1 | [[quoteright:300:[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nanoha-kewpiecarosurprise.jpg]]]] |
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3 | Female {{anime}} characters, when surprised, shocked, or threatened, will frequently throw their arms up in the air at a forty-five degree angle, just like a Kewpie doll. {{Moe}} characters are more likely to do this than others. |
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5 | The trope can take one of two forms: either the character doing it will freeze into a {{tableau}}, or she'll flap her arms up into the kewpie doll pose and down again. Mere surprise more commonly elicits the first reaction; terrified or frantic characters are more likely to perform the second. The trope is largely confined to comedy series. |
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7 | Compare HumanHummingbird, when a character's limbs flail so fast, you can barely see them. |
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9 | !!Examples: |
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11 | [[AC:Anime & Manga]] |
12 | * ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Tomo frequently flaps her arms up and down whenever she's excited, distressed, or otherwise emotional, tying in with her nature as a self-described "[[GenkiGirl crazy-go-nuts high schooler with energy and spunk]], if nothing else." |
13 | %%* ''Manga/GAGeijutsukaArtDesignClass'' |
14 | %%* ''Manga/{{Kobato}}'' does this quite often. |
15 | %%* ''Manga/LoveHina'': Shinobu in the title sequence, as well as in the 19th episode. |
16 | %%* ''Manga/{{Mahoraba}}'': Every Chance it gets. |
17 | * ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'': |
18 | ** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'': Nanoha does this when Vita gets her name wrong. |
19 | ** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'': The page image is Caro Ru Lushe. |
20 | * ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'': When Hanon and Rina see Lucia's clothes in Kaito's house hung just at the window, they enter this state as they wonder what naughty/perverted things are happening there. When the scene changes again, it shows them and their Kewpie doll versions of them in their hands. |
21 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': |
22 | ** In the first season, Kasumi does the first type upon first seeing Akane's shorter haircut (flinging a frying pan into the air in the process, forcing Ranma to rescue it and its contents). |
23 | ** Girl-type Ranma does the second when facing her [[AchillesHeel mortal fear of cats]]. |
24 | %%* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' |
25 | %%* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'': Especially Kate does this a lot. |
26 | * ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'': Popura is prone to this. |
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28 | %%[[AC:Literature]] |
29 | %%* ''Literature/MazeMegaburstSpace'' |
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31 | [[AC:Visual Novels]] |
32 | * ''VisualNovel/ToHeart2'': [[HumanAlien Ruuko Kireinasora]] does this as her greeting. |
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34 | [[AC:Webcomics]] |
35 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': |
36 | ** Susan does it [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1737 here.]] |
37 | ** This [[http://www.egscomics.com/comic/2013-11-21 is used]] to illustrate [[StraightGay Justin's]] thoughts protesting that Elliot's [[GenderBender female form]] is adorable. |
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39 | %%[[AC:Western Animation]] |
40 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeMe'' does this to an irritating degree. |
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