Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'', Sousuke [[Adorably Precocious Child|when he was a kid]], as seen in his and Kalinin's backstory. He kills [[The Stoic|without batting an eye]], has an ''extremely'' nihilistic view of things, and is [[Emotionless Girl|creepily unemotional]]. Especially noticeable [http://pics.livejournal.com/fmp_misha/pic/0003qgt1 here].

* After adopting [[Artificial Human|Pinoko]], [[Black Jack]] is more than a little disconcerted to discover that the [[Younger Than They Look|10-day-old]] (who insists she's a "virgin maiden" of [[Older Than They Look|18]] and looks about 6) [[Precocious Crush|has developed feelings for him]] -- but what ''really'' scares him is that she already knows what a virgin is

* Subverted in ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''. Dieter tosses back a shot like a pro, then jauntily salutes the rest of the patrons as he leaves with a toothpick in his mouth. Once outside, though, he immediately begins retching and questioning the sanity of adults who drink that stuff for fun.

** Also played straight with Johan, who by age 10 [[Complete Monster|had killed several sets of foster parents and calmly and smilingly]] [[Corruption by a Minor|talked all of Kinderheim 511 into killing each other]].

** Don't forget the ending, when he {{spoiler|coldly and quietly slits Sweeney's throat.}}

* ''[[Lawn Dogs]]'' has a lot of this. Not to mention some in the form of [[Corruption by a Minor]], as Devon manages to convince her adult friend to {{spoiler|steal chickens from a barn, and later, moon her father.}} And no, Devon is not portrayed as wise beyond her years either. She otherwise acts like a normal preteen girl, who happens to do some messed up stuff, in a realistically childish way.

* In ''[[The Good Son]]'', 12 year old Henry (played by Macaulay Culkin) smokes, drinks alcohol, vandalizes property, builds homemade weapons, conducts horrible schemes, tortures and kills animals, and kills people all like it's an everyday thing.

* ''[[The Professional]]'' starts with 12 year-old Mathilda ([[Natalie Portman]]) smoking and hitting on the middle-aged neighbor. This is all before she becomes an [[Little Miss Badass|assassin's apprentice]].

* The Delightful Children From Down The Lane from ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''.

* When we see [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Azula]] in a flashback to when she was about 8 years old she engages in typical activities such as teasing her brother and her friend who has a crush on him, doing cartwheels, throwing rocks at animals, throwing fireballs at people, hopefully suggesting that her uncle and cousin might die in battle so her father can inherit the throne, setting dolls on fire, mocking her uncle for leaving a battle after her cousin died, {{spoiler|cheerfully telling her brother and mother that her father has been ordered to murder her brother...}}

* Played for laughs in ''[[South Park]],'' where pretty much all the kids ([[Token Wholesome|except Butters]]) curse and do other adult behavior all the time. Taken to extremes with [[Token Evil Teammate|Cartman]], however, who has gone so far as [[Moral Event Horizon|attempting to start new Holocausts]].

* On ''[[Daria]],'' [[Dumb Blonde|Brittany]]'s little brother Brian not only acts out of control, he is [[All There in the Manual|apparently]] the reason why the family [[Fridge Horror|doesn't even bother naming their pets anymore]].

== Real Life ==

* Comedian Brendon Burns tells a story about catching his 5 year old son masturbating with a soaped up shark toy, his advice was:

'''Burns:''' See rule #1. (Rule 1 is "it'll suck, and you'll hate me for letting you do it") }}

* Played for laughs: Catholic speaker Chris Padgett tells a story of when his young son first learned a bad word- "boobie"- and would not stop saying it. Eventually, Chris's older daughter sits down to talk to him:

'''Padgett:''' Great, my kid thinks he's Jesus. }}

* Chain smoking guerrilla leaders [[wikipedia:Htoo twins|the Htoo Twins]]. [[Crazy Awesome|They also claimed to be bulletproof and have armies of invisible soldiers.]]

== Jokes ==

* A mailman is making his rounds, but one of his deliveries is a package that requires a signature. So he goes up to the house, knocks on the door, and a 12-year-old kid with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of scotch in the other answers it:

'''Kid:''' What the [[Precision F-Strike|fuck]] do you think? }}

 

== Music ==

* From "Little Kids" by Deerhunter:

these kids come with gasoline and they strike a match'' }}