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| 9 | Freckles are associated with being young and given to both children and teens to emphasize their age. It can also be used to brand a younger person as a misfit, perhaps because it's an easily visible mark that other children can make fun of. Adults sometimes have them too. |
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| 11 | Freckles are caused by exposure to sunlight, especially on those with fair skin. The propensity to freckle is determined by genetics. Redheads are genetically associated with both fair skin and freckles, although Hollywood tends to overemphasize the connection, similar to SignificantGreenEyedRedhead. |
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| 13 | Because freckles are caused by sunlight exposure they are associated with those who run around outside all the time, symbolizing youthful energy (in both positive and negative forms). Freckles can be used to symbolize youthful innocence as well. They can also be a sign of poverty, as poor children are more likely to be FreeRangeChildren. |
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| 15 | Aside from the association with red hair, different hair colors combined with freckles can indicate something about the character: |
| 16 | |
| 17 | * '''Black hair + freckles''': This character may be East Asian with a touch of ButNotTooForeign. |
| 18 | * '''Brown hair + freckles''': Such characters are often HollywoodHomely, especially nerds. But it can be found on the GirlNextDoor and cute characters as well. |
| 19 | * '''Blonde hair + freckles''': Common on the BrattyHalfPint, and somewhat of the PhenotypeStereotype of [[DeepSouth American southerners]]. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Some archetypes commonly given freckles include: |
| 22 | * BrattyHalfPint |
| 23 | * TagalongKid |
| 24 | * RedheadedStepchild |
| 25 | * ClassClown |
| 26 | * ButtMonkey or ChewToy |
| 27 | * UnluckyEverydude for older boys |
| 28 | * RedheadsAreUncool |
| 29 | * TheAllAmericanBoy |
| 30 | |
| 31 | Girls with freckles have some additional associations, as freckles tend to be associated with girlish innocence. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | * {{Tomboy}} (since she's active outdoors) |
| 34 | * OneOfTheBoys |
| 35 | * GirlNextDoor |
| 36 | * GirlishPigtails (to emphasize the innocence) |
| 37 | * PluckyGirl |
| 38 | |
| 39 | Compare to ChildishToothGap, another design trait used to showcase a character's youth. |
| 40 | ---- |
| 41 | !!Examples: |
| 42 | |
| 43 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 46 | * This 2018 [[Platform/AppleMacintosh Apple]] "Share Your Gifts" ad featuring Billie Eilish's "Come Out and Play", features a young ShrinkingViolet lady with black hair and freckles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dJCroCMBPM who keeps her drawings in an art storage box]]. When a winter wind blows her drawings to the street, she goes out to recover them, with some of the people in the crowd picking up and looking at some pieces of her art, and liking them so much they come up to her, encouraging her to not be afraid to express her creative talents. |
| 47 | [[/folder]] |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 50 | * From ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'', Yakisobapanman's younger sister, Yakisobakasu. Her name's actually [[PunnyName a pun]] on yakisoba (like her brother, her head is made out of yakisobapan, a bun filled with yakisoba, so the noodles act as their hair), and of sobakasu, which means "freckle". |
| 51 | * Several characters in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' have them. |
| 52 | ** Marco Bott is the brown-haired, dorky variant. |
| 53 | ** Ymir has the black-haired variant, which works since [[spoiler:she has Titan powers and is from a completely different culture/group than the rest of the cast]]. |
| 54 | ** Hannah is the standard red-haired variety. |
| 55 | ** Ilse Lagner had them, which is significant since [[spoiler:she was an IdenticalStranger to Ymir. It confuses a Titan she encounters, and allows her to leave vital information behind in her ApocalypticLog]]. |
| 56 | * Max from ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'' is one of the youngest characters and is freckled. |
| 57 | %%* Outside of ''Decode'', Tsutomu Senkawa from ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty''. |
| 58 | * Candy from ''Manga/CandyCandy''. {{Tomboy}}? Check. GirlishPigtails? Check. PluckyGirl? Check! |
| 59 | * Venus from ''Manga/HeavensDesignTeam'' has freckles as a child, although she's lost them as an adult. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 61 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': When Polnareff is [[FountainOfYouth de-aged]] by [[VillainOfTheWeek Alessi]], he is shown to have freckles as a kid. |
| 62 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Doppio sports freckles across his face. |
| 63 | * Santi from ''Anime/KujiraNoJosephina'', is a pre-teen boy who has freckles on his face and the series is his ComingOfAgeStory. |
| 64 | * Though an older teen instead of a child, ''Manga/LaughingUnderTheClouds'''s Takeda has some freckles, is the youngest in the Yamainu and is more inexperienced and hotheaded than the other members. |
| 65 | * Ja'far and Koumei in ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'' have them. Coincidentally, they are {{Beleaguered Assistant}}s to two of the most powerful men in the world. |
| 66 | * Lolo Endive of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', a brown-haired GenkiGirl with GirlishPigtails. |
| 67 | * Hikari Horaki of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has a notable set of freckles on her cheeks, which are ironically juxtaposed with her work as Class 2-A's ClassRepresentative, a job that she takes with the untmost seriousness (and her position in the cast as one of the [[OnlySaneMan only sane people]]). Her younger sister Nozomi is a more clear example in her appearance in one episode of ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion''. |
| 68 | ** Kensuke also has some. Interestingly, in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion,'' he [[spoiler:[[TimeSkip loses them as an adult]]]], though Hikari doesn't. |
| 69 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 70 | ** Ace has these; odd given that he's in his twenties and a great deal less childish than his brother Luffy. [[spoiler:His backstory though makes it pretty clear that he fell under the BrattyHalfPint category.]] |
| 71 | ** His mother also had these, and she clearly fell into PluckyGirl territory. |
| 72 | ** Charlotte Linlin, better known as Big Mom, is depicted with freckles when she was a cheerful five-year old. |
| 73 | ** A non-canon example: Amanda from the second TV special has freckles, as does Toma, the kindhearted teenage Marine swordsman from the fifth movie. |
| 74 | %%* Ahiru from ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. |
| 75 | * Sasami from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' has these, but they tend to appear and disappear depending on the scene/series/incarnation/[[OffModel frame of animation]]. |
| 76 | * Makoto Ariga from ''Manga/WanderingSon'' has freckles. She dislikes them, thinking they make her look less cute. Her energetic mother also has freckles. |
| 77 | |
| 78 | * ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'': |
| 79 | ** ''Anime/{{Pollyanna}}'' has freckles, which make her insecure about her appearance. Notably, her book counterpart lacked these. |
| 80 | ** In ''Anime/RemyNobodysGirl'', most of the children of the OrphanageOfFear have them. They're all [[CheerfulChild cheerful]] despite their predicaments, and look to Mattia as a leader. The Mulligan's young maid Nelly also has freckles and ginger hair. |
| 81 | * Rebecca from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has freckles, and also has GirlishPigtails in Season One and Season Five. |
| 82 | * Izuku Midoriya, the protagonist of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', has a cluster of freckles on each cheek just under his eye, which reflects his youthful idealism in the face of the many trials and tribulations he endured to achieve his dream of becoming a superhero. |
| 83 | * Rosencrantz sports a few of these in the manga adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''. |
| 84 | [[/folder]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 87 | * Maxine Sinclair of ''ComicBook/DoubleJumpers'' is a game developer working on "Dungeon Lords 2". She has freckles on her face. |
| 88 | * Richie's poor friend Freckles Friendly from ''ComicBook/RichieRich''. |
| 89 | * Rosharch from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' is in the misfit category. |
| 90 | * Archie Andrews in ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' is of TheAllAmericanBoy variant, being a youthful teenager. |
| 91 | * ComicBook/JimmyOlsen from ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', DependingOnTheArtist. |
| 92 | * Sin from ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' has freckles. |
| 93 | * Sassette in the comic book version of ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' sometimes has freckles. |
| 94 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' |
| 95 | ** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': While twin sisters Milly & Tilly Heyday are a bit old for this as college students they are both the most childish of the Holiday Girls in different ways and have a dusting of freckles that seems to consist of all the freckles in the entire group. |
| 96 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanBlackAndGold'': To help drive home just how young Eleanor Chapman was at the time of her death once her ghostly face takes on the features she had in life her nose and cheeks are spattered with freckles. |
| 97 | * [[ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates Dylan Brock]], the younger half-brother of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], has freckles running across his nose, illustrating his childish enthusiasm when compared to his world-weary brother. |
| 98 | * ''ComicBook/TheSnowCatPrince'' has Kit, a young girl who joins Syv on his quest to retrieve Nordan's magic crown. She has freckles under her eyes. |
| 99 | * ''ComicBook/KidSherlock'': A [[TheBully bully]] who likes picking on Sherlock and Watson has a face of freckles. |
| 100 | * ''ComicBook/{{Norby}}'': Jeff, a fourteen-year-old SpaceCadet, is given a freckled nose and cheeks for the ''Literature/NorbyTheMixedUpRobot'' adaptation, but they’re gone for the second adaptation. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 104 | * The titular Freckles [=McGoosey=] of the 1915-45 comic strip ''Freckles and His Friends''. |
| 105 | * ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'': |
| 106 | ** Dennis Mitchell -- BrattyHalfPint |
| 107 | ** Margaret Wade -- PluckyGirl |
| 108 | * Phoebe of ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn''. She's nine years old and a bit of a tomboy. |
| 109 | * Peppermint Patty, the resident tomboy of ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}. |
| 110 | * The girl in ''ComicStrip/LoveIs'' has a face full of freckles. |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 114 | * West of the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fic ''FanFic/{{Reconnected}}'' has of the "brown hair and freckles" variety, serving as both a GenkiGirl and CuteClumsyGirl. |
| 115 | * In ''Fanfic/FromMuddyWaters'', [[BigBad All For One]] of all people is said to have these. This is what unnerves All Might, Gran Torino, and Sir Nighteye when they see Izuku, who is said to be the [[StrongFamilyResemblance spitting image of his father]], complete with curly hair and Quirk. |
| 116 | * ''Blog/TheRoyalSketchbook'' depicts Luna as having been dappled as a foal. Eventually her spots went away, aside from her blotchy Cutie Mark. The dappled fur gives off the impression of freckles. |
| 117 | * When two recent graduates of the Guild of Assassins School go backpacking across the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'''s equivalent of the African continent, a RunningGag is that whichever culture or country they are in, the [[RedheadsAreUncool vividly red-haired one]] gets a nickname in the local language that translates to something like ''Oh, her? Ginger-With-Freckles''. When she finally reaches her own native country after nearly eighteen months of travelling and is conscripted into [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica her nation's army]] for her National Service, her Army nickname is ''Sproetjie'' - "Freckles". Read more in "Gap Year Adventures" by Creator/AAPessimal. |
| 118 | * 4-year old Silver from ''Blog/SingleParentsNight'' has light freckles on his cheeks. |
| 119 | * Percy has these in ''Blog/AskTheFamous8'', and is the youngest of the titular group. However, they are less noticeable because of his dark skin. |
| 120 | * ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Haara has them according to her [=HeroForge=] minifigure, probably to highlight her [[{{Tomboy}} masculine personality]] and active lifestyle spent almost entirely outdoors. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 124 | * Dot in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' is the only ant to have freckles on her nose, and is the youngest and least mature major character. |
| 125 | * Young Ellie from Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' is a {{Tomboy}} GirlNextDoor. |
| 126 | * Literature/{{Rapunzel}} from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''. |
| 127 | * Dash Parr from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' is a 10 year old boy with freckles which are even more noticeable in [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 the sequel]]. Buddy Pine/Syndrome has freckles both as a kid and an adult, and is a PsychopathicManchild EvilRedhead. |
| 128 | * Princess Merida from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''. |
| 129 | * WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} has freckles and is also a PluckyGirl[=/=]Tomboy. |
| 130 | * In an unusually literal example, Odette in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' had [[http://hq55.com/disney/swan1/swan1-disneyscreencaps.com-511.jpg freckles]], for just one summer while she was a {{tomboy}}. Once she grew into a more elegant, feminine woman the freckles were gone again. |
| 131 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': |
| 132 | ** 18-year old Princess Anna has freckles to go with her spunky, youthful persona. After she turns 21 and even becomes queen, she still has these. |
| 133 | ** Queen Elsa shares her sister's freckles, but in her case they're very light and hard-to-notice. Her freckles symbolize her youth (only becoming queen at 21 after the death of her parents at 18). |
| 134 | * Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' is a runty 15-year old misfit Viking who can't seem to do anything right, and he has auburn hair and a face full of freckles. In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' he's a rather tall and fit 20-year old who's become more respected and most of his freckles are gone, but he retains some of the darker ones. |
| 135 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons,'' Lewis has some faint freckles on his cheeks. [[spoiler:His older self, Cornelius]] does too, but even in close shots of his face they're hard to notice. |
| 136 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Linguini has these to show how easily excited he can be, and how out-of-place his is among the much more seasoned chefs of Gusteau's. |
| 137 | * ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': |
| 138 | ** Mei has a few of them that are barely noticeable which indicate that she's not quite as adult as she thinks she is. |
| 139 | ** Devon has some almost noticeable ones on his face indicating, though he looks older than he is, he is clearly not 30 as Ming accuses him of being. |
| 140 | * Louie from ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' has both freckles and a ChildishToothGap. |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 144 | * Natalya Rudakova in ''Film/Transporter3'', playing the kidnapped daughter Frank is forced to drive around with him. She certainly proves troublesome until they warm up to each other. |
| 145 | * Elizabeth Swann in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' had lots of freckles as a child (as seen in a flashback in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first film]]), and none as an adult. |
| 146 | * Some early film roles of Creator/MarleneJobert. |
| 147 | * Some roles of Creator/SophiaLillis, including young Beverly Marsh in ''Film/{{It|2017}}'' and ''Film/ItChapterTwo'' and Franchise/NancyDrew in ''Film/NancyDrewAndTheHiddenStaircase''. |
| 148 | * In ''Film/TheGhostAndMrsMuir'', Captain Gregg's ghost says that Lucy Muir must have been a fat girl with pigtails (she insist she was skinny and wore her hair in braids), and "A thousand freckles". |
| 149 | -->'''Captain Gregg''': You still have some.\ |
| 150 | '''Lucy''': Only seven. I'm told they're most becoming.\ |
| 151 | '''Captain Gregg'''''(smiling)'': They are at that. |
| 152 | * ''Film/MaVieEnRose'': Chris is a freckle-faced kid around the age of Ludovic (who's seven). |
| 153 | * ''Film/MillersGirl'': Cairo is an 18 year old girl who looks fairly young, which gets showcased in part by her freckled nose and cheeks. |
| 154 | In ''Film/TankGirl'' when The Madame kidnaps Sam she forces her to dress in a {{Stripperific}} [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule schoolgirl uniform]], complete with painted-on youthful freckles, to make her more attractive to pedophiles. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 158 | * Both Truly and her cousin Mackenzie of ''Literature/AbsolutelyTruly'' have a set of freckles on their faces. |
| 159 | * ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'': Anne is the PluckyGirl type with GirlishPigtails like Pippi. |
| 160 | * Maomao from ''Literature/TheApothecaryDiaries'' has freckles that underline her youth and her tomboy personality, and the fact that she chooses to display them openly in a society where they're seen as unattractive indicates her lack of concern for her own appearance. [[spoiler:The freckles are actually fake: Maomao regularly paints them onto her own face to ''look'' unattractive and make her a less tempting target for rapists.]] |
| 161 | * In ''Literature/BloodPromise'', Tamara, a Strigoi hunter in Novosibirsk had them. She was only slightly older than Rose, probably 19-years old. Acted as OneOfTheBoys with her fellow umpromised dhampirs. |
| 162 | * In ''Literature/ABoyNamedQueen'', both Evelyn and Queen have freckles on their faces. |
| 163 | * Lylia of ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. She is the youngest one of the five elder princesses, and has a spunky attitude not unlike Pippi Longstocking. Although all her sisters have red hair, she is the only one explicitly mentioned to have freckles. |
| 164 | * In the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' [[Literature/DisgaeaNovels novels]], '''[[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!]]''' and [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Jennifer]]'s daughter [[Characters/DisgaeaNovels Jane]] gains these along with GirlishPigtails in her second appearance, where she is 13. |
| 165 | * In ''Literature/TheFamousFive'', {{tomboy}} George is proud of her freckles and thinks they are boyish, especially in ''Five on Kirrin Island Again''. |
| 166 | --> '''George:''' I've far more freckles than you have, for one thing, and better eyebrows. ''And'' I can make my voice go deep. |
| 167 | --> '''Dick:''' You're just silly. As if freckles are boyish! Girls have them just as much as boys. |
| 168 | * Creator/JulianneMoore's children's book ''Literature/FrecklefaceStrawberry'' is about a young girl who wants to get rid of her freckles. |
| 169 | * Freckles in Creator/GeneStrattonPorter's ''Literature/{{Freckles}}''. |
| 170 | * Tash Arranda of ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear''. |
| 171 | * In Creator/VictoriaForester's ''Literature/TheGirlWhoCouldFly'', Piper dislikes her freckles. |
| 172 | * Pepper of ''Literature/GoodOmens'', the [[FieryRedhead red-headed, short-tempered]], only girl member of [[CheerfulChild Them]] who has "a face which was not so much freckled as one big freckle with occasional areas of skin". |
| 173 | * ''Literature/GoToSleepAJeffTheKillerRewrite'': Ben, Jeff's small blonde friend, has PubescentBraces and is described to have a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal fair freckled face]]. [[spoiler:He still has a childlike face as a ghost, but it's unclear if the freckles are still there in the illustration]]. |
| 174 | * All of the Weasley kids in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. |
| 175 | ** Ron: UnluckyEverydude |
| 176 | ** Percy: ButtMonkey |
| 177 | ** The Twins: ClassClown |
| 178 | ** Ginny: GirlNextDoor |
| 179 | * Deconstructed lightly in the Creator/StephenKing novel ''Literature/{{Insomnia}}''. Due to the strange abilities the protagonists are gaining, one is briefly able to see inside the head of a woman in her thirties who covers her freckles with makeup and dislikes them because she feels like nobody takes her seriously or treats her like an adult because of them. |
| 180 | * EvilRedhead Jack Merridew in ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''. |
| 181 | * In ''Literature/TheManWhoGotOffTheGhostTrain'', eight-year-old Vanessa has red hair and freckles. The freckles emphasize her youthfulness, as this story is a prequel to a series featuring the adult Vanessa as a glamorous ActionGirl with a flawless complexion. |
| 182 | * ''Literature/OfFireAndStars'': Mare is eighteen, with noticeable freckles over her face. She's also a redhead, as is usual for this. |
| 183 | * In ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}'' by Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt, Beatrice Löwenström has red hair and freckles. Not to mention that's she's a {{Tomboy}} and a PluckyGirl. |
| 184 | * Literature/PippiLongstocking has GirlishPigtails and is a {{Tomboy}}. |
| 185 | * In ''Literature/{{Samhain Island}}'' Skyler Hornbostel, despite being a Krampus, has white freckles against his grey skin. |
| 186 | * Nyumba in ''Literature/SomeoneElsesWar''. |
| 187 | * ''Literature/TalesOfThePack'': Lexie has many freckles over her face which make her look younger, which she's not happy with. |
| 188 | * In ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'', Kozuka sports those. He's the local dork character. |
| 189 | * In Creator/RuthFrancesLong's ''Literature/TheTreacheryOfBeautifulThings'', Jenny has them. Which marks her out from the Sidhe, whose beauty is perfectly pale skin. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 193 | * Series/HowdyDoody's titular character is a red-haired, freckle-faced marionette, who started out with 48 freckles for each of the United States, which was later increased to 49 and 50 when Alaska and Hawaii joined the Union. |
| 194 | * Series/PunkyBrewster is a {{Tomboy}} with brown hair and GirlishPigtails. |
| 195 | %%* Alo from ''Series/{{Skins}}'' series 5 is a boy type #1. |
| 196 | %%* Harriet on ''Series/SmallWonder''. |
| 197 | * Maeby Funke in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', definitely very adventurous/rebellious and something of a tomboy. |
| 198 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'': (In order of appearance) Mike, Barb, Max, and Robin (at the end of Season 3 especially) all seem to possess a few sprinkles on their complexions and are all very young. |
| 199 | * Dean Winchester in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' possesses freckles, which become less obvious after the first couple of seasons. In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]], the Acheri demon, who poses as a child, also has freckles. |
| 200 | * Bellamy Blake in ''Series/The100'' has freckles, despite being the oldest of the 100 sent to Earth. |
| 201 | * Luke Ross from ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' is noted for his freckles. Despite being the second oldest of the Ross kids, he's not the most mature. |
| 202 | * ''Series/{{Willow}}'': Jade has brown freckles all over her face which serve as a mark of her youth. |
| 203 | * ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': Ginny has a few freckles high up on her cheeks, which helps to show her as a teen (despite being played by a woman in her mid twenties). |
| 204 | [[/folder]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 207 | * {{Inverted|Trope}} with Nikki Roxx, who was very pale in her youth and referred to as "La Gringa" while wrestling for LLF in Monterrey. She got more freckles as she aged, likely due to Arena Femenil being an outdoor venue. The HollywoodHomely aspect was used in Wrestling/{{TNA}} when she dyed her hair brown and became a target of Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople, though given she was the baby {{face}} in the feud it might have also been a {{subver|tedtrope}}sion.[[/folder]] |
| 208 | |
| 209 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 210 | * The Friendly Freckles Blythe doll. |
| 211 | * {{Franchise/Barbie}}'s HollywoodHomely friend Midge has red hair and freckles. |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 215 | * ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': In the Mysterious Console DLC, [[MysteriousWaif Noni]], a young teenage girl, is shown to have these when given a close-up on the VersusCharacterSplash. |
| 216 | * In ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly'', Riona is a young adult banshee with a freckled face. |
| 217 | * Nina Cortex from the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series, who fits the black hair and tomboy types and is occasionally a ButtMonkey. Whether she has the freckles or not [[DependingOnTheArtist tends to vary]], though. |
| 218 | * In ''VideoGame/DiceyDungeons'', the Inventor's cheeks are covered with tiny freckles, showing how innocent she is. |
| 219 | * In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', Junko Enoshima has a light dusting of freckles over her nose, which she tells Naegi is one of the things that gets airbrushed out of her glamour shots. [[spoiler: It's a plot point, actually: the girl who presents herself as Junko and has freckles is ''not'' Junko, but her twin sister and decoy Mukuro Ikusaba. The ''real'' Junko, the BigBad behind the evil Monokuma, has no freckles.]] |
| 220 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': |
| 221 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', [[BlitheSpirit Scarlet]] and [[CountryMouse Mozu]] are young women with freckled faces. |
| 222 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' also has Ashe, a sweet and idealistic NiceGuy. |
| 223 | * ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' has Creta Biscuit, the chief engineer of the Elsior. While she's already an adult woman in her twenties, she has a rather jovial personality and is the only member of the Elsior's crew who has freckles. |
| 224 | * Shishido from ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', a red-headed ButtMonkey and one of the youngest characters in the main cast, has freckles. |
| 225 | * Yuuko Shirakawa of ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', a college student who works part-time as a librarian and waitress and isn't much older than Hisao or his classmates, has them. The same applies for one nameless girl in Lilly's route who is said to be an underclassman, the only student not in third year apart from the April Fool's Day character Rika. |
| 226 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'' |
| 227 | ** Liara T'Soni. She's 106 when you meet her, but that's still pretty young by the standards of her species. They're olive green because her skin is blue. |
| 228 | ** The default Female Shepard for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' [[http://i.imgur.com/fvRDq.png has them]] as well, fitting the [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead red hair and green eyes]] part of this trope. |
| 229 | %%* Roxie from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', which may be a first for the franchise. |
| 230 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'': Lana, Captain of the Trail of Water and outdoorsy daughter of a fisherman, sports six freckles; three in each cheek, which also gives the impression of having a permantent LuminescentBlush. |
| 231 | * In ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'', Illoe, one of the romanceable characters, has freckles to highlight her sweet, innocent youth. |
| 232 | * ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'': One of the protagonists in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' can be given freckles in the gamer customization. In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' this can occur as well. |
| 233 | * In ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007]]'' the template 1 male character has freckles on his face. |
| 234 | * Gemini Sunrise in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars: [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove So Long, My Love]]'', who's also a redheaded PluckyGirl. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 238 | * Toothy from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'', with a ButtMonkey trait to match. |
| 239 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' |
| 240 | ** Penny is a cheerful, positive person who wants to explore the world and make new friends. She wants help people and takes her job title as a protector of the people very seriously. Her face is sprinkled with a faint dusting of freckles, which helps create the image of an innocent girl with an abundance of youthful energy. |
| 241 | ** Oscar has freckles all over his cheeks. As a fourteen-year-old boy, he is the youngest main character in the show but carries the [[LegacyOfTheChosen greatest burden]] of them all. The freckles help contrast his youth with the weight of a [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne responsibility]] that has been shown to break adults. [[spoiler:He is the inheritor of both [[BigGood Ozpin's]] soul and responsibility to protect humanity from [[BigBad Salem]]. Compared to the old headmaster who knew everything about the threat the world is facing, Oscar is a FarmBoy with no combat background and limited life experience.]] |
| 242 | * ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4's Mario Bloopers]]'': Meggy gets these after turning into a human. Her redesign still has them but they're a lot more subtle. |
| 243 | [[/folder]] |
| 244 | |
| 245 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 246 | * Cecily's 7-year old CheerfulChild son Lachlan from ''Webcomic/AerialMagic'' is a redhead with freckles. |
| 247 | * Rae from ''Webcomic/AlwaysHuman'' possess glowing gold freckles due to one of the nanotech "mods" available in the setting. |
| 248 | * Tamaura of ''Webcomic/{{Blindsprings}}''. More a GirlyGirl, with an impressively long mass of red hair. |
| 249 | %%* Alexander Hamilton from ''Webcomic/TheDreamer''. |
| 250 | %%* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': Chloe the succubus. |
| 251 | %%* ''Webcomic/GiftsOfWanderingIce'': Elie the ice gift girl. |
| 252 | %%* Mac in ''Webcomic/ImpureBlood''. |
| 253 | * ''Webcomic/MarbleGateDungeon'': Colleen has these, in keeping with her [[FarmBoy Farm Girl]] status. |
| 254 | %%* Marcy from ''Webcomic/{{PvP}}''. |
| 255 | * ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Reynir, who might as well be TheBabyOfTheBunch. Sigrun even nicknames him "Freckles". |
| 256 | %%* Ava von Hall from ''Webcomic/{{Superego}}''. In this case, she's more of an ManChild. |
| 257 | * Rachel from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' as a {{Tomboy}} [[GirlNextDoor Next Door]]. [[spoiler:She is definitely not innocent as we discover.]] |
| 258 | * ''Webcomic/WeakHero'': |
| 259 | ** Though Rowan changes a lot between middle and high school, what doesn't change is his spattering of freckles or the immaturity they're associated with. |
| 260 | ** Lily's spattering of freckles, alongside her twintails and round spectacles, make her appearance as childish as her romantic thoughts about Gray. |
| 261 | * In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Raya has fur [[FacialMarkings markings on her cheeks]] which resemble freckles, contributing to her RidiculouslyCuteCritter appearance. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 265 | * ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': A flashback animation of Kuervo at age 16, about three years before the start of the SMP, depicts him with these. It emphasizes his [[UsedToBeASweetKid naïvity]] about [[spoiler:the Armada before he learnt BigBrotherIsEmployingYou and [[DeceptiveLegacy how corrupt and terrible]] they truly were]] at the time; in contrast, in the present day and during the course of the SMP, his official art doesn't depict him with these. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 269 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Maggie has freckles on her face to go with her red hair. |
| 270 | * Tiny Pteranodon and Annie ''Tyrannosaurus'' from ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' have spots on their beak and muzzle respectively that resemble freckles, and they're both quite outgoing and energetic. |
| 271 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The Collector is shown to have freckles on their left cheek. Not only does this fit their youthful appearance, but being on the "eclipse" side of their face invokes stars in the night sky. |
| 272 | * The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has three cute little freckles on each cheek. He's implied to be about 27 years old, but he has a naive, child-like demeanor with babyish eyelashes and dorky freckles to go with it. |
| 273 | * Jeremy Freedman, the squeaky-voiced teenager, and Shauna, Superintendent Chalmers' rebellious teen daughter from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' both have freckles to demonstrate their youth. |
| 274 | * Smoky Quartz, the fusion of the two youngest Crystal Gems Steven and Amethyst from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. |
| 275 | * ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' has several: |
| 276 | ** Ron Stoppable -- UnluckyEverydude |
| 277 | ** Kim Possible when she was younger -- {{Tomboy}} GirlNextDoor |
| 278 | ** Joss Possible -- BrattyHalfPint |
| 279 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Arthur Lebowitz and Dwight, who both also have red hair in a bowl cut, wear glasses, have buck teeth, and a nasally voice. |
| 280 | * Chuckie from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': ChewToy and dorky redhead. |
| 281 | * Henry from ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'': ChewToy[=/=]ButtMonkey. |
| 282 | * Sheila and Bobby from ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983''. |
| 283 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' |
| 284 | ** T.J. Detweiler, who doesn't really fall under any archetype, though he has shades of ClassClown here and there. |
| 285 | ** Gretchen as well, to go with her GirlishPigtails. |
| 286 | * They're barely noticeable, but Libby from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' has some in her season 2 redesign. |
| 287 | * [[ButtMonkey Eugene]] and [[PuritySue Lila]] from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''. |
| 288 | * ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'': |
| 289 | ** Applejack from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. |
| 290 | ** Applejack and Bowtie from the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials'' to go with their rural aesthetics. |
| 291 | * Evangelyne and her sister Cleophelia, from ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}''. |
| 292 | * Michelangelo was given freckles in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' to emphasize his role as the youngest and most childlike of the brothers. |
| 293 | * Velma on ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. Interestingly enough, she DOESN'T have them in the ''[[WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo Pup]]'' show - even though in this one, she and the rest of the gang were early teens at best. |
| 294 | %%* Elsa Frankenteen from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool''. |
| 295 | %%* Penny Tompkins from ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''. |
| 296 | %%* Captain Crandall from ''WesternAnimation/TeamoSupremo''. |
| 297 | * Both 11-year old and 16-year old Gwen Tennyson on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' are both freckled. |
| 298 | %%* Tilda from ''WesternAnimation/{{Farhat}}''. |
| 299 | * Tupu, the FieryRedhead FeralChild from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tupu}}''. Some other kids as well. |
| 300 | %%* Chuck from ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}''. |
| 301 | %%* Ilana in ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan''. |
| 302 | * ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Danny had these when he was eight years old, [[https://dannyphantom.fandom.com/wiki/File:S01e17_younger_Danny_%26_Maddie.png as shown in "Maternal Instincts"]]. Youngblood, the {{bratty|HalfPint}} [[UndeadChild ghost boy]], and Johnny 13, the biker ghost who spreads bad luck, also have freckles. |
| 303 | * On ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'', Prince Wednesday's cousin, Chrissie, has these. |
| 304 | * Wendy from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has red hair and freckles, as a GirlNextDoor-type. |
| 305 | * Lincoln, Luna, Lynn, and Ronnie Ann from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' all possess freckles. |
| 306 | * ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Tilly Green possesses freckles. |
| 307 | * On the PBS ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'', [[http://curious-george.wikia.com/wiki/Allie Allie]] is a spunky girl with red hair in a ponytail and freckles. |
| 308 | * On ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', Sean, Mitchell, and Zerk all have freckles. |
| 309 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'': Owen and Izzy have these in this series, unlike their teenage counterparts. Courtney also does, but that's because her teenage self has freckles as well. Curiously, Harold actually loses his faint freckles, but gains a ChildishToothGap instead. |
| 310 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'', the young twins Bother and Blister have freckles in addition to some of their [[MassiveNumberedSiblings numerous siblings]] like the childish young adult Grownboy. They also have red hair. |
| 311 | * ''WesternAnimation/WhatAboutMimi'': Mimi has freckles on her cheeks. |
| 312 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheTaleOfTheGreatBunny'': Abigail has freckles on her cheeks. |
| 313 | * Joey from ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' has these. Interestingly, they disappear when he enters his superhero form. His neighbor/classmate Warren also has some freckles. |
| 314 | * Dez from ''WesternAnimation/{{Wishfart}}'' has these. |
| 315 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Pretty and Eugly, who are preteens, have these. So does Lavanade, a toddler. A photograph of Kaeloo herself as a child shows that she used to have these when she was younger. |
| 316 | %%* [=AndrAIa=] (even as an adult) from ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}''. |
| 317 | * On ''WesternAnimation/HollyHobbieAndFriends'', Holly Hobbie is a homely HairOfGoldHeartOfGold type and has a streak of freckles underneath her eyes going all the way across her face. |
| 318 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': D'Vana Tendi is the youngest member of the main cast, and her freckles reflect this. |
| 319 | * [[BrattyHalfPint Truman X]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheXs'' posses them, and also red hair, green eyes, and buck teeth. His past love interests also have them, along with braces: Andrea ({{Tomboy}} with GirlishPigtails) and Kimla (RedheadsAreUncool with NerdGlasses). |
| 320 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Sisters Vi and Powder both have freckles as kids and grow out of them as they become [[VagueAge adults/teenagers]]. |
| 321 | * ''WesternAnimation/RosiesRules'': Several young characters have freckles such as Rosie, Iggy, and the Liu twins. |
| 322 | * ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': All of the crab kids (Carly, Cece, and Clyde) have freckles. |
| 323 | * ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': One of Molly's classmates, Jake, has freckles on his face. |
| 324 | %%* Sparky from ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
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