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* ''VideoGame/AdibooMagicalPlayland'': Buzzy Galump is introduced sucking his thumb, which makes Adiboo realize maybe the monster isn't so scary after all.
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** Again, during ''World Tour'', it's reveal that Cody still does this in his sleep. On one occasion, Sierra uses this habit to her advantage (eeewww...).
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** During their fight in "[[Recap/TotalDramaABlastFromThePast A Blast From the Past]]", Samey tells Amy that she's lucky that she doesn't tell everyone that she still sucks her thumb.
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** During their fight in "[[Recap/TotalDramaABlastFromThePast A Blast From the Past]]", Samey tells Amy that she's lucky that she doesn't tell everyone that she still sucks her thumb.thumb (though whether or not this is actually true is open to interpretation).
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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Most of the time, Kishika is a mature and responsible young woman. When her tendency towards EmotionalRegression is triggered, she behaves more like a toddler, complete with baby babble and thumbsucking.
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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Most of the time, Kishika is a mature and responsible young woman. When her tendency towards EmotionalRegression is triggered, she behaves more like a toddler, complete with baby babble and thumbsucking.
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* In ''Literature/HowISurvivedMiddleSchool'', the third book has the anonymous school paper columnist, Madame X, claim in her gossip column that one of the [[GirlPosse Pops]] still sucks her thumb in her sleep. Jenny sees the Pops arguing over it, leading to one of them (Claire) inadvertently exposing herself as the thumb sucker when she yells at them about it.
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* Twice in ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'', Alex is caught sucking his thumb in his sleep.
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* Twice in ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'', Alex is caught sucking his thumb in his sleep.sleep, to the bemusement of the person waking him up.
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* ''Creator/ShelSilverstein'''s poem ''Thumbs''
-->Oh, the thumb-sucker's thumb
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-->But the taste of a thumb is the sweetest taste yet
-->(As only we thumb-suckers know)
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* ''Creator/ShelSilverstein'''s poem ''Thumbs''
-->Oh, the thumb-sucker's thumb
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-->But the taste of a thumb is the sweetest taste yet
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* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Scout sucks his thumb when he's scared by a ghost or during end-of-round humiliation.
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Thumb-sucking is an OralFixation associated with babies. Normally, most children grow out of the habit. Some older children and adults however keep doing it, much to the embarrassment of others. In comedy this will be PlayedForLaughs to indicate that this person is a ManChild who never grew up. In drama this trope is used more to indicate a person's insecurity and/or to present him as cute and pitiful.
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Thumb-sucking is an OralFixation associated with babies. Normally, most children grow out of the habit. Some older children and adults however keep doing it, much to the embarrassment of others. In comedy this will be PlayedForLaughs to indicate that this person is a ManChild who never grew up. In drama this trope is used more to indicate a person's insecurity and/or to present him as cute and pitiful.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries:''
** At the end of [[Recap/BigChibi6Snoring Snoring]], Chibi Fred is seen sucking his thumb after a long night of attempts to wake up a snoring Chibi Honey Lemon.
** Supersonic Stu climbs into Supersonic Sue's arms and sucks his thumb as a reflex upon learning about "major structural instabilities". Judging Sue's reaction towards it, it happens quite often.
** Alistair Krei has been seen doing this on two separate occasions; once in [[Recap/BigHero6TheSeriesS2E02SeventhWheel Seventh Wheel]], and once in [[Recap/BigHero6TheSeriesS3E015ReturnToSycorax Return to Sycorax]].
** At the end of [[Recap/BigChibi6Snoring Snoring]], Chibi Fred is seen sucking his thumb after a long night of attempts to wake up a snoring Chibi Honey Lemon.
** Supersonic Stu climbs into Supersonic Sue's arms and sucks his thumb as a reflex upon learning about "major structural instabilities". Judging Sue's reaction towards it, it happens quite often.
** Alistair Krei has been seen doing this on two separate occasions; once in [[Recap/BigHero6TheSeriesS2E02SeventhWheel Seventh Wheel]], and once in [[Recap/BigHero6TheSeriesS3E015ReturnToSycorax Return to Sycorax]].
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* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''; [[spoiler:during Panda Ming's rampage at the concert, [[FreezeFrameBonus eagle-eyed viewers]] will spot Tae Young sucking his thumb while dangling from the ceiling by his harness. While he's certainly too old for that, who can blame him; he's {{the baby of|TheBunch}} 4*Town, and was completely helpless, with nothing to do but get thrashed around by the destruction.]]
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* PlayedForLaughs in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''. The villain Prince John still sucks his thumb when things don't go his way (pictured above). This is typically immediately preceded by him whining for "Mommy!", which is itself a weapons-grade historical in-joke.
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* PlayedForLaughs in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''.''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''. The villain Prince John still sucks his thumb when things don't go his way (pictured above). This is typically immediately preceded by him whining for "Mommy!", which is itself a weapons-grade historical in-joke.
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** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14TheGreatSnailRaceMidLifeCrustacean Mid-Life Crustacean]]", when Mr. Krabs [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews out]] [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick for passing themselves off as "cool kids" after doing [[IncrediblyLameFun numerous things with him only they would consider cool]], he calls them "nerds, geeks, creeps, and babies." Devastated, they reply "Not babies!" and [[IResembleThatRemark start sucking their thumbs]].
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** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14TheGreatSnailRaceMidLifeCrustacean "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E15TheGreatSnailRaceMidLifeCrustacean Mid-Life Crustacean]]", when Mr. Krabs [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews out]] [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick for passing themselves off as "cool kids" after doing [[IncrediblyLameFun numerous things with him only they would consider cool]], he calls them "nerds, geeks, creeps, and babies." Devastated, they reply "Not babies!" and [[IResembleThatRemark start sucking their thumbs]].thumbs]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': In "Absolute Power", after Junko is "banished" by a [[DrunkWithPower power-mad]] Finn, he retreats to his room and angrily sucks his thumb while clutching a teddy bear. When Piper and Stork see, he puts his hand behind his back in embarrassment.
* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': In "Absolute Power", after Junko is "banished" by a [[DrunkWithPower power-mad]] Finn, he retreats to his room and angrily sucks his thumb while clutching a teddy bear. When Piper and Stork see, he puts his hand behind his back in embarrassment.
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* PlayedForLaughs in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''. The villain King John still sucks his thumb when things don't go his way (pictured above).
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* PlayedForLaughs in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''. The villain King Prince John still sucks his thumb when things don't go his way (pictured above).above). This is typically immediately preceded by him whining for "Mommy!", which is itself a weapons-grade historical in-joke.
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** Being force-fed something he truly doesn't want to eat makes Trent mentally regress to infancy in "[[Recap/TotalDramaBrunchOfDisgustingness Brunch of Disgustingness]]". He goes back to thumb-sucking in that state.
** The contestants are terrorized by a giant animatronic monster in "[[Recap/TotalDramaMonsterCash Monster Cash]]". DJ is the only one who doesn't make a run for it. Rather, he assumes a TroubledFetalPosition, calls out for his momma, and sucks his thumb in despair.
** The contestants are terrorized by a giant animatronic monster in "[[Recap/TotalDramaMonsterCash Monster Cash]]". DJ is the only one who doesn't make a run for it. Rather, he assumes a TroubledFetalPosition, calls out for his momma, and sucks his thumb in despair.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': The contestants are all at least sixteen years old and many still suck their thumb, whether normally or in times of stress.
** Among the humiliating footage of Chris played in "[[Recap/TotalDramaAftermathIVWhoWantsToPickAMillionare Aftermath IV: Who Wants to Pick a Millionare?]]" is a recording of him sleeping with a teddy bear while sucking his thumb.
** The contestants are terrorized by a giant animatronic monster in "[[Recap/TotalDramaMonsterCash Monster Cash]]". DJ is the only one who doesn't make a run for it. Rather, he assumes a TroubledFetalPosition, calls out for his momma, and sucks his thumb in despair.
** After Izzy's button-pushing in "[[Recap/TotalDramaCantHelpFallingInLouvre Can't Help Falling in Louvre]]" makes the Total Drama Jumbo Jet go through several stunts, Owen is left lodged in the overhead storage compartment where he sucks his thumb to calm himself down.
** Ezekiel's peacefully sleeping form blocks the landing gear of the Total Drama Jumbo Jet in "[[Recap/TotalDramaPicnicAtHangingDork Picnic at Hanging Dork]]". As the wheels bounce off of him repeatedly, he brings his thumb to his mouth and sucks it contently.
** Cameron accidentally reveals that he wore diapers up until he was eleven years old in "[[Recap/TotalDramaTruthOrLaserShark Truth or Laser Shark]]". Jo further teases him by asking if he wants his bottle, to which Cameron responds with confident anger. Yet in the confessional, he holds himself in a TroubledFetalPosition while he sucks his thumb and distraughtly asks himself why he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
** During their fight in "[[Recap/TotalDramaABlastFromThePast A Blast From the Past]]", Samey tells Amy that she's lucky that she doesn't tell everyone that she still sucks her thumb.
** When Scarlett reveals herself as a dangerous criminal mastermind in "[[Recap/TotalDramaScarlettFever Scarlett Fever]]", a terrified Max holds himself in a TroubledFetalPosition while he sucks his thumb.
** Among the humiliating footage of Chris played in "[[Recap/TotalDramaAftermathIVWhoWantsToPickAMillionare Aftermath IV: Who Wants to Pick a Millionare?]]" is a recording of him sleeping with a teddy bear while sucking his thumb.
** The contestants are terrorized by a giant animatronic monster in "[[Recap/TotalDramaMonsterCash Monster Cash]]". DJ is the only one who doesn't make a run for it. Rather, he assumes a TroubledFetalPosition, calls out for his momma, and sucks his thumb in despair.
** After Izzy's button-pushing in "[[Recap/TotalDramaCantHelpFallingInLouvre Can't Help Falling in Louvre]]" makes the Total Drama Jumbo Jet go through several stunts, Owen is left lodged in the overhead storage compartment where he sucks his thumb to calm himself down.
** Ezekiel's peacefully sleeping form blocks the landing gear of the Total Drama Jumbo Jet in "[[Recap/TotalDramaPicnicAtHangingDork Picnic at Hanging Dork]]". As the wheels bounce off of him repeatedly, he brings his thumb to his mouth and sucks it contently.
** Cameron accidentally reveals that he wore diapers up until he was eleven years old in "[[Recap/TotalDramaTruthOrLaserShark Truth or Laser Shark]]". Jo further teases him by asking if he wants his bottle, to which Cameron responds with confident anger. Yet in the confessional, he holds himself in a TroubledFetalPosition while he sucks his thumb and distraughtly asks himself why he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
** During their fight in "[[Recap/TotalDramaABlastFromThePast A Blast From the Past]]", Samey tells Amy that she's lucky that she doesn't tell everyone that she still sucks her thumb.
** When Scarlett reveals herself as a dangerous criminal mastermind in "[[Recap/TotalDramaScarlettFever Scarlett Fever]]", a terrified Max holds himself in a TroubledFetalPosition while he sucks his thumb.
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* PlayedForLaughs in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''. The villain King John still sucks his thumb when things don't go his way.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "[[Recap/KimPossibleS3E2EmotionSickness Emotion Sickness]]". Drakken curls up in the TroubledFetalPosition and starts sucking his thumb after dealing with Shego's Phlebotinum-induced {{mood swing|er}}s.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "[[Recap/KimPossibleS3E2EmotionSickness Emotion Sickness]]". Drakken curls up in the TroubledFetalPosition and starts sucking his thumb after dealing with Shego's Phlebotinum-induced [[EmotionBomb Phlebotinum-induced]] {{mood swing|er}}s.
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Thumbsucking with adults is TruthInTelevision too, as some people still can't shake the habit off as they grow older, usually as a result of some trauma or feelings of stress, anxiety and/or insecurity. It may help them calm down
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Thumbsucking with adults is TruthInTelevision too, as some people still can't shake the habit off as they grow older, usually as a result of some trauma or feelings of stress, anxiety and/or insecurity. It may help them calm down
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* ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'': When the main adult cast are feeling indignant at the end of "I Want My Dummy" that they have to give up several of their hobbies (they'd promised to give something up if the Princess promised to give up their pacifier), they all suck their thumbs.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'': When the main adult cast are feeling indignant at the end of "I Want My Dummy" that they have to give up several of their hobbies (they'd promised to give something up if the Princess promised to give up their her pacifier), they all suck their thumbs.
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* In ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'', Literature/JamesBond finds himself at the mercy of [[BigBad Hugo Drax]]. Hoping to [[BlindedByRage distract Drax]] into forgetting a still-lit torch nearby that will facilitate his escape, Bond decides to [[IShallTauntYou mock Drax]] over this trope:
-->'''Bond:''' Megalomaniac hatred and desire for revenge. Curiously enough, it may have something to do with your teeth. Diastema, they call it. Comes from sucking your thumb when you're a child. Yes. I expect that's what the psychologists will say when they get you into the lunatic asylum. "Ogre's teeth." Being bullied at school and so on. Extraordinary the effect it has on a child.
-->'''Bond:''' Megalomaniac hatred and desire for revenge. Curiously enough, it may have something to do with your teeth. Diastema, they call it. Comes from sucking your thumb when you're a child. Yes. I expect that's what the psychologists will say when they get you into the lunatic asylum. "Ogre's teeth." Being bullied at school and so on. Extraordinary the effect it has on a child.
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Thumbsucking with adults is TruthInTelevision too, as some people still can't shake the habit off as they grow older, usually as a result of some trauma or feelings of stress, anxiety and/or insecurity.
insecurity. It may help them calm down
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* ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'': One episode has the heroes visit UsefulNotes/BillyTheKid who acted like a genuine big baby, sucking his thumb and walking around in a diaper.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "[[Recap/KimPossibleS3E2EmotionSickness Emotion Sickness]]". Drakken curls up in the TroubledFetalPosition and starts sucking his thumb after dealing with Shego's Phlebotinum-induced {{mood swing|er}}s.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "[[Recap/KimPossibleS3E2EmotionSickness Emotion Sickness]]". Drakken curls up in the TroubledFetalPosition and starts sucking his thumb after dealing with Shego's Phlebotinum-induced {{mood swing|er}}s.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', the Crimson Chin in his debut episode began thumb sucking during his HeroicBSOD when he learned that he is fictional.
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** In''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', his [[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS1E9ChinUp debut episode]], the Crimson Chin in his debut episode began thumb sucking during his HeroicBSOD when he learned that he is fictional.fictional.
** In "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E3BoyToy Boy Toy]]", after Timmy wishes himself [[IncredibleShrinkingMan toy-sized]], [[StalkerWithACrush Tootie]] shows up and takes his fairy godparents (who were disguised as dolls of themselves) to her house, thinking she can get Timmy to come to her if she takes his dolls. Timmy starts sucking his thumb in response. Then Chester and AJ come back and see him in this state.
-->'''Chester:''' Wow! A Timmy Turner action figure! With thumb-sucking action!
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** In "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E3BoyToy Boy Toy]]", after Timmy wishes himself [[IncredibleShrinkingMan toy-sized]], [[StalkerWithACrush Tootie]] shows up and takes his fairy godparents (who were disguised as dolls of themselves) to her house, thinking she can get Timmy to come to her if she takes his dolls. Timmy starts sucking his thumb in response. Then Chester and AJ come back and see him in this state.
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* in WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne premiere "Rise and Shine Sleepyhead" Saraline Timbers falls back into this habit, despite a monologue trying to work up her will not to.
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** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E13NewStudentStarfishClams Clams]]", Hans (a live-action human hand) gets his thumb sucked by Mr. Krabs during his massive tearful breakdown over losing his millionth dollar.
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14TheGreatSnailRaceMidLifeCrustacean Mid-Life Crustacean]]", when Mr. Krabs [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews out]] [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick for passing themselves off as "cool kids" after doing [[IncrediblyLameFun numerous things with him only they would consider cool]], he calls them "nerds, geeks, creeps, and babies." Devastated, they reply "Not babies!" and [[IResembleThatRemark start sucking their thumbs]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'': One episode has the heroes visit UsefulNotes/BillyTheKid who acted like a genuine big baby, sucking his thumb and walking around in a diaper.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne'' premiere "Rise and Shine Sleepyhead" Saraline Timbers falls back into this habit, despite a monologue trying to work up her will not to.
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E13NewStudentStarfishClams Clams]]", Hans (a live-action human hand) gets his thumb sucked by Mr. Krabs during his massive tearful breakdown over losing his millionth dollar.
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14TheGreatSnailRaceMidLifeCrustacean Mid-Life Crustacean]]", when Mr. Krabs [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews out]] [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick for passing themselves off as "cool kids" after doing [[IncrediblyLameFun numerous things with him only they would consider cool]], he calls them "nerds, geeks, creeps, and babies." Devastated, they reply "Not babies!" and [[IResembleThatRemark start sucking their thumbs]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'': One episode has the heroes visit UsefulNotes/BillyTheKid who acted like a genuine big baby, sucking his thumb and walking around in a diaper.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne'' premiere "Rise and Shine Sleepyhead" Saraline Timbers falls back into this habit, despite a monologue trying to work up her will not to.
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* In ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', Peachy is a member of a gang of thugs who are specialized in theft and murder. His childhood fear is the Scissor Man, a monster that comes after children who suck their thumbs. Late in the book, when Peachy and the rest of the gang are in the [[spoiler:Toothfairy]] Tower, the childishness-inducing effect of the Tower starts taking hold on him, and the thumb sucking starts to resurface. Then the Scissor Man manifests in physical form and it's implied that he brutally murders him.
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* In ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', Peachy is a member of a gang of thugs who are specialized in theft and murder. His childhood fear is the Scissor Man, a monster that comes after children who suck their thumbs. Late in the book, when Peachy and the rest of the gang are in the [[spoiler:Toothfairy]] Tower, the childishness-inducing effect of the Tower starts taking hold on him, and the thumb sucking starts to resurface. Then the Scissor Man manifests in physical form and it's implied that he brutally murders him.
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* ''[[Series/ElChavoDelOcho El Chavo]]'' has a [[RunningGag recurring gag]] where Don Ramón hits his thumb with a hammer, usually because someone was distracting him, and he starts sucking it, then one of the kids who may be the cause of the distracion says "So old and sucking his thumb", who may also laugh.
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* ''[[Series/ElChavoDelOcho El Chavo]]'' has a [[RunningGag recurring gag]] where Don Ramón hits his thumb with a hammer, usually because someone was distracting him, and he starts sucking it, then one of the kids who may be the cause of the distracion says distracion, laugh while saying "So old and still sucking his thumb", who may also laugh.thumb".
