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This is an audience reaction to works that are strongly [[LighterAndSofter attempting to be kid-friendly]]-- using almost all the tropes of cuteness and {{idealism|Tropes}}, like there's some kind of checklist. '[[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saccharine Saccharine]]' is the watchword. Viewers react to this with anything ranging from cutesy cuddling to violent revulsion. Always, there will be fun, colorful settings, {{Narm}} or generally [[LargeHam hammy voice acting]], [[NeverSayDie an aversion to anything resembling death except for that one final and dramatic battle (if there are any battles to begin with)]], and [[ThePowerOfFriendship no matter the situation, if you have friends, you will win because you can only win with friends.]] The sun shines a lot, and when it's night, the moon is full and bright. Also, there is smiling. Tons of smiling. Even when it's not appropriate, there is smiling. The BigBad [[NoAntagonist (if the show even has any villains in it at all)]] is ObviouslyEvil with no attempt to look otherwise, and flips between being born evil ([[VileVillainSaccharineShow maybe even worse]]) or redeemable, [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the story]]. Chances are, [[EvilCannotStandCuteness he/she may not like it there]]. Alternatively, the BigBad and any other villains may be [[HarmlessVillain completely harmless]], with any scheme they have being no more elaborate than [[PokeThePoodle mildly annoying everyone]].

* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', despite its success on Broadway, became regarded as treacly and old-fashioned. The movie made some attempts to tone this down (e.g., changing the placements of some songs, casting actors who could try and add dimension to their roles) without completely eliminating it. Christopher Plummer still famously described the film version as "The Sound Of Mucus" because of this trope.

->''"Butterfly kisses! I can't take it! It's too cute!"''

->''"Butterfly kisses! I can't take it! It's too cute! It's... it's DISGUSTING!"''

** [[TastesLikeDiabetes/ChildrensShow Children's TV]]

->''"Butterfly kisses! I can't take it! It's too cute!" It's... it's DISGUSTING!"''

->''"Butterfly kisses! I can't take it! It's too cute!"''

->''"Butterfly kisses! I can't take it! It's too cute! It's... it's DISGUSTING!"''

[[caption-width-right:345:Lisa Frank, converting your monitor to [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbows,]] [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles glitter,]] [[StealthPun and balloons.]]]]

This is an audience reaction to works that are strongly [[LighterAndSofter attempting to be kid-friendly]]-- using almost all the tropes of cuteness and {{idealism|Tropes}}, like there's some kind of checklist. '[[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saccharine Saccharine]]' is the watchword. Viewers react to this with anything ranging from cutesy cuddling to violent revulsion. Always, there will be fun, colorful settings, {{Narm}} or generally [[LargeHam hammy voice acting]], [[NeverSayDie an aversion to anything resembling death except for that one final and dramatic battle (if there are any battles to begin with)]], and [[ThePowerOfFriendship no matter the situation, if you have friends, you will win because you can only win with friends.]] The sun shines a lot, and when it's night, the moon is full and bright. Also, there is smiling. Tons of smiling. Even when it's not appropriate, there is smiling. The BigBad [[NoAntagonist (if the show even has any villains in it at all)]] is ObviouslyEvil with no attempt to look otherwise, and flips between being born evil ([[VileVillainSaccharineShow maybe even worse]]) or redeemable, [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the story]]. Chances are, [[EvilCannotStandCuteness he/she may not like it there]].

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See also SuperCuteSuperPowers. A CrapsaccharineWorld is often [[IntendedAudienceReaction deliberately designed to cause this]]. Contrast with TestosteronePoisoning (for this reaction's opposite on the [[GenderDynamicsIndex stereotypical gender roles scale]]) and DarknessInducedAudienceApathy (for its opposite on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism).

->''"Butterfly kisses! I can't take it! It's too cute! It... it's... it's DISGUSTING!"''

->''"Butterfly kisses! I can't take it! It's too cute! It... It's... It's DISGUSTING!"''

->''"Butterfly kisses! I can't take it! It's too cute!"''

This is an audience reaction to works that are strongly [[LighterAndSofter attempting to be kid-friendly]]-- using almost all the tropes of cuteness and {{idealism|Tropes}}, like there's some kind of checklist. '[[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saccharine Saccharine]]' is the watchword. Viewers react to this with anything ranging from cutesy cuddling to violent revulsion. Always, there will be fun, colorful settings, {{Narm}} or generally [[LargeHam hammy voice acting]], [[NeverSayDie an aversion to anything resembling death except for that one final and dramatic battle]], and [[ThePowerOfFriendship no matter the situation, if you have friends, you will win because you can only win with friends.]] The sun shines a lot, and when it's night, the moon is full and bright. Also, there is smiling. Tons of smiling. Even when it's not appropriate, there is smiling. The BigBad is ObviouslyEvil with no attempt to look otherwise, and flips between being born evil ([[VileVillainSaccharineShow maybe even worse]]) or redeemable, [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the story]]. Chances are, [[EvilCannotStandCuteness he/she may not like it there]].

* SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on this when reminiscing about [[spoiler:his ex-wife]]: "...all this 'I love you snookie pie' and 'you too honey lips face head mush mush'... go into diabetic shock just walking by the place."

* TastesLikeDiabetes/WebComics

* "She's in Love" from TheMusical version of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' sung by Ariel's sisters and Flounder about Ariel being in love, a scene that took 10 seconds in the movie.

* Creator/{{Sanrio}} is famous for overly-cute mascots like Hello Kitty, My Melody, Little Twin Stars, Tuxedo Sam, and the Sugarbunnies.

->''"Butterfly kisses! I can't take it! It's too cute! ...I-it's '''disgusting!'''"''

[[caption-width-right:345:[[Creator/LisaFrank]], converting your monitor to [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbows,]] [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles glitter,]] [[StealthPun and balloons.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:345:LisaFrank, converting your monitor to [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbows,]] [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles glitter,]] [[StealthPun and balloons.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:345:Lisa Frank, converting your monitor to [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbows,]] [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles glitter,]] [[StealthPun and balloons.]]]]

Keep in mind that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools levity and sweetness are not necessarily bad]]. With proper usage, it may result in an enjoyable series where the cuteness is somehow justified or just part of the environment. When it monopolizes the series, or puts being adorable ahead of things like actual plots or likeable characters, ''then'' it becomes a problem. Cute in and of itself isn't wrong, but given an audience's general conditioning to the notion that SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids, that RealMenHateSugar and RealWomenNeverWearDresses (a side effect of [[GirlShowGhetto targeting masculine elements towards women as much as men]]), even this wiki has something of an aversion to cuteness as an entity as the incredibly long list of examples below attest. This cultural reaction is also one of the core reasons why AmericanKirbyIsHardcore.

Keep in mind that [[TropesAreTools levity and sweetness are not necessarily bad]]. With proper usage, it may result in an enjoyable series where the cuteness is somehow justified or just part of the environment. When it monopolizes the series, or puts being adorable ahead of things like actual plots or likeable characters, ''then'' it becomes a problem. Cute in and of itself isn't wrong, but given an audience's general conditioning to the notion that SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids, that RealMenHateSugar and RealWomenNeverWearDresses (a side effect of [[GirlShowGhetto targeting masculine elements towards women as much as men]]), even this wiki has something of an aversion to cuteness as an entity as the incredibly long list of examples below attest. This cultural reaction is also one of the core reasons why AmericanKirbyIsHardcore.

* Likewise, SpinOff franchises ''Toys/FairyTails'' and ''Toys/MyPrettyMermaids'' do everything ''My Little Pony''. They just have less to show for it because there's only a minimal amount of fiction to go with the toys.