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* The ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Meapless in Seattle" has [[BigGood Meap]] and [[BigBad Mitch]] attacking each other with what [[TheHero Phineas]] describes as [[CutenessProximity "really cute death rays."]] The same episode reveals that Isabella herself is a weapon of mass cuteness, single-handedly defeating Mitch by hitting him with her cutest PuppyDogEyes while saying "[[CatchPhrase What'cha doin'?]]" in her cutest voice.

This doesn't necessarily mean that the user is a girl, just that the power/s have a certain sort of girlyness to them. Sometimes the super cute power is parodied in-universe by showing itself to be useless, leading the other characters to exclaim "WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway". However, if the cutesy power is useful with a creative user, then it falls under HeartIsAnAwesomePower.

Just about any MagicalGirl counts, even {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s, with sparkles, [[SayItWithHearts love hearts]], frills and [[LoveBubbles bubbles]] galore. Averting this tends to be the exception.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Riruka of Fullbringers has a power that focuses around trapping people inside things she finds cute. She can shrink people and trap them in dollhouses, or cutesy decorated fish tanks, or even seal them inside plush dolls. She also has a cutesy-looking squirt gun filled with cute looking objects she's shrunk inside it that enlarge to their full size when fired, allowing her to shoot things like pink frilly wardrobes at people.

* While most ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' characters avert this (Mami uses magically-created muskets, Kyoko uses a spear, Sayaka uses swords, and Homura uses real life weapons, including grenades and ''missiles'') Madoka plays this 100% straight, with arrows of pink light being her signature weapon. This is to illustrate her AllLovingHero status, [[spoiler:and later her MessianicArchetype status]].
* in ''Anime/ReCreators'', Magical Slayer Mamika originated in a MagicalGirl show aimed at elementary schoolers, so all her attacks are cutesey [[HeartBeatdown pink hearts]]. They still hit [[FantasticNuke really hard]], though.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': One power of particular note is the pink haired Sailor Chibi Moon's "Pink Sugar Heart Attack" that's every bit as feminine as it sounds. In the 90's anime, it's also completely useless, though in the manga it was equal to any other Sailor attack (but still cute.)
* ''Anime/TokyoMewMew'' plays with this. The girl's weapons look like pastel musical instruments, and like most ''MagicalGirlWarrior'' shows, are activated by cutesy incantations. While Mint's and Ichigo's attacks are very feminine (feathery arrows and sparkly energy beams, respectively) the other three have powers like control over water, ground-based magic and a glowing, ribbon-like whip. However, it becomes a little hard to ignore when the [[MacGuffin extremely powerful Mew Aqua]] [[spoiler: takes the form of bubbles flying out of a pink wand.]] The villains completely defy this trope, though.

* Julie Power from ''ComicBook/PowerPack'', like Karolina, flies leaving a rainbow trail, except colors are not as pastel, and form lines. In ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'' Julie came out as bi and '''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/4/47/Julie_Power_%28Earth-616%29_and_Karolina_Dean_%28Earth-616%29_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131002071150&format=original kissed Karolina flying in the sky with rainbow tails]]'''. In the all ages version, the rainbow does not form lines and the colours blend together, like with any normal rainbow.
* ''ComicBook/RelativeHeroes'': Damara "Allure" Sinclair's powers visually manifest by surrounding her with sparkles, making her hair float in a non-existent breeze, tinging her hair ends pink and giving her a pink aura. Her powers themselves are a mash up of CompellingVoice, EmotionBomb, {{Glamour}}, and LivingAphrodisiac which she hates as they leave her unsure of anyone's true feeling for her and because of how dangerously people can respond to the desire she inspires in them.

** Pixie can release blasts of hallucinogenic dust. The resulting hallucinations are always cuteness overload, usually adorable animals (sometimes singing and playing musical instruments) and rainbows.

** The movie series has inherited from [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the parent show]] its tendency for demonstrations of magic from the protagonists to be glitzy, sparkly and rainbow-themed.

* ''VideoGame/CopyKitty'' parodies this with Zerynex Omega, the Hard Mode version of the Zerynex boss. Zerynex is an unholy Frankenstein monster made of dozens of ''other'' monsters, and looks the part, but the Omega version is colored pink, launches heart-shaped energy blasts, fires bouncy missiles that squeak upon exploding, and replaces the BGM with cute-sounding noises. The in-game heroine is just as confused by this as the player likely is, while her mentor claims that Zerynex is trying some sort of "intimidation tactic".

* [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Sonya Blade]] from the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has a KissOfDeath fatality where she blows a kiss at her opponent. Sometimes the kiss takes the form of a floating fireball, but other games have it be a little pink heart that flitters towards the opponent, and once it hits, the enemy [[MoodWhiplash explodes bloodily]].

* Princess Peach of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' when she's not the DamselInDistress usually goes for this. Her special moves usually involve some sort of association with love and HeartBeatDown magic. She also wields a beautiful ParasolOfPain as her signature weapon and also uses other DaintyCombat weapons like a FryingPanOfDoom. Most prominently in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', with each version adding new prettiness to her deceptively dangerous arsenal: most prominently heart-shaped blasts, pink ribbons and rainbows.

* In an episode of '''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', Private gets the power to become so cute, he makes people who see him pass out. Unfortunately, Skipper sees this as an opportunity to weaponize his power for his advantage and getting what he wants.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'', [=SheZow=]'s powers will not activate if Guy is wearing any colour other than pink. And these powers include the ability to generate hurricane force winds by fluttering his eyelashes.

*** Angel Salvadore has lovely gossamer wings...and has to eat by vomiting acid on her food and slurping it up (though this acid can be used in combat as well), among other insectoid traits.

*** Angel Salvadore has lovely gossamer wings...and has to eat by vomiting acid on her food and slurping it up (though this acid can be used in combat as well), among other insectoid characteristics.

*** Angel has lovely gossamer wings...along with acid spit and bearing her children by laying insect-like eggs.

* Princess Peach of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' when she's not the DamselInDistress usually goes for this. Her special moves usually involve some sort of association with love and HeartBeatDown magic. She also wields a beautiful ParasolOfPain as her signature weapon and also uses other DaintyCombat weap
ons like a FryingPanOfDoom. Most prominently in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', with each version adding new prettiness to her deceptively dangerous arsenal: most prominently heart-shaped blasts, pink ribbons and rainbows.

** The Elements of Harmony, the most powerful magic in Equestria, are powered by [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship]], manifest as jewellery, and when activated fire what is essentially a colossal rainbow cannon, and in season 2 unleash a WorldHealingWave. They're the Adorable Pony Rainbow of Ha Ha I Win.

** The Elements of Harmony, the most powerful magic in Equestria, are powered by [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship]], manifest as jewellery, and when activated fire what is essentially a colossal rainbow cannon, and in season 2 unleash a WorldHealingWave.

* Princess Peach of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' when she's not the DamselInDistress usually goes for this. Most prominently in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', with each version adding new prettiness to her deceptively dangerous arsenal: most prominently heart-shaped blasts, pink ribbons and rainbows.

* Karolina Dean of the ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'' turns glittery and rainbow-colored when her powers are activated, and she can fire projectiles and make shields of the same color. She's fittingly the most traditionally feminine of the team. [[StealthPun She is also eventually revealed to be gay.]]

* ''Comicbook/XMen''
** "Comicbook/{{Dazzler}}: [[FadSuper Disco Queen]]", whose mutant power is effectively to make shiny bright sparkling lights in time to music. In reality, her ability is turning sound into light and vice versa, which [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower has staggering implications]]. She once absorbed the sound of a supernova to power up enough to retrieve something from a black hole. ...[[RuleOfCool Just go with it]].
** Comicbook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}'s powers have been described as "sparkles" or "fireworks". When she gets good and pissed they can make explosions, making her an energy-blaster to rival Cyclops. They ''still'' look like cute fireworks.

* Koishi Komeiji of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' uses a lot of [[SayItWithHearts hearts]] and [[SomethingAboutARose roses]] in her attacks. However, because of her heavy [[AllPsychologyIsFreudian psychological theme]] and her own [[EmptyShell state of mind]], they can [[SubvertedTrope turn out to be more unnerving than cute]].

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* ''WebComic/AngelMoxie'' has this at your generic MagicalGirlWarrior level for its protagonist Alex, in that her outfit has been described as maxing her look like a "Polly Prissy Princess" and her wand looks more like a plastic toy than a mage's weapon, but her actual powers are mostly just energy blasts. Villainess Candi Shugari on the other hand, in keeping with her persona and look, is [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/1/6/166.html dripping in this]]; she brings with her outbreaks of pleasantry, [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/1/8/181.html plagues of rabbits]], a [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/2/0/204.html demonic boy band]], and ultimately a [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/2/3/238.html giant killer bunny called Cottontail]] (who is the result of the merging of the aforementioned plague of rabbits).
* [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=499#comic One]] ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' comic has a little girl guarding Fort Knox who has the ability to make puppies appear. Which she uses to [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower deadly effect]]. Because she never specified ''where'' the puppies will appear from. [[spoiler:Such as from ''inside'' the villain.]]

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': One power of particular note is the pink haired Sailor Chibi Moon's "Pink Sugar Heart Attack" that's every bit as feminine as it sounds. In the 90's anime, it's also completely useless, though in the manga it was equal to any other Sailor attack (but still cute.)

* ''Anime/PrettyCure'', as you would expect, has this trope as its default setting. The only major instance where it deviates is for elemental attacks. Well, those and some of the more vicious [[GoodOldFisticuffs pummelings]] and [[WrestlerInAllOfUs submission holds]] whenever the [[Creator/ToeiAnimation studio]]'s ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' roots resurface. But they ''are'' performed by cute girls in frilly outfits.

* Dagger of the ''ComicBook/CloakAndDagger'' series can fling "light-knives" at foes, which can pierce armor and act like scalpels to "cut" the wickedness like tumors from her targets. These light-knife attacks appear wrenching and painful on impact, however.
* Karolina Dean of the ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'' turns glittery and rainbow-colored when her powers are activated, and she can fire projectiles and make shields of the same color. She's fittingly the most traditionally feminine of the team. [[StealthPun She is also eventually revealed to be gay.]]
* Julie Power from ''ComicBook/PowerPack'', like Karolina, flies leaving a rainbow trail, except colors are not as pastel, and form lines. In ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'' Julie came out as bi and '''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/4/47/Julie_Power_%28Earth-616%29_and_Karolina_Dean_%28Earth-616%29_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131002071150&format=original kissed Karolina flying in the sky with rainbow tails]]'''. In the all ages version, the rainbow does not form lines and the colours blend together, like with any normal rainbow.
* ''ComicBook/RelativeHeroes'': Damara "Allure" Sinclair's powers visually manifest by surrounding her with sparkles, making her hair float in a non-existent breeze, tinging her hair ends pink and giving her a pink aura. Her powers themselves are a mash up of CompellingVoice, EmotionBomb, {{Glamour}}, and LivingAphrodisiac which she hates as they leave her unsure of anyone's true feeling for her and because of how dangerously people can respond to the desire she inspires in them.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'': The tagline is "Sparkling Super Heroines!" and their powers include LightEmUp powers that are tinted pink, creating shimmery bubbles, and making flowers bloom.

* ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' The Fei-Yen series of Virtuaroids are HumongousMecha modeled after a MagicalGirl with a ChestBlaster that fires a burst shaped like a heart. According to the backstory, the designers wanted a regular beam, but the SentientPhlebotinum kept turning it back into a heart.
* Koishi Komeiji of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' uses a lot of [[SayItWithHearts hearts]] and [[SomethingAboutARose roses]] in her attacks. However, because of her heavy [[AllPsychologyIsFreudian psychological theme]] and her own [[EmptyShell state of mind]], they can [[SubvertedTrope turn out to be more unnerving than cute]].

* Princess Peach of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' when she's not the DamselInDistress usually goes for this. Most prominently in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', with each version adding new prettiness to her deceptively dangerous arsenal: most prominently heart-shaped blasts, pink ribbons and rainbows.
* ''VideoGame/CopyKitty'' parodies this with Zerynex Omega, the Hard Mode version of the Zerynex boss. Zerynex is an unholy Frankenstein monster made of dozens of ''other'' monsters, and looks the part, but the Omega version is colored pink, launches heart-shaped energy blasts, fires bouncy missiles that squeak upon exploding, and replaces the BGM with cute-sounding noises. The in-game heroine is just as confused by this as the player likely is, while her mentor claims that Zerynex is trying some sort of "intimidation tactic".
* Maria Renard in the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' series starting with ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' uses her animal friends to attack, she just throws or directs their movements, contrasting with the usual Vampire Killer whip, she uses doves instead. Rather than crosses, holy water, or stopwatches as her subweapons, she has baby dragons, a turtle shell, and even sings off-key to make notes that damage enemies. Her adult incarnation in the PSP port of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' rounds out the cuteness with owls instead and new Item Crashes, but she still looks somewhat girly doing so.
* Whenever Amy Rose is playable in the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series, it typically looks cute. Her Piko-Piko hammer is an oversized novelty toy, but she can nevertheless smash robots to bits with it. She can hover by spinning it around into a copter-esque motion, creates heart tornadoes, and her Team Blast has her join Cream and Big in an explosion of twirling, hearts, sparkles, glitter, and lots and lots of pink that [[GameBreaker cracks the game in two]]. While it's just one combat move, the similarly adorable Cream can launch her pet Chao Cheese to home in on enemies. She can also fly by flapping her bunny ears, which is as comical as it is precious.
* Annie in ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' has an impressive suite of star-based superpowers. Magical beams of light filled with cartoon stars, a rainbow-colored SuperMode that adds stars to her attacks, conjuring nebula-like clouds, and all sorts of other MagicalGirlWarrior classics. There's a distinct contrast between Annie's powers and matching public persona, and her true KnightInSourArmor personality.

* ''WebComic/AngelMoxie'' has this at your generic MagicalGirlWarrior level for its protagonist Alex, in that her outfit has been described as maxing her look like a "Polly Prissy Princess" and her wand looks more like a plastic toy than a mage's weapon, but her actual powers are mostly just energy blasts. Villainess Candi Shugari on the other hand, in keeping with her persona and look, is [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/1/6/166.html dripping in this]]; she brings with her outbreaks of pleasantry, [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/1/8/181.html plagues of rabbits]], a [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/2/0/204.html demonic boy band]], and ultimately a [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/2/3/238.html giant killer bunny called Cottontail]] (who is the result of the merging of the aforementioned plague of rabbits).

* In ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'', [=SheZow=]'s powers will not activate if Guy is wearing any colour other than pink. And these powers include the ability to generate hurricane force winds by fluttering his eyelashes.
* The ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Meapless in Seattle" has [[BigGood Meap]] and [[BigBad Mitch]] attacking each other with what [[TheHero Phineas]] describes as [[CutenessProximity "really cute death rays."]] The same episode reveals that Isabella herself is a weapon of mass cuteness, single-handedly defeating Mitch by hitting him with her cutest PuppyDogEyes while saying "[[CatchPhrase What'cha doin'?]]" in her cutest voice.

* Pink Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' is ''made'' of this trope. Down to farting on garbage and turning it into unicorns!

* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' has Glimmer, who teleports and can fire sparkly pink light blasts.
* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'' has The Cutening where Dot eats a cupcake that gives her the power to "make everything cute" after which she quotes the trope word-for-word.

See also: HeartBeatdown (which tends to look cute, but it's not really a subtrope, since its concept is "weaponized power of love"), CareBearStare and TastesLikeDiabetes.

* ''WebComic/AngelMoxie'' has this at your generic MagicalGirlWarrior level for its protagonist Alex, in that her outfit has been described as maxing her look like a "Polly Prissy Princess" and her wand looks more like a plastic toy than a mage's weapon, but her actual powers are mostly just energy blasts. Villainess Candi Shugari on the other hand, [[TastesLikeDiabetes in keeping with her persona and look]], is [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/1/6/166.html dripping in this]]; she brings with her outbreaks of pleasantry, [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/1/8/181.html plagues of rabbits]], a [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/2/0/204.html demonic boy band]], and ultimately a [[http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/2/3/238.html giant killer bunny called Cottontail]] (who is the result of the merging of the aforementioned plague of rabbits).

* The ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Meapless in Seattle" has [[BigGood Meap]] and [[BigBad Mitch]] attacking each other with what [[TheHero Phineas]] describes as [[CutenessProximity "really cute death rays."]]

* In an episode of '''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', Private gets the power to become so cute, he makes people who see him pass out. Unfortunately, Rico sees this as an opportunity to weaponize his power for his advantage.

* Marvel Comics' ''ComicBook/SquirrelGirl'' can summon a flurry of squirrels to ZergRush an opponent. Though conceived as a JokeCharacter, Squirrel Girl has defeated Doctor Doom, Thanos and Deadpool, becoming a MemeticBadass in the process.

''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'' has The Cutening where Dot eats a cupcake that gives her the power to "make everything cute" after which she quotes the trope word-for-word.

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'', as you would expect, has this trope as its default setting. The only major instance where it deviates is for elemental attacks. Well, those and some of the more vicious [[GoodOldFisticuffs pummelings]] and [[WrestlerInAllOfUs submission holds]] whenever the [[Creator/ToeiAnimation studio]]'s ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' roots resurface. But they ''are'' performed by cute girls in frilly outfits.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Riruka of Fullbringers has a power that focuses around trapping people in a dollhouse full of cutesy toys. She also has a cutesy-looking ray gun-like weapon that transforms anyone she shoots with it into a harmless plush toy.

** Comicbook/{{Jubilee}}'s powers have been described as "sparkles" or "fireworks". When she gets good and pissed they can make explosions, making her an energy-blaster to rival Cyclops. They ''still'' look like cute fireworks.

* [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Sonya Blade]] from the ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' has a KissOfDeath fatality where she blows a kiss at her opponent. Sometimes the kiss takes the form of a floating fireball, but other games have it be a little pink heart that flitters towards the opponent, and once it hits, the enemy [[MoodWhiplash explodes bloodily]].

Compare with FightingClown.