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== [[Advertising]] ==
* The Hamburglar in the McDonald's commercials once fit the [[Harmless Villain]] Trope, but sometime around the mid-80s they made him cuter, funnier, and friendlier, placing him in this Trope. The Goblins (later renamed the Fry Guys) were the same.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* A decidedly adult spin is put on this trope in the ''[[XXXenophile]]'' story "The Monster Under the Bed".
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* The normal species of ghosts that hang from the ceiling in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. All they do is drop down to scare Luigi, and then vanish. (However, there is a subspecies that attacks with bombs.)
** [[Money Spider|Blue ghosts]] also act like this; they pop out to scare Luigi, then run.
** In [[Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon| the sequel]], Gold Greenies are like the Blue ghosts in the first game. (Except the two that come out of the hockey goal in the fourth mansion, which do attack.)
* Tatara Kogasa from ''[[Touhou]]''. She's a [[Youkai|karakasa]] that [[Emotion Eater|eats surprise]].
* The [http://www.wowhead.com/npc=45704 Lurking Tempest] from the Vortex Pinnacle dungeon in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. It pretends to be dead when you're facing it, then pops up and flings lightning bolts when you're not.
* Spend too long in the Krypt in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'', and the Krypt Monster will appear; he's an ugly looking fellah, but all he does is scare the player and run away. He sometimes even leaves a few Koins.
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* Other ghosts besides ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]'' in any medium he appears in. In fact, scaring is [[Serious Business]].
* This is what ''[[Shrek]]'' was in the beginning of his movie, more as a device to maintain his privacy.
* The citizens of Halloween Town in ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' scare people for fun. It's a tradition. There are, however, exceptions, like [[Big Bad|Oogie Boogie]].
* The monsters of ''[[Aaahh!!! Real Monsters]]''.
* The Flying Dutchman of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.
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