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* Blink-182's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7l5ZeVVoCA&ob=av3e "What's My Age Again?"] is about a 23-year old who is about to get laid, but he gets distracted by the TV, so the girl leaves, and he prank calls her mother in retaliation.
* Blink-182's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7l5ZeVVoCA&ob=av3e "What's My Age Again?"] is about a 23-year old who is about to get laid, but he gets distracted by the TV, so the girl leaves, and he prank calls her mother in retaliation.
* In the movie ''[[The Wall]]'', it's implied that Old Pink is one. For example, when a girl seduces him in his hotel room, he responds by trashing up the place; in "The Thin Ice" he's seen watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon on the TV; and, in "Is There Anybody Out There?" when he's building a mandala/replica of a military barracks/whatever it's supposed to be, a battery-powered toy robot is visible among the props.
* In the movie ''[[The Wall]]'', it's implied that Old Pink is one. For example, when a girl seduces him in his hotel room, he responds by trashing up the place; in "The Thin Ice" he's seen watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon on the TV; and, in "Is There Anybody Out There?" when he's building a mandala/replica of a military barracks/whatever it's supposed to be, a battery-powered toy robot is visible among the props.


== New Media ==
* In the A-kun Quest, ''Influence'', Taija fits this trope pretty well.


== Theater ==
== Theater ==
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* The clown in [[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s ''Saltimbanco'', Eddie, is quite childlike as he pulls pranks on others and engages an audience member in a pantomimed Wild West shootout. In fact, he might actually be the adult form of the Child seen early on, if a transitional scene is anything to go by.
* The clown in [[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s ''Saltimbanco'', Eddie, is quite childlike as he pulls pranks on others and engages an audience member in a pantomimed Wild West shootout. In fact, he might actually be the adult form of the Child seen early on, if a transitional scene is anything to go by.
* The Green Role from the Reduced Shakespeare Company's [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]. Being the Man Child of the group is his defining characteristic.
* The Green Role from the Reduced Shakespeare Company's [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]. Being the Man Child of the group is his defining characteristic.

== New Media ==
* In the A-kun Quest, Influence, Taija fits this trope pretty well.


== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==