History Main / CareBearStare

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->"''Look, kid, do you ''really'' think we're going to save the universe with the power of love?''"
-->-- ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}} Melira]]''

-> "''Look, kid, do you ''really'' think we're going to save the universe with the power of love?''"
--> -- ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}} Melira]]''

* Basically SG-1's entire strategy in ''Film/TheArkOfTruth''. By opening [[SealedGoodInACan the Ark]] in the presence of an Ori Prior, the team intends to [[PsychicLink reveal]] the [[GodGuise true nature]] of the Ori to the entire priesthood, depriving Adria of the faith and belief that powers her abilities.

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* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Maka matches soul wavelengths with Crona to confront [[AmbiguousGender hir]] [[spoiler:leading to them appearing to each other as children, with Maka erasing the border in the sand Crona put around hirself. When we go back to the real world it seems to just make Crona crazier, but then Maka finishes the job with a regular CooldownHug.]]

* The trope namer is the WesternAnimation/{{Care Bears|1980s}}. Originally conceived as a powerful weapon against the bad guys, ''Adventures in Care-A-Lot'' introduced the notion that it could also be used to heal and cheer up sad Franchise/CareBears and kids. It isn't used nearly as often in ''[[WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot Welcome to Care-a-Lot]]''. Through the first fifteen or so episodes, it was only seen once and was used by the bears to simmer down a bully, forcing her to stop bullying another girl and actually talk about the feelings of jealousy she had which led to the bullying in the first place.

[[TropeNamer Named]] for the "attack" used by the ''Franchise/CareBears'', naturally. The SpaceWhaleAesop being: "Don't [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] with a teddy bear born with a rainbow-laser cannon in its chest."

--> -- ''[[MemeticMutation Internet proverb]]

* After you beat Red Faction: Armageddon, you get access to a new gun, a unicorn that shoots a rainbow beam out of its ass, complete with farting noises. I shit you not.

->''"Kids today are spoiled with punches to the face and flying kicks, but in the '80s cartoon action heroes weren't allowed to commit any direct violence. So how did they fight? Well, the two most common forms of combat were mind rays and passionate embraces."''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-super-friends-villains-that-didnt-give-4023252A 6 Super-Friends Villains That Didn't Give a Shit]]"

* Something similar is used in ''Literature/TheWishList'', also by Eoin Colfer. Apparently, whenever an act of perfect good is performed, it sets off an explosion in the spiritual plane that leaves ghosts unaffected, but has the same effect as a nuclear bomb on demons, and it leaves a nice scent around them when they end up splattered back in Hell.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'', they do a parody of the ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' film. In the film, there is a scene where Damodar does MindRape of the captive Marina Pretensa. In the Nodwick comic, Damodar attempts this on the captive Piffany, the LawfulGood cleric who is [[ThePollyanna all about gumdrops, rainbows, and kittens]]. Her mind is too happy and cheerful for Damodar to take, and he begs her to just take the treasure map and go. (See it [[http://comic.nodwick.com/?comic=2003-10-02 here.]])

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* Love bombing. This practice is frequently used by cult members on potential recruits. The cult focuses on showing up as affable, joyful, giving, and attentive, with the intent to convince the "bombed" one into joining the cult. (See http://www.rationalrevelation.com/tr/lovebomb.html )
* Studies have shown that humans who have animals in their lives have lower stress levels.
* Film/TheMenWhoStareAtGoats claims that a number of U.S. military personnel were involved in trying to create a military unit too cute and cuddly for enemies to shoot. Standard field issue would include cute animals and flowers, and soldiers would learn how to project positive thoughts at the enemy. The theory was (as far as we know) never put into practice in actual combat situations -- and would almost certainly not have been effective, since most modern warfare is done with neither side seeing the other without electronic aid, and what is cute and cuddly in one culture will almost certainly squick or just confuse those from another.
* Let's remind ourselves that there's an actual freakin' martial art whose main goal is to inflict pain on the evildoer out of gentleness...it's called '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} judo.]]'''
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* In ''Webcomic/DevilBear'' The "Care Bear Stare" is referred to as a [[http://www.thedevilbear.com/?p=72 "Virtue Bear Condenscending Glare".]] It is a rainbow attack that incites love, serenity, and altruism.
** BlandNameProduct to avoid AG's lawyers biting them, much?
*** Or an intentional parody? Given that it comes from the Virtue Bear's butts in the form of [[{{Fartillery}} a fart,]] probably the latter.

** Admittedly, the Jaeger giving that review was being violently beaten with a wrench while drinking it. (Don't worry, he deserved it).
** She did say she could "fix that" after seeing the initial euphoria, so while the Spark could be resistant, she could also have toned it down....

* Expoilted by a villain in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', by [[spoiler:Mukuro's father, who had used her as a sex toy since birth, and threw her out after she had thrown acid on herself to make herself less appealing.]] The mind hug was implanted into her at a very young age, giving her conflicting feelings of joy and happiness with her father whenever there were thoughts of death and revenge. This left him safe from her but unprepared for Hiei's attack, who took this situation and made her a "sweet" birthday present, if we read "sweet" to mean "thoughtful, but still some pretty damn creepy." They're {{youkai}}, so it works.

---> '''Itsuki''': It sounds like someone's getting serious about this game.

* Another manga example: In ''Manga/KareKano'' volume 16, Rika and Tsubasa [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kare_kano/v16/c077/11.html Care Bear Stare]] [[spoiler: Arima's [[EvilMatriarch horrid biological mother]]]] into submission.

* The effects of Agatha Heterodyne's "perfect" coffee in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. Except on other [[MadScientist Sparks]] who are more overall resistant than normal people, and Jaegermonsters, for whom it's just Verra Gud Coffee, Vit A Nize Kick.
** Admittedly, the Jaeger giving that review was being violently beaten with a wrench while drinking it. (Don't worry, he deserved it)

* Maguro from ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' frequently uses her telepathic powers to share zen thoughts when an antagonist needs to calm down. In one instance, she used this on her own team mates to make them follow a course of action that they did not agree with.

** There exists a race of [[CardCarryingVillain self-proclaimed evil]] aliens whose weaknesses include chocolate, flowers, and hugs. In fact, there was an episode where a [[KillerRabbit Care Bear-eque army of creatures]] invades their planet through the use of cereal boxes and the evil aliens are unable to do anything because the power of Cute exhibited by these creatures is too strong. [[spoiler:Until they learn they taste like manure, said aliens' most loved delicacy, at which point they proceed to eat them.]]
** A greater example is shown in "Wishology" as [[spoiler: the Darkness is defeated by blasting it with a celestial smile, turning it into the Kindness]].

** In "The Return of Harmony: Part 2", in the climax, after Twilight [[spoiler:shakes off Discord's influence when she's reminded of how much her friendship with the other five means to her]], she goes around using a spell to snap [[spoiler:her other five friends]] out of Discord's control. It consists of her [[spoiler:playing back memories of who they really are, and what they mean to each other, and the happy thoughts override the HatePlague that Discord put each of them through]], bringing them back to normal.

** Played straight in "The Crystal Empire", wherein Cadance's magical barrier of love and happiness is impossible for the evil [[EvilOverlord King]] [[DarkIsEvil Sombra]] to enter without getting disintegrated. [[spoiler:It is the positive emotions of every pony in the Crystal Empire, amplified via [[MacGuffin Crystal Heart]], that ultimately destroy him. Not seal him or purify him or anything. ''[[KilledOffForReal Destroy him]]''.]]

** Taken UpToEleven in ''The Beginning of the End'' when the Mane Six unite and, with ThePowerOfFriendship and {{Heart|IsAnAwesomePower}}, they charge up and defeat King Sombra... by [[KilledOffForReal outright killing him]] with a blast of friendship-powered energy that [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/2004578 graphically blows him to pieces on-screen]]. One could call it [[IncrediblyLamePun Friendly Fire]].

* Deconstructed in ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' when Muscle Man babysits his girlfriend's little sister by watching a Huggstables marathon with her; they ''murder'' bad guys by literally hugging them out of existence. This traumatizes a middle-aged man into endless nightmares about being erased from reality by love and positivism.

* In ''Tabletopgame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Emotion spell in "Happiness" mode makes victims unwilling to attack without an extreme provocation.
* The ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card "[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=129667 Pacifism]]" essentially disables opponent creatures by making them too peaceful to attack or block.

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* In ''Webcomic/DevilBear'' The "Care Bear Stare" is referred to as a [[http://www.thedevilbear.com/?p=72 "Virtue Bear Condenscending Glare]]". It is a rainbow attack that incites love, serenity, and altruism.

*** Or an intentional parody? Given that it comes from the Virtue Bear's butts in the form of [[{{Fartillery}} a fart]], probably the latter.
* Inverted in an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/146/ strip]]; this "Care Bear Stare" is an energy blast that knocks the target down, and the black hat is a long-established identifier of the strip's "{{Jerkass}}" character. WordOfGod says that he got this power from ''[[MadeFromRealGirlScouts eating Care Bears]]''.

* Let's remind ourselves that there's an actual freakin' martial art which main goal is to inflict pain on the evil-doer out of gentleness... it's called '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} JUDO]]'''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Princess Star wields SuperCuteSuperpowers through her magic wand. Her magic is an ImaginationBasedSuperpower, so it takes the form of the things that occupy her GenkiGirl mind: hearts, rainbows, puppies and whimsical imaginary friends.

* Tsutomu to Nataru in ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty Decode'' 02.