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Some people can be very friendly. Very, ''very'' uncomfortably friendly.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]''
** Nel Tu to Ichigo.
** Kon to just about every big-breasted and/or good-looking female. However, [[Pettanko|Rukia]] is a favorite target, too, although she usually stomps on him before he can try anything.
** 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 Byby 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.
** Around Ichigo and Urahara, Tessai seems to have [[No Sense of Personal Space]].
** 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 ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]''
** Shampoo. When Ranma's involved, the word "personal space" does not exist!
** Kodachi Kunō to her "darling" Ranma.
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** Happōsai, being the patron saint of [[Dirty Old Man|Dirty Old Men]], literally lives to latch onto women so he can feel their breasts and buttocks.
** Ranma himself, while he [[Hates Being Touched]], has no qualms about perching on other people's heads to say [[Hello]]. And whenever [[Gender Bender|Female!Ranma]] is in disguise to fool Ryōga, she tends to be quite the grabby girl.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
** Kaworu in regards to Shinji, ''especially'' in the manga.
** Also, Asuka in regards to Kaji, and Shinji at times.
** Kaji tends to be like this around almost every woman in the show. Plus, in ''Rebuild 2.0'' he jokingly(?) acts like this [[Ho Yay|around Shinji]].
** Also in ''Rebuild 2.0'', Mari is very touchy-touchy with Shinji upon first meeting him.
* ''[[Mirai Nikki (Manga)|Mirai Nikki]]''
** Yuno towards Yukiteru.
** [[Ho Yay|Akise Aru]] towards Yukiteru.
* ''[[Fruits Basket (Manga)|Fruits Basket]]''
** Bunny boy [[Adorably Precocious Child|Momiji]] does this with most people, especially Tohru.
** There's also [[Physical God|Akito]], who's extraordinarily touchy-feely with '''''everyone''''', regardless of how they may actually feel about each other.
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]''
** Rena was like this with Keiichi in Onikakushi-hen, the first arc of the series, when she was {{spoiler|not}} stalking him.
** Ronove from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'' was like this around Battler especially.
** Meanwhile, Battler himself is like this towards [[Chivalrous Pervert|anything with breasts]].
* ''[[Goshuushou Sama Ninomiya Kun (Anime)|Goshuushou Sama Ninomiya Kun]]''
** 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.
* ''[[Xxx Holic (Manga)|Xxx HolicXxxHolic]]'': Mugetsu has absolutely no concept of Watanuki's personal space.
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei (Manga)-sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'': Matoi in regards to her teacher Nozomu, to the absolute [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|EXTREME]].
* Fukuyama, Kosame, Hijiri, Yukina, and Lisa from ''[[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]]''.
* ''[[Paradise Kiss (Manga)|Paradise Kiss]]'': George.
* Graham Specter from ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!'' can be like this [[media:justmakeoutalready.jpg|with]] [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/Dragynstorm/Baccano15/Baccano15_59.jpg men].
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|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]].
* ''[[Full Metal Panic (Light Novel)|Full Metal Panic]]''
** 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 Aa 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 (Mangamanga)|Black Cat]]''.
* ''[[Outlaw Star (Anime)|Outlaw Star]]''
** Fred Lou tends to get ''really'' touchy with Gene, mostly because [[Single-Target Sexuality|he's completely hot for him]]. Gene usually handles it with good humor, but sometimes Fred likes to pull little "jokes" like suggestively blowing into his ear during business exchanges.
** Harry too, considering he's Melfina's obsessive [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]].
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|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.
{{quote| '''Germany:''' Hey Austria, what type of relationship do you call it when you see them everyday, and they hug and kiss you, and go in the bath with you, and sleep in the same bed with you (while they're naked)?<br />
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** Also, France has a tendency to get close to people and attempt to grope them. Let's not forget the Olympics.
* Dio in ''[[Last Exile (Anime)|Last Exile]]'' has this, especially towards Claus, who he's constantly hanging off of.
* ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]''
** The title character has this problem, especially when younger. Probably comes with his attention-starved youth.
** 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 Withwith 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]]''
** Gino Weinberg. Suzaku Kururugi. 'Nuff said. [[media:CODE_GEASS_R2_-_OP.avi_000037996.jpg|Seen even in the first OP for R2]].
** And [[media:rolo.png|Rolo really likes]] [[media:CODE_GEASS_R2_-_14_-_Large_05.jpg|being too close for comfort]] around Lelouch.
** 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.
* [[Perky Female Minion|Shader]] from ''[[Chrono Crusade (Manga)|Chrono Crusade]]'' just ''loves'' getting touchy with pretty much everyone and everything. She does not care if your are friend, stranger, sworn enemy, male, female, human, or demon (though she does have an extra fondness for [[Shotacon|young]] [[Lolicon|children]]...) -- she ''will'' want to hug you. No exceptions.
* ''[[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-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 Onon a Dime|just his way]]''.
* Lavi in ''[[D .Gray Man (Manga)-man|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-Haired Pretty Boy|guy]] [[Foil|who]] [[Hates Being Touched|hates]] [[Tsundere|his]] [[Tall, Dark and Handsome|guts]] but then ends up [[Ho Yay|thinking otherwise]]...
* 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.
* Guy and especially Iason from ''[[Ai no Kusabi (Light Novel)|Ai no Kusabi]]'' towards Riki.
* Naoe to Kagetora in ''[[Mirage of Blaze (Light Novel)|Mirage of Blaze]]''.
* Souma from ''[[Sakura Gari (Manga)|Sakura Gari]]''.
* ''[[Hellsing (Manga)|Hellsing]]'s'' Alucard.
* Ryoki from ''[[Hot Gimmick (Manga)|Hot Gimmick]]'' to his slave and later girlfriend Hatsumi.
* ''[[Durarara (Light Novel)|Durarara]]''
** Kida.
** Izaya tends to do this at times as well.
** Shinra to Celty.
* Osanai to the title character of ''[[Paprika (Literature)|Paprika]]''.
* A few characters in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]''. Such as L, Ryuk, Misa, and Beyond Birthday.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
** [[Large Ham|ALEX LOUIS ARMSTRONG]] never passes up an opportunity to invade people's personal space to show off his perfectly/hilariously sculpted body.
** And the people of Rush Valley thought nothing of ganging up on poor Edward, seizing him, and ''stripping him'' to examine his [[Artificial Limbs|automail]].
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
** Fate can get like this around Negi at times.
** And [[Psycho Lesbian|Tsukuyomi]] mainly does this around Setsuna and various other girls.
* Arthur of ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|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.
* ''[[Angel Beats (Anime)|Angel Beats]]'': [[Ho Yay|Naoi to Otonashi]].
* ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]''
** Grell to Sebastian.
** Alois Trancy to everyone.
** Undertaker to Ciel and sometimes Sebastian to Ciel.
* Kaoru towards to Junichi in ''[[Amagami SS]]'' whether she's the love interest or not. Even more so at her arc than the others.
* In ''[[Pokémon Special (Manga)|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 (Manga)|Eiken]]'' clearly doesn't believe in personnel boudarys when it comes to Densuke.
* Saten and Kuroko from ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (Manga)|To Aru Kagaku no Railgun]]'' will not hesitate lift Uiharu's skirt or [[Glomp]] Misaka, respectively.
* In ''[[Wild Fangs (Manga)|Wild Fangs]]'', Syon is like this towards Mao before they actually get together.
* In ''[[JunaiVirgin no Seinen (Manga)Love|Junai no Seinen]]'', Ian uses the fact he is known for this as an excuse to grope Kaoru in public.
* [[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 (Animeanime)|The Idolmaster]]'': The Futami twins love to tease the other idols, specially Iori and Makoto.
* Kisshu in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew (Manga)|Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' [[Foe Yay|towards Ichigo]].
* ''[[Koharu no Hibi (Manga)|Koharu no Hibi]]'': [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|Koharu]] to Akira.
 
 
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Albedo Erma Felna EDF (Comic Book)|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.
 
 
== Comic Strips ==
* ''[[Dilbert (Comic Strip)|Dilbert]]''
** [http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/1991-12-20/ This comic] has someone from [[The Old Country]] being unaware of the concept.
** Dogbert discusses cultural concepts of personal space in another comic. In America, you're allowed just inside the "Bad Breath Zone". In Italy, you can get inside the other person's clothes. In Australia, any distance is too damn close.
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** King Julian.
** Also Mort, especially when it involves Julian's feet.
* ''[[9 (Animation)|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.
** 5 also falls under this category.
* Gaston in Disney's ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and Thethe Beast]]'' towards Belle.
* ''[[Treasure Planet (Disney)|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.''}}
 
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Beldar and other Remulaks in ''[[Coneheads]]'' often exhibits behavior like this, being aliens.
* David from ''[[The Watcher (Filmfilm)|The Watcher]]'' just ''loves'' to find any excuse he can to hug and touch Joel.
* ''[[Beetlejuice (Film)|Beetlejuice]]'': Betelgeuse does this with anyone -- living or dead.
* [[Borat]] takes this to an extreme, even sprinting after people to get in their faces.
* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (Film)|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.
* One of the aspects in the 2003 adaptation of ''[[Peter Pan (Filmfilm)|Peter Pan]]'', that really creeped out some reviewers, was Hook's complete lack of personal space with both [http://i55.tinypic.com/20s93qe.png Peter] and [http://i56.tinypic.com/2zowthy.png Wendy]. The fact that he's an adult obsessed with killing a child (later multiple children) did not help. [[Jason Isaacs]] has described that in interviews as having being incredibly uncomfortable to portray.
 
 
== Literature ==
* ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|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".
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Seinfeld (TV)|Seinfeld]]''
** Elaine has to deal with a coworker who combined this with [[Offscreen Teleportation]].
** In the episode "The Raincoats", she had a boyfriend(played by Judge Reinhold), who was a "close-talker".
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** 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.
* Gene, with Sam, in ''[[Life Onon Mars 2006 (TV)|Life On Mars 2006]]''. Constantly. Not that Sam ever really seemed to mind.
* ''[[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":
{{quote| '''Dean:''' Cas, we've talked about this. Personal space.<br />
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** 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.
** Don't forget the Cupid with its naked hugging of complete strangers. AWKWARD.
* The title character of ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''. Oh so much.
* ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]'' has the [[Recurring Extra|mostly-background]] character Jimmy the Overly-Touchy Orderly.
* ''[[The Daily Show (TV)|The Daily Show]]'': Jon Stewart. Just ask Denis Leary. Or Brian Williams. Or Mike Myers...
* ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]''
** Captain Archer of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise (TV)|Star Trek Enterprise]]'' is a mild example. He is ''constantly'' patting his crew on the shoulder, standing very close, etc, [[Ho Yay|especially]] with [[Hates Being Touched|Malcolm Reed]].
** In ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'', Kirk is quite a touchy-feely person in general, but particularly with [[The Not Love Interest|Spock]]. (It's quite interesting to compare the amount of personal space between [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Kirk and McCoy]] and between [[Ho Yay|Kirk and Spock]].)
** Q of ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' (and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV)|DS9]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager (TV)|Voyager]]'') has them all beat. His interactions with people ([[Ho Yay|Picard in particular]]) are very... friendly.
{{quote| '''Q:''' Morning, darling.}}
** Janeway of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager (TV)|Star Trek Voyager]]'' is also rather touchy-feely with her crew -- hugging them, hand on the shoulder, etc. -- although this is more likely an extension of her role as [[Team Mom]] than anything else. This was also one of the many ways in which Seven of Nine had no sense of social etiquette after being raised by the Borg.
* Mulder tends to do this to Scully a lot on ''[[The X-Files (TV)|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.
* ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]''
** Chandler does this to Joey when fighting over a chair.
{{quote| '''Chandler:''' ''(with his hand inches from Joey's face)'' Not touching! Can't get mad!}}
** 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 (TV)|NCIS]]''
** Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs uses this to [[Perp Sweating|intimidate suspects and witnesses]], usually in tandem with his trademark [[Death Glare]]. He also gets into the personal space of his team, often to deliver a [[Dope Slap|Gibbs Slap]].
** Ziva does this to men quite frequently, mainly the men on her team. Sometimes you can even ''see'' them start to breathe faster and flush a bit....
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* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'': Chuck Bass delights in this.
{{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 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.
* ''[[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.
** 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.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|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 ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon (Video Game)F.E.A.R.|First Encounter Assault Recon]]''.
* 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!
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]''
** Parley. Mostly she does it to Andrew Smith (making it clear to everyone -- except Andrew himself -- [[UST|that she has the hots for him]]) but she also gives Antimony some finger-poking action [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=270 here], where [[The Rant]] [[Lampshades]] her failure to respect personal space. This eventually gave Parley a scare of her life, though -- touching Antimony at the wrong time led to {{spoiler|an intimate mind-to-mind contact with one angry ghost}}.
** 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 Withwith a Heart of Gold|she used to be a prostitute]].}}
* On occasion, Dora from ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|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 (Webcomic)|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]].
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]''
** [[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.
* ''[http://speakwithmonsters.badgods.com/comics/roper Speak with Monsters]'' indicates this is a racial trait of Ropers.
* In the first chapter of ''[[The Meek (Webcomic)|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 (Webcomic)|Ménage à 3]]'': Yuki to Zii.
* ''[[Cyanide and Happiness (Webcomic)|Cyanide and Happiness]]'' has the Personal Space Invader, shown [http://www.explosm.net/comics/940/ here] and [http://joyreactor.ru/post/65269 here].
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|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 (Animation)|As Told Byby Ginger]]''.
* Shego towards the eponymous ''[[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]]'', most obviously in "Stop Team Go".
* ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]''
** 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.
** Being a major [[Cloudcuckoolander]], and just really really friendly and exuberant, Ed was like this with everyone.
* '[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]''
** Glen Quagmire
** Meg in "Barely Legal" when she was [[Yandere]] for Brian.
* ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]''
** Pepe Le Pew.
** Yosemite Sam in ''[[The Looney Tunes Show (Animation)|The Looney Tunes Show]]''.
** [[Daffy Duck]], only in the pilot episode "Best Friends".
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]''
** Ditto with Pepe's successor Fifi La Fume.
** Oh, and Elmyra "[[I'm Taking Her Home Withwith Me|Take Him Home]] [[And Call Him George]]" Duff.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': SpongeBob himself. Especially around Squidward. Squidward puts it like this in one episode:
{{quote| '''Squidward:''' SpongeBob? Do you remember that little talk we had about ''personal space''?}}
* ''[[Invader Zim (Animation)|Invader Zim]]'''s very own GIR. [[Punctuated for Emphasis|"I'M. GONNA. HUG. YOU!"]]
{{quote| "Get off my head, GIR."}}
* ''[[Danny Phantom (Animation)|Danny Phantom]]''
** 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...
* ''[[Hey Arnold (Animation)|Hey Arnold]]''
** 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.
** 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''.
* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (Animation)|Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends]]''
** Cheese during his first appearance wouldn't give Bloo any elbow room.
** Neither would [[Yandere|Berry]].
* The eponymous ''[[Jimmy Two -Shoes (Animation)|Jimmy Two Shoes]]''.
* [[Stalker Withwith 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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