History Main / LittleJimmy

* TropeNamer is the kid from ''Series/MrWizard'', a neighbor boy who'd come to see Mr. Wizard's science tricks.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"I think I'm gonna die out here cause there's nothing."]]

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

* 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 forty 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, Jimmy shows a noteworthy amount of awareness when he immediately recognizes the potential child endangerment and opts out of the show at the first opportunity.

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* [[Wrestling/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[[note]]Said injury being sustained after Wrestling/TheMiz beat him down on an episode of [[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]][[/note]].

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

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

He's typically young, white and freckled.

* TropeNamer is the kid from ''Mr. Wizard'', a neighbor boy who'd come to see Mr. Wizard's science tricks.
* The ''[[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]]''-esque series ''Hip Hop Harry'' featured Scott, a boy whose ignorance often lead to him asking what a dried '''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 ''Series/TheSoup'' nicknamed him "Stupid Scott."

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* Parodied by Bob and Ray in the multiple installments of their "Mr Science."

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 tells them that it's wrong.

Compare ConstantlyCurious and CuriousAsAMonkey, both of whom have insatiable curiosity and are quite willing to indulge it on their own. See also TheWatson, TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket. Not to be confused with anyone who is called Jimmy who is little or shown as "little" in flashbacks etc.

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 (or parodies thereof). 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{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''.

* The ''[[Series/BarneyAndFriends 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 ''Series/TheSoup'' nicknamed him "Stupid Scott."

* This trope was parodied in an ''InvaderZim'' episode, where ZIM is sent to judgement for his actions. In it, Tallest Red tells "Little Timmy" what an Irken PAK is... but when he's done, Tallest Purple promptly orders a pair of guards to drag him kicking and screaming to the dungeons because HeKnowsTooMuch.

* ''[[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."

* ''[[http://workhate.co.uk/?p=60 Captain Broadband]]'': Captain Broadband's nameless partner exists solely for this purpose. Captain Broadband provides him with explanations of events solely for the sake of providing explanations for events. Apparently it doesn't even matter what he's explaining as long as he's explaining something. No matter how gibberish it can be.

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

* The quote at the top of the page comes from ''TheSimpsons'', 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.

* The ''[[Series/BarneyAndFriends 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."

* In ''{{Dodgeball}}'', 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.
* ''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]] UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar [[AlternateHistory and instituted slavery throughout the United States, with the abolitionists all fleeing to Canada.)]]

* ''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 abolitionists all fleeing to Canada.)]]

** Similar videos show up every now and then, more often than not featuring Troy [=McClure=].

* ''Franchise/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.
** ''[[TransformersGeneration1 Transformers]]'' also adopted {{And Knowing Is Half the Battle}} sequences.