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** The Tarrasque is at least a [[Non-Malicious Monster]] in the [[Dungeons & Dragons|source material]]: it's not ''evil'' as usually encountered (it is neither [[Made of Evil]] nor intelligent enough to hold any malice, just ravenously hungry), but it is suggested in ''[[Spelljammer]]'' material that in their natural habitat, they are docile lithovores (with the solitary aggressive consume-everything rampaging monsters of other worlds being a result of something in the atmospheres).
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Superfriends]]'' episode "Monolith of Evil", the Legion of Doom manages to trick the heroes into uncovering a super-weapon called, uh, the [[Title Drop|Monolith of Evil]] (at least that's what ''they'' call it). At first, it seems to be an [[Artifact of Doom]] with near limitless powers of darkness, and the heroes are outmatched by the villains... Until they manage to shanghai control of it and use it against the villains themselves. How could the heroes possibly harness such dark power, Sinestro muses after they beat the crud out of them? They figured out that the thing wasn't evil at all. It was simply a manmade device, and like any weapon, it can only be considered evil if used with evil intent. Of course, it's still ''dangerous'' and the episode ends with the heroes still in possession of it; much like any loose end in that series, we can only guess what they did with the thing.
* One episode of ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' dealt with a village of very superstitious folk who believed the mountains were the home of a Bigfoot-like creature called the Tingler. Although many had seen him and were sure he was a malignant predator, none of them could agree on any details. In truth, all they had ever seen were his eyes. The Tingler was actually just a hermit who lived in the mountains, and while he was a big, muscular guy, [[Gentle Giant|he would never hurt a fly]]; when trouble did threaten the town, he was the one who saved the day.
* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' once encountered a ghost like this; it could not tolerate noise, and after a movie studio woke it up, it was going crazy trying to find quiet so it could go to sleep again. The heroes realized they could help it by putting it in their containment unit — it was pretty quiet in there — but the problem they had was, how do you tell an angry and powerful ghost you're trying to help it when even the sound of ''talking'' makes it mad? {{spoiler| Egon found the solution: he communicated with it using sign language.}}
* Lemongrab in ''[[Adventure Time]]''; the show's [[Word of God| creators all insist]] this Trope applies to him, despite his anti-social (and at times, sociopathic) behavior. Adam Muto claims he is "just completely unadjusted to living," while Patrick Seery says he is under the delusion that he is always right. Lemongrab is shown to be capable of actual love for his family in "It's All Your Fault" and "Mystery Dungeon" portrays him as a sympathetic, lonely fellow who just wants attention and affection. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to interact with anyone who tries to befriend him, making his attitude self-destructive.
== Real Life ==
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