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An artistic style in anime that is generally considered both "[[Kawaisa|cutesy]]" and humorous, in which a character is rendered in a shorter, rounder form somewhat resembling a caricature of themselves as a plump toddler.
Although most commonly used in parody or as part of promotional material, it can be found in some shows at points of extreme comedy/slapstick, or when characters are seen to be acting extremely "cute" or immature. This use of [[Artistic Age]] can mask the true age of characters, making forty somethings and fourteen year olds seem the same age.
Also known as "chibi" (Japanese for "small") in some circles, although not just confined to anime -- it's a very common form of [[Fan Art]]. Name any popular character, chibi exists of them. In fact, it's almost as common as [[Rule 34]].
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* The characters of ''[[High School Kimengumi]]'' spend almost half of their time in chibi form.
* Surprisingly prevalent in ''[[Gundam]]''. ''SD Gundam'' is a sub-franchise in and of itself with model kits, shows, and games. Some stories (like the comedy shorts and ''[[BB Senshi Sangokuden]]'') have the super-deformed mecha as characters who talk and interact with super-deformed human characters, while in others (like the ''[[SD Gundam G Generation]]'' games) the mecha are still piloted weapons as normal. Interestingly, the design of the super-deformed MS has evolved over time: in earlier works they had proportions like regular SD characters, while later works like ''[[SD Gundam Force]]'' and ''[[MS Saga]]'' use a less exaggerated version where the head and torso are large but the limbs are still detailed and jointed, making them more reasonable.
* ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'' occasionally has entire episodes devoted to showing the adventures of the super-deformed main characters in alternate universes. When the first of these gag episodes was shown just before a much-anticipated showdown, it cemented the show's reputation as one of the most bi-polar creations in all of anime.
* Ginji of ''[[GetBackers]]'' sometimes becomes super-deformed for extended periods of time, even when the rest of the characters are drawn normally. Other characters even comment on it in the manga.
* The ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' manga includes a few side stories called ''Petite Mew Mew'', set in a fantasy land and involving kid/chibi versions of the major characters playing in a kindergarten.
* Used ''heavily'' in ''[[Kare Kano]]''. The female lead spends at least half her time onscreen in this form.
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* ''[[ISO]]'', always with adorable and amusing results.
* Every so often, the characters in ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' are rendered like this.
* One issue of ''[[Justice League of America|Justice League]]'' had Superman perceive everyone like this.
** Not to mention (seemingly) the entire inhabitants of the 5th dimension.
* [[Batgirl|Stephanie Brown]] narrates history of the Batfamily to [[Justice Friends|Wendy]], complete with a chibi Darkseid.
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== Video Games ==
* Most games in the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series portray the mecha as being Super-Deformed in their battle animations. Characters, close-ups of the mecha in battle, and in the Original Generation animes, are shown at normal sizes and proportions. This is at least party done to hide [[Units Not to Scale|the immense scale differences between the various units]], given it is entirely possible to have a 12 meter tall Macross Battleroid backing up the 250 meter tall [[Gunbuster]]. This does, however, occasionally lead to odd consequences in attack animations. ''Super Robot Wars W'' finds a way to complicate thing even further, Not only having such things as as a seven-foot-tall [[Tekkaman Blade|Tekkaman]] lifting up a 300-meter-long Battleship one-handed and impaling it on their spear, but also things like the differences in size between the cyborg Renee in [[GaoGaiGar|KorRyu and AnRyu's]] attacks, and the [[Powered Armor]]-wearing heroes who are their own units.
** However, the style has become iconic with the series. One game, ''Shin [[Super Robot Wars]]'', used non-SD models for battle animations. Fans didn't really like it.
** But ''[[Super Robot Wars Gaiden]]'' used non-Super-Deformed models and it is seen as the best on the SNES. [[Scrappy Mechanic|Then again, that elevation and facing thing may have been an adequate distraction...]]
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** While the ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' and ''[[Crystal Chronicles]]'' spinoffs have so far kept this style, ''[[The Crystal Bearers]]'' uses a more realistic style.
** While ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' uses generally realistic proportions, the Tarutaru race's build is intentionally reminiscent of a super-deformed style.
** ''Theatrhythm Final Fantasy'' has all of the characters in smaller, cuter versions of their original designs.
* Almost the entire point of the ''[[Puzzle Fighter]]'' games.
* A special move (unique for each character) lets you turn your fighter into one of these in ''[[Samurai Shodown]] 2''.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IGPZflaBdM The framing device] of the ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' [[The Anime of the Game|mini-scenario]] from the ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～]]'' fanbox used chibi versions of Nanoha and the kitsune Kuon.
* A brief scene in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai]]'', when Rika gets mad at Hanyuu's fatalism and punishes her by eating spicy food and drinking alcohol. "Our senses are linked..."
** The [http://keikakudoori.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/hg141.jpg original] sound novel [http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4170/higurashioriginaldoujinqs3.jpg art] is chibi-like.
* "Super-Deformed" is the default art style of the main ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' series of games (1 through 10), and all the characters are deformed even further in ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]''.
* Half of the ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise, considered [[Lighter and Softer]] by the [[Broken Base]].
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* The "Teach Me, Miss Litchi!" segments of ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' are done in this style.
* In the [[Have a Nice Death|Tiger Dojo]] in ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', Taiga and Illya sometimes take chibi form. Any other characters in the Dojo always appear as chibi.
* ''[[Tales of Graces]]'' has this as apart of their groovy chats. During time to time, you'd see a mini cut-in photo of the characters in their chibi form. This is just for laughs.
* ''[[SD Snatcher]]'', an RPG adaptation of ''[[Snatcher]]'' with super-deformed characters and a slightly different storyline.
* ''Mighty Final Fight'' was obviously created because the NES couldn't handle the huge sprites of ''[[Final Fight]]'', but the [[Lighter and Softer]] characterization affirms the super-deformed aesthetic.
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