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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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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''.")

Contrast: [[Level Five Onix]]; [[Holy Hand Grenade]] (which is often the most effective way to deal with this).

 

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* 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.

{{quote| "AUGGH! You make-a me bleed!"}}

** Ryo-Ohki can transform from a cute little bunny-cat thing into a spaceship (or a mecha, depending on which permutation you're watching). A spaceship that can ''[[Earthshattering Kaboom|destroy entire planets]]''.

** How about the knife-shooting stuffed animals in Yuzuha's dimension from the second movie? Borderline [[Nightmare Fuel]] as well.

* In ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'', one should stay VERY wary of {{spoiler|the cute, pink, cuddly little plushie Maromi, who is nothing short of a powerful [[Chessmaster]].}}

** 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 In Badass|but emits a big enough]] [[Battle Aura]] to scare off ''Kamineko AND HIS POSSE''. {{spoiler|''Then'' he collapses.}}

* Japoro from ''[[Shamanic Princess]]'', being a [[Weasel Mascot|ferret-like creature]] who is also the [[Battle Butler]] to [[Action Girl|Tiara]].

* The Moon Rabbits from ''[[Yaiba]]''. In particular, [[General Ripper|Commander]] [[Fat Bastard|Mangetsu]], [[Battle Butler|Tsukikage]] and the [[Dark Is Edgy|Black]] [[Psycho for Hire|Moon Rabbit]] [[Person of Mass Destruction|Gekko]].

* ''[[Bleach]]''

** Ururu, despite being extremely timid and withdrawn, possesses otherworldly strength that is revealed when she detects a threat. She goes into a sort of "berserker" mode, and will not stop until either her opponent drops dead or she is immobilized. A prime example of this is her ambush and beating of Ilfort Granz, who manages to wound her in his release form.

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

* ''[[Digimon]]''

** For a literal example, in ''Digimon Tamers'' Terriermon transforms into a trigger-happy rabbit.

* ''[[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}}.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''

** Negi himself. An extremely [[Adorably Precocious Child]], who can throw around [[Shock and Awe|spells]] which [[Person of Mass Destruction|annihilate armies]].

** There's also a couple killer cats. The first is Rhett Butler, a fat and lazy tomcat who also happens being the reincarnation of the STRONGEST YOUMA EVER (thankfully, he's not hostile). The second, more prominent one, is Artemis: while he's usually on the sidelines, on one occasion he had to fight a [[Monster of the Week]] that had just steamrolled Sailor Moon, and actually held his ground long enough for Sailor Moon return with a [[Mid-Season Upgrade]].

** 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]], 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"''.

** Chimchar. It ''looks'' like a cute, playful little fire-monkey at first, but when the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|heat of battle]] activates Blaze, RUN FOR COVER!!

** Still worth mentioning is the Togepi from DP142, "Where No Togepi Has Gone Before." It's very, very mischievous and knows friggin' Flamethrower, Extrasensory, Attract, and Substitute.

** Dawn's Buneary is a literal example. Granted, she's more of a lover than a fighter, but she can still kick some massive amounts of ass.

** Bianca's Oshawott gets thrashed by a particularly evil-looking ''Audino''.

** Another prime example is [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.

* Luki and Noki from ''[[DOGS Bullets and Carnage]]''. They're two adorable twin girls... but heaven help you if you agree to "play" with them....

* Charlotte is by far the cutest thing in ''[[Madoka Magica]]'', which is saying something given [[Puni Plush|the art style]]. She's also the most dangerous of the non-Walpurgisnacht witches, as poor {{spoiler|Mami}} found out. {{spoiler|[[Weasel Mascot|Kyubey]] is starting to show signs of this, though more with how sinister he acts than because of his actions.}}

* The mad parade in ''[[Paprika]]'', a collection of cartoon animals, inanimate objects, and cultural icons that looks incredibly silly and cute. It also happens to be a living [[Shared Dream]] born from the minds of a meglomaniac and the insane, and it has the power to drive people to cheerful madness almost instantly-adding them to it's march.

* {{spoiler|[[Ultimate Evil|The Dark Mage]] Zeref}} from ''[[Fairy Tail]]''. He [[Expecting Someone Taller|looks so young]] and is unbelievably adorable, especially when [[Cry Cute|he cries]], and despite not showing up until chapter 200, he's cried on screen more most of the main characters too. You can also die just by [[Instant Death Radius|getting too close to him]], and that's when he ''isn't'' trying to kill you.

** Let's not forget Pantherlily. When not in his "cute" cat form, he transforms into a human-sized Panther with a Badass [[BFS]]

* Rabbit like beasts feature in the final episode of Blood-C

 

 

== Card Games ==

** 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].

** [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.

** 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''

 

 

== 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]]).

* In both the animated ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' and the Archie comic series, Bunnie Rabbot has brute strength coming from being a cyborg, although you probably won't see her killing anything more objectionable than a few (dozen) robots.

* ''[[Nextwave]]'' features some "Unusual Weapons of Mass Destruction", including the Drop Bears -- 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.

* Lockheed, the tiny sapient alien dragon that befriended Kitty Pryde of the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]. He's so adorable that most people tend to forget the "sapient" and "dragon" parts.

* In [[The DCU]], there is a [[Rival]] group to the [[Green Lantern]] Corps called The Red Lantern Corps, whose rings are powered by rage. One of the members of the Red Lanterns is a cute-looking kitty... and he is just as dangerous as any other member. Don't fall for Dex-Starr's "innocent" act....

* ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''. There was the 'squirrel as a fifth level' monster from the strip "The Most Dangerous (Small) Game". Also llamas in B.A.'s campaign have horns and gore people.

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

* ''Gold Digger: Tangent'' features the "Death Lepus", also known as Wabbits -- 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.

* 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 title character in ''Riki Tiki Tavi''. Awww... he's so cute and fuzzy... HOLY SHIT LOOK WHAT HE DID TO THAT COBRA! However, Riki Tiki Tavi isn't malevolent. He's actually trying to kill the cobras because they're harming the humans, so this is a more traditional example of [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]] and possibly also [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]. He does display slight [[Heroic Sociopath]] tendencies, however. It was justified to kill the cobra and his eggs to protect his owner, it is a little darkly to outright gloat about it to his widow's face (especially since preserving her family was the whole point of their attack).

{{quote| "And Nag was dead before the big man blew him up! ''I'' killed Nag! Come and fight with ''me'', Nagaina!"}}

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

 

* 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''!"}}

* Early in ''[[Barbarella]]'', the title character is similarly menaced by a group of dolls whose mouths show very pointy teeth. Later in the movie, she is nearly killed by vicious killer budgies (parakeets).

* Dennis Nedry in ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' gets killed by a fairly harmless-looking dilophosaurus... after it spits poison in his face, then ambushes him when he tries to get back to his truck.

** It should be noted that dilophosaurs probably [[Somewhere a Palaeontologist Is Crying|couldn't do that]]. Then again, we really have no way of knowing, but they certainly did ''not'' have those nifty-looking frills.

* ''[[Night of the Lepus]],'' a movie about '''[[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|Giant]] [[Attack of the Killer Whatever|Killer Bunny Rabbits]]'''. It is [[Nightmare Retardant|intended as a horror film]].

* The gopher in ''[[Caddyshack]]''.

* Let's not forget ''[[Screamers]]''. Can I come with you?

* The Vampire Pomeranian in ''[[Blade]]: Trinity'' named Pac-Man.

** It appears to have the split-mouth of a Reaper.

* In ''[[Mom and Dad Save The World]]'', Dick Nelson encounters a group of cute mushroom-like creatures which appear to be friendly... until he tries to pet one. It opens a huge mouth with sharklike teeth and almost takes off his hand.

** 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

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzzUiEF86qA This Spanish student film] uses this trope quite deliberately with its genetically altered Death Rabbit.

 

* ''[[The Edge Chronicles]]'' is covered in [[The Lost Woods]] and full of [[Death World|all manner of horrific animals]] and [[Man-Eating Plant|plants]], but the effectively undisputed top of the foodchain are Wig-wigs. Small, orange fluffballs that also happen to be pack hunters that can and will kill anything they can reach, no matter how big or strong it is. Their only real weakness is their inability to climb.

* Most of the "Furies" from the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Expanded Universe|novel series "Invasion"]] resemble demonic creatures (because they're the beings that spawned the legends). A few, however, are fluffy and cute. They're still vicious killers who want their ancestral home back, though.

* Found in James Thurber's [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.

* The original Basil Brush.

* The Furbie-esque Nubbins in ''[[Sanctuary]]'' are a variant of this -- 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.}}

* 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.

 

* The eponymous critters in the Frank Hayes filk song ''[http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/mid-ohio-filk/2005-October/000102.html Little Fuzzy Animals]'' are examples of this trope.

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

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjf2FKlZl9M Kitten Is Angry]" by [[Lemon Demon]]

 

 

 

== Radio ==

* 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.

 

* ''[[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.

* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''

** 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.

** Quite Irascible Diffractable Cheese Balls.

** (Bitter-Sweet) Chocolate Covered Anti-Matter Raisins.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''

** Several of the weaker [[The Heartless|Heartless]] fall under this, especially the Shadows, which are the first type of Heartless that you encounter in the original game.

*** Wyverns too. Yes, they're man-sized dragons, but they're very cuddly-looking man-sized dragons.

** 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".

** The Me Me Bunny dream eater in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D]]'' is another literal killer rabbit, and it also has a nasty magic using cousin that appears in the final world.

* An almost literal example from ''[[Odin Sphere]]'' is Prince Cornelius. He looks all cute and stuff, but easily he'll hand you your ass with his [[Mega Man Zero|Zero]]-like fighting style.

** The slimes. Most of them actually aren't that dangerous, but given how incredibly adorable and harmless they look, it doesn't take a lot for them to be much more dangerous than they look. [[media:rocket.jpg|Tell me you'd think this could do any harm.]]

** They're far from the only cuddly-looking killers in the series, though. Quite possibly the best example would have to be the Sanguini family, which are cute little baby demons. So cute, that one optional quest has you fulfilling the request of [[The Knights Who Say Squee|a warrior who is smitten with them]] to deliver each type a scarf. Awwwwwwwwww. That said, aside from [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|wasting turns "fluffing around", they can be dangerous]].

** Similarly, the Rabites from the ''Seiken Densetsu'' or ''Mana'' series, which are sort of [[media:Rabite_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]].

** The Black Rabite, one of the adorable little creatures mentioned above, with the respective color, is the most dangerous thing in the game. It looks like a small black bunny slipper until it opens a can of whoop-ass on you. The Black Rabite can be tamed a great deal by avoiding the use of spells or any tech stronger than the basic one, as these will not trigger its ferocious counterattacks. It also helps to use stat-affecting magic like the Necromancer's Black Curse spell and the Nightblade's Deadly Weapon spell.

* [[Nippon Ichi]]

** Starting with ''Dark Hero Days'', the position of most powerful bonus boss has been usurped by {{spoiler|Pringer X, a tiny robotic Prinny}} that doesn't look threatening, aside from its red angry eyes.

** 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.

* ''[[Little Big Planet]]'': 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.

** The Tonberry and all its variations in the series. Tiny. [http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/attachments/requests-341/38061d1221349166-model-request-tonberry-tonberry-image.jpg Strangely cute.] Its first moves are to walk slowly towards one of the heroes, until it gets close enough, and... ''[[One-Hit Kill|doink.]]'' ''Then'' you start taking it seriously. Yeah you see that thing it's carrying that looks like a garden spade? [[Knife Nut|That's not a spade, that's not a spade at all!]]

*** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/169933 by Legendary Frog], when Cloud thinks that he can take on the cute little Tonberry, despite the Narrator's warnings telling him that ''this'' would be a good time to use the "Run Away" option.

** There's also an enemy that's actually called the "Vorpal Bunny".

** Cactuars. They look like cute little cactus people. but they have a [[Fixed Damage Attack]] that can deal 1,000 damage, no matter what. Even worse is that some games have a second version that can do 10,000 damage, more than the normal HP cap, meaning instant death to anything it hits.

* The Cuccos in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' games are perfectly harmless chickens for the most part. If attacked though, they are clearly being hit and react with distress, they suffer no ill effect. If attacked persistently, the Cucco will begin to hit back, and an endless swarm of other, equally invulnerable Cuccos will come to its aid, pursuing the player and attempting to peck him to death.

** Their chicks are also masters of deception. In ''[[The Minish Cap]]'', the bouncing yellow babies with their cute chirping noises appear to be completely harmless. That is, until you turn Minish-sized and enter Anju's house, where about fifteen or twenty chicks will take notice of you and chase you around in an attempt to eat you.

** 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]]''

** 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.

* 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.

* Arguably, many [[Pokémon]] would fall under this. For that matter, many [[Mons]] series critters and cute anime mascots fall into this trope.

** Several of the incredibly powerful "legendaries", like Mew and Jirachi, are certainly small and harmless-looking. However, in the game, Mew has good stats and can learn every available technique. And Jirachi has a powerful Steel-type [[Signature Move]] called ''Doom Desire'', which lets loose a devastating bundle of light on the foe.

** Best example: Manaphy. That thing seems so harmless, but when it was recently tested in Over Used, it centralized the game so much that it was banned again. Basically, it is harmless without the rain, but as soon as, say, Kyogre sets up an infinite rainstorm via the Drizzle ability, that thing becomes a little monster!

** The only Pokemon that can learn Metronome, an attack that can randomly use nearly any move in the game, by level up are cute Pokemon.

** 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 -- 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.

** There are actual deadly living rocks in the game, and plenty other creatures that look either goofy or cute, but can kill you with a mere (venomous) touch. Or by breathing fire. Or pushing you into a death trap. Or gobbling you up.

** A more recent addition is Pink Bean, a pink, Pikachu-like boss that eats, sleeps, and plants flowers during the first half of the fight, and then starts killing half of your party members off in a single attack.

** The Elemental Kittens of Doom (Jr. Cellion, Sakura Cellion, Jr. Lioner, and Jr. Grupin). They act all pathetic when getting beat up and all but they mob like crazy and can spell doom for those who are more than a few levels below their Level 33.

** Back when ''Rayman: Raving Rabbids'' was going to be a platformer, the Rabbids were going to be hideous, vicious, and downright horrible creatures, instead of the insane but humorous critters they are today.

* The Orz from ''[[Star Control]] II'' seem relatively harmless: they talk funny, and resemble disembodied heads with tentacles and parrotfish-like faces. But their ships are actually quite powerful. And then the game starts dropping hints that they're [[Eldritch Abomination|extensions of a sinister extradimensional monster]] and were responsible for the disappearance of the Androsynth... [[Berserk Button|and if you continue to pester them with questions about the Androsynth, the Orz won't hesitate to silence you]] ''[[Berserk Button|violently]]''.

{{quote| '''Orz:''' Nnnnnggggaaaahhhhh!!!!!! It is ''dancing''!!!!}}

* ''[[Earthbound]]'' 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]]''

** Also, from the second game in the series, we have the Protopets -- 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.

* The [[Precursors]] from the ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' games, the most powerful beings in the universe, are revealed towards the end of ''Jak 3'' to be {{spoiler|Ottsels, just like Daxter.}} Ever wondered why you never saw one?

** On that same level are small red creatures about half the size of Jim that resist gunfire and if he approaches too close, they slam him against the ground.

** In a later level, a slime-dwelling creature dwells at the bottom of a massive chasm that looks like a little tan balloon with a smile unless you get too close to it. If you do, it will swiftly start to resemble a tyrannosaur.

** 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 [[Endofthe World As We Know It|destroy Gaia]] [[For Science!]]!}}

* 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.

** One exception: Mist from ''Path of Radiance''. She looks no more than a petite 13, can't fight until she gets a class change, and then deals substandard damage. Not quite as young or ineffective in ''Radiant Dawn'', but still unimpressive. She's far from ineffective though, although it takes a bit of work and luck, she can be capable of almost soloing whole maps thanks to her high luck.

* [[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]]), 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.

* ''Perfect World'' has antelope. They look almost harmless compared to the typical werewolf or protoplasmic ooze, but they are both aggressive and equipped with a dangerous [[Mana]] burn.

* ''Every single monster'' in the obscure [[Game Boy Color]] RPG ''[[Lil Monster]]'' is like this. Although some of them are meant to be fierce and imposing, every monster in the game is rendered in a cute, [[Super-Deformed]] style. Even the final boss, portrayed as a kind of [[Eldritch Abomination]], still has a head that's half the size of his body and dewy eyes.

* You know what rabbits [[Animal Stereotypes|stereotypically]] like to eat? Carrots. However, as anyone who has ever played ''[[Mushroom Men]]'' can attest, this is a ''damn lie.'' They actually enjoy eating tasty little mushroom boys. Take one step toward one of those [[Green Rocks]]-possessed, lapine monstrocities, and just ''watch'' how fast you die.

* The Rampage Rabbit from ''Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2''. After you beat it the first time, it trains itself so that it can beat you afterwards, and is aiming to be the most powerful rabbit.

** The original game brings us Anti-Guys. So you're in the Shy Guy Toybox, and you've been running around fighting all these Shy Guys. They aren't too hard; there are a ton of different kinds, but most of them have between 7-9 HP and 2-4 attack. Nothing you can't handle. Then you see a Black Shy Guy with a gray mask, who tells you to get away from his treasure chest. You fight him anyway, and he proceeds to kick the crap out of you, because he is an Anti-Guy, and has 50HP, and 12 attack. So you learn from your mistake, and give him a Lemon Candy in exchange for his chest. And everything is right with the world. Until Bowser's Castle. You go through most of Bowser's Castle, and you get to a big talking door, who says he won't let you through unless you answer five questions correctly, and if you get three wrong before you get five right, he'll mess you up. So you get three wrong, but figure "What's he gonna do about it? He's just a door." But then, instead of fighting you himself, he releases three Anti-Guys into the room. The Anti-Squad is harder than the final boss and the Bonus Boss, so you almost invariably die in a horrible fashion. These are the only times Anti-Guys are ever encountered, and there is no warning that you are about to get your ass handed to you on a platter made of your friends' asses. Good thing the questions are so easy. Still, if you've properly [[Level Grinding|level ground]], that could make for an interesting challenge... after all, the lone Anti-Guy in Shy Guy's Toybox wasn't ''that'' hard. (Kent C. Koopa was tougher, as he had 70 HP ''and'' a legitimate defense score.

* 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.

** 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.

** And then there's an optional late game boss, Ma Pignon, which is a small, smiling blue mushroom. A smiling blue mushroom that begins rocketing around the room hard enough to cause landslides to fall from the ceiling.

* In the ''[[Guild Wars]]: Eye of the North'' expansion, the player can be lured by a cute little bunny into a small hollow filled with cute little bunnies... that then turn into a LOT of nasty Vaettir with a named boss in their midst.

** And in Nightfall, we have the beetles, basically spherical creatures that move by rolling around and make pretty cute noises. While the original beetles are a nuisance, the [[Palette Swap|Madness titans]] later on can mess your party up.

* There's a Killer Rabbit ''terrain'' in ''[[Populous]].'' Piglet World is a land of pleasant, grassy meadows and flowering trees... and is apparently so deadly that your little piggy people will start dying immediately after leaving their homes.

* If you think about it, the Sparda family in ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' is a family of [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]] Killer Rabbits for other demons, [[Boss in Mook Clothing|looking a lot like humans]] until they are attacked and [[No One Could Survive That|survive mortal wounds]] [[Just a Flesh Wound|as if it was nothing]], [[Flash Step|dash under their legs]] and [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|slice them repeatedly to death]]. And they even can [[One-Winged Angel|Devil Trigger]]. Of course, we can't say much about Sparda himself, but most of this is because Dante, Vergil, and Nero are [[Weak but Skilled]]. Trish and Lucia also could qualify. Then there's [[Charles Atlas Superpower|Lady]]...

* With enough modification, ''Forza 3'''s [[Incredibly Lame Pun|1964 Volkswagen Rabbit]] will eat Ferraris and Lamborghinis and crap them out as Yugos and Trabants.

* 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]]".

* Jubei from the ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' 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]]''

** 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.

* 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.

* Gharbad, the Goat boss from ''[[Desktop Dungeons]]'', appears relatively harmless. Then you see his Base Attack. He has an attack score of ''255''. Nothing else in the game comes close. Unless you have some way to kill him indirectly, you've lost.

* ''[[Mega Man Zero]] 3'' has a literal example with Childre Inarabbita. His battle form is that of a rabbit, and his humanoid form, is that of a child. He's also one of the Eight Judges that govern [[The Empire]] alongside ''[[Mega Man X]]'' and his [[Fake King]] replacement.

* The final boss of ''[[Let's Go Jungle]]'' is a giant killer ''butterfly''. Because after all the other giant creepy crawlies in this game, why not butterflies?

* Usagi from ''[[Mr. Driller]]'' is literally this trope.

* [[Mascot Mook|Jack Frost]] in the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games, when he appears as a [[Bonus Boss]].

** Even worse, [[Alice Allusion|Alice]]. [[Creepy Child|Cute]] [[Came Back Wrong|magical]] [[Nightmare Fuel|girl]]? Sure.

** The games have the Djinn, cute little elemental [[Mons]] that you find and collect for stat boosts, [[Summon Magic]], and class changes. Some of the Djinn have to be fought and subdued before they join you. These are the ones that will use high-end Psynergy attacks and are effectively minibosses.

** Speaking of ''Dark Dawn'', we have Sveta, who is [[Petting Zoo People|unidentifiably furry]], weapons-grade [[Moe]]... and quite possibly ''the'' [[Game Breaker|most brokenly powerful player character in the series to date]]. [[Cuteness Proximity|And look at how her little ears twitch during cutscenes!]]

* The player character in ''[[Rune Factory 3]]'' can turn into a powerful monster that can beat the crap out of his foes with brawling skills that would put a [[Bare-Fisted Monk]] to shame. [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jmFnEtkYDW4/SoHvISGETKI/AAAAAAAAEFw/bk8w1JoiSq8/s320/rf3+screenshot+wooly.jpg It looks like this].

* ''[[Divinity 2]]'' has the Killer Bunny, which appears if you kill enough bunnies. It has huge fangs and blood-mottled white fur, and is level 22. A particularly sadistic player can encounter it very early when they're likely dangerously underleveled, and score a massive XP reward... or, more likely, a brutal death. There's a special achievement for killing it, too.

* ''[[Oddworld|Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee]]'''s Fuzzles, looking like furry cute big-eyed blob types... which happen to be voracious carnivores ''and can be used like attack animals'' by [[Last of His Kind|Munch]] with [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]].

** With no exception, whenever you come across an opponent that looks small and cute, you'd better be prepared for a long, horrible, grueling and deadly fight. The dialogue in the game is rife with enemy descriptions saying, "this little creature looks harmless at first..." whereupon it proceeds to shred and/or cremate your ass big time. In fact, small creatures in this game are usually much, much tougher than most of the big and scary opponents due to the fact that they are usually given incredibly high evasion stats. Basically, if you come across an enemy with the word "dragon" in its name that takes up the entire other half of the screen, you'll probably breathe easy once you get used to the fact that big creatures in the game are generally fairly doable opponents. However, you'll groan whenever you encounter something tiny and cute-looking, because it's likely that the cute little "bun bit" you're fighting is going to be about three times as difficult to face as the previous so-called "behemoth".

* Mokomoko from ''[[Lightning Legend Daigo no Daibouken]]'' is pretty much a near-literal example of this: it's a legendary creature looking like a big furball rabbit, [[Acrofatic|which runs at a blazing speed and can pull off strong and fast combos]].

* ''[[God Hand]]'' has Poison Chihuahuas.

* {{spoiler|Iris}} of ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]'' counts as well. While she may be a cute little girl, {{spoiler|she's more of a [[Complete Monster]] than expected because she delights in causing as much chaos as possible and [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulating others]] [[For the Evulz|because she thinks it's fun]]. And, being the [[Magnificent Bastard]] she is, she even manipulated RKS into attacking the Empire just for the fun of it! And no one knew she did just that because [[The Trickster|they all thought her to just be a kind, innocent girl]]. And since she's [[Affably Evil]], she just happens to be that damn proud of it. The only ones who could see through her were the Empire, Karl, and Grolla, but Iris, being [[The Chessmaster]], always has a backup strategy so that she outsmarts them at every turn. And her being "kidnapped" doesn't help, either}}.

* The [[The Greys|Kamis]] from ''[[Ryzom]]'' are kinda cute, but if you do too much harvesting in one area, their magic shall fall on you like the hammer of god.

* The 3DRealms game ''[[Shadow Warrior]]'' plays this entirely straight in a shout-out to [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|the original]]. Through-out the game, you can find little rabbits running around and can even kill them without a problem. However, in one secret area, you will find a rabbit that's out for blood, complete with a discarded helmet and grail. Your character even exclaims "That's no ordinary rabbit," as the little furry menace rushes at you and begins to gnaw away your health!

* In [[Enchanted Arms]], the golem APO looks like a couple of gumdrops with small, cartoon arms and legs. No, really. It's one of the most devastatingly-effective golems in the game.

* In ''[[Fable]] II'', one of the contestants in the Crucible waiting room is Gorgoron, a cute little girl with [[Larynx Dissonance|a deep, menacing voice]] who claims to be a shape-shifter and master of disguise.

* In ''[[Ragnarok Online]]'', everything is cute. And higher level monsters love to occasionally hang out in lower level areas - while looking just as cute. A newbie character goes out in the field and merrily slaughters giant pink blobs, caterpillars and bunnies - but death awaits him, dare he lay a hand on a butterfly or a rare big blue bunny. A quest to become an acolyte entails a pilgrimage across a couple zones to a monastery - and those who undertake it should ''not'' attack the cute little monkeys, no matter how annoying the are, lest they will be torn to shreds by them. Later, after taking down ferocious looking wolves (and some giant violinist grasshoppers) you may think that you can take on the ladybug that stole the drops from said wolves? [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=56 Nope]. The list goes on.

** 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]].

* ''[[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.

* 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.}}

 

{{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].

** 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.

* 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.

* 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).

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

* ''[[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."

* The Video Games section paid plenty of attention to ''[[Gaia Online]]'''s MMO aspect, but Grunny from the webcomic has yet to be mentioned. It is a predatory green rabbit that also carries [[The Virus|the G-Virus]] and turns its victims into zombies.

* ''[[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...

* [[Voodoo Doll]] in ''The Repository of Dangerous Things''. Little. Funny. Quiet. Won't get in the way. [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Repository_of_Dangerous_Things/4855129/ Does not object when grabbed and carried]. But [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].

* 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.

* In a filler strip for ''[[Something Positive]]'', Peter Rabbit gets his [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03202010.shtml revenge].

* [http://Girl-on-the-Moon.deviantart.com/art/Character-Sheet-Lars-134911277 Lars]

'''Confused Wizard:''' What????<br />

'''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 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.

* 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]".

 

 

== Web Original ==

* [http://www.devilbunnies.org/ Devilbunnies] are an entire web community of people writing stories based on the idea that cute fluffy bunnies are taking over the entire world and making it cute and fluffy for their own nefarious purposes.

* 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]].

* ''[[Zombie Roadkill]]'' does this with several small woodland creatures.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiyAWh4zWB0#t=3m34s The Kryton] from ''Threebrain''.

** 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.

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

 

== Western Animation ==

{{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.

* One of the "Aesop and Son" segments from ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' has a wolf attempting to steal the dentures from a sheepdog in order to render him harmless. After actually managing to succeed, he proceeds to attack one of the sheep, immediately getting fought off by one of the sheep since it also has dentures.

* ''[[Looney Tunes]]''

** The character Slowpoke Rodriguez is Speedy Gonzalez's cousin, and "the slowest mouse een all Mexico," but he knows hypnosis and carries a .45 revolver.

** [[Bugs Bunny]]. Once something means war, there's no stopping him. To make that point all the clearer, at the end of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jHa-y24hM this clip] there's even an ominous drum boom as he says it.

* Droopy the dog looks like he is an innocent helpless little dog but when he gets angry he will slam the villain many times before tossing them away into something that hurts even more like a cactus.

** Two episodes had Jerry buy a dog that was SMALLER THAN HE IS. But this dog was so fast and violent that Tom was overwelmed. The dog is actually stronger than Tom despite being 20 times smaller.

* The deadpan little Mynah Bird in [[Chuck Jones]]' ''Inki'' series. He can demolish anything up to and including a brontosaurus, but always offscreen.

* [[Fan Nickname|"Cujo"]] the ghost dog in ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. A small, playful, super adorable ghost puppy... that can turn into a twenty-foot monster who's aggressive meter is off the charts. "Beware of Dog" signs would be an ''understatement''.

* ''[[Metalocalypse]]'': The band buys an island full of nuclear mutants and converts it into a home for "wayward kitties." The kitties kill everyone on the island.

** In that instance, the bunnies weren't so much attacking as they had reproduced so much that they flooded the cul-de-sac. A better example would be the rooster Rowlf sics on Eddy in the episode when Eddy loses his voice.

* In the ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]'' episode "Welcome Bat Otter", the eponymous bat otter looks like an adorable little otter with bat wings. It's threat level is hyped by the antagonist of the episode, the corrupt businessman mummy Skeeter Khommen-Gettit. It turns out it's threat isn't just hype when it ''eats'' Skeeter. The expression on the bat otter's face at the end of the episode hints that its diet isn't limited to evil magical creatures...

{{quote| '''Dinobot:''' From now on I ''shoot'' my dinner salad before I eat it!}}

* "Attack of the Twonkies" says it all in ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]''.

* The "psycho duck" that Penny Proud adopts in one episode of ''[[The Proud Family]]''. It even beat up the Gross Sisters, the neighborhood bullies!

** The Pandemic episodes feature giant guinea pigs (which were actual guinea pigs filmed and placed into the cartoon), which are repelled by Peruvian pan flute bands. Several of the guinea pigs wear costumes, such as bee, dinosaur, mouse, and pirate costumes.

** 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 the 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.

* ''[[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].

* ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series|Sabrina's Secret Life]]''. Sabrina conjures up an adorable pet, but Salem discovers that she has actually summoned an evil warlock who is trying to drain her of her powers. Unfortunately, Sabrina does not believe Salem which leads to further complications.

* ''[[Invader Zim]]'' has Ultra Peepi, a classroom hamster that Zim affects to grow to the size of Godzilla. Why it grows spikes, has cybernetic parts, and breathes fire is probably [[Rule of Cool]]. However, even at his enormous size, with him rampaging the city, everyone stops to say how incredibly adorable is. In one case, as he's using a skyscraper as a toothpick after he just ate a school bus.

* ''[[Dragon Hunters]]'' (''Chasseurs de dragons''), a French/Chinese cartoon series (plus one CGI movie) produced by Futurikon, has Hector, a blue-furred, dog-sized tame pet dragon with rabbit ears who accompanies the two protagonists Lian-Chu and Gwizdo on their quests and carries their weapons and equipment. (In the world of Dragon Hunters, "dragon" is merely a catch-all term for all monsters of various sizes that are not normal animals.) Hector is often mistaken for a dog by bystanders, although normal dogs do exist too and Hector can walk on his hind legs, has small fingers, is at least semi-intelligent, often sarcastic, and [[You No Take Candle|talks in pidgin language]]. In somewhat of an inversion, while he ''looks'' the part of killer rabbit, fluffy but with very sharp teeth and the ability to create small fires and explosions by piddling on things, he is a bit of a coward and serves as comic relief. In one episode Hector meets a fully grown member of his species, Big Blue, who is the size of a house and, while not very aggressive, slowly wanders around the countryside gobbling down everything he comes across in one gulp: whole cows, horses, trees, dung heaps, other dragons, people... Hector on the other hand is thoroughly domesticated; he prefers his food cooked and has shown no inclination to devour actual people.

* ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]'' gives up Mushy/Terax/497, an adorable little alien blob like thing. Did i also mention that when he dies, and no matter how that happens, he explodes with enough force to destroy an entire planet? Yeah.

* ''[[Garfield and Friends|U.S. Acres]]'' has an episode where a little creature named Al wanders onto the farm from underground. He's small, well-mannered, and speaks with a timid voice, but when Orson's evil brothers show up to steal the farm's previous water supply, he drives them off by ''shooting laser beams from his eyestalks.''

* In the ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' episode ''Jack and the Creature'', an annoying but seemingly harmless creature hulks out when Jack is wounded by a robot gang.

* 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.

* [[wikipedia:Wombat#Wombats and humans|Wombats]] can do a fair amount of damage too - one naturalist ended up with a 2cm deep bite in his leg. Through a gumboot, trousers, and thick socks. And if they get some speed up (40km/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 -- 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.

* The platypus looks like an adorable beaver-duck, but the poisonous stinger of the males contains one of the nastier venoms known to man. It causes immediate hyperalgesia in humans, which is acute hypersensitivity to ''pain'' that can't be dulled by painkillers and can last weeks to months. Yikes!

** You know how a kangaroo likes to deal with dingo predators? By luring them to a lake, pulling them in one by one, and ''drowning them''. Kangas are not afraid to kill.

* Due to causing vehicular accidents, the deadliest animal in the USA is the deer. Moose are even worse. Think you're safe in your two-ton cage of speeding metal? Think again! Hitting a deer or moose can easily cause a fatal accident. Moose legs are also uniquely suited to slide up a car hood and through the windshield in a collision.

* The blue-ringed octopus. Not exactly cute, but it definitely wouldn't look very threatening, despite being one of the most poisonous sea creatures known to man. As comedian Billy Connolly says "It wouldn't fit in the palm of your hand, but if this thing's in a bad mood ''you don't make it to the ****** phone!''"

* Octopi are mostly known as tiny and occasionally even cute little animals that have amazing abilities of fitting into the smallest cracks and change their skin to match any surface. So when the staff of a marine aquarium decided to move their North Pacific Giant Octopus into a tank with their sharks, they didn't expect it to have any trouble staying safe. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA8zQw6gDNI And then each night more and more of the sharks were disappearing or found dead].

** It should be noted, though, that the European Badger is a shy social animal (they live in small family groups) that prefers to avoid confrontation and will only fight back when it is unable to escape. The badger's dubious reputation as a feriocious animal actually comes from the old "sport" of "Badger Baiting". Which, sadly, pretty much consisted of trapping a badger and forcing it to fight to the death against hunting dogs.

* The Giant Panda. Another contender for "cutest bear" (it ''is'' a card-carrying member of the bear family, as shown by molecular genetics), a truly ridiculous amount of time, effort, and money has gone into saving these fat and lazy animals. Some people might think pandas are vegetarians because they only eat bamboo. They only eat bamboo because it's one of the only things that can't outrun them, being plants. Give an adult 200 pound panda a chance, and it will kill and eat small animals, possibly including children. Fun fact: Pandas actually have a carnivore digestive system. Its round face is the result of powerful jaw muscles, which attach from the top of the head to the jaw.

** They're also very smart, being one of the few animals that have been documented using tools (A Honey Badger was filmed using a log to help it reach a small bird that was tangled in some vines).

** However, it should be noted that the Honey Badger's [[Memetic Badass]] status has been exaggerated somewhat. While they are fearless and will fiercely defend themselves when cornered, they prefer to avoid confrontation and will often try to burrow/run away if they can.

* 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, ''[http://www.themorningstarr.co.uk/2009/08/18/farmer-killed-by-his-cows/ Cows]'' aren't that much far behind in that regard.

* 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.

*** Honourable mention must go to the giant stinging tree. It does the same while looking EVEN more unassuming. One slight breeze and everything in a 3 block radius suddenly feels like it's ON FIRE!

* [[wikipedia:Grasshopper mouse|Grasshopper mice]] are tiny, fuzzy, and cute. They also howl like wolves and supplement their usual diet of insects with the occasional snake.

* Inverted with the Hickory Horned Devil caterpillar, the largest caterpillar in North America and larval form of the [[wikipedia:Citheronia regalis|regal or royal walnut moth]]. It's five inches long, covered in menacing-looking spines from head to end, and yet it's completely and totally harmless.

* Leopard Geckos are adorable, harmless-looking desert lizards, more well-known for their easygoing nature as a pet than for their '''[[Badass Adorable|ability to kill venomous scorpions twice their size]]'''.

* The cassowary, a [http://www.thewonderofbirds.com/cassowary/cassowary.gif rather silly-looking] flightless bird best known for having an oddly-shaped head, also sports a set of claws that make it pretty much [http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h225/centrarchid/6a00e398be6a750005011016c13c18860d-500pi.jpg the closest modern-day equivalent of a velociraptor]. If you manage to piss one off, it can and will eviscerate you, and there are numerous cases of death-by-cassowary on record.

* [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.)

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

* 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'' tempermental and loud.

* 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.

 

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