The Man-Child, a term invented by William Faulkner, is usually an adult who possesses a very childlike or (stereotypically) childish demeanor. He's emotionally ... Psychopathic Manchild · Live-Action TV · Western Animation · PlayingWith

A dangerous or at least unsettling villain with a childlike nature, which creates a dissonance between innocence and savagery. Such characters can become ... Anime & Manga · Johnny the Homicidal Maniac · Western Animation · Video Games

A page for describing Manchild: Western Animation. Adventure Time: The Earl of Lemongrab is an interesting version of this. Physically he's eighteen at the ...

A page for describing PlayingWith: Psychopathic Manchild. Basic Trope: An adult villain (or a brutal Anti-Hero) has the personality traits of a child.

Detective Jake Peralta is a very good detective, but he's almost incapable of acting like an adult. For example, during a season one episode, it is revealed ...

Portrayed in the films as a hulking brute of a man who murders anybody he gets his hands on, his backstory is that he seemingly drowned at summer camp when he ...

Tomura Shigaraki/Tenko Shimura, the main antagonist of My Hero Academia, is a twenty-year-old Psychopathic Manchild who often describes things in video game ...

King Erik from Fantasy Life not only acts like a child but looks like one despite having a middle-aged wife and an at least teen-aged daughter. It turns out ...

Basic Trope: An adult with a childlike personality. Straight: Bob is a grown man in his 30s, who acts like a preteen boy by being very excitable and playing ...

The Man Child, a term invented by William Faulkner, is usually an adult who possesses a very childlike or childish demeanor.