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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|'''Jimmy:''' Mr. McClure?~~<br />~~ '''Troy McClure:''' Oh! Hello Bobby.~~<br />~~ '''Jimmy:''' Jimmy. I'm curious as to how meat gets from the ranch to my stomach.~~\|''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Lisa the Vegetarian"}}~~ \|''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Lisa the Vegetarian"}} Little Jimmy is a young character without any distinguishable traits other than complete ignorance related to the subject at hand. Most likely found in educational films, commercials, and public service announcements. Their only job is to represent the young and stupid viewers of the film who know nothing about common sense and would very well get into a car with a stranger offering candy unless some superhero or other fictional character comes along and tells them that it's wrong. Line 8 ⟶ 9: He's typically young, white and freckled. Compare [[Constantly Curious]] and [[Curious Asas a Monkey]], both of whom have insatiable curiosity and are quite willing to indulge it on their own. See also [[The Watson]], [[Too Incompetent to Operate Aa Blanket]]. {{examples\|Examples}}▼ ▲{{examples~~\|Examples~~}} ~~== Comics ==~~ == Comic Books == * One issue of ''[[Action Philosophers ~~(Comic Book)\|Action Philosophers~~!]]'' features Karl Marx giving an explanation of ''communism'', as he originally interpreted it, to a [[Little Jimmy]] character. * Used quite frequently in [[Jack Chick\|Chick tracts]], one prominent example being the child in ''The Missing Day'' who has the "true" meaning of Thanksgiving explained to him by his fundamentalist uncle, leading him to convert. There is also a reoccurring character named Li'l Suzy who might fit this trope as she does go to her fundamentalist grandfather for explanations for things like Islam, but then more often than not ''she's'' the one explaining things to her naive and uninformed classmates, so she could be a subversion. == Films -- Live Action == * In ''[[Dodgeball]]'', the [[Redundancy Department of Redundancy\|American Dodgeball Association of America]] training film includes a [[Little Jimmy]] character, who is visibly shocked when the Narrator addresses him in the beginning of the film. * ''[[CSA: Confederate States of America]]'' has a Little Jimmy character early on who [[Dawson Casting\|appears to be]] ''~~[[Dawson Casting\|~~at least]]'' ~~[[Dawson Casting\|~~12 years old]]. An older character lectures him on the necessity of slavery to the Confederacy's economy. [[Alternate History\|(The premise of the film is that the South won the]] [[American Civil War]] [[Alternate History\|and instituted slavery throughout the United States, with the abolitionists all fleeing to Canada.)]] == Live Action TV == * [[Trope Namer]] is the kid from ''Mr. Wizard'', a neighbor boy who'd come to see Mr. Wizard's science tricks. * The ''[[Barney and Friends ~~(TV)~~\|Barney]]''-esque series ''Hip Hop Harry'' featured Scott, a boy whose ignorance often lead to him asking what a fried '''apple''' is among other rhetorical questions, usually so that the titular rapping bear can explain the subject at hand to younger viewers. Taking note of Scott's outstanding lack of common sense, Joel McHale of ''[[The Soup]]'' nicknamed him "Stupid Scott." * ''[[The Daily Show]]'''s "Midterm Elections" Schoolhouse Rock [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-november-6-2002/indecision-2002---the-daily-show-rocks parody]. {{quote\| '''Jimmy:''' Sounds like midterm elections are a chance to really change things!~~<br />~~ '''Grandpa:''' Are you listening to a goddamn word of this? Out of 535 seats we'll be lucky to get ten new people! }} * ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwVA698Hx2g Ask Mr. Lizard]'', the [[Show Within a Show]] from ''[[Dinosaurs]]'', has Timmy. Who is [[They Killed Kenny\|killed in every episode]], leading Mr. Lizard to [[Catch Phrase\|say]] "We're going to need another Timmy." * Dr. Olson in the lab on ''[[Police Squad!]]'' was always demonstrating something unsafe, sadistic or both to a kid or two whenever Frank Drebin needed to consult with him. Line 36 ⟶ 38: == Pro-Wrestling == * [[Ron Killings\|R-Truth]], after his [[Face Heel Turn]], said that he was sick and tired of all his younger fans, refferring to them as "Little Jimmies". As his [[Sanity Slippage]] progressed, he became convinced that all the Little Jimmies were in on a conspiracy to prevent him from holding a title belt. ** He's since [[Face Heel Turn\|turned face]] again, claiming that he and Little Jimmy made peace with one another after an absence due to injury.<ref>Said injury being sustained after [[The Miz]] beat him down on an episode of [[WWE Raw]].</ref>. == Web Comics == * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140901042711/http://workhate.co.uk/?p=60 Captain Broadband]'': Captain Broadband's nameless partner exists solely for this purpose. Captain Broadband provides him with explanations of events solely for the sake of providing explanations for events. Apparently it doesn't even matter what he's explaining as long as he's explaining something. No matter how gibberish it can be.