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* The ''Website/CollegeHumor'' Original "[[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6868252/321-fight-adulthood-vs-childhood Adulthood vs. Childhood]]" has Adulthood and Childhood facing off in a fighting game, only to be interrupted by a third contender: the MANCHILD.

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* The ''Website/CollegeHumor'' ''[[Creator/{{Dropout}} CollegeHumor]]'' Original "[[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6868252/321-fight-adulthood-vs-childhood Adulthood vs. Childhood]]" has Adulthood and Childhood facing off in a fighting game, only to be interrupted by a third contender: the MANCHILD.
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** Giovanni is a positive example. He's obsessed with being a [[HarmlessVillain "villain"]], often acts less mature than twelve-year-old Molly, sleeps in a race car bed and, per WordOfGod, retains a keen interest in the kind of things that would be marketed to boys in the '90s such as goo and spikes. On the other hand, his imaginative nature is quite helpful in [[SwissArmySuperpower coming up with creative uses for his epithet]], he's InTouchWithHisFeminineSide as well as his childish side, and for all his faults, he [[BewareTheSillyOnes becomes intensely serious when his minions need him to be]].
** Molly's father Martin is a purely negative example. He's shown to be self-absorbed, irresponsible and thoughtlessly selfish, bumbling through the world without any concern for the consequences of his actions. When supervising a field trip for Molly's class, he spends most of it playing a very loud game on Molly's phone (which is made even worse by Molly's misophonia), then considers it to be "punching his parent card" and thus assigns Molly the job of keeping the shop open until late, for the third day running. Molly's [[TripleShifter constant exhaustion]] has been considerably worsened because Martin can't be trusted to manage the finances or do the taxes. Supposedly, he was better about it [[OppositesAttract while his very responsible wife was alive]], with the two balancing each other out, but following her death, he's more or less reverted to a second childhood.
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* In the WebVideo/JesuOtaku[=/=][[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic]] crossover review of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}: TheMovie'', the later repeatedly called the former a "woman child" when they traded insults. [[DontExplainTheJoke The joke being he has no room to talk]].

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* In the WebVideo/JesuOtaku[=/=][[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic]] crossover review of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}: TheMovie'', ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'', the later repeatedly called the former a "woman child" when they traded insults. [[DontExplainTheJoke The joke being he has no room to talk]].
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* [[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]], as depicted in ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'', was this the even before his mental breakdown, apparently acting immature the whole time he worked at Black Mesa and doing many childish things like playing racket ball in the anti-mass spectrometer and doing a cannonball into his bath tub. And there's the episode where he discovers a cart that goes around in circles at high speeds. He just spends a full minute sitting there pressing the button that sends it back and forth while screaming "Weeeeeeeeee!". Let it be known that there's an alien invasion the middle of all this.

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* ''WebAnimation/BeeAndPuppycat'': Bee is in her twenties, though can't hold a job, is always messy, and acts immature.
* ''WebAnimation/ChronicleOfTheAnnoyingQuest'': Guy and Ellers both. Although Guy is more cynical while Ellers is a CasanovaWannabe, they both have extensive arguments about Franchise/StarTrek, Series/DoctorWho and just about anything associated with geekiness, never really taking their quest all that seriously. James, unlike his brother Eric, is naive to the point of stupidity. Goliath frequently asks questions any adult should know the answer to, and exasperates his wife constantly with his immaturity (oh, and he's also responsible for crashing the [[CoolStarShip Exodar]]). Finally, [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Stephi]] is a typical DumbBlonde ValleyGirl who thinks [[BigBad Dirim]] is her boyfriend. Basically a quarter of the series' cast fits this trope in some way.
* [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor (10th incarnation)]] in Episode 5 of ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}}''. When Dewey asks for his advice for the time travel situation, he messes around with his Sonic Screwdriver instead. During the stinger, he pretends his TARDIS is an automobile. He also shows up during the bowling montage in Episode 7 and zaps Gizmoduck with his Sonic Screwdriver.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Kayla is a female example. She frequently pouts or use words like 'meanie' when she doesn't like something or someone.
** Alex is prone to throwing hissy-fits when things aren't going his (often twisted) way.
* Jimbob in ''WebAnimation/GEOWeasel'' is an adult man who is interested in such things as Creator/NickJr, trick-or-treating and waiting for Santa Claus.
* [[CourtJester Gavis Bettel]] from WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'s [[SpearCounterpart Holostars English branch]] ''very'' much qualifies. He debuted at 27 years old, but he's an extremely PickyEater who mostly lives off of Brisk and junk food and has mentioned eating ice cream in bed, [[NoIndoorVoice yells]] and [[SirSwearsALot swears a lot]], and is prone to throwing comically overdramatic tantrums when things don't go his way. His nature as this trope is especially apparent when his older twin brother, [[YouAreNumberSix Bettel 2]], is on stream with him, with Bettel 2 being the more responsible and levelheaded of the two by far.
* Captain Sam Sweetmilk from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRZZ7kpdGvo Starship Goldfish]], justified as a side-effect of erasing his memory, Vela is this too to a lesser extent, possibly due to [[GoMadFromTheIsolation being alone on a space station for who knows how long with only an AI for company.]]
* ''WebAnimation/StoryTimeAnimated'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNaTrFfRxEQ Sandra's mom]] behaves childishly for her age to the point where she even kissed and talked to a teddy bear.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrzIsOFqRNk This video]] has an interesting and endearing case of one. To summarize, the main character is hired by a billionaire tech genius who's only 16-years-old. Despite his high intelligence and wealth, he's ''ridiculously'' naive and unworldly; among other things, he only hired the main character because he found her funny, doesn't know how much any thing costs or how people who aren't wealthy live, and doesn't even know how to do little things like tie his shoes. Worst of all, he's dating a BitchInSheepsClothing who doesn't really care about him and takes advantage of his naivete to get money and expensive gifts. Later, the MC learns that [[FriendlessBackground he has no friends]] and that he had to trick her into coming to his birthday party, because his parents forgot about it and his so-called girlfriend decided to go to Disney World instead, while lying that her grandmother was in the hospital. All of this prompts her to take him under her wing and teach him about the world, which allows him to actually mature. He soon dumps his GoldDigger girlfriend and rewards the MC by funding her education and eventually making her his partner in the company.
* The main boys of ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' are a group of grown men who act like rowdy teenagers.
* ''WebAnimation/McBusters'' depicts Mayor [=McCheese=] as rather childlike, with his first notable scene having him wolf down a Happy Meal while complaining that he got a girl toy with it. In addition, his response to Mac Tonight complaining about him cutting one is to giggle and say he "made a poot-poot".
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* ''Website/TheOnion'': [[http://www.theonion.com/video/38yearold-little-boy-posts-picture-of-fast-car-he,30632/ "38-Year-Old Little Boy Posts Picture Of Fast Car He Likes To Facebook"]].
* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-590 SCP-590]] was turned into one by the ''Website/SCPFoundation'', specifically ordered by [[spoiler:his brother]] Dr. Bright, by using his [[EmpathicHealer ability]] to heal several people suffering mental retardation until he had the mind of a toddler. This was supposedly done as an act of "kindness" so he wouldn't realize his predicament.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-321 SCP-321]] also appears to be this as she's incapable of [[TheUnintelligible speaking coherently]] and is strongly implied to be mentally retarded. [[spoiler:This is likely because she was originally stillborn but was revived by her father using several SCP items and that period of brain death damaged her mental faculties.]]
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* ''WebVideo/{{Abuela}}'': Laritza is in her twenties, but acts like a child and has no life skills. When she and her younger cousin Michi are home alone, Michi is the one doing the babysitting because Laritza doesn't even know how to put a frozen pizza in the oven.
* The ''Website/CollegeHumor'' Original "[[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6868252/321-fight-adulthood-vs-childhood Adulthood vs. Childhood]]" has Adulthood and Childhood facing off in a fighting game, only to be interrupted by a third contender: the MANCHILD.
** Also, [[WebVideo/JakeAndAmir Amir]].
* ''WebVideo/{{Dad}}'' 's behavior and dialogue is very simplistic and toddler-like.
* Zack in ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'', though it's partially explained by his [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse]].
* Creator/{{Fictosophy}}: Tom, in "Jedi Coworker," goes to the office wearing Jedi robes.
--> '''Steve:''' Tom should be ashamed of himself for acting like such a child!
* UsefulNotes/HenryVIII as portrayed by Creator/BrianBlessed in ''Henry 8.0''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZl3BDtT5cA For example...]]
* In the WebVideo/JesuOtaku[=/=][[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic]] crossover review of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}: TheMovie'', the later repeatedly called the former a "woman child" when they traded insults. [[DontExplainTheJoke The joke being he has no room to talk]].
* Sag from ''WebVideo/MovieRehab'' got mature critical thoughts but he still acts like a kid at heart.
* Sparadrap in ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', to the extent of making him more of TheCutie than a female character that was his DistaffCounterpart before her characterization diverged but didn't completely split off. His top priority in a fantasy MMORPG is collecting non-combat pets, his TrademarkFavoriteFood is a dessert home-made by his grandmother and he tries to make friends with every single player he meets despite the game having a faction system. This is more than enough for both his guildmates and his ''younger'' brother to consider they need to keep an eye on him... or in the case of the ManipulativeBastard among his guildmates, pull some of her easiest scams ever. [[spoiler:He starts maturing after an enemy player decides that it would be fun to destroy the bag containing his pets in front of him]].
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's best friend, Nella, is repeatedly referred to (by herself and others) as a "wo-ManChild."
* ''WebVideo/TalkingClassics'' star Keith Apicary is a big one. He apparently still lives with his family, has NoSocialSkills, isn't too smart, a [[TheKlutz klutz]], and spends his days playing and singing about video games.
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* The WebOriginal/TendiesStories from Website/FourChan parodies this trope, consisting of anecdotes that revolve around an autistic man/adolescent who lives with his parents and constantly terrorizes them by demanding praise and food items such as chicken tenders ("tendies"). Part of the meme also emphasizes the character's parents attempting to control his behavior with a childlike reward/punishment system known as "good boy points."
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* The title character of ''ComicStrip/Luann'', after the cast's graduation from high school. Between her [[TrashOfTheTitans constantly messy room]], hitting up her parents for money, avoidance of schoolwork, hangups around sexuality, as well as her overall "head in the clouds" demeanor, it's pretty easy to forget that she's a grown adult attending college rather than a fourteen-year-old girl.

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* The title character of ''ComicStrip/Luann'', ''ComicStrip/{{Luann}}'', after the cast's graduation from high school. Between her [[TrashOfTheTitans constantly messy room]], hitting up her parents for money, avoidance of schoolwork, hangups around sexuality, as well as her overall "head in the clouds" demeanor, it's pretty easy to forget that she's a grown adult attending college rather than a fourteen-year-old girl.
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* The title character of "ComicStrip/Luann", after the cast's graduation from high school. Between her [[TrashOfTheTitans constantly messy room]], hitting up her parents for money, avoidance of schoolwork, hangups around sexuality, as well as her overall "head in the clouds" demeanor, it's pretty easy to forget that she's a grown adult attending college rather than a fourteen-year-old girl.

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* The title character of "ComicStrip/Luann", ''ComicStrip/Luann'', after the cast's graduation from high school. Between her [[TrashOfTheTitans constantly messy room]], hitting up her parents for money, avoidance of schoolwork, hangups around sexuality, as well as her overall "head in the clouds" demeanor, it's pretty easy to forget that she's a grown adult attending college rather than a fourteen-year-old girl.
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* Jasmine's father, the sultan, from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. At times he acts very childish, such as collecting toys and getting really excited when riding the carpet. To be fair, at times Jafar is magically controlling the sultan. Things get better when Aladdin breaks Jafar's staff.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Humphrey from ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega'' has signs of this. Matures out of it by the sequel.
* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Milo Thatch is not stupid, but he does not know how to treat other commanders and scientists with high quality.
* ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'': Tow Mater. Even though he's 60 years old, he literally has the emotional and mental capacity of a 7-year-old child. He has a lot of the traits of a child. He's enthusiastic, optimistic, cheerful, loyal to a fault, and very sweet, like a child. He's also incredibly playful and friendly, like a child. His emotions are those of a child because when he gets angry, his anger only lasts for a couple of seconds. All of his emotions last only for a couple of seconds, and he has genuine yet simple emotions. He's a very innocent person.
* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'':
** "Baby Brent" certainly comes across as one. He's the same age as Flint, but he doesn't seem to be doing anything with his life besides being popular and still acts like a schoolyard bully. That he still reenacts the commercial he appeared in as a baby, diaper and all, seems to be a serious case of LampshadeHanging.
** And on the other hand, there's Flint himself. He puts fake security equipment in his lab and pretends to use it when he comes and goes. Even the kids in the neighborhood think he's weird.
* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': Princess Anna is a naïve young lady with no sense of regal etiquette and a fairytale-like view of romance. It makes sense due to being cooped up in the castle for so long. Downplayed as she's only eighteen.
* Quasimodo from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'' is also shares some of these traits as he plays with wooden toys, going as far as replicating a miniature version of medieval Paris out of wooden models. He even talks to gargoyles with others thinking that he is delusional in doing this and he is very enthusiastic on going to the festival of fools much like a child would. [[JustifiedTrope Unfortunately very justified]] given he was raised by an abusive and hypocritical judge who killed Quasimodo's mother and has his father arrested and he was forced to stay in the Norte Dame church for twenty years, preventing him from interacting with other people.
* Sid from ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'', so very, very much! Remember the time he got worried about what Santa Claus thinks?
* Po from ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' is one of those. He is in his 20s and is a master of Kung Fu, but he is very immature as he takes bubble baths and plays with action figures (granted, ones he made himself).
* Batman from ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' acts far more immature than his comics counterpart, such as throwing a fit when Alfred reminds him he has to attend Jim Gordon's retirement party and generally refusing to do anything that isn't completely centered around him. Alfred even reads a book on parenting spoiled children when dealing with Batman just to drive the point home.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': Implied of "The Man Upstairs" [[spoiler: a.k.a Finn's Dad, the owner of the LEGO sets the main characters originate]]. He's not a stereotypical depiction of the trope, but he does own a ''lot'' of LEGO and, when pressed that the age on the boxes indicates that they're children's toys suitable for those between the ages of 8 and 14, defensively responds thus:
-->'''The Man Upstairs:''' That's a suggestion. They ''have'' to put that on there.
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'':
** Pleakley has a very childish fascination with the cultures of earth as he reacts with childish glee over studying things such as rocks or holidays. In one episode of the series it is revealed that he eats sugary cereals for breakfast. His voice also sounds childish on occasion.
** Gantu also has some traits of this. Despite being a hulking, authoritative brute, Gantu is revealed to enjoy bubble baths and he even plays with bath toys and reenacting battle scenes with the toys in a childish way.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': Scar is this to some extent, too, though at the beginning it's more subtle. However, as he becomes king, he acts like a toddler, as he continuously throws temper tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants or when the other animals upset him. He, in fact, starts to act even more immaturely than the hyenas, Timon & Pumbaa, and the actual kid characters do in the movie as he becomes king.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** Timon & Pumbaa and the Hyenas act a lot like children most of the time.
* ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'':
** WordOfGod is that RidiculouslyCuteCritter Mort the mouse lemur, who looks and acts like a child, is [[OlderThanTheyLook the lemur equivalent of a 35-year-old]].
** Julien has tendencies this way as well; he's constantly demanding attention and throws tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants, but at the same time gets very upset and starts talking to his plush toys when he's lonely, and [[spoiler:it's revealed via the magic of the Golden Squirrel that his greatest desire is simply to have his friends near him]].
* Waffles, the horned toad from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', has a childlike personality and matching intelligence.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'': Prince John is very whiny, often throws temper tantrums, constantly sucks his thumb and cries very easily.
* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': Prince Charming is an immature narcissist who is such a child that he still gets the kid's meal at Friar's Fat Boy. It's the result of being under the thumb of his domineering mother, the Fairy Godmother.
* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': Dopey is an adult dwarf who looks and acts like a young child around 5- to 7-years-old.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'': Walter Beckett is [[AdaptationalComicRelief comical]], [[IdiotHero inept]], and almost clumsy, but he's always building impressive gadgets, which are considered substitutes for weapons. In Audi advertising, Walter is also almost cowardly. He's initially scared of chasing.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', Spike is a grown-up with a Foreman job, but has the mentality of a schoolyard bully in mistreating his former employees Mario and Luigi when they worked at his job, and insulting them after that.
* ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'': Wallace is rather giddy and socially inept, shows disgust towards vegetables, plays with his inventions like toys, and fails to take most things seriously. Gromit the dog is shown to have far more emotional maturity (let alone common sense) than his master.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Benjamin Clawhauser is a police officer, yet he eats sugary cereals for breakfast, squeals like a little girl, and can be childishly oblivious at times.
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* Jasmine's father, the sultan, from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. At times he acts very childish, such as collecting toys and getting really excited when riding the carpet. To be fair, at times Jafar is magically controlling the sultan. Things get better when Aladdin breaks Jafar's staff.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Humphrey from ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega'' has signs of this. Matures out of it by the sequel.
* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Milo Thatch is not stupid, but he does not know how to treat other commanders and scientists with high quality.
* ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'': Tow Mater. Even though he's 60 years old, he literally has the emotional and mental capacity of a 7-year-old child. He has a lot of the traits of a child. He's enthusiastic, optimistic, cheerful, loyal to a fault, and very sweet, like a child. He's also incredibly playful and friendly, like a child. His emotions are those of a child because when he gets angry, his anger only lasts for a couple of seconds. All of his emotions last only for a couple of seconds, and he has genuine yet simple emotions. He's a very innocent person.
* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'':
** "Baby Brent" certainly comes across as one. He's the same age as Flint, but he doesn't seem to be doing anything with his life besides being popular and still acts like a schoolyard bully. That he still reenacts the commercial he appeared in as a baby, diaper and all, seems to be a serious case of LampshadeHanging.
** And on the other hand, there's Flint himself. He puts fake security equipment in his lab and pretends to use it when he comes and goes. Even the kids in the neighborhood think he's weird.
* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': Princess Anna is a naïve young lady with no sense of regal etiquette and a fairytale-like view of romance. It makes sense due to being cooped up in the castle for so long. Downplayed as she's only eighteen.
* Quasimodo from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'' is also shares some of these traits as he plays with wooden toys, going as far as replicating a miniature version of medieval Paris out of wooden models. He even talks to gargoyles with others thinking that he is delusional in doing this and he is very enthusiastic on going to the festival of fools much like a child would. [[JustifiedTrope Unfortunately very justified]] given he was raised by an abusive and hypocritical judge who killed Quasimodo's mother and has his father arrested and he was forced to stay in the Norte Dame church for twenty years, preventing him from interacting with other people.
* Sid from ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'', so very, very much! Remember the time he got worried about what Santa Claus thinks?
* Po from ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' is one of those. He is in his 20s and is a master of Kung Fu, but he is very immature as he takes bubble baths and plays with action figures (granted, ones he made himself).
* Batman from ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' acts far more immature than his comics counterpart, such as throwing a fit when Alfred reminds him he has to attend Jim Gordon's retirement party and generally refusing to do anything that isn't completely centered around him. Alfred even reads a book on parenting spoiled children when dealing with Batman just to drive the point home.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': Implied of "The Man Upstairs" [[spoiler: a.k.a Finn's Dad, the owner of the LEGO sets the main characters originate]]. He's not a stereotypical depiction of the trope, but he does own a ''lot'' of LEGO and, when pressed that the age on the boxes indicates that they're children's toys suitable for those between the ages of 8 and 14, defensively responds thus:
-->'''The Man Upstairs:''' That's a suggestion. They ''have'' to put that on there.
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'':
** Pleakley has a very childish fascination with the cultures of earth as he reacts with childish glee over studying things such as rocks or holidays. In one episode of the series it is revealed that he eats sugary cereals for breakfast. His voice also sounds childish on occasion.
** Gantu also has some traits of this. Despite being a hulking, authoritative brute, Gantu is revealed to enjoy bubble baths and he even plays with bath toys and reenacting battle scenes with the toys in a childish way.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': Scar is this to some extent, too, though at the beginning it's more subtle. However, as he becomes king, he acts like a toddler, as he continuously throws temper tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants or when the other animals upset him. He, in fact, starts to act even more immaturely than the hyenas, Timon & Pumbaa, and the actual kid characters do in the movie as he becomes king.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** Timon & Pumbaa and the Hyenas act a lot like children most of the time.
* ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'':
** WordOfGod is that RidiculouslyCuteCritter Mort the mouse lemur, who looks and acts like a child, is [[OlderThanTheyLook the lemur equivalent of a 35-year-old]].
** Julien has tendencies this way as well; he's constantly demanding attention and throws tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants, but at the same time gets very upset and starts talking to his plush toys when he's lonely, and [[spoiler:it's revealed via the magic of the Golden Squirrel that his greatest desire is simply to have his friends near him]].
* Waffles, the horned toad from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', has a childlike personality and matching intelligence.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'': Prince John is very whiny, often throws temper tantrums, constantly sucks his thumb and cries very easily.
* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': Prince Charming is an immature narcissist who is such a child that he still gets the kid's meal at Friar's Fat Boy. It's the result of being under the thumb of his domineering mother, the Fairy Godmother.
* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': Dopey is an adult dwarf who looks and acts like a young child around 5- to 7-years-old.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'': Walter Beckett is [[AdaptationalComicRelief comical]], [[IdiotHero inept]], and almost clumsy, but he's always building impressive gadgets, which are considered substitutes for weapons. In Audi advertising, Walter is also almost cowardly. He's initially scared of chasing.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', Spike is a grown-up with a Foreman job, but has the mentality of a schoolyard bully in mistreating his former employees Mario and Luigi when they worked at his job, and insulting them after that.
* ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'': Wallace is rather giddy and socially inept, shows disgust towards vegetables, plays with his inventions like toys, and fails to take most things seriously. Gromit the dog is shown to have far more emotional maturity (let alone common sense) than his master.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Benjamin Clawhauser is a police officer, yet he eats sugary cereals for breakfast, squeals like a little girl, and can be childishly oblivious at times.
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Does not relate to NeverGrewUp, because they physically did grow up - but never outgrew being attached to immature or childish things or behavior. SisterTrope (perhaps) to AdultsDressedAsChildren, although that trope is almost always played for laughs or borders on the grotesque. Compare {{Keet}}, OneOfTheKids, KiddieKid. For a villainous version, see PsychopathicManchild. Compare BasementDweller. Not related to ''Series/{{Manchild}}'', the British TV series, either. Compare and contrast TheThreeFacesOfAdam. Contrast with WiseBeyondTheirYears, where a child acts like an adult. Can overlap with OnlyOneFindsItFun for when the manchild is entertained by children's entertainment that fails to entertain the actual children.

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Does not relate to NeverGrewUp, because they physically did grow up - but never outgrew being attached to immature or childish things or behavior. SisterTrope (perhaps) to AdultsDressedAsChildren, although that trope is almost always played for laughs or borders on the grotesque. Compare {{Keet}}, OneOfTheKids, KiddieKid. For a villainous version, see PsychopathicManchild. Compare BasementDweller. May form a NerdHoard out of items relating to their childish obsessions. Not related to ''Series/{{Manchild}}'', the British TV series, either. Compare and contrast TheThreeFacesOfAdam. Contrast with WiseBeyondTheirYears, where a child acts like an adult. Can overlap with OnlyOneFindsItFun for when the manchild is entertained by children's entertainment that fails to entertain the actual children.
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* ''Fanfic/AlwaysVisible'': Jordan Thurlow, who chose to work as a culturologist because he really dislikes work.
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* Adrien in ''Fanfic/SpellboundLilafly'' is a teenager but gets easily excited about kindness, birthday parties, cake, and making friends. Partially because he's been socially isolated from just about everyone except his brother Félix and their friend Chloe, and partially because he's half faerie.

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* Adrien in ''Fanfic/SpellboundLilafly'' is a teenager but gets easily excited about kindness, birthday parties, cake, and making friends. Partially because he's been socially isolated from just about everyone except his brother Félix and their friend Chloe, Chloé, and partially because he's half faerie.

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