History ShrinkingViolet / WesternAnimation

** Big [=McIntosh=] usually comes across as TheQuietOne or TheStoic, due to being alongside his family and little-to-no[[HoldYourHippogriffs pony]] else in most of his appearances. Apple Bloom, however, states in "Hearts and Hooves Day" that the reason behind this quietness is that [[GentleGiant he's very shy]]. Later episodes show, however, that [[BewareTheQuietOnes he can be quite intimidating]] [[NotSoStoic when he's angry]].

* Another male ([[BizarreAlienBiology kinda]]) example from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' would be Kif Kroker, who is usually a DeadpanSnarker when dealing with his boss [[TedBaxter Zapp]] [[GeneralFailure Brannigan]], but seems to show this side when his Love Interest Amy is around. In the episode that brought them together as a couple, she kept getting phone calls of someone breathing and panting heavily on the other end; she assumed they were prank calls, when it was really Kif calling to tell her how he feels, but too scared to say anything, thus hyperventilating until he hung up.

* PJ from ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' (see the entry for ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' in the ShrinkingViolet/{{Film}} page).

** For the Chipettes, Jeanette.

* Doug Funnie, the title character of ''{{Doug}}'', is a more subtle male example. However, it usually depends on the episode.

* Another male example is Mac from ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', as he's the shyest, smartest, and sweetest boy on the show.

* A rare male, yet non-ButtMonkey example: Austin from ''TheBackyardigans'' also embodies this trope. Not only he's purple (violet), during season 1 he was very shy and didn't speak a lot (he had ''songs'' about that). Over the course of the series, he becomes more outgoing and gets dynamic lead roles.
* Sheila the Thief from the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' animated series.
* Boo from ''MightyOrbots''.
* Stacy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', the shy and sweetest member of Quinn's Fashion Club.

** Along with Kif, there's Mom's second eldest son, Larry. Who is a spineless, NervousWreck and finds it difficult to even say aloud words like "bra".
* Another male example is Mac from ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', as he's the shyest, smartest, and sweetest boy on the show.
* {{Recess}}: Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.
* ''TheFunnyCompany'', a syndicated series from the early 1960s, featured a girl named Violet who really did shrink down to doll size when she felt self-conscious.
* In the Disney adaption of ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'', when Alice stumbles on to a talking garden, they promised her that they would sing a song to her. All the flowers wanted to sing about themselves. The violets wanted to sing about themselves, and when they brought up the suggestion, they were quiet and they slowly backed up in the shade below the other flowers.

* Doug Funnie, the title character of ''{{Doug}}'', is a more subtle male example. However, it usually depends on the episode.
* PJ from ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' (see the entry for ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' in the ShrinkingViolet/{{Film}} page).
* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' has an example in Mr. Morton (the subject of the sentence; and what the predicate says he does) who is played entirely sympathetically. His ''entire'' song is about how he's trying to get his neighbor, Pearl, to like him but is way too scared to ask her out or even talk to her, including two lines that explicitly state "Mr. Morton was very shy" and "Mr. Morton was very nervous". Eventually, she ends up proposing to him, and they live HappilyEverAfter.

* Princess Aurora/Briar Rose of ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' stutters and can hardly get out a word when a stranger stumbles across her singing.

* {{Recess}}': Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.

* ''WesternAnimation{{Recess}}': Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}': Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.

* ''WesternAnimation/Recess': Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.

* ''WesternAnimation/Recess'': Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.

* ''WesternAnimationRecess'': Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.

''WesternAnimation/Recess'': Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.

''WesternAnimationRecess'': Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.

* Gus Griswald from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''
* PJ from ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' (see the entry for ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' in the ShrinkingViolet/{{Film}} page).
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Ron could be this, though he becomes more confident as the series goes on, and possibly a rare male example that isn't a ButtMonkey.

''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Ron could be this, though he becomes more confident as the series goes on, and possibly a rare male example that isn't a ButtMonkey.

* Need Shrinking Violet personified? Well, look no further than the [[MeaningfulName appropriately-named]] Violet Parr from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. Not only is she [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly]] shy, but she also has the hair, the mumble, and a desire to [[IJustWantToBeNormal be just another girl]], and she can't even look the school heartthrob, Tony Rydiger, in the eye. Her family are superheroes in hiding, and her powers are invisibility and forcefields--WordOfGod is that these are symbolic of her personality, respectively being her wish to hide from everyone else and her need for insulation from the rest of the world. Needless to say, she embraces her abnormalities, gets an AdrenalineMakeover, and puts her hair back in the process of helping her family save the world.
** And to top it all off, by the end of the movie, it's ''Tony'' who can't look ''Violet'' in the eye, instead of the reverse. [[{{Irony}} Think about it.]]
** She also discovers the ability to levitate in the center of her force field when forced to save her brother. Both seem equally surprised.

* PJ from ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' and ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie''. He's way too shy to make friends with anyone [[HeterosexualLifePartners other than Max]] (who opened up to him first), and Bobby (who seemed to meet him ''through'' Max). He's highly timid around everyone else, including (or perhaps especially) his own father. When he got a crush on a girl in his class they were TwiceShy. This is played entirely sympathetically, and often seems to be [[IntendedAudienceReaction trying]] to [[TheWoobie make him pathetic enough]] that the audience doesn't think of [[AbusiveParents Pete]] as a DesignatedMonkey. In the second movie, he gets a LoveInterest... because ''she'' asks ''him'' out. Then [[CharacterDevelopment this trope disappears.]]

* Male example: Shifty Dingo in the 2nd season of ''BlinkyBill'' after his HeelFaceTurn easily qualifies as one of these. He's much more quiet than the rest of the gang and also has a LovableCoward side to him.

** [[spoiler:Cheese Sandwich, the only pony who can give [[GenkiGirl Pinkie Pie]] a run for her money in terms of [[FunPersonified Fun Ponified]], and the pony equivalent of ''Music/WeirdAlYankovic'', admits to being painfully shy when he was a colt. It was around that time that he met Pinkie and was inspired to make a name for himself as the craziest party pony in Equestria.]]

* Need Shrinking Violet personified? Well, look no further than the [[MeaningfulName appropriately-named]] Violet Parr from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. Not only is she [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly]] shy, but she also has the hair, the mumble, and a desire to [[IJustWantToBeNormal be just another girl]], and she can't even look the school heartthrob, Tony Rydiger, in the eye. Her family are superheroes in hiding, and her powers are invisibility and forcefields - WordOfGod is that these are symbolic of her personality, respectively being her wish to hide from everyone else and her need for insulation from the rest of the world. Needless to say, she embraces her abnormalities, gets an AdrenalineMakeover, and puts her hair back in the process of helping her family save the world.
** And to top it all off, by the end of the movie, [[spoiler:it's ''Tony'' who can't look ''Violet'' in the eye, instead of the reverse.]] [[{{Irony}} Think about it.]]
** She also [[spoiler:discovers the ability to levitate in the center of her force field when forced to save her brother.]] Both seem equally surprised.

** Big Macintosh usually comes across as TheQuietOne or TheStoic, due to being alongside his family and little-to-no[[HoldYourHippogriffs pony]] else in most of his appearances. Apple Bloom, however, states in "Hearts and Hooves Day" that the reason behind this quietness is that [[GentleGiant he's very shy]].
* Doug Funnie, the title character of ''{{Doug}}'', is a more subtle male example, however it usually depends on the episode.

* Boo from ''MightyOrbots''.* Stacy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', the shy and sweetest member of Quinn's Fashion Club.

* PJ from ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' and ''AGoofyMovie''. He's way too shy to make friends with anyone [[HeterosexualLifePartners other than Max]] (who opened up to him first), and Bobby (who seemed to meet him ''through'' Max). He's completely timid around everyone else, including (or perhaps especially) his own father. When he got a crush on a girl in his class they were TwiceShy. This is played entirely sympathetically, and a lot of the times seems to be [[IntendedAudienceReaction trying]] to [[TheWoobie make him pathetic enough]] that the audience doesn't think of [[AbusiveParents Pete]] as a DesignatedMonkey. In the second movie, he gets a LoveInterest... because ''she'' asks ''him'' out. Then [[CharacterDevelopment this trope disappears.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' has an example in Mr. Morton (the subject of the sentence; and what the predicate says he does) who is played entirely sympathetically. The ''entire'' song is about how he's trying to get his neighbor, Pearl, to like him but is way too scared to ask her out or even talk to her, including two lines that explicitly state "Mr. Morton was very shy" and "Mr. Morton was very nervous". Eventually, she ends up proposing to him, and they live HappilyEverAfter.
* Filburt from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. He's even a turtle (as well as being [[MeaningfulName named after a nut]]) with a literal shell to go along with it, which he will often retreat into in times of social stress. In one episode, he manages to get past this and become a lounge singer, although not without first feeling incredibly self-conscious that even ''Rocko'' heard him singing in his own trailer, ''and'' suffering from a very intense amount of stage fright. He does eventually get a LoveInterest, however.

* Boo from ''MightyOrbots''.
* Stacy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', the shy and sweetest member of Quinn's Fashion Club.

* The [[MeaningfulName aptly named]] Fluttershy of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first introduces herself]] to Twilight Sparkle by whispering her name, getting softer and squeakier with each attempt. She is slowly getting better at standing up for herself, though.
** Big Macintosh usually comes across as simply TheQuietOne or TheStoic, due to being alongside his family and little-to-no[[HoldYourHippogriffs pony]] else in most of his appearances. Apple Bloom, however, states in "Hearts and Hooves Day" that the reason behind this quietness is that [[GentleGiant he's very shy]].

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Shego's brother Mego is a pun on this trope; his costume is purple and he's mentioned to have some issues over his superpowers ("He's a shrinker"). He's ''not'' an actual example though -- he's the exact opposite, routinely engaging in [[AttentionWhore overblown poor-me melodrama]].

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* Need Shrinking Violet personified? Well, look no further than the [[MeaningfulName appropriately-named]] Violet Parr from ''TheIncredibles''. Not only is she [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly]] shy, but she also has the hair, the mumble, and a desire to [[IJustWantToBeNormal be just another girl]], and she can't even look the school heartthrob, Tony Rydiger, in the eye. Her family are superheroes in hiding, and her powers are invisibility and forcefields - WordOfGod is that these are symbolic of her personality, respectively being her wish to hide from everyone else and her need for insulation from the rest of the world. Needless to say, she embraces her abnormalities, gets an AdrenalineMakeover, and puts her hair back in the process of helping her family save the world.