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| 17 | You've seen 'em before. That great big smile… that [[ChildrenAreInnocent innocent]] look in their eyes that just screams "hug me!"... |
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| 19 | The Cheerful Child is a joyous and optimistic child, forever with a [[ThePollyanna sunny disposition on life]]. They might, if they're the [[CuriousAsAMonkey irrepressibly curious]] type, [[WiseBeyondTheirYears know a bit more about the world than respectable people think kids of that age ought to know]]. |
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| 21 | Very common in SliceOfLife shows, or cartoons centered around and/or made for young children, where little conflict happens. May serve as a {{foil}} to an older sibling in the latter's ComingOfAgeStory. Under optimal conditions, or with some luck, the Cheerful Child usually grows up to be a [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]], a GenkiGirl, or a LoveFreak. Or, if male, into a {{Keet}}. Very unfortunate Cheerful Children can be a variant of TheWoobie, or [[KillTheCutie worse]]. |
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| 23 | The ConstantlyCurious are usually Cheerful Children, as is anyone CuriousAsAMonkey. Their overly happy demeanor may make them come off as an AnnoyingYoungerSibling to their older sibling(s). |
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| 25 | Compare the {{Kawaiiko}} and TheCutie, which is about this appeal regardless of age, and the AdorablyPrecociousChild, who may or may not be cheerful but is usually cute. |
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| 27 | Contrast the TroubledChild, CreepyChild, DeliberatelyCuteChild, TheFakeCutie, and PsychopathicManchild. May overlap with TokenMiniMoe. |
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| 30 | !!Examples: |
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| 34 | [[folder:Animation]] |
| 35 | * All of the Super Sensors of ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'', but particularly [[GenkiGirl Cozybory]]. They're all high-energy and love to play. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
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| 38 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 39 | * When Mira of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' was a child, she has a cheerful disposition in life while being extremely curious. She [[GenkiGirl doesn't change much as she grows up]]. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Chiyo Mihama is so utterly sweet and adorable that she seemingly exists for the sole purpose of having the rest of the cast fawn over her. And that's without [[CutenessProximity the penguin suit]]... |
| 41 | * Naru in ''Manga/{{Barakamon}}'', the title of the first episode of the anime even refers to her as such. |
| 42 | * ''Anime/TheBigO'' has Tammy in the episode "Day of the Advent". A sweet little girl whose frail body prevents her from playing outside, lest she get sick, and stays cooped up in an old hotel playing all by herself every day. Regardless of her condition, she's perpetually cheerful and happy, even when playing alone. When the second "angel" falls and is destroyed by Big-O, it bursts into bright glowing snow-like fragments that light up the sky, and Tammy runs outside to play "in the sun" for the first time in her life. |
| 43 | -->''"Even if it's only for tonight, for that little girl, that light is an angel."'' |
| 44 | * Kenpachi's little lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi from ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' is a very disturbing example, as watching her [[HugeGuyTinyGirl apparent father figure]] get hurt makes her happy, as he must be "having fun." |
| 45 | * Ringo from ''Anime/CasshernSins''. Considering [[JustBeforeTheEnd the world]] she lives in, it's a miracle that every time you see her, she's as happy and giddy as a kid can be. |
| 46 | * ''Manga/CellsAtWorkPlatelets'': All of the Platelets default to this personality to some extent, though some less than others. Backwards Hat, Gazer, and Vice Leader are particularly downplayed examples. |
| 47 | * In ''{{Manga/Change 123}}'', Motoko's SplitPersonality Mikiri is a Cheerful Child in a well-endowed body of a teenage girl, which makes her a perfect InnocentFanserviceGirl. |
| 48 | * In ''Anime/{{Charlotte}}'', Ayumi seems to be perpetually happy, especially when talking to her brother Yu. |
| 49 | %% * Chi (a female kitten) and Youhei (a little boy) from ''Manga/ChisSweetHome''. They're both very young and have a bright and sunny disposition on life, as well as the curiosity most children their age have. <-- Needs more context of their sunny disposition and curiosity. |
| 50 | * ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'' has Nana Izumi, who's a PerpetualSmiler with [[TheGunslinger a gun]], and can be a bit of a brat. She's adored by everyone in Daimovic, with the exception of [[{{Jerkass}} Kyoshiro]], who loves to [[TheGadfly wind her up]] and see her reaction. |
| 51 | * ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'' features a group of RagtagBunchOfMisfits that help in their own way towards aiding the titular SuperRobot. Amongst them are Ochame and Jiro, who, despite having {{Dark And Troubled Past}}s (Ochame never knew her parents and Jiro's previous caretakers were abusive) are this trope. They aid TheHero, Kento Tate, in battle and look at him as their CoolBigBro. |
| 52 | * Takeru is like this in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', but he subverted it in [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 02]]: he mostly acts happy because that is what people expect of him; his greatest trait is Hope, after all, and he's very likely aware of the ramifications of losing that aspect of himself. However, his parents' divorce and his last adventure (especially [[DeadSidekick Angemon's death]]) have left their mark on him. The latter of which may cause him to go violent if there is the threat of his friends getting hurt. |
| 53 | * In the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' franchise, there are a number of cheerful kid characters: |
| 54 | ** First being Goku as a child in ''Manga/DragonBall'', [[ThePollyanna who is an unrelentlessly happy person]] despite [[BreakTheCutie most of the stuff that happens to him]] like the death of his grandfather at an early age and living alone in the mountains for a number of years. |
| 55 | ** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', his son, Gohan, is also happy and cheerful child, despite the number of tragedies and hardships he's been through, including his father dying twice, watching is other father figure give his life to protect him, and witnessing his HonoraryUncle be blown up from the inside out. |
| 56 | ** Goku's second son, Goten, fares only mildly better since he watched as Buu turned his mother into an egg and step on her. He is still one of the most cheerful characters in the series. |
| 57 | ** Pan, Gohan's daughter, inherited her family's positive attitude. |
| 58 | ** Krillin's daughter, Marron, is a little bundle of sunshine who is almost always smiling. |
| 59 | * Asuka Connell in ''Manga/FairyTail'', a cute and adorable little girl who loves playing at the guild with the rest of the wizards, especially her parents. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': |
| 61 | ** Alphonse Elric is a subversion. He and his brother were in a horrific accident and to make a long story short, Al's soul is now in a 7 foot tall suit of armor. Nevertheless, he and his brother remain mostly cheerful, although Ed borders on an EmoTeen at times. |
| 62 | ** Not that ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' doesn't have it's share of Cheerful Children. There's at least one in each of the first few episodes of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', and when they stop showing up it's a sign that the series has gotten DarkerAndEdgier. Especially poor, poor [[spoiler:Nina]]. |
| 63 | ** There's also Selim Bradley in the manga, although DarkerAndEdgier certainly applies to him, seeing how [[spoiler:he is actually the monstrously evil homunculus Pride]]. In the 2003 anime he is a genuinely cheerful boy [[spoiler:who his [[OffingTheOffspring father]] Pride [[KillTheCutie kills]].]] |
| 64 | ** May Chang, with a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Ridiculously Cute Panda]] mirroring her. |
| 65 | ** Elicia Hughes is a happy little kid, except when she's [[spoiler:crying for her dead daddy]] and [[TearJerker breaking all of our hearts]]. |
| 66 | * ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'' has Lucy-May and Kate Popple. They're always happy and upbeat, even as their family is slowly dragged down to poverty because life in Australia isn't what their father thought it would be. In the first episode, they laugh endlessly at the Popple's ArchEnemy, the wealthy Mr. Pettywell, being unable to properly construct a house and watching the foundations fall all over the FatBastard, much to their elder sister Clara's annoyance. |
| 67 | * ''Anime/HelloSandybelle'': |
| 68 | ** Despite being an orphan who's shelved with a foster family that hates her, Sandybelle Christie is a cheerful girl that loves animals and has a sunny outlook on life, her kindness earning the hearts of many around her. Even her foster mother admits she can't be cruel to her any longer because of how nice she is. |
| 69 | ** Ricky Kentle is an innocent, cheerful boy from London who assists Sandybelle as she becomes an IntrepidReporter and writes newspaper stories about life in London. He views Sandybelle as a CoolBigSis. |
| 70 | * ''Anime/LaSeineNoHoshi'' has Danton, who was formerly a circus boy before he met Simone & co. He knows that the bourgeoisie of France have it out for his friends, but he does whatever it takes to keep them safe. He's also a BadassAdorable as he prevented an AssassinationAttempt on Marie Antoinette while disguising himself as a girl named [[UnfortunateNames Cocklico]]. |
| 71 | * Pekka of ''Anime/KatriGirlOfTheMeadows''. He's an upbeat boy who loves playing with Katri, but whenever he's furious, he swears endlessly. Bringing harm to Katri is one such way to get him to swear. |
| 72 | * The robot Tachikomas of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' have the personalities and voices of cheerful children... and the bodies of {{Spider Tank}}s. They're the cutest war machines ever. |
| 73 | * Setsuko from ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies''. Unfortunately, she stars in one of the [[TearJerker most depressing pieces of media ever made]], so unlike most examples, we see her slowly deteriorate over the course of the story. |
| 74 | * Rico from ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'', who is cheerful because she used to be confined to a hospital bed until given a cyborg body by the Social Welfare Agency, who in return have made her a brainwashed [[ChildSoldiers killing machine]]. The contrast between her always perky personality and her occupation leads to several CreepyChild moments, like when she comes across a boy she'd met before (and fancied) in the aftermath of an assassination. |
| 75 | -->'''Rico:''' ''[thinking]'' [What do I say to someone in a situation like this? I remember!]\ |
| 76 | [[spoiler: ''[takes out her gun and smiles]'' I am sorry. ''[shoots boy]'']] |
| 77 | * The title character of ''Manga/HanaTheFoxGirl'' is an inari fox who can take on human form. Her human form is a little girl with fox ears and tail who acts as the mascot for the Shimashima Coffee shop. |
| 78 | --> '''Hana:''' ''[proudly]'' I get cuddled by customers and stuff! |
| 79 | * ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': |
| 80 | ** Sealand is the happiest (and most deluded) damned micronation ''ever'': He's irrepressibly optimistic that he's going to get recognized as a country, and [[{{Determinator}} he isn't going to give up any time soon]]. |
| 81 | ** Italy (as Chibitalia) used to be like that too, remaining optimistic and positive even when working for the strict and somewhat cold [[PrincelyYoungMan Austria]]. He grew up into a full-blown {{Keet}}. |
| 82 | ** Young America was this too, though a little more sedate than the other cheerful child nations. Funny enough, in the present as a adult, America is ''even more'' cheerful and [[LoveFreak idealistic]]. |
| 83 | %%* OK, Yuno of ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' is overaged a bit (she's 15), but she completely fits the archetype. |
| 84 | %% * Gon in ''Manga/HunterXHunter''. [[spoiler:And, like many of the examples on this page, deeply, deeply, DEEPLY broken...]] |
| 85 | * Hitsugi in ''{{Manga/Hyakko}}''. She has yet to interact with the main cast, but her happy elementary school antics usually make their way into the episodes. |
| 86 | * ''Manga/IWantYourMotherToBeWithMe'': Haruka is an adorable preschooler who's almost always happy, and is often able to cheer everyone else up. It takes her some time to learn that she doesn't have to do everything herself, though. |
| 87 | * There are several examples in ''Manga/KamisamaKiss,'' we can start with the Tengu children and Mamoru when he is in his human form. |
| 88 | * [[DoubleSubversion Doubly subverted]] in the case of Haruka in ''Manga/KotouraSan''. She was one until people began to realize her [[{{Telepathy}} ability]] and became a BrokenBird for ten years. She eventually [[HealTheCutie develops back into this]] over the course of the story, thanks to [[UnderstandingBoyfriend Manabe]]. |
| 89 | * Ogami Daigoro, the titular Cub in ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', does a really good job of keeping his spirits up in spite of the hardships (and [[BloodSplatteredInnocents goriness]]) of his dad's RoaringRampageOfRevenge. |
| 90 | * Yutaka from ''Manga/LuckyStar'' is also overaged, but she can easily pass off as one, especially considering [[OlderThanTheyLook her height]]. |
| 91 | * Momo Kawamoto from ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion'', the youngest, pre-school aged sister of the Kawamoto siblings. Just about anything she says and does that childlike is adorable, and Chica Umino's art style often emphasizes this. |
| 92 | %% * Mizuki from ''{{Manga/Mokke}}'', when she's not being pestered by some spirits -- and sometimes even when she ''is''. |
| 93 | * In ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', Tenma's optimism manages to turn Dieter into one of these. In fact Dieter's cheerfulness and optimism are so great, that Dieter later manages to save one of the children that Johan had been [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting.]] He also provides a grounding influence for Tenma and, later, Nina. |
| 94 | * Mei and to a certain degree, Satsuki in ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', [[spoiler:as long as their sick mother is on the road to recovery and her condition doesn't worsen]]. |
| 95 | %% * Freya from ''Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'', although her child form is not her true form, nor is her child personality what's BeneathTheMask. |
| 96 | %% * Negi Springfield from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has some moments, when he's able/allowed/forced to be just a kid. The twins, Fuka and Fumika, play the role the rest of the time, [[OlderThanTheyLook despite being teenagers]]. |
| 97 | * Shinji Ikari from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Before the activation test of Unit 01 and the "death" of his mother you see him as a constantly smiling, laughing, curious boy. The same might be true for Asuka, but we only ever see her after Unit 02 [[spoiler:has sucked the brains out of her mother]]. |
| 98 | * The Professor from ''{{Manga/Nichijou}}'' is one of these, especially when she reads picture books or talks about sharks. She also likes to joyously modify Nano, the {{robot girl}} [[ChildProdigy she invented]], for no other purpose than that it's fun. |
| 99 | * In ''Anime/PlasticMemories'', both Zack and Nina display this look. In the former's case, it's part of his job to retrieve Giftia, or androids, nearing the end of their service life. In the latter's case, that's how she was programmed. |
| 100 | %% * Cooro from ''Manga/PlusAnima''. There are only 2 times in 10 books where he looks solemn. <-- That doesn't explain how he's cheerful though. |
| 101 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 102 | ** Ash has [[CharacterDevelopment evolved]] into this over time. In early episodes he was a happy kid but had a stubborn streak and heavy IdiotHero elements. He has since learned more about Pokemon and training, removing certain elements from his personality. He's a heroic and sweet (if [[{{keet}} energetic]]) 10-year-old boy who is near perpetually happy. |
| 103 | ** Clemont's little sister Bonnie is one of these. She is happy pretty much all the time. |
| 104 | ** Trip/Shooti [[{{UsedToBeASweetKid}} used to be this]], as shown in flashbacks of his meeting with Alder in the Black and White series. All laughter, smiles, and [[{{LuminescentBlush}} perma-blush]], very striking, compared to his [[JadeColoredGlasses deeply cynical]] and [[IneffectualLoner detached personality]] at present. |
| 105 | * Yellow from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''. A cheerful, happy-go-lucky FriendToAllLivingThings who likes to fish and draw (badly) in her spare time. She counts even though she's gotten older over the years due to the fact she never seems to mature as well as the other female Dex Holders. |
| 106 | * ''Anime/TheStoryOfPollyannaGirlOfLove'': The titular character, Pollyanna. She's a cheerful, adorable 8-9 year old girl who wants to spread her joy to everyone she meets. She actually helps somne of the townspeople solve their personal problems. |
| 107 | * The titular character of ''{{Anime/Ponyo|OnTheCliffByTheSea}}'' is cheerful about lots of things, mainly ham. |
| 108 | * Raiha Uesugi, Fuutarou's cute and lovable younger sister in ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets''. Yotsuba and Itsuki can attest to her ability to generate CutenessProximity just by giving PuppyDogEyes. |
| 109 | * ''Anime/{{Raideen}}": Akira. Even though his mother left when he was born, he was always happy since his father and grandfather were loving parental figures to him. He has a boisterous and cheerful personality, something that's infectious towards his teammates. |
| 110 | * ''Anime/RemyNobodysGirl'': Remy is this, combined with GenkiGirl. She is always smiling, even after her [[spoiler: adoptive father dies]] and she's forced to live at an orphanage with an abusive caretaker. This also counts for the rest of the children at Gasaprd's orphanage, even the {{Tsundere}} Mattia. |
| 111 | %% * Nina, from ''Manga/SilverNina''. She is cheerful and energetic, at least for most of the time, and dreams of being an idol. And even more so Aika, when she was little. |
| 112 | %% * Rimone from ''{{Anime/Simoun}}'' remains mostly cheerful, despite the burden of piloting a weapon of mass destruction. |
| 113 | * Shirayuki from ''Manga/SnowWhiteAndSevenDwarfs'', though she also mixes this with BrokenHero. [[YoungerThanTheyLook Souji]] is another and milder, albeit far stranger, example -- the kid's twelve but physically a middle-aged man, and so doesn't quite ''look'' the part, but he's otherwise cheerful and with a ([[GoodIsNotSoft relatively]]) innocent demeanor. |
| 114 | * Somali from ''Manga/SomaliAndTheForestSpirit'' is a young girl who is adopted by a golem and both travel to search for more humans. She's also very cheerful, innocent, and curious. |
| 115 | * ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': For a girl who escaped from a lab and ended up in an OrphanageOfFear, Anya has a near-constant cheerful and sweet disposition. She's absolutely thrilled to have a badass spy and an assasin for parents. |
| 116 | * ''Manga/SweetnessAndLightning'' has Tsumugi Inuzuka, an adorable and cheerful kindergartener who goes through quite a few BreakTheCutie moments. |
| 117 | * ''[[Anime/TenchiMuyo Tenchi Muyo!]]'': Ayeka's kid sister, Sasami, is an eternal fountain of cheer and youthful optimism. Made moreso by her pigtails and the fact that [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Ryo-Ohki]] is often seen with her, acting more or less her cute pet. |
| 118 | * White of ''Manga/{{Tekkonkinkreet}}'', as the [[RedOniBlueOni perfect foil]] to his older brother Black. It is even mentioned during the film that Black needs White's cheerful innocence to balance out the pair. That being said, [[spoiler: he does set someone on fire when they were threatening Black]] |
| 119 | * ''Anime/VariableGeo'': Manami is actually 16, but you'd never know it [[OlderThanTheyLook by looking at her]] because [[TokenMiniMoe she's short for her age]] and [[KiddieKid exhibits childlike behavior]]. She's rarely without a smile and [[SweetTooth constantly stuffing her face with sweets]], which makes her [[DysfunctionJunction a stark contrast to the other combatants]] competing in the VG tournament. |
| 120 | * Kayoko from Anime/WhosLeftBehindKayokosDiary is renowned for her cheerfulness [[spoiler: but also for getting upset easily.]] |
| 121 | * ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' has Yotsuba Koiwai, who is an incredibly excitable and adorable preschooler. Coincidentally, she comes from the [[Creator/KiyohikoAzuma same guy]] who created ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Audio Plays]] |
| 125 | * Hinata Mitsutsuka from ''AudioPlay/ExitTunesPresentsACTORS'' is explicitly said to be one on his character profile. He's the Singing Club's main moodmaker and is almost always seen smiling -- however, in a rare mix of character traits, he is also the one playing the role of [[OnlySaneMan straight man]] to his fellow club members' hijinks. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 129 | * ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'': Lian Harper, which serves as a testament to Roy Harper's parenting skills. Naturally, once the DarkerAndEdgier hit hard, there was no room for little Lian, who got [[DroppedABridgeOnHim a very large bridge dropped on her]] in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''. Just so her father could descend into drug-fueled angst. And then she got erased from existence completely. Sadly, while the pre-Flashpoint Lian was BackFromTheDead in the ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' event, her subsequent return to regular continuity following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'' made her noticably less cheerful. |
| 130 | * ''ComicBook/LockeAndKey'': [[TheCutie Bode]] is almost always cheerful and energetic. Trying to keep him that way is something of a concern for his older siblings Tyler and Kinsey, given some of the... extremely messed-up things that happen in the story. |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/PowerPack'': Katie Power is one in all incarnations, but the all-ages comic takes it to new heights. |
| 132 | * ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': In a flashback, Delirium was shown in her previous form as Delight, who was normal-looking and very much a Cheerful Child. |
| 133 | * ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': Billy Batson, in most of his incarnations from the Golden Age onward. [[ThePollyanna His sister Mary]] also qualifies, depending on how young she's depicted as being. |
| 134 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMen'': Miles Morales is this. |
| 135 | -->'''Peter:''' Sorry about [[LetsYouAndHimFight that dust-up before and the unmasking]]. That was not cool of me.\ |
| 136 | '''Miles:''' [[AngstWhatAngst Hey, I've never been in a helicopter before, this is cool]]. |
| 137 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 138 | ** [[Characters/XMenOtherTeams Megan Gwynn/Pixie]] of the ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX during its run became this toward the end; the art style made her look younger and she fit the personality to a T. Leading the other students to believe she was the youngest of the group ([[OlderThanTheyLook she wasn't the youngest]]). |
| 139 | ** [[Characters/WolverineSupportingCharacters Gabby Kinney]], made even more pronounced by the fact she's the younger sister/clone of the notoriously [[TheStoic taciturn]] ComicBook/{{X 23}}. Gabby is preternaturally upbeat and peppy, almost always smiling, and a boundless ball of enthusiasm. It can become almost ''creepy'' at times because of how [[BewareTheNiceOnes she can threaten immense bodily harm]] should you harm one of her loved ones, and immediately switch right back to perky again ''in the same conversation''. |
| 140 | [[/folder]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 143 | * ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'': Eight-year-old Thandi Sisulu is the most outwardly happy character in the cast. |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:Eastern European Animation]] |
| 147 | * ''Animation/MashaAndTheBear'': 3 year old Masha is always cheerful and joyous. |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 151 | * Fanfic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo: Jonathan, after being attacked by [[FountainOfYouth Alessi]]. |
| 152 | * ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'' has an EarlyBirdCameo of Teana when she's 6-years-old, and she is adorable. |
| 153 | * The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fanfiction, ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' has Annabelle Lennox, going from age four to age six over the series. She's absolutely adorable and sees Ironhide and her [[BadassNormal dad]] as her personal heroes and unbeatable. She also has the weapon specialist essentially wrapped around her finger. |
| 154 | * The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' has Apple Pie, whose ability to be this even in the horrors of [[BadFuture Dark World]] enables her to become the new Element of Laughter. |
| 155 | * AB in ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'', who is keen and excitable to be Brandon's [[TheApprentice apprentice]]. |
| 156 | * ''Fanfic/TangledAdventuresInArendelle'' has Charlotte and Jacob Calmont. Both are cheery and happy, though Charlotte gets more focus with her BigSisterWorship of princess Rapunzel providing a window into how the youngest of the kingdom take the changes that happen in the fic. |
| 157 | * ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' gives us a flashback during the Mother's Day special showing resident badass, BigGood of the benign kaiju faction, '''Godzilla Junior''' was one. After he hatched inside a research institute and was being raised by a kindly biologist, the future King of the Monsters liked nothing more than to play around his paddock, chirping and wagging his tail as he followed his adoptive mother around like a chick trailing its mother hen. |
| 158 | * ''FanFic/TheDifferentverse'': Scootaloo ([[spoiler:who earns the Element of Laughter in part because of this trait]]) and her little cousin Dinky, just as in canon. |
| 159 | * In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', a 4-year-old Izuku was literally bouncing off the walls with excitement after he discovered his "Quirk". The events that happened since then have made him much more sober and grounded in his teenage years, but his former childish exuberance leaks through whenever [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee he meets a cool Pro Hero he admires.]] |
| 160 | %% * ''Fanfic/UsAndThem'': [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Aeris]] was, up until Shinra finally tracked her family down again. [[spoiler: Her eventual children also count, at least until they become teenagers]]. |
| 161 | * ''Fanfic/ShadowsOfTheFuture'' has [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]] circa-TPM. While he already had shades of this in the movie, he's even more curious, cheery, and eager to help Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon. As Obi-Wan is warmer and more welcoming of him, he's less sad about leaving his mother. |
| 162 | * ''Fanfic/KedaborysElmoreChronicles'' has 12 year old Sophie Small, who smiles almost all the time, is always happy to talk about what's on her mind, and is generally just excited about life. |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 166 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'': Rhino. Bolt may qualify, as Mittens teaches him how to become a dog, but he reverts to serious mode. [[spoiler: He may have remained very cheerful all along, as the end credits show that he is happy!]] |
| 167 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'': Tim. Even when he's angry or sad, such as when he accuses the title character of trying to steal his parents from him, he bounces back to being cheerful before long. |
| 168 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Merida was giggly and optimistic as a child, and (when she gets her way), still is, but she's not a child anymore. Also her triplet brothers Hubert, Hamish and Harris, despite being very naughty, also are generally happy. |
| 169 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'': Coda. |
| 170 | %%* ''Franchise/DespicableMe'': Agnes. |
| 171 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Pacha's children. |
| 172 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'': Marigold Girl. |
| 173 | * ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': Nemo. Despite having one grumpy moment where he says "I hate you", he generally is happy, and likes to swim in circles as if dancing. |
| 174 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': Anna and Elsa were perfectly normal and excitable girls, before the incident where [[AnIcePerson Elsa]] almost accidentally killed her sister that is. Anna keeps her cheerful attitude into adulthood however the accident causes Elsa to quickly become reserved and stoic. Since then she has turned into her former jolly self, but is now a grown-up. |
| 175 | %% * ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'': The baby in the first film (confirmed by WordOfGod to be named Roshan). |
| 176 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': Jack-Jack is generally a very happy baby, smiling, cooing, and giggling at everything. The only times he isn't happy are when he is denied more cookies or when Syndrome tried to kidnap him. |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': Riley. She goes through a two-day mood swing when she moves house, but is generally an optimist. When she is happy she sometimes does silly dances, slides down banisters and makes monkey noises. Also, thanks to Joy, most of her memories are happy or part-happy. |
| 178 | %%* Ducky of ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''. |
| 179 | %%** Subverted with Littlefoot. He has shown many emotions throughout the series, but is usually cheerful. |
| 180 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': Simba is a carefree RebelPrince who likes goofing off and singing. [[spoiler:That is until he sees his dad die in front of him and is led to believe he caused it.]] |
| 181 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'': Young Franny. |
| 182 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'': Boo. She is 2-years-old, and generally only is in a bad mood when she is scared. She enjoys doing scribbly drawings, doing silly dances, singing nonsense-y songs, saying "boo!" hence the nickname, and giggling, and seeing as laughter creates electricity in their world, one of her giggles can power a whole building. |
| 183 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'': Sherman. |
| 184 | %% * In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'': Shrek and Fiona's triplets are usually very happy, especially around their parents and each other. Donkey and Dragon's children are like this as well. |
| 185 | * ''Franchise/ToyStory'': |
| 186 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Andy. He runs around letting his imagination run wild whenever playing with his toys. |
| 187 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'': Bonnie. She likes to play with the toys and sing her song about bluebells and cockle shells. |
| 188 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', initially, Mei is just a CuteClumsyGirl overachiever on the cusp of adolescence. However, she starts becoming more energetic and excitable after being encouraged to embrace her red panda form. |
| 189 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': Russell, even though he sometimes complains, he is generally upbeat, and moreso than Mr. C. Fredrickson. |
| 190 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Vanellope von Schweetz. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 194 | %%* Sally Salt in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchhausen''. |
| 195 | * ''Film/{{Hook}}'': Maggie Banning is an unusual example, as she ''is'' in peril for much of the film as a prisoner of Captain Hook. It's her innocent, positive outlook on life that allows her to see through his claim that her parents don't love her, and she lashes out at him for trying to manipulate both her and Jack. She has an idea about what's wrong with the villain, too: "You need a mommy very badly!" She's not too far off -- [[spoiler: when the Croc comes back to life and makes a meal out of Hook, his last words are "{{I Want My Mommy}}!"]] |
| 196 | * Even as a baby, Aurora from ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' does not scare easily when confronted by Maleficent. When she first officially meets her in the Good Fairy's cottage, Maleficent hisses at her, only for the baby to smile at her. As a toddler, Aurora walks up to her and has the fairy pick her up to get a better look at her horns. |
| 197 | * ''Film/ManOnFire'': Lupita's cheerfulness eventually chips away at Creasy's hard exterior, making him positive about life again and becoming something of a substitute father for her. This leads him to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge when Pita is abducted and [[spoiler:seemingly]] killed by a kidnapping ring. |
| 198 | * ''Film/MysteryTeam'': Brianna, the girl who hires the team, is rather cheerful for a girl whose parents just died. |
| 199 | * ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'': China Girl, she is sunny and wants to be represented by a heart when Oz draws the plan. |
| 200 | * Creator/ShirleyTemple often played these characters in her movies. It helps that some of them were {{Heartwarming Orphan}}s. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 204 | * [[NiceGirl Enju]] [[AllLovingHero Aihara]] from ''Literature/BlackBullet'' is very happy, energetic, and cheerful most of the time thanks to Rentaro, as long as she isn't sad or [[TenderTears crying]] that is. |
| 205 | %%* Two-year-old Lani Nita serves this function in the ''Literature/BreakingTheWall'' trilogy. |
| 206 | * Last Order of ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex''. Especially notable because she's a clone, and all the other clones (of the same girl) are [[TinMan Tin Men]]. |
| 207 | * Rowley Jefferson from ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': He always looks on the bright side and likes playing with toys and playing classic children's games. |
| 208 | %% * ''Literature/DinosaurVs'': Dinosaur himself is about three and is very upbeat and enthusiastic. |
| 209 | * In ''Literature/FelicityFlooVisitsTheZoo'', Felicity seems unusually active for a flu-ridden kid as she goes around petting the animals, even saying, "Guess who!?" to the zebra at one point. |
| 210 | * [[ThemeNaming Kairn]] in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: City of the Dead''. He's also a good-natured daredevil and a foil to his new friend Zak, who daredevils after his parents were killed. [[spoiler: Gets killed and made into a zombie, but Zak's appeals made him turn against the man who did it.]] |
| 211 | %% * Gabriel from ''Literature/TheGiver'', as a baby, he's very loud and happy. |
| 212 | * ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has Kyon's little sister, whose [[NoNameGiven real name is never given]], and whom all the other characters find irresistibly cute. When Kyon is preparing to for his island trip and finds her hiding in his duffel bag, he's understandably upset, given how dangerous it was. But Asahina and the others take one look at her and are more than happy to let her come with them. |
| 213 | %%* Lucy Pennykettle from ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles''. |
| 214 | * In ''Literature/MelaniesMarvelousMeasles'', Melanie and Tina seem to be very happy-go-lucky. In fact, Melanie's still cheerful even when she has the measles. |
| 215 | * In ''Literature/OliverButtonIsASissy'', Oliver is a very happy-go-lucky little boy, though he is visibly hurt when his peers tease him over his hobbies. |
| 216 | * Leonard Stecyk in ''Literature/ThePaleKing'' is such an excruciatingly upbeat kid that some of the school faculty [[KillTheCutie want to kill him]]. His schoolmates hide when they see him coming. |
| 217 | * Tia seems to be this in ''Literature/TheShipWho Searched'' - she knows that her parents will [[ParentalNeglect withhold yet more attention from her]] and someone might outright take her away from them if she's ''not'' cheerful and precocious, and she vigorously [[DelusionsOfParentalLove denies being unhappy]]. Then they leave her alone for several weeks and she [[ICantFeelMyLegs becomes paralyzed]] - and if anything presents as being even ''more'' cheerful, but by then it's as a StepfordSmiler since she doesn't want them to feel bad, even when they [[ParentalAbandonment transfer guardianship to a doctor so they can return to their dream job]]. |
| 218 | %%* Tommen Baratheon from a ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. This is FridgeHorror when you realize what [[CrapsackWorld kind of world]] he lives in. Also that little thing about being [[spoiler: prophesied to die]]... |
| 219 | * Lalaith in ''Literature/TheChildrenofHurin'' Her given name was Urwen but her cheerful nature leads her to be called Lalaith meaning laughter. |
| 220 | * Roo from [[Literature/WinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]] is this. He's cheerful, he likes playing football and hanging out with Tigger bouncing. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 224 | * Boxey from ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'', especially in the episode 'Fire in Space' except for almost losing Muffit. He is initially downtrodden by the loss of his daggit during the Destruction but soon lights up when he gains a robotic replacement and has never been without smiles and giggles since. |
| 225 | %% * ''Series/EerieIndiana'': Simon is almost always extremely happy and upbeat. |
| 226 | * ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': Sometimes, underneath the psychosis and psychological trauma, there are glimpses of River being one of these. Made poignant in a flashback when we see here as a child, and she definitely was before the Academy got hold of her. |
| 227 | %% * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': It's implied that a young Renly was this while he grew up in court, according to Jaime in "Dark Wings, Dark Words". <-- But ''how'' was he cheerful? |
| 228 | * ''Series/LazyTown'': |
| 229 | ** Stephanie is a young girl with a constant smile on her face. |
| 230 | ** Ziggy is adorable and energetic, loves sweets, and admires Sportacus. |
| 231 | * Series/PunkyBrewster. A little girl who at age 8 was deserted by her mother (after her father left their family) and was found living alone in an empty apartment by Henry Warnimont, who would adopt her. Yet she manages to maintain a positive spin on things even though once in awhile she would wax sadness about it. |
| 232 | %% * In ''Series/RoundTheTwist'', it's pretty hard to dent Bronson's good cheer. |
| 233 | %% * Sky Smith from ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' is possibly the most adorable Weapon of Mass Destruction ever, with a cheery personality just adding to her cuteness. [[DefusingTheTykebomb She gets better]]. |
| 234 | * In ''{{Series/Scrubs}}'', the son of Perry Cox and Jordan Sullivan, Jack Cox, is one of these. No matter what happens to him (including being painted green and then cleaned up), he is smiling broadly and seems delighted with what is going on. |
| 235 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': The girl Clara Sutter from Imaginary Friend was generally happy, playing imaginary games and eager to learn new things. |
| 236 | %% ** The 4-year-old Alexandra was this. She even hugged Captain Picard. |
| 237 | * ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Naomi Wildman was generally happy and enjoyed playing games with Neelix and Seven of Nine. She also enjoyed her schoolwork. |
| 238 | * ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Played with in Elnor's case. As an orphaned boy who was brought up by nuns, Elnor was extremely happy and thrilled whenever Picard visited him, as the Admiral was the closest thing he had to a father figure. Elnor's affection for Picard and his enthusiasm to learn from his hero are very evident when they spend time together. However, this joy would not last because a tear falls down Elnor's cheek when Picard has to leave earlier than expected, and the former then ceased to be a cheerful child after this moment because they will not see each other again for fourteen years. |
| 239 | * In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Logan was once stuck babysitting a hyper-cheerful 11-year-old girl. [[StepfordSmiler Her disposition turned out to be a front]]. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 243 | * Music/LindseyStirling's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9poWKKpbU We Found Love]]" was made in Kenya and includes a number of local people. Some are children who she holds briefly or plays with. She also performs in their classroom, and they clap along happily. Later, she describes what an honor it was to be with them. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 247 | %% * In ''Theatre/AlbertHerring'', Emmie, Cis and Harry are always seen in an ebullient mood, even on the manhunt for Albert. |
| 248 | * ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' has two examples, one straight and one subverted. |
| 249 | ** Charlie Bucket is the straight example. He's not the soul of IncorruptiblePurePureness he is in the novel, as he's prone to daydreaming and even a little mischief now and then. (To hear his grandparents recount the legends of Willy Wonka night after night, he convinces them each time that they ''haven't'' told him before...) But for a child who lives in poverty, he makes the best of the hand he's been dealt thanks to being a more grounded MrImagination, and is the light of his family's lives. When his hopes of finding a Golden Ticket fade and he falls into a blue funk, the change deeply troubles his loved ones. |
| 250 | ** Augustus Gloop, the first Golden Ticket finder, is the subversion. He is just as happy and constantly upbeat as Charlie and his family regards him as BigFun. The Buckets and the audience quickly realize he's actually a FatBastard whose happiness comes solely from his gigantic appetite being constantly appeased, as eating is ''all he does''. He has lousy manners and is proud of saying he eats pigs limb from limb! Finally, he decides he just ''has'' to drink straight from the chocolate waterfall in the Wonka Factory -- the '''only''' part of the Chocolate Room Mr. Wonka declares off-limits, for sanitary purposes -- and falls in; his being sent to an UncertainDoom via the plumbing system as the Oompa-Loompas and Mr. Wonka mock him is played as a vicious variant on BreakTheCutie. |
| 251 | * ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'' has Bruno, Salvatore, and Vivi, three children who never speak, though their playful actions are played for NarrativeFiligree. One of the boys is bouncing a rubber ball at the wake, much to Rosa's outrage. |
| 252 | %% * Beth in the opera ''The Tender Land'' is a vivacious foil to her older sister. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 256 | * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': |
| 257 | ** Pearl spends most of her debut game blushing and silent, but once she opens up to Phoenix she becomes quite chipper, and reveals a rather innocent idealistic preoccupation with romance. |
| 258 | ** A more straight example would be 8-years-old Trucy [[spoiler: Enigmar]]. Her adorable, radiant smile is so effective, it manages to ''cure'' one major character's deep depression. Although [[BeneathTheMask she may not be so cheerful herself beneath that radiant smile...]] |
| 259 | %%* ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'': Cheerful White Bomber. |
| 260 | * Apparently, [[MeaningfulName Brick]] from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' was absolutely adorable as a little child, grinning happily as he cuddled a puppy in his massively oversized hands in the treehouse with him and his future mercenary friends. Then we get into the game, where he blows things apart with rockets, shotguns, and a pipe, and goes into [[TheBerserker furious rages]] where he makes people explode by punching them and screaming blood. Not for blood. Just screaming the word 'blood.' [[BloodKnight Repeatedly]]. |
| 261 | * ''VideoGame/ClamMan'': Natalya, the adorable young daughter of Clam Man's landlord. She goes about her chores of telling the tenants about their increased rent with nothing but innocent enthusiasm. |
| 262 | %%* VideoGame/CrashBandicoot in the 2005-2008 games. |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has Lancer. He's energetic, happy, and loves fooling around. |
| 264 | %% * ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Parry and Madchen, the hero's 8-year-old twin children, are optimistic and endlessly curious. |
| 265 | * ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'': |
| 266 | ** Ra*bits has Mitsuru, an energetic, simple-minded kiddo who loves to "dash, dash!" and eat bread. |
| 267 | ** Switch has Sora, a sunny kid who has synaesthesia allowing him to see emotions and auras as colours and who is therefore very empathetic, and is overall a sweet and upbeat kid who always sees the best in people. |
| 268 | ** 2wink also try to give this off, and it's totally authentic for the outgoing and playful Hinata, but Yuuta is going through some adolescent moodiness and identity issues that keep him from being a full example. |
| 269 | ** Tori also ''pretends'' to be one of these in order to manipulate others, but in reality he's a [[TinyTyrannicalGirl Tiny Tyrannical Boy]]. |
| 270 | * In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', young Shannan starts out surprisingly friendly and energetic despite being a hostage travelling around with an army. After he grows attached to Deirdre, Sigurd laughs that the boy's cheeriness will keep her in high spirits. Unfortunately, [[BreakTheCutie it doesn't last.]] [[spoiler:And when he grows up, he doesn't just TakeALevelInBadass, he becomes much, much colder.]] |
| 271 | * ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': |
| 272 | ** Austin marks perhaps the first instance of the trope in the history of the series. [[spoiler: Naturally, he becomes infected with a deadly disease that forces you to complete ThatOneSideQuest in order to save his life]]. |
| 273 | %% ** [[spoiler: Synth]] Shaun, as well. [[spoiler: Provided you rescue him from the Institute]]. |
| 274 | * In ''VideoGame/FarnhamFables'', Winona is a very sweet and cheerful girl who loves hugs. Her grandfather Wilford describes her as "the sweetest little 8-year-old you'll ever meet" when talking to Luke. However, she does occasionally get bouts of self-loathing when things go wrong: for example, she irrationally blames herself for the escaped cow in Episode 2, but even in that case, she is quickly cheered up again by her CoolBigSis Wendy and regains her sunny disposition for the rest of the episode. |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact:'' |
| 276 | ** [[Characters/GenshinImpactKnightsOfFavonius Klee]] is a tiny elf-like child who is a massive bundle of energy and joy that loves to show off her stuffed toy "[[CompanionCube friends]]" like Dodoco or Jumpty-Dumpty... which also happen to double as ''[[MadBomber live grenades and bombs.]]'' |
| 277 | ** Whenever [[Characters/GenshinImpactQixing Yaoyao]], a child working with Liuye's Qixing, makes an appearance, she's wearing a bright smile on her face. Her official character description even describes her as "smiley". Much like Klee, Yaoyao also has a stuffed animal named Yuegui which she loves showing off, though unlike Klee's Dodoco or Jumpty-Dumpty Yuegui is a gift from the [[Characters/GenshinImpactAdepti Adepti of Liyue]] and ''not'' stuffed with gunpowder. |
| 278 | * ''VideoGame/{{Kogama}}'' has [[SeriesMascot Blockboy]]. There isn’t much lore surrounding him, but he almost always appears to be super happy. |
| 279 | * ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has Nunu, a young, [[MrImagination imaginative]] kid whose desire to become a hero to the northern Frostguard tribe led him to venture out to slay a mysterious yeti beast... and instead befriending it. [[ThePollyanna His optimism]] and [[ABoyAndHisX their]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship]] are considered some of the most wholesome things in the entire game, which is saying a lot. |
| 280 | -->'''Nunu''': They only hurt people cause there's something sad in their hearts? ''(Willump noises)'' [[KidHero Then I'm gonna knock it out!]] |
| 281 | %%* ''Franchise/TheLegendofZelda'': Link's]] little sister Aryll. Also Malon and Romani. |
| 282 | * Kulche in ''VideoGame/LocoRoco''. If you can keep your smile and sing almost all the time when a threat isn't 5 meters away from you, it should count. |
| 283 | * In ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', Amelia's kid daughter Kate is always smiling and is excited to see her refurbish the café. Kate's often seen scribbling or playing with her toy T-rex while Amelia's working. |
| 284 | %%* Susumu Hori of ''VideoGame/MrDriller'' is the game's example of this trope. |
| 285 | * Yonah from ''VideoGame/{{NIER}}''. Despite having a terminal illness, she's always positive and upbeat, if her diary entries are any indication. |
| 286 | * Pac-Man becomes one in ''VideoGame/PacManParty''.[[note]]On the other hand, most official artwork of him (and this is going back to the [[VideoGame/PacMan original game]]) had portrayed him as being cheerful.[[/note]] |
| 287 | %% * [[TheCutie Lip and Furil]] from ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'' could give all of the above examples a run for their money. Individually. |
| 288 | * ''VideoGame/{{Pinstripe}}'': Bo is a happy-go-lucky, energetic little girl who likes nothing more than playing with her daddy. [[BreakTheCutie Then she gets kidnapped.]] |
| 289 | * In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Laura is a happy little girl who likes doing anything she can to cheer up her family and playing with her friend Russo. |
| 290 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 291 | ** [[TheCutie Cream the Rabbit]]. She's a '''''very''''' cheerful, kind-hearted, and optimistic 6-year-old rabbit girl who enjoys playing outside, gathering flowers, and playing with her cute sidekick, Cheese the Chao. |
| 292 | ** [[GadgeteerGenius Miles "Tails" Prower]] also counts, being a cheerful InnocentProdigy who's generally nice to pretty much everyone, even the villains. |
| 293 | ** Same goes for Charmy the Bee, being the youngest of the Chaotix and a very lively {{Keet}} as well. |
| 294 | * Despite the combat-oriented nature of the series, a couple of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' characters fit this trope. Mostly these are fairly weak characters like [[CatGirl Chen]] or [[OddJobGods the Aki sisters]], but then there's OptionalBoss [[PhysicalGod Suwako Moriya]]... Though it's kind of a subversion since she's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really 2000 Years Old]] ''at least''. It might even be an aversion as it's unknown if her child-like appearance is her true form, and it's been all but outright stated that [[ObfuscatingStupidity her demeanor is an act]] (though it's unknown if her cheerfulness is included in that act). |
| 295 | ** The FinalBoss of ''Immaterial And Missing Power'', the [[CuteBruiser oni]] [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Suika ]] [[{{Sizeshifter}} Ibuki]] fits to a tee, though... |
| 296 | ** Subversion with ''Subterranean Animism'''s [[ByTheEyesOfTheBlind Komeiji]] [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Koishi]], who ''is'' a child, ''is'' perpetually smiling, but [[DissonantSerenity is actually]] an EmptyShell. |
| 297 | * ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale'': |
| 298 | ** Clementine was initially this in [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonOne Season 1]], but becomes subverted as the season goes on. She helped keep up spirits for the group, though as the apocalypse started to take its toll and Clem became worried for her parents' fate, she gradually lost that sunny disposition. Averted in [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo Season 2]] onwards, but who could blame her? |
| 299 | ** When he's not being attacked by zombies (or left hanging by Lee), Duck is always smiling. Until he is bitten by a walker in Episode 3. |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 303 | * In the sequel to ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', Kogil serves this role. Of course... he's the younger version of Gilgamesh, who as we know is more than a little messed up. |
| 304 | ** Ilya is also very capable of being this trope... As long as she's not commanding her nine-foot tall monster servant to rip you limb from limb because she's bored... Or trying to control your mind with magic... Or just in other ways being the perfect example of the CreepyChild. |
| 305 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Ushio, the daughter of Tomoya and Nagisa, is mostly upbeat, playful, and friendly. Her kindergarten teacher, Kyou, makes it clear she gets along with everyone. This makes it all the more heart-wrenching whenever she gets sad or upset. |
| 306 | * Hisui, from ''{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}}'', was quite cheerful as child, until Shiki left; at which point she become [[EmotionlessGirl not so cheerful anymore]]. [[spoiler:Finding out that her twin older sister Kohaku is trapped in the mansion being raped almost daily (and that the only reason it's not happening to ''her'' is by Kohaku's efforts)]] probably had something to do with it. That, and [[spoiler:she stays "emotionless" to keep Kohaku from reverting. Too bad Kohaku has already become an EmotionlessGirl under her GenkiGirl facade...]]. |
| 307 | * Coco of ''VisualNovel/Ever17'' is technically a little old for this trope (she is 14-years-old), but looks, acts like, and is mistaken for an elementary student. Occasionally she has little streaks of not-quite-despair [[spoiler:which makes sense when you realize she's seeing the future/talking to people in the future, where she doesn't seem to exist anymore.]] But she cheers up quickly enough anyway and plays strange games like staring contests with dogs or pretending to be a chicken. |
| 308 | * [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/30311.jpg Rika]] from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. [[spoiler:Subverted when we find out that [[WiseBeyondTheirYears she actually understands]] [[GroundhogDayLoop what's going on]] better than anyone else and is [[TheFatalist rather dissatisfied]] with her [[FateWorseThanDeath current situation]], but [[StepfordSmiler she pretends to be happy and optimistic for the sake of her friends]]. [[TearJerker/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Until the later Answer Arcs]].]] |
| 309 | * ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': |
| 310 | ** Maria was evidently this way [[UsedToBeASweetKid in her backstory]], in spite of having an [[AbusiveParents Abusive Parent]], but after [[DespairEventHorizon an event mentioned in the fourth arc]], became a [[CuteAndPsycho jarring mix]] between this and a CreepyChild. |
| 311 | ** Sakutaro, Maria's beloved ImaginaryFriend[=/=]{{Living Toy|s}}, is a straighter example of this. [[spoiler:Rosa tearing him apart is what triggers Maria's DespairEventHorizon]]. |
| 312 | ** Similarly to Maria, Ange was this until [[spoiler:almost everyone in her family died.]] |
| 313 | * Ami from ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' is an innocent young girl who loves her mother and cousin, even drawing out his [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold softer side]]. She's enthusiastic about many things and especially enjoys the idol Momo Kuruse. Her disappearance and endangerment serve as Akira's motivation for the game. |
| 314 | * Acerola from VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon and VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndMoon, despite being an orphan who specializes in Ghost-type Pokemon, is the most prominent example of this in the franchise. Subverted in ''Ultra'', however, when she becomes disturbing and scary during her trial, where she quickly and repeatedly tells the player to GetOut. |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 318 | %% * ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior or not, Bear is very upbeat. |
| 319 | * One of the protagonists of ''WebAnimation/{{Monsterbox}}'' is a little girl who is typically shown with a smile on her face. The only time she loses her cheeriness is when her monsters are chased out of the garden store by the owner for eating his bonsai tree. |
| 320 | * ''[[WebAnimation/SAtina Satina Wants a Glass Of Water]]'': Satina becomes an utterly ''[[ExaggeratedTrope gigantic]]'' one of these in the show's "Bring Your Demon To Work Day" episode, in which she absolutely ''overflows'' with happiness and excitement to the point where it makes her [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny almost-completely unable to control herself]]. In the show's actual "Satina Wants a Glass Of Water" episode, she actually acts rather-surprisingly ''normal'' (up until said episode's ending, in which she ''[[ExtremeOmnivore eats]]'' a glass of water right in front of her mother while said mother [[DeathGlare very-disgustedly glares at her]] in response). |
| 321 | * ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': Almost nothing will get in the way of Skid and Pump's fun, with them cheerily going along with paranormal encounters and bumping into violent crooks, all part of their average Spooky Month. |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 325 | * ''Webcomic/BeyondTheEnd'': Tita is this. She's sweet and well-behaved and runs with the other centaurs despite being trapped as a child forever. She reassures others about her happiness with her position, letting all tragic circumstances of it slide off her. |
| 326 | %% * ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'': Molly appears to be a prime example of this trope, despite having a very upsetting past. |
| 327 | %%* Kate from ''Webcomic/CountYourSheep''. |
| 328 | * ''Webcomic/CrimsonKnights'': Judoch's sister Wilburg is quite happy even when things are going quite bad around her, such as when she is forced to travel miles on foot alongside the titular heroes. |
| 329 | * Quinn Akaelae, the raccoon {{psychic|Powers}} from ''Webcomic/TheCyantianChronicles'' is definitely a cheerful child, clear past adulthood. Contrast to her "brother", who seems to have a darker outlook on life. |
| 330 | %%* Mistake from ''WebComic/DandyAndCompany''. |
| 331 | %%* [[Webcomic/{{Digger}} I ate a sock!]] |
| 332 | * Schism from ''[[http://discordiacomic.com Discordia]]'' is a Cheerful Child... with the powers of a God. As is [[http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus.html Minus]]. |
| 333 | * Donny of ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' is this and a TagalongKid, much to Tanna's despair since she has to look after him. He also always wants to play, and ''will'' [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/520 hold you to your word]] if you say "later". |
| 334 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Akiko is sweet, upbeat and well-behaved. In fact, she's ''so'' well-behaved that [[http://egscomics.com/egsnp/2016-12-07 she refuses more than one cookie because "cookies are a sometimes food."]] |
| 335 | * In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', a FlashBack reveals that Antimony used to be quite cheerful. Surprisingly so, in light of the fact that in the present day, she's a slowly-{{defrosting|IceQueen}} EmotionlessGirl. Apparently, the intervening years were not kind to her. |
| 336 | ** It doesn't quite help when your mother dies [[spoiler: [[BreakTheCutie and you're the one who has to guide her into the afterlife]]]]. Not to mention being abandoned by your father afterwards. |
| 337 | %% ** Kat, at least through their first year, tended to be one of the most cheerful and optimistic of Annie's class, contrasting starkly with Annie's stoicism and emotional reserve. |
| 338 | * Garbanzo Kohlrabi in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is a relentlessly happy and hyperactive kindergartner who exhausts anyone trying to take care of him. The author has admitted to basing him on Fudge from ''Literature/TalesOfAFourthGradeNothing.'' |
| 339 | * ''Webcomic/TheLastHumanInACrowdedGalaxy'': Sarya is almost always cheerful and friendly, easily making friends with other alien children and robotic drones. |
| 340 | * In ''Webcomic/LavenderTea'' Jasper (Jassie) displays a gentle and non-aggressive behavior. He's also a type who is {{easily impressed}} by random stuff others do but also fears he is seen as unreliable. |
| 341 | %% * Max from Webcomic/MaxOveracts is usually optimistic and overly energetic in his efforts to entertain himself and others. |
| 342 | %% * In ''Webcomic/{{Rascals}}'', Yuriko fits the role prefectly, just so long as you don't upset her with success. |
| 343 | %% * Jacquline from ''Webcomic/SamuraiPrincess'' despite her less than cheerful past. |
| 344 | %%* Fennoswede from ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' |
| 345 | * [[http://www.indoorempire.com/snuggleninja-gallery#219-34_Source Snuggleninja]] is always happy, even when he can't find what he is looking for. |
| 346 | * [[TokenMiniMoe Yeo Miseng]] from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. Considering that she has been several years in TheThunderdome by now, that's rather surprising. But then again, she also cries sometimes. |
| 347 | %% * Mia of ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'' is extensively this. Bright, giddy, and grinning almost constantly. |
| 348 | * Sausage / Cody in ''Webcomic/{{WooHoo}}'' fits the trope, as an enthusiastic member of a Scout-type organization. Identifying as gender-neutral, Sausage is just interested in science and in making the city a better place. |
| 349 | * In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Raya is by far the most hyperactive and happy child in the comic, even while her little brother Tomo has gone missing. |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 353 | * ''Erika's New Perfume'''s titular character is this, when she isn't insanely embarrassed. Also from what little we see of Sarah before she [[PlotRelevantAgeUp grows up]] she seemed to fit this as well. |
| 354 | * Website/DeviantArt: |
| 355 | ** [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/Little-Binky-picture-342633567 Binky]] as per her description as she has a Meaningful Name for doing something rabbits do when happy, which is binkying, and she is always binkying, thus she is very happy all the time. Omitted from her description, though, she is only unhappy while sick and sad and wouldn't binky if frightened |
| 356 | ** When one first meets her, [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/Eglantine-Comes-to-stay-316570282 Eglantine]] seems to be this, as she is excited about just about everything, even meeting those she doesn't know. Oddly, ParentalAbandonment has no effect on her cheerful personality. |
| 357 | %% * Jeannette of ''Literature/FunnyBusiness'' [[spoiler:seems to be this trope. [[StepfordSmiler She is actually concealing some serious self-loathing]] so as not to burden anybody else with her problems]]. Lucy and Lewis play the trope straight, though. |
| 358 | %% * Both Shalise and Des in ''Literature/VoidDomain'', though Des may be more of a CreepyChild. |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 362 | * ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'': |
| 363 | ** Red from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' is portrayed, showing him to truly care about the Pokémon and is one of the few truly good characters in a GreyAndGrayMorality setting, [[spoiler:making his death all the more poignant, especially since it was indirectly the protagonist's fault]]. |
| 364 | ** Ness from ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' and Lucas from ''VideoGame/Mother3'' had made a cameo in one episode playing and looking to fill this trope too. [[spoiler:They turn out to be the serial killers who killed and stuffed all the victims in the series.]] |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 368 | %% * Finn [[spoiler: and childhood Marceline]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. Finn generally tells wacky jokes, sings wacky dances, pretty much all he does is wacky. |
| 369 | %%* Mimi and Scooter Chan in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan''. |
| 370 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': |
| 371 | ** Mindy. Since she's unaware of the dangers she keeps getting into, she's constantly cheery. |
| 372 | ** Skippy also falls into this trope, being an innocent young squirrel who looks up to his aunt Slappy. |
| 373 | * [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Aang]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' starts off as a straight example of this trope, with a temperament that is playful and generally pretty mellow. But over time the burden of being [[TheChosenOne The Chosen One]] and [[TheWoobie the sheer amount of shit that gets thrown at him over and over]] sends him into periods of frustration, rage, self doubt, and even prolonged depression. Fortunately he always manages to snap out of it back to his happy self. [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra By the sequel series]] we see that, despite everything, Aang managed to grow up into a Cheerful Adult. |
| 374 | ** His grandchildren in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' are pretty cheerful too, especially [[GenkiGirl Ikki]] and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Meelo]]. |
| 375 | %% * Gene from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with a childlike enthusiasm who tends to act before thinking. |
| 376 | * Jazmine from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' is played up as the more innocent and sweet foil to the cynical Huey and the troublemaking Riley. |
| 377 | %% * Pupert from the ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'' is a typical hyperactive little kid, [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling often to the annoyance of Maggie]]. |
| 378 | * ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': Ma-Ti begins the series this way, being the only Planeteer who's enlisted before he turns thirteen. He's a happy-go-lucky and idealistic AllLovingHero, as well as being the only member besides Wheeler with a fondness for practical jokes. While occasionally prone to depression, either over outside events or [[JustAKid self-doubt]], he always manages to return to baseline. |
| 379 | %%* Chowder and Panini from ''{{WesternAnimation/Chowder}}''. |
| 380 | * Numbuh Three from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''. She's a bit of an airhead but she's happy-go-lucky, and very excitable. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's implied several times she is a StepfordSmiler.]] |
| 381 | %% * The little girl from the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episodes ''Curtain of Cruelty'' and ''[[ShowWithinAShow Angry Nasty People]]''. |
| 382 | %%* Penny Tompkins in ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''. |
| 383 | * ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'': Doc is generally happy, she likes to sing songs and play games with her family while they playfully tease each other. |
| 384 | * ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': |
| 385 | ** Jimmy is an idealistic KiddieKid obsessed with fairy tales and very InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, ultimately tallying up to a very cheerful personality. Although, his anxiety occasionally downplays this trope. |
| 386 | ** Jonny is a wacky {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who's always [[MrImagination stuck in his imagination]] and [[CompanionCube talking to a piece of wood]]. |
| 387 | %%* Malani in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}''. |
| 388 | %% * Mac and Goo from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' both have very cheerful and sweet demeanors due to their preference to let their imaginations run wild. <-- How are they cheerful and sweet, and how do they let their imaginations wild? |
| 389 | * Pistol on ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' is always cheerful, as a stark contrast to her [[SiblingYinYang melancholy brother]] and her short-tempered parents. She is often heard giggling and is usually seen with a gigantic smile, and is also a GenkiGirl, which adds to her status as the AnnoyingYoungerSibling. |
| 390 | %% * [[GenkiGirl Mabel]] from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. Rare are the moments when she doesn't have a smile on her face. |
| 391 | %%* Keef from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' takes this to somewhat creepy levels. |
| 392 | %% * The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' is gullible, excitable, and incredibly thrill-seeking. |
| 393 | %% * On ''WesternAnimation/JoJosCircus'', [=JoJo=] herself. It's not that she's never sad or angry, but it rarely lasts long and she tends to default towards cheerful. |
| 394 | %% * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': The titular character. She has a positive outlook on the world and is almost always happy, and she also counts as a GenkiGirl. |
| 395 | * On ''WesternAnimation/KateAndMimMim'', Kate has a generally positive outlook and is sure that she can solve anything in Mimiloo. |
| 396 | %% * Bobby from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is a {{Keet}} with a sweetness and naïveté to him who tries to see the good in everyone. |
| 397 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': |
| 398 | ** [[Characters/TheLoudHouseLincolnLoud Lincoln Loud]] is an 11-year-old boy who's very quick-witted in his free time and very playful when it comes to his geeky interests (particularly cosplaying as Ace Savvy). |
| 399 | ** Although she's 14, the GenkiGirl [[PluckyComicRelief Luan]] has both a childlike mentality and physicality that makes her qualify, as she constantly keeps everyone on their toes by telling bad puns, talking to her ventriloquist dummy, and pulling pranks. |
| 400 | ** Lana is a playful and happy 6-year-old, [[FilthyFun particularly around gross surroundings]]. |
| 401 | * Charlotte from ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' takes this to rather extreme levels. She lives in a [[CrapsackWorld horrible town]] ruled by an EnfantTerrible and her monstrous creations. Everyone is depressed and somber except for the NewTransferStudent, Charlotte. She's cutesy, almost always happy, and [[ThePollyanna quite carefree]]. Vendetta ''loathes'' Charlotte and tries to kill her several times however Charlotte either ignores it or doesn't [[IdiotHero even notice it]], and tries to be her best friend. |
| 402 | * Bessie Higgenbottom from ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' is very adventurous due to her determined will to win honeybee scout badges. |
| 403 | * ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Molly is a very energetic and enthusiastic kid, particularly when she speaks in a sing-songy voice (which she does at least once an episode). |
| 404 | * ''WesternAnimation/NinaNeedsToGo'': Nina. When she is not distracted by "needing to go" she often has happy daydreams about what she wants to be, and she generally enjoys her outings a lot. |
| 405 | %%* Greg from ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall''. |
| 406 | %%* The titular star of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pearlie}}''. |
| 407 | * In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the number of times Phineas is sad or angry can probably be counted on one, maybe two hands. |
| 408 | * ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has Bubbles. She is even described as "the joy and the laughter" in the end credits theme song, and the extended intro to the reboot has the lyrics "Bubbles: She's bright as the sunny day". |
| 409 | * ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': Kaz from “The [=ABCs=] Of Music” is a perpetually upbeat bundle of [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny (very distractible)]] energy who manages to even put Buddy, the Jazzberries’ resident source of cheerfulness and enthusiasm, to shame. |
| 410 | * ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Jet is a joyous ray of sunshine. He sees the good in everything, is friendly to everyone, and can be quite hyperactive. Rarely does he ever get angry (the only time he did was when his cousin Zerk kept annoying him in "Whole Lotta Shakin'"). |
| 411 | %% * T.J. Detweiler from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', although like Arnold, more in the sense of being calm and optimistic. |
| 412 | %% * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', all of the babies are this, but especially Tommy and Kimi, since both are nearly always happy. Susie and Angelica are also pretty sunny on their best days. |
| 413 | * ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Considering the [[CrapsackWorld premise]] the show is set on, Tails has a generally upbeat attitude. Even his giggles sound adorable. |
| 414 | * [[Characters/SouthParkButtersStotch Butters Stotch]] from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' maintains a very [[WideEyedIdealist wide-eyed]] [[ThePollyanna optimistic]] personality despite the amount of abuse he endures at the hands of both his classmates and [[AbusiveParents his parents]]. |
| 415 | %% * Andy from ''WesternAnimation/SquirrelBoy'' is a fun-loving, somewhat-hyperactive boy who's all about make-believe. |
| 416 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'': |
| 417 | ** Omega is a ball of sunshine to anyone who comes into contact with her. She remains upbeat and optimistic after escaping from the only home she knew, is open to new people and experiences, and expresses nothing but support to her fellow brothers. |
| 418 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is quite an energetic KidHero. [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse He]] is prone to TenderTears, [[spoiler:and in later episodes starts [[StepfordSmiler hiding his worries]]]], but is overall happy-go-lucky and optimistic. |
| 419 | %%* Molly Cunningham from ''WesternAnimation/{{TaleSpin}}''. |
| 420 | %%* Jake from ''WesternAnimation/TazMania''. |
| 421 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'': |
| 422 | ** Wilykat and Wilykit are a pair of plucky, eternally optimistic [[TheArtfulDodger Artful Dodgers]], despite having grown up in the slums of TheEmpire. |
| 423 | ** In "Song of the Petalars", Emrick the Petalar, a {{foil}} and surrogate sibling for [[TheHero Lion-O]], is also a young [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]], quite convinced that, despite being trapped in the Briar Woods for generations, Lion-O and his Thundercats will help them find a way back home. |
| 424 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Sneezer. |
| 425 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/TootAndPuddle'': The titular characters' cousin Opal is bright, usually has a big smile, and is always up for a day of fun. |
| 426 | * ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': All three of our child wombat heroes are happy and playful, but Zadie probably stands out in terms of sheer energy. |
| 427 | * ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': Yadina (who provides the trope's page image) is a happy-go-lucky GenkiGirl. She is bright, determined, and loves playing with her CompanionCube Dr. Zoom. |
| 428 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/YakkityYak'': Lemony. |
| 429 | [[/folder]] |
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