Tots

Tots, also known as simply children or schoolchildren, are a group of young, kid-like humans from the game Somari Adventures (NES) and its remake Somari Adventures: Double Lance Trouble!!. The main inhabitants of Cookie Land, Tots spend their days unsupervised, playing games and singing songs all day long while eating copious amounts of sugary sweets. In Somari Adventures (NES) and its remake, the Tots were kidnapped by Lance due to his intolerance of their behaviors and must be rescued by Somari.

Appearance
In the original game, Tots were simply smaller versions of Somari's sprite. In the remake, the Tots were given bow-ties to reflect the game's artwork.

Story
Far away from the the locations of the main Somari Adventures series lies an island of peace and joy named Cookie Land, inhabited by unsupervised, sweet-eating schoolchildren. Somari's evil scientist brother Lance, who had set up his new laboratory in Cookie Land in order to use its resources to build his latest invention, grows tired of the relentless joy and laughter of the nearby Tots. Using a giant net-swiping machine, Lance captures all of the Tots and locks them into towering cages, just as Somari arrives in his biplane after learning Lance's new location. With the help of his new Clone-o-rama Machine, Lance creates the Lancemen army and Somari must once again stop Lance's evil schemes and save the inhabitants of Cookie Land.

In the remake, the story was changed to Lance dropping the Tots onto deserted islands, as in the remake Somari does not free the Tots from cages.

Trivia

 * Despite just being normal humans, no female Tots have been seen in any of the two games.
 * This is likely due to the fact that the Tots reuse Somari's sprite and the necessity of repeating assets in the original game.
 * It is unknown where the Tots come from or who their parents are, must less where they are. The game's plot seems to imply the Tots are natives to Cookie Land, so their origins are completely shrouded in mystery.