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{{quote|"''You're... going to '''LOVE ME'''!!!!!''"|'''[[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]]''', ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''}}
They are [[Moe|cute, sweet, innocent]] and [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me|extremely huggable]]. Incidentally they are also [[Ax Crazy|varying shades of violent, unstable, and downright insane]].
[[Cute and Psycho]] is a trope that describes characters who are ''genuinely'' cute in both appearance and mannerisms but have a completely batshit crazy side. Sometimes there are distinctly different sides which may be shown equally, but other times they are mostly one or the other, the [[Killer Rabbit]] displaying moments of sweetness and relative-sanity or [[The Cutie]] showing hints of a dark psychotic nature. Often there is some kind of [[Dark and Troubled Past]], or [[Split Personality]] to justify how the two aspects of the person can both be genuine, but other times no explanation is revealed.
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* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'':
** {{spoiler|Shou Tucker. He seems like a sweet, caring dad, but in reality is insane enough to fuse his own daughter and pet dog into a chimera.}}
** Wrath from [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the first anime]]. He starts off as naively adorable, but upon being awakened... ''Yikes''.
* Mari Illustrious Makinami from ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion|Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0]]'' probably fits. She only appears for roughly fifteen minutes in the movie, but these fifteen minutes show [[Nice Guy|a rather nice character.]] As long as she isn't in an Evangelion, that is. When fighting, Mari is absolutely crazy - it is strongly implied that she actually fights simply because ''[[Blood Knight|she enjoys fighting]]''.
** "POINT BLANK, SHITHEAD!"
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* Anemone from ''[[Eureka Seven]]''. "Melt away! Melt away! ''Your brains'll melt away!''"
* Rip Van Winkle from ''[[Hellsing]]''is a ''little'' out there, in addition to being a Nazi vampire.
** Yumiko Takagi is a sweet, gentle soul who calls herself Yumie and ''go off her fucking gourd'' if her glasses are taken off.
* Although she's canonically a [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]], [[Fanon]] leans toward treating Osaka from ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' as one of these. Essentially, she is interpreted as being a cute [[Cloudcuckoolander]] on the surface, but has the potential if angered to wake you up with her [[Girl with Psycho Weapon|"frying]] [[Knife Nut|pan"]].
** Also there was the fact that if she and the other girls were murdered one by one at Chiyo-chan's beach house she would be the murderer.
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* [[Fooly Cooly|Haruko Haruhara]]. To the maximum degree.
* Several in ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' and its spinoff. From the ''Railgun'' anime, we have {{spoiler|Telestina, who appears to have some kind of magic power related to choosing jelly bean colors}}. From the novels, we have {{spoiler|Anyeze, who goes from ditzy, innocent fanservice girl to psychotic religious freak proclaiming Catholics believe that marriage with 'outsiders' is bestiality in the course of a single scene. Which is offscreen.}}
** The 4th level 5 esper "meltdowner" isn't much better while usually cold and calculating once you kind of annoy her she kind of...[[Incredibly Lame Pun|melts down]]: her speech turns horribly vulgar and starts tearing apart her opponents with sadistic delight capitalizing on her massively powerful ability to basically blast holes through anything and surprising physical strength
* A good example would be {{spoiler|Czeslaw Meyer}} from ''[[Baccano!]]'' -- you know, his whole reason to come to NYC...
** Although you also get through his desperate psychopathology and find an actual wounded little boy, despite his age. It's all the [[Cold-Blooded Torture]].
* ''[[Code Geass]]'''s Rolo Lamperouge can qualify for this. Even though he acts as an [[Ordinary High School Student|adorable and shy schoolboy]], he's really a [[Tyke Bomb|cold-hearted assassin]] underneath. He could potentially fall into [[Yandere]] as well, concerning his obsessive relationship with his "brother" Lelouch. It didn't take much to make him snap and {{spoiler|kill Shirley when she was honing in on Lulu.}}
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** {{spoiler|Euphemia}}, after {{spoiler|she gets accidentally Geassed into becoming a mass murderer}}. "Those of you who call yourself Japanese, I have a favor to ask. Could you all die, please?" "I was hoping you'd all just commit suicide, but you can't, can you? O.K. So, soldiers, please kill the Japanese. Kill them all." {{spoiler|Then she procceds to grabs a submachine gun and shoot everyone.}}
* Diva, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Blood Plus]]'' often acts like an amusingly spacey example of [[The Ophelia]], but she's pretty horribly evil.
* A lot of child Contractors in ''[[Darker
* ''[[Black Butler]]'''s Alois Trancy. Throughout the first episode of the second season, he flips from sweet and innocent to [[Ax Crazy]] so many times, it could make someone dizzy.
** As of his [[Character Development]], he's moved into [[Yandere]] for Claude. {{spoiler|That one backfired HORRIBLY.}}
* Light Yagami of ''[[Death Note]]''... [[media:lightbedtimefanart.jpg|utterly]] [http://www.macrochan.org/view.php?u=DWFPNREYPYS4DFJWR35L6US637WUVJST adorable] [http://view.thespectrum.net/series/death-note-volume-01.html?ch=Volume+01&page=46 mass murderer].
** Manipulative faker since years before he became actually evil. Though as L observes after {{spoiler|Souichirou's heart attack,}} a lot of Light's acts are cheesy beyond belief.
** Also Misa Amane is this and a [[Yandere]] as well.
** Beyond Birthday from the ''[[Another Note]]'' spinoff novel. Take {{spoiler|L's}} more [[Moe]] qualities and then add crazy-evilness into the mix. [http://robbuz.deviantart.com/art/Beyond-Birthday-100342651\] [http://locust-713.deviantart.com/art/BB-s-first-love-133948383\] As you might imagine he has quite a few fangirls.
* In ''[[Love Hina]]'', Motoko's sister Tsuruko is usually a calm and graceful [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], but when Motoko makes the mistake of [[Berserk Button|being... creative with the truth in front of her]], she drops that facade and out comes her [[Ax Crazy]] side. Because of this and her [[Implausible Fencing Powers]], Motoko goes back and forth between admiring her and being scared shitless of her.
* Mairu and Kururi from ''[[Durarara!!]]''. Of course since they're {{spoiler|Izaya's}} little sisters, it was obvious. Other examples include {{spoiler|[[Torture Technician|Erika, Walker]] and [[Deliberately Cute Child|Aoba.]] (Who just ''happened'' to share a kiss with ''both'' Mairu and Kururi, hilariously.)}}
** {{spoiler|Mikado}} can definitely fall under this as well.
*** Since he's psychotically devoted to {{spoiler|Kida and Anri}}, he could be seen as a [[Yandere]] as well.
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*** And {{spoiler|Mama who can turn into a very crazy witch when under too much stress}}.
**** {{spoiler|Sara had some shades of this in episode 15 when she was dieting like *literally* crazy}}.
* Yukino-sensei in ''[[Hohzuki Island]]'', who at one point sneaks around the school in the dark, naked, with a wooden sword, ready to beat one of the children to death. {{spoiler|Later turns out to be a subversion--yes, she's snapped and is fucking creepy, ''but'' it was because [[Poor Communication Kills|she thought one of the children]] was [[Cute and Psycho]] themself, due to her best friend and fellow teacher turning up murdered. The fact the kids were acting very suspiciously (though only because ''they'' were afraid that all the teachers were planning to kill them) didn't help matters. By the end of the manga, she realizes everything she thought was wrong, clears up some misconceptions about her, and then pulls a [[Big Damn Heroes]] on the ''real'' [[Sadist Teacher|murderous teacher.]]}}
* The Claw in ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' appears to be just a sweet old man.
* Hansel and Gretel, the [[Creepy Twins]] from ''[[Black Lagoon]]''.
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* The eponymous Lenore, from ''[[Lenore the Cute Little Dead Girl]]''.
* Max from ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police]]''.
* [[Batman|Harley Quinn]], a [[Canon Immigrant]] from animated ''Batman''.
* Rosy the Rascal from ''[[Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. She looks exactly like Classic Amy, but she's [[Ax Crazy]] and [[Psychopathic Manchild|has the mind of a child]].
== Film ==
* {{spoiler|Libbie/Boltie}} from ''[[Super]]''. And ''how''.
* Norman Bates in ''[[Psycho]]''. He's a pleasant, polite fellow until you mention his mother.
* Peyton Mott (played by a frighteningly believable Rebecca De Mornay) from ''[[The Hand That Rocks the Cradle]]''. After her obstetrician husband kills himself to avoid facing several accusations of rape and she loses the baby she was carrying, Peyton "Flanders" sets out in a [[Xanatos Gambit]] to ruin the life of the first victim who denounced him, Claire (Annabella Sciorra).
* Please think long and hard before taking the polite and beautiful {{spoiler|, seemingly}} nine year old Russian ''[[Orphan]]'' Esther home with you... [[Ax Crazy|It's]] [[Clingy Jealous Girl|not]] worth it.
* Becky from ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]'' is a pretty, smiling beauty queen... until someone gets in her way. Then out comes her shotgun.
* ''[[The Maids]]'' is about a couple of sisters serving as [[Meido|maids]]. Their mistress loves how sweet they are and how well they serve her. Poor [[Too Dumb to Live|madame]] just doesn't know what they do with her clothes when she's absent. Mistress is a kind of yandere herself, just [[Cloudcuckoolander|not as wicked]] as her maids.
* The girl from ''Neighbor'' is a gleefully sadistic torture porn example of this.
* Annie Wilkes, as played by Kathy Bates in the film version of ''[[Misery]]''. Look below...
* Angela Baker from the ''[[Sleepaway Camp]]'' series.
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* Elle Bishop in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', a cute, childish, and sociopathic woman who delights in killing, hurting, and controlling people.
* {{spoiler|The Trinity Killer}} from ''[[Dexter]]''. It's also an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]]; we see the dark side first. It's the "nice guy and family man" side that comes as a complete shock.
* ''[[All That]]'''s "Ask Ashley" featured a sickeningly sweet little girl with an insanely unstable temper answer moronic viewer's mail. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* Gem and Gemma of ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' are a mild case. Mentally, they're about kindergarten age, and their favorite things in the whole wide world are ''[[Stuff Blowing Up|explosions]]''. Especially when it's the evil [[Killer Robot|Killer Robots]] going boom. The reason they're only a "mild" case is that they don't really want anyone hurt (though there was one time they had to be reminded that there were civilians enslaved in a factory they planned to "vaporize from sub-orbit").
* The third series of ''[[The Thick of It]]'' introduces us to Steve Fleming, MP, who is a spectacularly unstable version of this trope; that cheerful grin, the slightly creepy compliments and the "call me Uncle Steve" attitude you see when you first meet him? Get him even slightly agitated and his [[Ax Crazy]] side will come to the fore. The scary part comes when he desperately tries to suppress his insanity, swinging from [[Stepford Smiler]] to [[Unstoppable Rage]] and back again so violently you wonder why he doesn't give himself whiplash.
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* ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]'''s {{spoiler|Klaus/[[Dub Name Change|Clive]]}} is sweet and polite in his mannerisms, and especially helpful to those in need. At least, until he {{spoiler|reveals his plan to completely level London in order to rid it of the corruption that covered up the explosion that killed his parents.}} Double points for being voiced by Oguri Shun, who has also portrayed [[Detective Conan|Kudou Shin'ichi]], an [[Amateur Sleuth]] who absolutely despises this kind of character, in a live-action drama. For English is [[Playing Against Type]] [[Yuri Lowenthal]].
** The same game also features Puzzlette, who acts all cutesy and bubbly and sweet even while she's trying to murder sapient insects. Then she just casually tosses her flyswatter away and starts chattering to you about puzzles like nothing's out of the ordinary.
* Sander Cohen from ''[[
* Egbert from ''[[Suikoden V]]''. He really is a very polite, peaceful, and friendly fellow. Until something gets his blood boiling, and then he flips out and begins ranting like Christian Bale. Usually triggered by the mere thought or mention of the Godwin family.
* Ripper Roo from the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series, while at first completely insane, becomes like this after the epilogue of the first game, where he is stated to have undergone intense therapy and higher education in that game's epilogue.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Ren from ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' definitely IS this trope. Your mileage may vary on the cuteness, due to the often grotesque art style of the show, but he IS a rather cute little chihuaua with big eyes... who's also prone to psychotic breakdowns and acts of uncontrollable violence.
* Terra from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' is somewhat like this. She seems friendly, funny, and kind, although her [[Dark and Troubled Past]] has saddled her with destructive tendencies that can, and if helped along by [[Manipulative Bastard|Slade]], ''will,'' manifest as homicidal psycopathy. Her switch from a cool gal-pal to {{spoiler|Slade's [[Apocalypse Maiden]]}} was astoundingly dark, given the show's track record at the time.
* Jodi from ''[[Titan Maximum]]'' is showing signs of being this.
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** Pinkie Pie's fragile [[Genki Girl]] facade will rapidly crumble into something resembling the depressive half of bipolar disorder and borderline schizophrenia if you so much as suggest that you're tired of hanging out with her. It kind of makes one wonder why she's like that in the first place.
*** A popular fan-theory is that parties are her way of validating herself. If you don't like her parties, you must not like her.
** And then there's [[Cute Bookworm]] Twilight Sparkle, who often seems like the [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Pony]]...[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
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* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'': [[Asian Airhead|Numbuh]] [[Genki Girl|Three]], [[Beware the Nice Ones|when you get her angry enough]].. {{spoiler|Her little sister is ''even worse''}}.
** Lizzie was like this in her first few appearances, before [[Characterization Marches On|she mellowed out]] and became a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]].
* [[The Simpsons|"Nobody ever suspects the BUTTERFLY!"]] - Bart Simpson on why he wants to be reincarnated as a Butterfly.
* Toki Wartooth, [[Metalocalypse|Dethklok]]'s [[Moe|adorably]] [[Adult Child|immature]] rhythm guitarist, has what could be called an ''unconventional'' mental state. Sometimes, this manifests as pastel-colored acid-trip musical numbers. Unfortunately, he also has substantial anger management issues, particularly when the show's been putting him through a round of [[Break the Cutie]].
* [[Courage the Cowardly Dog]] had an episode with an [[Ax Crazy]] duckling that gave off the appearance of being adorable. It was rather attached to [[Jerkass|Eustace]], though, in a sort of [[Yandere]] but not romantic way.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Squeaky Fromme and Sandra Good of the Manson Family.
* Japanese ex-[[Idol Singer]] [[wikipedia:Tomomi Kahala|Tomomi Kahala]].
* Arguably, Agnetha Fältskog from [[ABBA]]. She is, at least, VERY temperamental. Years of [[Break the Cutie]] didn't help.
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