History Main / LittleJimmy

Compare ConstantlyCurious and CuriousAsAMonkey, both of whom have insatiable curiosity and are quite willing to indulge it on their own. See also TheWatson, TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket.

** He's since [[FaceHeelTurn turned face]] again, claiming that he and Little Jimmy made peace with one another after an absence due to injury[[hottip:*:Said injury being sustained after Wrestling/TheMiz beat him down on an episode of [[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]].

* One issue of ComicBook/ActionPhilosophers features Karl Marx giving an explanation of ''communism'', as he originally interpreted it, to a LittleJimmy character.

* In ''{{Dodgeball}}'', the [[RedundancyDepartmentOfRedundancy American Dodgeball Association of America]] training film includes a LittleJimmy character, who is visibly shocked when the Narrator addresses him in the beginning of the film.

* ''{{Futurama}}'' has a similar video where a little girl is taught about Global Warming. The same clip is also used in Al Gore's ''AnInconvenientTruth''.
* ''GIJoe'' features {{And Knowing Is Half the Battle}} segments in which dumb kids do things they shouldn't and the heroes have to come along and tell them not to.

''"[[RonKillings SHUDDUP, LI'L JIMMY!]]"''

* Parodied by Bob and Ray by the multiple installments of Mr Science. The kid would always attempt to replicate Mr Science's experiments, with disastrous results.
** You're not trying to slip me the old rubber peach becasue I'm a gullible schoolboy?"

* The "Little Jimmy" Skits in KanyeWest's ''The College Dropout'' album present Jimmy as a naive child who was implied to be entirely impressionable due to his father's "influence".

** He's since [[FaceHeelTurn turned face]] again, claiming that he and Little Jimmy made peace with one another after an absence due to injury[[hottip:*:Said injury being sustained after Wrestling/TheMiz beat him down on an episode of ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]''.]].

* [[RonKillings R-Truth]], after his FaceHeelTurn, said that he was sick and tired of all his younger fans, referring to them as "Little Jimmies". As his SanitySlippage progressed, he became convinced that all the Little Jimmies were in on a conspiracy to prevent him from holding a title belt.
** He's since [[FaceHeelTurn turned face]] again, claiming that he and Little Jimmy made peace with one another after an absence due to injury[[hottip:*:Said injury being sustained after TheMiz beat him down on an episode of WWERaw.]].

* ''TheDailyShow'''s "Midterm Elections" Schoolhouse Rock [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-november-6-2002/indecision-2002---the-daily-show-rocks parody]].

Little Jimmy is a young character without any distinguishable traits other than complete ignorance related to the subject at hand. Most likely found in educational films, commercials, and public service announcements. Their only job is to [[AudienceSurrogate represent the young and stupid 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 tells them that it's wrong.

* This trope was going to be parodied in an ''InvaderZim'' episode, where ZIM is sent to judgement for his actions. In it, Tallest Red tells what an Irken PAK is to Little Timmy (something the script describes as [[TastesLikeDiabetes "so adorable it makes you sick to watch."]])... But when he is done, Tallest Purple promptly orders a pair of Guards to drag him kicking and screaming to the Dungeons because HeKnowsTooMuch.

Little Jimmy is a young character without any distinguishable traits other than complete ignorance related to the subject at hand. Most likely found in educational films, commercials, and public service announcements. Their only job is to represent the young and stupid 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 tells them that it's wrong.

* [[RonKillings R-Truth]], after his FaceHeelTurn, said that he was sick and tired of all his younger fans, refferring to them as "Little Jimmies". As his SanitySlippage progressed, he became convinced that all the Little Jimmies were in on a conspiracy to prevent him from holding a title belt.

-->-- ''TheSimpsons'', "Lisa the Vegetarian"

* Used quite frequently in [[JackChick Chick tracts]], one prominent example being the child in ''The Missing Day'' who has the "true" meaning of Thanksgiving explained to him by his fundamentalist uncle, leading him to convert. There is also a reoccurring character named Li'l Suzy who might fit this trope as she does go to her fundamentalist grandfather for explanations for things like Islam, but then more often than not ''she's'' the one explaining things to her naive and uninformed classmates, so she could be a subversion.

* ''CSAConfederateStatesOfAmerica'' 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]] AmericanCivilWar [[AlternateHistory and instituted slavery throughout the United States, with the antislaveryites all fleeing to Canada.)]]

* [[ScaryBlackMan R-Truth]], after his FaceHeelTurn, said that he was sick and tired of all his younger fans, refferring to them as "Little Jimmies". As his SanitySlippage progressed, he became convinced that all the Little Jimmies were in on a conspiracy to prevent him from holding a title belt.

''"SHUDDUP, LI'L JIMMY!"''

Compare ElephantsChild and CuriousAsAMonkey, both of whom have insatiable curiosity and are quite willing to indulge it on their own. See also TheWatson, TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket.

* "[[{{Dinosaurs}} We're gonna need another Timmy!]]"

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* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwVA698Hx2g Ask Mr. Lizard]]'', the {{Show Within a Show}} from ''{{Dinosaurs}}'', has Timmy. Who is [[TheyKilledKenny killed in every episode]], leading Mr. Lizard to [[CatchPhrase say]] "We're going to need another Timmy."
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* The quote at the top of the page comes from ''TheSimpsons'', of course, where Lisa begins to have doubts about eating meat, so her school shows her class a propaganda video from the meat industry titled "Meat and You: Partners in Freedom". It features our good friend Jimmy as he is "educated" (and traumatized) about the wonders of the meat industry.

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* ''CSAConfederateStatesOfAmerica'' 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 AmericanCivilWar and instituted slavery throughout the United States, with the antislaveryites all fleeing to Canada.)]]

* The ''{{Barney}}''-esque series ''Hip Hop Harry'' featured Scott, a boy whose ignorance often lead to him asking what a fried '''apple''' is among other rhetorical questions, usually so that the titular rapping bear can explain the subject at hand to younger viewers. Taking note of Scott's outstanding lack of common sense, Joel [=McHale=] of ''TheSoup'' nicknamed him "Stupid Scott."

** Parodied mercilessly in these clips on [[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/377/ ebaumsworld.com]].
*** Which are, needless to say, there without the consent of the creator.
**** ''[[TransformersGeneration1 Transformers]]'' also adopted {{And Knowing Is Half the Battle}} sequences.

* One issue of [[{{ptitleoc50rxra}} Action Philosophers!]] features Karl Marx giving an explanation of ''communism'', as he originally interpreted it, to a LittleJimmy character.

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

* One issue of ''ActionPhilosophers'' features Karl Marx giving an explanation of ''communism'', as he originally interpreted it, to a LittleJimmy character.

Compare ElephantsChild and CuriousAsAMonkey, both of whom have insatiable curiosity and are quite willing to indulge it on their own.