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Some people can be very friendly. Very, ''very'' uncomfortably friendly.

 

Not to be confused with the [[Personal Space Invader]], which deals with grabby [[Mooks]] in video games.

 

* ''[[Bleach]]''

** Nel Tu to Ichigo.

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Prince Diamond acts this way with regards [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|to Usagi]].

 

* ''[[Albedo: Erma Felna EDF]]'' has this trope of how Erma and her later best friend, Toki, first interacted. When Erma first bunked with Toki, that mouse had some bad habits like leaving the bathroom messy and barging in for frivolous reasons when Erma is using it. However, the last straw is when Toki's feline lover visits that night for sex and Erma is keep awake first with the thumping on the above bunk and the smell of the aftermath. Eventually, the two work out their differences.

 

* ''[[Madagascar]]''

** King Julian.

* ''[[Treasure Planet]]'': BEN. "I just wanna hug ya and squeeze ya and hold ya close to me!" Much to the dismay of Jim Hawkins.

{{quote|'''Jim:''' You have to stop ''touching me.''}}

* Beldar and other Remulaks in ''[[Coneheads]]'' often exhibits behavior like this, being aliens.

* David from ''[[The Watcher (film)|The Watcher]]'' just ''loves'' to find any excuse he can to hug and touch Joel.

== Literature ==

* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''

** Wormtail made Harry and Hermione uncomfortable in the third book when he tried to thank them by throwing his arms around their legs.

* ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'': [[Memetic Molester|Count Olaf]]. (most frequent target: Violet) (other targets: Klaus, Sunny, Aunt Josephine, etc. etc.)

 

* ''[[Seinfeld]]''

** Elaine has to deal with a coworker who combined this with [[Offscreen Teleportation]].

** The Eleventh Doctor manages to have '''even less''' sense of personal space than the Tenth. He ''never. Stops. Touching someone''.

** The Master [[Foe Yay|towards the Doctor]], constantly. And vice versa, a lot of the time; both Three and Ten got grabby with the Master.

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''

** Castiel. From his first appearance, he has been constantly stepping into Dean's personal space. While staring very intensely into his eyes. Much [[Ho Yay]] ensues. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "Free to Be You and Me":

* ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'': Mesogog, especially when he has Tommy [[Strapped to An Operating Table]] in "Legacy of Power".

 

 

* ''[[Half-Life 2]]'': Freeman's squad habitually crowd around him so closely that it can be impossible to move without bumping into one or take a shot without dinging one by accident. One imagines Gordon got to know who used which toothpaste, they're that close—as noted [http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-06-04 in this parody comic].

* In ''[[Fallout 3]]'', it is not uncommon for you to turn around to find one of your followers right up in your face. Also, robot butler Wadsworth tends to follow you around your Megaton home and do this.

* In ''[[Divinity 2|Divinity 2: Ego Draconis]]'' you have the summonable necromantic creature, which follows you everywhere and tend to get in the way or into your personal space more often than its combat benefits are worth. It also has an idling emote consisting of it raising a leg and urinating on the floor, which must come as very embarrassing for the hero if you're in someone's house. ''Why does an undead creature need to piss?''

* Dark/Demon Lord Ghirahim to Link in their first and second battles from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' which leads to much [[Foe Yay]].

 

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''

** Parley. Mostly she does it to Andrew Smith ([[Everyone Can See It|making it clear to everyone]] except Andrew himself that [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|she has the hots for him]]) but right on her second page she also gives Antimony some finger-poking action, [[The Rant|commented with]] "Parley needs a lesson in respecting one's personal space". Eventually she got that lesson, along with a scare of her life - when touching Antimony at the wrong time {{spoiler|put her into an intimate mind-to-mind contact with a very angry ghost}}.

* ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' has the Personal Space Invader, shown [http://www.explosm.net/comics/940/ here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111205000943/http://joyreactor.ru/post/65269 here].

 

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Ty Lee is really into big hugs.

* Courtney would occasionally get a little too touchy with Ginger in ''[[As Told by Ginger]]''.

* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends|Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends]]''

** Cheese during his first appearance wouldn't give Bloo any elbow room.

* The eponymous ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes|Jimmy Two Shoes]]''.

* [[Stalker with a Crush|Sierra]] of ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]''. Although it's usually Cody that has to deal with this, she's managed to creep out Heather, Noah and Chris by it too.

** [[Genki Girl|Pinkie Pie]] can get this way when she's excited, [[Ho Yay|especially around Rainbow Dash]].

** Rarity has her moments as well, most notably in "Ticket Master" when trying to convince Twilight to give her the extra ticket to the Gala.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

* [http://notalwaysright.com/please-dont-pet-the-employees/1670 This customer] on [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]].

* There are three major ways in which people absorb information: Visual (through sight), Auditory (through sound) and Kinesthetic (through touch). Most people are dominant in one or two of these. Guess which one has issues with other people's personal space?