Mischievousness

See also Joke, Practical.

Ate

goddess of evil and mischief. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 33; Kravitz, 39]

Beaver

mischievous ten-year-old beset by trivial troubles. [TV: “Leave It to Beaver” in Terrace, II, 18–19]

Beg, Little Callum

devilish page. [Br. Lit.: Waverley]

Brer Rabbit

clever trickster. [Children’s Lit.: Uncle Remus]

Brown, Buster

turn-of-the-century enfant terrible. [Comics: Horn, 145]

Cercopes

apelike pygmies; tried to steal Hercules’ weapons. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 206]

crocodile

symbolizes naughtiness and chicanery. [Jewish Tradition: Jobes, 382]

Dennis the Menace

latter-day Buster Brown, complete with dog. [Comics: Horn, 201]

Erlking

elf king who works mischief on children. [Ger. Folk-lore: LLEI, I: 283]

Eulenspiegel, Till

legendary peasant known for his pranks. [Ger. Folklore: Benét, 325–326]

Finn, Huckleberry

mischievous, sharp-witted boy has many adventures. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn]

Georgie Porgie

kissed the girls and made them cry. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 185]

Halloween

(Allhallows Eve) youngsters play pranks on the neighbors. [Am. Folklore: Misc.]

Junior

(Red Skelton) “the mean widdle kid.” [Radio: “The Red Skelton Show” in Buxton, 197]

Katzenjammer Kids

twin Teutonic terrors. [Comics: “The Captain and the Kids” in Horn, 156–157]

Lampwick

archetypal juvenile delinquent leads Pinocchio astray. [Am. Cinema: Pinocchio in Disney Films, 32–37]

Little Rascals, The

scamps unite to terrorize adults. [Am. TV: Terrace, II, 31]

Merop’s Son

misguided do-gooder. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 704]

Moth

“handful of wit”; Armado’s “pretty knavish page.” [Br. Lit.: Love’s Labour’s Lost]

Nicka-Nan Night

Shrove Tuesday eve when boys play tricks. [Br. Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 756]

Our Gang

group of children in comedy series: always into mischief. [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 546; Am. TV: “The Little Rascals” in Terrace, II, 31]

Peck’s Bad Boy

mischievous boy plays pranks on his father. [Am. Lit.: Peck’s Bad Boy, Hart, 642]

Peter Rabbit

always ransacking farmer MacGregor’s patch. [Children’s Lit.: The Tale of Peter Rabbit]

pixies

prank-playing fairies; mislead travelers. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 328–330]

pooka

wild shaggy colt that misled benighted travelers. [Br. Folklore: Briggs]

Puck

knavish hobgoblin who plays pranks. [Br. Folklore & Lit.: A Midsummer Night’s Dream]

Rooney, Andy

scatterbrained gossoon; makes trouble without trying. [Irish Lit.: Handy Andy]

Sawyer, Tom

hookey-playing, imaginative lad of St. Petersburg, Missouri. [Am. Lit.: Tom Sawyer]

Stalky

with his two friends, devises ingenious pranks that make life miserable for the masters of the school. [Br. Lit.: Kipling Stalky and Company]

Wag, Charlie

school-skipping delinquent of penny dreadful. [Br. Lit.: Charlie Wag, the Boy Burglar, Opie, 117]

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