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If something truly traumatic occurs to an anime character, or they are mortified or embarrassed beyond all reckoning, the upper half of their face, or even all of it, may turn
A variation on the effect takes the form of a set of wavy blue lines that radiate upward from the character's head and shoulders in a manner reminiscent of a [[Battle Aura]]. Darker-blue lines streaming down their eyes like very straight tears optional.
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* Roy Mustang in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' admonishes his aide Hawkeye for pulling him away from a fight. She calmly explains that he would certainly have been killed, his alchemic powers don't work in the rain, and he failed to notice it was raining. Mustang gets the blue face and [[Blank White Eyes]].
** Al's version of shock can vary from just his head to most of his body. Keep in mind that he's an empty suit of armor with the soul of a sensitive ten year-old.
* After the Orange Islands arc, Brock from the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime would curl up into a ball and radiate
** In the first episode where Brock does this, Ash does it as well at the mention of his rival Gary (no doubt to many slash fanficcers' delight).
** [http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/houen/394ps4.shtml Pikachu]. Note that during this, Swellow turns green, Torkoal purple, Ludicolo orange and Grovyle turns black and white. All the color of the shocked rainbow, as it were.
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** Yukari herself did the white with shock variant in the very first episode. Considering the things she said before it was pointed out she was in the wrong classroom, it's entirely understandable. If [[Azumanga Daioh]] was live action, she ''still'' would have gone white with shock.
** Osaka combines this with [[Blank White Eyes]] when Tomo starts pestering her on her first day.
* Kagami and Konata in ''[[Lucky Star]]'' delight in [[
* Tell us Hiyori, exactly what ''is'' yaoi?
* In ''[[Clannad]]'', Kotomi and Tomoya go blue with shock after receiving a bad fortune. Nagisa and her mother also do this separately in theatrical fashion, with identical [[Thunder Shock|lightning strikes in the background]].
* Many situations in ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' conclude with this, with one or more of the main characters expressing distress over the punchline of the situation at hand. The situations are beyond explanation, because, well, it's Cromartie High.
* One episode of ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'' when Shinku doesn't wake up, Suiseiseki tries to see if hurting Jun will wake her up. By holding a huge knife over his head with Jun lying on the floor. The knife drops, embedding into the floor, an inch from his face. Cue
* Ahiru from ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' pulls this off a few times, and once ''as a duck'' when she realises that Fakir (who looks like he [[Kick the Dog|kicks puppies]] as a favourite pastime) just found her hiding place. {{spoiler|It turns into a [[Luminescent Blush]] when she discovers he actually [[Pet the Dog|pets them]]... when nobody's watching.}}
* Tsuna from [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]] does this quite often, especially when his [[Unwanted Harem]] does something not so normal...
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* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', [[Super OCD|Death The Kid]] usually has this look when he sees or thinks something is out of symmetry. [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Liz]] whenever ghosts are around.
* [[Moe Anthropomorphism|Germany]] in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' has many moments like this, complete with black lines, whenever he is surprised. He also emanates blue lines after Italy reveals his fetishes to the allies during questioning.
** [[Moe Anthropomorphism|Italy]] turns
* The "dark blue lines like tears" part of this trope occurs often in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' like in episode 9 for example.
* ''[[FLCL]]''
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