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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The earliest reported usages of the word "glomp" are as sound effects in the Viz translations of ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' and ''[[Ranma One Half½|Ranma 1/2]]''.
** The first known appearance of the word "glomp" is in ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'' Volume One, Part 12 published in 1993. Ironically, this first use was a sound effect for a [[Personal Space Invader]] attack Ranma delivered on Ryoga, in stark contrast to the connotation the word carries today.
** In ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' Ataru usually attempts to glomp virtually every female he encounters -- except for his "wife", Lum. [[media:1151084365001-cropped.jpg|She glomps him, though.]]
** The aggressive hugs that Shampoo gives to Ranma in ''[[Ranma One Half½|Ranma 1/2]]'' are archetypal glomps and are indeed accompanied by the "glomp" sound effect in the manga. The subsequent wholesale adoption of the word by the highly prolific ''Ranma'' [[Fanfic|fanfiction]] community probably did much to popularise the term.
*** Even less welcome are Kuno's glompings of Akane and the Pigtailed Girl, sometimes simultaneously. He invariably receives a [[Megaton Punch]] in reply.
*** Shampoo also brainwashes Akane into glomping Ryoga during the "waterproof soap" episode in the manga, leading the poor guy to believe she reciprocates his [[Stalker with a Crush|strong romantic feelings]] for her. He then starts [[And Call Him George|openly expressing those feelings]] even though he [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]. By the time it's blown over, Akane has decided that that "Whoever takes the job of Ryoga's girlfriend will have to be made of sterner stuff than me."
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