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{{trope}}
[[File:picresized th 1257702634 ushio.jpg|link=Clannad (visual novel)|frame| "[[Third Person Person|Fuko]] will go ahead and make her a younger sister." Can you blame her?]]
{{quote|''"OMOCHIKAERI ''[''I wanna take it home with me'']''~!"''|'''[[Trope Namers|Rena Ryuugu]]''', ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''}}
There are times when something is just so pure, innocent, right and '''[[Kawaisa|adorably cute]]''' that even the most level-headed persons are struck by a quaint phenomenon we Tropers like to call "[[Cuteness Proximity]]", in which all pretences of stoic maturity are dropped to reveal [[Tastes Like Diabetes|an affectionate and nurturing, sweet-tongued]] [[Cuddle Bug|teddy bear who wants
Sometimes, the Cuteness Proximity is ''so'' intense that it stirs not only mere affection, but actual paternal and maternal love. The afflicted will want to actually become the adorable one's father, mother or older sibling, and will:
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More so than Cuteness Proximity, this will either endear the audience to what is obviously a very warm and loving person, or creep them out by revealing what is a dangerous and perverted [[Lolicon]] or [[Shotacon]].
Another way this can end badly is if the abductor [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]], and their overly ''physical'' expression of affection [[And Call Him George|spells doom for poor little "George"]]. Occasionally, the "cute creature" in question is either [[Ugly Cute]] at best, or [[Fluffy the Terrible|downright monstrous]]. Or [[Monster Is a Mommy| has parents that are even ''more'' monstrous.]]
For obvious reasons, [[Don't Try This At Home]]. Has [[I Thought It Meant|absolutely nothing]] to do with [[Taking You with Me]].
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== Anime
* In ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'', Honey gets this reaction from pretty much every female (and some males) that see him, being a senior but having the rough size and appearance of an incredibly adorable blonde eight-year-old, particularly when he's got his stuffed bunny with him, as he usually does. He's even more [[Tastes Like Diabetes|sugary]] than the sweets he's almost always seen munching on-but [[Beware the Nice Ones|watch out]], he's not exactly a pushover when it comes to a fight!
* In ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', the adorably innocent [[Cloudcuckoolander|Ibuki Fuko]] says she wants to do this to little Ushio-chan, {{spoiler|Tomoya's daughter}}, and to be her older sister. Pictured above.
* In ''[[Mahoraba]]'', the eccentric president of the occult club takes an intense liking to Asami-chan, who is the first person to be so innocent that she finds her creepy jokes funny.
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': [[Kawaiiko|Azusa Shiratori]] is very prone to this, grabbing new "cute" items and giving them a French name, and then claiming ownership of them. If it resists, she'll knock it out. If it's yours, and you resist, she'll knock ''you'' out. In the anime version, she tries to "adopt" a half-eaten rice cake soon afterward. When Genma manages to polish it off before she can steal it, she screams in horror and beats him senseless. Her collection, in the few glimpses we've seen of her mansion, has been shown to include an octopus balloon, a stop sign, and even weirder things. In an anime-exclusive episode, she adopts a [[Youkai|Tanuki]]
* In ''[[Kannagi]]'', Nagi sees a pair of kittens curled up and sleeping outside of Jin's house. She finds them so irresistibly cute that she wants to take care of them herself. Jin's not too keen on the idea, as his current living arrangement prevents animals from taking up residence inside.
* The pet store clerk in ''[[Chi's Sweet Home|Chi's New Address]]'' does this even after discovering Chi has an owner. The reason she ''can't'' have one is because her little brother [[Animals Hate Him|is afraid of cats]]
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]''
** Yuki Nagato, [[The Stoic|of all people]], reacts this way in ''The Melancholy of [[Haruhi-chan]] Suzumiya'' when she finds the newly revived "Achakura", proceeding to place her in her bag and ''literally'' take her home. This might be a case of maintaining the [[masquerade]]
** Tsuruya said this about Mikuru in a waitress costume.
** Don't forget the ''original'' case, where Haruhi practically ''kidnaps'' poor Mikuru because of her [[Moe]] factor. {{spoiler|We get to see it from a slightly different perspective in ''Disappearance'', where it's just as hilarious and extremely awesome to boot.}}
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* Rena Ryuuguu from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]] (See the Video Games section), and is well known for doing this. Hell, the running joke in the series is that if ever someone gets kidnapped, Rena would be the prime suspect!
* The cold-hearted, and, at times, cruel [[Battle Butler]] Sebastian in ''[[Black Butler]]'' is shown to adore cats of all types because "there is nothing cuter." It's later revealed that he actually picked up several stray cats and kept them in his wardrobe.
* In chapter 12 of ''[[Honey Hunt]]'', Q-Ta hugs Yura before leaving to go on a trip to record something and tells her that she's cute. So cute that he [https://web.archive.org/web/20150427130631/http://manga.animea.net/honey-hunt-chapter-12-page-5.html just wants to put her in his suitcase and take her with him].
* In ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'', once [[Adorably Precocious Child]] Majiru is introduced, following his [[Parental Abandonment]], Harumi comments on how cute he is and proposes that the class should take turns taking him home with them. Majiru protests that he's not a pet.
* This is Kyrie's reaction toward Toppi from the ''[[World Destruction]]'' manga when Toppi and Morte save his life. Toppi does not take being called "cute" well.
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* One story in the Shoujo Jump edition had a girl who helps a friend (boyfriend?) catch a wild rabbit in a snare. After accomplishing the deed we see into her mind the scenarios of her keeping the rabbit as a pet (feeding it, giving it it's own little house, etc) much to her friend's chagrin. She's horrified to discover that her friend has a more "culinary" interest in the animal, and she lets it escape.
* A more serious example occurs in ''[[Bleach]]'' where {{spoiler|in Riruka's flashback, she had done this to the guy she had a crush on, imprisoning him inside her treasure box. She stopped when she realized how badly her powers were affecting the guy and let him go.}} More exactly: {{spoiler|Riruka actually ''weaponizes'' this trope. Anything and anyone she finds cute, she can snatch it with her powers and keep it for herself. She started with petty theft as a little girl (stealing the heart-shaped necklace of the neighbor that bullied her), then used it as described above.}}
* A creepy (though hilarious) version happens in chapter 210 of ''[[D.Gray-man
* Katanashi in ''[[Working!!]]'' is a minicon—someone who thinks anything tiny is inherently cute. Showing him anything small is guaranteed to get this reaction from him—which can be creepy when the object in question is a four year old girl who got separated from her mom.
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Blackest Night]]''
** Gross example: Larfleeze wants his own Guardian, so when our heroes encounter
** Even grosser is Kryb, the Sinestro Corps member who compulsively abducts infants and keeps them in her exposed ribcage.
* ''[[Candorville (Comic Strip)|Candorville]]''. Susan, who [[Horrible Judge of Character|consistently makes the wrong choices in regards to who she befriends]], does this to a ''wolf''. {{spoiler|Though there are indications [[Charm Person|the "wolf" didn't give her much choice in the matter]]...}}▼
== Fan Works ==
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Overlook her
'''Take her home''' }}
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The
* Performed by the [[Trope Namer]], Ryuguu Rena, on a cosplaying Yuki, in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]''. Yes, [[Haruhi Suzumiya|that Yuki]].
* ''[[Past Sins]]'': Nyx is found by Twilight Sparkle in the middle of a dark forest all alone and scared... naturally, she adopts her.
* In the ''[[
* Vinyl Scratch continues the silliness [http://scramjet747.deviantart.com/art/The-Bass-Has-Been-Doubled-299273909 here]. Poor Octavia.
* The [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' played with this trope [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-5-PotC2-Spoilers-61504907 here] as it isn't because of [[Cuteness Overload]] more like [[The Woobie]] effect (except if [[Labyrinth|Jareth]] has some screwed up sense of cute... which is an option). For those who don't want to check out the page: {{spoiler|He took [[The Drunken Sailor]] / [[Off the Wagon]] [[Pirates of the Caribbean|James]] home with him.}}
** And a perfectly straight example happened when [[Labyrinth|Sarah]] found [[Cats|Misto]] {{spoiler|... later she gave him away.}}
* ''[[The Hill of Swords]]'': Any time Tabitha shows her vulnerable side,
== Film ==
* In ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', Dory the blue tang wants to do this with a cute, very small jellyfish... until she learns that jellyfishes ''sting''.
* In ''[[The Lion King]]'' when Timon and Pumba first run across Simba, Timon's first reaction is to panic because of, well, the food chain. Pumba meanwhile thinks Simba's such a cute little guy that he asks, "Can we keep him?"
* Veruca Salt, in both versions of the film based on the novel ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' is a menacing version of this. Among other things, she demands a goose/squirrel and an Oompa-Loompa. [[Villain Song|And she wants it now!]]
* Played for Laughs in the first ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movie. The heroes first meet April when Raphael saves her from some muggers. April is knocked out, and seeing as he can't exactly take her to the hospital (as he's a mutant turtle) he brings her to the lair. Splinter clearly does not approve of him doing something so rash, and Michelangelo doesn't help matters by saying, "Can we keep her?"
== Literature ==
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She's got everything I need, some pills in a little cup'' }}
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* ''[[Candorville (Comic Strip)|Candorville]]''. Susan, who [[Horrible Judge of Character|consistently makes the wrong choices in regards to who she befriends]], does this to a ''wolf''. {{spoiler|Though there are indications [[Charm Person|the "wolf" didn't give her much choice in the matter]]...}}
== Tabletop Games ==
* One of the things [[Player Character]]s do when they don't kill anything that moves and loot anything that isn't welded to the floor.
** The story of [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Noh Noh], about a group of adventurers who find the guardian in a [[Secret Test of Character]] too adorable to leave behind.
** From ''[[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]'':
{{quote|114. The Demilich only falls for getting stuffed in the bag of holding once.
281. I cannot get emotionally attached to any generic nondescript unnamed NPC.
786. No I cannot keep the drow priestess we just found as a pet.
2059. Even if I no longer lose SAN around them, no domesticating nightgaunts. }}
== Video Games ==
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* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', Kasumi's reaction to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0ej52lijg meeting Niftu Cal] ([[Crowning Moment of Funny|the]] '''''[[Memetic Mutation|BIOTIC]] [[Memetic Badass|GOD!]]''''') is "Aww. Can we keep him?"
* In ''[[Bayonetta]]'', a [[Mini Boss|Belo]][[Fluffy the Terrible|ved]] spots the adorable child Cereza. Hearts appear in its eyes, and it hooks her clothes onto its face (don't get the wrong idea, she's still in them), as it tries to "defend" her from Bayonetta. [[Disproportionate Retribution|So she summons a dragon made of hair to chomp it in half]]. Not that she wouldn't have done it if it hadn't taken Cereza.
* In the Ork campaign of ''[[Warhammer
* ''[[Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon]]''; {{spoiler|the end of the game has Luigi adopt the Polterpup.}}
=== Visual Novels ===▼
▲== Visual Novels ==
* [[media:kor Higurashi YOU GONNA GET TAKEN HOME.jpg|Rena Ryuuguu]] of the mystery-horror franchise ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]]. Whenever she sees something she regards as cute, she melts into a complete ditz and fawns over the subject of cuteness like a mother/big sister. Occasionally, she takes it a little too far, as the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVSjavz_w0g following] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghLTQwSwmc0 videos] show the frightened audience. However, sometimes what she perceives to be "cute" can be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv9eqniuvMg odd] if not downright '''disturbing''' to more normal people.
** In the sound novels, this is often intentionally invoked to enable Rena's "adorable mode". [[Super Mode|In this mode, she cannot be beaten by anyone.]]
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* Mizuki wonders if she can take Chihiro home during her chapter in ''[[Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.|Ef a Fairy Tale of The Two]]''.
* An unnamed woman in ''[[Da Capo]]'' wants to take Sakura home.
== Web Animation ==
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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Cyanide
* In ''[[The Lounge]]'', for a while it was a running gag for people to see the very petite Jamie MacKenzie and equally short (but teenage) Max Espinoza and ask how much they cost. Usually when they were wearing a cute hat or costume.
* In ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'', Marena was inspired to bring [[Dark Action Girl|Secret]] along with the group after she attempted to say her full [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Abyssal title]]... and fainted after seventy words.
{{quote|'''Marena:''' Aw, but she's so cute. Let's keep her.}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120508040757/http://www.drunkduck.com/Batman_Retold/?p=725261 These] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120508040831/http://www.drunkduck.com/Batman_Retold/5258297/ two] ''Batman Retold'' strips.
* ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' has a [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=360 double variant].
* ''[[A Girl and Her Fed]]'' had [[Only Known by Their Nickname|The Girl]] say this about one of the ''[[Mooks|henchmen]]''. She was shot down by [[Only Known by Their Nickname|The Fed]]; after all, [[Deadpan Snarker|villains are such a big responsibility]].
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* ''[[The Boondocks]]'' did this with Riley of all people being kidnapped by one of Grandpa's blind dates because he was just so cute. Huey and Grandad had to go save him.
* In the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' Season 2 episode "Date with Destiny", Beast Boy makes mention that Killer Moth's mutant drones are cute enough to keep as pets (in the larval stage). Despite Raven's warning, he manages to hide Silkie up until Season 3's "Can I Keep Him?"
* In ''[[Kung Fu Panda:
{{quote|'''Po:''' Oh please, please can we keep him? Can we keep him ''pleeeeease''? He's even [[Just for Pun|pottery trained!]]}}
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOwogW6RC40 There is a Youtube clip of Pedobear doing this to a child at one of the larger cons.]
* And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sYmUOeOVls this clip] from a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' convention. For a child dressed as a ''Dalek''.
* The reason inter-species adoptions are
* According to her ''[[Misfits of Science]]'' co-star Mark Thomas Miller, the teenaged [[Courteney Cox]] evoked this reaction in everyone who met her:
{{quote|I mean, there wasn't a single person that had any negative to say, not a single person who wasn't in love with her and didn't want to take her home. That’s just who she was.|[http://popdose.com/an-exclusive-excerpt-from-misfits-of-science-an-oral-history/
* [[Andrew Jackson]] was known to have adopted a Native American boy named Lyncoya. Unfortunately, most sources claim Jackson himself was the one who ordered the attack that slaughtered Lyncoya's parents and kin, so his motives are rather murky.
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[[Category:Character Reaction Index]]
[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
[[Category:Rule of Cute]]
[[Category:Adopt an Index]]
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