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If it has a scary name, but not a scary demeanor, it's [[Deathbringer the Adorable]]. |
If it has a scary name, but not a scary demeanor, it's [[Deathbringer the Adorable]]. |
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Compare: [[Happy Fun Ball]]; [[Beware the Nice Ones]]; [[ |
Compare: [[Happy Fun Ball]]; [[Beware the Nice Ones]]; [[Legendary 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]]. |
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Contrast: [[Level Five Onix]]; [[Holy Hand Grenade]] (which is often the most effective way to deal with this). |
Contrast: [[Level Five Onix]]; [[Holy Hand Grenade]] (which is often the most effective way to deal with this). |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yfLD6E_5W8 The Chainsaw Ferret Massacre Mountain.] |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yfLD6E_5W8 The Chainsaw Ferret Massacre Mountain.] |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itlj1yM9l4 The Bud Ice Penguins.] |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itlj1yM9l4 The Bud Ice Penguins.] |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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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.'' |
* 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.'' |
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== Film == |
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* The main villain of ''[[Toy Story (franchise)||Toy Story 3]]'' is {{spoiler|an adorable pink teddy bear ("And he smells like strawberries!").}} |
* The main villain of ''[[Toy Story (franchise)||Toy Story 3]]'' is {{spoiler|an adorable pink teddy bear ("And he smells like strawberries!").}} |
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* ''[[Watership Down]]''. [In]famous for its rabbit violence. |
* ''[[Watership Down]]''. [In]famous for its rabbit violence. |
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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!"}} |
{{quote|"And Nag was dead before the big man blew him up! ''I'' killed Nag! Come and fight with ''me'', Nagaina!"}} |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* Would [[Gary Oldman|Lord Shen]] from ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]];; count? He's a peacock, not something you expect to be a villain, but, [[Complete Monster|well...]] |
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== Films -- Live-Action == |
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* 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!" |
* 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!" |
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{{quote|"Look at the ''bones''!"}} |
{{quote|"Look at the ''bones''!"}} |
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== Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy == |
== Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy == |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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== Tabletop Games == |
== Tabletop Games == |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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