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It is common for an AbusiveOffspring to be an EnfantTerrible, although they are not exclusively this, or vice versa.

* ''WebAnimation/CartoonMonsoon'': The ''Very Bad Children'' shorts are about a trio of macabre, troublesome children who threaten the lives of anyone who disrupts their life with their senile grandmother in their spooky mansion, including a smug social worker in the short "Social Call" and a bossy nanny in "Sweet and Sauerkraut".

* [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' was a prime example of this trope before [[spoiler:she had even committed her first murder]]. When she was just fourteen, [[spoiler:she staged a fake kidnapping with her boyfriend Terry and stepsister Valerie in order to get revenge on her father by forcing him to give up a precious jewel, and then got Terry put on death row by faking her own death, with him as the only suspect. Of course, Valerie wasn't much better, but Dahlia was the one who came up with the plan in the first place, and again, ''she was only fourteen''. And she later ''killed'' her stepsister]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTk6ogsazE "Daughter of Evil"]], about a 14-year-old [[TheCaligula tyrannical]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen princess]] who steals money from her people and executes those who defy her. At some point she becomes so [[GreenEyedMonster enraged with envy]] when the prince she loves falls for another princess, ''[[DisproportionateRetribution that she sets fire to the latter's kingdom]]'', resulting in the loss of many innocent lives. Eventually everyone revolts against her and she is supposedly [[WouldHurtAChild sent to the guillotine]], [[spoiler: although the song "Servant of Evil" revealed that her twin brother took her place]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTk6ogsazE "Daughter of Evil"]], about a 14-year-old [[TheCaligula tyrannical]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen princess]] who steals money from her people and executes those who defy her. At some point she becomes so [[GreenEyedMonster enraged with envy]] when the prince she loves falls for another princess, ''[[DisproportionateRetribution that she sets fire to the latter's kingdom]]'', resulting in the loss of many innocent lives. Eventually everyone revolts against her and she is supposedly [[WouldHurtAChild sent to the guillotine]], [[spoiler: although the song, "Servant of Evil" revealed that her twin brother took her place]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTk6ogsazE "Daughter of Evil"]], about a 14-year-old [[TheCaligula tyrannical]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen princess]] who steals money from her people and executes those who defy her. At some point she becomes so [[GreenEyedMonster enraged with envy]] when the prince she loves falls for another princess, ''[[DisproportionateRetribution that she sets fire to the latter's kingdom]]'', resulting in the loss of many innocent lives. She eventually [[KarmicDeath meets her end]] when everyone revolts against her and she is [[WouldHurtAChild sent to the guillotine]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTk6ogsazE "Daughter of Evil"]], about a 14-year-old [[TheCaligula tyrannical]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen princess]] who steals money from her people and executes anyone who defy her. At some point she becomes so [[GreenEyedMonster enraged with envy]] when the prince she loves falls for another princess, ''[[DisproportionateRetribution that she sets fire to the latter's kingdom]]'', resulting in the loss of many innocent lives. She eventually [[KarmicDeath meets her end]] when everyone revolts against her and she is [[WouldHurtAChild sent to the guillotine]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTk6ogsazE "Daughter of Evil"]], about a 14-year-old [[TheCaligula tyrannical]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen princess]] who steals money from her people and executes anyone who defy her. At some point she becomes so [[GreenEyedMonster enraged with envy]] when the prince she loves falls for another princess, ''[[DisproportionateRetribution that she sets fire to the latter's kingdom]]'', resulting in the loss of many innocent lives. She eventually receives her [[KarmicDeath karma]] when everyone finally revolts and [[WouldHurtAChild sends her to the guillotine]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTk6ogsazE "Daughter of Evil"]], about a 14-year-old [[TheCaligula tyrannical]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen princess]] who steals money from her own people and executes anyone who defy her. At some point she becomes so [[GreenEyedMonster enraged with envy]] when the prince she loves falls for another princess, ''[[DisproportionateRetribution that she sets fire to the latter's kingdom]]'', resulting in the loss of many innocent lives. She eventually recieves her [[KarmicDeath karma]] when her kingdom finally revolts against her and [[WouldHurtAChild sends her to the guillotine]].

* The Warriors of Hope in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls''. All of them are around 10-11 years old, and they're killing every adult in Towa City. Special mention goes to [[spoiler:Monaca Towa, for deceiving all the other Warriors of Hope into almost committing suicide and, at the end of the game, taking over as the successor to Junko Enoshima]]. The fanbase doesn't call the kid [[FanNickname Pickle Satan]] for nothing.

It is sufficient to say that psychopathy manifests itself from a very young age, and there is some TruthInTelevision in this trope. However, any specific RealLife examples...[[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease no, thanks]].

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', the wolves are the villains and are generally loathed by the goats for wanting to eat them. Angelalily, the daughter of Wolnie's cousin Fragrant Wolf, is young enough that she is just entering school for the first time and has already caught upwards of ''100 goats''. (Mind you, this may not be considered so bad for the wolves, since they just want something to eat, but seeing a child wolf trying to capture goats would be a bit concerning for the goats themselves -- especially since both species are {{Funny Animal}}s in this show.)

* ''Podcast/TheStoragePapers'': "The Cold in the Cabinet" features an infant EldritchAbomination. While it's left ambiguous how malevolent it actually is, the damn thing is absolutely terrifying, and [[OccultDetective Ron]] decides to [[KillItWithFire just burn the damn thing alive.]]

* ''Podcast/TheStoragePapers'': "The Cold in the Cabinet" features an infant EldritchAbomination. While it's left ambiguous how malevolent it actually is, the damn thing is absolutely terrifying, and [[OccultDetective Ron]] decides to [[KillItWithFire just burn the damn thing alive.]]

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* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', the wolves are the villains and are generally loathed by the goats for wanting to eat them. Angelalily, the daughter of Wolnie's cousin Fragrant Wolf, is young enough that she is just entering school for the first time and has already caught upwards of ''100 goats''. (Mind you, this may not be considered so bad for the wolves, since they just want something to eat, but seeing a child wolf trying to capture goats would be a bit concerning for the goats themselves - especially since both species are {{Funny Animal}}s in this show.)

* ''Roleplay/OpenBlue'' features [[ProudMerchantRace Remillia]], which deploys {{tykebomb}} special forces known as Angels. They begin active duty at the age of 13, and the younger ones tend to use their age to fool targets of their assassinations. SenselessViolins are just one of their many weapons.

* In ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'', widderslaint were reincarnated Nephandi (mages who were evil because of their malformed souls, or whose souls were malformed by their evil). Even before their awakening as mages, they're irredeemably evil (the fiction introducing them describes an infant crawling into his twin brother's crib to strangle him to death, then falling asleep hugging the corpse like a teddy bear).
* The ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3''.5 manual ''Heroes of Horror'', incidentally, introduces a template called Unholy Scion, which is a creature whose soul has been substituted with a demonic/devilish/evil essence while ''still in the womb''. Already at birth, the resulting child holds his/her/its own mother in thrall through evil power alone and gains terribly destructive powers as it grows in Hit Dice. Oh, and it is so evil that its merest touch can grievously harm good-aligned characters.
* There is a sequel to TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} 2020 called Cyber Generation, where the Edgerunners of [=CP2020=] have mostly been either killed or grown complacent by buying cushy corpjobs with retirement, leaving the rebellion to their children. It's very possible to play this kind of character in this game, especially if your character is a type of [[WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture YoGanger]] referred as a Beaver Brat. Beaver Brats mostly come from suburban areas and specialize in talking their way out of trouble by convincing adults that there has been a big misunderstanding and they couldn't ''possibly'' have done it.
* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=370698&type=card Blood Bairn]] depicts a vampiric child who has just killed two travelers.

* In the 2013 adaptation of ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', Mike Teavee is upgraded from the SpoiledBrat of the book to this. The reason his mother allows electronic media -- i.e. ShootEmUp video games -- to babysit him is because it's [[ItAmusedMe the only thing that he enjoys that doesn't result in actual destruction and injury to those around him]]. Otherwise, he's setting a cat on fire, chloroforming a nurse, stealing a German tank, etc. "[T]he authorities request/That little Mike not leave the house", she explains, and all the adults in his life seemed too cowed by what he might do to them to attempt more than token efforts to discipline him. Poor Mrs. Teavee has become a Type A StepfordSmiler in response to all this. It's telling that he didn't find his Golden Ticket, but rather managed to hack into the Wonka Factory computers and get one without having to buy a Wonka Bar -- and he does it just because he can, not because he wants to see the factory. With all this in mind, [[spoiler:and unlike in other versions, his mom is quite happy when he is reduced to a few inches tall...]]
* Orin Scrivello's VillainSong in ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' details how he enjoyed torturing animals as a child, which led his mother to push him toward a career in [[DepravedDentist dentistry]]: "[[AcceptableProfessionalTargets People will pay you to be inhumane!]]"

* The Warriors of Hope in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls''. All of them are around 10-11 years old, and they're killing every adult in Towa City. Special mention goes to [[spoiler:Monaca Towa, for deceiving all the other Warriors of Hope into almost committing suicide and, at the end of the game, taking over as the successor to Junko Enoshima]]. The fanbase doesn't call the kid [[FanNickname Pickle Satan]] for nothing.

* ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'' has Kalvin & Regis. Kalvin is an Enhanced Human assassin who specializes in poison. Regis, while 199 years old, is still a child in both appearance & by the standards of his species, & while a good guy, he spends a considerable amount of time trying to kill people.
* Ruby Gem in ''Webcomic/{{Monsterful}}'': She's plain open evil, especially with her mother Diamond. On recent chapters, her evilness has evolved to the point of [[http://www.monsterful.com/chapter15page30.php sacrificing virgins]] and wanting to gut her [[http://www.monsterful.com/chapter15page30.php teacher like a fish.]]
** On the Monsterful 2010 Xmas Special, [[spoiler: Ruby wanted to kill Santa because he brought her coal, not really a shocker.]]
* ''WebComic/EerieCuties'': Chapter 9 introduced [[LaughablyEvil Tia]] [[JerkassGenie Darkness]], a pint-sized demoness who may be [[OlderThanTheyLook older than she appears]][[note]]which was subtly implied when she refers to Nina as [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/hot_cocoa_at_my_house "little one"]], despite appearing to be the same physical age[[/note]]. She soon established herself as an antagonist, by using her powers to severe friendships [[EmotionEater so she can feed of the victims' misery.]] By the same token, kindness and happiness weakens her, [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/aura_of_innocence to the point of making her physically ill.]] So in all likelihood, she has to sow discord [[NecessarilyEvil in order to sustain]] [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/so_much_more_to_do her existence.]]

** BM might have been one of them but we don't know if he was cute (we can guess he was not though)

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Elan's EvilTwin Nale was a jerk even as a baby, complete with an evil goatee. Baby Nale would constantly DopeSlap poor Elan's [[ChildhoodBrainDamage soft undeveloped baby skull]], which is why Elan is TheDitz.
** Xykon was far more depraved as a child, having murdered his own parents with a zombie at the age of 12.
* In ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'', Bayn Pheonix and Mia Jalek are both children that work for an evil demon. Bayn is a more direct example -- he fights alongside the demon and his minions. Mia builds golems that fight in her stead. Neither of them is ''quite'' a straight example, though: Bayn was an old (evil) man who was severely aged down, while Mia is a genuinely kind, sweet girl trying to help out her friends... who happen to be, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin villains]].
* ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'': Baby Heads Worm. Not only did it try to attack Fern and Celia, but it also succeeded in killing JBE 12837.

* The webcomic/video series ''Webcomic/ContemplatingReiko'' stars the daughter of Satan and her three older sisters, who tend to do a lot of terrible things including murder (this is especially the case with the titular Reiko).

* Bonesaw, from ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. A pre-teen MadDoctor with the personality of a five-year-old. She has one Hell of a FreudianExcuse, though; [[spoiler: she was forced to heal her dying family. Over and over and over again, until she was too tired to continue. After such, Jack, the man who killed her family, took her in, and Bonesaw followed the last request of her mother to 'be good' by putting on the superficial mask of a cheerful, well-behaved child while using her powers the way Jack wanted in order to stay alive.]]
* The Mwa Mwa Penguins you can find at the Pet Shop in Club Penguin embody this trope.
* Within the world of ''Literature/MagicalGirlHunters'', some of the magical girls joined to save the world. Some just like the excuse to kill stuff. Captain Kawaii... ''shudder''
* On Creator/RogerEbert's website, he once posted a letter from a female reader who noted that it would be possible to save any number of mediocre movies by adding a scene at the very end which showed an otherwise normal looking child whose eyes suddenly glow. The example she used was the movie ''Film/{{Volcano}}''.
* From Wiki/{{Killerbunnies}}, we have Malou, Visceraline, Snow, Atlasnaya, and Creamline and they seem to have a fairly messed up view of the world and enjoy doing fairly harmful things. Although, in Snow and Atlasnaya's case, this is fairly justified, seeing that they've only known violence and thus act they see fit, although the same cannot really be said for Malou, Visceraline, and Creamline.
** As a child, Computer Virus was this or starting out that way.
** According to their profile, Hattie is this.
** Corrine "Cori" Andrews is a serial arsonist with several counts under her belt.
** There is also Frankie, who ran a meth lab when she was four, caused an explosion in the family's basement when she was five, poisoned a cousin with chemicals, and used pets as test subjects, [[ChronicPetKiller the none of which survived]]. Apparently, she likes to look for guinea pigs.

* ''WebVideo/BedtimeStoriesYoutubeChannel'' has an episode that covers the so-called Black-Eyed Children, mysterious kids with black eyes that are said to inflict psychological and physical pain to anyone that stares into their eyes for a given amount of time.

** And at fourteen "there was that one time" which, on the actual song, is conveyed only by a musical interlude and lots of screaming.

!!Examples:

* "That's My Boy" by Creator/StanFreberg, a smarmy ParentalLoveSong about a son whose most endearing habits include setting the mailman on fire and pouring acid on the rug.

* In ''WebVideo/DrJekyllAndMrHydeTheGameTheMovie'', Billy Pones's father takes pride in the fact that he attacks Jekyll unprovoked with a slingshot. Pretty much everyone agrees he should.

* In ''WebVideo/DrJekyllAndMrHydeTheGameTheMovie'', Billy Punks' father takes pride in the fact that he attacks Jekyll unprovoked with a slingshot.

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