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{{quote|''I have created wounded art. An uncompromising weapon that, in a fit of graceful agony, will rend and tear until there is nothing left. This creature '''is''' death.''<br />

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A big, scary, dangerous monster with a bizarre, cutesy name befitting a housepet. Custom dictates for the creature to be introduced by their owner calling for them, the enemies laughing at the creature's ridiculous name, only to be interrupted by [[Bad Vibrations|earth-shaking footsteps]] as the pet enters the scene. The customary response is to [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|run away really quickly]]. [[The Scream|Screaming]] is also highly recommended.

Sometimes writers will play with the trope by making the monster ''look'' big, scary, and vicious, [[Gentle Giant|and yet be as sweet and lovable as its name suggests.]] Other times, justified because the monster was named when it was not yet big, scary, or vicious.

 

 

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* In ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma ½]]'', Kodachi has a pet named Mr. Green Turtle (Mr. Scaly Green in some episodes of the anime). It turns out to be a ferocious alligator.

** Also there's Pantyhose Taro.

* In an episode of ''[[Ninin ga Shinobuden]]'', Shinobu names her giant, mobile, carnivorous plant monster Pochinosuke ("Pochi" being the Japanese equivalent of "Rover" or "Fido" and "nosuke" being an archaic boys' name ending). She's the only one who can keep it from wreaking havoc.

* [[The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer|Its name is Biscuit Hammer; it is the destroyer of worlds.]]

* A recurring villain in ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' is one of the biggest chojin in the series, a living mass of sand who sadistically brutalizes his opponents. He was responsible for {{spoiler|Prince Kamehame's}} death during the Dream Tag Tournament arc. His name? ''Sunshine.'' (He's named after the Sunshine Towers of Peru.) There are some other dangerous villains with silly names, but at least they have the decency to ''look'' silly, too.

** It works when you realize that prior to the 50s, Claire ''was'' a man's name. In 1930, his name would have been normal - the twist only comes for modern viewers who are used to it being a female name, although even in 1930, it was more common for women than for men in this particular spelling.

** Out of omniscience-boredom, a reality-warping [[Eldritch Abomination]] decided to take human form and join the ranks of the Martillo family camorra. It's name is {{spoiler|Ronnie}}.

* [[Cool Big Sis|Triela]] of ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'', was given the nickname "Lepretto" (roughly "bunny" or "little hare") by the GIS Special Forces guys she trained with, after a child's doll that shares her [[Girlish Pigtails]]. When they meet up again on a later mission, a couple of the GIS guys rub her hair and comment how "rubbing a rabbit's foot before mission will bring you good luck". They need the luck, they're going to be leading the charge into a hostage situation in a bell-tower. Triela lets them get away with it (even though they spoiled a moment with her handler), her job is going to be to ''climb'' said tower.

* In ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' the guard dog of the Zaoldyeck estate is a mindless killing machine to anyone who doesn't come in through the front door, and Gon, who is incredibly good with animals and befriended a bear, is scared of her. Oh, and her name is Miké.

** In ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'' manga, Zippo was introduced as one (but the official translation [[Dub Name Change|changed the name]] to [[Meaningful Name|Charley]]).

* The latest volume of the ''[[Baki the Grappler]]'' manga has Pickle, who is a giant defrosted caveman. Not only is he undefeated, but {{spoiler|after beating Retsu, he tore his leg off and ate it.}}

* In ''[[Yaiba]]'', when the eponymous hero heard about a Kappa named Kerosuke, he expected a small, thin kappa, not a [[Kaiju|colossal, super-strong, fire-breathing carnivorous titan]] with a penchant for human flesh

* The Seven Swordsmen of the Mist from [[Naruto]] last names mean some type of fruit.

* [[Toriko]]: Battle Wolf ''Terry Cloth'' may be a puppy but he can still rip apart foes that ''Toriko'' had trouble with.

* In ''The Annotated Mantooth'', the giant robot powered by a uranium core was called "World's Greatest Grandpa." It was also built by [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], who died in his own [[Death Trap]] with man-eating ducks and peanut butter. The entire Mantooth series was made of this.

* [[DC Comics]] [[Crisis Crossover]] series ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'' featured a Monitor, one of the most powerful beings in the multiverse, called Bob. "Well, we can't just call you the-Monitor-who-is-trying-to-track-down-the-Atom, it'll take too long."

* [[Deadpool]] once killed a tank-grown monster that had gone berserk (greatly pissing off the agency who owned the monster). Said monster's name was Doris.

* The ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' comics in ''Disney Adventures'' featured a newly-made villain in the form of a super-intelligent kitten named Fluffy.

** And then there's her personally trained attack dog, Mercy, whom she was forced to kill when [[Darkseid]] ordered the canine to kill her.

** Moreover, you have Glorious Godfrey's sister, the expert assassin Amazing Grace.

* You'd think that in [[Empowered (Comic Book)|a series]] featuring characters with names like Demonwolf or Deathmonger, someone who goes by the seeming innocuous name of Willy Pete would be relatively harmless. You'd be wrong. Dead wrong.

* In ''[[Stanley and His Monster]]'', the Monster was later revealed to be a demon called "The Beast with No Name" that was a pariah in Hell for being too nice. When it accidentally bonded to Stanley Dover and became his friend, Stanley gave it the name "Spot". While Spot ''is'' a pretty decent fellow, a friendly demon is ''still'' a demon.

* In ''[[Enemy of My Enemy (Fanfic)|Enemy of My Enemy]]'', there are [[Halo|Lekgolo/Hunters]], 12-foot-tall armored warriors that scare the shit out of their foes ''and'' their allies. What does young [[Children Are Innocent|Sarah]] [[Fluffy Tamer|Jennings]] call the pair she made friends with? Jib and Jub.

* Jamie "Rabbit" Rodriguez. A complete psychopath whose death toll was so large that several police officers decided to go vigilante and gunned him down while he was in a public restroom full of witnesses. They gave those police officers the keys to the city. Then he was resurrected as a undead supersoldier and after brutally murdering the people who tried to control him, went back to his old job of hiring himself out to various gangs and promptly slaughtering their rivals and the gang who hired him if he felt like it. His only redeeming point he has a problem with killing kids. Doesn't mean he won't do it but it leaves a sick taste in his mouth. And his nickname is Rabbit.

 

 

* Possibly the trope namer -- "[[Fluffy]]" was a 1965 Tony Randall film about the title character, a full grown household dwelling lion.

* The creature from "The Crate" segment of ''[[Creepshow]]'', [[media:fluffytterrible.jpg|mainly made up of claws and fucking huge teeth]]... and [[Production Nickname|referred by effects supervisor Tom Savini]] as Fluffy.

* In ''[[Kung Pow]]: Enter the Fist'', the main (male) villain was named "Betty". It's actually quite a bit worse than that, his name ''used'' to be "Master Pain;" he then changed it to Betty.

** Which is an hour-long setup for a [[Brick Joke]] of epic proportions.

** He's something of a subversion in later appearances -- although still a very large, ferocious-looking ogre, the name fits his ''personality'' perfectly; he's a sweet [[Gentle Giant]]. When he ''does'' appear as a villain, he's virtually guaranteed to have a [[Heel Face Turn]] (as in ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'') or turn out to be a [[Punch Clock Villain]]. (a role he plays along with the other Flying Monkeys in ''[[The Wizard of Oz|The Muppet Wizard of Oz]]'')

* Audrey II, the giant man-eating venus flytrap of ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''

* ''[[Dr. Giggles]]''.

* [[Metropolis|Dr. Rotwang]]. It sounds [[Freud Was Right|like some kind of horrible disease]] in English, but "Rotwang" is actually German for "rosy cheeks".

* In ''[[Ice Age]] 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs'', there is a giant, fearsome Baryonyx that even scares a T. Rex. [[Crazy Survivalist]] Buck names it... Rudy.

* The title demon of vengeance in the ''[[Pumpkinhead]]'' films.

* In ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'', Nice Guy Eddie is actually quite a mean son of a...[[Curse Cut Short|gun]]. For that matter, you wouldn't really think that guys named Mr. Pink, Mr. White, and Mr. Blonde would be so bad. You would be very, very wrong.

* The monster in ''[[Cloverfield]]'' became known as... Clover. And before that, his [[Fan Nickname]] was Mr Grumpy Pants.

* In the Katharine Hepburn/Cary Grant screwball comedy ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', "Baby" is a fully-grown leopard. He's friendly enough, but he's still a ''leopard''.

* [[Psycho for Hire|Bunny]] in ''Platoon''.

* In ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]],'' there is the great wizard who leads the Knights to the grail. He announces himself thusly: '''"THERE ARE THOSE WHO CALL ME...''' [[Some Call Me... Tim|Tim?]]"

** Are you saying the Kray brothers had funny names?

 

 

** Other similarly terrifying creatures with cutesy names appear throughout the series; Hagrid has a tendency to treat dangerous supernatural creatures as if they were fluffy little housepets. He's half-giant, and they usually respond quite well to such treatment. The more dangerous the animal, the cuter the name. See Norbert the dragon.

** On the other hand, he named his extremely friendly but cowardly sissy dog Fang.

** And then there's Errol the swamp dragon. He may not be particularly terrifying, but he ''will'' melt a hole in your floor.

** Adora Belle Dearhart. Despite her cutesy name - which she hates - she chainsmokes, prefers golems to people, has a ''very'' dry sense of humour, and can do nasty things to your feet with her stilettos.

* An [[Empathic Weapon]] sort-of example from ''[[Dragaera]]''- The owner of the Great Weapon Godslayer thinks that its/her name is melodramatic and instead calls her by the name of the person whose personality she has (from eating her soul, no less.) Thus, we get a magical knife that can and does destroy souls entirely accidentally, eliminates magical effects, and was designed to kill the Demon Goddess Verra (who, despite the title, is not a villain, exactly)... and it's referred to as {{spoiler|Lady Teldra}}.

** To give an idea of Big Julie's proportions, the only thing the characters ever see of him is a gigantic eyeball filling up a doorway into the part of the house he inhabits. When the aliens vacate the house, they extract him by cutting him into bits, beaming those aboard their spacecraft, and putting him back together.

* The [[The Men in Black|Orphan Disposal Agency]] in Sean Cullen's ''[[Hamish X]]'' series are led by [[Those Two Bad Guys|Mr. Candy and Mr. Sweet]]. All the other agents we see [[Theme Naming|keep this in mind.]]

** This slowly {{spoiler|becomes a subverted trope when Dog becomes as harmless and friendly as his name suggests, ''because'' this is his name}}.

* In ''Hiero's Journey'' and ''The Unforsaken Hiero'', Hiero's morse (a giant, combat-trained, mutant moose riding animal) is named "Klootz." During one fight, it caves in the skull of an equally-large mutant bear with one kick.

* In [[John Ringo]]'s ''[[Posleen War Series]]'' there is a supertank the size of a city block that shoots rocket sized shells with an anti-matter core that's named "Bun Bun." On the other hand it is named after ''[[Sluggy Freelance|that]]'' [[Killer Rabbit|Bun Bun]] so maybe it's a subversion of sorts.

* Shaggydog, a vicious dire wolf, from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', who had the misfortune to be named by a three-year-old. It's actually one of the most feral of all the dire wolves... which makes sense, as the young Rickon has turned somewhat feral himself due to lack of parental supervision.

* Most warships built by [[The Culture]]. In fact, most ships built by [[The Culture]].

* Kumiko's enormous London bodyguard in [[William Gibson]]'s ''[[Mona Lisa Overdrive]]'' - "My name, you see," he said, as though this would immediately reassure her, "is Petal."

* [[Tortall Universe|Keladry of Mindelan]] has a bad-tempered scarred [[Horsing Around|gelding with a mean streak]]. He's a small warhorse who is (eventually) trained out of biting people for no reason, but is still worth a squad in combat. After he catches a would-be horse thief's arm in his mouth, Kel tries to dissuade the man by saying "He's not for sale or for stealing. He'll kill you. He's killed men before, he doesn't seem to find it difficult." The horse's name is Peachblossom.

** Don't forget Kitten the dragon (though her "real" name is Skysong.) She's a fairly nice dragon, but she is rather badass.

* Dally Rumpe, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Witches of Bailiwick]]''. A powerful, cackling. usurping sorcerer. Named ''[[Fail O'Suckyname|Dally Rumpe]]''.

* One of the titular genetically-engineered, fanged, clawed, fast-moving, intelligent, bloodthirsty, and very, very hungry creatures in the novel ''Ancestor'' by Scott Sigler is referred to in the narration as "Baby McButters." (She was born from an ordinary cow whom one of the human characters named Molly McButters.)

* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''The Star Beast'', the eponymous critter is called Lummox. Admittedly, 'he' wasn't too impressive ... until after that time he ate a Buick....

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In ''[[Drake and Josh]]'' when Drake is sent to remedial English, one of the other students there has a big, intimidating Rottweiler named Cuddles.

* Spot the dragon from ''[[The Munsters]]'' (never seen in full).

** ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S25 E2 The Happiness Patrol|The Happiness Patrol]]'' gave us Helen A's vicious and downright ugly pet Stigorax called Fifi.

* In ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', misfit henchman Elgar is threatened with being made to play with Scrudley, a never-explicitly-seen monster.

** Lampshaded when Wishverse Vampire Xander says "Someone has to talk to her people. That name is striking fear in nobody's hearts."

* In ''[[Stargate Atlantis]],'' you knew the child [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|princess]] was going to be trouble the second you found out her name was "Harmony." She didn't disappoint.

** Also in ''[[Stargate Atlantis|Atlantis]]'', Colonel Sheppard routinely names the big scary [[Space Vampire|Space Vampires]] things like "Bob", "Steve", etc.

** And naming the ship ''Serenity''? Not remotely as comforting as it sounds.

* "Jayne" is also the title character from ''[[The Comic Strip Presents]]: Mr Jolly Lives Next Door'' - he's a hitman.

* An episode of ''[[Life]]'' had a suspect talking about his cat "Fluffy." When Crews returns later, he encounters Fluffy, who happens to be a tiger.

* In the episode of ''[[Myth Busters]]'' that dealt with the Hindenburg, the [[B Story]] involved the build team annoying some crocodiles, and at one point they were introduced to the three most ornery crocs at the farm where they filmed: Fluffy, Skipper and Bob.

* One episode of ''[[Hustle]]'' had a scary-ass [[Implacable Man]] named Pinky Byrne.

* Inverted in an episode of ''Empty Nest'' where a small lost dog charms the Weston family while destroying the household and the larger family dog Dreyfuss getting the blame. When the real owner appears, he explains to Harry Weston what the little bastard really is and calls him the appropriately named "Satan".

* The unspeakably frightening [[Big Bad|main villain]] of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' is a demon who likes to [[Demonic Possession|possess people]] and turn them into [[Serial Killer|serial killers]] who murder and rape the people they love. His name is Bob. Or actually BOB. It's spelled in all caps.

 

* You'd think that a creature called [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/pansyface.htm The Polka-Dotted Pansyface] would be rather harmless, right? In ''[[Mortasheen]]'', you'd be very, very wrong. The author reportedly did it as a parody of how people think Ladybugs are cute even though they're vicious predators, and reportedly based its design off of [[Warhammer 40000|''the Tyranids'']].

* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' contains a lot of [[Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom|fun]]. The Old Xoblob Shop (Waterdeep) has a bouncer named Guraim the Gentle Persuader, also useful as a rack for candles. It's an iron [[Golem]].

 

 

* ''[[Mechwarrior]] Living Legends'' has Mr. Bubbles. Mr. Bubbles is a [[Humongous Mecha|one hundred ton bipedal tank]] with ''three'' ten ton [[Gatling Good|rotary autocannons]] which can shred ''anything'' in the game in seconds.

* In ''[[Tomb Raider]]: Legend'', Amanda has befriended and trained a giant shadowy thing, [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|the origins of which are never explained]], and named it "Fluffy." She taught it to fetch, do tricks and kill Lara. Then again, [[Everything Trying to Kill You|what hasn't?]]

* An enemy in ''[[Icewind Dale]] II'' had a pet three-headed chimera named "Precious".

* Tiny Tiger from the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' games, isn't. He is a hulking genetic mutation engineered by Dr. Cortex created to deal with Crash and is a boss of several games in the series.

* The [[Interactive Fiction]] game ''[[Wishbringer]]'' features a [[Hell Hound]] named Alexis.

* In the [[Expansion Pack]] of the [[Real Time Strategy|RTS]] ''[[Star Wars|Star Wars: Empire at War]]'', [[The Syndicate|The Zann Consortium]] employs Silri, a [[The Baroness|Baroness]] who uses [[Black Magic|Dark Side Powers]] and owns a [[Mons|pet rancor]] named 'Cuddles'.

** Also, Hunters recently gained the ability to tame 'exotic' pets (the bigger, nastier critters in the game). Guess what trope 90% of people used when naming their new beasts?

** There's also the [[NPC]] Simone the Inconspicuous. Her pet Precious looks like a small wolf at first. However, when she reveals her true form, her pet becomes a huge Fel Hunter named Precious the Devourer.

** More recently, there's a boss in a Cataclysm dungeon, a giant hellhound named Beauty, with pet smaller hellhounds Spot, Lucky and Buster.

{{quote| "Mine is the name that pirates fear the most!"}}

* The most menacing-looking characters in ''[[Phantom Brave]]'' is named "Sprout". He's also {{spoiler|the ''penultimate boss'' of the main game.}}

** In ''Wizardry 8'', in the Mount of Ascension lives Pee Wee, a ''huge'' golem.

* In the ''[[Modern Warfare]]'' series, the [[Badass]] John MacTavish; field commander of Task Force 141, composed of the best soldiers America and the Commonwealth has to offer; has the nickname... Soap. To be fair, he got that nickname before he got to that position, but he still had the nickname while he was a new member of the SAS. The rest of the Task Force has some pretty cool callsigns, but there are some much lesser ones, such as: Cherub, Meat, Taco, Scarecrow, Peasant, Worm, and Driver.

* In ''[[Achaea]]'', the terrible Kraken that lurks beneath the ocean wave and crushes entire ships is commanded by the sea god Neraeos.

{{quote| '''Neraeos:''' Good kraken, Fluffy.}}

** And the lurching, undead, murderous Cryptbeast of Thera is affectionately known to experienced players as "Bianca".

** Ramirez's massive flagship is called the ''Monoceros.'' Translate that from Greek, and you end up with a ship called the ''Unicorn.''

* The [[Fan Nickname]] for the [[Living Shadow|Dark Servant]] pet in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' actually is 'Fluffy'.

{{quote| '''Luke''': What's that monster called?<br />

'''Tear''': Fluffy!<br />

'''Luke''': Huh?<br />

'''Tear''': I...thought it'd be cute... }}

{{quote| '''Raine''': I wonder what the enemy's name was.<br />

'''Colette''': I like "Poochy!"<br />

* There is also Bonaparte in ''[[Suikoden II]]'', a rather small ... thing which can suddenly grow in size and swallow your party members or enemies. In truth, though, if something is named after [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] it's quite reasonable to be intimidated...

* The ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series features a hired assassin named "Shelley de Killer", named as such [[Woolseyism|to match with the seashell motif of his calling card]].

* ''[[Metal Slug|Metal Slug 3]]'' has giant monstrous eels named Helen, Linda, Jenny, and Barbie.

* DOG in ''[[Half-Life]] 2'' is a multi-ton apelike robot that can [[Car Fu|throw cars]] and tear Striders apart with its bare hands... and it's equipped with a personality of a [[Captain Obvious|dog]]: Playful, protective and affectionate towards Alyx Vance and her allies.

** and the doom kitten. the one who looks like a kitten but is really an evil summoner of the undead

* One can easily invoke this trope in ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'' when naming your [[Badass]] Mabari Warhound. One the game's writers dubbed it "Rabbit". ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' went with "Barkspawn". It's almost certain that some fans have actually named it "Fluffy" at one point.

* Any of the monstrous Summoned Beasts and Demons that hang out around [[Fluffy Tamer]] Keelyn in ''[[Fall From Heaven]]''. This includes a vicious Imp she named 'Puppy', and a towering, sulphur-smelling, horned Balorg called 'Giggles'.

* In ''[[Ratchet and Clank Future A Crack In Time]]'', an [[Eldritch Abomination]] ally summoned by the Rift Ripper 5000 is known as Fred.

* Speaking of Fallout, there's the helpful [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Mister_Handy Mr. Handy]? Such a cute little explosive robot, yes he is!

* In the "Nazi Zombies storyline of ''[[Call of Duty]]: World At War'', the first ever hellhound is named Fluffy.

* The head demons in ''[[Shadows of the Damned]]'' are grotesque abominations which can rip you apart in seconds. They have names like George, Christopher, and for the King of Demons himself, ''Fleming.''

* The player character of ''[[Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies|Ace Combat 4]]'', Mobius One, is often times referred to as "the ribbon" or "the ribbon fighter", after the mobius strip design on his plane's tail. Mobius One is more or less singlehandedly responsible for turning the tide of the war, and in a extra mode in ''Ace Combat 5'', is said to be more effective in combat than a squadron of other pilots.

* In ''[[Eternal Lands]]'', there is the Fluffy Rabbit, a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Killer Rabbit]] in [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]. It looks like an ordinary white rabbit, but actually one of the more powerful creatures in the game.

* Trolls in ''[[Runescape]]'' after named for the first thing they eat, or the sound it made when eating it. It was only a matter of time until a vicious troll warlord named "Pretty flower" came along.

* The OTAS Venti in the ''[[X Universe]]'' sounds like something you'd buy at Starbucks. Actually, it's a very deadly [[Space Fighter]] with twin wing-mounted [[Gatling Good|gatling lasers]].

** As a bit of [[Genius Bonus]], the Venti is actually [[Religious and Mythological Theme Naming|named for the]] [[Roman Mythology|Roman wind deities]]. It only ''sounds'' like a coffee size.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Dragoon in ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]]'' has a pet dragon named Muffin - who, like all dragons, he thinks is a parrot. She is also the world's most evil dragon that founded the order of Dragoons to kill all of the other dragons, without them knowing, and then killed all but one of them.

* A running joke regarding Virus of ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'' is his tendency toward pets like this, [[Noodle Incident|including a massive combat cyborg he named 'Skippy']], though the only one of these pets to get significant screentime is a Chao that absorbed the DNA of a demonic dog, who he named 'Blasphemy', which is actually quite fitting.

{{quote| '''Eastwood''': The traits you find endearing, most right-thinking people have [[Nightmare Fuel|nightmares]] about.}}

** Also, a Patterner cult are summoning a demon named...Kevin.

** The comic also includes a mob boss named Asa ''Sweet'' and little orange tabby over there who massacres a group of people while laughing maniacally? He's known as ''Freckle'' to his cousin.

** A little later in the comic we're introduced to "Mr. Fingers". {{spoiler|This is a very appropriate name since "Mr. Fingers" is an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that is composed of pure [[Nightmare Fuel|Nightmare Fueled]] [[Body Horror]], [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05062011/ one head, and unnumberable limbs that end in many-fingered hands].}}

** After that, there's Biscuit the Orc. He was named after his favorite food as a child.

** On later days he's picked up the titles "Lord of the Dance" and "Mistress of Magma" as well. He's also the mayor of a small town up the coast, quite scenic in spring... A small town {{spoiler|of the undead}} that's called "Pretty, Pretty Unicorn." It's a work in progress.

* ''The Scout Report'', a ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' comic, features a hunter detailing the advanced features of her pet in a two-paragraph lecture ending as follows:

{{quote| '''Scout''': ...he can sneak up behind an orc, rip his throat out, eviscerate the corpse, and pee on the bloody entrails in four point two seconds. I've timed it.<br />

* Yuki from ''[[Megatokyo]]'' gets a pet [[Fun Size|FunSized]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|zombie]] [[Kaiju|'zilla]]. She names him Zom-Zom-chan and ties all the pieces that fall off him back on with ribbons.

* The title character of ''[[The Good Witch]]'' is named [[Villain Protagonist|Angel]].

** The Ob'Enn themselves apply, and cross over with [[Deathbringer the Adorable]]. A cute-sounding name for a bunch of sapient koalazoids...who have decided to take up "xenocidal tendencies" as their [[Planet of Hats|hat]].

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* ''[[AH Dot Com the Series]]'' has Bobo the giant flying tentacled brain and Dave Howery's [[Gatling Good|Gatling-cannon-wielding]] Canada-Destroying Mechs, which are all named after [[Sesame Street]] characters.

* ''[[The Salvation War]]'' has Yahweh's pet, the first beast of revelations, which is essentially a 200 foot giant leopard with seven heads and ten horns. Its name? Wuffles. The name is practically a throwaway line in Yahweh's court, the humans it was sicced on have yet to identify it other than "ruthless giant killing machine {{spoiler|which it takes aerial bombing and tank fire to kill, ''after'' it smacks Fort Bragg, and at death it was trying to form a portal to crawl away through}}". Then it turns out the Scarlet Beast is named Fluffy.

* In chapter 9 of [http://www.rogermwilcox.name/ADnD/IPDC9.html The Intercontinental Proliferation of Disgusting Characters], Peter Perfect's new paladin mount is revealed to be an undead great wyrm gold dragon. He calls her "Fluffball."

{{quote| '''Caboose:''' Ok, gargantuan alien... Now that we've decided to keep you, you need a real name. I vote for "Fluffy".<br />

'''Tucker:''' Fluffy?!<br />

 

== Western Animation ==

** Season 3 brings us Sparky Sparky Boom Man, an assassin that shoots explosions from his forehead and works like the freakin' [[Implacable Man|terminator]]. Fortunately, he later gets the more appropriate name of [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Combustion Man]].

* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' has Gossamer, the Big Hairy Monster from "Hair-Raising Hare". He also appeared in "Water Water Everyhare" under the slightly more imposing name Rudolf.

** Anything that invokes images of a red-nosed reindeer isn't imposing.

* The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy from ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'' is the living embodiment of both this trope and the [[Killer Rabbit]]. He's one of the primary villains of the series and a powerful dark wizard, but he not only has that absurd name, he actually '''is''' a small pig.

* The ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' episodes "To Heck and Back" and "Heff in a Handbasket" feature a demon known as Dread Lord Peaches.

** Also the revelation that the real name of The Evil Queen, Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed Slug-for-a-Butt was actually "Lucy".

** And would Bob the [[Killer Rabbit|Killer Goldfish]] (who's also in the ''Earthworm Jim'' video games) count too?

* Played with in ''[[Metalocalypse]]''; as governor of Florida, Nathan Explosion is given the opportunity to name a powerful hurricane barrelling towards the state, and he dubs it "Scrambles the Deathdealer".

* Tiny in ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''. He is a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]].

{{quote| I've got a big head, and little arms: I'm just not sure how well this plan was thought through... Master?}}

''[[Hilarity Ensues|Maim-arity Ensues]]'' }}

* In ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (remember, this is a [[Mouse World]]), the villain Ratigan has a gigantic cat he often [[Bad Boss|feeds a minion that upsets him]] - called Felicia; she also has a pretty bow.

** Likewise, a huge gorilla in "Speak No Evil" prompts this exchange:

{{quote| '''Scientist:''' Fingers!<br />

'''Batman:''' *''incredulous''* Fingers?<br />

'''Scientist:''' My kids named him. }}

* In the ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' episode "This is Your Wish", Cosmo has a three-headed fire-breathing dragon named Snowballs.

** In another episode, a bunch of pirates had crocodiles named "Cuddles" and "Muffin".

{{quote| '''Sabrina:''' Your name is Fluffy?<br />

'''Fluffy:''' My mother wanted a girl. }}

* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', Heloise has a [[Humongous Mecha|giant half-mechanical spider]] named Angela.

* In ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'', one of the bad guys is named Fuzzy Lumpkins. While he doesn't look too threatening (apart from when seriously pushed), he is still a very territorial... thing who can fall into [[Unstoppable Rage]] territory ("GET OFFA MAH PROPERTAH!").

* ''[[Titan Maximum]]'' has Clare, not only the most DEADLY assassin in the known solar system...but in a [[X Meets Y|combination of both this trope AND]] [[Deathbringer the Adorable]], she's also the [[Moe|CUTEST AND MOST ADORABLE]] [[Sweet Dreams Fuel|THING you've ever seen]]...until she utterly disembowels you with her [[BFS]] made of Aggregated Diamond Nano-Rods.

{{quote| '''Leela''': According to this, the fountain is located within the darkest, most ancient region of space, just past Teddy Bear Junction. <br />

'''Professor''': Teddy Bear Junction. The worse scum hole in the universe. }}

* An episode of ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' saw the fat cat find a new home with [[Killer Rabbit|little girl]] that tortures him with her unique brand of affection. The girl decided her new pet needs to play with her pre-existing pet, a dog named Boopsie. Expecting another Odie to kick around, Gafield meets a large pitbull, and delivers a [[Crowning Moment of Funny|timeless line]]:

{{quote| '''Garfield''': ''This''... is a Boopsie?!}}

* [[The Bully]] in ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' is a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]] named Tina.

 

 

* There was a Viking warlord known as Ivar the Boneless. Theories about the reason for his name range from impotence to having lost his legs to osteogenesis imperfecta (leaving him with no real use of his legs), and the last one is supported by the chronicled fact that he was carried into battle. The point is, whatever was wrong with him, he was a chieftain and a warrior, and apparently well respected, in a culture where physically weak men were despised. How badass is ''that''?.

** The evil Viking king in ''[[The Sea Of Trolls]]'' was called 'the boneless' because he has no spine.

** Harald Bluetooth, who (retroactively) sounds like a computer nerd: his name was given to the device as he was the one who united the Norse factions in his area, just as the Bluetooth device apparently 'unites' electronics.

* In Rome, one of the emperors marched alongside the legions when he was a child. They made the child, a boy named Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, a set of armor that included little leather boots. Gaius received the nickname "Bootsy", or "Little Boots". [[The Caligula|Guess what the Latin word for "Little Boots"/"Bootsy" is]].