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* ''[[Noir]]'' is a case where the Enfant Terrible gets a bit better, more or less.

* Wen from the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' episode ''Sympathy for the Devil'' is a killer who stopped aging in his childhood after exposure to [[Green Rocks]].

* On a similar note, Cynthia from ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' is a perfect example of this. She's an elite soldier working for her foster father, who enjoys killing and likens it to a game - except she knows she's actually committing horrible crimes. However, her father legitimately loves her and is proud of her for her deeds, so she might just be the perfect soldier.

* In her early appearances, Ririn from ''[[Bleach]]'' used the trope for her facade. During one of the fights, despite everything she had brought down on them, both Ichigo and Renji make note of how hard it is to fight brats, and instead opt to attack her two minions.

** In the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2003 anime version]], there was Wrath after being corrupted by Envy and remembering his past, but after a while {{spoiler|his mother Izumi made him a better person}}.

* Ralph from ''[[Glass Fleet]]'' may be adorable and loving most of the time, but he won't hesitate to attack and try to kill you if you get on his bad side.

* {{spoiler|"Gozen"/Hikaru}} from ''[[Shugo Chara]]''.

* ''[[Baccano!]]'' (see trope quote 2) has someone who (probably due to horrible torment and constant fear) turned into one. Though it might be just a overcautious kind of self-preservation.

** What really mixes up this example is the fact that he {{spoiler|pulls a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to save Bryony at the end of the book.}} This has the effect of convincing Bryony that he really was evil in his heart all along [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|(it doesn't make sense in context either)]].

* Tara Webster, Michael's little sister from ''[[Goosebumps]]'' book - ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom'' - appears to gain a sadistic pleasure from making her brother's life difficult, and displays no redeeming qualities at all. It appears that she's ''always'' been like this, to the point that she would make things difficult for her brother even when she could barely speak. {{spoiler|At the end of the book, it's hard to feel bad about Tara's existence being erased.}}

** Coin wasn't psychotic as much as he was just a naive kid guided by [[Freudian Excuse|bad parenting]]. He ''did'' hesitate from {{spoiler|killing Rincewind}} because he was harmless, and when he later {{spoiler|defies his father}} he begins to realize that killing people isn't right.

* ''And the Ass Saw the Angel'' (a book written by [[Nick Cave]], whose musical career provides the page quote) has the character of Beth. The [[Unreliable Narrator]] can't quite make up his mind whether she's actually a demonic witch or not.

** {{spoiler|Varys' "little birds" don't just steal secrets. They also carry knives.}}

* ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' combines this with [[Villain Protagonist]] and [[Anti-Villain]] {{spoiler|until his [[Heel Face Turn]]}}.

* Her Thumbleness in ''[[Dragonback|Dragon and Slave]]'' likes to select slaves to paint on or tattoo. They usually succumb to infection afterwards.

* Princess Violet from ''[[The Sword of Truth]]''. A spoiled princess who orders to chop off heads a-la the Red Queen. {{spoiler|A few books later, she is taught to cast curses through magical drawings. Cut to a [[Little Miss Badass]] coming to visit; ''Well... Who's that on the drawing? Oh, that's right, it's me. (draws a few lines) Well, Violet, now it's you. Cut to [[Sound-Only Death]].''}}

** There's also another episode of SVU which revolved around a harassed boy that gunned down members of the school's basketball team, then tried to commit suicide and missed then blamed an alter ego named "Zoltar" for it. He gets better though, as the unit gives him the opportunity to go to a mental hospital to cure his disorder.

** Another episode of SVU looks like it is playing this trope straight (kid comes to school and shoots another kid on the playground) but it is actually subverted (he was shooting at the gangsters behind the fence that have been threatening him).

** Then there were the little bundles of horror that were the killers in "Bad Words" and "Cats in the Cradle." The killer in "Go To Hell" also had an early-teens accomplice who was arguably an even worse person than he was.<ref>He was a pedophile preying on her, but she used that to her advantage by promising to be with him if he killed her family; still, she's young enough that we can still feel for her when {{spoiler|she herself is murdered by [[The Fundamentalist]]}}</ref> Oddly enough, subverted with the killer in "Gentle Gentle," the actual youngest perp seen on the show... who was too young to know what he was doing.

** Let's not forget the role played by- sigh- Justin Bieber as Jason McCann. This may be one of the WORSE ones on this list even though he's sort of a [[Girly Boy]] because instead of sadistic sadism, he cunningly plans, {{spoiler|kills three police officers}}, and does this all by {{spoiler|trying to [[Mad Bomber|bomb the living shit out of them!]]}} It is however worth it in the end when {{spoiler|he gets shot to death by the authorities after shooting one of the officers}}

Ha ha, that's my boy!}}

* "Excitable Boy" by [[Warren Zevon]] describes a young man who is probably just on the verge of growing out of this trope and into a full-grown adult psychopath.

 

== Oral Tradition, Myths, Legends and Folklore ==

** Flandre is really [[Older Than They Look|495+ years old]]. But she pretty much has a child's mentality.

* ''[[Thief]]: Deadly Shadows'' arguably fits the trope with {{spoiler|Gamall}} although since she's actually {{spoiler|using the form of a girl she killed many years previously, Lauryl}} it may be an "in name only" example.

* The [http://www.nextdimension.org/other/doom3/cherub.jpg Cherubs] from ''Doom 3''.

* ''[[Overlord]] II'''s Witch-boy would be this, if he were cute to begin with. At best he's sort of [[Ugly Cute]]... At least to [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Kelda]].

* {{spoiler|Wendy}} in ''[[Rule of Rose]]'' isn't pure evil, but {{spoiler|she is the sweetest of the orphans capable of charming a delirious serial killer into dog-like obedience. She is also completely in love with the protagonist Jennifer, and the feeling is mutual, at least up to a point. Unfortunately "sharing" is a concept she has no use for.}}

* In ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]'', we have Lurkers, though they actually qualify more as [[Fetus Terrible]]. In ''[[Dead Space 2]]'', we have those, plus Crawlers (instead of fetuses, these are babies old enough to crawl...and they have [[Action Bomb|an exploding sac]] on them) and The Pack (Bratty zombie kids...they don't have body-part weapons like most other necromorphs do, but they are fast and ''always'' [[The Swarm|attack in groups]])

 

== Web Comics ==

** BM might have been one of them but we don't know if he was cute (we can guess he was not though)

* Millie from ''[[Ozy and Millie]]''.

* Slippery Weasel of ''[[Frog Raccoon Strawberry]]'' is an incredibly evil wizard who is still in diapers.

 

** A more accurate example of this trope is 12-year-old [[Wise Beyond Their Years|prodigy]] Brandon Cuthbert, who, before the game, sliced up various woodland creatures for experiments. This carries over to when he {{spoiler|dissects the former featherweight boxing champion of the world with a box cutter after suffocating him to unconsciousness with an X-box controller.}} He seems to show some remorse for his actions right before {{spoiler|his death at the hands of Sera Wingfield}} though.

* Vendetta from ''[[Making Fiends]]'' isn't particularly cute, nor is she a [[Devil in Plain Sight]], but BOY is she sociopathic.

** She's smarter than you.

* ''[[Open Blue]]'' features [[Proud Merchant Race|Remillia]], which deploys [[Tyke Bomb]] special forces known as Angels. They begin active duty at the age of 13, and the younger ones tend to use their age to fool targets of their assassinations. [[Senseless Violins]] are just one of their many weapons.

* The webcomic / video series ''[[Contemplating Reiko]]'' stars the daughter of Satan and her three older sisters.

* Many/most of the kids from ''[http://skary.net/ Childrin R Skary]'' fit this.

 

== Western Animation ==

** Most of the younger characters, now and again. Let us not forget Professor Chaos! Bringer of destruction and Doom!

{{quote|Butters: "Society cast me out, and so I vowed to make them all pay! And pay they did! Nobody knows that beneath this sweet eight-year-old little boy lies the most evil, the most destructive supervillain of all time!"}}

** She is in fact, the ''[[Trope Pantheons/Evil|Goddess]]'' [[Trope Pantheons/Evil|of Enfantes Terrible]].

* All of the main cast in ''[[Lil' Bush]]''. Then again, they're [[Strawman Political]] [[Spinoff Babies]] based on [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|real politicians]].

* The Caterpillar Room kids from [[Toy Story (franchise)|''Toy Story 3'']], or at least how the toys there see them.

* Cousin Eddy from [[Jimmy Neutron]] fits this trope to a T, not to mention is only one years old.

* Porky Pig's toddler charge in the [[WW 2]]-era cartoon ''Brother Brat.'' The kid's mom (a welder at Lockheed who leaves the kid for Porky to babysit) gives Porky a manual on child care. At the end of the cartoon mom shows Porky how to use the manual correctly.

* {{spoiler|Hansel and Gretel in ''Hoodwinked! Too!'' take this trope up to eleven, and are suitable for being [[Complete Monster]]s}}.

* From ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]''; [[Captain Caveman]]'s [[Arch Nemesis]] Mr. Bad is an adult, but as the hero relates to his son - via [[Flashback]] - the villain's criminal career started in elementary school, where he took over the school with homemade [[Mecha Mook]]s.

 

== Real Life ==

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