Child Hater

"Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad. "
— W.C. Fields

"Why they're just smaller versions of us, ya know, and I'm not so crazy about me in the first place."
— Poopdeck Pappy

Basic Information

A child hater is a character who loathes children. If he or she outright attacks or schemes against them, the character may verge into outright villain territory.

See Also

• Hatred Tropes
• Sadist Teacher
• Would Hurt A Child

Sources

Bibliography

1. TV Tropes Wiki entry

Game and Story Use

• Child Haters are probably mostly local color, unless the player characters themselves are children - then a Child Hater may even become the main villain. Still, saving kidnapped children from a terrible fate always looks good in an adventurer's career…
• Played for comedy and/or sentiment, an avowed child-hater may well have a soft spot under his crumudgeonly exterior. Even Mister Wilson must have some affection for Dennis the Menace; otherwise he would have strangled the little pest years ago.
  • Then again, the guy might also just be a jerk through-and-through.
• This is a common characterization trope for the drifter and similar types - misanthropy is pretty much to be expected of them, and this may be one reason they can't bear to settle down. These types sometimes get saddled with a kid sidekick for the laughs.