Annoyingly Repetitive Child

"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, 'Do it again?' and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony."

— G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

A character is annoyed by something a kid is doing, saying, or worse, asking them to do. It wouldn't be so bad if they'd just done it once or twice, but they're doing it over and over, and the other person is just plain sick of it.

Maybe they're singing or playing an annoying song (perhaps causing Incessant Music Madness), insisting on having a story read to them (if it's a bedtime story, this might be a stalling tactic, especially during a "Getting Ready for Bed" Plot), insisting on playing a certain game over and over, crying at many things, or asking something over and over (most often "Why?" or "Are We There Yet?") which is even more annoying if they ask too quickly.

The other character may yell at them to Stop Saying That! or be quiet, or they might just bite their tongue and try to put up with the monotony (the latter is often a sign of submissiveness if they're the kid's parent or being an Extreme Doormat if they're not). They might try to bite their tongue, only to hit a Rage Breaking Point. They might try to invent a new game for the kid to play, whether a real game or just a sneaky trick like Hide and No Seek or The Quiet Game.

Truth in Television — many children (usually around the ages of 1-6) go through a phase where they like repetition; this is both because they're reassured by the familiar (and kids that age are more likely to seek reassurance due to the world being still unfamiliar) and because it helps them learn cause and effect. If a child over the age of 6 is behaving this way, it's a good bet they're a Kiddie Kid, a Cloudcuckoolander, or just find it funny.

Sub-trope of Broken Record. Common amongst the Bratty Half-Pint, Spoiled Brat, Annoying Younger Sibling, The Gadfly, and Babysitter's Nightmare but not exclusive to them. Compare The Dreaded Pretend Tea-Party, Clingy Child, Breath-Holding Brat, and Little Girls Kick Shins for other annoying kid behaviour tropes. Also compare Stop Copying Me. May be played as an Overly Long Gag and/or Annoying Background Event. If the kid is doing it on purpose, it might be Torment by Annoyance.

Examples

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Anime & Manga

• Hello Kitty: In "Sleeping by Ourselves", the kitten twins (especially Kitty) annoy their parents by demanding more and more bedtime stories. Upon overhearing the father tell the mother not to stay up too late, they decide to drop the habit and read their own bedtime stories instead.

Comic Books

• Sisters (Raina Telgemeier): At one point, Amara plays an audiobook version of Bambi many times. Raina groans loudly in annoyance, only for Amara to shush her.

Comic Strips

• Baby Blues: Zoe was prone to repeatedly asking "Why" when she was younger, much to Darryl's constant annoyance. In one strip, Wanda (who's watching a frustrated Darryl trying to get away from Zoe's constant questions) quips that Zoe must have been born with an extra "why" chromosome.
• Calvin and Hobbes:
  • In one strip, Calvin tries to annoy his dad by repeating whatever he says.
    Calvin: Hi, Dad. I'm repeating everything anyone says.
    Dad: Oh, you are, are you?
    Calvin: Oh, you are, are you?
    Dad: Knock it off, Calvin. That's very annoying.
    Calvin: Knock it off, Calvin. That's very annoying.
    Dad: I forfeit all my desserts for a week.
    Calvin: OK, give them to me.
  • Another time, he pretends to be "The Incredibly Annoying Human Echo" and starts following Hobbes around while repeating everything he says.
    Hobbes: Stop repeating everything I say.
    Calvin: Stop repeating everything I say.
    Hobbes: Quit it.
    Calvin: Quit it.
    Hobbes: I'm an ugly little maggot with lumpy gravy for brains!
    Calvin: At least you have the courage to admit it. (after being beaten up) Sooner or later, everyone falls for that.
    • When Calvin still doesn't stop, Hobbes reads a long passage from a philosophy book that he can't keep up with. Having outsmarted him, Hobbes blows a raspberry at Calvin, who says, "Cheater."
  • Calvin is mentioned to ask his father to read Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie every night. In one strip in particular, his father gets tired of this and suggests reading something else, only for Calvin to turn this down.
• For Better or for Worse: Invoked in one comic. Michael plays with a spring doorstop, causing it to emit a "boing" sound. Eventually, Elly caves in and lets him watch TV.
• Foxtrot: Paige is hired to babysit young Katie while her parents are out. Katie has discovered the children's show Blue's Clues, and her whole vocabulary seems to be the show's name repeated ad nauseum. At one point, it seems that Katie is tired of saying it, but Paige notices that Katie is turning pale. "Breathe, Katie," Paige instructs. Katie gulps down a hearty inhale, then resumes her fixated prattle. Paige acts as though this is nothing new.
• In Madam & Eve, this is one of Thandi's favorite ways to annoy Mother Anderson, as she demonstrates here.◊

Fan Works

• In the The Loud House fanfic Lincoln Runs Away, Lincoln is preparing to leave home. His attempts to sneak out are thwarted by Lana suddenly coming up to him and asking him for favors, many times. By the time he fulfills all her requests, he forgets what he was planning on doing and just goes to bed.
• In Prerugrats, 1-year-old Tommy Pickles annoys his parents by listening to a song called "The Happy Happy Song" over and over in the car.
• Total Eclipse of the Bark: When the girls are on a mountain, Candy (the young fairy) asks if they're at their destination several times over the course of a couple hours. When Miyuki tells her to find another way to amuse herself, Candy taps rocks and trees with a stick for a long while. The frustrated Nao asks her to do something else, so Candy pokes her with the stick instead. Nao then reaches her Rage Breaking Point and yells at her to cut it out.

Films — Animated

• The Emperor's New Groove: Pacha and Chicha's two small children, Tipo and Chaca, are prone to this kind of repetition.
  • Their argument over whether Pacha would ever kiss a llama turns into an endless repetition of "Nuh-uh!" "Ya-huh!". Their mother rolls her eyes and puts them to bed, at which point they pause to say goodnight before launching back into their back-and-forth.
  • Tipo gets on Yzma's nerves when she tries to infiltrate their house by posing as a distant relative:
    Tipo: I don't believe you're really my great-aunt. You're more like my great-great-great...
    [scene cuts away, cuts back to Tipo still talking]
    Tipo: ...great-great-great-great-great...
    Yzma: All right! Are you through?
    Tipo:...great-great-aunt.
• The Lion King 1 ½: At various points in the "Parenthood" montage, Simba asks Timon to take him to the other side of the log bridge so he can pee behind a bush. Timon soon snaps and yells at him for waking him up all the time, but he quickly calms down when Simba reveals he had a nightmare.
• Pinocchio has a moment of repeatedly saying, "Why?" when Geppetto puts him to bed.
  Geppetto: Now close your eyes, and go to sleep.
  Pinocchio: Why?
  Geppetto: Everyone needs to sleep. Figaro, Cleo, and tomorrow, you've got to go to school.
  Pinocchio: Why?
  Geppetto: Oh, to learn things, and get smart.
  Pinocchio: Why?
  Geppetto: (Falling asleep) Because...
• In Shrek Forever After, when Shrek is feeling bored and like every day is the same, one of the things he's frustrated with is his baby daughter Felicia squeaking a squeaky doll.
• Ralph Breaks the Internet: Invoked by Vanellope. When Yesss sends out her pop-army to boost Ralph's popularity, Vanellope asks her if she could also be a pop-up.
  Yesss: I don't know, can you be annoyingly aggressive?
  Vanellope: I don't know. Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I?

Films — Live-Action

• The Meg: A small child on the beach at Sanya Bay wants to go swimming, but his mother refuses. He asks if he can go over and over until his annoyed mom finally caves and lets him go in the water. Unfortunately, there's a giant shark lurking offshore. Fortunately, the kid is fine.

Literature

• All By Myself!: Leon the young penguin wakes up his parents to take him to the bathroom at least once every night. This results in them being exhausted on most mornings, so Leon's mother tells him he should do this on his own.
• Andy Griffiths' Just Series: In "Shut Up" from "Just Disgusting", Andy, a preteen boy, takes every opportunity to tell his father, "Don't get your knickers in a knot!". At one point, the father yells at him, "And stop telling me not to get my knickers in a knot!", so Andy says, "Don't get your trousers in a twist."
• Big Nate: In "Big Nate On a Roll", Nate talks about the time he went to a Peter Pan play when he and Ellen were kids. He says it wasn't that great of an experience for him, especially since Ellen sang songs from the play every day for two years.
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Veruca Salt wanted a golden ticket, so her dad made his workers unwrap the Wonka bars he had purchased. Every day when not a single golden ticket is found, Veruca would start yelling, "Where's my golden ticket? I want my golden ticket!".
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid:
  • In Dog Days, Manny tries to pass the time in the car by telling lame jokes. At first, his parents play along with it, but as time goes on, even they become annoyed by his nonstop jokes.
  • Two examples in The Last Straw; Manny the toddler calls Greg (his middle school-aged brother) "ploopy"^note Or "pootie" in the original webcomic as a childish insult. Greg approaches Susan when she's on the phone to tell her about what Manny said and says, "Mom?" several times. She is quite annoyed by this interruption and asks what that even means, which throws him for a loop. Manny then continues to call him a "ploopy" for the rest of the day. (Though he isn't quite so pleased when Greg calls him that later.)
  • In The Ugly Truth, the middle school boys are having a sleepover at the school. One of them farts loudly every once in a while, and Mr. Palmero gets tired of this, so he orders the students to cut loose behind the curtain. The guys then take this opportunity to make fake flatulent sounds such as Blowing a Raspberry or playing a low note on a tuba for quite a while.
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules: Rowley (who's about twelve or thirteen) lies that he has to use the bathroom before kicking a pillow down the stairs. He does this every fifteen minutes, and Greg is initially amused, but he becomes sick of this. As such, he hides a heavy weight under the pillow in case Rowley tries to kick it again, resulting in Rowley breaking his toe.
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever: Greg plays a game of mad libs with Rowley, the middle schooler. Rowley simply says, "LOL" to all his jokes, and Greg notes that this makes the game a lot less fun.
• Junie B. Jones: In "Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed", it's class picture day, and a photographer tells Lucille the kindergartner to say cheese. She answers, "Cheese, cheese, cheesie, cheese, cheese!" until he tells her to cut it out.
• Just So Stories: The Elephant's Child frequently irritates those around him by asking too many questions. Whenever his family members have had enough of his questions, they smack him.
• Little Critter:
  • In "Baby Sister Says No", a baby version of Little Sister says, "No (x)!" in response to everything Little Critter does. Little Critter gets sick of this and asks their mother to do something about it.
  • In "Me Too!", Little Sister says the book's title every time Little Critter does something fun, and he is displeased by this, although downplayed as it's not the repetition that bugs him, so much as the fact that he would rather do things by himself or with his friends.
• On Your Potty!: When George the bear is trying to toilet-train his son Bartholomew, Bartholomew responds, "Nah!" whenever George asks if he has to go. Eventually, George has had enough of this and shouts the book's title to get him to comply.
• Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue: Downplayed — Pierre's parents are annoyed by him saying, "I don't care!", but it's not just because of the repetitiveness — it's also because the things he doesn't care about include annoying things like being told not to pour syrup in his hair.
• Potty Poo-Poo Wee-Wee!: Littlesaurus bugs everyone around him by yelling the titular phrase of "potty-poo-poo-wee-wee", which prompts his neighbors and family members to scold him, "That's rude!"
• Ramona Quimby: Two examples in "Beezus and Ramona" — Beezus is annoyed by her little sister Ramona first wanting to be read the same stories again and again, then later singing, "Copycat, cappycot" repeatedly.
• Roys Bedoys: In "Y is Not for Why, Roys Bedoys!", Roys's classmates are annoyed by him singing, "Why, why, tell me why" over and over again.
• Serendipity Books: In Sassafras, Sassafras the young elephant gets her name from the fact that she tends to mimic what others say to mock them. This infuriates her mother and teacher to no end, but she ultimately realizes how they feel when she meets a particularly obnoxious Answering Echo in the valley.
• In Whatever, the protagonist is bothered by his little son only saying, "Whatever" to whatever's going on.

Live-Action TV

• Dinosaurs:
  • In "Baby Talk", Baby keeps asking Earl to do amusing things such as making funny faces and putting on a puppet show. Earl gets tired of this and checks the clock; cue the reveal that it's only been about a minute.
  • In "Terrible Twos", Baby celebrates his second birthday and begins to act even brattier than usual. At the start of the episode, he keeps yelling at his parents to bring him presents, so the family tries to distract him while Earl builds him a go-kart.
• El Chavo del ocho: Chavo (a little boy) frequently loops between repeated statements or questions while talking to someone. When Quico is unable to take it anymore, he hysterically asks him to shut up (he does this even if Chavo isn't talking to him specifically).
• Good Luck Charlie: In "Butt Dialing Duncans", Bob gets Charlie Happy Horse, a singing plush horse. Charlie enjoys Happy Horse's song so much that she plays it non-stop, much to Gabe's ire.
• In Monk episode "Mr. Monk and the Airplane", a little kid asks Monk the "Pete and Repeat" joke — and repeats ad nauseam it when it's answered correctly.
• The Really Loud House: In "Better Together", 2-year-old Lily asks her father Lynn Sr. to play a song called "Little Baby Bunny" repeatedly, to the point where it annoys him by being in his head.
• Sesame Street:
  • In one skit, Snuffy is frustrated by his 2-year-old sister Alice asking, "Why?" about everything he says.
  • One episode is about Oscar trying to get Natasha (a baby) to stop kissing him over and over.
  • Another episode about Oscar has him babysitting his toddler niece Irvine, who keeps singing. Being a Grouch, Oscar hates her singing.
  • In one episode, Maria is annoyed by Frazzle (whose exact age is unknown, but he appears to be a child as he's seen going to daycare) demanding she read a book about a horse and a hen again and again.
  • One episode sees 3-year-old Elmo wanting the adults to read him a book called Lucy the Lazy Lizard over and over, annoying them.
  • In one episode, Ruthie is bugged by Elmo repeatedly singing the alphabet. She tells him to sing a different song, but finds that one just as annoying since it's to the same tune.
  • In one episode, Alice invents a dance in which she spins in circles. Snuffy is initially amused until she keeps tripping and falling.
  • In one episode, Natasha and Zoe look after Natasha the baby. Natasha won't stop saying, "Hoongie!", so Natasha and Zoe try to find out what that means. They become increasingly overwhelmed when their attempts to quiet her down are useless, but as it turns out, she just lost her doll named Hoongie.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation: Exploited in "Rascals" — Picard, who'd been de-aged to about twelve, demands to see Riker. When the Ferengi won't let him, he says, "I need to see him now!". Then, he keeps repeating, "Now, now, now..." and stamping his foot until the Ferengi cave in.
• Yes, Dear: In "Arm-prins", Greg puts on a Blue's Clues DVD to distract Sammy the toddler so he can use the bathroom. As such, Sammy becomes addicted to the show and refuses to stop watching it. Greg does not have the backbone to make him stop and they end up replaying the DVD for hours.

Web Animation

• GoAnimate:
  • Many videos will have the troublemaker annoying their parents into taking them to a restaurant by repeating, "I want to go to [restaurant]!" while doing an Angry Dance.
  • In Katie Misbehaves, Katie (who has a Vague Age, but acts quite immaturely) spends the video irritating her mother this way. First, she yells that she has to pee non-stop, then she says that she wants to go to McDonald's several times, and finally, she insists that she wants her mother to play the song Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
  • In Caillou Yells WAAAAA for an Hour/Grounded, Caillou yells for an hour straight, hence the title. Naturally, this pisses Boris off, and he grounds him.
  • In Caillou Says Waaaaah for 2 Hours/Kills Rosie/Grounded, Caillou doesn't have anything productive to do, so he simply screams for two hours straight. Boris soon snaps and yells at him to shut up.

Web Videos

• SuperMarioLogan: Jeffy (who was twelve at the start of the series) often says, "Why?" in response to any of Mario's orders, much to the latter's chagrin.

Western Animation

• 64 Zoo Lane: In "Nelson the Elephant", a younger Nelson jumps off a ledge several times (calling it the "umpa-jumpa game"), but it inconveniences his neighbors, especially since his immense weight causes great tremors. He refuses to stop because it's too fun for him, so they trick him into jumping on a trampoline to break him of the habit.
• Animaniacs:
  • In "I'm Mad", Scratchandsniff is frustrated while driving the Warner siblings to the circus. While most of what's bugging him is Yakko and Dot's arguing, he's also annoyed by Wakko complaining over and over that he's tired, hungry, squirmy, has a runny nose, and needs to use the "potty", and asking how far it is. Even though the Warners are really 65 years old, they look and act like kids, and here they're at their most annoyingly childlike.
  • In the Buttons and Mindy episodes, after people tell Mindy (a toddler) what they're doing after she asks them, Mindy repeats, "Why?", causing them to over-explain to her until she starts chasing something, the people can't provide further explanation, and/or they get annoyed.
  • In "Bumbie's Mom", Skippy, a young squirrel, watches a parody of Bambi titled Bumbie, which makes him cry. When Slappy cheers him up, it's more out of annoyance at his crying whenever he mentions the eponymous fawn's Missing Mom's death than out of actual sympathy, and at the end when he cries again while watching another sad movie, she says, "Uh-oh" but again in more of an annoyed than a sad tone.
  • Subverted in one episode, in which Wakko is playing the same two notes on an accordion over and over. Scratchandsniff initially finds this annoying, but grows to appreciate the "song".
• Arthur:
  • In "Play it Again, D.W.", 4-year-old D.W. keeps playing a song called "Crazy Bus", much to the ire of her parents and her older brother Arthur.
  • In one episode, Arthur wishes there were heaps of him, but then changes his mind when he realises that then there'd be heaps of D.W.s. He then imagines a crowd of D.W.s annoying him by repeating, "Come play with me, Arthur!".
  • In "D.W.'s Time Trouble", D.W. and her imaginary friend Nadine went back in time so she can be an older sister while Arthur can be her little brother. Things went well until Arthur kept saying, "I want another cookie" despite D.W. running out of them.
  • At the end of "DW's Library Card", DW says she'll renew Hopalong the Frog as many times as she wants and she'll have Arthur read it to her twice a day, much to the latter's horror.
• Bluey: At the start of "Copycat", Bluey starts repeating everything that Bandit says and does, much to his dismay. Curious to see how far she'll take it, he does goofy things such as slapping his own rear in front of Wendy, but to his surprise, she doesn't copy him there.
• Bob's Burgers: In "Sexy Dance Fighting", there is a montage of Tina^note Who was twelve at the time, prior to her thirteenth birthday two episodes later doing a capoeira movement and quoting something that Jairo told her. This inconveniences Bob, as she keeps interrupting whatever he's doing to repeat what Jairo said.
• Courage the Cowardly Dog: In "Little Muriel", Muriel is turned into a toddler. Throughout the episode, she bugs him this way, such as listing things she wants, yelling that she's hungry and thirsty several times in a row, and bouncing on an unconscious Eustace while yelling "I want an Easter egg!" at breakneck speeds.
• Dexter's Laboratory: In "Jeepers Creepers, Where is Peepers?", Dee Dee (Dexter's Childish Older Sibling) asks Dexter to help her save Peepers. She tells him, "You gotta!" four times in a row.
• Easter Yeggs: The Enfant Terrible gives Bugs quite a hard time this way; he says, "I want an Easter egg!" at a rapid face and yells, "He bwoke my widdle awm!" several times.
• Ed, Edd n Eddy: Invoked in "Shoo Ed", where the Eds make Johnny more annoying for a scam to get people to pay them to take him away from them. Eddy tells Johnny that people like it when he says, "why" all the time. Most explicitly shown when he annoys Sarah and Jimmy.
  Sarah: Jonny, get out of there!
  Jonny: Why?
  Sarah: 'Cause I said so!
  Jonny: Why?
  Sarah: 'Cause you're bugging us!
  Jonny: Why?
  Sarah: 'Cause you're stupid!
  Jonny: (beat) Why?
• Family Guy:
  • In "Stewie Loves Lois", Lois lies on her bed exhausted, and Stewie approaches her and says her name for about twenty seconds.
    Stewie: Lois! Lois! Lois! Lois! Lois! Lois! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mama! Mama! Mama! Ma! Ma! Ma! Ma! Mum! Mum! Mum! Mum! Mummy! Mummy! Mumma! Mumma! Mumma!
    Lois: WHAT?!
    Stewie: (smugly) Hi. (runs out of the room laughing)
  • In "Stewie is Enceinte", Stewie gives birth to a litter of human-puppy hybrids. At one point, when he's talking to Brian, one of the human-puppies bumps his head against a wall until Stewie yells at him to knock it off.
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Cheese (who has a Vague Age, but definitely looks and acts childlike) often irritates others this way. In his debut appearance in "Mac Daddy" alone, he squeals, "Whee!" for what is implied to be hours, keeps saying, "I like chocolate milk" and "Cocoa!", much to the dismay of Eduardo and Coco.
• Jelly Jamm: In "Repetition, Repetition", Goomo teaches Rita a game in which you imitate anything that someone says or does. Rita has too much fun with it and starts mimicking her friends and the Queen, much to their exasperation. As such, they have the King outdo Rita to give her a taste of her own medicine.
• Kaeloo: In one episode, Stumpy's kid sister Nombril follows him, saying his name nonstop. Stumpy complains to Quack Quack about this and claims he can never get any peace when she's calling his name all the time.
• Littlest Pet Shop (2012): In "Room Enough", the only thing Meow-Meow says is "Why?", which throws the other pets in for a loop, as they don't know the answer to all his questions. Ironically, his only other line is when he comments that they ask too many questions.
• The Loud House: In "The Crying Dame", baby Lily keeps playing with a singing fox toy over and over, much to the annoyance of her siblings (especially since she also does it at night). It's also mentioned that the toy's former owner, Lori, also used to be this when she was a baby, playing the toy's song on loop and driving their parents nuts to the point they almost didn't have any more kids.
• Max and Ruby: In each episode, Max the young rabbit hyperfixates on a subject and says the same single word (or a short phrase) throughout it, which is an inconvenience to his older sister Ruby, as she wants him to follow what she's focusing on.
• Numberjacks: In "Going Wrong, Going Long", Three (who's 3 years old since a Numberjack's number equals their age) claims that she can sing forever. Four is less than enthused and sticks his head in a box to drown out the sound.
• Peppa Pig: In "George Catches a Cold", Peppa and her parents are very annoyed by 2-year-old George asking, "Why?" about everything they say.
• Pocoyo: In "Horse!", Pocoyo learns about horses and becomes obsessed with them. He then goes around repeating, "Horse!" over and over again, which gets old for the narrator, Pato, and Elly.
• Rugrats (1991): In "Naked Tommy", Tommy the baby repeatedly throws his clothes off when he realizes how fun it is to be naked, much to his parents' chagrin.
• The Simpsons:
  • Invoked in "Brush with Greatness". There's a montage of Bart and Lisa following Homer around and asking him to take them to Mt. Splashmore. He finally gives in when they continue their requests when he's trying to sleep.
  • Invoked in "Bart of Darkness" when Lisa calmly explains to Homer that he has to buy a pool to avoid a whole summer of the kids chanting, "Can we have a pool, Dad?" in unison.
  • One of the more memorable examples from the episode "Sleeping With The Enemy" has Bart getting a house party for getting a 100 on a test in school. Among other family members and friends, Ralph Wiggum attends as well. During a game of Duck Duck Goose, no one reminds him to actually say, "Goose", with everyone being worn out by the repetition, and the implication that Ralph's turn goes on for a while.
    Bart: Rrrgh! Say GOOSE, you stupid freak!
• SpongeBob SquarePants: In "Mid-Life Crustacean", Mr. Krabs is feeling insecure about being old. SpongeBob and Patrick try to take him out to make him feel young and carefree again, but they just offer lame activities like going to the laundromat to watch the washers. He's already annoyed when they repeatedly ask him, "Can you feel it now, Mr. Krabs?", but when a bunch of kids start chanting the same question, he becomes boiling mad.
• Tiny Toon Adventures: In "Henry Youngman Day", the segment "The Potty Years" is a Whole Episode Flashback of the time Plucky was toilet-trained. He becomes quite amused by how the water disappears whenever he flushes the toilet, so he starts flushing everything that he sees, reciting the phrase "(insert thing) go down the hoooole!" His parents yell at him to cut it out, but he insists on continuing to flush it. At the end of the episode, it's revealed he still hasn't grown out of it, much to his father's annoyance.
• VeggieTales: In the Silly Song "Goodnight Junior" from It's a Meaningful Life, Lisa puts her young son Junior to bed, only for him to keep asking her to bring him more and more stuffed animals. She gets increasingly exasperated by his demands, and by the end of it, he's covered in a mound of plush toys.

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