History Main / ChildHater

Needless to say, it's highly probable that such a character WouldHurtAChild, but it isn't obligatory. In ''extreme'' cases, they may even aim for a full-on ChildlessDystopia.

* In ''The Surgeon '', the first Literature/RizzoliAndIsles book, it's explicitly that Jane Rizzoli "did not care for babies", acting outright edgy and uncomfortable while trying to interview a woman who's taking of hers. Unusually for this trope, she's technically a heroic character rather than a villain, but she's been presented as a rather unlikable person thus far and this appears to be just one more reason for the readers to hate her.

'''Santa:''' Yeah, so much that I loved to the one place in the world where there's no children! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Wake up, people!]]

A Child Hater can be either gender, and often either a [[RichBitch glamorous woman with a shallow personality]], or a [[GrumpyOldMan bitter, cantankerous old man]]. The fact that they themselves were once a child never seems entirely relevant to them, though, in a few cases, said child hater [[FreudianExcuse may have had]] [[MaddenIntoMisanthropy a difficult childhood]] filled with trying to deal with [[KidsAreCruel other, less than kind children]], or may have become embittered by an early adulthood of dealing with kids at their worst. Ironically, for some reason they have a tendency to have a career that involves working with children, such as a camp counselor or a SadistTeacher. They may be in a job that focuses on children (teacher, host of a children's TV show, toymaker), or as a particular type of DepravedKidsShowHost. Otherwise, they're likely to become a CrankyNeighbor who [[FunHatingConfiscatingAdult confiscates any toy or other plaything of theirs that lands on their property]].

* A non-villainous example, Senjougahara Hitagi of ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has made it abundantly clear that she has an intense distaste for children, mainly because of an incident whereupon bumping into a small child she lost her composure and began apologizing to the unfettered child. Not particularly fond of feeling submissive to what she considers a lesser being, she has since held firm that all children should be exterminated.

* ''VideoGame/IMMeen'', although he apparently only traps 'goody-goodies' and 'bookworms' in his labyrinth... which you one can only escape if you're clever.

* Dr. Allan Grant in ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' is highly averse to children at the beginning of the film. After encountering some friggin' dinosaurs, he [[AnAesop understands that they aren't so bad in the long run]]. At least, kids wouldn't swallow you whole or crush you underfoot. By midway through the film, he doesn't mind them [[SleepCute napping on his shoulder and such]].
** This was only in the movie, though. In [[Franchise/JurassicPark the book]], he didn't mind kids so much, knowing they were always enthusiastic about dinosaurs.

* Miss Hannigan from the musical ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''. Note the song "Little Girls". In the [[Film/Annie1982 1982 film]], however, she was played much more for humor, and eventually [[HeelFaceTurn had something of a reversal of attitude]]. Although it's probably more that she thought [[spoiler:murdering Annie]] was taking things a bit far.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': While not cruel or anything to them, Robin isn't particularly fond of babies or small children. In addition to being aware of how messy and stressful they are, she has a phobia about babies due to their large eyes and that soft spot on the top of their heads. However, in the third season episode "Little Boys", Present Ted voiceovers to his kids that, [[AsYouKnow as they knew,]] Robin got over this enough to be an [[HonoraryUncle honorary aunt]] to them. Adorably, this voiceover plays over a montage of Ted's kids' drawings of them with their Aunt Robin.

* ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'':
** Unsurprisingly, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Cameron Campbell]] professes to despise children, viewing them as little monstrosities that drive people crazy. As such, Cameron is thoroughly shocked at David choosing the campers over him, even when David points out that it was a part of the job.

* WebVideo/TheNecroCritic has a literal [[AbsurdPhobia phobia]] of babies.
* If her "Babysitters Club" review was any indication, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick both loathes and fears kids. In her ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' review, she has a hard time understanding why [[SadistTeacher Trunchbull]] is supposed to be the bad guy.

* Yahtzee of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' has made it clear that he finds children annoying.
-->''"I do despise kids, seriously, I don't think you quite grasp how much I loathe children, given three wishes I'd ask for a puppy, a decent chip sandwich and for every child-bearing womb on the planet to pop out and fly away like a cheery parade of greasy red balloons."''
* It's become a stereotype that all internet personalities hate children.
* A lot of posters on various childfree forums, many of whom [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence resent children because they hate hearing parents talk about them]].

* [[BigBad William Afton]] from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''. While it’s unclear if his preference in murdering children is due to hatred or [[AmbiguousSituation some other reason]], the fact that his top priority in life (or undeath) seems to be murdering children lands him in this category regardless.

** Robyn Starling's "Aunt" Pristine Figg. She mentally and physically abuses Robyn by sending her to bed without supper and ''locking her in the attic'' at night. She has the titular characters, Tom and Jerry, dropped off at the pound and hires its owner, Dr. Applecheek to exterminate them in order to prevent them from informing Robyn that her father survived the avalanche. She was even [[''WouldHurtAChild unwilling to rescue Robyn when the Starling cabin was set on fire]]'', strongly believing she deserves it. Obviously, Figg despises Robyn, only looking after her so she can maintain the money that actually belongs to the Starling family and isn't hers to begin with.

** Robyn Starling's "Aunt" Pristine Figg. She mentally and physically abuses Robyn by sending her to bed without supper and ''locking her in the attic'' at night. She has the titular characters, Tom and Jerry, dropped off at the pound and hires its owner, Dr. Applecheek to exterminate them in order to prevent them from informing Robyn that her father survived the avalanche. She was even [[WouldHurtAChild ''unwilling to rescue Robyn when the Starling cabin was set on fire'']], strongly believing she deserves it. Obviously, Figg despises Robyn, only looking after her so she can maintain the money that actually belongs to the Starling family and isn't hers to begin with.

** Robyn Starling's "Aunt" Pristine Figg. She mentally and physically abuses Robyn by sending her to bed without supper and ''locking her in the attic'' at night. She has the titular characters, Tom and Jerry, dropped off at the pound and hires its owner, Dr. Applecheek to exterminate them in order to prevent them from informing Robyn that her father survived the avalanche. She was even [[WouldHurtAChild unwilling to rescue Robyn when the Starling cabin was set on fire]], strongly believing she deserves it. Obviously, Figg despises Robyn, only looking after her so she can maintain the money that actually belongs to the Starling family and isn't hers to begin with.
** Figg's lawyer, Lickboot, is almost equally vile. He was also only in it for the Starling fortune as well and willingly assists Figg in keeping Robyn in line, even though he does [[WouldntHurtAChild show concern for Robyn when the cabin starts to burn down.]]

** Figg's lawyer, Lickboot, is almost equally vile. He was also only in it for the Starling fortune as well and willingly assists Figg in keeping Robyn in line, even though he does [[Wouldn'tHurtAChild show concern for Robyn when the cabin starts to burn down.]]

** Robyn Starling's "Aunt" Pristine Figg. She mentally and physically abuses Robyn by sending her to bed without supper and ''locking her in the attic'' at night. She has the titular characters, Tom and Jerry, dropped off at the pound and hires its owner, Dr. Applecheek to exterminate them in order to prevent them from informing Robyn that her father survived the avalanche. She was even [[WouldHurtAChild "unwilling to rescue Robyn when the Starling cabin was set on fire"]], strongly believing she deserves it. Obviously, Figg despises Robyn, only looking after her so she can maintain the money that actually belongs to the Starling family and isn't hers to begin with.
** Figg's lawyer, Lickboot, is almost equally vile. He was also only in it for the Starling fortune as well and willingly assists Figg in keeping Robyn in line, even though he does [[Wouldn'tHurtAChild "show concern for Robyn when the cabin starts to burn down."]]

** Robyn Starling's "Aunt" Pristine Figg. She mentally and physically abuses Robyn by sending her to bed without supper and ''locking her in the attic'' at night. She has the titular characters, Tom and Jerry, dropped off at the pound and hires its owner, Dr. Applecheek to exterminate them in order to prevent them from informing Robyn that her father survived the avalanche. [[spoiler:She was even ''unwilling to rescue Robyn when the Starling cabin was set on fire'', strongly believing she deserves it.]] Obviously, Figg despises Robyn, only looking after her so she can maintain the money that really belongs to the Starling family and isn't hers to begin with.
** Figg's lawyer, Lickboot, is almost just as vile. He was also only in it for the Starling fortune as well and willingly assists Figg in keeping Robyn in line.

** Robyn Starling's "Aunt" Pristine Figg. She mentally abuses Robyn by sending her to bed without supper and ''locking her in the attic'' at night. She has the titular characters, Tom and Jerry, dropped off at the pound and hires its owner, Dr. Applecheek to exterminate them in order to prevent them from informing Robyn that her father survived the avalanche. [[spoiler:She was even ''unwilling to rescue Robyn when the Starling cabin was set on fire'', strongly believing she deserves it.]] Obviously, Figg despises Robyn, only looking after her so she can maintain the money that really belongs to the Starling family and isn't hers to begin with.
** Figg's lawyer, Lickboot, is almost equally vile. He was also only in it for the Starling fortune as well and willingly assists Figg in keeping Robyn in line.

** Robyn Starling's "Aunt" Pristine Figg. She mentally abuses Robyn by sending her to bed without supper and ''locking her in the attic'' at night. She has the titular characters, Tom and Jerry, dropped off at the pound and hires its owner, Dr. Applecheek to exterminate them in order to keep them from telling Robyn that her father survived the avalanche. [[spoiler:She was even ''unwilling to rescue Robyn when the Starling cabin was set on fire'', strongly believing she deserves it.]] Obviously, Figg despises Robyn, only looking after her so she can get the money that really belongs to Robyn and her father and isn't hers to begin with.
** Figg's lawyer, Lickboot, was probably no better. He was also only in it for the Starling fortune as well.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-956 SCP-956]] is a [[KillerTeddyBear living pinata]] that despises children for obvious reasons, and [[ChildEater kills them]] by [[BalefulPolymorph transforming them into pinatas]] and bludgeoning them to death. When given [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3392 SCP-3392]], a set of enchanted Halloween masks that make monsters look like human children, it visibly retched before clawing at its face in an attempt to remove it. The Foundation had to relocate it to another site after they caught it staring ominously at an elementary school... ''several miles away''.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-956 SCP-956]] is a [[KillerTeddyBear living pinata]] that despises children for obvious reasons, and kills them by [[BalefulPolymorph transforming them into pinatas]] and bludgeoning them to death. When given [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3392 SCP-3392]], a set of enchanted Halloween masks that make monsters look like human children, it visibly retched before clawing at its face in an attempt to remove it.