The incredibly horny Skeletor lines in the new He-Man movie were added because of Jared Leto. It’s part of his standard contract that he gets to sexually harass one of his co-stars.
Matt Groening: I created Bachelor Chow to illustrate how sad and pathetic Fry’s life is.
Me, mixing microwave rice with whatever meat I have on hand and throwing it in a bowl: I have created Bachelor Chow from the hit show Futurama
The fact that children like stories about peril and war as much as adults do, and the fact that authors want to give them main characters they can relate to, means there are a lot of stories that are technically about child soldiers. This isn’t new either. Narnia is about child soldiers.