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* Shmoos, in the ''[[Li'l Abner]]'' comic strip. They're not just cute, they're also very tasty. [[Let's Meet the Meat|And want to be eaten.]]
* [http://www.stupiders.com/comic.php?pg=21 Cheche] from ''[[The Stupiders]]'' is a perfect example of this. He's a furry boa constrictor, consisting almost entirely of fluffy fur and two huge googly eyes, tiny cute fangs and to top it off, he's always smiling. [http://www.stupiders.com/comic.php?pg=40 His brother, however, has issues].
* Snoopy's little bird friend Woodstock, from ''[[Peanuts]]'', at least when he isn't driving Snoopy nuts.
== Tabletop Games ==
** Another good example is the [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/schmeep.htm Schmeep], which is the most conventionally "cute" thing in Mortasheen and also one of the few that isn't likely to try and murder you. It is also designed [[Let's Meet the Meat|to be eaten, and take joy in doing so]] [[Grotesque Cute|in order to heal your other monsters]]. Albeit, [[Good Thing You Can Heal|they can regenerate from only a skeleton]], but still
* Meeps from ''[[GURPS]] Illuminati University''.
* The ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' supplement ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' has some [[Our Angels Are Different|very cute celestials]]: the fairylike coure eladrins and the musteval guardinals, who resemble bipedal ferrets. Hollyphants in their small form would also count.
** Now, now. Cute eladrins (including coure) are legacy of AD&D -- [[Planescape]] Monstrous Compendium appendix II.<ref>(And "beloved of Valarian" came from ''[[Tabletop Games/Funny|Portable Hole Full of Beer]]'', though there it was a template. ;)</ref>:
{{quote|"Even the most dour of Doomguard find it hard to frown when a flock of coure eladrin are dancing around his head."}}
* Wastems and Wastits from [[Human Occupied Landfill]]. Wastems are cute little creatures whose bodies are filled with a tapioca-like substance that can be used for anything from food to motor oil. Wastits are cruel, psychotic, and make most grown men wet themselves in terror if they know what they're dealing with. And the worst part? If you don't have the "spot wastit" skill, you can't tell the difference between the two, even if the wastit is walking away from a bloody corpse with a skull in one hand and a bloody butterfly knife in the other.
* Silvanshee Agathions from [[Pathfinder]], which are basically sapient, [[Neutral Good]], [[Our Angels Are Different|angelic]] ''[[Cute Kitten|kitties]]'' with magical abilities. They're also available as [[familiar]]s.
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*** In ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', not only do you have cute chocobos, you also have the even cuter BABY chocobos. Recently, baby chocobos have also made it as merchandise as a [http://www.playonline.com/ff11eu/topics/special/imgs/goods14.jpg noisy but oh so cute toy].
**** On the topic of XI, you also have [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100922130229/finalfantasy/images/a/a3/ShantottoDissidia012.PNG Shantotto] who would come across as completely adorable...were it not for the fact that she is totally batshit insane.
*** There's a number of Final Fantasy spinoffs known collectively as the Chocobo series, all featuring the same [https://web.archive.org/web/20130616055228/http://www.vgblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/06/FFF-Chocobos%20Dungeon.jpg ridiculously adorable protagonist].
** ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' has Moombas, apparently an [[Evolutionary Levels|evolved form]] of the big ugly Shumis.
** As far as enemy creatures go, the Cactuar stands out as adorable with its simplistic design and constantly shocked expression.
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* ''[[Undertale]]'': Temmie, Lesser Dog, Greater Dog, [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Flowey]], and the Dreemurr family (just to name a few examples from said game).
* [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs|Bub and Bob]], the bubble-blowing baby dinosaurs in ''[[Bubble Bobble]]''.
* [[Everything
* Several playable characters in ''[[SuperTuxKart]]'' may qualify for this, like Wilber, Hexley, Tux, Kiki and especially Konqi. This also depends on the game version because the sprites have changed slightly over time.
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** Also Sterrance, whom Strong Bad considered so cute that he succumbed to a [[squee]]ing fit.
** To a lesser extent, even Pom Pom fits the bill.
** The Cheat's [[Animesque]] counterpart, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028073547/http://www.homestarrunner.com/stinkoturkey.html The Cheatball] is a tiny ball with big, blue eyes and a small mouth it never uses. This is a ''perfect'' fit for this trope.
*** All the facial expressions 1-Up (Homestar's counterpart) uses in that toon may make him this as well.
** Lil' Strong Sad leans strongly in this direction.
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** Okay, everyone, line up to make jokes about how the company is named [[Gantz]] in five, four...
* ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]'' has CAFs—Cute Animal Friends—are the results of an author attempting cute and instead getting [[Sickeningly Sweet|diabetes-inducing twee]]. Particularly bad examples end up as little more than big eyes, fur, and cute cooing sounds, like oversized [[Star Trek|tribbles]]. Some can be trained or educated into becoming productive members of the multiverse, but a particularly [[Small Annoying Creature]] may be better off simply fed to the nearest mini.
** Speaking of which, minis can fall under this as well, from [[Ugly Cute]] in the case of the mini-[[The Lord of the Rings|Balrog]] or [[Myst|Camoudile]], all the way to mini-[[Precious Puppies|Hounds]] [[Sherlock Holmes|of the Baskervilles]].
* I believe [[The Spoony Experiment|Dr. Insano's]] fluffy pink, freakish, orb-shaped son belongs here. Awwww.
* The pet cow you can buy in [http://www.kongregate.com/games/Matoking/progress-the-game Progress: The Game.] It may not do anything other than sit there and look adorable, bur it does it so well that it's worth the price.
* While not exactly a critter, Marshmallow from ''[[The Annoying Orange]]'' definitely qualifies. Midget Apple to a lesser extent.
* From the ''[[SCP Foundation]]''
** The Puffer kittens ([https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2558-j SCP-2558-J]) are this, because of their cuteness and effect it has on the staff the actually have Euclid classification. Even the O5 Council can't help but love them.
** [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-346 SCP-346], a ''teeny tiny'' pterodactyl. Some odd phenomenon (maybe its diet) has stunted this adult male pterodactyl's growth, making it friendly and harmless; the only Containment protocol needed is an ordinary bird cage. SCP
** [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-999 SCP-999], a tiny, bouncy, happy [[Blob Monster]] who loves ''everybody'' and is in turn loved ''by'' everyone. It seems impossible to become angry or annoyed at it. It even managed to make [[The Dreaded|SCP-682]], (the infamous [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|"Hard-To-Kill Lizard"]]) happy, an emotion SCP-682 had never felt before. Although, this ''might'' be because SCP-682 is SCP-999's sibling; many say that when SCP-999 becomes an adult, it will become the [[Anti-Anti-Christ]] and become [[Beware the Silly Ones|a powerful warrior]] able to defeat its evil father, [[God of Evil|the Scarlet King]].
** [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-131 SCP-131] (the "Eye Pods") are a pair of little guys shaped like teardrops, one yellow and one orange, each with one big eye and the personality of a kitten. They are harmless but curious, seeking affection from any humans they meet. They also have, many times, saved the lives of members of the staff when a dangerous SCP broke free; for instance, once they were able to keep [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-173 SCP-173] occupied by keeping their eyes on it while the guards ran to get help.
* Two words: Nyan Cat.
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** Especially [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOV18WKNtgI Baby Holland lop bunnies].
* [https://www.sciencealert.com/the-incredibly-cute-baby-platypus-that-went-viral-has-a-dark-secret-you-ought-to-know This viral image] of a ''teeny tiny'' baby platypus. It turned out to be a hoax (it's a toy platypus) but still adorable.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_lemur Ring-tailed lemurs].
* Somewhat surprisingly, many animals in the order [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivora Carnivora] are this. Apart from those already mentioned, we have [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genet_(animal) genets], meerkats, ferrets, skunks, red pandas, etc.
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