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* SpoiledBrat child star Adore Loomis from ''Literature/TheDayOfTheLocust'' is dressed up to be like Shirley Temple by his StageMom Maybelle.

* Temple lookalike, Samee Lee Jones sings her iconic "Animal Crackers In My Soup" at the recital in ''Film/WhatsTheMatterWithHelen''.

* Bayn Johnson (probably best known as Kelly in ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'') played a Shirley type character in a 1967 satire, ''Curley [=McDimple=]''.[[note]]In an interesting aside, when the educational toy line Colorforms tried to acquire the license to Shirley's likeness, Mrs. Temple refused to grant them one for some reason; Colorforms skirted around this restriction by producing ''Curley [=McDimple=]'' dress-up kits instead, something which video game developers did decades later when they licensed Ruf cars in lieu of Porsches due to Electronic Arts' exclusive license over the latter.[[/note]] In the 1969 series ''What's It All About, World?'' she played "Happy Hollywood", an even snottier parody of Shirley's image.

* Bayn Johnson (probably best known as Kelly in ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'') played a Shirley type character in a 1967 satire, ''Curley [=McDimple=]''. On the 1969 series ''What's It All About, World?'' she played "Happy Hollywood", an even snottier parody of Shirley's image.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' Mary Louise Dahl, aka Baby Doll, was a failed actress who was born with a rare medical condition, confining her into an apperance of a toddler despite her actually being in her thirties. Like most other examples, she also bears the hallmarks of a Shirley Temple expy, having appeared in namby-pamby roles as well which she resented as it forever typecasted her, just as how the real Shirley's acting career declined as people associated her more with her younger roles than as a teen actress.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': [[EnfantTerrible Cozy Glow]] is modelled after Shirley, from the curls to the use of "Golly" as a {{Catchphrase}}. Cozy deliberately uses her cuteness and unassuming appearance to manipulate others in her plan to take over Equestria.

* Darla Dimple from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. Despite having a sweet and innocent public image, Darla turns out to be a scheming, vengeful and manipulative egotist bent on taking down Danny and the other animal actors. For bonus points, her true personality calls to mind a now-disproven rumor that Temple was really a chain-smoking [[OlderThanTheyLook 30-year-old little person]] who [[ChildHater hated children]] [[CruellaToAnimals and animals]].[[note]]The rumor did get the chain-smoking part right though--as Temple would--ironically enough, die at the age of 86 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease stemming from her lifelong smoking habit; she did however hid this from the public so as not to set a bad example among her younger fans.[[/note]]

* Darla Dimple from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. Despite having a sweet and innocent public image, Darla turns out to be a scheming, vengeful and manipulative egotist bent on taking down Danny and the other animal actors. For bonus points, her true personality calls to mind a now-disproven rumor that Temple was really a chain-smoking [[OlderThanTheyLook 30-year-old little person]] who [[ChildHater hated children]] [[CruellaToAnimals and animals]].

* Temple lookalike, Sammee Lee Jones sings her iconic "Animal Crackers In My Soup" at the recital in ''Film/WhatsTheMatterWithHelen''.