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{{trope}}
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Female [[Anime]] characters, when surprised, shocked, or threatened, will frequently throw their arms up in the air at a forty-five degree angle, just like a Kewpie doll. [[Moe Moe]] and [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] characters are more likely to do this than [[Action Girl]] types.
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The trope can take one of two forms: either the character doing it will freeze into a [[Tableau]], or she'll flap her arms up into the kewpie doll pose and down again. Mere surprise more commonly elicits the first reaction; terrified or frantic characters are more likely to perform the second. The trope is largely confined to comedy series.
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* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' (In the first season, Kasumi does the first type upon first seeing Akane's shorter haircut (flinging a frying pan into the air in the process, forcing Ramna to rescue it and its contents), and girl-type Ranma does the second when facing her [[Achilles Heel|mortal fear of cats]]. The trope recurs throughout the series' entire run.)▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
▲* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' (In the first season, Kasumi does the first type upon first seeing Akane's shorter haircut (flinging a frying pan into the air in the process, forcing Ramna to rescue it and its contents), and girl-type Ranma does the second when facing her [[Achilles' Heel|mortal fear of cats]]. The trope recurs throughout the series' entire run.)
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]''▼
* ''[[
▲* ''[[Sailor Moon]]''{{Context}}
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''{{Context}}
* ''[[Love Hina]]'' (Shinobu in the title sequence, as well as in the 19th episode.)
* ''[[Mahoraba]]'' (Every Chance it gets.)
* [[Human Alien|Ruuko Kireinasora]] in ''[[To Heart 2]]'' has this as her ''greeting'', .
* ''[[Sketchbook]]''. Especially Kate does this a lot.
* ''[[GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class]]''{{Context}}
* [[
** Pictured above is Caro Ru Lushe from [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]
* [[Kobato.]] does this quite often.
* Popura from ''[[Working!!]]'' is prone to this.
* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' has one instance. When Hanon and Rina see Lucia's clothes in Kaito's house hung just at the window, they enter this state as they wonder what naughty/perverted things are happening there. When the scene changes again, it shows them and their Kewpie doll versions of them in their hands.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'': a rare non-anime example, [http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1755 from Justin], internally expressing shock at Elliot's cuteness.
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[[Category:Body Language]]
[[Category:Japanese Visual Arts Tropes]]
[[Category:Surprise Tropes]]
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