Childhood Enhanced

Childhood Enhanced

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"Childhood Enhanced" is an expression used to describe characters from children’s fiction that have been updated for mature audiences, which is often seen as a positive spin on the Ruined Childhood meme.

Origin

The earliest known use of the phrase online can be found in a post titled “Childhood Ruined or Enhanced?” submitted by user QuadLife to the Internet humor site FunnyJunk[8] on August 26th, 2010. The post featured an adult-oriented alternate universe illustration of creatures from the Pokemon franchise (shown below).


CHILDHOOD MEMORIES I think ljust f----- your's over

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On June 28th, 2011, FunnyJunk[4] user cunthearyou submitted a post titled “Childhood Enhanced,” featuring a photograph of the pop singer Katy Perry wearing a white sequin dress with a picture of the character Smurfette from the children’s animated television show The Smurfs on the front (shown below).


IN3D SONY make.believe JULY 29 lieve aD ULY 29 SONY make.believe JULY 2 SONY make.believe IN3D JULY 29 WENN

On June 5th, 2012, Tumblr user J-Rey-Baltazar[5] reblogged a set of animated GIFs from the animated Disney film Aladdin edited with mature-themed captions, adding the description "Childhood enhanced!" (shown below). Within the next 10 months, the post received upwards of 80,100 notes.


She got this ass.. that just. and her t---.. wow and her head game. Childhood enhanced!!I LOL

On December 25th, Redditor Lomango submitted a post titled “Childhood Enhanced” to the /r/funny[3] subreddit, featuring a Calvin and Hobbes comic illustration in which the character Calvin asks his stuffed animal tiger to “maul a motherfucker” (shown below, left). In the first four months, the post received over 260 up votes. On March 6th, 2013, Redditor Rsproule23 submitted a adult-themed illustration inspired by the children’s folk tale "Little Red Riding Hood" (shown below, right) to the /r/WTF[9] subreddit, to which LeWildRedditor replied “childhood enhanced.” Within the next month, the post received upwards of 110 up votes and 20 comments.


Hobbes, I need you to maul a m-----------

Notable Examples


CHILDHOOD ENHANCED Kio as in Spy Kids
Thatmomentwhen you realize THESE GUYSE grewupto be THESE GUYS 002 HOW DID INOT SEE THIS BEFORE?I

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External References

[1] Tumblr – Fuck Yeah Childhood TV

[2] Reddit – Childhood FUCK YEAH

[3] Reddit – Childhood Enhanced

[4] FunnyJunk – childhood enhanced

[5] Tumblr – J-Rey-Baltazar (unavailable)

[6] Imgur – childhood ruined

[7] Troll.me (via Wayback Machine) – Futurama Fry is not sure

[8] FunnyJunk – Childhood Ruined or Enhanced

[9] Reddit – Childhood ruined

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