History Main / CuteOversizedSleeves

* ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'': In both her civilian clothes and transformed outfit Kiwi[=/=]Leopolt wears jackets with sleeves too long for her that provide the image of a cute and ditzy girl, though while the energetic cuteness is genuine, she's actually CuteAndPsycho, being one of [[VillainProtagonist Magia Baiser]]'s most ruthless minions, which is represented well by how the jacket for her magical girl outfit appears to be part of a military uniform (she also isn't wearing any pants to further the contrast).

* [[CreepyTwins Luki]] [[CuteAndPsycho and]] [[KillerRabbit Noki]] from ''Manga/DogsBulletsAndCarnage'' wear matching coats with oversized sleeves. These sleeves serve two purposes: 1) making them even more adorable than they already are, and 2) hiding the truly monstrous weaponry that they keep stored in their [[BadassTransplant artificial arms]].
* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheGalaxySuperExpress'': The Super-Express' conductor is a short, cuddly midget alien (or robot, [[AmbiguousRobots it's not really clear]]) who wears a human-sized uniform. As such, his arms are tucked inside both sleeves in every scene, which flop around comically whenever he walks.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': Taiwan wears a variant of UsefulNotes/{{qipao}}, except instead of being a mostly form-fitting dress, hers is paired with a long white skirt and has large, loose sleeves that cover her hands. She is characterized as the plucky, girly "little sister" of the East Asian group.
* ''Literature/HowARealistHeroRebuiltTheKingdom'': Genia Maxwell is a self-proclaimed "over-scientist", so she applies this trope wearing a labcoat that's too big for her. The sleeves going past her hands reflect her eccentric nature while still making her look cute.

* Corneria, from the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier|Series}} Mysterious'' Subseries, wears a kimono with very long sleeves. This, combined with her short stature and young appearance makes her very cute. Oddly enough, she never pulls them up whenever she needs to hold something and she also wears her weapons, large bracer-like gauntlets, over them as well.

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One explanation for the prevalence of this trope in fiction is that hands signify strength and capacity, while covering them implies helplessness and fragility, both of which are factors of being "cute."

In some cases when it involves a child or a short person, a character might wear an oversized sleeved shirt, usually store-bought or inherited from an older relative, that they are expected to grow into. An oversized sleeved shirt may also be worn by a character seeking to be adorable in order to conceal something nasty from other characters. In other circumstances, a character may use this trope to backstab others later on.

Compare with NothingUpMySleeve, usually overlapping when this trope is exploited, when a character has long sleeves to hide their own weapons. Also compare with DorkInASweater, for when a character wearing a sweater makes them less intimidating. Contrast SleevesAreForWimps, when lack of sleeves represents tough characters.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': Taiwan wears a variant of UsefulNotes/{{qipao}}, except instead of being a mostly form-fitting dress, hers is paired with a long white skirt and has large, loose sleeves that covers her hands. She is characterized as the plucky, girly "little sister" of the East Asian group.

* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'': Feivel wears a ratty old hand-me-down coat with sleeves too long for him. Together with the oversized hat his father gives him in the beginning of the movie, it gives him the look of a young, innocent ragamuffin.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'': WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse wears a robe with long sleeves in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". The sleeves often covers his hands when he's performing magic, which emphasize his inexperience.

* ''Series/MoonKnight2022'': The mild-mannered Steven Grant wears oversized sweaters and jackets with overly-long sleeves to emphasize his sweet and innocent temperament. It's a notable contrast with his other self Marc Spector, a dour man of business who always keeps his sleeves at the right length.

* [[AnimeChineseGirl Uriko]] in ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' 2 and onwards wears jackets that hide her hands to show off her cuteness, at least until she turns into a CatGirl, which causes her arms to grow considerably. They make for a strange look, because the sleeves are very long compared to the well-fitted jacket.

** Colette wears a loose straightjacket, giving her overly-long sleeves. With that in mind, her cuteness is of the CuteAndPsycho variety.

* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': While Hsien Ko's oversize sleeves are cute, their exaggerated length hides an arsenal of weapons that she uses to fight. Also, she is based upon the Chinese zombie jiangshi (kyonsee in Japanese), that moves around by hopping on their long arms.
* If you have the [[ChildrenAreInnocent naïve]] and playful [[TagalongKid Cody]] with you by the fourth day of ''VideoGame/DontEscape: 4 Days to Survive'', by the time you reach [[spoiler:the Moon]], he'll be wearing an [[spoiler:astronaut suit]] with sleeves that flop far beyond his hands. {{Justified|Trope}} in that those are made for adults, not 12 year olds.

* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'': [[EvilutionaryBiologist Mobius']] [[BenevolentAI sim]] in the Elysian Realm is assisted by Klein, an ELF modeled after the original Klein, who was Mobius' lab assistant in the Previous Era. Unlike the original Klein who was an adult woman, ELF Klein looks like a sleepy-eyed girl, has a childlike body, and wears a labcoat whose sleeves reach well past her hands, although this doesn't seem to hinder her work.

* ''Franchise/LeagueOfLegends'' has Vex, a grumpy little yordle girl with a pessimistic goth image that she tries maintain. But her comically oversized sleeves that drag everywhere she walks just make her look dorky and cute.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': Kafei was subjected to a FountainOfYouth curse by Skull Kid, and his too long, too wide sleeves make him look even more childish. It's implied in the game (and made explicit in the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] that actually shows the transformation) that Kafei is [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing wearing his now-loose adult clothes]], hence the sleeves.

* ''Videogame/MetroLastLight'': The baby Dark One, a nonhuman, plucky TagAlongKid, telepathically disguises himself as a human child wearing a too-large raincoat when you enter the Metro settlement of Polis. Aside from being cute, the oversized sleeves cover for the disproportionately long arms of his true form.

* In the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' series, Lidelle (who provides the page image) is in the same school class as Amitie and her friends, who are all teenagers. However, her hand-hiding sleeves -- combined with her short height, child-like voice and timid personality -- make her appear cute.

* ''WebAnimation/ReimuAndRemilia'' is a frame-by-frame rebuild of the ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' cartoon "Safety Second." Jerry Mouse, Nibbles and Tom Cat are recast as characters from ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. Reimu is the Tom analog, and she wears detached sleeves that flare widely at the wrists, and are cinched in place with red ribbon just above the elbows. The remade cartoon is viewable on Website/YouTube here: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn0ejr7-_rc]].

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Numbuh 3 wears a green sweater that keeps her hands covered. These sleeves are used to match with her cheerful GenkiGirl personality, as well as contrasting with the tomboyish Numbuh 5.

* ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'': Kiwi's transformed outfit includes a jacket with sleeves too long for her, but it is immediately obvious that she is only ''trying'' to look cute, not necessarily being that. She is, in fact, one of [[VillainProtagonist Magia Baiser]]'s most ruthless minions, and said jacket appears to be part of a military uniform (and she isn't wearing any pants to go with it).

* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonOneWorld'': Doc Jr. wears a labcoat that's clearly too big for him, with its sleeves trailing well past his hands and flapping around uselessly while he emotes. Even in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheWindsOfAnthos Anthos]]'', where he appears to have aged up a little, they are still past his hands. They show him as the eccentric inventor that he is and wanting to live up to his ancestors' path of being inventors, implying that the labcoat is actually from Doc, a character from the previous '[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonNatsume Harvest Moon]]'' series.