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* '''Parodied''': Cody is nearing sixteen. His friends ask if he's excited to be old enough to drive yet, but Cody just says [[ToiletHumour he's not even toilet trained yet]].
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Cody is nearing sixteen. His friends ask if he's excited to be old enough to drive yet, but Cody just says [[ToiletHumour he's not even toilet trainedyet]].yet]].
** It's treated as completely impossible in-universe for anyone under 18 to be potty trained, speak complete sentences, or run without tripping.
** Cody is nearing sixteen. His friends ask if he's excited to be old enough to drive yet, but Cody just says [[ToiletHumour he's not even toilet trained
** It's treated as completely impossible in-universe for anyone under 18 to be potty trained, speak complete sentences, or run without tripping.
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** Cody has [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective parents]] who want to keep him sweet and innocent for as long as possible.
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** The show is aimed towards babies/young kids, so the producers make the adults act younger than they actually are.
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** The show is aimed towards babies/young kids, so the producers make the adults act younger than they actually are.are so kids will find them more relatable.
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** The show is aimed towards babies/young kids, so the producers make the adults act younger than they actually are.
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** Cody is originally eight-years-old in the novel, but he is undergone an AgeLift to preteen in the live-action adaptation.
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** Cody is a teenager but [[OlderThanTheDemographic he is the protagonist of the show for elementary schoolers]], so the author makes him act younger to help him relate with the target audience.
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** Cody is a teenager but teenage protagonist in [[OlderThanTheDemographic he is the protagonist of the show for elementary schoolers]], young children]], so the author creator makes him act younger to help him relate with the target audience.
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** Cody is a teenager but [[OlderThanTheDemographic he is the protagonist of the show for elementary schoolers]], so the author makes him act younger to help him relate with the target audience.
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** Although he's in seventh grade, Cody reads a book intended for fourth graders.
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** Although he's in seventh grade, Cody reads a book intended for fourth sixth graders.
** Cody babysits younger children and they're rubbing off on him.
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** In the american dub Cody is 12, but in the Japanese original [[DawsonCasting Koji was a nine-year-old played by a twelve-year-old.]]
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** In the american American dub Cody is 12, but in the Japanese original [[DawsonCasting Koji was a nine-year-old played by a twelve-year-old.]]
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* '''Parodied''': Cody is nearing 16. His friends ask if he's excited to be old enough to drive yet, but Cody just says [[ToiletHumour he's not even toilet trained yet]].
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* '''Parodied''': Cody is nearing 16.sixteen. His friends ask if he's excited to be old enough to drive yet, but Cody just says [[ToiletHumour he's not even toilet trained yet]].
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** Cody may sleep with a teddy bear and watch ''Barney'', but he also reads ''Literature/CrimeInPunishment'' (in the original Russian no less) and studies advanced mathematics.
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** Cody may sleep with a teddy bear and watch ''Barney'', but he also reads ''Literature/CrimeInPunishment'' Crime in Punishment (in the original Russian no less) and studies advanced mathematics.
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* '''Subverted''': [[DeliberatelyCuteChild Cody only acts that way to get what he wants.]]
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** [[DeliberatelyCuteChild Cody only acts that way to get what he wants.]]
** [[DeliberatelyCuteChild Cody only acts that way to get what he wants.]]
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** Cody is played as TheDitz.
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** Cody is played as TheDitz.TheDitz and/or a CloudCuckoolander.
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** Cody is bullied or underestimated for his low maturity.
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** Kids mentally develop at different rates.
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** [[TruthInTelevision Kids mentally develop at different rates.]]
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** Cody is an adult baby.
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** In the american dub Cody is 12, but in the Japanese original [[DawsonCasting Koji was a nine-year-old played by a twelve-year-old.]]
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** 17-year-old Cody speaks in BabyTalk and goes around wearing a diaper and baby bonnet.
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** 17-year-old Cody speaks in BabyTalk and goes around [[GooGooGetup wearing a diaper and baby bonnet.bonnet]].
** Cody watches ''Barney'', but he makes up for it by being a ChildProdigy.
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** The media that Cody is a fan of is for young children, [[PeripheryDemographic but is legitimately interesting to older kids, teenagers, and adults as well]].
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** The media that Cody is a fan of is for young children, [[PeripheryDemographic but is legitimately interesting to older kids, teenagers, and adults as well]]. As for the teddy bear, that's because he's PlaguedByNightmares and is using it as an emotional crutch.
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** MostWritersAreAdults
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** ActingYourIntellectualAge
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** TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
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** MostWritersAreAdults
MostWritersAreAdults - Cody is seven, but he's smart enough to be rather strategic and he walks to the store on his own.
**ActingYourIntellectualAge
ActingYourIntellectualAge - Cody is a ChildProdigy with the mindset of a grown man.
**WiseBeyondTheirYears
WiseBeyondTheirYears - Cody is the OnlySaneMan despite being only twelve.
**TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviorTroublingUnchildlikeBehavior - Cody smokes, [[DirtyKid makes perverted comments]], and watches gory movies.
** Cody is in his thirties, but behaves more like a senior-- he yells at teenagers to stay off his lawn, hates new technology, and [[GamesOfTheElderly plays games like bingo and gin rummy]].
** Cody is eighteen, but behaves more like he's in his thirties, possessing a desk job and considering getting married.
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** Cody is in his thirties, but behaves more like a senior-- he yells at teenagers to stay off his lawn, hates new technology, and [[GamesOfTheElderly plays games like bingo and gin rummy]].
** Cody is eighteen, but behaves more like he's in his thirties, possessing a desk job and considering getting married.
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* '''Parodied''': Cody is nearing 16. His friends ask if he's excited to be old enough to drive yet, but Cody just says he's not even toilet trained yet.
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* '''Parodied''': Cody is nearing 16. His friends ask if he's excited to be old enough to drive yet, but Cody just says [[ToiletHumour he's not even toilet trained yet.yet]].
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** Cody may sleep with a teddy bear and watch ''Barney'', but he also reads ''Literature/CrimeInPunishment'' (in the original Russian no less) and studies advanced mathematics.
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** Cody watches ''Barney'' and sleeps with a teddy bear to cope with trauma.
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** ManChild.
** All of the kids in the work act much younger than they actually are.
** All of the kids in the work act much younger than they actually are.
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** Cody is a teenager, and though he does act his age for the most part, he likes a few somewhat childish things such as stuffed animals.
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** Cody is a teenager, and though he does act his age for the most part, he likes a few somewhat childish things such as stuffed animals.animals and toys.
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** LittleProfessorDialog
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** LittleProfessorDialogActingYourIntellectualAge
** WiseBeyondTheirYears
** WiseBeyondTheirYears
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* '''Exploited''': Because Cody acts younger than he is, he can get away with getting/entering things for free or discounted (such as "kids under 10 eat free").
* '''Defied''': Most real 12-year-olds try.
* '''Defied''': Most real 12-year-olds try.
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* '''Exploited''': Because Cody acts younger than he is, he can get away with getting/entering things for free or discounted (such as "kids "Kids under 10 eat free").
* '''Defied''': Mostreal 12-year-olds try.middle schoolers try to act mature, contrary to being treated like babies.
* '''Defied''': Most
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** Cody is TheGhost, but many characters remark that he acts rather young for a 12 year old.
** Cody's [[VagueAge exact age is unknown]], but he seems to be somewhere around 12 judging by his appearance. Despite that, though, he does often act much younger than 12.
** Cody's [[VagueAge exact age is unknown]], but he seems to be somewhere around 12 judging by his appearance. Despite that, though, he does often act much younger than 12.
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** Cody is TheGhost, but many characters remark that he acts rather young for a 12 year old.
12-year-old.
** Cody's [[VagueAge exact age is unknown]], but he seems to be somewhere around 12 judging by his appearance. Despite that, though, hedoes often act acts much younger than 12.
** Cody's [[VagueAge exact age is unknown]], but he seems to be somewhere around 12 judging by his appearance. Despite that, though, he
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** Bob is fifteen, but acts like a small child from a '50s sitcom. His CatchPhrase is "[[GoshDangItToHeck gee willikers!]]"
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** Bob is fifteen, but acts like a small child from a '50s sitcom. His CatchPhrase is "[[GoshDangItToHeck gee Gee willikers!]]"
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* '''Downplayed''': Although he's in seventh grade, Cody reads a book intended for fourth graders.
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** All of the kids in the work act much younger than they actually are.
*'''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Although he's in seventh grade, Cody reads a book intended for fourthgraders.graders.
** Cody is a teenager, and though he does act his age for the most part, he likes a few somewhat childish things such as stuffed animals.
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** Although he's in seventh grade, Cody reads a book intended for fourth
** Cody is a teenager, and though he does act his age for the most part, he likes a few somewhat childish things such as stuffed animals.
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* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Cody's maturity level constantly varies DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Cody acts like a normal 12-year-old.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Cody's maturity level constantly varies DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Cody acts like a normal 12-year-old.
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* '''Parodied''': ???
Cody is nearing 16. His friends ask if he's excited to be old enough to drive yet, but Cody just says he's not even toilet trained yet.
* '''ZigZagged''': Zagged''':
** Cody's maturity level constantly varies DependingOnTheWriter.
** Cody's friends, all about the same age, are introduced. Though Cody and his friend Alice both like preschool cartoons and stuffed animals, his friend Barbara acts more like an average 12 year old, and his friend Danny actually acts more like he's 16.
*'''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Cody acts like a normal12-year-old.12-year-old.
** There are no children in the work.
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** Cody's maturity level constantly varies DependingOnTheWriter.
** Cody's friends, all about the same age, are introduced. Though Cody and his friend Alice both like preschool cartoons and stuffed animals, his friend Barbara acts more like an average 12 year old, and his friend Danny actually acts more like he's 16.
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** Cody acts like a normal
** There are no children in the work.
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** MostWritersAreAdults; this can sometimes happen if the author tries too hard to avoid making the child characters tiny adults, and goes in the opposite direction instead.
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** MostWritersAreAdults; this This can sometimes happen if the author tries too hard to avoid [[MostWritersAreAdults making the child characters tiny adults, adults]], and goes in the opposite direction instead.instead.
** To set up Cody as a somewhat more childish character.
** To set up Cody as a somewhat more childish character.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Exploited''': ???Because Cody acts younger than he is, he can get away with getting/entering things for free or discounted (such as "kids under 10 eat free").
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* '''Conversed''': "What kind of 12-year-old would get that excited about the merry-go-round? I was starting to notice girls at that age!"
* '''Implied''': Cody is TheGhost, but many characters remark that he acts rather young for a 12 year old.
* '''Implied''': Cody is TheGhost, but many characters remark that he acts rather young for a 12 year old.
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* '''Conversed''': '''Conversed''':
** "What kind of 12-year-old would get that excited about the merry-go-round? I was starting to notice girls at that age!"
** "I don't know if TV writers really know how kids act. Generally, fictional kids either act much older or much younger than they really are."
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** Cody is TheGhost, but many characters remark that he acts rather young for a 12 yearold.old.
** Cody's [[VagueAge exact age is unknown]], but he seems to be somewhere around 12 judging by his appearance. Despite that, though, he does often act much younger than 12.
** "What kind of 12-year-old would get that excited about the merry-go-round? I was starting to notice girls at that age!"
** "I don't know if TV writers really know how kids act. Generally, fictional kids either act much older or much younger than they really are."
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** Cody is TheGhost, but many characters remark that he acts rather young for a 12 year
** Cody's [[VagueAge exact age is unknown]], but he seems to be somewhere around 12 judging by his appearance. Despite that, though, he does often act much younger than 12.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Cody combines PsychopathicManChild with EnfantTerrible.
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** The media that Cody is a fan of is for young children, [[PeripheryDemographic but is legitimately interesting to older kids, teenagers, and adults as well]].
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* '''Enforced''': "If Cody isn't innocent enough, we'll be hearing from the MoralGuardians."
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** "If Cody isn't innocent enough, we'll be hearing from the MoralGuardians.""
** MostWritersAreAdults; this can sometimes happen if the author tries too hard to avoid making the child characters tiny adults, and goes in the opposite direction instead.
** "If Cody isn't innocent enough, we'll be hearing from the MoralGuardians.
** MostWritersAreAdults; this can sometimes happen if the author tries too hard to avoid making the child characters tiny adults, and goes in the opposite direction instead.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???"Cody, how old are you?" "12, but mentally I'm about 8."
* '''Implied''': Cody is TheGhost, but many characters remark that he acts rather young for a 12 year old.
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* '''Downplayed''': Although he's in seventh grade, Cody reads a book intended for sixth graders.
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* '''Downplayed''': Although he's in seventh grade, Cody reads a book intended for sixth fourth graders.
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** Kids develop at different rates.
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** Kids mentally develop at different rates.
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** Childishness [[ItRunsInTheFamily runs in Cody's family bloodline]].
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** Cody is a ChildProgigy who is ashamed of his intelligence and tries to hide it, but overcompensates.
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** Cody is a ChildProgigy ChildProdigy who is ashamed of his intelligence and tries to hide it, but overcompensates.
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* '''Inverted''': MostWritersAreAdults, LittleProfessorDialog
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* '''Inverted''': MostWritersAreAdults, LittleProfessorDialog'''Inverted''':
** MostWritersAreAdults
** LittleProfessorDialog
** TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
** MostWritersAreAdults
** LittleProfessorDialog
** TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
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* '''Exaggerated''': Cody speaks in BabyTalk and goes around wearing a diaper and baby bonnet.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** 17-year-old Cody speaks in BabyTalk and goes around wearing a diaper and babybonnet.bonnet.
** ManChild.
** 17-year-old Cody speaks in BabyTalk and goes around wearing a diaper and baby
** ManChild.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Cody has a serious developmental disorder.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
** Cody has a serious developmentaldisorder.disorder.
** Cody is a ChildProgigy who is ashamed of his intelligence and tries to hide it, but overcompensates.
** Cody has a serious developmental
** Cody is a ChildProgigy who is ashamed of his intelligence and tries to hide it, but overcompensates.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob is fifteen, but acts like a small child from a '50s sitcom. His CatchPhrase is "[[GoshDangItToHeck gee willikers!]]"
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* '''Parodied''': Bob is fifteen, but acts like a small child from a '50s sitcom. His CatchPhrase is "[[GoshDangItToHeck gee willikers!]]"???
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Cody acts a bit young for his age."
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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
** "Cody acts a bit young for his age."
** "Are you sure Cody doesn't have some kind of disorder?", "No, he's just like that."
** "Cody acts a bit young for his age."
** "Are you sure Cody doesn't have some kind of disorder?", "No, he's just like that."
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* '''Discussed''': "Are you sure Cody doesn't have some kind of disorder?", "No, he's just like that."
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* '''Discussed''': "Are you sure Cody doesn't have some kind of disorder?", "No, he's just like that."???
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Cody is played as TheDitz.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Laughs''':
** Bob is fifteen, but acts like a small child from a '50s sitcom. His CatchPhrase is "[[GoshDangItToHeck gee willikers!]]"
** Cody is played as TheDitz.
** Bob is fifteen, but acts like a small child from a '50s sitcom. His CatchPhrase is "[[GoshDangItToHeck gee willikers!]]"
** Cody is played as TheDitz.
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* '''Played Straight''': 12-year-old Cody sleeps with a teddy bear and is a big fan of ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.
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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': 12-year-old Cody sleeps with a teddy bear and is a big fan of ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.
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* '''Justified''': Kids develop at different rates.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Kids develop at different rates.
** Kids develop at different rates.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Cody turns out to have a developmental disorder.
* '''Reconstructed''': Cody seems to be lagging behind his peers, but it turns out he's just a late bloomer.
* '''Reconstructed''': Cody seems to be lagging behind his peers, but it turns out he's just a late bloomer.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Cody acts a bit young for his age."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Cody acts a bit young for his age."
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Cody turns out to have a developmental disorder.
* '''Reconstructed''': Cody seems to be lagging behind his peers, but it turns out he's just a late bloomer.
* '''Reconstructed''': Cody seems to be lagging behind his peers, but it turns out he's just a late bloomer.
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* '''Played Straight''': 12-year-old Cody sleeps with a teddy bear and is a big fan of ''BarneyAndFriends''.
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* '''Played Straight''': 12-year-old Cody sleeps with a teddy bear and is a big fan of ''BarneyAndFriends''.''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.
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'''Basic Trope''': A child character acts younger than their stated age.
* '''Played Straight''': 12-year-old Cody sleeps with a teddy bear and is a big fan of ''BarneyAndFriends''.
* '''Exaggerated''': Cody speaks in BabyTalk and goes around wearing a diaper and baby bonnet.
* '''Downplayed''': Although he's in seventh grade, Cody reads a book intended for sixth graders.
* '''Justified''': Kids develop at different rates.
* '''Inverted''': MostWritersAreAdults, LittleProfessorDialog
* '''Subverted''': [[DeliberatelyCuteChild Cody only acts that way to get what he wants.]]
* '''Double Subverted''': But his real level of maturity isn't much higher.
* '''Deconstructed''': Cody turns out to have a developmental disorder.
* '''Reconstructed''': Cody seems to be lagging behind his peers, but it turns out he's just a late bloomer.
* '''Parodied''': Bob is fifteen, but acts like a small child from a '50s sitcom. His CatchPhrase is "[[GoshDangItToHeck gee willikers!]]"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Cody acts a bit young for his age."
* '''Zig Zagged''': Cody's maturity level constantly varies DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Cody acts like a normal 12-year-old.
* '''Enforced''': "If Cody isn't innocent enough, we'll be hearing from the MoralGuardians."
* '''Invoked''': DeliberatelyCuteChild.
* '''Defied''': Most real 12-year-olds try.
* '''Discussed''': "Are you sure Cody doesn't have some kind of disorder?", "No, he's just like that."
* '''Conversed''': "What kind of 12-year-old would get that excited about the merry-go-round? I was starting to notice girls at that age!"
* '''Played For Laughs''': Cody is played as TheDitz.
* '''Played For Drama''': Cody has a serious developmental disorder.
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* '''Played Straight''': 12-year-old Cody sleeps with a teddy bear and is a big fan of ''BarneyAndFriends''.
* '''Exaggerated''': Cody speaks in BabyTalk and goes around wearing a diaper and baby bonnet.
* '''Downplayed''': Although he's in seventh grade, Cody reads a book intended for sixth graders.
* '''Justified''': Kids develop at different rates.
* '''Inverted''': MostWritersAreAdults, LittleProfessorDialog
* '''Subverted''': [[DeliberatelyCuteChild Cody only acts that way to get what he wants.]]
* '''Double Subverted''': But his real level of maturity isn't much higher.
* '''Deconstructed''': Cody turns out to have a developmental disorder.
* '''Reconstructed''': Cody seems to be lagging behind his peers, but it turns out he's just a late bloomer.
* '''Parodied''': Bob is fifteen, but acts like a small child from a '50s sitcom. His CatchPhrase is "[[GoshDangItToHeck gee willikers!]]"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Cody acts a bit young for his age."
* '''Zig Zagged''': Cody's maturity level constantly varies DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Cody acts like a normal 12-year-old.
* '''Enforced''': "If Cody isn't innocent enough, we'll be hearing from the MoralGuardians."
* '''Invoked''': DeliberatelyCuteChild.
* '''Defied''': Most real 12-year-olds try.
* '''Discussed''': "Are you sure Cody doesn't have some kind of disorder?", "No, he's just like that."
* '''Conversed''': "What kind of 12-year-old would get that excited about the merry-go-round? I was starting to notice girls at that age!"
* '''Played For Laughs''': Cody is played as TheDitz.
* '''Played For Drama''': Cody has a serious developmental disorder.
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