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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': In the ValentinesDayEpisode, after Jimmy ends up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard under the influence of his own]] LovePotion, he sees Cindy as a HotScientist. Under the influence of the same love potion, Sheen perceives Libby as an intergalactic warrior queen and Carl sees Judy Neutron as a life-size gingerbread cookie.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': In "Legs", Raven is seen without her cloak, which excites Beast Boy when he's able to see that ShesGotLegs; a RunningGag throughout the rest of the episode involves Beast Boy ogling her legs, and in close-ups, her legs are [[AnimationBump drawn far more detailed and anatomically correct]].

* ''Webcomic/YumisCell'': Inverted with Yumi and her perception of Babi. She first meets him when she's still going out with Woong, so she sees him as TheNondescript, because she's not interested in other guys. When her relationship with Woong falls apart, she starts seeing Babi as the handsome ChickMagnet he really is. [[spoiler:She goes back to seeing him as a blank when she falls out of love with him, but removes the filter when she decides to give him a second chance. Although he's still drawn normally afterwards, even after Yumi finally breaks up with him for good.]]

* In ''Manga/MyWifeIsWagatsumasan'', Komatsu Masao and Yoshiko Tanaka share a moment of mutual crush filtering, only for it to abruptly become extremely onesided.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Boa Hancock once fantasized about Luffy being a total bishonen. In reality, he's... not so pretty (though not ugly either).
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': At the beginning of the Soul Society when Ichigo is willing to protect the guy he just defeated and insist Orihime take a break from healing him, Orihime imagines Ichigo wearing Prince Charming clothing. During the Lost Agent Arc, when Orihime visits Ichigo, he invites her in as he normally does, but she imagines him opening the door in a nice suit, smiling sensually and inviting her upstairs in a flirtatious way.
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': When Brief first lays his eyes on Panty in Episode 2, he sees in her ArtShift form.
* In ''Anime/KotouraSan'', Manabe frequently imagines Kotoura in a more idealized state (which she can [[DirtyMindReading unfortunately witness]]). As Kotoura is already cute, though, her face isn't changed all that much in his fantasies... [[SelfFanservice her body, though, gets a significant upgrade]].

* In the ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'' TV show, Himespetchi has a huge crush on Mametchi, and as such she sees him as a much more handsome version of himself with a more detailed face, longer arms and legs, a deeper voice, and a BishieSparkle surrounding him.
* Known as the [[{{Pun}} Steph-o-scope]] in ''Anime/NoGameNoLife''. Steph constantly sees Sora under this filter after he forces her to fall in love with him.
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': [[RewatchBonus In hindsight]], this was clearly being used when [[spoiler:Osaragi was watching Ishigami as he takes a water break during Cheer Team practice in Chapter 85]]. It just wasn't noticeable at the time since the onlooker's crush wouldn't be revealed for another 107 chapters.

* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': The anime adaptation adds a little scene of Damian Desmond going through his memories of Anya, who is already pretty cute, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unknown_26.jpg seeing her with bigger, sparkly eyes, a light blush on her face, and her hair having more shine and detail]].
* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': Whenever Komi is dressed up (or sometimes when she's just in her uniform and walking by normally), she will often be portrayed with this filter to illustrate how other people see her. Even Tadano isn't completely immune to this, as he does have a bit of a crush on her as well. However, the filter fades when her social anxieties rear their ugly head.

* In the ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' fanfic ''FanFic/WalkingInCircles'', when they first meet, Solas comments that Evelyn, while looking delicate and balanced in features, isn't that standout from others. After he falls in love with her, though, he often calls her beautiful, and generally can't resist her even when she definitely isn't (like being emaciated and extremely pale, or looking very hazardous from fighting and running). At one point, he even scoffs at a noble in Halamshiral who calls her plain.

* While Wyldstyle is explaining the different territories and Lord Business's obsession with segregating them to Emmet in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', her words fall on deaf ears. Emmet, enraptured, hears only "Proper name, place name, backstory stuff. I'm so pretty. I like you, but I'm mad at you for some reason." Emmet only alienates himself further when he asks to hear the whole lesson again because he wasn't listening.
* When Bruce Wayne first sees Barbara Gordon in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'', the film goes into slow motion, the lighting changes, "Died in Your Arms Tonight" starts playing on the soundtrack, and Barbara tosses her hair (as much as a LEGO figurine can, at least).
* In WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}, Fred who has been heretofore established as loving the Mystery Machine, gets one when a hot blonde cop pulls them over for speeding. It crashes abruptly when revealed to be a disguise.

* ''Film/SpeedRacer'': Speed Racer and Trixie have a LoveAtFirstSight mutual crush filter.
* In ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', whenever Will Stronghold looks at Gwen, she gets backlit, soft focus, a cover version of Spandau Ballet's 'True' starts playing.

* Whenever Garth sees his Dream Girl in ''Film/WaynesWorld'' the air fills with sparkles and the song "Dream Weaver" plays.
* ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'': Charlie lays eyes on Rain Lao for the first time. She's simply standing up in her cockpit removing her helmet in the ''airlocked'' hangar. But the [[HotWind Wind of Sexy]] blows through and makes her hair flow.
* ''Film/EpicMovie'': When we first see Mystique in the film, it's from Peter's view, and he imagines her much sexier, with her flipping her hair back, squeezing her boobs, and dancing seductively for him. Subverted much later in the film, as when he actually makes her look like his preferred woman, she's a [[FanDisservice fat flabby cross-eyed grandma.]]

%%* [[PlayedForLaughs Poked fun at]] in ''Literature/PanTadeusz''

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Creator/JamesVanDerBeek plays an old boyfriend of Robin's. When we see him objectively he's fat, balding, and has bad skin & teeth. When we see him from Robin's perspective he looks like...James van der Beek.
* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': Marsha develops a crush on her dentist, Dr. Vogel, and sees him through the crush filter.
* One episode of ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' started with Budnick seeing Deena, who he normally can't stand, wearing a white dress, with a HolyBacklight, when in reality she's wearing black and sneezing from hayfever. The rest of the episode and the next one deals with him and his sudden crush on her.
* A BaitAndSwitch RunningGag in an episode of ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' involves Ned seeing Moze engulfed in a bright light accompanied by an angelic chorus; it turns out to be Gordy shining a bright spotlight while Mr. Combover conducted his chorus (due to Gordy blowing out the electricity in the music room earlier in the episode). At the end of the episode, Ned tells Gordy to knock it off, only to find out that he fixed the lights and that the chorus is back in the music room, meaning ''this'' time...

* ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'': When Keith watches a pretty but tone-deaf teenage girl mangle "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," he sees her as a GaussianGirl with a beautiful voice, accompanied by violins and a choir instead of just Laurie's piano.
* JD lampshades this in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' commenting that when he meets beautiful women he always imagines their hair blowing in the breeze. Naturally we see this in several imagine spots. Subverted when the audience is introduced to Dr. Molly Clock, it's not an imagine spot, the Janitor is just holding a large fan nearby.

** It's a RunningGag that Lincoln's best friend Clyde, who has an incurable crush on the oldest sister imagines Lori regularly running in slow motion across a beach, her hair bouncing.
** "Study Muffin". Hugh, Lincoln's British all-subject tutor is handsome and has an accent. Every single Loud sister sees him through the crush filter: an airbrushed pink background, BishieSparkles and a romantic [[TheStinger music sting]]. They all develop CrushBlush and fight for time with him. Their father, who is a fanboy for all things English, gets into the act, speaking with the accent and chasing Hugh with British memorabilia. This frustrates Lincoln to no end until his sisters realize ''his own'' crush filter for his SpicyLatina substitute teacher is why he's failing and needed the tutor. Lincoln can pass as long as he's not looking at her...then she ends up subbing as gym teacher, and every boy in school succumbs to the effect.

** Spike sees Rarity this way. She's aware of it and has no problem taking advantage of it.

** Justin is a supermodel of remarkable beauty who is regularly imagined as being surrounded by [[BishieSparkle sparkles]] while a "[[Music/ABBA Dancing Queen]]"-inspired tune plays by whoever beholds him. This includes nearly every girl, several guys, and some animals. Justin is aware of the effect he has on others and uses it to his advantage.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Spike sees Rarity this way. She's aware of it and has no problem taking advantage of it.
** In "The Best Night Ever", Rarity sees Prince Blueblood in Crush Vision, with sparkles around him.
** "Simple Ways": Rarity has a crush on writer Trenderhoof and sees him this way. Trenderhoof actually has a crush on Applejack and sees her this way, even with sweat, dirt, and apple mush all over her face.
** In "A Friend Indeed", Cranky Doodle may or may not have envisioned Matilda through the crush filter. His first look at her has her through [[EmpathicEnvironment diffused sunlight with butterflies fluttering]] around. That could just be a nice day in Ponyville.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'':
** "The Party": Gumball sees Penny this way when Darwin asks him for her to be his date for Rachel's house party, only for Gumball to remark he sees her as just a friend, although that is clearly a lie judging by his lovesick expression.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** "The Fortuneteller". Katara poses and asks how she looks. Aang takes a look and sees her through his Crush filter: soft focus and sparkles.
** "The Beach". Zuko flings off his robe. Doves soar skyward in the background. And a bunch of girls on the beach giggle and coo in admiration.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** For Isabella, the crush filter [[ExaggeratedTrope goes to extremes]]. Isabella doesn't just see Phineas in an ultra-idealized fashion. Her fantasy filter turns him into a long-haired romantic hero from a novel, or a pegasus-centaur. Hers is so intense that it distracts her completely from whatever is going on, and she calls it "Phineas Land".
** Ferb's LoveAtFirstSight reaction to seeing Vanessa generates flowers and rainbows behind her, the HotWind, and a music change. But Ferb's outward reaction gives nothing away.
** "Love at First Byte" has Norm the robot seeing Chloe the robot for the first time. We get a [=POV=] shot of her through his eyes. It is tinted bright red because he's overheating from the sight of her.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': In "Legs", Raven is seen without her cloak, which excites Beast Boy when he's able to see that ShesGotLegs; a RunningGag throughout the rest of the episode involves Beast Boy ogling her legs, and in close-ups, her legs are [[AnimationBump drawn far more detailed and anatomically correct]].
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': When Mandark first lays eyes on [=DeeDee=], his vision of her is having sparkling, almond-shaped eyes with a captivating gaze; her blonde hair shining like actual gold; and leaving a trail of sparkling fairy dust in her wake as she gracefully passes him by.

* ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'':
** "Pool Party Panic": When Bea shows up to the pool party in her new swimsuit, Oscar looks up at her, and she's got HolyBacklight. Then someone does a cannonball and splashes behind her. The water catches the light and surrounds her in [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles cascading sparkles]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': A played with example. Rodolfo, laying eyes on Maria as Plata Peligrosa for the first time in a while sees her with Holy Backlight and sparkles surrounding her. He has never stopped loving Maria, but this is her heroic crime-fighting alter-ego.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': Grant has a crush on the new scientist in town, but is too shy and lacking in confidence to speak to her. Big brother Kade gives him a makeover which involves removing his glasses. The next time Grant sees her, the crush music plays and the girl walks slinky-sway toward him ... but entirely out of focus.
* ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'':
** In "that Purple Girl": Penn Lays eyes on the titular princess and imagines himself doing a MeadowRun toward her, then joining hands and spinning in a circle with her. Boone lays eyes on her and has the same ImagineSpot, except he removes Penn bodily to take his place.
** In "Lady Starblaster", when the titular villainess shows up, Rippen has one of the "whole lifetime" crush filter {{Imagine Spot}}s. Starblaster recognizes the signs in his vacant expression and explains that this happens to her all the time.
* ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'': In "Panda's Date" Panda's crush on Lucy the produce girl is so profound that every time he looks at her, his brain goes to his ImagineSpot, where he performs a song called "Girl Be Sellin' Sunshine" and has imaginary versions of himself telling him to be cool.

* In the ValentinesDayEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', after Jimmy ends up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard under the influence of his own]] LovePotion, he sees Cindy as a HotScientist. Under the influence of the same love potion, Sheen perceives Libby as an intergalactic warrior queen and Carl sees Judy Neutron as a life-size gingerbread cookie.
* Several times on ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' when somebody sees the character they have a crush on, they see them in a pink, cloud-filled background.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries:'' In "Beware the Creeper", when the Creeper first meets Harley Quinn, he sees her through a heart-shaped iris against a lush tropical background.
* ''WesternAnimation/BromwellHigh'': In "Keisha's in Love", whenever Keisha looks at Spencer, she sees him floating on a golden cloud in heaven, complete with an angelic choir. [[{{Tsundere}} Then she yells at him to "get off that cloud"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'': When the Reality TV Pros share a cart with the Sisters in "Hawaiian Honeyruin'', Noah keeps staring at Emma due to his infatuation with her and doesn't hear her question regarding Owen. When Emma's trying to get Noah's attention, he sees her as if she's flirting with him.

** For Isabella, the crush filter goes UpToEleven. Isabella doesn't just see Phineas in an ultra-idealized fashion. Her fantasy filter turns him into a long-haired romantic hero from a novel, or a pegasus-centaur. Hers is so intense that it distracts her completely from whatever is going on, and she calls it "Phineas Land".

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "Good Wilt Hunting" Douglas and Adam, the tow nerd boys who discovered Coco, see Frankie this way. Her pointy wild ponytail becomes curled. Her face suddenly becomes made up like you'd see in a magazine, and she has curves that she lacks in reality. The edges of the screen blur into soft focus around her. Butterflies also flutter around her (which may be part of the filter or just imaginary friends, given the environment).

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'':
** "Good Wilt Hunting": The nerd boys who discovered Coco see Frankie this way. Her pointy wild ponytail becomes curled. Her face suddenly becomes made up like you'd see in a magazine, and she has curves that she lacks in reality. The edges of the screen blur into soft focus around her. Butterflies also flutter around her (which may be part of the filter or just imaginary friends, given the environment).

** The trope is played with to make for a ''mutual'' crush filter. Tulio and Linda each have one on seeing the other in their Blue Macaw costumes. Tulio's first look at Linda has her walking out of HolyBacklight to go from silhouette to visible. Linda's first look at Tulio has fireworks going off behind him in multiple colors -- this is not entirely her imagination, as it's the beginning of Carnivale, and there [[EmpathicEnvironment are actually fireworks going off]]. The intro riff to "Say You, Say Me" begins to play before they lean in for a kiss -- and fail to complete it because their costume beaks get in the way.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': [[TheHero Marinette]] sometimes gets a hazy pink background when daydreaming about her crush, [[SpoiledSweet Adrien]].