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{{quote|"''[[Trope Namer|That's no ordinary rabbit]]! That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!''"|'''Tim the Enchanter''', ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''<ref>[[Sam and Max Freelance Police|It's not a rodent, it's a lagomorph!]]</ref>}}

Related to but distinct from [[Fluffy the Terrible]], as well as being sort of a subtrope to [[Our Monsters Are Weird]], the [['''Killer Rabbit]]''' is any monster that's [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|far more dangerous than it looks]]. Maybe [[Cute Bruiser|it's strong for its size]], [[Poisonous Person|poisonous on a massive level]], has flesh-rending pointy bits that aren't readily apparent, or can just [[One-Winged Angel|turn into something far more dangerous]]. Either way, it can make a person wary of [[Pick on Someone Your Own Size|picking on small, defenseless animals]], much like the [[Old Master]] can make a person more eager to respect their elders. In many cases, the creature isn't even all that harmful unless you actually mess with it, whether intentionally or not.

This creature is also known as a "[[Fan Nickname|Vorpal Bunny]]", a name which comes from the monster of that name in the original ''[[Wizardry]]'' game from 1981, possibly inspired by the [[Monty Python]] movie and is named after "The Vorpal Blade", a fictional sword used to decapitatekill the title creature in the [[Lewis Carroll]] poem "[[Jabberwocky]]". The name also spread (via ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'') to other games such as ''[[Quest for Glory]]'' and ''[[Ultima Online]]''.

Specific types of Killer Rabbits include [[Girl Scouts Are Evil|Evil Girl Scouts]] and [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Ridiculously Cute Critters]]s that are [[Cute Is Evil|secretly evil]]. ''Civilizations'' that are more dangerous than they look are [[Superweapon Surprise|Superweapon Surprises]]s. Killer Rabbits are the most notable subversion of [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]], which is pervasive enough for everyone to assume that cute animals are friendly.

For cases where the [['''Killer Rabbit]]''' is a ''literal'' rabbit, see [[Hair-Raising Hare]].

Compare: [[Happy Fun Ball]]; [[Beware the Nice Ones]]; [[TheLegendary Catfish]]; [[Adorable Abomination]]; [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]; [[Cute but Cacophonic]]; [[Badass Adorable]]; [[Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom]];[[Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon]]; and [[The Not-So-Harmless Punishment]]. If the video game character becomes a Killer Rabbit only when you hamper him, then he's [[Savage Setpiece]].

Not to be confused with [[What's Opera, Doc?|Kill da Wabbit]]. Or a [[Killer Robot]].

** Maya could also be seen as an example. The cutest ever kitten to come out of a species of wildcat ''that can kill wild boars''. Not only survives a trip from a western island to the mainland, [[Took a Level Inin Badass|but emits a big enough]] [[Battle Aura]] to scare off ''Kamineko AND HIS POSSE''. {{spoiler|''Then'' he collapses.}}

** Yachiru might be one. While not yet shown in combat, she's a [[Rose-Haired Girl|pink-haired]] [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|allegedly six-year-old]] [[Cheerful Child]] who's the vice captain of a division of [[Blood Knight|Blood Knights]]s, was raised from a baby by the baddest [[Blood Knight]] of them all, and can scare grown men with her [[Battle Aura]]. Her [[Submissive Badass|subordinate]], third seat Ikkaku Madarame, is [[Almighty Janitor|stronger]] than the other vice captains and would probably be eligible for a captaincy if his [[Cover-Blowing Superpower|true power]] was known to his superiors. There's almost nothing he fears...not even his [[Ax Crazy|insane]] captain. He is, however, terrified of Yachiru.

* ''[[Cat Shit One]]'' (known in the US as ''Apocalypse Meow'') replaces people with animals depending on their nationality. The American soldiers are rabbits -- becauserabbits—because they're [[Punny Name|U.S.A. GIs]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4QBZfjtqs Animated Series Trailer here].

* See the ridiculously cute lion and kitty in [https://web.archive.org/web/20100618180804/http://www.onemanga.com/Katekyo_Hitman_Reborn/240/16-17/ this picture] from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''? Well, they sometimes turn into [https://web.archive.org/web/20100620094553/http://www.onemanga.com/Katekyo_Hitman_Reborn/233/17/ this] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100401183011/http://www.onemanga.com/Katekyo_Hitman_Reborn/195/01/ this].

* Mugetsu from ''[[xxxHolic×××HOLiC]]'' is an adorable tube fox who takes to Watanuki and can be seen glomping him, slithering through his clothing, or hanging around his neck - until Watanuki is in danger, at which point he {{spoiler|transforms into a normal Kitsune who can detect evil spirits and produce fire}}.

* ''[[Kirby of the Stars|Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' features the Devil (or Demon) Frog. Not quite a ''killer'', but instead a mind possessor who infects the victim and forces it to go on a rampage (also increasing its physical capacities by quite a bit). An infected Kirby, due to his normal innocence, merely becomes a mean trickster bent on breaking everything and anything he sees. A (voluntarily) infected Dedede, on the other hand, becomes ''even more evil'' than normally, and comes dangerously close to killing Kirby.

** [[Psychopathic Manchild|Tsukuyomi]] [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|is]] [[Attempted Rape|quite]] [[Stalker with a Crush|possibly]] [[Psycho Lesbian|the]] [[In Love with Your Carnage|most]] [[Combat Sadomasochist|adorable]] [[Orgasmic Combat|villain]] [[Ax Crazy|in]] [[For the Evulz|the]] [[Sex Is Violence|series]] [[Yandere (disambiguation)|so]] [[Black Eyes of Evil|far]].

** Arguably, none of them hold a candle to [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/686992 this] little bundle of doom, though. Pikachu in-game isn't particularly powerful, relatively, [[Wolverine Publicity|despite its billing]]. But the one in the anime [[Popularity Power|has become seriously powerful]]. Ash even warns people that his Pikachu is stronger than your average 'Chu. Don't be fooled by the colorful cheeks, the beady, curious eyes; the cheerful smile, the baby-like chubbiness, the way it scampers about on two/four legs, or the adorable way its ears wilt to the side when it's confused. This thing - ''one'' (1) of them - has demolished most countries' national defense budgets in buildings, delicate equipment, and [[Humongous Mecha|Humongous Mechas]]s, and can pack enough explosive force in a single attack (that by all physical constraints [[Rule of Cool|shouldn't even have explosive force]]) to level forests and send [[Terrible Trio|several human bodies]] flying through the air for miles. Notice that we didn't say "can" or "could". We said ''"has"'' and ''"did"''.

** Another prime example is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120107045530/http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/mew1.jpg Mew]. The adorable pink floating kitten that can pretty much learn 99% of ALL Pokémon moves ever created. Do NOT be fooled by the lovable appearance--itappearance—it is extremely cunning as well as powerful. If you piss it off, it will thrash you. Hard. And then it will float away to go play on a windmill.

* ''[[Nextwave]]'' features some "Unusual Weapons of Mass Destruction", including the Drop Bears -- koalaBears—koala bears trained to kill, which are deployed by throwing them out of an aircraft. "Cuddly widdle bears of DEATH?!" This is based on a joke played by Australians on tourists. See the Real Life section below.

* ''Pinocchio Vampire Slayer'' -- The—The Rabbits of Ill Portent. They don't actually kill but they are quite creepy.

* 3 from [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[WE 3]]'' is ''literally'' a [[Killer Rabbit]].

* ''Gold Digger: Tangent'' features the "Death Lepus", also known as Wabbits -- relativelyWabbits—relatively small, rabbit-like creatures that look pretty cute, but are intelligent, pack-hunting carnivores capable of bringing down fully-grown [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]]. The cute is also negated somewhat by their prehensile tails all ending in deadly magically-enhanced bladed weapons.

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* Would [[KungGary Fu Panda 2Oldman|Lord Shen]] from ''[[GaryKung Oldman|ShenFu Panda 2]];; count? He's a peacock, not something you expect to be a villain, but, [[Complete Monster|well...]]

* Given a [[Lampshade Hanging]] in ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'': while the rest of the crew is [[Squee|Squeeing]]ing about how adorable the child-like alien miners are, the very [[Genre Savvy]] Guy worries, "Oh, sure, they're cute now. But they're going to get mean. And they're going to get ugly somehow. And there's going to be thousands of them." Seconds later, he's proved right.

** Also, Dilophosaurs were much bigger than the one in the movie. Which is ironic, considering that the diminutive Velociraptors, actually [[wikipedia:File:Vraptor Scale.svg|the size of a dog]] and covered in feathers, were sized up by [[Rule of Scary]]. In the movie, the "Velociraptors" looked more like ''Utahraptor'', a big raptor (related to Velociraptor) found in North America (Velociraptor is from Asia). A more [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Velociraptor_dinoguy2.jpg realistic raptor] would've been the ''perfect'' [[Killer Rabbit]].

* ''[[Cats and Dogs]]'' had their antagonist Mr Tinkles--theTinkles—the cute cat who's also a [[Diabolical Mastermind]].

** Also from ''[[Star Wars]]'' is Yoda, the cute little floppy-eared goblin that talks funny. Even Luke and R2-D2 thought he was harmless when they met him. In actuality, he is a [[Badass]] jedi that can pull a triple backflip and chop off your head before you blink

* Chucky from the original ''[[Child's Play (film)|ChildsChild's Play]]'' films (before his Frankenstein makeover).

* Another ''literal'' killer rabbit is the Miraj (also rendered Al-Mi'raj, or various other variations on the two) of Islamic/Arabian poetry and folklore. A yellow rabbit with a single large horn, it can kill and eat things much larger than itself. It appears in early editions of ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' -- with—with a third-party company porting it to 3e -- where3e—where some of them have [[Psychic Powers]]. It also appears in ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' where, due to the translators apparently flipping coins, it's sometimes called the "bunnicorn".

* ''[[Redwall]]'': EULALIA! And that's just the badgers. The other species like hares, mice, otters, squirrels, hedgehogs, and even ''moles'' are also quite capable of fucking up the shit of any vermin that threaten them. (Although a badger isn't exactly in a [[Killer Rabbit]] scenario when what it's fighting is a rat.)

* Found in James Thurber's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206163415/http://www.ommas-aarden.net/Last_Flower_page10.htm The Last Flower]

* The Furbie-esque Nubbins in ''[[Sanctuary]]'' are a variant of this -- theythis—they're only dangerous in large groups and when being directly attacked, but their extremely high reproductive rate and lack of predators outside their natural environment make them potentially highly destructive to the ecosystem. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|they're a [[Hive Mind]] far brighter than they seem, and are more than willing to sacrifice individual lives to escape and spread.}}

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh8U5lYbAEY Dogz Don't Kill People (Wabbitz Do)]" -- courtesy—courtesy of Mouldie Lookin' Stain, a.k.a. Chris Moyles.

* As a general rule, messageboardsmessage boards such as [[Spacebattles.com]] generally agree that the sillier a character is, the more dangerous they are and the higher they place on a [[Cool Versus Awesome]] combat tier. As a result, "whacky cartoon" characters like [[Bugs Bunny]] and [[Kirby]] are described as being able to easily defeat more (relatively) "realistic" characters like [[Star Wars|Jedi]] or [[Halo|Master Chief]]. This is largely due to them not being bound by the laws of reality and thus able to do things like shrug off rocket fire and swallow man-sized creatures whole.

* Not physically dangerous, but the subjects of the website [https://web.archive.org/web/20131010082746/http://www.disapprovingrabbits.com/ Disapproving Rabbits] can cause a severe feeling of inferiority. Especially [https://web.archive.org/web/20140725042110/http://www.disapprovingrabbits.com/2008/03/mr-browny-brown.html this one].

* ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]''

** TheThere's [http://wwwold "Cats vs.d20srd Commoners" meme.org/srd/monsters/cat.htm The common housecat] in ''3.5'' is a serious threat to all 1st level characters, even those with class levels. This is because [[Scratch Damage|all successful attacks deal at least one point of damage]], and cats get up to three a round. A level-appropriate encounter of four stray cats can [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|easily wipe out a 1st level party]], ''especially'' if the cats use their racial stealth bonuses to launch a surprise attack. This is why 1st level [[NPC|Commoners]] don't walk down alleyways at night. Commoners were viable for a while when Player's Options introduced formidable advantages of the size<ref>both in critical hits and attack options, i.e. the big combatant can try to crush the small one with sheer weight without having to crawl a maze of wrestling rules</ref> and Guard action<ref>i.e. in the first melee round a prepared defender may attack first, ignoring [[Action Initiative]]</ref>, but then came D&D3, where such things don't exist, but Dexterity gives a cat good bonus both to attack and defence in addition to initiative, and cats became deadlier than ever before. [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/cat.htm See 3.5 stats].

** The original "[https://web.archive.org/web/20030920170246/http://www.arduin.com/ Arduin Grimoire]", a very early third-party supplement, included among its bestiary a creature called the "killkitten". Resembling normal kittens, these beasts were actually cunning pack predators whose hollow claws could inject a paralytic poison. Their normal procedure was to set one of their number as [[Schmuck Bait|bait to attract a potential victim]] by acting like an injured kitten, while the remainder of the pack lurked, hidden, nearby. When the unsuspecting schmuck picked the "kitten" up, it would paralyze him with its venom, after which the rest of the pack would swarm and eat him.

** The 3.5E Monster Manual IV introduced the Skiurid, an evil squirrel from the Plane of Shadow, and generally regarded as one of the worst monsters ''D&D'' ever introduced. Then an infamous column on the [[Wizards of the Coast]] ''D&D'' section [https://web.archive.org/web/20161031215053/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd%2Ffc%2F20060721a came along], specifically looking for ways to make Skiurids lethal. The squirrels are quite capable of bringing even a mid-level party of well-equipped adventurers to their knees.

** Quite a few fey arguably qualify -- thequalify—the well-known nymph, for example, has one ability you don't hear about too often: if you happen to catch a sight of the nymph naked, she can force you to make a fortitude save or die on the spot. Other kinds of fey are more "harmlessly cute" than the nymph, but tend to have a wide range of powerful magical abilities. Very few fey are harmless. In fact plenty of them will do horrible things to you given the chance.

** "Blink bunny", called Al-mi'raj ("experiment 72") by the [[Our Gnomes Are Weirder|gnomes]] of [[Dragonlance|Krynn]]. It's just a stupid bunny, but it can teleport around, is nearly fearless and have an unicorn-like horn which it doesn't hesitate to use if threatened. Oh, and it's a herd animal. Now the bad news: one of ten adults have [[Psychic Powers]] with ridiculously large power pool. The dreaded rust monster may decay one's sword or armor if manages to hit it with antennae, but a psionic blink bunny can blast it into cloud of shrapnel just by looking at it. It also can set stuff afire and control flames so that it or its nest isn't hurt. While flying around. It first appeared in 1st/2nd edition ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' in the original ''Fiend Folio'', and is based on the Miraj (see Literature). The very first version of the Al-mi'raj was just an ordinary, very fast, dimwitted, unpredictable rabbit that appeared in packs of 2-20 and which could deal damage as per a dagger by stabbing someone with their horn.

* ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]''

* Wastits in ''Human Occupied Landfill'' a.k.a. ''[[HoL]]'' --— small, cute waddling soft creatures resembling animated teddy bears that will suddenly "explode into a maw of teeth the diameter of a whale's privates". For added fun, until they attack they're almost indistinguishable from wastems, completely harmless creatures that are the primary food source of HoL's inhabitants.

* Most of the creatures that ''[[Shadowrun]]''{{'}}s shapeshifters start out as are pretty dangerous on their own (lions, bears, eagles, etc.), but a fox magician character can lead to a cute little ten-pound fox hurling fireballs.

** And in the prequel game, ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep|Birth by Sleep]]'', some of the Unversed [[Your Mileage May Vary|may or may not qualify]], but they also notably feature a ''[[Hair-Raising Hare|literal]]'' [[Killer Rabbit]] amongst their ranks, called (amusingly enough) the Hareraiser, which is described as being "the anti-cuddly".

** Similarly, the Rabites from the ''Seiken Densetsu'' or ''Mana'' series, which are sort of [[media:Rabite_ManaRabite Mana.png|blobby killer rabbits]]. Although the yellow ones are little more than a nuisance, even to a small child, some of the other colors really are quite dangerous, especially the [[Bonus Boss|black ones]].

** Desco from ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' Daw, isn't [[media:Desco_6996Desco 6996.jpg|she]] just the cutest little wannabe-[[Eldritch Abomination]] ever? You just cant help but want to give her a hug... at least until she pulls out her ultimate attack: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G90mo8_2bs#t=2m37s the very aptly titled Yog Sothoth].

* ''[[Little Big PlanetLittleBigPlanet]]'': Sackboy. He's adorable, perpetually happy and silly, and wants to pal around with his friends. He's also a reality altering super-powered entity who can create whole worlds with pure thought, alter the state of any object, fly, control time, and has a mean right hook.

* The old adventure-game series, ''Legend of Kyrandia'', has the Kyrandian Killer Squirrels. In the third installment, ''Malcolm's Revenge'', there's one on the very first screen--allowingscreen—allowing you to produce one of the fastest Game Overs in video game history, simply by teasing the squirrel twice--attwice—at which point it'll leap at your face, kill you, and drag off your corpse to feed its young.

*** Somewhere on [[Final Fantasy XIII|Gran Pulse]], you find an Undying Cie'th -- andth—and people know what kind of bad news those are. And then he dies. Any thoughts of "O YAY" immediately disappear when you see who Doink'd him -- onlyhim—only to be replaced by "[[Oh Crap|O FUK]]". I don't need to explain any further, do I?

** The bunnies (okay, "Dreamhares") in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]'' aren't all that killer--theykiller—they can mind-control your allies, but they're easily set on fire. In one mission, however, you encounter a slightly odd-looking [[Underground Monkey|variant of the species]] deep underground, and one of your moogle allies shakes in fear at the sight of it. Turns out it's a "Mooglebane," named for its favorite food.

** In ''[[Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'', there is a secret, unlisted move called Unfriendly Rabbit. That thing is MURDEROUS! The enemy just sits there and pets it while you get the hell back, and then, out of nowhere, the little lagomorph suddenly tears INTO the enemy. When it says Fatality, the rabbit POPS out of the enemy's... maybe it was stomach. Then it is sitting there as if nothing happened. [[Nightmare Fuel]] if you ever saw it.

** This may be connected to a ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' joke where people found a line in the badger's monster manual entry highly amusing: "[http://fearthebadger.ytmnd.com/ THIS CREATURE CANNOT END ITS RAGE VOLUNTARILY]."

** The Pixies are also pretty bad: [[Cute Monster Girl|Cute Monster Girls]]s with [[Squishy Wizard]] powers. They can also breathe enormous sheets of flame, suck you of your [[Life Energy]], and ''claw your friggin' eyes out''. Also, one particularly nasty spell pixies can use called appropriately "bang" which is a one hit kill on just about any monster and makes the same sound as the spell indicates when it knocks your monster flat on its ass and straight to the hospital.

** The game features an enemy that looks like a teeny-tiny green ball (described as a plant in the manual). Approach it and a gigantic mouth extends from it, killing you instantly -- althoughinstantly—although if you know what you're doing, you can paralyze it in the split-second that it takes for the mouth to reach you.

** Kirby himself. Adorable little pink puffball with a [[Extreme Omnivore|black hole for a stomach]] that frequently trounces [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]s.

* ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' brings us the Clumsy Robot, whose combat actions include sweeping up dustbunnies, picking up nuts and bolts that jiggled loose from its body, eating bologna sandwiches, accidentally firing party-devastating beams and missiles while tripping over its own two feet and being completely unkillable by all normal forms of attack. The party eventually has to be bailed out by the Runaway Five...who simply run in while it's distracted and turn it off.

** Also, from the second game in the series, we have the Protopets -- cuteProtopets—cute, Tribble-like critters that have rows of shark-like teeth, a nasty temperament, and the tendency to eat anything or anyone they encounter. Oh, and they have the reproductive ability of the original Tribbles as well.

** Gaia's ''original'' [[Killer Rabbit]], Grunny, is now piloting [[Humongous Mecha]] submarines in the last two areas.

** Arguably, Frank. He's effectively a male [[Meganekko]] of the "shy sweet [[Hollywood Nerd]]" variety. {{spoiler|And he's a [[Mad Scientist]] working with the [[Big Bad]] to [[EndoftheThe End of the World Asas We Know It|destroy Gaia]] [[For Science!]]!}}

* The MMO ''[[La Tale]]'' has so many of these that a good rule of thumb is "if it looks cute, run like hell." Especially annoying are the Prring [[Palette Swap|Palette Swaps]]s and Shaggies, which mob you and jump behind you to deliver devastating back attacks.

* [[Mahoujin Guru Guru|Kukuri]] in ''[[Magical Battle Arena]]''. She's a [[Super-Deformed]] sorceress that uses hilariously cute spells and out-adorables every other character by miles (which is saying something since this game is filled to the brim with [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]]s), but good grief, she is deadly. Between the strawberry firing Strawberry Snake (read: Machine Gun), the smiling pink Mini-Planet (read: [[Gravity Sucks]] Mines), and the cat totem-pole Long Voiced Cat (read: [[Mana Drain]]), all of which she can cast nigh-instantaneously, she's a deceptively dangerous fighter in the battlefield.

* The Liir from ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' are a playable example. They look like friendly whales and dolphins, and are, whenever possible, [[Actual Pacifist|Actual Pacifists]]s. However, if you push them to the point that this is no longer possible, it can easily lead to ''bad'' things. The game's resident [[Abusive Precursors]], the Suul'Ka did this by enslaving the Liir and threatening to pollute their oceans to an uninhabitable state. There are no more Suul'Ka in this sector of the galaxy, and possibly in the universe; the Liir used their talent for biotechnology to wipe them out with a genetically engineered retro-plague.

* One of ''[[Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake]]'''s most [[Guide Dang It]] obstacles is the [[Product Placement|MSX cartridge]] guarded by '{{spoiler|deadly poisonous}} Zanzibar hamsters'. At this point, Snake's life bar is as long as it can get, and he has shot down a Hind D helicopter, and Metal Gear D's guided missiles only take off about a sixth of his health bar, but ''touching one of the tiny brown rodents causes instant death''. That said, they [[Glass Cannon|die in one hit]], so once you've worked out the puzzle to lure them from their hiding place you only need to stand in front of the hole and fire.

* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' has carp. It became a [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Carp memetic] fish -- asfish—as in ''"[[Oh Crap|Oh, carp!]]"''. The reason was that fish trained strength by swimming just like dorfs would, and carps are ''big'', so this quickly resulted in super-monsters.

** This deadliest arises from two things about the sponge; firstly, due to having only one body part, its effectively invincible to brute force. Other by pulping or bisecting, but it's not easy to inflict on "giant"-anything. While it doesn't chase your dwarves down, if its located in a river, it's bound to cause mass job cancelationscancellations. The deadly part comes in when one realizes just how heavy giant sponges are; even with the pathetic push attack that a creature with no natural attacks recieves, a giant sponge can easily shatter a dwarf's spine. If you ever encounter the illusive vampire giant sponge, which can not only move but can also leave the water, may the gods protect you.

* ''[[Ōkamiden|Okamiden]]'', a [[Nintendo DS]] followup to ''[[Ōkami|Okami]]'', stars Chibiterasu, [[Spin Offspring|a puppy replacement]] for Amaterasu. Being the main player character in an [[Action Adventure]] game, how couldn't it be a [[Killer Rabbit]]?

* Jubei from the ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'' series is a traditional [[Youkai|nekomata]], appearing in the form of a small two-tailed cat that stands upright. He also happens to be one of the six heroes, carries the most powerful katana in the world (the Nox Nyctores Musashi), and is stated to be the most powerful living creature in existence. To give you an idea how strong he is, he turned back Iron Tager's attack effortlessly, and Tager outweighs him by about a ton.

** ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'' gives us "Little Birdie", a little white fluffy thing that looks sort of like an armless mouse standing on chicken legs. It was considered to be a failure as a bioweapon, so the scientists kept him as a pet. And then it ate one of them. To be fair, it should have tipped them off with its [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512012444/http://www.metroid-database.com/mom/choogle.jpg malevolent, soul-piercing gaze.] {{spoiler|And it wasn't a failure at all. The scientists who cloned the Space Pirates didn't realize that [[Oh Crap|Ridley had a larval stage]].}}

* Peter the Puppy from ''[[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]]''. The levels where he appears consist solely of trying to keep him -- orhim—or his puppies, in the sequel -- fromsequel—from getting hurt so he doesn't turn into a horrifying mutant and maul Jim.

* ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' has giant zombie rabbits that despite being, you know, undead, still look pretty cute with their missing ear and all, then they [[Nightmare Fuel|split in half and fire acid at you]].

* ''[[Galactic Civilizations]]'' has a race of evil space squirrels known as the Snathi, whose portrait is available to player empires. Some famous [[Let's PlaysPlay]]s featured the "suspiciously rabbit-like" Spectres of Agony, who ate their enemies' eyeballs and ended up [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|ascending to godhood]], and their distant relatives, the Spatial Hares, who were ''supposed'' to be diplomatic and peaceful, and ended up destroying no less than 21 stars - making them the rabbits with the highest killcount on this page, measuring in the ''tens of billions''.

* ThisThe short animated film ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gxrI5CPYIM&feature=related Red]'', where Little Red Riding Hood refuses the advances of the wolf (who looks like a [[Little Bit Beastly|slightly feral child]] wearing a wolf costume) after spilling the cakes she was going to bring to her grandmother. After leaving brokenhearted, Red encounters a unicorn-horned rabbit, which she hugs (not noticing the [[Revealing Hug|evil toothed grin it makes]] before mutatingit mutates into a bear-sized horned monster that was ready to devour Red before the wolf comes back in time to save the day.

* ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'':

** Coney Dewclaw might as well be the [[Trope Codifier]]. Nobody who doesn't know her beforehand would be able to tell viaby looks alone that [[Lego Genetics|her mother is not only a wolf, but a top-notch hunter]]. She definitely got her appetite from the same, having left a long trail of the blood and bones of anybody who has attempted to prey on her, her family and her friends in her wake. The picture at the top might as well be a real-life image of what she is capable of. She has directly saved her siblings, her father, her grandmothers, her grandfather, the entire Rabbit Council, R.L., and many others in separate incidents via her skills/appetite.

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':

** Also in ''Sluggy Freelance'' there's "The Evil", 18 ([[Number of the Beast|6 + 6 + 6]]) "demon kittens" that go on a killing spree if they have not had milk in the last 24 hours. Of course, these kittens are literally the spawn of [[Satan]]. They show up in two story arcs found [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=000626 here] and [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20141227142820/http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=021021 here].

* The superhero [[Furry Comic]] ''[[Supermegatopia]]'' features a number of characters who are more dangerous than they appear. The [[The Speechless|mute]] and docile-seeming Zippy the Sloth is able to [https://web.archive.org/web/20160826104212/http://www.supermegatopia.com/comics/zippy.php?thisLink=zippy-03.gif defeat hulking supervillain Brute Force with one punch], while [[Anti-Hero]] Hell Kitty of the Offenders is a bratty little girl... with razor-sharp claws, super-healing, and a hair-trigger temper.

* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'':

* ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' featured the diminutive but dreaded camel spider (based on a real-life arachnid, whose threat is greatly exaggerated), which "viciously attacks anything it perceives as a threat, which is anything it can perceive."

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' features a species of "cute and cuddly koalazoids" known as the Tausennigan Ob'Enn. The Ob'Enn, despite their small size and disarming appearance, are referred to as the "psycho bears" by every other species in the galaxy, as they have one of the most powerful and advanced interstellar militaries in the galaxy, and are led by a xenocidal doctrine that calls for the destruction of every other species in the galaxy. At one point a mob boss even mockingly calls Petey -- anPetey—an A.I. created by and resembling the Ob'Enn -- aEnn—a "hairy, scary drop bear."

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110321152906/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/index.php?comicID=478 Deadly venomous chipmunks] in ''[[Loserz]]''!

* In ''[[Adventurers!]]'', Ardam finds out the painful way that a [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612005210/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0302.html Devilrabbit] is no ordinary Cuterabbit.

* ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'':

** And ''Quentin Quinn, Space Ranger'' lampshades [https://web.archive.org/web/20120619090111/http://www.rhjunior.com/QQSR/00031.html it about the title character's own race] to a guard suffering from [[Suicidal Overconfidence]]...

* [[Voodoo Doll]] in ''The Repository of Dangerous Things''. Little. Funny. Quiet. Won't get in the way. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512142726/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Repository_of_Dangerous_Things/4855129/ Does not object when grabbed and carried]. But [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512140259/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Repository_of_Dangerous_Things/4859522/ throwing it] around is a ''[[Berserk Button|really bad]]'' idea. Even for a vampire.

* Coleman of ''[[Sore Thumbs]]''. A tiny blue polar bear that served in Iraq alongside its owner. [http://sorethumbs.keenspot.com/d/20050523.html You've never seen such an adorable terrorist-slaughtering machine].

* In a filler strip for ''[[Something *Positive]]'', Peter Rabbit gets his [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140109073730/http://somethingpositive.net/sp03202010.shtml revenge].

* [http://Girl-on-the-Moon.deviantart.com/art/Character-Sheet-Lars-134911277 Lars], Allie's pet Dalek in ''[[Search for the Truth]]''

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081227230353/http://ne.tsunami-art.com/view.aspx?Rec=3 Northern Edge]'', Fred perry's web original ''[[Gold Digger]]'' tie-in prominently features Wabbits. Cute little rabits with sharp weapons on their tails and mostly nasty personalities.

* ''Subverted'' in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120223023111/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-07-16 these] [https://web.archive.org/web/20121023164534/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-07-19 two] ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' strips. At first it seems everyone's just being [[Genre Savvy]], given how deceptive appearances can be on the Wild Edge. {{spoiler|1=Turns out the little furballs really ''are'' harmless. They're just accompanied by [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-07-20 Big shaggy parents] who will ''[[Papa Wolf|rip your head off]]'' if you mess with them.}}

* Swedish online RPG satire ''[[Rubicon survival guide]]'' use a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110110113130/http://www.rollspel.com/humor/handbok/handbokrub7.htm killer hamster] to demonstrate the dangers of taking the rules too literally:

* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' gives us {{spoiler|Mr Scruffy}} in this [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0780.html strip], in a direct shout-out to the example noted in the ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' section above.

* ''[[Homestuck]]'':

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Not cute, but definitly Killer Bunnies: the giant rabbits of Ferrettina, the ''[[Girl Genius|Weasel Queen]]''.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205819/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20081120 Beemahs] from ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]'' are [[Armless Biped]] folk the size of a big rabbit. They were [[Attack Animal|created as spies and assassins]] and eventually [[Turned Against Their Masters|turned their masters into an extinct species]] despite all safeguards.

* The ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' has a toy cabbit owned by Tennyo -- whichTennyo—which conceals quite a few blades and needles inside itself, and can exert three hundred pounds of force through each (while unerringly [[Armor Is Useless|passing through gaps in armor]]) when it's being animated by [[Beware the Nice Ones|Jade]].

* "''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160329140800/http://anderssonwww.elfwood.com/Theu/andersson2/image/45b46350-Dragon23da-Fly.2524313.html11e4-9fb0-6fd3a883da45/the-dragon-fly The Dragon Fly]"'' by Fredrik K.T.Andersson.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100218235937/http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/you_follow_one_kid_home_rip_out This (not actually killer) squirrel].

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091026232956/http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/8421/puppy1.gif Peter the Puppy] from ''[[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]'' fits in here nicely. Usually an affable, even borderline-cute sidekick, but get him pissed and he immediately [[One-Winged Angel|transforms]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20091026232955/http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/8421/puppy4.gif into a super-strong, slavering, werewolf-like critter]...

* Several of Stitch's "cousins" from ''[[Lilo and& Stitch: The Series]]''. Let's not forget Stitch himself, a synthetically crafted living war machine... In a cute fuzzy body. According to Jumba, this was an accident.

* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]''

* ''[[Catscratch]]'' had an episode which had a duckling in it -- andit—and Gordon was extremely terrified of said duckling because of an incident that happened when he was a kitten (the duckling beat the snot out of him with tremendous superhuman strength and horrific fighting skills), but later on Gordon musters up the courage to finally defeat the duckling -- afterduckling—after it's beaten the snot out of him AGAIN.

* ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'' played with this trope as well. The Gigglepies are a race of cute little bunny like creatures that are a cross between Care Bears in terms of looks and cuteness and Pokémon in terms that they are apparently collectible. They roam the galaxy, coming in cereal boxes and use their cuteness and mind-controlling rhymes to subjugate the population, force them to buy them in excess and eventually cost the planet its freedom. Of course with the Yugopotamians, who fear anything cute, making the populace afraid of them works just as well. Once they're done looting the planet they destroy it and move on to the next one.

* An episode of ''[[Eek! theThe Cat]]'' features a cute, seemingly-harmless bunny arriving at Eek's family door, as it turns out the bunny is a deranged psychopath who plots to kill Eek's family after they've thrown Eek out.

* Snarf from Trollz is an example of this. He normally appears as a red cute-looking puppy/wombat creature, but get him mad and he turns into a vicious, hulking ogre."

* [[wikipedia:Wombat#Wombats and humans|Wombats]] can do a fair amount of damage too - one naturalist ended up with a 2cm2&nbsp;cm deep bite in his leg. Through a gumboot, trousers, and thick socks. And if they get some speed up (40km40&nbsp;km/hr at maximum, despite being generally slow) they can knock grown men over. This being [[Death World|Australia]], their main defence against predators is to hide in a hole and use their cartilage-heavy, armour-plated arse to keep themselves from serious harm -- andharm—and their modified pelvic bone that forms the aforementioned armor-plating is sturdy enough to crush a dingo's skull, if one manages to get its head into the hole before it's completely blocked off. Australia is potholed to [[Death World]] for a reason.

* Chimpanzees. Most funny and human among the whole lot of [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|funny monkeys]], right? In reality they are insanely strong (a 70 &nbsp;kg male can lift up to 300 &nbsp;kg; less surprising when you take a look at [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/3024567966_4ffe563ebd.jpg those muscles]) and ''very'' dangerous when pissed off. Some have killed adult people and even kidnapped and eaten human babies. Intra-species murder, wars between bands, and even cannibalism aren't unknown in them either. And yet people still think worse of the comparatively [[Gentle Giant|harmless gorilla]]...

* While [[A Load of Bull|Bulls]] are already perceived for being badasses, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120605132040/http://www.themorningstarr.co.uk/2009/08/18/farmer-killed-by-his-cows/ Cows]'' aren't that much far behind in that regard.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120508210525/http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/09/great_tits_murderous_rapacious.php Great tits]. They're relatives of the chickadees, have a [[Have a Gay Old Time|name that induces giggles]], and in winter they prey on hibernating bats by ''ripping their heads off''.

** On the other hand, half of the population likely to be exposed to it is just flat out immune. Amusingly, when the ''[[Myth BustersMythBusters]]'' attempted to test poison ivy home remedies, none of them proved to be susceptible, though admittedly it could conceivably have been a false negative, as it's possible they had never been exposed to it before; like all allergic responses, the initial exposure does not produce an effect but every exposure thereafter does.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115142045/http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/10/08/funny-pictures-videos-lemming-fury/ Norway lemmings.] Some local names for them reportedly translate to killer mice!

* Tasmanian devils. They're actually much cuter [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Young_tasmanian_devil.jpg in real life] than the cartoon character, but they are obligate carnivores with the strongest bite of any mammal, able to take down prey as large as a kangaroo. Not to mention they're ''extremely'' tempermentaltemperamental and loud.

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