Boyfriend: OH! OH! BABE, CAN WE GO VISIT SANTA? PLEEEASE?!
Girlfriend: You're like a toddler! I'M DOWN, THOUGH. LET'S GO!
Girlfriend: You're like a toddler! I'M DOWN, THOUGH. LET'S GO!
"It feels like I'll wake up any second..." Link commented as the two found a rickety old bed in the home. He had shed his gear and was sitting on the ancient furniture, resting his sore legs.
"Wake up?" Navi asked, settling on Link's hat that he kindly folded up for her. "What do you mean by that?"
"From... all of this." Link replied quietly, staring at the floor. It was rotten and dirty, dust and dirt scattered about with small holes eaten by the bugs that had made the old shack their home. "It's all like a nightmare... and I just want to wake up back at home."
Navi stared at Link. He was physically a man... but how he talked and how his mind worked made it clear that he was still a child. He even carried himself like one, his expression almost pouting as he said such heartbreaking things. "I'm sorry, Link... I wish this were all just a bad dream too. But we have no choice but to just keep moving forward. But once it's all over... we can rest and not have to fight anymore." She felt awful that it felt this was all she could say.
"Wake up?" Navi asked, settling on Link's hat that he kindly folded up for her. "What do you mean by that?"
"From... all of this." Link replied quietly, staring at the floor. It was rotten and dirty, dust and dirt scattered about with small holes eaten by the bugs that had made the old shack their home. "It's all like a nightmare... and I just want to wake up back at home."
Navi stared at Link. He was physically a man... but how he talked and how his mind worked made it clear that he was still a child. He even carried himself like one, his expression almost pouting as he said such heartbreaking things. "I'm sorry, Link... I wish this were all just a bad dream too. But we have no choice but to just keep moving forward. But once it's all over... we can rest and not have to fight anymore." She felt awful that it felt this was all she could say.
"I swear, I am such a child sometimes..."
— Jonathan Joestar, Jonathan Joestar, The First JoJo
"Be an Adult, please!"
— Peter Port to Bartholomew Oobleck, War of Remnant: A RWBY Anthology
So you think you know, think you know
Think you know better
Just because, just because
You're older and wiser
Don't you know, don't you know
You don't get smarter?
You're the same as you started
You just jump a little higher
In the end, we're all just taller children
Think you know better
Just because, just because
You're older and wiser
Don't you know, don't you know
You don't get smarter?
You're the same as you started
You just jump a little higher
In the end, we're all just taller children
— Elizabeth & the Catapult, "Taller Children"
Scott: It feels like we're alone in the world. No grownups! It's like The Tribe.
Kim: Scott, we are grownups. And I have no idea what The Tribe is.
Scott: I don't think I'm ready to be a grownup.
Kim: Scott, we are grownups. And I have no idea what The Tribe is.
Scott: I don't think I'm ready to be a grownup.
— Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
Brennan: I'm not gonna call him Dad.
Nancy: Brennan, you're 39 years old. I would not expect you to call him Dad.
Brennan: Well, I'm not going to, ever! Even if there's a fire!
Nancy: Brennan, you're 39 years old. I would not expect you to call him Dad.
Brennan: Well, I'm not going to, ever! Even if there's a fire!
Look! I'm Grape Nose Boy! Bloobity bloobity bloobity bloobity bloobity bloobity...
— Ed, Good Burger
Spencer: I hate all the shows on the Dingo Channel. The jokes are so stupid, and they always make the adults look like buffoons!
Carly: You forgot to wear pants again.
Carly: You forgot to wear pants again.
— iCarly
Alex: Your bed is a car.
Jeff: Yeah, but it's a fucking SWEET car.
Jeff: Yeah, but it's a fucking SWEET car.
Look at him! He's old! What, do you have a job? MR. JOB?!
Don't let that beard fool you, he's a child!
— Stu Price about Alan Garner, The Hangover
"And that's about the time she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
And are still more amused by TV shows
What the hell is A.D.D.?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again, what's my age again?"
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
And are still more amused by TV shows
What the hell is A.D.D.?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again, what's my age again?"
—blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
"I wanna fly the train!"
—Sterling Archer, Archer
"Yeah, but I'm not a baby. I don't need someone feed me or change my clothes. I don't need someone to save me when I climb onto a Ferris wheel and..." (realizes he's needed all these things that day) "Oh, man. I am a baby."
—Greg Universe, Steven Universe, "Greg the Babysitter"
"That should all be mine! I deserve it! I want it all! It should be mine! Mine! MINE!"
—Stan Smith, American Dad!, "There Will Be Bad Blood"
Bernadette: Okay, Sheldon. What happens to our neuroreceptors when we don't get enough REM sleep?
Sheldon: They lose their sensitivity to serotonin and norepinephrine.
Bernadette: Which leads to...?
Sheldon: Impaired cognitive function.
Bernadette: Right, so march in there, brush your teeth and go to bed.
Sheldon: (Beat) But I don't want to go to bed.
Bernadette: I'm going to count to three. One...
Sheldon: Oh, all right.
Sheldon: They lose their sensitivity to serotonin and norepinephrine.
Bernadette: Which leads to...?
Sheldon: Impaired cognitive function.
Bernadette: Right, so march in there, brush your teeth and go to bed.
Sheldon: (Beat) But I don't want to go to bed.
Bernadette: I'm going to count to three. One...
Sheldon: Oh, all right.
Remember when I said that being a father to a human child could make Chris Brown retire his punching fist and convince him to stop being an itchy, oozing wart inside of humanity’s urethra? Well, I may have wasted precious keystrokes on that sentence, because Fist Brown is apparently terrorizing the world again.
—Michael K.
, "Fist Brown Might Have Struck Again For The 5,671st Time"
, "Fist Brown Might Have Struck Again For The 5,671st Time"Jim is so cute when he's four.
—"Yargo", commenting on Skin Deep
People my age are having children. What the hell I am a children.
—a popular post on Tumblr
(In shock) Bulma! Sex makes babies!
—Goku after discovering that Chi-Chi is pregnant (for the second time), Dragon Ball Z Abridged
"Just because you're growing up doesn't mean you have to grow up, y'know. Look at me! I'm pushing seventy and I still have ice cream for dinner!"
—Grunkle Stan, Gravity Falls, "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future"
Stu Pickles: Yippee! School's been canceled!
Chaz Finster: Stu, you're 35 years old. You don't have to go to school anymore.
Stu: (disappointed) Oh yeah, you're right.
Chaz Finster: Stu, you're 35 years old. You don't have to go to school anymore.
Stu: (disappointed) Oh yeah, you're right.
— Rugrats
"Kaboom needs help tying his freaking shoes. And you actually expect me to work with him? You must be crazier than he is!
— Robert James "Scully" Sullivan, Jagged Alliance
"Did I ever tell you that you have the attention span of a 5 year old?"
— F.A.N.G. to Balrog, Street Fighter V
Father Ted Crilly: Bishop Brennan, this isn't really my area...
Bishop Brennan: Nothing is your 'area', Crilly. You do not have an 'area'. Unless it is a kind of a play area. With sandcastles, and buckets, and spades! Now do what you're told, right?
Bishop Brennan: Nothing is your 'area', Crilly. You do not have an 'area'. Unless it is a kind of a play area. With sandcastles, and buckets, and spades! Now do what you're told, right?
The Man Upstairs:note You know the rules; this isn't a toy.
Finn: Um... it kind of is.
The Man Upstairs: No, actually it's a highly sophisticated interlocking brick system.
Finn: But we bought it at the toy store.
The Man Upstairs: We did, but the way I'm using it makes it an adult thing.
Finn: The box for this one said "Ages 8 to 14"!
The Man Upstairs: That's a suggestion. They have to put that on there.
Finn: Um... it kind of is.
The Man Upstairs: No, actually it's a highly sophisticated interlocking brick system.
Finn: But we bought it at the toy store.
The Man Upstairs: We did, but the way I'm using it makes it an adult thing.
Finn: The box for this one said "Ages 8 to 14"!
The Man Upstairs: That's a suggestion. They have to put that on there.
Sarah: Doctor, you're being childish!
The Doctor: Well, of course I am! There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.
The Doctor: Well, of course I am! There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.
— Doctor Who, "Robot"
Rory: Dad, I'm thirty-one. I don't have a Christmas list any more.
The Doctor: [waving his arms] I DO!
The Doctor: [waving his arms] I DO!
— Doctor Who, "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"
Blink: The general consensus is that Morph has the maturity level of a Caesar salad, and we'd rather not deal.
Sunfire: Well, that just isn't fair.
Blink: Oh c'mon, you know how he is.
Sunfire: Not to him! To me! As far as Morph goes, I agree with you. He sees a few of us without clothes and he'll be like a six-year-old after finishing three pounds of sugar. It feels less liberating when someone keeps yelling "you got fries to go with that shake?!" But why do I gotta go?
Sunfire: Well, that just isn't fair.
Blink: Oh c'mon, you know how he is.
Sunfire: Not to him! To me! As far as Morph goes, I agree with you. He sees a few of us without clothes and he'll be like a six-year-old after finishing three pounds of sugar. It feels less liberating when someone keeps yelling "you got fries to go with that shake?!" But why do I gotta go?
—Exiles #11: Play Date
(734): So he said if we had sex he'd take me to Build A Bear. My virginity is so worth a trip to build a bear.
(810): You're 20.
(734): IT'S BUILD A BEAR!
(810): You're 20.
(734): IT'S BUILD A BEAR!
Jeremy: I know I shouldn't say this, but every time I overtake a Prius I always think "I could do this in fourth, but I'm gonna use second instead" to annoy them even more.
Richard: You do know you are 56 years old?
Jeremy: Yeah, but I've got a mental age of 9.
Richard: Oh yeah...
Richard: You do know you are 56 years old?
Jeremy: Yeah, but I've got a mental age of 9.
Richard: Oh yeah...
— The Grand Tour, S1:E10 "Dumb Fight at the OK Coral"
"Remember, Lord Lion-O spent ten galacto years in a suspension capsule. During that time he grew in size, but he did not grow up. He missed those firsthand life experiences through which one matures."
— Tygra, Thundercats 1985, "Unholy Alliance"
What are you, a child? You got confused? Why didn't you just end it, Quentin? You obviously lost interest a long time ago. You really are a child, aren't you? You're obviously not enough of a real man to have a real relationship. You're not even enough of a real man to end a real relationship. Do I have to do everything for you?
—Alice, The Magicians
Sherlock: This is so childish.
Lestrade: Well, I'm dealing with a child.
Lestrade: Well, I'm dealing with a child.
—- Sherlock
Mae: I'm sorry, Bea. I'm a mess.
Bea: You know? Whatever. It's not your fault. You're just a kid.
Mae: I'm older than you! Two months!
Bea: Yeah well, I stayed here and got older while you went off and stayed the same.
Bea: You know? Whatever. It's not your fault. You're just a kid.
Mae: I'm older than you! Two months!
Bea: Yeah well, I stayed here and got older while you went off and stayed the same.
"I must admit, it's sadly anti-climactic. Behind all the sturm and batarangs you're just a little boy in a playsuit crying for mommy and daddy! It’d be funny if it wasn't so pathetic."
Neil: What do we do, Mitch?
Mitch: I dunno, I dunno!
Neil: You're the oldest!
Mitch: Not mentally!
Mitch: I dunno, I dunno!
Neil: You're the oldest!
Mitch: Not mentally!
"That's not fair, that your inability to act like a grown-up helps you get your way."
—Clint Barton to Kate Bishop, Hawkeye (2021)
"I'm what's known in the medical community as a manbaby".
—Coach Steve, Big Mouth
Professor von Duct: When clones are first created, they have the mind of a baby.
Dr. Havoc: Wait-wait a minute, all my henchmen are babies?
von Duct: No no no, come on, Dr. Havoc, no. When they start, they have the mind of a baby. The fully developed henchman is between 8-to-12-years-old.
Havoc: What?!
Dr. Havoc: Wait-wait a minute, all my henchmen are babies?
von Duct: No no no, come on, Dr. Havoc, no. When they start, they have the mind of a baby. The fully developed henchman is between 8-to-12-years-old.
Havoc: What?!
— Dr. Havoc's Diary, "The Henchman Handbook"
Brother's in the playpen, doing what he's told
Never mind the fact that he's thirty years old
Never mind the fact that he's thirty years old
—Al Duvall, "Five Against One"
