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** In "Passion of the Jew", Cartman (a fourth grader) becomes obsessed with Creator/MelGibson's movie ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'', to the point he forms a fan club it (noticeably, he's the ''one'' child in the fan club)

* When Rory from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' was a pre-teen, he and his friends were apparently familiar enough with grindhouse cinema to come up with "grindhouse fairy tale" as an RPG theme, and when Davan included [[Literature/TheThreeBears Papa Bear]] as [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], they got the reference. (Although not the significance when, to Davan's horror, they dubbed the character "Leatherbear".)

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* Norman from ''WesternAnimation/{{Paranorman}}'' is only about nine, but he frequently [[NightmareFetishist watches violent horror movies]], and at one point, he mentions watching ''Film/SexAndViolence''.

** In "Stage Plight", Lucy (who is eight), the twins (who are six), Lisa (who is four), and Lily (who is ''one'') go watch a production of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. Justified because the reason they're there is that their older sister is playing Juliet.

*** Another strip has Paige and Nicole tell Andy that they plan to see ''Film/ThePatriot''. Andy immediately forbids them from doing so.

** In many HalloweenEpisode{{s}}, Louise's costumes of choice are characters from PG-13 and R-rated movies ([[Film/NoCountryForOldMen Anton Chigurh]]), ([[Film/BladeRunner Blade Bunner]]) and Franchise/{{Peter|Pan}} Film/PansLabyrinth.

** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/rated-c-for-child-welfare/69951/ Rated C For Child Welfare]], two parents try to take their kids who are six and eight to see ''Film/FinalDestination1'' in 3D. When the OP objects to this, the father claims their kids' favorite movies are ''Film/{{Saw}}'' and ''Film/SawII'' (though it's possible he was lying).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In "Let's Play at Reading Books", Quack Quack is shown reading a book with girls in skimpy outfits. [[DirtyKid Mr. Cat]] also wants that book, but Quack Quack refuses to give it to him, not even when Mr. Cat offers him loads of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood yogurt]].

* ''Animation/TheMindsEye'': In the ''The Gate to The Mind's Eye'' segment "Nuvogue", a young FacelessEye watches an [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe gangster show]] called ''Private Eye''.

** In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'': Chloe still has many of her likes as above, but she's also played ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' (along with the other three games in the series) thanks to Renji letting her play them in her spare time. Meanwhile Yuri Ichiro is well familiar with ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.

* Creator/BertoltBrecht deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoked]] this trope by inviting young children to rehearsals for his pieces, which deal with such themes as war, religion, rape, and existential crises. His main goal was to make sure the show was working--Brecht's philosophy was that the images and action of theatre should tell an entire story ''without'' words, so if the kids (who didn't understand the adult ideas being discussed) became confused by what was happening onstage, he knew that it was unclear and thus made changes.

* One episode of '' WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron|BoyGenius}}'' has Jimmy and his friends wanting to buy a game called ''Doom Bringer II'', which is apparently "for mature players only due to violence, exaggerated mayhem, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking old lady kicking]],". The plot is kickstarted when the cashier denies their purchase because they're too young, prompting Jimmy to try and make them all older.
** Got [[EntertainmentBelowTheirAge inverted]] later then they, now seniors, go to the store and get weird reactions when they buy the same game.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In "Let's Play at Reading Books", Quack Quack [[CovertPervert of all people]] is shown reading a book with girls in skimpy outfits. [[DirtyKid Mr. Cat]] also wants that book, but Quack Quack refuses to give it to him, not even when Mr. Cat offers him loads of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood yogurt]].

** ZigZagged with Bart and Lisa's love of ''JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow''; while it's marketed toward children in-universe and airs as part of the children's program ''The Krusty the Klown Show'', it contains depictions of graphic violence harsh enough that one episode is slapped with a ContentWarning, though it's unhelpfully placed ''after'' the episode airs. Naturally, we then cut to Bart and Lisa laughing hysterically.

* Downplayed in ''Manga/LuckyStar''; 17-year-old {{Otaku}} Konata is shown to enjoy [[HGame H-Games]], which are meant for mature audiences of 18 or older. It's frequently lampshaded by other characters how she's not quite old enough to be playing those games, and once Konata turns 18 she expresses excitement over being able to buy them herself (as opposed to just borrowing from her dad, who's quite the otaku himself).

'''Francis:''' NO, that's ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''!

* In ''Anime/{{Oreimo}}'', Kirino, a teenager, loves to play little sister-themed [[HGame H-games]].

* ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' has Falfa and Shalsha, two mentally and physically eight-year-old (but chronologically in their fifties) slime spirits who regularly read books that adults would find tedious and/or challenging for fun. For example, during [[ButtMonkey Halkara's]] introductory chapter, they read a [[{{Doorstopper}} thick]] nonfiction volume about the military mistakes of an elven general that led to the severe weakening of his kingdom.