History Main / CutenessOverload

** [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdkdpZlBNPHPz_UphJpKgFw The episode]] for [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E18MaudPie "Maud Pie"]] is done as a collab with Ink Rose, who winds up on the receiving end of this trope near the end after learning that Maud loves Pinkie so much, [[spoiler:she never threw away the rock candy necklaces Pinkie made her despite not liking candy.]]

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdkdpZlBNPHPz_UphJpKgFw Silver Quill's]] MLP: After The Fact series, the episode for {{Recap/Maud Pie}} is done as a collab with Ink Rose, who winds up on the receiving end of this trope near the end after learning that Maud loves Pinkie so much, [[spoiler: she never threw away the rock candy necklaces Pinkie made her despite not liking candy.]]
-->'''Ink Rose:'''(after something apparently explodes inside her head) Damn! I think my [[ThingOMeter Daww-Meter]] exploded. Well, guess I can never react to cuteness again. Can you do anything Doctor Silver?
-->'''Silver Quill:'''(now in a doctor's outfit and holding a clipboard) Let's run a test: What is your reaction to this image?
-->''(Said image is a picture of Derpy hugging Dinky inside Sugarcube Corner)''
-->'''Ink Rose:''' Gah! It's too much! *dies*
-->'''Silver Quill:''' Dang it! [[CrossesTheLineTwice This is why I can never get a medical license.]]
** Silver isn't immune either. After showing a heartwarming clip from the [[Recap/ForWhomTheSweetieBelleToils next episode]]
-->'''Silver Quill:'''[[HollywoodHeartAttack (clutching his chest)]]Hng! I'm going down. *dies, then reappears as a ghost immediately after* Man, we're dropping like flies today.

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* Happens frequently in ''{{K-ON}}'' ([[{{Moe}} what a shocker]]), such as the "Azunyan Incident".

* In any ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' game that features [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Bonta-kun]], everyone thinks it's the cutest thing they've ever seen in their lives. This also applies to villains who are pissed off at the fact that they find it cute. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Rau Le Creuset]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgement'' and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Gadlight Meonsam]] are just two examples.

* Krista from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' gets this reaction from ''any'' guy she is nice to (and even [[LesYay Ymir]] to an extent).

* Bokkun from ''Anime/SonicX'' [[spoiler:especially with the addition of his being in love with Cream]].

* Sakaki of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' frequently experiences this with imagined cuteness, often involving cats, ("Kitty paddle..." as in the cat version of dog paddling), Chiyo ("Ribbons..."), or a combination of the two. The sight of her holding her head and jittering occasionally elicits concern from Osaka... or alarm from Kaorin.
-->'''Imagined Chiyo [''in a cat costume]'':''' I'm a kitty cat!
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5JiRa4LqLU PENGUIN CHIYO]]. She will cause this reaction to occur in anyone who sees her, except [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Osaka]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1m2_3bCUCk And now, the Internet has found a way to increase it.]]

* In ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', the Puuchuus are darling little teddy-bear critters; their main strength is their ability to enchant nearly everyone with their cuteness. Too bad they go severely [[{{Gonk}} Gonk]] when injured ...
* In ''Manga/LoveSoLife'' the twins, Aoi and Akane, manage to shut down Shiharu, an experienced childcare worker, with their antics on a fairly regular basis.
* When Sharo from GochuumonWaUsagiDesuKa sees her crush Rize trying on a junior high uniform, something inside breaks, leaving her sitting on the floor moaning for an unknown length of time (long enough for the uniform's owner to take a bath and come back).
* In BokuraWaMinnaKawaisou, hero Usa has several moments like this with his personal crush Rin.
* ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'': Henrietta suffers a CutenessOverload due to the pajama party, thus GivingUpTheGhost.

* In the ''Metal Gear Online'' portion of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'', [[DistractedByTheSexy Playboy Magazines]] were taken out in favor of super-adorable wolf pup plushies. Walk too close to one, and your character will walk to it, kneel down, and stare at its cuteness for some time, leaving you completely open to an enemy attack.

Recently, there is also a new slang term with similar traits, [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Moebetes moebetes]], formed from the words {{Moe}} and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes diabetes]]. This is more for anime and/or manga where the audiences are exposed to such great amounts of moe cuteness that they end up with constantly high moe levels, similar to how a diabetic has high blood sugar.

Recently, there is also new slang term with similar traits, [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Moebetes moebetes]], formed from the words {{Moe}} and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes diabetes]]. This is more for anime and/or manga where the audiences are exposed to such great amounts of moe cuteness that they end up with constantly high moe levels, similar to how a diabetic has high blood sugar.

Not to be confused with CutenessProximity (in fact, that one functions more as a subtrope), since this describes the ''state'' the character is in, whereas Cuteness Proximity requires the character suffering from the effects of Cuteness Overload to be within a particular distance from the cute thing — and often the cute thing in question must be a physical being or object. However, the former can obviously result in the latter, and the two tropes often do overlap. It may also result in ImTakingHerHomeWithMe

* Cecil from ''{{Welcome to Night Vale}}'' suffers from this in the episode "Visitor" after discovering a small, unidentifiable furry creature has wandered into the studio. He spends about half the episode gushing over how adorable it is. He really overloads whenever it makes noise (which he described as "a mouse squeak, mixed with a bike horn, mixed with a sincere question about love"), or when it hugs his leg, and is completely willing to adopt it as a pet like he did with Khoshekh, the cat hovering at a fixed point in the men's bathroom. [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit That didn't]] [[DownerEnding work out so well for Cecil or Khoshekh...]]]]

* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]] (who can sometimes induce this effect herself on fans and to-be-fans) gets sent an image of a [[{{Pokemon}} Joltick]] on her [[Blog/ReadingRainbowverse blog]] and reacts this way. Twice.

* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]] (who can sometimes induce this herself on fans) gets sent an image of a [[{{Pokemon}} Joltick]] on her [[Blog/ReadingRainbowverse blog]] and reacts this way. Twice.

** In its SpinOff ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] knows fully well that his [[OwlBeDamned owl]] form has this effect on people and [[InvokedTrope takes advantage of it shamelessly]].

* [[WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}} "I'm allergic to adorableness!"]] (hit by a kitten) "Aww." [[spoiler:Cut to a gravestone.]]

* KristenBell thinks tree sloths are so adorable that just the possibility of meeting one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jw3T3Jy70 makes her cry hysterically.]]

** Likewise, princess Luna also has a habit of [[http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/art/metal-gear-woona-boss-fight-253198652 causing]] [[http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/b63ed40a26ff20fafc08e2c1fa4b3d02/175167%20-%20artist%3Ajohn_joseco%20ask_molestia%20guard_pony%20heart_attack%20luna.png heartattacks]].

* Krista from AttackOnTitan gets this reaction from ''any'' guy she is nice to.