History Main / KidsHateChores

** In the episode "[[ItsAWonderfulPlot It's a Wishful Life]]", Timmy does a ''lot'' of hard work for multiple people but is berated for it, eventually causing him to wish that he'd never been born. The result is the world being a ''much'' [[BetterIfNotBornPlot better place due to his absence.]]

* On ''Series/YoungSheldon'', [[{{HighSchoolHustler}} teenage entrepreneur]] [[{{BrilliantButLazy}} Georgie Cooper]], already earning almost as much as his father George Cooper Sr., gets around this by channeling Tom Sawyer and subcontracting to neighbor kids at a dollar a chore. [[{{SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome}} His father is not a happy man]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', Chicken breaks a window of the resident [[ChildHater child-hating]] GrumpyOldMan's house. Chicken [[WorkingOffTheDebt makes it up to him by mowing the man's back yard]]. Said back yard is stated to be the size of UsefulNotes/{{Switzerland}}, and Chicken nearly dies from exhaustion when he's done.

We get it: children '''HATE''' doing chores, especially when they involve yardwork or housecleaning. This is so prevalent (and accepted/catered to) nowadays that most modern fictional portrayals of chores either involve servants, take place on a farm or ranch or use them as a way to paint the parents or guardians of the child character(s) in question in an unfavorable light at best so as to not risk alienating their audience. Sometimes, an allowance is brought up as a way to justify the chores in question. Can, and usually does, overlap with LaboriousLaziness when the child(ren) put(s) more effort into avoiding the chore(s) in question than would be required to just do them. Related to CatharticChores and ChildrenDoTheHousework.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "Chore and Peace", this is downplayed. Lincoln hates taking out the trash because he thinks it's the hardest chore (which is understandable since he lives in a house of thirteen), but he doesn't want to get out of doing chores altogether; he just wants an easier chore.

We get it: children '''HATE''' doing chores, especially when they involve yardwork of some kind. This is so prevalent (and accepted/catered to) nowadays that most modern fictional portrayals of chores either involve servants, take place on a farm or ranch of some kind or use them as a way to paint the parents or guardians of the child character(s) in question in an unfavorable light at best so as to not risk alienating their audience. Sometimes, allowance is brought up as a way to justify the chores in question. Can, and usually does, overlap with LaboriousLaziness when the child(ren) put(s) more effort into avoiding the chore(s) in question than would be required to just perform them. Related to CatharticChores and ChildrenDoTheHousework.

Obviously, this is TruthInTelevision to some RealLife children.

* Referenced in a ''ComicStrip/{{Bizarro}}'' strip where a man is watching TV and a promo for the next episode of ''Series/TheOsbournes'' mentions the kids calling [[{{DepartmentOfChildDisservices}} Child Services]] due to [[{{Music/OzzyOsbourne}} Ozzy]] making them do chores.

** In the episode "Talkin' Trash", Timmy has Cosmo use magic to take out the trash, and has done so ever since Cosmo and Wanda were assigned to him. [[TheDitz Cosmo]], of course, poofs the garbage into the crawlspace under the Turner house, where it causes "dirty magic" to cause problems with the house. This leads to them calling in Wanda's father [[TheDon Big Daddy]], who [[Series/TheSopranos runs Fairy World's waste management]] [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily like a Mafia operation]]. Even resident badass ByTheBookCop [[TheAhnold Jorgen Von Strangle]] backs down when [[TheDreaded Big Daddy]] [[ShameIfSomethingHappened threatens to stop trash collection]] due to [[WhatAnIdiot Timmy's]] [[BullyingADragon disrespecting him]].

We get it: children '''HATE''' doing chores, especially when they involve yardwork of some kind. This is so prevalent (and accepted/catered to) nowadays that most modern fictional portrayals of chores either involve servants, take place on a farm or ranch of some kind or use them as a way to paint the parents or guardians of the child character(s) in question in an unfavorable light at best so as to not risk alienating their audience. Sometimes, allowance is brought up as a way to justify the chores in question. Can, and usually does, overlap with LaboriousLaziness when the child(ren) put(s) more effort into avoiding the chore(s) in question than would be required to just perform them. Related to CatharticChores.

* On ''Series/YoungSheldon'', teenage entrepreneur Georgie Cooper, already earning almost as much as his father George Cooper Sr., gets around this by channeling Tom Sawyer and subcontracting to neighbor kids at a dollar a chore. [[{{SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome}} His father is not a happy man]].

* In ''Literature/TomSawyer'', Tom is asked to paint the fence, but he doesn't want to, so he pays his friends to do it instead.

We get it: children '''HATE''' doing chores, especially when they involve yardwork of some kind. This is so prevalent (and accepted/catered to) nowadays that most modern fictional portrayals of chores either involve servants, take place on a farm or ranch of some kind or use them as a way to paint the parents or guardians of the child character(s) in question in an unfavorable light at best so as to not risk alienating their audience. Sometimes, allowance is brought up as a way to justify the chores in question. SisterTrope to CinderellaCircumstances. Can, and usually does, overlap with LaboriousLaziness when the child(ren) put(s) more effort into avoiding the chore(s) in question than would be required to just perform them. Related to CatharticChores.

* On ''Series/YoungSheldon'', teenage entrepreneur Georgie Cooper, already earning almost as much as his father George Cooper Sr., gets around this by channeling Tom Sawyer and subcontracting to neighbor kids at a dollar a chore. [[{{RealityEnsues}} His father is not a happy man]].

* Cricket Green of ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' is a complete offender of this trope, despising the chores of his family and would rather have fun. However, certain episodes show him willingly want to help his family, such as helping Bill renovate the bathroom and fix the roof, and joining his family in replanting baby carrots.

We get it: children '''HATE''' doing chores, especially when they involve yardwork of some kind. This is so prevalent (and accepted/catered to) nowadays that most modern fictional portrayals of chores either involve servants, take place on a farm or ranch of some kind, or use them as a way to paint the parents or guardians of the child character(s) in question in an unfavorable light at best so as to not risk alienating their audience. Sometimes, allowance is brought up as a way to justify the chores in question. SisterTrope to CinderellaCircumstances. Can, and usually does, overlap with LaboriousLaziness when the child(ren) put(s) more effort into avoiding the chore(s) in question than would be required to just perform them. Related to CatharticChores.

We get it: children '''HATE''' doing chores, especially when they involve yardwork of some kind. This is so prevalent (and accepted/catered to) nowadays that most modern fictional portrayals of chores either involve servants, take place on a farm or ranch of some kind, or use them as a way to paint the parents or guardians of the child character(s) in question in an unfavorable light at best so as to not risk alienating their audience. Sometimes, allowance is brought up as a way to justify the chores in question. SisterTrope to CinderellaCircumstances. Can, and usually does, overlap with LaboriousLaziness when the child(ren) put more effort into avoiding the chore(s) in question than would be required to just perform them. Related to CatharticChores.

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We get it, children HATE doing chores, especially when they involve yardwork of some kind. This is so prevalent (and accepted / catered to) nowadays that most modern fictional portrayals of chores either involve servants, take place on a farm or ranch of some kind, or use them as a way to paint the parents or guardians of the child character(s) in question in an unfavorable light at best so as to not risk alienating their audience. Sometimes, allowance is brought up as a way to justify the chores in question. SisterTrope to CinderellaCircumstances. Can, and usually does, overlap with LaboriousLaziness when the child(ren) put more effort into avoiding the chore(s) in question than would be required to just perform them. Related to CatharticChores.

** In some strips, he gets back at his dad by turning the shoveled snow into Body Horror-struck snowmen.

-->'''Calvin:''' Why should OTHER people benefit from MY hard work?

** In the episode "Talkin' Trash", Timmy has Cosmo use magic to take out the trash, and has done so ever since Cosmo and Wanda were assigned to him. [[TheDitz Cosmo]], of course, poofs the garbage into the crawlspace under the Turner house, where it causes "dirty magic" to cause problems with the house. This leads to them calling in Wanda's father, [[TheDon Big Daddy]], who [[Series/TheSopranos runs Fairy World's waste management]] [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily like a Mafia operation]]. Even resident badass ByTheBookCop [[TheAhnold Jorgen Von Strangle]] backs down when [[TheDreaded Big Daddy]] [[ShameIfSomethingHappened threatens to stop trash collection]] due to [[WhatAnIdiot Timmy's]] [[BullyingADragon disrespecting him]].
** In the episode "[[ItsAWonderfulPlot It's a Wishful Life]]", Timmy does a ''lot'' of hard work for multiple people, but is berated for it, eventually causing him to wish that he'd never been born. The result is the world being a ''much'' [[BetterIfNotBornPlot better place due to his absence.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "Chore and Peace", this is downplayed. Lincoln hates taking out the trash, because he thinks it's the hardest chore, but he doesn't want to get out of doing chores altogether; he just wants an easier chore.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': Johnny will always avoid doing chores when possible, which isn't difficult with his genius sisters' inventions. For example, in "101 Johnnies", he makes clones of himself to do chores in his place. In the same episode, his sisters are shown to be Not So Above It All when they create [[RobotMe robot version of themselves]] to do chores while they're watching their next-door neighbour Gil.

** In the episode "[[ItsAWonderfulPlot It's a Wishful Life]]", Timmy does a ''lot'' of hard work for multiple people, but is berated for it, eventually causing him to wish that he'd never been born. [[BetterIfNotBornPlot The result is the world being a ''much'' better place due to his absence]].

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', Chicken breaks a window of the resident [[{{ChildHater}} child-hating]] GrumpyOldMan's house. He [[{{WorkingOffTheDebt}} makes it up to him by mowing the man's back yard]]. Said back yard is stated to be the size of UsefulNotes/{{Switzerland}}, and Chicken nearly dies from exhaustion when he's done.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. This trope kicks off a number of [[{{BrilliantButLazy}} Timmy Turner]]'s more [[{{DidNotThinkThisThrough}} poorly thought out wishes]]:
** In the episode "Talkin' Trash", Timmy has Cosmo use magic to take out the trash, and has done so ever since Cosmo and Wanda were assigned to him. [[{{TheDitz}} Cosmo]], of course, poofs the garbage into the crawlspace under the Turner house, where it causes "dirty magic" to cause problems with the house. This leads to them calling in Wanda's father, [[{{TheDon}} Big Daddy]], who [[{{Series/TheSopranos}} runs Fairy World's waste management]] [[{{TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily}} like a Mafia operation]]. Even resident badass ByTheBookCop [[{{TheAhnold}} Jorgen Von Strangle]] backs down when [[{{TheDreaded}} Big Daddy]] [[{{ShameIfSomethingHappened}} threatens to stop trash collection]] due to [[{{WhatAnIdiot}} Timmy's]] [[{{BullyingADragon}} disrespecting him]].
** In the episode "[[{{ItsAWonderfulPlot}} It's A Wishful Life]]", Timmy does ALOT of hard work for multiple people, only to get berated for it, eventually causing him to wish that he'd never been born. [[{{BetterIfNotBornPlot}} The result is the world being a MUCH better place due to his absence]].
** In the episode "[=NegaTimmy=]", Timmy gets so fed up with his chores that he wishes that he had to do the opposite of whatever his parents tell him to do. This goes to the logical extreme when his Dad tells him to be good at school, causing him to turn into a horror movie villain type character.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': Johnny will always avoid doing chores when possible, which isn't difficult with his genius sisters' inventions. For example, in "101 Johnnies", he makes clones of himself to do chores in his place. In the same episode, his sisters are shown to be Not So Above It All when they create robot version of themselves to do chores while they're watching their next-door neighbour Gil.

We get it, children HATE doing chores, especially when they involve yardwork of some kind. This is so prevalent (and accepted / catered to) nowadays that most modern fictional portrayals of chores either involve servants, take place on a farm or ranch of some kind, or use them as a way to paint the parents or guardians of the child character(s) in question in an unfavorable light at best so as to not risk alienating their audience. Sometimes, allowance is brought up as a way to justify the chores in question. Sister trope to CinderellaCircumstances. Can, and usually does, overlap with LaboriousLaziness when the child(ren) put more effort into avoiding the chore(s) in question than would be required to just perform them. Related to CatharticChores.

We get it, children HATE doing chores, especially when they involve yardwork of some kind. This is so prevalent (and accepted / catered to) nowadays that most modern fictional portrayals of chores either involve servants, take place on a farm or ranch of some kind, or use them as a way to paint the parents or guardians of the child character(s) in question in an unfavorable light at best so as to not risk alienating their audience. Sometimes, allowance is brought up as a way to justify the chores in question. Sister trope to CinderellaCircumstances. Can, and usually does, overlap with LaboriousLaziness when the child(ren) put more effort into avoiding the chore(s) in question than would be required to just perform them.