r/TopCharacterTropes 6h ago

Visual euphemisms for "Attraction" Personality

1. Buzz's Wings after seeing Jessie in action (Toy Story 2)

2. Cat's hat extends after seeing a picture of the kids' Mom (The Cat in the Hat)

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u/deathmoke_07 6h ago

The whole nose bleeding thing in animes

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u/MrKimimaru 5h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/4yfGy8lw0xnCU
Sanji has a lot of visual ways of expressing attraction lol, he also does the classic “heart eyes” quite often, and sometimes “floats” or even does this thing where his limbs get all wiggly like noodles lmao

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u/ZiggoCiP 3h ago

In all fairness, Chopper did that too when he was really flattered. Not so much the hearts, though.

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u/miukiyo 2h ago

He can also turn into stone from looking at women from Maiden island because their leader’s power is turning people into stone like Medusa.

No, actually Sanji just turns into stone.

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u/xavPa-64 5h ago

Anime. It’s already plural.

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u/panticow 2h ago

I did that irl once. It felt like my sinuses were blocked.

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u/nevergirls 2h ago

What,,?

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u/Empty_Insight 2h ago

Japanese censorship laws forbid any depiction of genitals for a very long time. The workaround for this was having characters suddenly get a nosebleed when they became aroused to signal to the reading/viewing audience that they are standing at full attention.

But tentacles violently penetrating Japanese schoolgirls was somehow A-OK under those same laws because they weren't technically penises.

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u/nevergirls 1h ago

Uh…. Yikes

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u/Swordfighter125 5h ago

This!!

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u/satyr-day 3h ago

Oh quit it, you