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This is an audience reaction to works that are strongly [[Lighter and Softer|attempting to be kid-friendly]]
Keep in mind that [[Tropes Are Not Bad|extremely over-the-top lightness is not necessarily a bad thing]]. With proper usage, it may result in an enjoyable series wherein the cuteness is there as, essentially, an afterthought. It's when it consumes the entire series, when it puts being adorable ahead of things like actual plots or likeable characters, that it becomes a problem.
Not to be confused with [[Sugar Bowl]] settings in general, as this is an Audience Reaction trope. Use caution when mixing with [[Gorn]] and [[Crapsack World]] as [[Grotesque Cute
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* ''[[A Little Snow Fairy Sugar]]''... the epitome of overly-cutesy [[Moe Moe]] if there ever was one.
** Note that the word "sugar" is right there in the name, as is "fairy". That might actually count as a [[Lampshade Hanging]].
* In ''[[Lucky Star]]'', Konata's little cousin [[Ill Girl|Yutaka]] qualifies. From the first moment you see her, she rots your
** Hell, the entire series
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' was like this before the plot showed up five or so episodes in. And then again at several points through the whole series. But special mention should be made of the Vivid manga which takes it [[Up to Eleven]].
* Aqua, a minor villain from ''[[MAR]]'', was so sickenly adorable that she was {{spoiler|''[[Kill the Cutie|killed by one of her own allies]]''.}}
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* The classic animated films of Disney (Like Bambi) have been accused of this, despite the [[Family-Unfriendly Violence]] sequences.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08NzDB_i3bw first three minutes] of ''[[Enchanted]]'' was a parody of things that taste like diabetes.
* ''[[High School Musical]]'' Note that it is still ''so popular''
* ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'''s sequel, ''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid''. Specifically, any scene with Wayne Szalinski and his two-year-old son Adam, the titular kid. An example, where Wayne makes his voice squeaky to portray Big Bunny at Adam's bedtime:
{{quote|'''Wayne''': ''(holding a stuffed bunny toy)'' You know what I was thinking, Big Bunny?
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** Then there's the singing ring...
* Parodied in the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "The Soup Nazi". George and Elaine are disgusted by the sappy nicknames Jerry and his [[Girl of the Week]] constantly call each other. So George decides to strike back by doing the same thing with Susan. [[Hoist by His Own Petard|But the plan works too well, and Susan starts babbling like a two-year-old]].
** Also from ''Seinfeld'', a surprisingly straight example; for a show centered on four cynical [[Jerkass
* The [[MTV]] Miley Cyrus New Year's Special ''A Miley-Sized Surprise'': The Veronicas dressed up as fairies, a high-pitched sugary voice reading horrible poetry with the most [[Totally Radical]] [[Painful Rhyme
* Connie Talbot from ''Britain's Got Talent''.
* In later episodes of ''[[Family Ties]]'' we get little Andrew Keaton, the youngest of the 4 Keaton children. It even affects the politics-obsessed Alex P. Keaton
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* Japanese idols. [[Kawaisa]] and [[Moe]] to the max.
** Of special note is Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Song titles include [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoK8DaJRDaM CANDY CANDY], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g PONPONPON] (Pop Pop Pop) and CHERRY BON-BON.
*** If you like [[Cute Shotaro Boy
** [[Koda Kumi]] takes this trope on frequently when she feels like ditching her sexy image. Songs like Koi no Tsubomi, Birthday Eve, Stay, Joyful, Wonderland, Melting, Bambi, Twinkle, KAMEN... if the songs don't sound too cutesy, don't worry! The accompanying PVs will turn your blood to molasses.
* The song "Honey," sung by Bobby Goldsboro. It got a lot of votes in [[Dave Barry|Dave Barry's]] Worst Song Ever poll because, as one person put it, "Bobby never caught on that he could have drilled a hole in himself and poured the sap out."
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** Put it to an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGsy-NeEGzA adorable AMV] to make it a WMD (Weapon of Mass D'awww.)
* "Sugar, Sugar" from ''The Archies''- aka the poster child for sweet 60s pop music.
** ... which produces a completely different picture if you assume that "Sugar" and "Honey" are [[Unusual Euphemism
* Donna Lewis' ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z770wk3vunw I Love You Always Forever]''. ''especially'' the chorus. If you can hack that one, though, you're set.
** And another of her songs, ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUOcSoHBcJA Mother]''.
* Doubling as an [[Ear Worm]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSvOowL7rkU Moji Pittan.] Even more so if you understand the lyrics. It's a lot better with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rle2zmmMzS0 Angry German Kid] treatment.
* [[Michael Jackson]] could be ''awful'' about this when he was trying to be heartwarming and/or tearjerking: "Someone in the Dark", "Gone Too Soon", "Heal the World", "Childhood", and "The Lost Children" (the first is from the ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial Storybook Album]]'', on which his overemoted narration ladled syrup all over a film that largely avoided this trope). After his death, the sentimentality of him and his fans was turned [[Up to Eleven]], as the video for the posthumous single [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oCCnxBos10 "Hold My Hand"] (with Akon)
** Don't forget "Will You Be There", in which he delivers a maudlin, sobbing monologue.
* Dear Lord, [[Justin Bieber]]. Only ''he'' can make a 16 year old male sound and look like a 10 year old girl. Pairing him with rappers only makes it worse.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YriPIujLtsA Long Haired Lover from Liverpool] by Jimmy Osmond. (Yes, an ''Osmond.)'' Dear God, it makes a lot of the other songs here look macho.
* Most anything by Math The Band, a Nintendocore duo. I believe "saccharine" is the operative word.
* ''How Much is that Doggie in the Window?''
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-ejCD6ZR0U "Dear Mr. Jesus"] by Power Source, is a hideously overwrought Christian pop/rock song about the evils of child abuse, sung by a six-year-old girl, and it somehow made it to #61 on the Billboard charts.
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* ''[[Eversion]]''. {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Wait]], '''[[Crap Saccharine World|NO!]]'''}}
* ''[[Loco Roco]]''. Wait, what?
* ''[[Touhou]]'' fan art often tries to underscore the Moe when they aren't trying to underscore the sexy. Some artists simply know no moderation. Espescially vulnerable (to both, actually) are [http://img42.imageshack.us/i/1200266592883.png/ Remilia and Flandre], who, being [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire
** Not to mention the fandom's portrayal of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7wUNYsM-bI Tewi] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jip6DJC7qZA CHEEEEEEEEEN!], despite both of them being devious and mischievous - much like [[The Fair Folk|fairies]] and other low-level [[Youkai]] - [[Word of God|according to ZUN]]. Also, although [[Cute Ghost Girl|Yuyuko]] is generally a tolerable level of cute (despite appearing as a fully grown woman who has been around for at least a millenium), in ''[[Life of Maid]]'' she has enough enough cuteness to use it as a weapon.
** This Trope is also both played straight and subverted with the Yukkuris: small, character-sembled heads filled with various foodstuffs. The cuteness is possibly intended for self-defense to try to prevent others from hurting them, [[Humans Are Bastards|except it]] [[Gorn|doesn't work]].
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* This trope has been played straight, exaggerated, lampshaded, parodied, deconstructed, exploited, and who knows what else in the ''[[Ar tonelico]]'' series. Saki from ''[[Ar Tonelico 3]]'' even has an attack that turns enemies (including people) into ''cake''.
* [[Bubble Bobble]] and [[Rainbow Islands]] are teeming with [[Kawaisa]]. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in world 4 of [[Rainbow Islands]], where all of the enemies are toys and it has even brighter colors than the other worlds.
* A literal version in [[The Several Journeys of Reemus]]
* In contrast to the somber [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moy2gSOgFvU Tragic Marionette] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdtJj5hwDGc Sinful Rose's Fragrance] that play of the [[Game Over
* In ''[[Rod Land]]'', absolutely everything is cute, from the characters, to the bosses, to the surrounding environment.
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* The [http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/903 Disgustingly Adorable] pool on Danbooru is dedicated to this sort of stuff.
{{quote|"Pictures that invoke so much adoration that they cause near physical harm to occur. This is far above the level of just cute. Pictures that are HHHNNNGGGGG worthy."}}
** There's also a [[Tsukihime|"so moe i'm gonna die!"]] tag, used for images of characters taking physical damage (often in the form of [[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWZxcAeSoVI The Snuggle Bunny.] So painfully cute it's almost an insult to actual rabbits.
* [[Sugar Wiki]].
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Duckman]]''. Duckman's two teddy bear assistants' Fluffy and Uranus sweeter-than-sweet behavior often results in Duckman ''literally'' pulling the stuffing out of them in the most violent way possible.
* Awww... wook at [http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/bios/babydoll/09.jpg Baby] [http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/bios/babydoll/08.jpg Doll] (''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''). Of course, she's [[Older Than They Look|really a thirty-year-old]] [[:Category:Yandere
* The ''[[Care Bears]]'' have a reputation for this (it's what "The Dummi Bears", a [[Show Within a Show]] on ''[[Rugrats]]'', was inspired by) - and they ''are'' a group of pastel-colored teddy bears, but the extent of its
** Though the overbearing cuteness in the first two movies are thankfully eclipsed by the films' ''darker'' undertones which, like any series or movie with a [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]] position, pretty much kill off any chance of it being ''completely'' saccharine. Plus, in retrospect, the so-called saccharine scenes in the first two movies and the original TV series are nothing compared to the Care Bears movies and TV series of today, as well as some other kids' franchises, to say the least.
* ''[[Dinosaur Train]]''. Cute neon-colored child dinosaurs explore the friendliest possible universe where all species across all eras have non-stop fun. Even children deserve better than this.
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** Well, it is a show about babies, so the entire show could be considered this.
* The direct-to-video and DVD ''[[Recess]]'' special "All Growed Down", with the main six as kindergarteners.
* The Land Of Dreams in ''[[The Dreamstone]]'' is a surprisingly undiluted in this regard, especially with the Noops, Rufus and Amberley (this only worsened in later episodes, [[Flanderization|which dissintegrated what few obnoxious traits they initially had]]). Possibly played deliberately as they were to some extent [[Hero Antagonist
* Ed Otter from ''[[Brandy and Mr. Whiskers]]'' when he tells that Dougie the turtle story: "It was a misty morning in the amazon, much like today, and Dougie the turtle was wondering why his shell was so hard while his heart was so soft. Oh whiskers, you had never seen colors so bright and pretty. Dougie knew right away that this was a very special cesspool. And so the happy magic piggies laughed and danced and played until the wee-wee hours of the morning. The end!"
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcOS-4vAUk Melissa] from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''.
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