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  • 24: In a World of Badass filled to the brim with Jerkasses on both the hero and villain sides, the few characters who are nice often turning out to be a mole or a scrappy in some way, and The Hero Jack Bauer himself being most famous for the Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique, you would think that no one could possibly qualify. However, there is Michelle Dessler. Despite being a highly capable CTU agent who can be intimidating when she needs to be, she nonetheless manages to stand out as an exceptionally kind, compassionate, and sweet person throughout her time in the Crapsack World of 24. She goes out of her way to take time to comfort George Mason while he is battling his fatal radiation symptoms even while dealing with the stress of trying to stop a bomb threat, her good influence manages to get Tony, initially a bit of a Jerkass, to soften up and become one of the kinder characters in the series himself for a while, and even her kill count is astronomically lower than her fellow CTU agents. In fact, only one on-screen kill, and it was to stop a man infected with a deadly virus from breaking quarantine and spreading it everywhere, so quite justified. All in all, she manages to arguably be the warmest and most compassionate character in the series, which is certainly needed in a world like 24.
  • 'Allo 'Allo!: Oberleutnant Hubert Gruber is a truly unique example. He's both an adult male and a soldier for the Wehrmacht. But he's kind hearted, soft spoken, tend to use baby words and is a great painter and a pianist. He's therefore the most adorable character in the series.
  • Alphas:
    • Gary has his moments, due to his penchant for hilarious comments and his doomed Dating Catwoman relationship with another autistic individual who works for Red Flag.
    • Rachel, due to her Sensory Overload powers and difficulty being assertive.
  • American Horror Story: Coven: Misty (a Friend to All Living Things and diehard Stevie Nicks fan) and Nan (who has a sweet demeanor, Blessed with Suck The Empath powers, and Through His Stomach approach to romance) are absolutely adorable, except during their Beware the Nice Ones moments.
  • Angel: Fred, especially with her ability to put more words in 3 seconds than any other person in the whole planet.
  • Arrow: Felicity Smoak. Just look at her when she's hopped up on painkillers in "Time of Death". The sight of her giggling and slurring her speech in an oversized shirt is cute enough, but her pure joy at Oliver stroking her face and telling her "You will always be my girl" is just Cuteness Overload.
  • Ash vs. Evil Dead:
    • Heather, due to her innocent facial expressions, Humble Goal, Trauma Conga Line suffering, and the way she flirts with Pablo at first but is quick to back off when she thinks he has a girlfriend.
    • Tanya from the last two episodes of season 2, due to her Bespectacled Cutie appearance and her earnest, yet socially awkward demeanor.
  • Babylon 5: Ambassador Delenn, despite being one of the most powerful sentient beings in the galaxy and more than capable of commanding a war fleet, can turn absolutely kittenish. Witness her private moments with John Sheridan, or any time she embarks on a passionately idealistic speech. This fits with her role as The Heart, as she is easily the most dreamy, romantic character on the show. Mira Furlan's dreamy green eyes don't hurt, nor does the fact that her nose goes all adorably wrinkled when she's confused or smiling.
  • Batman (1966): Catwoman's One-Shot Character apprentice Pussycat, due to her Cat Girl costume, her singing voice, her half-heartedness about being a criminal in the first place and some cute and clever dialogue while she's paired with a brainwashed Robin.
    Pussycat: I'm not the kind of girl to kiss a boy on the first crime.
  • Battlestar Galactica: Gaius Baltar is perceived this way by female fans.
  • The Big Bang Theory: Bernadette is a short, adorable blonde who wears glasses and has an incredibly cute voice.
  • Big Brother: Typically Reality TV lacks this kind of archetype, but an exception is Hannah Chaddha of Big Brother Season 23, who is absolutely adorable. She’s the youngest of the cast, very short in stature with a baby face, often styles herself with cute hairdos and outfits along with makeup blush that emphasizes her youthfulness, and is about as kind as one can be on a show like Big Brother while still doing what is required to make it far in the game. For example, having Undying Loyalty to fellow houseguest Tiffany even when it became unpopular to associate with her, because she thought that the house wasn’t being fair to her, and going out of her way to be sweet to fellow houseguests Derek X and Claire even while knowing that she couldn’t take them far because of her alliance. Her status as this was sealed with her elimination episode, when she got blindsided by a double eviction at the worst possible time and then spent the entire episode alternating between looking completely terrified or on the verge of tears as she failed to win either the HOH competition or veto while every other member of the house ganged up on her to ensure her eviction, making her come across as a major Woobie. Most comments about the episode on websites like Twitter were along the lines of “my poor baby!” with crying emojis and outrage at the other contestants. The extent of the outrage even got so bad that the episode’s HOH who targeted Hannah had to have her Twitter account set to private for a week as a result of the intense fan backlash, showing just how much fans had a protective instinct over Hannah for being such a cute and sweet houseguest.
  • Bones: Most of the squinterns (forensic geeks) and Sweets get their fair share of this in addition to being Adorkable.
    • For Sweets, it's his nerdy and No-Respect Guy moments that do it.
    • Zack Addy was the young, innocent and socially awkward member of the team and was like the little puppy of the team. Everyone loved him, sometimes more than the two main characters.
    • Vincent being a Motor Mouth about Little Known Facts, plus stuff like his Cannot Tell a Lie awkwardness, make him adorable.
    • Arastoo, due to the amount of empathy he brings to the cases he works on and for his relationship with Cam (such as when we get to hear his love poetry).
    • Wendell's status as The Everyman among a group of nerds and his thoughtfulness in dealing with his peers make him count.
    • Jessica, due to her sense of creativity, The Nicknamer moments, enthusiasm for the Mad Scientist experiments, insecurities about the dissolution of the educational cooperative she grew up in, and Collector of the Strange hobby.
  • Boy Meets World:
    • Sometimes Shawn Hunter, but especially when he's 'Veronica' in "Chick Like Me" (S4 E15). She's just so shy and so happy to hear how pretty she is.
    • Eric Matthews becomes more Moe when he's ''Chantelle'' in "What A Drag" (S7 E11). She's so sad when she is told that she's ugly, she actually cries for days until Topanga (not knowing Chantelle is Eric) says she has 'a beautiful spirit' after she gives her good relationship advice.
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Adorkable Detective Amy Santiago who tends to act like a klutzy, bashful overgrown schoolgirl still running for high school valedictorian.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
    • Cute Bookworm and The Reliable One Willow, when she's not, y'know, evil. This is especially noticeable in the first few seasons.
    • All-Loving Hero and former abuse victim Tara. One of several reasons it was such a sucker-punch when she was killed.
    • Dawn, interestingly justified: She was deliberately made to be an adorable younger sister so that Buffy would protect her, and so that everyone else would want to, as well.
    • Potential Slayer Vi has plenty of endearing polite, shy, Naïve Newcomer, and Captain Obvious moments.
    • Potential Slayer Amanda's normal teen interests (with some Closet Geek overlap), Jumped at the Call heroism, and normally sunny disposition make her a delightful character even without her Action Girl skills.
    • Watcher's Council member Lydia, due to her occasionally jumpy politeness and being a Fangirl of Spike.
  • The Cape: Raia has her moments due to her constant smiling, being a Friend to All Living Things (although she rarely interacts with animals onscreen) and showing more sensitivity and compassion toward Vince than the other Carnival of Crime members.
  • Castle: Castle's daughter Alexis, given her Wacky Parent, Serious Child characteristics, with some Not So Above It All moments. And then there's how much she avoids being a Bratty Teenage Daughter, such as her anxiety about stuff like a Wild Teen Party she accidentally started and how she once missed paying for a subway ride.
  • Community:
    • Annie Edison. When an argument makes her bring out the Puppy-Dog Eyes, everyone else has to close their eyes to avoid instantly forgiving her. Annie grows out of this as she becomes Ms. Fanservice, but she still has some elements of it in later seasons.
    • Abed should also count, him being socially awkward and weird, not helping on the fact that he appears to be rather young (early 20's) everyone in the group seemed to look out for him, or at the very least not target him when they get into a fight, a lot of girls also ended up getting crushes on him do to finding him adorable and his aloofness reminding them of their dad.
  • Criminal Minds: Spencer Reid. Conspicuously the youngest member of the BAU, Reid's adorableness is frequently signposted by Matthew Gray Gubler's voice jumping an octave and random characters flipping his hair. The writers once devoted the first two minutes of an episode about another team member's grave childhood trauma to Reid performing "physics magic" with utter joy.
  • Daddy's Daughters: Child Prodigy Galina◊ Sergeevna◊ (Liza Arzamasova) is a realistic-looking example of Moe. She is an Adorkable Bespectacled Cutie with Girlish Pigtails, Zettai Ryouiki, and golden hair.
  • Dark Angel: Joshua is an unexpectedly adorable Moe. Maybe not in appearance, what with him being a seven-foot mutant dog-man. However, his sweet, gentle, idealistic personality and tragic story leave many just wanting to give him a big hug.
  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: Deet is a Grottan Gelfling with huge dark-brown eyes that resemble Puppy-Dog Eyes and she's a Friend to All Living Things and Constantly Curious regarding the surface world.
  • Dead Man's Gun:
    • Leo Sunshine from "The Imposter" is a kindly peddler who is mistaken for a famous lawman. He talks to his horse, encourages the woman he engages in Platonic Prostitution with to follow her dreams, is a bit of a Neat Freak, refuses to seek extra perks from his job, and is nice to another peddler rather than experience Acquired Situational Narcissism.
    • Peggy from "The Fortune Teller," due to her friendship with the more scholarly Irene and excited facial expressions while she expresses hope that her boyfriend will propose to her.
    • Bill from "Wages of Sin" is a considerate Gentle Giant who is highly earnest about the work his faith healer boss engages in and turns out to be an Angel Unaware with genuine healing powers of his own.
  • Defiance: Andina's awkwardly shy facial expression and generally caring nature can inspire surprisingly warm feelings about her.
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency:
    • Motor Mouth Stepford Smiler Dirk Gently can be plain adorable.
    • Once it becomes clear that there's more to Bart than an Ax-Crazy killer, her lack of social skills, loneliness, and sense of confidence can paint her in an endearing light.
    • Charming, well-meaning Bunny-Ears Lawyer and small-town sheriff Sherlock Hobbs is charming without trying to be.
    • Mona, the sunny and ditzy shapeshifter with a Child-Like Voice inspires feelings of endearment.
  • Doctor Who:
    • Victoria and Zoe definitely fit into this category too. Victoria has the appearance of a Disney Princess with her huge eyes and blushing, fragile-seeming Victorian era manner and appearance.
    • Jo Grant. She is so adorable, small and excitable, and her relationship with the Third Doctor changes him into a better man.
    • Also, Amy Pond and her husband, Rory, who is adorkable in human form.
    • Clara's big and expressive brown eyes are an actual running gag during her tenure, and go together rather well with her short height and anxious, but sensitive and kind personality. Though the Doctor teases her about them, whenever she does use the Puppy-Dog Eyes, it's clear from the Doctor's behaviour that he can't stay mad at his companion.
    • Two for one: both Jennys from the revival series qualify. The Tenth Doctor's "daughter" is a Little Miss Badass Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold woman who, fittingly, is adorkable and peppy just like Ten himself. Her newness to the world and desire to learn comes across as extremely endearing. Meanwhile, Jenny Flint, from the Paternoster Gang during the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctor eras, is 100% Badass Adorable. She is best described as having the abilities and Spy Catsuit of Marvel's Black Widow with the personality of an anime girl. To sum it up, she plays up the aesthetic of submissive maid to her wife and is a complete sweetheart to everyone else as well. Her Cockney accent adds even more to the overload of cuteness she has going on already.
    • The Doctor themself is sometimes this, especially their Tenth incarnation. It went up to eleven in their Eleventh incarnation, who was basically a big, overgrown puppy in human form. The Eighth incarnation in Big Finish Doctor Who also falls under this at times. So, interestingly, is the other-wise acerbic Twelfth incarnation, especially during Series 9 where it's clear the man needs a hug but rarely gets one when he needs it, and he reverts to a near-childlike state briefly when he's forced to say goodbye to Clara, who is about to be Killed Off for Real. Their Thirteenth incarnation is this from her debut onwards, with her Adorkable, childlike personality and high empathy for everything around her.
  • Dollhouse:
    • Summer Glau (again) as Bennett The Woobie. So Moe that she threatens to create an adorable Moe singularity.
    • Sierra's fan girl persona. Sierra's default state seems to be woobie.
    • Topher Brink. He may be amoral and occasionally arrogant, but his awkward nerd tendencies, coupled with his decent looks, make him adorable.
  • Ellery Queen: Margie Coopersmith from "The Adventure of the Pharoah's Curse" is a polite, constantly smiling secretarial temp, who makes a lot of endearing but useful Fangirl comments about both the manuscript she's helping Ellery with and the mystery. She is a pleasure to watch through it all.
  • Enlisted: Private Park has a very huggable aura due to her cheery, go-getter attitude that rarely goes away unless she's talking about things that make her more sympathetic (the painful failure of her marriage or how she was born in a North Korean labor camp).
  • Firefly:
    • Kaylee Frye. Whedon likes his anime. He has even said that everything becomes happy and shiny when she smiles.
    • Goes double for River. On top of being very Moe, she's also 125% woobie.
  • Freaks and Geeks: Millie, given her insecurities about maintaining her lifelong friendship with Lindsay, the times where she's The Comically Serious, and her overall nature of being a naively wholesome Moral Guardian who's generally more concerned than judgmental.
  • Friends: Phoebe. Quirky, sweet (usually), cute, extremely naive, and always cheerful and optimistic despite her sad backstory. Many fans find her adorable.
  • Fringe: Both versions of Astrid Farnsworth but especially the red-universe Astrid. She's emotionally withdrawn, socially awkward and is damaged by secrets in her past, but eventually comes out of her shell to her blue-universe self — who can't help but Squee whenever she manages to make red-universe Astrid happy.
  • Glee:
    • Emma is a neurotic but sweet Shrinking Violet.
    • Kurt. If you took all the most adorable traits a twenty-year-old guy could possibly have and smushed them all together, you'd get Kurt's actor Chris Colfer.
    • Brittany. Her childish nativity and sweetness is an ungodly cute combination.
  • The Good Guys: Samantha is pretty huggable due to her excited Jumped at the Call efforts to help the detectives, her cute Nerd Glasses, her talkative nature, and the shy way she crushes on Jack.
  • The Good Place: Janet is so adorable and good-natured about everything that she comes across as extremely Moe. Even if she’s an AI and not a person. It helps that she was the one part of the real Good Place that Michael put into his fake “Good Place”, explaining why she is so much kinder than the other characters.
  • Grey's Anatomy: Lexie Grey (aka "Little Grey"). Yeah, the one with the juice box... Not a virgin, but about as pure as a character can get on that show...
  • Harper's Island: Bridesmaids Beth and Lucy spend most of their screen time being endearing. For Lucy, it mainly manifests in her doting on her Canine Companion and acting as a confidant for Trish. For Beth, it's her implied shyness and cute flirtations with the schlubby Malcom, even if most of that only takes place in Deleted Scenes.
  • Hawkeye (2021):
    • Kate Bishop is quirky, klutzy and adorable in general (true to the roles that her actress Hailee Steinfeld usually plays), and so sweet that she saved and adopted a lost dog in the middle of a fight scene. While Clint takes some time to warm up to her, the audience found her endearing and wanted to protect her right off the bat.
    • Yelena Belova returns from Black Widow (2021) and manages to continue being just as adorable as she was in her debut film, despite her open intention and mission to kill Clint due to misinformation on how her sister really died. Her banter with Kate Bishop manages to somehow amp up the cuteness of them both even further, where Yelena’s genuine adoration for Kate makes her come across as really sweet even in the role of an antagonist.
  • How I Met Your Mother: The Mother herself. Even more so when Barney meets her and her eyes look like the size of dinner plates.
  • The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: DS Barbara Havers - played by Sharon Small, she of the heart-shaped face and enormous green eyes - definitely qualifies as this, particularly since she is a "puppy" the world keeps kicking. Of course, unlike most kicked puppies, she bites back... but she gets over that eventually. (Well, mostly.) And that doesn't stop her 'kicked puppy look' from being one of the most effective on television.
  • Jeremiah:
    • Mr. Smith's childlike awkwardness, determination to help people, and Resigned to the Call nature about his visions all win him a lot of adoration from plenty of fans.
    • The pregnant girl from To Sail Beyond the Stars who is about to give birth while alone, homeless, and in a post-apocalyptic world where there are no support systems or people who explain how this works has a strong air of sweetness and vulnerability, although she does ultimately show a smart and snarky side as well.
    • In "Red Kiss" The group of kids who think Jeremiah and Kurdy are angels are very huggable, with the way they are Wise Beyond Their Years in some ways and precocious in others.
    • Kent from "The Question" is the living embodiment of every The Heart cliche you could expect to find in a Boot Camp Episode story, but his actor is very earnest about it and gives him some pretty touching moments.
  • Jericho (2006):
    • Bonnie, for being a deaf, headstrong eventual Action Girl who inspires a lot of her older brother's more tender moments.
    • Spirited, tomboyish Cool Teacher Heather!can be adorably bashful at times.
    • Sunny, genuinely helpful J&R Token Good Teammate Trish, especially during her Odd Friendship interactions with Bonnie.
  • Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger: Mei/Pteraranger is a pure-hearted, sweet, kind Warrior Princess who also possesses a high-pitched voice that would belong to a Moe character in anime, even though it might get on your nerves sometimes. Interesting that her Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers counterpart is a hot Ms. Fanservice instead.
  • Leverage: Parker. Partially as a result of her obviously Dark and Troubled Past and partially as a result of her endearing Cloud Cuckoo Lander qualities, Parker's emotional pain seems to set off protective instincts in the entire team. Eliot even offers to kill a charlatan psychic for making her cry.
  • The Librarians 2014: Super-intelligent, Delicateand Sickly Motor Mouth Cassandra is absolutely adorable.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: The Harfoots are very cute despite their disheveled appearance, especially Nori with her big blue doe-eyes and curiosity about the outside world.
  • Mad Men: Peggy Olsen, even when she becomes successful, she's just so damn adorable, you want to hold her in your arms and never let go.
  • The Mandalorian: Grogu. The character officially known as "The Child" until Chapter 13 took the Internet by storm from the instant of his reveal as the First-Episode Twist in the premiere's last scene, and the vast majority of web talk and memes are relating to just how insanely cute he is. Furthermore, Grogu's cuteness affects people in-universe as well.
  • Max & Shred: Howie, a snarky, friendly, Wise Beyond Their Years Child Prodigy who isn't completely immune to endearingly childish excitement.
  • McHale's Navy: Nurse Melba Benson, Parker's Distaff Counterpart and Girl of the Week, due to being a Cute Clumsy Girl who has a delightful Meet Cute moment with him.
  • Merlin:
  • Mr. Robot : Elliot Alderson. Even if he has a lot of mental illnesses and takes a lot of drugs, he is still so damn adorable that anyone would feel so bad for him and want to hug him. He even has few moments where he shows his Adorkable side and he cares for people close to him, especially his sister Darlene and his childhood best friend Angela.
  • Ms. Marvel (2022): Just like her comic book counterpart, Kamala is a very kind, cute, and dorky teenager, making it easy for viewers to root for her and have a protective instinct over her.
  • NCIS: Abby Sciuto is a moe Perky Goth who frequently wears Zettai Ryouiki and pigtails. She doesn't have the moe personality though; being more of a Badass Adorable when threatened. And she hates it when someone she cares about is threatened. Cue Dawwsome ass-kicking when that happens.
  • No Ordinary Family: Katie, due to her status as a Ditzy Genius, Genki Girl, pop culture Fangirl and Unexpected Virgin, and the nervous way she combines the latter two on a date.
    'Katie: Before we do what it is that I think we're gonna do, um, you should know that... you're about to boldly go where no man has gone before.
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi: Leia. She is a rebellious snarky sweet little girl who can't pronounce Inquisitors. You would be hard-pressed not to find her adorable.
  • The Office (US): Erin - we even see her in her "jammy jams".
  • The Originals: Camille's All-Loving Hero and Genki Girl moments make most of the section of the fanbase that likes her view her with extreme tenderness and affection.
  • Parks and Recreation: Leslie Knope. She's just so happy and sparkly all the time!
  • Phil of the Future: Whether her smiling perkiness and sense of optimism are being mocked or played straight, Debbie tends to be utterly adorable throughout most of her scenes.
  • Power Rangers:
  • RuPaul's Drag Race: While the show mostly runs on shade and drama, there are occasionally queens who are adorable enough and kind enough to be seen as this.
    • Jinkx Monsoon of Season 5 has many cute runway looks, is very kind to the other queens, is seen as a Woobie at several points for either her narcolepsy giving her trouble or Roxxxy Andrews picking on her, and has an endearing sense of humor.
    • Trinity K. Bonet of Season 6 is a Shrinking Violet whose Character Development for the season is learning to not be so hard on herself. She is also very kind to the other queens, and nerdy in a way that is endearing, such as going with a Queen Amidala look on the runway at one point and of course naming herself after a character from The Matrix.
    • Joslyn Fox of Season 6 is considered to be one of the nicest queens to ever be on the show, with multiple noted instances of her comforting other queens who were having breakdowns and, unlike most other queens, never throwing shade at anyone. Her goofy Cloudcuckoolander moments are also seen as adorable by fans, and being one of the most naturally feminine-looking queens helps make her and her runway looks more cute as well.
    • Cynthia Lee Fontaine of Season 8 is a goofy Motor Mouth with boundless energy who, due to her incredible amount of kindness, comes across as very endearing to both her cast mates and to the audience, making her an easy pick for the season’s Miss Congeniality.
  • Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Kotoha Hanaori/ShinkenYellow, a Badass Adorable Cute Clumsy Girl who's like the kind and sweet little sister of the team. She's so cute that you can't help but want to give her a hug!
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017):
    • Olivia, due to her utterly sweet nature and Jumped at the Call heroics being combined with moments where she seems to worry that she's in over her head. The way she's introduced balancing a bunch of books on her head also helps.
    • All three of the Baudelaire children are cute, endearing, kind Woobies, making it very easy for the viewers to root for them.
  • Sherlock:
  • Smallville
    • Tess has a few moments following her Heel–Face Turn, due to her Never Be Hurt Again motivations and awkward yet joyful interactions with her former enemies.
    • Alicia starts out as as a creepy Yandere and doesn't completely lose this trait after recovering from her mental illness, but the degree of vulnerability she shows and her bubbly persona whenever the sugary part of her Sugar-and-Ice Personality is on display inspire a surprising amount of warmth.
  • Small Wonder: Vicki, a Robot Girl living with her inventor and his family and making their lives a mess while being innocently cute. A rare American example of the theme.
  • Sonny with a Chance: Zora has a mean streak at times, but her Cloudcuckoolander nature and The Baby of the Bunch moments can make her surprisingly adorable.
  • Squid Game: Ali is purehearted, helpful and loyal to the rest of the team, and with massive Puppy-Dog Eyes to boot.
  • Star Trek: The Original Series:
    • Marlena Moreau from the episode "Mirror, Mirror." So cute. So seemingly cold and calculating, yet so abused and fragile under the skin.
    • Gem from the episode "The Empath." She never speaks a word, and all you see her do is take peoples' pain away like E.T.
    • Jame Finney, the teenage daughter of one of Kirk's friends and a very emotional Shrinking Violet Pettanko with blue eyes big enough to drown in and a pleated miniskirt that screams "schoolgirl". When she apologizes to Kirk so sheepishly, you just want to give her a big hug.
  • Stargirl (2020)
  • Supergirl: Kara Zor-El is basically a puppy in Human Alien form.
  • Supernatural:
    • Castiel is this, especially after he absorbs Sam's memories of Hell and goes mad. He becomes the "naked guy at the rave" babbling about bees and worrying about dog track dogs' well-being. He's still incredibly powerful, but he eschews violence, has puppy dog eyes, and wants to play board games.
    • Kevin Tran is the boyish, nerdy prophet who when introduced is fragile and just trying to cope with his life having been turned upside down.
    • Cloud Cuckoo Lander Hunter Garth Fitzgerald IV, The Fool who once questions a pre-teen suspect with a sock puppet.
    • Jo (albeit not right away), due to being a Cute Bruiser who goes through a couple of grim ordeals (something her actress is good at being expressive for), has some interesting Like Brother and Sister interactions with the Winchesters, and rejects a Must Not Die a Virgin proposition in a funny and memorable way.
    • One-Shot Character Jenny Klein is quite endearing, given her sunny demeanor, cupcake-baking tendencies and the confused way she replies "Ew" when accused of sleeping with her womanizing boss.
  • Survivor: Michelle Yi from Survivor: Fiji is an adorable Genki Girl who won the adoration of many viewers for her upbeat attitude and being such a Nice Girl, to the point of being one of the only contestants to have nothing negative to say to the finalists in the finale episode. She even managed to make falling off of a platform cute, since it happened because of her being too enthusiastic in cheering on her teammate, complete with an embarrassed giggle.
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Cameron. The girl plays the Moe to maximum effect.
  • Tin Man:
    • Azkadellia, the Magnificent Bitch of the series, oddly enough has her Moe moments (Moements?). "Oh, Xora."
    • Glitch has moe qualities for many fans, due to the combination of his adorably quirky personality and traumatic backstory.
  • Torchwood: Toshiko Sato. (although we first see her character on a Ninth Doctor Doctor Who episode). A Hot Librarian, Bespectacled Cutie, shy and timid, and has been in love with her jerkass coworker for some time now, but has never been brave enough to pursue her affections.
  • Train Man (2004): Densha Otoko, the eponymous character's otaku friends mention the word "Moe" in front of Hermes, and Hermes, who is a normal human being and does not know what the word means, asks them, "Moe?" The friends think this is so Moe that they record her saying it.
  • Ultraman Mebius: In a rare Live-Action Lampshade Hanging, Teppei Kuze's family has a maid named "Moe". There's also has a more straightforward example in Konomi Amagai, a timid, gentle, and incredibly adorable Bespectacled Cutie who loves cute things and is quite capable of being a Badass Adorable when the situation calls for it.
  • Victorious: Cat Valentine is a lovable, ditzy, cheerful Genki Girl played by Ariana Grande. She also can be flirty but in a cute, innocent way.
  • Wednesday: The way Enid is Sickeningly Sweet, Desperately Craves Affection, and loves bright colors would be cute enough in a normal show, but contrasting her to Creepy Loner Girl Wednesday throughout the series makes her even more adorable by comparison.
  • Yellowjackets: Akilah becomes this in Season 2, with her Odd Friendship where she finds a mouse in the cabin, names him Nugget and starts affectionately taking care of him. The fact that she was hallucinating him (he'd been Dead All Along) just makes her all the more huggable.

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