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Freckles are associated with being young and given to both children and teens to emphasize their age. It can also be used to brand a younger person as a misfit, perhaps because it's an easily visible mark that other children can make fun of. Adults sometimes have them too

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', [[BlitheSpirit Scarlet]] and [[CountryMouse Mozu]] are young women with freckled faces.

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* Yuuko Shirakawa of ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', a college student who works part-time as a librarian and waitress and isn't much older than Hisao or his classmates, has them. The same applies for one nameless girl in Lilly's route who is said to be an underclassman, the only student not in third year apart from the April Fool's Day character Rika.
* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', Junko Enoshima has a light dusting of freckles over her nose, which she tells Naegi is one of the things that gets airbrushed out of her glamour shots. [[spoiler: It's a plot point, actually: the girl who presents herself as Junko and has freckles is ''not'' Junko, but her twin sister and decoy Mukuro Ikusaba. The ''real'' Junko, the BigBad behind the evil Monokuma, has no freckles.]]
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* Tiny Pteranodon and Annie ''Tyrannosaurus'' from ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' have spots on their beak and muzzle respectively that resemble freckles, and they're both quite outgoing and energetic.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Pretty and Eugly, who are preteens, have these. So does Lavanade, a toddler.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': [[AlphaBitch Pretty]] has freckles, though they're not very noticeable. Her sister has them too.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' [[LightNovel/DisgaeaNovels novels]], '''[[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!]]''' and [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Jennifer]]'s daughter [[Characters/DisgaeaNovels Jane]] gains these along with GirlishPigtails in her second appearance, where she is 13.

* On ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', Sean, Mitchell, Dr. Rafferty, Eggplant, and Zerk all have these.

* On the PBS ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'', [[http://curious-george.wikia.com/wiki/Allie Allie]] is a spunky girl with red hair in a ponytail and freckles.

* Annie ''Tyrannosaurus'' from ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' has spots on her muzzle that resemble freckles, and she's very outgoing and energetic.

* Luke Ross from ''Series/{{Jessie}}''. Despite being the second oldest of the Ross kids, he's not the most mature.

** 18-year old Princess Anna has freckles to go with her spunky, youthful persona. After she turns 21 and eve becomes queen, she still has these.

** 18-year old Princess Anna has freckles to go with her spunky, youthful persona.

Freckles are associated with being young and given to both children and teens to emphasize their age. It can also be used to brand a younger person as a misfit, perhaps because it's an easily visible mark that other children can make fun of.

* Maomao from ''LightNovel/TheApothecaryDiaries'' has freckles that underline her youth and her tomboy personality, and the fact that she chooses to display them openly in a society where they're seen as unattractive indicates her lack of concern for her own appearance. [[spoiler:The freckles are actually fake: Maomao regularly paints them onto her own face to ''look'' unattractive and make her a less tempting target for rapists.]]

* Lylia of ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. She is the youngest one of the five elder princesses, and has a spunky attitude not unlike Pippi Longstocking. Although all her sisters have red hair, she is the only one explicitly mentioned to have freckles.

* All of the Weasley kids in ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** Ron: UnluckyEverydude
** Percy: ButtMonkey
** The Twins: ClassClown
** Ginny: GirlNextDoor
* EvilRedhead Jack Merridew in ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''.
* In ''Literature/TheFamousFive'', {{tomboy}} George is proud of her freckles and thinks they are boyish, especially in ''Five on Kirrin Island Again''.
--> '''George:''' I've far more freckles than you have, for one thing, and better eyebrows. ''And'' I can make my voice go deep.
--> '''Dick:''' You're just silly. As if freckles are boyish! Girls have them just as much as boys.
* Creator/JulianneMoore's children's book ''Literature/FrecklefaceStrawberry'' is about a young girl who wants to get rid of her freckles.
* Literature/PippiLongstocking has GirlishPigtails and is a {{Tomboy}}.

* Nyumba in ''Literature/SomeoneElsesWar''.
* Pepper of ''Literature/GoodOmens'', the [[FieryRedhead red-headed, short-tempered]], only girl member of [[CheerfulChild Them]] who has "a face which was not so much freckled as one big freckle with occasional areas of skin".

* In Creator/RuthFrancesLong's ''Literature/TheTreacheryOfBeautifulThings'', Jenny has them. Which marks her out from the Sidhe, whose beauty is perfectly pale skin.

* In ''Literature/BloodPromise'', Tamara, a Strigoi hunter in Novosibirsk had them. She was only slightly older than Rose, probably 19-years old. Acted as OneOfTheBoys with her fellow umpromised dhampirs.

* Deconstructed lightly in the Creator/StephenKing novel ''Literature/{{Insomnia}}''. Due to the strange abilities the protagonists are gaining, one is briefly able to see inside the head of a woman in her thirties who covers her freckles with makeup and dislikes them because she feels like nobody takes her seriously or treats her like an adult because of them.
* In ''Literature/ABoyNamedQueen'', both Evelyn and Queen have freckles on their faces.
* In ''Literature/TheManWhoGotOffTheGhostTrain'', eight-year-old Vanessa has red hair and freckles. The freckles emphasize her youthfulness, as this story is a prequel to a series featuring the adult Vanessa as a glamorous ActionGirl with a flawless complexion.

* Maomao from ''LightNovel/TheApocateryDiaries'' has freckles that underline her youth and her tomboy personality, and the fact that she chooses to display them openly in a society where they're seen as unattractive indicates her lack of concern for her own appearance. [[spoiler:The freckles are actually fake: Maomao regularly paints them onto her own face to ''look'' unattractive and make her a less tempting target for rapists.]]

* In ''Literature/TheFamousFive'', {{Tomboy}} George is proud of her freckles and thinks they are boyish, especially in ''Five on Kirrin Island Again''.
--> '''George:''' I've got more freckles than you, and better eyebrows. And I can make my voice go deep.

* Jack Merridew in ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''.
* In ''Literature/TheFamousFive'', {{Tomboy}} George is proud of her freckles, and thinks they are boyish.