History Main / LoveCanMakeYouGonk

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* Walky falls prey to this in ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'', gaining bug eyes, red cheeks and floaty hearts. He is accompanied by a bar showing [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/dexter/ his fall into buffoonery]].

He did it! [[AliceAndBob Bob finally asked Alice]], the prettiest girl in school, to the big dance. And she said yes! Just thinking about dancing with her makes his nostrils flare, lips curl, eye lids get puffy and eyes all squinty. While he's a little too happy to notice now, Bob is about to learn very important lesson in life we all have to learn at one time or another: '''Love Can Make You Gonk'''.

* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'' Takagi faces sometime turn in a weird grimace when his girlfriend Miyoshi do or say something nice, or when she compliment him. Funilly enough, Mashiro occasionally have [[ThreesomeSubtext the same reaction]] in theses moments.

Warning signs of a character about become {{Gonk}} with love include [[SayItWithHearts floating hearts]], [[JawDrop dislocated jaw bone]], profuse sweating, panting, [[NoodlePeople noodleing]], [[BlushSticker redness]] of [[LuminescentBlush the face]], and the heart attempting to escape their chest at high velocity. If you or a loved one have become gonk with love, do not be alarmed. These symptoms are often momentary and the affected individual will return to their usual artistic style soon. In extreme cases, it has been known to last for a [[HardWorkMontage full montage]], but will undo itself as the character becomes tired.

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* Sanji of ''Franchise/OnePiece'' is rather prone to this unfortunate condition, enough that even his new wanted poster (rather than the previous FacialCompositeFailure) has a picture of him in such a state, which he isn't too thrilled about.

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* In old Creator/TexAvery cartoons, men would often bug out and even [[AllMenArePerverts literally turn into wolves]] at the sight of an attractive woman.
* Starfire of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon is known to do this when coming across something too cute for words.

* Sanji of ''Franchise/OnePiece'' is rather prone to this unfortunate condition.

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* In ''[[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro Chan]]'', Sakura, the main protagonist gets all of the mentioned traits, and even snorts like an aroused stallion.

* Walky falls prey to this in ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'', gaining bug eyes, red cheeks and floaty hearts. He is accompanied by a bar showing [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/dexter/ his fall into buffoonery.]]

* A very mild PlotDevice in ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', as King thinks that Diane would prefer his human form, rather than his child-like faerie form.

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* In old Creator/TexAvery cartoons, men would often bug out and even [[AllMenArePerverts literally turn into wolves]] at the sight of an attractive woman.
* Starfire of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon is known to do this when coming across something too cute for words.

* In old Creator/TexAvery cartoons, men would often bug out and even [[{{AllMenArePerverts}} literally turn into wolves]] at the sight of an attractive woman.

* ''Film/TheMask'': This happens in a scene which pays homage to Creator/TexAvery.

He did it! [[AliceAndBob Bob finally asked Alice]], the prettiest girl in school, to the big dance. And she said yes! Just thinking about dancing with her makes his nostrils flare, lips curl, eye lids get puffy and eyes all squinty. While he's a little too happy to notice now, Bob is about to learn very important lesson in life we all have to learn at one time or another: LoveCanMakeYouGonk.


Warning signs of a character about become {{Gonk}} with love include [[{{SayItWithHearts}} floating hearts]], [[{{JawDrop}} dislocated jaw bone]], profuse sweating, panting, [[{{NoodlePeople}} noodleing]], [[{{BlushSticker}} redness of]] [[{{LuminescentBlush}} the face]], and the heart attempting to escape their chest at high velocity. If you or a loved one have become [[{{LoveCanMakeYouGonk}} gonk with love]], do not be alarmed. These symptoms are often momentary and the affected individual will return to their usual artistic style soon. In extreme cases, it has been known to last for a [[{{HardWorkMontage}} full montage]], but will undo itself as the character becomes tired.

* Sanji of ''OnePiece'' is rather prone to this unfortunate condition.
* In ''{{Gokusen}}'', Kumiko does this when ever she is fawning over Shinohara. Her eyes go from their usual fixed glare to big, sparkly, bishojo-standard and can flick back and forth between panels when the situation calls for it.
* Shuichi of the BoysLove manga, ''{{Gravitation}}'', does this on the rare occasion when something good happens with Yuki.

* In old TexAvery cartoons, men would often bug out and even [[{{AllMenArePerverts}} literally turn into wolves]] at the sight of an attractive woman.

* ''Film/TheMask'': This happens in a scene which pays homage to TexAvery.

He did it! [[AliceAndBob Bob finally asked Alice]], the prettiest girl in school, to the big dance. And she said yes! Just thinking about dancing with her makes his nostrils flair, lips curl, eye lids get puffy and eyes all squinty. While he's a little too happy to notice now, Bob is about to learn very important lesson in life we all have to learn at one time or another: LoveCanMakeYouGonk.

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* It isn't exactly love, but the titular VillainProtagonist of ''Franchise/{{Rance}}'' turns ugly in the earlier games whenever he thinks about sex. (Later games give him a fixed appearance that's a hybrid of his two earlier looks.)

* It isn't exactly love, but the titular VillainProtagonist of ''{{Rance}}'' turns ugly in the earlier games whenever he thinks about sex. (Later games give him a fixed appearance that's a hybrid of his two earlier looks.)

* In ''BokusatsuTenshiDokuroChan'', Sakura, the main protagonist gets all of the mentioned traits, and even snorts like an aroused stallion.

He did it! [[AliceAndBob Bob finally asked Alice]], the prettiest girl in school, to the big dance. And she said yes! Just thinking about dancing with her makes his nostrils flair, lips curl, eye lids get puffy and eyes all squinty. While hes a little to happy to notice now, Bob is about to learn very important lesson in life we all have to learn at one time or another: LoveCanMakeYouGonk.

* ''TheMask'': This happens in a scene which pays homage to TexAvery.

* Starfire of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon is known to do this when coming across something to cute for words.

* ''TheMask'': This happens in a scene which pays homage to TexAvery.

* In old TexAvery cartoons, men wold often bug out and even [[{{AllMenArePerverts}} literally turn into wolves]] at the sight of an attractive woman.

{{Gonk}} is a word used to describe a character in a manga or anime, as well as other forms of animation, who's features are so deformed that they no longer fit the art style of the other characters around them.

He did it! [[AliceAndBob Bob finally asked Alice]], the prettiest girl in school, to the big dance. And she said yes! Just thinking about dancing with her makes his nostrils flair, lips curl, eye lids get puffy and eyes all squinty. While hes a little to happy to notice now, Bob is about to learn very important lesson in life we all have to learn at one time or another: '''LoveCanMakeYouGonk.'''