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* When the two of them aren't killing gangsters, Connor and Murphy McManus, ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'', are prone to bickering and tussling like ten-year-old boys.

* This troper's surprised that nobody's mentioned [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Captain Jack Sparrow]].

* Bertie Wooster from ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Jeeves and Wooster]]''. His valet is implied to be acting as his [[Parental Substitute]], and he's very childish in general--loves playing in the shower "like a two-year-old", doesn't know how to deal with women, and never got over his fear of his [[Grande Dame]] aunt.

* Lieutenant Wes Janson of the [[X Wing Series]] is a classic example, between his pranks, general irreverence towards everything in life, and his boundless sense of humor. He ''is'' capable of being serious, when actively shooting at things, but it's not his natural state. However, he explains that this is a deliberate part of his philosophy of living life to its fullest, given the mortality rate of his [[Ace Pilot|chosen profession]].

'''Myn Donos''': I... I'm asking for career advice, from a nine-year-old. }}

* Tigger comes off as this compared to the other animals in ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''. He's even sillier and more irresponsible than the other characters, he lives with [[Parental Substitute|Kanga]], and he's best friends with her infant son, Roo.

* Cupid on ''[[Supernatural]]''.

** When Castiel is dealing with Heavenly matters, he's a [[The Stoic|stoic]] [[Badass Longcoat]]. When he gets isolated among human beings, however, he descends into this at times, like when he goes to a brothel, suddenly craves meat, or...

** [[Supernatural|Dean Winchester]] is this whenever the writers decide to take a break from angsting him. For example, he gets super-excited about classic monsters like a proper werewolf, and makes movie references non-stop.

** In Bad Day At Black Rock, while his run of luck allows him to have incredible reflexes and aim, Dean says "I'm Batman" after taking out an assailant, and looks genuinely disappointed/hurt when Sam responds with a "Yeah right, you're Batman".

** His actor [[Noel Fielding]] is of course very similar - in interviews and panel shows he will sit smiling sweetly, making silly jokes about rainbows, pigeons and pencil cases and acting like a total [[Cloudcuckoolander]]. This often leads to people making fun of him, and learning the hard way that he's also [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|a professional comedian with a truly acid wit]].

* Spencer of [[iCarly]].

'''Carly''': "[[Hypocritical Humor|You forgot to wear pants again.]]" }}

* Burger, Ash and to a lesser extent Derek Jupiter of [[I'm in The Band]].

* [[Walkyverse|David Walkerton]] [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] this trope in order to avoid responsibility (and also partially due to a traumatic childhood event) and can actually be mature and insightful when the situation calls for it. However, even when the need for the facade ends along with the main plot, he continues to act the part, so it's also a legitimate part of his personality as well.

* There are a few of these traits in Kamina in ''[[Double K]]''. Quoth captainosaka:

though you could probably argue that he never grew out of it to begin with }}

* Dr. Doofenshmirtz from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' is physically in his 40s, but mentally around 8.

* While he technically isn't this yet, Debbie Douglas expresses hope that her son, Duncan becomes one of these in ''[[Freakazoid]]'' because he's not exactly opposed to it.

'''Duncan:''' "Cool! That way I can ''really'' buff up, and save some money!" }}

* Prince John from Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]''. He's very whiny, often throws temper tantrums, constantly sucks his thumb and cries very easily.