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{{quote|"''[[Trope Namer|That's no ordinary rabbit]]! That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!''"|'''Tim the Enchanter''', ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''<ref>[[Sam and Max Freelance Police|It's not a rodent, it's a lagomorph!]]</ref>}}
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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.
Related to but distinct from [[Fluffy the Terrible]], as well as being sort of a subtrope to [[Our Monsters Are Weird]], the
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.
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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''.")
Specific types of Killer Rabbits include [[Girl Scouts Are Evil|Evil Girl Scouts]] and [[Ridiculously Cute Critter
This trope is pervasive enough that if any of the [[Five Races]] in games seems to be cute and harmless, they would by definition have to be occasional Killer Rabbits to make them viable to play.
For cases where the
If it has a scary name, but not a scary demeanor, it's [[Deathbringer the Adorable]].
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* ''[[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** Ururu, despite being extremely timid and withdrawn, possesses otherworldly strength that is revealed when she detects a threat.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.
** Yachiru might be one. While not yet shown in combat, she's a [[Rose-Haired Girl|pink-haired]] [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|allegedly six-year-old]] [[Cheerful Child]] who's the vice captain of a division of [[Blood Knight
** Kon appears to be a useless, perverted stuffed teddy bear making it easy to forget that he was actually created to fight Hollows. His revealed powers include being capable of scaling skyscrapers and being able to jump incredible distances. He doesn't tire, and his kicks are powerful enough to crack open the skulls of Hollows, something only special magical powers and weapons are able to do.
* The [[Dark Magical Girl]] Rosine from ''[[Berserk]]'' appears as a cute little fairy with butterfly wings, antennae, a furry collar and a butterfly's proboscis on her forehead. But she's also [[The Legions of Hell|an Apostle]]. Her proboscis is a [[Whip Sword]], the dust of her wings is highly poisonous and if you really piss her off, she'll simply turn into a [[Cute Monster Girl|giant moth capable of supersonic speed]], among other things...
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'''s Bonta-Kun, the series' mascot which Sôsuke Sagara just so happened to convert into Japan's most adorable little harbringer of destruction. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPdV8Qi3Ut4 And God help you] if you ever have to face more than one...
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p69InNS-j0 This is Bonta-Kun when he's pissed.]
* ''[[Cat Shit One]]'' (known in the US as ''Apocalypse Meow'') replaces people with animals depending on their nationality. The American soldiers are
* Hiyokokko from ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]] ~ Only Love'' definitely qualifies, though she doesn't actually ''kill'' anyone.
* Satchii from ''[[Dennou Coil]]'' looks like a giant, squishy beanbag chair with a big smiley face that announces its own arrival with a bright, "Me Satchii!" every time. It also fires laser beams that kills kids' digital pets and breaks expensive cybernetic glasses.
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** 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]].
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''. Most Pokémon that qualify as cute ''will'' qualify for this.
** 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
** 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.
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** In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', the most Badass Pokémon on Gold's team happens to be his ''Togepi'', always doing something [[Crazy Awesome]] whenever it fights. It actually took down two ''pseudo-legendaries''!
** Bianca's Oshawott gets thrashed by a particularly evil-looking ''Audino''.
** Another prime example is [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
*** Hilariously, Mew's voice gets surprisingly much deeper when it was focusing its power in the Lucario movie.
* In ''[[Murder Princess]]'', Ana and Yuni are two unbelievably ''cute'' little girls with wacky [[Anime Hair]] and sweet little giggles. They're also androids equipped from head to toe with a seemingly endless array of high-tech weaponry (while almost everyone else in the setting is wielding swords). And Ana is just plain bloodthirsty.
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** [http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/arcana/340 Hyalopterous Lemure]. The artist didn't know what a "lemure" is (a ghost) so he drew a "lemur" instead (a fuzzy rodent).
** Also, [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=6138 Jackalope Herd]. A bunch of bunnies with antlers, amazing combat stats for their mana cost, and a drawback (returning to your hand when you play another spell) that can be turned into an advantage fairly easily.
* ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' has a level 2 monster that's basically a rabbit with a switchblade, where the Bad Stuff is "you die" (yes, a literal
** 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''
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* Also in a Marvel Vein, during ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' (specifically ''[[Runaways]]'' and ''[[Young Avengers]]'' crossover) when the Young Avengers arrive to find the Runaways lair, they meet [[Cute Bruiser|11 year old Molly Hayes]] outside. Due to a mix-up, Molly assumes they are bad guys and "hides under their car". Now by "hide under their car" we mean find a better place to lift the car and throw it at them. Yeah, they were not really expecting that. Well before, when [[Wolverine]] scared her at the front of a cathedral, the comic cuts from him starting to threaten her to shut her up... to him flying across the street outside.
* 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
* 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.
* The ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic, "The Star Beast", features the villain "Beep the Meep", a [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|wide-eyed alien ball of fluff]] who just happened to be an unrepentant omnicidal bloodthirsty intergalactic war criminal. Beep proved memorable enough that he got two followup strips and an audio drama.
* 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.
* ''Pinocchio Vampire Slayer''
* Max from ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' mixes this with [[Psychopathic Manchild]] and [[Ax Crazy]] to an eerie extent...
* Jahf, from Marvel Comics, is a little cute purple dwarf toad-like android, which protects the M'Kraan Crystal. It kicked four X-Men's asses. At once.
* 3 from [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[WE 3]]'' is ''literally'' a
* ''Gold Digger: Tangent'' features the "Death Lepus", also known as
* Miyamoto Usagi of ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'', who, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|as you may have guessed]], actually is a rabbit. [[Everything's Better with Samurai|And a samurai.]]
* 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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* 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''!"}}
* Given a [[Lampshade Hanging]] in ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'': while the rest of the crew is [[Squee
* 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).
* The Mogwai in ''[[Gremlins]]'', except the original Gizmo; fluffy and adorable, they are cruel tricksters who eventually turn into hideous ([[Ugly Cute|yet still somewhat cute]]) monsters which go on a deadly rampage. Indeed, every imaginable variant on this trope seems to run through most, if not all, Gremlin folklore.
* 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.
** Also, Dilophosaurs were much bigger than the one in the movie. Which is ironic, considering that the diminutive Velociraptors, actually [[wikipedia:File:Vraptor Scale.svg|the size of a dog]] and covered in feathers, were sized up by [[Rule of Scary]]. In the movie, the "Velociraptors" looked more like ''Utahraptor'', a big raptor (related to Velociraptor) found in North America (Velociraptor is from Asia). A more [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Velociraptor_dinoguy2.jpg realistic raptor] would've been the ''perfect''
*** The first Utahraptor fossils weren't discovered until shortly after the book that the movie was based on was written. Presumably the movie version stuck with the book's name instead of calling them Utahraptors because [[Rule of Cool|Velociraptor sounds cooler]].
*** The comment that the raptors look like turkeys becomes [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] in light of subsequent advances in palaeontology revealing that dinosaurs did indeed resemble birds a lot more than we thought.
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* ''[[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]]''.
* ''[[Cats and Dogs]]'' had their antagonist Mr
* Let's not forget ''[[Screamers]]''. Can I come with you?
* The Vampire Pomeranian in ''[[Blade]]: Trinity'' named Pac-Man.
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== Literature ==
* ''[http://www.amazon.com/Tuf-Voyaging-George-R-Martin/dp/1592220045/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6117255-8583944?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191036129&sr=8-1 The Plague Star]'', by George R.R. Martin (of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' fame) featured creatures called "hellkittens." These were much like the Arduin "killkittens" (see their entry in the [[Tabletop RPG]] folder). Except rather than secreting their paralytic venom through hollow claws, they ''spat'' it in wads of powerfully acidic saliva.
* Another ''literal'' killer rabbit is the Miraj (also rendered Al-Mi'raj, or various other variations on the two) of Islamic/Arabian poetry and folklore. A yellow rabbit with a single large horn, it can kill and eat things much larger than itself. It appears in early editions of ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''
* Margaret Atwood's ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'' includes wolvogs, creatures that look like friendly dogs, and when they are not ruthlessly killing other creatures, they ''act'' like friendly dogs. They can go from friendly to homicidal, and back, quickly.
* ''Bunnicula'' has a vampire-like rabbit that Chester ''assumes'' is a killer rabbit, but there's no evidence that he ever actually does any harm whatsoever besides draining vegetables.
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{{quote|"[[Memetic Mutation|This was no chicken! This was evil manifest!]]"}}
* In the Robert Heinlein juvenile ''Tunnel in the Sky'', a group of teenagers on a survival-training exercise are stranded on an Earthlike planet when the wormhole they used to get there malfunctions. One local animal is the "Dopey Joe", a stupid, slow-moving cat-sized reptiloid which appears utterly harmless... until the season comes when it, well, swarms.
* ''[[Redwall]]'': EULALIA! And that's just the badgers. The other species like hares, mice, otters, squirrels, hedgehogs, and even ''moles'' are also quite capable of fucking up the shit of any vermin that threaten them. (Although a badger isn't exactly in a
* ''[[Watership Down]]'': Gen. Woundwort, who can fight (and beat) many of the beasts that prey on rabbits. As opposed to Bigwig, who is One [[Badass]] Rabbit. Also of mention would be the Black Rabbit of Inle, the most extreme version of this Trope, being he's basically the Grim Reaper in rabbit-form.
* The bunnydogs from ''[[The War Against the Chtorr]]'' series by David Gerrold appear to be the only friendly Chtorrans encountered by the humans. Unfortunately they also {{spoiler|represent humanity's future in the Chtorran ecology: as passive, contented creatures who are [[Eat the Dog|glad to be eaten]] by higher members of the food chain.}} There are also meeps. A mother rabbit will reject her own young to nurse meeps, who will then suckle her to death. One character darkly theorizes that the excessively cute bunnydogs are meant to be the equivalent for humans.
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* In one episode of ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', sidekick Gabrielle must fend off a vicious attack by what is essentially the Rabbit of Caerbannog.
* The original Basil Brush.
* The Furbie-esque Nubbins in ''[[Sanctuary]]'' are a variant of
* In an episode of ''[[Honey I Shrunk the Kids (TV series)|Honey I Shrunk the Kids]]'' called "Honey, the Bunny Bit It", Nick Szalinski revives the school mascot à la Frankenstein, and chaos ensues as it runs amok.
* An ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' episode features a rabbit fighting a snake. The rabbit kicks the snake's proverbial ass, forcing the reptile to retreat up a low-hanging tree, despite the rabbit attempting to yank the snake down for more.
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* Synth-Rock band [[The Birthday Massacre]] seem quite fond of this trope, as a cartoonish, silhouetted killer rabbit is featured prominently as the band's main logo.
* 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)]"
* "Chosen Ones" by [[Megadeth]] is all about the killer rabbit from Monty Python.
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjf2FKlZl9M Kitten Is Angry]" by [[Lemon Demon]]
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** The 3.5E Monster Manual IV introduced the Skiurid, an evil squirrel from the Plane of Shadow, and generally regarded as one of the worst monsters ''D&D'' ever introduced. Then an infamous column on the [[Wizards of the Coast]] ''D&D'' section came along, specifically looking for ways to make Skiurids lethal. The squirrels are quite capable of bringing even a mid-level party of well-equipped adventurers to their knees.
** The giant shrew, a critter from Basic ''D&D'', looked like a normal-sized grayish rat, yet could do a pretty good [[Vorpal Bunny]] impression on low-level adventurers.
** Quite a few fey arguably
** Then there's the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing, a rival with the skiurid for one of ''D&D'''s worst monsters. It's not the bunny you need to beware, so much as the stump it's sitting on...
** "Blink bunny", called Al-mi'raj ("experiment 72") by the [[Our Gnomes Are Weirder|gnomes]] of [[Dragonlance|Krynn]]. It's just a stupid bunny, but it can teleport around, is nearly fearless and have an unicorn-like horn which it doesn't hesitate to use if threatened. Oh, and it's a herd animal. Now the bad news: one of ten adults have [[Psychic Powers]] with ridiculously large power pool. The dreaded rust monster may decay one's sword or armor if manages to hit it with antennae, but a psionic blink bunny can blast it into cloud of shrapnel just by looking at it. It also can set stuff afire and control flames so that it or its nest isn't hurt. While flying around. It first appeared in 1st/2nd edition ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' in the original ''Fiend Folio'', and is based on the Miraj (see Literature). The very first version of the Al-mi'raj was just an ordinary, very fast, dimwitted, unpredictable rabbit that appeared in packs of 2-20 and which could deal damage as per a dagger by stabbing someone with their horn.
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** (Bitter-Sweet) Chocolate Covered Anti-Matter Raisins.
** Europan Robotic Titanium Termites.
* Wastits in ''Human Occupied Landfill'' a.k.a.
* Most of the creatures that ''[[Shadowrun]]'''s shapeshifters start out as are pretty dangerous on their own (lions, bears, eagles, etc.), but a fox magician character can lead to a cute little ten-pound fox hurling fireballs.
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** 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]]''
** Pay [[The Lion King|the Pride Lands]] a visit in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' and Sora turns into one of these. A cute little lion cub who is more than cabable of taking on all the Heartless the world can offer, including the ''[[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|effing ginormous]]'' [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Groundshaker]].
** 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.
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** 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 [[Even Heroes Have Heroes|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]].
* ''[[Mana (series)]]''
** Similarly, the Rabites from the ''Seiken Densetsu'' or ''Mana'' series, which are sort of [[media:
** 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.
* The Fairy you can recruit in ''[[Romancing SaGa 3]]'' is a very versatile character, good with Spears, and Bows.
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** '''B'''efore even prinnies, we h'''a'''d Eryngi, cute little mushroom creatures that c'''a'''ll up mushrooms to attack and say 'gii!' a '''l'''ot. One of them actually demands that you kneel down and beg for your lives lest "your blood will rain on me, gii!" I don't need to say who. Another Eryngi appears in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' {{spoiler|as the [[True Final Boss]]. It is also [[a God Is Evil]].}}
** The Catsabers, present in multiple [[Nippon Ichi]] games, resemble children in cat costumes, but are generally no less deadly than any of the other species of monsters you're likely to run into. They also have a more diabolical relative called the Deathsaber, with an appearance resembling a bat, rather than a cat.
** Desco from ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' Daw, isn't [[media:
* ''[[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
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
** 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.
*** Somewhere on [[Final Fantasy XIII|Gran Pulse]], you find an Undying Cie'
** Also apropos to this, ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' features a number of cute-but-deadly monsters, including rabbits, composing families with level tiers reaching up to very high levels in most cases. Rabbits are one of the more powerful mob-families in general, leading to the saying: "No matter how powerful you are, somewhere in the world there is a rabbit that can kick your ass."
** From the same game, the Tarutaru race are adorably short and cute; with adorable pointed ears and button noses to boot. They're every bit as powerful as any other player race, though, and especially skilled in magic. Of particular note is [[Breakout Character|NPC Professor Shantotto]], who flat-out ''scares'' a good number of the heroes and villains in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''.
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** ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' has several classes of cutesy enemies, including mandragoras, onions, cacti, and some fiends that actually look like rabbits. The cute enemies your party encounters early in the game generally will not attack unless you attack them first, but later versions are more hostile and can inflict lots of nasty status effects. The king of them all is Fury, a cute little boss bunny who lives in the Necrohol of Nabudis.
** There's also an enemy that's actually called the "Vorpal Bunny".
** The bunnies (okay, "Dreamhares") in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]'' aren't all that
** 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.
*** Then there's ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'''s optional superboss version, King Cactuar. His version of the [[Fixed Damage Attack]] does 99,999 damage.
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* ''[[Monster Rancher]]''
** The Hares, in a very literal sense. They're [[Glass Cannon|glass cannons]] who can deal very high amounts of damage.
** The Pixies are also pretty bad: [[Cute Monster Girl
* In the MMORPG ''[[Asheron's Call]]'', the second most powerful monster in the entire game was the level-666 White Rabbit, nicknamed "Pookie" by players. It was not uncommon for Pookie to slaughter entire parties of high-level characters using spells such as "Bunny Smite".
* ''[[Dungeon Siege]]''
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** 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.
* ''[[Commander Keen]] 4''
** 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
** 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.
* In the MMORPG ''[[EverQuest]]'' there are certain fish considered sacred by a god. A god who sometimes poses as one of the fish. Attack them at your extreme peril.
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** And then there was the accidental Bear Reaver. Normally, a bear isn't that small and non-threatening, but when that model accidentally, in a Beta realm, replaced the gigantic Fel Reaver model in Hellfire Peninsula, and the thing went around looking like a medium-sized, low-level beast but still shaking the ground as it walked and remained capable of killing players with one hit, that sounds like an example of this trope.
* ''[[Kirby]]''
** Kirby himself. Adorable little pink puffball with a [[Extreme Omnivore|black hole for a stomach]] that frequently trounces [[Eldritch Abomination
** Scarfy. Try to have Kirby inhale this cute little cat, and he gets ugly and chases you around until he explodes.
* Pretty much every enemy in ''[[Maple Story]]'' falls into this trope. As a rule, the cuter the creature is the faster it will kill you.
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* ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]''
** Ratchet. Small, fuzzy, and carries around more firepower than even the Pentagon could dream of.
** Also, from the second game in the series, we have the
* 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?
* ''[[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]]''
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** Not to mention those damn Cherry Fluffs, toward the beginning. After easily dispatching three other varieties of Fluffs, you might try your luck on one of these pink fluffy whatsits, only to have the entire thing [[Action Bomb|blow up in your face]].
** The Garlic Animated (a chubby garlic bulb with feet and [[Moe]] eyes) might be even cuter than the Fluffs (cotton balls with [[Moe Moe]] eyes), but its breath weapon is a force to be reckoned with.
** Gaia's ''original''
** 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!]]!}}
* ''[[Braid]]'': Killer Rabbits squared. Or cubed. Not only are these rabbits vicious, but they initially disguise themselves as flowers and sound like cats. No matter what you find cute and charming, there's a good chance Braid's rabbits will undermine it.
* Pick a ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' game. If it's a cute little girl that doesn't seem to belong in a battle and looks to be about 10, she's most likely a dragon who can eat most enemies faces without ANY worry of being hurt. Otherwise characters like Est (''Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light''/''Mystery of the Emblem''/''Shadow Dragon'') and Nino (''Fire Emblem'') are [[Magikarp Power]] housed and fit this trope too.
** 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.
* The MMO ''[[La Tale]]'' has so many of these that a good rule of thumb is "if it looks cute, run like hell." Especially annoying are the Prring [[Palette Swap
* [[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
* Near the end of ''[[Wizardry]] VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge'', you may run into faeries in the same areas you're routinely facing down dark crusaders, greater demons, elite samurai squads, and mind flayers. The faeries are much more dangerous than any of the enemies just mentioned, and indeed one of the toughest enemy types in the game. Just be glad these unassuming [[Demonic Spiders]] don't show up until around the final dungeon.
* ''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.
* The Hairy Bulborb from ''[[Pikmin]] 2'' has huge blue eyes, a tubby round body, and is covered all over in incredibly soft-looking white fuzz. It's downright ''cuddly.'' However, as with any enemy in ''Pikmin'' games, if you so much as ''look'' at it wrong, the Pik-carnage ''will'' be endless.
* The Liir from ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' are a playable example. They look like friendly whales and dolphins, and are, whenever possible, [[Actual Pacifist
* 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.
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* The SNES action-RPG ''The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang'' features rabbits that will suddenly open their large mouths filled with sharp teeth in order to latch onto the hero. They are called [[Late to the Punchline|Python Bunnies]].
* The [[Nintendo DS]] game ''[[The Dark Spire]]'' features Killer Rabbits. Ok, bunnies. Close enough. Subversion in that they are not only not that dangerous but are the ''least'' dangerous enemies on any floors they appear.
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' has carp. It became a [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Carp memetic]
{{quote|'''Dwarf Fortress Wiki:''' [T]here is only one thing to do if you come across a river full of carp and you don't want your dwarves to die... Run. Run and never look back.
'''[[Word of God|Toady One]]:''' I think I made the fish too hardcore. }}
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** 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.
* Since animals available as starting pets in ''[[Nethack]]'' are [[PVP-Balanced|designed to be viable combat escorts]] for the [[Player Character]], they tend to be disproportionately powerful. This includes ponies, dogs, and kittens; kittens that can kill a squad of grown men and clean the flesh from their bones in seconds. Oh, and the fluff quote for kittens? A passage from ''[[H.P. Lovecraft|The Cats of Ulthar]]''.
* ''[[Ōkamiden|Okamiden]]'', a [[Nintendo DS]] followup to ''[[Ōkami|Okami]]'', stars Chibiterasu, [[Spin Offspring|a puppy replacement]] for Amaterasu. Being the main player character in an [[Action Adventure]] game, how couldn't it be a
* 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]]...
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* {{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.
* Peter the Puppy from ''[[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]]''. The levels where he appears consist solely of trying to keep
* Later versions of ''[[Terraria]]'' feature bunny rabbits hopping around the landscape... which during a Blood Moon turn into Corrupt Bunnies, which can be fairly deadly foes for characters just starting out.
* 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!
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* Arguably, the entirety of ''[http://bunny.frozenreality.co.uk/ Bunny]'' is based off this trope, particularly Orange Bunny.
* Slim the Jackalope from ''[http://www.mopsy.com NeverNever]'' has sixguns. Very tiny sixguns. And he bites. Extremely hard.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' features a species of "cute and cuddly koalazoids" known as the Tausennigan Ob'Enn. The Ob'Enn, despite their small size and disarming appearance, are referred to as the "psycho bears" by every other species in the galaxy, as they have one of the most powerful and advanced interstellar militaries in the galaxy, and are led by a xenocidal doctrine that calls for the destruction of every other species in the galaxy. At one point a mob boss even mockingly calls
* 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]]''!
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* It appears that [[Ruby Quest|Ruby]] didn't want to hug Tom {{spoiler|[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3381692/images/1231770414578.gif this time]}}..
* [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
* On the website Muse Blog, run far, far away if you see a Hot Pink Bunny. They are [[Take Over the World|out to rule the world]], can turn people into [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombies]], and [[Made of Iron|can survive atomic blasts]]. This may or may not be where their powers come from.
* ''[http://www.elfwood.com/u/andersson2/image/45b46350-23da-11e4-9fb0-6fd3a883da45/the-dragon-fly The Dragon Fly]'' by Fredrik K.T.Andersson.
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** Inverted with Billy's "son" Jeffy, a huge, hideous spider who's extremely friendly and wants only to be loved.
* The Chubb Chubbs, from the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzqi1bfflDg video] of the same name, are the terror of the galaxy. {{spoiler|They look like a combination of the cutest features of piglets and ducklings... except when they're baring their several rows of shark-like teeth and eating barbarian invaders alive. They also enjoy cuddling and karaoke.}}
* ''[[Catscratch]]'' had an episode which had a duckling in
* ''[[Johnny Test]]'' has a cute kitty cat as one of its villains; said kitty cat possesses a cannon that turns people into cats.
* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' played with this trope as well. The Gigglepies are a race of cute little bunny like creatures that are a cross between Care Bears in terms of looks and cuteness and Pokémon in terms that they are apparently collectible. They roam the galaxy, coming in cereal boxes and use their cuteness and mind-controlling rhymes to subjugate the population, force them to buy them in excess and eventually cost the planet its freedom. Of course with the Yugopotamians, who fear anything cute, making the populace afraid of them works just as well. Once they're done looting the planet they destroy it and move on to the next one.
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* Domesticated dogs and cats still have hunter's instincts, and will often attack small animals they come across even if they're not hungry. Cats in particular, due to their mobility and stealthiness, are well equipped to hunt down various small animals such as birds and rodents that might be lurking in your back yard. Because they don't need the food, cats will often just play with their catches rather than eat them. For an added bonus, cats have a lot of bacteria in their mouths, which can make their bites surprisingly nasty.
* [[wikipedia:Koala#Ecology and behaviour|Koalas]]. It's not hard to piss them off, especially if you interrupt one of their 19 hours of sleep, and they have huge teeth and claws that can do some real damage when you rile them up. [[Land Down Under|Please stay away from them.]] Fun fact: they are always POed at you because they're coming down from a high. Eucalyptus leaves actually contain a mild toxin, to which they have built up a resistance that instead makes them stoned. Hence the sleeping 19 hours a day.
* [[wikipedia:Wombat#Wombats and humans|Wombats]] can do a fair amount of damage too - one naturalist ended up with a
* 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!
* The kangaroo. Awww, itsh godda baby in itsh pou[[Oh God, with the Verbing!|OH GOD, THE PAIN, WHAT WITH THE KICKING AND THE RUPTURING OF THE ORGANS AND THE CRUSHING OF THE BONES!]]
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** 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.
* Chimpanzees. Most funny and human among the whole lot of [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|funny monkeys]], right? In reality they are insanely strong (a 70
* 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.
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