Line #105 Main/CutenessOverload


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2	[[caption-width-right:338:After five minutes, she'll dial 911.]]
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4	Cuteness Overload is the state in which a character experiences the immense rush of emotion after seeing (or hearing) something [[{{Moe}} very]], [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter very]] [[{{UsefulNotes/Kawaisa}} cute]], often rendering them partly or wholly incapacitated. The sudden charge of feelings could create so effective an incapacitation that they may have to be woken up by another character calling their name [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan or by other means]]. Depending on the situation, it shares some traits with HeroicBSOD, but the main difference is an exposure to cuteness rather than a traumatic event.
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6	There is also [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Moebetes moebetes,]] a slang term formed from the words {{Moe}} and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes diabetes]], which has similar traits. This is more for anime and/or manga where someone is 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.
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8	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.
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10	Most certainly TruthInTelevision.
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17	* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'':
18	** Chapter 38 features Rentarou's Family going on a karaoke date. During the date, Kusuri spikes the air with a "Makes-You-Super-Sensitive-To-Cuteness-Drug" intending to enhance her own performance, but has the unfortunate timing of using it right before Shizuka takes her turn at the mic. What follows is a CuteMute singing a cute song which becomes a harrowing ordeal as everyone tries in vain to not be literally blown away by Shizuka's singing all while Shizuka herself is oblivious, her back turned to the carnage she's wreaking.
19	** Both Rentarou and Hahari are prone to cuteness overload. Hahari because she adores cute things in general and Rentarou because he adores his girlfriends in general and regards them all as the cutest. In chapter 128, the six smallest girls compete in a ''VideoGame/FallGuys'' parody, complete with costumes. By the end of it, both Rentarou and Hahari are so overloaded that they're reduced to literal piles of goo that Ahko has to drag around.
20	* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' features a rather dangerous example in episode 2, when Shiina sees a [[spoiler: toy]] puppy in a cardboard box about to be swept over a waterfall. She finds it so adorable that, despite it obviously being a trap, she immediately rushes in to save it...and doesn't quite manage it. Luckily, this is the afterlife, so a 200-foot fall is only a temporary hitch.
21	* In ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', Moe does this several times. The first time is in the second chapter, when she gets overloaded with Ao's rather [[ShyBlueHairedGirl bashful]] apology about "not sending cute replies" to Mira the previous night. At that point, Moe pretty much sits away like she was having a CornerOfWoe moment, but she is completely ecstatic. The anime downplays it somewhat, but Moe is squeeing rather loudly.
22	* Krista from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' gets this reaction from ''any'' guy she is nice to (and even [[LesYay Ymir]] to an extent).
23	* 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.
24	-->'''Imagined Chiyo [''in a cat costume]'':''' I'm a kitty cat!
25	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nCO_SoNQMw PENGUIN CHIYO]]. She will cause this reaction to occur in anyone who sees her, except [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Osaka]].
26	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1m2_3bCUCk And now, the internet has found a way to increase it.]]
27	* The heroines in ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure''/'"Anime/GlitterForceDokiDoki'' get this reaction very often when they see Ai-chan/Dina. Not even antagonist Regina is immune.
28	* In ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', the Puuchuus are darling little teddy bear critters whose main strength is the ability to enchant nearly everyone with their cuteness. Too bad they go severely [[{{Gonk}} Gonk]] when injured...
29	* Not as big as in ''Doki Doki!'', but the heroines in ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' get this reaction a few times with Chiffon.
30	* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam: La Verite'': Chief security maid Konoe Tsurugi has a soft spot for dogs, and loves to pick them up and cuddle them when no one else is looking.
31	* Itsuki from ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' is prone to this when she sees something cute and forgets (or if she's not trying) to hide her girlish persona.
32	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
33	** Kaguya and Shirogane both get this when they see each other wearing cat ears.
34	** Kaguya spends an entire chapter frozen in place after Shirogane [[SleepCute leans on her shoulder]] when he passes out due to [[MustHaveCaffeine lack of caffeine]].
35	* In ''Manga/TheKawaiComplexGuideToManorsAndHostelBehavior'', Usa has several moments like this with his personal crush Ritsu.
36	* This occurs several times in ''Manga/KOn'' ([[{{Moe}} what a shocker]]), including the "Azunyan Incident".
37	* ''Literature/LogHorizon'': Henrietta suffers a Cuteness Overload due to the pajama party, thus GivingUpTheGhost.
38	* 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.
39	* In ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', Riko Saikawa tends to experience this whenever Kanna Kamui does or says literally ''anything'' slightly adorable. It's just as potent when Kanna touches Riko, and she grows into a lovestruck wreck. Whenever it happens, she puts her hands to her cheeks and squeals loudly. Sometimes she even passes out from the sheer adorableness, like when Kanna is selected to play the Little Match Girl for a Christmas play...
40	--> '''Kanna:''' Matches... matches... please buy some matches...
41	--> '''Riko:''' Uh...! Ahh...! '''''[[{{Squee}} UWAAA-WAAA-WAAAAAAAAAAAH...!]]'''''
42	--> '''Tohru and Elma:''' Mm-hmm! Perfect!
43	--> ''[[FunnyBackgroundEvent (Riko falls over and faints in the background.)]]''
44	* When Sharo from ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'' sees her crush Rize trying on a junior high uniform, something inside breaks, leaving her sitting on the floor moaning for an unknown period of time (long enough for the uniform's owner to take a bath and come back).
45	* ''Manga/MissionYozakuraFamily'': When Taiyo is turned into a baby in Chapter 60, the entire family is smitten by his cuteness. Even TheStoic self-proclaimed ChildHater Shion and the antagonistic Kyoichiro couldn't bring themselves to remain indifferent to him.
46	* ''Manga/MyRoommateIsACat'': Subaru's editor, Kawase, loses it whenever he sees Subaru's pet cat Haru. He starts holding meetings in Subaru's home just so he can see her.
47	* In the Alabasta arc of ''Manga/OnePiece'', Nami and Vivi nearly experience this when they see the way the Kung Fu Dugongs cuddle Luffy.
48	* Invoked by a wild Teddiursa in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'';, in order to be able to steal food from trainers and pin the blame on the other Pokémon. Once it evolves into [[BearsAreBadNews Ursaring]], the protagonists let it go, under the assumption that its tricks will no longer work. Once it runs into Team Rocket, however, it ''still'' attempts to look cute to ally itself with them. The effort met with confusion by the trio, but they let it join them anyway, rationalizing that such a powerful Pokémon would be a useful asset.
49	* ''Manga/SlimeLife'': Darul does this in reaction to pretty much anything Slime does. There are probably more panels of her blushing than there are of her not.
50	* Bokkun from ''Anime/SonicX'' [[spoiler:especially with the addition of him being in love with Cream]].
51	* Akane of ''Manga/CastleTownDandelion'' has one in chapter 13/episode 7A, when [[TokenMiniMoe Shiori]] gives her a get-well kiss.
52	* Sora in ''Manga/HowToKeepAMummy'' suffers this frequently due to Mii-kun's childlike displays of affection. He turns into a blushy, gibbering mess when Mii-kun gives him a note saying "always together", and he and Motegi both suffer from overload when they see Mii-kun and Isao waving goodbye to each other.
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56	* ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'': In "Cat Cupcakes", the rats' reaction to the pastry inhabitants of Bakery Town having cat-shaped frosting is not being scared as you would expect, but finding them adorable. [[spoiler:So adorable that it ''kills them'']].
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60	* ''Fanfic/DimensionalLinks'' has Red, who usually elicits CutenessProximity entirely on purpose through his 'cute puppy' impersonation, outright paralyse Veran ''in the middle of a boss fight''. The other Links are incredulous.
61	* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', the first time Kyon calls Mikuru by her first name, he completely blows past her "threshold for withstanding cuteness". [[spoiler:She can't help herself from kissing Kyon while saying it's forbidden at the same time.]]
62	** Also happens to Haruhi when Kanae [[spoiler:first calls her Suzumiya-sempai.]]
63	--->'''Mikuru:''' Eh? Suzumiya-san? Are you alright? You look dazed!
64	--->'''Haruhi (in a faint voice):''' S...something amazing happened.
65	* ''Fanfic/TheHillOfSwords'': When [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Sylphid]] hits people with her {{Moe}}, even Emiya Shirou, the hardened veteran of countless conflicts who went through seven different kinds of hell, ends up being blown away by her cuteness. She once incapacitated an entire room with it.
66	* ''Fanfic/LegendarilyPopular'': Whitney runs a Normal-type gym, but only because "cute" isn't a type. Seeing Ash send out Silver (a tiny Lugia) sends her into {{Squee}}ing, and then his Latios uses Minimize, becoming pocket-sized and reducing her to incoherent mumbling.
67	* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]] (who can sometimes induce this effect herself on fans and to-be-fans) gets sent an image of a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Joltick]] on her [[Blog/ReadingRainbowverse blog]] and reacts this way. Twice.
68	* In ''FanFic/ATeachersGlory'', Sakura modifies Naruto's sexy jutsu into cute jutsu and ''weaponizes'' it in combat against an older, more experienced genin to make him give her a hug, and knocks him out with pressure points. Even his teammate, who saw her do this, thinks she's like the cute little sister she always wanted.'
69	* In ''Fanfic/UniverseFalls'', this is Mabel's initial reaction upon meeting Lion.
70	-->'''Mabel''': Too...much...softness...
71	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11854331/1/Money-To-Burn Money To Burn]]'', Judy, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness who usually objects to being called cute]], uses this as an interrogation technique to get information out of a timberwolf mercenary, who is [[CutenessProximity a sucker for rabbits]].
72	* ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'': ''[[EmotionlessGirl Rei]]'', of all people, is hit by this. [[spoiler:Meeting and being befriended by her lovely and cute niece Aki is what finally convinces her to ditch Gendo's genocidal plan.]] Although, in the ''[[Webcomic/AkiChansLife sequel]]'', [[spoiler:Aki]] causes this in pretty much everyone.
73	* Despite the woman herself not being remotely cute (more a combination of beautiful and terrifying), when Xanna lets out her tails in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10623866/1/ Sekirei? Is that some new species of little sister?]]'', Chiho is entranced by how fluffy they look.
74	* ''Fanfic/SuckerForACuteFace'': Whenever Fluttershy showers Adagio in freely given praise, she has to take a moment to collect herself.
75	* In ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', Team MNVW's puppy, Lulu, tends to elicit this reaction. Izuku even namedrops it.
76	-->'''Izuku:''' ''[sees Lulu popping out of the box she was in]'' C-cute...! Damn! Critical hit! Cuteness overload detected!
77	* ''Fanfic/BornOfHellsKitchen'': Every adult in seven-year-old Peter Parker's entourage just can't believe how ''adorable'' he can be. Right after reproaching Karen her (seemingly) excessive use of heart emojis, Luke is exposed to a video of Peter's dad rocking and singing him to sleep. He immediately uses heart emojis.
78	* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': In the sixth chapter of the fourth story, ''The Diplomat's Life'', during the first meal after Prince Regulus is born, Fluttershy spends it effectively frozen (until Pinkie snaps her out of it with a cold nose to the ear) because she's overwhelmed by how adorable he is.
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82	* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', Perrito experiences this when Puss and Kitty try to outdo their PuppyDogEyes moment. He actually says the trope name word-for-word, before he collapses.
83	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', this is how most of Meilin Lee's schoolmates react to her newly-acquired [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter red panda form]]. It's also how Mei herself first reacts to the "kitten box" that her parents use to test her control over the panda transformation.
84	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy suffers from this when she falls for Finnick's act as Nick's elephant-loving son and later when she discovers that Fru Fru is pregnant and planning on naming her daughter after her. Benjamin Clawhauser, the dorkily cute ZPD front desk officer, also has one of these when he first sees Judy, [[BunniesForCuteness for quite obvious reasons]].
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88	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' when the badass bounty hunter turned crime boss is given a rancor (remember that great slavering monster that [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi tried to eat Luke Skywalker]]?) cub as a pet. Boba starts treating it like a big scaly puppy, gives it a scratch and wants to learn how to ride it. Having Creator/DannyTrejo as its trainer, talking about how nice they can be if you just treat them well, only seals the hilarity.
89	* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'':
90	** When in episode 2 of season one [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Crowley]] indulgently miracled away a stain from [[AngelsInOvercoats Aziraphale's coat]], [[TheCutie Aziraphale]] [[AngelDevilShipping rewarded him]] with [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/b61f32502a850b39d07a5d9a3241af58/8638649988779f93-67/s250x400/04fe75d4418c2425e5890028da6df364efacf5e2.gifv such a cute smile]] that Crowley was [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/eea0aa1e3f53cca9cff389bfc024804a/tumblr_inline_pteipuHlIU1rfsntm_640.gif left visibly stunned]] for several seconds, [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/7324306a598f33b2a1a73ecfd95e7bf0/2a27d53f1cf165cc-88/s540x810/8db2fb81250b74cb6adeaff21d45bbe8d1a53524.gifv unable to pay attention]] to the external world.
91	** It happens again in episode 2 of season 2 in the Job flashback. Aziraphale had to [[spoiler:lie to Heaven in order to save Job's children]]. This is something he has never done before, and so he is absolutely sure he became a [[spoiler:[[FallenAngel fallen angel]]]] as a result. Crowley is shocked by his logic, because in his eyes Aziraphale is [[IncorruptiblePurePureness too pure]] for this. He laughs at very the notion of it and gets completely overwhelmed with [[TheCutie Aziraphale's cuteness]].
92	-->'''Crowley:''' I'm not taking you to [[spoiler:Hell]], [[AffectionateNickname angel]].
93	-->'''Aziraphale:''' Why not?
94	-->'''Crowley:''' Well, I don't think you'd like it.
95	-->'''Aziraphale:''' But you have to... ''(distressed)'' I'm [[spoiler:like you now. A demon]].
96	-->'''Crowley:''' ''(laughing)'' Sorry. You think you're [[spoiler:a demon]]? With your [[AngelicBeauty curly little]]... And your neat white...
97	* In one episode of ''Series/TheState'', a skit portraying a grandmother taking her grandson clothes shopping has this happen. As her overly-adorable descendant models his new suit for her, she flips out (borderline orgasmic-like) and asks the merch-worker who she had been chatting with, "Is there anything cuter than that?!?!" The worker proceeds to push her cute-button up a notch, with a step-by-step escalation, adding items to the boy's ensemble such as a bow-tie, puppy-dog earmuffs, and a little piggy-tail. When the grandmother inevitably reaches her threshold and goes violently berserk on her grandson (hey, it was the '90s), the worker and the store manager are forced to lure her into a bear trap (a room containing an "emergency bear" that rips the lady to shreds off-camera) in order to save the child. The worker blames himself for her death, while the manager blames the kid and abruptly pimp-slaps him for being "as cute as two little hamsters riding around in a little toy car."
98	* Creator/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.]]
99	* Creator/WernerHerzog was reportedly moved to tears by his first sight of the Grogu animatronic in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', calling it "heartbreakingly beautiful". When the crew wanted to do a second take of his scene in case the puppet needed to be replaced with CGI, Herzog responded "You are cowards. Leave it."
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103	* Andy in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' is prone to this. She goes into fits about Beanie Buddies, issues squeals of delight on seeing Creator/PeterJackson and - thinking he is a fantasy creature from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' - wants to know if they make plushies of him.
104	** This also happened to Jason's teacher, Mrs. O'Malley, when he decided to bring his pet iguana Quincy to school with him. Upon showing Quincy to Mrs. O'Malley, the teacher began to freak out, not because she was scared of the iguana like Jason thought she was going to be, but instead because she thought Quincy was so cute, much to Jason's horror and embarrassment.
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109	* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Agatha {{squee}}s whenever Link presents her a Golden Bug, despite her not (visibly) doing so in the presence of bugs he already gave her.
110	* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'':
111	** In Noel's ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger]]'' gag reel, the Cuteness Proximity of Litchi's panda makes her agree to act as Litchi's personal mannequin. To be fair, Litchi was also drunk.
112	** Even though they never meet in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'' Story mode (outside of gag reels), Ragna succumbs to this trope after downing Makoto, having trouble putting his attraction to her tail into words. To show this isn't one-way, she chides him for it if he's defeated. This trend seems to continue into CP, though...
113	---> ''"Tsubaki and Noel are the only ones allowed to touch my tail. Now shoo! Shoo I tell you!"''
114	* Sakuya from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' is often portrayed as being overloaded and {{nosebleed}}ing whenever Remilia and Flandre do something cute. The greatest example of this is "[[http://youtu.be/sT53ccTxcqI Such Adorable Scarlets Can't Possibly Be My Mistresses]]" ([[http://youtu.be/Ycs4aodpbrk translated Walfas version]]), where the Scarlet sisters are so cute that Sakuya ''dies'', as may the viewer.
115	* In the ''Metal Gear Online'' portion of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', [[DistractedByTheSexy Playboy Magazines]] are 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.
116	* In any ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' game that features [[Literature/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/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'' and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Gadlight Meonsam]] are just two examples.
117	* Anelace from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' experiences this upon meeting Tita for the first time (it's particularly acute if Agate is your bracer partner), to the point where you can practically see the sparks coming out of her ears.
118	** Elie, Tio and Noel all come down with this in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsToAzure Trails to Azure]]'' upon seeing [=KeA=] in her penguin costume.
119	* Happens to [[HotBlooded Raz]] of all people in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles4''. When Kai insist that only having a winter cloak instead of a whole uniform isn't so bad, she demonstrates by bundling herself up in it so only her eyes can be seen peeking out under her cap. Raz [[ShipTease forgets how to speak for a few seconds]].
120	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': Having been grown in PeopleJars, the entire main cast have this reaction when [[spoiler: they reach Swordmarch and visit a maternity ward to see a baby for the first time.]]
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125	* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'''s Fuko Ibuki is this way about starfish. [[InsistentTerminology Not stars.]]
126	** Tomoya gets this way when he spends a day with Mei. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p0ztVSeJEY&feature=related Specifically, when she calls him "onii-chan."]] Everyone is concerned.
127	* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. [[GenkiGirl Rena Ryuuguu.]] ''[[{{RunningGag}} All the time.]]'' In her case, it almost always ends with a shout of "ImTakingHerHomeWithMe"
128	** And in the manga, Akasaka gets a minor (um, no pun intended) case upon meeting Rika.
129	* [[MemeticMutation Memetically]], Hisao Nakai of ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' must avoid these due to his congenital arrhythmia.
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133	* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax1-PYBGzJ0 video.]] Don't look at the cat if you want to live.
134	* The entire ''point'' of the website [[http://cuteoverload.com/ Cute Overload]].
135	* And a video actually ''titled'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQMp5XeVz5g cute overload]], set to a Music/ParryGripp tune.
136	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0wEYtmmuFQ Cute Explosion]] by [[WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob Mr Weebl]]. NEVER let dogs do science.
137	* ''WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}}'': "I'm allergic to adorableness!" (hit by a kitten) "Aww." [[spoiler:Cut to a gravestone.]]
138	* [[http://askfluttershyandpinkiepie.tumblr.com/ Ask Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie]]: Fluttershy apparently drew a picture of Pinkie ([[TakeOurWordForIt which we never get to see]]) and shows the party pony. Pinkie collapses with a "HNNNGGG" noise. Bear in mind, this is based on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', an already adorable show.
139	** A much earlier Tumblr has the young "Ruby Pinch" dress up as a maid. Any pony who witnesses her passes out immediately.
140	* In [[https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/pikafaa/let-me-call-my-girlfriend-fnf this]] VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin fan comic, Boyfriend and Pico come across two adorable puppies. When Boyfriend decides to summon Girlfriend so she can see them, she squeals with delight over how cute and soft the puppies are, much to Boyfriend's amusement.
141	* ''WebAnimation/TheColorsOfEvil'': The demon Vivian summons to get revenge against Nancy is absolutely adorable to the point of appearing harmless. To her surprise though, the demon actually uses its cuteness to enforcing this trope as demonstrated when to gets Nancy to be so overwhelmed by its cuteness that she unleashes RainbowVomit strong enough to blow up the moon.
142	* Cecil in ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' 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...]]]]
143	* ''Silver Quill's MLP: After The Fact'':
144	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_9wInlVyZY 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.]]
145	--->'''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?\
146	'''Silver Quill:''' (''now in a doctor's outfit and holding a clipboard'') Let's run a test: What is your reaction to this image?\
147	(''said image is a picture of Derpy hugging Dinky inside Sugarcube Corner'')\
148	'''Ink Rose:''' Ah! It's too much! (''dies'')\
149	'''Silver Quill:''' Dang it! [[CrossesTheLineTwice This is why I can never get a medical license.]]
150	** Silver isn't immune either. After showing a heartwarming clip from the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E20ForWhomTheSweetieBelleToils next episode]]
151	--->'''Silver Quill:''' (''[[HollywoodHeartAttack clutching his chest]]'') Hng! I'm going down. (''dies, then reappears as a ghost immediately after'') Geez, we're dropping like flies today!
152	* In the animation [[https://youtu.be/oyjw0ZLyzpE The Colors of Evil]], this is how a demon summoned by the protagonist deals with her bully.
153	* ''WebVideo/AnalystBroniesReact'': Thespio gets these a lot. Keyframe even references the trope by name.
154	* During LetsPlay/{{Chorocojo}}'s LetsPlay of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokemon Crystal]]'', trainer Roxy is no stranger to cute things, having built her team around Pokemon like Wooper, but even she [[https://lparchive.org/Pokemon-Crystal/Update%2041/ goes catatonic when an egg hatches to reveal a Smoochum.]]
155	* Ellen Rose from ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'' is prone to this, to the point where [[https://youtu.be/DXwA0PN7oC4?t=969 some episodes]] seem deliberately intended to reduce her to a pile of CutenessProximity and whimpering. (Considering what [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Ellen]] [[PuppyDogEyes herself]] is like, some viewers have expressed concern about what happens when she sees herself in a mirror.)
156	-->'''Luke''': She wasn't ready.
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160	* ''Webcomic/CinderAndSmoke'': Smoke's antics frequently leave Indigo a blushing mess.
161	* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' has a moment of this that is shown above. It is known as [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1412 "Kawaii-fugue"]].
162	** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2188 Go get the little hats...]]
163	* Lorenda of ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' goes into this shortly when Jyrras and [[DeathbringerTheAdorable Deebs]] both give her PuppyDogEyes [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_373.php here]].
164	-->'''Jyrras''': Ack! Quick Deebs! Go to Section D-3 and [[SickeninglySweet get some insulin from the cabinet!]]
165	--> '''Lorenda''': "Too... much... cute...."
166	* In ''Webcomic/DemonKingGF'', the Hero asks Alvida to blow him a kiss before he sets out on a quest. She does so reluctantly, and the result proves so cute that the Hero collapses as if from a heart attack, GivingUpTheGhost.
167	* In ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'', this manifests in Lucy the veternarian as a [[http://girlyyy.com/go/329 literal explosion of cute]]. [[YourHeadAsplode Lucy's head explodes.]]
168	* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': During her visit to Foley House, Annie suddenly finds herself in the center of a cuddlepile formed from ''the whole class'' of cheering ex-[[FairFolk fairies]], even more cute to the [[SpiritWorld ether sight]]. And looks a little tipsy for some time after this treatment.
169	* This happens in [[http://www.webtoonlive.com/webtoon/Love%20Aquarium/ch4/ chapter 4]] of ''Love Aquarium'' when Jwihyung sees a baby penguin all on its own. He doesn't notice the other penguins sneaking up.
170	* Weaponised by Spirit the Fox in [[http://www.fuzzyfive.com/2012/comic/101-fox-day-afternoon/ this]] ''[[Webcomic/TheFuzzyFive Fuzzy Five]]'' strip.
171	* In ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'', every male character is KO-d by [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Frodo]]'s illegal amount of cute... the girls seem immune though. On the other hand, nobody (except [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] and [[Theatre/LesMiserables Javert]]) can resist [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Misto]].
172	** In its SpinOff ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'', [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] knows well that his [[OminousOwl owl]] form has this effect on people and [[InvokedTrope takes advantage of it shamelessly]].
173	* In ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2205 Sydney meets]] a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Werebunny]] and later learns that a teammate is a were-jaguar with pink fur. Her {{Squee}} is [[NotHyperbole literally]] [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2373 ultrasonic]].
174	* ''Webcomic/{{Forestdale}}'': At Izabell's insistence, Jake Noel [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/forestdale/forestdale-40-scary-face/viewer?title_no=856922&episode_no=40 attempts to make a scary face]] more befitting of his wolf heritage. What occurs instead is an utterly adorable display that leaves Izabell clutching her chest from the overwhelming cuteness.
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178	* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMagiswords'': Prohyas suffers from a variation of this in "Land Before Slime", when dealing with their client Goomer, a little round slime ball who wears glasses and communicates in adorable gibberish. When Goomer is reunited with his lost ankylosaurus and they promptly frolic together, he just [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere checks out]].
179	-->'''Prohyas''': Nope! Too cute! Can't do it! ''(walks away)''
180	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', Kowalski's machine makes Private's cuteness so powerful, it makes people and animals faint at the sight of him. Skipper gets the idea to weaponize it.
181	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'': In "Cute-pocalypse Meow", Fluttershy destroys Bubbles with cuteness overload, which also makes Rainbow Dash [[{{Fainting}} faint]] moments earlier.
182	* Word for word used in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' in the episode "Spot Returns". Karen is so overwhelmed by the combined cuteness of Spot's babies that she spends the rest of the episode "reboot'n" until the end where Plankton is crushed by the giant puppy and says the same thing.
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