One of the Kids: Difference between revisions

See also [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]. The difference between this situation and [[Wise Beyond Their Years]] is that [['''One of the Kids]]''' is rarely treated as any kind of authority; because of their casualness they often do not even earn special respect.

** Her homeroom teacher Nanako Kuroi is envious about students needing to wear uniforms, as she found choosing clothes a chore. And one time, [[FanFanon DumbDiscontinuity|she decided the game when her favorite baseball team lost did not exist at all]].

** Miyuki's mom, [[Name's the Same|Yukari]] is often mistaken for her big sister, but for her [[The Ditz|maturity]] and [[Dojikko|bearing]], she could just as easily be Miyuki's ''younger'' sister-- partsister—part of it has to do with her wisdom at encouraging her daughter to be driven at educating herself. They're practically the same, it's just Miyuki ''knows more''.

* Mira in ''[[Godannar]]'', {{spoiler|until she gets her memories back}}.

* Midori Sugiura from ''[[MaiMy-HiME]]'' is a twenty-something teacher and waitress with a love for history and the occult, but repeatedly tells everyone she knows that she's [[Younger Than They Look|really only 17]] (and also, evidently, [[Sailor Moon]].) Nobody believes her in either case... especially [[School Nurse|Nurse]] Yoko, one of her former college mates.

** However, it's highly likely that {{spoiler|Midori might have ''faked'' at least half of her [[One of the Kids]] tendencies, using it as [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].}}

** In [[Mai-Otome]], the sequel to Mai-Hime, that version of Midori also insists that she's 17. However it's for a much darker reason: {{spoiler|Her people isare suffering from a degenerative disease, and resorted to technology to halt it. 17 was the age she was when she started her "treatment"}}

* ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]'' gives us Hinako Ninomiya, the English teacher thatwho is in her late twenties, [[Older Than They Look|looks around twelve]], and behaves like a six/seven -year -old would.

** Only in her child form. [[Dual Age Modes|In her adult form]] she's usually all business, unless she stays in it for too long.

* When there isn't something to punch, ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' {{'}}s Goku embodies this trope, often acting less mature than his '''granddaughter'''.

* ''[[Yotsubato|Yotsuba&!]]'' has Yanda, who during his first meeting with Yotsuba proves that he's just as immature as she is, and [[The Big Guy|big guy]] Jumbo, who starts a one-sided competition with ten-year-old Miura over visiting Hawaii. Yotsuba's father sometimes acts like a teenage boy with Jumbo, but that may just be because they're childhood friends with a lot of history together.

* Kaneru from ''[[Doujin Work]]'' is an [[Office Lady]] with a very childlike disposition, which makes her bond with [[Token Mini-MoeLoli]] Sora very well.

* Professor Tsukuyomi Komoe from ''[[ToA AruCertain Majutsu noMagical Index]]'' is this trope personified, as she not only acts the trope, [[Older Than They Look|she looks the part too]].

* Ryuuji's mother Yasuko from ''[[Toradora!]]'' refers to herself as "Yacchan", and makes childish requests like wanting her name written in ketchup on her omelettes.

* Masane Amaha from ''[[Witchblade (anime)|Witchblade]]''. Good thing her daughter is [[Wise Beyond Their Years]].

* [[Intangible Man|Sein]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. She could act her age if she needs to, it's just that she usually doesn't. She even does an all-out temper tantrum when she gets caught red-handed doing one of her pranks in ''[[Spin Offspring|ViVid]]''.

* ''[[Dragon Crisis|Eriko]]'': Eriko is unable to cook and irresponsible, leaving her younger cousin Ryuuji to be the grown-up one.

* Irabu-sensei from Kuuchuu Buranko is this. His Adult and especially Stuffed Animal personas act childish, silly and borderline crazy awesome (for normal and average people around him), but when he switches over to his ''Child'' persona, he acts serious and like a decent psychiatrist.

* Deconstructed with the unfortunate case of Casca from ''[[Berserk]]''. After {{spoiler|seeing her comrades get viciously eaten by demons, getting stripped naked and assaulted by demons, and then finally being raped by her former captain and idol turned-demon lord Griffith right in front of her lover Guts}}, the [[Break the Cutie|post traumatic stress]] was so horrible that [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation|she went insane]] and not only [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia|suffered amnesia]] [[Cute Mute|and went mute]], but her mind regressed to that of a two-year-old child. She is now in constant need of care and supervision as to prevent anything else bad from happening to the [[The Woobie|poor woman]].{{context|reason=How is this an example of this particular trope? Who are the noticeably-younger characters that Casca interacts with?}}

* Lou's mom in the French comic book ''[[Lou!]]'' In addition to being a video game addict, she generally tends to behave in a more immature way than her 12-year old daughter.

== Fan FictionWorks ==

* Misato from ''[[Nobody Dies]]'' has tendencies like this, not unlike her canon self. However, it's presented in a more positive spin to pretty much being a reconstruction of the trope. Her ability to be kiddy and have fun allows her to bond better with the pilots, but she still knows to buckle down and be an adult when it's time to kick Angel butt.

* ''[[Despicable Me]]'': Gru and Vector are not true adults, Gru has [[Freudian Excuse|FreudianExcuses]]s and Vector still toys with his superweapons. Gru will become a true adult afterby the end of the movie.

* Johnny Chorus from the [[Ray Bradbury]] short story "Bang! You're Dead" is a benevolent man-child soldier who thinks the war is a game of ''[[Cowboys and Indians]]''.

* Spencer from ''[[iCarly]]''. Worse, he's a [[Promotion to Parent|Promoted To Parent]] older brother to the main character. Yeah...the only parental figure Carly has is more of a kid than she is. At least she's a high schooler--orschooler—or is it supposed to be middle school? If it's supposed to be middle school, it's [[Dawson Casting]]; if high school, then not.

* In ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'', twin [[Sixth Ranger|Sixth Rangers]]s Gem and Gemma and to a lesser extent, Dr K, exhibit traces of this trope, due to their childhoods being spent in a think tank producing weapons for the military, never being allowed to interact with other people. This all creates a surprisingly subtle creepy undertone as you realize that, as wacky as these characters are, they have suffered a certain amount of psychological damage...

* ''[[Rules of Engagement (TV series)|Rules of Engagement]]'': Adam has devolved to this, especially in non-work related scenes, thanks to [[Flanderization]].

* Both Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of [[Myth BustersMythBusters]] fame occasionally come across as Adult Children, particularly when drunk.

* Kathy Geiss, the 40-something-year-old daughter of Don Geiss from ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'', is a literal example of this trope: she surrounds herself with stuffed unicorns and posters of teenage idols, and her tastes in music are limited to John Mayer. Despite this, General Electric's head honchos saw it fit to make ''her'' the CEO of the company when her father went into a [[Convenient Coma]].

* The three hosts of ''[[Top Gear]]'' can get like this, especially when they're in one of their competitions and start messing with one another, although Jeremy Clarkson is usually the quickest to start acting like this with the least amount of prompt.

* Gibson in ''[[ANTA.N.T. Farm]]'' acts in this way most of the time. He seems to have a mental age below that of the kids - even assuming the ANTs were regular highschoolers, let alone of an age when they'd normally be at middle school.

* Ray and Ed from the ''[[Peacock and Gamble Podcast]]'' seem to both have this as their default setting. Ray, in particular, is obsessed with [[Star Wars]] lego, and Ed frequently calls him out on the number of bizarre children's toys and memorabilia he has in his house - including a Gamorrean Guard's head, and a full-sized working replica of Gonzo from the Muppets. They both like to speak in a sort of blissful, giddy idiom, too.

* The BBC's ''[[Cabin Pressure]]'' gives us Arthur Shappey, steward, who thinks that everything is utterly [[Catch Phrase|BRILIANTBRILLIANT.]]

* All the human characters of ''Ms.Miss Bleep'' (one segment of ''Rash Acts'' by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller) have regressed to this, having spent an unknown amount of time "trapped in school in perpetuity" with a robotic [[Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher|kindergarten teacher]] that gives them an electric shock every time they leave or misbehave. Cindy, the resident brown-noser, doesn't even seem to remember the outside world or the fact that she's an adult, and {{spoiler|has no way of comprehending the death of a fellow captive.}} The other two are trying to escape, but they're still jarringly childlike in regard to such subjects as cookies and naptime.

** The original description says catgirls age byat about half the speed of a human. Technically, she's 14.

* The "Child at Heart" perk in ''[[Fallout 3]]''.

* ''[[Soul Calibur]]''{{'}}s Xianghua has a prone move that for all intents and purposes, appears to be a childish tantrum.

* N of '' [[Pokémon Black and White]]'' is an instance of this trope being played for [[Tear Jerker|tragedy and drama]].

* Any adult Sim on ''[[The Sims 3]]'' that has the "Childish" trait will play with toys, get along better with children, hate doing adult things, and like to make faces at people. This trope also counts when it is a Teen or Elder sim.

* Meredy in ''[[Tales of Eternia]]''. {{spoiler|Ten years before the start of the game, she witnessed her father Balir's murder at the hands of a group of people he and Meredy's mother Shizel thought they could trust (including Shizel's brother Hyades). In her grief and anger, Shizel was left open to possesion by [[Eldritch Abomination|Neried]] and annihilated everyone in the area save Meredy and Hyades due to them having the same potential to be possesed. In response to all of this, Meredy essentially froze her mind in the state of a six year old's.}}

* Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik has shown some shades of this throughout the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' games. In spite of his advanced knowledge of science and robotics, Eggman also appears to be very immature and is prone to throwing childish outbursts whenever something doesn't go his way. His television and comic depictions also exhibit some of these traits, most notably his [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]] counterpart.

* Scott Pilgrim from the ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' books fits this He's 23 years old and doesn't like taking any adult responsibilities. In fact His roommate Wallace pays for everything even Scott's toothbrush was bought by Wallace. He even dates a 17 year old girl who's more mature then him.

* Taiga Fujimura in ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]''. This means that [[Shoo Out the Clowns|she gets kicked out of the route]] around halfway through each time. Notable childishness: berserker fury over being called Tiger, challenging Saber to a fight and bursting into tears when she loses, the most overboard expressions in the game, switching the labels on soy sauce and oyster juice... actually, it's more difficult to find her being mature.

** That's usually only within the Emiya household. The VN shows Tiger in a more mature light when it comes to her duties as a teacher.

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20200313130906/http://www.agameoffools.com/ A Game of Fools]'': Joey, in spades:

* In the [[Lighter and Softer]] ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' parody, ''[http://envyskort.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1y1h8p G-rated Watchmen]'', the Watchmen characters are given the behavior and personalities of young children. The authority figures are treated as the "grown-ups", despite being around the same age as the main characters.

* For the God of [[Shock and Awe|Lightning]] and Sky, [[Godquest|Volt]] can act like this at times. [httphttps://nixshadowweb.comarchive.org/web/20191017130337/https://mspfa.com/?s=153&p=74 Case in point].

* ''[[Homestuck]]'': It's strongly suggested that Mom Lalonde is like this. That impossibly frilly pink [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] bedroom and matching tea set Rose found in the SkaiaNet labs? Almost certainly Mom's.

* ''[[Rhett and Link]]'' have pulled some rather childlike shenanigans. In fact, their entire career is based on acting silly.

** Most of the [[Channel Awesome]] crew fits this to one degree or another. [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] stands out, given that he collects Power Ranger toys.

* Much of the cast of ''[[Shiny Objects Videos]]'', especially visible in "On The Couch".

* Mark, the host of ''[[Classic Game Room]]'', to the point where he has a separate channel devoted to reviewing toys.

* ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'' has Timmy's parents, [[Abusive Parents|who would rather go out and have fun than take care of Timmy]].

* Captain Sunshine from ''[[The Venture Bros]]'' is a superhero whom is a parody of [[Batman]], everyone thinks he's a pedophile due to the way he acts around young boys as it turns out he's just a big [[Man Child]] who's lonely after his first Wonderboy died.

* Ron Stoppable from ''[[Kim Possible]]'', although he might count as an adult teenager. However, he has proven he can be responsible from time to time. In fact itsit's his innocence and purity that allows him to wield the most powerful sword in the ''KP'' world.

* Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', who is supposedly in his 40s, but whose mental age seems to be set somewhere between ages 8-108–10. Even a platypus that wears a hat acts more mature than him.

* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]'': Dexter's Dad & Dexter's Mom portray this often too well.

* The main characters of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' are all responsible, adults (with the possible exception of [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pinkie Pie]]). Their behavior, on the other hand, often ranges from emotionally immature (generally, to set up a [[Aesop|lesson in friendship]]) to downright childish. For example, take the following ''bon mot'' from cosmopolitan fashion designer and social climber Rarity, upon hearing that a game of Pin the Tail on the Pony is starting: "Oh, my favorite game! Can I go first? Can I have the purple tail?"

** It's impossible not to laugh when a highly muscled man excitedly tell about how ''cool'' his day was while eating cookies.

* [[Man Child|The King]] from the spanishSpanish cartoon ''[[Jelly Jamm]]'' possesses no more maturity than his frequent playmate, [[The Cutie|Rita]].