History Main / ImTakingHerHomeWithMe

* Darkly invoked in Music/APerfectCircle's cover of ''The Nurse Who Loved Me'':

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* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' has a [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=360 double variant]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Leslie is [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/baby very family oriented.]]

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' had Bubbles bringing home animals she felt sorry for. This culminates with her trying to hide a ''baby whale'' from the Professor.

* In a drabble of the ''Anime/LuckyStar'' fic ''Unrelated Moments'', Tsukasa [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10804331/2/Unrelated-Moments glomps Yutaka and rants about how cute she is]], embarrassing her in front of the former's classmates.

** The BigBad [[spoiler: Miyo Takano]] acts this way for, em, [[NightmareFetishist creepy torture equipment]].

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' had Bubbles bringing home animals she felt sorry for. This culminates with her trying to hide a ''baby whale'' from the Professor.

* Nellie provokes this in the series finale of ''Series/TheOfficeUS''. When [[spoiler:Ryan runs off with Kelly during Dwight and Angela's wedding and abandons his baby there, Nellie promptly fulfills her lifelong dream by adopting his baby and taking him to Europe with her]].

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* ''Roleplay/MSFHighForum'':
** Demona has this reaction to Lily, the chibi-Pettanko-Succubus. Lily, at present, is begging for death.
** Inverted with Casey. She went home with Ryan and declared herself his little sister.
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There are times when something is just so pure, innocent, right and '''adorably cute''' that even the most level-headed persons are struck by a quaint phenomenon we TV Tropers like to call CutenessProximity, in which all pretenses of stoic maturity are dropped to reveal [[TastesLikeDiabetes an affectionate and nurturing, sweet-tongued]] [[CuddleBug teddy bear who wants]] to [[AndCallHimGeorge hug the subject of cuteness all day long]]. Sometimes, it can get so bad that said persons [[CutenessOverload cannot comprehend and withstand the intense emotional effects.]]

* Isumi Saginomiya in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''. She ''will'' [[TastesLikeDiabetes make your head explode into candy]]. Then again, Wataru's [[{{Meido}} maid]] Saki would invite such a reaction too... especially when she's [[TheWoobie crushed emotionally]].

** The follow-up series, ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'', has a scene where [[BodyguardCrush Setsuna]] is carrying [[{{Ojou}} Konoka]] in her [[TastesLikeDiabetes super-cute]] "[[MagicMisfire dud]]" form. As dud Konoka repeatedly comments on how comfortable she is in her arms, Setsuna [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud comments out loud that]] [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe she wishes she could "take her home like this."]]

* In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', Honey gets this reaction from pretty much every female (and some males) that see him, being a senior but having the rough size and appearance of an incredibly adorable blonde eight-year-old, particularly when he's got his stuffed bunny with him, as he usually does. He's even more [[TastesLikeDiabetes sugary]] than the sweets he's almost always seen munching on -- but [[BewareTheNiceOnes watch out]], he's not exactly a pushover when it comes to a fight!

** Gross example: Larfleeze wants his own Guardian, so when our heroes encounter Scar -- an evil, half-undead Guardian who serves the story's BigBad -- he wants to do this.
** Even grosser is Kryb, the Sinestro Corps member who compulsively abducts infants and keeps them in her exposed ribcage.

There are times when something is just so pure, innocent, right and '''adorably cute''' that even the most level-headed persons are struck by a quaint phenomenon we TV Tropers like to call CutenessProximity, in which all pretenses of stoic maturity are dropped to reveal [[TastesLikeDiabetes an affectionate and nurturing, sweet-tongued]] [[CuddleBug teddy bear who wants to]] [[{{Glomp}} hug the subject of cuteness all day long]]. Sometimes, it can get so bad that said persons [[CutenessOverload cannot comprehend and withstand the intense emotional effects.]]

* Takanashi in ''Manga/{{Working}}'' is a minicon -- someone who thinks anything tiny is inherently cute. Showing him anything small is guaranteed to get this reaction from him -- [[MistakenForPedophile which can be creepy]] when the object in question is a four-year-old girl who got separated from her mom. He invokes this one by name when the [[OlderThanTheyLook already-tiny]] Popura [[CornerOfWoe curls into a ball.]]

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': [[{{Kawaiiko}} Azusa Shiratori]] is very prone to this, grabbing new "cute" items and giving them a French name, and then claiming ownership of them. If it resists, she'll knock it out. If it's yours, and you resist, she'll knock ''you'' out. In the anime version, she tries to "adopt" a half-eaten rice cake soon afterward. When Genma manages to polish it off before she can steal it, she screams in horror and beats him senseless. Her collection, in the few glimpses we've seen of her mansion, has been shown to include an octopus balloon, a stop sign, and even weirder things. In an anime-exclusive episode, she adopts a [[{{Youkai}} Tanuki]] statue -- and when Kunô cuts his way out of it (it fell on him beforehand), she promptly adopts him as well, thinking he must be a ''real'' tanuki.

** When ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} meets [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena]], she wonders if she and Maggie could adopt the girl.
** After ComicBook/LoisLane is rescued by the Batgirls, Felicity Smoak excitedly asks, "Can we keep her?"

** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'': Franchise/{{Superman}} insists over and again that he is taking his cousin Kara home with him.

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* In Chapter 13 of ''Fanfic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'', Barry tells a story of how a seven-year-old Iris once came across a baby she found so adorable that she tied a note to his stroller telling the parents that she would be borrowing him for a couple of days and walked off with the baby. She would later try to take other babies over the next couple of days.

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* In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', Honey gets this reaction from pretty much every female (and some males) that see him, being a senior but having the rough size and appearance of an incredibly adorable blonde eight-year-old, particularly when he's got his stuffed bunny with him, as he usually does. He's even more [[TastesLikeDiabetes sugary]] than the sweets he's almost always seen munching on -- but [[BewareTheNiceOnes watch out]], he's not exactly a pushover when it comes to a fight!
* In ''Anime/{{Mahoraba}}'', the eccentric president of the occult club takes an intense liking to Asami-chan, who is the first person to be so innocent that she finds her creepy jokes funny.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': [[{{Kawaiiko}} Azusa Shiratori]] is very prone to this, grabbing new "cute" items and giving them a French name, and then claiming ownership of them. If it resists, she'll knock it out. If it's yours, and you resist, she'll knock ''you'' out. In the anime version, she tries to "adopt" a half-eaten rice cake soon afterward. When Genma manages to polish it off before she can steal it, she screams in horror and beats him senseless. Her collection, in the few glimpses we've seen of her mansion, has been shown to include an octopus balloon, a stop sign, and even weirder things. In an anime-exclusive episode, she adopts a [[{{Youkai}} Tanuki]] statue -- and when Kunô cuts his way out of it (it fell on him beforehand), she promptly adopts him as well, thinking he must be a ''real'' tanuki.
* In ''Manga/KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens'', Nagi sees a pair of kittens curled up and sleeping outside of Jin's house. She finds them so irresistibly cute that she wants to take care of them herself. Jin's not too keen on the idea, as his current living arrangement prevents animals from taking up residence inside.

* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''. Ranka Lee does this to a little cute squirrel thingy which she later names Ai-kun. However with this being ''Macross'', said trope is inverted when it is revealed that [[spoiler: Ai-kun is a Space Vajra larvae, who takes Ranka home with it later.]] Of course, it's arguable that [[spoiler:the Vajra were trying to do that with ''Ranka'' in the first place]]

* Isumi Saginomiya in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''. She ''will'' [[TastesLikeDiabetes make your head explode into candy]]. Then again, Wataru's [[{{Meido}} maid]] Saki would invite such a reaction too...especially when she's [[TheWoobie crushed emotionally]].
* Shin from ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' manages to get chased by about 20 schoolgirls he is trying to test to find the eponymous Pretear.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'':
** Teresa "Tessa" Testarossa gets this reaction when she introduces herself to Kaname's high school class in ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu''. All the guys go "WOOOAH!" while all the girls cry [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer "Oh she's so cute!"]] with accompanying love hearts.
** Sōsuke evidently elicited this kind of response when he was [[AdorablyPrecociousChild young]]. Just like in the trope description, his Cuteness Proximity was so incredibly intense, it managed to melt the hearts of ''war-hardened veterans'' and pretty much made them internally {{Squee}} that they want to take him home and make him their child. Which they then proceed to attempt to do. He certainly never lacked people who were all too eager to take him in as their own. Starting with Majid, an Helmajistani rebellion leader whom Sōsuke had ''tried to assassinate'', who liked him so much that he adopted him as his "Son of Bdakshon's Tiger", and raised him with complete kindness. And then there was Kalinin, who wanted Sōsuke as his son from the very beginning, and took him as a prisoner of war ''after Sôsuke tried to assassinate him''. He then proceeds to persistently try to get Sōsuke to agree to be his adopted son (which he refused, since he already had Majid as his "father" -- yes, it got to the point of being a first-come-first-serve basis). After Majid dies, Kalinin ''finally'' manages to force his way and get Sōsuke to be his legally adopted son. And all while that was going on, [[AxCrazy Gauron]] has tried to take Sōsuke for himself [[LoveAtFirstSight ever since the moment he first set eyes on the boy]]. He ''literally'' did a double take, parked his jeep, and tried to lure Sōsuke to come with him by promising him food and ammunition. Sōsuke refuses, and Gauron ends up [[StalkerWithACrush being unable to forget him for the next five years]]. (Though in Gauron's case, it's more of a [[PaedoHunt pedophile rapist, sexual version]] of wanting to take him home, unlike the previous two, and Sousuke was wise to get the hell away from him).
** Sousuke winds up succumbing to this compulsion himself when coming across [[FluffyTamer an adult Bengal tiger]], forcing Kaname to thoroughly explain why he's not allowed to keep a wild 500lb killing machine as a housecat.
* DepravedHomosexual Lussuria from ''Manga/Reborn2004'' takes a liking to his young opponent Ryohei's muscular physique and decides to take him home...after he's kicked the shit out of him that is...
* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', about half of the class feels this way about Negi when he is first introduced as their teacher.
* The follow-up series, ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'', has a scene where [[BodyguardCrush Setsuna]] is carrying [[{{Ojou}} Konoka]] in her [[TastesLikeDiabetes super-cute]] "[[MagicMisfire dud]]" form. As dud Konoka repeatedly comments on how comfortable she is in her arms, Setsuna [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud comments out loud that]] [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe she wishes she could "take her home like this."]]
* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' Isaac and Miria do this on someone else's behalf, when they decide that the perfect gift for [[spoiler:Ennis]] would be a little [[spoiler:brother]]. So, they give her [[spoiler:[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Czeslaw]]]].
* Referenced in episode 9 of the new season of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. CosplayOtakuGirl Kiko and her like-minded friend see Suo, who happens to look like some anime character that they like. The friend suggests they take her home with them. This may be a ShoutOut to [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Rena]], since she uses ''exactly'' the same phrasing (''"Omochikaeri~!"''). Kiko, who has [[WrongGenreSavvy finally figured out she's not in a show where that's a viable option]], says:
-->'''Kiko:''' I'm not into {{lolicon|AndShotacon}}. Besides, that's illegal.
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Alphonse has a tendency to pick up cats and '''keep them in his armor'''. Edward is not happy about this. Referenced HILARIOUSLY when Ed assumes Al's found another cat in an alley. Except it's not a cat, it's Mei.
* Though not to the point of the trope's name, after Tohru's initial encounter with Kisa in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', the latter follows the former around for the duration of her stay. While Kyo cracks that it would bug the crap out of him, after Tohru stops walking and Kisa bumps into her, Tohru squeals and glomps her. After Kisa leaves, Tohru mentions her slight sadness at not having her around. Later volumes of manga have scenes where other characters are talking and the reader can see little hearts floating into the more serious panels, revealed to be emanating from Tohru and Kisa hugging each other. Every time they see one another, Tohru has the same squeal-and-glomp reaction.
* In the ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'' manga, Akari attempts this on Albert, after seeing him helpless with his filled-up boat.
* Rena Ryuuguu from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is the TropeNamer (See the Visual Novels section), and is well known for doing this. Hell, the running joke in the series is that if ever someone gets kidnapped, Rena would be the prime suspect!
* The cold-hearted, and, at times, cruel BattleButler Sebastian in ''Manga/BlackButler'' is shown to adore cats of all types because "there is nothing cuter." It's later revealed that he actually picked up several stray cats and kept them in his wardrobe.
* In chapter 12 of ''Manga/HoneyHunt'', Q-Ta hugs Yura before leaving to go on a trip to record something and tells her that she's cute. So cute that he just wants to put her in his suitcase and take her with him.
* In ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', once AdorablyPrecociousChild Majiru is introduced, following his ParentalAbandonment, Harumi comments on how cute he is and proposes that the class should take turns taking him home with them. Majiru protests that he's not a pet.
* This is Kyrie's reaction toward Toppi from the ''VideoGame/WorldDestruction'' manga when Toppi and Morte save his life. Toppi does not take being called "cute" well.
* Eisuke Kitamura in ''Manga/SteppingOnRoses'' (''Hadashi De Bara Wo Fume'') appears to have this as his motivation for constantly bringing home orphaned children...that is, until he reveals that he really just wanted them to [[OnlyInItForTheMoney work for him]] in his future business endeavors when they get older.

** During the first few seasons, Misty did this regularly with cute Pokemon, either attempting to capture them (such as with Jigglypuff) or just picking them right up (such as Vulpix before Brock adopts it, which breathes fire into her face for it).

* In ''Anime/DiGiCharat'', Takuro Kimura favors Puchiko the most, and has a habit of picking her right up and speaking affectionately to her. In his debut appearance, he even asks Dejiko if he could "buy" her.
* Gajeel Redfox in ''Manga/FairyTail'', hilariously enough. He spends most of his time being an utter grouchy badass, but has an obsession with finding a cat companion to call his own. And when he finds the perfect one, he is ''very'' adamant on bringing said cat back with him. Do note said "Cat" is one of the most badass animals to ever grace a manga's pages. In this case however, it's less about cuteness and more about, as his two fellow Dragon Slayers have cat companions with them, he figures he's lacking as a Dragon Slayer if he didn't find one as well. Pantherlily's badassness is exactly why Gajeel likes him.
** Not that the cuteness isn't an element. Gajeel and the rest of Fairy Tail meet Pantherlily in an alternate reality. There, he is a tall muscular indivivdual, towering over them. However, when Pantherlily follows them back to their world, he ends up in a chibi form much like Happy and Carla (and thus allowing a hilariously tearful Gajeel to hug him with glee). He ''is'' able to use Magic to revert to his Badass form for short periods of time though.
* One story in the Shoujo Jump edition had a girl who helps a friend (boyfriend?) catch a wild rabbit in a snare. After accomplishing the deed we see into her mind the scenarios of her keeping the rabbit as a pet (feeding it, giving it its own little house, etc.) much to her friend's chagrin. She's horrified to discover that her friend has a more "culinary" interest in the animal, and she lets it escape.
* A more serious example occurs in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' where [[spoiler:in Riruka's flashback, she had done this to the guy she had a crush on, imprisoning him inside her treasure box. She stopped when she realized how badly her powers were affecting the guy and let him go.]] More exactly: [[spoiler:Riruka actually ''weaponizes'' this trope. Anything and anyone she finds cute, she can snatch it with her powers and keep it for herself. She started with petty theft as a little girl (stealing the heart-shaped necklace of the neighbor that bullied her), then used it as described above.]]
* A creepy (though hilarious) version happens in chapter 210 of ''Manga/DGrayMan''. A random gangster who, according to his crony, "loves all beautiful things to a sick degree," decides that Kanda is the most beautiful person he has ever seen and declares, "I'm going to kidnap him and bring him back home!" Kanda promptly beats him to a pulp.
* Takanashi in ''Manga/{{Working}}'' is a minicon -- someone who thinks anything tiny is inherently cute. Showing him anything small is guaranteed to get this reaction from him -- [[MistakenForPedophile which can be creepy]] when the object in question is a four-year-old girl who got separated from her mom. He invokes this one by name when the [[OlderThanTheyLook already-tiny]] Popura [[CornerOfWoe curls into a ball.]]
* This is Alice's reaction when she finally encounters Yune in ''Manga/CroiseeInAForeignLabyrinth'', which is entirely understandable, given that Alice is a 19th-century OccidentalOtaku meeting an actual Japanese person for the first time and that Yune is just that cute.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
** LadyOfWar Shigure has this reaction to a tank she commandeered. Sakaki tells her no.
** More traditionally, Miu and Kisara both love cats and often want to look after them, but Miu can't take one home because the dojo is too dangerous, and Kisara's parents are allergic to cats.

* In ''Manga/KotouraSan'', this was played with in episode 2 when Haruka first meets Yuriko. The latter is ecstatic to meet the former, and attempts to carry her to the ESP club room. {{Downplayed|trope}} as part of the reason was Haruka is {{telepath|y}}ic.
* In episode 3 of ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'', Sharo jokingly suggests taking Chino home with her and making her a little sister. Cocoa [[ClingyJealousGirl doesn't take that]] too well, and claims Chino is her little sister.
* In ''Manga/ACentaursLife'', little Sue seems to trigger this reaction in a lot of people. As [[SingleMindedTwins the Chis]] put it, "Sue-chan is little and cute, so she gets kidnapped like ''that.''" Their friend's dog once tried to claim her as a toy, and another time a new arrival in the neighborhood tried to claim her as a little sister.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', the pirate Big Mom is a CollectorOfTheStrange- more specifically, unique creatures. She takes an unhealthy interest in the living skeleton Brook and decides to keep him on a leash in a bag, swinging him around like a toy. Luckily, the rest of the Straw Hats are able to save rescue Brook while Big Mom's sleeping.
* A particular exemple happen in ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'', where a elementary school kid have this reaction upon seing the (self proclaimed) TeenGenius Akechi Kokoro. She can't get over how cute Kokoro is and ask her to become her little sister. [[spoiler: She actually go through with it at the end of the episode.]]

* In ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' the 7ft tall oni Tio visits an aquarium and tries to leave with a dolphin. She is stopped by the workers there.
* In the first episode of ''Popotan'', Mii is incredibly fond of Daichi's cheeks upon discovering him, and takes every opportunity to glomp him and rub her own against his.
* In ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'', at least a couple of times [[GenkiGirl Yotsuba]] has mentioned that she wants to make Fuutarou's younger sister [[TheCutie Raiha]] into her own little sister, since it's clear that she's very fond of her, even suggesting things like marrying Fuutarou or falsifying a birth certificate to make it legal. [[spoiler:Doubles as {{Foreshadowing}} since she turns out to be the one who marries Fuutarou at the end of the story]].
* A non-comedic example in ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles''. A rich butterfly collecter is so obsessed with butterflies that when he finds an amnesiac young man with a butterfly-shaped scar on his back, he takes the stranger home to become his assistant, and frequently forcing him to strip whenever he wants to look at the scar.
* PlayedForLaughs in Chapter 27 / Episode 8 of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', when Moe attempts to take Ao away in the name of "{{elopement}}".

* ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:
** The titular heroine does this in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' issue #308 when she finds a missing little girl and decides to take her home with her until she finds her parents.
** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'': Franchise/{{Superman}} insists over and again that he is taking his cousin Kara home with him.
* ComicBook/MsMarvel2014: When Kamala Khan meets ComicBook/TheInhumans' dog Lockjaw, she goes into FreakyIsCool CutenessOverload, then takes him home with her and asks her parents if she can keep him.

* ''ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman'': "Wonder World" features a version having more to do with awe and a desire for friendship when 15 year old Diana fresh into the wider world inserts herself into Riley's birthday gathering to deal with some bullies. One of Riley's other friends asks her where she found Diana and Riley responds that she doesn't really know but she's keeping her.

* In Chapter 13 of ''Fanfic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'', Barry tells a story of how a seven-year-old Iris once came across a baby she found so adorable that she tied a note to his stroller telling the parents that she would be borrowing him for a couple of days and walked off with the baby. She would later try to take other babies over the next couple of days.
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JpPSAF0wGw voicepack]] for [[BoisterousBruiser Suika]], of all people, has this very phrase in it. Makes sense, since Oni are traditionally known to carry people off when they lost contests, and Suika is strong enough to carry away anyone she'd want. Fans have taken to joking about taking her home, and then get rebutted by other fans saying that Suika'd take THEM home instead.
** ''Touhou''[='=]s other oni, Yuugi, is also frequently portrayed by fandom as carrying off others. [[JerkassWoobie Parsee]] [[GreenEyedMonster Mizuhashi]] is a [[ChewToy favorite victim]], [[CrackPairing for some reason]].
* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': "And I shall call you Mr. Tweetums! For it is very evil!" And in a later episode: [[spoiler:"Fool! There is no one who I would want to remember~...Mr. Tweetums! [[BigNo Nooo!!!]] [[TranquilFury You made me forget my very best friend"...]]]]

** ''Fanfic/PastSins'': Nyx is found by Twilight Sparkle in the middle of a dark forest all alone and scared...naturally, she adopts her.

** ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'', "The Pet Games": After the tortoise rescues her from an avalanche, Rainbow Dash declares that she's adopting him. Even though he isn't actually up for adoption.

** ''Fanfic/{{Quizzical}}'': In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/72475/17/thweet-geniuth/then-get-out-of-the-kitchen Thweet Geniuth chapter 16: "...Then Get Out Of The Kitchen."]]:
--> Chef Twist is so cute! I want to take her home with me.

** In ''Fanfic/AGreatAndPowerfulHeart'', Trixie finds a mistreated unicorn colt lost in the woods. [[spoiler: Learning about his mistreatment in Promise, she adopts the colt]].
* In the third part of ''Fanfic/TheDresdenFillies'', "Great Power", Pinkie Pie finds a lost human toddler shortly after they arrive in Chicago. She brings him back to the rest of the Mane Six and Spike and asks if they can keep him. Fluttershy has this reaction, telling Twilight that she wants one, and that she'll take good care of it.
* ''Fanfic/TheHillOfSwords'': Any time Tabitha shows her vulnerable side, Shirou has to suppress an urge to take her home and give her "adorable ponies and dollies and pretty dresses".
* The ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10792418/1/Discontinued-Ranma-Stories Ranma the Cursed Child]]'' segment of ''Discontinued Ranma Stories'' has Tatewaki Kuno when Ranma (afflicted with both the [[GenderBender Spring of Drowned Girl]] and [[FountainOfYouth Spring of Drowned Young Man]]) is turned into his cursed form of a cute redhead girl. By the narration's recount, Kuno had "decided that she was precious and adorable and that he was going to take her back home with him." Compounding the issue, everyone around him had drawn the [[PaedoHunt wrong conclusion]] about what he meant and [[EveryoneHasStandards even his most devoted followers distanced themselves from him]] after that declaration.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6509332/1/ Magic Trick]]'', [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers England]] uses his powers as Britannia Angel to turn Italy into Chibitalia. Everyone, from the Allies to Japan to frigging ''Prussia'', is so overwhelmed by his cuteness that they each want to bring him home with them. Generally, Chibitalia is fine with this. Except for [[TheWoobie Germany]], because he thinks he's scary.
* In the ''Fanfic/ZanyToTheMax'' episode "The TimeTravel Contest", the Warners go to the year 802,701, into the world of ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' to enter a contest. They have to help the Time Traveler find Weena. If they win, they will be able to take Weena home with them. (See Literature below.) [[spoiler: Homestripe Runner, a WebAnimation/HomestarRunner fan character (and AuthorAvatar) by the same author, wins instead.]]
* It's not unknown in ''VideoGame/KanColle'' fanwork for [[MoeAnthropomorphism ship-girls]] to take enemy boss Northern Ocean Princess, who looks like a white-haired red-eyed little girl with small horns, home with them.
* ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'': The usually emotionless ''Rei Ayanami'' ends up doing this after finding an adorable four-year-old girl lost in the middle of Tokyo-3, though to her credit she has the sense to contact the authorities and try to find the child's parents first. [[spoiler:It's just as well she does take the girl home, though, as she is Shinji and Asuka's KidFromTheFuture.]]
* Frequently used in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' fics, having this a very common reaction to people meeting Nunnally. Not finding her this way is a common way for fans to depict certain characters, such as V.V, as even more monstrous than they already are.
* In a drabble of the ''Anime/LuckyStar'' fic ''Unrelated Moments'', Tsukasa [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10804331/2/Unrelated-Moments glomps Yutaka and rants about how cute she is]], embarrassing her in front of the former's classmates.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9632356/1/The-Taste-Of-Your-Magic The Taste Of Your Magic]]'', Bellatrix Lestrange kidnaps a baby Literature/HarryPotter from the Dursleys due to finding him really adorable.
-->'''Bellatrix:''' You are the most beautiful, the most precious babe in the world, and I will keep you forever.
* When Mei Terumi meets Fu in ''Fanfic/GuyverNaruto'', she crushes her in a hug and wonders if the Hokage will let her take the young girl home with her.

* ''Fanfic/{{Quizzical}}'': In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/72475/17/thweet-geniuth/then-get-out-of-the-kitchen Thweet Geniuth: "...Then Get Out Of The Kitchen."]], from Happy Cherry Blossom, about a child chef:
--> Chef Twist is so cute! I want to take her home with me.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12436175/2/Days-at-The-Namikaze-Uzumaki-Household Days at The Namikaze-Uzumaki Household]]'', Shisui Uchiha has this in regard Miruku Namikaze, the youngest daughter of Minato and Kushina. When Shisui repeatedly insists on taking Miruku home and taking care to her, Kushina tricks him into asking [[OverprotectiveDad Minato]] instead, which leads him to be [[ReassignedToAntarctica assigned to a long-term mission far away from Konoha (and Miruku)]].

** Dory the blue tang wants to do this with a cute, very small jellyfish...until she learns that jellyfish ''sting''.
--->'''Dory:''' I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy. Come here, little Squishy, come on. ''(ZAP)'' Ow! Bad Squishy!

* In ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'', Snoopy comes across a little girl who, without warning, grabs him and drags him to her home, shouting, "Oh, boy! I found a dog!" When Woodstock tries to save Snoopy, the girl takes him too.
* This is how Kristoff ended up being raised by the troll community in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''.

* In ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', this is Hiroki Sugimura's reaction to stray cats...and his classmate Kayoko Kotohiki.

* There is a picture book called ''Children Make Terrible Pets''. The story is about a young bear named Lucy who finds a human boy out in the woods. She takes him home, names him "Squeaker," and tries to make a pet out of him. Read that title one more time...
* In ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'', the Time Traveler has encountered a race of people who are essentially humans that stop developing physically and mentally at age six. He has fallen in like with one of the womenfolk. "Weena I had resolved to bring with me to our own time." (Ch. 7)
* Subverted in ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', and combined with IHaveYouNowMyPretty. The Harkonnen's Mentat Piter de Vries wanted to keep Jessica Atreides for himself, but quickly dumps the idea when the Baron offers him to stay and rule Arrakis in his name instead.
* Veruca Salt, as mentioned above in Films, wants to take a squirrel home with her in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''. It doesn't end well.

* ''Series/StargateSG1''. Samantha Carter makes friends with a little alien boy in "The Nox". O'Neill informs her dryly that, "No, you can't keep him."
** However, she ''did'' get to take home Cassandra, a girl orphaned when the rest of her world was wiped out by a disease created by the Goa'uld MadScientist Nirrti. Unfortunately, there's a ''reason'' just one was spared. [[spoiler: There's a bomb in her gut; if it had gone off, it would have reacted with the Stargate itself resulting in NukeEm. She gets better.]]
* ''World's Weirdest Restaurants'': The host mentions this when holding a baby monkey in his arms at a restaurant which uses monkeys as servers.
* ''Series/TheITCrowd''. Moss can get like this whenever he sees a robot, but [[OhCrap when he learns it's for bomb disposal purposes...]]
-->'''Moss:''' It's a ROBOT! I haven't seen one in the wild before. Where'd you come from, fella? Huh? Can we keep him, Roy, only if he doesn't belong to anyone?
* In an episode of ''Series/GraceUnderFire'', Grace's daughter, Libby, tries to keep a squirrel in their yard as a pet. Problems arise however when [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when it bites Libby while she tries to feed it, and it gets euthanized in order for the vet to test it for rabies.]]

* Music/TheBeatles:
-->''It's really good to be here, it's certainly a thrill\\
You're such a lovely audience, we'd like to take you home with us, we'd love to take you home!''
* Music/{{Vocaloid}} resident young girl Kaai Yuki just Kaai Yuki
* Fellow Music/{{Vocaloid}} [[LoliconAndShotacon GUMI]] and her video for "Rampaging Lolitaholic" wants to take Kagamine Rin home with her.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** Yukari is said to ''spirit away'' people whom she takes a fancy to. This includes taking home people from ''outside'' Gensoukyou. This is somewhat deconstructed, however, as it's very strongly implied that she only keeps those people around until she gets bored of them. At that point, she either kills and eats them or drops them in Gensokyo, where humans from the outside world tend to have a very short life expectancy.
** In ''Phantasmagoria of Dim Dream'', Yumemi decided she wanted to take home one of the magical denizens of Gensoukyou, ForScience
** After spending most of ''Undefined Fantastic Object'' geeking out at the prospect of meeting an alien Sanae refuses to believe [[HumanoidAbomination Nue]] is a youkai, and after she defeats her drags her off to take pictures with her.
** In the spinoff manga ''Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth'', the Moon princess Watatsuki no Toyohime repeatedly tries to take home one of the Earth rabbits she finds while visiting Eientei.
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** If you bring your [[CanineCompanion Mabari War Hound]] to the city of Denerim in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', he will abruptly run off and return a cutscene later with a small boy in tow. The boy just jumps up and down, excitedly shouting "PUPPY!" You have to convince your dog to take him back home.
** Anders and Ser Pounce-a-lot in ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]''. In this instance, though, Anders ''does'' get to take him home.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', Kasumi's reaction to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0ej52lijg meeting Niftu Cal]] the '''''[[MemeticMutation BIOTIC]] [[MemeticBadass GOD!]]''''') is "Aww. Can we keep him?"

* In the Ork campaign of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Retribution'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvmgs6BPmZ4#t=3m58s Mistah Nailbrain decides to take "Daisy" home.]] Daisy is a custom-built battlewagon belonging to another Ork Warboss, and the Kaptin makes Nailbrain promise to keep Daisy fueled and loaded and take her out for ruckuses.

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'', [[SuperStrength Gutsman]] and [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] both have this reaction to [[EvilKnockoff Copy Robot]] while playing as them. Copy Robot is less than amused by this.
* Anelace says this almost word for word when she meets [[TokenMiniMoe Tita]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky''.
* [[AmbiguousSituation One possible interpretation]] of the "Fake Ending" of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'': if you defeat [[spoiler:the secret minigame on Night 5]], you get a special cutscene in which [[spoiler:Ennard, the animatronic created from pieces of the others, shows up in your house; seeing as the other animatronics [[IJustWantToBeFree were just trying to escape the whole game]], it's possible that your character took pity on them and brought Ennard home with him]].
* ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale'': Charme mentions wanting to do this with Recette, though how serious she was may depend on how much one believes her booze was affecting her.
* In ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', this is how the Watcher typically picks up pets. Later in the game, this can also possibly happen with [[spoiler:an orlan baby that's wanted for a ritual sacrifice]], although almost ''everybody'' comments on just what a ridiculous and simply terrible idea that is. Even the [[ModularEpilogue ending slides]] see fit to point out the absurdity of such an act.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', A large-scale example happens to the same group ''twice'': a group of children, the only survivors of the Zariman Ten-Zero incident (the first attempt to travel through [[HyperspaceisaScaryPlace the Void]]), were "taken home" first by Margulis, an Orokin woman who cared for them and loved them. Years later, after Margulis' death, the same children were adopted by [[spoiler: the Lotus]] because she could not have children of her own, even though it was a blatent act of rebellion that left her an outcast from her own community and put her at odds with her controlling father. Made especially cute by the fact that [[spoiler: the Lotus]] deliberately takes on Margulis's mannerism to make the children feel more comfortable with her.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'': [[spoiler:The Episode WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} ending has the team transported back to their dorm plus the red Keystone and the System in a weakened form. They eventually decide on keeping the thing as a pet.]]
* One of the potentinal MultipleEndings for ''VideoGame/WhispersOfAMachine''. [[spoiler:At the end of it all, Vera has saved Karl and Katarina's infant son, but Karl has been murdered, and Katarina is likely to serve several years in prison for her involvement with a infamous terrorist organisation, so the latter gives up any claim to the child and instead begs Vera to make sure that [[GiveHimANormalLife he gets a proper life]]. Vera can then choose to put the child up for adoption, or promise Katarina that she will look after him herself.]]
* ''VideoGame/AHouseOfManyDoors'': You can pick up zero-weight passengers like the Trash Puppy (a dog made of grime and trash, but utterly tiny and playful) and the Waif (a little girl who a retired general badass found on his hobby), and can interact with them once[note]ish, if you aren't SaveScumming[/note] per safe room to restore your character's SanityMeter.
* ''VideoGame/Grandia2'': [[TheBaroness Millenia]] expresses a desire to do this with [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Roan]] after Ryudo explains they're not trying to kill him. Whether or not she had any real intent to do so (she's not as evil as she wants people to think she is) is up for grabs, but it should be noted that, aside from Ryudo himself, Millenia treats Roan the best of the group.

* In ''VideoGame/BugFables,'' you can rent a Bed Bug, a pillbug dressed in pajamas that acts as a one-use full heal for your party, at which point it returns to its master and needs to be rented again. Leif is [[CutenessProximity so enamored with it]] that he states they need to rent it as often as possible, so no one else can have it.

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', the adorably innocent [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Ibuki Fuko]] says she wants to do this to little Ushio-chan, [[spoiler:Tomoya's daughter]], and to be her older sister ([[OlderThanTheyLook even though she's old enough to be the girl's mother]]). Pictured above.

* ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'': The players in Ben's games have been shown in several videos to have a tendency to collect a ton of pets and followers during their adventures due to wanting to take any monster or NPC that they take a liking to with them. In some cases they have outright kidnapped [=NPCs=] that they decided they liked.

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* In ''Webcomic/TheLounge'', for a while it was a running gag for people to see the very petite Jamie [=MacKenzie=] and equally short (but teenage) Max Espinoza and ask how much they cost. Usually when they were wearing a cute hat or costume.

* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Batman_Retold/?p=725261 These]] [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Batman_Retold/5258297/ two]] ''Batman Retold'' strips.

* ''Webcomic/AGirlAndHerFed'' had [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname The Girl]] say this about one of the ''[[{{Mooks}} henchmen]]''. She was shot down by [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname The Fed]]; after all, [[DeadpanSnarker villains are such a big responsibility]].
* The kids in ''Webcomic/FarToTheNorth'' try this...on a fully grown dragon. When he wakes, the dragon decides it's an excellent idea and attempts to take one of them to be his pet instead. [[MamaBear Kelu]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu objects.]]
* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' has this from Canada and Denmark with [[http://satwcomic.com/epic-battle cute puppie "Hans"]] -- standing in for the territorial dispute over Hans Island, close to Greenland.
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' When an unleashed [[{{Kaiju}} giant monster]] turns out to be cute and harmless, Molly names him Snookums and wants to keep him as a pet. Conveniently, he ends up shrinking to the size of a basketball by the end of the storyline.
* ''Webcomic/MonstersCanBeHeroesToo'' Coal's first assignment as an adventurer is go out and kill a slime. She ends up bringing a slime named Lime back with her because Lime is cute, completely forgetting the mission.
* ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'':
** Jareth took an OffTheWagon James home with him, in [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-5-PotC2-Spoilers-61504907 this strip]]. It happened more due to TheWoobie effect, but with Jareth being [[TheFairFolk a fey creature]], it's still on the table that he thought it was adorable.
** And a perfectly straight example happened when Sarah found Misto...[[spoiler:she gave him away later, though.]]
* The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fan webcomic ''Webcomic/MiniMari'' has [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/894991?pool_id=3587 Flandre try to do this to Marisa.]] Unlike common depictions of Flandre being lonely and desperate for a friend from centuries of imprisonment, here she just finds Marisa's reduction to FunSize absolutely adorable.
* ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'': Accidentally invoked by Pixie. [[KidnappingBirdOfPrey After an eagle kidnaps her]], she keeps gushing about how pretty it is. Initially, the eagle resists, thinking she's trying to sweet-talk it, but upon realizing that Pixie really has no idea of [[SapientEatSapient the eagle's plans]], it changes its mind and decides on adoption.

* Sasha had this reaction to King and Bailey's puppies in ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}''. Unfortunately, King was so uncomfortable about how much affection she was showing ''him'' that he completely misunderstood the phrase "I want your puppies".

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOwogW6RC40 There is a Youtube clip]] of Pedobear doing this to a child at one of the larger cons.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sYmUOeOVls This clip]] from a ''Series/DoctorWho'' convention. For a child dressed as a ''Dalek''.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' had Bubbles bringing home animals she felt sorry for. This culminates with her trying to hide a ''baby whale'' from the Professor.
* Elmyra of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' has no problem with snatching random creatures (in a world of {{Funny Animal}}s) and declaring them her pets. Compounding matters, she's also a [[AndCallHimGeorge negligent owner]] whose pets invariably die. In many ways she's more sinister than her mentor, Elmer Fudd, who would simply shoot at them.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': the Abominable Snowman. "Oh, boy! A bunny rabbit! Just what I always wanted! I will name him George, and I will hug him and squeeze him and pet him and pat him..."
* Creator/TexAvery [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo8HM77q4Is did it first]]. "Hello George! Glad to know ya, George! You're my new lit-tle friend, George! My new lit-tle friend. What I'm gonna do is to pet ya and play with ya, George!" ''(crunching of bones in a hug)''
* A rather odd example in ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures''. Villain Jeremiah Surd and his minions have hijacked Air Force One and they plan to kill everybody in it with a deadly nerve gas. Our heroes Jonny, Jessie. and Hadji get themselves captured while trying to rescue the President. Bandit (Jonny's pet dog) is also there. When Lorenzo, one of Surd's minions (who is usually very competent in his ruthlessness, except for being rather BookDumb) points Bandit's presence out to Surd, the boss tells him to "throw him in, too." And Lorenzo goes: "But he's so cute! Can I keep him?" Surd, predictably, says no.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Paris Hilton offers to buy Butters for $250 million for this reason. His parents accept, although Butters isn't too happy with the arrangement. [[TheDitz Well, that and she thought Butters was an animal.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'': One episode has Breach kidnap Rex to put in her dollhouse while referring to Rex as her "new favorite" and "shiny thing."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' Season 2 episode "Date with Destiny", Beast Boy makes mention that Killer Moth's mutant drones are cute enough to keep as pets (in the larval stage). Despite Raven's warning, he manages to hide Silkie up until Season 3's "Can I Keep Him?"

* Dopey from ''WesternAnimation/The7D'' keeps bringing animals home, so the others warn him not to do so any more. But then he finds a baby elephant, and he can't help himself, so he disguises it as another dwarf. [[PaperThinDisguise The others are completely fooled.]]

* Outside of mammals, there is an adorable story of a snake [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4627950.stm taking his would-be-food in as a friend]]. A snake in a Japanese zoo wasn't eating after being added to their exhibit. They thought maybe it wanted something more...lively. One of the caretakers figured that the snake may have caught on with their trick, since normally they use warm meat to trick the snake's senses into thinking it's still alive and snakes won't eat dead things unless they have to. They placed a hamster in the enclosure with him and...they started cuddling. Turns out the snake was stressed from the trip and started eating again, with the hamster as a companion.

[-[[caption-width-right:329: "[[ThirdPersonPerson Fuko]] will go ahead and make her a younger sister."]]-]

* In the ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'' manga, Akari attempts this on Albert, after seeing him helpless with his filled-up boat, as seen [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/aria/v02/c008/9.html here]].

* In chapter 12 of ''Manga/HoneyHunt'', Q-Ta hugs Yura before leaving to go on a trip to record something and tells her that she's cute. So cute that he [[http://manga.animea.net/honey-hunt-chapter-12-page-5.html just wants to put her in his suitcase and take her with him]].

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Alphonse has a tendency to pick up cats and '''keep them in his armor'''. Edward is not happy about this. Referenced HILARIOUSLY when Ed assumes Al's found another cat in an alley. Except it's not a cat, it's Ling.

* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Leslie is [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1980 very family oriented.]]

* In an episode of ''Series/GraceUnderFire'', Grace's daughter, Libby, tries to keep a squirrel in their yard as a pet. Problems arise however when [[RealityEnsues when it bites Libby while she tries to feed it, and it gets euthanized in order for the vet to test it for rabies.]]

See also AbductionIsLove, EndearinglyDorky. Has [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant absolutely nothing]] to do with TakingYouWithMe. [[{{Yandere}} Hopefully]].