History Main / GlurgeAddict

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* Music/MichaelJackson appears to have been one, to the point that his Neverland Ranch was drenched in sugary sweetness. The [[http://www.michaeljacksonart.com/categories.php?cat_id=8&sessionid=7h50d808h7v4eqitipotpig paintings]] his friend David Nordahl created for him are good examples.
* Jack Chick, the author of ''ComicBook/ChickTracts''.

Let's have one of those exceptions in the cast! This guy or gal loves to collect {{motivational poster}}s of kittens, cries over every sad story spam email, and adores anything and everything cutesy. [[CutenessProximity They will probably gush over the nearest glurge positive item or animal nearby, and will baby talk to it]]. A few Glurge Addicts who are aware of their condition will actively hide their hobby from friends and family out of embarrassment.

Glurge Addicts are surprisingly positive people (even if they happen to be SmugSnake villains), even if they aren't nice they're [[ThePollyanna always smiling]] and encouraging others to do the same. This incessant optimism is sure to quickly get on other people's nerves. If it's a strong enough addiction, it also serves as a possible FlawExploitation for these characters in the form of a KitschCollection that [[InterrogationByVandalism can be broken]] or added to as a threat or bribe, respectively.

* ''{{Film/Misery}}'' has Annie Wilkes. She is a Liberace loving, ceramic penguin owning, romance novel addict who doesn't like it when people swear. She's also [[spoiler:keeping her favorite author hostage and does such things as shatter his ankles so he can't escape. Also she was a SerialKiller during her nursing days.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Mabel is obsessed with cutesy things like unicorns, motivational stickers and bedazzling. This is most clearly demonstrated by the SugarBowl LotusEaterMachine created by Bill Cipher to imprison her in the finale.

* Parodied by none other then Kumagawa in ''Manga/MedakaBox'', [[spoiler: crying tears of joy that someone is reforming him and setting him on the right path when really he's beaten to death lying in a pool of his own blood then thanking his friends for saving him when they just broke his arms. He's always [[StepfordSmiler smiling]]. Note this is not his real personality and it is post HeelFaceTurn.]]

* ''{{Film/Misery}}'' has Annie Wilkes. She is a Liberace loving, ceramic penguin owning, romance novel addict who doesn't like it when people swear. She's also [[spoiler:keeping her favorite author hostage and does such thing as shatter his ankles so he can't escape. Also she was a SerialKiller during her nursing days.]]

* Synclaire from ''Series/LivingSingle''. She's generally extremely optimistic, emotional, and sunny (as well as sensitive and a bit immature), to the point where her friends are surprised to hear her say "I'm mad as [[GoshDangItToHeck H]]!" She particularly loves Troll dolls, and owns a gigantic Troll doll named "Crispus Attucks" that her friends find particularly unnerving.
** Her boyfriend/eventual husband, Overton, has these moments as well - usually when he's in close proximity to Synclaire.
* Jess in ''Series/NewGirl''.

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* Rena Ryuuguu from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is a subversion. She does like cute things... but she is also a NightmareFetishist so her definition of "cute" does not always conform to the norm. [[spoiler:Also, this trait is part of her ObfuscatingStupidity that she makes up to convince herself she is happy.]]
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* On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill,'' Hank Hill's mom became addicted to Hummel figurines to cope with her abusive husband.

-->Just Hang In There, Marge. Just Hang In There.
** To some extent, Ned Flanders is one of these, as well. This was tested when he moved to the disgustingly cute town of Humbel, which was a parody of the above Hummel figurines. It was too oppressive even for Ned, and it actually demonstrates the difference between a sympathetic and unsympathetic Glurge Addict; Ned loves {{glurge}}, but is capable of accepting people for their faults. The townsfolk of Humbel weren't able even to accept Ned's ''mustache''.

* Ryuuguu Rena in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is a subversion. She does like cute things... but she is also a NightmareFetishist so her definition of cute does not always conform to the norm. [[spoiler:Also, this trait is part of her ObfuscatingStupidity that she makes up to convince herself she is happy.]]

If two Glurge Addicts start dating, the result is SickeninglySweethearts. If they have kids, and the kids start a wiki, they name it SugarWiki (which tries to avoid being Glurge).

* Ryuuguu Rena in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is a subversion. She does like cute things... but she is also a NightmareFetishist so her definition of cute does not always conform to the norm. [[spoiler:Also, this trait is part of her ObfuscatingStupidity that she makes up to convince herself she is happy.]]

* MariahCarey has named the majority of her albums are very positive and cutesy things, like ''Rainbow,'' ''Butterfly,'' ''Charmbracelet,'' and ''Glitter.'' She also refers to her fans as "little lambs" and seems to have a definite love of all things sweet and cute.

If two Glurge Addicts start dating, the result is SickeninglySweethearts. If they have kids, and the kids start a wiki, they name it SugarWiki (which tries to avoid being Glurge)

* WesternAnimation/Gravity Falls: Mabel is obsessed with cutesy things like unicorns, motivational stickers and bedazzling. This is most clearly demonstrated by the SugarBowl LotusEaterMachine created by Bill Cipher to imprison her in the finale.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Alex Louis Armstrong has all the the hallmarks of one, including the ManlyTears.

** A less villainous version would be Hepzibah Smith, seen in flashbacks during ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. A woman described as looking like a melting, many-layered cake, obsessed with her collection of wizarding "glory day" antiques, and kind to both her OldRetainer [[NiceToTheWaiter house elf Hokey]] and [[PoorJudgeOfCharacter that charming Tom Riddle]].

* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': SmugSnake Dolores Umbridge is a villainous variant. She has an office full of kitten plates, and claims to want to shelter children from frightening things. She's also a SadistTeacher and part of an ill-advised government coverup. Glurge addicts don't have to be ''good''.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Alex Louis Armstrong has all the the hallmarks of one, including the ManlyTears

* ''WesternAnimation/Gravity Falls'': Mabel is obsessed with cutesy things like unicorns, motivational stickers and bedazzling. This is most clearly demonstrated by the SugarBowl LotusEaterMachine created by Bill Cipher in the finale.

** A less villainous version would be Hepzibah Smith, seen in flashbacks during ''Literature/HalfBloodPrince''. A woman described as looking like a melting, many-layered cake, obsessed with her collection of wizarding "glory day" antiques, and kind to both her OldRetainer [[NiceToTheWaiter house elf Hokey]] and [[PoorJudgeOfCharacter that charming Tom Riddle]].

* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': SmugSnake Dolores Umbridge is a villainous variant. She has an office full of kitten plates, and seems to want to shelter children from frightening things. She's also a SadistTeacher and part of an ill-advised government coverup. Glurge addicts don't have to be ''good''.

* Some Christians (but not all) are {{Glurge Addict}}s.

* Some Christians are {{Glurge Addict}}s.

* Some (if not all) Christians are GlurgeAddicts.

If two Glurge Addicts start dating, the result is SickeninglySweethearts. If they have kids, and the kids start a wiki, they name it SugarWiki.

* Some (if not all) Christians as GlurgeAddicts.

* Some (if not all Christians) as GlurgeAddicts.

->'''Kristoffer:''' ...And know this, as the swallow twittered beneath the eaves, this is not adieu, but au revoir!
->'''Finur:''' Thanks for your words. May they be your last. Thanks for sentimentality so nauseating that no living creature could possibly take it seriously.
->'''Ravn:''' ... '''[=*SOB!*=]'''

* Parodied by none other then Kumagawa in ''MedakaBox'', [[spoiler: crying tears of joy that someone is reforming him and setting him on the right path when really he's beaten to death lying in a pool of his own blood then thanking his friends for saving him when they just broke his arms. He's always [[StepfordSmiler smiling]]. Note this is not his real personality and it is post HeelFaceTurn.]]

* ''TheBossOfItAll''. Ravn in the opening quote had the Glurge precipitate a nervous breakdown because was going to cheat his employees out of money and a job by selling to Finur.