History PlayingWith / TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior

** [[BrainyBaby One-year-old]] [[EnfantTerrible Timmy]] is a [[PsychoForHire mercenary]] working for [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]].

* '''Logical Extreme''': Timmy is a fetus who leads a planet that meant to invade other planets, not only that, but Timmy himself is also an EvilGod power enough to be capable enough to cause a Class-Z apocalyps.

** '''Logical Extreme''': Timmy is a fetus who is also a destroyer of worlds, powerful enough to cause a Class-Z apocalypse

** Fifteen-year-old Tim is a [[{{Delinquents}} juvenile delinquent]] who routinely cuts class, shoplifts, and fights with other {{delinquents}}.

** Thirteen-year-old Timmy sometimes plays M-rated games or watches R-rated movies, but is otherwise a well-adjusted child.

** Timmy is a full-grown ManChild who has never used drugs, drank, smoked, or engaged in any sexual activity or crime.

** Timmy occasionally talks back to his parents or teachers, but that's perfectly normal, if unpleasant, child or teen behavior.

* '''Discussed''': "You know, Timmy, kids don't normally light up and down gin on a regular basis."

* '''Played for Horror''': Timmy inflicts ColdBloodedTorture and CruelAndUnusualDeath[=s=] [[{{Sadist}} without even a hint of humanity to him]].

** Fifteen-year-old Tim is a [[{{Delinquents}} juvenile delinquent]] who routinely cuts class, shoplifts, and routinely fights with other {{delinquents}}.

* '''Straight''': Ten-year-old Timmy smokes and drinks.

** Fifteen-year-old Timmy is a SirSwearsALot, but otherwise kind and respectful.
** Fifteen-year-old Timmy occasionally drinks alcohol after school but doesn't go further than that.

** Five-year-old Timmy sells drugs, vandalizes public property, drives a car ([[DrivesLikeCrazy with a habit of speeding in residential areas]], as it happens) more than a decade before he's even eligible to apply for a learner's permit, shoplifts, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and exhibits controversial art]].

* '''Exploited''': An older man, seeing Timmy's preference for smoking and drinking, offers to set him up in exchange for...[[{{Squick}} certain favors]].

--->"[[FullNameUltimatum Timothy Vincent Troper]], you are grounded until your behavior improves! And if it doesn't ... I'm sure your grandmother will be ''very'' disappointed to hear about what you've been up to!"

* '''Conversed''': "I often find it worrying when [[MostWritersAreAdults kids on TV act much older than they really are]]. It's cute when they're [[AdorablyPrecociousChild using big words they don't necessarily understand entirely]], but when they're doing things like swearing, doing drugs, engaging in sex, and committing crimes?"
* '''Deconstructed''': Timmy faces a lot of unwanted physical consequences because his body is still too young to tolerate foreign substances or sexual activity. The adults who look after Timmy and/or take part in his criminal or sexual activities get into legal trouble themselves for supposedly "allowing" a minor to do these things.
* '''Reconstructed''': Timmy is MadeOfIron, so he doesn't suffer from having sex or consuming controlled substances. If he faces no harm, nobody will ever face sanction.

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** Timmy acts normal, but keeps a level-head in dangerous situations better than his own parents, especially doing things that would typically creep out other children with no problem.

* '''Justified''': Timmy [[ParentalObliviousness has little to no parental supervision]], or his parents and/or authority figures are [[AbusiveParents toxic]] [[AdultsAreUseless people themselves]].

** Timmy is 10, but [[KiddieKid still loves to watch preschool shows and play with stuffed animals]].

** An onlooker thinks that Timmy is a- twelve-to-fourteen-year-old smoker, but he's actually way [[OlderThanTheyLook older than he looks]].

* '''Parodied''': As soon as Timmy is delivered, he drinks a bottle of vodka and delivers a curse-filled rant about how the preschool's coat rack is broken because it doesn't stamp his timecard when he clocks in.

** Timmy occasionally talks back to his parents or teachers, but that's perfectly normal child or teen behavior.

** Timmy's parents put their foot down.
--->"[[FullNameBasis Timothy Vincent Troper]], you are grounded until your behavior improves! And if it doesn't ... I'm sure your grandmother will be ''very'' disappointed to hear about what you've been up to!"

* '''Straight''': 10-year-old Timmy smokes and drinks.

** 5-year-old Timmy smokes, drinks, gets high, [[DirtyKid has a lot of sex]] and kills people.
** [[BrainyBaby 1-year-old]] [[EnfantTerrible Timmy]] is a [[PsychoForHire mercenary]] working for [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]].

** 13-year-old Timmy sometimes plays M-rated games or watches R-rated movies, but is otherwise a well-adjusted child.

** 15-year-old Timmy is a SirSwearsALot, but otherwise kind and respectful.
** 15-year-old Timmy occasionally drinks alcohol after school but doesn't go further than that.

** Timmy is a full-grown {{manchild}} who has never used drugs, drank, smoked, or engaged in any sexual activity or crime.

** A rumor goes around that Timmy smokes and drinks. But it's just that...a rumor.
** An onlooker thinks that Timmy is 12-to-14-year-old smoker, but he's actually way OlderThanHeLooks.

** Even though Timmy is OlderThanHeLooks, he's actually very young for his species.

--> "Timothy, you are grounded until your behavior improves! And if it doesn't...I'm sure your grandmother would be ''very'' disappointed to hear about what you've been up to!"
* '''Discussed''': "You know, Timmy, kids don't normally light up and down gin on a regular basis."

* '''Played For Laughs''': Timmy is a toddler who murders other children [[CrossesTheLineTwice in an over-the-top exaggerated way that could never happen in real life.]]
* '''Played For Drama''':

** The reason why Timmy acts this way is because he's witnessed things that are HarmfulToMinors.

Young man, you'd better extinguish that cigarette. What do you mean "fuck you"? That's it - get back to TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior right now.

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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Played For Drama''': Timmy is a TroubledChild.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Timmy is a toddler who murders other children [[CrossesTheLineTwice in such an exaggerated way that can never happen in real life.]]

* '''Parodied''': As soon as Timmy is delivered, he cusses his parents and drinks a bottle of vodka.

** 13-year-old Timmy sometimes plays M-rated games or watches R-rated movies, but is otherwise a well-adjusted adolescent.

'''Basic Trope''': Young children do disturbing grown-up things.

* '''Exaggerated''': 5-year-old Timmy smokes, drinks, gets high, has a lot of sex and kills people.

* '''Downplayed''': 13-year-old Timmy sometimes plays M-rated games or watches TV-MA shows, but otherwise seems like a well-adjusted minor.

* '''Justified''': Timmy has little to no parental supervision, or his parents and/or authority figures are toxic people themselves.
* '''Inverted''':
** Timmy is a fully-grown man who has never engaged in substance usage, sexual activity or crime.

** An onlooker thinks that Timmy is 12 to 14-year-old smoker, but he's actually way OlderThanHeLooks.

* '''Averted''': Timmy occasionally talks back to his parents or teachers, but that's perfectly normal child or teen behavior.

* '''Invoked''': Timmy, seeing his lack of authority figures, decides to light up because, who would care?

* '''Defied''': Timmy is offered a cigarette. He says no.

* '''Conversed''': "I often find it worrying when kids on TV act much older than they really are. It's cute when they're [[AdorablyPrecociousChild using big words they don't necessarily understand entirely]], but when they're doing things like swearing, doing drugs, engaging in sex, and committing crimes?"

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???