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{{quote|''I have created wounded art. An uncompromising weapon that, in a fit of graceful agony, will rend and tear until there is nothing left. This creature '''is''' death.''

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* The diabolical crime lord from ''[[RoboCop]]'' has the unassuming name of Clarence. In keeping with the joke, he also looks like a balding, spectacled accountant.

* In the [[The Muppets|Muppet]] version of "[[The Frog Prince]]", the evil witch has a very large ogre henchman named "Sweetums."

** He's something of a subversion in later ~~appearances -- although~~ still a very large, ferocious-looking ogre, the name fits his ''personality'' perfectly; he's a sweet [[Gentle Giant]]. When he ''does'' appear as a villain, he's virtually guaranteed to have a [[Heel Face Turn]] (as in ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'') or turn out to be a [[Punch Clock Villain]]. (a role he plays along with the other Flying Monkeys in ''[[The Wizard of Oz|The Muppet Wizard of Oz]]'')

** He's something of a subversion in later appearances—although still a very large, ferocious-looking ogre, the name fits his ''personality'' perfectly; he's a sweet [[Gentle Giant]]. When he ''does'' appear as a villain, he's virtually guaranteed to have a [[Heel Face Turn]] (as in ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'') or turn out to be a [[Punch Clock Villain]]. (a role he plays along with the other Flying Monkeys in ''[[The Wizard of Oz|The Muppet Wizard of Oz]]'')

* Prince Nuada in ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]] II: The Golden Army'' has a large cave troll with a robotic fist on a chain. He calls him Mr. Wink. He's named after Selma Blair's one-eyed dog.

* Audrey II, the giant man-eating venus flytrap of ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''

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** Adora Belle Dearhart. Despite her cutesy name - which she hates - she chainsmokes, prefers golems to people, has a ''very'' dry sense of humour, and can do nasty things to your feet with her stilettos.

* An [[Empathic Weapon]] sort-of example from ''[[Dragaera]]''- The owner of the Great Weapon Godslayer thinks that its/her name is melodramatic and instead calls her by the name of the person whose personality she has (from eating her soul, no less.) Thus, we get a magical knife that can and does destroy souls entirely accidentally, eliminates magical effects, and was designed to kill the Demon Goddess Verra (who, despite the title, is not a villain, exactly)... and it's referred to as {{spoiler|Lady Teldra}}.

* One of the major plots in [[The Diamond Age]] revolves about a chinese crime lord suspected to deal in child trafficing {{spoiler|but is actually rescuing tens of thousands of abandoned baby girls and raising them in secret over many years with heavy use of nano technology to be an army of [[Tyke Bomb~~|Tyke Bombs~~]]}}. As the chinese love to give flowery names to things, he calles them the Mouse Army. Even {{spoiler|at the age of twelve}} they become the largest and by far strongest army in the civil war.

* One of the major plots in [[The Diamond Age]] revolves about a chinese crime lord suspected to deal in child trafficing {{spoiler|but is actually rescuing tens of thousands of abandoned baby girls and raising them in secret over many years with heavy use of nano technology to be an army of [[Tyke Bomb]]s}}. As the chinese love to give flowery names to things, he calles them the Mouse Army. Even {{spoiler|at the age of twelve}} they become the largest and by far strongest army in the civil war.

* The [[Anti-Hero]] protagonist of the ''[[Burke]]'' novels by [[Andrew Vachss]] has a hulking Neapolitan mastiff named Pansy. This is intentional as authorities are automatically suspicious of dogs with names like 'Killer' or 'Satan,' and tough guys are reluctant to report that they were savaged by a dog named 'Pansy.'

* In the ancient Roman novel ''The Satyricon'', one character has a hulking watchdog whose name translates as "Puppy" and apparently, this was a joke also found in some earlier satirical works. This makes this trope [[Older Than Feudalism]].

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* Tibbles from ''[[iCarly]]'', the pooch of Fred/Lucas, described by Freddie as being either a large dog or a small bear.

* In ''[[Stargate Atlantis]],'' you knew the child [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|princess]] was going to be trouble the second you found out her name was "Harmony." She didn't disappoint.

** Also in ''[[Stargate Atlantis|Atlantis]]'', Colonel Sheppard routinely names the big scary [[Space Vampire~~|Space Vampires~~]] things like "Bob", "Steve", etc.

** Also in ''[[Stargate Atlantis|Atlantis]]'', Colonel Sheppard routinely names the big scary [[Space Vampire]]s things like "Bob", "Steve", etc.

* [[Gender Blender Name|Jayne]], [[The Big Guy]] of the ''[[Firefly]]'' crew, is a human example, and he's named his [[BFG]] ''[[I Call It Vera|Vera]]''. Also, the single most dangerous, violent, and destructive member of the crew has the gentle, pastoral name of [[Waif Fu|River]].

** And naming the ship ''Serenity''? Not remotely as comforting as it sounds.

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* The moat monster in ''[[A Vampyre Story]]'' is called Inky.

** Well, Froderick calls him Inky. No one else calls him anything, so it could just be Froderick being derogatory (since said lake monster's defining feature is that he is an inky black amorphous blob).

* One of the most fearsome [[Space Pirate~~|Space Pirates~~]] in ''[[Tachyon the Fringe|Tachyon: The Fringe]]'' is Redship ''Rory''. Jake, being voiced by [[Bruce Campbell]], can't help but make fun of the name the first time they meet (as much as an encounter in space counts as a meeting). Rory doesn't appreciate the humor and sends his [[Mook~~|Mooks~~]] to kill the hero.

* One of the most fearsome [[Space Pirate]]s in ''[[Tachyon the Fringe|Tachyon: The Fringe]]'' is Redship ''Rory''. Jake, being voiced by [[Bruce Campbell]], can't help but make fun of the name the first time they meet (as much as an encounter in space counts as a meeting). Rory doesn't appreciate the humor and sends his [[Mook]]s to kill the hero.

** On the other hand, Rory got the nickname Redship following a rumor of him painting his ship with the blood of his enemies.

* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Death Smiles]]'' is a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] turned wizard who was stranded in Gilverado and is trying to get back to the real world, and doesn't care if he has to open hundreds of portals to the demon world to do it. His name? Jitterbug.

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', while having its share of [[Killer Rabbit|killer rabbits]], has a borderline example of this in the form of the large centipede called ~~Fluffy -- it~~'s big compared to a human, but it's large for a bug and considered scary and unpleasant by the humans in the strip. (It's the alien Aylee who considers it cute and gives it the name.) Later, all its species get labelled "fluffies".

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', while having its share of [[Killer Rabbit|killer rabbits]], has a borderline example of this in the form of the large centipede called Fluffy—it's big compared to a human, but it's large for a bug and considered scary and unpleasant by the humans in the strip. (It's the alien Aylee who considers it cute and gives it the name.) Later, all its species get labelled "fluffies".

* Dragoon in ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'' has a pet dragon named Muffin - who, like all dragons, he thinks is a parrot. She is also the world's most evil dragon that founded the order of Dragoons to kill all of the other dragons, without them knowing, and then killed all but one of them.

* ''[[Something Positive]]'' has the cutely named Choo-Choo Bear and Twitchy-Hug. The former, while terribly cute, is a shapeshifter, occasionally prone to fits of psychotic and homicidal violence. The latter was quite clearly homicidal. That's OK, though. Choo-Choo Bear had him shot. Then Davan made the remains into an ashtray.

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** The comic also includes a mob boss named Asa ''Sweet'' and little orange tabby over there who massacres a group of people while laughing maniacally? He's known as ''Freckle'' to his cousin.

* ''[[Goblins]]'' supplies the page quote, in the form of an Owlbear, [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortured]] over months by the guard quoted [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil|in order to make it a killing machine.]] It works, {{spoiler|but [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01102008/ not quite in the way] [[Hoist by His Own Petard|the guard]] [[Karmic Death|might have hoped]]...}}

** A little later in the comic we're introduced to "Mr. Fingers". {{spoiler|This is a very appropriate name since "Mr. Fingers" is an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that is composed of pure [[Nightmare Fuel~~|Nightmare Fueled~~]] [[Body Horror]], [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05062011/ one head, and unnumberable limbs that end in many-fingered hands].}}

** A little later in the comic we're introduced to "Mr. Fingers". {{spoiler|This is a very appropriate name since "Mr. Fingers" is an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that is composed of pure [[Nightmare Fuel]]ed [[Body Horror]], [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05062011/ one head, and unnumberable limbs that end in many-fingered hands].}}

** After that, there's Biscuit the Orc. He was named after his favorite food as a child.

* ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' has [[Show Within a Show|in-universe]] [[MMORPG]] "[[Fictional Counterpart|Realm of Lorcraft]]" where the fearsome beast named Pickles scared everyone. An incredibly frightening and powerful creature is a [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=261 little, bug-eyed chihuahua-looking] ''[[Killer Rabbit|puppy]]'' who can turn himself inside out. (See the start of that storyline [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=252 right here].)

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*** Also in the above image is Cyclone Tracy, the smallest and most compact cyclone on record that completely leveled Darwin, Australia in the 1970s.

** Both [[Lewis Black]] and [[Robin Williams]] talk about unthreatening-sounding hurricanes in their standup acts. Robin talks about hurricane Terrence, which sounds like a "slightly gay" hurricane, and Lew wonders why the fuck anyone would name a hurricane Lenny.

** Out of all of these, however, [[wikipedia:Hurricane Fifi|Hurricane Fifi]] has them all beat. It killed anywhere from 3,000 to ''10,000'' people in Honduras alone, and caused $1.8 ''billion'' in ~~damage--in~~ ''1974 dollars'', to boot.<ref>That's $8.1 billion in today's money.</ref> It went down as the fourth-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. And we must ~~emphasize--the~~ hurricane's name was ''Fifi''.

** Out of all of these, however, [[wikipedia:Hurricane Fifi|Hurricane Fifi]] has them all beat. It killed anywhere from 3,000 to ''10,000'' people in Honduras alone, and caused $1.8 ''billion'' in damage—in ''1974 dollars'', to boot.<ref>That's $8.1 billion in today's money.</ref> It went down as the fourth-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. And we must emphasize—the hurricane's name was ''Fifi''.

* Similarly, there's the [[wikipedia:Haboob|Haboob]] (which is actually Arabic for "strong wind"). Haboobs are monstrous desert duststorms usually caused by atmospheric disruptions. They're not so much destructive as they are disruptive, but they sure are threatening-looking. So the next time you're in Arizona and you see a six kilometer-tall wall of dust flying toward you at ~~100km~~/h, just remember: ''Haboob''.

* Similarly, there's the [[wikipedia:Haboob|Haboob]] (which is actually Arabic for "strong wind"). Haboobs are monstrous desert duststorms usually caused by atmospheric disruptions. They're not so much destructive as they are disruptive, but they sure are threatening-looking. So the next time you're in Arizona and you see a six kilometer-tall wall of dust flying toward you at 100 km/h, just remember: ''Haboob''.

* See the real life Fluffy the Terrible [http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/01/12/buyfluff.ART_ART_01-12-08_A1_4191M6R.html?sid=101 here!] Admittedly, pythons don't move around that much....

* [[wikipedia:Joshua Blahyi|General Butt Naked]], leader of the appropriately named [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1576088/Gen-Butt-Naked-confesses-to-nude-killings.html Butt Naked Battalion]. Names sound hilarious? Right? '''''Wrong'''''. They committed some ''horrifying'' acts. All while [[Full-Frontal Assault|naked]].