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1->'''Boyfriend:''' OH! OH! BABE, CAN WE GO VISIT SANTA? PLEEEASE?!\
2'''Girlfriend:''' You're like a toddler! I'M DOWN, THOUGH. LET'S GO!
3-->-- ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinHD''
4
5->"It feels like I'll wake up any second..." Link commented as the two found a rickety old bed in the home. He had shed his gear and was sitting on the ancient furniture, resting his sore legs.\
6\
7"Wake up?" Navi asked, settling on Link's hat that he kindly folded up for her. "What do you mean by that?"\
8\
9"From... all of ''this."'' Link replied quietly, staring at the floor. It was rotten and dirty, dust and dirt scattered about with small holes eaten by the bugs that had made the old shack their home. "It's all like a nightmare... [[TearJerker and I just want to wake up back at home]]."\
10\
11Navi stared at Link. He was ''[[OvernightAgeUp physically]]'' a man... but how he talked and how his mind worked made it clear that he was still a child. He even carried himself like one, his expression almost pouting as he said such heartbreaking things. "I'm sorry, Link... I wish this were all just a bad dream too. But we have no choice but to just keep moving forward. But once it's all over... we can rest and not have to fight anymore." She felt awful that it felt this was all she could say.
12-->-- ''Fanfic/TheBoyWithoutAFairy''
13
14->''"I swear, I am such a child sometimes..."''
15-->-- '''Jonathan Joestar''', ''Fanfic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo''
16
17->''"Be an Adult, please!"''
18-->-- '''Peter Port''' to Bartholomew Oobleck, ''Fanfic/WarOfRemnantARWBYAnthology''
19
20->''So you think you know, think you know\
21Think you know better\
22Just because, just because\
23You're older and wiser\
24Don't you know, don't you know\
25You don't get smarter?\
26You're the same as you started\
27You just jump a little higher\
28In the end, we're all just taller children''
29-->-- '''Elizabeth & the Catapult''', "Taller Children"
30
31->'''Scott:''' It feels like we're alone in the world. No grownups! It's like ''Series/TheTribe''.\
32'''Kim:''' Scott, we '''are''' grownups. And I have no idea what ''Series/TheTribe'' is.\
33'''Scott:''' I don't think I'm ready to be a grownup.
34-->-- ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim's Finest Hour''
35
36->'''[[Creator/WillFerrell Brennan]]:''' I'm not gonna call him Dad.\
37'''Nancy:''' Brennan, you're 39 years old. I would not expect you to call him Dad.\
38'''Brennan:''' Well, I'm not going to, ever! Even if there's a fire!
39-->-- ''Film/StepBrothers''
40
41->''Look! I'm Grape Nose Boy! [[OverlyLongGag Bloobity bloobity bloobity bloobity bloobity bloobity...]]''
42-->-- '''Ed''', ''Film/GoodBurger''
43
44->'''Spencer:''' I hate all the shows on the [[CaptainErsatz Dingo]] [[Creator/DisneyChannel Channel]]. The jokes are so stupid, and they always make the adults look like buffoons!\
45'''Carly:''' [[HypocriticalHumor You forgot to wear pants again.]]
46-->-- ''Series/{{iCarly}}''
47
48->'''Alex:''' Your bed is a ''car.''\
49'''Jeff:''' Yeah, but it's a fucking ''SWEET'' car.
50-->-- ''Film/GrandmasBoy2006''
51
52->''Look at him! He's old! What, do you have a job? MR. JOB?!''
53-->-- '''Owen''', ''Film/SeekingAFriendForTheEndOfTheWorld''
54
55->''Yer an infant, you know that?''
56-->--'''[[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Forgath]]''' to [[DumpStat Minmax]], ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}''
57
58->''Don't let that beard fool you, he's a child!''
59-->-- '''Stu Price''' about '''Alan Garner''', ''Film/TheHangover''
60
61->''"And that's about the time she walked away from me\
62Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three\
63And are still more amused by TV shows\
64What the hell is A.D.D.?\
65My friends say I should act my age\
66What's my age again, what's my age again?"''
67-->--'''Music/Blink182''', "What's My Age Again?"
68
69->''"I wanna fly the train!"''
70-->--'''Sterling Archer''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''
71
72->''"Yeah, but I'm not a baby. I don't need someone feed me or change my clothes. I don't need someone to save me when I climb onto a Ferris wheel and..."'' (realizes he's needed all these things that day) ''"Oh, man. I ''am'' a baby."''
73-->--'''Greg Universe''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Greg the Babysitter"
74
75->''"That should all be mine! I deserve it! I want it all! It should be mine! Mine! MINE!"''
76-->--'''Stan Smith''', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', "There Will Be Bad Blood"
77
78->'''Bernadette:''' Okay, Sheldon. What happens to our neuroreceptors when we don't get enough REM sleep?\
79'''Sheldon:''' They lose their sensitivity to serotonin and norepinephrine.\
80'''Bernadette:''' Which leads to...?\
81'''Sheldon:''' Impaired cognitive function.\
82'''Bernadette:''' Right, so march in there, brush your teeth and go to bed.\
83'''Sheldon:''' ({{Beat}}) But I don't want to go to bed.\
84'''Bernadette:''' I'm going to count to three. One...\
85'''Sheldon:''' Oh, all right.
86-->--''Series/TheBigBangTheory''
87
88->''Remember when I said that being a father to a human child could make Music/ChrisBrown retire his punching fist and convince him to stop being an itchy, oozing wart inside of humanity’s urethra? Well, I may have wasted precious keystrokes on that sentence, because Fist Brown is apparently terrorizing the world again.''
89-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/05/04/fist-brown-might-have-struck-again-for-the-5671st-time/ Michael K.]]''', "Fist Brown Might Have Struck Again For The 5,671st Time"
90
91->''Jim is so cute when he's four.''
92-->--'''"Yargo"''', commenting on ''Webcomic/SkinDeep''
93
94->People my age are having children. What the hell I am a children.
95-->--a popular post on {{Website/Tumblr}}
96
97->'''Gohan:''' [[RunningGag I need an adult.]]\
98'''Goku:''' I ''am'' an ad-\
99'''Gohan:''' ''No. No you are not.''
100-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
101
102->(''In shock'') Bulma! ''Sex makes babies!''
103-->--'''Goku''' after discovering that Chi-Chi is pregnant ([[AchievementsInIgnorance for the second time]]), ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
104
105->''"Just because you're growing up doesn't mean you have to grow up, y'know. Look at me! I'm pushing seventy and I still have ice cream for dinner!"''
106-->--'''Grunkle Stan''', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future"
107
108->'''Stu Pickles:''' Yippee! School's been canceled!\
109'''Chaz Finster:''' Stu, you're 35 years old. You don't have to go to school anymore.\
110'''Stu:''' ''(disappointed)'' Oh yeah, you're right.
111-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''
112
113-> "Kaboom needs help tying his freaking shoes. And you actually expect me to work with him? You must be crazier than he is!
114-->-- '''Robert James "Scully" Sullivan''', ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance''
115
116->''"Did I ever tell you that you have the attention span of a 5 year old?" ''
117-->-- '''F.A.N.G.''' to Balrog, ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV''
118
119->'''Father Ted Crilly:''' Bishop Brennan, this isn't really my area...\
120'''Bishop Brennan:''' ''Nothing'' is your 'area', Crilly. You do not ''have'' an 'area'. Unless it is a kind of a ''play'' area. With sandcastles, and buckets, and spades! Now do what you're told, right?
121-->--''Series/FatherTed''
122
123->'''The Man Upstairs:[[note]]a.k.a Finn's Dad[[/note]]''' You know the rules; this isn't a toy.\
124'''Finn:''' Um... it kind of is.\
125'''The Man Upstairs:''' No, [[InsistentTerminology actually it's a highly sophisticated interlocking brick system.]]\
126'''Finn:''' But we bought it at the toy store.\
127'''The Man Upstairs:''' We did, but the way I'm using it makes it an adult thing.\
128'''Finn:''' The box for this one said "Ages 8 to 14"!\
129'''The Man Upstairs:''' That's a suggestion. They have to put that on there.
130-->--''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''
131
132->'''Sarah:''' Doctor, you're being childish!\
133'''The Doctor:''' Well, of course I am! There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.
134-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]"
135
136->'''Rory:''' Dad, I'm thirty-one. I don't ''have'' a Christmas list any more. \
137'''The Doctor:''' ''[waving his arms]'' I DO!
138-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"
139
140->'''Blink:''' The general consensus is that [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Morph]] has the maturity level of a Caesar salad, and we'd rather not deal.\
141'''Sunfire:''' Well, that just isn't fair.\
142'''Blink:''' Oh c'mon, [[PluckyComicRelief you know how he is]].\
143'''Sunfire:''' Not to ''him!'' To ''me!'' As far as Morph goes, I agree with you. He sees a few of us without clothes and he'll be like a six-year-old after finishing three pounds of sugar. It feels less liberating when someone keeps yelling "[[AbhorrentAdmirer you got fries to go with that shake?!]]" But why do ''I'' gotta go?
144-->--''Comicbook/{{Exiles}} #11: Play Date''
145
146->'''(734):''' So he said if we had sex he'd take me to Build A Bear. My virginity is so worth a trip to build a bear.\
147'''(810):''' You're 20.\
148'''(734):''' IT'S BUILD A BEAR!
149-->--''Website/TextsFromLastNight''
150
151->'''Jeremy:''' I know I shouldn't say this, but every time I overtake a Prius I always think "I could do this in fourth, but I'm gonna use second instead" to annoy them even more.\
152'''Richard:''' You do know you are 56 years old?\
153'''Jeremy:''' Yeah, but I've got a mental age of 9.\
154'''Richard:''' Oh yeah...
155-->-- '''Series/TheGrandTour''', S1:E10 "Dumb Fight at the OK Coral"
156
157->''"Remember, Lord Lion-O spent ten galacto years in a [[HumanPopsicle suspension capsule]]. During that time he grew in size, but he did not grow up. He missed those firsthand life experiences through which one matures."''
158-->-- '''Tygra''', ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats1985'', "Unholy Alliance"
159
160->''What are you, a child? You got confused? Why didn't you just end it, Quentin? You obviously lost interest a long time ago. You really ''are'' a child, aren't you? [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You're obviously not enough of a real man to have a real relationship]]. You're not even enough of a real man to ''end'' a real relationship. Do I have to do everything for you?''
161-->--'''Alice,''' ''Literature/TheMagicians''
162
163->'''Sherlock:''' This is so childish.\
164'''Lestrade:''' Well, I'm dealing with a child.
165-->--- '''Series/{{Sherlock}}'''
166
167->'''Mae:''' I'm sorry, Bea. I'm a mess.\
168'''Bea:''' You know? Whatever. It's not your fault. You're just a kid.\
169'''Mae:''' I'm older than you! Two months!\
170'''Bea''': Yeah well, I stayed here and got older while you went off and stayed the same.
171-->--''Videogame/NightInTheWoods''
172
173->''"I must admit, it's sadly anti-climactic. Behind all the sturm and [[{{Pun}} batarangs]] you're just a little boy in a playsuit ''crying'' for mommy and daddy! It’d be funny if it wasn't so pathetic."''
174-->-- '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''
175
176->'''Neil:''' What do we do, Mitch?\
177'''Mitch:''' I dunno, I dunno!\
178'''Neil:''' You're the oldest!\
179'''Mitch:''' Not mentally!
180-->--''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''
181
182->''"That's not fair, that your inability to act like a grown-up helps you get your way."''
183-->--'''Clint Barton''' to '''Kate Bishop''', ''Series/Hawkeye2021''
184
185->''"I'm what's known in the medical community as a manbaby".''
186-->--'''Coach Steve,''' ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth''
187
188->'''Professor von Duct:''' When clones are first created, they have the mind of a baby.\
189'''Dr. Havoc:''' Wait-wait a minute, all my henchmen are ''babies''?\
190'''von Duct:''' No no no, come on, Dr. Havoc, no. When they ''[[BornAsAnAdult start]]'', they have the ''mind'' of a baby. The fully developed henchman is between 8-to-12-years-old.\
191'''Havoc:''' [[BigWhat What?!]]
192-->-- ''WebAnimation/DrHavocsDiary'', "The Henchman Handbook"
193
194->Brother's in the playpen, doing what he's told\
195Never mind the fact that he's thirty years old
196-->--''Al Duvall'', "Five Against One"

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