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* Any commercial by the Foundation for a Better Life.

* The aggressively adorable kids in the Welch's Grape Juice commercials.

* Parodied in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNtNYwHq8FM&feature=related this commercial] with "Sun Fizz"

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdRe_jtcqY&feature=relmfu Mel the Milkbar], a new granola-milk bar from Kraft. Adorable, huggable, and [[The Woobie|a MASSIVE woobie.]]

 

* [[Arina Tanemura]]'s works falls into this, possibly due to the art style. As for the stories...not so much. She does some pretty dark stuff before the happy endings including {{spoiler|a six-year-old boy committing suicide in front of his mother.}} Something like that definitely shouldn't [[Taste Like Diabetes]]. If anything, Tanemura is more like a Japanese female version of [[Don Bluth]] where she does some major [[Break the Cutie|breaking the cutie]] before they [[Earn Your Happy Ending|earn their happy endings]].

* The [[Wholesome Crossdresser|cross dressing]] toddler form of Italy, Chibitalia, from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''.

* Almost everything about ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', from the openings, to the way all types of love are presented as wholesome and pure, and obviously the [[Moe|title character herself]].

* The entirety, and especially the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq33dzbO840 opening sequence] of ''[[Chi's Sweet Home]]''.

* ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' with the Puchus, which are more like parodies of this trope, given the fact that when they are initially presented as being evil, and become considerably less cute when hit.

** They're also paralyzingly cute in-universe, with Nabeshin and Space Butler unable to resist the cuteness when they're trying to escape a Puchuu spaceship.

** [[Battle Couple|Sig and Izumi]] occasionally have [[Sickeningly Sweethearts|moments]] like these in which those nearby are literally pelted with hearts and flowers.

* ''[[Galaxy Angel (anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' is the example that has overused this trope and cut everything uncute out of the show, including the male protagonist.

* ''[[Hamtaro]]''.

* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''. You know, before all the killing.

** [[Verbal Tic|Mii]]...[[Most Wonderful Sound|Nipaa!]]

* ''[[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]].

* ''[[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]]''.}}

* ''[[Nanatsuiro Drops]]'' is so cute, that just watching 5 seconds of the opening will make your teeth fall out and your eyes pop of SO. MUCH. CUTENESS. Gah

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nee-ptoQ4E Oyayubihime Monogatari], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvg6WbZJyiQ its] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hH5HLvzqP0 American] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QoMh0DkXAI counterpart] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCxsu15QAwY EVEN] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5jhFA0lFQU MORE] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDd_6zyJwRQ SO], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIZuDbDI4nc HNNNN][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlDym8EURK8 NNNNNNN][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=221EHekXsQo GGGGGG!]

* Some [[Pokémon]], especially those belonging to the main characters of the [[Pokémon (anime)|anime]]. Granted, some of these start out cute and get progressively...less so, but there are some that stay adorable. Example: Igglybuff, Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff. Even their NAMES are cute!

*** That is, if Dawn isn't busy [[Stepford Smiler|having emo moments]].

** Most of the anime and movie endings are this as well. The most recent is the first ''Best Wishes'' ending, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DatuMyJR4Yk Kokoro no Fanfare]. It involves a ''Pokémon marching band.''

{{quote|"She's a little fish from the deep blue sea! / She's a little girl with a round tuh-mee!"}}

* ''[[Potemayo]]'', on the surface. Then you get to the ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' references, crossdressing and toilet humour (and [[Ho Yay]]) and you begin to wonder [[Widget Series|just what the hell you're watching]].

* Intentionally evoked for parody reasons throughout the ''[[Pretty Sammy]]'' series. Sammy's "Pretty Space" turns the area around her into a diabetic coma inducing place saturated by the color [[The Nostalgia Chick|piiiink]] and with hearts floating everywhere. This gets commented on by the other characters a few times.

* ''[[Serendipity the Pink Dragon]]'' is a sweet story of a boy and his pink, sappy-eyed sea monster. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbSIsDRiuTw Look no further than the theme song.] ''"My, what a wonderful world we'd have if we all could be... loving and caring! Giving and sharing! Like my friend Serendipity!"''

* ''[[Strawberry Panic!|Strawberry Panic]]'', to such levels that people tend to dismiss this show as [[Stealth Parody]].

** Bonus points for nearly every character being named after something sweet namely pastries.

* Any [[Magical Girl]] anime shows can have such a diabetes syndrome - notable examples include ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' and ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]''.

* Episode 8 of ''[[Carnival Phantasm]]'' has the scene with Saber giving Shirou a birthday present, the sweetness of the scene is enough to rot your teeth.

 

== Art ==

* The complete works of [http://www.maryengelbreit.com/ Mary Engelbreit].

** Even her name tastes like diabetes.

 

* [[Deadpool]] [[Lampshade Hanging|Hangs A Lampshade]] on this when reminiscing about {{spoiler|his ex-wife}}: "...all this 'I love you snookie pie' and 'you too honey lips face head mush mush'...go into diabetic shock just walking by the place."

** Which leads to fans thinking she's cuter in her [[Ugly Cute|true form]].

* Spoofed in the ''[[Batman]]''/''[[Judge Dredd]]'' crossover, where Scarecrow sprays Judge Death with his nightmare toxin, causing Judge Death to panic wildly over the sight of adorable ponies and cutesy little animals.

* The art of Bob Oksner. All his women, no matter how competent, kick-ass or super-powered, looked ''adorable''.

* [[Carl Barks]] found Christmas stories with [[An Aesop]] like this. Unfortunately, he was so good at it, that he got assignment after assignment.

 

{{quote|"Lilac, you're the most sickeningly sweet person ever to grace the planet, aren't you?" Lilac didn't seem to catch the insult, and just smiled broadly, apparently under the impression that her 'influence' had reached B as well.}}

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[August Rush]]''. And ''how.''

* Isn't [http://www.cdd4ever.com/Backlot03/CDDMSheets/DarlaMS01.gif Darla] from ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'' just the ''cutest'' thing? Subverted when she's [http://www.cdd4ever.com/Backlot03/ProdArt/sketches/DDimple1.jpg being] [[Enfante Terrible|evil.]]

* At the beginning of ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]'', when [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] plays the daddy of a fourteen year-old Alyssa Milano. They do all kind of sugary things, like playing in the pool, learning karate, and especially feeding a goddamned deer. Get to kicking the villain's ass, already!

* During the film ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'', the rescue of the [[Littlest Cancer Patient]].

* 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.

* ''[[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?

'''Adam''': Yeah?

'''Wayne''': Yeah. }}

* Parodied and lampshaded in ''[[The Naked Gun|The Naked Gun: 33 1/3 - The Final Insult]]'', when Frank and his wife are in a marriage counseling session, they devolve into baby-talking pet names, at which point the therapist states "Mr. and Mrs. Drebin, please - I'm a diabetic."

* ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]'': Mei, the 4-year-old girl who would often repeat the last thing her older sister Satsuki says.

* ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' is notorious for this, just because it didn't have the same [[Cerebus Syndrome]] as ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', but the Ewoks, of which exactly one dies, [[Rock Beats Laser|despite taking on bad guys who can blow up planets and only being primitive hunter-gatherers]], get the worst of it. And then there was an Ewok cartoon series afterward. This was the first time ''[[Star Wars]]'' was [[Ruined FOREVER]], but would not be the last.

* Being an adorable puppy voiced by five-year-old ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant Kaitlyn Maher made Tiny from ''Santa Buddies'' [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|ridiculously cute]]. To some, irritatingly so.

{{quote|"Lupita, no!"}}

* Parodied in the opening scenes of the film ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' about "[[Fake-Out Opening|The Littlest Elf]]".

* The movie adaptation of ''[[The Lorax (film)|The Lorax]]'' has shades of this. Examples include some of the woodland critters that the Once-ler meets (especially Pipsqueak) and some of the musical numbers like "Let It Grow", which really come across as sappy and unnecessary. However, the biggest offender has to be that little 3-year old girl that gets an entire verse to herself in "Let It Grow", and is basically just there for people in and outside of the movie to adore. UGH, if that doesn't qualify for this trope, I don't know what does.

* ''[[Happy Feet]]'' to a certain extent. An entire segment of it focuses on baby penguins learning to sing (and dance in Mumble's case), so you're bound to get at least some of this. However, the sequel takes it [[Up to Eleven]] in the form of even more of a focus on baby penguins. Then there's Mumble's son Erik, who takes the cuteness factor to absolutely ridiculous heights.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Many people react in this way to the over-the-top, frequent love scenes, love phrases and love acts in the ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' series.

* The late Dorothy Parker considered the [[Winnie the Pooh]] book ''The House At Pooh Corner'' to fall into this trope: "And it is that word 'hummy', my darlings, that marks the first place in ''The House at Pooh Corner'' at which Tonstant Weader Fwowed up."

{{quote|'''Susan''': Real children don't go hoppity-skip unless they are on drugs.}}

* [[Love Freak|Madeline Bassett]] in [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Jeeves and Wooster]] stories. Even Bertie Wooster, who's hardly the poster child for cynicism, finds her more than a bit much.

* The new dog book epidemic ([[The Dog Only A Family Could Love]], [[The Pup After Mertle]], [[Marley and Me]]), adorable stories of man's best friend are this.

** In the words of one reviewer from [[Entertainment Weekly]] - "Not to be callous, but I've had it! I'm sure Oogy and Pukka are great pooches, but their cloyingly cute books are enough to give you a case of canine diabetes."

 

* Lampshaded in ''[[Psych]]'' when Lassiter tries to win back his estranged wife with sugary-cutesy figurines and an equally nauseating card. When she rejects him, he takes the sugary-cutesy figurines down to the shooting range and happily blows each one away.

* ''[[Barney and Friends]]'', to anyone over the age of seven. Some of these folks become parents and the "purple freak" is forgiven as being a instant thirty minute babysitter.

** 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]].

* 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

* The Doctor's holographic family in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Real Life" start out like this, but B'Elanna tells him how unrealistic this is and he agrees to let her alter the programme to make it more realistic.

** She also invokes it by first saying, "I am stopping this before my blood sugar levels overload."

** [[Your Mileage May Vary]], but the 1981 episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' with Linda Ronstadt was arguably a low point. No offense to any Ronstadt fans out there, but she wasn't really the best choice for a guest host. After so many high-spirited and even brassy celebrities who could at the very least hold their own alongside the Muppets - Peter Sellers, Dom DeLuise, Raquel Welch, even Rudolf Nureyev for goodness's sakes (and when [[Russian Guy Suffers Most|a]] ''[[Russian Guy Suffers Most|Russian]]'' [[Russian Guy Suffers Most|can appear jollier than you]]!) - Ronstadt just seems so quiet and demure (and, with that idiotic little grin, like a [[Stepford Smiler]]) that she winds up dragging down the entire show. The Muppets try their best to compensate with their trademark subversive and even ghoulish humor, and Linda's first number, Roy Orbison's "Blue Bayou", is fine (although she performs it in [[Fetish Retardant|nineteenth-century "granny" underwear]] [[WTH Costuming Department|for some odd reason]]), but the finale, with her singing "When I Grow Too Old To Dream", is just too sentimentalized and pathetic to make anyone feel good, made all the worse by resident [[Jerkass]] Rizzo the Rat actually ''shedding tears'' as he listens to the song. But perhaps the worst part is that (''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' and the odd special notwithstanding) [[Downer Ending|this was one of the last episodes the Muppets ever did on network TV]].

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Adipose these], essentially ''living fat''.

*** See also, Fear Her. [[Narm|"Feel the love!"]]

** Some fans complain that the Tenth Doctor and Rose got like this.

* The end of the TV film of [[The Stand]]. King ended the book with a mix of light and dark,but the miniseries really turned up the sentimentality and happier stuff.

 

* In general, music falling under this trope (songs that make your teeth decay) is called "schmaltz."

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwbkklN0XQw Faster by Matt Natason.] One line, sung very sweetly and softly, is "You taste like sunlight and strawberry bubblegum."

* 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.

* 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."

** And this being Goldsboro, that's just for starters.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL871Wbi1oc Even without a video to accompany this, your blood will turn into syrup.]

** Then there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVtTNN8jJXU Neko Miko Reimu]...

** Then there's [[Dancing Theme|Hare Hare Yukai]]... [[Ear Worm]], anyone?

*** And even happier than the above, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERGGVE7HRfM this.]

** 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.

* 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.

** 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.

* [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.

* [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.

 

* ''[[Family Circus]]''. almost no one but 6-year-olds and grandmothers actually finds it anything but sickeningly sweet.

* ''[[Rose Is Rose]]''.

* ''[[Monty]]'' played with the trope, adding the alarmingly cute Giggles the Bear to the cast. The strip claims readership reached an all-time high, citing letters like "After reading today's 'Giggles' strip, I cut it out and cuddled it - signed, My Inner Child", and "When I saw your new character/product line 'Giggles,' I felt a peculiar stirring in my loins - signed, Comic Syndicate Executive.".

 

* Subverted again in [[Munchkin]] Fu with the monster card "Big Eyes, Small Mouse". Its description? 'Too cute to live. Your duty is clear'.

* Candyland.

 

* "She's in Love" from [[The Musical]] version of [[The Little Mermaid]]. Just...uughh.

 

== Toys ==

* [[My Little Pony]], [[Ear Worm|My Little Pony...]]

** The original series wasn't so sugary. In fact the pilot cartoon was a down-right [[Sugar Apocalypse]]. Around G3 is when it really started becoming this.

* Littlest Pet Shop. Those eyes are ''horrifying.''

* That darn [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6mxDIKnYs Squinkies commercial]. I cringe everytime I hear it.

 

* Parodied in ''[[Diablo III]]'' with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JeQzJC-vS40 Whimsyshire] as a [[Take That]] towards complaints about early screenshots being "too colorful".

* Parodied in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'':

** Iiti Kitty. During nearly all attacks, they state that it's an adorable monster. For a mummified cat trying to beat you senseless. Iiti is Ancient Egyptian for "Hello".

** Hell, "cute" was recently added as the sixth [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|element]], though nothing actually uses it. Yet.

** [[It Got Worse]]. You should see what they did to the ''Sims''...

* The entirety of ''[[Twinkle Star Sprites]]'' (a puzzle/shooter/fighting game) is about the same color and sweetness as a pack of Starbursts. Strangely, the game is highly enjoyable nevertheless.

* ''[[Eversion]]''. {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Wait]], '''[[Crap Saccharine World|NO!]]'''}}

* ''[[Loco Roco]]''. Wait, what?

** 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.

** Sukusuku Hakutaku, a cute and cuddly version of Ex-Keine's hakutaku form whose [[Cat Smile]] is [[Expy|rather reminiscent]] of [[Nyoron Churuya San|Churuya]].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmGYtnJiXVs Goddammit, NO ONE should be allowed to look this happy...]

* 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.

* In ''[[Rod Land]]'', absolutely everything is cute, from the characters, to the bosses, to the surrounding environment.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Vinci from ''[[Vinci and Arty]]''; consult your physician before attempting to read this webcomic. Occasionally [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] as the 24 year old '''male''' raccoon gets confused for a 10 year old boy or ''girl''.

* ''[[Chibi Mikusan]]''. Oh mother of god, the whole of you will be disintegrated at everyone's adorableness there.

* [http://xkcd.com/515/ This] ''[[Xkcd]]'' strip starts off appearing as a straight example, before diving into subversion so fast it'll set the air on fire.

* ''[[My Milk Toof]]'' even has a ridiculously adorable title!

** There's also Fa'Lina's [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_590.php slight cynicism towards the traditional happy ending.]

* Tiny Kitten Teeth, especially the Tigerbuttah strips. It's enough cute to make your brain reboot.

* ''[[Homestuck]]'' features the ever so lovable ''Squiddles''! You can even [http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=MSPA-SQUIDDLE-PRINT&Category_Code=MSPA-ART buy a poster]!

** An album of its [[Show Within a Show|hypothetical soundtrack]] has also been released, and it's just as sickeningly adorable. {{spoiler|Until you listen to the [[Last-Note Nightmare|final track...]]}}

** Then there's Nepeta, who exemplifies [[Badass Adorable]] with a particular strength on the latter.

* ''[[Slightly Damned]]'''s romance is cemented firmly in the diabetic range, which can grate against some of the less romanticly inclined chartacters.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Susan began physically choking after Elliot and Sarah started flirting in the same room as her.

** And then there's [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-28 this.] Justin's response two pages later sums up everything that can be said about that...

* Narbonic passed into this territory for a while. It was lampshaded by the characters wondering if they were disturbing the readers by being all cutesy and flirting all the time. They then remembered that they were evil, so the readers could suck it.

 

* At one point, the cast of ''[[The Funday Pawpet Show]]'' got annoyed with a handfull of channel dwellers who kept complaining that the show was getting too raunchy. In response they split one episode into two parts - First half was ''The Squeaky Clean Pawpet & Friends Show'' which fit this trope, followed immediatly by ''The Poink Show'' which allowed the naughty weasel to crank the raunch [[Up to Eleven]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0wEYtmmuFQ/ Cute Explosion.]

* The titular giant [[Killer Rabbit]] in ''Big Bunny'' gives his thoughts on the matter:

{{quote|Too many sweet things can make your brains ''sticky'' and '''''unpalatable'''''.}}

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIAoEbNR14o&feature=channel_page/ These puppies. GAZE UPON THE FUZZY]

** THEY'RE SO FLUFFFY IM GONNA DIEEE

* For fans of ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who]]'' there's [http://tw-babiez.livejournal.com/ Torchwood Babies].

* [http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/ This] PETA website. Admittedly, though, the concept of a fish with cat ears and a Fu Manchu beard is a mite disturbing. And then we have the [[Grotesque Cute|"Sea Kitten Stories"]] bit...

* The [[Touhou]] flashes made by takenoko exemplify this spectacularly, especially [http://dagobah.biz/flash/IOSYS_toho5_OyomeNiShinasai.swf this one]. '''Warning: you may die from''' '''[[Cuteness Overload]].'''

* 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."}}

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWZxcAeSoVI The Snuggle Bunny.] So painfully cute it's almost an insult to actual rabbits.

* [[Sugar Wiki]].

* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' tumblr [http://askfluttershyandpinkiepie.tumblr.com/ "Ask Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie"] is more or less pure saccharine, and even given that, Fluttershy's picture of Pinkie was [[Take Our Word for It|apparently]] cute enough to induce [[Cuteness Overload]] in the party pony.

 

* ''[[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]] [[Yandere|insane]] woman who merely [[The Fake Cutie|acts like a little girl]] thanks to her massive issues stemming from being a [[Former Child Star]] whose body never matured past childhood.

** 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.

* Lila, the "ever so" sickeningly sweet farm-girl from ''[[Hey Arnold!]]!'', and Olga at times.

** Therefore, the episode where Lila becomes Olga's "little sister" as part of a program is absolutely rife with this stuff.

** Somewhat ironically, Giggle Pies actually taste of manure when eaten themselves.

* The '[[Disney]] Universe' in ''[[Family Guy]]''. That is, until Mort Goldman the Jew shows up, prompting a reaction to the annoyingly persistant rumor of Walt Disney's anti-semitism.

* Molly Cunningham from ''[[Tale Spin]]''. Especially because they got a real little girl to voice her. Basically, every time she shows up on screen, expect the show to [[Anvilicious|shove her cuteness down your throat]]. [[Little Miss Snarker|She even calls HERSELF cute at one point, making her well aware of this trope]].

** [[Word of God]] says that Molly was written that way in ''[[Tale Spin]]'' essentially to offset her mother Rebecca's nagging tendencies towards Baloo, and bring out her softer and often [[Mama Bear|more protective]] sides.

* We have this line from ''[[Despicable Me]]'':

{{quote|'''Agnes:''' It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!}}

* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Lethal Inspection," we get [http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6196q7D251qa619oo1_400.jpg baby Bender.]

** Lampooned mercilessly in the episode "Love and Rocket", and summed up nicely by Lrrr (Ruler of Omicron Perseii 8):

*** And from the same episode, the Lovey Bears.

* Many of [[Chuck Jones]]'s pre-''Dove Boys'' shorts such as the Sniffles series. He revisited his earlier penchant for the cutesy in ''[[Feed the Kitty]].''

** Planet Cute returns in fellow [[Cosgrove Hall]] production ''[[Avenger Penguins]]'', where it is villain Caractacus P. Doom's worst nightmare.

* Certain scenes of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. Specifically, anything involving [[Genki Girl|Pinkie Pie]], [[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]], or [[Kid Appeal Character|Apple Bloom]]. The show does like to play with this trope: Fluttershy's bashfulness is a source of much humor on the show, while Apple Bloom's cuteness is counterbalanced by her forceful and outgoing personality, as seen in her overbearing sales pitch for the family apple stand in "Call of the Cutie". Meanwhile, [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pinkie]]... is [[Crazy Awesome|different]].

** The trope is subverted from the very first with the [[Title Sequence]] that initially begins with the usually treacly melody, until it explodes into a rock tune following the sequence's fast cutting making it clear that this incarnation is under new management.

* The later seasons of ''[[Rugrats]]'', particularly the ones with Dil and Kimi.

** 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.

* 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]]''.

* (usually) Subverted by Bubbles Utonium on ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. She can induce diabetes in one moment then kick as much ass as her sisters the next.

* ''[[Winx Club]]'' has the prison of Lightrock expose the inmates to great amounts of cuteness to bring them to reform. It got mixed results with the Trix: while in prison they swore to be even more evil once they were out, but when they were about to be brought back in two seasons after breaking out they were ''absolutely terrifies'' of being imprisoned there again.

 

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIl23eXv20 "A Google's Wish"] by StickFreeks.

* What do you get when you mix a cat with a duck? You get [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9ytQ83Bu8 Maneki Neko-Ducku, who makes everybody happy.]

* Daria McGrain's artwork mostly shows this trope, but that doesn't excuse the fact that nearly all of her artwork is definitely NSFW.

 

* The streetcar system in Würzburg, Germany has a chorus of little kids announcing the next stop. Downright creepy, not to mention rather difficult for non-native speakers to understand.

* One symptom of uncontrolled diabetes is excretion of glucose in the urine. Back before the development of analytical chemistry, the only way to diagnose the condition was... [[Squick|You guessed it - tasting.]]

 

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