History Film / LittleManTate

* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Dede tries to compensate for having to sell Fred's piano by painting one on the wall. Fred points out that she didn't paint the right number of keys.

* InnocentProdigy: Fred is emotionally mature for his age but he's still only seven year old. His friendship with Eddie makes it all the more obvious.

* InnocentProdigy: Fred is emotionally mature for his age but he's still only seven year sold. His friendship with Eddie makes it all the more obvious.

* InsufferableGenius: Jane wanders into insufferable territory every once and a while.

A 1991 drama film directed by and starring Creator/JodieFoster.

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Dede hesitates to expose Fred to the competitive world of academics but eventually relents and enrolls him in Jane's school as well as several courses in college. Fred excels at the institute but [[IJustWantToHaveFriends can't seem to fit in with other gifted children or with college students twice his age]]. The separation from his mother starts to take a toll on Fred and [[NoSocialSkills Jane is at a loss for how to help him adjust]]. Dede and Jane must work together to find a way to balance Fred's [[InnocentProdigy unique intellectual needs]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal with his desire to have a normal childhood]].

Dede Tate (Foster) is a single mother raising her [[ChildProdigy incredibly gifted son]] Fred (Adam Hann-Byrd). At just seven years old, Fred can paint, write poetry, play piano, and understand complex mathematics and physics. His extraordinary intelligence attracts the attention of Jane Grierson (Creator/DianneWiest), a psychologist who runs a school for gifted children. Jane takes special interest in Fred's case and tries to convince Dede to admit Fred to the Grierson Institute so he can develop his gifts in a structured environment.

Dede hesitates to expose Fred to the competitive world of academics but eventually relents and enrolls Fred in Jane's school as well as several courses in college. Fred excels at the institute but [[IJustWantToHaveFriends can't seem to fit in with other gifted children or with college students twice his age]]. The separation from his mother starts to take a toll on Fred and [[NoSocialSkills Jane is at a loss for how to help him adjust]]. Dede and Jane must work together to find a way to balance Fred's [[InnocentProdigy unique intellectual needs]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal with his desire to have a normal childhood]].

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* ExpositoryHairstyles: Tate's bowl cut underpins his quirkyness.

* AllOfThem: See MathematiciansAnswer.

* ControlFreak / NeatFreak: Jane's house is impeccably organized. She very clearly cannot handle disorder.

* HandsOffParenting / ParentalAbandonment: Jane's parents were both doctors who traveled frequently and "needed to be alone".

* IJustWantToHaveFriends / IJustWantToBeNormal: Fred desperately wants to make friends and act like a normal kid.

** Fred is proficient at math, physics, and art at just seven-years-old. Other children at the Grierson Institute are gifted at (or near) genius-level as well.

* InnocentProdigy: Fred is emotionally mature for his age but he's still only seven-years-old. His friendship with Eddie makes it all the more obvious.

* NoodleImplements: The first guest student who appears on Livewire mentions an experiment involving lasers, sulfuric acid, and butterflies. ZeroContextExamples

* ChildProdigy: Fred is proficient at math, physics, and art at just seven-years-old. Other children at the Grierson Institute are gifted at (or near) genius-level as well.

* GoodWithNumbers: Damon Wells is famous for his incredible mathematic ability.

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Played with in Fred's case. Dede is worried that Fred's intelligence will alienate him from other kids.

* NoodleImplements: The first guest student who appears on Livewivre mentions an experiment involving lasers, sulfuric acid, and butterflies.

* TheSmartGuy: Fred.
* TheSnarkKnight: Damon Wells.
* TheSpock: Jane.
* TeenGenius: Damon Wells.

* {{Workaholic}}: Jane.

* DirectedByCastMember: Jodie Foster's first directing project.

* BadDreams: Fred suffers from nightmares because of how much he worries about war, death, and other concerns beyond his years.

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Dede Tate (Creator/JodieFoster) is a single mother raising her [[ChildProdigy incredibly gifted son Fred]]. At just seven years old, Fred can paint, write poetry, play piano, and understand complex mathematics and physics. His extraordinary intelligence attracts the attention of Jane Grierson (Creator/DianneWiest), a psychologist who runs a school for gifted children. Jane takes special interest in Fred's case and tries to convince Dede to admit Fred to the Grierson Institute so he can develop his gifts in a structured environment.

Dede Tate (Creator/JodieFoster) is a single mother raising her [[ChildProdigy incredibly gifted son Fred]]. At just seven years old, Fred can paint, write poetry, play piano, and understand complex mathematics and physics. His extraordinary intelligence attracts the attention of Jane Grierson (Dianne Wiest), a psychologist who runs a school for gifted children. Jane takes special interest in Fred's case and tries to convince Dede to admit Fred to the Grierson Institute so he can develop his gifts in a structured environment.

* NoodleImplements: The first guest who stars on Livewivre mentions an experiment involving lasers, sulfuric acid, and butterflies.

-->-- '''Tagline'''

Dede Tate (JodieFoster) is a single mother raising her [[ChildProdigy incredibly gifted son Fred]]. At just seven years old, Fred can paint, write poetry, play piano, and understand complex mathematics and physics. His extraordinary intelligence attracts the attention of Jane Grierson ([[Film/EdwardScissorhands Dianne]] [[BulletsOverBroadway Wiest]]), a psychologist who runs a school for gifted children. Jane takes special interest in Fred's case and tries to convince Dede to admit Fred to the Grierson Institute so he can develop his gifts in a structured environment.

* TeenGenius: Damon Wells.

!!'''This film provides examples of''':

Dede Tate (JodieFoster) is a single mother raising her [[ChildProdigy incredibly gifted son Fred]]. At just seven years old, Fred can paint, write poetry, play piano, and understand complex mathematics and physics. His extraordinary intelligence attracts the attention of Jane Grierson ([[EdwardScissorhands Dianne]] [[BulletsOverBroadway Wiest]]), a psychologist who runs a school for gifted children. Jane takes special interest in Fred's case and tries to convince Dede to admit Fred to the Grierson Institute so he can develop his gifts in a structured environment.

* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Dede tries to compensate for having to sell Fred's piano by panting one on the wall. Fred points out that she didn't paint the right number of keys.