lucky to find someone outside of the Tommy fandom who knows that the real name of the minor character who sings it is officially credited as the Local Lad.
Source: Music / Tommy -
The Legion of Three Worlds limited series quickly killed off several lesser-known Legionnaires—the Threeboot Sun Boy and Element Lad, Kinetix, and the second Karate Kid—and a large handful of minor villains.
Source: C-List Fodder
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