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[[File:Rabbit Killer Small 5885.jpg|frame|[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|LOOK AT THE BONES!]]]]
 
{{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>}}
|'''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>}}
 
It's small. It's fluffy. It's ''[[Ridiculously Cute Critter|adorable]]''. And if you get on its bad side, your death will be painful, but swift.
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This trope takes its name from the "Dread Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog" in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'', which seems to be a completely ordinary bunny rabbit, with the notably unusual ability to leap through the air at high speed and tear out people's throats.
 
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]]''.
 
There's [[Truth in Television|enough truth behind this]] that one of the first things many children are taught is "don't try to play with any animal until you know it's friendly." (Another lesson, learned later in life by many, sometimes ''too'' late, is: "Animals can become ''un''friendly ''pretty damn fast''.")
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If it has a scary name, but not a scary demeanor, it's [[Deathbringer the Adorable]].
 
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]].
 
Contrast: [[Level Five Onix]]; [[Holy Hand Grenade]] (which is often the most effective way to deal with this).
 
Not to be confused with [[What's Opera, Doc?|Kill da Wabbit]]. Or a [[Killer Robot]].
 
{{examples}}
 
== Advertising ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yfLD6E_5W8 The Chainsaw Ferret Massacre Mountain.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itlj1yM9l4 The Bud Ice Penguins.]
 
== Anime &and Manga ==
 
== Anime & Manga ==
* In the manga of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', {{spoiler|Pride, the oldest and arguably strongest homunculus,}} has the physical appearance of a child.
** Wrath in the first anime.
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* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'':
** Kamineko, a.k.a. the Biting Cat, deserves mention. While he hasn't ''killed'' anyone, the façade of a cute, irresistible little gray kitty that poor Sakaki can't resist petting hides unearthly speed, a rotten attitude, and [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family|a set of teeth that resemble nothing so much as a bear trap]]. His life's mission seems to be to continually tease and beat up [[The Woobie|poor Sakaki]]. Most cats seem to attack her out of fright, but Kamineko tends to seek her out with [[Cats Are Mean|malicious intent]].
** 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.}}
* ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' could be described as a manga series about a race of [[Killer Rabbits]]. The Dicloni look like little girls/young women with pink hair and a slight skull deformation in the form of two horns. They are in fact the most dangerous creatures on Earth, with enormous telekinetic powers and the natural instinct to [[Kill All Humans]]. The series begins with one of the most powerful of their kind breaking out of a high-security research facility stark naked. Shes slaughters about 60 guards with automatic weapons and survives a round from an anti-materiel rifle to the head.
* Kirara from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' is usually a small and cute kitty, but can transform into a giant, flying, saber-toothed, ''[[Incendiary Exponent|flaming]]'' version of itself at will.
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* Hiyokokko from ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]] ~ Only Love'' definitely qualifies, though she doesn't actually ''kill'' anyone.
* Satchii from ''[[Dennou Coil]]'' looks like a giant, squishy beanbag chair with a big smiley face that announces its own arrival with a bright, "Me Satchii!" every time. It also fires laser beams that kills kids' digital pets and breaks expensive cybernetic glasses.
* 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].
* Mappy from ''[[Dragon Half]]''. Looks like a cat-sized ball of mousy fluff, but can spontaneously transform into a huge, bear-like hulk.
* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'': Hayate buys Maria-san a cute little bunny as a present. She then sees the bunny in its TV show, where it declares, "I am Muffy! An assassin from hell! OK! Today, we'll happily cause chaos!"
* ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!|Kyo Kara Maoh]]'''s tiny, yellow, and bred-by-humans [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Bearbees]] (which are actually mud with magic on it) will turn into [[Gremlins|fierce, dark colored beasts]] that try to kill you if you get them wet. If they're not wet, hey, they're freaking adorable and cuddly. (Those are magical counterfeit bearbees. Real bearbees are cute, huggable, completely non-dangerous, endangered, and their dung makes high-quality paint.)
* 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}}.
* ''[[Digimon]]''
** For a literal example, in ''Digimon Tamers'' Terriermon transforms into a trigger-happy rabbit.
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** Before you look at Patamon, look at Tokomon FIRST.
** Guilmon is usually adorable and childish, but when in a fight he transforms into a feral beast.
* ''[[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.
* ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'' features another literal example in its first episode "Daughter," which involves a rich couple that recently lost their daughter Alice paying a visit to Count D's eponymous shop. Count D sells them a very rare species of rabbit that [[Replacement Goldfish|looks just like Alice]]. Things go well for the couple until the mother concedes to the rabbit-Alice's request for sugar instead of the water and vegetables indicated in the rules of the contract. It goes very badly for the couple VERY quickly. {{spoiler|It turns out that feeding sweets to this rabbit will cause it to "give birth" to (read: get eaten from within by) dozens of flesh-eating killer bunnies that go forth, kill, eat, and "give birth" to more killer bunnies until the town is overrun}}.
* The Teez in ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' are golems that look like pretty purple butterflies. And then they eat you. Or {{spoiler|Tyki places them inside you so that you can act as a nursery for them to grow and breed in}} and THEN they eat you {{spoiler|from the inside out}}.
* [[Gundam|Haro's]]. Those adorable little balls couldn't possibly harm anyone, right? Well, unless you try to mess with [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Uso Evin.]] His haro will '''uppercut''' you, if you hadn't already frozen up due the machine gun noises it made. If ''that'' isn't enough it will use the '''Gundam''', ''by itself'', to destroy you.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
** [[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]] [[:Category:Yandere|so]] [[Black Eyes of Evil|far]].
** Negi himself. An extremely [[Adorably Precocious Child]], who can throw around [[Shock and Awe|spells]] which [[Person of Mass Destruction|annihilate armies]].
* A very early episode of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' featured adorable "chanela," rabbit-like long-haired creatures that are pastel-colored, smell wonderful, and are adorable as they come. Oh, and they're evil little monsters; THEY GOT FANGS!
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** In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', the most Badass Pokémon on Gold's team happens to be his ''Togepi'', always doing something [[Crazy Awesome]] whenever it fights. It actually took down two ''pseudo-legendaries''!
** Bianca's Oshawott gets thrashed by a particularly evil-looking ''Audino''.
** 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—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.
*** Hilariously, Mew's voice gets surprisingly much deeper when it was focusing its power in the Lucario movie.
* In ''[[Murder Princess]]'', Ana and Yuni are two unbelievably ''cute'' little girls with wacky [[Anime Hair]] and sweet little giggles. They're also androids equipped from head to toe with a seemingly endless array of high-tech weaponry (while almost everyone else in the setting is wielding swords). And Ana is just plain bloodthirsty.
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* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' has Gohan, who is normally a sweet little kid who enjoys school. But if you try to kill his loved ones, he will [[Berserk Button|go crazy]], transform into a [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Super Saiyan 2]], and slaughter you. It will be [[Curb Stomp Battle|quick]], it will be [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|painful]], and it will be [[Nightmare Fuel|SCARY]].
* Rabbit like beasts feature in the final episode of Blood-C
* In ''Amagi Brilliant Park'', there's Moffle, who looks essentially the same as ''Full Metal Panic'''s Bonta-kun, and [[Berserk Button|does '''NOT''' like having people say he's an Expy]]. He's a mascot at the titular [[Amusement Park]]. He's also strong enough to deck a huge dragon with a single punch.
* Team Rabbit in ''[[Girls und Panzer]]'' is a metaphorical example. Their emblem is a cute little bunny with a bow... and two knives ready for use. "To everyone across the country, please be gentle with us", they say as they load their 75mm and 37mm guns.
 
== Comics --Comic Books ==
 
== Card Games ==
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''
** The Unglued expansion set gave us the Infernal Spawn of Evil, a powerful beast from the darkest pits of hell. [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=9779 This is what it looks like]. Not to be outdone, the Unhinged set introduced its even stronger child, the demon known only as the [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=73981 Infernal Spawn of Infernal Spawn of Evil].
** Then there's that other Unhinged set card, [http://ww2.wizards.com/Gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?name=when%20fluffy%20bunnies%20attack When Fluffy Bunnies Attack].
** The ''real'' "killer rabbit" of the Magic world is the ''squirrel'. Some squirrel-themed cards, such as "Deranged Hermit" and "Squirrel Nest" have seen extensive [[Tournament Play]].
** [http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/arcana/340 Hyalopterous Lemure]. The artist didn't know what a "lemure" is (a ghost) so he drew a "lemur" instead (a fuzzy rodent).
** Also, [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=6138 Jackalope Herd]. A bunch of bunnies with antlers, amazing combat stats for their mana cost, and a drawback (returning to your hand when you play another spell) that can be turned into an advantage fairly easily.
* ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' has a level 2 monster that's basically a rabbit with a switchblade, where the Bad Stuff is "you die" (yes, a literal Killer Rabbit; not surprising since he's actually Bun-bun, the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' character mentioned below). One time in six, it turns into a level 15 monster, as "That One Rabbit from [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|That One Movie]]", and it's too late to get help.
** The ''Munchkin Bites!'' expansion has 17th-level monster The Evil, also from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. For those not versed in the webcomic, it's an adorable cute kitten. It steals a level from you just by ''meeting it''.
* ''Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot''
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] gives us [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Mokey_Mokey Mokey Mokey]. It looks cute and harmless, and it is, but with [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Mokey_Mokey_Smackdown this card] present on the field at the same time, you ''will not'' want it to get angry.
 
 
== Comics -- Books ==
* In the Marvel Universe, a powerful hero is [[Squirrel Girl]], [[Petting Zoo People|a young woman]] with [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|the powers of squirrel-agility and control]]. [[Thanos]], [[Doctor Doom]], [[MODOK]], and [[Deadpool]], among others, have all (somehow) fallen to her. She is Marvel's [[Lethal Joke Character]]. Almost all of her victories are off-panel, and it's a bit of a running gag to jump back and forth over whether it was the real Doom and Thanos she defeated ([[Actually a Doombot|as robot duplicates and clones, respectively, are common retcons used to explain particularly embarrassing defeats by those villains]]).
* Also in a Marvel Vein, during ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' (specifically ''[[Runaways]]'' and ''[[Young Avengers]]'' crossover) when the Young Avengers arrive to find the Runaways lair, they meet [[Cute Bruiser|11 year old Molly Hayes]] outside. Due to a mix-up, Molly assumes they are bad guys and "hides under their car". Now by "hide under their car" we mean find a better place to lift the car and throw it at them. Yeah, they were not really expecting that. Well before, when [[Wolverine]] scared her at the front of a cathedral, the comic cuts from him starting to threaten her to shut her up... to him flying across the street outside.
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* The ''[[Mouse Guard]]'' is a band of skilled warriors who are also, as the title indicates, mice. They've been seen taking down predators many times their size, from snakes to owls and even a ''bear,'' although that was only seen in ''Legends of the Guard.''
 
== Comics -- NewspaperFilm ==
* The main villain of ''[[Toy Story (franchise)||Toy Story 3]]'' is {{spoiler|an adorable pink teddy bear ("And he smells like strawberries!").}}
* ''[[Twisted Toyfare Theater]]'' usually brings in [[The Scrappy|unpopular characters]] in order to gruesomely kill them for a [[Take That]]. [[Star Wars|The Ewoks]], however, instead became a race of vicious, psychopathic Killer Rabbits who dismember, kill, and [[I'm a Humanitarian|eat]] anything that crosses them. Mostly because they '''are''' little carnivores with no regards for intelligent life, ''from the original canon''.
 
 
== Films -- Animation ==
* The main villain of ''[[Toy Story|Toy Story 3]]'' is {{spoiler|an adorable pink teddy bear ("And he smells like strawberries!").}}
* ''[[Watership Down]]''. [In]famous for its rabbit violence.
{{quote|'''Woundwort:''' I'll tear out every throat in the place!
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{{quote|"And Nag was dead before the big man blew him up! ''I'' killed Nag! Come and fight with ''me'', Nagaina!"}}
* The rabbit in the 2010 film ''[[The Illusionist (animation)|The Illusionist]]'' likes to bite people and snarls like a raving monster, though isn't as deadly and terrible as it believes it is.
* 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...]]
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The [[Trope Namer|Rabbit of Caerbannog]] in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. Ironically, Arthur and his knights are [[Cassandra Truth|warned repeatedly by Tim about the power of the rabbit]]. They don't listen, and he laments how no-one listens to him because "it's just a harmless little bunny!"
{{quote|"Look at the ''bones''!"}}
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* ''[[Star Wars]]''' Ewoks. Yes, they're cute. Yes, they're fuzzy and huggable and all that. Yes, they're adorable miniature bears. Think about that one. Miniature ''[[Everything's Worse with Bears|bears]]''! With astonishing engineering skill for a neolithic materials base, extensive knowledge of sophisticated warfare, and a willingness to kill and eat other sapient beings. Think of them as armed, sapient, and highly sophisticated sociopathic bipedal giant koalas who regard you as potential food, and you'll start to understand exactly why the Ewoks qualify for this trope.
** Still don't believe us? Go read ''Apocalypse Endor'' (Star Wars Tales 14). {{spoiler|That's right -- Endor is [[The Empire]]'s [[The Vietnam War|'Nam]].}}
** 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
* The title character in the ''[[Leprechaun (film)|Leprechaun]]'' series.
* Chucky from the original ''[[Child's Play (film)|ChildsChild's Play]]'' films (before his Frankenstein makeover).
* On the good ship ''[[Serenity]]'', who's the most dangerous crewman? Is it the wily and wary [[The Captain|captain Malcolm Reynolds]]? The calm, stoic, and deadly [[Lady of War|first mate Zoe]]? The [[The Big Guy|giant, burly Jayne]] with [[Wall of Weapons|enough weapons to outfit a revolution]]? Nope. Look behind them. Not at the [[Ace Pilot|pilot]], or the [[Good Shepherd|preacher]], though they're [[Let's Get Dangerous|deadly enough]] [[Badass Preacher|in their own right]]. Not at the [[Wrench Wench|mechanic]], and not the [[The Medic|doctor]] or [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|the Companion]]. Yeah, ''There''. That teenage girl in the back, with the [[Messy Hair|unwashed hair]], [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette|pale skin]], glazed and distracted eyes, [[Cloudcuckoolander|who's mumbling something about hummingbirds]]? Her name is River. Get on her bad side, and ''[[Tranquil Fury|she]] [[Waif Fu|will]] [[Super Soldier|fucking]] [[Psychic Powers|end]] [[One-Man Army|you]].''
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzzUiEF86qA This Spanish student film] uses this trope quite deliberately with its genetically altered Death Rabbit.
 
 
== Literature ==
* ''[http://www.amazon.com/Tuf-Voyaging-George-R-Martin/dp/1592220045/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6117255-8583944?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191036129&sr=8-1 The Plague Star]'', by George R.R. Martin (of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' fame) featured creatures called "hellkittens." These were much like the Arduin "killkittens" (see their entry in the [[Tabletop RPG]] folder). Except rather than secreting their paralytic venom through hollow claws, they ''spat'' it in wads of powerfully acidic saliva.
* 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 a third-party company porting it to 3e—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".
* Margaret Atwood's ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'' includes wolvogs, creatures that look like friendly dogs, and when they are not ruthlessly killing other creatures, they ''act'' like friendly dogs. They can go from friendly to homicidal, and back, quickly.
* ''Bunnicula'' has a vampire-like rabbit that Chester ''assumes'' is a killer rabbit, but there's no evidence that he ever actually does any harm whatsoever besides draining vegetables.
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* Treecats in David Weber's ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series are cute, fluffy, six-limbed felinoids who are great with children, wonderful, supportive companions for life who'll be with you through thick and thin... and will turn into fuzzy, flying ''buzz saws'' if they think you're a threat to their kittens or adopted humans. Treecats think that enemies come in only two states: those that have been properly dealt with, and those that are still alive.
* In [[China Mieville]]'s ''[[The Scar]]'', the head of Armada's underwater police force is a sadistic dolphin named Bastard John.
* Found in James Thurber's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206163415/http://www.ommas-aarden.net/Last_Flower_page10.htm The Last Flower]
* The ''[[Sten]]'' series has Doc, an alien who resembles a cuddly koala bear. His species are in fact vicious predators which act cute to lure in prey; Doc is so bloodthirsty that he has to be fitted with a [[Restraining Bolt]] in order to interact with his teammates without killing them out of instinct.
* In ''[[The Hunger Games]]'', there are carnivorous squirrels, poisonous butterflies, killer monkeys, and much much more.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
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* An ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' episode features a rabbit fighting a snake. The rabbit kicks the snake's proverbial ass, forcing the reptile to retreat up a low-hanging tree, despite the rabbit attempting to yank the snake down for more.
* When Count Duckula asks a spaceman to take him to the most dangerous planet in the galaxy he gets to meet the Fluffy Bunnies of Planet Cute, who want everything to be sweet and pretty and cuddly, and get very mean when Duckula and co. persist in being grouchy and sour.
 
 
== Puppet Shows ==
* Fizgigg from ''[[The Dark Crystal]]''. If a tribble and a bear trap had a baby....
* [[Muppet Viral Videos|"HI, I'M A BUNNY!"]] {{spoiler|This is a subversion. You don't need to be a genius to realize how dangerous Carl is...especially if you fit in his mouth.}}
 
 
== Music ==
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* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjf2FKlZl9M Kitten Is Angry]" by [[Lemon Demon]]
* Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars, by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].
 
 
== New Media ==
* 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].
 
== Newspaper Comics ==
* ''[[Twisted ToyfareToyFare TheaterTheatre]]'' usually brings in [[The Scrappy|unpopular characters]] in order to gruesomely kill them for a [[Take That]]. [[Star Wars|The Ewoks]], however, instead became a race of vicious, psychopathic Killer Rabbits who dismember, kill, and [[I'm a Humanitarian|eat]] anything that crosses them. Mostly because they '''are''' little carnivores with no regards for intelligent life, ''from the original canon''.
 
== Puppet Shows ==
* Fizgigg from ''[[The Dark Crystal]]''. If a tribble and a bear trap had a baby....
* [[Muppet Viral Videos|"HI, I'M A BUNNY!"]] {{spoiler|This is a subversion. You don't need to be a genius to realize how dangerous Carl is...especially if you fit in his mouth.}}
 
== Radio ==
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* In one episode of ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'', cowboys Dusty and Lefty come across "The Free-Range Chicken", which they then engage, and nearly lose to, in a gunfight.
 
== Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy ==
 
* [[Richard Pryor]]'s "Africa" routine has a passage invoking this, when he's saying that animals in the jungle have "a different attitude" from those you see in a zoo. He portrays a man telling his wife to roll up the car window; when she protests that the creature outside is just a rabbit, the man insists, explaining, "Ain't no rabbit ever looked at '''me''' like that.
== Sports ==
* The South Sydney Rabbitohs have won the more premierships than any other [[Rugby League]] team in Australia.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins. Penguins are not exactly known for their toughness.
 
 
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[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 Tibbit, a player race introduced in Dragon Magazine, are perfectly normal humanoids that happen to be able to take on housecat form at will. One of the illustrations on their section in the Dragon Compendium is man lying facedown in a pool of blood, with a metric ton of cutlery jutting from his back and a glowering kitty crouched on top of him.
** Kobolds, having low HP and a reputation for cowardice, are frequently slaughtered in the open by first-level parties. They're also known for their trap-designing prowess, meaning that a clever DM can make a trap-filled death maze that can frighten well-prepared parties. The most popular recount of this happening is "Tucker's Kobolds", named after a particularly nefarious DM.
** 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.
** The giant shrew, a critter from Basic ''D&D'', looked like a normal-sized grayish rat, yet could do a pretty good [[Vorpal Bunny]] impression on low-level adventurers.
** Quite a few fey arguably qualify—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.
** Then there's the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing, a rival with the skiurid for one of ''D&D'''s worst monsters. It's not the bunny you need to beware, so much as the stump it's sitting on...
** "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.
** Brain moles, which absorb energy from psions to turn them into life, and which spread a psionic disease. They're not ''hugely'' lethal, but their challenge rating is still about on par with that of a level one warrior.
* ''[[Deadlands]]: The Weird West'' features jackalopes, which are evil and carnivorous versions of the infamous "rabbits with antlers" from Wild West folklore. They kill their prey by cursing them with bad luck, then stalking them until they suffer a fatal accident.
* ''[[GURPS]] IOU'' includes lethal versions of rats and squirrels.
* ''[[Gamma World]]'' has a hilariously literal version with the Hoops, a race of bunnymen who [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|"want to be the master race"]] and who can turn metal into rubber by touching it.
* ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]''
** The setting, known for a habit of [[Everything Trying to Kill You]] cropping up everywhere, brings us the Catachan Barking Toad: a large, sad-looking amphibian sometimes dubbed the "Ronery Toad". If attacked, hurt or even surprised, it explodes into a cloud of obscenely virulent toxins, killing absolutely everything for miles around and poisoning the earth so that nothing will ever grow there again.
** The original "Rogue Trader" book for ''Warhammer 40K'' also featured the "Catachan Face Eater" a carnivorous creature that looked quite a bit like an ordinary wash cloth.
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** (Bitter-Sweet) Chocolate Covered Anti-Matter Raisins.
** Europan Robotic Titanium Termites.
* Wastits in ''Human Occupied Landfill'' a.k.a. HoL—small''[[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.
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''
 
** The Unglued expansion set gave us the Infernal Spawn of Evil, a powerful beast from the darkest pits of hell. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080606002522/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=9779 This is what it looks like]. Not to be outdone, the Unhinged set introduced its even stronger child, the demon known only as the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135937/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=73981 Infernal Spawn of Infernal Spawn of Evil].
** Then there's that other Unhinged set card, [httphttps://ww2web.wizardsarchive.comorg/Gathererweb/CardDetails20190928121007/https://status.aspx?name=when%20fluffy%20bunnies%20attackwizards.com/ When Fluffy Bunnies Attack].
** The ''real'' "killer rabbit" of the Magic world is the ''squirrel'. Some squirrel-themed cards, such as "Deranged Hermit" and "Squirrel Nest" have seen extensive [[Tournament Play]].
** [http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/arcana/340 Hyalopterous Lemure]. The artist didn't know what a "lemure" is (a ghost) so he drew a "lemur" instead (a fuzzy rodent).
** Also, [httphttps://ww2web.wizardsarchive.comorg/gathererweb/CardDetails20190928120951/https://status.aspx?&id=6138wizards.com/ Jackalope Herd]. A bunch of bunnies with antlers, amazing combat stats for their mana cost, and a drawback (returning to your hand when you play another spell) that can be turned into an advantage fairly easily.
* ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' has a level 2 monster that's basically a rabbit with a switchblade, where the Bad Stuff is "you die" (yes, a literal Killer Rabbit; not surprising since he's actually Bun-bun, the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' character mentioned below). One time in six, it turns into a level 15 monster, as "That One Rabbit from [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|That One Movie]]", and it's too late to get help.
** The ''Munchkin Bites!'' expansion has 17th-level monster The Evil, also from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. For those not versed in the webcomic, it's an adorable cute kitten. It steals a level from you just by ''meeting it''.
* ''Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' gives us [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Mokey_Mokey Mokey Mokey]. It looks cute and harmless, and it is, but with [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Mokey_Mokey_Smackdown this card] present on the field at the same time, you ''will not'' want it to get angry.
 
== Toys ==
* The Werebears toys were seemingly adorable teddy bears with reversible heads and paws that would reveal their "nasty" face when turned inside out.
 
 
== Video Games ==
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** The Catsabers, present in multiple [[Nippon Ichi]] games, resemble children in cat costumes, but are generally no less deadly than any of the other species of monsters you're likely to run into. They also have a more diabolical relative called the Deathsaber, with an appearance resembling a bat, rather than a cat.
** Desco from ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' Daw, isn't [[media:Desco 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—allowing you to produce one of the fastest Game Overs in video game history, simply by teasing the squirrel twice—at which point it'll leap at your face, kill you, and drag off your corpse to feed its young.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
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** In ''Skyward Sword'', we've got those little cat-raccoon-pet-things in Skyloft. During the day they meow, follow you around, and look absolutely adorable with those huge Bambi-eyes. During the night, they're actively trying to rip your guts out.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''
** 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.
** And Kung Lao can use a bunny to beat his enemy to death. These are based on Kung Lao's Friendship where he pulls a bunny out of his hat. Only here, it's turned into a Fatality.
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat 3]]'' (and the ''Ultimate'' version), the characters have special finishing moves called "Animalities" where they turn into animals and attack their opponent. In ''Ultimate'', the character Kitana turns into a white rabbit, [[Groin Attack|before mauling the enemy's happy sacks.]]
* The creature from ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4E0e-ZCn14 The Last Guardian]''. This adorable thing that makes you love it just from the trailer also managed to splatter an armored guard against a wall with a swing of its claw.
* The insanely difficult [[Bonus Boss]] in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]: Mask of the Betrayer'' is a [http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/ giant badger]. Badgers are actually incredibly vicious and dangerous, a giant one even moreso.
** 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]."
* ''[[Monster Rancher]]''
** The Hares, in a very literal sense. They're [[Glass Cannon|glass cannons]] who can deal very high amounts of damage.
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{{quote|'''Orz:''' Nnnnnggggaaaahhhhh!!!!!! It is ''dancing''!!!!}}
* The Memaus in ''[[Startopia]]'' are cute little cat-like creatures that wander around the station. They eat litter, and any guests who pet one get a bonus to happiness. The problem is that, if it's been well-fed, it simultaneously infects the petter with a parasite which will transform the guest into a decidedly not cute "[[Big Creepy-Crawlies|Skrasher]]" which cuts a swathe of destruction and can absorb a terrifying amount of damage before keeling over. And if your security can't kill the Skrasher fast enough, it explodes... into ''more Memaus''.
* ''[[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.
* ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]''
** Ratchet. Small, fuzzy, and carries around more firepower than even the Pentagon could dream of.
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** The Garlic Animated (a chubby garlic bulb with feet and [[Moe]] eyes) might be even cuter than the Fluffs (cotton balls with [[Moe Moe]] eyes), but its breath weapon is a force to be reckoned with.
** 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!]]!}}
* ''[[Braid]]'': Killer Rabbits squared. Or cubed. Not only are these rabbits vicious, but they initially disguise themselves as flowers and sound like cats. No matter what you find cute and charming, there's a good chance Braid's rabbits will undermine it.
* Pick a ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' game. If it's a cute little girl that doesn't seem to belong in a battle and looks to be about 10, she's most likely a dragon who can eat most enemies faces without ANY worry of being hurt. Otherwise characters like Est (''Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light''/''Mystery of the Emblem''/''Shadow Dragon'') and Nino (''Fire Emblem'') are [[Magikarp Power]] housed and fit this trope too.
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* The Pig Butoh in ''[[The World Ends With You]]''. Usually, pigs are cute, harmless [[Puzzle Boss|Puzzle Mooks]]. Then you find the second-to-last of them. Unlike his fellows, he can be simply beaten to death... but can attack. And his attack stat is [[Oh Crap|five times the final boss']].
* In ''[[Dark Cloud]] 2'', {{spoiler|Dark Emperor Griffon's true form is that of an adorably cute bunny person}}. Even the protagonists are surprised. But then the boss battle starts, his true skill as a master mage surfaces, and the infinite ''power'' of his [[Cosmic Keystone]] shines forth. Hint: [[Gadgeteer Genius|Max]] and [[Action Girl|Monica]] embody the Earth and Moon in their Atlamillia. Their foe wields the ''Sun''.
* 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.
* ''[[Cave Story]]''
** The Mimigas, friendly anthropomorphic rabbits that are your main allies throughout the game. But, give a Mimiga a red flower to eat, and... they enter a "frenzied" state, which means they mutate into horrific, bloodthirsty, mindless monsters that simply kill and kill and kill until they die. Even the weakest Mimiga becomes powerful enough to be an early-game boss in this form. The Mimigas are aware of this power, but only use it as an absolute last resort.
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* The SNES action-RPG ''The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang'' features rabbits that will suddenly open their large mouths filled with sharp teeth in order to latch onto the hero. They are called [[Late to the Punchline|Python Bunnies]].
* The [[Nintendo DS]] game ''[[The Dark Spire]]'' features Killer Rabbits. Ok, bunnies. Close enough. Subversion in that they are not only not that dangerous but are the ''least'' dangerous enemies on any floors they appear.
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' has carp. It became a [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Carp memetic] fish—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.
{{quote|'''Dwarf Fortress Wiki:''' [T]here is only one thing to do if you come across a river full of carp and you don't want your dwarves to die... Run. Run and never look back.
'''[[Word of God|Toady One]]:''' I think I made the fish too hardcore. }}
** Carp have stepped down from this position in favor of ''giant sponges'', which ''will'' kill your dwarves if they get close to it. Not bad for an animal who shouldn't be able to even move.
** 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.
** Common keas are thieving parrots. The ''giant'' keas are the same, but with enough of strength and lifting capacity to steal ''anvils'' and ability to crack skulls, so you are stuck with rampaging homicidal kleptomaniacal psychopaths, in the form of parrots. Also, they come in groups of 5-10. And once your archers arrive to take care of the problem, keas will fly away, to return another day. Unless you moved everything and everyone in the embark belowground and closed the door before you met them, your dorfs probably are in for it. If you did, crossbows from cover can clear the area. Even better, the their thieving habits can lead them into cage traps with mine carts as bait: they are tameable and valuable… just make sure you won't accidentally release a half-feral giant kea inside the trade depot.
** Also, giant keas are rampaging homicidal kleptomaniacal psychopaths, in the form of parrots.
{{quote|'''DF wiki''': Their habit of going into your fort and stealing your stuff will mean these monsters will come right into contact with your dwarves and fight. And do not expect a civilian, unarmored dwarf to win any of these fights. Giant kea will kill your dwarves faster than you can say, "It's just a big parrot, what harm could it do?"}}
* The Chichifa from ''[[Starflight]] 2''. You never see a picture of them. But the Humna Humna trade buoy orbiting their homeworld describes them as "A race of highly prolific, small, furry creatures with long, upright ears and puffy tails. Extremely aggressive, they will swarm to any heat source and attack. Recommend caution."
* Baragon in the game ''[[Godzilla]]: Unleashed'' certainly applies... even if he is a giant dinosaur-thing. Sure, he's the smallest monster in the entire game, and he is [[Ugly Cute|adorable in an odd sort of way]], but he's more than able to take down his opponents including the '''biggest''' monster in the game, Biollante.
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* In addition to Kirby, mentioned above already, ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' has a few other innocent-looking death machines. [[Pokémon|Jigglypuff]] earned its place as a [[Lethal Joke Character]] for its ability to one-shot players at relatively low damage with its ''stupidly'' powerful "Rest" attack, along with an effective aerial moveset that [[Fan Nickname|players have dubbed]] the "[[Names to Run Away From Very Fast|Wall of Pain]]".
** [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Toon Link]] also could count. He's a cute-looking kid with a toy sword who can also kick your ass eight ways to Sunday with an array of weaponry (and the skill to use it) that's just as impressive as his adult self.
* 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.
* ''[[Dubloon]]'' features Fire Ants. These small ants may and ''will'' [[Kill It with Fire|burn you to crisp]] if you don't act quick. There also literal killer bunnies, but they are [[Obviously Evil]].
* ''[[Ys]]: The Ark of Napishtim'' has Majunun, a cute little robot so comically tiny he's not actually visible in most screenshots of him. [[False Reassurance|It's a lie to say he's the most powerful boss in the game]] -- "most powerful enemy, period" is more accurate, as he technically only counts as a miniboss. He's capable of one-hit-killing a Level 31 Adol... and to get one useful accessory, you have to either kill him, or manage not to be killed by him long enough to grab the chest and escape.
* ''[[Metroid]]''
** The eponymous Metroids themselves are an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] of the trope, since your first impression is how deadly they are, but if you come across one that ''isn't'' trying to consume your soul... ''[[Cuteness Proximity|d'awwww]][[Ugly Cute|wwwww]]''. They're typically babies when encountered, make an adorable chirping sound, eat<ref>you</ref> by glomping, and if you're lucky enough to have one imprint on you, you don't even need to stick your head between your legs and kiss your arse goodbye.
** ''[[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]].}}
* Both chapters of SSI's ''Wizard's Crown'' duology featured these, as "white rabbits" in the first game and "snow rabbits" in the second. In the former case, they're a set-piece encounter more dangerous than just about any other pure-melee opponent in the Ruins, and provide a ridiculous quantity of high-quality loot. In the latter, they're wandering monsters in the toughest of the three wilderness areas, so their lethality is rather less inappropriate.
* Little Mac from ''[[Punch-Out!!]]'' is roughly half the size of the majority of his opponents, yet he can throw lightning fast punches so powerful he can topple them with ease.
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* [[Planescape: Torment]] has the Lim-lim. You can buy one on the market as a cute pet, and it doesn't do much. Then in a different area of town, you meet a circle of magicians that attempt to summon a wild one... and it promptly slaughters all of them. It's also pretty dangerous to ''you'' should you provoke it.
** From the same game, both Morte the floating skull and Nordom the four-armed cube thingy are much more dangerous than they seem.
* ''[[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''.
* ''[[Maximo]] vs. Army of Zin'' has the Rarbite, an ordinary looking rabbit that, when attacked, [[This Was His True Form|transforms into a vicious demon]] that latches onto your ankle and gradually drains your health until removed.
* Any Yordle character in ''[[League of Legends]]'' would qualify for this trope, but easily the best example would have to be Teemo, a huggably adorable little chipmunk-like boy scout who will pump you full of poison darts and trap you in a minefield of toxic mushrooms. Bonus points for his Cottontail skin, making him even more of a literal killer rabbit.
* ''[[Fantasy Quest]]'' offers a giant bunny rabbit that proves surprisingly lethal. The sequel kicks it up a notch with a herd of carnivorous ''giraffes''.
* Another literal example: the rabbit-people in ''[[Utawarerumono]]'' seem peaceful and diplomatic, at least compared to all the [[Blood Knight]] nations around them. People wonder how they haven't been conquered yet. Then, when they get attacked, they show it's because {{spoiler|they still have [[Humongous Mecha]] from before the apocalypse.}}
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' has hardcore horses. '' ''Champions and Heroes'' dedicated a few comics to the "[ //www.smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=98261&articleNo=508 Murder Horse]".
 
{{quote|I was quite horrified when two blood dragons attacked me out in the woods. I was even more horrified when I turn around, having killed one of them together with Lydia, only to find that Frost had dealt with the other by himself.
Could it have been a bug? It’s [[Bethesda]], there are more bugs than lines of code. But. BUT. Frost is also the most terrifying creature in Skyrim. Dragonborn included.}}
 
== Web Animation ==
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* The ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' short [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mHKHKR8x6A "Crab Battle!"], where Naked Snake gets his ass handed to him by a Kenyan Mangrove Crab.
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' has several small animals that are for some reason vicious. Whistle, the man-eating puppy, a man-eating baby turtle, and a flock of man-eating ducks have all appeared. Plus, well, most of the cast.
* 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.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[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.
** Her dad, Kevin, might count as well. He's three times the size of any other rabbit we've seen in the strip (including his parents and sister) and mostly muscle (in fact, he used to have a side job as a masked wrestler).
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':
** Bun-Bun. He once skeletonized a shark that had the misfortune of attacking him, and went on a holiday-massacring rampage as part of his vendetta against Santa Claus.
** 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].
{{quote|"Kicking a kitten... A grown man punting a kitten who was looking the other way... It was the bravest thing I've ever seen."}}
* Kieri from ''[[Slightly Damned]]''. When she first meets Buwaro, she changes into a bunny and then chases him around Rhea's house with a steak knife. [http://www.sdamned.com/2006/04/04232006/ Link].
* 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]]'':
** Subverted in a strip with Jeremy, who attacks Sensei Greg... Only to [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-07-18 run facefirst into a ki forcefield.] Ow. Of course, it was [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-05-13 earlier stated] that Jeremy did have some punch.
** Grace combines this with [[Beware the Nice Ones]]. A normally sweet and cute squirrel-girl who, once angered, destroys a [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|self-proclaimed]] god.
* In ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]'', the [[Norse Mythology|Norse trickster god Loki]] walks the earth in the body of a ''stuffed animal''.
* ''[[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."
* Arguably, the entirety of ''[http://bunny.frozenreality.co.uk/ Bunny]'' is based off this trope, particularly Orange Bunny.
* Slim the Jackalope from ''[http://www.mopsy.com NeverNever]'' has sixguns. Very tiny sixguns. And he bites. Extremely hard.
* ''[[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—an A.I. created by and resembling the Ob'Enn—a "hairy, scary drop bear."
* Lepus, the awakened Fiendish rabbit from ''[http://www.dungeoncrawlinc.com/comic6.html Dungeon Crawl, inc.]'' As the page's title suggests, he was originally a homage to the original Killer Rabbit (before he became a full-fledged character).
* [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.
* Reynardine, in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''. He's apparently a cute little stuffed toy. He's actually a fearsome possessor demon that kills the body of whoever he takes over. He just happens to be stuck in Antimony's toy. For now. An illustrative [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=407 example].
* ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'':
** The Racconans. They're cute, fuzzy two-foot tall talking raccoons... who turn into lightning-flinging shredding whirling balls of death when backed into a corner. A typical saying in the Questorverse is "there's no such thing as an unarmed Racconan."
** 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]]...
{{quote|'''Quentin:''' You know, Groonch, there is an old saying in the seven systems about an unarmed Racoonan... [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|pity you never heard it]]. }}
** Alternatively, the Redcaps, who bear a marked resemblance to the little dancing mushrooms from ''[[Fantasia]]'', till the needle-sharp claws and fangs come out and they leap into your face. Those bright red "mushroom caps" they wear are actually BLOOD SACS, and they've been known to drain an ox dry of blood in moments...
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* ''[[Char Cole]]'' gives us [http://kyrio.deviantart.com/art/CharCole-67-116061624 Maoh] the [http://kyrio.deviantart.com/art/CharCole-73-116777367 Magnificent]. Not ''all'' Mew have pleasant temperments...
* {{spoiler|Dolphins}} in ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''. You could punch out and kill all the gorillas, dinosaurs, giant lumberjacks, ninja, vampires, and ghosts you want, but if you treasure your continued existence, leave the {{spoiler|1=[http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=70&issue=14 dolphins]}} alone.
* [[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].
* ''[[Digger]]'' and other wombats may look small and chubby, but they spend most of their lives swinging heavy pickaxes, and are, as she once put it, "like biceps with feet." When pressed into battle, Digger has shown herself to be an effective combatant, not only soundly defeating a gang of bandits, but also lecturing them on what poor condition their weapons are in.
* Mr. Boodles, an average-looking cat from ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'', proved to be this in the November 18th update. He is also the pet of a vampire queen.
* ''[[Nature of Nature's Art]]'' is populated almost ''entirely'' by killer animals. Literally, they live to fight!
* 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.
* ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' goblins created a funny [http://yafgc.net/?id=65 midget direwolf breed], Wargi. The little bastards are nastier than they appears. Their cuteness is [http://yafgc.net/?id=68 weaponized] too.
* 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.}}
* ''[[Erfworld]]'s'' Transilvitoan bats are among the weakest units in the world (generally only useful as scouts). However, when boosted by the right leadership bonus (and with sheer weight of numbers), they become capable of taking on boosted dwagons.
* Swedish online RPG satire ''[[Rubicon survival guide]]'' use a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110110113130/http://www.rollspel.com/humor/handbok/rub7.htm killer hamster] to demonstrate the dangers of taking the rules too literally:
{{quote|'''Horrified Barbarian:''' A HAMSTER!!! OH MY GOD!!!
'''Confused Wizard:''' What????
'''Horrified Barbarian:''' A hamster bite is one damage point, and it bites and bites and bites! It can take hours before you die! A slow, agonizing death ... LOOK OUT, IT'S ATTACKING!!! }}
* ''[[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]]'':
** The Trolls look awfully cute on first glance until you realize they're junior members of a [[Proud Warrior Race]]. Karkat even dubs them "Team Adorabloodthirsty".
** And then there's the actual Killer Rabbit, a small stuffed bunny that can handle several large weapons at once that John names after Liv Tyler.
* From ''[[Fafnir the Dragon]]'', we give you Frogzerkers. As in, normal-sized frogs with spiked collars that can eats the faces off of vampires.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Not cute, but definitly Killer Bunnies: the giant rabbits of Ferrettina, the ''[[Girl Genius|Weasel Queen]]''.
* ''[[VG Cats]]'' had fun with usual [[Rat Stomp]] grade adventure running into [[Underground Monkey|less than obvious monster variations]]. Leo [[Tempting Fate|just had to say]] he's "[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=56 on a roll today]".
* [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 Noob]]'' had "anti-PK" coalition wander (with a little help from their enemies) into a high-level area [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=148 where people keep disappearing]... oooh, what a cute little squirrel!
* ''Chuckle-A-Duck'' presents [http://chuckleaduck.com/comic/how-majestic/ the dreaded Saber Tooth Chihuahua].
* In ''[[Erma]]'', there is a puppy that is currently "teething" [http://brandontheoutcast.tumblr.com/image/118853863381]
* ''[[Diesel Sweeties]]'' had an [http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/2519 incident] involving #C-63 (Red Robot) and his archnemesis - Archibald Muffin Cutiepie Junior (chicken).
* Played for laughs in [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=956 this] ''[[Sequential Art]]''
 
== Web Original ==
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* The ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' has a toy cabbit owned by Tennyo—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]].
* On the website Muse Blog, run far, far away if you see a Hot Pink Bunny. They are [[Take Over the World|out to rule the world]], can turn people into [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombies]], and [[Made of Iron|can survive atomic blasts]]. This may or may not be where their powers come from.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160329140800/http://www.elfwood.com/u/andersson2/image/45b46350-23da-11e4-9fb0-6fd3a883da45/the-dragon-fly The Dragon Fly]'' by Fredrik K.T.Andersson.
* ''[[Zombie Roadkill]]'' does this with several small woodland creatures.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiyAWh4zWB0#t=3m34s The Kryton] from ''Threebrain''.
* [http://scp-wiki.net/scp-524 SCP-524] from the ''[[SCP Foundation]]'' is a docile bunny rabbit that can eat [[Extreme Omnivore|anything]]. Metal, plastic, radioactive waste, ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|SCP-682]]''...
** It actually is the one thing that 682 was unable to adapt a defense for, and only survived being eaten by climbing up higher than the bunny could jump.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100218235937/http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/you_follow_one_kid_home_rip_out This (not actually killer) squirrel].
* The humor site [http://www.cracked.com/ Cracked] has an article called "[http://www.cracked.com/article_15853_6-cutest-animals-that-can-still-destroy-you.html The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You"]. [[Self Explanatory]]. Two-thirds are Australian, of course.
* Despite its inherent emphasis on all things ugly and disgusting, from simply distasteful little critters to [[Nightmare Fuel]]-filled [[Eldritch Abominations]], a good number of the monsters of the [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen.htm Mortasheen] franchise are cute enough (relatively speaking) to pass as these. Don't believe me? Check out the [[Chainsaw Good|Chainsaw]] [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/chainsawkid.htm Kid]. It's about as cute as a creature with a chainsaw on its face can get, but [[Ax Crazy|piss it off for any reason whatsoever and your internal organs will invariably end up getting rearranged.]]
* "[http://www.worth1000.com/contests/555/evil-animals Evil Animals]" contest on worth1000.com got a handful of such things, including literal as a pair of "[http://www.worth1000.com/entries/22782/bad-rabbits bad rabbits]".
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg Honey badger don't care. Honey badger don't give a shit]"
* ''[http://daver2002ua.deviantart.com/art/bunny-257354623 bunny]'' by Daver2002ua on DeviantArt.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* [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]...
* In the ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' episode "Eddie Monster", "the Champ" of the imaginary friends fighting league is a harmless looking Pikachu-esque rabbit thing... that sprouts huge electrified tentacles when provoked.
* One episode of ''[[Men in Black (animation)|Men in Black]]'', in an obvious jab at ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'', has a cute and cuddly alien... which could transform into a hideous behemoth on a second's notice when hungry, and was preparing to devour the young boy who had "bonded" with him.
* Nibbler of ''[[Futurama]].'' It's not his fault he's an unstoppable killing machine... who can devour several hundred times his own body weight in a matter of minutes. His entire species are superintelligent warriors working to save the universe, but it's a [[Running Gag]] in any episode they appear in that they're also adorable and cuddly. His very droppings are ''dark matter'' more dense than the material in a neutron star.
* 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.
{{quote|'''Jumba Jukiba:''' I tried to give you my good looks, but let's face it, something... went wrong.}}
** A ''[[Disney Adventures]]'' comic showed that this is because somehow one of the creatures he was created from was... a puppy.
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* The deadpan little Mynah Bird in [[Chuck Jones]]' ''Inki'' series. He can demolish anything up to and including a brontosaurus, but always offscreen.
* The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy in ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'', who is a cute little piggy and a dark lord of evil.
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]''
** Played rather straight when Pud'n [[Be Careful What You Wish For|wishes]] for a cute bunny that will love him forever... and it immediately reveals itself to be a [[Ax Crazy|psychotic]], [[Love Makes You Evil|murderous]] nightmare.
** Also, the Happy Huggy Stuffy Bears, adorable stuffed bears that were {{spoiler|created by Eris to sow chaos in the world by hypnotizing their owners to do their bidding. Eris' scheme is undone when one angers Mandy by saying that she'll be only the ''second'' most powerful in the world, at which point Mandy orders Grim to decapitate all of them.}}
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* ''[[Catscratch]]'' had an episode which had a duckling in it—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—after it's beaten the snot out of him AGAIN.
* ''[[Johnny Test]]'' has a cute kitty cat as one of its villains; said kitty cat possesses a cannon that turns people into cats.
* ''[[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.
{{quote|"ISN'T THAT CUTE!?"
"No! It's horrible! And didn't rhyme!" }}
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** Also the Woodland Critters, who seem cute but are actually rapists with satanic powers.
** And the cute, little goldfish who wrote murderous messages on its bowl and then followed through with them.
* 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.
* The Warners in ''[[Animaniacs]]'', three cute "puppy children" who are basically avatars of chaos. And you ''really'' don't want to piss off Wakko.
* ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'': In "Pet Peeved", Duck Dodger's selfish demand for a pet results in him adopting "Koo-koo", an energy mutator that happens to look like a cross between a puppy, rabbit, and kitten. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMvj81ipK4A It becomes larger, stronger, and uglier as it absorbs electrical energy].
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* In ''[[The Twisted Whiskers Show]]'', a kitten named Cutie Snoot, although cute and sweet, she causes trouble for a dog named Goosers to earn the affection of her master.
* ''[[Sidekicks]]'' has [[Fricking Laser Beams|Laser]] Rabbits.
* 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."
 
 
== Real Life ==
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* 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]]...
* Pigs are generally thought of as ugly, fat, listless, and generally harmless creatures... unless you are a pig farmer. Editor has been told that a farmer being trampled (and subsequently ''eaten'') is not unheard-of.
* 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.
* Squirrels are cute, nervous, and fuzzy. Harmless, right? Or are they [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4489792.stm arboreal piranhas]?
* The [[wikipedia:Conus|Cone Snail]]. Many people pick them up because they're pretty... and get a deadly neurotoxic harpoon stuck right into them! Due to the speed at which the snail fires the harpoon, they are actually the ''fastest snails on earth''.
* From the right perspective, jellyfish can look like gracefully-flowing gossamer, living chandeliers. But one touch and you'll know what days of agony is like ''if you're lucky''; if not, and it's one of the nastier species, you'll learn what a few minutes of agony ''and'' the afterlife are like.
* Man-o-wars. Look like jellyfish but are really a colony of different organisms where one is a purple floating sac and the rest are tentacles that make digestion and attack. From outside the water, [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Portuguese_Man-O-War_(Physalia_physalis).jpg/437px-Portuguese_Man-O-War_(Physalia_physalis).jpg it looks beautiful]. Under the water, they are goddamn painful and, in some cases, can kill a person.
* [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''.
* Chow Chows basically just look like big balls of fluff, but they have a reputation for being aggressive - to the point that the words "chow" or "chow mix" are basically code for "''be on your guard''" in your average veterinary clinic.
* Sloths. They're big, sleepy, slow-moving critters... living in jungles. Y'know, where EVERYTHING tries to eat you. Think about that for a second.
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* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB5recdpPaI clione,] nicknamed the "sea angel," sure looks pretty as it peacefully swims through the water...until it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlc7r34Sh-c opens its many-tendriled mouth to catch its prey.]
* Poison ivy is gorgeous. It has glossy green leaves which are red when new, and a stunning purple fall color. It also has attractive white berries that birds love. It causes ferocious allergic reactions. Once it's on the skin, most efforts to alleviate the pain will only serve to spread the irritant oils. It grows quickly, and with its berries so appealing to birds, spreads rapidly. If burned, its irritants will be carried in the smoke, and will tear up the lungs of anyone who inhales that smoke. It also seems to be responding to elevating atmospheric carbon dioxide levels by increasing the potency of its irritants.
** 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.
* Skunks. They're cute, gentle, and will totally ruin your day if you even make a wrong move around them.
* A ''lot'' of plants look totally harmless but are actually quite dangerous. For instance, [[wikipedia:Nerium oleander|Oleander]] has beautiful flowers but it is ''very'' toxic.
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* [[Swans-a-Swimming|Swans]]: graceful, regal, a symbol of love ... and equipped with wings strong enough to break your arm at a blow if you come near their eggs.
* [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.)
* [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!
* Moles. That's right, the blinky/blind, fuzzy, [[The Wind in the Willows|shy-but-friendly]] little guys. These guys may be cute, but they are vicious little blighters: they are predators capable of hunting underground, and burrowing their own tunnels to do so, and are incredibly territorial. Oh, and cannibalistic- put two moles together for any length of time and you end up with one fat mole.
* Do not go to pet a dingo. They might look like Labrador Retrievers, but they're [[Big Badass Wolf|very much not domesticated]], so for the love of god and for the love of your future children, do NOT pet it!
* 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.
* Inverted with the Horseshoe Crab. They have dangerous-looking spikes on their tails and bodies and tails that look like stingray tails, but they're harmless and can't really hurt you.
* The mantis shrimp is a small, often colorful little critter that lives in coral dens and mostly keeps to itself. To eat it's dinner of molluscs and crustaceans though, the mantis shrimp doesn't bother with prying them open: it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ahuZEvWH8 BLASTS] them open with it's clublike arms, which strike with the acceleration of a .22 BULLET. The force generated per area is so powerful that the mantis shrimp can [[wikipedia:Mantis shrimp|COMPLETELY MISS it's target and STILL do damage]] by force alone. Captive mantis shrimp have been known to crack or shatter aquarium glass with a single blow.
* An awful lot of tropical reef fishes and invertebrates, including the drop-dead gorgeous ones popular for saltwater aquaria, are deadly poisonous, and even the nonvenomous species may sport razor-sharp spines for protection. Heck, even the ''coral'' can cut you to ribbons if the current makes you bump into it.
* Shrikes are small, cute songbirds that kill mice and lizards by [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|impaling them on thorns]], then use the neatly strung-up corpses as a larder.
 
=== Sports ===
* The South Sydney Rabbitohs have won the more premierships than any other [[Rugby League]] team in Australia.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins. Penguins are not exactly known for their toughness.
 
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