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* [[Hank the Cowdog]] from the series of the same name can face bobcats, coyotes, mad bulls, and wild horses (although he'd much rather not). Snakes are the only thing he's specifically named as terrifying him. |
* [[Hank the Cowdog]] from the series of the same name can face bobcats, coyotes, mad bulls, and wild horses (although he'd much rather not). Snakes are the only thing he's specifically named as terrifying him. |
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* Silk, from the [[Belgariad]] is a victim of this. He also has a fear of caves. |
* Silk, from the [[Belgariad]] is a victim of this. He also has a fear of caves. |
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* From ''[[Harry Potter and |
* From ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''; the Basilisk is such a terrifying monster that even [[Giant Spider| Aragog and its offspring]] (who are pretty terrifying themselves) dare not speak of it out of fear. |
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* All children of Athena in the ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'' books are arachnophobic, due to enmity between Athena and Arachne (the first spider). |
* All children of Athena in the ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'' books are arachnophobic, due to enmity between Athena and Arachne (the first spider). |
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* Ron Weasley of the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series is deathly afraid of spiders, due to his brothers transmogrifying his teddy bear into a massive spider for a joke when he was much younger. During ''[[ |
* Ron Weasley of the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series is deathly afraid of spiders, due to his brothers transmogrifying his teddy bear into a massive spider for a joke when he was much younger. During ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', he and Harry end up having to "follow the spiders" into the Forbidden Forest. In the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|movie version]], Ron quips "Why spiders? Why couldn't it be 'follow the butterflies'?" |
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** In a fortuitous bit of casting, [[Rupert Grint]], who plays Ron in the movies, is ''also'' deathly afraid of spiders. All of "Ron"'s expressions of fear in the movies are [[Enforced Method Acting|actually those of Rupert]], since, according to the DVD special features, Aragog was animatronic. (Aragog's children, however, were CGI.) |
** In a fortuitous bit of casting, [[Rupert Grint]], who plays Ron in the movies, is ''also'' deathly afraid of spiders. All of "Ron"'s expressions of fear in the movies are [[Enforced Method Acting|actually those of Rupert]], since, according to the DVD special features, Aragog was animatronic. (Aragog's children, however, were CGI.) |
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* "Ayatollah", the crime boss in Boris Strugatsky's ''[[The Powerless of This World]]'', fears nothing except members of the class Arachnida. Unfortunately for him, one of the friends of his victim is commonly known as "Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies" for his amazing ability to control insects and spiders... |
* "Ayatollah", the crime boss in Boris Strugatsky's ''[[The Powerless of This World]]'', fears nothing except members of the class Arachnida. Unfortunately for him, one of the friends of his victim is commonly known as "Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies" for his amazing ability to control insects and spiders... |
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** One character's fear of a giant bird is revealed later in the book to originate from being attacked by a normal-sized bird when an infant. The other does not fear birds per se, but the impossible dimensions of this one in particular, [[Alien Geometries|a species that does not and cannot exist in the real world]]. |
** One character's fear of a giant bird is revealed later in the book to originate from being attacked by a normal-sized bird when an infant. The other does not fear birds per se, but the impossible dimensions of this one in particular, [[Alien Geometries|a species that does not and cannot exist in the real world]]. |
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* Also shows up in the [[Neil Gaiman]] novel ''[[Anansi Boys]],'' although is it an irrational fear when the birds really ''are'' out to get you? |
* Also shows up in the [[Neil Gaiman]] novel ''[[Anansi Boys]],'' although is it an irrational fear when the birds really ''are'' out to get you? |
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* A minor character from '' |
* A minor character from ''[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel)|]]'', Mrs. Mason, is terrified of all kinds of birds, so when an owl flies in to warn Harry about using magic.... well, let's just say Uncle Vernon ''didn't'' get the big paycheck he wanted. Likewise, Harry gets locked in his room for the remainder of the summer. |
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* Fear itself (phobiaphobia) – [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]] seems to have it... well, sort of. To be specific, boggarts appear as Dementors to him, and Dementors are living embodiments of Fear |
* Fear itself (phobiaphobia) – [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]] seems to have it... well, sort of. To be specific, boggarts appear as Dementors to him, and Dementors are living embodiments of Fear. |
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** [[Theodore Roosevelt]] could probably help with that—by [[Memetic Badass|grabbing fear by the neck and beating the living shit out of it, as he did with Death]]. |
** [[Theodore Roosevelt]] could probably help with that—by [[Memetic Badass|grabbing fear by the neck and beating the living shit out of it, as he did with Death]]. |
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** Going by the shape boggarts take, Hermione is afraid of flunking her classes (or maybe failure in general). She was so terrified of this, she wasn't able to use the Riddikulus spell to fight it. |
** Going by the shape boggarts take, Hermione is afraid of flunking her classes (or maybe failure in general). She was so terrified of this, she wasn't able to use the Riddikulus spell to fight it. |
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