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Line 3: [[Moe~~\|Moefication~~]]fication of either characters who are not normally moe, or objects and concepts which are not even alive. Very popular with [[Fan Art]] and merchandise. Often referred to as "''gijinka''", the Japanese word for "anthropomorphism". The ''[http://www.lolibaka.com/image/post/list/mecha_musume/1 mecha musume]'' ~~-- basically~~—basically, battle vehicles or [[Humongous Mecha]] rendered as cute ~~girls -- are~~girls—are a common form of moe anthropomorphism. Can also overlap with [[Cute Monster Girl]] if the moefied character is a monster. If the original character is male, [[Gender Flip]] may be a component, although "cute moe boy" implementations do occasionally happen. Could easily be [[Nightmare Fuel]] or [[Fetish Fuel]] for some, depending on what is changed, what it looks like, and its gender. Line 17: == Based on Advertising == * The notorious [[OS-tan~~\|OS-tans~~]]s are moe versions of operating systems and programs; their boob size is often proportional to memory requirements. Windows ME is the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]], who became a popular character for her good intentions but decidedly unstable nature (and her cute [[Idiot Hair]]). Windows 2000 is the [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] type (strongly associated with [[Yuri]] [[Seme]] role), Windows XP has excellent [[Unusual Euphemism\|graphical capabilities]], and Windows Vista has transparencies and [[Gag Boobs\|even more memory requirements]] (except for Basic-tan who's a [[Tsundere]] loli). Windows 95 is a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] usually portrayed carrying a [[Katanas Are Just Better\|katana]], destroying Microsoft's PC competition once and for all, [[Pettanko\|and eats very little memory]]. Norton Anti-Virus is portrayed as a lecherous, ghostly doctor who makes the girls strip naked even for the most minor ailments; McAfee as a faith healer; and AVG as a handsome student doctor. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io6fH9wJ7cM Also with theme song.] There are Linux-tans as well. Linux-tan herself is a bit of a [[Shrinking Violet]], and Slack-tan is a [[Wrench Wench]]. There are also Unix-tans, with UNIX-tan herself being somewhat a [[Tsundere]]. ([http://juzo-kun.deviantart.com/art/Linux-tan-Lineart-23093548 Here] is a pretty good lineup of the major ones.) * Now an [[Ascended Meme]], as Microsoft's got an official [[OS-tan]] for the Japanese release of Windows 7, [[Punny Name\|Nanami Madobe]]. Not only that, she's voiced by [[Nana Mizuki]]. [[Seven Is Nana\|See the pattern?]] Line 34: == Anime and Manga == * ''[[Kämpfer]]'' does this in its [[~~Eyecatch\|eyecatches~~eyecatch]]es for the [[Creepy Doll~~\|Creepy Dolls~~]]s that grant the heroines their powers. While in doll form they look like cute animals that just committed suicide in a variety of ways, in human form they look like [[Petting Zoo People]], focusing more on the cute than the creepy. * ''[[Binchou Tan]]'' is an anime about Anthropomorphic '''charcoal''' in the form of chibi girls. * The anime series ''[[Yatterman]]'' did [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZ_5d6ylZM Obama-kun] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrLCNx3hZXM and Hilary-chan]. Line 41: ** She always comes back. shudder * ''[[The Pollinic Girls Attack]]'' does this with various types of pollen. * ''Toei Robot Girls'', which is exactly what it sounds like. Toei Animation [[Super Robot~~\|Super Robots~~]]s turned into cute girls. * The "Angel Chromosome XX" line of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' merchandise portrayed the Angels as cute girls, including portraying Lilith as Rei Ayanami. ** {{spoiler\|Tabris is a female Kaworu Nagisa.}} Line 56: == Based on Film == * As depicted above, even the ''[[Star Wars\|Death Star]]'' ~~-- along~~—along with the [http://www.projectharuhi.net/?p=1249 X-Wing and TIE fighters] ~~-- can~~—can be moe. * The J.J. Abrams ''[[Star Trek (film)\|Star Trek]]'' movie has given us [http://www.projectharuhi.net/?p=1249 Enterprise-tan and Narada-tan]. [[Evil Is Sexy\|Oh,]] ''[[Whip It Good\|my]].'' ** Maiden Voyage, indeed. Line 76: * Along the lines of ''Axis Powers Hetalia'' the [[Web Comic\|webmanga]] and web novel series ''Miracle Train [[Chūō-sen e Yōkoso]]'' about the [http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2372.html Japan Railways Chuo Train Line] has five of its major stations (Zero '''Tokyo''', Shintaro '''Shinjuku''', Riku '''Nakano''', Takuto '''Kichijōji''', and Luna '''Tachikawa''') personified as [[Bishonen]]. We're not kidding, official site [http://miracletrain.jp/comic/index.html here] and Anime News Network report [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-02/tokyo-chuo-train-line-made-into-moe-boy-characters here]. The characters have even been given voice actors. ** There's also an anime called [[Miracle Train]], though it focuses on the Oedo line instead of the Chuo line. * [[Strike Witches]]: Probably the most well-known example for military [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]. * There's a bunch of models for AP'd [[WW 2]] planes as little girls with the appropriate national costumes and plane parts as clothes/prosthetic limbs. Surprisingly not very moe, or at least their eyes aren't. ** On a related note, there's a moe version of the Battleship Bismark around the internet somewhere. A link cold not be found, but it's somewhere around [[Deviant ART]]. Line 93: == Based on Literature == * [[Nyarko San\|Haiyore! Nyarko-san]] does this for [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] [[Eldritch Abomination~~\|Eldritch Abominations~~]]s [[media:nyarko-san.jpg\|Nyarlathotep and Cthugga]]. Also [[Cute Shotaro Boy\|Hastur]] and Shantak. Doll/model kit company Volks has cute anime-style Barbie-sized dolls based on [http://www.volks.co.jp/en/lostangelsstory/doll/cthulhu/index.html Cthulhu], [http://www.volks.co.jp/en/lostangelsstory/doll/nyarlathotep/index.html Nyarlathotep], [http://www.volks.co.jp/en/lostangelsstory/doll/hastur/index.html Hastur] and [http://www.volks.co.jp/en/lostangelsstory/doll/ithaqua/index.html Ithaqua]. Seems Japan loves to do this to the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] ([[Naughty Tentacles\|must be the tentacles...]]). Not only did they do it with [[Tome of Eldritch Lore\|the Necronomicon and a few other Mythos books]] in ''[[Demonbane]]'', there's now also the ([[NSFW]]) ''[http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/PAB844 Moe Moe Cthulhu Encyclopedia]'', where pretty much '''''every major Mythos entity or race''''' is represented as a [[Cute Monster Girl]]. Seriously, there's Hastur, a Shantak, and a Gug among the example pics. You just can't make up that kind of thing. Line 107: == Based on Military Aircraft == * The F-22 Raptor earned the nickname "[[Mary Sue]] With Wings" here on [[This Very Wiki]]. [[Fetish Fuel\|Can we stop]] [[Perverse Sexual Lust\|referring to]] ~~[[Moe Anthropomorphism\|~~the F-22 as a]] [http://g.imagehost.org/0249/1231317099520.jpg Mary Sue With wings?] '''''[[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant\|Please?!]]''''' ** Even the quote for the [[Cool Plane]] page says, "If Kim Basinger was a plane, this is what she'd be." [[Invoked Trope\|Thanks, Tom Clancy!]] Line 138: == Based on Video Games == * The various [[Video Game]] consoles have moe anthropomorphisms as ~~well -- 360~~well—360-tan, Wii-tan, [[PlayStation 3]]-tan, N64-tan, DS-tan, etc. * [[Mega Man (video game)\|Roll]] in the [[Halo\|Covenant Hunter Suit]] from ''[[Mushroom Kingdom Fusion]]''. * ''[[Nerf Now!]]'' has an arc about the adventures of Drone-tan, a Zerg drone from ''[[Starcraft]]''. Also starring [[Cute Monster Girl\|Cute Hydralisk Girls]] and an Overlord [[Meganekko]]. Line 144: [http://www.mycnc.org/article/default.asp?CateID=8&page=7 Another website] highlights many of the notable ones, patience for the loading time but... Also, [http://thuzadin.deviantart.com/art/Feminized-Avatar-77991334 the Nod Avatar]. [[Freud Was Right\|Notice the position of the fuel tank.]] * Forget the fuel tank, Look at the [http://thuzadin.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d1e7mrm Feminized MARV] and the position of the on-board refinery * Lots of people have done this for GLaDOS, the [[Companion Cube]], and the turrets from ''[[Portal (series)\|Portal]]'' ~~-- like~~—like [http://odaleex.deviantart.com/art/PORTAL-characters-76268954 this.] There is even a "GLaDOS-tan" directly based on [[Vocaloid\|Miku]], an extreme contrast to [[AI Is a Crapshoot\|her personality]], [http://kazu01.deviantart.com/art/GLaDOS-76361905 here.] Want more [[Anthropomorphic Personification\|Anthro ]], less [[Moe]]? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3kKKrXbzRs&feature=related Axel787 ] and [http://makani.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=GLaDOS#/d1kmujy Ma ][http://makani.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=GLaDOS#/d3eqyjr kani ] have just the remedy you need! Hint: It involves deadly neurotoxin... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ_1wfLrkdg And now, they even made character models] for Miku Miku Dance. Talk about [[Out of Character]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPKrJgEQ-fs&feature=related here]... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KZQMglhL9c&feature=related and they even did a parody of the original Portal 2 teaser trailer here!]] And then there's Wheatley, usually drawn to at least somewhat resemble his voice actor, [[Stephen Merchant]]. This basically resulted in the mostly-down-to-Human-Wheatley-[[Perverse Sexual Lust]]-fuelled-but-also-fairly-logical [[Fanon]] that the personality cores are all created from [[Brain Uploading]] Aperture Science employees. * The ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'' [http://www.konamistyle.jp/sp/mgs/mgs_figumate/ Figumate "Sweet Snake"] line of merchandise transforms four male characters (two of whom are old and have moustaches) into adorable underage moeblobs. It works surprisingly well, particularly the [[Tsundere]] Ocelot and [[Meganekko]] Otacon (who was always [[The Woobie\|a bit of a moe character anyway]]). * ''Moemon'', a notorious [[Game Mod]] for ''[[Pokémon]] FireRed and LeafGreen'', converts the 'mons into [[Cute Monster Girl~~\|Cute Monster Girls~~]]s, which only breaks down a little for Nidoran M. The mod also converts the Trainer to a [[Meido]], and she flies instead of runs when she gets the Running Shoes. Male Pokemon do exist, and are very common, but the starters are usually female. There's a general 75%-25% ratio in the games, which has been [[Gender Flip\|flipped]] in the hack. On the subject of Pokemon, behold [http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/01/25/sexy-pokemon-girls this picture] of ''493'' anthropomorphised 'mons... Line 156: * ''[[Neptunia]]'' personifies the seventh generation [[Console Wars\|console war]] between the [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]], and [[Wii]] (among other consoles). It also personifies a few game companies such as Gust and [[Nippon Ichi]]. * For a brief while, there was a trend among the [[Sam and Max]] fandom of [http://ginny-n.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2l6jco drawing the titular characters as humans.] Although Sam typically looked ordinary, Max was usually drawn as an [[Cute Shotaro Boy\|absolutely adorable little boy,]] despite [[Fridge Logic\|the two of them being the same age.]] * [[Monster Girl Encyclopedia]] uses this trope on many common monsters in [[RPG~~\|RPGs~~]]s. * ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': To give Sasha a little more personality, we have [http://enterpraiz.deviantart.com/art/Sasha-and-Sandvich-165751818 this]. * Not even [[Chrono Trigger\|Lavos]] can avoid this. Here's the [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/373595/brown_eyes-chicago-x-chrono_trigger-covering-gradi first form] and the [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/359555/blush-chicago-x-chrono_trigger-covering-covering_b second form]. Line 178: * ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' [[Fan Web Comic]] ''[http://www.entropymax.com/ Nanoha R'r]'' took a stab at creating [[media:nanoha-nanorr-moe-rh-and-bardiche.jpg\|Moe versions of Raising Heart and Bardiche]], though the artist cheated a bit by [[media:nanoha-nanorr-bardiche-as-linith.jpg\|turning Bardiche into a loli version of]] [[Catgirl\|Linith]]. * One [[PvP]] arc features the lolbat ([[Batman]] + [[Fountain of Memes]]) getting a new sidekick, [http://www.pvponline.com/2010/03/01/urit/ ReTweet], who is clearly based on [[Twitter]]. * In addition to all of the examples in ''Touhou'' canon (see above), ''[[Touhou Nekokayou]]'' adds [[Original Character]] [[Mushroom Man\|Masha Kinoko]], a [[wikipedia:Amanita muscaria\|fly agaric mushroom]] [[Youkai]] and absolute [[~~Moe\|moeblob~~moe]]blob. ** She even recieved the [[Fan Nickname]] Moeshroom. * The ''Squiddles'' opening animation related to ''[[Homestuck]]'' shows some of them as anime girls.

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