History KidsAreCruel / Film

* The protagonist's little sister in ''Film/RememberMe'' is frequently a victim of bullying, but she says she can handle it...until towards the end of the film, where one of the bullies invites her to a birthday party. The sister is nervous to go, but assumes the girls just want to be friends now...and then later we see her tearfully begging her father over the phone to pick her up, her pigtails chopped off. Apparently the girls ganged up on her out of sight of the parents, held her down and cut her hair off, and then told the parents she did it to herself--and, as her father reluctantly admits, it was off school grounds, so nothing can be done about it. The girls ''still'' mock her for her attempt at a decent hairdo the next week (she was too traumatized to leave her room) at school, in front of the teacher. Luckily, even if the teacher did nothing, the girl's [[BigBrotherInstinct older brother]] [[PapaWolf and father]] certainly did. In fact, when said brother was sent to jail for doing something about it, the father bailed him out and then told him that he threatened all the girls' fathers if they don't transfer them to other schools straight away.

* At the end of ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'', [[spoiler:the protagonists friends force her to take off her shorts, and force a female friend to check her pants, so that they can see if she's really a girl.]] There have [[TruthInTelevision been cases]] of kids actually doing this to transgender or gender-variant kids too.

* ''Film/SmoshTheMovie'': The gang of kids at the Game Bang antagonize Ian and Anthony for no reason, their leader taking a dump on Anthony's company car for no reason.

** As noted by Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, the original features a JerkJock, but possibly redeemable bully and his intense, sadistic mentor. The remake has an intense, sadistic bully and his JerkJock, but possibly redeemable mentor.

* Baby Alvy from ''Film/SonOfTheMask''.

* Sid from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': Andy's next door neighbor, who decapitates his sister's dolls and crudely fixes them onto anything he finds. He also enjoys burning holes into toys and strapping them to rockets. Thankfully averted with Andy, who cares very much for his toys, even when he's a teenager, as shown in the third film.
** PlayedStraight again in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' with the daycare children, though excused in that they're too young to understand that some toys aren't designed for rough play.
* The ''Sugar Rush'' characters in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' are meant to be around age ten. They aggressively bully Vanellope, who is referred to as "The Glitch" due to her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin being a glitch]], to the point where they break her car in order to get her out of a race. [[spoiler:However, it's only because King Candy tampered with Vanellope's coding system that they act this way. When they regain their memory, they are a lot sweeter to her, though it may partially just be fear as she is royalty and could reprimand them.]]

* Sid from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' Andy's next door neighbor, who decapitates his sister's dolls and crudely fixes them onto anything he finds. He also enjoys burning holes into toys and strapping them to rockets. Thankfully averted with Andy, who cares very much for his toys, even when he's a teenager, as shown in the third film.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': At the beginning of the movie, it's shown that Megamind was bullied relentlessly by his peers in school, particularly by the child who would grow up to be Metroman. In one scene during a game of dodgeball, Metroboy chooses a girl with a broken leg and lazy eye over young Megamind to be on their team, leaving Megamind the sole target. Heck, even the [[AdultsAreUseless TEACHER picked on him!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Megamind'': At the beginning of the movie, it's shown that Megamind was bullied relentlessly by his peers in school, particularly by the child who would grow up to be Metroman. In one scene during a game of dodgeball, Metroboy chooses a girl with a broken leg and lazy eye over young Megamind to be on their team, leaving Megamind the sole target. Heck, even the [[AdultsAreUseless TEACHER picked on him!]]

--> '''Scott''': "Looks like you're the fastest kid in class now, huh, Jess?"
--> (suddenly noticed Jess standing up and turning around)
--> '''Scott''': "Uhh, its a joke, dude!" (Cue Scott getting well-deserved punch to the face)
* ''Film/AChristmasStory'': In addition to the bullying Ralphie personally experiences, there's the aftermath of the infamous TongueOnTheFlagpole scene where the teacher tries the guilt trip the class for daring that kid, since she didn't know which one was responsible. But Ralphie notes that it didn't work because they were only concerned about getting caught.
* ''Film/LittleSweetheart'': Thelma torments adults and her friends increasingly as the movie progresses. Even her friend, Elizabeth, becomes cruel for a while, [[spoiler: but ends up redeeming herself. It almost equals death, instead becoming life in the last few seconds]].
* ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'': The three bullies can get pretty mean. Oskar, his victim, is clearly [[StartOfDarkness getting a little creepy]]. Then comes the big brother whose cruelty scares even the bullies, and of course, finally Eli.

* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'': Child star Darla Dimple is a savage, prejudiced, hot-headed, self-absorbed, sociopathic prima donna who has let her celebrity status go straight to her head and has an iron-fisted dominance over every other cast and crew member on the film set.

* ''Film/TheButterflyEffect'': Look at the nerd! He has no arms and no legs! Ha ha ha!
** It's played with, given how the bully can be a better or worse person depending on how the events are dealt with.
* ''Film/WomanInBlackAngelOfDeath'' includes a scene where a young, traumatized [[CreepyChild child]] is locked in a haunted nursery during a game of hide-and-seek. Things only go downhill for him after that.
* ''Film/Hellboy2004'': Look at the freak, let's throw rocks at her! She doesn't talk, she's a freaky EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette, [[BullyingADragon weird fires keep starting arou]] -- (EarthShatteringKaBoom!)
* ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}.'' [[spoiler: "They called me Mister Glass."]]
* ''Film/TheMonsterSquad''. Even the kids we like are vicious little creeps at times.
%%* Subverted in ''Film/TheOrphanage''. [[spoiler: Let's ask the deformed kid to take off his mask! Damn it, now we're ghosts. Let's try to help this lady find her missing son! Damn it, now they're both ghosts.]]
* The protagonists in ''Film/DrillbitTaylor'' are constantly menaced by two bullies, one of whom is completely psychopathic. Not only do they perform the normal bully tactics, but at one point the bullies chase the protagonists with a car, apparently in an attempt to ''murder them for trying to report their behavior''. What makes this even worse is that most of this is done in plain sight of the rest of the kids in school ''and they do absolutely nothing about it'', at least until the protagnists finally grow some backbone and kick some bully ass.

** Also revealed to be part of the inspiration for Jason Voorhees' rampages in ''Film/FreddyVsJason''. You'd think Freddy would have a ''little'' sympathy. Oh, wait, that's right, it's [[{{Jerkass}} Freddy]] [[LackOfEmpathy Krueger.]]
* In ''Film/StarTrek2009,'' we discover that even Vulcan kids display this tendency towards HalfHumanHybrid Spock. Being Vulcans, they're quite stoic and formal about it (Spock: "Have you prepared more insults for me today?" -- Vulcan boy: "Affirmative."). They cross the line once they discuss [[YourMom Spock's mother]]: [[BerserkButton a beatdown from Spock ensues]].
** This was actually established the TOS episode "Journey to Babel".

* Used on a couple of occasions in ''Film/SchindlersList'', such as the little girl screaming "Goodbye, Jews!" as they're being rounded up, and the boy who grins and makes a throat-slitting gesture at the cattle cars heading towards the extermination camp.

* Sid from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' Andy's next door neighbor, who decapitates his sister's dolls and crudely fixes them onto anything he finds. He also enjoys burning holes into toys and strapping them to rockets. Thankfully averted with Andy, who cares very much for his toys, even when he's a teenager, as shown in the third film.
** PlayedStraight again in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' with the daycare children, though excused in that they're too young to understand that some toys aren't designed for rough play.

* Henry Bowers from ''Literature/{{IT}}''. Not only is he cruel, he's also a psychopath, a racist, a sexist, and an all-around asshole. While he was bad enough as a kid, he eventually grows up into an even worse adult who tries to murder the protagonists on multiple occasions before finally getting his comeuppance.
* [[{{Gonk}} Those kids]] from ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'' would laugh at a man having a fantasy dream.
* Eric has shades of this in ''Film/MysteryTeam''.
* The main plot of the Wrestling/{{WWE}} production ''That's What I Am'', where a kid gets paired with an intelligent student who gets made fun of due to his tall, wiry frame, red hair and big ears. The kid gets to learn his qualities and experiences the prejudice he faces.
* At the end of ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'', [[spoiler:the protagonists friends force her to take off her shorts, and force a female friend to check her pants, so that they can see if she's really a girl.]] There have [[TruthInTelevision been cases]] of kids actually doing this to transgender or gender-variant kids too.
* Parodied in ''Film/StepBrothers'', where elementary schoolchildren attack Dale and Brennan and force them to eat dog shit. Dale and Brennan are at least 40 years old. Thankfully, the two get their revenge at the end.
* In the movie ''Film/AnAmericanGirlChrissaStandsStrong'', three girls constantly bully Chrissa and her friend Gwen. They throw away Chrissa's clothes, give Gwen a deliberately bad haircut, and even cause Chrissa's brother to become seriously injured.

* Jack Jr. from ''Film/MeetTheFockers''.
* In ''Film/CastleOfSand'', young Hideo is a beggar along with his leprous father. In one village the local children jump on Hideo and beat him, then throw stones at Hideo and his father as they limp out of town.
* The president's daughter in ''WesternAnimation/FreeBirds'': after successfully kidnapping Reggie, she deliberately mistreats him.
* In ''Film/AGirlNamedSooner'', the girls doing jump rope tease Sooner. Later, Sooner and the kids [[DeathByNewberyMedal throw things at Bird to try to get him to fly]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': When they were young, both of the protagonists, Judy and Nick, were victims of two seprate violent bullying incidents from bigoted peers where their dreams were ridiculed because of their species. Judy was told she would never be more than a "stupid carrot-farming dumb bunny" and Nick was told that a fox would never be trusted without a muzzle. While the two of them reacted in completely different ways, it was the main factor in shaping their adult world-views and the trauma still affects them even 15-20 years later.
* In ''La Ferme des Sept Péchés'', François' flashback shows him being bullied by boys from the village who throw stones at him until Paul-Louis Courier intervenes.
* ''Film/ForceTenFromNavarone'': There's a young boy in the [[LesCollaborateurs Chetnik]] camp who always laughs at captured enemy soldiers being taken away to be tortured by the Germans.
* In ''Film/Mario1984'', Mario is first shown being taunted and shoved around by other kids.

* The ''Sugar Rush'' characters in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' are meant to be around age ten. They aggressively bully Vanellope, who is referred to as "The Glitch" due to her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin being a glitch]], to the point where they break her car in order to get her out of a race. [[spoiler:However, it's only because King Candy tampered with Vanellope's coding system that they act this way. When they regain their memory, they are a lot sweeter to her, though it may partially just be fear as she is royalty and could reprimand them]].
* The white-wooled lambs in the 2003 ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb'' sequel are incredibly mean to literal BlackSheep Cardigan. Not only do they call him names, mock him for being friends with Wilbur, and push him around, they pretty much outright kick him out of the flock for the terrible sin of having black wool.
* In ''Film/Mandy1952'', almost all the titular deaf girl's interactions with normal kids are unpleasant. In one scene, a boy takes her ball and won't give it back until she says "please." When she can't, he and his friend play piggie in the middle, taunting her with the ball, until she attacks him and pulls his hair.

* ''Film/TheGillymuck'': Three of the four little girls are mean little brats. They scare one of their own and call her a wuss, causing her to leave the tent in tears that night [[spoiler:and run into The Gillymuck]].
* In ''Film/ABoyCalledPo'', the titular autistic child is severely bullied at school, which teachers refuse to do anything about even after he comes home with a black eye.
* ''{{Film/Hostel}}'': There is a roving gang of children that mug people for money and candy, and are very comfortable with violence.

* ''Hostel'': There is a roving gang of children that mug people for money and candy, and are very comfortable with violence.

* ''Film/Hostel'': The only children seen

* In ''Film/ABoyCalledPo'', the titular autistic child is severely bullied at school, which teachers refuse to do anything about even after he comes home with a black eye.

* In the movie ''Film/ChrissaStandsStrong'', three girls constantly bully Chrissa and her friend Gwen. They throw away Chrissa's clothes, give Gwen a deliberately bad haircut, and even cause Chrissa's brother to become seriously injured.

* Subverted in ''Film/TheOrphanage''. [[spoiler: Let's ask the deformed kid to take off his mask! Damn it, now we're ghosts. Let's try to help this lady find her missing son! Damn it, now they're both ghosts.]]

* Scott Hoager and Gary Fulcher from the Disney film adaptation of ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'', especially Scott. Like teasing Jess after [[spoiler: Leslie's death]].

* Sid from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' Andy's next door neighbor, who decapitates his sister's dolls and crudely fixes them onto anything he finds. He also enjoys burning holes into toys and strapping them to rockets. Thankfully averted with Andy, who cares very much for his toys, even when he's a teenager, as shown in the third film.

* ''Film/TheGillymuck'': Three of the four little girls are mean little brats. They scare one of their own and call her a wuss, causing her to leave the tent in tears that night [[spoiler:and run into The Gillymuck]].

* ''Film/TheWildChild'': In the village where Victor is originally kept after his capture, local kids hit Victor, and he hits them back. At the institute for the deaf-mute, the other students are initially friendly, but soon they start harassing him and mimicking his odd behavior.

* In ''Film/Mandy1952'', almost all the titular deaf girl's interactions with normal kids are unpleasant. In one scene, a boy takes her ball and won't give it back until she says "please." When she can't, he and his friend play piggie in the middle, taunting her with the ball, until she attacks him and pulls his hair.