A squee is the sound made by excited fangirls (or fanboys). The exact nature of what makes someone squee depends on the type of fan. Shippers squee when something happens with their favourite pairing. Comics fans when they get a new comic or model. Video Game fans squee at the announcement of a game in their favourite series. It can even be caused by meeting a favourite actor, actress, or other celebrity.
It is an excited expression of desire for the object that caused the squee, though not necessarily sexual desire. Can be triggered by Cuteness Proximity or And the Fandom Rejoiced.
In writing, it is often followed immediately by the emote *dies*, to imply that the user in question has suddenly fainted from euphoric overload. In Japanese, "Squee!" often translates to "Kyaa!".
Most likely a mutation of or derivation from "squeal". Possibly a Portmanteau of "squeal" and "glee". Any resemblance to Squick is (mostly) purely coincidental. Although, it is important to note that one person's Squee can be another person's Squick.
For the comic book, see Squee. Or, if it's the other guy named Squee, Magic: The Gathering. For the rodent, see Myst. And if you want the game company, add a "nix" to make Squeenix.
Compare The Knights Who Say Squee. A common result of And the Fandom Rejoiced.
Note: This page is for In-Universe examples only.
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Anime and Manga
This is the standard, frequently-used reaction to the female customers whenever the main characters entertain them in Ouran High School Host Club. In episode 23, the eponymous club's female patrons unleash mass quantities of Squee when they see the innocent Haruhi acting friendly with the Jerk with a Heart of Gold Casanoda. Of course, since the girls don't know the truth about Haruhi, they assume the whole thing is ripe with Ho Yay.
In the english translation of the Strawberry Panic! manga, Shizuma's fangirls react to her by going literal "Squee".
In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Judai summons his Winged Kuriboh in a public match and the female half of the audience immediately starts fawning over the cute lil' fuzzball.
The female audience does this again when Judai pours a bag of fleas down a guy's pants, forcing him to discard them.
Another non-erotic example: Binbou Shimai Monogatari appears to be constructed around the squee-laden interaction between the two sisters Kyou and Asu.
in Kamichu!, Yurie's schoolmates watch and squee their heads off when she finally tells her love interest how she feels for him. To be fair, the whole school has worked darned hard to help her make this happen, since Yurie is one hell of a shy god.
Rena from Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni does this whenever she sees something she perceives as "cute". Hauu~
Used, and not in a good way in School Mermaid by the eponymous mermaids. Not out of joy. It's all they can say. The effect is absolutely disturbing, considering their faces always have the same blank, eerie smile on them. Only when the 'O' mermaid gets stabbed in the arm, and, a few moments later, beaten to death with a crowbar, does her expression change.
K-On! leader Ritsu does a high-pitched squee twice in the first episode, when the other two main characters join her club.
Mahou Sensei Negima!: The entire class does this when introduced to their 10-year-old teacher.
In a recent episode of Team Four Star's Dragonball Z Abridged, King Kai describes to Goku how crazy-powerful Frieza is, culminating with Goku letting out a very excited 'Eeeeeee...!'
When Haruhi sees Santa (well, actually Taniguchi dressed as Santa), her squee results in a Distant Reaction Shot showing entire galaxies.
In Infinite Stratos anime, this trope described the formerly-all-girls-school students' reaction when they saw Ichika Orimura (their first male student) holding the hand of Charles Dunois (they were hurrying to the gym changing room) perfectly.
Usopp and Chopper do this when they see Franky's features after the timeskip.
Inami from WORKING has a moment when she finds out that Souta doesn't use his self defense on her because it hurts (She thinks he doesn't want to hurt her)
In Mayo Chiki!, Usami does this very briefly after eating an octopus ball at the school festival in episode 6.
The schoolgirls often do this as well anytime Subaru is around.
Comic Books
Todd "Squee" Casil of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac made the sound in question whenever he was terrified. Which was often.
Deadpool unleashes a giant "FANBOY SQUEEEEEE!" upon realizing that he's getting the crap beaten out of him by The Mighty Thor.
Fan Fiction
In the Official Fanfiction University of MREDURE, it is established that in any continuum where "squee" is a noun, squeeing produces human-sized versions of whatever or whoever a squee is that glomp the squee-er and vanish.
This sounds a lot like how Drow Tales said chibis are formed...
In this fanfic, which parodies Sues and Fangirls, Fangirls not only Squee on a regular basis, but the herds they travel in are also called Squees.
DC Nation universe example: Green Shield AND Speedy both do this after Mia dishes that Connor finally worked up the nerve to kiss Mia with no major angst or world-destroying crap over their heads. Made funnier by how much of a Snark Knight Shield usually is.
In the Neon Genesis Evangelion fic Nobody Dies, Rei is prone to these. Maya does it somewhat often, usually involving Ritsuko. And after the main cast briefly visit the Canon!Eva verse, Canon!Rei picks this up (albeit subdued) from her counterpart.
In Kyon: Big Damn Hero Mikuru does this after seeing a picture of Kyon in an apron.
Deadpool actually says "FANBOY SQUEE!" in one issue of Deadpool Team-Up when he realized he would be getting to team up with The Mighty Thor.
Alyssa: Ohmigod, ohmigod, I'm so sorry I just walked in like that, but I wanted to surprise Kurt with an early Christmas present, and – and… Oh my God, I just can't – I mean, Kurt sometimes talks about a boyfriend, but he never mentions who or where the guy attends and, and…! Oh. My. God! Eeek, I'm so happy! Seriously, you don't know how happy you two just made me. Kurt, don't even get me anything for Christmas, okay? Like, seriously. The mental image of you two kissing has been forever photographed into my memory, and it's like crack to me.
Film
A fangirl not only goes Squee but faints in Galaxy Quest when Jason kisses Gwen, implying their Galaxy Quest characters are romantically involved, and that fan's ship is now canon.
When Kit and Malcolm take Margo shopping in preparation for her trip to London. She goes catnip crazy for the fancy clothes.
While investigating Jack the Ripper's occult connections, the Ripper Watch Team runs into Malcolm's favorite poet, William Butler Yeats. He can barely restrain from soiling himself.
Often the reaction of the Doctor, his companion, or both to meeting a particularly awesome historical figure. William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all produce particularly nerdy reactions.
Furthermore, in Series 3, episode 2, with Tennant:
The Doctor: Come on, we can all have a good flirt later.
Shakespeare: Is that a promise, Doctor?
The Doctor: Oh, 57 academics just punched the air.
Not to mention Ten(nant) did this over the 5th Doctor in the mini-episode Time-Crash. "You know....I loved being you. Back when I started at the beginning I was always trying to be old and important, like you do when you're young. And then I was you."
At Comic-Con 2009, John Barrowman let out a positively ear-splitting one after David Tennant kissed him. Said squee was so loud it managed to be heard over the squees of most of the DW fanbase.
Happened on Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Dawn squeed upon discovering that Willow and Tara were back together. She then retreated downstairs, leaving them alone.
Earlier than that, Willow gave an unintelligble high-pitched squeal when Buffy's mother's paramour gave her computer upgrades for free, which Xander described as the sound she makes when she has a surge of geeker-joy.
A great example from the Christmas-cookie episode of Good Eats:
Santa Claus: Two hours? In two hours I'll be three time zones from here! I don't have that kind of time! [touches nose, the lights flash]
Alton Brown: What was that?
SC: Localized temporal displacement...magic. It's now two hours later in your kitchen! Dough's ready!
AB: Is not. [pulls the dough out and checks it] It is! Santa really is magic! * squee*
In Dollhouse, Bennett has a quiet moment like this when she learns she's about to meet Topher Brink, who she has a huge geek-crush on. Topher has this afterward regarding Bennett, when he calls up himself in Victor's body.
Detective Kate Beckett becomes a fangirl when she meets Joe freaking Torre. She manages to keep the Squee out of her voice until Torre is away.
In Season 4 Episode 2, a killer chops the "victim", who was in the early stages of raping a girl in an alley, in half vertically. The first shot Castle and Beckett see of the suspect from a security camera shows that he's wearing a superhero costume. Castle squees with delight all episode about chasing down a superhero.
Newspaper Comics
Sarcastically invoked in an early Garfield, where Jon excitedly announces to a grumpy Garfield that he will be getting liver for dinner; Garfield (without changing his facial expression) responds with "Oh hooray, hop about, clap paws, squeal with glee."
Video Games
In 'The Answer' storyline from Persona 3: FES there's a flashback to Akihiko-senpai in junior high after winning a boxing match. When he brushes off a recruiter from another school his fangirls do this- "Squee!" is written in their dialogue.
Merrill Squees at Donnick and Aveline in Dragon Age 2.
In Hyrule Castle Town, Link in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has a trio of fangirls who hang outside Purlo's tent. If he wins the STARS minigame, they squee whenever he talks to them.
In the later Metroid games (that is, Fusion and anything newer), the eponymous Metroids say "Squee" with random intervals. In the Metroid Prime subseries, however, Metroids only scream "Squee!" when they're killed off (or accidentally commit suicide by touching walls covered in the highly radioactive Phazon).
In Summon Night: Swordcraft Story, Sugar squees if you agree to go on a 'date' with her to a special place.
At E3 2004, this trailer caused just such a reaction. Here is the same moment captured from a different angle. WARNING: If you are using headphones, be very mindful of your volume setting.
The Nostalgia Chick doesn't really do this often, preferring to mock it instead with shouts of "PUPPIES!" every now and then, but she was utterly delighted when Santa Christ gave her Othello in Kickassia.
She also squeed over "Dougie!" Jones in her video review of Hocus Pocus.
When The Cinema Snob learned that the film he was watching starred Pierre Kirby (having thought he'd already seen every Kirby movie, as imdb didn't list this one), he emits the noise of a rubber duck being squeaked.
Spazz: Disneyworld? You mean the Disneyworld. The one that opened in 1971 housing the fourteen parks, home of the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcott, and Hollywood Studios? Why aren't we there now?!
A recent page of Sinfest had a demoness doing a squee upon learning the name of the quiet bookworm Criminy. She apparently became his Stalker with a Crush after he was nice to her.
Another strip has Tycho catching Gabe coming out of the bathroom dressed in his bed clothes, a t-shirt with New Kids on the Block, and reacts with what seems to be stunned horror... until he exclaims with girlish glee "Joey was my favorite too!!"
This happens fairly regularly in the Insecticomics. Humans and Transformers alike are guilty of it. Blinky is especially noted for his tackle/squee moments.
In thisShortpacked! Ethan does this prompting Leslie to ask why it took Robin so long to figure out he's gay.
One can hear a fangirl coming a mile away in And Shine Heaven Now because they do this. And the best way to get fangirls to let go of them is to make them squee so much that they faint from sheer joy. In fact, this happened six times in Shine:
Year 1: having Alucard aim at Integra, making the fangirls rave about what the hell's going on and what the characters are thinking, all declaring "THIS IS SO COOL!"
Year 2: Enrico pointing out that "A World Without Logos" can also be translated as "A World Without God", which is also relevant to Hellsing
Year 4: Giving the fans autographs (and in the case of the Jackal fangirl, a bullet)
In Housepets! Max and Grape convince a dog named Tarot to use her psychic abilities to essentially put them inside of the world of the Pridelands book series. Their response:
Avatar: The Last Airbender had some in-universe in the Beach Episode. Zuko takes off his shirt and the camera cuts straight to nearby bikini girls enjoying the view.
When "Squee" has rabies, you get the Foaming-mouth Guy.
American Dragon Jake Long: Haley went nuts over Pooka Pooka Fun Fun Farm, annoying her brother more than a little bit.
Kristen and Kirsten from Six Teen have a tendency to squee, to the annoyance of the anti-conformist Nikki who works at the Khaki Barn with them.
Caitlin has had her moments, too.
The eponymous character in the season three première of Ben 10 Alien Force did this when he saw that the Sumo Slammers were making a live-action movie, making for a spectacular moment.
Happens in the first episode of Ren and Stimpy as Stimpy writes his poem for a contest.
