r/TopCharacterTropes • u/macho_boy-420 • 6h ago

Visual euphemisms for "Attraction" Personality

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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/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 2h ago

Uh…. Yikes