History Main / LittleJimmy

* In ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory'', the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment American Dodgeball Association of America]] training film includes a Little Jimmy character, who is visibly shocked when the Narrator addresses him in the beginning of the film.

* Zigzagged with James "Jimmy" Flynn, the youngest of the bunch in ''Series/KidNation''. Having volunteered for the the show to kickstart his aspiring career as an actor, Jimmy is lost on why he and thirty-nine other kids are being brought out into the middle of New Mexico by a TV personality he doesn't know, thrown in a scenario much more real than the one his mother signed him up for. Despite not understanding the grim bureaucracy of the television industry, [[SmarterThanYouLook Jimmy shows a noteworthy amount of awareness]] when he immediately recognizes the potential child endangerment and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere opts out of the show at the first opportunity]].

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwVA698Hx2g Ask Mr. Lizard]]'', the {{Show Within a Show}} from ''{{Series/Dinosaurs}}'', has Timmy. Who is [[TheyKilledKenny killed in every episode]], leading Mr. Lizard to [[CatchPhrase say]] "We're going to need another Timmy."

May include InstructionalDialogue, which feature a Mr. Exposition, who either explains the topic to Little Jimmy. Mr. Exposition's partner may bring up objections ("But maybe the stranger offering me candy to get in his car is a nice man?), but Mr Exposition easily rebuts these objections with more instructional dialogue.

[[caption-width-right:350:"How'd you like to take a break from playing in that freshly lead-based painted gymnasium and learn about how we played dodgeball when ''I'' was a kid?"]]

Using flat characters whose only job is to ask questions and then listen to a wise mentors answers is OlderThanFeudalism, as it was used in ancient Greek dialogues by philosophers such as Plato. This technique should be used with caution outside of didactic works for children, as the flatness of the question-asking character will soon bore the audience/readers, as there's no interesting interactions or reactions. As well, with such a static character, the author's work can become a dry InfoDump. In the worst cases, nothing happens in the novel or story except for the bland child asking questions and the wise mentor then launching into a lengthy monolog.

[[caption-width-right:350:"How'd you like to take a break from that fine lead-based paint and learn about how we played dodgeball when I was a kid?"]]

Little Jimmy is a young character without any distinguishable traits other than complete unawareness related to the subject at hand. He's typically young, white, middle-class and [[YouthfulFreckles freckled]], and lives in a bland {{suburbia}}. His only job is to [[AudienceSurrogate represent the young and unaware viewers of the film]] who know nothing about common sense and would very well get into a car with a stranger offering candy or try to climb a power line to free up their tangled kite, unless some superhero or other fictional character comes along and [[CaptainObviousAesop tells them that it's wrong]].

Most likely found in educational films, commercials, a VerySpecialEpisode and public service announcements (or parodies thereof), but similar youngsters sometimes appear in dramatic works, when a wise old MrExposition needs to narrate a detailed explanation of the setting or backstory to someone who knows very little about the same.

[[caption-width-right:350:"How'd you like to take a break from that fine lead-based paint and learn about dodgeball?"]]

Little Jimmy is a young character without any distinguishable traits other than complete unawareness related to the subject at hand. He's typically young, white and [[YouthfulFreckles freckled]]. His only job is to [[AudienceSurrogate represent the young and unaware viewers of the film]] who know nothing about common sense and would very well get into a car with a stranger offering candy unless some superhero or other fictional character comes along and [[CaptainObviousAesop tells them that it's wrong]].

Most likely found in educational films, commercials, and public service announcements (or parodies thereof), but similar youngsters sometimes appear in dramatic works, when a wise old MrExposition needs to narrate a detailed explanation of the setting or backstory to someone who knows very little about the same.

* Zigzagged with James "Jimmy" Flynn, the youngest of the bunch in ''Series/KidNation''. Having volunteered for the the show to kickstart his aspiring career as an actor, Jimmy is lost on why he and thrity-nine other kids are being brought out into the middle of New Mexico by a TV personality he doesn't know, thrown in a scenario much more real than the one his mother signed him up for. Despite not understanding the grim bureaucracy of the television industry, [[SmarterThanYouLook Jimmy shows a noteworthy amount of awareness]] when he immediately recognizes the potential child endangerment and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere opts out of the show at the first opportunity]].

Little Jimmy is a young character without any distinguishable traits other than complete unawareness related to the subject at hand. Most likely found in educational films, commercials, and public service announcements (or parodies thereof). Their only job is to [[AudienceSurrogate represent the young and unaware viewers of the film]] who know nothing about common sense and would very well get into a car with a stranger offering candy unless some superhero or other fictional character comes along and [[CaptainObviousAesop tells them that it's wrong]].

He's typically young, white and [[YouthfulFreckles freckled]].

** Similar videos show up every now and then, with [[ActorExistenceFailure earlier ones]] featuring Troy [=McClure=].

* ''Film/CSATheConfederateStatesOfAmerica'' has a Little Jimmy character early on who [[DawsonCasting appears to be]] ''[[DawsonCasting at least]]'' [[DawsonCasting 12 years old]]. An older character lectures him on the necessity of slavery to the Confederacy's economy [[AlternateHistory in this alternate timeline where the South won the]] UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar.

* ''Film/CSATheConfederateStatesOfAmerica'' has a Little Jimmy character early on who [[DawsonCasting appears to be]] ''[[DawsonCasting at least]]'' [[DawsonCasting 12 years old]]. An older character lectures him on the necessity of slavery to the Confederacy's economy. [[AlternateHistory (The premise of the film is that the South won the]] UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar [[AlternateHistory and instituted slavery throughout the United States, with the abolitionists all fleeing to Canada.)]]