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4->''"Get ready for Franchise/{{Gundam}} like you've never seen it before!... Really cute and tiny!"''
5-->-- '''Creator/{{Toonami}}''' promo for ''Anime/SDGundamForce''
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9An artistic style in anime in which a normally (more) realistically proportioned character is rendered in a shorter, rounder form, often with a big head and short limbs, somewhat resembling a caricature of themselves as a tiny yet plump toddler.
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11Generally considered [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} cute]] as well as humorous, it's most commonly used in parody or as part of promotional material, although it can be found in some shows at points of extreme comedy/slapstick, or when characters are seen to be acting extremely "cute" or immature.
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13Also known as "chibi" (Japanese for "small") in some circles, although it's not just confined to anime -- it's a very common form of FanArt. Name any popular character, chibi art exists of them. It's almost as common as RuleThirtyFour. Often, [[TheMerch plushies]] based on characters from media (particularly anime and video games) will have chibi proportions by default.
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15This also appears in video games, especially older video games with small characters compared to the screen, the Super-Deformed style was used mainly to get around graphical limitations so a character was recognizable and their face wouldn't be just a single pixel. Some newer games use a version of this where characters appear super deformed on the TheOverworld or when the camera is far away but in cutscenes, character portraits, and battles they will be depicted with more realistic proportions (for an example, in ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' and ''VideoGame/CaveStory''). See GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed for that.
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17A SubTrope of FunSize. Compare TopHeavyGuy, PuniPlush and WildTake. Contrast to NoodlePeople. See also BigHeadMode. Sudden changes to this kind of style might be used as {{take}}s of sorts.
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19For a character who's ''literally'' extremely deformed, see TheGrotesque.
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28* Around 2009, Kellogg dropped its Creator/DonHertzfeldt-inspired "Crazy Good" ad campaign for Advertising/PopTarts toaster pastries in favor of "Made for Fun", which has super-deformed CGI children along with far-less-deformed adults. But then you realize that the kids' heads are ''bigger'' than those of the adults, and the only [[EpilepticTree conclusion you can draw]] is that adults in this world don't eat Pop-Tarts. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDkjWHuX0u0 This video]] exposes the FridgeLogic.
29* In the early '60s cartoonist Johnny Hart created a series of ads for Dr. Pepper called "Harmon the Caveman", whose characters looked like super deformed versions of his ''B.C.'' comic characters.
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33* The deities and demons in ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' can transform into multiple Super-Deformed miniatures of themselves. There is also a spinoff of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' called ''Anime/TheAdventuresOfMiniGoddess'' which concentrates solely on the goddesses' miniature selves (and a rat of their acquaintance).
34* Hikari's SD mode in ''Manga/{{Amanchu}}'' arguably tends to be rather jarring, especially since it's used a ''lot'', even in situations where one normally wouldn't do that. My gosh, does Amano have to make her eyes so creepy?
35* ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'' is well-known for having its characters switch to Super-Deformed mode extensively.
36* ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'': Not so much in the series proper, whether in the manga or the anime, but the ''[[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle Sparkle Special]]'' segments mostly have the cast drawn in this style, being shorter, more rounded, and like they're drawn with brushes.
37* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': The "Special Episodes" feature the recruit squad as chibi characters in a comical portrayal of their years of recruitment as "a bit like a school". Subject to a load of Flanderization and LampshadeHanging, they play up romance arcs [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]], and [[BlackComedy invariably end with the Colossal Titan showing up and eating the protagonists]]. Ironically, the chibi!Colossal Titan has proportions that are closer to a human's than in the series.
38* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', naturally, plays this to total exhaustion.
39* ''Manga/BambooBlade'' uses this in its PostEpisodeTrailer, though usage of it within episodes isn't uncommon.
40* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'''s Puck. In the latter part of the manga, he's relegated to so much comic relief that he's most always playing this trope.
41* In ''Manga/BlackClover'', Charmy Pappitson frequently slips into a chibi appearance. At first it's seemingly only for comedic effect as is often done in anime and manga, but this is thrown into doubt by other characters sometimes ''noticing'' that she's switched between super-deformed and her normal ([[OlderThanTheyLook still small]]) appearance when she [[LetsGetDangerous gets serious]]. [[spoiler:Eventually it's revealed that she's [[HalfHumanHybrid half drawf]] and can also switch to a third, taller form, but all 3 sizes are currently involuntary.]]
42* Happens sometimes in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', for example in anime episode #24 when Orihime was trying to deny that she was hungry.
43* Everyone in "CB Chara Go Nagai World", a comedic crossover with ''Manga/DevilMan'', ''Manga/MazingerZ'', and ''Manga/ViolenceJack'', is animated this way, they frequently point out how ridiculous they look in this world, commenting on how their heads are as big as their bodies, and how everyone looks like midgets or children.
44* ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBaby'': As the baby's cells are still quite young, they're drawn in ''chibi'' style with large heads and extremely large eyes. This is in direct contrast with the "adult" characters, who are much more realistically proportioned as manga characters go.
45* This is the default art style of ''Manga/DamekkoDoubutsu''.
46* Near the end of the original manga version of ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Gotouge developed a new chibi artstyle, quite different from the deformed stubs used in the humorous moments before, in which the characters remain somewhat detailed but their proportions have been extremely shortened. The new chibi versions were never used in the story proper and are seemingly exclusive for promotional material and assorted galleries.
47* In the Creator/ShirowMasamune manga ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'', the puma sisters join the police force. Ani-puma gets bored, and wants to go out on a tank police raid. But she is over six feet tall, and can't fit in their mini-tank. Ani-puma is a type of android (or bioroid, who can tell with Shirow), and she reveals the power to release all the water in her body, and become a chibi version of herself. After the raid, Ani drinks up the contents of several water coolers, and [[PerfectlyCromulentWord embiggens]] herself again.
48* At least a quarter of ''Manga/DragonHalf'' is spent with various characters -- up to and including the story's BigBad -- Super-Deformed.
49* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' had a joke-strip about this with cell phones. Monta asks whether cell phones should be equally proportioned to their head for actual talking, at the cost of a huge and inconvenient size, or if they should be small like in real life, meaning you can't both listen and talk over the phone. Monta and Sena decided it's best just to stay normal.
50* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Pops up every now and then, especially in the endings.
51* ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMgXaygYkFc Choro-Q Dougram]] short, which is just a hilarious race between the Federation and the Fang of the Sun's Combat Armors, played for hilarity.
52* ''VisualNovel/FinalApproach'' switches to super-deformed on a regular basis.
53* ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'' has an online show that defines characters and terms hosted by super-deformed versions of Saki and Squealer. Check it out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RhdP0acmm-k here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TQ_Am7Tl2RU here.]]
54* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' likes using this to lighten up an otherwise depressing series. Though in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime version]], it drops this halfway through (with the exception of the Chibi Wrap Party OVA). This trope gives Armor!Al a chance to be absolutely [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/super_deformed_4709.png adorable]].
55* Displayed and somewhat subverted in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. For most of the characters, it's simply an artistic style; for the shape-shifting Chichiri, comments by other characters imply he actually takes on that appearance, or at least the height.
56* The Eighth diary holder of ''Manga/FutureDiary'' is designed this way... and ''only'' her. Every other character in the series has a more realistic design.
57* Ginji of ''Manga/GetBackers'' sometimes becomes super-deformed for extended periods of time, even when the rest of the characters are drawn normally. Other characters even comment on it in the manga.
58* The animated segments in ''Series/{{Godzilland}}'' feature Godzilla, Rodan, Anguirus, Mothra, and the rest of the gang in chibi style.
59* The "Science Lesson" segments of ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'', where Chibi Coach, Noriko and Kazumi discuss the "science" the show runs on.
60* Surprisingly prevalent in ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''. ''Franchise/SDGundam'' is a sub-franchise in and of itself with model kits, shows, and games. Some stories (like the comedy shorts and ''Toys/BBSenshiSangokuden'') have the super-deformed mecha as characters who talk and interact with super-deformed human characters, while in others (like the ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration'' games) the mecha are still piloted weapons as normal. Interestingly, the design of the super-deformed MS has evolved over time: in earlier works they had proportions like regular SD characters, while later works like ''Anime/SDGundamForce'' and ''VideoGame/MSSagaANewDawn'' use a less exaggerated version where the head and torso are large but the limbs are still detailed and jointed, making them more reasonable.
61** The 1980s Manga ''Plamo-Kyoshiro'' was the first work in the entire franchise to have both SuperDeformed and regular sized mobile suits together, but this would not be touched upon again until ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' in 2013-2014, with later ''Build'' anime series ''[[Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry Fighters Try]]'', ''[[Anime/GundamBuildDivers Divers]]'', and ''[[Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRISE Divers Re:RISE]]'' following suit. Justified in that those works are about people using Gundam model kits (Gunpla) to battle it out via some AppliedPhlebotinum. ''Try'' even features a Gunpla that [[TransformingMecha transforms]] from an SD to a normally-proportioned mobile suit.
62* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has usually avoided this (with the exception of some of the novel pictures).
63** The anime version of the ''Manga/NyoronChuruyaSan'' {{yonkoma}} finally invokes this, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWn4cnJXU4 predictably adorable results]]. Nyoron~
64** There's [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10245 Suzumiya-chan]] for your chibi fix of that series. For an inversion, the normal characters [[spoiler:and in one episode a blushing shoujo Itsuki]] are used for comedic effect.
65* ''Manga/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'' has chibi-style {{omake}}, sometimes in {{yonkoma}} format (such as "Go Go Haruka Kindergarten").
66** ''Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyou Shou'' (both the TV series and the two-episode {{OVA}} with the same title) occasionally has short comical scenes with the character rendered in "chibi" size; also worth mentioning are the "Kotengu Classic" segments, ''always'' done in this style (if only because [[SidekickCreatureNuisance Kotengu]] is [[SleepModeSize "chibi" by default]]).
67** There's also a "chibi" [[HotSpringsEpisode Hot Springs Special]] for ''Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3''.
68* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'': Enter [[LovableSexManiac Tomoki Sakurai]]. A chibi 24/7 plushie. He only grows life-sized when he starts taking things seriously which is... well, according to [[ComedicSociopathy how the]] [[PlayedForLaughs story is played]], rarely.
69* Occurs often in ''Anime/HetaliaAxisPowers'', usually in funny moments like drunk England.
70* ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' (pictured above), where the girls become Super-Deformed at the slightest provocation, adding immensely to their [[{{Moe}} cuteness factor]].
71* The characters of ''High School Kimengumi'' spend almost half of their time in chibi form.
72* The title character of ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan'' changes into this form every time she steps into her house.
73* Used ''heavily'' in ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances''. The female lead spends at least half her time onscreen in this form.
74* In the end credits sequence for ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'', the human characters appear with bigger heads and less detailed arms and legs compared to in the actual show.
75* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Though this style is never used in the series, official [[https://twitter.com/JOJO_WORLD2021/status/1654320015573925893 merchandise]] has various characters drawn this way.
76* Though its maintenance mode may suggest otherwise, Kemeko from ''Manga/KemekoDeluxe'' is surprisingly stumpy for a [[PoweredArmor human-piloted machine]].
77%%* ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'' does this a lot.
78%%* ''Anime/KoihimeMusou'' makes extensive use of this.
79* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': The title character shifts into a mouthless chibi version of herself whenever her social anxiety is getting to her. Given that she's a NervousWreck, she ends up spending more time as this trope than in her "normal" appearance.
80* In the ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'' anime's next episode previews the cast is drawn in this style.
81%%* Happens occasionally in ''Manga/LoveHina''.
82* The OVA special ''Anime/M78LoveAndPeace'', produced by Tsuburaya, featuring chibi-fied Ultramen and kaiju. One of the most adorable things ever to come from the Franchise/UltraSeries.
83* The magic knights of ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' punctuate their rather serious situation with occasional brief forays into Super-Deformed comedy, especially in the anime.
84* Happens a lot in ''Manga/MaidSama''. It's practically [[ThoseTwoGuys the three]] [[ButtMonkey idiots]]' default design.
85* The [=DVDs=] of ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' contain parody {{omake}} episodes in which all the characters appear in Super-Deformed mode.
86* The entire ''[[Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries Mashin Hero Wataru]]'' franchise and world setting plays on this—all Mashins, good or bad, are rendered as such; Soukaizan and Seikaizan also have human races that showcase various levels of deformation. Justified when the shows were also meant to be MerchandiseDriven, with model kits of various Mashins being built to replicate this visual style compared to the majority of other shows in the Mecha genre.
87** The success of ''Wataru'' actually led to magical chibi [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robots]] [[FollowTheLeader becoming a thing for a while]], giving us series like ''Anime/NGKnightLamune40'', ''Manga/LordOfLordsRyuKnight'', ''Madou King Granzort'', and so on, all sporting amusingly diminutive mechs. The subgenre even got its own nostalgic revival with ''Anime/{{Granbelm}}''.
88* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' uses this sparingly (usually in {{Exposition Diagram}}s), although Misora does it in her drawings. While it doesn't use it often in the traditional sense, it makes up for it with Chibi-Setsuna, a shikigami that Setsuna uses to remotely contact people. When Chibi-Setsuna disappears, Chibi-Sayo (a Super-Deformed voodoo doll that [[CuteGhostGirl Sayo]] possesses) pops up.
89* The titular Egyptian gods in ''Anime/OhSuddenlyEgyptianGod'' are depicted as short, cute, cartoonish {{Funny Animal}}s, unlike their traditional depictions (which are mostly humans with animal heads).
90* Chopper in ''Manga/OnePiece'' gradually turned into a chibi version of his original design as a result of ArtEvolution, making him even more of a RidiculouslyCuteCritter. However, the only time it really fits is in his Chopperman persona. [[CutenessProximity KYUUUN SPAAARK~!]]
91** Luffy's HeroicRROD after using Gear 3rd has him temporarily turning into a chibified version of himself.
92* Happens a lot in ''VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe''. Sometimes they stay in chibi-mode for a moment when in the "real world", then immediately transform back to normal.
93%%* Very frequently appears in the ''Anime/PrettySammy'' series.
94* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' occasionally has entire episodes devoted to showing the adventures of the super-deformed main characters in alternate universes. When the first of these gag episodes was shown just before a much-anticipated showdown, it cemented the show's reputation as one of the most bi-polar creations in all of anime.
95* After its first season, the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' series has {{Eye Catch}}es with the characters in Chibi form.
96* The characters in the ending sequence for ''Manga/ReKan'' are drawn this way.
97* The ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' series had a bit at the end called "The Second Part", where Chibi versions of the characters ran around acting ridiculous. These skits were often a silly version of the episode you'd just watched, but often (especially in the second half of the show) The Second Part was following its own inane plotline.
98* ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' contrasts its characters' elegant designs with ventures into Super-Deformed states.
99* Some of the episodes of ''Anime/RumblingHearts'' had short comedy sketches after the closing credits starring chibi versions of "Ayu-Ayu" and "Mayu-Mayu", an interesting contrast to the generally serious nature of the anime itself.
100* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' characters (particularly Usagi) often lapse into chibi style. This is played straight in the manga, typical 90's chibis appear often in most comedic scenes. The 90's anime is a subversion, although some instances of chibi proportions appear, most of the time is just [[WildTake their faces that get deformed]]. They tend to go more often on full chibi state in promotional materials (Such as toys, stickers and the like) for both anime and manga, very noticeable in the R season eyecatches and the manga's [[{{Yonkoma}} yonkomas]]. Averted, however, in ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal''.
101* ''Manga/SakuraTrick'' depicts the characters this way during the ending and some extra segments.
102* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'', too, uses this with some frequency.
103* Happens frequently in ''Manga/TheSecretDevilChan'', mostly with Kogure.
104* ''Anime/SengokuBasara'' has "Mini Basara," which is hilarious and adorable.
105* Similar to ''Hidamari Sketch'' above, in ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'' the characters become chibified all the time. Especially Sora, who possibly spends more than half of her panel appearances Super-Deformed.
106* Often used in ''Manga/SketDance'', combined with ExpositionDiagram, when recapitulating the previous chapters of a StoryArc.
107* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' does this quite frequently for a laugh. One notable instance in ''Slayers Next'' has Lina casting a Dragon Slave to save Seillune and Amelia asking Shabranigdu to make it work; Gourry and Zelgadis are quick to berate her in Super-Deformed style ("You're a shrine maiden! Don't pray to Dark Lords!").
108* In ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'', characters are styled like this when portrayed in hexagonal speech balloons.
109* The ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' manga includes a few side stories called ''Petite Mew Mew'', set in a fantasy land and involving kid/chibi versions of the major characters playing in a kindergarten.
110* In ''Manga/TonariNoKashiwagiSan'' this tends to happen when any character gets fired up and passionate about a subject, such as when Kotone starts to talk about anime.
111* ''Anime/TransformersVictory'' uses chibi versions of the characters on its title cards and {{eyecatch}}es.
112* In ''Manga/TheWallflower'' when Sunako is in one of her darker moods (i.e., almost all the time) she is shown in Super-Deformed style. She only looks normal when she is kicking ass in one form or another. She later gains a "hybrid" form, that is sort of "elegant chibi".
113* Though it comes and goes with humorous scenes in ''Manga/TheWeathermanIsMyLover'', the producer is notable for never appearing as anything but Super-Deformed, even when the rest of the characters are in their normal state.
114* The trainee angels and demons in ''Manga/{{Wish}}'' have chibi forms; Angels being full-size during the day and chibi in the night, and vice versa for the demons.
115* Happens quite often when Keima is explaining something to Elsea in ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows''.
116%% Needs context * ''Anime/YoakeMaeYoriRuriiroNa: Crescent Love'' uses this quite a bit.
117* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' has the characters in a chibi style during the eyecatches.
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121* In ''Animation/FlowerAngel'', An'an's fairy sidekick Kukuru typically takes on a {{Fun Size}}d, large-headed form that looks a lot like a plush toy (and indeed, he actually does [[ToyDisguise magically disguise himself as a plushie]] a few times). Likewise, the fairies Lulu, Lushu, and Luna take similar forms when they act as assistants to An'an's friends.
122* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': One scene in the Season 9 intro depicts Doctor H., his father, and the heroes in a cutesy art style with little bodies and big heads.
123* The characters in ''Animation/HelloJadoo'' have short limbs and large heads and eyes that make their designs very cutesy-looking.
124* In ''Animation/NanaMoon'', protagonist Keke has more realistic body proportions while she's on Earth. Right before she's sent to Moon Haven, however, she suddenly shrinks and gains a smaller body and limbs and a larger head, giving her an appearance more in line with Moon Haven's moon genies.
125* The end credits for ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Marching to the New Wonderland'' show the characters in a cuter art style with bigger heads.
126* Official artwork of ''Animation/SayHiToPencil'' depicts the characters in a simplified 2D art style with shorter bodies and sparkly eyes, anime style. The show itself doesn't utilize this style.
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130* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Abel tells a sweet story about how he and his brother Cain came to live in the Dreaming. It's far more sugary than what ''really'' happened, and is drawn in this style by vaunted Jill Thompson.
131** She went on to produce two actual Endless kids' books in the same style, ''The Little Endless Storybook'' and ''Delirium's Party''.
132* Anything and everything drawn by Skottie Young, known for his alternate Marvel covers and ''ComicBook/IHateFairyLand''.
133* Every so often, the characters in ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' are rendered like this.
134* One issue of ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]]'' had Superman perceive everyone like this.
135* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': The entire inhabitants of the 5th dimension.
136* In ''Superman/Batman'' #51-52, an entire s-d League (called Li'l Leaguers: Li'l Franchise/{{Superman}}, Li'l Franchise/WonderWoman, Li'l ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}...) make an appearance, hailing from a lighter and softer universe.
137* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': Stephanie Brown narrates the history of the Batfamily to [[WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} Wendy]], complete with a chibi Darkseid.
138* The comic adaptation of ''AudioPlay/LeDonjonDeNaheulbeuk''.
139* ''Batman: Webcomic/LilGotham'' portrays everyone like this.
140* The pygmies in ''ComicBook/PocketGod'' are drawn like this. Emphasized in the ''Infestation'' CrossThrough, where they only come up to the knee of the more realistically-proportioned Britt.
141* One of the new characters in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' after the Vertigo relaunch is [[http://www.herocopia.com/American_Chibi American Chibi]], with a huge head, big eyes, and an undersized body. Justified as she is the creation of a video-game artist who wanted a positive, life-affirming character to star in her game. [[spoiler:When Honor Guard follows American Chibi to her PocketDimension homeworld, they are also turned into super-deformed designs.]]
142-->"Oh, you are all just so ''totally'' adorable...!"
143* A number of preview panels for ''ComicBook/{{Seconds}}'' have shown characters ArtShift into this.
144* {{Lampshaded}} and almost parodied in ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfDAndA''. Captain Tim gets a message from the SWSC's Tokyo base that a monster named Kitora is attacking. The base transmits a chibi image of Kitora, so Tim assumes that the situation is harmless, and sends agents D & A to Tokyo as a training exercise. When they get there, they find that the base has been destroyed, and Kitora is actually a horrifying {{Kaiju}}.
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147[[folder:FanWorks]]
148* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Italy references this trope by name. In this world, "chibis" are young countries.
149-->"Holy Rome and I first met while we were both chibis..."
150* In ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'', the characters are drawn with realistic proportions, similarly to the ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' manga and anime. By contrast, the Mini-sodes and Eroti-sodes have the characters drawn with a chibi artstyle to fit its DenserAndWackier tone, similarly to ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth''.
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154%%* Inverted in the Precious Girls Club books. PreciousMoments drawings, figurines, animated specials, etc. ordinarily use SD proportions, roughly 2.6 heads tall, for child characters. To appeal to young girls, the Precious Girls Club brand extension [[http://www.preciousmoments.com/talk/blog/blogpost.cfm?threadid=48&catid=60 intentionally went with less-deformed proportions]] while keeping the distinctive eye shape.
155* The author of the ''[[Literature/TheIronKing Iron Fey]]'' series, Julie Kagawa, published a couple of chibis ([[WordOfGod she admitted to being an anime and manga fan]]) of the main characters in the official website and recently some of them in the novella compilation "Iron Legends".
156* In ''Literature/SaturnsChildren'' by Creator/CharlesStross, humanity [[HumanitysWake has gone extinct, but the intelligent robots they created still roam the solar system]]. In the social class system they've developed, "chibiform" robots are considered more advanced than [[DeceptivelyHumanRobot those that are direct copies of the human form]], since their lower mass and energy requirements makes them intrinsically more efficient.
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160* ''Series/TheFabulousShowWithFayAndFluffy'': In the animated segments of the show, Fay and Fluffy are depicted with much smaller statures, bigger heads, and bigger eyes than their live-action selves.
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164* Sports Illustrated often presents images of athletes that look as if they've been distorted in a mirror, often exaggerating their most well known traits, such as a bicep or chin. While not the same style as seen in animation, the effect is pretty much the same.[[/folder]]
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166[[folder:Music]]
167* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbbA9BhCTko Hachune Miku]], the super-deformed version of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]].
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170[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
171* Wrestling/CarlitoColon's [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131027182227/prowrestling/images/thumb/0/0b/Carlito.png/200px-Carlito.png WWE merchandise]] tended to be in this style.
172* Practically a {{signature style}} of Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}[==]SHINE. Some more humorous examples include the Canadian Ninjas and Jessicka Havok.
173* Alex Koslov, the Russian Hooligan. [[http://www.prowrestlingtees.com/wrestler-t-shirts/alex-koslov/shibakuzo.html SHIBAKUZO!]][[/folder]]
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175[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
176* Running off the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' examples, ''Tabletopgame/{{Mekton}}'' has rules for SD mecha in one supplement.
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180* Hasbro has chibi lines of several franchises. "[Word related to franchise but not always actual franchise name goes here] Heroes" is usually going to be chibi. In fact, guess who makes the toyline for the Super Hero Squad?
181* Bandai has created toyline history by doing this with ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. Even without tie-in anime like ''Anime/SDGundamForce'' or ''Toys/BBSenshiSangokuden Brave Battle Warriors'', the SD Gundam line has spawned ''over three hundred'' model kits and countless other forms of merchandise.
182* The Toys/{{Nendoroid}} figure line from [=GoodSmile=] Company is this for all sorts of anime characters.
183* A British company, Speed Freaks Studio, makes super-deformed clay models of real life cars and bikes, including Ferraris and Lotuses, as well as super-deformed clay models of people.
184* Spanish toy-line [[http://www.almacenesrubio.eu/images/detailed/0/700010142_B.jpg PinyPon]] features animesque girls that look like straightforward chibi.
185* The Toys/FunkoPop vinyl dolls, which chibify practically anything in pop culture.
186* Some of Underground Toys' talking plush can be described as this, although the [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth Doctor]] one just looks rather like Bert from Series/SesameStreet.
187* ''Franchise/TransformersGenerationOne'': The "Autobot Mini-Vehicles" transform into smaller, super-deformed versions of real-life vehicles, especially noticeable when compared to the more realistically proportioned vehicle modes of the "Autobot Cars".
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191%%* All characters' battle sprites in ''VideoGame/OneHundredSleepingPrincesAndTheKingdomOfDreams'' and ''VideoGame/AkaSeka''.
192%%* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': The Mysterious Console DLC has [[MysteriousWaif Noni]], and all the enemies encountered having a super-deformed style.
193* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'''s artstyle all the way up until ''[[Videogame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf New Leaf]]'' was this artstyle. [[ArtEvolution In New Leaf, villagers, NPCs, and the player characters themselves were given less simplistic proportions for the sake of realism.]] Curiously, the Villager in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' retains the Super Deformed artstyle of the first three games. This character was even introduced ''after'' ''New Leaf'' was released.
194* In ''VideoGame/ArcStyleBaseball3D'', all players have a big head without a nose and a small body. Proportions are exaggerated for distinction purposes and vary depending on whether a character is a normal male, a Macho, a Tall one, a Small one or a girl (which will have a thinner waist, wider thighs, and a notable bust). CharacterCustomization lets you choose one of these 5 body builds, all of which are chibi in their own way.
195* ''VideoGame/ArteryGearFusion'': In the fleet and in combat, each Artery Gear is displayed in their chibi forms.
196* Every playable character in ''VideoGame/AssaultAndroidCactus'' has a massive head and stubby proportions. One of the game's bonus options is "[[BigHeadMode Normal Sized Head Mode]]," which makes them look more like normal humans.
197* The designs used in ''VideoGame/BendyInNightmareRun'' for Alice and Boris are less human in proportion than their designs in other canonical sources.
198%%* The "Teach Me, Miss Litchi!" segments of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' are done in this style.
199* A portion of Chapter 4 in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' takes place in a virtual reality simulation, in which everyone's avatar was designed in this style, but otherwise look exactly like the character they represent.
200%%* The ''VideoGame/EternalSenia'' series: Used to represent people for skills.
201%%** ''VideoGame/EternalSenia1'': Used Senia's skill level purchase menu.
202%%** ''VideoGame/EternalSeniaHydrangeaAfterTheRain'': Used in multiple screens:
203%%*** For Senia's experience gain screen.
204%%*** For representing the companions that Senia has cards of and to apply them to level up said companions. A regular size version is accessible from that screen for bosses.
205* The entirety of ''VideoGame/ExorcistFairy'' runs on chibi-graphics. You're a super-deformed humanoid ''[[AsianFoxSpirit hulijing]]'' jumping around platforms fighting realistic-looking enemies.
206* In the [[HaveANiceDeath Tiger Dojo]] in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Taiga and Illya sometimes take chibi form. Any other characters in the Dojo always appear as chibi. Other entries in the ''Franchise/FateSeries'' make use of the style as well:
207** Everyone's drawn this way in ''Type-Moon Academy Chibichuki!'', a gag manga crossover with ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}''.
208** ''Koha-Ace'' as well. The style helps it avoid being an eromanga, since characters are frequently drawn without clothes (not undressing, just suddenly being naked) but all you see is a featureless body with four flipper limbs.
209** The Servants in ''VideoGame/CapsuleServant'' are drawn in the ''Koha-Ace'' style, while everyone else is a bit more realistic.
210** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'''s ''Learning With Manga'' is drawn this way too. In the game, the Servants' profile pictures are temporarily replaced with pictures drawn in the ''Learning With'' style for April Fool's Day.
211* All the characters of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series appeared like this up to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. The eighth game was the first with realistically proportioned characters, and while the ninth went back to slightly Super-Deformed (mostly for nostalgia's sake), every game since has had realistic characters.
212** While the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'' spinoffs have so far kept this style, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesTheCrystalBearers'' uses a more realistic style.
213** While ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' uses generally realistic proportions, the Tarutaru race's build is intentionally reminiscent of a super-deformed style.
214** ''VideoGame/TheatrhythmFinalFantasy'' has all of the characters in smaller, cuter versions of their original designs.
215** ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy'' plays with this. Your two main characters, Reynn and Lann, can switch freely between "Jiant" form (more realistic human proportions) and "Lilikin" form (super-deformed chibi look reminiscent of the sprites from previous games) and doing so affects what monsters they can use in battle using the "stack" mechanic. Meanwhile, returning characters from past ''Final Fantasy'' installments appear in Lilikin form, whie their enemies, the Bahamutian Federation, are all Jiants.
216* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/GachaLife'', which allows users to create characters in a chibi style and make animations with them.
217* The Japanese website for ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' features Gwen-chan and Dr. Boar, chibi versions of the already cute Gwen and the tamable boar. Gwen-chan was eventually included in the game as a miniature, tonic, and AprilFools joke transformation.
218* The first handheld port of the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' games was a Super-Deformed version of the arcade game, ''Guilty Gear Petit'' (also known as ''Guilty Gear Puchi'' because of [[InconsistentSpelling romanisation issues]]).
219** This was preceded by the Platform/GameBoy ports of ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' and ''VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden'', which chibified the characters to better fit them to the screen.
220* The ''Project Mirai'' games from the ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva'' series take the already cute Music/{{Vocaloid}} characters and make them even cuter by making them into this trope. The designs are based off the Nendoroid figures (see the Toys section).
221* ''VideoGame/HazelnutHex'' runs entirely on chibi-style animations.
222* A brief scene in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', when Rika gets mad at Hanyuu's fatalism and punishes her by eating spicy food and drinking alcohol. "Our senses are linked..." The [[http://keikakudoori.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/hg141.jpg original]] sound novel [[http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4170/higurashioriginaldoujinqs3.jpg art]] is also chibi-like.
223* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'' features this in two different ways:
224** The game has a side feature called the Dormitory, where you can acquire chibi versions of the Valkyries by accomplishing certain in-game achievements with them, then place them in a dorm-like setting featuring bedrooms and a commons room where they can interact. You can interact with the chibis in various ways to earn rewards such as materials you can use to upgrade the dorm rooms or affection points for the Valkyries.
225** Chibis of the Valkyries were featured in a side game attached to the "Honkai Kingdoms" event, where they could play in a free-for-all shooter game. This was brought back as the "Slugfest" feature in the "Odd Drifter" event; the Valkyrie chibis also were used in each level of the event, with new ones and upgrades being acquired with event-specific currency.
226* In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', some menacing xenofauna such as manticores and [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination the Faceless]]]] have chibi overworld sprites of themselves.
227%%* Creator/JackieChan and Josephine in ''VideoGame/JackieChansActionKungFu''.
228%%** This technique is also employed in the Platform/NeoGeoPocket fighting games, like ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters R-1'' and ''R-2'' (which are pocket versions of ''[='97=]''and ''[='98=]'', respectively) and ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom The Match of the Millennium]]'', to keep the characters recognizable and well-animated (compare to the Platform/GameBoy ports of many SNK games).
229* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' uses chibi versions of the female characters as gallery buttons and on its pop-ups. Most famously, the "Are you sure you want to quit?" pop-up features a picture of chibified [[TheWoobie Hanako Ikezawa]] huddling in the corner, invoking YouBastard
230* ''VideoGame/KunioKun'': ''VideoGame/SuperDodgeBall'', ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'' and most other ''VideoGame/KunioKun'' games. The few exceptions include the very first game, ''Renegade''.
231* ''[[VideoGame/TrailsSeries The Legend of Heroes - Trails]]'': The series uses this design for characters during the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Liberl]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Crossbell]] games. It would later shift away for the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Erebonia]] arc.
232* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': The cel-shading character designs of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' are based on this style, including from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]]'' to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]''. Characters from ''The Wind Waker'' who appear in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' keep the look alongside their more realistically-drawn counterparts.
233* The Mermaid's appearance in the fifth ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' game's artwork, as well as in the dialogue and Mermaid Gossip screens, is way more chibiesque than in earlier ''The Legendary Starfy'' games and in the levels proper for the fifth game, where she has a more realistic humanoid build.
234* ''VideoGame/MightyFinalFight'' was obviously created because the NES couldn't handle the huge sprites of ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', but the LighterAndSofter characterization affirms the super-deformed aesthetic.
235* "Super-Deformed" is the default art style of the main ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' series of games (1 through 10), and all the characters are deformed even further in ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''. In ''VideoGame/MegaManXDive'', X and Zero get SD variants (explained InUniverse as being the result of their data mixing up with ''Powered Up'').
236* The ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' series renders its human characters in the 'overly large head and small limbs' art style, in both their clay models and in-game sprites, making them look cute in a way that [[ArtStyleDissonance clashes somewhat with the darker themes present in the games]].[[note]]Those including [[PlotlineDeath death]], CyberneticsEatYourSoul, AlienInvasion, and ParentalAbandonment among others.[[/note]] The American versions of the clay models of [[TheAllAmericanBoy Ness]] and [[NiceGirl Paula]] of the second game in the series, ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', were noticeably stretched, giving them longer limbs and [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore likely trying to make them look older]], though strangely neither other party members [[GadgeteerGenius Jeff]] and [[BareFistedMonk Poo]] received the same treatment.
237%%* This has become Creator/{{Nitrome}}'s SignatureStyle, used to depict all humans (and, in one case, zombies.) [[SugarBowl Results]] [[GrotesqueCute vary]].
238* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
239** The entire cast of ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' appears as smaller, cuter versions of their regular appearances from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4''.
240** Morgana from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' is a talking cat who while in the world of the Palace takes on a cartoony appearance, possessing a head bigger then his body along with goofy animations and facial expressions, and overall looks rather out of place amid the generally dark, gritty atmosphere of the world around him.
241* ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' and its customizable minions are taking part here. You can choose your own littled bodies big headed characters and have them cheer for you.
242* All of the core series ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games from Generations I through V used this style for characters in the overworld. In Generation VI, this was changed to more realistic proportions while maintaining some exaggeration, before moving to regular proportions in Generation VII and beyond. ''Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'', the eighth-generation [[VideoGameRemake Remakes]] of the fourth-generation ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', return to this style by using 3D versions of the original 2D overworld sprites. Downplayed due to using Pokémon's normal art style in battle.
243* ''VideoGame/{{Richman}}'' series: In ''Richman 2'' and ''Richman 3'', while the characters' overworld sprites and portraits are {{Animesque}}, their "bad ending" portraits use this style instead, with big heads and exaggerated expressions. In most games afterwards, the characters are like this, having big heads and cartoonist art styles.
244%% ZCE * Almost the entire point of the ''VideoGame/PuzzleFighter'' games.
245* A special move (unique for each character) lets you turn your fighter into one of these in ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown 2''. It returns in ''Samurai Shodown 6''.
246%%* ''VideoGame/SDSnatcher'', an RPG adaptation of ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' with super-deformed characters and a slightly different storyline.
247* The characters of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' appear in chibi form in the games ''Super Puzzle Fighter II'' and ''Pocket Fighter'' (also known as ''VideoGame/SuperGemFighter'').
248* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': Mario, Peach and Bowser are depicted this way in the form of pre-rendered 3D models, giving them them an almost doll-like appearance. The 2023 remake uses a style that blends it with their current designs, making their short statures (especially with Mario and Peach) a lot more noticeable.
249* Most games in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series portray the mecha as being Super-Deformed in their battle animations. Characters, close-ups of the mecha in battle, and in the Original Generation animes, are shown at normal sizes and proportions. This is at least party done to hide [[UnitsNotToScale the immense scale differences between the various units]], given it is entirely possible to have a 12 meter tall Macross Battleroid backing up the 250 meter tall Anime/{{Gunbuster}}. This does, however, occasionally lead to odd consequences in attack animations. ''Super Robot Wars W'' finds a way to complicate things even further, Not only having such things as as a seven-foot-tall [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Tekkaman]] lifting up a 300-meter-long Battleship one-handed and impaling it on their spear, but also things like the differences in size between the cyborg Renee in [[Anime/GaoGaiGar KorRyu and AnRyu]]'s attacks, and the PoweredArmor-wearing heroes who are their own units. One game, ''VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars'', used non-SD models for battle animations, and so did ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGaiden''.
250* ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' has this as apart of their groovy chats. During time to time, you'd see a mini cut-in photo of the characters in their chibi form. This is just for laughs.
251* Many Japanese games have characters drawn chibi-style in long shots (I.E.: overworld mode, in towns, etc.) and normally during combat or cutscenes. This is likely to keep them recognisable when drawn small at console resolution. Some, like ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', keep the characters in SD at all times so their expressions can be better conveyed (except for the cutscenes in the Playstation remake).
252* Most of the death scenes in ''VideoGame/TimeGal'' render Reika as a chibi for some reason.
253* Not used in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' itself, but the fan-made VirtualPaperDoll "create.swf" uses this style.
254* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IGPZflaBdM The framing device]] of the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' [[TheAnimeOfTheGame mini-scenario]] from the ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'' fanbox used chibi versions of Nanoha and the kitsune Kuon.
255* ''VideoGame/TopBanana'': KT both in game, and on the box art. In game, this has the effect of making her look like a CreepyDoll.
256* ''VideoGame/TurtlePopJourneyToFreedom'': The turtles in the game are typically presented with heads bigger than the rest of their bodies, and really big anime eyes.
257* The developers of ''VideoGame/{{Valis}} II'' put out for the Platform/SegaGenesis a joke version of the game, ''Valis SD'' (or ''Syd of Valis''), with the heroine of the series, Yuko Ahko, drawn in SD/chibi form.
258%%* ''VideoGame/VectorThrust'' boasts a Skirmish Mode mutator called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Eggplane Mode]].
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261[[folder:Webcomics]]
262* ''Webcomic/{{Driftbreak}}'': A particular quirk of the art style. Chibi-fied versions of the characters are abundant throughout the comic, notably in the first few chapter covers and whenever they're just standing there.
263* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': The giant, Godzilla-like Alligator Rak Wraithraiser gets shrunk to a chibi by Y Han Sung after being rude to him. [[spoiler:As of Volume 2, he appears to be able to control this at will, even staying small as a disguise and reverting back when in battle.]]
264* The now-defunct ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'' has chibis as their own subspecies of humanity. One recurring character, Chibi-Sue, is a 36-year-old chibi woman who can't have a normal relationship, as the only men interested in her are pedophiles. She also lacks fingers (a common trait of super-deformed characters), making her life suck all the more.
265* ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper'' does this on occasion during comedic scenes.
266%% Needs context * ''Webcomic/{{ISO}}'', always with adorable and amusing results.
267* Durkon, Belkar and all other dwarf and halfling characters in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' have smaller bodies than humans and elves but their heads are the same size, and so look disproportionately large on them.
268** Lampshaded by Belkar [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0165.html here]].
269* The Succubus protagonist from ''[[http://www.krakowstudios.com/index.php Krakow]]'', Kia, has a demonic spell that can Chibi-fy people -- including herself. Two words: [[ThoseWackyNazis Chibi Nazi!]]
270* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' used this as a kind of special effect several times, like [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/192 here]].
271** There's also [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/40 this one]]. The author himself defines the last panel as "the best panel EVER".
272* Occasionally used in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', for example [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1990908/escaping-the-winter/ here]].
273* ''Webcomic/M9Girls'': Artist Kanela used chibi panels for comedic effect.
274* The characters of ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' periodically become chibified.
275** If you pay attention though, it's never done in-panel, but in the framework, and is used to denote the characters emotional responses, rather than their physical appearance.
276* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' will turn a scared character into this form for a panel.
277* ''[[http://www.lilformers.com Lilformers]]'' does this with Franchise/{{Transformers}} and other pop-culture characters.
278* ''Webcomic/{{Lizzy}}'', [[http://comics.cyberneticevilstudios.com/pages/1/30a.html page 30]] makes fun of these.
279-->'''Lord CJ:''' I'm a chibi, ain't I kawaii...?
280* ''Webcomic/{{Blip}}'' uses this during a PensieveFlashback: Partway through Liz's memory of a nasty argument, both K and Mary [[http://rakugakiwall.com/blip/archive/265 transform into chibis]] and remain that way until the flashback ends. This seems to be indicative that Liz thought they were both acting immaturely, and it's certainly indicative that Liz is [[RashomonStyle deliberately exaggerating]] the events for the benefit of her audience.
281** Lesser angels and demons are depicted as chibis all the time.
282* Done stealthily in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': It's hard to see because it's permanent and the protagonists are kids, but when they do something awesome (AKA Hero Mode), they're dechibified.
283** And now [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with Aradia, whose first appearances had been in non-chibi form: [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004033 Render the girl in a more symbolic manner.]]
284* ''Webcomic/KhaosKomix'' goes a little heavy on the chibis, usually for comic relief.
285** [[http://www.khaoskomix.com/cgi-bin/comic.cgi?chp=1&page=10 Whether the characters are hanging out at Steve's place...]]
286** [[http://www.khaoskomix.com/cgi-bin/comic.cgi?chp=5&page=14 ...or their mom catches them smoking.]]
287* Art's eyebrows in ''WebComic/SequentialArt'' have been getting bigger and bigger, to the point it's been {{Lampshaded}} in-comic using HypocriticalHumor. His eyebrows were ridiculously big to begin with, though.
288* Many ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' sketchbook strips have the main and/or supporting characters chibified. This was done often for the "party" or "holiday" strips presumably as it was a convenient way to fit all the characters in without it being crowded. [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2003-10-26 This]] strip is a good example of this.
289* In ''Webcomic/ElfOnlyInn'', Hambonetaru-Chan bought the chat room when they were running out of funds to run it. As a new rule, [[http://www.elfonlyinn.net/d/20020822.html everyone got new Super-Deformed avatars]], except Goku, who was already anime, and [[spoiler:Megan, who rebelled against it]].
290** Lord of Dorkness was ruining the fun of the Elf Only Inn room, with permission from Lord Elf. Duke and Nimoy went to Demon Citadel to try to recruit a demon to fight Lord of Dorkness. When they were laughed at, they decided to ruin the dark mood by being silly for as long as it took to get someone. One of their stunts was [[http://www.elfonlyinn.net/d/20021025.html Duke bringing back his Super-Deformed avatar]].
291* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' concludes every chapter with one or more chibi pages which parody the chapter's events.
292** Super Deformed also occasionally makes an appearance in the actual storyline. The most notable example is [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5568 here]], when Phani'nath gives a rather abridged summary of the previous council meeting.
293* In ''Webcomic/RavenWolf'', the [[UpliftedAnimal human animal]] heroes are sometimes drawn as cute quadruped animals.
294* In ''Webcomic/CatNine'', every now and then when the situation calls for it, for group shots, or if the artist is feeling lazy. [[http://cat-nine.net/comic/myan-flips/]]
295* In particularly comedic situations the characters from ''Webcomic/{{morphE}}'' will change from their stock character portraits to super deformed reaction sprites, they are the only time the portraits ever change.
296* The lightly manga-influenced ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'' occasionally uses chibified versions of its characters in fantasy or emphatically comedic panels -- [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/it_is_all_your_fault as here, for example.]]
297* ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'' occasionally has its characters drawn as simplified dot-eyed (or OpaqueLenses for characters with glasses), noseless, fingerless chibis for comedy.
298* Occasionally in ''Webcomic/{{Blitzcrafter}}'', the comic will cut to a stylized image of the scene, featuring all characters as super deformed [[FloatingLimbs Rayman-esque]] sprites. This appears to be a nod to games where the spritework is in this style, while the cutscenes feature much better graphics.
299* In ''Webcomic/ScalieSchoolie'', this is a side effect of the [[http://shenanimation.tumblr.com/post/131541758806/page-45-updates-mondaywednesday-click-here-to Funko Pox]].
300-->'''Ada:''' You're... proportioned incorrectly, but in a way that's still aesthetically pleasing!
301* In issue 3 of Webcomic/IchikaWhatever, after screaming their head off for hours, they reduce themselves to how they looked in issue 1, while the outfits stay the same. Their original forms had large heads, big beady eyes, only 2 fingers, and small mouths
302* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': The ShowWithinAShow the protagonists licensed of their adventures [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-08-24 depicts]] them with oversized heads and limbs, or eyes in Schlock's case.
303* Mihui Yang from ''Webcomic/SurvivingRomance'' is often depicted this way. She even gains [[CuteLittleFangs a cute little fang]].
304* In a contemporary arc ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' strip, Merlin [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0100.htm draws a chibi of Arthur]] ... which turns out to be [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]. In a space arc strip, Arthur and Merlin visit Japanese space in the future, "[[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0556.htm far enough that human physiology has evolved]]".
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308* ''Roleplay/OpenBlue'''s SeriesMascot is a Super-Deformed CaptainErsatz of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] known as "Kukulu".
309* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mw1ARQc7vw Bratz Dolls May Give Young Girls Unrealistic Expectations Of Head Size]]" on ''Website/TheOnion'' explores the [[FridgeLogic ramifications]] of even the mild form (4 heads) seen in Franchise/{{Bratz}} dolls.
310* The only time this is used in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' is when [[AscendedFangirl Ruby]] [[TheCutie Rose]] had just arrived at Beacon Academy, and was observing the other students' weapons. Ruby is a ''big fan'' of weapons. And then, there is the spinoff series ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi''.
311* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' has had "chibi-sodes" since the start of the 2011 reboot of the series. Currently, only subverted with Germaine's grandfather.
312* The Website/SCPFoundation has the ([[BizarroEpisode non-canonical]]) device [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5555-j SCP-5555-J - The Chibinator,]] created by Dr L██████. The machine targets a humanoid and conjures a Super-Deformed duplicate of them. This example seems to be an AffectionateParody of the trope, since the Mini versions (as they are called) are [[ADarkerMe much more hyperactive, more mischievous, and more violent.]] And since the Foundation is stock full of [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny-Ears Lawyers,]] the testing results have been [[GoneHorriblyWrong rather explosive, sometimes literally.]] Later, it’s revealed that the machine transports the Super-Deformed people from an entire Super-Deformed AlternateUniverse.
313-->'''[[AmbiguouslyEvil Dr. Alto Clef]]:''' So you want to be my assistant?\
314'''Mini-Clef:''' KILL... kill kill kill.\
315'''Clef:''' Very good. Well, aside from being a miniature clone of me, what are your credentials?\
316'''Mini-Clef:''' MAIM! MURDER! SLAY! DESTROY!\
317'''Clef:''' [[DissonantSerenity I see. Well, I'm very impressed. You can start on Monday.]]\
318'''Mini-Clef:''' DEATH TO THE INFIDELS!
319* [[http://img1.joyreactor.cc/pics/post/full/Anime-Kiseiju-Parasyte-паразит-1656831.jpeg This]] little piece of FanArt.
320[[/folder]]
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322[[folder:Western Animation]]
323%%* The Wattersons in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' look somewhat deformed.
324* ''Franchise/{{Avatar|TheLastAirbender}}'':
325** Used in the [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSuperDeformedShorts out-of-continuity shorts]] of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' that were available [[DVDBonusContent on the second season DVD]]. To achieve the main series's particular sense of realism, the creators set down some boundaries as to what they could and couldn't use for comic effect. With the shorts, Mike and Bryan, who are fans of the crazier variety of manga and anime, were able to pretty much let themselves go.
326** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', [[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS4E8Remembrances one episode]] features a number of characters [[http://i.imgur.com/eENQS9v.png appearing as chibi heads]], speaking to each other over a series a flashbacks.
327* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': The "Big Chibi 6" shorts are inspired by chibi artstyles in anime.
328* ''WesternAnimation/BubbleGuppies'' is all chibi all the time just like Handy Manny and Super Why.
329* ''WesternAnimation/ChibiTinyTales'' is a series on Creator/DisneyChannel's Website/YouTube account featuring shorts based on ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', ''Film/{{Halloweentown}}'' and more in this style. Later given its own show (combined with crossover) on the channel proper, ''Chibiverse''.
330* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' had Jazz revealing her plans to Maddie and Sam on how to stop the villains, shown in Super-Deformed style. Also, Chibi Paulina.
331* ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'' is all chibi all the time.
332* In the ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' episode "Once Upon A Joe" the story Shipwreck tells the children has the Joes and Cobra members animated in this style.
333* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' has these moments from time to time, as well as its sister show ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''.
334* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', have Miraculous Chibi, short episodes featuring super-deformed versions of Ladybug and Cat Noir.
335* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeMe'' uses this at least OnceAnEpisode, often at strange moments.
336* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'''s "Classroom Gems" shorts feature the characters in a chibi style based off Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'s Science Shorts.
337* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow,'' and even moreso the accompanying toys.
338* ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'' is likewise all chibi all the time.
339* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' has many forays into Super Deformity.
340** A series of shorts called "The New Teen Titans" was nothing but super deformed gag strips, proving popular enough to greenlight ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' which is even more deformed.
341* Snarf from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' is basically a Chibi-[[Literature/TheHobbit Smaug]] as a ShoutOut to Creator/RankinBassProductions' film adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit''.
342* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'''s season 1 has a whole spin-off, ''Mini-Wakfu'', using the characters as Chibi for short vignettes mirroring the plot of the episodes they follow. Super-Deformed version of the characters appears also in the series proper, in {{Flashback}}s or {{Imagine Spot}}s.
343* The designs of ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' are a parody of super-deformed, with eyes taking up 80% of their heads, [[TheNoseless no noses]], and limbs that look like blobs with no joints [[FingerlessHands or fingers]].
344* ''WesternAnimation/ChopChopNinja'' uses a chibi artstyle. This is most noticeable with the main characters, who have large round heads, small bodies, minimalistic noses, large eyes, and short stubby limbs with fingers only visible when they are needed.
345* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'', all the ponies are featured in this style having bigger heads and tiny bodies.
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