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Youth character T-shirts

8–14 years · US sizes M (8), L (10/12), XL (14/16)

Written and maintained by The CharacterTshirts editorial team · Updated August 7, 2026 · How we work

Youth is the least reliable band in US sizing, and it is not close. Children between eight and fourteen vary enormously in build, the age-based labels stop tracking bodies, and the top of the range overlaps adult sizing without saying so — a youth XL and an adult small are frequently the same chest measurement and a different length.

What to watch for in this band

Measure a shirt that already fits and compare it to the listing. At this age a chart is close to useless.
Youth XL is often equivalent to an adult S in the chest but two inches shorter in the body. If length matters, go adult.
Character taste shifts hard in this band — the properties that sell here are teen-rated ones, not the preschool catalogue.
Fabric weight starts to matter to the wearer. A thin tee that a six-year-old never notices becomes an objection at twelve.

This is where the catalogue splits. Anime, video games and the teen-rated superhero and horror properties sell into this band; the preschool characters drop away almost entirely.

Characters that suit this age

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Television Animation

Albus Dumbledore

Disney Animation

The Lord of the Rings

Disney Animation

The Chronicles of Narnia

Disney Animation

Television Animation

Disney Animation

Beavis and Butt-Head

Television Animation

Disney Animation

Television Animation

Fleischer Studios

Television Animation

Christmas classics

Television Drama

Captain America

Disney Animation

Carl Fredricksen

Disney Animation

Christmas classics

Universal Monsters

Courage the Cowardly Dog

Television Animation

Crash Bandicoot

Disney Animation

Independent games

Television Drama

Daria Morgendorffer

Television Animation

Back to the Future

Disney Animation

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

DreamWorks Animation

Sherlock Holmes

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Disney Animation

Television Drama

Disney Animation

Emperor Palpatine

Frankenstein's Monster

Universal Monsters

Fred Flintstone

Five Nights at Freddy's

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

Newspaper strips

Television Animation

The Lord of the Rings

The Addams Family

Disney Animation

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Disney Animation

Television Animation

Masters of the Universe

Hermione Granger

Television Animation

Ichigo Kurosaki

Jack Skellington

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Jean-Luc Picard

Television Drama

Disney Animation

Kenny McCormick

Television Animation

Kermit the Frog

Kevin McCallister

Christmas classics

The Lord of the Rings

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Lightning McQueen

Television Animation

Disney Animation

Back to the Future

Marvin the Martian

Matilda Wormwood

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Monkey D. Luffy

Morticia Addams

The Addams Family

Television Animation

Mr. Potato Head

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Television Animation

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Newspaper strips

DreamWorks Animation

Professor Moriarty

Sherlock Holmes

Christmas classics

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Independent games

Disney Animation

Shadow the Hedgehog

Masters of the Universe

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

DreamWorks Animation

Disney Animation

Masters of the Universe

Disney Animation

Sonic the Hedgehog

SpongeBob SquarePants

Television Animation

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Television Animation

Disney Animation

The Bride of Frankenstein

Universal Monsters

The Cat in the Hat

The Creature from the Black Lagoon

Universal Monsters

Disney Animation

The Headless Horseman

Disney Animation

The Invisible Man

Universal Monsters

The LEGO Minifigure

The Mandalorian

Universal Monsters

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

The Powerpuff Girls

Television Animation

The Tyrannosaurus rex

The Weeping Angels

Universal Monsters

The Addams Family

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

Timon and Pumbaa

Disney Animation

Television Animation

Disney Animation

Television Animation

DreamWorks Animation

The Addams Family

Disney Animation

Wednesday Addams

The Addams Family

Winifred Sanderson

Disney Animation

Winnie-the-Pooh

Disney Animation

Woody Woodpecker

Walter Lantz Productions

Before you order. Sizing varies between licensees more than any chart can capture. The size guide explains how to measure against a shirt that already fits, which beats every chart including ours. Prices shown are amazon.com in US dollars. Links redirect international readers to their local Amazon, where pricing, sizing and availability are shown in local terms.