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[[File:there_she_is_sign1.png|frame|The [[Rules of the Road|signs that appear everywhere]] throughout the series, hinting that the romance in question may meet with some obstacles.]]
'''''[http://www.sambakza.net/works_tsi/tsi_main.html There she is!!]''''' is a five episode [[Web Animation]] series by Amalloc of the Korean web animation team [http://www.sambakza.net SamBakZa].
The series is drawn in the Korean [[Manhwa]] style, done without dialogue to K-Pop music. It's about Doki. a girl rabbit who meets up with Nabi, a boy cat, and falls in love with him, much to his initial dismay.
'''The first episode''', "[
'''The second episode''', "[
'''The third episode''', "[
'''The fourth episode''', "[
'''The fifth and final episode''', "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130927235046/http://www.sambakza.net/works_tsi/tsi_movie/tsi_step5.html Imagine]", begins with Doki leaving to go to Paradise on her own, having only texted Nabi to tell him goodbye. He tries to get her on the phone, but she already threw hers away. Thus begins his race to catch her before she walks out of his life forever.
The sheer emotional impact and cuteness of its art, plot, and message can not be adequately explained with words. Having taken five years to complete, ''There she is!!'' is still considered one of the best flash series on the internet and is a must-see.
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* [[An Aesop]] - Anyone can love anybody. [[Word of God|More specifically]], it's okay for Japanese and Koreans to be in love, although the story can easily be applied to any "abnormal" romance <ref>Like [[Ho Yay|same sex]]</ref>, [[May-December Romance|huge age difference]], things like that. [[Interspecies Romance]] is frowned upon when a human is involved in [[Real Life]], however...
** In addition, it's better to try to make the world you live in a better place than running away to somewhere else.
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* [[All Love Is Unrequited]] - Subverted. Nabi spends the entirety of Step 1 running from Doki, only to find himself unexpectedly returning her affection in the last shot of the episode. However, he still thinks it's a bad idea and tries to hide that.
** And played straight. Il-ho of the Jjinta Set loves Doki but she has eyes only for Nabi.
** Also with the Gray Rabbit, seen several times to be chasing after Hana, the band manager friend of Nabi and Doki's.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Half of the character info is [[Shaped Like Itself|on the character page]], since it can't be properly conveyed in a series without spoken lines.
* [[A Friend in Need]]: Oh so many in "Imagine", but the one-eyed Jjinta Set member's sliding off his motorcycle (injuring himself in the process) so Il-ho and Nabi can make the light is this combined with [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] with a side of [[True Companions]]. It might even have a dash of [[Heel Face Turn]], considering he's the one who misinformed Il-ho about Nabi in "Cake".
* [[Amusing Injuries]] - Nabi suffers an embarrassing amount of them.
* [[Arc Symbol]] - The yellow sign with the (/) symbol over a heart with a cat and bunny, indicating that this city does not support cat and rabbit romances.
* [[Attempted Rape]] - the [[Goldfish Poop Gang|Jjinta Set]] leader is under the mistaken impression Nabi is trying this on Doki, but he chastises his henchman when he sees Doki is actively pursuing Nabi.
* [[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn]] - the three male rabbits Nabi presents to Doki as an alternative boyfriend.
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* [[Bodyguard Crush]] - Slightly implied between Hana and Pizza.
* [[Break the Cutie]] - Seeing poor Doki hurt because of their love breaks Nabi.
** The combination of her hedgehog dying and thinking Nabi's abandoned her completely is similarly enough to break Doki.
* [[Book End]] - Both the first episode and the series open and close at the vending machines.
* [[Carrying a Cake]] - the whole plot of the second episode.
* [[Cell Phone]] - A good bit of texting and even carphone.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]] - The first three episodes are pretty light and comical, but the fourth episode... [[Break the Cutie|dear God...]]
** [[He's Back|Then the fifth mixes]] both.
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*** Bonus symbolism: The ribbons on the barren tree look a bit like the leaves it lacks. In one of the last scenes the tree sprouted leaves of the same colour.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: If you watch steps 3 and 4 back to back, you'll notice the window-breaking rock at the end of 3 is in the exact same position on the screen as 4 starts.
* [[Cross-Popping Veins]]
* [[Cute Little Fangs]] - Nabi has these in the beginning of Step 3.
* [[Death Glare]] - Terribly cute and innocent Doki does this when angered.
** Everyone gives this to the Jjintta Set when they dog-pile Nabi through the door, [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|causing him to drop the birthday cake]], in Step 2. Subverted as they're invited in as well.
* [[Deconstruction]] - Step 4 could very well be interpreted as a deconstruction of the first 2 steps in which the anti-interspecies romance issue was taken as something comical. In step 4, it's taken more like a real life taboo, with more realistic consequences.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - Obviously there are plenty of different interpretations for interracial relationships.
** "Paradise" is implied to be a place where bunny/cat relationships are accepted, and is written in English... America?
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]
* [[Easter Egg]] - By clicking on the Bulldog Mansion billboard (disabled since the original release when it led to the group's web page), and the fish flying in the moon, both in Step 2.
** Also, there is one at the beginning of Step three: before it starts, move your mouse to the top right corner for an alternate beginning
* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies]] - Half the city in which this series takes place is occupied by bunnies. Doki is the funniest and cutest, though.
* [[Excited Show Title!]] - doubly so.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]] - Hana, the band manager and friends with both Doki and Nabi.
* [[Fantastic Racism]] - Cats should only be romantically linked with their own kind, and the same is true for Bunnies. This prejudice is why Nabi ran from Doki and resisted his growing feelings for her.
** The whitebands (anti Cat/Bunny relations) are somewhat ironic, considering they're comprised of cats and bunnies working together '''TO SAY THAT CATS AND BUNNIES SHOULDN'T BE TOGETHER!'''
** [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - The series is often interpreted as a metaphor for relationships between Japanese and Koreans.
* [[Foe-Tossing Charge]] - Doki throws anyone and anything out of her way while chasing Nabi early in ''There she is!!''
** And another one involving Doki's pet rhino in Step 5.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: When Doki is in the hospital in Step 4, look quickly or else you'll miss it but the {{spoiler|tickets to Paradise}} can be seen underneath her hands.
** The rock-through-the-window at the end of episode 3.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]] - apparently the non-anthro animals of this world just love Doki, to the point where her pet hedgie jumped off her and put itself in between her and an angry mob, {{spoiler|at the cost of its life.}}
* [[Funny Animal]] - World populated by the same, as well as the non-talking kind.
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* [[The Glomp]] - Doki likes to does this to Nabi, to his (initial) chagrin.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] - Doki's when angry, and the eyes of the angry, prejudiced cat and bunny population of their city.
** Treated to a [[
* [[Goldfish Poop Gang]] - Subverted. The Jjinta Set is only a comedic, not terribly credible threat in "Cake Dance" and become wary friends with Nabi.
* [[Gratuitous English]] - "Wish your <s>love</s> cake delivered safely."
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* [[Gratuitous Spanish]] - In the song for episode 2. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro!
* [[Happy Ending]]
* [[Heart Symbol]] - all over the place, originating mostly from Doki. They seem able to turn solid, as Nabi is seen buried and conked on the head by them.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: The older rabbit that holds the Anti Cat+Rabbit Sign in Step 3, is later seen leading the Pro-Cat+Rabbit group in Step 4 and 5.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Doki's poor little hedgehog dies for his mistress.}}
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** The third appears in Step 4, when Nabi imagines the already injured Doki being [[Body Horror|beaten up even more]] due to their relationship.
** Another in Step 4 has Doki imagining what her and Nabi's life would have been like, had they gone to Paradise.
* [[Interspecies Romance]] - She's a bunny. He's a cat.
** [[They Fight Crime|They Fight Prejudice!]]
* [[Ironic Echo]] - done visually; in Step 1, Doki has several fantasies with a rosy border around the screen, and later Nabi has the same fantasies, but with him crying and with ''thorns'' as a border. And [http://halfsword.deviantart.com/art/There-She-Is-Dreams-come-true-106202763 this deviantArt] page illustrates the Final Step echoing some of the images from Step 1.
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* [[Maligned Mixed Marriage]]
* [[Meaningful Background Event]] - Blink and you'll miss it, but when Nabi shoves his way out of a crowd in Final Step, a bunny protester has a [[Crash Into Hello]] with a cat. From the sudden heart that appears, [[Love At First Sight|it looks like it's going places.]]
* [[Mood Motif]] - [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] of "Greensleeves" (credited as being called 'Greensleevs" in the credits...) plays at the beginning of Step 5.
* [[Mood Whiplash]] - Step 4... or more precisely, the very end of Step 3 which takes the series from lighthearted to ominous.
* [[Necktie Leash]] - played straight in step 4, except with a scarf instead of a necktie.
* [[No Animals Were Harmed]] - At the end of "Step 2: Cake Dance"
* [[No Name Given]] - Although there are a handful of recurring characters in the series, only a few of them have been given names [[All There in the Manual|who are only referenced in the characters page]].
* [[Nonchalant Dodge]] - Nabi is quite adept at dodging:
** He dodges the Jjinta Set in Step 2: Cake Dance
** ... and Doki's hearts in Step 3: Doki & Nabi
*** Interestingly enough, there is a set of hearts he doesn't dodge, and ends up getting buried.
** and Final Step: Imagine, Nabi pulls Doki out of the path of the [[Fantastic Racism|fantastic racists']] projectiles -- turning it into an impromptu ''dance''.
*** Which turns into [[Fridge Brilliance]] when you realize {{spoiler|that dance mirrors the daydreams Doki had in the first episode.}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: One of Nabi's most frequent facial expression, especially in the face of Doki's affections early on and the anti-[[Interspecies Romance]] mobs later on.
* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|Not only do they unintentionally spark a race war, they solve it with their love}}.
** {{spoiler|Quoting a review on [[This Very Wiki]], "it's not [[The Power of Love|love]] saving the day as some vague all-powerful force - it's characters acting *out* of love and choosing to face obstacles because of it."}}
* [[Race For Your Love]]: Not only does Nabi make a desperate rush to get to Doki before she gets on the plane, but all of his and Doki's friends and relatives help.
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: The pro-interspecies love movement attempts to make Nabi into the face of their movement. Nabi's not interested... he has no interest in being a symbol or leader, he just wants to be with Doki and left in peace.
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Doki's little hedgie is willing to fight for his mistress.
* [[Rules of the Road]]: The image for this page is the "no cat and bunny romance" sign that dominates the landscape of the city in which Nabi and Doki live.
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** [[Pokémon]]: There's a sequence in Step 3 wherein Nabi, still afraid of the anti-Cat and Bunny Romance prejudice, backs off from Doki during their date. She shows off she has ''ways'' of keeping him with her, including handcuffs, lariats, and a pokeball.
* [[Shrug of God]]: It's never made entirely clear whether Il-ho likes Doki, is just a friend, or her brother.
** It's explained, but only in Korean. As far as I can make out from the Google translation, he has a crush on her.
* [[Slow Motion Drop]] - in the intro of the first episode.
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]] - Doki, in step four. {{spoiler|Her hedgehog dies. Among other [[Break the Cutie|heartbreaking]] things.}}
* [[Stalker with a Crush]] - Doki, at first. She gets better, but only after {{spoiler|it becomes apparent that Nabi likes her back.}}
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]] - Well, more just protest signs. But the mobs are angry, to be sure.
** Angry enough to {{spoiler|beat up young Doki and, accidentally or not, kill one of her pets}}, anyway.
* [[Trampled Underfoot]] - Although it's not shown onscreen, this is the likeliest explanation for what happened to kill Doki's pet hedgie.
** [[He's Just Hiding|It's not dead, it's just healing up....]] [[Tear Jerker|*sniff* ]]
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* [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]] - Without this, the fate of the cake wouldn't have been such a [[Tear Jerker]].
* [[Tsundere]] - Doki is usually sweet to Nabi, but she has been known to shove his face full of carrots, or chop down trees to get to him, when she's not snuggling him aggressively.
** Not to mention getting quite violent on those rabbits Nabi tried to fix her up in Step 1.
** In Step 4, it was also quite clear that she was going to attack an interspecies romance opposer, albeit backing away when she saw that she was outnumbered.
* [[Vague Age]] - It's unclear just how old Doki and Nabi are supposed to be. They both seem to live alone, but their designs are noticeably shorter and more childlike than the more obviously adult characters.
** That said, ''Hotfish'' presents them as the analogues of a pair of senior highschoolers.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] - The bunny in Step 2 with the black shirt and sunglasses. You'd think someone who looks this cool would show up again. Is he Doki's father?
** He's actually part of a band that Doki and Nabi's manager friend owns. It's on the cast list.
*** According to Korean text on [http://www.sambakza.net/works_tsi/tsi_main.html http://www.sambakza.net/works_tsi/tsi_main.html], he was originally intended to be the leader of the protests in Step 4, but this idea was scrapped.
* [[Where It All Began]] - The series ends, full circle, at the vending machines where Nabi and Doki first met.
* [[Window Pain]] - Step 3: Nabi & Doki ends with a rock through a window. In Step 4: Paradise, we see it was Nabi's window... and [[It Got Worse|that there are more rocks]].
* [[Yandere]] - Doki starts as a fairly minor example of this: She does chase Nabi around the city and can't take "No" for an answer, but otherwise doesn't seem to be all that crazy or violent. Her love craziness reaches its apex midway to Step 3, only to vanish almost instantly afterwards, making her pretty much normal for the rest of the series.
** Blasting through entire crowds and actively knocking aside his suggested lapine "replacements" notwithstanding.
*** It doesn't really disappear, it just has its limits: like an entire mob.
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