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1* Stanley, Yummy Mummy's son from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'', is a whiny little jerk who's constantly bothering people for fun.
2* Cubbi Gummi from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' is a mild example. To Sunni most of the time.
3* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''
4** [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling D.W.]] is a classic example of this trope, being whiny and self-centered most of the time.
5** Her classmates, [[TricksterTwins Timmy and Tommy Tibble]], make her look like an angel in comparison.
6* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/AngryKid'' certainly qualifies.
7* Daffy and Taz from ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes''.
8* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': [[Characters/Ben10BenTennyson Ben Tennyson]] fits this bill. If only there wasn't this damn AesopAmnesia! His cousin Gwen was like this before ''Alien Force'', where she got a lot less irritating. However, Ben and Gwen had positive traits, such as genuinely caring about helping people and their friends and family, and they outgrew many of their negative traits as children.
9* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'':
10** Bluey and Bingo's young cousin, Muffin, acts like this from time to time. For example, in the episode "Charades," while playing the titular game, Muffin throws a tantrum and refuses to play by the rules unless she gets to be a ballerina.
11** It's taken to the extreme in the episode "Faceytalk," where Muffin and Socks have a video chat with Bluey and Bingo, but Muffin refuses to let Socks have a turn with the drawing function on their tablet, even when Stripe tells her to get off. Then, after Stripe puts her in time out, Muffin steals her dad's phone, causing Stripe, and pretty soon Trixie, to chase her all around the house until Muffin accidentally drops the phone into the pool and is put in another time out.
12* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner" starts off with Robert at the grocery store and he sees an extremely bratty kid named Herbert breaking everything and yelling that he wants "candy marshmallows," while his poor mother is in tears, saying that she doesn't know how to get him to stop. Robert then suggests that she tries "beatin' his ass," and hands the mother his belt and shows her how to use it like a whip, which causes her to lunge at Herbert and whip him senseless.
13%%* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': Though a robot instead of an actual child, XR gets into this territory.
14* ''WesternAnimation/ChipChilla'': Chip tends to be brazen, rude and ill-behaved compaied to his sister Charla. As a result he's often on the receiving end of {{Aesop}}s from his parents.
15* Gorgonzola from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''. Gorgonzola has a FreudianExcuse. Namely, he's stuck learning a job he hates (carrying a candle on his head and not allowing it to go out), while his peers all seem happy with the paths their lives have set before them. Not really a surprise, then, that he's so intent on making their lives as hard as possible. He's not so much 'bratty' as he is just a {{jerkass}}.
16* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts: [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Figaro]]; the orphan mice; Huey, Dewey, and Louie; Goofy Jr. from "Fathers Are People" (41-year-early prototype of [[WesternAnimation/GoofTroop Max Goof]]), and Junior from "Bellboy Donald" (prototype of [[WesternAnimation/GoofTroop PJ]]) are ill-mannered children.
17* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' contained two examples; Numbuh Two's little brother, Tommy, and Numbuh Three's little sister, Mushi, but it's not until the episode "Operation: C.L.U.E." that Mushi totally becomes a full-on emphasis of being an unpleasant brat when she was [[spoiler: revealed as the culprit who stabbed Numbuh Three's rainbow monkey in the back.]]
18** Pretty much the entire KND ensemble is this to some degree, especially in early episodes, where the team were more a defiant bunch of rebels to adults than outright heroic.
19* José from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}'', one of the major villains.
20* Amberley from ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' is a light example. By default she is a CheerfulChild and rather well adjusted, she often becomes rather [[PluckyGirl rambunctious and temperamental in the face of enemies]] however, something that sometimes gets her into trouble.
21* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
22** Sarah, whose catchphrase is "I'm telling Mom!" regardless of the deed. Deconstructed in that she's not merely bratty, but downright [[KidsAreCruel cruel]] and at times, even violent.
23** Eddy also counts too, with him being one of the shortest guys in the show and how he can be a SpoiledBrat.
24** Despite being a NiceGuy, Jimmy can veer into this at times, particularly when he teams up with Sarah to antagonize the Eds.
25* Stewie Griffin from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' {{exaggerate|dtrope}}s this in the earlier seasons. However, this trope is very balanced for him in the later seasons.
26* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': Bloo. The problem with him is, that he's swinging around between this trope and the {{Jerkass}} trope. He's whiny, selfish, and complains when he doesn't get what he wants.
27* Pistol on ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' is demanding and {{annoying|YoungerSibling}}, as well as seeming to enjoy getting her brother, PJ, in trouble with their parents, one of whom ''[[AbusiveParents abuses]]'' him (though to her credit she usually will try to tell the one who doesn't). She badgers people so they give her stuff and let her play with them, and becomes very upset when she doesn't get her way, while she thinks the rules don't apply to her. It's to the point where PJ (who is frequently forced into intense servitude) considers playing with Pistol to be the worst chore of all.
28* Mandy from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', not unlike [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Gaz]] (see the picture above), combines this trope with CreepyChild and DisproportionateRetribution.
29* Baby Shelby from ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' tries to get his watchers in trouble with his mom and has an AnnoyingLaugh to top it off.
30* Gaz Membrane from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' sadly becomes this trope in the [[ComicBook/InvaderZimOni comics]] and [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZimEnterTheFlorpus Enter the Florpus]], abandoning her usual CreepyChild and exaggerating her DisproportionateRetribution character trope.
31** [[GirlScoutsAreEvil Moofy]], don't even try saying 'no' to her cookies or even try rescuing her from getting stuck in Zim's lawn when getting attention from the media.
32* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Cramoisie. She is [[VagueAge "under 6 years old"]] and a {{jerkass}} who spends all her time insulting other people or pushing around her sister, Violasse. Her horrible behavior is generally met with zero consequences, as Kaeloo forgives her due to her young age, [[CatsAreMean Mr. Cat]] is also a terrible person so he outright encourages her, and Stumpy thinks she just [[BrutalHonesty has no filter]].
33* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. Cousin Shawn, later Artie Smarty.
34* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'', Po, Tigress, and Mantis have to escort a [[RoyalBrat bratty little princess]] to a rendezvous. She acts very bratty along the way, and when they get robbed, she blames it all on the servants, Tigress, and Mantis. Po gets ticked off when she insults his friends and gives her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, causing her to cry. He feels bad about it and talks with her calmly later on, and the princess subverts this trope.
35* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAvatarKorra Korra's]] EstablishingCharacterMoment is when (at four-years-old) she demonstrates her ability to use three of the four elemental powers that she's not supposed to manifest until she's sixteen, busting through a wall in the process.
36-->'''Korra:''' I'm the Avatar! You gotta deal with it!
37%%* Wilbur, Honey's son in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
38* Brattus, the aptly-named younger cousin of ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus''.
39%%* Piggy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Muppet Babies|1984}}'' qualifies as this.
40* Bentley from ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' has shades of this. He's a child genius but it doesn't stop him from being a bit of a pest at times.
41* Enzo from ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' is one of the better depictions of this. Part of the reason is that while he frequently gets kidnapped and bites off more then he can chew, the awesomeness of TheHero Bob is seen through his eyes. And CharacterDevelopment has him rising up to the occasion to be a hero himself when [[WhamEpisode Bob is stranded in the web.]]
42* Randall from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''. "Miss Finster! Miss Finster!"
43* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Though a full-grown raccoon instead of an actual child, Rigby gets into this territory.
44* The aptly named Precocia Holiday from ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays.'' Highly capable of being snarky when she wants to be.
45* Angelica from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' is a three-year-old spoiled brat who will go to any lengths in order to get her way, or boss around the babies.
46* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
47** Scrappy-Doo. Although he never actually gets captured, the gang always has to grab him away before he is. (Although one has to wonder why they bother.)
48** Flim-Flam from ''WesternAnimation/TheThirteenGhostsOfScoobyDoo''.
49* Lisa Rental from ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' is a bratty little girl who gets vicious when she doesn't get her way.
50* Imp from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' is another good example from {{Creator/Filmation}}. While his age is never established, Imp has all the earmarks of this characterization, right down to throwing childish tantrums when he doesn't get his way.
51* Eric Needles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}''. He wines a lot after being abused by [[BigBad Professor Pamplemoose]] and acts as a jerk to the only people who were nice to him.
52* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
53** [[Characters/TheSimpsonsBartSimpson Bart Simpson]]. If you get his name as an anagram for "brat", he's quite the example.
54** Interestingly, during the ''[[Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow Tracey Ullman]]'' shorts, Lisa Simpson was pretty much a female Bart. When ''The Simpsons'' became a series, the writers felt having two Bart-like kids was redundant, so they made Lisa the smarter, more mature one. In early seasons she's still a co-conspirator (for instance, egging Bart on in his [[RunningGag prank calls to Moe]]) but she was {{Flanderised}} into more of a goody-two-shoes later on.
55** "Hurricane Neddy" revealed that Ned used to be a very severe version of this, as his beatnik parents refusing to discipline him in any way led to him violently lashing out at other kids.
56* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
57** Most of the boys in earlier seasons, with [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]] being most obvious.
58** Then there is Ike, who runs away to Somalia because he was already bored with life. He's about 4 years old.
59* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Sandy's young nieces from "Sandy's Nutty Nieces" complain a lot and physically harm [=SpongeBob=] multiple times.
60* The ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show]]'' episode "Uncle Mxyzptlk" had exposure to red kryptonite turn Superman into a little kid, who is nicknamed "Superbrat" by Firestorm because of his unruly antics, which include insulting Gleek by calling him a dopey monkey and wrecking the Hall of Justice's computer systems by mistaking them for playthings. Things get worse for the Super Friends when Mr. Mxyzptlk appears and exploits Superbrat's immaturity to create havoc by claiming to be his uncle and encouraging the de-aged Superman to cause destruction with his powers.
61* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' saw the team have to deal with a bratty little girl who manages to get her hands on a [[MacGuffin fractal-empowered]] tiara. She ends up nearly ending the world in a ''literal'' SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum.
62* ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'': In "One Ham's Family", after the Big Bad Wolf from ''The Three Little Pigs'' failed to catch the pig who lived in the brick house, he comes back one Christmas, disguised as Santa Claus, trying to get his revenge. Unfortunately for him, the pig's mischievous son proceeds to drive the Wolf crazy.
63* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Gizmo, in addition to his technical skill, has a very big mouth. Insults are practically all that comes out of his mouth.
64* Various smaller engines of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' are usually cheeky and mischievous to the point where most of them learn a lesson not to run into this trope. Thomas, Percy, Bill, and Ben are common examples.
65* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Bumblebee, while basically good at heart, is also snarky, mischievous (one time he ruined a stunt involving Prowl jumping over his vehicle mode friends in motorcycle form by jumping out and scaring him), brash, impulsive and [[BerserkButton does not like being called "short"]].
66* In the Creator/VanBeurenStudios cartoon "Day at the Park", Farmer Al Falfa deals with two pesky kids, and [[MisplacedWildlife a local monkey living in the park]], bitter at him over their last fight, uses the situation to call the police on Al.
67* ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'': Even before her mother disappeared, Velma was an absolute brat to everyone, drove her parents crazy, and was a possessive friend to Daphne. In fact, during Christmas, she whined about finding her gifts early and asked her mother to give her more, which is partially what led to Diya going missing.
68* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'': The video "Visitors from Outer Space" features an alien child named Org who really likes to play pranks and annoy his parents.

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