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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.

** And [[Psycho Lesbian|Chizuru]] towards any good-looking girl, most notably towards Orihime and Rukia.

** Also Aizen. So much so that fandom has come to peg him as a [[Depraved Bisexual]] [[Memetic Molester]], since he seems to like being touchy-feely with "victims" of both genders. Hugging {{spoiler|Momo}} and speaking to her sweetly before stabbing her to almost death? Check. Caressing {{spoiler|Orihime's}} face as he [[Break Them by Talking|Lecturizes]] her and then lets her go? Double check. Almost feeling up {{spoiler|Ichigo}} when they're finally face to face, even ''placing his hand on the kid's chest''? Triple check.

** Rangiku likes draping her arms over people, leaning her face closer to someone elses', tickling people while she's in the nude and so forth, but mostly when she wants to party or bring levity to a serious moment. On the other hand, Haineko [[Bi the Way|gets like this around both boys and girls]] that seem to interest her.

* Shinnosuke from ''[[Ultra Maniac]]''. Although its understandable since the only episode he's in has him change from a cat into a human.

** Shampoo. When Ranma's involved, the word "personal space" does not exist!

** Kodachi Kunō to her "darling" Ranma.

** Ronove from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' was like this around Battler especially.

** Meanwhile, Battler himself is like this towards [[Chivalrous Pervert|anything with breasts]].

** Mikihiro, but [[Even the Guys Want Him|only around Shungo]].

** Hinako is this way with Mayu. As is basically every guy in school. Though that's mostly due to her succubus powers.

** Hinako, and most of the girls in Shungo's class, are fond of doing this to Shungo.

* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'': Matoi in regards to her teacher Nozomu, to the absolute [[Stalker with a Crush|EXTREME]].

* Fukuyama, Kosame, Hijiri, Yukina, and Lisa from ''[[Girls Bravo]]''.

* ''[[Paradise Kiss]]'': George.

* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]''

** Itsuki, with Kyon as target.

** Haruhi herself is also inappropriately in-your-face with just about everyone, and likes to grope Mikuru for [[Fan Service]] [[Alternate Character Interpretation|and/or]] [[Les Yay|her own enjoyment]].

** Gauron is like this whenever Sōsuke is involved, apparently since the latter was a child. He's also like this around just about anyone.

** Contrast with Sōsuke, who will ''not'' hesitate to [[Disproportionate Retribution|beat the shit out of]] anyone he's not comfortable with [[Hates Being Touched|touching him]].

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''

** [[Moe Anthropomorphism|Italy]], being [[The Ditz]] and slightly [[Truth in Television]] about real life Italians, just doesn't understand that his need for constant close human contact makes Germany and Japan more than merely uncomfortable (especially since he combines his habit of sneaking to sleep into other peoples' beds with the habit of sleeping naked). Lampshaded in the Valentine's Day Strips when Germany, unable to distinguish if Italy's actions are a veiled way of expressing romantic feelings or just his own idiosyncrasy, consults Austria to clear his mind up.

'''Austria:''' Oh, you meant ''him''... }}

** Also, France has a tendency to get close to people and attempt to grope them. Let's not forget the Olympics.

** Orochimaru is even worse, being like this around just about ''everyone'', even in one case with his ''tongue''.

** Fuka [[Foe Yay|towards Naruto]].

* In the ''[[Getter Robo]]'' manga, [[Jerkass|Schwartzkof]] loudly announces that he hates Japanese people, and [[Tempting Fate|absolutely loathes even the very thought of being touched by one]]. Naturally, Gou just finds this chance to rile him up [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/getter_robo_go/v03/c001/20.html way to easy to pass up].

* ''[[Code Geass]]''

** Big Badass Cornelia tends to be rather touchy feely with her younger sister Euphemia.

** Milly can be a little ''too'' touchy feely around Shirley at times.

** [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Rosiel]]. Dude gets REALLY touchy-feely with just about everyone he meets. Almost to the point of being a [[Memetic Molester]]. It's hard to tell if it's [[Ho Yay]], [[Foe Yay]] or ''[[Rhymes on a Dime|just his way]]''.

* Lavi in ''[[D.Gray-man|D Gray Man]]''. Especially toward [[Ho Yay|Allen]]. And Road also towards Allen.

* Hitagi Senjogahara from ''[[Bakemonogatari]]''. She spends a lot of her conversations with Koyomi invading his personal space bubble in spectacular ways. And feels him up while they're in the car with her father.

* Kouji from ''[[Zetsuai 1989]]'' towards Izumi.

* ''[[Hellsing]]'s'' Alucard.

* Ryoki from ''[[Hot Gimmick]]'' to his slave and later girlfriend Hatsumi.

** Kida.

** Izaya tends to do this at times as well.

** And [[Psycho Lesbian|Tsukuyomi]] mainly does this around Setsuna and various other girls.

* Arthur of ''[[Air Gear]]'' was like this to his [[Foe Yay|opponent]] Agito, even pelvic thrusting against him and nibbling his ear. And Shalott ended up straddling Agito at the end of one chapter.

* ''[[Black Butler]]''

** Grell to Sebastian.

* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', N has no problem whispering into the ear of another boy before said boy is even aware of him. N later grabs him by the arm and brings him up close. It's kind of creepy considering N's almost dead expression. Gender obviously isn't an issue for N, as he gets up close and personal with White {{spoiler|in the Nimbasa ferris wheel}}.

* Kirika in ''[[Eiken]]'' clearly doesn't believe in personnel boudarys when it comes to Densuke.

* In ''[[Wild Fangs]]'', Syon is like this towards Mao before they actually get together.

* In ''[[Virgin Love|Junai no Seinen]]'', Ian uses the fact he is known for this as an excuse to grope Kaoru in public.

* ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'': Understandable with Iason since he believes he's entitled to Riki's body but even Guy doesn't give Riki much space.

* ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|The Idolmaster]]'': The Futami twins love to tease the other idols, specially Iori and Makoto.

* Kisshu in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' [[Foe Yay|towards Ichigo]].

* ''[[Koharu no Hibi]]'': [[Stalker with a Crush|Koharu]] to Akira.

 

* ''[[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.

* ''[[9|Nine]]''

** The twins very much fall under this category, seeing as their first order of business following their appearance was to start messing with the main character's easy access portal to his internal organs. Well, sackcloth-doll organs. Still, nobody wants a pair of busybodies monkeying around with their insides.

* Gaston in Disney's ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' towards Belle.

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

* 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.

* [[Borat]] takes this to an extreme, even sprinting after people to get in their faces.

* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' there doesn't seem to be any place more comfy and hospitable for pirates to hang out than your territorial bubble, and no pirate likes it better than Captain Jack. In the third film, Jack actually manages to invade ''his own'' personal space.

== Literature ==

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

* ''[[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":

'''Castiel:''' ''(backing off like three inches)'' My apologies. }}

** Also, Azazel (a.k.a. Yellow-eyes) in "In the Beginning" when Dean goes back in time. Apparently, they [[Throw It In|threw it in]] after the actor got uncomfortably close and smelled Dean. Jensen Ackles was appropriately freaked out.

* ''[[The Daily Show]]'': Jon Stewart. Just ask Denis Leary. Or Brian Williams. Or Mike Myers...

* ''[[Star Trek]]''

* Mulder tends to do this to Scully a lot on ''[[The X-Files]]'' from very early on. He also tends to be quite affectionate with her. She minded for the first few seasons but this eventually goes away, though it's a little while longer before she's comfortable reciprocating the affection.

* Damon, from ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''. He pretty much always does it deliberately to unnerve people, though.

** Chandler does this to Joey when fighting over a chair.

** All of the Friends tend to rub or pat each other just before a scene cut, usually if a joke was just directed at them.

* ''[[NCIS]]''

** Of course, Abby beats them all. The other two have mastered this for intimidation/seduction/both, but Abby is like this ''[[Cuddle Bug|all the time]]''. Mostly because she is just a happy, expressive person.

* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'': Chuck Bass delights in this.

* When they were doing the casting for ''[[Bones]]'', it was noted that at one point during the auditions, David Boreanaz (playing [[Badass|FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth]]) stepped in close to Emily Deschanel. Where most people would have stepped back in response, she instead [[Stand Your Ground|stood her ground]].

* Dr. Cal Lightman of ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'' does this ''all the time''. He sprawls all over the place, gets in [[Perp Sweating|suspects' faces]] for shits and giggles, and seems to be incapable of staying out of Gillian Foster's personal space even when they're walking together. She either playfully elbows him out of it or [[Will They or Won't They?|otherwise doesn't seem to mind]]. In the season 3 episode, "Funhouse", Dr. Lightman gets himself admitted to a mental health facility (for the purposes of helping a patient there) and seems to [[Up to Eleven|dial this behavior up to eleven]] (either thanks to his own psychological oddities or in-part because of hallucinogenic drugs; it's left ambiguous even near the end/conclusion of the episode). Cal gets right up in the main man-behind-the-curtain's face, quite literally ''palming the guy's face like a blind man'' as Lightman himself talks, and even hanging off of Foster and his other colleagues when they come to help.

** A similar example is Malcolm's [[Bastard Understudy]] Jamie, who gets just as close (sometimes manhandling people) and is even more likely to shout obscenities right in your face.

** A very different example is Malcolm's nemesis Steve Fleming. Like Malcolm, Fleming gets much too close to people and has no aversion to touching them. Unlike Malcolm, Fleming is actually ''trying'' to be friendly, but fails miserably and comes across as a creepy slimy perv (especially with Niccola).

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

 

 

* 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.

* Alma to Becket in ''[[F.E.A.R.|First Encounter Assault Recon]]''.

* 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]]''

** Coyote likes to get up close and personal as well.

* Petria from ''[[The Phoenix Requiem]]'' likes to do this to Jonas, mostly because of the reactions it gets from him. {{spoiler|Her own lack of inhibition is due to the fact that [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|she used to be a prostitute]].}}

* On occasion, Dora from ''[[Questionable Content]]''. [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1592 For example.] She doesn't do it all the time, or to everyone; Faye gets it the most.

* Taisei from ''[[Sakana]]''. The awkwardness level of it is especially high because he's so tall. For added hilarity, he often get's paired with [[Hates Being Touched|Yuudai]].

** [[Meaningful Name|Catalina Bobcat]] clings to people while talking to them, to the point that she makes [[Chivalrous Pervert]] Tedd uncomfortable when she does it to him.

** Grace has also done this on occasion.

* In the first chapter of ''[[The Meek]]'', we are introduced to [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] Angora, who has lived in the wild for much of her life and consequently has not developed many cultural taboos, such as a sense of personal space. Pinter gets to discover this firsthand.

* ''[[Ménage à 3]]'': Yuki to Zii.

 

* ''[[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]]''.

* Shego towards the eponymous ''[[Kim Possible]]'', most obviously in "Stop Team Go".

* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''

** Slade tends to get uncomfortably close to Robin whenever they encounter each other, not to mention his apparent fondness for [[Foe Yay|restraining him from behind while whispering into his ear]], or manhandling him to the ground. The entire episode "Birthmark" has [[Foe Yay|Slade acting in such a manner in regards to Raven]]. He also likes to act in such a way with Terra. In the case of Terra, this is a pretty [[Squick|unfortunate]] [[Shout-Out]] to their relationship in the comics, {{spoiler|in which Slade and Terra have a sexual relationship.}}

* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]''

** Oh, and Elmyra "[[I'm Taking Her Home with Me|Take Him Home]] [[And Call Him George]]" Duff.

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': SpongeBob himself. Especially around Squidward. Squidward puts it like this in one episode:

** Jazz already had a problem invading into everyone's own personal privacy (due to being a psychologist-in-training), but when she [[Sixth Ranger|becomes part of "Team Phantom"]], she takes it to epic levels. Danny is none-too-pleased. She later learns to keep a lower profile.

** Vlad is also like this around Danny. Comes with his obsession of wanting to make Danny his son. And there's also whenever he gets his chance to spend time with Maddie...

** Olga, Helga's older sister, is a bit too huggy around her younger sister, much to Helga's annoyance.

** Another episode has Lulu, who is a different version of Lila, do such things to newcomer Arnold like rubbing his leg with her own, pretending to fall asleep on him, forcing a kiss on him, and suggest a late-night swim together. Arnold is noticeably unhappy with all this.

** [[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]] ==

* 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?

* Some people with social disorders, such as autism, have trouble reading social cues, which may or may not involve an understanding of the concept of personal space.

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