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* Boo's reaction to the monsters in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''

* TruthInTelevision to a degree. Fear of heights, drowning, etc. does not kick in instantly after birth. Some individuals are crazy enough to not fear at all and become daredevils and the like later in life.

If you are watching a genre movie or show such as horror, or a gritty social realism work, then babies might be at risk from scary monsters or accidents.

We all know that babies [[ImprobableInfantSurvival cannot be killed]]. Many works, especially lighthearted ones, take this a step further and make it so that you can't even depict a baby being scared or disturbed by the scary and disturbing things happening around it. In fact, they'll often be depicted as [[NightmareFetishist enjoying]] whatever's happening, and they giggle and coo while a horrible monster is trying to eat them as they dangle over a pit of lava. Any BadlyBatteredBabysitter in charge of these kids, of course, will be freaking out.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', the entire family is having a loud, angry argument around the dinner table, and baby Jack-Jack simply coos and laughs. Averted, however, when [[spoiler:Syndrome kidnaps Jack-Jack, and the baby cries and screams, before becoming angry and displaying his superpowers.]]

* Played with through Tony in ''Anime/TowardTheTerra''. [[spoiler: When Keith gets loose on Nazca, not only is toddler Tony unafraid of him but actively stands up against him and expresses his unfathomable telekinetic powers and nearly kills him. Then a few episodes later when Nazca is under attack by the Meggido and all hell is breaking loose, it's the 7 infant aged children of the Mu who leap to Blue and Jomey's aide in creating a shield to defuse the blast - by instantaneously aging several years and teleporting themselves into orbit.]]

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* Togepi in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime often went around oblivious to any danger, not even afraid of Team Rocket's Pokémon.

* In ''Fanfic/TwinklingInTheDark'', [[Anime/SmilePrecure Yui Midorikawa]] isn't scared of Akaoni in the slightest, not even when he's holding her seven feet off the ground, using her to threaten Nao.

** Made explicit in the final book, where we get a flashback of that night from [[BigBad Voldemort]]'s point of view--after he casually kills Harry's mother, Harry simply stands up in his crib, giggling. Voldemort muses that Harry obviously has no idea what's going on--he expects Mum will get off the floor in a moment, and probably assumes Voldemort (who's wearing a hood) is just his father come to play one last game before bedtime.
*** Subverted a moment later when Voldemort tires to kill him and fails. Harry starts to cry and Voldemort flees because he can't stand the noise.

This is done because showing a baby screaming and crying in terror would be disturbing to the audience and instantly change the mood of the work, darkening it greatly. So showing the baby literally laughing at danger is a way of reassuring the audience "Don't worry, the baby's fine, we wouldn't go [[BlackComedy there.]]" It should also be mentioned that babies have TrueSight usually because of their innocence. They can see monsters' true forms. They just don't realize that they should be afraid. It's not stupidity so much as lack of life experience.

* Akachanman from ''{{Franchise/Anpanman}}''. He's a baby superhero that will automatically fight Bakinman when he sees him do something bad. He's been able to brave a gigantic cat robot (that brought crippling fear into Katsuobushiman, an adult master samurai), seeing it as just a kitty, and happily swinging it around until it broke. In fact, the only times he's cried has really been when he's tired or hungry, as these are actually essential to keeping his strength up.

* Gregor's little sister Boots in "Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles" will give a friendly hello to any creature she meets, be it giant cockroaches, rats, or lizards. She will also gladly throw herself off of cliffs, expecting the bats to catch her (they will). The Underlanders have a saying: "Courage only counts when you can count", meaning that young people have no fear until taught.