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| 10 | [-[[caption-width-right:329: Fuko can and will go ahead and make her a younger sister.]]-] |
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| 12 | ->''"HAUUUU~! OMOCHIKAERI ''[''I wanna take it home with me'']''~!"'' |
| 13 | -->-- '''[[TropeNamers Rena Ryuugu]]''', ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' |
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| 15 | There are times when something is just so pure, innocent, right and '''adorably cute''' that even the most level-headed persons are struck by a quaint phenomenon we TV Tropers like to call CutenessProximity, in which all pretenses of stoic maturity are dropped to reveal an affectionate and nurturing, sweet-tongued CuddleBug teddy bear who wants to [[AndCallHimGeorge hug the subject of cuteness all day long]]. Sometimes, it can get so bad that said persons [[CutenessOverload cannot comprehend and withstand the intense emotional effects.]] |
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| 17 | Sometimes, the Cuteness Proximity is ''so'' intense that it stirs not only mere affection, but actual paternal and maternal love. The afflicted will want to actually become the adorable one's father, mother or older sibling, and will: |
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| 19 | #Ask the guardian whether they could "take them home" with a goofy grin on their face. Usually, the answer is no. |
| 20 | #''Grab'' the poor little one and '''shout''' "I'm taking them home with me!" as they run off like a kidnapper. |
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| 22 | More so than Cuteness Proximity, this will either endear the audience to what is obviously a very warm and loving person, or seriously creep them out by revealing what is obviously a [[PaedoHunt dangerous pervert]]. |
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| 24 | ''Sometimes'' it's justified when the cute kid, person, or animal in question is clearly in a situation where this trope would be beneficial (i.e. if they were a homeless orphan or a stray puppy). It might also be justified if the cute kid/person/animal is in a dangerous home, [[AdoptingTheAbused as getting them out of there and giving them a safe place to stay would be the best thing one could do for them]]. However, this doesn't always apply and (if the person pulling this trope doesn't ask the right questions) might veer into kidnapping territory ([[TheKindnapper even if they have good intentions]]). |
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| 26 | Another way this can end badly is if the abductor DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength, and their overly ''physical'' expression of affection [[AndCallHimGeorge spells doom for poor little "George"]]. Occasionally, the "cute creature" in question is either UglyCute at best, or [[KillerRabbit downright monstrous]] at worse. |
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| 28 | See also AbductionIsLove, EndearinglyDorky. Often invoked with an AbandonedPetInABox (see above). May cross over with AdoptingTheAbused. Has [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant absolutely nothing]] to do with TakingYouWithMe. [[{{Yandere}} Hopefully]]. |
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| 30 | !!Examples: |
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| 34 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 35 | * In the ''Manga/{{Aria}}'' manga, Akari attempts this on Albert, after seeing him helpless with his filled-up boat. |
| 36 | * PlayedForLaughs in Chapter 27 / Episode 8 of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', when Moe attempts to take Ao away in the name of "{{elopement}}". |
| 37 | * The cold-hearted, and, at times, cruel BattleButler Sebastian in ''Manga/BlackButler'' is shown to adore cats of all types because "there is nothing cuter." It's later revealed that he actually picked up several stray cats and kept them in his wardrobe. |
| 38 | * A more serious example occurs in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' where [[spoiler:in Riruka's flashback, she had done this to the guy she had a crush on, imprisoning him inside her treasure box. She stopped when she realized how badly her powers were affecting the guy and let him go.]] More exactly: [[spoiler:Riruka actually ''weaponizes'' this trope. Anything and anyone she finds cute, she can snatch it with her powers and keep it for herself. She started with petty theft as a little girl (stealing the heart-shaped necklace of the neighbor that bullied her), then used it as described above.]] |
| 39 | * In ''Manga/ACentaursLife'', little Sue seems to trigger this reaction in a lot of people. As [[SingleMindedTwins the Chis]] put it, "Sue-chan is little and cute, so she gets kidnapped like ''that.''" Their friend's dog once tried to claim her as a toy, and another time a new arrival in the neighborhood tried to claim her as a little sister. |
| 40 | * The pet store clerk in ''[[Manga/ChisSweetHome Chi's New Address]]'' does this even after discovering Chi has an owner. The reason she ''can't'' have one is because her little brother [[AnimalsHateHim is afraid of cats]] -- but as it turns out, her brother happens to be Yohei's friend Ryu, who got over his fear about 20 episodes before this was revealed. |
| 41 | * This is Alice's reaction when she finally encounters Yune in ''Manga/CroiseeInAForeignLabyrinth'', which is entirely understandable, given that Alice is a 19th-century OccidentalOtaku meeting an actual Japanese person for the first time and that Yune is just that cute. |
| 42 | * Referenced in episode 9 of the new season of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. CosplayOtakuGirl Kiko and her like-minded friend see Suo, who happens to look like some anime character that they like. The friend suggests they take her home with them. This may be a ShoutOut to [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Rena]], since she uses ''exactly'' the same phrasing (''"Omochikaeri~!"''). Kiko, who has [[WrongGenreSavvy finally figured out she's not in a show where that's a viable option]], says: |
| 43 | -->'''Kiko:''' I'm not into {{lolicon|AndShotacon}}. Besides, that's illegal. |
| 44 | * In ''[[Anime/DiGiCharat1999 Di Gi Charat]]'', Takuro Kimura favors Puchiko the most, and has a habit of picking her right up and speaking affectionately to her. In his debut appearance, he even asks Dejiko if he could "buy" her. |
| 45 | * A creepy (though hilarious) version happens in chapter 210 of ''Manga/DGrayMan''. A random gangster who, according to his crony, "loves all beautiful things to a sick degree," decides that Kanda is the most beautiful person he has ever seen and declares, "I'm going to kidnap him and bring him back home!" Kanda promptly beats him to a pulp. |
| 46 | * Mei Tachibana does this to any object she finds to be cute in ''Manga/DropkickOnMyDevil'', and then she lays eyes on Jashin who she's determined to bring home with her. |
| 47 | * Gajeel Redfox in ''Manga/FairyTail'', hilariously enough. He spends most of his time being an utter grouchy badass, but has an obsession with finding a cat companion to call his own. And when he finds the perfect one, he is ''very'' adamant on bringing said cat back with him. Do note said "Cat" is one of the most badass animals to ever grace a manga's pages. In this case however, it's less about cuteness and more about, as his two fellow Dragon Slayers have cat companions with them, he figures he's lacking as a Dragon Slayer if he didn't find one as well. Pantherlily's badassness is exactly why Gajeel likes him. Not that the cuteness isn't an element. Gajeel and the rest of Fairy Tail meet Pantherlily in an alternate reality. There, he is a tall muscular individual, towering over them. However, when Pantherlily follows them back to their world, he ends up in a chibi form much like Happy and Carla (and thus allowing a hilariously tearful Gajeel to hug him with glee). He ''is'' able to use Magic to revert to his Badass form for short periods of time, though. |
| 48 | * Though not to the point of the trope's name, after Tohru's initial encounter with Kisa in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', the latter follows the former around for the duration of her stay. While Kyo cracks that it would bug the crap out of him, after Tohru stops walking and Kisa bumps into her, Tohru squeals and glomps her. After Kisa leaves, Tohru mentions her slight sadness at not having her around. Later volumes of manga have scenes where other characters are talking and the reader can see little hearts floating into the more serious panels, revealed to be emanating from Tohru and Kisa hugging each other. Every time they see one another, Tohru has the same squeal-and-glomp reaction. |
| 49 | * In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Alphonse has a tendency to pick up cats and '''keep them in his armor'''. Edward is not happy about this. Referenced ''hilariously'' when Ed assumes Al's found another cat in an alley. Except it's not a cat, it's Mei. |
| 50 | * Yuki Nagato, [[TheStoic of all people]], reacts this way in ''The Melancholy of Manga/HaruhiChan Suzumiya'' when she finds the newly revived "Achakura", proceeding to place her in her bag and ''literally'' take her home. Subverted in that she did it ostensibly to observe her, but in reality, is keeping her prisoner to use as free labor. |
| 51 | * Isumi Saginomiya in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''. She ''will'' make your head explode into candy. Then again, Wataru's [[{{Meido}} maid]] Saki would invite such a reaction too... especially when she's [[TheWoobie crushed emotionally]]. |
| 52 | * Rena Ryuuguu from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is the TropeNamer (see the Visual Novels section), and is well known for doing this. Hell, the running joke in the series is that if ever someone gets kidnapped, Rena would be the prime suspect! |
| 53 | * In chapter 12 of ''Manga/HoneyHunt'', Q-Ta hugs Yura before leaving to go on a trip to record something and tells her that she's cute. So cute that he just wants to put her in his suitcase and take her with him. |
| 54 | * In episode 3 of ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'', Sharo jokingly suggests taking Chino home with her and making her a little sister. Cocoa [[ClingyJealousGirl doesn't take that]] too well, and claims Chino is her little sister. |
| 55 | * In ''Manga/KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens'', Nagi sees a pair of kittens curled up and sleeping outside of Jin's house. She finds them so irresistibly cute that she wants to take care of them herself. Jin's not too keen on the idea, as his current living arrangement prevents animals from taking up residence inside. |
| 56 | * ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'': |
| 57 | ** LadyOfWar Shigure has this reaction to a tank she commandeered. Sakaki tells her no. |
| 58 | ** More traditionally, Miu and Kisara both love cats and often want to look after them, but Miu can't take one home because the dojo is too dangerous, and Kisara's parents are allergic to cats. |
| 59 | * A non-comedic example in ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles''. A rich butterfly collecter is so obsessed with butterflies that when he finds an amnesiac young man with a butterfly-shaped scar on his back, he takes the stranger home to become his assistant, and frequently forcing him to strip whenever he wants to look at the scar. |
| 60 | * In ''Manga/KotouraSan'', this was played with in episode 2 when Haruka first meets Yuriko. The latter is ecstatic to meet the former, and attempts to carry her to the ESP club room. {{Downplayed|trope}} as part of the reason was Haruka is {{telepath|y}}ic. |
| 61 | * ''Literature/KyouranKazokuNikki'' has this line spoken in one episode in which Kyouka becomes a magical girl. |
| 62 | * ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''. Ranka Lee does this to a little cute squirrel thingy which she later names Ai-kun. However with this being ''Macross'', said trope is inverted when it is revealed that [[spoiler:Ai-kun is a Space Vajra larvae, who takes Ranka home with it later.]] Of course, it's arguable that [[spoiler:the Vajra were trying to do that with ''Ranka'' in the first place]] |
| 63 | * In ''Anime/{{Mahoraba}}'', the eccentric president of the occult club takes an intense liking to Asami-chan, who is the first person to be so innocent that she finds her creepy jokes funny. |
| 64 | * In ''Manga/MissCaretakerOfSunoharaSou'', this is Matsuri's reaction upon meeting Yuzu. She claims that aside from Aki, she happens to be the cutest one there and ends up asking her to become her little sister. |
| 65 | * In the seventh chibi special of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', called ''Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Wedding'', Kobayashi at one point has to open a giant Matryoshka doll to reveal inside Kanna Kamui dressed in a Russian garb and acting all cute. This prompts Kobayashi to say the phrase verbatim. |
| 66 | * In ''Manga/MonsterMusume'', the 7ft-tall oni Tio visits an aquarium and tries to leave with a dolphin. She is stopped by the workers there. |
| 67 | * ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': |
| 68 | ** About half of the class feels this way about Negi when he is first introduced as their teacher. |
| 69 | ** The follow-up series, ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'', has a scene where [[BodyguardCrush Setsuna]] is carrying [[{{Ojou}} Konoka]] in her super-cute "[[MagicMisfire dud]]" form. As dud Konoka repeatedly comments on how comfortable she is in her arms, Setsuna [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud comments out loud that]] [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe she wishes she could "take her home like this."]] |
| 70 | * In ''Manga/OnePiece'', the pirate Big Mom is a CollectorOfTheStrange -- more specifically, unique creatures. She takes an unhealthy interest in the living skeleton Brook and decides to keep him on a leash in a bag, swinging him around like a toy. Luckily, the rest of the Straw Hats are able to save rescue Brook while Big Mom's sleeping. |
| 71 | * In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', Honey gets this reaction from pretty much every female (and some males) that see him, being a senior but having the rough size and appearance of an incredibly adorable blonde eight-year-old, particularly when he's got his stuffed bunny with him, as he usually does. He's even more sugary than the sweets he's almost always seen munching on -- but [[BewareTheNiceOnes watch out]], he's not exactly a pushover when it comes to a fight! |
| 72 | * In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', Stocking has this reaction when she sees the Sperm Ghosts. Admittedly, for being the ghosts of vengeful wasted sperm, they ''are'' pretty adorable. |
| 73 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 74 | ** During [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries the first few seasons]], Misty did this regularly with cute Pokémon, either attempting to capture them (such as with Jigglypuff) or just picking them right up (such as Vulpix before Brock adopts it, which breathes fire into her face for it). |
| 75 | ** Iris from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite'' also tends to react this way around the MonsterOfTheWeek. Her actions usually result in the Pokémon hiding from her or attacking her. |
| 76 | ** While Iris has only done this on some few occasions, Bonnie from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'' takes this to a new level, with one of her motivations for traveling is to seek for "cute" Pokémon to keep. |
| 77 | ** In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'', the Team Rocket trio gets taken home by a Bewear that seems to have taken a liking to them at the end of Episodes 3 and 4. |
| 78 | * In the first episode of ''Popotan'', Mii is incredibly fond of Daichi's cheeks upon discovering him, and takes every opportunity to glomp him and rub her own against his. |
| 79 | * Shin from ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' manages to get chased by about 20 schoolgirls he is trying to test to find the eponymous Pretear. |
| 80 | * In ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'', at least a couple of times [[GenkiGirl Yotsuba]] has mentioned that she wants to make Fuutarou's younger sister [[TheCutie Raiha]] into her own little sister, since it's clear that she's very fond of her, even suggesting things like marrying Fuutarou or falsifying a birth certificate to make it legal. [[spoiler:Doubles as {{Foreshadowing}} since she turns out to be the one who marries Fuutarou at the end of the story]]. |
| 81 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': [[{{Kawaiiko}} Azusa Shiratori]] is [[StickyFingers an extreme kleptomaniac]] who's very prone to latching onto any object or animal she considers "cute" and giving them a French name from ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'', and then claiming ownership of them. If it resists, she'll knock it out. If it's yours, and you resist, she'll knock ''you'' out. In the anime adaptation, she even tries to "adopt" a half-eaten rice cake soon afterward. When Genma manages to polish it off before she can steal it, she screams in horror and beats him senseless. Her collection, in the few glimpses we've seen of her mansion, has been shown to include an octopus balloon, a stop sign, and even weirder things. In an anime-exclusive episode, she adopts a {{tanuki}} statue -- and when Kunô cuts his way out of it (it fell on him beforehand), she promptly adopts him as well, thinking he must be a ''real'' tanuki. |
| 82 | * ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'': Parodied with Miki: As a child, she used to take home kittens, a {{Miniature Senior Citizen|s}} who fainted, and some bullied kids. As a WomanChild, she takes home a criminal she defeated. |
| 83 | * DepravedHomosexual Lussuria from ''[[Manga/Reborn2004 Reborn!]]'' takes a liking to his young opponent Ryohei's muscular physique and decides to take him home... after he's kicked the shit out of him that is... |
| 84 | * In ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', once AdorablyPrecociousChild Majiru is introduced, following his ParentalAbandonment, Harumi comments on how cute he is and proposes that the class should take turns taking him home with them. Majiru protests that he's not a pet. |
| 85 | * One story in the ''Shoujo Jump'' edition had a girl who helps a friend (boyfriend?) catch a wild rabbit in a snare. After accomplishing the deed we see into her mind the scenarios of her keeping the rabbit as a pet (feeding it, giving it its own little house, etc.) much to her friend's chagrin. She's horrified to discover that her friend has a more "culinary" interest in the animal, and she lets it escape. |
| 86 | * Eisuke Kitamura in ''Manga/SteppingOnRoses'' (''Hadashi De Bara Wo Fume'') appears to have this as his motivation for constantly bringing home orphaned children... that is, until he reveals that he really just wanted them to [[OnlyInItForTheMoney work for him]] in his future business endeavors when they get older. |
| 87 | * A particular example happens in ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'', where an elementary school kid has this reaction upon seeing the (self-proclaimed) TeenGenius Akechi Kokoro. She can't get over how cute Kokoro is and asks her to become her little sister. [[spoiler: She actually goes through with it at the end of the episode.]] |
| 88 | * In ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl'', Tomo's mother Akemi says that she spends all day surrounded by ugly guys (her husband's martial arts students) and doesn't see cute girls very often; as such, when girls do visit the house she gloms onto them. When Tomo's friends come over to visit, Akemi instantly latches onto Carol, declaring that she's going to adopt the young woman as her new daughter. Carol seems okay with this, but Tomo is annoyed by both her mother's attitude and the implication that she got lumped in with the "ugly guys". |
| 89 | * Takanashi in ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'' is a minicon -- someone who thinks anything tiny is inherently cute. Showing him anything small is guaranteed to get this reaction from him -- [[MistakenForPedophile which can be creepy]] when the object in question is a four-year-old girl who got separated from her mom. He invokes this one by name when the [[OlderThanTheyLook already-tiny]] Popura [[CornerOfWoe curls into a ball.]] |
| 90 | * ''VideoGame/WorldDestruction'': In the manga, this is Kyrie's reaction toward Toppi when the latter and Morte save his life. Toppi does not take being called "cute" well. |
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| 93 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 94 | * ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'': |
| 95 | ** Larfleeze wants his own Guardian, so when our heroes encounter Scar -- an evil, half-undead Guardian who serves the story's BigBad -- he wants to do this. |
| 96 | ** Kryb, the Sinestro Corps member who compulsively abducts infants and keeps them in her exposed ribcage. |
| 97 | * ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'': |
| 98 | ** When ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} meets Helena, she wonders if she and Maggie could adopt the girl. |
| 99 | ** After Lois Lane is rescued by the Batgirls, Felicity Smoak excitedly asks, "Can we keep her?" |
| 100 | ** When Kathy Kane and Renee Montoya take in Jason Todd. |
| 101 | * ComicBook/MsMarvel2014: When Kamala Khan meets ComicBook/TheInhumans' dog Lockjaw, she goes into FreakyIsCool CutenessOverload, then takes him home with her and asks her parents if she can keep him. |
| 102 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': |
| 103 | ** The titular heroine does this in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' issue #308 when she finds a missing little girl and decides to take her home with her until she finds her parents. |
| 104 | ** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'': ComicBook/{{Superman}} insists over and over again that he is taking his cousin Kara home with him. |
| 105 | ** ''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity'': Deconstructed. Allura In-Ze steals a cute little robot girl because it reminds her of her daughter Kara, whom she badly misses after several weeks of forced separation. Nobody finds Allura's actions cute or amusing, and Zor-El takes it as a sign that his wife's grief is causing her to lose contact with reality. |
| 106 | ** "ComicBook/SupergirlsSuperPet": After being saved by Linda, Streaky begins following her around. Delighted, Linda decides to adopt the cute, adorable tabby cat on the spot, and asks the orphanage's headmistress if she can keep it, please, please, PLEASE? |
| 107 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'', ''ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman'': "Wonder World" features a version having more to do with awe and a desire for friendship when 15-year-old Diana fresh into the wider world inserts herself into Riley's birthday gathering to deal with some bullies. One of Riley's other friends asks her where she found Diana and Riley responds that she doesn't really know but she's keeping her. |
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| 110 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 111 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Candorville}}''. Susan, who [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter consistently makes the wrong choices in regards to who she befriends]], does this to a ''wolf''. [[spoiler:Though there are indications [[CharmPerson the "wolf" didn't give her much choice in the matter]]...]] |
| 112 | * ''ComicStrip/{{M}}'' has AuthorAvatar Mads taking a creature home to his "madam". InvertedTrope because the creature turns out to be '''Cthulhu!!!''' Hilarity ensues. |
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| 115 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 116 | * ''Fanfic/TheBloodOfTheCovenant'': When Iroh sees Kallik for the first time and realizes how much he resembles Ozai, he believes that he's the long-lost Prince Zuko and basically kidnaps him so he can be brought back to the Fire Nation (while also trying to bond with the kid and train him properly in firebending). Lu Ten, the crew, and especially Kallik are confused by his behavior, and [[CallingTheOldManOut Lu Ten tells his father]] that, even though [[TheKindnapper Iroh treats Kallik well and has good intentions]], kidnapping is wrong and they have no guarantee that Kallik, who grew up in another culture with another family, will even ''want'' to be a part of the Fire Nation. [[spoiler: Even though Iroh's right about Kallik being Zuko]]. |
| 117 | * PlayedForHorror in the ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' fic ''Fanfic/{{Bruises}}''. After hearing Tadashi's descriptions of Hiro, Callaghan convinces himself that Hiro is exactly like his late daughter Abigail, and that [[ReplacementGoldfish he can have her back by kidnapping the teen and forcing Hiro to dress/behave like she would]]. |
| 118 | * ''Fanfic/CanIKeepHim'': The Elder Stormcutter pulled this when [[spoiler: he found baby!Hiccup during a dragon raid and kidnapped him, intending to raise the human as his son.]] |
| 119 | * Frequently used in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' fics, having this a very common reaction to people meeting Nunnally. Not finding her this way is a common way for fans to depict certain characters, such as V.V, as even more monstrous than they already are. |
| 120 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12436175/2/Days-at-The-Namikaze-Uzumaki-Household Days at The Namikaze-Uzumaki Household]]'', Shisui Uchiha has this in regard Miruku Namikaze, the youngest daughter of Minato and Kushina. When Shisui repeatedly insists on taking Miruku home and taking care to her, Kushina tricks him into asking Minato instead, which leads him to be [[ReassignedToAntarctica assigned to a long-term mission far away from Konoha (and Miruku)]]. |
| 121 | * In the third part of ''Fanfic/TheDresdenFillies'', "Great Power", Pinkie Pie finds a lost human toddler shortly after they arrive in Chicago. She brings him back to the rest of the Mane Six and Spike and asks if they can keep him. Fluttershy has this reaction, telling Twilight that she wants one, and that she'll take good care of it. |
| 122 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/52868167/chapters/133726909 A Frozen Miracle]]'': When Julieta finds a baby mysteriously abandoned near Casita, she immediately falls in love with it. When no one comes looking for her, she decides (with Alma's blessing) to raise the baby as her own. Agustin instantly falls in love with her, too. They [[AdoptiveNameChange name her Esperanza Madrigal]], and are completely unaware that she's actually the missing child princess of Arendelle... |
| 123 | * When Mei Terumi meets Fu in ''Fanfic/GuyverNaruto'', she crushes her in a hug and wonders if the Hokage will let her take the young girl home with her. |
| 124 | * ''Fanfic/TheHillOfSwords'': Any time Tabitha shows her vulnerable side, Shirou has to suppress an urge to take her home and give her "adorable ponies and dollies and pretty dresses". |
| 125 | * ''Fanfic/IfWishesWerePonies'': Twilight Sparkle, after learning that Harry Potter not only has uncommon magical traits but has been abused and is now in a world that's completely alien to him, offers to become his guardian a day after they meet. Roughly two years later, she legally adopts him. |
| 126 | * It's not unknown in ''VideoGame/KanColle'' fanwork for [[MoeAnthropomorphism ship-girls]] to take enemy boss Northern Ocean Princess, who looks like a white-haired red-eyed little girl with small horns, home with them. |
| 127 | * ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'', Asher (Shadow Sycamore as a reminder) reacts this way upon falling in love with a Mirage Murkrow, giving them cuddles and nicknaming them "Murky". He's at first saddened tht he can't keep the Pokémon (because Mirage Pokémon can only stay in the Ninjala Car, where the Mirage system is) until Rimuru creates a Mirage Ball to let Asher take Murky with them. Chloe also gets excited at getting a Mirage Houndoom with her, although she doesn't scream a BigYes like Asher does. |
| 128 | * Performed by the TropeNamer, Ryuguu Rena, on a cosplaying Yuki, in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero''. Yes, [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya that Yuki]]. She does this a lot in this story. To Kanae, to her friends' children, to Sasaki. Even about Kyon once, though that time she doesn't use the trope name and gets ribbed for being naughty. |
| 129 | * ''Fanfic/TheLastSeidr'': When Harry admits to the Avengers that he's in another dimension with no immediate way home, Tony (who both likes the kid and wants to learn more about his magic) offers to take him in. Thor does the exact same thing, wanting to take Harry to Asgard. Everyone decides that [[LesserOfTwoEvils Tony is the slightly better option]] because at least Pepper can keep him in check. |
| 130 | * In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6509332/1/ Magic Trick]]'', [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers England]] uses his powers as Britannia Angel to turn Italy into Chibitalia. Everyone, from the Allies to Japan to frigging ''Prussia'', is so overwhelmed by his cuteness that they each want to bring him home with them. Generally, Chibitalia is fine with this. Except for [[TheWoobie Germany]], because he thinks he's scary. |
| 131 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 132 | ** ''Fanfic/PastSins'': Nyx is found by Twilight Sparkle in the middle of a dark forest all alone and scared... naturally, she adopts her. |
| 133 | ** In ''Fanfic/MyLittleHangover'', a drunken Rarity does this with a full-grown panda. |
| 134 | ** Vinyl Scratch [[http://scramjet747.deviantart.com/art/The-Bass-Has-Been-Doubled-299273909 continues the silliness]], saying this about a Changeling. Poor Octavia. |
| 135 | ** In ''Blog/AskFlufflePuff'', this is Princess Cadance's reaction the first time she meets Fluffle Puff. To which Queen Chrysalis objects. Strongly. |
| 136 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Quizzical}}'': In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/72475/17/thweet-geniuth/then-get-out-of-the-kitchen Thweet Geniuth chapter 16: "...Then Get Out of the Kitchen."]], from Happy Cherry Blossom, about a child chef: |
| 137 | --->'''Happy Cherry Blossom''' Chef Twist is so cute! I want to take her home with me. |
| 138 | ** In ''Fanfic/MyLittlePonyNakamaIsMagic'', Porche has this reaction to Spike. |
| 139 | ** In ''Fanfic/AGreatAndPowerfulHeart'', Trixie finds a mistreated unicorn colt lost in the woods. [[spoiler:Learning about his mistreatment in Promise, she adopts the colt]]. |
| 140 | * ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': Naruto feels bad for a baby fox because of the latter's mother being dead. Not having the heart of leaving him all alone, the Uzumaki brings the baby fox to his home and asks Hinata if he can keep him. She agrees on the condition that the wild animal gets checked out. |
| 141 | * In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Inko is so distraught over discovering her sterility that she instantly falls in love with the alien baby she and her husband find in a rocket. She insists on taking the baby home without a second thought, saying that [[ThereAreNoCoincidences it can't be a coincidence]] for a child to just fall into their laps. |
| 142 | * In the ''Fanfic/PeterParkerNeedsAHug'' series, Batman's tendency to do this (adopting orphaned children and making them into superheroes) is an inside joke within the Bat family and the Justice League. He inevitably pulls this with Spider-Man when he learns that the seventeen-year-old can't afford to eat everyday. Wonder Woman even jokes about it with him. |
| 143 | * ''Fanfic/PropertyOf'': The second Ironhide sees Annabelle Lennox (who'd been abducted by Decepticons and sold on Cybertron as a HumanPet), he says that he'll take her in. While it takes some adjustment, he becomes her ParentalSubstitute [[RaisedByRobots and caretaker]] for the rest of the fic. |
| 144 | * The ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10792418/1/Discontinued-Ranma-Stories Ranma the Cursed Child]]'' segment of ''Discontinued Ranma Stories'' has Tatewaki Kunō when Ranma (afflicted with both the [[GenderBender Spring of Drowned Girl]] and [[FountainOfYouth Spring of Drowned Young Man]]) is turned into his cursed form of a cute redhead girl. By the narration's recount, Kunō had "decided that she was precious and adorable and that he was going to take her back home with him." Compounding the issue, everyone around him had drawn the [[PaedoHunt wrong conclusion]] about what he meant and [[EveryoneHasStandards even his most devoted followers distanced themselves from him]] after that declaration. |
| 145 | * When Iruka firsts meets Manga/{{Naruto}} in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12337052/1/Relics-of-the-Past Relics of the Past]]'', he finds him so adorable that he asks him if he could take him home. Naruto said yes and they've been adoptive brothers ever since. |
| 146 | * ''Fanfic/RunningWithDeath'': Dumbledore's political plans were ruined forever when [[SpannerInTheWorks Uncle Fester found baby Harry on the Dursleys' doorstep and took him to Gomez and Morticia, who adopted Harry that day]]. Meaning Harry Potter is now a member of the one magical family feared by both good ''and'' evil wizards. |
| 147 | * ''Fanfic/RunningWithLightningFeet'' revolves around Master Jedi Plo Koon outright abducting the Sith warrior who just tried to blow his comm tower up, because he saw the dude wasn't seriously in it. Said Sith warrior -- Feral Opress -- is mainly baffled, while Koon's Commander Wolffe is out of himself from paranoia and annoyance. |
| 148 | * ''Fanfic/SecondBiteOfTheCherry'' opens on a five year-old Lan Zhan asking his big brother if Wei Ying can go home with them, because her parents are dead and she's currently living in the streets. Both the brother and uncle immediately fold in font of the argument, and Wei Ying is later adopted into their clan. |
| 149 | * ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'': The usually emotionless ''Rei Ayanami'' ends up doing this after finding an adorable four-year-old girl lost in the middle of Tokyo-3, though to her credit she has the sense to contact the authorities and try to find the child's parents first. [[spoiler:It's just as well she does take the girl home, though, as she is Shinji and Asuka's KidFromTheFuture.]] |
| 150 | * In ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'', [[PapaWolf Master Splinter]] did this when he found a freezing, starving four-year-old Petra Parker, and decided to raise her alongside his sons. Justified, in that Petra had just lost her entire family, was scared out of her mind and had literally no where to go. This trope is lampshaded in the third chapter: after April meets the Turtles and Petra, she passes out and Mikey asks if he can keep her. Leo tells him that he can't keep a person, only for Petra to point out that Splinter basically did that to her. |
| 151 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9632356/1/The-Taste-Of-Your-Magic The Taste of Your Magic]]'', Bellatrix Lestrange kidnaps a baby Literature/HarryPotter from the Dursleys due to finding him really adorable. |
| 152 | -->'''Bellatrix:''' You are the most beautiful, the most precious babe in the world, and I will keep you forever. |
| 153 | * In Chapter 13 of ''Fanfic/{{To Hell and Back|Arrowverse}}'', Barry tells a story of how a seven-year-old Iris once came across a baby she found so adorable that she tied a note to his stroller telling the parents that she would be borrowing him for a couple of days and walked off with the baby. She would later try to take other babies over the next couple of days. |
| 154 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': |
| 155 | ** A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JpPSAF0wGw voicepack]] for [[BoisterousBruiser Suika]], of all people, has this very phrase in it. Makes sense, since Oni are traditionally known to carry people off when they lost contests, and Suika is strong enough to carry away anyone she'd want. Fans have taken to joking about taking her home, and then get rebutted by other fans saying that Suika'd take THEM home instead. |
| 156 | ** ''Touhou''[='=]s other oni, Yuugi, is also frequently portrayed by fandom as carrying off others. [[JerkassWoobie Parsee]] [[GreenEyedMonster Mizuhashi]] is a [[ChewToy favorite victim]], [[CrackPairing for some reason]]. |
| 157 | * ''Fanfic/WhenDidIBecomeAParent'': Much like in canon, Pumbaa pulled this when he and Timon found a lion cub in the desert. Before Timon had a chance to complain, he and Pumbaa were [[PlatonicCoParenting foster parents]]. |
| 158 | * In a drabble of the ''Manga/LuckyStar'' fic ''Unrelated Moments'', Tsukasa [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10804331/2/Unrelated-Moments glomps Yutaka and rants about how cute she is]], embarrassing her in front of the former's classmates. |
| 159 | * ''Fanfic/AYearToFillAnEmptyHome'': At the end of [[VideoGame/Persona5 Akira Kurusu's year-long probation in Tokyo]], his friends take him home on a road trip, but since they arrive late in the evening, his parents offer to put them up for the night. When Akira's mother Chou notices how few of Akira's friends are actually calling parents (single mother, single father, older sister, housekeeper, dorm staff, and no-one at all), she mentally informs her husband that they're adopting all of them this instant. |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 163 | * ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': |
| 164 | ** Dory the blue tang wants to do this with a cute, very small jellyfish... until she learns that jellyfish ''sting''. |
| 165 | --->'''Dory:''' I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy. Come here, little Squishy, come on. ''[ZAP]'' Ow! Bad Squishy! |
| 166 | ** Likewise, the dentist takes Nemo to give to his niece Darla, believing that a clownfish with an underdeveloped fin like his won't survive in the wild. |
| 167 | * This is how Kristoff ended up being raised by the troll community in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''. |
| 168 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', when Timon and Pumba first run across Simba in the desert, Timon's first reaction is to panic because of, well, the food chain. Pumba meanwhile thinks Simba's such a cute little guy that he asks, "Can we keep him?" |
| 169 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', Hogarth takes a squirrel in a box to his mom's diner to ask if he can keep it. His mom, still recovering from the last time Hogarth brought an animal home ([[NoodleIncident "Remember the raccoon, Hogarth? Ooooh! I remember the raccoon."]]) predictably says no. The squirrel gets out of the box and into [[SquirrelsInMyPants Dean's pants]], wreaking havoc on the diner. |
| 170 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'': [[spoiler: The final scene shows Gwen trying to convince Pam to let her take "Toothpick" back home with them.]] |
| 171 | * ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'': In ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'', Snoopy comes across a little girl who, without warning, grabs him and drags him to her home, shouting, "Oh, boy! I found a dog!" When Woodstock tries to save Snoopy, the girl takes him too. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 175 | * Veruca Salt, in [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory both versions]] [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory of the film]] based on the novel ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is a menacing version of this. Among other things, she demands a goose/squirrel and an Oompa-Loompa. [[VillainSong She wants it now!]] |
| 176 | * ''Film/Paddington2014'': This was Mrs. Brown's reaction to Paddington shortly after meeting him at the train station, much to the (initial) chagrin of the other family members, except Jonathan. |
| 177 | * In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'', when an unconscious April recovers in the Turtles' lair, Michaelangelo looks at Splinter and asks hopefully, "Can we keep her?" |
| 178 | [[/folder]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 181 | * In ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' Isaac and Miria do this on someone else's behalf, when they decide that the perfect gift for [[spoiler:Ennis]] would be a little [[spoiler:brother]]. So, they give her [[spoiler:[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Czeslaw]]]]. |
| 182 | * In ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', this is Hiroki Sugimura's reaction to stray cats... and his classmate Kayoko Kotohiki. |
| 183 | * Veruca Salt, as mentioned above in Films, wants to take a squirrel home with her in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''. It doesn't end well. |
| 184 | * There is a picture book called ''Children Make Terrible Pets''. The story is about a young bear named Lucy who finds a human boy out in the woods. She takes him home, names him "Squeaker", and tries to make a pet out of him. Read that title one more time... |
| 185 | * Subverted in ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', and combined with IHaveYouNowMyPretty. The Harkonnen's Mentat Piter de Vries wanted to keep Jessica Atreides for himself, but quickly dumps the idea when the Baron offers him to stay and rule Arrakis in his name instead. |
| 186 | * In the novel ''Literature/FiveChildrenAndIt'', a group of children find a magical creature called a Psammead who grants them all a wish a day. In a moment of misguided altruism, they decide that the one among them who can't ask for a wish (a baby) should have his wish granted, only to learn that his wish is for ''everyone to want him''. |
| 187 | * ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'': |
| 188 | ** Teresa "Tessa" Testarossa gets this reaction when she introduces herself to Kaname's high school class in ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu''. All the guys go "WOOOAH!" while all the girls cry "[[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Oh she's so cute!]]" with accompanying love hearts. |
| 189 | ** Sōsuke evidently elicited this kind of response when he was [[AdorablyPrecociousChild young]]. Just like in the trope description, his Cuteness Proximity was so incredibly intense, it managed to melt the hearts of ''war-hardened veterans'' and pretty much made them internally {{Squee}} that they want to take him home and make him their child. Which they then proceed to attempt to do. He certainly never lacked people who were all too eager to take him in as their own. Starting with Majid, an Helmajistani rebellion leader whom Sōsuke had ''tried to assassinate'', who liked him so much that he adopted him as his "Son of Bdakshon's Tiger", and raised him with complete kindness. And then there was Kalinin, who wanted Sōsuke as his son from the very beginning, and took him as a prisoner of war ''after Sōsuke tried to assassinate him''. He then proceeds to persistently try to get Sōsuke to agree to be his adopted son (which he refused, since he already had Majid as his "father" -- yes, it got to the point of being a first-come-first-serve basis). After Majid dies, Kalinin ''finally'' manages to force his way and get Sōsuke to be his legally adopted son. And all while that was going on, [[AxCrazy Gauron]] has tried to take Sōsuke for himself [[LoveAtFirstSight ever since the moment he first set eyes on the boy]]. He ''literally'' did a double take, parked his jeep, and tried to lure Sōsuke to come with him by promising him food and ammunition. Sōsuke refuses, and Gauron ends up [[StalkerWithACrush being unable to forget him for the next five years]]. (Though in Gauron's case, it's more of a [[PaedoHunt pedophile rapist, sexual version]] of wanting to take him home, unlike the previous two, and Sōsuke was wise to get the hell away from him). |
| 190 | ** Sōsuke winds up succumbing to this compulsion himself when coming across [[FluffyTamer an adult Bengal tiger]], forcing Kaname to thoroughly explain why he's not allowed to keep a wild 250kg-killing machine as a housecat. |
| 191 | * ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': |
| 192 | ** Tsuruya said this about Mikuru in a waitress costume. |
| 193 | ** Haruhi practically ''kidnaps'' poor Mikuru to recruit her into her newly-formed club, simply because of her {{moe}} factor. [[spoiler:We get to see it from a slightly different perspective in ''Disappearance'', where it's just as hilarious and extremely awesome to boot.]] |
| 194 | * In ''The Kidnapping'', by Shiga Naoya, the narrator sees a little girl and decides that he must have her for his own. |
| 195 | * ''Literature/LegacyOfTheDragokin'': Zarracka has a new goal; in addition to killing Daniar [[spoiler:she's also going to replace her as Benji's mother.]] Because of this a number of plot events take a different turn then they would have last time. |
| 196 | * ''Literature/MonsterOfTheMonthClub'': |
| 197 | ** Burly brings a dog home with him in book 2 as a pet after his night out. Luckily, he was already a stray, so Rilla's able to keep Taco even after Burly stops being alive. |
| 198 | ** Tina ''really'' wants to do this with the kitten Milk Dud in book 4. Rilla finally agrees to it, since she sees that Tina really cares for him. |
| 199 | * In ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'', the Time Traveler has encountered a race of people who are essentially humans that stop developing physically and mentally at age six. He has fallen in like with one of the womenfolk. "Weena I had resolved to bring with me to our own time." (Ch. 7) |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 203 | * Liz does this accidentally on ''Series/ThirtyRock''. When handed the baby of a coworker, she has such an extreme case of CutenessProximity that she goes into a fugue state and realizes that she is now in her apartment... and still holding the baby. |
| 204 | -->'''Liz:''' It was like highway hypnosis -- you know, when you pull into your driveway and you don't remember driving home.\ |
| 205 | '''Pete:''' Oh right, and you have someone else's baby in your car. |
| 206 | * In an episode of ''Series/GraceUnderFire'', Grace's daughter, Libby, tries to keep a squirrel in their yard as a pet. Problems arise however when [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when it bites Libby while she tries to feed it, and it gets euthanized in order for the vet to test it for rabies.]] |
| 207 | * ''Series/TheITCrowd''. Moss can get like this whenever he sees a robot, but [[OhCrap when he learns it's for bomb disposal purposes...]] |
| 208 | -->'''Moss:''' It's a ROBOT! I haven't seen one in the wild before. Where'd you come from, fella? Huh? Can we keep him, Roy, only if he doesn't belong to anyone? |
| 209 | * Ryutaros from ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' is very fond of cute animals and tends to bring them back to the [=DenLiner=], sometimes regardless of whether they're homeless or not. Reaches an extreme when he does it to a fellow [[MonsterOfTheWeek Imagin]], which introduces the cast to [[ShelteredAristocrat Sieg]]... |
| 210 | * Nellie provokes this during the series finale of ''Series/TheOfficeUS''. When [[spoiler:Ryan runs off with Kelly during Dwight and Angela's wedding and abandons his baby there, Nellie promptly fulfills her lifelong dream by adopting his baby and taking him to Europe with her]]. |
| 211 | * ''Series/StargateSG1'': |
| 212 | ** Samantha Carter makes friends with a little alien boy in "The Nox". O'Neill informs her dryly that, "No, you can't keep him." |
| 213 | ** However, she ''did'' get to take home Cassandra, a girl orphaned when the rest of her world was wiped out by a disease created by the Goa'uld MadScientist Nirrti. Unfortunately, there's a ''reason'' just one was spared. [[spoiler:There's a bomb in her gut; if it had gone off, it would have reacted with the Stargate itself resulting in NukeEm. She gets better.]] |
| 214 | * ''World's Weirdest Restaurants'': The host mentions this when holding a baby monkey in his arms at a restaurant which uses monkeys as servers. |
| 215 | * An early episode of ''Series/WouldILieToYou'' had panelist Ulrika Jonsson confide to opposing captain Creator/{{David Mitchell|Actor}} that he behaved like a young schoolboy every time he lied, and that it made her want to take him home and put him on a shelf, much to the audience's amusement—and David's bemusement. The temptation quickly passed when the story he was telling[[note]]that he'd talked his way out of a fight with a paper boy at 23[[/note]] turned out to be true. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 219 | * Music/TheBeatles: |
| 220 | -->''It's really good to be here, it's certainly a thrill\ |
| 221 | You're such a lovely audience, we'd like to take you home with us, we'd love to take you home!'' |
| 222 | * Perhaps Guy Kyser -- frontman of Thin White Rope -- tossed a few too many oblique words into the [[WordSaladLyrics salad]], but (in the song "Take It Home") he seemed to be evoking this trope. Or attempting to explore the boundaries of its inherent futility: |
| 223 | -->''Something moving in an airtight room\ |
| 224 | Doesn't age a minute for a year in a vacuum\ |
| 225 | But dies on the way home[...]\ |
| 226 | I can't take this one home\ |
| 227 | I can't take this one home'' |
| 228 | * Darkly invoked in Music/APerfectCircle's cover of "The Nurse Who Loved Me": |
| 229 | -->''I'm taking her home with me, all dressed in white\ |
| 230 | She's got everything I need, some pills in a little cup'' |
| 231 | [[/folder]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 234 | * Music/{{Vocaloid}}: |
| 235 | ** Resident young girl Kaai Yuki. Just Kaai Yuki. |
| 236 | ** Fellow Vocaloid [[LoliconAndShotacon GUMI]] and her video for "Rampaging Lolitaholic" wants to take Kagamine Rin home with her. |
| 237 | [[/folder]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 240 | * ''Podcast/FalloutIsDragons'': No matter the universe, this is Xencarn's default reaction whenever he encounters some variation of cat. |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 244 | * The story of [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Noh Noh]], about a group of adventurers who find the guardian in a SecretTestOfCharacter too adorable to leave behind. (Warning: One of the images is NSFW) |
| 245 | * Similarly, the tale of how the [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jCj1M9cEoV_YZX_ePd1NZtj0lTIw_mZEG6KivYzI0NU/edit# Five Fathers Adventuring Party]] met their adopted daughter, Sarah. |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 249 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', a [[MiniBoss Beloved]] spots the adorable child Cereza. Hearts appear in its eyes, and it hooks her clothes onto its face (don't get the wrong idea, she's still in them), as it tries to "defend" her from Bayonetta. [[DisproportionateRetribution So she summons a dragon made of hair to chomp it in half]]. Not that she wouldn't have done it if it hadn't taken Cereza. |
| 250 | * In ''VideoGame/Bioshock2'', if you have a Little Sister with you and you use a hypnotize plasmid on a splicer, she will sometimes giggle and ask "Can we keep it?" |
| 251 | * ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'': [[spoiler:The Episode WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} ending has the team transported back to their dorm plus the red Keystone and the System in a weakened form. They eventually decide on keeping the thing as a pet.]] |
| 252 | * In ''VideoGame/BugFables,'' you can rent a Bed Bug, a pillbug dressed in pajamas that acts as a one-use full heal for your party, at which point it returns to its master and needs to be rented again. Leif is [[CutenessProximity so enamored with it]] that he states they need to rent it as often as possible, so no one else can have it. |
| 253 | * ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' takes this to a ridiculous extreme when a Badb Catha grabs [[spoiler:one of Lugh's essences]], {{squee}}s like a little girl over having it and saying they are gonna take it home. |
| 254 | * ''Franchise/DragonAge'': |
| 255 | ** If you bring your [[CanineCompanion Mabari War Hound]] to the city of Denerim in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', he will abruptly run off and return a cutscene later with a small boy in tow. The boy just jumps up and down, excitedly shouting "PUPPY!" You have to convince your dog to take him back home. |
| 256 | ** Anders and Ser Pounce-a-lot in ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]''. In this instance, though, Anders ''does'' get to take him home. |
| 257 | * [[AmbiguousSituation One possible interpretation]] of the "Fake Ending" of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'': if you defeat [[spoiler:the secret minigame on Night 5]], you get a special cutscene in which [[spoiler:Ennard, the animatronic created from pieces of the others, shows up in your house; seeing as the other animatronics [[IJustWantToBeFree were just trying to escape the whole game]], it's possible that your character took pity on them and brought Ennard home with him]]. |
| 258 | * ''VideoGame/Grandia2'': [[TheBaroness Millenia]] expresses a desire to do this with [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Roan]] after Ryudo explains they're not trying to kill him. Whether or not she had any real intent to do so (she's not as evil as she wants people to think she is) is up for grabs, but it should be noted that, aside from Ryudo himself, Millenia treats Roan the best of the group. |
| 259 | * ''VideoGame/AHouseOfManyDoors'': You can pick up zero-weight passengers like the Trash Puppy (a dog made of grime and trash, but utterly tiny and playful) and the Waif (a little girl who a retired general badass found on his hobby), and can interact with them once[note]ish, if you aren't SaveScumming[/note] per safe room to restore your character's SanityMeter. |
| 260 | * Anelace says this almost word for word when she meets [[TokenMiniMoe Tita]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky''. |
| 261 | * In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', Kasumi's reaction to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0ej52lijg meeting Niftu Cal]] the '''''[[MemeticMutation BIOTIC]] [[MemeticBadass GOD!]]''''') is "Aww. Can we keep him?" |
| 262 | * In ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'', [[SuperStrength Gutsman]] and [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] both have this reaction to [[EvilKnockoff Copy Robot]] while playing as them. Copy Robot is less than amused by this. |
| 263 | * In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Futaba expresses such a desire when she meets the {{Superboss}}, [[spoiler: Caroline and Justine]]. She changes her mind ''quickly'' once she realizes they're very dangerous {{Badass Adorable}}s. |
| 264 | * In ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', this is how the Watcher typically picks up pets. Later in the game, this can also possibly happen with [[spoiler:an orlan baby that's wanted for a ritual sacrifice]], although almost ''everybody'' comments on just what a ridiculous and simply terrible idea that is. Even the [[ModularEpilogue ending slides]] see fit to point out the absurdity of such an act. |
| 265 | * In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', Gym Leader Opal does this to Bede after seeing the amount of pink he's wearing (to his distress). |
| 266 | * ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale'': Charme mentions wanting to do this with Recette, though how serious she was may depend on how much one believes her booze was affecting her. |
| 267 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': |
| 268 | ** Yukari is said to ''spirit away'' people whom she takes a fancy to. This includes taking home people from ''outside'' Gensoukyou. This is somewhat deconstructed, however, as it's very strongly implied that she only keeps those people around until she gets bored of them. At that point, she either kills and eats them or drops them in Gensokyo, where humans from the outside world tend to have a very short life expectancy. |
| 269 | ** In ''Phantasmagoria of Dim Dream'', Yumemi decided she wanted to take home one of the magical denizens of Gensoukyou, ForScience |
| 270 | ** After spending most of ''Undefined Fantastic Object'' geeking out at the prospect of meeting an alien Sanae refuses to believe [[HumanoidAbomination Nue]] is a youkai, and after she defeats her drags her off to take pictures with her. |
| 271 | ** In the spinoff manga ''Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth'', the Moon princess Watatsuki no Toyohime repeatedly tries to take home one of the Earth rabbits she finds while visiting Eientei. |
| 272 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', A large-scale example happens to the same group ''twice'': a group of children, the only survivors of the Zariman Ten-Zero incident (the first attempt to travel through [[HyperspaceisaScaryPlace the Void]]), were "taken home" first by Margulis, an Orokin woman who cared for them and loved them. Years later, after Margulis' death, the same children were adopted by [[spoiler: the Lotus]] because she could not have children of her own, even though it was a blatent act of rebellion that left her an outcast from her own community and put her at odds with her controlling father. Made especially cute by the fact that [[spoiler: the Lotus]] deliberately takes on Margulis's mannerism to make the children feel more comfortable with her. |
| 273 | * In the Ork campaign of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Retribution'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvmgs6BPmZ4#t=3m58s Mistah Nailbrain decides to take "Daisy" home.]] Daisy is a custom-built battlewagon belonging to another Ork Warboss, and the Kaptin makes Nailbrain promise to keep Daisy fueled and loaded and take her out for ruckuses. |
| 274 | * One of the potentinal MultipleEndings for ''VideoGame/WhispersOfAMachine''. [[spoiler:At the end of it all, Vera has saved Karl and Katarina's infant son, but Karl has been murdered, and Katarina is likely to serve several years in prison for her involvement with a infamous terrorist organisation, so the latter gives up any claim to the child and instead begs Vera to make sure that [[GiveHimANormalLife he gets a proper life]]. Vera can then choose to put the child up for adoption, or promise Katarina that she will look after him herself.]] |
| 275 | [[/folder]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 278 | * In ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', the adorably innocent [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Ibuki Fuko]] says she wants to do this to little Ushio-chan, [[spoiler:Tomoya's daughter]], and to be her older sister ([[OlderThanTheyLook even though she's old enough to be the girl's mother]]). |
| 279 | * An unnamed woman in ''VisualNovel/DaCapo'' wants to take Sakura home. |
| 280 | * Mizuki wonders if she can take Chihiro home during her chapter in ''VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo''. |
| 281 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': |
| 282 | ** Shirou took Ilya home (and Taiga approved) in Fate's route despite the fact that she was an AxCrazy enemy of his only five seconds earlier, and tried to kill him, Saber, Rin, and Archer, and abducted him once. In this case, it's less than "She's so cute" and because Shirou has ChronicHeroSyndrome. |
| 283 | ** On the other hand, Ilya had taken Shirou home in quite a few of the Bad Ends. Taken home [[ALoveToDismember in pieces]] that is. |
| 284 | * ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': |
| 285 | ** [[https://i.imgur.com/0avfJ9r.jpg Rena Ryuuguu]] is the TropeNamer. Whenever she sees something she regards as cute, she melts into a complete ditz and fawns over the subject of cuteness like a mother/big sister. Occasionally, she takes it a little too far, as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVSjavz_w0g following]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghLTQwSwmc0 videos]] show the frightened audience. However, sometimes what she perceives to be "cute" can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv9eqniuvMg odd]] if not downright '''disturbing''' to more normal people. In the sound novels, this is often intentionally invoked to enable Rena's "adorable mode". [[SuperMode In this mode, she cannot be beaten by anyone.]] |
| 286 | ** Apparently, this attitude is contagious. Keiichi starts to act this way (most likely as a joke) when confronted with Shion in [[FanserviceWithASmile her Angel Mort uniform]], and Irie acts like this in a couple scenes, though it's not as cute. |
| 287 | ** Miyo Takano acts this way for, uh, [[NightmareFetishist creepy torture equipment]]. |
| 288 | * ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': |
| 289 | ** Cute boy Sakutarou often falls victim to this when around the [[SevenDeadlySins Stake sisters]]. (Especially Mammon, what with her being {{Greed}} and all.) |
| 290 | ** Jessica says this in her ImageSong as a ShoutOut to ''Higurashi''. |
| 291 | * Adorable [[TheIngenue Ingenue]] Princess Penelope in ''VisualNovel/SevenKingdomsThePrincessProblem'' has this effect on people, leading the player character to joke with Penelope's brother Prince Lisle about working out a shared custody arrangement. |
| 292 | [[/folder]] |
| 293 | |
| 294 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 295 | * In the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' short "Where's The Cheat?", Marzipan falls in love with ''a sandwich'', of all things, in this way. She even names it "Homestar Jr.", much to Homestar's annoyance. |
| 296 | * ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'': The players in Ben's games have been shown in several videos to have a tendency to collect a ton of pets and followers during their adventures due to wanting to take any monster or NPC that they take a liking to with them. In some cases they have outright kidnapped [=NPCs=] that they decided they liked. |
| 297 | * Kindarspirit does this to Kirbopher in ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}: Terrain of Magical Expertise'' and the series it was based on, ''TV Tome Adventures.'' |
| 298 | -->'''Kindarspirit: YOU are just the CUUUUUTEST thing I've ever seen!''' |
| 299 | * In the ''WebAnimation/ZanyToTheMax'' episode "The TimeTravel Contest", the Warners go to the year 802,701, into the world of ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' to enter a contest. They have to help the Time Traveler find Weena. If they win, they will be able to take Weena home with them. (See Literature above.) [[spoiler:Homestripe Runner, a WebAnimation/HomestarRunner fan character (and AuthorAvatar) by the same author, wins instead.]] |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 303 | * [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Batman_Retold/?p=725261 These]] [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Batman_Retold/5258297/ two]] ''Batman Retold'' strips. |
| 304 | * Lampshaded by Jason Todd in ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'', joking that Bruce adopts kids so often that it's not so much a matter of if he'll adopt another so much as when. Considering how the series starts with Duke Thomas (Batman's newest adopted child) moving in, Jason's got a point... |
| 305 | * ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' has a disturbing take on this trope [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/463/ in this strip]] (albeit without bothering to declare the intention). |
| 306 | * The kids in ''Webcomic/FarToTheNorth'' try this... on a fully grown dragon. When he wakes, the dragon decides it's an excellent idea and attempts to take one of them to be his pet instead. [[MamaBear Kelu]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu objects.]] |
| 307 | * ''Webcomic/AGirlAndHerFed'' had [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname The Girl]] say this about one of the ''[[{{Mooks}} henchmen]]''. She was shot down by [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname The Fed]]; after all, [[DeadpanSnarker villains are such a big responsibility]]. |
| 308 | * Sasha had this reaction to King and Bailey's puppies in ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}''. Unfortunately, King was so uncomfortable about how much affection she was showing ''him'' that he completely misunderstood the phrase "I want your puppies". |
| 309 | * ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' When an unleashed [[{{Kaiju}} giant monster]] turns out to be cute and harmless, Molly names him Snookums and wants to keep him as a pet. Conveniently, he ends up shrinking to the size of a basketball by the end of the storyline. |
| 310 | * In ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'', Marena was inspired to bring [[DarkActionGirl Secret]] along with the group after she attempted to say her full [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Abyssal title]]... and fainted after seventy words. |
| 311 | -->'''Marena:''' Aw, but she's so cute. Let's keep her. |
| 312 | * In ''Webcomic/TheLounge'', for a while it was a running gag for people to see the very petite Jamie [=MacKenzie=] and equally short (but teenage) Max Espinoza and ask how much they cost. Usually when they were wearing a cute hat or costume. |
| 313 | * In ''Webcomic/MilkAndMocha'', the title characters encounter Matcha the tiny dinosaur [[AbandonedPetInABox abandoned in a park, in a cardboard box]], and after a slight misunderstanding, Milk took him home and the couple adopted him. Given the sudden rainstorm that ensued shortly before he was adopted, that dinosaur hit the jackpot. |
| 314 | * The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fan webcomic ''Webcomic/MiniMari'' has [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/894991?pool_id=3587 Flandre try to do this to Marisa.]] Unlike common depictions of Flandre being lonely and desperate for a friend from centuries of imprisonment, here she just finds Marisa's reduction to FunSize absolutely adorable. |
| 315 | * ''Webcomic/MonstersCanBeHeroesToo'': Coal's first assignment as an adventurer is go out and kill a slime. She ends up bringing a slime named Lime back with her because Lime is cute, completely forgetting the mission. |
| 316 | * ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'': Accidentally invoked by Pixie. [[KidnappingBirdOfPrey After an eagle kidnaps her]], she keeps gushing about how pretty it is. Initially, the eagle resists, thinking she's trying to sweet-talk it, but upon realizing that Pixie really has no idea of [[SapientEatSapient the eagle's plans]], it changes its mind and decides on adoption. |
| 317 | * ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'': |
| 318 | ** Jareth takes an OffTheWagon James home with him, in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-5-PotC2-Spoilers-61504907 this strip]]. It happens more due to TheWoobie effect, but with Jareth being [[TheFairFolk a fey creature]], it's still on the table that he thought it was adorable. |
| 319 | ** And a perfectly straight example happened when Sarah found Misto...[[spoiler:she gave him away later, though.]] |
| 320 | * ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' has this from Canada and Denmark with [[http://satwcomic.com/epic-battle cute puppie "Hans"]] -- standing in for the territorial dispute over Hans Island, close to Greenland. |
| 321 | * ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' has a [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=360 reciprocal example]]: while shopping for Christmas, Scarlet (a squirrel girl) gets the attention of a little girl fascinated by her fluffy tail, and they BOTH want to take the other one home. |
| 322 | %%* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Leslie is [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/baby very family oriented.]] |
| 323 | * In ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'', Sebastian and Elia decide to keep the eight-year-old [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]] Mia as soon as they see her. Simplified by her being ConvenientlyAnOrphan leaving a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood; complicated by them being {{Card Carrying Villain}}s who'd just [[DoomedHometown immolated her hometown]] on the orders of their {{child hat|er}}ing DiabolicalMastermind [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] boss. Although said boss is mostly resistant to her CutenessProximity, she turns out to be an InnocentProdigy in {{Golem}}-crafting, so she happily settles into their EvilTowerOfOminousness. And negotiates for a tree fort. |
| 324 | [[/folder]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 327 | * ''Blog/GaijinSmash'': Azrael once had a student so adorable, he told his fellow teachers that he wanted to kidnap her. No, no. Not for anything ''bad''. The police would find them having a perfectly innocent tea party. |
| 328 | * ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' got [[http://notalwaysright.com/fritzl-be-one-of-those-days/10098 one of those days]]. |
| 329 | * A serious variant happens sometimes in ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum''. Sues' children are usually saved if the agents can wrangle it. |
| 330 | * In ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'', Welch's characters are prohibited from doing this to drow priestesses. |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 334 | * ''WebVideo/SMPLive'': Connor is immediately enamored with Gold's cute pet parrot, Rye, and he and Schlatt decide they're going to kidnap it for themselves. |
| 335 | * This is the whole basis behind the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyNicL-f544 Trooper Mom]]'' series. Inspired by episode 8 of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', where one of the scout troopers kidnapping Grogu (a.k.a. Baby Yoda), instead of punching him as in canon, decides to adopt the Child because he's just so cute. |
| 336 | * ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'', "The Pet Games": After the tortoise rescues her from an avalanche, Rainbow Dash declares that she's adopting him. Even though he isn't actually up for adoption. |
| 337 | * Website/YouTube: |
| 338 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOwogW6RC40 There is a Youtube clip]] of Pedobear doing this to a child at one of the larger cons. |
| 339 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sYmUOeOVls This clip]] from a ''Series/DoctorWho'' convention. For a child dressed as a ''Dalek''. |
| 340 | * ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': "And I shall call you Mr. Tweetums! For it is very evil!" And in a later episode: [[spoiler:"Fool! There is no one who I would want to remember~... Mr. Tweetums! [[BigNo Nooo!!!]] [[TranquilFury You made me forget my very best friend"...]]]] |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 344 | * Dopey from ''WesternAnimation/The7D'' keeps bringing animals home, so the others warn him not to do so any more. But then he finds a baby elephant, and he can't help himself, so he disguises it as another dwarf. [[PaperThinDisguise The others are completely fooled.]] |
| 345 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime with Finn and Jake'', in the episode The Jiggler, Finn and Jake find a creature that dances along to the song that Finn was singing and the two take it back to their tree house to party with. |
| 346 | ** Funnily enough, this is exactly how Finn ended up becoming Jake's brother. As shown in ''Memories of Boom-Boom Mountain'', baby!Finn [[spoiler: (after his father accidentally sent him away from the human islands while trying to protect him from Hiders)]] ended up all alone in Ooo when Joshua and Margaret found him and decided to take him home. |
| 347 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' does this with Riley of all people being kidnapped by one of Grandpa's blind dates because he is just so cute. Huey and Grandad have to go save him. |
| 348 | * ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'': One episode has Breach kidnap Rex to put in her dollhouse while referring to Rex as her "new favorite" and "shiny thing." |
| 349 | * A rather odd example in ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures''. Villain Jeremiah Surd and his minions have hijacked Air Force One and they plan to kill everybody in it with a deadly nerve gas. Our heroes Jonny, Jessie. and Hadji get themselves captured while trying to rescue the President. Bandit (Jonny's pet dog) is also there. When Lorenzo, one of Surd's minions (who is usually very competent in his ruthlessness, except for being rather BookDumb) points Bandit's presence out to Surd, the boss tells him to "throw him in, too." And Lorenzo goes: "But he's so cute! Can I keep him?" Surd, predictably, says no. |
| 350 | * In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' this was Po's inital reaction to Peng, before GreenEyedMonster set in. |
| 351 | -->'''Po:''' Oh please, please can we keep him? Can we keep him ''pleeeeease''? He's even [[{{Pun}} pottery trained!]] |
| 352 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': The Abominable Snowman. "Oh, boy! A bunny rabbit! Just what I always wanted! I will name him George, and I will hug him and squeeze him and pet him and pat him..." |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E9SweetAndSmoky Sweet and Smoky]]", Fluttershy is so utterly taken by the baby dragons' cuteness, by the end of the episode she grabs an armful of them while cooing "I'll take them all!" |
| 354 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'' has Bubbles bringing home animals she felt sorry for. This culminates with her trying to hide a ''baby whale'' from the Professor. |
| 355 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Paris Hilton offers to buy Butters for $250 million for this reason. His parents accept, although Butters isn't too happy with the arrangement. [[TheDitz Well, that and she thought Butters was an animal.]] |
| 356 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Jellyfish Jam", the jellyfish follows [=SpongeBob=] home, and [=SpongeBob=] at first doesn't want to take him home, but he relents easily. |
| 357 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': When the infant Kal-El landed on Earth, he was found by John and Martha Kent. Martha saw the baby and immediately wanted to take him in. John was hesitant at first to simply take a baby from a space ship, but the baby won him over after a minute. They named him Clark, and the rest is history. |
| 358 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' Season 2 episode "Date with Destiny", Beast Boy makes mention that Killer Moth's mutant drones are cute enough to keep as pets (in the larval stage). Despite Raven's warning, he manages to hide Silkie up until Season 3's "Can I Keep Him?" |
| 359 | * Creator/TexAvery [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo8HM77q4Is did it first]] in the [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons MGM Cartoons]]. "Hello George! Glad to know ya, George! You're my new lit-tle friend, George! My new lit-tle friend. What I'm gonna do is to pet ya and play with ya, George!" ''(crunching of bones in a hug)'' |
| 360 | * Elmyra of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' has no problem with snatching random creatures (in a world of {{Funny Animal}}s) and declaring them her pets. Compounding matters, she's also a [[AndCallHimGeorge negligent owner]] whose pets invariably die. In many ways she's more sinister than her mentor, Elmer Fudd, who would simply shoot at them. |
| 361 | [[/folder]] |
| 362 | |
| 363 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 364 | * The reason inter-species adoptions are possible -- e.g. a dog with puppies adopting a baby bunny it might have normally had for breakfast, a [[OlderThanFeudalism she-wolf adopting]] [[RaisedByWolves a human infant]], etc. More specifically, facial features with certain proportions (huge eyes, tiny nose, tiny mouth, round head) really hit an onlooker's parental instincts, and happen to be pretty much universal among mammals, so that sometimes, under the right circumstances, the instinct to take it home and care for it overweighs the instinct to snack on it. |
| 365 | * It can happen within a species too -- if a baby is orphaned or otherwise separated from a parent, an adult will sometimes insert themselves as a surrogate parent. Nursing mother cats, for instance, will sometimes nurse orphaned or abandoned kittens, sometimes even going out of their way to "pick up" the kittens and take them to join her own kittens. |
| 366 | * Outside of mammals, there is an adorable story of a snake [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4627950.stm taking his would-be-food in as a friend]]. A snake in a Japanese zoo wasn't eating after being added to their exhibit. They thought maybe it wanted something more... lively. One of the caretakers figured that the snake may have caught on with their trick, since normally they use warm meat to trick the snake's senses into thinking it's still alive and snakes won't eat dead things unless they have to. They placed a hamster in the enclosure with him and... they started cuddling. Turns out the snake was stressed from the trip and started eating again, with the hamster as a companion. |
| 367 | * Many a puppy has gotten their home because of this trope. People might start out with the intention of just having a look but then a puppy jumps up to say hello, climbs into their lap, or just gazes at them with those [[PuppyDogEyes big brown eyes]] and suddenly the puppy coming home with them is a foregone conclusion. Also occurs with older dogs, especially ones that qualify as [[TheWoobie woobies.]] |
| 368 | * Cats are the masters of getting humans to do this. So much so that, statistically, more than half of cat owners got their pet after finding and adopting a stray. |
| 369 | * While good for puppies, this trope is bad for baby animals of species where it is normal for the mother to hide her young and only return occasionally, like hares, and to a lesser extent, seals or deer. Humans may be tempted to [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe take the baby animal home,]] and in many cases will not be able to properly care for it. |
| 370 | * According to convention reports, the creepier members of FanDumb have a habit of asking Creator/DougWalker if they can "keep" him. As one might expect, he doesn't enjoy this. Of course, given the phrasing, this could just as easily be a creepy and irritating, if ultimately harmless, reference to ''Film/{{Casper}}'', which featured the same line, and which [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic The Critic]] found creepy. |
| 371 | * One of Creator/MasiOka's fans expressed her wish to take him home and care for him like a pet. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20111115102127/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2003704622_masioka140.html He found out, and does not object to the idea.]] |
| 372 | * A peculiar version of this was employed by Khutulun, a granddaughter of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan and TomboyPrincess exemplar, who became known not just for her wrestling skills (at which she was said to be unbeatable) but also for her habit of fighting alongside her father in campaigns and at certain points running straight up to the enemy lines, picking up a random soldier and carrying him bodily back to her father. Presumably their enemies were too [[RefugeInAudacity stunned]] to react. |
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