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{{trope}}
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[[File:CalvinAndHobbes071387.gif|link=Calvin and Hobbes|frame|right|Strip from July 13, 1987<br/>Calvin and Hobbes © Bill Watterson.]]
The [[Deadpan Snarker]] comes in many forms; it could be the [[Non
The humor here is that we don't usually think of an adorable little kid as being sarcastic, and this character type is both smart and perceptive, capable of pointing out exactly what other characters keep concealed - often their feelings for one another.
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Expect her to be [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]. Compare [[The Snark Knight]].
{{examples|page=snarky little kids}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Iris from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''.{{context}}
* Kiri Koshiba from ''[[Beauty Pop]]''.{{context}}
* Hoshino Ruri of ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', whose [[Catch Phrase]] is "[[Baka]] bakka" ("I'm [[Surrounded by Idiots]]"). So much so that this trope used to be named after her.
*
* Morino Ichigo from ''[[Please Teacher!]]'' and ''[[Please Twins!]]'' (much more so in ''Please Twins''). In ''Please Teacher!'', it's a defense mechanism ({{spoiler|she's [[Older Than She Looks]] and uses the snark to hide her loneliness}}); in ''Please Twins!'' she's [[Flanderized]] into the snarker role.
* To an extent, Yue Ayase from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' when combining being a bookworm with being the [[Only Sane Woman]] of her group. In later arcs, Chisame takes this role (being the [[Only Sane Woman]] of a group appears to induce snark in this setting), thanks to some liberal use of age changing pills so she's a bespectacled ([[The Glasses Come Off|or not]]) 10 year old. Before her abuse of age pills, she didn't fit the body type requirement.
* Kisaka Rui in ''[[Jinki Extend]]''.{{context}}
* Imai Hotaru in ''[[Gakuen Alice]]''.{{context}}
* Karin Kurosaki from ''[[Bleach]]'', despite being older than Yuzu (but she's still way younger than Ichigo).{{context}}
* Guu from ''[[Haré+Guu|Haré+Guu]]'' is a Little Miss [[Deadpan Snarker]] taken to its [[Gag Series|(il)logical]] extreme. It annoys or terrifies Haré (sometimes both at once), which appears to be why she does it.
* Kirino from ''[[Ai Kora]]''.{{context}}
* Akira from ''[[Lucky Star]]'', once her [[Kawaiiko]] exterior [[Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight|cracks]], though she quickly does away with the "Deadpan" part and starts with the shouting and physically abuse.
* Hinata from ''[[Amaenaideyo!!]]''. It says something about her that her pet is a miniature fire-breathing demon.{{context}}
* Kotoko in ''[[Chobits]]'', who's actually a super-intelligent robot about the size of a guinea pig. She uses the snark to lampshade her companions' illogical moments (of which there are many).
* Chiaki from ''[[Minami-ke]]''.{{context}}
* Rio in ''[[Spiral]]'' and its prequel.{{context}}
* Miura from ''[[Yotsubato|Yotsuba&!]]'' has hints of this, though she's more likely to use her insights to manipulate others rather than just snark.
* The [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] Vita of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', who takes the role of the prickly officer to the new recruits after she joins the [[Heroes-R-Us|Space-Time Administration Bureau]].{{context}}
* Anya Alstreim from ''[[Code Geass]]''. C.C.'s also a pretty good fit, not so much in the short or undeveloped part, but she does contrast child-like mannerisms (like playing with a stuffed animal) with being so snarky that ''Lelouch'' initially thinks of her as downright inhuman.
* Momoka from ''[[Daa! Daa! Daa!]]'' is a three-year-old little girl whose first scene in the series has her berating the heroine, Miyu, for aiding global warming by not recycling. From the back of a tricycle. Her snarkiness only increases as the series goes on.
* A [[Rare Male Example]] is Naota from ''[[FLCL]]''. The light novel explicitly mentions that his body hasn't kept up with his mental maturity. In the anime, his pajamas don't even fit a 12-year-old girl. He overuses '[[Japanese Pronouns|ore]]' to compensate.
*
* Saki in ''[[Shikabane Hime]]''. She has a habit of speaking aloud her contracted monk's inner thoughts.
* Another [[Rare Male Example]]: Ryoma Echizen from ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''.{{context}}
* Loco in ''[[MAR]]''. Her aloof, gloomy attitude is sort of justified because {{spoiler|she's actually much older than she appears, a curse induced by her choice weapon keeps her adult self looking like a very coldhearted 10-year-old.}}
* Felli Loss from ''[[Chrome Shelled Regios]]'' fits this rather well, with a bit of [[Emotionless Girl]] mixed in, which is promptly subverted in her introduction, where she is seen her screaming and shouting insults down one of the city's ventilation shafts to relieve some frustration.
* Mayuko from ''[[Sola]]''.{{context}}
* Ai Haibara from ''[[Detective Conan]]''
* Ar from ''[[Iono the Fanatics]]''. "[[Lolicon|Pedophilia]] is a crime, you know."
* Eve from ''[[Black Cat (
* Anju from [[
* Coco from ''[[Basquash]]''.{{context}}
* Rika from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* [[Cute Witch]] [[Umineko no Naku Koro
* Rima in ''[[Shugo Chara]]''.{{context}}
* Micchon in ''[[Eden of the East]]''.{{context}}
* Saki Amano from ''[[Kanamemo]]'', who, despite being in elementary school, knows when the employees at her office act out of line and isn't afraid to tell them so.
* Ciel Phantomhive of ''[[
* Played with in ''[[The Twelve Kingdoms]]'' where the local
* Shokatsuryou Koumei from ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' lives and breathes this trope, which is to be expected from an eight year old reincarnation of [[The Strategist|Zhuge Liang]].{{context}}
* Pan in ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]''.{{context}}
* Luna/Luka from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
* Kotori Makino from ''[[Koe
* Saori from ''[[Wandering Son]]'' became this around volume 4 of the manga.{{context}}
* Kana from ''[[Soul Eater Not!]]'' is a [[Fortune Teller]] who snarks with Tarot cards.
* Rokujo Miharu from ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'' fits this one, at least in the beginning of the series.{{context}}
* ''[[
* Chibiusa from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' during ''Sailor Moon R'', when she's trying to put herself between Usagi and Mamoru.
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Wy]] from ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Jubilee of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' began as one of these. Boom Boom tended this way as well.{{context}}
* Earlier example: [[Mafalda]]{{context}}
* Molly from ''[[Runaways]]'' is one of these when she's not [[Deliberately Cute Child|intentionally acting more innocent and naive to lower people's defenses.]]{{context}}
* Several ''[[Love and Rockets]]'' characters as kids, especially Carmen, Casimira, and Luba's niece Angel.{{context}}
* Amelia McBride from ''[[Amelia Rules]]''.{{context}}
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* This is what you get when you [[Gender Flip]] [[Suzumiya Haruhi no Seitenkan|Kyon]].{{context}}
* ''[[ToyHammer]]'''s shrunk-down, [[Fun Size]] -ified {{spoiler|[[Gender Flip]]ped God Emperor of Mankind}} is a deadpan loli. [[Better Than It Sounds]] and [[It Makes Sense in Context]] here.
{{quote|Michael: "Can we all behave like adults here?"
Emma: "No, I'm still ten years old, remember?" }}
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Beautiful Girls]]'' a young [[Natalie Portman]] plays one of these.{{context}}
* [[Dakota Fanning]]'s characters in the movies ''[[Push]]'' and ''[[Uptown Girls]]''{{context}}
* [[Dakota Fanning]] portrays another snarky little girl as the voice of [[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]].{{context}}
* Drew Barrymore's character in ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' is Gertie, Elliott's mischievous five-years-old sister. She makes several snarky remarks throughout the film that nobody remarks upon.
* 10-year-old Devon from ''[[Lawn Dogs]]''. Snark is [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior|by far the most wholesome of her methods]] for dealing with the artificial, stuck-up, pretentious world she inhabits.
* Dani from ''[[Hocus Pocus]]''.{{context}}
* Addie from ''[[Paper Moon]]''.{{context}}
* Ironically, [[Shirley Temple]] becomes a bit of a
* Mattie Ross from ''[[True Grit]]''.{{context}}
* Sarah Altman from ''[[Panic Room]]''.{{context}}
* In [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'']], despite Snow White's motherly and gentle nature, not having a mean bone in her body, she does possess a sense of sassiness and sarcasm, such as when she recognises Grumpy and announces it mockingly, "Oooh, you must be Grumpy" in a deep voice. Not buying the dwarfs' bluffs upon being asked whether they washed their hands for dinner, she sarcastically responds "Oh, recently". And after Grumpy bumps into a wall, Snow snarkily asks him, "Did you hurt yourself?"
** A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7lk0B7HLNI deleted scene] of the dwarfs' bedroom argument scene has Snow intervene during a fight that ensues, later blackmailing the dwarfs into letting her stay much to Grumpy's chagrin.
== [[Live
* Dr. K in ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]''. A little old at nineteen or so.{{context}}
* Stephanie Tanner, and Michelle as well in later seasons, in ''[[Full House]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'': Julie Mayer when she was young.{{context}}
* Shannon Clemens from ''[[Rita Rocks]]''.{{context}}
*
*
* Iris, the little girl in the ''[[Dollhouse]]'' episodes "Epitaph One" and "Epitaph Two" {{spoiler|once she's been imprinted with Caroline's personality.}}
* The little girl on ''[[Friends]]'' (played by Dakota Fanning) that lived in the house that Monica and Chandler were going to buy.{{context}}
** There was a little girl, but she died 20 years ago. (spooky music)
* Raj's little sister Dee on ''[[What's Happening]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[
* Katie Knight from ''[[
* Megan on ''[[Drake and Josh]]''.{{context}}
* Morgan Matthews from ''[[Boy Meets World]]''.{{context}}
* Zuri Ross is a little girl version from ''[[Jessie]]''.{{context}}
== [[Literature]] ==
*
* Adah in ''[[The Poisonwood Bible]]''.{{context}}
* Jenny Wren in [[Charles Dickens|Dickens']] ''Our Mutual Friend''. She has a good reason for being so jaded, since her father's irresponsibility and severe alcoholism leave her, at the age of about thirteen, to be the responsible adult of the household.
* Elani from ''[[Broken Sky]]''.{{context}}
* Several child characters in [[Dean Koontz]]'s works would definitely qualify. Lelani Klonk from ''One Door Away From Heaven'' and Regina from ''Hideaway'', to name a couple.{{context}}
* Ginny Weasley from ''[[Harry Potter]]''.{{context}}
** Hermione also gets her moments.{{context}}
* Ivy (aka The Archive) from ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' makes an attempt at this on behalf of the incapacitated protagonist. He notes that she's not very good at it yet, but he gets choked up nonetheless.{{context}}
* While her childish curiosity or perceived psychological instability are the character traits usually played up in adaptations, Alice from ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' could be surprisingly sarcastic and was never one to suffer fools gladly. Her opinion of the Queen of Hearts is a prime example.
* ''[[Percy Jackson]]'': Artemis, Zoë Nightshade and Thalia. Also subverted, since Artemis and Zoë turned out to be [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]].{{context}}
* Rachel from the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series. Has no problem calling out [[Badass|Chase]] when he complains about the poultice he's forced to apply by telling him that if he'd just listened to her in the first place, he probably wouldn't have been hurt by the [[Eldritch Abomination]] he was surprised by and he wouldn't have to take the burning medicine.
* The Cadpig from
* ''[[
* ''[[Young Wizards
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Heart Lamarr, the title character of ''[[Heart of the City]]''.{{context}}
* Susie Derkins from ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' provides the page image.
== [[Radio]] ==
* Baby Alice in ''[[The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show]]''{{context}}
==
* Little Mary in ''[[The Women]]''.{{context}}
* Little Red in ''[[Into the Woods]]''.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Vanilla H. of ''[[Galaxy Angel (video game)|Galaxy Angel]]'', though in the anime, she is a bit more nonsensical than most deadpan snarkers.{{context}}
* Etna from ''[[Disgaea]]''. She's almost never without a snarky comment about her traveling companions.
*
* Shiori Momono in ''[[11eyes]]'', a returnee from Italy who spends most of her time reading. The other part of her time is spent berating Tadashi. Everyone berates Tadashi, but she does it in a manner that hits him where it hurts.
* [[Enfant Terrible|Lieselotte]] of ''[[Arcana Heart]]'', especially in her story route.
{{quote|'''[[Idiot Hero|Heart:]]''' Hey-o! Miss Kidnapper-Person! [[Big Damn Heroes|Are you ready for an awesome rescue]]~? ♪
'''Lieselotte:''' [[Funetik Aksent|(...zat girl is very odd...)]] }}
* Jacqli of ''[[Ar
* Anise from ''[[
** Presea fills this role in ''[[
** Suzu does this in ''[[
** Jay from ''[[
** Beryl from ''[[
** Rita from [[
*
** [[Twilight Princess
* Shantotto is this in ''[[
{{quote|
'''To Cloud:''' Your hair is a distraction!
'''To Kuja:''' Narcissists are so last Windsday! }}
* Sheba from ''[[
* Dinah from ''[[Summon Night]]: Swordcraft Story 2'' is both this and a [[Noble Demon]]. She makes a good foil to the sensitive and kinda ditzy [[Player Character]].{{context}}
* ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Rose from ''[[
* Tycho's niece Anne from ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' has her moments.
{{quote|
'''Anne:''' I just have a lot going on right now. With school, and, you know, ''zombies''. }}
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Marie Swanson in ''[[Erika's New Perfume]]'', post [[Fountain of Youth|regression]]. There's something to be said about the most snarky (and for that matter, arguably most clever) character in the series being three years old.{{context}}<!-- go ahead and say it -->
== [[Western
* Toph of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.{{context}}
** Jinora from the [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' has also shown shades of this too.{{context}}
* Fang from ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]''.{{context}}
* Gosalyn from [[Darkwing Duck]]{{context}}
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':
** Lisa Simpson.{{context}}
** Arguably Maggie as well, though Maggie is more so of the [[Silent Snarker]] variety.{{context}}
* Kimi Finster from ''[[Rugrats]]'' would eventually become this in [[All Grown Up!]], contradictory to her lovable self in the original series (with the exception of the newspaper comic strips), more less towards her brother, Chuckie Finster (and sometimes the other "Rats") on separate occasions.{{context}}
* Gwen Tennyson from the original ''[[Ben 10]]'', frequently.{{context}}
* Tanya Mousekewitz in the direct-to-video sequels of ''[[An American Tail]]''.{{context}}
* Mandy of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]''.
{{quote|"Power tools in the dark? Darwin should be paying you two goons royalties."}}
* Heloise of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''{{context}}
* June from ''[[KaBlam!]]!''.{{context}}
* Wendy Darling's daughter Jane in the ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]'' sequel ''Return to Neverland'', contrasting with Wendy's [[Team Mom]].{{context}}
* Helga from ''[[Hey Arnold!]]!''.{{context}}
* Upon being virtualized into the real world, Aelita developed into this in ''[[Code Lyoko]]''.{{context}}
** Also, [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|Sissi.]]{{context}}
* Stacy Stickler from ''[[Stickin' Around]]''.{{context}}
*
* Beebe Bluff from ''[[Doug]]'', of the [[Rich Bitch]] variety.{{context}}
* Anais from ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]''.{{context}}
*
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