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This trope is TruthInTelevision, and it has become increasingly common thanks to the internet. Expect a child to watch a parody of their favorite cartoon/videogame character on [=YouTube=] meant for teens.

** In "The Ugly Truth", it's mentioned that Greg's younger cousin Benjy (who is [[VagueAge either]] a [[ChildProdigy toddler]] or a [[BrainyBaby baby]]) is already reading chapter books. He's still not potty-trained, though.

** In "The Ugly Truth", it's mentioned that Greg's younger cousin Benjy (who is [[VagueAge either]] a [[ChildProdigy toddler]] or a [[BrainyBaby baby]]) is already reading chapter books.

* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us6u7PAdluE The Six Christmas Movies You Live Through]], "The Cartoon" portion depicts a child waking up on Christmas where everything feels like an [[SugarBowl innocent, candy-coated]] [[ChristmasSpecial children's special]] ... except that, alongside [[Anime/Pokemon Pikachu]] and [[Francise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], ''[[Film/DieHard John McClane]]'' is included as one of the child's favorite characters. Lampshaded by the parent characters:

* In ''Film/MenInBlack'' had a shoot/no-shoot pistol test. Agent J passed by only shooting a target of an 8-year-old girl carrying a Quantum Physics textbook. This despite other targets being dangerous-looking aliens. His logic was that any child out late at night in the ghetto with such advanced texts was not actually a child and up to no good.

* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us6u7PAdluE The Six Christmas Movies You Live Through]], "The Cartoon" portion depicts a child waking up on Christmas where everything feels like an [[SugarBowl innocent, candy-coated]] [[ChristmasSpecial children's special]] ... except that, alongside Pikachu and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ''[[Film/DieHard John McClane]]'' is included as one of the child's favorite characters. Lampshaded by the parent characters:

* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us6u7PAdluE The Six Christmas Movies You Live Through]]", "The Cartoon" portion depicts a child waking up on Christmas where everything feels like an [[SugarBowl innocent, animated]] [[ChristmasSpecial children's Christmas special]] ... except that, alongside Pikachu and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ''[[Film/DieHard John McClane]]'' is included as one of the child's favorite characters. Lampshaded by the parent characters:

* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': In "The Six Christmas Movies You Live Through", "The Cartoon" portion depicts a child waking up on Christmas where everything feels like an [[SugarBowl innocent, animated]] [[ChristmasSpecial children's Christmas special]] ... except that, alongside Pikachu and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ''[[Film/DieHard John McClane]]'' is included as one of the child's favorite characters. Lampshaded by the parent characters:

* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': In "The Six Christmas Movies You Live Through", "The Cartoon" portion depicts a child waking up on Christmas where everything feels like an [[SugarBowl innocent, animated]] [[ChristmasSpecial children's Christmas special]] ... except that ''[[Film/DieHard John McClain]]'' is included as one of the child's favorite characters, alongside Pikachu and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Lampshaded by the parent characters:

** In "Revenge of the Chip", four-year-old D.W. wants a book about macroeconomics from the read to her (despite forgetting what the book's about) to prove she's mature.

** In "Arthur Makes a Movie", Arthur and his friends want to see the newest ''James Hound'' movie [[note]]This universe's version of ''Film/JamesBond''[[/note]], but since they’re only eight and the movie is rated PG-13, their parents ban them from watching it. Prunella is still allowed to see it, though, despite being a year older.

** In "Revenge of the Chip", four-year-old D.W. wants a book about macroeconomics read to her (despite forgetting what the book's about) to prove she's mature.

** In "Arthur Makes a Movie", Arthur wants to see ''James Hound''[[note]]This universe's version of ''Film/JamesBond''[[/note]], but since he's only eight and the movie is rated, PG-13, his parents disallow him from watching it. Buster is still allowed to see it, though, despite being Arthur's age.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': 16-year-old Jazz Fenton, who considers herself an adult in a teenager's body, is often seen studying psychology texts in her spare time. In "Pirate Radio", when the adults in town all become supernaturally brainwashed by a new [[GenreMotif/EasyListening easy listening radio station]], Jazz is included as one of the victims.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': 16-year-old Jazz Fenton, who considers herself an adult in a teenager's body, is often seen studying psychology texts in her spare time. In "Pirate Radio", when the adults in town all become supernaturally brainwashed by a new easy listening radio station, Jazz is included as one of the victims.

* ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'': In episode 6, [[DirtyKid Nate, Bear, and Eddie]] try to watch shows on a channel that Whisper says is for "mature audiences only" (Jibanyan even notes that it contains "scantily-clad women"), but Signibble keeps interfering by turning off the TV.

** Teenaged Rachel Berry's role models are Patti Lupone and Barbra Streisand. This is partly due to her gay dads giving her the middle name "Barbra" and raising her on musicals, but Rachel's driving ambition to be a Broadway star brings her love of musicals and movies up to an 11 (though she does listen to and sing more modern numbers as well).

** Kurt Hummel, likewise, also tends to have mature tastes in fashion and music, referencing Alexander McQueen and performing a 1960s Judy Garland/Barbra Streisand duet with Rachel.

** Subverted in "Little Ed Blue". Ed is extremely cranky because [[spoiler:he has a pebble in his shoe]]. Edd and Eddy try to find something to make him feel better and they find out that Ed keeps a magazine called ''Chicks Galore'' under his pillow. Then it's revealed that it's really just a magazine with pictures of baby chickens and Eddy is disappointed that it's not the kind of chicks he wanted.

* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'':

* One WebOriginal/FunnyOrDie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kF-MVZlC5g sketch]] features Creator/AlfredMolina as a CausticCritic for children's theatre productions. Since he believes that TrueArtIsIncomprehensible, the only piece he likes is a bizarre retelling of ''Literature/TheVeryHungryCaterpillar'' which features a CreepyChild endlessly reciting numbers while other kids dressed all in black wave caterpillar segments in the air, all under a giant illuminated crucifix.

* One WebVideo/FunnyOrDie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kF-MVZlC5g sketch]] features Creator/AlfredMolina as a CausticCritic for children's theatre productions. Since he believes that TrueArtIsIncomprehensible, the only piece he likes is a bizarre retelling of ''Literature/TheVeryHungryCaterpillar'' which features a CreepyChild endlessly reciting numbers while other kids dressed all black wave caterpillar segments in the air, all under a giant illuminated crucifix.