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5	[[quoteright:346:[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edward-fullmetal-alchemist-visible-sigh_7226.jpg]]]]
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7	Relegated mainly to lighter {{anime}}, the visible sigh is a little white cloud that appears near and moves away from the mouth or nose of a person sighing. It's used to symbolize heavy breathing after exertion and some cases where the onomatopoeia "phew!" is used in English. It also tends to emit from someone's mouth when they eat or swallow something, and when coming from the nose, it sometimes expresses a smug feeling. The cloud itself is usually circular with a small "stem" that points toward the character emitting it.
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9	Possibly based on the phenomenon of visible breath encountered in weather of sufficiently low temperature and high humidity.
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11	In many works, the cloud will be compacted, resembling a mushroom.
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13	May be present as CatharticExhalation.
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16	!!Examples:
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20	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
21	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' (pictured above). Creator/TravisWillingham, Roy Mustang's voice actor, once made a comment on this at a convention ("Ed just burped out a mushroom!").
22	* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' does this when he lands after floating, and can hit enemies with it.
23	** He also gets one in an episode of [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa the anime series]], shaped like an apple.
24	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' features this kind of sigh a lot, including by Pokémon, mostly Pikachu when he's forced to play TeamDad to younger Pokémon.
25	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
26	** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'': Hummy does one after eating the cupcakes that Hibiki and Kanade gave her.
27	** ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'': Laura heaves one after Manatsu and Sango prevent a curious Minori from discovering [[ItMakesSenseInContext she's not a statue]].
28	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' Luna especially is fond of doing this when Serena/Usagi has a {{facepalm}} -worthy moment.
29	%%* ''{{Mahoraba}}'' makes frequent use of this, even in the opening.
30	* Rukawa Kaede in ''Manga/SlamDunk'' does this all the time, especially when confronted by rival Sakuragi Hanamichi.
31	* ''WebAnimation/ThereSheIs'', when Nabi sees that Doki's cake is unscratched.
32	* ''Anime/LuckyStar'' uses this, but there it's more like a speech "bubble" cloud.
33	* In ''Manga/PitaTen'', Misha sees Takashi sighing complete with a little cloud. She then mentions the Japanese saying that some of your "happiness" escapes whenever you sigh. When this causes Takashi to sigh again, Misha ''grabs'' the cloud saying she can see the happiness getting away.
34	* In ''Manga/SoulEaterNOT'', any time a character is full of his or herself, they might sigh a cloud through their nose.
35	* ''Manga/CleanFreakAoyamakun'': After Aoyama cleans the class' windows, the board, and his desk, he becomes so tired his sigh can be seen as a little cloud.
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38	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
39	* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', it's not uncommon for little clouds to form near a character's mouth when they sigh.
40	* Similarly, ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' often features little breath clouds when characters sigh.
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43	[[folder:Video Games]]
44	* Done by a few villagers in the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series. Starting with ''Wild World'', you can learn to do it yourself from Doctor Shrunk.
45	* Franchise/{{Kirby}} exhales after he's been using his flight abilities, and the cloud can hurt enemies. [[RecurringBoss Whispy]] [[WhenTreesAttack Woods]], Gooey, and King Dedede do this, too.
46	* The original ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'' arcade game while the player character gets incinerated by an electric bolt by a [[VideoGame/SpaceInvaders Space Invader]].
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50	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Nanase [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/party-183 lets out one]] as a CatharticExhalation.
51	* ''Webcomic/Friday4Koma'': Orange gives a visual sigh in the [[http://omaketheater.com/comic/9/ third panel]].
52	* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', Kat in Chapter 35, then Annie in Chapter 36 when discovering she ''didn't'' mess up the rest of Red's life by accident. For extra expression, supplied with the closed eyes and a weak smile.
53	* ''Webcomic/MedicPics'': The author gives one after completely exhausting his social battery (after a singular conversation in a library.)
54	* ''Webcomic/TapiseriSoujourn'': Soujourn lets out a visible sigh while discussing with Daedalus what she needs from him.
55	* ''Webcomic/TokiNoTanaka'': Himiko gives one of these in [[http://www.tokinotanaka.com/comic/episode-1-page-12/ page 12]].
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58	[[folder:Western Animation]]
59	* Due to its {{Animesque}} nature, ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is fond of using this, particularly with Raven.
60	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'' uses this as well, being a DenserAndWackier SpinOff of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship Is Magic]]''.
61	** ''Friendship is Magic'' has an instance too (though not in the classic shape), when Twilight sighs out of relief due to Applejack finally accepting her friends' help in the episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]].
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