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{{trope}}
In the '50s the
Likely started out as a subversion of the [[Children Are Innocent]] attitude that had prevailed since Victorian times.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'': Jinpei "The Swallow".
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Edward Elric gets called out for it at one point. "An Edward who can't use alchemy is just another kid with a foul mouth."
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* ''[[Getter Robo]]'': Genki Saotome is another example of child often tells what he thinks; a trait is not appreciated for the adults and teenagers he meets.
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Amazingly, Kuchiki Byakuya was this as a teenager.
* ''[[Baccano!]]'':
** Thanks to being [[Older Than They Look|Older Than He Looks]] even ''before'' [[Immortality]], as well as an all-around smartass, Firo Prochainezo gives off this impression to nearly everyone he meets even between the ages of nineteen and ''ninety''.
** The odd case of Czeslaw Meyer, who has been ten years old for a couple hundred years. While he had a pretty rough time of things, someone decided to [[Throw the Dog a Bone]] and give him a normal life. He spends the next seventy years in the novels invoking this trope, particularly while [[Walking the Earth]].
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== Literature ==
* ''[[IT]]'' by [[Stephen King]]: Richie Tozier.
* In ''[[Time Enough for Love]]'', protagonist Lazarus Long [[Time Travel|travels back in time]] to meet his family in 1917 Kansas City, Missouri. There he encounters his [[My Future Self and Me|past self]], Woody, who is already an up-and-comer, about as shrewd, stubborn, and mouthy as it's possible for a five-year old to be, and kept in line only with generous application of paddle to arse. His (and Lazarus') grandfather Ira
* Matteo Ta'anari in ''[[Someone Else's War|Someone Elses War]]''. But only to kids his own
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Modern Family]]'': Alex, the middle child. She does little else on the show than make snarky comments.
* ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'': Exception that defines the rule: Eddie
* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'': All of the boys. Francis is sent off. His advice helps keep Malcolm from the same fate.
* ''[[The Partridge Family]]'': Danny Bonaduce's character is bratty around his peers but puts on a nice front around adults.
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"Gordon MacPherson says you call them dykes, because you have to stick your finger in them."
"I want to fuck Naomi [beat] I do, get over it." }}
* ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'' : While the Sweathogs are considerably older than the usual
* ''[[Bad Boy]]'': Moon Won In in this [[Korean Drama]]: she sneaks beers from her sister, tries to buy cigarettes even though she's underage, and in one episode steals money from an apparently unconscious man.
* ''[[Misfits]]'': Nathan Young
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== Radio ==
* Possibly the [[Ur Example]], Fanny Brice's Baby Snooks was somewhere in between this and [[Constantly Curious]]. Her sole reason for existence appeared to be to drive her father to the very brink of insanity, but she did it without apparent
== Theater ==
* Moth from [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'': Mike Judge said that dialogue is a better reflection of the real-life Mouthy
* Toph Bei Fong from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' practically defines this trope. She is not afraid to speak her mind or tell someone off, no matter their position or title in life.
* Artie Smarty in ''[[Kim Possible]]''.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' : A popular example: Bart Simpson. And Lisa Simpson.
* ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'': has Ahsoka Tano in a very odd example, seeing as Jedi Padawans are encouraged to be respecteful.
* ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' has the title character's adopted daughter, Gosalyn, who is quite a handful (while also often helping to save the day).
* ''[[Ben 10]]''.{{context}}<!-- I understand there's more than one kid in this series; which kid is the mouthy one? -->
* Marcia the marsupial mouse from ''[[Blinky Bill]]''.
* ''[[Scooby Doo]]'': [[The Scrappy|Scrappy Doo]].
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