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* GenderFlipped in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2''. A flashback to Gru's childhood shows that girls would avoid him for fear of catching "Gru-ties".

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* GenderFlipped GenderInverted in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2''. A flashback to Gru's childhood shows that girls would avoid him for fear of catching "Gru-ties".
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* Danny, the main character in Creator/UrsulaVernon's ''Dragonbreath'' series, is shown to believe this in the second book, though his best friend Wendell does not. He's pretty much over it by the end of the book, and in future books hangs out with girl characters with no complaints (or at least, none that are gender-based).

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* Danny, the main character in Creator/UrsulaVernon's ''Dragonbreath'' ''Literature/{{Dragonbreath}}'' series, is shown to believe this in the second book, though his best friend Wendell does not. He's pretty much over it by the end of the book, and in future books hangs out with girl characters with no complaints (or at least, none that are gender-based).



* The book ''No Talking'' by Andrew Clements features an entire group of children who are said to be at the point where they should have gotten over this, but never did. In order to try to prove that one group (either boys or girls) are better than the other, they stage a "no talking" contest. In the end, the group largely gives up on cooties.

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* The book ''No Talking'' ''Literature/NoTalking'' by Andrew Clements features an entire group of children who are said to be at the point where they should have gotten over this, but never did. In order to try to prove that one group (either boys or girls) are better than the other, they stage a "no talking" contest. In the end, the group largely gives up on cooties.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' episode "Separate But Equal", Phil walks in on Lil and is traumatized at the sight of his sister wearing her first training bra. This results in them throwing their own separate birthday parties, with Phil's guests being all boys and Lil's guests being all girls.
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* Calvin's [[FunWithAcronyms GROSS]] ('''G'''et '''R'''id '''O'''f '''S'''limy girl'''S''') club from ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes. "I know that's redundant but otherwise it doesn't spell anything. Now go away." Calvin also notably attempts to see movies like "Vampire Sorority Babes". He might just be overacting to shut Hobbes up about [[PuppyLove Susie.]] Calvin wants to see the movies solely because he knows [[ForbiddenFruit they are considered "grown-up" and "naughty"]]; he never displays any understanding of ''why'' those sorts of movies are considered "grown-up" or "naughty". (He once asks Hobbes what "contains adult situations" means; Hobbes says that the movies show people paying bills, going to work, etc., and he's always wondered how movies like that make any money.)

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* Calvin's [[FunWithAcronyms GROSS]] ('''G'''et '''R'''id '''O'''f '''S'''limy girl'''S''') club from ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes.''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. "I know that's redundant but otherwise it doesn't spell anything. Now go away." Calvin also notably attempts to see movies like "Vampire Sorority Babes". He might just be overacting to shut Hobbes up about [[PuppyLove Susie.]] Calvin wants to see the movies solely because he knows [[ForbiddenFruit they are considered "grown-up" and "naughty"]]; he never displays any understanding of ''why'' those sorts of movies are considered "grown-up" or "naughty". (He once asks Hobbes what "contains adult situations" means; Hobbes says that the movies show people paying bills, going to work, etc., and he's always wondered how movies like that make any money.)
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* ComicStrip/{{Calvin|And Hobbes}}'s [[FunWithAcronyms GROSS]] ('''G'''et '''R'''id '''O'''f '''S'''limy girl'''S''') club. "I know that's redundant but otherwise it doesn't spell anything. Now go away." Calvin also notably attempts to see movies like "Vampire Sorority Babes". He might just be overacting to shut Hobbes up about [[PuppyLove Susie.]] Calvin wants to see the movies solely because he knows [[ForbiddenFruit they are considered "grown-up" and "naughty"]]; he never displays any understanding of ''why'' those sorts of movies are considered "grown-up" or "naughty". (He once asks Hobbes what "contains adult situations" means; Hobbes says that the movies show people paying bills, going to work, etc., and he's always wondered how movies like that make any money.)

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* ComicStrip/{{Calvin|And Hobbes}}'s Calvin's [[FunWithAcronyms GROSS]] ('''G'''et '''R'''id '''O'''f '''S'''limy girl'''S''') club.club from ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes. "I know that's redundant but otherwise it doesn't spell anything. Now go away." Calvin also notably attempts to see movies like "Vampire Sorority Babes". He might just be overacting to shut Hobbes up about [[PuppyLove Susie.]] Calvin wants to see the movies solely because he knows [[ForbiddenFruit they are considered "grown-up" and "naughty"]]; he never displays any understanding of ''why'' those sorts of movies are considered "grown-up" or "naughty". (He once asks Hobbes what "contains adult situations" means; Hobbes says that the movies show people paying bills, going to work, etc., and he's always wondered how movies like that make any money.)
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin's [[FunWithAcronyms GROSS]] ('''G'''et '''R'''id '''O'''f '''S'''limy girl'''S''') club. "I know that's redundant but otherwise it doesn't spell anything. Now go away." Calvin also notably attempts to see movies like "Vampire Sorority Babes". He might just be overacting to shut Hobbes up about [[PuppyLove Susie.]] Calvin wants to see the movies solely because he knows [[ForbiddenFruit they are considered "grown-up" and "naughty"]]; he never displays any understanding of ''why'' those sorts of movies are considered "grown-up" or "naughty". (He once asks Hobbes what "contains adult situations" means; Hobbes says that the movies show people paying bills, going to work, etc., and he's always wondered how movies like that make any money.)

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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin's ComicStrip/{{Calvin|And Hobbes}}'s [[FunWithAcronyms GROSS]] ('''G'''et '''R'''id '''O'''f '''S'''limy girl'''S''') club. "I know that's redundant but otherwise it doesn't spell anything. Now go away." Calvin also notably attempts to see movies like "Vampire Sorority Babes". He might just be overacting to shut Hobbes up about [[PuppyLove Susie.]] Calvin wants to see the movies solely because he knows [[ForbiddenFruit they are considered "grown-up" and "naughty"]]; he never displays any understanding of ''why'' those sorts of movies are considered "grown-up" or "naughty". (He once asks Hobbes what "contains adult situations" means; Hobbes says that the movies show people paying bills, going to work, etc., and he's always wondered how movies like that make any money.)
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* ''Fanfic/ABitOfLuckAndAHospitalVisit'' has [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyoko's]] little sister Momo who likes her sister's girlfriends, but is convinced they all have cooties.
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* Kanta from Anime/MyNeighborTotoro believes this, whenever he is near Satsuki he backs away from her and refuses to speak to her, when he gives her his umbrella to shield her and Mei from the rain he stands several feet away so he doesn’t have to touch her, he gets better when he learns of their sick mother and sympathizes with them, and later helps Satsuki look for Mei after she goes missing.

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* Kanta from Anime/MyNeighborTotoro ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' believes this, whenever he is near Satsuki he backs away from her and refuses to speak to her, when he gives her his umbrella to shield her and Mei from the rain he stands several feet away so he doesn’t have to touch her, he gets better when he learns of their sick mother and sympathizes with them, and later helps Satsuki look for Mei after she goes missing.

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* Downplayed in ''Literature/HenryHuggins''. Henry is a 10-year-old example of TheAllAmericanBoy who thinks that girls are rather silly, and he reacts with disgust if he sees a girl act particularly girly. However, his usual hang-out group (consisting of himself, Robert, Scooter, Beezus, and Mary-Jane) include two girls, and he regularly visits Beezus' house to play checkers with her, even though he is rather reluctant to be hang out with her alone in public.

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* Downplayed in ''Literature/HenryHuggins''. Henry is a 10-year-old example of TheAllAmericanBoy who thinks that girls are rather silly, and he reacts with disgust if he sees a girl act particularly girly. However, his usual hang-out group (consisting of himself, Robert, Scooter, Beezus, and Mary-Jane) include two girls, and he regularly visits Beezus' house to play checkers with her, even though he is rather reluctant to be hang out with her alone in public.


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* ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'': A flashback to when Sandra first met Larisa and Cloud shows Larisa [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2017/08/14/0911-source-of-infection/ enjoying the thought of "infecting" Cloud]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': This version of Tails was particularly disgusted seeing Sonic kiss Sally in the mouth. He didn’t even want to answer Sonic when he asked how serious the kiss was.
--> '''Tails''': Yuck. (''Sonic and Sally are still kissing each other.'') Eww, gross.
--> '''Sonic''': Mwah! So?
-->'''Sally''': Not bad.
-->'''Sonic''': Not bad? Not bad?!
-->'''Sally''': Yes. As in, just OK.
-->'''Sonic''': Sal, Sal, Sal. I know it was a serious kiss. Right, big guy?
-->'''Tails''': Nuh-uh, yuck. Blech.
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* ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': Gender-inverted for Angela’s club, which is called Girls Only, Boys Smell (GOBS).

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* ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': [[http://squirrelqueen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/cooties-perry-bible-fellowship/ A comic shows]] that even hazmat suits aren't safe against cooties.



* ''Webcomic/PerryBibleFellowship''had a comic (now removed from the main website, but accessible [[https://squirrelqueen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/cooties-perry-bible-fellowship/ here]]) where three boys set up a "Cootie Testing Zone". Their plans are foiled when one boy gets a rip in his paper Hazmat suit and subsequently kisses the girl they're testing.

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* ''Webcomic/PerryBibleFellowship''had a comic (now removed from the main website, but accessible [[https://squirrelqueen.''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': [[http://squirrelqueen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/cooties-perry-bible-fellowship/ here]]) where three boys set up a "Cootie Testing Zone". Their plans are foiled when one boy gets a rip in his paper Hazmat suit and subsequently kisses the girl they're testing.A comic shows]] that even hazmat suits aren't safe against cooties.
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* ''Webcomic/PerryBibleFellowship''had a comic (now removed from the main website, but accessible [[https://squirrelqueen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/cooties-perry-bible-fellowship/ here]]) where three boys set up a "Cootie Testing Zone". Their plans are foiled when one boy gets a rip in his paper Hazmat suit and subsequently kisses the girl they're testing.

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--> "HEE!" She squealed out as I grabbed her, and gave her a noogie she'd remember for a while. She squirmed and squirmed, trying to get out of my hold. "NOOOOO COOTIES! COOTIES!"

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--> "HEE!" -->"HEE!" She squealed out as I grabbed her, and gave her a noogie she'd remember for a while. She squirmed and squirmed, trying to get out of my hold. "NOOOOO COOTIES! COOTIES!"



* ''Webcomic/PerryBibleFellowship''parodied this trope in a [[https://squirrelqueen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/cooties-perry-bible-fellowship/ comic]] where three boys set up a "Cootie Testing Zone". Their plans are foiled when one boy gets a rip in his paper Hazmat suit and subsequently kisses the girl they're testing.



---> '''Monster:''' Great! We can start a "No-Eating-Babies" Club! And Tsukiko can't join!\\

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---> '''Monster:''' --->'''Monster:''' Great! We can start a "No-Eating-Babies" Club! And Tsukiko can't join!\\



* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the episode]]. Sometimes, the title character shows interest in girls. In one episode, he's disgusted to have been kissed by a girl.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Having grown up with Kim as his best friend, {{Fanon}} is at odds at whether or not Ron Stoppable went through this stage.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] {{Zig|ZaggedTrope}}-zagged [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the episode]]. Sometimes, the title character shows interest in girls. In one episode, he's disgusted to have been kissed by a girl.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Having grown up with Kim as his best friend, {{Fanon}} is at odds at whether or not Ron Stoppable went through this stage.



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* ''Webcomic/PerryBibleFellowship''parodied this trope in a [[https://squirrelqueen.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/cooties-perry-bible-fellowship/ comic]] where three boys set up a "Cootie Testing Zone". Their plans are foiled when one boy gets a rip in his paper Hazmat suit and subsequently kisses the girl they're testing.
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* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-078-j This joke article]] at the Wiki/SCPFoundation wiki treats cooties as a paranormal threat which could potentially destroy the world.

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* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-078-j This joke article]] at the Wiki/SCPFoundation Website/SCPFoundation wiki treats cooties as a paranormal threat which could potentially destroy the world.
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* Referenced in an issue of ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures Avengers''; Ego the Living Planet attempts to [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext seduce the Earth]], but ultimately leaves after finding out it has life on it. The Avengers specifically refer to humanity being cooties in this scenario.
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A law which is especially prevalent in {{Sitcom}}s: If you're male and under 11 years old, you have to automatically think romance and females are gross. Girls of the same age sometimes claim that boys have cooties. What cooties are supposed to be are germs that come from the opposite gender and make you sick and look disgusting.

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A law which is especially prevalent in {{Sitcom}}s: If you're male and under 11 years old, a prepubescent male, you have to automatically think romance and females are gross. Girls Prepubescent girls having similar opinions of the same age sometimes claim that boys have cooties.also happens, but is notably less common. What cooties are supposed to be are germs that come from the opposite gender and make you sick and look disgusting.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Miguel makes a disgusted face while watching a romance scene in one of Ernesto's old movies.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

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** In the episode "Femme Fatale", Bubbles says that boys "are worse than their cooties".

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** In the episode "Femme Fatale", "Equal Fights", Bubbles says that boys "are worse than their cooties".
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* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4968524/ Even demons have fear of cooties]] in ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate''.



* In ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'', [[http://www.rhjunior.com/GH/00387.html "Girl/boy cooties" causes Lily and Penny to ponder the variable maturity of the goblins.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3286 Lil' Evil's reaction to a hug from Monique.]]
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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne's biological son, turns up his [[RoyalBrat brattiness]] UpToEleven whenever he deals with Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) or Supergirl. Both of them are blondes with blue eyes, so maybe he HasAType.

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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne's biological son, turns up his [[RoyalBrat brattiness]] UpToEleven whenever he deals with Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) or Supergirl. Both of them are blondes with blue eyes, so maybe he HasAType.

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