A metal festival. A trip to the city. A little homeless kitty sitting on a car. Cue the whole dark, satanistic, gloomily gothic clique going "AWWW IT'S SO CUUUUUTE LET'S TAKE IT HOME KITTY KITTY COME HERE TEE HEE".

A cute, homeless cat. In my doorstep. Meowing cutely. Cue me ''crawling and "meowing" back'' over to said cat. It ran away, sadly.

This Troper + puppies/kittens = ''Mental'' "KEETEE!KEETEE!DEH TIENEE WIDDLE KEETEE!KEETEE!/PUHPEE!PUHPEE!DEH KEYOOTE IDDYBIDDY PUHPEE!PUHPEE!" (After all, you don't want to scare them, do you?)

This troper is generally a bit of a misery who takes things too seriously. Add a dog however and this trope occurs. If I'm walking down the street and I see an unattended dog, nine times out of ten there's a mental cry of 'doggy!' (or 'dog-dog', or just plain 'awww')and I automatically start going towards them with my hands going into ear scratching mode.

There's a good chance that this could be genetic. This troper has seen their sister be completely derailed mid-rant by a pug appearing on tv and their brother goes misty eyed at the sight of puppies and dogs. He and this troper once watched a program called Dog Rescue and had a contest to see who could go the longest without going into 'Aw' mode. Their brother didn't make it past the intro.

Show me an image of Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga and see how long it takes for me to let loose a "{{squee}}!" and start gushing about her big cute droopy eyes, her adorably flat chest, her puffy, plump cheeks, or any other attractive feature I can find on her body, up to and including her clavicles. PerverseSexualLust? Oh yeah. (Of course, cuteness is more than skin deep, but still!)

Alternatively, show me a picture of Lip for an equally-sized geyser of {{squee}}.

Or you could show me a picture of Fluttershy for a similar reaction.

This troper's sister goes into a state of brain-melting {{Squee}}gasm at the mere ''mention'' of dogs. It's quite annoying.

This troper has no ability to NOT go into goosh mode when confronted with a dog, cat, baby, or small child. Some other animals even get the goosh reaction, such as squirrels.

This troper, especially with babies and kittens. Regular old cats and some smaller breeds of dogs too.

This troper has this out the wazoo for animals, but she's indifferent to babies and can't stand small children. Present her with her fiance's baby nephew, however, and her brain melts.

How could you look at a puppy or kitten without the squeeing?

Similarly, this troper is somewhat uncomfortable with small children and actively dislikes babies, but loves animals, particularly cats, and makes the most ridiculous noises out loud on seeing them.

Thirded; this troper doesn't like being around kids/babies, but show her a budgie (or a ''picture'' of one) and this is the result.

Babies can be included here as well. This troper once visited a couple who had a great-spirited baby girl of 6 months who would laugh SO on-cue, you'd think she was a comedian prodigy. The troper's mother leaned forward and cooed, and the baby.... DID THE SAME THING. Repeatedly.

This troper is wont to literally drop everything when noticing a cat, often accompanied by "Kitty!" This is why he doesn't drive.

This troper, normally pretty calm and reserved, devolves into baby-talk and gushing when referring to or interacting with her ferrets ("the squishies").

This troper goes nuts whenever Baby!Al appears in FullmetalAlchemist, due to having a soft spot for the character and the fact he was always such a sweetie.

This troper likes cats. It takes all her willpower to maintain her cool, cynical and apathetic facade in front of her friends whenever she sees one in the street and not go up to it to try and pet it. She also doesn't mind other animals, but prefers cats.

I have a feeling that I could be considered an EmoTeen, and often think, that the world is overrun with "emotionless monotone factory puppets", but I often gush over my pets and use baby talk with them, I also will always run for my dog when it sounds like she's in pain.

All of my friends' animals love me, because they know that when I come over they get tons of attention. This is sometimes a teeny bit awkward, because I never show that kind of attention to people.

This troper is definitely ''not'' an EmotionlessGirl, but rather a HotBlooded GenkiGirl with a side ordering of ham. Still, a lot of my energy is directed into being aggressive or competitive or manry. This troper ''also'' goes into a quivering coma whenever she encounters puppies, kittens, mice, baby animals of any sort, cats, romantic things, and hedgehogs. However, this troper is not very fond of children at all, though her feelings towards them are of apathy rather than outright hate.

This Troper has a speech coach who can be a bit unapproachable and grouchy (on a bad day, she seems to hate everyone and everything). However, put a baby near her, and...

This troper can becoe like this when he is in the company of cats... and tortoises.

This troper, whenever she walks into the laundry room immediately begins gushing at her 'boys'. The three male cats who are not allowed anywhere else in the house because they spray (and their fixed, ***! I got all of you boys fixed so you could hang out in my room, but you won't give up!) Her female cat gets no such talk, only the boys. Of course, I don't baby talk I just talk in a normal voice about how they're great and I love them while they swarm around me for pets. The only one who gets any kind of baby talk is the cat who adopted me, Midnight. I call him 'Babyyyy!' often in a baby voice.

This troper has an involuntary Squeegasm around various little creatures, including but not limited to: hamsters, squirrels, hedgehogs, kittens, puppies, mice, ferrets, rabbits, and guinea pigs.

This troper is secure enough in his masculinity that he will unabashedly do this. However, having a soft spot for animals, he's not limited to the standard "cute things". Among the things gushed over: boa constrictors, corn snakes, iguanas, baby alligators, Egyptian fruit bats, pissed off great-horned owls, kestrels, turkey vultures, hyenas, baboons, Tasmanian devils, tapirs, and, in general, many many animals that no one would consider cute. It has gotten this troper some weird looks, I'll tell you.

This female troper does that, too. Fruit bats have the cutest widdle faces!

If you take out the birds (not really a fan), I'm pretty much like that too. I don't get superbubbly, but animals make me very close to that.

This troper is quite fond of dogs and giggles whenever she plays with her own. She didn't even know she was doing it till her sister pointed it out. With other dogs, particularly large ones, she is wont to say "You're such a handsome man/pretty lady, aren't you? YESYOUARE! *giggle*" Partly because large dogs can't really be described as cute, and partly because she thinks the awkward stares people give her are hilarious.

It depends on the large dog. The fluffier-coated ones can definitely be...this troper once lived with a collie who looked like a living cartoon.

This troper loves all the animals most people think are cute, but has an especially soft spot for rodents. Mice, rats, squirrels, gerbils, chinchillas, viscachas, sugar gliders, capybaras, all of 'em. Ironically, the rodent she finds least cute is the hamster. Human babies do not activate the "cute instinct" at all. The mere mention of a rodent, however, will elicit an "awwww!" (pitch rising steadily until it reaches dog-whistle level). She's terrified of snakes, but would never hurt one, her reasoning being that if everyone who found ''her'' creepy killed her, she'd probably have gone through a whole bunch of reincarnations by now.

I think I might be a little bit in love with you.

This troper is very likely to experience a drop of intelligence whenever a dog is around. Any dog will do, even one that looks like the recently-deceased ugliest dog in the world.

This troper lives in a neighborhood full of dogs. Cue total idiocy. Big dogs get "[=OOooz'e=] a big handsum boy/pwetty lady den!", little dogs get incoherent squeaking and "oogie booie boo"-ing, cats get "heeeeere, kitty kitty kitty, kssksskss" and "aren't you just ''lovely'', yes you are". Which can make for some entertaining reactions considering this troper's preferred mode of dress.

Of course, this troper ''also'' thinks baby sharks, snakes, and other such absurdly dangerous things are cute too. Go Figure.

One of this troper's biggest pet peeves is how nearly everyone finds it necessary to raise their voice three octaves when talking to a baby. ''Much'' worse than fingernails on a chalkboard. (Which the troper is actually not bothered by at all.)

This troper has a big weakness for dogs, and an even bigger one for foxes. Mere pictures of foxes, including fictional creatures that resemble them (I'm looking at you, Eevee and Vulpix) can send him into fits of cuteness overload.

This troper loses all ability to hold normal conversations when within visual range of a cat or a puppy. Even more extreme, her brain explodes into candy when she sees corgis and Scottish fold kittens.

This Troper's mother is a BadAss, {{Tsundere}} ActionMom; all the neighbors and local politicans seem to be afraid of her. However, said mother goes all "awww, who's the ickle darling..." whenever she sees some of the following (even a picture is enough): Chinchillas, hamsters, cats, or WALL-E.

This trop - oh LOOK, A PUPPY!

This troper is in an Animal Care class for this very reason (Her internship is helping with the cats waiting to be adopted at Petsmart. KITTY KITTY!). She just wishes she had her own pet, though -- aside from her grandparents' Golden Retriever (which recently died), the landlord gave the thumbs down when she went to an animal shelter for a kitty. The ten year old troper was crushed.:(

This troper has a severe weakness for cats to the point that he's the {{XKCD}} strip incarnate, often stopping to say hello if he sees a cat walking down the street.

@/UnitOmega owns a very cute looking kitty, who's moods vary from "If you touch me I will smack you" to "Meh, you ''may'' pet me". No matter the cat's attitude, he feels the need to pet, pick up, hug, etc. almost anytime he enters the same room as her and she's lounging around. And then probably a couple times more, for good measure. Occasionally I even add in the cliched "KITTY!" or "CUTE!". The aforementioned {{XKCD}} is really very true, if you like cats.

@/DesertDragon is like this with turtles. Even in the rare instance that he plays up the ScaryBlackMan image, it will completely dissolve when he's in the presence of a shelled reptile. Puppies and kitties are cute too, but turtles' cuteness isn't limited by age (even though they're ''adorable'' as hatchlings). His Troll Shaman in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' did the Children's Week quests for the sole reason of getting Speedy as a non-combat pet.

You too? Well, This Troper doesn't play WoW, but he's pretty much the same way. Also around small children.

Bring in a puppy or kitten anywhere near where I'm staying for a while for whatever reason, and watch me keep coming back to it. Usually with an "AW LOOK IT'S A PUPPY!". I don't care if you think I'm less manly for it. I'll gladly trade man-points for another chance to pet that soft fur and look at those adorable puppy eyes and um... yeah. Fortunately, I also have a fairly cute dog at home, and I end up facing the uncontrollable urge to pet her whenever I lay eyes on her.

Having a dog or other small fuzzy animal in the area is a surefire way to derail even the most serious discussion that @/{{Katsuhagi}} is having, which makes the cracking of her {{Unfunny}} demeanor even more hilarious.

I like KITTIES! *huggles kitty*. I am also an personality-wise abnormal 14 year old boy.

This Troper will almost always yell "Kitty!" when she sees a cat, before going to pet it. Also, upon seeing kittens, puppies, or other baby animals/pictures of them (except humans, she can't ''stand'' those), said troper will gasp loudly, and suffer what she likes to call 'intellectual failure'. And then she'll probably hug something.

This troper's usual response to seeing a cat is to give a genuine {{Squee}} of "Kitty!" and drop whatever she's doing to go pet it. This only happens with cats, however, as this troper was rather frightened of dogs for a long time after being attacked by a Chow Chow as a child.

This troper absolutely loves babies, and will audibly go, "Aww! He/She's so cute!" to every small child, of course I try not to kiss and hug them since that would be creepy.

This Troper's girlfriend is allergic to cats. And yet, whenever she's near a particularly fluffy one, *snuggle* #QUOTE#'''Troper's Girlfriend''': I can't help it! They're so poofy!

This troper's mother. She'll start {{Squee}}ing and grinning and generally acting like her IQ had dropped 20 points all of a sudden. Troper herself is a DeadpanSnarker JerkAss, so she'll do her best to keep her mother away from their two cats as much as possible. Or run away.

This troper is usually very calm and polite and prefers either sitting in corners and drawing or lurking in the shadows to be creepy, to being with people (except very close friends). It quite surprises people when she bursts out squeeing over any of the following: cats, birds, foxes, snakes, squirrels, mice, shota characters, fluffy moments in manga/fanfics/etc., and {{Yandere}} characters.

...Repeat that last one.

This troper seconds that last one. Aww, what a cute widdle psychopath. :3

Same here, the fact that they want to yours forever, and they have the cutest expressions. Awww...

Not this troper, but his teacher. A normally well-spoken, calm individual (and one of the hardest testers he's ever had), she breaks down into baby speak when there's an infant around.

This troper managed to get his hands on a baby fox, his mind shuts off the instant he sees him. "OH MY GOD THE TINY WIDDLE BEHBEE FOXEEE I WUB YOU SO MUCH YOU BLOOBLOOBLOO"

This Troper breaks into this whenever there is a baby animal around. She gushes so much that people ''stop to stare at her.'' Her voice also changes from a very deep female voice to the voice of a three year old.

There's a rather elderly mountain lion at the zoo I'm friends with, as much as one is ever friends with a large carnivore. When I visit her, she'll come right up to the fence to rub against it while she purrs and chatters as I talk to her. I live a good seventy miles from the zoo now, so I don't get out there as often as I used to. The last time I went to the zoo I was almost sure she'd passed on, since she'd been old and I hadn't seen her in nearly a year. But she came running up to the fence yelling at me when I walked by the cougar pen, and I don't know if it was surprise or relief or what, but the first things I said to her were "Sweetheart, hello! How've you ''been,'' pretty? Are you a nice kitty? ''Yes,'' you're a ''very'' nice kitty! Oh who's my sweet girl?" To an animal that's smaller than usual and ''still'' has teeth as long as my finger, and who would probably be pretty damned not-sweet if that fence weren't between us.

This troper finds that adorable, and is laughing at the mental image of the expressions on the faces of all witnesses to that.

This troper's younger sister is a scruffy {{tomboy}} who acts rather cynical and often kind of grumpy. But she totally melts in the presence of ''anything'' cute.

Does this troper have an alter ego that posted this while he was asleep?

This troper has found it much easier to not hate a socially accepted, frequently JerkAss HandsomeLech since seeing the stupid grin that takes over his face around a cat. Also, my friends' squeeing may have permanently damaged my hearing. They've even created what can be best described as a 'sad'' squee which they voice upon seeing anything dead. Including worms and squashed snails.

This troper is usually very calm and collected. She always has a neutral expression on her face, and has a hard time showing emotions. Unless she sees a dog, cat, or heck... any sort of animal really except for snakes and bugs. Recently, she was walking in the park with her parents, who were commenting on how she never seems fazed by anything. Cue golden retriever puppy and this troper squealing "Ohmygod, puppy! Lookit the puppy! The cute widdle puppy-wuppy! Awwwww!" for a good minute. Troper's parents couldn't stop laughing.

If you ever meet this troper in public, you'd probably think he was at least part goth, natural stern look, tall and looks rather strong, silent a lot of the time... Put me in the same room as any number of cute animals (a.k.a. Pet animals, butterflies, fruit bats, otters, some kindsa' birds) and watch said goth image go right out the window. Heck, when a substitute teacher told a horror story and revealed a gigantic wolf was stalking a little boy, the only thought running through my mind was 'Awww, PUPPY!'

This Troper was once on a fishing trip, and we had a barrel of live shrimp to use as bait. Before I would actually put the shrimp on the hook and start fishing, I would first spend a couple of minutes silently gushing over how cute it was. I find a lot of weird stuff to be cute; I kid you not, I nearly squee'd at episode four of Salad Fingers. Also, cats.

Wait, it's not normal to find Salad Fingers adorable? I may be in trouble.

I may also be. Then again...

This Troper simply loses sight of anything in her surroundings whenever she sees a cat around.

This troper visited her friend once, who's cat had gotten rather large. We declared him to be "Emperor Of All He Surveys, Lord of the Rug and Duke of the Surrounding Wood Floors", and felt the need to announce his full title whenever he entered the room. And then rub his belly.

If you allow a massive mutt to lie on your lap and lick your arm until you feel like it's going to come off and float away on a river of slobber while you tell him what a sweet, sweeeet puppy he is, this trope is probably in action.

This troper will express her sentiments ''very vocally'' when presented with images of: cats, dogs, horses, rats and mice, rabbits, any marsupial (especially possums), bats and other flying/gliding mammals, most birds, most aquatic mammals, several species of reptile, bovines, infant humans, and occasionally male humans. (It's more likely if they're ''drawn'' male humans.) Or cute fanart. My friends have matching earplugs.

This troper ''is'' this trope with all manner of cute animals and babies. She cuddles her cats and talks to them in baby talk, much to the annoyance her family (who will make fun of this troper by calling her Elmyra).

This troper has been desribed as having a weakness for anything cute and fluffy. And Cats, I can't NOT go any pet cats I see.

This Troper knows an Girl. She's got the MostCommonSuperpower like there's no tomorrow, HartmanHips, epic curves, and is a semi-dwarf, only 4 foot something tall. Yesterday she sported pigtails. I tell you the truth, she was so cute I couldn't look at her boobs all night, and frankly, I had tons of chances.

This Troper's] usually blunt and snarky housemate dissolved into a stream of incomprehensible Baby Talk (in Russian and English!) at the sight of said troper's new baby leopard gecko.

This troper sometimes says "aww, what a cute little bird" at falcons and owls. They might be birds of prey, but they're still adorable. (This also applies to fictional ones, like Horus and Hedwig.)

D'aww... Teen/adult male humans please. They have bigger eyes than children if you put your face close enough. :p

This troper is actually quite a misantrope for her age, people say. Basically discussing what most people put off for way later in every day conversations. Usually leaning on the morbid. She owns a dog, and even though he is 10 years old, when he's not around the carpet napping...aww....doggledogdog... :> *glomp*

This Troper once walked pass one of his school's Biology class displays an- oh, look, bunnies.... They're being raised as a class project.

This (male troper) and around his family's two cats. Imagine a high-pitched falsetto: "Hello ''Sally!'' You're a little baby! A ''little baby!'' ''Ah Hello! Helloooo!'' What you doing? You having a sleepy-weepy? ''Aw!'' You have a nice sleepy-weepy, Sal-Sal!" ...ahem.

I'm usually TheStoic, EmotionlessGirl, but whenever I see a really cute cat... "Awwwww! That's so KAWAIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!"

This troper's circle of friends, and family, spend a lot of time working with cars. This troper has become somewhat known in her circle of friends for her adoration of junkyard cats, and tendency to shower them in love while her boyfriend and his friends go find parts. This troper has also been complimented on her devotion to her cat, who may have been somewhat neglected by its previous owner (through no fault of that owner's... own). Said devotion consists of such comments as "Barney baby booboo!" "He's my kitty witty biddy" "He's a kitty!" to the tune of Hallelujah, and other related comments, and much petting, cuddling, and playing. Some dogs, usually larger ones, all cats, children up to the age of 12 and sometimes older, snakes, lizards, and domesticated rodents usally get similar, but milder responses. Yes, snakes. Snakes are actually right up there under cats.

This troper, totally. BadassLongcoat? Check. DeadpanSnarker? Check. Going {{Squee}} upon seeing things like kittens or spiders? Check the likes of which God has never seen. Yes, I find spiders extremely cute and interesting - my friend has severe arachnophobia, and I'm essentially her polar opposite in that regard.

This Troper, especially with cats and kittens. She's usually a Kuudere but around a cute little fuzzy cat...

Subverted by this troper's best friend. He's usually stoic and a little on the antisocial side, until he sees his dog and dissolves into a mess of affection. ''Then'' the dog does something stupid and my friend is back to grumbling and cursing at the dog.

This Troper, while fairly chipper, is intensely shy and has a history of going into periods of hating the universe. Then she sees a puppy, kitty, birdy, turtle, shark, hyena, lizard, bat, ect. and goes into KITTY! mode, which includes her focus going entirely to the animal in question, dragging other people to see them, and having her voice shoot up to glass-shattering range. The happiest moment of 2010 so far? The lorikeet exhibit at the zoo. Birdies! She hates squirrels, though. They steal food from the birdies. Birdybirdybirdies~

Above troper sounds like the female version of this one. Well, except for the squirrels, he finds those aww~dorable too.

I have a friend who is quite a LargeHam and who, whenever she sees a dog ''anywhere'', will proceed to coo, "Puppyyyy! Puppy puppy puppy...", etc. She has two dogs at home, and, being at college, she misses them.

One time this troper's male friend was really angry, stomping around throwing things and cursing like a sailor. My other friend calmly held up a picture of a baby chinchilla. The first friend immediately halted his rampage and dissolved into "Awww! ^_^"s. I still can't believe that actually worked.

This troper reacts this way to her pet hamster. The hamster is fully aware of his own cuteness and likes to use it to his advantage as much as possible. If he wants attention, he knows that if he puts a front paw on the bars of his cage and stares up at me, I'll melt into a puddle of {{Squee}} and not stop petting him until he gets bored of being petted and wanders off. He also gets very annoyed if people are having a conversation near his cage, because he is so used to anyone near his cage speaking BabyTalk to him and doesn't like it when he's not center of attention. Even my mother and grandmother, both of whom are scared of rodents, find my hamster adorable.

This Trope has a running joke about this trope and a picture of Baby Godot!

This troper's younger sister has a bit of a problem with this. Luckily, he has so far resisted the urge to strangle said sister.

I always gets a goofy smile whenever I'm near cats. Apparently it's kind of disturbing since I'm usually quite surly, so seeing me smile like that freaks my friends out.

This rather jaded troper developed an extreme case of this towards both humans and animals due growing up with her insane goofy mother, who is even worse.

This slightly insane troper goes completely nuts whenever he's near an animal. Any kind of animal. Cats, dogs, rabbits, goats, toads, snakes, turtles, lizards, spiders, birds, eckcetera, eckcetera. Averted once when this troper was squeeing at large lizard. Said lizard climbed up his jeans. And stayed there. He tried to shake it off, but he can't. Then he lost it and screamed like a little girl. Then the lizard hop off and this trope was in full effect again.

This Troper is very proud of her loud, {{Jerkass}} nature, topped with a serving of DeadpanSnarker and a side of LargeHam. Cue her sisters. CutenessProximity in full swing, she'll gush and squee over everything they do, BabyTalk, and a Big Sister Instinct will give away what my friend described as "The heart that no one is ever prepared for"

In this Troper's family, we have a big black lab/border collie mix and a small tricolor purebred border collie. Twice a day, everyday, we engage in "The Daily Worshiping of the Puppies". We are unashamed.

This troper finds dogs and cats adorable. She also does this when she sees cute kids. And while poor Noah Ringer cannot act (She blames the director), she finds him adorkable.

I'm usually quite a stoic person and even the cutest of animals and children don't turn me into some sort of squealing mess...until recently that is. A few days ago I was helping a friend babysit another friends baby daughter and after dressing her for bed found myself going ‘D'aw, awen't you da cutest, pwettiest wittle girl! Yes you are! Yes you are!’ and nearly melted when she giggled. Cue '...did I just hear you coo over a baby?' and a smirk from the friend. Also, despite my allergies, I couldn't help but pick up and cuddle the newly born litter of kittens.

This Troper has this in every meaning of the phrase. All cats are adorable and need immediate petting. All dogs are puppies, as well. That violent, drooling, currently-engaged-in-ripping-out-your-spine guard dog? A puppy. Only exacerbated by having enough strength, pian tolerance, and biological (appendage's range of motion most specifically) know-how to be confident (note use of "confidence" instead of "experience") enough to think he can restrain most dogs long enough for a (probably functional) bear hug. Combine this with utilizing his ability to accurately replicate a number of high pitched animal noises (most cat noises and dog whining) to confuse/attract them long enough to pounce. Oh, and it's not just cats and dogs actually. If it's got fur, it is automatically in need of a big hug.

This Troper is almost 20 years old... and is like this with ''stuffed'' animals.

This troper actually managed to avoid getting her grade lowered by her Computer Science teacher by being so cute. :D

When This Troper was about 9 he thought his newborn cousin was the most adorable baby girl ever. She just got even cuter after the awkward "shriveled pink infant" phase. Now that he is in his mid 20's and she is old enough to start considering what college she wants to attend...he ''still'' thinks she is the cutest baby girl ever. Turnabout is fair play, since her mother (this troper's aunt) treats him this way too.

Being a NightmareFetishist and a FriendToAllLivingThings, this trope is an inevitability for me whenever I'm around a baby anything, be it a kitten, puppy, or Chupacabra. I'm also this way around my three cats by default, seeing that I raised them from the bottle I'm the closest thing to a mother they have. Did you know that, when you bottle feed a kitten, sometimes their ears simultaneously twitch? Squee!

This troper is quite tall and has a look that suggests that he's pissed off all the time, but when he gets close to his cat all he can think about is the widdle tabby boo and the cute widdle boo paws!

This troper issues the following statement: "Do not overly expose him to cute things for long periods of time, it causes extraordinary changes in his cognitive faculties, reasoning ability, and overall intelligence. In recent studies, it seems his sudden IQ drop is in direct correlation with the rise in cuteness levels in his proximity.":)

I squee over babies (they seem to love me!), and also animals, whether its cats, dogs, rats, snakes or spiders...

One of the few ways to get This Troper to break her stoic-ness is to-(gasp!) IS THAT A KITTY/PUPPY/(insert adorable animal of your choice here)!? It's so cute! Can I take it home?

My neighbourhood is crawling with latchkey cats. I can't help but take a few minutes to pet them, and if no one is around, coo to them. Cue: "Who's a cute kitty? You're so handsome, yes you are!" Sometimes leads to embarrassing moments when people walk by.

This troper walks by the same pet shop every day, with a cat in the window. Many a time I have seen people reduced to babbling nonsense as they walk by and notice the cat. Just today I found myself cooing to the kitty.. she was scared of the leaves falling!

When {{@/Tidal_Wave_17}} see's something adorable, expect him to go "D'aaawww!" and start saying things like "D'aren't you just so wah-dorable!"

This tropette loves cuteness so much, she gushes about it whenever she comes across anything that she finds simply adorable, whether it's real or fictional, and the protagonist in ''AnAmericanTail'', one of her all-time favourite movies, is definitely no exception. Speaking of which, she often goes as far as to think that a bunch of cuteness-loving teenage girls might have went crazy over how cute he is when they watched it in their history classes, despite never having said experience like that herself.

Okay, I was never clear headed to begin with. But when one frequent visitor to the commons lounge brought along her pet rat, I all but transformed into GIR. For the next few hours (Look, it's a while between classes, OK?) I was bent over the fuzzy sucker's cage, grinning and blabbering incoherently about its cuteness, and taking every available opportunity to pet it even after it had crawled down a fellow student's jacket. (Said colleague was male, it was up his sleeve, I'm nuts, not suicidal.)

This troper's squeetastic moments are caused by baby lemurs and sugar gliders. Granted I don't really approve of sugar gliders as pets even though they're legal where I live, if only because most people don't have the discipline to properly care for one.

Ted Asanto here: as long as it's a clean domestic pet rodent, feline or canine not trying to get nasty, I would ''love'' to stroke it. And what a trait: ItRunsInTheFamily, too, for the most part, which is why my family owns a domestic cat.

This troper's family around- COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORGGGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII *ahem*

I found my way into a pet store this morning. They had rabbits and dwarf hamsters, and THEY LET ME PET THEM. I've been going into random cuteness squee mode for the rest of the day. (OH MY GOSH THE HAMSTERS WERE LITTLER THAN GOLF BALLS AND ONE OF THEM KEPT GRABBING MY FINGER AND THE BUNNIES ALL CAME UP TO ME AND STOOD ON THEIR HIND LEGS TO LOOK AT ME AND THEY WERE SO CUTE I AM GOING TO DIE NOW.) I also do this with puppies, kittens, and toddlers. And snakes, on occasion.

This troper routinely makes references to his broken cuteness meter. He once even jokingly threatened to sue a friend for the costs of repairs after her hamster effectively pummeled it into the ground. (I have a weak spot for rodents in particular. Yes, this includes mice.)

Anne Beeche fondly remembers a psychology class in which a random teacher from next door brought in a husky puppy. Hilarity ensued. Everybody was petting and loving the dog for the rest of the period.

This troper's reaction to a plastic Wooper with the most adorable smile ever. You can laugh now.

One of the local priests in my town (a retiree who lives closeby) recently got a puppy that his fellow priests share and take care of. I got to meet said puppy a few days ago. It was a black Lab that reminded me of a dog that belonged to another priest back when I was a kid. I immediately went, "Hi there! Where did you get those eyes? You're so cute, yes you are!"

This troper will see animals, usually dogs (not big dogs) and cats, and disolve into a giant puddle of cooing baby talk. As I am usually fairly quiet and somewhat stoic, everyone around me will simultaneously disolve into giant puddles of "What the hell?"

This level-headed, stoic, strong-stomached troper skips the coherent part and moves straight to the babbling. 'Kipugabadadadadakubakubikababaaaaaa[insert more random syllables here, which have slight connection to the words which would be said if my brain wasn't turned to mush by cuteness].' Though, I guess I do have an underlying condition...

This troper was at the mall today and saw these little Girl Scouts selling cookies. One of them was wearing a cookie costume and she looked so adorable I couldn't even look at her for too long.

I once had an argument with my brother, leading to me leaving the room in full anger mode. Cue my cat running into said room with me chasing just behind it yelling "KITTY!" with arms outstretched, anger completely gone. While it's not unknown for me to act strange like this, this still was very unexpected for my brother.

So I'm the girl who took taekwondo classes, enjoys ''TheHungerGames'' series in all its morbid glory, is sometimes physically stronger than some guys, can watch nearly any horror film without scrambling away, and then squees like a five-year-old when presented with tiny animals. Especially meerkats.

Normally I'm a Deadpan Snarker and a Kuudere with a quirky sense of humor. Now, imagine a fine day where I'm walking down the street with my guy, making a joke involving the band Dying Fetus. Then, all of a sudden I see a pug walking our way. In such a situation, I'll squee and exclaim, "D'AWW! It's a cute widdle pug wid its squished-in face! D'ohhh it's so adorable!! Whosa cute widdle pug? You are! Idjywidjywoo!" ^.^ (This was basically my reaction when I went to my boyfriend's house for the first time and saw his rabbit.) A more mild version of this is if I'm talking with a friend of mine and, upon seeing a cat walking by, saying "Hi, Random Cat!" Animals that also invoke this reaction in me are snakes, rats, baby alligators, and possums.

I am a rather bizarre example of this. I'm not particularly fond of animals, just being anywhere near a baby for more than ten seconds is enough to put me on edge (the only thing worse than the babbling and squealing and getting in the way people call "cuteness" is the screaming). However, I am not made of stone. There is a Worlds of Wonder-era Teddy Ruxpin in my closet. I bought him at a yard sale a little more than a year ago. He's my third; as much as I loved them, neither of the two I had as a youngster could withstand the way I treated them. Every time I spend more than a few seconds with him I'm overcome with both deep and unabiding love for him and a sense of guilt and loss in regards to the lost dolls. Dwelling on it for an extended period of time is enough to bring me to the verge of tears.

This troper had a six-year-old friend when she was younger who was just adorable. I used to ask her to smile for me, because she looked so adorable when she smiled. (Something tells me she didn't like it that much.) I also get this way around my cat when he lies with me at night.

This troper listens to death metal, watches and reads disturbing anime and manga, and will melt into a puddle of goo if presented with a small animal with big shiny eyes and will stay that way for at least an hour, this has been used against him during arguments. It works well enough his friend carries a pad of pictures with him to stop his rants.

This troper, for some reason, becomes extremely sardonic (albeit in a kind way) around cats and babies. He swears it breeds an understanding between him and the cat/baby. There are other things that will just produce gushing, though. Like bunnies.