Line #9 ShrinkingViolet/WesternAnimation


1	* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'':
2	** Theodore has trouble standing up for himself. The episode "Dave's Wonderful Life" shows that he used to be shy and would have become a hermit without Dave's influence.
3	** For the Chipettes, Jeanette. She is actually more like Theodore than Simon in a sense, as they are both sweet, timid, and shy.
4	* A rare male, yet non-ButtMonkey example: Austin from ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' also embodies this trope. Not only he's purple (violet), during season 1 he was very shy and didn't speak a lot (he had ''songs'' about that). Over the course of the series, he becomes more outgoing and gets dynamic lead roles.
5	* Male example: Shifty Dingo in the 2nd season of ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' after his HeelFaceTurn easily qualifies as one of these. He's much more quiet than the rest of the gang and also has a LovableCoward side to him.
6	* Downplayed with Bingo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}''; she's usually just as [[CheerfulChild cheerful and exuberant]] as Bluey and she doesn't have a hard time socializing with others, but compared to her more vocal older sister, she's a bit more sensitive and often has trouble speaking up whenever she feels upset or gets ignored. Justified, since she's the younger sister.
7	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub'' a non-permanent male example. While Guapo is normally loud and obnoxious, he was soft spoken in "Double Feature" due to feeling guilt for hurting Fraz's feelings and letting Francis abuse him.
8	* Crumley Cogwheel, from the Paramount cartoon of the same name, is a desk worker for Michigan Nuts and Bolts who is so shy and reserved that he's never asked his boss for a raise. The boss threatens to fire Cogwheel if he doesn't ask for a raise within the week. It's after Cogwheel spends his lunch hour at a bar (instead of his usual tea room) and goes three sheets to the wind that he obtains the courage to ask for his raise.
9	* Stacy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', the shy and sweetest member of Quinn's Fashion Club.
10	* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'': Leslie ''Lesothosaurus'' was very shy at first, using her [[InvisibleIntrovert natural camouflage]] to hide from everybody.
11	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dodo}}'' has main character Joe Connolly's love interest Lily Scott, who is usually very shy and quiet, and tends to limit her social circle to Joe and her two friends Kayla and Jo.
12	* Doug Funnie, the title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', is a more subtle male example. However, it usually [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the episode]].
13	* Cassie in ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'', ''literally.'' She shrinks if she feels bad about herself. Not only that, in one episode, Emmy and Max are shrunken by Shrinking Violets (violets that shrink people and dragons to the size of bugs).
14	%%* Sheila the Thief from the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' animated series.
15	* ''WesternAnimation/FluffyGardens'': Chuckles the Rooster is painfully shy (the narrator himself uses these words) to the point where he's afraid to be seen by anyone.
16	* Another male example is Mac from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', as he's the shyest, smartest, and sweetest boy on the show.
17	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFunnyCompany'', a syndicated series from the early 1960s, featured a girl named Shrinkin' Violette who really did shrink down to doll size when she felt self-conscious.
18	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
19	** Another male ([[BizarreAlienBiology kinda]]) example from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' would be Kif Kroker, who is usually a DeadpanSnarker when dealing with his boss [[SmallNameBigEgo Zapp]] [[GeneralFailure Brannigan]], but seems to show this side when his Love Interest Amy is around. In the episode that brought them together as a couple, she kept getting phone calls of someone breathing and panting heavily on the other end; she assumed they were prank calls, when it was really Kif calling to tell her how he feels, but too scared to say anything, thus hyperventilating until he hung up.
20	** Along with Kif, there's Mom's second eldest son, Larry. Who is a spineless, NervousWreck and finds it difficult to even say aloud words like "bra".
21	* PJ from ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' is a rare male variation: He's way too shy to make friends with anyone [[HeterosexualLifePartners other than Max]] (who opened up to him first), and Bobby in the movies (who seemed to meet him ''through'' Max). He's highly timid around everyone else, including (or perhaps especially) his own father. When he got a crush on a girl in his class they were TwiceShy. This is played entirely sympathetically, and often seems to be [[IntendedAudienceReaction trying]] to [[TheWoobie make him pathetic enough]] that the audience doesn't think of [[AbusiveParents Pete]] as a DesignatedMonkey. In the second movie, he gets a LoveInterest... because ''she'' asks ''him'' out. Then [[CharacterDevelopment this trope disappears.]]
22	* Eugly the rabbit from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' is a shy but extremely sweet girl who barely says anything.
23	* Boo from ''WesternAnimation/MightyOrbots''.
24	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Willow from the episode "The Story of the Story Knife" gets shy when she meets new people. She spent the entire flight to Qyah practicing saying "it's nice to meet you," then forgets everything the moment she lands.
25	* Thunder from ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendRabbit''. He is the shyest character in the series.
26	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
27	** The [[MeaningfulName aptly named]] [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first introduces herself]] to Twilight Sparkle by whispering her name, getting softer and squeakier with each attempt. [[CharacterDevelopment She slowly gets better at standing up for herself over the course of the series]], though she still has her moments at times.
28	** Big Macintosh usually comes across as TheQuietOne or TheStoic, due to being alongside his family and little-to-no[[HoldYourHippogriffs pony]] else in most of his appearances. Apple Bloom, however, states in "Hearts and Hooves Day" that the reason behind this quietness is that [[GentleGiant he's very shy]]. Later episodes show, however, that [[BewareTheQuietOnes he can be quite intimidating]] [[NotSoStoic when he's angry]] or [[SeriousBusiness desperate]].
29	** Coco Pommel, the BeleagueredAssistant to the {{Jerkass}}-ish Suri Polomare, is incredibly submissive to her boss as she's forced to do all her dirty work and [[YouGetMeCoffee get her coffee]]. At the end of the episode she appears in, Coco musters up the will to quit her job.
30	** Cheese Sandwich, the only pony who can give [[GenkiGirl Pinkie Pie]] a run for her money in terms of [[FunPersonified Fun Ponified]], and [[InkSuitActor the pony equivalent]] of Music/WeirdAlYankovic'', admits to being painfully shy when he was a colt. It was [[spoiler: attending one of Pinkie Pie's parties and seeing how much fun everypony was having]] that inspired him to make a name for himself as the craziest party pony in Equestria. Even then, he still travels Equestria with only his [[CompanionCube rubber chicken Boneless]] as a companion.
31	** Marble Pie, Pinkie's sister, perhaps even more than Fluttershy. She had a mane style that forms a bang over one eye she visible hides behind, runs away when she is introduced to Applejack's family, and her only dialog are muffled "mmm-hmms". That said, when Pinkie pairs her with Big Macintosh for various events, she clearly opens up just a bit to a fellow Shrinking Violet.
32	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicStarlightGlimmer Starlight Glimmer]] becomes a Shrinking Violet post-HeelFaceTurn. Usually hanging to the side or in the back, smiling bashfully, and even asking for permission to help others. Starlight is basically [[NaiveNewcomer learning about friendship]] all over again, on top of struggling with her [[IHatePastMe insecurity]] surrounding her [[BeAllMySinsRemembered past evil deeds]].
33	* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Mitchell really wants to belong to the main group, but he has NoSocialSkills. Couple that with an InferioritySuperiorityComplex, and you've got a major JerkassWoobie.
34	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': Gus. Luckily, he has TrueCompanions.
35	* Filburt from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. He's even a turtle (as well as being [[MeaningfulName named after a nut]]) with a literal shell to go along with it, which he will often retreat into in times of social stress. In one episode, he manages to get past this and become a lounge singer, although not without first feeling incredibly self-conscious even that ''[[NiceGuy Rocko]]'' heard him singing in his own trailer, ''and'' suffering from a very intense amount of stage fright. He does eventually get a LoveInterest, though when he plans to propose to her she succeeds in proposing to him first.
36	* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' has an example in Mr. Morton (the subject of the sentence; and what the predicate says he does) who is played entirely sympathetically. His ''entire'' song is about how he's trying to get his neighbor, Pearl, to like him but is way too scared to ask her out or even talk to her, including two lines that explicitly state "Mr. Morton was very shy" and "Mr. Morton was very nervous". Eventually, she ends up proposing to him, and they live HappilyEverAfter.
37	* Princess Vivian from ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' was shown in her debut episode, "The Shy Princess", to be so introverted that the other kids started spreading rumors about her that said, among other things, she lived in a cave with bats. Fortunately, Sofia gets to her, and she becomes much more open in later episodes.
38	* Stan Marsh from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is generally a shy, reserved kid who doesn’t really get involved in the town’s madness, when he does, it’s usually to solve a problem. He has shown several signs of being this, especially in the earlier seasons. For example, his interactions with Wendy. Back then, whenever Wendy tries to talk to him, Stan is too shy to say anything, so he ends up vomiting on her. In “Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride”, when Stan tries to make a speech, he seems hesitant and doesn’t really know what to say. And in “Chef Chocolate’s Chocolate Salty Balls” while Stan and Wendy are seeing a movie, Stan keeps attempting to hold Wendy’s hand but when she looks at him he puts his hand away. However, while it doesn’t happen often, Stan also has been shown to have an angry side when he’s at his limit.
39	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Queen Celena the Shy earned her title by being so painfully shy that she avoided public speaking and looking directly at people, and even apologized to inanimate objects if she accidentally bumped into them. She also seemed to be extremely endearing for it, as Glossaryck refers to her in the defictionalized Magic Book of Spells as "adorable" and "precious".
40	* ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet'': Leonard Helperman fits this trope. His mother is a teacher and his dog is a new student in school, and is taunted by his classmates. He has difficulty in communicating with [[PuppyLove his girl classmate Leslie, whom he has a crush on]].
41	%%* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Rodney.
42	* Flora from ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub''. While not that reserved, she was very shy when she had a crush on Helia and was reluctant to confess her feelings.
43	* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': [=JunJun=] is a little shy, but very talented when it comes to music.
44	* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': Brad really struggles with his social skills (in one episode, he couldn't even start a conversation with a ''ride-on duck''). It is implied that he didn't have any friends prior to meeting Xavier and Yadina.

Context ShrinkingViolet / WesternAnimation