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Comic Books
- The Flash: Bart Allen, or at least when he was Impulse though it seems to disappear during his first run as Kid Flash. He's now regained all of his hyperactivity as Kid Flash after coming Back from the Dead in the Legion of 3 Worlds arc.
- Spider-Man: Younger versions of Spider-Man can be this, especially the Ultimate 'verse one.
- In Superman: Space Age, The Flash is hyperactive and easily distracted and takes fun hobbies to have something to concentrate on, like model shipbuilding. He also has a pet turtle.
Fan Works
- Hetalia: Axis Powers fanfic Gankona, Unnachgiebig, UnitÃ
: Italy is basically the very definition of this trope. Germany and Japan are very fond of him because of his warmth and kindness. - Mikey in Ain't No Grave isn't hyperactive, but he is short, excitable, In Touch with His Feminine Side, and, when he is worked up, rather noisy. His foster sister Lily, by contrast, is a Tomboy with a Girly Streak Snark Knight.
- Marcus Pines from Gravity Falls Rule 63. Considering he's the genderbent of Mabel Pines, it's not that big of a surprise.
- Deconstructed in The Judgement of the World (5Ds). Nearly everyone resents Judai for being annoying and intrusive due to his hyperactivity, borderline obsession with Duel Spirits, and constant pestering of Aki to summon said spirits. Aki in particular is still overcoming the lifelong trauma she associates with her powers and dislikes Judai thoughtlessly asking her to use them all the time, even if he doesn't mean any harm. He drops this attitude after Yubel starts attacking Duel Spirits.
- Hikaru Albertson from The Simpsons: Team L.A.S.H.. He's always energetic and enthusiastic, and has more energy than you'd expect from someone of his size.
Film
- Bo Baker from High Stakes, who is also a Bishounen, Cute Clumsy Boy and The Pollyanna.
- Dash from The Incredibles, partly due to his Super-Speed, can be one of these at times. Needless to say, his sister usually doesn't take it well.
- Ensign Chekov, Pavel Andreivich in Star Trek (2009) can do zat.
Literature
- Cullen from A Brother's Price is very excitable, and can't keep a dignified look on his face for more than ten seconds — when the protagonists meet him all dressed up for a ball, he ruins the impression by making grimaces.
- Leo Valdez from The Heroes of Olympus. Half-bloods in general tend to be hyperactive, but even his fellow half-bloods think Leo is more energetic than normal.
- Tasslehoff Burrfoot from the Dragonlance series. In fact his entire race is pretty much this. The kender as a race never experience fear without massive magical power. Even dragons don't bother them.
- Goblins in the Castle: The goblins, generally. Especially the younger ones. They're full of wild energy, love playing games and bouncing around, and are all around excitable. The only exception seen is Borg, an advisor to the king and one of the Ten Oldest Goblins, who is calm and composed the entire time he's onscreen (except briefly, when he's furious at what he perceives as William's "betrayal" over calling Igor his friend).
- Harry Potter:
- Colin Creevey, Colin Creevey, good Lord, Colin Creevey. A extremely hyperactive, and extremely persistent Fan Boy of Harry's.
- Ron's owl Pigwidgeon is the most excitable little ball of feathers. This sets up a brief Red Oni, Blue Oni with Harry's more serious owl Hedwig.
- Nahruahn from The Quest of the Unaligned fits this trope perfectly from the moment he appears, in which he delivers an eleven-line speech in a single sentence (and breath). All ruahks act like this to a degree.
- The Stormlight Archive: Lopen is cheerful and energetic at the worst of times, and when he becomes a Knight Radiant, absolutely revels in the world his powers open up for him. He's ultimately a Reconstruction — though well-intentioned, his good-natured teasing is sometimes hurtful, and stunts like spontaneously flying someone a mile straight up to enjoy the view are genuinely off-putting, but when he's told this, he makes a sincere effort to be more considerate in his behaviour.
- Pouncequick from Tailchaser's Song is a kitten who decides himself to join Tailchaser on his journey. Pouncequick is very energetic, talkative, and spunky. This can annoy Tailchaser sometimes.
- Vorkosigan Saga: Sometimes, Miles Vorkosigan. Very short, hyperactive, doesn't know the meaning of "impossible", charm on overdrive, and if not handsome exactly, manages to attract various tall, beautiful women through sheer personal magnetism. He does have troughs that match the peaks, unfortunately for him.
- In The Warrior's Apprentice, a pilot that Miles shanghai'ed shares a drink called Creme de Meth with Miles. When the high wears off and Miles crashes, the pilot laughs about it to Miles friend Elena. However, Elena didn't even realize Miles was high. When the pilot hears this, he can only say, "you mean he's like that all the time?"
Professional Wrestling
- Tetsuhiro Kuroda took advantage of the Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling referee's reluctance to count anyone out by sprinting around arenas in search of weapons. In the rare event someone got to a weapon first it usually wouldn't be able to slow him down.
- This was one of early gimmicks of Jimmy Jacobs, he even came to the ring on a Pogo stick.
- It takes an impressive amount of cardio just to keep up with Delirious, much less be him. Part of his gimmick is to make a wild entrance, go still after his music stops and then go wild again at the first bell.
- What's the best way to beat throwbacks to The Road Warriors, in the form of Sidney Bakabella's Devastation Corporation? throwbacks to High Energy! Thus entered into Chikara Race Jaxon and Hype Rockwell, NRG. Don't sleep because of energy drinks.
Stand-Up Comedy
A lot of stand-up comedians fit this definition by the very nature of the craft. Some who stand out as particularly embodying this trope include:
- Denis Leary, who is known for hyper-caffeinated, rapid-fire delivery while on stage.
- Pablo Francisco, who is known for his manic delivery, using a variety of character voices and often working himself into a sweat while on stage.
- Robin Williams was perhaps the ultimate example.
- Sarah Silverman is known for being a particularly awkward version of this on stage.
