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"Phffft! No, come on, Dad, he's so weird and awkward, it's like 'Are you an idiot or do you know you're adorable?'"

Examples of Adorkable in animated films.


  • Alpha and Omega: Humphrey and his two buddies, Shakey and Salty. The three are low-ranking Omega wolves, who are not supposed to interact with the elite Alphas. Humphrey, however, falls in love with the beautiful Alpha Kate, and attempts to flirt with her. His initial attempts go really, really badly, but his sweet personality eventually wins her over. Shakey's cute appearance and tendency to trip up qualify him for this trope too, as does Salty's inability to flirt.
  • Antz: The protagonist Z is very quirky and neurotic, but still loveable nonetheless.
  • Arthur Christmas:
    • Bryony sometimes, like when she's getting excited about gift wrap.
    • The titular character Arthur is by no means elegant and worries about almost everything in a hysterical manner, but is an eternally cheery Nice Guy who wholeheartedly believes in the magic of Christmas.
  • Balto: Star is a small, meek, timid Butt-Monkey with an adorably awkward personality who gets kicked around by Nikki and Kaltag, and whacked in some shape or form anytime he says one thing.
  • The Book of Life:
    • Manolo Luis Sanchez. Either when he's serenading Maria or whatever humorous catastrophe befalls him
    • Joaquin Emilio Mondragon Jr. crosses into this territory when he's thinking about Maria or talking about his cool mustache.
  • Cats Don't Dance: Danny. His optimism and energetic dancing and singing make him quite adorable. Also, when he becomes a couple with Sawyer after he realizes what she meant about the new item on his list "Get the girl".
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs:
    • Sam Sparks, once she dons her glasses and embraces her love of meteorology.
    • Flint Lockwood, especially when it comes to science and Sam. He's the stereotypical socially-awkward geek who wants to be accepted.
  • Coraline: Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat stutters while speaking, is friends with a cat, and is a nice guy in general.
  • The Croods: Guy. He does wild mannerisms with his body, he's endearingly clumsy (mostly due to the Croods man-handling him), and his crush on Eep is endearingly sweet.
  • Despicable Me:
    • The Minions are 10,400 cuddly, accident-prone, small, and yellow humanoids that you want to hug all day, to the point they became Breakout Characters.
    • Margo gains some tendencies in the sequel when she gets her first crush. Much of her behavior around him is so awkward it's impossible not to love.
    • Gru becomes this when he uses some youth lingo or when he's around Lucy.
    • Starting with the sequel we have Lucy Wilde. She's an energetic, fast-talking nice girl.
  • Elemental (2023): Wade Ripple is certainly highly emotional, but he's also a friendly, sweet-natured goofball with a hidden poetic side. Not to mention his incredibly dorky mannerisms when around Ember during their first date.
  • Epic (2013):
    • Bomba and Grub have traces of this.
    • Nod, and even Ronin as well, when mocking Bomba in his and MK's house.
  • Happy Feet: Mumble dances whenever he's excited, and you can never forget his obvious love for Gloria.
  • Home (2015):
    • Tip. She's a big nerd. The whole "teaching Oh jokes" solidifies her as one. She also proudly tells Oh that she got an A in geometry.
    • Oh is goofy, clumsy, and has weird speech patterns.
  • Hotel Transylvania:
    • Mavis gets quite giddy at the prospect of traveling the world or thinking about Jonathan. She even shows more of this trait in the sequel. When she is on a trip with Johnny, she is so perky and excitable about seeing things she's never seen before. She even thinks she's on national television when she's standing in front of a security camera in a corner store right after trying every single slurpy flavor!
    • Dracula is a huge utterly sweet dork as a father, and later as a grandfather. In the second film, he is completely clueless to the human lifestyle, can barely figure out how to use a cell phone, and tries in vain to to teach Dennis how to be a "real vampire". His dorkiness is later taken to new heights when he meets Ericka in the third film, to the point where he frantically hides when being told as a joke that Ericka's nearby.
  • How to Train Your Dragon:
    • Hiccup. In contrast to Testosterone Poisoned fellow Vikings, he's a scrawny snarky young teen who tries so hard to be tough like them but can't.
    • Toothless, especially by third film and his hilarious but adorable courtship of the Light Fury.
  • Ice Age:
    • Manny, primarily in the second note  and thirdnote  movies.
    • Louis the little molehog from Ice Age: Continental Drift. He's a shy little hedgehog with Puppy-Dog Eyes who everyone calls a wiener.
  • The Iron Giant: Hogarth Hughes. Best proven when he gushes over "having his own giant".
  • Kubo and the Two Strings: Kubo, absolutely. From walking through a field with his paper Hanzo doll above his head to freaking out over obtaining the Sword Unbreakable, he is just great to watch.
  • Kung Fu Panda: Po may be the Dragon Warrior, but he's still a walking dictionary when it comes to kung-fu and he gushes over meeting the Fearsome Five in person.
  • The LEGO Movie: Emmet is a cheery guy who's most original thought is of a "double-decker couch" (So that way everyone can hang out together and be buddies!), acts like a stool when told to be silent like a stool, and he totally geeks out when he meets Batman.
  • The Lorax (2012):
    • The Once-ler's younger self is a clumsy, goofy inventor with a pretty-boy face, tall, skinny body, and a fondness for singing. He strives for approval from his family, especially his emotionally abusive mother. He starts out as a genuinely nice (if very naive) young man; it's his determination to get his family to like him that leads to him destroying the Lorax's home.
    • Ted is an optimistic middle schooler who has a Precocious Crush on high schooler Audrey. So determined is he to impress her that he goes on a quest to find a tree, something believed to be extinct, for her. This causes him to venture into the potentially dangerous wastelands where the Once-ler lives, all for the older girl's approval. Physically, he is similar to the Once-ler's aforementioned younger self.
  • Madagascar: Melman is the lovable scatterbrain of the foursome. This becomes a main subplot point in Escape 2 Africa, when his romantic interest in Gloria is threatened by the hunkier, socially suave Moto Moto.
  • Megamind: Megamind, notable especially when he's disguised as Bernard and one of his most relatable, lovable traits. Just watch one scene and you'll see.
  • Mr. Peabody & Sherman: Sherman is perhaps one of the best examples as his nerdy appearance, innocence, and clumsiness really take the cake.
  • Rango: The title character. Or as appealing as his character design would allow, anyway. Appearance aside, he is ditzy, awkward, nervous, adorable, cuddly sunshine in a bag.
  • Rio: Blu is obvious (and given that he's voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, that is to be expected). He's awkward, polite, and quite clumsy. The best ways to describe this trope all in one package.
    • Both Linda and Tulio prove to be very much adorkable too, specially in the sequel.
  • Sausage Party: Barry is a slightly awkward little sausage who wants to get inside a bun just like all the other sausages and shows such adorable enthusiasm at the thought of doing so. He still maintains his adorkableness when he helps lead the revolt against the humans. Plus, being played by Michael Cera doesn't hurt.
  • Storks: Tulip has an excitable nature and curiosity that makes her all the more endearing.
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Despite being a villain, Kamek is weirdly endearing with how much of a Sycophantic Servant he is to Bowser. His demeanor is rather cheerful throughout most of the film. Despite how Bowser sometimes abuses him, he seems to genuinely enjoy working for him and trying to help him win over Peach. (It's implied that he was the one who came up with Bowser's cheesy pickup line.) Even him crossdressing as Peach is kind of wholesome. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, he only did it to deceive the heroes, but here, he does it to help Bowser practice his proposal, and to imagine Peach instantly falling for him. Kamek's big glasses with Opaque Lenses help, and so does his nice accent (even if it's a bit hard to place.) His accent gives him oddly adorable inflections, like when he says that there's "nothing to worry about!"
  • The Thief and the Cobbler: Tack, the titular cobbler, with his awkward pose, muteness and ridiculously pale skin.
  • Wallace & Gromit: Wallace is a childish, socially inept Bungling Inventor whose positive attitude and well-meaning nature nonetheless make an impression.

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