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** From Charlie himself, after a particularly stupid comment: "Man, what the actual [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] is this crazy son of a bitch yapping about?" Cue everyone else freaking out and possibly the two above lampshades.
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** Charlie is a lot YoungerThanHeLooks and he ends up concerning those who don't know he's an adult.

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** Charlie is a lot YoungerThanHeLooks OlderThanHeLooks and he ends up concerning those who don't know he's an adult.

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* '''Straight''': Bob's 8 year old brother Charlie sees Alice in lingerie. Bob tries to stop Charlie from seeing this, but Charlie says "Woah, she looks just like the girls from Playboy, except with clothes on!"

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* '''Straight''': Bob's 8 year old 8-year-old brother Charlie sees Alice in lingerie. Bob tries to stop Charlie from seeing this, but Charlie says "Woah, she looks just like the girls from Playboy, except with clothes on!"



** AdorablyPrecociousChild

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** AdorablyPrecociousChildCharlie is an AdorablyPrecociousChild.



* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
'''Subverted''':
** What Charlie said was [[ChildrenAreInnocent completely innocuous]] and it was just an ImaginedInnuendo inferred on the adult's part.
** Charlie is a lot YoungerThanHeLooks and he ends up concerning those who don't know he's an adult.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''':
** Charlie guesses what they thought he meant and ends up explaining the DoubleMeaning or saying something even worse.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Charlie knows he shouldn't know these things at his age and is knowingly repeating it to distract Bob from what David and Erin are doing.

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Basic Trope: A child says things unexpected for their age level, especially things that children shouldn't know about.

Straight: Bob's 8 year old brother Charlie sees Alice in lingerie. Bob tries to stop Charlie from seeing this, but Charlie says "Woah, she looks just like the girls from Playboy, except with clothes on!"

Exaggerated: Charlie is only 5, but he constantly [[SirSwearsALot swears]] and [[DirtyKid talks about sex]].

Downplayed:
* Charlie is a preteen, and is receiving TheTalk. He claims that he already knew most of it.
* Charlie is a young child who makes smartass comments on occasion; while not necessarily inappropriate for children, it's still unexpected for his age level.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild
* Charlie doesn't actually know what [[InnocentlyInsensitive he's]] [[InnocentSwearing saying]], he's just repeating something he heard.

Justified: Charlie learned this content from someone else.

Inverted: Charlie is an adult that calls someone a BigStupidDooDooHead.

Subverted:

Double Subverted:

Parodied:

Zig Zagged:

Averted: Charlie doesn't make age-inappropriate comments.

Enforced:
* SwearWordPlot, for AnAesop on why it can be bad to say inappropriate phrases to others.
* The author thinks that it's funny if a child says something that they wouldn't normally know about.

Lampshaded:
* The trope's title may be quoted.
* "Kids say the darndest things."

Invoked: Someone teaches Charlie an inappropriate phrase.

Exploited:

Defied: Charlie knows things inappropriate for his age level, but never says them out loud.

Discussed: "Where did he learn that from?!"

Conversed: "Why are kids often the ones to say these things?"

Implied: Bob mentions that Charlie sometimes says things unexpected for his age level, but no word is given on what he says exactly.

Deconstructed: Charlie gets in trouble for making these comments.

Reconstructed:

Played for Laughs:

Played for Drama: It's revealed that Charlie knows content like this due to being molested.

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': A child says things unexpected for their age level, especially things that children shouldn't know about.

Straight:
about.
* '''Straight''':
Bob's 8 year old brother Charlie sees Alice in lingerie. Bob tries to stop Charlie from seeing this, but Charlie says "Woah, she looks just like the girls from Playboy, except with clothes on!"

Exaggerated:
on!"
* '''Exaggerated''':
Charlie is only 5, but he constantly [[SirSwearsALot swears]] and [[DirtyKid talks about sex]].

Downplayed:
sex]].
* '''Downplayed''':
**
Charlie is a preteen, and is receiving TheTalk. He claims that he already knew most of it.
* ** Charlie is a young child who makes smartass comments on occasion; while not necessarily inappropriate for children, it's still unexpected for his age level.
* ** AdorablyPrecociousChild
* ** Charlie doesn't actually know what [[InnocentlyInsensitive he's]] [[InnocentSwearing saying]], he's just repeating something he heard.

Justified:
heard.
* '''Justified''':
Charlie learned this content from someone else.

Inverted:
else.
* '''Inverted''':
Charlie is an adult that calls someone a BigStupidDooDooHead.

Subverted:

Double Subverted:

Parodied:

Zig Zagged:

Averted:
BigStupidDooDooHead.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
Charlie doesn't make age-inappropriate comments.

Enforced:
comments.
* '''Enforced''':
**
SwearWordPlot, for AnAesop on why it can be bad to say inappropriate phrases to others.
* ** The author thinks that it's funny if a child says something that they wouldn't normally know about.

Lampshaded:
about.
* '''Lampshaded''':
**
The trope's title may be quoted.
* ** "Kids say the darndest things."

Invoked:
"
* '''Invoked''':
Someone teaches Charlie an inappropriate phrase.

Exploited:

Defied:
phrase.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
Charlie knows things inappropriate for his age level, but never says them out loud.

Discussed:
loud.
* '''Discussed''':
"Where did he learn that from?!"

Conversed:
from?!"
* '''Conversed''':
"Why are kids often the ones to say these things?"

Implied:
things in fiction?"
* '''Implied''':
Bob mentions that Charlie sometimes says things unexpected for his age level, but no word is given on what he says exactly.

Deconstructed:
exactly.
* '''Deconstructed''':
Charlie gets in trouble for making these comments.

Reconstructed:

Played
comments.
* '''Played
for Laughs:

Played
Laughs''': It becomes a RunningGag for Drama: Charlie to use inappropriate phrases, since phrases that would ordinarily be more dramatic when said by adults just become an act of CrossesTheLineTwice when small children say them.
* '''Played for Drama''':
It's revealed that Charlie knows content like this due to being molested.molested.
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You can go back to FromTheMouthsOfBabes after you drop me off at preschool, you goddamn piece of shit!
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%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
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Implied: Bob mentions that Charlie sometimes says things unexpected for his age level, but no word is given on what he says exactly.
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Inverted: Charlie is an adult that calls someone a BigStupidDooDooHead.
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Basic Trope: A child says things unexpected for their age level, especially things that children shouldn't know about.

Straight: Bob's 8 year old brother Charlie sees Alice in lingerie. Bob tries to stop Charlie from seeing this, but Charlie says "Woah, she looks just like the girls from Playboy, except with clothes on!"

Exaggerated: Charlie is only 5, but he constantly [[SirSwearsALot swears]] and [[DirtyKid talks about sex]].

Downplayed:
*Charlie is a preteen, and is receiving TheTalk. He claims that he already knew most of it.
*Charlie is a young child who makes smartass comments on occasion; while not necessarily inappropriate for children, it's still unexpected for his age level.
*AdorablyPrecociousChild
*Charlie doesn't actually know what [[InnocentlyInsensitive he's]] [[InnocentSwearing saying]], he's just repeating something he heard.

Justified: Charlie learned this content from someone else.

Inverted:

Subverted:

Double Subverted:

Parodied:

Zig Zagged:

Averted: Charlie doesn't make age-inappropriate comments.

Enforced:
*SwearWordPlot, for AnAesop on why it can be bad to say inappropriate phrases to others.
*The author thinks that it's funny if a child says something that they wouldn't normally know about.

Lampshaded:
*The trope's title may be quoted.
*"Kids say the darndest things."

Invoked: Someone teaches Charlie an inappropriate phrase.

Exploited:

Defied: Charlie knows things inappropriate for his age level, but never says them out loud.

Discussed: "Where did he learn that from?!"

Conversed: "Why are kids often the ones to say these things?"

Implied:

Deconstructed: Charlie gets in trouble for making these comments.

Reconstructed:

Played for Laughs:

Played for Drama: It's revealed that Charlie knows content like this due to being molested.

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