History Main / GirlsHaveCooties

** Inverted by Numbuh 86 and (to a much greater degree) Margie, who both hates boy in the same immature way other examples hates girls.

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* Garu from ''{{Pucca}}'' may or may not have this. In the webisodes where he and Pucca first appeared, he was with her, but was a stoic sort and not fond of her energetic bouts of affection.

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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Fanfic/TheConcert''. Amy Rose is 8 and says that boys have cooties, but still likes Sonic.

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* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin's]] [[FunWithAcronyms GROSS]] ('''G'''et '''R'''id '''O'''f '''S'''limy girl'''S''') club.

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** Even once it disappears, there's a clear boy/girl divide usually until around the middle of Junior High. Until then, the boys and girls typically sit at seperate lunch tables, engage in seperate activities at Recess, etc.

* A humorous {{Gender Inver|ted Trope}}sion occurred during the filming of ''InterviewWithAVampire'', when eleven year-old KirstenDunst had to kiss BradPitt. Most women would have sold their souls for a chance to do it, but Dunst didn't want to do it because she still thought boys had cooties. It turned out to be okay after a cootie shot.

For those of you who were wondering, there are such things as cooties, and they're not limited to girls. "Cooties" just happens to be another word for "body lice."

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

* 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 learns to shed the "cooties" concept.

* In ''Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing'', part of Judy Blume's ''{{Literature/Fudge}}'' book series, Sheila Tubman used to tease Peter Hatcher by touching him and saying he's got the cooties, even up to the fourth grade. It's after Peter's brother Fudge falls off the jungle gym set, thinking he's a bird, and loses his top two front teeth that she finally stops with the cooties.

* On ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', the zoo animals see some children talking about cooties and are later convinced that Marlene has caused an outbreak of them after they start getting itchy. Turns out [[spoiler:Marlene had mistaken poison ivy for a moisturizing plant and had unwittingly spread it to the others.]]

* A humorous {{Gender Inver|ted Trope}}sion occurred during the filming of ''InterviewWithAVampire'', when eleven year-old KirstenDunst had to kiss BradPitt. Most women would have sold their souls for a chance to do it, but Dunst was apparently grossed out by the thought of Pitt having cooties. It turned out to be much more pleasant than she expected.

* A humorous {{Gender Inver|ted}}sion occurred during the filming of ''InterviewWithAVampire'', when eleven year-old KirstenDunst had to kiss BradPitt. Most women would have sold their souls for a chance to do it, but Dunst was apparently grossed out by the thought of Pitt having cooties. It turned out to be much more pleasant than she expected.

* A humorous GenderFlip occurred during the filming of ''InterviewWithAVampire'', when eleven year-old KirstenDunst had to kiss BradPitt. Most women would have sold their souls for a chance to do it, but Dunst was apparently grossed out by the thought of Pitt having cooties. It turned out to be much more pleasant than she expected.

* Patrick from ''TheWarComms'' is this combined with HeManWomanHater.

* Garu from ''{{Pucca}}''. Oh, so damn much. Especially after going through CharacterExaggeration in the TV series.

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

A law (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.

* [[http://cookingschoolnews.com/?cid=PBF212-Contamination_Zone.jpg This]] ''PerryBibleFellowship'' comic.

* In ''Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing'', part of Judy Blume's ''Literature/Fudge'' book series, Sheila Tubman used to tease Peter Hatcher by touching him and saying he's got the cooties, even up to the fourth grade. It's after Peter's brother Fudge falls off the jungle gym set, thinking he's a bird, and loses his top two front teeth that she finally stops with the cooties.

* In ''Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing'', part of Judy Blume's ''Fudge'' book series, Sheila Tubman used to tease Peter Hatcher by touching him and saying he's got the cooties, even up to the fourth grade. It's after Peter's brother Fudge falls off the jungle gym set, thinking he's a bird, and loses his top two front teeth that she finally stops with the cooties.

* ''[[DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]]'' was once called on this in a late 2007/early 2008 strip, and admits it ... except that he's fine with his mother, Mrs Wilson and the local {{tomboy}}.
* Jason from ''FoxTrot'' is an odd example. He started out firmly in this trope, but a couple of decades of extremely subtle CharacterDevelopment due to his sorta-friendly relationship with Eileen seems to be weaning him off it. Jason still would rather be caught dead than be known at large as being her friend, but he's not ''quite'' so adamantly paranoid about it recently.

* Simba and Nala from ''TheLionKing'' don't think the other sex is "icky" but as cubs they don't seem to like the idea of them being mates due to this.

* Cooties can be used as a slang term for head lice that can be caught from people of the opposite sex. There ''may'' be a logic in that kids probably spread headlice by hugging or similarly close contact- something girls (for whatever reason) are usually more keen on than boys.

* Cooties can be used as a slang term for head lice that can be caught from people of the opposite sex.

* PlayedWith in [[FanFic/NewLookSeries Joe's New Look]] when Silvia refuses to put on Joe's battle suit, finding the idea of her wearing male clothes scandalous. As Joe's already unwillingly wearing Silvia's garments, he isn't happy with her reaction.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' This seems to be one of the main reasons the Eds flee from the [[StalkerWithACrush Kanker Sisters]]. This doesn't seem to apply to pretty, girl-next-door [[MsFanservice Nazz]].

An law (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.

An absolutely mandatory law (especially prevalent in {{Sitcom}}s): If you're male and under 11 years old, you have to automatically think romance and females are gross. No exceptions are allowed. (Except KidAnova, cause [[RuleOfFunny that's funny]].) Girls of the same age sometimes claim that boys have cooties.

* Damian Wayne ({{Batman}}'s biological son) turns up his [[RoyalBrat brattiness]] UpToEleven whenever he deals with Batgirl or Supergirl. Both of them are blondes with blue eyes.

* Negi Springfield, the main character of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', is an aversion. Negi's friend Kotaro, on the other hand, plays this fairly straight (especially the romance thing), with a few exceptions in his adoptive sisters and girls who can fight. That said, he still thinks kissing is gross.