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A significant overlap with [[Cute Bruiser]] and [[Little Miss Badass]] can occur. What distinguishes the '''Badass Adorable''' from their peers is the adorability. Particular emphasis is placed on their inherent vulnerability (emotional or otherwise), which is at odds with the abilities they can access.
Underneath the [[Cheerful Child|irrepressibly cheerful demeanor]], behind the innocent wide-eyed gaze, lies an astonishing capacity for [[Waif Fu|kicking your ass]], leveling a city, or
Their destructiveness is directly proportional to their cuteness. Thus, [[Beware the Nice Ones]]. The [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] emerges as a result of the '''Badass Adorable''' being [[Break the Cutie|pushed beyond their limits]].
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Compare and Contrast with [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]], who may not even be cognizant of their own [[badass]]ery. Could be [[The Ditz]], or just the [[Series Mascot]], but equally likely to be a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]. In some cases they are also a [[Mama Bear]] and [[Papa Wolf]], though the latter is rare. See also [[Tyke Bomb]], for when the '''Badass Adorable''' is reared for the sole purpose of serving as living weaponry. A [[Badass]] [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|little critter]] can also be a [[Killer Rabbit]]. There is also a subtype which could be called "Badass Adorkable", where the character in question has Nerd/Geek/Dork characteristics as well (such characters are often male, but Willow from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' would also definitely qualify). A particularly idealistic or heroic Badass Adorkable may be a [[Dork Knight]].
{{examples}}
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* The banana in this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTiXZYQNYec Wrigley Gum commercial].
* The little girl from this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUrftf3ndAw Haribo advert]
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Ask Dr. Rin]]'': Meirin Kanzaki.
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': has several adorable (and occasionally sexy as well) badasses on its roster, including Levy, Wendy, Lucy, and Mirajane.
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** {{spoiler|Mavis, the first Guild Master of Fairy Tail}}, who manages to be kind, cute, mysterious and hilarious at the same time, and [[Little Miss Badass|badass]] enough to master and cast one of the most powerful protection spells in the Fairy Tail universe {{spoiler|''from beyond the grave'', [[Sphere of Power|Fairy Sphere]]}}. On top of that she created and can probably cast {{spoiler|[[Light'Em Up|Fairy Glitter]] and Fairy Law}}.
* ''[[Solty Rei]]'': Solty Revant. Cute, shy, plucky, considerate, compassionate... and a [[Robot Girl]] who will quickly make with the ass-handing to ANYONE who threatens her adoptive family.
* [[Ninja Maid|Sayoko Shinozaki]] from [[Code Geass]]
* Daisuke from ''[[D.N.Angel]]''. And Satoshi to a lesser extent.
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'':
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** Also, Alphonse. Some would also say Edward. Just don't call him cute...or [[Berserk Button|short.]]
** Major Alex Armstrong! The childish sincerity of [[Gentle Giant|this big teddy-bear]] really makes you wanna give him a big hug. Unless you're Ed, in which case you're getting glomped and begging him to "Stop rubbing your chest on me!"
*
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Ginji]] from ''[[GetBackers]]'' is [[Dogged Nice Guy|extremely nice]] [[Love Freak|to]] ''[[Love Freak|everyone]]'', and [[The Messiah|steadfastly believes in giving people second chances.]] Pretty much all the 'good' guys/girls in the series like him (or at least don't dislike him), and he has a huge number of devotees who think the world of him. But heaven help you if you manage to awaken the guy's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]...
** And [[Genki Girl|Natsumi]] in the anime. Anyone who's been unfortunate enough to believe that they can beat her at ping-pong will surely agree.
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** Also, Okita Souji. He's constantly smiling, loves candy, plays with the neighborhood kids, has a cute little piglet as a pet that he fawns over, is pretty much a male [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] wife to Hijikata, and is well-known for being the most terrifying swordsman in all of Japan.
** Nagakura Shinpachi, especially with [[Art Evolution]] gradually making him look more and more like a kid-edition [[Bishonen]]. Despite appearances, he is a very competent swordsman and commander, and still inspires the urge to cuddle him even while splattered with blood.
* The eponymous character of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''. It's the "oro?" The fact that he is the first genuinely sensitive, kind-hearted and ''nice'' anime bloke since [[Dragonball Z|Goku]] and [[Fist of the North Star|Kenshiro]], rather than just another emotionally repressed and cynical [[Jerkass]] [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]. And then you have
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'':
** Shinji Ikari in the [[Alternate Continuity|alternate continuities]]. The original series leaves most of the badassery to his mecha on autopilot.
** People saying that Shinji is not [[Badass]] enough in the original series should one day just try holding red-hot pieces of metal for half a minute (never mind fighting someone in the process). Yes, his hands weren't damaged directly, but he ''felt'' all the damage to Eva-01 as if his own body was harmed.
** And later he leaped into a freaking volcano and dived in the magma to save Asuka. Even if he was inside his [[Humongous Mecha]] and it was [[Hand Wave|hand waved]]
** ''Rebuild'' 2.0 - "GIVE REI BACK!" Commence {{spoiler|reactivating 01 on willpower/rage alone, [[Rocket Punch|rocket punching]] Zeruel (or as close an Eva can get to one), [[Always Save the Girl|saving Rei]] and almost ending the world. There just may be some ''[[Mazinger Z|Kabuto]]'' genes in him.}}
*
* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'':
** Hayate
** Isumi, especially thanks to her [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment and her {{spoiler|great big dragon}}. Hinagiku also qualifies as she can be VERY moe sometimes and is very [[Badass]] all the time.
* A lot of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' owned by characters in the anime fall under this. IE: [[Kid Appeal Character|Pikachu]], Bulbasaur, Charmander, Piplup, Teddiursa, Raichu and [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Clefairy]] are just a handful of examples.
** One of the most prime examples is the 1st gen Pokemon, Mew, which is ''ungodly'' adorable and is always shown to be very playful and childlike,
** In addition to actual [[mons]]ters, some of the human characters also qualify. [[The Messiah|Ash Ketchum]] has the appearance and mannerisms of a brash, classically adorable little boy. He's also one of few humans to physically put himself on the line for Pokémon in the series, jumps around like a Mankey to rescue said Pokémon, and is even capable of {{spoiler|using Aura}}.
** This
** Hareta from ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure]]'' is rather young but can go against Pokemon, can lift things far heavier than him (including a ''Rhyperior''), and has a common battle strategy which can be summed up as "I fight alongside my Pokemon no matter how tough the opponent".
* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|Moka Akashiya]] (her friendly side) from ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' can count as this. Also [[Horny Devil|Kurumu Kurono]], [[Cute Witch|Yukari Sendou]], [[An Ice Person|Mizore Shirayuki]] and [[Hot Witch|Ruby Toujyou]] can count as well. They all are capable enough to kill humans, but they're also so damn cute.
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** Kokoa Shuzen can count too, but at a [[Jerkass|much lesser extent]].
** And then there's Akuha Shuzen, who is of the [[Psychopathic Manchild]] verity.
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* ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' has Gatomon, who is a little cat [[Mons|mon]]... who happens to be able to take down six Champion/Adult Digimon without breaking a sweat. Technically, she was a Champion level too... but she still qualifies. In fact every Rookie Digimon counts.
* Kawazoe Tamaki of ''[[Bamboo Blade]].''
* Golden Darkness/Konjiki no Yami from ''[[To LOVE-Ru]]''.
* Eve from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' (The character who inspired Kawazoe's design and powers in ''[[Bamboo Blade]]'').
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* Yuki Nagato, from ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' is [[The Stoic]] dialed [[Up to Eleven]], which makes her smiles extremely cute when they appear.
* ''[[Noir]]'' has Kirika-chan, who elevates the trope to [[Badass]] [[Woobie]]. The fact that she is so [[Moe|cuddly and huggable]] really helps.
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* ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:
** Also in the same series, we have Azaka Kokuto, [[Chick Magnet|Mik]][[Nice Guy|iya]]'s younger sister who can set things on fire and kick {{spoiler|giant flower demon thing}} on the head, and finally overpower aforementioned Shiki. She does that while being extremely [[Moe]].
* Also, from the [[Bee Train|same people]] who brought you Kirika, we have [[Madlax]] who is just as adorable and huggable, with the sexiness turned up to eleven.
* The eponymous ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]''.
** Even more so in the [[omake]]s. Shana-tan, the heroine's [[Super-Deformed|chibified]] alter-ego, doesn't lose any of Shana's strength due to the reduction in size, and even uses her signature attack in [[Fun Size|this form]].
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** And after he [[Took a Level in Badass|gets his act together]], Yuuji.
* Subverted
*
* Son Gohan from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' can ''[[Curb Stomp Battle|trash]]'' world destroying super-powered psychopaths.
** Same thing goes to young Trunks and Son Goten during the Buu saga. Especially when they fuse.
** And Son Goku, even in his adult self, is an endearingly innocent and kindhearted boy... who has saved the world so many times that he has "lost count" (
** It's been noted on the ''[[Dragon Ball/Characters|Dragon Ball]]'' page that Badass Adorable must be [[In the Blood]]: not only Goku and his sons, but his wife Chi-Chi, daughter-in-law Videl and granddaughter Pan are all [[Tsundere]] [[Cute Bruiser]]s, too.
* Negi Springfield from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', especially in the later chapters of the manga.
** Kotaro Inugami counts too.
** ''{{spoiler|Even the current [[Big Bad]].}}''
** Also [[Robot Girl|Chachamaru]], and {{spoiler|especially her artifact, a [[Kill Sat]] capable of taking out a [[Cosmic Horror]]...and looks [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v31/c281/15.html like this].}}
** How can you not mention [[Shrinking Violet|Miyazaki Nodoka]]? She interrupts a fight between Negi and the [[Big Bad]] just to gather intelligence and mind-reads and taunts the [[Bigger Bad]]. And afterwards goes back to being her humble [[Moe]] self.
** Though she would threaten to kill you for calling her that, Evangeline could count as well, as she's a 700 year old evil vampire mage... in a body not older than 10, though [[Noble Demon|she's not as evil as she
* Spirit from ''[[Soul Eater]]''. A rare [[Papa Wolf]] example.
** Maka could be considered as a subversion of this trope. She doesn't display many [[Moe]] tendencies, but she ''can'' qualify as [[Cute Bruiser|being cute]], and DEFINITELY qualifies as [[Badass]].
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** Ururu Tsumugiya, a cute young girl who assists Urahara. She appears meek, but can pack a super-power punch. Ururu is short, shy, clumsy at times, and sad-eyed... and can kick an Arrancar's ass with ease. And that's before she pulls out the rocket launcher.
** Retsu Unohana. She's the extremely gentle, ladylike, and motherly captain of the 4th Squad. Despite her calm and motherly outlook, Unohana happens to be one of the oldest Captains in the Gotei 13 and has been around presumably since the beginning of the formation of the Gotei 13, and has led her squad ever since. Not only that, she hides an extremely scary [[Battle Aura]] that makes even the most [[Badass]] Shinigami go weak in the knees when imagining her wrath. This is even more evident whenever other squads start bullying her squad, whereas a slight glare is enough to send the bullies pissing their pants.
**
** Also, Hiyori. She appears as a tomboyish, cute little girl, with a rather violent temper, and she isn't afraid to make this violent temper known to her enemies.
** And her companion Mashiro, a [[Genius Ditz]] who dresses up as a [[Kamen Rider]] [[Fan Girl]] and can kick just as much as the original does. She literally does kick ass, "RIDER KICK!"
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* [[Michiko to Hatchin|Hatchin]] is a pretty good example. While she can often be overshadowed by Michiko in terms of badassness, Hatchin is nothing to sneeze at.
* Nearly everybody from the female cast of ''[[Nagasarete Airantou]]''. Especially [[Miko|Machi]].
* ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'':
** Marufuji Shou. Short, cute, adorable beyond words. Juudai's the hero, but Shou is ''badass''. And he does it all wearing glasses, too.
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* Ciel from ''[[Black Butler]]''. Like a regular [[The Chessmaster|chess master]] he uses this to his advantage. He could get away with murder with a face like that. And he does. Repeatedly.
** Finny looks sweet and innocent, even when tearing trees up by their roots and hurling hunks of stone.
**
** As of chapter 57, it seems [[Damsel in Distress|Elizabeth]] is one too. {{spoiler|She desperately wanted for her [[Childhood Marriage Promise|fiancé]] Ciel to not see her "uncute" side, so she [[Deliberately Distressed Damsel|deliberately hid]] her [[Little Miss Badass|badass]] side. Right up until when Ciel despite his best efforts ends up injured and unable to save her [[Dude in Distress|in danger himself]], then Elizabeth leaps into the air and [[Waif Fu|takes down the zombies]] with [[Dual-Wielding|swords in both hands]] while tearfully declaring that she'll protect him. She fights, still in her adorable dress with a cute but deadly expression across her face.}}
* Mariko from ''[[Elfen Lied]]''. She pulls off both terrifying and adorable.
** And Lucy? Her Nyu persona is the epitome of cuteness but she can also be adorable herself, for a murderous [[
* [http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/238/767631-rena_large.jpg Rena]{{Dead link}} from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''. She's the Cute [[Series Mascot|Mascot]] and can be either downright [[Mood Swinger|scary]] in [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me|more]] [[Girl with Psycho Weapon|ways]] than one, or a [[Obfuscating Stupidity|very smart]] ally.
** Shion also counts. She's adorable for a seventeen year old, and can be pretty awesome([[Big Brother Complex|and]] [[
**
** Keiichi. He's a Hot Blooded [[Bishonen]] who can be adorable and hilarious at times and at various points demonstrates epic displays of [[Badass|GAR-ness]].
* Hunny-sempai from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'': while adorable, small, blonde, and cake loving, Hunny-sempai is also an expert martial artist and was able to single handedly take out 7 professionally trained and armed men in 15 seconds flat without so much as breaking a sweat. To top it all off, he scolds the by wagging his finger at them and saying that "hurting my friends is a no-no".
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** Also, after beating the crap out of his dad (who was supposedly the strongest martial artist of their family), the Japanese Secretary of Defense, who was the referee, begged Hunny-sempai not to fight in public ever again, lest other countries think Japan was training a WMD...
* ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'''s Gasai Yuno. Beautiful, adorably [[Moe]], [[
** Also Yukiteru. Following his [[Took a Level in Badass|taking a level in badass]].
** Akise Aru. Much like Yukiteru he's very cute. He's also undeniably [[Badass]]. There's no doubt about his badass status when in chapter 51 {{spoiler|despite having just been stabbed by Yuno and sliced across the throat, Akise Aru gets back up out of sheer determination and texts an important message to Yukiteru even though Yuno ends up cutting off his head completely}}. Badass to the end.
* Sweet, innocent, adorable little Astro of ''[[Astro Boy (manga)|Astro Boy]]'' fame is one of the cutest things on the planet - and equipped with mountain-levelling strength ''before'' you get into his absurd amount of onboard weaponry.
** In the [[Astro Boy (film)|2009 film]], he {{spoiler|defeats a colosseum's worth of robots made to kill other robots and is merely out of breath}}; in the final showdown, he {{spoiler|''flips Peacekeeper over his head'' after it's absorbed the military and half of Metro City, and is then able to slow the city's fall after the generators blow out}}.
* Guchuko from ''[[Potemayo]]''. Looks like a plushie, has the personality of a stray cat, carries a scythe, and can shoot laser beams at anyone who annoys her.
** To be clear, the lasers are shot from what appear to be ''[[Hair Decorations|living hair ornaments]].''
* ''[[Utawarerumono]]''
* [[True Neutral|Kino]] from ''[[Kino no Tabi]]''. Seriously, just [http://i47.tinypic.com/2dc8gv5.jpg look at that adorable face!] But if you endanger her life, [[Combat Pragmatist|she will shoot you through the head at point-blank range]] or [[Beware the Nice Ones|drive a knife right through your heart]]...[[It Gets Easier|without]] ''[[The Stoic|any]]'' [[The Stoic|hesitation.]]
* As a [[Shrinking Violet|timid]], doe-eyed [[The Messiah|messiah]], ''[[Baccano!]]'''s Jacuzzi is about as [[Moe]] as you can possibly make a man without [[Shotacon|without turning him into Shotabait]]. He's ''also'' prone to crazy feats of [[badass]]ery like taking out eighteen mafia-owned speakeasies in a single night or going one-on-one with a crazy, flamethrower-wielding cult leader.
* When his [[Tagalong Kid|young age and relative immaturity don't put him at a disadvantage]], Jinpei "The Swallow" from ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' can pack just as big a punch as his older teammates.
* Five year-old Ryouta Ninomiya, from ''[[Little House With an Orange Roof]]'' when he challenges a train otaku to a trivia contest to make him apologize to his step-sister. A [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Ryota, as he actually ''wins'' the contest, and all the while you can't help but find [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/orange_yane_no_chiisana_ie/v07/c055/19.html his determined face] adorable.
*
**
** Killua
* Seras Victoria from ''[[Hellsing]]''. She's very much a [[Moe]] [[The Woobie|Woobie]], but swings around a ''massive'' [[BFG]], and {{spoiler|after she drinks Bernadotte's blood she becomes the second strongest vampire}}. Her absolutely ''epic'' [[Curb Stomp Battle|Curb Stomp]]ing of Zorin Blitz, shortly after Zorin [[Mind Rape]]d and mutilated her
* Chrono from ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' appears to be a sweet, polite 12-year-old boy. He's [[Sleep Mode Size|actually]] a decades-old demon with enough power to level a city if he wants to.
** [[Badass Normal|Rosette]] [[Genki Girl|too.]] A 16-year-old [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Plucky Girl]] who won't stop until she finds her brother. {{spoiler|Despite [[Your Days Are Numbered|what life she has yet.]]}}
* Nina Liebert from ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' is a deconstruction. She's a beautiful and kind-hearted [[The Woobie|Woobie]] who undergoes a [[Break the Cutie]] process repeatedly and yet she goes from being an ever-so-wholesome law student to a worldly, hooker-impersonating, gangster-frightening gunslinger in about one volume, and mostly through her own efforts. However, despite having the skills and the adorable looks, we see that the poor woman has borne a
* The eponymous ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. And Chibi-Usa. And Ami. And Chibi Chibi. In fact, most of the girls in the series count.
* Teito Klein from ''[[07-Ghost]]''.
* Yuki Sohma of ''[[Fruits Basket]]''. Incredibly [[Bishonen]], polite and a real sweetheart, turns into an adorable rat when hugged by the opposite sex, and he's also capable of beating the crap out of his cousin Kyou whenever they have one of their duels.
**
** Kyou himself probably qualifies, especially early in the series before all the boys have a rather impressive growth spurt. [[Troubled but Cute]], turns into a cute cat when hugged by the opposite sex... and despite being the [[Butt Monkey|family punching bag]], Kyou is a formidable martial artist in his own right, and has done enough damage to Shigure's house to prove it. His first entrance consists of smashing his way down through a roof to challenge Yuki to a fight.
* Tabitha from ''[[
* Minoru of ''[[Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru]]'' is an adorable pretty boy who is a fast runner (from being on the gymnastics team) and becomes very skilled at karate.
* Yuuri and Wolfram from ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!|Kyo Kara Maoh]]''.
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** Also, Mikado, the shy, gentle [[Ordinary High School Student]] who's new to the city. He also {{spoiler|has managed to more or less weaponize Anonymous by being the leader of a massive organized gang called the Dollars that he directs via cellphone texts and chatrooms}}.
* Alice of ''[[Pandora Hearts]]''. She appears as an adorable hot-headed little girl. She is actually the infamous B-Rabbit (Bloodstained Black Rabbit), the strongest chain in the Abyss.
** Oz is also this, when {{spoiler|using Alice's power on his own, even when still under seal.}} {{spoiler|Then, it turns out that
** [[Token
* L from ''[[Death Note]]''. He's a [[Badass Bookworm]] and the greatest detective in the ''[[Death Note]]'' world. He also has a large amount of [[Fan Girl|fangirls]] who all agree that he's rather adorable, and he has bizarre child-like mannerisms.
** Apparently [[Anti-Hero|L]] was meant to be anti-[[Mr. Fanservice]], or at least much uglier than Light. [[Generic Cuteness]] or no, they failed miserably.
** For the guys, there's Misa Amane. She's a tiny, blonde, cheery, squeaky-voiced [[Genius Ditz]] who looks 16 (and is actually 19), but is easily one of the craziest characters ([[Jerkass Woobie|yet also pitiable]]) in the series, and kills innocent people without remorse... in the name of [[
** Also, Near. More maternal members of the audience may want to hug him even as he manipulates everyone around him.
** [[Cute and Psycho|Light Yagami]] himself has his moments of badass adorable, especially when he's younger. In some of the artwork, he looks like a Disney character while [[Nightmare Fuel|contemplating murder]]. Special mention, however, goes to {{spoiler|the time when he loses his memory and reverts to his original good personality; some of those scenes portray him as absolutely huggable.}}
** Teru Mikami deserves mention, as a child. Going up against vicious bullies despite getting beaten up again and again, all in the defense of a fellow classmate? Badass.
* Momo from ''[[Peach Girl]]''. She's pretty and has huge eyes.
* [[Tsundere|Akane]] of ''[[Ranma ½]]''
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'':
** Kaname
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** There's also [[Bandage Babe|Mizho]], [[Creepy Child|Hana]], [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Service]], [[Cheerful Child|Sophia]], and [[Cute Bruiser|Oume Hibari.]] An adult example would be [[Evil Teacher|Miyoshi Sumako]].
* Simon of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', who takes the level of cuteness possible for a Badass Adorable to rather impressive heights. He's basically an endearing and initially-timid cutie who also happens to be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, Spiral warrior in the cosmos (his [[Big Brother Mentor]] Kamina initially exceeded him merely due to his charisma and courage). Later in life, after progressing to [[Bishonen]] he manages to {{spoiler|summon a mecha the size of a galaxy and save the sentient races of the universe from extinction at the hands of a sociopathic despot}}. Even then, he still retains his optimistic and endearing personality. Manly[[Moe]], literally, doesn't begin to cover it.
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** [[Team Pet]] Boota also grows into this a bit later on.
* The [[Main Character]] from ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' is also a tough fighter complete with an [[The Beast Master|army of beasts ready to defend his jungle]].
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* Clan Clang in ''[[Macross Frontier]]'': [[Moe|Adorable]] when micronized, [[Badass]] when macronized.
* Moogle Kupo in ''[[Final Fantasy Unlimited]]''.
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* Any of the Frogs on ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', but Tamama especially. He prides himself on appearing cute and innocent, when he's got the power to level buildings if he so wishes.
* [[Gon]] from the manga of same name, [[Name's the Same|not the character already listed above]].
* ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!
* Packy & Botasky of ''[[Cat Shit One]]''. These are bunnies... ''that are in the special forces'', and they do kick ass and take names.
* The titular ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi]]''.
* Ricotta and Genoise from ''[[Dog Days]]''.
* Mio from ''[[Nichijou]]''; when she's pissed bad things happen.
* Aoi Futaba from ''[[Asobi ni Iku yo!
* Shion from ''[[No. 6]]'', the [[Adorkable]] [[Nice Guy]] [[Bishonen]] with big eyes and a huge heart. However, [[Beware the Nice Ones|get him pissed off enough]], usually by messing with Nezumi, and [[
* Sodom and Yuki from ''[[Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru]]''.
* [[Little Miss Badass|Veronica]] from ''[[Franken Fran]]''.
* [[Creepy Child|The Child]] from ''[[Berserk]]''. It's largely speculated that the once [[The Grotesque|misshapen fetus]] {{spoiler|that was Guts and Casca's tainted child caused by Griffith's [[Rape as Drama|very heinous act]] during the Eclipse}} has been reborn into the very cute and silent little boy that Casca found on the beach. And if the implications '''are''' correct, the little boy is still doing what he was doing when he was not-so-cute: warding off evil spirits that try to harm Casca. But the true badass part comes when {{spoiler|Guts is overpowered by [[Enemy Within|the Beast]], who constantly tries to goad him into killing Casca and all of his friends so he can get back to hunting Griffith. But whenever the Child is nearby, the Beast is always thwarted when the the boy manifests as a body of light within Guts' psyche and brings him back to the light by reminding him [[The Power of Love|of his love]] [[Morality Chain|for Casca]].}}.
** Guts was pretty cute as a [[Child Soldier]] himself, and he could hold his own ground on the battlefield.
* {{spoiler|Momoka Oginome}} in ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]''. A young girl no older than 10 who is capable of {{spoiler|rewriting reality via writing spells in her Destiny Diary [[Cast from Hit Points|at great risk to herself]]}}, and who had done a LOT to save two other children who ''badly'' needed her help.
*
* [[Kirby]], of course, in the anime ''Hoshi no
** And Knuckle Joe.
** Fumu/Tiff, too. She's the cute little Cappy girl who cares for Kirby and usually tries to end conflicts without employing violence. But in the second Dedede Elementary School episode, she [[Took a Level in Badass|takes a level in badass]] and singlehandedly beats up large armed thugs ''without even touching them''.
** Silica, from the Sacred Sword Galaxia episode, fits this trope too.
* From ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'', we have Sasami. Adorable, pre-teen princess, darn good cook, most down-to-earth member of the entire cast that wasn't actually born on said planet. And depending on the series: has a hairband that turns into a staff for serious [[Waif Fu]] action, can use [[Barrier Warrior|Juraian magic]] on par with anyone else, can summon a ''mini-mecha'' battle suit, oh and she just happens to be {{spoiler|the incarnation/host of one of the three [[Reality Warper|8th-dimensional goddesses]] that
* In ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' Haqua goes from [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v18/c176/12.html a menacing baddass] to [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v18/c176/13.html an apologetic, adorable girl] in a single page. Her [[Tsundere|dere]] is showing.
* It's quite hard to remember that Akira from ''[[Ai Ore Love Me]]'' is a badass when he's so small and cute that [[Even the Guys Want Him]].
* The casts of the ''Black★Rock Shooter'' [[Black★Rock Shooter (
* The titular ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' and though she may not seem like it at first, {{spoiler|Anthy}}.
* ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' gives us [[King Incognito|Seth]]. Looks to all the world like a cute teenage girl. If you [[Heroic RROD|somehow]] manage to hurt [[Person of Mass Destruction|her big brother]], [[Make Me Wanna Shout|kiss your ass goodbye.]]
* The Anarchy and Demon sisters in ''[[Panty & Stocking with
* ''[[Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu]]'': Nogizaka Haruka rarely shows the badass part of the trope but the first time Ayase Yuto saw her doing it was enough to make him understand he must never make her angry. And that's because her anger was directed at a boy trying to take her from him.
** Some of her maids might count as well.
** And her mother.
* Polly from ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]''.
* Naoya from ''[[Lotte no Omocha]]''. He's shown to be able to effortlessly throw Sigurd—a [[Warrior Prince]] with a lifetime of military training—aside using the momentum of [[Use Your Head|his flying headbutt]], implying skill in either Aikido or Judo. This is further justified by a photo of him that Lotte happened upon in his album, of him in a ''gi'' (Japanese Martial Arts Uniform) with a green belt, but four steps away from a '''black''' belt, as a child.
* Gerda, from the animated adaptation of ''[[The Snow Queen]]''. She is
== [[Comic
* ''[[Sam and Max]]'', especially Max. Max varies from being cute to psychotic at the drop of a hat. Sam is more reserved but can be aggressive if the time is right. And both can (and will) shoot people if they mess with them.
* Molly Hayes from ''[[Runaways]]''. A cute hat, a '''giant's''' strength. A group of Marvel staff ("The Secret Cabal") couldn't put her on their list of "Top Ten Teen Heroes" because she technically isn't a teenager yet, but they stuck her on the list anyway. The picture they put on the list for her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Gut-punching ''the Punisher.'' She's eleven years old, goes by the moniker "Princess Powerful
** It's worth noting that Molly felt terrible about the incident with [[Badass Normal|the Punisher]] afterwards, since she had assumed the the Punisher had actual powers and could take the hit. This, of course, only makes it more adorable.
** Molly did the exact same thing to Wolverine, only hard enough to send him flying about fifty yards.
* [[Squirrel Girl]]. Absurdly cute with the power to talk to squirrels... and has beaten the likes of Dr. Doom and Thanos.
* Piffany of ''[[Nodwick]]''. Cleric of fluffy sweetness who draws duckies and bunnies when the [[Gambit Pileup]] she's been diagramming gets too complicated, yet greater demons are
* Gully from ''[[Battle Chasers]]''. Not yet nine and half, blonde, green eyed, utterly cute - and wields the Gloves of Aramas which give the wielder the strength of a thousand men. With them, she pwns a pack of werewolves (inadvertently beating one of them to death) and stops a demon at least ten times her size in its tracks long enough for her companion war golem to destroy the containment bracelet, sending it back to Hell permanently.
* The [[Mouse Guard]].
* Julie-Su from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. A fearless and cunning cyborg experienced in hand-to-hand combat and capable of [[Waif Fu|knocking down crocodiles twice her size]]. In addition to that, she’s one of the few good guys in the series who has no qualms about carrying a laser and using it. [http://archiesonic.wikia.com/wiki/File:Juliesusecondthoughts.jpg She’s also absolutely adorable.]
** Bunnie Rabbot/D'Coolette (
* Lord Noriyuki in ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]''. He rarely has to fight personally (his soldiers do it for him, plus he's about 10–11 years old), but he's good at throwing knives.
* Galacta, the daughter of Galactus. An adorable [[Meganekko]] young woman who goes by "Galli" who happens to be the daughter of one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe—and she is almost as powerful as him.
* [[Power Pack]], especially the modern mangaesque version, has Energizer, a
* Miho from ''[[Sin City]]''. She's very small and cute but will decapitate you at the drop of a hat.
* [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] from DC Comics
** For further proof of both sides of this trope, check out the Justice scene between the Big Red Cheese and the Big Blue Boy Scout in [[Big Damn Heroes]].
*
* ''[[Mini Marvels]]'' turns ''the entire [[Marvel Universe]]'' into this.
* Wolverine's daughter/clone [[X-23]].
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* ''[[Tintin]]''. A [[Vague Age|youthful]], well-coiffed, baby-faced reporter who doesn't drink, talks to his pet dog, and upholds himself and the world to high moral standards. If you try to violate said standards in front of him, ''he will punch you through a wall.''
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Charlene "Shar" Mack from ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]'', better known as "Pyre", is an adorable
* The [[Anime]] fanmade versions of the commandos from ''[[Command & Conquer
* Yuki from ''[[The Return (fanfic)|The Return]]'' loves pink, glitter, colouring books, looks about 13-14ish, and she will ''fuck you up''.▼
* In the ''[[My Little Pony:
== [[Film
* Gizmo in ''[[Gremlins]] 2: The New Batch'' becomes this after he grows too tired of the gremlins' abuse and decides to [[Take a Level In Badass]] and start acting like [[Rambo]]... that is, if Rambo was an adorable furry... thing.
* Already mentioned in the literature section, but (because it bears repeating) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BT9KDJ9OJM Reepicheep] from the ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' films. Modeled after [[Errol Flynn]] and voiced by [[Eddie Izzard]], Reepicheep goes mouse-to-man several times... and wins! Even though he is as cute as Lucy says (he prefers "courageous, courteous, or chivalrous"), he's a force to be reckoned with. He even tried to take on an army of Telmarines by himself!
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* Chewbacca the [[Gentle Giant]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
** The Ewoks as well.
**
** Anakin Skywalker in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]''. Born of the Immaculate Conception, incredibly sensitive to the Force, a mechanical genius on his spare time and one of the best podracer pilots in the galaxy,
** R2-D2.
* Leeloo from ''[[The Fifth Element]]'': cute, innocent and perfectly capable of breaking every bone in your body without breaking a sweat.
* Steve Rogers of ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'' is a sweet-tempered, well-mannered and kind-hearted boy-next-door who just ''happens'' to possess a body rebuilt to human perfection.
* [[Monica Keena]] has played this character from time to time, like when she [[Freddy vs. Jason|decapitated Freddy Krueger with a machete]]. Ditto [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]], like when she [[The Dark Knight|kneed The Joker in the balls]].
* Hit-Girl, from the film and comic [[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]], played by [[Chloë Grace Moretz]].
* Zen of ''Chocolate''. Autistic [[Waif Fu]] in action.
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* [[Noomi Rapace]] as Lisbeth Salander in the ''[[Millennium Trilogy]]''. [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|Bikers, beware!]]
* In ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', the villain encounters some cute little dinosaurs, which turn out to be {{spoiler|the fearsome creatures mentioned at the start of the movie as some of the most vicious monsters in the park, but until then, never seen. After exhibiting some cute behaviour, acting like goofy, curious dogs, one refuses to fetch a stick, suddenly bursts out a spiked neck ruff and spits noxious poison into our villain's face. His buddies arrive and they gleefully finish him off.}}
* From ''[[Master and Commander]]'', [[Plucky Middie|Midshipman Blakeney.]] He's this utterly adorable curly-haired twelve-year-old, who... [[Handicapped Badass|gets his right arm amputated]] ''but doesn't let it slow him down,'' becomes something of a "fighting naturalist," and leads a group of men more than twice his age into battle, thus helping secure a decisive victory over the ''HMS Surprise''{{'}}s archenemy, the ''Acheron.'' His inspiration is Lord Nelson, also missing an arm.
* Morph from ''[[Treasure Planet|
▲* ''[[Treasure Planet|Morph.]]'' Seems like a cute, little blob reminiscent of Ditto, right? Not only is he capable of transforming into any given person or object (still remains the same size when in normal form), but can utter very [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] phrases like a parrot, and, when against [[Ax Crazy]] Scroop, is able to put up a decent fight for several minutes. Badass Adorable, indeed.
* Emily from ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' is pretty cute for an animated corpse and proves just how badass she is during the finale in the church against Barkis Bittern.
** Likewise, from Corpse Bride's spiritual ancestor, [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Jack Skellington and Sally]]. The former is one of the most adorable skeletons ever. He also is the scariest guy in town, and if you try to turn his friends into snake-and-spider stew, ''he will fuck you up''. The latter is [[The Heart|a complete sweetheart]] and also had the guts to go into [[Big Bad|Oogie Boogie]]'s lair by herself to save Santa.
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** The spinoff ''[[Puss in Boots (animation)|Puss in Boots]]'' introduces another Badass Adorable cat character by the name of Kitty Softpaws, who is skilled and tough on a level fit to rival Puss himself.
* ''[[The Incredibles]]'' has both [[Fragile Speedster|Dash]] and [[Goo-Goo Godlike|Jack-Jack]], the Parrs' young boys, but [[Adorkable|Violet]] also qualifies.
* EVE from ''[[WALL-E]].''
*
* Toothless from ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'', capable of going from [[Badass]] to Adorable in the blink of an eye.
** It's all in the eyes. When he's happy to see you and wants to play, his pupils are
* Then there is ''[[Oliver and Company]]'', where Oliver himself is adorable, and is somewhat [[Badass]] during his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMOA]]s.
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' has at least a few of these. First there's the main protagonist, Po, who has badass kung-fu skills by the end of the first film. The adorable is, of course, the fact that he's a [[Pandaing to the Audience|chubby Panda]]. There's also Master Shifu, who is a small red panda, but he can kick just about anyone's ass.
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* Even though he's a ''50-foot-something robot'', the Giant from ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' is an endearing [[Gentle Giant]], with a childlike naivety about the world he's come to. [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Just don't point]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|a weapon at him...]]
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Luna Lovegood]] in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''.▼
▲== Literature ==
** Dobby. {{spoiler|He's saved [[The Hero|Harry's]] sorry ass quite a few times, disarmed/attacked several wizards, and says the most awesome line an elf could ever say: "Dobby has no master!!!" He even died like a [[Badass]]! Hit by a knife thrown by a crazy chick you just dropped a Chandelier on while apperating three other people out of the domain of Voldemort.}}
▲* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Luna Lovegood]] in [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]].
* Praise be to Ponch from ''[[Young Wizards
▲** Dobby. {{spoiler|He's saved [[The Hero|Harry's]] sorry ass quite a few times, disarmed/attacked several wizards, and says the most awesome line an elf could ever say: "Dobby has no master!!!" He even died like a [[Badass]]! Hit by a knife thrown by a crazy chick you just dropped a Chandelier on while apperating three other people out of the domain of Voldemort.}} though arguably, not EXACTLY adorable.
▲* Praise be to [[Young Wizards|Ponch]], the {{spoiler|Dog Who Is God! The Wolf of Darkness clashed with the Hound of Starlight, and the Hound threw his old Enemy to the floor of Heaven.}}
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'':
** Reepicheep: A cute two-and-a-half foot talking mouse with honor, dignity, and the ability to successfully take on an armed opponent twice his size. One of the few characters from Narnia aside from Aslan who shows up in ''three'' books; at one point, he even sails over the edge of the world.
** Lucy: The entire Telmarine army skidded to a stop in mid-retreat, scared stiff of one small adorable girl smiling sweetly at them from across the bridge (their only escape route) while brandishing a dagger. And that's before [[Big Damn Heroes|Aslan]] stepped up beside her.
* The Archive from ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' is a prepubescent girl who shows her Badassitude when she's attacked by Red Court vampires while she's moderating a duel. {{spoiler|She grabs a piece of anti-life being used and, with sheer force of will, thrusts it into the vamps' heads and torsos, vaporizing them}}. In a later book she's attacked by a dozen fallen angels in an area cut off from magic. Using the little magic she could store in her tiny body she starts taking them down, two at a time, even while Harry carries her away. She even makes a point of trash talking the angels, although she's not that good at it. {{spoiler|She's only captured because the demons take advantage of her low body weight and gas the whole area.}} She's also very fond of [[Cuteness Proximity|cats]] and renders official documents in crayon.
** Mouse is pretty awesomely adorable, too. Sure, he's a dog that's [[Big Friendly Dog|around four foot tall at the shoulder]], but he plays the goofy [[Gentle Giant]] act up so well you forget about that and just want to snuggle with his big fuzzy self. Then he [[Power Glows|starts glowing]] and ''makes an eldritch horror run away in terror'' after ripping the back of its foot off. He also garners more respect from a powerful [[Fair Folk|Sidhe]] noble than his "master" does.
**
* [[Temeraire]], although unusually for the trope, the badass is the most immediately obvious (he is a ''dragon'', after all), and the adorable comes out in his interactions with the other characters, particularly with Laurence.
* ''[[Redwall]]'''s cute fluffy animal [[Kid Hero]] characters. D'awww, fwuffy ickle mousey. Who just happens to be wielding a
* Mr. Nutt, from ''[[
** Tiffany Aching, aged 9, invaded the kingdom of the borderline-[[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Fair Folk|Elf Queen]] armed only with a [[Frying Pan of Doom|frying pan]] and a gang of [[Violent Glaswegian]] [[Smurfs]] in ''[[
* The three Baudelaire siblings from ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' but especially Sunny, who's a baby.
* [[The Lord of the Rings|Hobbits]]. For creatures the size of human children, they prove to be surprisingly adept at arse-kicking.
* [[Madeline]].
* ''[[Coraline (novel)|Coraline]]''.
* [[Pippi Longstocking]] is a cute, quirky eleven-year-old... with incredible super-strength. Given that she lives in an otherwise mostly mundane world, we never really get to see just where the limits to her strength
* Alisa in the ''[[Alice, Girl from the Future]]'' series.
* Charlie McGee, the eponymous ''[[Firestarter]]''; a cute little red-haired girl who even gets called "button" more than once, theoretically capable of ''cracking the Earth in two'' when she comes into her full power. Certainly already capable of vaporising a man with very little effort.
* In ''[[The Pale King]]'', Leonard Stecyk is an [[Cheerful Child|excruciatingly upbeat]],kind, and [[Child Prodigy|hard-working]] bully magnet. He's also the only one who {{spoiler|rushes in to save his wood shop teacher from dying of shock and blood loss after an accident with a machine. His little apron keeps his clothes from getting drenched in blood, and he makes a perfectly-tied tourniquet on the fly.}}
▲== Live Action TV ==
* [[Summer Glau|River Tam]] of ''[[Firefly]]'' owes her popularity to this trope.
* Speaking of [[Summer Glau]], Cameron from ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' also fits this role nicely. Summer is just the perfect combination of [[Badass]] and [[Moe]].
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* Hiro from ''[[Heroes]]'' definitely qualifies.
* Samantha Carter from ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. A huggable, kissable, lovable [[Colonel Badass]].
**
** Vala Mal Doran wears her hair in pigtails, she's been seen by anyone passing by the SGC halls in a bathrobe with curlers in, she eats... enthusiastically, she's jumped on Teal'c and hugged him (she only doesn't do that to Carter, it seems, because Carter's not 6'3 and built like Teal'c. Sure, a tall and strong woman - there's a essay on that somewhere, about fanfic writers and their notions of male-female relationships - but maybe not that prepared for a full Vala hug). Anyway, yeah, she can kick your butt shooting cans while Mitchell complains about Kansas cell reception, she was convincing (if merciful) when she pretended to be a Kull warrior, and she doesn't let torture or being burned alive distract her from pulling her weight. Amnesiac and hunted by people who want to mind-frell her, she survives very well and full-memory Cam comes out worse than she does.
* Djaq from ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'': tiny, adorable, [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]...and will rip your arms off if you get her angry.
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{{quote|Ollie Reeder: "When I met you this morning I thought you were the ''nice'' Scot"
Jamie: "SHUT IT, ''LOVE ACTUALLY''! WANT ME TO HOLEPUNCH YOUR FACE!!?" }}
* Castiel from ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', who combines an unearthly and no-nonsense badassery with huge blue eyes, a slender frame
** Sammy also qualifies, with his [[Puppy Dog Eyes]] and genuine compassion. Just [[Beware the Nice Ones|don't piss him off]].
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Bunny Ears Forensic Technician]] Abby Sciuto from ''[[NCIS]]'' typically bounces between [[Hot Scientist]] and [[Moe]]. Until you threaten her or someone she cares about; at which point, she'll thorougly kick your ass, and be totally adorable while doing it.
** And kill you without leaving '''a single shred of forensic evidence!!'''
*
* ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' has Anna. Cute, bookish and a badass vampire.
* In the [[The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV series)|2009 mini-series remake of ''
* ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O
* ''[[Glee
* ''[[Sherlock]]'' gives us Dr. John Watson. He's played by [[Martin Freeman]], wears cuddly jumpers, types with one finger from each hand, and spends most of the series being the most caring friend in the world. He's also an ex-soldier, {{spoiler|shot a bad guy in the shoulder in one building....from the other building}}, has stared down the most dangerous man in England, {{spoiler|Mycroft Holmes}}, and was prepared to do a [[Taking You with Me]] to the most psychotic one {{spoiler|Jim Moriarty}}. He also punched a police chief, breaking his nose and earning himself an arrest, because the guy called his best friend a "weirdo".
* The ''[[Horatio Hornblower]]'' mini-series has Archie Kennedy, sweet, enthusiastic, and really likes fighting the French! The first hint of this comes in "The Duel/The Even Chance" after boarding a French ship and running up to Horatio afterward to babble about how he "killed two! Well, one, certainly." It's not always obvious in the first and third instalments due to the [[The Woobie|suffering he endures throughout]], but by the second series, he's no less adorable but exponentially more badass. This includes helping Horatio blow up forts and shooting an enemy soldier off a tower from about a hundred yards away.
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* Spencer Reid from ''[[Criminal Minds]]''. FBI profilers can rarely be described as "adorable," but Reid can rarely be described as anything else... except when he's shooting UnSubs in the head or slipping messages to his teammates while being tortured. And then he reverts right back to [[Sleep Cute|napping all curled up like a kitten]], [[Hollywood Nerd|going on rants about Doctor Who]] or [[Genius' Sweet Tooth|having some form of sugar]].
* The eponymous [[Merlin]] is a sweet, [[Adorkable]] boy with large [[Blue Eyes]] and adorably large ears. He can also blast you six ways to Sunday with his awesome magical powers, especially if you [[Berserk Button|threaten anyone he cares about]]!
* Rory Williams from ''[[Doctor Who]]''
** Zoe and Jo Grant. The former being a perky little human calculator, whose hobbies include wrestling comic book heroes come to life and making giant computers destroy themselves with the power of confusion. The latter being cute, clumsy and pretty much [[The Ditz]]. And yet she's the only companion to have ever resisted the Master's hypnotising, as well as helping Three escape from whatever prison cell or bondage trap he'd got himself in that week.
▲* NCIS: Zach, the son of a man who is kidnapped because of his knowledge. He has an incredibly good memory, and when the men that kidnapped his father try to kidnap him, [[Groin Attack|Zach punches him in the 'nads]]. Abby nicknames him "Mini-Gibbs".
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==▼
▲== Professional Wrestling ==
* [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]]. A tiny little guy with big [[Puppy Dog Eyes]] who would look like a kid playing superhero in his backyard, almost across the border into [[Moe]]...except he's held as many or more titles than any giant in the ring twice his size and can usually be found, especially recently, whomping the hell out of those same giants.
* NXT contestant [[Chick Busters|AJ]]. She looks a little like a [http://www.wrestlingrevealed.com/images/wrestlers/aj-lee.jpg squirrel]{{Dead link}}. Very petite, very energetic, absolutely adorable, and probably the most talented woman on the NXT roster.
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** No! No! No!
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼
* Many Scrappy Kids in ''[[
▲== Tabletop Games ==
▲* Many Scrappy Kids in ''[[Tabletop/Feng Shui|Feng Shui]]'' definitely qualify as this.
* In the German game ''[[Pluesch Power Und Plunder]]'' (about [[Living Toy|living]] [[Everything's Better with Plushies|plushies]]), every [[Player Character]] and many NPCs are this, essentially. And is there a better example?
* [[Ugly Cute|For a given value of cute]], kobold player characters may qualify in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Kirby]], the little {{color|
** And
* Roll from ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]'' and especially [[Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]. Even though she's normally one of the sweeter characters, she is more than capable of taking out not only Dr. Wily's army of Robot Masters (Dr. Light's brainwashed Robot Masters, that is), but also the Lord of Darkness himself, {{spoiler|Yami}},
** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the three-episode OVA
▲* Roll from ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]'' and especially [[Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]. Even though she's normally one of the sweeter characters, she is more than capable of taking out not only Dr. Wily's army of Robot Masters (Dr. Light's brainwashed Robot Masters, that is), but also the Lord of Darkness himself, {{spoiler|Yami}}, WITH A BROOMSTICK OF ALL THINGS!
▲** Rockman himself is absolutely adorable. And he's saved the world eleven times.
▲** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the three-episode OVA, which is made of this trope. Adorable chibi robots, Roll looks so cute in that kimono... [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Did Proto Man just hack a missile while it was in flight?!]]
* Most of the Frost family of ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona]]'' and ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' counts. [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Black Frost]] in [[Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne|Nocturne]], to [[The Ace|Batman fan Frost Ace]] and [[Clothes Make the Superman|the adorably-armored Demonee-Ho]] in ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey|Strange Journey]]'', or [[Authority Equals Asskicking|King Frost]], with the ''possible'' exception of series regular Jack Frost, who begins as a [[Mascot Mook]] and can [[Badass]] his way into becoming any of the prior examples.
** Alice counts, too. Cutest girl ever seen in the games. Extremely lethal sorceress to boot.
** The [[Hello, Insert Name Here|Protagonist]] of ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' is a seventeen-year-old who borders sometimes into childishly adorable. He's either [[The Messiah]], an [[Evil Overlord]] overseeing Humanity's [[Rage Against the Heavens]], or the world's savior.
** "Evil" Overlord is a bit fuzzy, his reasons are morally sound, the only reason it remotely comes close to fuzzy is because of [[God|who he's taking down]]. Either way, he's a savior
* [[Amazonian Beauty|Chun Li]] from ''[[Street Fighter]]''. She may be the "strongest woman in the world", but when she wins a match she jumps up and down girlishly and shouts "yatta!"
** Sakura fits as well with various stereotypical 'schoolgirl' entries, fighting in a sailor suit and having a huge crush on Ryu that she seldom bothers to hide.
** Makoto is the [[Moe Moe|cutest]] karate girl ever! [[Ninja|Ibuki]] and her cute [[Anime Hair|hairstyle]] is also heart-wrenchingly cute as well!
* Meracle Chamlotte from ''[[Star Ocean: The Last Hope]]'' doesn't seem all that badass at first glance, being a [[Stripperific]] [[Moe Moe]] [[Catgirl]], but once you max out her Critical skill and get her some decent equipment her multi-hit killer moves become absurdly deadly; she can clear the field with a single [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|Claws of Fury]] that scores something on the order of a dozen consecutive critical hits.
* ''[[Bomberman]]'' with his cute face and outfit
* [[Kid Appeal Character|Tails]] from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
▲* The [[Anime]] fanmade versions of the commandos from ''[[Command & Conquer]] Red Alert 3'', lovely.
▲* [[Kid Appeal Character|Tails]] from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' fits this to a T. Young two-tailed fox who likes to invent things and go on adventures with his bestest buddy [[The McCoy|Sonic]].
{{quote|'''Tails''': ... Sonic...
'''Eggman''': Huh?
'''Tails''': Sonic has asked me -- for the first time -- to do something for him. I won't let him down; I won't give up! }}
** In ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', {{spoiler|''Chip''}} ultimately proves to be one of these. Because what could be more [[Badass]] than {{spoiler|turning a bunch of temples into a mecha around yourself}}?
** [[Beware the Nice Ones|Amy]] [[Drop the Hammer|Rose]], at least when not leaning too much into [[
**
** Speaking of [[Moe|Cream the Rabbit]] and [[Sidekick|Cheese the Chao]], in [[Sonic X]], {{spoiler|she manages to defeat and destroy Emerl, while her friends weren't able to do so}}.
** Sonic himself in his Genesis incarnation. ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' just bumps it [[Up to Eleven]].
**
* The entire point of ''[[Koihime Musou]]'', but especially Kan'u. Even more so in the first game.
* Child Link and both Toon [[Heroic Mime|Links]] from the ''[[The Legend of Zelda|Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise. Even adult Link tends to get a "d'aww" out of fans when he gets his cute on.
** [[Lampshaded]] by [[Chuggaaconroy]] in his [[Let's Play]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The
**
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time
** Grown-up Luigi is more badass than you'd think. And many fangirls consider him adorable.
** Also, the various assistants from ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' - Bombette, Goombario, Bow and
* ''[[Super Mario Brothers
**
* The four main protagonists of ''[[EarthBound]]''.
** Pippi of ''[[MOTHER 1|EarthBound
** Everyone from ''[[Mother 3]]''
* Peter the Phoenix from ''[[Shining Force]] 2''.
* Starfy and Starly from the ''[[The Legendary Starfy|Starfy]]'' series
* Taokaka from ''[[BlazBlue]]'' may not look adorable, and she can be pretty deadly in combat, but just look at the way she talks and acts in her story mode in a game full of psychos, monsters, and jaded veterans
**
** And then there's Carl Clover. The [[Cheerful Child]] who has the game's only ''[[Game Breaker|infinite combo]]''.
** Also, Makoto Nanaya. A squirrel girl (
* Felicia from the ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' series, acts more catlike than human and is just too damn cute.
* ''[[Xenogears]]'' has Chu-Chu
* ''[[Xenosaga]]'' gives us Momo, specially in the second game onwards. Junior also counts.
* ''[[Xenoblade]]'' keeps the tradition going with Riki. One of the battle quotes of this [[Adorkable]] "fur ball" is "Riki can win by himself!". And he's not all talk. Far from it!
** [[The Hero|Shulk]], [[The Chick|Fiora]] and Melia also count. Man, this is a [[World of Badass|World Of Badass Adorable]].
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]'
* ''[[Ōkami
**
** Made even more adorable in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom|Marvel VS Capcom 3]]'', in which Ammy is a playable character.
* ''[[Touhou]]''. Quite a ''lot'' of the Girls of Gensokyo are [[Moe|really, really cute]], and they all either have [[Superpower Lottery|crazy powers]] or plenty of [[Bullet Hell|danmaku]] with which to protect themselves.
**
* The ''[[Disgaea]]'' games:
** Princess Sapphire Rhodonite
** Kurtis seems to get this a lot since he reincarnated as a Prinny. Nevermind the fact that he still has the same deep voice and [[Badass|his]] [[Hot-Blooded|character]] is still as it always was.
** Plenair.
** Raspberyl, a [[Fun Size]] [[Token
** Laharl, the cutest little Overlord ever.
** Desco, a living weapon of mass destruction and [[Moe]] little sister of sorts who aspires to be a [[Final Boss]] someday.
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* [[Square Enix]] loves this trope. You've got [[Final Fantasy VI|Moogles]], [[Final Fantasy IX|Black Mages]], [[Final Fantasy XI|Tarutaru]], and even [[Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime|Slimes with battle tanks]]. The [[Killer Rabbit|Tonberrys]] are adorable, but extremely dangerous if one underestimates them.
** There is a young, lovely, cute, spunnky, aloof, innocent, friendly, childish [[Genki Girl]] in almost every ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' game: '''Rydia''', '''Krile''', '''Relm''', '''Yuffie''', '''Selphie''', '''Eiko''', '''Rikku''', '''Penelo''', '''Vanille'''. And all of them cover the [[Badass]] part of the trope. They are capable to decimate anything, be it with bombs, [[Black Magic]], [[Summon Magic]] or just oversized weapons that they shouldn't be able to carry.
** Selphie is willing to blow up a whole missile base, and that's just one of her moments.
** One of Vanille's "battle sayings" is "I'm not all flowers and sunshine!" In a sickeningly cute, sweet, sing-song voice. You could hear the jaws hit the floor when it was learned that [[Moe Moe|cute and cheery]] she had a summon that was a ''[[Small Girl, Big Gun|walking war machine]]''.
** '''Vivi''' from ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]''
** Also '''Tifa''' from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''. Although less adorable than sexy, Tifa is a sweet and wholesome girl ([[Stripperific|although she doesn't dress like one]]) who can dish out one of the biggest damage in the game, with her bare hands!]]
** '''Terra,'''
** [[Half-Identical Twins]] '''Palom''' and '''Porom''' are Badass Adorable ''twins''.
*
* Sora, Roxas, Ven and Xion from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. Still, the absolute best example is none other than '''[[Kingdom Hearts|Mickey Mouse]]''', who they managed to turn into freaking ''[[Star Wars|Yoda]]''
* Aside from ''Final Fantasy'', ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' gives us Mr. Mew. An adorable little cat plush that could rip your eyes out.
** Leah and Marcy from ''[[Chrono Cross]]''.
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' gives us several examples. There's Latooni, [[The Woobie]] who is also
* ''[[Tales (series)]]''
** ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''—Collette Brunel, Presea Combatir, and Genis Sage
** ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]''—Marta Lualdi
** Also Emil. You just wanna hug him... then [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|smack him in the face and tell him to get a hold of himself]].
** ''[[Tales of Rebirth]]''
** ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''—Karol Capel and Estelle, who is surprisingly effective at battle given her gentle nature. Patty as well, in the [[Play Station 3]] version.
** ''[[Tales of Graces]]''—Sophie. Just see it for yourself if you don't [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0RT_Sg7K2E believe] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJGify05etQ&feature=related it].
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** ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''—Anise Tatlin
** ''[[Tales of Eternia]]''—Meredy, one of the cutest video game characters ever but also capable of wiping out the enemy with her summons.
** ''[[Tales of Innocence]]''—Ruca Milda
** ''[[Tales of Xillia]]''—Elise Lutus
* May from ''[[Guilty Gear]]''. Bridget may also qualify [[Wholesome Crossdresser|if you're into that sort of thing]].
* Quite a few characters from ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' can turn out this way.
** [[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones|Amelia]] can take this to an absurd degree if you make her into a General.
** Also Lilina from ''[[Fire Emblem Sword of Seals|Sword Of Seals]]'' and Nino of ''[[Fire Emblem Blazing Sword|Blazing Sword]]''.
* A web video portrays Moon from ''[[Pokemon Sun and Moon]]'' this way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUVVdvnRmOk
* Yuria Bahara from ''[[Fire Emblem Genealogy of Holy War|Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' is a [[Princess Classic]] with a high amount of [[Moe]] ([http://i43.tinypic.com/1zwn1qq.jpg See her here.]), [[The Woobie|who's very shy and somewhat depressing (she's usually depicted as crying. A lot.)]] Mind you, she's a [[Glass Cannon]] stat wise, and would be that way but usually she's got one of two weapons, one is her trademark "Resire" which makes her practically invincible, the other is a stacked [[Game Breaker]]- as she is already, her [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus 20]] Tome, Naga, which, increases her stats by 20 (ignoring the [[Cap]]s, oh and that tome? It fires a Dragon at her hapless foes.
** And there's plenty more in the [[Fire Emblem Tellius|Tellius canon]]: Queen Elincia, Mia, Mist, Sanaki, Ilyana, Rolf, Marcia, Nephenee, Astrid...
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* Gnomes in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', especially the females. That three foot tall gnome with bright pink buns tanking a massive boss four times her size is adorable.
** Four times? Meet [http://www.wowhead.com/npc=22898 Supremus], the Largest boss currently in the game. A Gnome can tank that—it's about 10 to 15 times the size of a Night Elf (a rather tall character).
** Speaking of which, Chromie. Hard to believe [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wowpedia/images/0/09/Chromie_TCG.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20220214031020 this adorable] (and often scatterbrained) dame is one of [[Our Dragons Are Different|the Bronze Dragonflight]], a [[Time Lord]] with unfathomible power over the temporal flow.
* ''[[Ninjabread Man]]''—A cute, little cookie that so happens to know self
* Koromaru from ''[[Persona 3]]''. His victory pose is to cutely scratch himself! Ken Amada, as a ten-year-old cute little boy, might also count. The alternative female protagonist of the PSP version definitely does.
* Choko from ''[[Arc the Lad]]'': at first she's a [[One-Man Army|One Lolita Army]], then, she gets an upgrade and becomes a [[Person of Mass Destruction|Waif of Mass Destruction]].
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** {{spoiler|And in an alternate timeline he waited ''[[The Slow Path|ten years]]'' for the events of that night to play out again, so this time he could convince Sissel to help Lynne.}}
** {{spoiler|Sissel}} is also this, considering he's {{spoiler|actually a little black cat}}. At the end, he's a {{spoiler|little black ''[[Everythings Cuter With Kittens|kitten]]''}}. Awwww.
* A few characters from ''[[Cave Story]]''. King is a Mimiga (a rabbit-man) who takes out [[Recurring Boss|Balrog]] with a single swordstroke. Then there's Quote and Curly who... well, just look at [[
* ''[[Ar tonelico]]'' has Cocona Bartel in the second game. She's about ten years old or so, four-foot-nothing, wears her long hair in pigtails with two absurdly large hair ornaments, and is the main character's adopted little sister. She is a very cheery girl who is always willing to help her big brother and often pouts in the cutest way whenever he's late. Turns out that she accompanies her "big brother" on his knight missions, and fights by taking her hair ornaments off and using them as a sort of transforming baton weapon. Despite her size, she keeps up with the adult frontline fighters, including her older brother. And the kicker? She is a Reyvateil, a species that is usually kept in the back lines far away from the physical fighting.
** Also thanks to her [[BFS]] in her [[Limit Break]].
* The campers of ''[[Psychonauts]]'' are all pre-teen psychics in-training. Most notable is Raz, who not only learns several potent psychic techniques but is also a skilled acrobat due to his life as a [[Roma|Gypsy]] [[Circus Brat]].
* [[Hot Scientist|Liara]] and [[Wrench Wench|Tali]] from ''[[Mass Effect]]''. Liara is a socially awkward archaeologist that has never been in a relationship before, and can scatter enemy troopers like papers in a hurricane and crush tanks like tin cans. Tali is [[Naive Newcomer]] that, similarly to Liara, has never been in a relationship, but can shut down your shields, make your weapons explode, and poison your nervous system with a few taps on her omni-tool.
** {{spoiler|Legion}}, among other [[Badass Automaton|badass]] [[Cold Sniper|desig]][[Friendly Sniper|nations]], also qualifies as Badass [[Adorkable]].
* [[Ratchet and Clank]] from the series of the same name. A cute little fuzzy alien with big round eyes, an incredibly expressive face, and enough weaponry to take down a dozen intergalactic armies
* As stated, a good number of ''[[Pokémon]]'' and even their trainers.
** Also Mew.
** All "cute legendaries" (Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy, Shaymin, Victini) qualify. Notably Jirachi has a [[Faceless Eye|creepy eye]], Celebi can [[Time Travel]], and Shaymin transforms into a more badass form.
** Which is
** The protagonists and their rivals are almost always this, except for a few side game ones who are older.
* [[Opoona]], Copoona, and Poleena all look like Playskool figurines. All of them fight the forces that corrupt half an entire planet.
** This is pretty much their [[Planet of Hats|species hat]]
* Princess, the protagonist of ''[[Magical Pop N|Magical Pop'n]]''.
* Prince Cornelius and Mercedes from ''[[Odin Sphere]]''.
* ''[[Little Samson]]''.
* Leanne from ''[[Resonance of Fate]]'', even in-Universe. Several NPCs ''gush'' about how adorable she is, and as for being a badass... well, she can gun down a tank or two.
*
** The heroes of the game, Max and Monica. Max is a cheerful young inventor who can make almost anything and his inventions never fail. He's also capable of piloting a Ridepod (robot) that can be armed with weapons ranging from [[Power Fist|iron fists]] to [[More Dakka|machine guns]] and [[Macross Missile Massacre|portable missile platforms]]. Monica is a [[Rose-Haired Girl|pink-haired]] [[Magic Knight]] from the future who's not only capable of holding her own in a fight, she's also a [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|princess leading a resistance movement against the forces of Griffon]].
* Patapon and Zigoton warriors in ''[[Patapon]]''. Music enhances that.
* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'''s resident [[Moe]]-fanbait is Sanada Yukimura -- [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|wide-eyed]], [[Skilled but Naive|naive]], [[Undying Loyalty|intensely loyal]], [[Keigo|incredibly polite]]...and [[Chaste Hero|completely oblivious to all things sexual]]. He's also the most stupidly [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Screaming Warrior]] in the series and looks like a fluffy puppy.
* Rebecca Chambers, from the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series. Originally just a pixie-esque medic, we later learn that she fought her way through a night of Lovecraftian horrors before Chris Redfield ever saw his first zombie. Also, in her cameo in the "Mercenaries Reunion" mode in ''Resident Evil 5,'' she sets people on fire.
* ''[[Tekken]]
**
* Dog from ''[[Dragon Age]]'': he is a [[Big Friendly Dog]]... and also a Mabari: a breed of dogs who are basically part of [[The Kingdom|Ferelden's]] elite troops and are used among other things to stop charging knights. While traveling with the Warden, Dog will jump headfirst
** And in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' there is Merrill. She's a thin, naive, innocent, sweet-natured, easily distracted, practicing blood mage and Demon Summoner who becomes a [[Motor Mouth]] when nervous. She also has only offensive magic and vicious combat buffs, not even the slightest healing spell, and fearsome drive to revive the glory of Arlathan for which she is willing to sacrifice her life. Absolutely ''[[Adorkable]]'' and she can a-splode you from half a mile away with her mind.
* The Pet Dragon from ''[[
* [[Ecco the Dolphin]]
* Sunny from ''[[Metal Gear Solid|Metal Gear Solid 4]]''. Seven years old, cute as a button, and able to take down an AI that has effectively taken over the world.
** Otacon
* Dr. Fetus fom ''[[Meat Boy|Super Meat Boy]]''. He may be pretty ugly and be disgusting in some ways, like when you really acknowledge that he's a fetus, but that little fetus body is just adorable!
**
* ''[[Golden Sun]]'':
** Sveta in ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn|Dark Dawn]]'' is a champion of this trope, a ridiculously [[Moe]] [[Memetic Mutation|kitty-dog]]... deer... [[Petting Zoo People|furry person]], who is the series' first warrior-type [[Blow You Away|Wind]] [[Shock and Awe|Adept]] and the series' first true [[Action Girl]] (most have been [[Black Magician Girl|primarily casters]]). And this is before you [[Awesome but Impractical|sack all her Djinn]] to [[Our Werewolves Are Different|turn her into a giant anthropomorphic wolf]] who ''[[Awesome Yet Practical|backhands bosses across the room]]''.
**
* Little Nana of ''[[Vanguard Bandits]]'' who's around twelve, has her hair up in pig-tails and is always followed by her [[Everything's Better with Platypi|platypus pal Kyu-Kyu]], is fully capable of being a terror on the battlefield with her personal [[A Mech by Any Other Name|ATAC]] even when under-leveled.
* ''[[Klonoa]]''
* T3-M4 from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'' and its sequel.
**
** T3's [[Spiritual Successor]] in ''The Old Republic'', T7-01, definitely counts. A cute little astromech droid [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|who hasn't had a memory wipe for at least two centuries]], considers himself the true hero of the story (partially justifiable, considering that [[The Gump|he had front row seats to the start of the last war]]) and is the first astromech droid who had his language translated - and he is speaking in equations! That is the first companion character a Jedi Knight gets. [[Beware the Nice Ones|He is a tank]].
* Veronica from ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''. She's a sarcastic [[Invisible to Gaydar]] Brotherhood Scribe, with a compulsion against showing her hair. She's also [[Megaton Punch|very good with a Power Fist]]. Being voiced by [[Felicia Day]] might also have something to do with this.
**
* Dewy from ''[[Dewys Adventure]]''.
* [[Lego Adaptation Game]]s are known to do this
* ''Every'' single playable character of the two ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'' games can be considered as one.
* Milly from ''[[Baten Kaitos]] Origins''. She's the sheltered daughter of an Alfard nobleman, and she has ''butterfly wings''. She also dual-wields clubs and can kick you across the room.
** Sagi
* Despite being an online golf game Kooh from ''[[Pangya]]''. The 11 year old [[Token
* [[Adorable Evil Minions|Turrets]] from the ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' games. They will shoot the crap out of anything they target, but the things they say are incredibly adorable.
* In ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' one of the Bounty Hunter's companions is Blizz. He's a Jawa, ya know those cute robed little guys with glowy yellow eyes? He's a tank. He also ''[[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|wields a rocket launcher]]''.
* From ''[[Eternal Sonata]]'':
** The twins, March and Salsa. A pair of a adorable
** Beat, an
** Polka, a sweet young teen with [[Ill Girl|an unspecified illness]]. Her [[Parasol of Pain|parasol is a powerful weapon]], and she has some good magic in her arsenal.
* Many girls of the [[Rance]] Series qualify.
* Tux from ''[[SuperTux]]''. A badass [[Everything's Better with Penguins|penguin]] who would go on whatever dangerous adventure just to [[Berserk Button|get his kidnapped girlfriend Penny back]].
* [[Pikmin]] are not to be trifled with, and they're able to take down the hugest of enemies when Olimar groups them into armies.
* ''[[Maple Story]]'' with its chibi-heroes and cute monsters. It's even focused on in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgvqpEwf4Oo the Armed and Adorable promotional short.]
=== [[Visual Novels]] ===
* The [[Key Visual Arts]] games have a few in starring roles (see the entry for details).
* Pearl Fey from ''[[Phoenix Wright]]'' is a powerful candidate, since she's saved the day quite a few times by channeling Mia. She even slapped Franziska Von Karma!
** For someone who is ostensibly the series' main [[Damsel in Distress]], Maya certainly makes herself useful under the direst situations.
** An evil example of this trope would be {{spoiler|Dahlia Hawthorne}}. Not everyone has the guts to {{spoiler|jump from a bridge into a river known for its deadly speed just to steal a jewel.}}
**
* Arcueid from ''[[Tsukihime]]'' is more well known for being a bit [[Cloudcuckoolander|adorably ditzy]] than being [[Sweater Girl|sexy.]] Also known more for her [[Person of Mass Destruction|outrageously broken strength]].
** The [[Nasuverse]] is peppered with this trope, come to think of it. The ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' girls all have their moments, and some would even regard [[Knife Nut|Shiki]] as one.
** Ilya is probably the most prominent there.
* The [[Trope Namer]] is Green Mega Man (The Mega-speaking, mega-hyperactive, mega-side kick from ''[[Captain N]]''), from ''[[Captain SNES]]''. Even the Cynical, rude, and foul-mouthed bastard that is Alex Williams, thinks Green Mega is Adorably Badass.
* Ruby Gem, the little toddler vampire girl from ''[[Monsterful]]''.
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* Several of the younger characters in ''[[Drowtales]]'' are like this due to the way drow age making them look like young children even when in their 20s, but Ariel is probably the best example, since she looks about 8 and has already kicked the asses of several people who've gone after her. Generally speaking even cute little kids in ''Drowtales'' can kick loads of ass since they live in a [[Crapsack World]] and pretty much ''have'' to in order to stay alive.
* Most of the cast of ''[[Digger]]'' is this. Digger herself, Ed, Shadowchild, Murai...
* Little Rorschach in a ''Gunshow'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20100420080404/http://gunshowcomic.com/d/20090312.html story arc].
* Bridget the Zombie from ''[[Far Out There]]''. Especially in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160826020223/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1072504/page-256-pwnage/ this comic].
* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' has Jigsaw Forte, [[Furry Comic|among others.]]
* Tycho's cousin Anne, or "Annarchy" in ''[[Penny Arcade]]'', tearing up zombies with a [[Star Trek|bat'leth]]. Her alter-ego "Anne-Claire" in ''[[Penny Arcade Adventures]]'' sports a [[Kill Sat]] attack.
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has had a few including Princess-Princess who is really Secret Angel Princess-Princess. Especially when she figures out how stupid that sounds out loud. Secret Cranky Office Temp could also qualify. Aylee in a couple of her forms was adorable and could either swallow you whole or burn you to a crisp. Obviously Oasis, the ultimate cutie when she's not taking out entire armies single handed. Being bat-shit insane can have her going from one to the other in nanoseconds. And then there is Bun Bun; a cute little mini-lop with floppy ears, aww. That is until you look deep into those big dark eyes and see how much you are going to suffer if you don't get out of his face right now, toots.
* ''[[Sugar Bits]]''. Bleedman is possibly the only person in the world who can make a cookie badass. And this is without mentioning Bo, the ridiculously adorable and tiny sheep... who will do [https://web.archive.org/web/20130915190713/http://sugar.snafu-comics.com/index.php?comic_id=102 this] if you screw with her friends.
* The Racconans from ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'' are an entire nation of tiny Raccoon-like humanoids... ...Nearly all of which can unleash powerful magics in self-defence, have perfected magical engineering to the point they're nearly an industrial power in an age of knights and castles, and most Racconan communities have huge militias. Add to that an attitude of [[Combat Pragmatist|combat pragmatism]] and an insidious cunning, and you have a nation of 2 foot tall critters that has thus far squashed every invasion thus attempted on
* ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]'', Lucy can kick a whole lot more ass than is apparent.
* In the same vein as ''Earthbound'', the kids from ''[[Homestuck]]'', even the [[Ugly Cute]] Trolls. Yes, those ''are'' thirteen-year-old tykes, casually manipulating time, space and ''the universe itself'', fighting hordes that make the [[Zerg Rush|Zerg]] look conservative and blowing up stars.(Special mention goes to [[Little Miss Snarker|Rose]] and [[Catgirl|Nepeta]].)
** Taken up to eleven with Jade's {{spoiler|God Tier form, which gave her her pet dog's [[Reality Warper]] powers - and dog ears.}}
* ''[[Ronin Galaxy]]'': Cecil gives his opponent a cheesy little v-sign before [https://web.archive.org/web/20120715004551/http://www.roningalaxy.com/comics/chapter-1/page-23/ dispatching] of him. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120715011228/http://www.roningalaxy.com/comics/chapter-1/page-40/ Twice.]
* Generally speaking, ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''{{'}}s Reynardine is either a [[Big Badass Wolf]] or a not-so-nice (or cute) stuffed animal
* Several characters in ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' qualify, but the undisputed champion is Coney Dewclaw, a three-year-old diaper-wearing bunny rabbit. She's also half-wolf (on her mother's side), and effortlessly devours slavering carnivores five times her size in a single panel.
* ''[[The Oswald Chronicles]]''{{'}}s eponymous Oswald, a mouse with pince-nez glasses, a bow-tie and a vest. Also, enough magical mojo to go toe to toe with the greatest sorcerer alive.
* The animal forms of ''[[But I'm a Cat Person]]''{{'}}s shapeshifting Beings include an adorable puppy and a fluffy pink rabbit. Some of their human appearances [https://web.archive.org/web/20190710173819/http://www.bicatperson.com/comic/chapter-three-page-two/ are pretty cute too].
* Morty of ''[[Suppression]]'' is described as a walking sphere of primal, powerful magic energy. He has (in teaming up with Kirk) devastated demons much larger than him and taken out an entire row of houses after turning into a BFG{{Context|reason=A Big Freaking Gun, a Big Friendly Giant or something else?}}. And he is absolutely adorable.
* While the titular character of ''[[Charby the Vampirate]]'' is stuck looking like an cute if sharp toothed kid, he took out a ship full of pirates on his ninth birthday, and has only gotten cooler since then.
* Jack Hawkin from ''[[Zokusho Comics]]'' is a foot shorter than anyone else on his team and considerably younger. He is obviously extremely pleased by a simple compliment on his chess playing abilities. Just a few pages later he's calling down lightning to fry the enemies he isn't just setting on fire.
* Platypus from ''[[Vinigortonio]]'' may look like an ordinary platypus but can actually hold his own in a fight and even infiltrate the police department without being noticed.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Jade Sinclair (Generator) of the ''[[Whateley Universe]]''. Cute as a button, looks like she's only eleven... and has scared the holy <censored> out of violent villains like Bloodwolf and Killstench. Bloodwolf controls a werewolf spirit and likes hurting people. He got stapled to a tree with railroad spikes. Do not make Generator mad at you. And then there's the Syndicate hardsite she destroyed... after being tortured nearly to death, stabbed through the heart, then {{spoiler|gives herself CPR and plays dead until her regen kicks in, then she goes about killing half the base herself with jagged metal objects and raising her victims as "zombies". It starts to cross the line into [[Grotesque Cute]]
▲== Web Original ==
▲* Jade Sinclair (Generator) of the ''[[Whateley Universe]]''. Cute as a button, looks like she's only eleven... and has scared the holy <censored> out of violent villains like Bloodwolf and Killstench. Bloodwolf controls a werewolf spirit and likes hurting people. He got stapled to a tree with railroad spikes. Do not make Generator mad at you. And then there's the Syndicate hardsite she destroyed... after being tortured nearly to death, stabbed through the heart, then {{spoiler|gives herself CPR and plays dead until her regen kicks in, then she goes about killing half the base herself with jagged metal objects and raising her victims as "zombies". It starts to cross the line into [[Grotesque Cute]], really.}}
▲* Yuki from ''[[The Return (fanfic)|The Return]]'' loves pink, glitter, colouring books, looks about 13-14ish, and she will fuck you up.
* Flippy from ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''.
▲* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fangame ''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/579165 Super Filly Adventure]'', this is what becomes of the main character Jade in the warrior ending. {{spoiler|Essentially, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|she SOLO PWNS A DRAGON!]] With a MAGIC SPEAR.}}.
* Kid LeBron from ''[[The Lebrons (web animation)|The Lebrons]]''.
* Let's take ''[[My Little Pony:
* feralAncient, oceanRising, flintlockEnthusiast, familyFun [[Loads and Loads of Characters|for starters]] from ''[[Adult Stuck]]''. Given most of the cast starts out at 11, this is probably to be expected.
* Ruby Rose, Nora Valkyrie, and Velvet Scarlatina from ''[[RWBY]]''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Nibbler from ''[[Futurama]]'' probably falls under this category. There's practically a whole episode devoted to how adorable the crew find him (much to Bender's chagrin), and in as the series progresses, it is revealed that {{spoiler|the Nibblonian race was already 17 years old at the time of the big bang, and are charged with protecting the Earth from the evil Brainspawn}} and also that Nibbler himself had a fairly big part to play in {{spoiler|getting Fry cryogenically frozen for 1000 years in the first place}}.
** As an ancient, super-intelligent beings, the Nibblonians resent being regarded as adorable. Nibbler, himself gets fed up with it in season six:
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* ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' has Korra's [[Establishing Character Moment]] take place with a [[Dynamic Entry]], where she [[Dishing Out Dirt|Earthbends]] a wall [[There Was a Door|across the room]], [[No Indoor Voice|loudly and proudly]] proclaims herself the Avatar, and demonstrates by bending three elements at once. ''[[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|She's four.]]''
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''—Described on their own page as "Cute [[Flying Brick]]s".
** Specifically [[The Kirk|Bubbles]] who is far and away the most adorable of all of them. Only one time does she ever truly get angry. After [[Took a Level in Badass|taking a level in badass]] she becomes more than a match for both sisters, easily beating them up by herself.{{Context|reason=where?}}
* Dot Warner from ''[[Animaniacs]]''.
* ''[[Shirt Tales]]'', by 80's Saturday morning standards at any rate.
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* Timmy Turner from ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' has confronted bullies, aliens, and {{spoiler|the Darkness}} ever since his Fairies showed up.
** Poof, at times, especially in episodes with his [[Evil Counterpart|Anti-Fairy counterpart]], [[Enfante Terrible|Foop]].
* [[Opposite Gender Clone|Danielle]] from ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' who looks like an adorable little tomboy and constantly in danger due to her [[Unstable Genetic Code|unstable form]] proves even if she doesn't possess as much power as Danny himself, she can still dish out the damage when
** And depending on who you ask, Danny himself.
* Meap from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''. He's an intergalactic cop who roams the universe busting people who do stuff they're not supposed to do.
{{quote|'''Mitch''': Okay, okay, I surrender! You can stop behaving in a way counter-intuitive to how you superficially appear!}}
** Perry the Platypus counts as well. As his theme song states, he's a ''semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal'' '''''of action'''''.
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** The Fireside Girls as a whole. One of their achievement patches is ''wrestling an alligator.''
** ...which is nothing compared to one of their others, which was ''moving a mountain with their bare hands.'' And this was played for laughs!
**
* June from ''[[KaBlam!]]!'' appears as a cute tomboyish little girl, yet get her mad and take cover.
** This might also relate to Loopy, though her temper isn't as
** Jetcat is also very much this trope.
* Jenny from ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]''.
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{{quote|'''Sonia''': (smiles sweetly) What? I don't like the dark!}}
* Snap from ''[[ChalkZone]]''. He appears as a cute little chalk drawing with huge eyes and a big heart, but can get very aggressive if you harm one of his friends.
** Rudy can also be one to an extent.
* The eponymous ''[[Kim Possible]]'', Rufus and
* Sam, Clover, and Alex from ''[[Totally Spies!]].''
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|
** Maggie Simpson. {{spoiler|She shot Mr. Burns. Also, when the whole town failed to confront the mobsters who were threatening to murder Homer Simpson, Maggie shot all of them from her bedroom when they arrived at the house. Homer didn't see her do it, but when he heard those gunshots and saw those mobsters fall to the ground, he said "I must have a guardian angel with a rifle." The irony is, this approach might have put her into some sort of [[Enfante Terrible]] [[Anti-Hero]] category if not for how obvious it was that [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|her targets deserved it]].}}
* [[Bugs Bunny]].
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* Kit Cloudkicker of ''[[Tale Spin]]'', master of [[Sky Surfing]] and [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]] to Baloo. Molly to a lesser extent may also apply.
* [[Gentle Giant|Eduardo]] from ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''. He's a cute purple friendly monster, but hurt someone he likes...
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* Heloise from ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' is an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Enfant Terrible]] who beats and murders anyone who sets off her [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]...but she just looks so darn [[Moe]] while doing it.
* A lot of the G1 ''[[My Little Pony]]'' gang was this. Especially certain Ponies like Firefly, Gusty, and Galaxy.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
** Fluttershy is normally a quiet, timid pegasus who is a [[Friend to All Living Things]], but ''
**
** Twilight Sparkle is the pony equivalent of [[X-Men|Jean Grey]], down to the huge power and even more powerful mentor.
** Rarity, the most [[The Fashionista|prim and proper]] of the [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Mane]] [[Fan Nickname|Cast]], has one reaction to a manticore charging at her: ''kick it in the face''. Also, [[Pity the Kidnapper|Rarity vs. the Diamond Dogs.]]
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** [[Life of the Party|Pinkie Pie]]. She may be a [[Sarcasm Mode|slightly]] ditzy [[Cloudcuckoolander]], but is smart enough to thwart a parasprite infestation and can blast away boredom with her [[Abnormal Ammo|Party Cannon!]]
*** And Celestia help you if you [[Berserk Button|break a Pinkie Promise!]]
** ''The Great and Powerful'' Trixie -- [[The Lord of the Rings|Saruman]] as a pony! A subversion in that her magic is almost entirely looks; the only thing she seems to be good at is putting on a show and telling tall tales.
* This is more or less [[Mickey Mouse]]'s main characterization; he's cheerful and upbeat, but he always manages to save the day in the end. In particular, he [[Took a Level in Badass|takes a level in badass]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Epic Mickey]]''.
** And in the [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe|comics]] too—since the very start (in 1930). Watch him fight crooks, pirates, etc. with pistols, lead pipes (!) or just his fists; he might be a nice guy, but he's no sucker.
** His half-brother, [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]], ain't such a pushover himself. Notwithstanding his role in ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', stunts pulled in Oswald's shorts included beating up a [[Everything's Worse with Bears|huge bear]] and [[Fur Is Clothing|relieving it of its fur coat]] and grabbing a gun and pumping a live lion full of lead.
* Wasp from ''[[The Avengers: Earth's
* The main six kids in ''[[Recess]]'', and they all [[Took a Level in Badass|take a level in badass]] in ''[[Recess: School's Out]]''. Spinelli is
** T.J. Detweiler. Short, chubby, wide-eyed, sweet, and adorable. He's also the leader of the gang, who's responsible for all of their awesome moments.
** Then you have [[Naive Newcomer]] Gus Griswald, who
** Outside the main six, you've got Miss Grotke, the kids' fourth grade teacher who is absolutely ''adorable''...and a martial arts expert.
* The Trollz in ''[[Trollz]]'', particularly Amethyst, Topaz, and Sapphire.
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* From ''[[Titan Maximum]]'', we have Clare the dealiest assassin in the solar system. She looks seven (Gibbs assures Jodi she's really 24) and acts the same with a love of all things cute, especially bugs and frogs. [[Ax Crazy|Unless she's killing someone.]]
* Quailman, a.k.a. [[Doug]], who's Badass [[Adorkable]].
**
* Rocko from ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' can be a real asskicker when he gets mad.
* Peng the snow leopard cub from ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]: Legends Of Awesomeness''.
*
** The [[Cute Kitten]] [[Trickster Twins]] the Thunderkittens can outwit giant trolls by dosing themselves with a fruit that induces [[Caffeine Bullet Time]] and leading them straight into carefully laid tripwire.
** The [[Lilliputians|Lilliputian]] [[Plant Person]] Emrick is a swordsman who counts a bird many times his size as his lifelong nemesis. The bird is as tall as a human, while Emrick would fit in one's hand.
** The Drifter is an ever-smiling [[Rascally Rabbit]] who manages to dance circles around highly-skilled (and highly agitated) swordsmen, all without much in the way of weapons himself.
* All main
* ''[[Metalocalypse
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Far, ''far'' too many individual examples to list, but chances are that a good percentage of mammalian, reptilian, and avian predators (in their infancy, at least) are strong candidates. Realize that, cuteness aside, any animal that hasn't lived a completely domesticated life has to survive in nature, fighting for food
** ''[[Cracked.com]]'' presents [http://www.cracked.com/article_15853_6-cutest-animals-that-can-still-destroy-you.html the six cutest animals that can (and will) destroy you.]
* Cats,
**
** Some articles have described cats as not being truly domesticated. This makes sense. If your cat leaves home, he or she has a great chance of being able to survive in the wild hunting things like a furry little Rambo. Your chihuahua, not so much.
** Speaking of ''Cracked'' articles, there's also their article about [http://www.cracked.com/article_18963_6-cats-more-badass-than-you-and-most-superheroes.html six cats more badass than you and most superheroes.]
** Also, the page quotation refers to sand cats, a particular variety of small cats found in the desert, and one that looks much like domestic cats. [http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CpxM2n4MBPs/S1aK698IclI/AAAAAAAADU4/fsGTa_6ZKL0/P1010225.JPG Just look at them!] How could that not give off both a "badass" vibe and an "adorable" vibe at the same time?
** There is a Eurasian species of "small" wildcat known as the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|fishing cat]]. This famous news article about a Russian family who owns one as a pet shouldn't leave any question as to why it qualifies as Badass Adorable: [http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2009/07/05/russian-pet/ WARNING: Some images might upset you. Others you will want to hug.]
** There's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAF8gMN9c0
* Alexis Goggins.
* A lot of recent boot camp graduates can qualify as this. A lot of them are only 17, 18, or 19 years old at the time, so they can look just as adorable as any other young adult. And they fight wars.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCFd-Iks5g Zhenya Tabakov.]
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** Honeybees have barbed stingers that cause the stinger and several organs to be torn out when the bee stings, killing the bee. However, bumblebees, like wasps, have smooth stingers and can sting you as many times as they like.
* [[Zoe Bell]]. Described in the script for ''[[Grindhouse|Death Proof]]'' as "cute as a bug's ear [[New Zealand|Kiwi]] stuntwoman". Has doubled for such actresses as [[Uma Thurman]] in ''[[Kill Bill]]'' and [[Lucy Lawless]] on ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''. In ''Death Proof'', she rides the hood of a speeding car, and roundhouses Stuntman Mike in the face, knocking him on his ass.
* [http://www.graciekyra.com Kyra Gracie]
* Dogs. They are adorable with their big eyes, ears, droopy/smiling faces and wagging tails aren't they? Well, some have been bred for herding livestock, hunting, rodent control, guarding, helping fishermen with nets, and pulling loads, in addition to their roles as companions. They can also serve as service dogs such as guide dogs, utility dogs, assistance dogs, hearing dogs, rescue dogs, and psychological therapy dogs provide assistance to individuals with physical or mental disabilities.
** They are the descendants of [[Big Badass Wolf|wolves]], who are known to have incredibly powerful, bone-crushing jaws, ridiculous amounts of stamina, and hearing and sense of smell beyond human comprehension, and enough intelligence to work together and use surprisingly complex strategies to take down prey several times more powerful than themselves. Almost all dogs have at least some of these traits left over. Suffice it to say that most domestic dogs, including the smaller ones, (barring such intense human manipulation as is seen in the chihuahua) are almost as tough as their wolf ancestors- and a few are even tougher.
** See also [http://www.cracked.com/article_16471_wolves-in-sheeps-clothing-badass-roots-5-sissy-dogs.html these] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131122060305/http://www.cracked.com/article/133_7-dogs-that-accomplished-more-than-we-ever-will/ articles] from ''[[Cracked.com]]''.
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* Skunks are quite adorable if left alone. However, they tend to walk around rather boldly and have been known to stand up to bears and mountain lions, normally ending by sending the predator running with a face full of musk, and if they're smart they don't come back. If their spray fails, they can resort to tooth and claw fighting, and can seriously mess you up. And mother skunks are [[Mama Bear|quite protective of their children]], making them even more [[Badass]].
* Soldiers in [[The Vietnam War]] were warned about young girls selling items such as cold sodas in the street, who wore concealed explosives that they would detonate once enough U.S. soldiers got within range.
**
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWeldHtJgI Squirrels.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoYpJqFNj40 This swordswoman]. Calm, collected, precise... and she jumps for joy when she masters a sword stroke.
* [[wikipedia:Lycaon pictus|Painted wolves]]
* Cheerleaders. Seriously. Studies have found that [https://web.archive.org/web/20120104005140/http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/09/19/sports-injury-research-cheerleading-riskier-football/ cheerleading can be more dangerous than even American football.] Little to no padding, intense gymnastics, and intense competition cause there to be a higher risk for catastrophic damage than many sports. Plus they have to look good doing it.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyqG1rI5l70 Grasshopper mice.]
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* Mongooses are known for being able to kill venomous snakes. The Indian gray mongoose in particular can hunt and kill a ''King Cobra'', one of the most dangerous snakes in the world.
* [http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/02/in-the-web-of-the-velvet-worm/ Velvet worms.] Probably another [[Ugly Cute]] example, but they're soft and squishy things that crawl slowly over the forest floor on stubby legs. And are predators. That can kill prey the size of tarantulas. (They do it by spraying a [[Crazy Awesome|sticky slime that quickly hardens into a net]] to trap their prey. And then they close in and eat the helpless prey alive.)
* Tasmanian devils. They're pudgy, fuzzy little black critters with a perma-scowl who are infamous for their frenzied screeching and the sheer ferocity that they display when eating
* Bears in general, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob_oD1IsYbE but especially polar bears.]
* [[Big Badass Bird of Prey|Birds of prey]], like falcons and eagles, are so [http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/images/prairie-falcon-4.jpg adorably feathery and big-eyed...]{{Dead link}} now [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wwvPLPntZk here's a video of eagles killing foxes and wolves.]
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* Badgers in general. They have cute little stripey-faces, stocky bodies, and also have razor-sharp claws and teeth which they can use to defend themselves (Though, normally, they will just try to burrow away. Those claws are mainly for digging, after all). Special mention goes to the Honey Badger, which has become a [[Memetic Badass]] due to its fearless nature.
* [[Audie Murphy]]: just click through and look at the cute, apparently-teenaged boy wearing what appears to be his dad's, granddad's and uncle's medals, and then scroll down to learn that he earned them all himself, and the crazy things he did in the process.
* Female [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutillidae velvet ants] are fuzzy, cuddly-looking flightless wasps that squeak when distressed and have mellow, easy-going temperaments. However, they're incredibly durable and hard to kill, and those that try will likely be on the receiving end of one of the most agonizingly painful stings in the animal kingdom.
* Dolphins seem to [[Perpetual Smiler|smile all the time]] but that [[Beware the Nice Ones|doesn't always equate to]] being a friendly, peace-loving creature. Indeed their "smile" is a mere [[Cheshire Cat Grin|consequence of their anatomy]] completely unrelated to their temperament. Groups of dolphins have been witnessed hunting down ''sharks'', for example. And there have been a couple of tragic accidents involving humans as well.
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