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It isn't just that they tend to stand too close when they're talking to people -- it's that they're practically ''on'' them. You may even be complete strangers, but that doesn't stop them from hanging off of you and breathing your CO<sub>2</sub> during the conversation, whether you like it or not. It doesn't help that they tend to get... er, grabby.
Somebody with [[No Sense of Personal Space]] may keep their targets of uncomfortable closeness down to one person, or they might be like this with everyone. The character might be a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] that just doesn't know better, or they may just really, ''really'' like you (or [[Anything That Moves|everyone]]), and just don't let some bothersome "social etiquette" get in the way of it. Then again, they just might be [[Jerkass|trying to get you riled up for shits and giggles]]. This tendency usually comes with inappropriate uses of [[First
Anime characters with [[No Sense of Personal Space]] love to implement [[The Glomp]] as their favored tactic. For best results, have them latch onto someone that [[Hates Being Touched]]. It can also a be good source of [[Ho Yay]], [[Foe Yay]], or [[Les Yay]]. Compare [[Cuddle Bug]].
Not to be confused with the [[Personal Space Invader]], which deals with grabby [[Mooks]] in video games.
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== Anime & Manga ==
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** 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 (Manga)|Ultra Maniac]]''. Although its understandable since the only episode he's in has him change from a cat into a human.
* ''[[Ranma
** Shampoo. When Ranma's involved, the word "personal space" does not exist!
** Kodachi Kunō to her "darling" Ranma.
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** 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]].
** Tessa tends to get a little too touchy-feely with Sōsuke, even trying to [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma|molest him while he's sleeping]]. Hell, [[Up to Eleven|she once did it when "she" was sleeping.]]
* [[Ho Yay|Creed]] [[Foe Yay|towards Train]] in ''[[Black Cat (Manga)|Black Cat]]''.
* ''[[Outlaw Star (Anime)|Outlaw Star]]''
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** Orochimaru is even worse, being like this around just about ''everyone'', even in one case with his ''tongue''.
** Fuka [[Foe Yay|towards Naruto]].
* [[No Social Skills|Son Goku]] started off like this back in early ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'', when he figured that the easiest way to tell a boy from a girl was to feel for their... well, ''parts''. He learns his lesson after [[Tsundere|ChiChi]] reacts a little more physically than most and throws him off the Kinto'un/[[Spell My Name With an "S"|Nimbus]] at about 50 mph.
* In the ''[[Getter Robo (Manga)|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 (Anime)|Code Geass]]''
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* ''[[Angel Sanctuary (Manga)|Angel Sanctuary]]''
** Katou is a fairly bad offender, especially when it comes to [[Ho Yay|Kira and Setsuna]], but even he has nothing on [[Anything That Moves|Belial]].
** [[White
* Lavi in ''[[D Gray Man (Manga)|D Gray Man]]''. Especially toward [[Ho Yay|Allen]]. And Road also towards Allen.
* [[Nice Guy|Yamamoto]] from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' just loves putting his arm around people. His [[True Companions|friends]], his [[Face Heel Turn|Face Heel Turned]] [[Defeat Means Friendship|frienimies]], the [[White
* Hitagi Senjogahara from ''[[Bakemonogatari (Light Novel)|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 (Manga)|Zetsuai 1989]]'' towards Izumi.
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* [[Camp Gay|Nathan]] from ''[[Tiger and Bunny (Anime)|Tiger and Bunny]]'' is like this when he's around his male coworkers -- with varying reactions from the targets. (Barnaby gets annoyed and shoves him away, Antonio just wishes he'd keep his hands above the belt, Kotetsu doesn't really care as long as he's not [http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll8brvIeMB1qdlmr2o1_500.gif effectively trying to occupy the same space as him].)
* Akio of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena (Anime)|Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' is like this around anyone he tries to seduce. Touga is like this around Utena, Wakaba to Utena, Kozue to Miki, Saionji to Anthy, and Nanami to Touga.
* Prince Diamond of ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|to Usagi]].
* Juuta from ''[[Otomen (Manga)|Otomen]]'' towards Asuka.
* Saehara and Satoshi and Keiji in ''[[D.N.Angel (Manga)|D.N.Angel]]'' [[Ho Yay|toward Daisuke]].
* ''[[Kiniro no Corda (Video Game)|Kiniro no Corda]]'': [[Foe Yay|Yunoki]] [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|towards Hino]].
* ''[[Ai no Kusabi (Light Novel)|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.
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** King Julian.
** Also Mort, especially when it involves Julian's feet.
* ''[[
** 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.
** 5 also falls under this category.
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* ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]]''
** Voldemort, especially in the films. When he steals the Elder Wand in ''[[Deathly Hallows]] Part 1'', he's face to face with the dead Dumbledore. They'd be touching noses, [[The Noseless|if he had a nose.]] Part 2 didn't let up -- {{spoiler|after Harry's [[Disney Death]],}} he offers the Hogwarts students and defenders a chance to join the ranks of the Death Eaters. Draco crosses the field to get to his parents, and ''Voldemort hugs him''. Or tries to, anyway; he clearly has no idea what he's doing.
** Several Death Eaters have this problem in the films; Snape gets uncomfortably close to Harry at times and both Scabior and Bellatrix have some rather [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|suggestive]] moments with Hermione in ''[[Deathly Hallows]] Part 1''. Snape isn't quite as bad about this in the books, but his standard "interrogating a pupil" technique seems to be "get right in their personal space".
** 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.)
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** In the episode "The Raincoats", she had a boyfriend(played by Judge Reinhold), who was a "close-talker".
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''
** The Doctor in some [[The Nth Doctor|incarnations]]. The Second tends to [[Security Cling|latch onto]] [[Ho Yay|his companion Jamie]] at a moment's notice, although there's one scene where they and Zoe did a three-person [[Sleep Cute]], while the Eighth spends a good portion of the movie standing about a hairsbreadth away from Grace for no particular reason and moves on to kissing people whether or not they particularly want him to in the [[Tie
** [[David Tennant]] combines this with [[No Indoor Voice]] frequently, just in case he hasn't completely overloaded your sense of personal space. And it may have had something to do with Tennant's close off-screen friendship with Billie Piper, but by the end of the second season of the New Series the Doctor and Rose were basically a single entity.
** The Eleventh Doctor manages to have '''even less''' sense of personal space than the Tenth. He ''never. Stops. Touching someone''.
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{{quote| '''Dan:''' I even miss Chuck Bass, who would get so close to talk.}}
* When they were doing the casting for ''[[Bones (TV)|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)|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.
* ''[[The Thick of It (TV)|The Thick of It]]''
** Space invader extraordinaire Malcom Tucker. Whether it's engaging in conspiratorial conversations in the narrow corridors of power (or the gent's lavatories), using intimidation to get what he wants or simply flirting with his colleagues, the "Thin White Mugabe" gets in close. Cornering seems to be the favoured tactic.
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* Thanks to a certain moment near the end of the game, Tsaubern from ''[[Suikoden Tierkreis (Video Game)|Suikoden Tierkreis]]'' is often portrayed having this trait by the fandom.
* 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 (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' which leads to much [[Foe Yay]].
* [[Pinocchio Syndrome|Daniella/The Maid]] from [[Haunting Ground]] seems to love doing this in cutscenes to poor [[Purity Sue|Fiona]]. {{spoiler|In fact, during the scene that introduces her as the game's second antagonist, she [[Fan Disservice|gropes Fiona in... places]] after poisoning her to make her sleep.}} With a [[Slasher Smile]] to boot!
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** Starfire is '''ALWAYS''' eager to initiate "The [[Group Hug]]". Or an overly enthusiastic individual hug. Unfortunately, few people are willing to reciprocate, perhaps fearing [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|broken ribs and bruising.]] The fact that she can learn any language by ''kissing'' is an unfortunate coincidence that ''does not help''.
** 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 (Animation)|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]''
** The Kanker sisters, much to the horror of the title characters.
** Eddy, despite his "Are you touching my face" moments, seem to do this a lot to people himself.
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** 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.
** It is also a [[Running Gag]] for Brainy to announce his presence by standing so close to Helga that she can hear him breathing. She often responds by punching him in the face. Another instance has him randomly ''lay his head in her lap''.
* ''[[
** Cheese during his first appearance wouldn't give Bloo any elbow room.
** Neither would [[Yandere|Berry]].
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* [[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.
* ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum (Animation)|Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'' invoke this on each other all the time, so it's not all that noticeable. However, when they get this way with Kyle, his displeased expression is usually enough to see this trope occuring.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''
** Discord has a tendency to get touchy-feely with others. Especially Twilight Sparkle, for some reason.
** [[Genki Girl|Pinkie Pie]] can get this way when she's excited, [[Ho Yay|especially around Rainbow Dash]].
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