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One man's snarling three headed dog is another man's cute little puppy.
 
A Fluffy Tamer is a person skilled with animals, and is especially good at the kind of snarling beasts which qualify to be called [[Fluffy the Terrible]]. A Fluffy Tamer isn't merely good with such creatures, they are the ones most likely to name them "Fluffy" in the first place. To them, such creatures are as adorable as any kitten or similar house pet. They would either be mortally offended by the idea of [[What Measure Is a Non -Cute?]] or hold it in completely opposite regard than your average person. The main drawback of such a pastime seems to be having to [[Hands Off My Fluffy|deal with consequences]] of [[Muggles]] and [[Idiot Hero|Idiot Heroes]] freaking out when they see a beast and mistake Fluffy Tamer for [[Distressed Damsel]] or something. [[Overused Running Gag|Repeatedly]].
 
Such characters are frequently a [[Friend to All Living Things]]. Other times this preference may only extend so far and won't encompass ''all'' scary beasts but perhaps just a particular kind. They may also be a [[Nightmare Fetishist]], who finds beauty in all things terrifying.
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A surefire sign of a Fluffy Tamer is speaking to such ravaging beasts in [[Baby Talk]] and ''not'' getting eaten. If the [[Fluffy Tamer]] works by being terrifying to all animals, she's less likely to call him Fluffy and more likely to [[And Call Him George|name him George]]. Compare [[Admiring the Abomination]], where the character is more impressed than afraid of Fluffy's acid spit and fifteen-inch fangs; contrast [[Animals Hate Him]], who may ''think'' they're good with animals but really aren't.
 
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
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* In ''[[Durarara]]'', [[Headless Horseman|Celty]] turns out to have named her massive, undead, headless horse-turned-motorcycle [[Fluffy the Terrible|Shooter]]. She thinks the way it terrifies random passers-by on the street is adorable.
* In Episode 13 of ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (Manga)|A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'', Mitsuko Kongo arrives to a gathering with a snake wrapped around her. Everyone freaks, except Uiharu who coos over the snake and rushes over to pet it. Also, [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics|the snake wears a bow]].
* In ''[[Softenni]]'', the tennis club is attacked by a [[EverythingsEverything's Worse With Bears|ginormous bear]]. Kurusu fights it to a standstill, naked. Then makes it so the rest of the team (except Chitose, who's carried by the neck of her uniform in its mouth) can ride it the rest of the way up the mountain. Then Kurusu waves goodbye to the bear, calling it her friend.
 
 
== [[Comics]] ==
* In the [[XX XenophileXXXenophile]] story "Rescue 911 a.d.," the unnamed hero goes goes into the dragon's lair not to kill it or take its treasure but to "ease its loneliness." May not count because {{spoiler|he's half-dragon}}.
* In one [[Marvel Adventures]] issue, Hercules comes by and asks the Avengers to pet-sit two of his dogs: giant monstrous underworld hounds, one with three and one with two heads (though Hercules tells them apart by their different spots...) I even think one of them was the actual Cerberus... Anyway, not only does he treat them like cute puppies, ''so do the Avengers'', who have [[Heroes Gone Fishing|nothing better to do]] and start treating them stupid tricks.
** This is the Avengers. They're the people who put "fight off invading alien armada" on their list of 10 things to do before lunch.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Video Game)|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]'' has an NPC standing outside Amity Park (which only admits "cute" Pokémon) complaining about discrimination against his Steelix.
** Thanks to the complete aversion of [[What Measure Is a Non -Cute?]] any Pokémon trainer can become one of these. Want to raise a giant fire breathing dragon and call it Snookums? Sure, why not? The embodiment of nightmares? Player Characters will be Player Characters. However the Tamer Class among [[NPC|NPCs]] is the closest to this trope.
* Pet classes in MMOs will often count. For example, Hunters from ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' can tame things like Devilsaurs and Core Hounds.
** An NPC example is Watcher Leesa'oh at the Cenarion Watchpost in Zangarmarsh, who gushes over her beloved tiger, Buddy.
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* Charlotte from ''[[Making Fiends]]'' has the ability to friend most, if not all, of the fiends Vendetta makes, even to the ability to taming all her guard dog puppies, and keeping them as pets.
* Noah from ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]''. When the contestants get attacked by an angry yeti in Paris, he's able to train it to play fetch with an imaginary ball via [[All Animals Are Dogs]]. This is justified as he mentions that the trick 'always works on my dog'.
* Fluttershy from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' is the [[Friend to All Living Things]]. This includes mythical creatures and giant monsters. Example? In the second part of the pilot, she calmly flies up to a Manticore that'd been kicking the group's butt, pulls a thorn out of it's paw, and calms it down, all without a hint of fear.
** It licks her.
** Though she has her limits. In "Feeling Pinkie Keen", a vicious Hydra is determined to devour her, and she can't do anything but flee for her life.
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