History Main / PuniPlush

* ''{{Figure17}}'', albeit very restrainedly, and with attention to proper representation of characters' ages.

* The ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' episodes done by SunwooEntertainment (which animated episodes of seasons two and three) gave Rudy and Penny a more rounded look by making their limbs a little wider than usual and overall gave the two a more softer, rounder look (which was a sharp contrast to the first season's NoodlePeople look to the two that Galaxy Digimation gave them). While there are a few fans who loved Sunwoo's episodes [[{{Moe}} due to them managing to make Rudy and Penny even cuter with the more puni plush art style]], they also qualify as OffModel, as none of the other studios utilized this look.

Take this trope to its extreme and you get SuperDeformed. Contrast NoodlePeople. See also ThickLineAnimation, both styles are not complete opossites by definition, but PuniPlush favors soft, thin lines while the later tend to add emphasize in angles and points and it generally looks very flat and sharp in comparison, but there's no rule that says that something can't have bold lines and a rounded design. Not to be confused with the species from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''.

* ''Manga/DenkiGaiNoHonyasan'' uses this style, which can feel jarring as some of the cast are implied to be in their twenties.

* ''Manga/KOn'', being the {{Moe}} series that it is, loves this-- [[strike:The girls]] The ''[[ImprobablyFemaleCast entire cast]]'' almost looks like chipmunks!

Take this trope to its extreme and you get SuperDeformed. Contrast NoodlePeople. See also ThickLineAnimation, both styles are not complete opossites by definition, but PuniPlush favors soft, thin lines while the later tend to add emphasize in angles and points and it generally looks very flat and sharp in comparison, but there's no rule that says that something can't have bold lines and a rounded desing. Not to be confused with the species from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''.

Take this trope to its extreme and you get SuperDeformed. Contrast NoodlePeople. See also ThickLineAnimation, both styles are not complete opossites by definition, but PuniPlush favors soft, thin lines while the later tend to add emphasize in angles and points and it generally looks very flat and sharp in comparison. Not to be confused with the species from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''.

Take this trope to its extreme and you get SuperDeformed. Contrast NoodlePeople. Not to be confused with the species from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''.

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'' use a style that favors curves above straight lines, especially noticeable in the character desing, as everybody looks super rounded.

* While AkiraToriyama may have moved away from this style in his print and animated works, it's still quite evident in the game series with his character designs, such as ''BlueDragon'' and ''DragonQuest''.

* Most of the heroes of the ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' series are 13 years old, but it's very hard to notice. There's a reason why the likes of [[EarthBound Ness]] and Lucas may be classified as [[AdorablyPrecociousChild adorable children.]]
** The American version of the figurines has them aged up. This is especially visible on the Ness figurine (SuperSmashBros uses the original Japanese version world-wide)
** Lucas's [[TheWoobie woobiness]] in the Subspace Emissary doesn't quite help either.
* ''YggdraUnion'' poses an interesting example in that even the items get some puni. Perhaps not surprisingly, the game (and the entire VideoGame/DeptHeaven series, since its release) was art-directed by the creator of ''GA'' and ''Kuro'' above; Kiyudzuki is famous for her puni-moe characters (though she [[KnightsInTheNightmare doesn't always draw this way]]).

** A similar problem occurs in ''AnimalCrossing''. The player doesn't even look pubescent but can move out, drink coffee, pay taxes, and is heavily implied to be an adult. {{Averted}} in ''New Leaf'', where everyone more resembles NoodlePeople, but due to their face stays the saame as ever, so to some this isn't [[UncannyValley totally a good thing.]]

* ''EternalSonata''

* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' was deliberately given a rounded style, more reminiscent of older Disney movies, such as Lady And The Tramp and 101 Dalmations. The excuse for this is that the director belived those movies were the pinnacle of Disney's style.

* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch.'' This is because the art is style used is [[Creator/ChrisSanders the director's]] style]]. This makes the movie very unique; almost no straight lines are used, and even pointed objects are dull. This also tend to seep into other movies he has storyboarded/directed, such as ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'', and Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast.

* ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' was deliberately given a rounded style, more reminiscent of older Disney movies, such as Lady And The Tramp and 101 Dalmations. The excuse for this is that the director belived those movies were the pinnacle of Disney's style.

* ''LiloAndStitch.'' This is because the art is style used is [[ChrisSanders the director's]] style]]. This makes the movie very unique; almost no straight lines are used, and even pointed objects are dull. This also tend to seep into other movies he has storyboarded/directed, such as [[TheCroods The Croods]], and [[BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and The Beast]].

* ''LiloAndStitch.'' The character designers were explicitly told to avoid straight lines and harsh angles, and even rectangular objects have dulled corners, probably as a deliberate contrast with the rampant abuse of straight lines in western animation. This becomes somewhat more amusing when the [[http://alohalilo.deviantart.com/ character designer's deviantart page]] is viewed, which continues the same style, but includes artistic nudes and 1950s style pinups with a Hawaiian theme.

** They're supposed to be 15-16 years old at the start of the series, and after a four year TimeSkip, they still look the same.

[[quoteright:250:[[ManabiStraight http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_manabi_straight_-_lookin_kinda_plushy.jpg]]]]

* Pictured above: ''ManabiStraight''. Especially jarring when it's removed to accommodate a BeachEpisode and the girls suddenly look [[FanService much older]].

* ''AxisPowersHetalia'', at least 90% of the countries are this.

* ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}'' had traces of this style [[UrExample before it was even considered a "type" of style]] (there are almost no angles anyway), but it was [[ArtEvolution gradually abandoned]] by the time of the Tienshinhan saga, and afterward it gets increasingly angular.
** Toriyama actually uses this style a lot more often. It's even more pronounced in DrSlump than in Dragonball.

* ''GAGeijutsukaArtDesignClass''
** Also ''ShoulderACoffinKuro'', from the same creator.
* Grrl Power!
* ''Hare + Guu''
* All of the students in ''HanamaruKindergarten''. These are some of the smallest and roundest toddlers anywhere in fiction.
* ''HayateTheCombatButler'' is verging on this because of its heavy ArtEvolution.
* ''HeartcatchPrettyCure''
* ''HenZemi'', which brings great graphical dissonance with the horribly {{squick}}y fetishes discussed and practiced therein.
* ''HidamariSketch''
* ''IchigoMashimaro''
* ''KamichamaKarin''
** Actually everything authored by Koge-Donbo sorted to this category despite of her plot is quite mature.

* ''KemekoDeluxe''
* ''KokoroLibrary''
* ''KyouranKazokuNikki'', with humans but especially with animal characters.
* ''KOn'', being the {{Moe}} series that it is, loves this-- [[strike:The girls]] The ''[[ImprobablyFemaleCast entire cast]]'' almost looks like chipmunks!
* ''LuckyStar'' is probably the most notable example, which is even mentioned in the theme song.

* ''MacademiWasshoi''
* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', particularly the manga.
* ''{{Mahoraba}}'' was influential in first developing the Puni Plush style.
* ''MajokkoTsukuneChan'' is an absurdly adorable example of this style, which makes the show's CrossesTheLineTwice humor all the more amusingly jarring.
* ''{{Mitsudomoe}}''

* ''{{Mon Colle Knights}}''. While most of the more mature characters [[{{NoodlePeople}} aren't this trope]] [[{{Bishounen}} at]] [[{{Bishoujo}} all]], the child characters' designs are a lot less angular than those from any season of Franchise/{{Digimon}}.
* ''{{Nichijou}}''
* ''{{Ninin Ga Shinobuden}}''

* ''PaniPoniDash'', except for certain characters like Tsurugi Inugami

* ''{{Potemayo}}''

* ''Read or Dream'', in comparison to the more "realistic" character designs of the ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' [[Manga/ReadOrDie manga]].
* RumikoTakahashi's character designs are this to a T.

* ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' used this in an ArtShift during a MagicalGirl anime parody.

* Anything whose character designs are done by artist Hanaharu Naruko (''{{Kamichu}}'', ''Shojo Material'', ''SuiseiNoGargantia'')
* The younger characters of ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', such as Satoko and Rika. Rena strikes a variable medium between this and Mion's leaner, more angular form; depending on the scene she could fall more toward or away from Puni Plush.
** In the original sound novels, all the characters are drawn like this, full with FourFingeredHands (though this is more due to Ryukishi07's limited drawing skills). Which can be a bit jarring [[ArtStyleDissonance when the murders and paranoia start to kick in.]]
* Anything by artist Yuichi Hasegawa (''CrossboneGundam'', ''{{Maps}}''); this may be the reason why ''Crossbone'', despite being immensely popular, never got a Western release.

* ''OjamajoDoremi''

* ''{{Nurse Witch Komugi}}''

** A simular problem occurs in "AnimalCrossing", a sim game where the player moves out of thier mom's house to live in a talking animal village. Said player doesn't even look 10 years old. {{Averted}} in the most recent game, where everyone more resembles {{NoodlePeople}}, [[UncannyValley but due to thier face looking more or less the same, this isn't totally a good thing.]]

* ''FinalFantasyIX''. Exceptions seem to be limited to named characters (civilians exhibit this on a massive scale, even the furry ones.)

* ''{{Kamichu}}''

* TaralWayne's art style is a western, anime (and Cats Don't Dance) influenced, version of this.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taral_Wayne Taral Wayne's]] art style is a western, anime (and Cats Don't Dance) influenced, version of this.

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' .Uses the same style as ''Manga/HidamariSketch''
** This is ArtStyleDissonance, since the plot is something of a [[spoiler:CosmicHorrorStory]].