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* Farkas, an otherwise fearless warrior in [[Skyrim|The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]], at one point refuses to go any further in a dungeon after encountering giant spiders there.
* Tali of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' is apparently afraid of spiders, judging by her reaction to the Gestation Pods hatching if you should take her along on Grunt's mission.
* In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', the Punies are terrified of Piders, [[Giant Spider]] mobs that inhabit the Great Tree. Given her Tattle, Goombella is creeped out by them too.
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* [[Robot Girl|Nano]] in ''[[Nichijou]]'' is scared to death of cockroaches. In one sketch she has one trapped under a bowl and would rather tape the bowl to the table and throw the table itself out than risk it getting free. She also faints at the sight of a mosquito (which she herself killed).
* Yomi of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' cannot stand cicadas. Naturally, [[Jerkass|Tomo]] takes an opportunity to [https://web.archive.org/web/20110314070036/http://manga.animea.net/azumanga-daioh-hoshuu-hen-chapter-3-page-4.html plant one on the back of her shirt.]
* ''[[One Piece]]'':
** Perona
** Both Nami and Sanji are afraid of bugs; Nami had it bad during the Whole Cake Island Arc where the Sanji Retrieval Team was attacked by giant ants. All Nami could do was flee in terror.
** Bonney too, having once fainted at the sight of a large swarm of insects during the Egghead Arc. Villains be warned, however, Bonney has a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] and is willing to ''murder'' anyone who tries to exploit this fear against her.
* ''[[Franken Fran]]'': Adorea is scared to hell of cockroaches, and had quite the reaction when she and Okita happened to walk into a room that was full of them. From the same chapter, a young woman who is [[Neat Freak|obsessed with cleanliness]] freaks out when a cockroach falls into her tea.
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=== Real Life ===
* This is a fairly common phobia in India, Nigeria, and most countries where fewer people keep dogs as pets.
* [[Genghis Khan]] was known to have this fear; hard to blame him, as many breeds of dog native to Mongolia are pretty mean.
== Rabbits (leporiphobia) ==
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** In the 2nd movie, Brain Gremlin dies in the same way as the Wicked Witch of the West does. He must be afraid of water, too.
* Susie, the little daughter of the hero in the original version of ''[[Piranha]]''. With very good reason, in this case. {{spoiler|Although when the piranha attack the camp she's attending she swallows her fear to try and save two of the camp counselors - she manages to rescue one of them...}}
* Hoops, the protagonist ''[[One Crazy Summer]]'' is terrified of water and of traveling by boat; seeing as the movie takes place in Nantucket (a city that is on an island) and culminates in a boat race, this is a fear he has to overcome.
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* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Austria totally ''loathes'' any sea creatures.
** Also, Seychelles ''hates'' the cold to the point of collapsing in Cuba's arms after walking in the snow for a while, despite wearing a huge coat. [[Justified Trope]] due to the very warm Seychellois climate.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Luffy is known to be a [[Fearless Fool]] at times, though there are a few individuals he has shown to be noticably afraid of, such as his grandfather (justified, as Garp put him through [[Training from Hell]] to ''teach'' him courage), Kizaru (of course, the obvious reply to anyone who claims to be afraid of Kizaru would be, "who isn't?"), and maybe Nami (''maybe''; she is the only one he cowers before, but that may be more out of respect than fear). He is ''definitely'' afraid of [[MacGuffin| One Piece itself]] and what it may be capable of. If anything, he is one of the few pirates who is certain it is more than just a mountain of gold, even though the fate of the world may rest on him finding it.
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** Zee, her own powers. Or rather, what might happen [[Power Incontinence| should she fail to control them.]]
* From the ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'' episode "Caves"; Mariner is usually a [[Fearless Fool]] who is [[Not Afraid to Die]], but she ''dreads'' having to be in an away team mission that involves entering a cave - mostly because she is [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] enough to know that ''all'' caves are lethal places are full of [[Red Shirt]]-eating monsters where both the comlinks and transporters ''always'' malfuction. The whole episode, in fact, seems to have been written with [[Self-Deprecation|the purpose of lampooning this trend in the franchise.]]
* In ''[[Disenchantment]]'', the Devil [[The Devil Is a Loser| (who is a loser)]] is “creeped out” by severed heads, a problem he has had since humans invented the guillotine. Lucci is able to use this to his advantage when he is trying to find Bad-Bean's severed head, [[Blatant Lies| telling him it's in the ossuary with the other severed heads]] that the executioner "collects" - and he falls for it.
=== Real Life ===
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