Terrifying Attempts at Cute

[Owyn_Merrilin]

those "anime eyes" contacts. Just creepy *shudders*

no I will not put a spoiler on this, suffer, suffer. Mwahahaha.

Doesn't help that her skin face looks plastic.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the plastic face thing is the real problem. The contacts actually could look cute, and I've seen pictures where the effect has been cute, rather than creepy. After all, the whole reason anime characters have big eyes is that big eyes in real life are almost universally considered attractive.

Although, after watching This [http://www.hulu.com/watch/163216/abc-good-morning-america-health-the-dangers-of-big-eye-fad] video, it gets a lot creepier. Granted, the young woman they interview who uses them is a good example of someone wearing them and not looking completely creepy, but the fact that these things are unregulated non-prescription contact lenses being sold over the internet makes it creepy in a whole new way.

 

[Hollock]

snip

Yeah, there were other pictures I could have used, but this one was especially creepy. It's mostly the girl. But she's trying to be cute, and failing

 

[Bat Vader]

GAH! Soooo creepy!

With that creepy smile it almost makes me think that the stuff being spread onto the bread is blood. The stuff in the glass also looks like blood.

 

[Aethren]

Oh god, the horror!

 

[tahrey]

[small]COME PLAY WITH US *twitch*![/small]​

Sometimes, attempts to make something cute can go horribly, horribly wrong. What's the most terrifying "cute" thing you've seen?

Absolutely this. I'm shocked that it's still going, unless you've dredged that up from an archive folder of pure pain. It put the frighteners on me when I first saw it. Hopefully the game has sunk without trace, especially if it actually looks like that to play rather than the ad being the demented nightmare of a drug addicted marketing twat. Just look at that duck (goose? whatever the bird's supposed to be). ITS EYES ARE CUT-OUT TO FIT AROUND EACH OTHER AND ITS BEAK. AND THEY LOOK LIKE REAL ONES NOT CARTOONS. Nrrrruuggghhh!!!
(www.tvtropes.com/eyescream...)

I can't get scared at Scobie's avatar though, or any of that Ooglies-type stuff. Googly eyes on inanimate things almost never fails to be cute for some reason. Presumably it's some kind of hyperstimulus effect...

 

[Prof.Wood]

Look into my eyes.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

GAH! Soooo creepy!

That's f*cking horrible! A perfect illustration of a terrifying attempt at cute.

Allow me to counter with a cute attempt at terrifying:

Spoiler: See what I did there...

 

[Spy_Guy]

Spoiler: Anime-eyed girl

I don't really see the issue with this one... I hardly don't notice the uncanny valley here. She's cute, anime-esque contacts? No, don't see that. Creepy? Hell no.

Spoiler: Kinectimals

GAH! FUCK! Get that away from me! *shudders*
It's like a regular tiger... that smiles! Cats aren't supposed to smile!
Watch the review here on The Escapist it's pure Nightmare Fuel [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuel]:
Linky! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/8303-Review-Kinect-and-Launch-Titles]

Occasionally it's ok... but then you see the smiles on the kitties... and it's not immediately noticeable, but you can tell... something is off... *brr*

 

[The Afrodactyl]

:EDIT:

Removed it cause I don't wanna get in trouble for posting a pic of a random child.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

It's cute. BUT IT'S WEARING THE SKULL OF IT'S DEAD FAMILY!

 

[-Drifter-]

Spoiler

Look into my eyes.

I am. It's hilarious.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Have you ever seen actual, non-anime, schoolgirls tart themselves up and come onto a male teacher?

It's both hilarious and utterly, utterly frightening.

 

[Super Six One]

Oh god, the horror!

Sorry but these guys were awsome.

 

[HT_Black]

"Perfection Girl" springs to mind, but that was never really meant to be anything other than horrifying...
...Do those things from Avatar count? Because they gave me the uncanny valley tremors so bad I could feel my liver trying to claw its way out of my gullet.